Gone in 60 Minutes

Summary

Lovett or Leave It – "Gone in 60 Minutes"

Date: June 6, 2026
Host: Jon Lovett
Guests: Todd Glass, Blair Socci

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Episode Overview

In this raucous and topical episode, Jon Lovett returns with "Gone in 60 Minutes," blending biting political satire, LGBTQ+ pride, plenty of absurd speculation, and conversations with comedians Todd Glass and Blair Socci. The show covers the headline-grabbing political chaos of the week—particularly bizarre political appointments and reverberations at "60 Minutes"—before diving into conversations on civility, coming out, autism, and conspiracies ranging from aliens to sewer secret societies.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. The Week in Politics: Unqualified Appointments and Political Drama

• Bill Pulte as Acting DNI

  • Trump appoints Bill Pulte, a financier/donor with no intelligence experience, as acting Director of National Intelligence.
  • Pulte used confidential mortgage data to target Trump’s enemies and faces a GAO investigation.
  • Lovett lampoons the absurdity and lack of qualifications:

    "Hey, you know that job you were going to apply for that says you need three to five years' experience but you only have one? Send in that resume, babe. Bet on yourself." (03:02)

  • Senate leaders (Thune, McConnell) express rare resistance within the GOP.

• January 6 Rioter Appointed in the Pentagon

  • Trump administration places convicted rioter Elias Irizarry in a counterterrorism office.
  • Lovett sharply observes the irony of putting insurrectionists in key government roles:

    "I do think one mistake should rule out sensitive counterterrorism jobs at the Defense Department." (06:04)

• "60 Minutes" Turmoil

  • Bari Weiss appoints Nick Bilton (no news experience) as new EP, ousting veteran Tanya Simon.
  • Staff rebellion ensues, highlighted by Scott Pelley's scathing remarks:

    “No one here will ever tell you where the bathrooms are. We have taken down all the signs, like the Ukrainians during the Russian invasion.” (08:10, paraphrased)

2. Conversations with Todd Glass: Civility, Comedy, and Pride Reflections

• On Social Media and Bits

  • Todd describes his venture into TikTok during the pandemic and his affection for both the fun and kindness found there.

    "If you sift through it, you find the gems." (15:47)

• Are People Getting Ruder?

  • The two debate whether societal civility is in decline, with Glass skeptical of generational pessimism:

    Todd: "No, I don't think so. There's always been nice people. There's always been kind people." (17:33)

  • Lovett admits to enacting “road justice”:

    "I try to make sure the roads are fair… I know it’s wrong. I know I’m gonna get killed, but it’s in there." (18:31)

• Visibility & Coming Out

  • Discussion of Todd coming out as gay on Marc Maron’s podcast in 2012:

    "I thought I was going to go to my death with it being in the closet… I had a plan to meet a girl that had cancer…" (20:09)

    • Glass describes the overwhelming relief and emotional fallout of coming out:

    "I got in the car… and I ugly cried only for about 60 seconds. And I was so happy." (21:04)

  • On relationships and stand-up:

    "Relationships are relationships… no one in the audience ever went, that guy was talking about his girlfriend, but it was really about a guy." (22:03)

• Pride Month and the Word “Queer”

  • Lovett and Glass discuss their complicated feelings about the term "queer":

    Glass: "For me, it's always negative… but if people do (use it), I'm absolutely fine with it." (24:39)
    Lovett: "There's a discomfort I feel in the word even now that I don't totally understand." (24:46)

• Republicans and Shifting Homophobia

  • The panel highlights changing Republican displays of homophobia, noting that explicit anti-gay bigotry increasingly meets with pushback even from Republicans such as Ted Cruz.
  • Glass critiques gay conservatives:

    "You're not supposed to do this to the new group… you're supposed to not give the new group a hard time." (27:24)

3. Blair Socci: Autism, Pop Culture, and Aliens

• On Autism Diagnosis

  • Blair describes her self-discovery journey and eventual autism diagnosis:

    "I had to apologize to all my stuffed animals every time I left the house…" (32:09)

    • Glass offers comfort via Mr. Rogers wisdom:

      "If it's mentionable, it's manageable." (33:51)

  • Blair reflects on the relief and self-understanding the diagnosis provided:

    "It's given me a lot of peace and context... Now I know why I have believed everything every straight man has ever told me." (34:59)

• Reality TV: Real Housewives of Rhode Island

  • Lovett and Socci bond over their appreciation for the new franchise, its “authenticity,” and the newly-minted term “slam pig”:

    "What does it mean? … A slut with some meat on their bones." (37:16)
    "Actually what they distilled it down to on the show... they got paid to have sex." (37:23)

• Aliens & Conspiracies

  • Lovett is skeptical of “facts” about aliens:

    “There are currently no facts about aliens, other than they may exist.” (38:44)

  • Blair argues for open-mindedness regarding UAP/government disclosure:

    “I just feel like there are 2 billion light years ahead of us in intelligence…” (40:00)

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Memorable Quotes & Moments

| Timestamp | Speaker | Quote | |-----------|--------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 03:02 | Jon Lovett | "Hey, you know that job you were going to apply for that says you need three to five years' experience but you only have one? Send in that resume, babe. Bet on yourself." | | 08:10 | Scott Pelley (via Lovett) | "No one here will ever tell you where the bathrooms are. We have taken down all the signs, like the Ukrainians during the Russian invasion." | | 15:47 | Todd Glass | "If you sift through it, you find the gems." | | 18:31 | Jon Lovett | "I try to make sure the roads are fair… I know it's wrong. I know I'm gonna get killed, but it's in there." | | 20:09 | Todd Glass | "I thought I was going to go to my death with it being in the closet… I had a plan to meet a girl that had cancer…" | | 21:04 | Todd Glass | "I got in the car… and I ugly cried only for about 60 seconds. And I was so happy." | | 22:03 | Todd Glass | "Relationships are relationships... everyone in the crowd applauding every night … Meanwhile, I’m talking about a guy." | | 24:39 | Todd Glass | "For me, it's always negative… but if people do (use it), I'm absolutely fine with it." | | 33:51 | Todd Glass | "If it's mentionable, it's manageable." (Mr. Rogers quote) | | 34:59 | Blair Socci | "It's given me a lot of peace and context... Now I know why I have believed everything every straight man has ever told me." | | 37:16 | Jon Lovett | "What does it mean? … A slut with some meat on their bones." | | 41:17 | Blair Socci | "It's all these ex-high military professionals... they're all saying, 'Yeah, like, we've seen… We have four different type of biologics, all this stuff…'" | | 47:55 | Blair Socci | "No, that's gay as hell. I love that." (on Todd Glass talking about making his sewer bunk beautiful if he was forced to live underground) | | 55:03 | Blair Socci | "Just telling the Swifties out there. I wish. Stand down." |

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Notable Segments & Timestamps

• Political News Roundup – appointments, investigations, and ‘60 Minutes’ (01:18–13:00)
• Todd Glass Interview (social media, rudeness, comedy, coming out) (14:56–29:36)
• Pride & ‘Breaking the Glass Ceiling’ (Discourse on “queer,” Republican homophobia, pride inclusivity) (29:36–29:36)
• Blair Socci Interview (autism, pop culture, aliens) (31:15–43:54)
• Conspiracy Segment (Aliens, sewer societies, Bigfoot, Castro/Trudeau theory) (43:54–53:05)
• Second Thoughts/Show Close (54:08–55:21)

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Tone and Vibe

Lovett’s tone is fast-paced, witty, and at times profane, with irreverent asides and improvisational comedic riffs. Guests Todd Glass and Blair Socci bring their own comedic candor and deeply personal reflections, especially on visibility, identity, and neurodiversity. Political and cultural satire remains sharp, but never at the expense of authenticity in the more vulnerable moments.

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For Listeners Who Missed It

This episode is a sharp, humorous blend of current absurdities in politics, reflections on pride and inclusive language, and comedic deep-dives into personal identity. Lovett’s interview style is as playful as it is probing, making for segments that deftly balance the ridiculous (alien conspiracies, “slam pig” semantics) and the real (coming out, living with autism).

If you’re looking for a rundown of the week’s wildest headlines, a smart and funny conversation about coming out and self-discovery, and don’t mind your political news with a liberal dose of conspiratorial fun—this episode is not to be missed.

Transcript

[John Lovett]

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[Todd Glass]

Love it. Believe it.

[John Lovett]

Let's love it or leave it straight Shoot time. Welcome to Love it or Leave it. Live from Hollywood. There you go. I'm Jon Lovett. Andy Rooney Wonk so I could run. We've got a great show for you tonight, but first, let's get into it. What a week. And what a week it has been for people getting big jobs that make everybody big mad. On Tuesday, Trump named financier and one of his donors, Bill Pulte, who is his current housing finance director, to be Director of National Intelligence. Pulte pictured here making the same face we all did upon finding out that Trump had named Bill Pulte to be acting Director of National Intelligence. Hey, you know that job that you were going to apply for that says you need three to five years of experience, but you only had one year of experience and you didn't apply? Send in that resume, babe, bet on yourself. Pulte has no national security or intelligence experience, and his iPad password is his birthday, said a Chinese spy, laughing with the other spies. What Pulte lacks in experience, he makes up for in a willingness to do Trump's bidding. Pulte used confidential mortgage information to target Trump's political enemies, including New York Attorney General Tish James, the Fed's Lisa Cook, and vegan Senator Adam Schiff. And by the way, Pulte is not even particularly good at this. The charges against James were dismissed, and then a grand jury refused to return a new indictment. None of the other referrals to DOJ have, at least so far, resulted in any charges. All of this has led to an open investigation by the Government Accountability Office into Bill Pulte, into how he accessed private mortgage data and subverted the inspector general to make these criminal referrals. So Pulte is not even competent at being a Trump stooch. But maybe he just hasn't found his special tally yet. Maybe his innate gift is integrating foreign, military and domestic intelligence from 18 different agencies and he's just never had the chance. Like that time they let me pitch one time in Little League, assuming I'd be bad because I was small and gay and bad. But then I threw a heater and I saw the two coaches give each other a look that was like, hey, that little fag can throw. And then I stopped playing sports forever. That was the first one. Several Republicans were less than psyched about the pick. Senate Majority Leader John Thune told reporters, quote, we don't need a weaponized dni. Pulte responded by saying that Thune is really starting to sound like the type of guy that commits mortgage fraud. Mitch McConnell said that the DNI must have extensive national security experience and that no nominee who falls short of this requirement will earn my vote. And I know a thing or two about falling short, said McConnell, coming to at the bottom of a staircase. One person close to Pulte explained the decision to cnn, saying, this isn't something to overthink. President Trump wanted someone in that position who is a true loyalist. Pulte speaks to the president more than anyone I know. They really are very close, said Don Jr. Staring at an empty wedding chair. Even without Senate confirmation, Pulte could serve as acting intelligence chief through the midterm elections, which seems to be the goal. Here's what Trump said when when asked why he chose this unqualified person.

[Todd Glass]

Well, he's very smart. He's a person who's got High integrity. And it's an acting position. It's not a permanent. He's not going to be permanent because, you know, I don't think he'd want to be permanent. But he's a very smart guy and he may find out some things about the rigged elections, et cetera, et cetera.

[John Lovett]

Don't worry, he won't be in the job long. Just long enough to fulfill your worst possible fears. In other cursed LinkedIn news over at the Pentagon, the Trump administration appointed a convicted January 6 rioter to be part of a counterterrorism office involved in sensitive operations, including, according to the Post, embassy security and hostage rescue. This guy does seem more qualified than Pulte, though, when you think about it. He knows how to navigate the security of government facilities. And if the Insurrectionist had actually found Mike Pence, he might have had some pretty good experience negotiating a hostage release as well. You know, they would have, because they would have grabbed him. You know, they would have grabbed him because they wanted to. Wanted to fucking kill him. They were trying to find the vice president to fucking kill him. They wanted to kill him dead. Yeah. Took a shit on Nancy Pelosi's desk, too, and that part was cool. Here's this rioter, Elias Irizarry, in the middle of storming the Capitol when he was 19. You know what? I just think it's nice to see a teenager off his phone, part of a community in the real world. According to prosecutors, Irizarry entered the building through a broken window while wielding a metal pole, though he didn't personally hit anybody with it. Sometimes just having the pole in your hand is enough. Happy pride, it's worth saying. Irizarry expressed regret almost immediately. He described his decision to be part of the riot as, quote, the worst mistake of my Life. He called January 6th the largest attack on our democracy since the Civil War. And he said that the very response, response to January 6th proves that as a country, we are still strong in our democratic values. On the other hand, prosecutors said there was a gap on his phone between January 1 and January 8, suggesting he may have deleted messages related to how he was involved in the insurrection. And if Irizarry was so changed by January 6th and so appreciative of the response, it's a bit strange to then take a job for the guy who pardoned everyone involved, including him, claims the whole thing is a hoax and just tried to steal $1.8 billion from taxpayers for an insurrectionist relief fund. Regardless, I don't think one mistake should define you for the rest of your life. I do think one mistake should rule out sensitive counter terrorism jobs at the Defense Department. We don't even know if the guy has basic Pentagon skills, like how many gin and tonics can he put down before lunch? And then there's the drama at 60 Minutes. Thanks to Happy Pride, CBS News editor in chief Bari Weiss. Really defying the stereotype about lesbians being good at fixing stuff, last week, Weiss tapped Nick Bilton to be the new executive producer of 60 Minutes. Bilton was one of five flawed children to find a golden ticket in a chocolate bar. Now built in is a tech reporter. He became a filmmaker. He doesn't have any TV news experience and will take over the job from Tanya Simon, who's been ousted from the show after more than 30 years. Bilton, who I need to disclose to all of you is a friend of mine and was invited to my wedding and who I did have to bump to rsvp, started the job on Monday. And I'm sorry, but a program like 60 Minutes needs the kind of executive producer who RSVPs to a wedding on time. In that first staff meeting, 60 Minutes correspondent Scott Pelley interrupted Bilton to say that Weiss, quote, does not love this place. She was brought in to kill it and is doing exactly that. Which is shocking to hear. Usually the only thing lesbians kill is the vibe. Take that, lesbians. Peli also asked Bilton, who again started that morning, why he had accepted a position at 60 minutes, knowing that you will never be welcome here. Continued Peli, no one here will ever tell you where the bathrooms are. We have taken down all the signs, like the Ukrainians during the Russian invasion. You will be holding it for the rest of your fucking life. In the exchange, Bilton apparently said, quote, I care so deeply about this institution. Only for Pelley to interrupt with, oh, please. At which point Bilton started slapping himself in the face, trying to wake up from what must be a first day of work nightmare. Bilton was naked, by the way, and his first grade teacher was trying to get at his teeth. Scott Pelley, meanwhile, is in this meeting like a 60 Minutes Gundam. You're not just talking to me. You're facing the full powers of all 60 Minutes correspondents, living and dead. And right now, I'm combining the powers of Anderson Cooper and Andy Rooney. Gay cunt. Teddy, that was the second one. All right, I think we're good. You're okay still? We're good, you guys. Yeah, you're great. He's doing great. He's doing great. On Tuesday Nick's second day, CBS fired Scott Pelley after 37 years at the network, and Pelly's already been replaced by, it says here, Housing Finance Director Bill Pulte. Oh no. Now, maybe Nick would have been in a more forgiving mood about Pelly's diatribe if he had made it to my wedding. There was a blueberry walnut cake with a lem and buttercream. We had clowns. We did. We had clowns at my wedding. Never seen clowns at a wedding before. By Wednesday. By Wednesday, Nick's third day, Pelly responded with a letter lambasting the network for firing the show's senior leadership and two of its correspondents, saying, quote, good people were silenced because they stood for fairness and against the forces of political bias. I texted Nick, this is real hump day. No response. I get maybe not in a joking mood just yet. I get it. Hump day. On Thursday, Bilton emailed 60 Minute staffers reassuring them that the show will continue in good faith, respect and trust, while praising Bill Whitaker, John Wertham and Leslie Stahl. Oh, that's actually nice to hear, said Leslie Stahl from inside the air duct on the 11th floor of BlackRock, just above Nick Bilton's new office, removing her balaclava and re corking that jar of fire ants. Back it up, back it up, Leslie. But I for one, am looking forward to the new 60 Minutes. I'm Pennywise the Clown. I'm Darth Maul. I'm Kyle Rittenhouse. Those stories and Ricky Gervais tonight on 60 Minutes. And we've got a great show for you tonight. When we come back, it's Todd Glass. Hey, don't go anywhere. There's more of Love it or Leave It. Coming up. This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. Not everyone experiences summer as an endless parade of hot dogs, vacations and pool parties. For some people, life's woes don't abate. When the temperature climbs, the days get longer. 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[Blair Psaki]

Hi.

[John Lovett]

Good to see you, buddy. Come on in.

[Todd Glass]

You all good? I got dressed up for you people. Do I sit right here?

[John Lovett]

Yeah, sit right there. That's the classic comfort. It's a comfortable sofa.

[Todd Glass]

Yes.

[John Lovett]

It's great. It's. I found a store. I bought this couch. I bought this couch. Good to meet you.

[Todd Glass]

Nice to meet you, too.

[John Lovett]

I know, I know. It's so strange. I feel like I know you. Do you want to know why? I'll tell you partially why. I watched you on Last Comic Standing the very first time you were on it.

[Todd Glass]

Oh, thank you.

[John Lovett]

And I remember thinking you're not as funny as dad fan. So I think it all made sense. What happened? All right.

[Todd Glass]

Thank you.

[John Lovett]

Hey, you like social media? Well, no. You made this way. You're, you're, you're like, you're doing. You're going for it with. You're, you're really doing bits on there. You're really pushing it.

[Todd Glass]

Not that you need this answer, but during the pandemic, I stumbled upon TikTok and I was like one of the only comedians. I wasn't. I liked it. You know, there's a lot of garbage on every. There's a lot of garbage on television. There's a lot of garbage comedians, there's a lot of garbage music, but if you sift through it and you find the gems. So I wasn't mad at it. I thought, to be honest, I thought it could be really funny and also sweet and kind. So I jumped in. I wasn't like, when I did Twitter, it wasn't like it was okay, but I wasn't like, you know, it wasn't My favorite thing to do, but I'm a bit person, so I've been having a ball over there.

[John Lovett]

So let's. Let's show one of your. Iris. Really funny. This is you at a. Ring doorbell. Let's. Let's roll the. Hello.

[Todd Glass]

Do you have a black Prius? There's a black Prius with its lights on. I figured I'd save someone a dead battery. I don't know if that's you.

[Blair Psaki]

No.

[Todd Glass]

No. Okay. All right. Have a good night. All right. Thanks a lot.

[Blair Psaki]

Okay.

[Todd Glass]

Okay. This motherfucker can't even say thank you. Sit in your house with your pencil dick and your stupid wife and I hope you haven't fucked in 20 years.

[John Lovett]

Okay.

[Todd Glass]

My cat gets in every video that

[John Lovett]

he possibly can, so I like this video because it's funny. That's the first thing about it.

[Todd Glass]

That's what I always go for.

[John Lovett]

I think it's funny. But I also appreciate it because I feel like what I see. I see you feel people are getting ruder all the time, and it's driving you crazy. Is that right? Do you feel that there's a. There's something. It feels like you're attacking a kind of rudeness that you're experiencing. But.

[Todd Glass]

Yeah, but I don't know if it's any worse. I think it's always been, you know, there's.

[John Lovett]

Don't think it's getting worse.

[Todd Glass]

No, I don't.

[John Lovett]

Do you think it's getting worse? You don't?

[Todd Glass]

I don't.

[John Lovett]

That's good. I think it is. You do? Oh, yeah. Really? I think people are not getting meaner. I think they're getting more ostentatiously oblivious about other people.

[Todd Glass]

And most people agree with you. Yeah, but that's not a good sign, right? Because most people are usually.

[John Lovett]

But I could be wrong, right? Well, it could be just an exp. It could be that we're just seeing more people and experiencing more. What do you think?

[Todd Glass]

You know, I don't. I don't want to sound argumentative, but I always, like. No, I don't think most of the time when people go like, oh, it's getting worse, I go where people used to be nicer. There was more of a civility back in the day, but I don't. I don't think so. Look at some of the things we did. So I don't know. I think there's always been nice people. There's always been kind people. But I am making fun of that, of the. You know, whenever you do something nice or someone and Just know. Thank you. You know when you let someone in, in traffic, you ever let somebody in, it's like, what the fuck? You know, it's like, give me a thank you. You know?

[John Lovett]

Yes. I practice, and it's unhealthy. What I call road justice. And that is where I try to be. I try to make sure the roads are fair. And so I try to be really generous when I think the situation is called for. But I also try to make sure that we're exacting penalties for misbehavior. And I know that's wrong. I know it's wrong. It's a bad part of my brain. It's bad. And I know I'm gonna get killed,

[Todd Glass]

but I like it.

[John Lovett]

But it's in there. And so I like letting people in. And then you're like, wow, if there's. It feels like there's like. If people understood how good it felt to let people in, they might do it more instead of what they're doing out there on the roads these days.

[Todd Glass]

Yeah. Yeah. It always feels good to let somebody. There was a guy the other day. I let him in. He didn't thank me. I'm like, this fuck. You know, And. And then he opened his window and waved at me, and I started to tear up. I'm like, oh, I was wrong. Now we're dating.

[John Lovett]

And now you're dating.

[Todd Glass]

We're having clowns at our wedding. I'm paying attention.

[John Lovett]

You people remember when you came out on Mark Marin's podcast in 2012?

[Todd Glass]

I do, I do.

[John Lovett]

Were you hoping he would also come out?

[Todd Glass]

No. Or I had that happen when I was younger when I started to tell people and I was so nervous, but I would have, like, a crush on somebody, and I thought they were. And then I would tell them, and then they would not be gay. And then I was like, I wasted this tell.

[John Lovett]

Yeah. You just opened up for no reason. You just let somebody into your inner experience and got closer to them for no purpose.

[Todd Glass]

Right, Right. Exactly.

[John Lovett]

What a shame.

[Todd Glass]

No, Mark, doing that was the best thing I ever did. Because before that, I really thought I was gonna go to my death with it being in the closet. I just.

[John Lovett]

Crazy.

[Todd Glass]

I had a plan. Now, look, I have perspective now, and it's years later and I'm. But I had a plan. I'm not even making this up. Like, it sounds absurd that how I could hide for the rest of my life and that I was going to meet a girl that somehow I don't had cancer.

[John Lovett]

Okay.

[Todd Glass]

Right. You get where I'm going with this. And then when I didn't think about the person or the life, so it's not. I wasn't being mean, but that she would die. And then people go, how come Todd never got married and he never got over Rachel? Never got over Rachel. And I'm not even joking. That was like a plant. And my brother once later, he goes, well, how are you gonna meet a girl with cancer? I go, please. I didn't think about it. I go to the hospital.

[John Lovett]

Maybe this is glib. I think that's the easiest part.

[Todd Glass]

Meeting the girl with cancer.

[John Lovett]

Yeah.

[Todd Glass]

Then what's the hard part?

[John Lovett]

Well, I think hiding who you truly are for the rest of your life.

[Todd Glass]

Yes, that was true.

[John Lovett]

I thought that part was. That was pretty clear to find out.

[Todd Glass]

I got comfortable in the lie. But it was great. I got in the car. You know what? Seriously, I got in the car. After I did it, I went on a podcast and did it the Mark Maron show. And I ugly cried only for about 60 seconds. And I was so happy.

[John Lovett]

You said, get that out.

[Todd Glass]

It was over then it was over and. And it was the best thing I ever did. I was very nervous to do it, obviously.

[John Lovett]

Yeah, I remember. Well, I remember when you came out and I remember thinking, oh, like. Because I remember when I saw you, whether it was on Last Common Senior or other kind of stand up appearances that I was like, I, I just thought of you as a straight guy, but I really liked you. And I realized now in hindsight, like, oh, there was a frequency there because you were, you were doing bits about Andrea, which was really about your long term partner who was a man the whole time.

[Todd Glass]

Right.

[John Lovett]

And I feel like there must have. Do you hear that from people who kind of like, do you have a gay fan base at all? They're like, oh, you know what? I kind of, I didn't know, but I kind of on some level knew.

[Todd Glass]

Some people said I talked about girlfriend more than any comedians that had girlfriends. But. But they were true stories. I just switched the sex, which is really indirectly, you know, it's sort of an experiment that I didn't know that I was conducting is that no one in the audience ever went, that guy was talking about his girlfriend. Because it was really about a guy. Nobody went. I just didn't relate. All his stories didn't set. They were all like, oh my God, it's exactly like us. Everybody in the crowd applauding every night. This is just like us, this guy and his girlfriend. Meanwhile, I'm talking about a Guy which sort of says, relationships are relationships.

[John Lovett]

I wonder about some love. Like, this isn't really.

[Todd Glass]

Can we do that again? And you'll all applaud.

[John Lovett]

You show some goddamn respect.

[Todd Glass]

You show some goddamn. But anyway, other than that, I feel

[John Lovett]

good, but I wonder about some levels. Like, something doesn't ring true about this guy. He doesn't hate his girlfriend enough. You know, like, he seems to have a pretty sort of sweet and generous relationship with this woman. And that's not the usual tone from these comedians. Usually they fucking hate their wives.

[Todd Glass]

Yeah, something's going on here. Yeah. A lot of guys, they're so worried about. They're always worried that gay people marrying. They're gonna ruin the sanctity of marriage. You know, gay people. And I'm like, I think you guys are doing a great job all by yourselves. The way you talk about women and the way the ball and chain and every joke, the sexist jokes, it's like, don't worry. You don't need gay people to ruin the sanctity of marriage. We'll be back right after this.

[John Lovett]

Now, Todd, it's Pride Month.

[Todd Glass]

Yes, it is.

[John Lovett]

And you know what that means. Discourse. That's what we're going to talk about in our segment we're calling Breaking the Glass Ceiling.

[Todd Glass]

I like it.

[John Lovett]

All right. Yeah, we're getting it. Let's start with an easy one. What do you think about the word queer?

[Todd Glass]

You know, I'm afraid I might not agree with you.

[John Lovett]

No, you could. There's nothing to be afraid of.

[Todd Glass]

Well, I wouldn't. You know, for me, obviously, the first reaction is why, like, queer is just so negative and queer. But I don't. I'm okay with. Some people want to use that word. And I think the problem. I know that who I am in awe of. Who said, David Sedaris? Right, right, right. So that's also. I don't. But I think when you say, oh, you know, like, oh, now they're calling it this and now they're calling it that, you sort of feed, for lack of a better way to say it, you feed idiots that don't want to learn any new verbiage. So when you go. When someone goes, oh, yeah, now they're calling it this. You can't even keep up with it. It feeds people that don't want to learn anything. So I'm like, I wouldn't call myself queer, you know, because for me, it's always negative in my mind.

[John Lovett]

Queer.

[Todd Glass]

It's, like, worse than using gay as a pejorative. But if Other people are. I'm fine with it. I'm absolutely fine with it.

[John Lovett]

Yeah, Well, I remember when I was first coming out and at and there was like the Queer Student Union. And the word queer never felt right for me. It just didn't feel me neither. Right. But. But there's something interesting about that, which is part of it. Like, I feel, I go back and forth and I like. Which is like, why does it not feel totally right for me? And even if, like, there's a lot of things that would apply to me that I might not go to, but they don't feel weird. Like, they don't. I would call myself gay. I wouldn't necessarily go to queer right away. But there is a discomfort I feel in the word even now that I don't totally understand. And part of it is because I know other people are uncomfortable with it. And I'm like, no, I want to put the best foot forward. It's like, why am I performing for the other people who don't like the word? They don't like anything. You know, that's confusing.

[Todd Glass]

Right. And also the people that are referencing themselves as queer, they're not saying everybody has to. It's just. And you know, a lot of times if you do the homework, including me, I haven't like, you know why it was called, you know, maybe this is a lighter, but why is it called made than housekeeper or flight? If you do a little work and you. And you research it, you'll sometimes get an answer. You're like, oh, okay. Before you just go, you know, I don't like it. But like I said, I wouldn't reference myself that. But if people do, I have no problem with it.

[John Lovett]

This week, the official X account for Representative Andy Ogles tweeted, quote, homosexuality has no place in America. Happy Nuclear Family Month.

[Todd Glass]

Now, look at this.

[John Lovett]

That just looks exactly like you'd think what a guy named Andy Ogles tweeting anti gay shit would look like. Now here's what's interesting. He was criticized by a bunch of Republicans, including Ted Cruz. And Cruz said, for all of recorded history, homosexuals have been part of humanity. I am quite libertarian by nature. I think this behavior of consenting adults is their business. Isn't that interesting from someone like Ted Cruz? So this guy deleted it. He had what he felt. He had to delete it. And then he blamed his snap. He said, I was working on my farm and my phone began going crazy. Yep. Because of a post made by a member of my comms team. The post was stupid. Hurtful and completely distracting from my America first focus. The employee has been reprimanded. Happy pride. It is interesting that Republicans now, even like this, this was Happy Nuclear Family Month. Gay people are terrible. Like, that was sort of, you know, that was an appetizer back in the day. Like, that was sort of completely normal. But now they feel like they gotta run from it. That's interesting.

[Todd Glass]

Yeah, well, they. Some, you know, the problem is a lot of them don't feel it from their heart. So that's why they. They say these things, but they don't feel it.

[John Lovett]

Yeah.

[Todd Glass]

You know what I mean?

[John Lovett]

Yeah.

[Todd Glass]

That's why a lot of times I think when I see someone that's having trouble with issues of today, you know, like, whatever's on the plate, they're complaining about it. They're probably not all right. Like, there's a lot of people that are not okay with gay people. They're not okay with gay marriage. They're just done complaining about it. But they don't. Behind closed doors, they're not okay with it. So that's why they get. When you see especially comics that are getting madder and madder and madder at change, it's because they're not all right with the change that started 30 years ago. I'm not mad at change. I don't mind growing as I get older. I don't mind changing my beliefs. If anything, it's probably good, you know, so when you see people that are angry at what is on the plate today, like, oh, well, oh, they're still angry. And that's why when gay people are given a new group a hard time, I'm like, what the fuck? Like, you know, come on, you're not supposed to do this to the new group, you know, and you give, you give, you give merit. They're like, even gay people aren't okay with that, you know, so, yeah, I'm not the angrier. You see someone. I'm telling you, like, I have some gay friends that are not all right with some of the. How people identify today. And I go, oh, you know, come on, please. You just, you know, this is not what you're supposed to do. You're supposed to not give the new group a hard time.

[John Lovett]

Hey, Trump's Treasury Secretary Scott Besant, who's been pushing for a Trump $250 bill. He's gay.

[Todd Glass]

Let me see him.

[John Lovett]

Oh, you think that's progress? He's gay. He also threatened to beat up Bill Pulte. Bill Pulte, the housing finance director And Scott Besson was asked, hey, did you threaten to punch Bill Pult the face? And he said, no, that's not correct. I threatened to kick his ass. Which is honestly a banger from Scott Besant. That's very funny. That's very funny. But he also is this kind of gay person. And I don't know, I don't know if you saw just the kind of person that's holding up a $250bill with Donald Trump's face on it, making that expression while defending tariffs and the most corrupt and disastrous administration in the history of the public. Is he welcome at Pride?

[Todd Glass]

I guess everybody is.

[John Lovett]

I know, it's such a bummer.

[Todd Glass]

Is he openly gay?

[John Lovett]

Openly and for a long time.

[Todd Glass]

Wow. Well. And he's a Republican.

[John Lovett]

Yeah.

[Todd Glass]

Well, there you go.

[John Lovett]

Thank you to Todd Glass.

[Todd Glass]

Thank you.

[John Lovett]

Check out his stand up and get [e-mail] when we come back. Claire Psaki joins. Hey, don't go anywhere. There's more of Love it or Leave it coming up. Love it or leave it brought to you by ZBiotics. I have to tell you about the game changing product I use before a night out with drinks. It's called Pre Alcohol. I just got married. We had a bunch of them there for people. I was telling us the next day, boy, I like that. Zebiotics really helps. Zebiotics Pre alcohol probiotic drink is the world's first genetically engineered probiotic. It was invented by PhD scientists to tackle rough mornings after drinking. Here's how it works. When you drink, alcohol gets converted into a toxic byproduct in the gut. It's a buildup of this byproduct, not dehydration that's to blame for rough days after drinking. Pre alcohol produces an enzyme to break this byproduct down. Just remember to make pre alcohol your first drink of the night. Drink responsibly and you'll feel your best tomorrow. And again, I just said I used it out the way I mean people were taking there. It was great. It was great to have. We had it out. We had it out for people because we thought people would like it. And you know what they did? They said, boy, the next day on the Sunday when they're having a bagel, they're like, I'm really glad I had that. That zebiotics lifesaver zebiotics.com love it. To learn more and get 15% off your first order when you use Love it. At checkout, Zebiotics is backed with 100% money back guarantee. So if you're unsatisfied for any reason, they'll refund your money, no questions asked. Remember to head to zbiotics.com loveit and use the code love it at checkout for 15% off. And we're back. Please welcome to the stage. She's a hilarious stand Up. She has a great podcast, and I'm sure she's a third thing too. It's Blair Saki. Hello. Hi. Thanks for being here. Hi, Blair. Good to see you again.

[Blair Psaki]

Oh, great to see you, John. Hello.

[John Lovett]

Hey. So you're a busy gal.

[Blair Psaki]

I am a busy gal. Thank you for saying so.

[John Lovett]

You're doing Stand Up.

[Todd Glass]

Yep.

[John Lovett]

You're doing your podcast.

[Blair Psaki]

I am.

[John Lovett]

And you have autism.

[Blair Psaki]

I do. Thank you.

[John Lovett]

Did you know. Did you have clues before you got an actual evaluation?

[Blair Psaki]

Yeah. Well, I actually wouldn't have thought that I had it because I am a jock and I went to prom three times. But I started having all these people come up to me after my shows and be like, I have autism. Do you? And I was like, what are they seeing? And then I started thinking about it. Well, if I'm gonna have a kid, maybe it would be a good thing to find out. And so then I ended up getting evaluated. But looking, in hindsight, there were many things.

[John Lovett]

Yeah, yeah.

[Blair Psaki]

Like how I had to apologize to all my stuffed animals every time I left the house. Or why my mom. Back then, we had VCRs, and my mom had it in a cabinet on the floor. So when I was three years old, I would rewind the Wicked Witch part of the wizard of Oz over and over. And she was scared.

[John Lovett]

You know, when I was growing up, my dad was a salesman. Salesman at a box factory. But, you know, there's an old saying. You can always sell a salesman. And so he bought a laserdisc player because they were gonna be the thing. Remember Giant? Basically, they were giant CDs. Giant CDs the size of a record. And halfway through the movie, you did have to flip them. But we had one. We only ended up having one laserdisc and it was Home Alone. Oh, and we would watch this one scene where Catherine o' Hara was trying to barter to get on the plane. She was trying to sell her earrings. And this old guy was like, she's got a great old box of them little dangly ones. And I would watch little dangly ones over and over and over again.

[Blair Psaki]

Well, it was funny because I remember with Ron Funches, who later also got diagnosed, I opened for him for years, and he was like, yeah, well. And this was right before I was about to get evaluated. I think it was already set up. And we were at lunch, and he was like, yeah. One of the first signs was when my son, he would rewind the same scene over in a movie. And I was like, oh, I did that. He's like, no, same scene. I was like, no, I did that. I was like, what? That's a sign. And, yeah, so.

[John Lovett]

And, you know, Todd came out as gay late in life. You know, later in life, 2012. Not late in life, but you came out as autistic.

[Blair Psaki]

I know we're all sharing a lot today.

[Todd Glass]

You know, Mr. Rogers said, if it's mentionable, it's manageable. So whenever I share stuff, I go, why am I sharing all this stuff? Because if you mention he can manage it. Those words have stuck with me since I heard that quote. It's great.

[Blair Psaki]

That's so true. Yeah.

[John Lovett]

You know what? I'm gonna say this. I'm not a fan of Mr. Rogers.

[Todd Glass]

No, shut up.

[John Lovett]

I'm kidding.

[Blair Psaki]

Oh, my God. I thought you were serious.

[John Lovett]

That was so fun. I've never thought to do that before. Mr. Rogers, I don't think he was very good.

[Blair Psaki]

Well. Well.

[Todd Glass]

By the way, there are a lot of people, when I grew up, they didn't. They didn't. When I was growing up, a lot of people just thought that he wasn't in. Not everybody was in awe of him back then. There were people like, he was too. You know. Yeah. He was too feminine. He was too. Yeah. It's interesting to remember that, because now, of course, you know people.

[Blair Psaki]

I watched the shit out of that show.

[John Lovett]

Me too. Remember the crayons?

[Blair Psaki]

My favorite part was when they would go into, like, the little play land.

[John Lovett]

Yeah.

[Blair Psaki]

He would do all the voices. Incredible performer.

[John Lovett]

Amazing.

[Todd Glass]

I have a question for you. So after you found that out, has it helped you at all? Like, in certain ways, of course you understand things, but has it helped you maybe navigate a little easier through life?

[John Lovett]

Yeah.

[Blair Psaki]

I mean, it's given me a lot of peace and context because I think older generations are like, why do you guys need to find out? And it's like, well, one. Now I know why I have believed everything every straight man has ever told me. Because I don't lie. So I just assume words mean words. And then people think you're stupid. It's like, I'm not stupid. I was a very good student. I just. You know, there's certain things. It's, like, called purity of perception. There's all sorts of Things. I get more tired than my colleagues.

[John Lovett]

That's. Yeah.

[Blair Psaki]

Because we're 50% more processing, John, you know.

[John Lovett]

Yeah. I've never really been diagnosed, but I diagnose you. Yeah. I just think it's so clear. But I mean, I don't want to belittle the diagnosis by claiming it because I simply can't.

[Blair Psaki]

Right.

[John Lovett]

I can tell you about the difference between the Boeing 777 and the Airbus A350 900, and I can tell the difference between the Airbus A350 900 and the 1000, but I've never been diagnosed with anything.

[Blair Psaki]

I'm a doctor.

[John Lovett]

Are you watching Real Housewives of Rhode Island?

[Blair Psaki]

I am.

[John Lovett]

Holy shit. It's good.

[Blair Psaki]

Yeah. I mean, this is. This is the best franchise launch, I think, in the history because there's something so authentic about that show where it does feel like, even though, in case you audience aren't watching, it feels like the early 2000s somehow.

[John Lovett]

Yes.

[Blair Psaki]

It feels like back in time.

[John Lovett]

Yes. It's like they. It's like somehow you just. They should have flip phones.

[Blair Psaki]

Yes.

[John Lovett]

The idea that they should not be allowed. They shouldn't be texting or using apps like these women have flip phones.

[Blair Psaki]

Yes.

[John Lovett]

These women are printing out mapquests to get from their houses 100%. They are not on the web.

[Blair Psaki]

Their accents are incredible. Just all their really regional specific stuff is so interesting to me.

[John Lovett]

Did you know the term slam pig?

[Blair Psaki]

I hadn't heard slam pig, but I was delighted.

[John Lovett]

It's now slam. Slam pig summer.

[Blair Psaki]

Slam pig.

[John Lovett]

What does it mean? It's just. I think it just means slut. Or maybe like slut in a kind of chubby way. Well, no, it doesn't mean just chubby slut.

[Blair Psaki]

Kelsey, actually very trim figure.

[John Lovett]

But I'm not saying. I'm not saying it's a.

[Blair Psaki]

No, no, I didn't say. You said that.

[John Lovett]

I'm not saying it's fair to call anyone a slam pig or. I'm not even evaluating who is or is.

[Blair Psaki]

They'll cover your tracks. Definitely.

[John Lovett]

I'm just saying that if I were to say, what is a slam pig? It's a slut with some meat on their bones.

[Blair Psaki]

But actually what they distilled it down to on the show, a slam pick, was that they got paid to have sex. So she was insinuating, I think.

[Todd Glass]

Oh.

[John Lovett]

So I thought that was prostitution in

[Blair Psaki]

a less nice way in the fight.

[John Lovett]

Ah.

[Todd Glass]

Chubby slut was my. I had a grunge.

[John Lovett]

I had to go back.

[Todd Glass]

I couldn't let My stupid thing in my head go. No, I don't need to say it.

[Blair Psaki]

Why?

[Todd Glass]

Chubby Chubby Slut was actually my aggrunge. Chubby slut.

[John Lovett]

Say it into the mic. Todd Glass. Chubby Slut. Go on.

[Todd Glass]

Could you say it? And then I'll act like I'm at least coming in fresh.

[John Lovett]

Yeah. So chubby slut.

[Todd Glass]

Chubby Slut. Actually, that was my grunge band in high school.

[Blair Psaki]

Yes, that's real.

[Todd Glass]

No.

[Blair Psaki]

Oh, see, it just happened.

[John Lovett]

No, it was really good. It was really good.

[Blair Psaki]

I believed him.

[John Lovett]

Wow.

[Blair Psaki]

I know it's frustrating.

[John Lovett]

You got it. You've got it bad.

[Blair Psaki]

But you're telling me.

[John Lovett]

Blair, it says here your podcast is about pop culture, mental health, and weird facts about aliens. However, there are no such things as facts about aliens. There is truly not a one.

[Blair Psaki]

Do you think that. Is that your position?

[John Lovett]

Yes.

[Blair Psaki]

That there are no aliens?

[John Lovett]

My position is that there are currently no facts about aliens other than they may exist.

[Blair Psaki]

Right.

[John Lovett]

That's where I'm at.

[Blair Psaki]

Okay. Sort of agnostic.

[John Lovett]

Yeah, that's right.

[Blair Psaki]

So what do you feel about the government releasing slow. Releasing UAP stuff?

[John Lovett]

I think it's the kind of thing where if there was clear proof that aliens existed, it would be clear proof that aliens existed and wouldn't be debatable. Because, you know, if, like, for example, like, if, like, you don't even do aliens, like, has a planeload of French acrobats landed in California, and it's like, oh, there are rumors that there are, and actually, I saw a little bit of. There was a little one of those. What do they throw? The acrobats? What are those things called? The little bats?

[Blair Psaki]

Pins. Pins.

[John Lovett]

Pins. Oh, there was a sighting of a pin. It's blurry, but it's definitely a pin. Like, no, if there are French acrobats wandering around Los Angeles, we'll see them and we'll know for sure. So why can we know with French acrobats but we can't know with aliens? You know what I'm saying?

[Blair Psaki]

Well, I feel like I do know what you're saying there, and I appreciate your unique metaphor, but I feel like there is a little bit more weight of what that could mean and how that could change society than if French acrobats landed.

[John Lovett]

I agree with that. I agree with that completely.

[Blair Psaki]

Yeah.

[John Lovett]

I'm just. My view of the whole thing is why. It's not just that there are aliens, and it's not just that they're here. It's that they don't necessarily want us to know that they're here and they're just good enough at hiding that we only get the barest of hints full stop. Like, if aliens are trying to keep themselves from us, there would be a range of acts and they're not perfect at it, which is what the claim would have to be. That would mean that they are perfect at getting it to the point where we almost don't know they're here, but just get whispers. And that just seems. I don't. I think it's. I don't buy that.

[Blair Psaki]

Wow. I love your mind. I really do. See, I just feel like there's 2 billion light years ahead of us in intelligence, and they sort of only be seen if they want to. It's not that they're trying to hide from us and. And failing and that. And look, I actually know nothing about aliens. You did the log line of the podcast. It says end a little bit of aliens. It's really just mentioned in a small segment at the end. But I do feel like. Did you see the movie the Age of Disclosure?

[John Lovett]

Not yet. Not yet.

[Blair Psaki]

That will bring up a lot because it's all these ex high military professionals and these people that were in secret task forces for the government for like the last 70 years and they're all saying, yeah, like, we've seen. We have four different type of biologics, all this stuff, but who the hell knows what is true? I can't say that I know for sure.

[John Lovett]

Todd, you live in aliens.

[Todd Glass]

I know there's stuff I don't know exists out there.

[John Lovett]

Right.

[Todd Glass]

You know, it's not. I've talked about this with my brother. Like, it's not that people just believe in aliens that might have a trouble with. It's like when they believe in. They believe in ghosts, they believe in astrological signs, they believe in God, they believe in witches, and it's like everything but accountability sometimes. So if there's chaos in their life, they can sort of blame it on all these outside forces. I don't. So. But maybe I shouldn't throw aliens into there.

[John Lovett]

I think the. It's crazy. Say aliens, horoscopes, God.

[Todd Glass]

Well, like, you know, what does that.

[Blair Psaki]

I love all those things.

[Todd Glass]

Am I squeezing them together? But like, it. Yeah, it does seem like, oh, well, this. I'm. This. Because that. Or this. I don't know. But I don't think there's a shorter answer is there's got to be some stuff we're not aware of. So I don't give a hard no

[John Lovett]

I agree with that.

[Blair Psaki]

Yeah, that's how I feel. And all those things that you mentioned, I just would like to say that I just take a little from each. You know, I'm not. I don't think it. Doctrines of anything.

[John Lovett]

I like that.

[Blair Psaki]

Fun.

[John Lovett]

Yeah, Just a little bit.

[Blair Psaki]

Little touch of a little fairy dust of each of them.

[John Lovett]

And you can listen to Blair's podcast, Spaced out with Blair Psaki, wherever you get your podcast and catch her on [e-mail]. Hey, don't go anywhere. There's more of Love it or Leave it coming up. And we're back. As we were talking about just before the break, there's all kinds of conspiracies about aliens. Where do they come from? How did they get here? We were just talking about these new UFO videos, which is why it's time for a segment we're calling Conspiracy youy Next Tuesday. Conspiracy you next Tuesday. Conspiracy you next Tuesday. I'm gonna tell you about a conspiracy theory if you don't buy it. Oh, wait, let me give these out. Oh. For this. For this segment, you will each have a tinfoil hat. Whoa.

[Blair Psaki]

Exciting.

[John Lovett]

Well, we can. You can just see how they fit. For now, you can just put them on. But I will just say for this, we actually would like you to keep your hat on your lap.

[Blair Psaki]

Oh.

[John Lovett]

If you don't believe the conspiracy theory, keep it on your lap. If you're open to it, hold it. Hold it a little. Get it close to your head. All right. And if you believe it, it goes right on. Let's start with one of the 50 new UFO videos released by the federal government two weeks ago. Let's take a look at one. Look at it. Look at it there. It just sort of darts around. Uh. Oh, it darts around. Or is it just something that's static and we're seeing parallax motion? Hard to say.

[Blair Psaki]

I haven't seen it yet.

[John Lovett]

Do these videos together make you think that there are aliens?

[Blair Psaki]

I can't say. It's the. This particular video that would make me think that. No, but have.

[John Lovett]

But do the. But you. Do you believe that there is a conspiracy hiding that the government knows about aliens?

[Blair Psaki]

Yeah. I don't know. Why would they tell it? I mean, I don't know. I'm too naive maybe. I just like, why disclose now?

[John Lovett]

Well, that's the question. Yeah, that's the question. So you don't. So you don't believe the conspiracy?

[Blair Psaki]

I don't think it's a conspiracy. I think they're trying to roll something Out. I don't know exactly what it is.

[John Lovett]

Well, let's go to the next one. Some Internet weirdos think Steven Spielberg's new sci fi movie, Disclosure day, in theaters June 12, was made in conjunction with the Deep State to get us all ready for the actual reveal of alien contact. Do you believe that, Todd? Do you believe that? I don't believe that, no.

[Blair Psaki]

I just don't picture Spielberg working with the Deep State. But I do think, like on a zoomed out mystical level, that there is some way that they could be happening at the same time. Like, unrelated.

[John Lovett]

Well, here's Spielberg talking about it. I used to say to myself, wouldn't it be wonderful if all of this turned out to be true? I'm now thinking, wouldn't it be wonderful

[Todd Glass]

for people to know all of this is true?

[John Lovett]

Weird. What a weird way to say that.

[Blair Psaki]

He knows some shit, you know?

[Todd Glass]

E.T.

[John Lovett]

an American travel influencer posted from the hantavirus cruise ship which Todd was on. He was accused of being a crisis actor. Online skeptics claim that Jake Rosemarin was a crisis actor for Big Pharma last month after he continued to post from the MV Hondia, the Dutch flagged cruise ship that came down with a bad case of hantavirus. Then from the University of Nebraska Medical center where he was temporarily quarantined. People think he's a crisis actor with more ties than, you know, wakey wakey, folks. Didn't he push people to get the COVID vaccine? Not fallen for this one. What do you think about that?

[Todd Glass]

I don't even understand.

[Blair Psaki]

He's been hired by big pharma to infect and raise so that they can market their

[John Lovett]

drugs, their cures. All right, so we don't believe that one. Here's one. Groups of people are descending into the New York sewer system to hunt for treasure.

[Todd Glass]

Oh, that's true, I think.

[John Lovett]

Yeah. Well, the question is.

[Todd Glass]

So my mom said

[John Lovett]

they're searching for valuables that have been flushed down the drain or that there are secret stashes of, like, wealth and treasure down there. And I gotta tell you something. I believe it.

[Blair Psaki]

Are we thinking the mob or what?

[John Lovett]

Like, I think all kinds of things.

[Blair Psaki]

Like hiding. Like, what are we thinking they're hiding down there?

[John Lovett]

Nothing has felt more real to me than Ghostbusters 2. Like, I believe that there is a secret world down there filled with beautiful, untapped, magical things. And if I could just be brave.

[Todd Glass]

Well, now I'm. Well, you know what I thought? I wonder if a lot of people. There are people that Live in the sewer system. Didn't they have a little documentary on that?

[John Lovett]

Yeah, that sounds familiar.

[Blair Psaki]

In New York or in here In New York. Oh, because you know how they get talking about the la. I want to put mine on with you guys.

[John Lovett]

Yeah, get on there.

[Todd Glass]

And you know what? I thought if I lived down there, how I would make my place super nice. But I don't know why some of your ideas. Oh, shut up.

[John Lovett]

Yeah.

[Blair Psaki]

No, that's gay as hell. I love that.

[John Lovett]

My sewer apartment's beautiful. Yeah, Wait till you see how I

[Todd Glass]

laid out my sewer home, even sometimes. And it's not in disrespect to people that are homeless whatsoever. It's more my neuroses. Like, I look at an underpass and I'm always thinking, I would, like, put my little. My tent there, you know, I'd make. Cause it wouldn't be in the weather. But also I did see that video where people going under the sewer, wonder if they're looking for stuff like that gets flushed down the toilet. Because, you know, there's got to be so many diamonds and rings and necklaces.

[John Lovett]

Can I tell you something? I've only been wearing a ring for a week and a half.

[Blair Psaki]

Sure. Congratulations, by the way.

[John Lovett]

Thank you. Thank you for saying that. I now have come to believe that as a society, like, a lot of people wear rings, right. And it is crazy to me that there just are drains and that rings can go down. This is a. It doesn't make any fucking sense. Yeah, it really is it. And I'm sure it is because all most women or women are more likely to wear rings than men. And the only men who really wear rings for the most men who are wearing rings are wearing a wedding band. Right? But like, a lot of men don't wear rings. But the idea that, like, there are drains that are just. Isn't this a solvable problem? Like, just make it so that the holes are smaller than the fucking rings. Right? Am I crazy? It's insane. They're like, oh, yeah, my family diamond went down the drain. My mother snuck it out of fucking Auschwitz. But now it's gone because a man designed this bathroom.

[Blair Psaki]

John, welcome to hell. It's like all of them are like that. For women. Anytime you go to clasp your necklace and usually, you know, you're getting ready with your makeup and it's over the sink. You know, my dad's had to open up the drain multiple times growing up.

[John Lovett]

Crazy.

[Blair Psaki]

Yeah, Fell in there.

[John Lovett]

Next conspiracy theory ahead of the LA mayoral race. Jake Tapper grilled Spencer Pratt about comments he made in 2009 on Alex Jones Show. Agreeing that 911 was an inside job, Pratt said his view has changed. Oh, my hat fell off, jumped off my head. But was that the result of neglectful government vetting that would have identified and prevented the Al Qaeda agents from carrying it out? Well, I have to say, I mean, there was a memo that said al Qaeda determined to. Bin Laden determined to strike within the US And George W. Bush was like, boy, that's bad. You know, so maybe that was real.

[Todd Glass]

You think it was an inside job?

[John Lovett]

No, no, no. I think it was just incompetence. Well, some part of it was. It was prevent. They been paying enough attention, I think is what I would say.

[Blair Psaki]

Okay.

[John Lovett]

Oh. Teens say they were stalked by sax. Sasquatches. Sasquatches. Is two Sasquatches a Sasquatch? It's. Is it like deer, one sasquatch, two sasquatch or one sasquatch, 2 sasquatches?

[Todd Glass]

Sasquatches.

[John Lovett]

Sasquatches. Sasquatches.

[Todd Glass]

Ido Teen reports.

[John Lovett]

They say they were stalked by a group of 10 teens camping in Idaho's Payette National Forest. Say they were followed by several Big Feet. Bigfoots over. Bigfoots. Bigfoot Memorial Day. So Bigfoot doesn't respect the truth.

[Blair Psaki]

Oh, just very recently.

[John Lovett]

Very recently just happened. They cited strange whistling, and at one point, according to fox News, around 3am on Sunday, while everyone was sleeping, one of them heard what sounded like someone trying to start their car. I don't think Sasquatch was trying to start their car.

[Todd Glass]

Yeah, I don't know about this.

[John Lovett]

Is there a conspiracy theory? You do believe Tie glass.

[Todd Glass]

We were talking about that up in the green room. Oh, shit. Sorry. Sorry. The person who made these, they even

[John Lovett]

have the Little World War I Russia, German Little hat at the top.

[Blair Psaki]

Beautiful.

[Todd Glass]

You start. Is there one you believe?

[Blair Psaki]

What was one I believe.

[John Lovett]

Here's one that I believe. I believe that Fidel Castro is the father of Justin Trudeau. I really do. I really do swear. I really genuinely believe that. Or I would say this. I don't know. I believe. Here's what I say. I would say it is. Those who claim it has been debunked are not telling the truth. It has not been debunked. It is true that it didn't happen when it could have happened, but it did happen when it could have. Here's what I'm saying. Let me say, like I sound fucking crazy. Here's what I'm. Here's what I'LL say. Here's what I'll say. I agree with those who claim it as debunked that when it couldn't have happened, it didn't happen. But they're ignoring the moment when it could have happened. That's all that I'm saying. I think it is possible. It's just possible. And they look alike. Have you ever seen a picture of Justin Trudeau and Fidel Castro side by side?

[Blair Psaki]

I can't say that I have.

[John Lovett]

Well, when you do, you'll be like, oh, shit.

[Blair Psaki]

Yeah. There's the two that I think of off the top of my head. One, that Kourtney Kardashian's third baby is Justin Bieber's. That one. It comes up on my TikTok a lot.

[John Lovett]

Wow.

[Blair Psaki]

And then also the gaylords that think that Taylor Swift is gay. And I don't know if I necessarily believe that. But then when you see the gaylors and the, the argument that they create that they line out, it's like the freaking Da Vinci Code. It's insane. And it starts being like, wait, is she gay? Has this all been gay this whole time? It's just an elaborate, like treasure hunt piece.

[John Lovett]

Yeah, I mean, it is the. That is. That is also how you get into QAnon, right? Because there's a lot of data. Well, I'll tell you. I'll tell you. I don't need a theory. We'll be right back. And we're back. Now it's time for our favorite end of show segment where I take a loving stroll through everything I said or did this evening and decide whether or not I regret it in a segment we call Second Thoughts. Todd and Blair, I would love to hear any second thoughts you have about this evening as well. First up, I said pooping on Nancy Pelosi's desk was cool. I remember that I swore multiple times in front of who I believe is a future leader of America. Oh, this is. I know who wrote this one. Shitting on lesbians again. We are actually very fun. Prove me wrong, Hallie. Oh, one other second thought. In case there are aliens, I want to let them know that I'm, I'm. I'm on their side.

[Todd Glass]

Oh, me too. Me too.

[Blair Psaki]

I don't have to say that because I know they're already like me.

[John Lovett]

Yeah. One other regret. We should have just put the tinfoil hats and just had them on for the whole segment. Using them to gauge. It was a mess. It was a. Frankly, it was a mess. Yes, it was a mess. We I couldn't. I should have just put the hat on and say, fuck it. We're putting on these hats because. And instead it was like. Because we didn't really believe a lot of them. So the hats are sitting on our laps. They're falling over, stupid. We fucked up the hat thing.

[Blair Psaki]

We fucked up the hat. It was fun to wear the hat. Yeah.

[John Lovett]

Once the hat was. I was like, this is a dream. Now we're having a good time. It was fun, you know, it's like,

[Todd Glass]

oh, I feel you. Forgive yourself.

[John Lovett]

You ought to forgive yourself.

[Todd Glass]

You're a nice person.

[Blair Psaki]

I wish I could take back the. Oh, you didn't ask me yet.

[John Lovett]

Hey. What? Do you have any regrets, Blair?

[Blair Psaki]

Oh, thank you so much for asking, John. That's really timely. I wish I didn't bring up Taylor Swift or Justin Bieber and possibly a Kardashian. Cause I don't actually believe either of those.

[John Lovett]

I think that was. I think that came through. I think you're okay.

[Blair Psaki]

All right. Just telling the Swifties out there. I wish stand down.

[John Lovett]

And that's our show.

[Blair Psaki]

Whoa.

[John Lovett]

Thank you to Todd Glass and Blair psaki. There are 150 days until the midterms. We will be back next week. Have a great night and have a great weekend.

[Blair Psaki]

Bye. Thank you.

[John Lovett]

Love it or leave it is a Cricket Media production. Our show is produced by Kendra James, Bill McGrath, Kelsey Gante, and me, John Lovett. Our production team includes Hallie Keeper, Sarah Lazarus, David Toles, Claudia Shang, Jay Banks, Gavin Purcell, and Matt degrothe. And our staff is proudly unionized with the Writers Guild of America.