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No Filter With Zack Peter
Taylor Avoids Blake in NYC, Pump Rules FLOPS in Ratings, & Golden Globes Podcast Nominee Criticism!x
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Taylor Swift is avoiding Blake Lively out in these New York streets. Vanderpump rules. The reboot has premiered and it has completely flopped. And then we have the Golden Globes. Lots of discourse around the podcasts that were nominated for the new podcast category and some of the people that weren't nominated. So we're gonna get into all of that. I have my thesis ready. We have a lot that that we're going to get into and we're going to dissect and I hope you're ready for it. So let's dive in, shall we? This is no filter with Zach Peter your go to source for all the latest pop culture and reality TVT Surf fresh all week long. Now let's dive in. Let's dive in and dive in we shall. Welcome on in, welcome on in, welcome on in. Everybody in the club. Everybody in the. In the. My goodies. My goodies. My goodies. Not my goodies. Yay. Zach is not missing. Was I missing? Who thought I was missing? Urka? I didn't know I was missing. Have I been missing? Where have I been missing to? Christina says it's only 9:30am for me, but it is still the holiday season, so let's do this. Yay. I think my tree gets here today, you guys. I'm very, very excited. It's the holiday season. The holiday season. A whoop dee doo and a dickety duck and a dunn and a sucks and his. That's not what I said. YouTube. What's up, guys? Happy. What's today? Wednesday. Sean and David are both moving this week, so it's a very chaotic week for them. But they will be back next week, so get ready. It ends with us. Balls. Oh, my goodness. I'm still, like, sad that we now have to wait an extra two months before we get into the the trial. And it's funny, I guess. The judge also recommended to Blake Lively that she settled this. He recommended that rather than dragging this out to trial, which won't until next May, that it may be best that we just find a settlement like that was the recommendation from Judge Lyman. And Blake Lively said, nope, not today, Satan. She said she wants her day in court, so don't expect a settlement anytime soon. I think Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni are both very, very clear about very clear about where they stand. And I think they both want to go to trial, so we'll have to wait and see how it goes. Can't wait. It's only, what, six more months? Oh, my God. I can't believe it's another six months. You guys, can we really do this for another? It was bad enough when it was three months, and now we have another six months. Are we ever going to get to this trial? Is this ever going to be over? They can walk away and say no and walk out, but they got to do it. Yeah. Christina says they have to at least. They have to have at least one settlement meeting, even if it's just to say that they don't want to settle. Correct. So we'll see what happens. We'll see where it goes from here. Blake doesn't want, like, Blake don't want to go to trial. She is the queen of redactions. We'll see what happens. She's trying to keep a lot under wraps. Trying to keep a lot secret. We'll see. We shall see. See. What do we do? We want to talk Vanderpump rules or do we want to talk? What's the other one? Vanderbump. What the. Oh, the Golden Globes. I have thoughts on both of those. I did. I did want to poke fun at this headline that I did see this morning that I figured you would appreciate. I was on Chef Stew's podcast this. I guess it dropped on Monday, and it was about Meghan Markle's show. And I had some critiques and some thoughts about Meghan Markle's Netflix holiday special, and it's been getting picked up in the press. A loser. Zach Peter tears into Meghan Markle's Netflix special with blunt criticism. Dun, dun, dun. One of the loudest voices in the backlash is blogger and podcaster Zach Peter. At least they used a cute picture of me, right? Cause I also saw. I hate when they use. Look at this one. I hate when they use these old, old, old. I don't know what it is about this website that loves these photo and not just like, this blonde era, but like the lighting in these. These photos. This was for my 30th birthday at the Bourbon Room. I did, like, a big live taping of no filter. And the lighting and the photos and the coloring were just so bad. I get it that, like, these images are on Getty Images, but can I just say, can sportskeedia. Can you please, like, use more? There are better, more recent photos of me. Like, I'm not even blonde like that anymore. I haven't been blonde like that in years. Can we use a more recent photo of me? Because, like, these photos are just. And the lighting and the coloring were just so bad. Like, so, so bad. And I had. I got Filler, and I went to somebody new, and I had a black eye. So, like, there was so much makeup under my eyes here. Like, there was so much makeup just on in general because I was, like, trying to, like, balance my skin tone. But we also had to cover the bruise on my eye and a giant black eye. If I show you photos, it was. And it was from the filler, it, like, punctured something. And so I. Yeah, yeah, but. But I did think the Meghan Markle headline was pretty funny. Yeah. Making headlines for the Golden Globes and for Meghan Markle and for the Miley Cyrus story. I had no idea was actually going to be as popular as it is. Like, it's going viral on X right now, which was just funny. So it's just been quite the. Quite the headline week. But, yeah, Zach Peter didn't hold back. During an appearance on Don't Let It Stew, Peter slammed the show for lacking purpose, delivering one of the harshest critiques. Like, I just. I don't understand the value of this show. I don't get it. Who's watching it? Why are you watching it? He said, before moving into a fiery assessment of Markle herself. Actually, let's play the clip. I'll play a clip from Don't Let it Stew, but I want you guys to actually go to Hurta's media's YouTube channel so that you can watch it for yourself, because I think it's. It was. It was a fun episode, and people have really been loving it and appreciating it. And listen, I love me some good. Some good social media discourse. Let me pull it up, and then I guess we can get into the Vanderpump rules of it all. Here we go. I. We make it big. I think we can make it big. There we go. All right. Here is my critique of the Megan Marco show, or at least a snippet of it. Hey, want a cookie? Oh, I know you just ate, so you're craving something a little sweet. Besides, one cookie isn't going to kill you. How about half? Just a bite. Bite it, Bite it, Bite it. Food noise isn't fair, but Mochi health is your affordable glp. One source that puts you on a path to successful weight loss by quieting food noise. Bite it. Shh. 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The combination of T mobiles and US Cellular's network footprints will enhance the T mobile network's coverage price guarantee on talk text and data exclusions like taxes and fees apply. CT mobile.com for details like I just, I don't understand the value of this show. I don't get it. Who is watching it? Why are you watching it? I mean it's not like you're watching it because she's pretty. It's not like you're watching it because she's talented. It's not like you're watching it because you're really lear anything. It's like why are we watching this show? Like, what are you selling me? Jam. That's it. I know, but the thing about it is, and I've said this from season one, season two, when she does a recipe there should be a QR code or just put the recipe on the screen. She calls herself a boss girl, entrepreneur or whatever. Like what a loser. Like put the recipes on your website and then people can go to your website to go and look at the recipes. Like missed opportunity. And then people will buy all of your wickless candles on the on your website. I agree. I agree. Look, I driving traffic. I did. She's not that bright, you know that. Now here's another issue I spotted. When I'm making a recipe and I've done cooking shows, I'm not surprised by the recipe that I'm making and what the ingredients are in it. So she's making this sweet treat which actually is kind of pretty in the jar, I will say. And then she's like. And so there's two cups of powdered sugar. Wow, that's a lot of sugar. Yeah. Like isn't this supposed to be your recipe? Like what I come Here so you can tell me what we're making, and you don't even know what we're making. Why am I here? It's like she's experiencing the show with the rest of us. She's experiencing the recipe. She's experiencing cooking with the rest of us. I did catch that. She was like, wow, that's a lot of sugar. It's okay. It is kind of fun, right? What a time. What a time to be alive. It's such a fun episode. I always love taping with Stu. I just feel like we together were like lightning in a bottle. But, yeah, I would not recommend Meghan Markle's holiday special. And you can watch Don't Let it Stew for more of that. Let's talk Blake and Taylor. Blake Lively and Taylor Swift. They were out in these New York streets, and Taylor Swift was like, I ain't talking to you. Who are you? We are never, ever, ever getting back together. We are never, ever, ever getting back together. So they were both out in New York City on Tuesday night. Today's Wednesday. Tuesday night, they were out, but Taylor Swift was actually hanging out with Estee Haim. I guess she's. She's out promoting some holiday pop up. And so they were spotted out together. And meanwhile, Blake Lively was out. She was doing some sort of some promo for, I think, her Blake Brown hair care line in West Village, which is interesting because she talks about how, like, she. Her brand is hurting and she's lost millions and millions of dollars, but she's always out here at these events and on these panels, and she's promoting all of her stuff. I will say that Blake Lively's outfit and her hair look really good. I would show you the images, but I have to be frugal and mindful. Well, actually, I guess I can technically show it on tmz. Sorry for some of you that know, I'm in a bit of a legal bind right now, so I have to be mindful because these paparazzi out here in these streets love to get sue happy. And so we're dealing with that lately. But this is. It's on tmz. Credit to Getty Images who used this photo. I'm just showing you a screen grab of tmz, so you can't try to say that I improperly use this. I'm critiquing the photo itself. Look at Blake Lively. She's wearing this very pretty red dress. I'm obviously criticizing this. The photo directly. I mean, these clearly appear to be paparazzi photos that were Staged, like, they asked the paparazzi to come to this event so that they could capture Blake Lively. They have a cute little. A cute little, like, hot chocolate bar. And so Blake Lively, she walks out, and she's like, oh, my God, hi. And she's saying hi to her fans, and she's like, oh, my God, it's so cold out here. I'm just gonna get a hot chocolate and run back inside. When, like, she could have clearly have asked an assistant or someone to run out and bring her hot chocolate for her. But obviously she wanted to come out for the photo op. Cause the paparazzi were out there, and they were waiting for her, and she wanted to say hi to fans. But it was just kind of interesting because she was like, it's so cold. She's like, it's like a cold plunge. I'm running. You know, the cold plunges where you jump into the really cold water? But, I mean, she looks. She does look pretty. And I will say her hair looks nice here. I'm shocked, because her hair never looks nice. So, you know when they say. Say three nice things about so and so. Well, that's one. So, yeah, that said, it was just interesting because she's like, I'm coming outside. And it feels like a cold plunge, which you go into a cold plunge for, like, a temporary, like, moment. But then she has, like, all her fans and all these people waiting on her to come inside the store. And so she has them waiting outside in the cold as she comes out just to do her little photo op and get her hot chocolate. And then she's like, you paparazzi. You guys can have hot chocolate, too, if you want. The peasants can have my crumbs today. Crumpets and tea, courtesy of Blake Lively. So, I mean, listen, she did look pretty. I'm not gonna lie. She looked cute. Her little outfit, her little get up. I thought her shoes were cute. But she was not hanging out with Taylor Swift. Taylor was not invited. They were both in different parts of New York. Taylor doesn't live in New York, I don't believe. But she went there to support her other friend, and she did not come out to support Blake Lively. So I don't know. There's still a bunch of speculation about these two. And what the heck is going on with these two again, I don't know. I guess we'll have to wait and see once the trial is over, if they reconnect at some point, Fatima says, yeah, no free hot chocolate for the fans. Yeah, you can get. They. They could get free hot chocolate. They just had to wait in line before they could get inside. But they had a cute little hot chocolate bar. But of course, Blake Lively had to come out and do her little photo op and then go back inside because she wasn't gonna hang out with the peasants out in the cold. How dare they? Christina says exactly. We won't know until the trial is over. Yeah. And then we'll see if maybe they come back together or not. I think if Blake is not at the wedding, that's a big. A big indicator for sure. Sarah says Blake's got the same issue as Megan. Mark are completely disingenuous and it's exhausting. I agree. I definitely agree. She's trying to be nice. She's definitely trying to be nice. But we'll see what happens. We'll see where it goes from here. I watched Ellsworth describing her style as plantation heiress. It is very. Yeah, it's very. It. What is the word? Not Victorian. What is that era? That era. That era that, you know, where you have like the, the dresses and the, the heels. What is it? Antebellum? I don't know. Who has products in Target? Blake Lively has her products in Target. Her Blake Brown. It's not terrible. It's not terrible, but it just. It's not very like. Yeah, it is antebellum. Okay. I was right. Yeah. I would say her Blake Brown products are not terrible. The Betty Booze was not good. I didn't enjoy it at all. And I really tried to like be nice about my critique or at least try to be fair. But. Yeah, okay, let's move on. Let's. Let's talk about sex. Baby. No, let's move on. I wanna talk about the Vanderpump rules. Flop of a reboot. I have so many thoughts about that. And then I wanna get into the Golden Globe stuff because people are mad that Joe Rogan has not been nominated for a Golden Globe. And so I have a lot of thoughts and feelings about that. So we'll get into that in just a sec. But. But first I just wanted to let you guys know that the holidays are here and you can get what you need fast with Wayfair. Listen, we are just weeks away from the holidays. We are deep in holiday season. And listen, if you need bedding, if you need linens or decor to maybe spruce up the guest room because you know your mother in law is coming for the holidays, Wayfair's your one stop shop. If you need some last minute guest prep, you can Refresh that guest room with some good bedding, some new throw pillows, maybe an accent chair and you'll get it for way less. 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So the premiere for season 12 only brought in 229,000 viewers. 229,000. That's nothing. Nothing. That is the lowest watched Bravo show last week, which was the premiere week. We'll see what week two brought, but I would imagine week two brought in less ratings than. Than week one, because everybody was interested to see what the new Vanderpump Rules was going to bring. So if we just got in 229 at the premiere, that's really where you're at your height. The premieres and then the finales, sometimes the reunions, those are where you get your spikes in numbers. Not mid season, episode two and three. You're not going to have the numbers that you got on premiere night. So this is crazy right now. This is 78% down from season 11. But again, that was the season fresh off of Scandal. So everybody and their grandma was watching Vanderpump Rules that brought in 1.3 million for the season 11 premiere. Okay, well, then let's take it back to season 10 before scandal ever happened, right, When Vanderpump Rules was really kind of struggling to find its footing again because we had just lost Stassi and Jax and Kristen in season eight. So we had seasons nine and 10, and those were where Vanderpump Rules was kind of struggling a little bit. Luckily, we had the scandal of the divorce between Katie and Tom. Like, there was just a lot that was going on so season 10 did kind of bring some interest, and that premiere brought in 840. So Vanderpump rules was still one of the most watched shows on Bravo in the last couple of years. Now people are also saying, well, you have to factor in Peacock, and more people are watching Peacock and not. And less people are watching live tv. Very true. And Lisa Vanderpump, they did a party, which was interesting that they had this party not the week of the premiere, but the week of episode two. They had a party at Sur. I don't know how far in advance that party was planned and whether that was like a missed opportunity. It seemed like an influencer party. I was not invited. I don't expect to be invited to any Lisa Vanderpump events after she was awful to me at the Vanderpump Villa season two party that was hosted by Hulu. And listen, I love Hulu. I'm very grateful that they invite me to these things. I have a great relationship with Hulu. Lisa Vanderpump, however, I was honest, was not nice to me at all. She had three opportunities where she could have interacted with me and deliberately looked at me, ignored me, would not speak to me. It was awful. But that said, my criticism of Vanderpump Rules has nothing to do with my personal experience with Lisa Vanderpump. I still tried to give her the benefit of the doubt. And I watched the Vanderpump Rules reboot. I watched it a week late, but I watched the premiere last night. It didn't hook me. It didn't do anything for me. It wasn't exciting. I just. I didn't care enough about this new cast and this new crew. And I'll get into my thoughts on why I think it didn't work, why I think it's going to struggle, and what I think they could have done better. But just to combat the argument about, well, Peacock. Everybody watches everything on Peacock now. Nobody really watches Bravo. And Lisa Vanderpump at that party, did say that it was the number one show streamed on Peacock. It was the number. Yeah. Next day. So if it premiered on Tuesday, than Wednesday is when they would have had the numbers. And they're saying that it was the highest. It was the most watched show on Peacock. It's very easy to fudge those numbers or not fudge them, but to, like, kind of tweak them. It's like when Amazon prime came out and they said, oh, my God, Blake Lively's Another Simple Favor was the number one movie worldwide. Yeah. On Amazon. Prime. How many things are people realistically watching on Amazon Prime? So, yeah, it's going to be the most watched thing on Amazon prime because it's going to be the number one thing worldwide because there's no other premiere that's happening. And Amazon prime isn't the top destination that people are watching shows and movies. It's just not. They may have a couple of good shows, and every time there's a new premiere, obviously those are going. Those numbers are going to go up for that premiere. So it's going to be the number one watch thing for that night. It's like Meghan Markle in her With Love Meghan, season one, where they were like, oh, my God, Meghan Markle was in the top 10 of Netflix shows. Well, yeah, because people were interested, and then the interest wasn't there, so it kind of fell off. And that's why she didn't stay in the top 10 for very long. She was very like, within a matter of days, Meghan Markle's show was out of the top 10. So you can take these numbers and, you know, use them to fit whatever, but. So I pulled up the entire history of all 12 seasons of Vanderpump Rules, and we're going to go through each of them to. To show you just how bad of a premiere and flop season 12 was. Season one premiere, okay, this is what, 12, over 12 years ago, season one premiere brought in 1.89 million viewers. Season two brought in 1.19 million viewers. Season three brought in 1.25 million viewers. Season four brought in 1.24 million viewers. Now also, no, you have to factor in that the highest premiere that they have ever had, ever, was the season one premiere. And you cannot leave out the context that season one was a crossover with Real Housewives of Beverly Hills. Remember, we had season. It was the Brandi Glanville sit down with Sheena Shea. And so that crossover is what was the premiere for Vanderpump Roll as season one. So naturally, in Vanderpump Rolls history, that was even past Scandal, the highest most watched premiere ever. Now, you also have to factor in that the scandival numbers don't fully factor in the peacock numbers. And so the 1.3 figure is a little lighter than, you know, what it would have been before. And also the calculations of how they calculate viewership is also very different. So just important context that you have to bring in. So season four was 1.24. They had an uptick in season five, which was 1.44. Season six stayed on par with that with 1.39 million viewers. Season seven brought in 1.25 million viewers. So Vanderpump Rules across the board for the first eight seasons was clearing a million. The closest they got to 2 million was season one. And then I think factoring in Peacock probably also, I would say season 11 as well, but it was clearly always clearing a million viewers overall. Okay, season eight was 1.27. And then they had their biggest decline in ratings for season nine. And season nine was after they fired Stassi, Jackson, Christopher, Kristen. So without the three of them. And arguably season eight was a bit of a struggle too, because, remember, they tried to bring in all of those new cast members and the cast just didn't fully gel. Whatever they cut Stassi, Jackson, Kristen. So then season nine came out, and that had 640,000 viewers for the season nine premiere. Season 10 had a bit of an uptick. I think that was like the Katie Maloney, Tom Schwartz divorce. And that's the Raquel and Tom Schwartz thing. And then by the end of season 10 is when we got Scandal, the last minute finale, season 10. So that season brought in 840,000 viewers for the premiere. And then season 11 again, because everybody in the world is watching Vanderpump Rules after scandal brought in 1.3 million viewers. Now, all of that said, factor in all of those numbers and say, okay, maybe the last couple of seasons that was a fraction in comparison to what was being watched on Peacock. Peacock numbers are not going to make up for this level of a decline, and I would imagine that it will continue to decline as the weeks go on. Okay, 200,000 is crazy. When the lowest Vanderpump Rules has ever brought in for a premiere was 640,000. And that's because they lost a big chunk of their core star cast. 229,000 is wild. That is a stark decrease. That is a stark incline. So, yeah, maybe a little jarring or a little exaggerated, like down 78% because last season was, you know, the tail end of Scandal. Right. But this is crazy. Danny says, I like it. I feel bad that I they. That they didn't switch the name. I'm going to get into this, Danny, and I want you. I want everybody to get out their handy dandy notebooks because I'm going to give you my thesis and I'm going to get into this because the show itself is not good. Anybody that is saying that it's good, I think you're trying to convince yourself that it's good. It's not good. I watched it this morning and I can confidently now. And I didn't watch it at night. I didn't watch it with a glass of wine. I watched it with a clear head, some coffee, and I really wanted to digest the episode. It was really, really bad. Okay? It was not a good show. It's not good reality tv. I think it's gonna really struggle to hook the audience. And I'm gonna give you all of my thoughts, feelings, vibes, because there are a lot of them. This is my Vanderpump Rules thesis for why it was a total disaster. Okay, first off, number one, Vanderpump Rules should have marketed season 11. That was last season. I said this from the beginning. This is not a new take. I have said this for the last two years, since Scandal. Season 11 should have been marketed as the farewell season. Bravo should have gone in saying, we had the height with Scandal. This is the season following Scandal. This should be our farewell season. And as they were filming, I'm surprised that they didn't, because it seemed like they were really struggling. And that's why they had to have that moment with Lala breaking the fourth wall in the finale, because they were really struggling to find the story. So midway through production, they should have been like, listen, gone to Bravo, gone to the network, whatever, and been like, let's do this. Because rebooting the show, the biggest disaster and fumble of a ball that they could have ever done with Vanderpump Rules, which was such an iconic good show, and they've completely tarnished and ruined the reputation of it the way they did with Real Housewives of New York. And I will stand 10 toes down on that chest out. Okay? They should have marketed season 11 as the Farewell season the way that the Hills did. Remember when they brought back Kristen Cavallari and they said this is the final season of the Hills, and they even did the live watch party of the series finale. They brought back Lauren Conrad. Like, it was amazing moment. You know, everybody loves nostalgia. So even the people that were tired of Vanderpump Rules or that maybe had fallen off or were losing interest in it even, they would have come back because, again, this would have been a moment. Everybody loves nostalgia. Everybody would have loved the back. Like, look at how they ended season 11 with that finale where they showed the flashback of all of them together. The fact that they even knew to do that in the editing. I'm shocked that they didn't then take the footage that they had and then switched the Marketing to be smarter about it. It could have been a moment, just like the Hills was a moment in pop culture history at that time. Like I said, they even brought Lauren Conrad back for the live finale. Watch Party with Kristin Cavallari. You have the photos of them together. But here's the other thing. Let's just say, okay, they fumbled the ball. They didn't listen to me after season 10, right? After Scandal, when I said season 11. Make it the final season, make it a shorter season, but make it the final season. Right? They didn't listen to me. So I. There was another opportunity, right? Fine. You missed the mark with season 11. Then give us a three or four part final series special, a farewell special where we get to say goodbye to these characters because we didn't get to say goodbye to anyone. Tell the cast. That's all it is. Just a couple of episodes left. A, you know, a couple of parts. I guarantee you, even if it was three or four parts, it would have done and performed so much better than this garbage reboot that they gave us. I'm sorry, Lisa Vanderpump, but this was a garbage reboot. Anybody that's trying to convince themselves that this was not, that this was actually a good show has lost what good reality TV is. It was. Try hard. They were too forced. It wasn't. It didn't feel organic. It's an old model. I'm calling the reboot Reheated Nachos. We had good nachos. And when the nachos are hot and fresh and the chips are crunchy, we love it. The next morning, when you try to put it back in the microwave and feed it to us, you think we just fell out of a coconut tree. We're not interested. Sorry. Reheated nachos. Reheated French fries. Never. Good. You're never going to recapture that ever. Okay? Tell the cast. Ariana, Katie, you know, even Stassi, Kristen, Jax, Brittany. Tell that if you wanted to loop them into this, this is it. This is the final. This is the end. We're not doing any more. This could be your opportunity to end this chapter of your lives on a high note. It would have also given the cast an opportunity to prepare themselves for the end. Right. Rather than ripping the rug from underneath them. And listen, when you know that it's the end and this is your super bowl, you're gonna bring it, you're gonna show up, you're gonna give everything, even if it's not to have, like, a big final blowout. We didn't need the drama. Right. I think we would have still watched the just for that goodbye moment, just to have our heartstrings pulled on and to have an opportunity to see them sail off into the sunset. Right. It didn't need to be a whole season. You can tell that could be the bargaining chip. We don't need you to commit. Commit to a whole 22 episode season. But we'll tie in a lot of old footage, we'll follow everyone's stories out, see everybody wrap up their storylines. You know, we watch them as kids. So now show us the final scene where they all end up after they've hung up their aprons and do a final dinner scene at sir. Let that be the final piece of the part. The final scene. All of the OGs together or whoever from the cast that you want to bring, whoever wants to show up for one final dinner at sir. And you know what would even be smart to help you with this new spin off? Have that staff wait on the OGs. The same way we got the crossover with Real Housewives of Beverly Hills and Vanderpump Rules, where we had Sheena sit down with Brandi and then we see the staff waiting on them. That's your moment. That's your moment to get our attention while we're watching something that we already are interested in and we're starting to see some fresh faces. So it's not entirely new. And it also kind of prepares us for the transition. And then you're giving us that transition moment. Right? And do a crossover with the old Vanderpump and the new Vanderpump. Perfect opportunity to do that, right? Even if that's how they opened season 12. Like, let's say they wanted to give us this garbage reboot, open season 12 like this and let the transition be this final dinner scene at sir. I guarantee you, if not all of the staff, most of them will show up. And they'll show up not because they necessarily want to be there with everybody else. I would. You would think there would be some nostalgia piece that they would want to deliver. But also the ones that don't show up to that final scene or don't participate in this final farewell, the fans aren't going to like them because you're rob. They know that you're robbing them of something. Like if Katie Maloney chose to not participate in this last four part special, three part special, two part special, even then the fans have been like, we're over Katie. We don't give a shit about her. Right. But final Dinner scene. OG staff being waited on by the new staff showing that transition. I think that if you tell the cast that it's a final dinner, most of them would show up to pay homage. Even Kristen, Jax, Brittany, maybe even Stasi. I think Stassi could have been convinced to show up for a goodbye, right? Just one final moment. Or if they wanted to copy the Hills and do the live viewing party and bring them out at different times to each have their different moments, I think Stassi would have showed up for that. Listen, Stassi knows the job that gave her the life that she has now. And even though they fired her and they fucked her over, she was able to make nice with Lisa Vanderpump to go and do Vanderpump Villa, right? And listen, that one final moment, the audience will show up. The audience was on the fence about this reboot, but the audience will show up for this final rap, right? The final reunion, so to speak. But I think that this was the only way that they could have successfully tried to launch the reboot. I think the reboot would have still flopped. It would have struggled to keep the audience, but at least this would have appeased the OG Vanderpump fans and would have made them a little more likely to give the. The new cast a shot. It would have given me a better chance to give the new cast a shot because it would have given us closure. It would have put a nice bow on what was the original Vanderpump Rules, and then it would have been a proper turning of the page to give us this new Vanderpump Rules Now. Like I said, I think the reboot still would have struggled on Bravo, and they should have learned this lesson from Real Houses of New York, the Rooney Reboot garbage. Throw it in the trash with the sprinkle cookies. It's too soon. That's the magic of reboots, right? We have no other choice but to compare it to the magic that was. And the magic of a reboot is giving us time. It's too soon. The things about the thing about the reboots is that you need to take a beat. We need to give it some time to miss you. Right? That's why Roni fails. We didn't have enough time from the OGs to the new ones. Let the show wrap again. Stop canceling these shows so abruptly and then, like, trying to figure out how to reheat the nachos. Give us closure and give us an ending, and we will be happy and satisfied. Give it a few years. Give it some time, and then we'll come back ready for something fresh. We did not have enough time. And when and when we did, all we did was compare it to the original. Right. When we did tune into it. The other issue with Vanderpump Rules specifically is that this model of waiters and waitresses and hostesses trying to make it in Hollywood, it's old and it doesn't work in 2025, and we shouldn't have done it in 2025. I think we should have given it several years before. Like, look at real houses of Dallas. People are now missing that. People are now wanting to bring back Dallas because they miss Dallas. Right. Show reruns let us kind of capture what that was and then find a way to redo it. I think it works with housewives. Vanderpump Rules, I think it would have been a struggle. We would have had to really analyze the culture in the market and figure out what would work in a Vanderpump Rules style model. Right. But like this model of Vanderpump Rules, it was exciting 12 years ago. It was different, it was unique. But the issue is, since Vanderpump Rules premiered, we then got watch what happens at the Abbey or Low Hen Beach Club. Very cavallary. All of these shows that tried to replicate the magic that was Vanderpump Rules, but it never could because it was trying to be Vanderpump Rules. It was trying to compete with Vanderpump Rules. And Vanderpump Rules was just lightning in a bottle. But it was lightning in a bottle because it was a cultural moment. It was where so many people were young and aspirational, and they wanted to be actors, they wanted to be musicians. They wanted to do all of these things. And that alone should have been the sign. All these other failed shows should have been the sign that a reboot of Vanderpump Rules would not work. It just wasn't going to work. It's been tried. If what happens at the Abbey and Lohan Beach Club and Very Cavalieri and even Real Houses of New York, those were all great case studies for you to look at indicating that this show was going to fail. From the start, you had all of the signs. I was calling it. I was saying all of the signs are there. This show is going to flop. It's going to tank. And they're like, no, let's invite influencers for a dinner at sir and have them take photos of it. You think anybody that's watching any of those cute influencer stories or photos really believes that the show should be watched now because some Instagram or posted a photo about it. You think we just fell out of a coconut tree? We know that you invited them. We know that you gave them free food and free drinks, and we know that you gave them a selfie photo opportunity with Lisa Vanderpump so that they'll promote her show. We know how the game works at this point. We know how influencer marketing works at this point. We've become too savvy to that. Now, arguably, I get invited to these events. I love going to these events. But I only pick the events with the shows that I actually believe in. Right. You're not going to hook me with a Lisa Vanderpump selfie. A lot of people, I think, would like a Lisa Vanderpump selfie and they want to kiss the ring and they want to be nice to her. I will say, hey, when I saw her at the Vanderpump Villa event, she was horrible to me. She was awful. She was such a bitch. And you know what? I like Vanderpump Villa. I'll pimp out Vanderpump Villa. Love Stassi. Love Hannah and Hagan. I'll continue to promote the show out of my own organic interest in it, but I will still call out what a terrible person she was to me at that event. I'm somebody that's always going to keep it real. If I didn't like a show, I'm not going to tell you guys to watch the show if it wasn't actually good, if there wasn't anything that hooked me in it. I'm not going to push it. I'm just not. Whereas I think other people would rather continue getting invites to these events to continue to get their selfies with Lisa Vanderpump. And at this point, I think the audience has gone too savvy, where they're not going to believe any of these interviews influencers anymore. Right. Because they're there for the free food and the selfies and the free drinks. I will only go to something that I actually care about. I will only promote it to you and share it with you if I actually think there's value that it will bring to you. Right. I'm telling you, Vanderpump rules. The premiere was not it. Right. So all of the case studies that we had, Abby, low end beach club Vanderpump, very cavallari, Roney, all of those would have indicated that this show was going to be a struggle city from the start. You didn't even incorporate the old cast. Have we not seen those failures? Look at the Charmed reboot. Right, let's go into scripted for a second. When the Charmed reboot happened and pissed off the original Charmed cast members. Shannen Doherty, Rose McGowan, Alyssa Milano, Holly Marie Combs. Charmed was an iconic show. They did not incorporate any of the original Charmed women and didn't listen to any of their criticism with this. And I think Holly Marie Combs had the best analysis of, like, we worked so hard, we built that show on our backs, and now you're just gonna steal that and think that the audience is just gonna show up for you because you're gonna work off of our hardbacks. No, you have to merge again. If you didn't give us this, this final wrap up, you know, special, then incorporate the old cast some way so that we have a merger, we have a transition, we have a passing of the baton in some way. It just. There were so many fumbles. I don't know who ran the marketing. I don't know who thought the promotion that they're doing was the smart way to do it. It's just not. It's not smart, it's not sloppy, and it's disrespectful to the audience that made this show. Then we have something like next gen. Okay? Next gen. And a case study in what went. Right. Right. It was a smart concept. Why? Because it was different. It was fresh. But it also captures that nostalgia. Right. We have the housewives that are making cameos. We have Kim Zolciak. We have Meredith have Candy Burris. We have. Who else is in it? Teresa Giudice. Right. We have the housewives that make cameos. So we have a little bit of that. Like, oh, my God, our favorite housewives are coming on this show to do a cute, like, scene with their kids. Right. Especially since Housewives, we're seeing less scenes with the kids because a lot of the kids don't want to be on Housewives anymore or the moms want to protect their kids. So we're seeing less of those. So to see those moments are wholesome and they're fun. Right. Or in some cases, like Ariana outing that Kim, you know, takes her money. Great television. Compelling. Right? We see the dynamic between the mom and the. And the daughter. And then we have the real house kids. We watched them grow up. We saw them as kids. We're already familiar with them. And so we already have a slight interest in them. Right. We've already seen, you know, Candy's daughter. We've already seen Kim Zolciak's daughters. We've already seen Brooks make some. Some scenes on Real Housewives. We've known Gia forever, so we're kind of interested in them. We already at least know who they are. They're somewhat of a tie. Genius idea. It took the elements of things that are successful, and it gave us something new with the familiar touch. The other thing that Vanderpump rules, the other thing with Vanderpump rules is the audience. Right. And part of why I think the show is going to struggle is I don't know who this show is made for, because if you're just trying to reach where we were all at 12 years ago, we're not there anymore. So the old audience has grown up. We're not in the same place. We're not growing up with the servers. We can't relate to them in the same way. You know, we were building alongside of them. Many of us were struggling with them. Many of us were trying to build something for ourselves and being young and dumb and going through these relationships. Problem. Relationship problems. So it was relatable. Right. But the reason. So we are not in that place. We don't care to see that shit anymore. But the reason you're not going to hook the younger audience with a show like this is because the culture has shifted over the last decade as well. These people don't want to be actors and singers. They want to be influencers. They want to be reality stars. They want to have a personal brand. They want to have a podcast of their own where you know them and their name and they're famous. Right? So then you know what? Lean into that. Because at least that's where the culture's at. I don't think the audience will care very much about that sort of struggle, but at least it's something that we can understand because they. It's what we're seeing on the market right now. It's what we're seeing reflected in the culture right now, which was not a thing a decade ago. Right. I don't believe any of these people really want to be actors. I don't believe any of these people really want to be musicians. When you see Tom Sandoval. Tom Sandoval still wants to be a fucking musician. He, like, that was so real. And they believed that there Sheena dancing on the bar at Sir. These new cast members would never do that because they don't want to be cringe. That was. That's what was great about the original cast members is they didn't give a fuck about being cringe. They gave a fuck about being stars in Hollywood, right? That's what they wanted. So they gave everything that they could so that they could pay their bills and get their gas to go to their auditions. This new cast doesn't want to be cringe. Their faces are so fucking fake, and they're all glammed and, like. It's just. It's not. And so you need to then reflect what the culture is now, right? Everybody has Botox and filler. Everybody. Like, it's just. It's different. The culture has. It shifted. And it's obvious that they want to be influencers. Lean into that again. I don't think the audience will care very much, but at least it's something that we can understand. I don't believe any of these people want to be actors and musicians. I'll just say that they want to be the next cast of Vanderpump Rules, which is also why this model doesn't work. You know, they know the success that Vanderpump Rules was. They know that they have to hold up to that legacy, so they're going to try to be that rather than just be themselves. When Sheena was dancing on the bar, she really believed she was a pop star. That's the level of cringe and delusion that we loved, right? That's what was. She bought her boyfriend's penguins. Stassi brought Jax, and then she had Patrick. And we watched Stassi make these terrible decisions. When it came to guys, Sandoval thought that he was the hottest gift on earth. Jax had no morals and did not give a fuck if you didn't like him. He was like, yeah, I'm gonna bang. I'm gonna be engaged and bang Faith in front of the grandma that's dying, you know, on life support. I'm gonna give her one final throw before she goes. He did not care. These people care too much. You know why? Because these people that we're seeing on Vanderpump Rules now, they also grew up in the age of social media. They know gifts, they know memes. They know the value of becoming a meme. So a lot of what they're giving us is. Doesn't feel like genuine wit or snark. When Stacy was in her confessionals, she was giving us wit. She was giving us snark. Like, she was just giving us lines that she knew were good lines and were funny lines, very similar to Bethany. Now it feels like these people are trying to make themselves into a memorable meme. They're trying to give you a line that you're going to quote at Bravo Con. That's what they want. You know, that's what they're here for, is to make this name for themselves. The OG cast didn't have any of that. They didn't understand social media as a brand. They built that culture organically, and they did it well. So I think that's where we are, and that's why the show is just Struggle City. 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My goal is to become a meme. What the fuck is this world come to? Exactly. And so you have to then acknowledge that you can't make us pretend that this is, you know, 2014, 2013, and that, you know, these people just want to be an actor and they want to perform at the House of Blues like it's just not a thing anymore, you know? Tiffany says I would watch a reality show with Sandoval in it. He's really good tv. He is great tv. You can't deny that. And listen, we don't watch people on reality television because they're good, moral, upstanding citizens. We watch them because they're trash. I say that lovingly, by the way, Amanda says I said the same thing about the Vanderpump Rules. And they should have done it last season. Just a few episodes and clips of what they wanted to be when they started the show and catch up on what they ended up doing. Exactly. Could you imagine how much we would have loved that? Give us the original Confessionals, right? Because, you know, they in, in the pilot, they were asking all of the cast members what they wanted to be, where they wanted to be. We're gonna be actors, we're gonna be musicians, whatever. Give us those old confessionals and then show us where their lives are now. And listen, they were at a height, right? Sheena had a baby. She was married to Brock. They got a new home. Lala was having her new baby. What else did we have in that season? Ariana was reaching the height in her career. She was doing Roxy on Broadway. Like, you know, you could have been, like, you had the moments of Ariana being like, I take sketch comedy really seriously. And then you see her on Roxie Hart on Broadway and hosting Love Island. Like, I feel like we were robbed of that. You know, Sandoval, he was actually performing with Tom Sandoval and the most extras and was doing shows and was on the Traitors. Like, show us what they became. Show us where they were. And then we would feel not only some closure, but it would have given us a little bit of peace too. You know, Danny says, I still like the reboot, but that doesn't mean I think it compares or comes anywhere close to the OGs. Well, listen, some people can still like McDonald's, and it's never going to compare to a steakhouse. You know, the burger you get at Mastro's and the burger you get at McDonald's are two very different things. That doesn't mean that you can't still like McDonald's, but it's still McDonald's. It's still low budget. It's still not high quality. It's fine. It's fast food. You know, it does its job. You can enjoy the fry, but, you know, it's still not good, right? It's not quality. It's satisfaction in the moment. It's quick, cheap fast food. But, you know, my dog loves a plain double hamburger. Like on a plane, like an airplane, because you spelled it plain. Christina. Shout out to Christina and Laura in the live chat. Our mods. We love the mods. Shout out to the mods. Okay, let's talk about the Golden Globes because this is interesting and there are lots of thoughts and feelings and stuff about this because Variety and the Golden Globes have now been exposed for the fake media because a lot of people are saying, Joe Rogan. Why is Joe Rogan not part of the. The. The nominees. The new nominees for this new category that the Golden Globes has, has introduced, which is the podcast category. Now, these are the podcasts that were nominated for the first ever Golden Globe nominations for the 2026 Golden Globes. Okay, Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard, Call Her Daddy, Good Hang with Amy Poehler, the Mel Robbins Podcast, the Smart List podcast, and then NPR's Up first podcast. Okay, those are the shows that are nominated for best podcast nominees for the 2026 Golden Globes. Now, this is the list. Now, we covered this about a month ago. The full list, they picked 20. The Golden Globes announced 25 podcasts that would be eligible. And of those 25, it was what, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 that they chose for the nominations. Okay, it was 2020 by ABC News, 48 Hours by CBS, Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard, Call Her Daddy, Candace with Candace Owens, Crime Junkie, Dateline NBC, Good Hair with a Good Hang with Amy Poehler, Morbid Mr. Ballin podcast, pardon My Take Podcast, Pod Saves America, Rotten Mango, the Ryan, the Sean Ryan Show, Smart Lists, Stuff youf Should Know, the Ben Shapiro show, the Bill Simmons show, the Daily by the New York Times, the Joe Rogan Experience, the Megyn Kelly show, the Mel Robbins Podcast, the Tucker Carlson show this past weekend with the ovan and up first with npr. Now, I predicted, I did predictions back then and I said all of the celebrity podcasts were going to make it. I said Dax Shepard was going to be on the list. I said Call Her Daddy was going to be on the list. Amy Poehler was going to be on the list. I said I could see what's her name, Mel Robbins on the list. The only celebrity podcast I didn't foresee was Smart List because I forgot that that had Jason Bateman. I didn't remember, like I knew the name Smart List, but I don't listen to Smart List. So obviously Smart List was, would have been an easy shoe. And had I remembered that that was Jason Bateman's podcast, obviously my prediction of all of the celebrity podcasts absolutely were going to be put forth. Joe Rogan was never going to make the list. Megyn Kelly, never going to make the list. Tucker Carlson, Candace Owens never going to make the list. Sean Ryan, never going to happen. They were never going to be in the top nominees. The Golden Globes is not about politics. The Golden Globes is not about culture necessarily. It's about Hollywood celebrities and, and pop culture. So of course they're going to want everyone that's a name in pop culture, that celebrity that of course is also going to be, you know, that's going to make sense for their audience. So Dax Shepard, Alex Cooper, Amy Poehler, Jason Bateman, all of them, Shoe and Mel Robbins. I feel like arguably has become like a guru, but she's also in the celebrity, like, celebrity category. Now. People really know her. I'm surprised Jay Shetty wasn't on this list. However, I predicted that. I said that there it was either going to be the New York Times, npr, or what was the. Or Pod Saves America. I said one of those three will also make the list as well. Ultimately, it ended up being up first with from npr. It wasn't the Daily, and it wasn't Pod Saves America. I'm surprised the Pod Save America wasn't added on there, but maybe they didn't want to go full political now. So in order to be part of that five, you needed to first be on this list of who they would approve. And these are the names that they announced. They made it seem like they were making an effort to allow conservative voices to come up for the nomination. And a lot of people were really shocked that Joe Rogan and Theo Vaughn, who are in the top five worldwide podcasts, why they were not nominated. Now, they were not nominated because they didn't pay for it. Okay, this is what people don't realize. You have to pay to be considered for a Golden Globe. So up front, once you get announced on this list of 25 names, they're basically saying, hey, you're the people that can now pay us for us to consider you as, you know, a Golden Globe winner. Okay, there's an upfront $500 fee that you have to pay. You have to pay $500 right out the gate just for them to even consider you. Okay, then after the $500 just to be considered. So all of these 25 podcasts had an opportunity to pay $500, many of which I assume said no. Candace, I'm sure said no. Theo, I'm sure said no. Tucker, I'm curious. Sure said no. Rogan, you can be damn sure is like, I'm not gonna pay you $500 just for you to, like, you know, look at me. Then after that, there's a $5,000 fee to upload your project to the Golden Globes screening platform for visibility amongst the Golden Globe voters. Okay, so then you have to pay five grand for visibility for them to even be able to see what you're all about, what your content is, not to factor in the money that you have to invest in. I'm would imagine these people have teams, but that's still money of an investment that you have to pay people to put Together these packages to then upload for this for the Golden Globe screening platform. Right? You want that visibility. That way, the people that are voting the Academy, they know who you are and they're familiar with your show and they can make a decision on where, whether or not they're going to vote for you. Okay, then save the 500 up front to be considered 5000 to upload to the screening platform. Then you can pay $25,000, right? What a stark jump that is. You can pay $25,000 to be a panelist on a Variety panel to promote your show for consideration, which also comes with press coverage from Variety. And you also get like a full page ad for consideration of your show for the Academy. And then you get social media posts for promotion. So it's more visibility. But that's crazy. And so that's why when people see these Variety panels, like there was one with Blake Lively, I remember the one where she's pregnant, she's wearing that, like, sparkly dress and the big chunky heels. The one where she said she takes authorship over a project. So most people don't realize those panels are not real. Like, yes, technically, you're watching the panel, but those panels are usually sponsored in some way or there's a celebrity hook in some way. So usually brands or in this case, studios, like movie studios, TV production companies, networks, they'll pay someone like Variety so that they can then host this panel. And this is how Variety makes their money. And then they give that, they give these people in these movies coverage. So it's paid coverage. It's paid media, but they'll pay. I'm just giving this for an example. I don't know this for fact, but I'm just to make. Let's say Blake Lively is doing a movie. Let's say it's another simple favorite, purely examples, right? And let's say the production company behind another simple favor is like, okay, we want Blake Lively to be on this Variety panel so that she and Brandon Skinnar or Michelle Maroney can sit on this panel to promote the movie. And so they'll pay Variety to have Blake Lively and Brandon Skinnar on the panel so that they can talk about the movie, right? Or in other cases, and which I think may have been the case with Book Bonanza, with it ends with us, you know, Blake Lively went, and she brought Isabella Ferrer and Brandon's Glenar and Colleen Hoover in those cases as well. Sometimes they're not sponsored, but sometimes the event coordinators, like Book Bonanza is obviously an event that they're trying to sell tickets to. So what they'll do is they'll invite celebrities to come, and sometimes they'll pay the celebrity to be on stage. That way they can secure that there's somebody on stage that people want to buy tickets to the event to come see. So in some cases, the event will pay a celebrity to show up. In some cases, it's a fair exchange, right? The celeb will say, okay, well, there's value. You give me a booth where I can hack my hair care line or whatever the case may be, or you let me promote my movie. Whatever it is, it's a paid promotion, but there's. It's an exchange. Sometimes that exchange is monetary, sometimes that exchange is some sort of agreement. But there's a visibility and a handshake deal that is happening with all of these panels. It's not like somebody's like, let me put on a really good panel with really good people that I think will provide value. No, it's rarely ever that. It's usually in this case is paid. Whereas these Variety panels you're seeing, you have to pay $25,000 to be a panelist so that Variety can promote you or promote your show for consideration with the Academy. Okay? Then after that 25,000, you have an opportunity to do 35,000, which will get you your own 15 minute conversation hosted by Variety. So you're not just a panelist. This is your panel. This is your sit down with variety. So for $10,000 more, you get to own the panel. The panel is all yours. Okay? And if that's not enough, then you can really spend the dough. And this is the networks and this is the production companies and all these people that are spending this money, right? You can pay $75,000. This is how much faker it all gets. You can pay $75,000 to get the Variety Creative Impact Award in podcasting, which would come with totally organic coverage in Variety because they're going to want to feature the award winner. Little do you know, you have to pay $75,000 for that. And then you'll get your totally organic coverage in Variety along with the feature at the FYC Fest. FYC stands for four Year Consideration. So at the four Year Consideration Festival, this is the biggest campaign event to get a Golden Globe. So when you see all these movies and you see all these actresses and sometimes you're like, of all of the movies that they pitch, like, what about that, like, really good indie film or what about that really good other movie you know, like some people, like, oh, my God, was Sydney Sweeney snubbed from her new movie where she plays the lesbian boxer? And the lesbian boxer movie, we already know, had a very low budget. So it was very unlikely that they were going to be campaigning to put forth Sidney's Sweeney. To be nominated for something in that, you have to have money behind these nominations. So, you know, here you get the award, though. This is where you see that not only are the panels bought, not only is media bought, but then you can buy awards too. And so this is really to make your podcast look like it's important. It's to give you more visibility in front of the voters of the Golden Globes. And as we know, they're very likely to lean more to the left. Left. So if you're very liberal, it's highly un. If you're not, if you're very liberal, it's highly unlikely that you're voting for Joe Rogan or you want the Ovon to get the award. Right. Also, how hilarious would it be to actually see Joe Rogan on the stage thanking the Academy for his nomination? It's just, it would never happen. Rogan's not going to pay the money to do this. Rogan doesn't care. Rogan's not going to go on stage and be like, oh, my God, the Golden Globe that I've wanted my whole life. This means so much. Rogan does not give a fuck. Because when you see, when you meet Oz behind the curtains, you see it ain't that real. At the end of the day, you know, Rogan wouldn't go to this thing. Theo wouldn't go to this thing. Candace Owens, could you imagine Candace Owens on stage of the Golden Globes thanking the Academy? First of all, the, the voters would never vote for them, right? They're going to vote for the left leaning podcast because that's just how the world is right now. Hollywood is super liberal. Even the ones that are, aren't the ones that are secretly Republican voters or conservative voters even, they publicly are like, oh, my God, Yes. Oh, my God. Beautiful. Oh, my God. No more gender beautiful. Come on. Everything is bought. Same for music charts and number ones. Yeah, a lot of it is bought. Most of it is bought. That's an insane amount of money. Yeah, Robin, it is. It is. Is this the same for other podcast awards? I don't know. Usually, yes. Usually, yes. You have to pay like an entry fee to be considered. You have to submit to be considered. And then once you get, once you submit to be considered, then from there they decide, you know, if you can move to the next round, you know, so, all right, that's where we at. That's what it do, boo. That's what it do. That's what it do, boo. That's what it do. All right, I like the award show fashion. That's fun. The red carpets are fun, but I mean, they're more like social media now. Money, money, money. That's all it is. It's money, money, money, money, money. And look at these are actual slides from the Variety deck that were leaked by. I think Ankler is the one that posted these. Yeah, Ankler posted these. So, like, here you go. If you want to be a supporting partner panelist spot at the podcasting FYC Fest with Variety, then you can pay $25,000. You'll get support partner attribution on the event collateral. You'll get one panelist spot to join Varieties of moderated panel. You'll get pre promotion, which is inclusion of editorial announcement in the article. Article with supporting attribution. You get post promotion conversation feature on variety.com recap article. One feature on the Variety Facebook post with the brand tag, one Variety X post with brand tag, one Variety Instagram post with brand tag for your consideration E blast logo inclusion and then added value. You get a full page color ad in the Variety for your consideration fest Preview for the 115 weekly issue. That's the 25,000. So these are leaked slides from the Variety deck. Then you also have this one. Here you go, set for $75,000. Look, you get all this. You get the impact award. You get the award delivered on sale stage. You Get a custom 15 minute moderated conversation. You get an opportunity to play clips and a trailer prior to the conversation. You become an official partner attribution on event collateral materials. You get editorial announcement article. You get all this, all the social media posts. It's all just a sponsorship. So how genuine and real is it anyway? Danny says, yeah, I've always been confused why some podcasts make it on those lists. Yeah. So, yeah. All right, guys, that's what I got for you. If they're popular to even be looked at, why do they need promotion? Because they want to. Like, I mean, it's marketing, right? You want to make sure you're in front of their faces over and over and over and over and over and over again. That way they remember you in your top of mind. And it really comes down to like, who's going to schmooze me the most? Who's going to give me the best. Who's going to, like, really give me more, give me more, give me more to where I like you enough to then vote for you. So what it do, booze? What it do? All right, guys, I think that's all I got for you. I'm gonna start a gofundme for you to get on the list next year. Zach, I don't need to be on the list. I'm totally good. I have you guys, and that's enough of an award for me in my life. Please tell me Jamie, Colonel of corn crap isn't on it. Who is Jamie Colonel of the corn crap? I don't know what that is. Is Blake Lively invited to the Golden Globes? I'm sure she'll have a publicist try to squeeze her way in. All right, guys, give me a follow. Just means I follow the podcast and filter with Zach. Sign up for no filter all access, where you can get ad free episodes, bonus episodes in our book club plus members only zoom calls, which are really fun. We drink, we spilled sea, we have a good time. So sign up for that and no Filter all access. There's a link in the description below. Thank you. I love you. I appreciate you. Zach was going to make a big decision on an offer and I missed what he decided on. Well, you'll have to wait, Wendy. Maybe there's a big announcement coming soon. 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