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The following podcast is a Dear Media production. Hey, can you come pick me up?
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Yeah. What's wrong?
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Nothing.
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Are you sure?
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Yeah, no, I just need a ride. Ride, ride.
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I just want to have fun.
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Start your engines. Take care.
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I'm Benito Skinner.
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I'm Mary Beth Barone.
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And this is Rye. Rye.
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Rye.
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They picked good photos of us.
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I know. That's the one thing where I was like, actually. Thank you.
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You guys hear that?
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Maybe we should start.
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You don't want.
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Oh, great.
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Oh, good cut. Maybe the top of it when it.
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Hears this, don't cut it. We're keeping it all.
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I heard you guys don't like the burping. So instead you're gonna hear me drink coconut water out of a big martini.
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Glass bite of cocoa. As you may notice, if this isn't.
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An ad for Vita Coco, which it's just hard now, I guess. Do we have to say that for everything?
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No, no, we actually don't. Or maybe we do, but what I would like to say this is an ad for these new custom limited edition, come on, Kerplunk shirts designed by a Baroni.
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I'm gonna start it out with some shoes from the dual dummy. Yeah, so we'll start there, I would say, and then we'll get to the shirt.
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Okay, so there's a part in the sex mystery also.
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Welcome to the finale.
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There's.
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So you're not ready for what I'm writing for today.
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I can't wait to hear. Crawling to the finish line. There's a scene in the Sex and the City movie, the first one, where she's showing off her like labelless like, skirt suit, which is Dioral.
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It's Christine Dior.
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And they don't say, which I found out through tap. Vintage. Thank you, Alexis, for revealing that to me. But she's showing it to Anthony and Charlotte, of course. And they're like, the bride wore a dress by no one.
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No one. The bride wore labelist. And.
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And she just goes, I'm gonna style out with shoes. You know, do my thing, put a little jewelry on it.
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Hello, Carrie batch house.
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We don't know the quote. And I looked this up last night to try to film this because we've been quoting it, not we've been misquoting it non stop. And the Sex and the City movie is the only thing from the library of Sex and the City that is not currently available on streaming. Like I would have to rent it, which it's worth four bucks to me to get this clip.
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It must be about to be on Ms. Sony for Delta 1. It's like it's eerily close.
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Second one's Max the whole show. Like, it's just the one thing I need that I really want to know. And I even googled it to see if anyone had clipped it. But we're the only sick people that I guess think that it's amazing.
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Oh, my God. It's just so I think about it all and she does it in the second one too of this suit says, you know, whatever Big's last name is. And then she goes, but headpiece says Bradshaw or the crown or something. I don't know.
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Is John Preston the bride Ward no.
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One out with some shoes. So that's us when we saw white tee or a raglan with red sleeves.
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So I'm a start it out with some shoes.
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This is just an incredible design by a Baroni Madison Kelly.
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Imagine having two perfect first names but like one of them is a last name.
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That's so crazy. A girl who went to college with me. Her name was Maddie Kelly.
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Madd Kelly.
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That's a fabulous name.
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So thank you so much. We made a puzzle, we made stickers and we made two types of shirt depending on what you're styled out with. Some shoes.
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Shoes. Buy them all. Hey, come on.
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Buy the full collection. If you even give a shit.
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If you give a fuck.
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Would it kill you to give a fuck?
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Seriously?
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Seriously.
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Wait to see that. Have you ever known someone for a long time and they become a complete stranger to you?
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So I have.
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Cheers. Welcome to season three.
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Cheers to the freaking weekend. I'll drink to that.
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Yeah. Oh, let the Jameson sing.
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So this set dressing today is courtesy of Etsy, which we're going to get into later. But we actually have a lot of stuff to talk about seeing as this is our last episode for a while. Our last new episode.
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It's just crazy how we started this season to how we are finishing it. That's range one week off.
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We had one week off this season.
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One week off.
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One week off. My dad died. A relationship of nine years ended and we took one week off because we love you guys. We love you, Kat.
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And we said we're gonna take a week off and we're gonna style it out.
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You know, it's a little jewels or something.
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So I'm so late today. I was 45 then.
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He set a new record of being late and how well am I dealing with it? I wasn't really fussed about it. I'm like, you know, I'm a bummer. Because I have a show at 7. But like, it's also right after dark because it's. It's 5:30 right now.
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It's as late as it could be. It should be a martini. My God.
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My God, I want to throw one back.
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No, I said like, as far as how late I would be, this is the last time I'll do it.
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I'm a shout out. Hey, if anyone can make being late look good, it's you, my love.
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Thank you. I was that fitting.
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I know. You're doing a. You're doing a brand activation.
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I'm doing a brand activation. Truly. It was so uptown, you can't even imagine. And the city is both equipped and not equipped to survive a snowstorm. So it's just like the. The roads were crazy.
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I saw a fire truck get stuck because two cars were parked snow bank and it couldn't get through. So it's affecting people in all walks of life, including firemen, podcasters, et cetera and what have you.
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Oh, and I've always wanted someone to call me a podcaster.
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I though, bruh.
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Yeah. And I will say. Okay, I've just thought so many things this week.
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Congestion pricing worked. I just want to say to all those that said it wouldn't. It did. I think it eliminated 27 million car trips. The roads are safer. There's less people getting hit by cars. There's less pedestrian deaths. Traffic would be worse if we didn't have it.
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Are you see me right now?
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These walls could talk. What they say I'm in a salad. I like some shoes.
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That's what they've been saying this whole time. If you looked really closely at our tiny fingers clapping, they're that and our with some tools. I'm glad we've completely lost.
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Gone crazy. Structure era is extended indefinitely.
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Oh, it's been a gas leak year, honey.
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Oh, there's a ghost in my apartment. Pinky keeps barking at the top corner of the box that I live in.
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Carrie Bradshaw.
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Yeah, there's a ghost. I don't even mind. Like, we're totally vibing. You know the coexist bumper sticker that's about me and my ghost.
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My deviated septum. Oh my God, you guys. I bet you ruddy's nose because of how cold it is. I can't. And I had the flu. I literally am so disgusting. We can't. We can't keep that in.
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We'll blur it. I can we, please? We will, we will. Oh my God. Bunny.
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Sorry, I have to bring this up. Where are We.
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No, that's a brand. That's a brand. You know the stand up show Wally did when she talked about burping on the zoom?
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Don't tell comedy.
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Don't tell comedy. It's called don't tell.
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I love that.
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And. And can I say one thing? Thank God you did.
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I had to, you guys. I had this crazy flu. Get the flu shot. And it was. Oh, my God. Here Benny Drama goes about shots and arms again.
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You're slowly creeping into anti Vaxx territory.
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Oh, fully. I'm like, get the as I'm telling people to get the flu shot, but I got. I didn't get it. I got the worst flu. And now I'm still running.
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It's so cold that the condensation in my nose from breathing was crystallized by the time I got to my workout this morning. Oh, it was fully. Looked like boogers, but it wasn't.
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Oh, you didn't realize. I almost went yellow jackets on y' all last night.
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What's that?
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Died in the snow because I walked home from din.
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Why?
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I thought. I thought I'd be fine. My ears felt like they were going to break off.
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I know. It's really, really scary. Also, to those that said I look like Prison Mike with this on, I don't know what that means. So if that's messed up for me to say, like, I'm just quoting to.
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Me, it's Chef from Wet Hot American Summer.
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Okay, sure.
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Which is Chris Maloney.
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Oh, yeah. And I don't mind that comparison at all.
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Yes, Chef.
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I want to talk a little bit about the break that we're going on. So something that's been proposed just to keep people's palettes wet. Wet W h e T. I think throw an H in there must be French. What we're thinking of doing is releasing the Heritage collection, which would be episodes that are sort of like classics that we will rename. Like the Bendier episode, the Something Unbelievables episode, the Love Corn episode, so that it's the ones that people are constantly posting on the Reddit. Like, do you remember which episode they did? Amy Sista.
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Criterion.
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It's Criterion adjacent.
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Do you know where my brain just went?
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What?
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Like, I am such a level of tired today. I'm just like, it's the cold. I think as you're saying that I thought about walking into the Criterion Collection with you. We turn and at the same time go, where's Lynn? Before time.
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Yeah, that's it. Justice for Petrie. Right? That was the name that's so Me.
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That's so you.
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Brave little toast. I think you're the little baby rhinoceros.
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I was hoping you'd say that. And I agree.
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Brave little toaster. I'm the blanket. So I just wanted to say that we're gonna do Heritage episodes, and then we'll take a real break, and then we'll come back for season four.
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Yeah.
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So that's the plan. If that makes you angry, I'm so sorry. I guess, like, I'm sorry. That's all I can say. We want to keep feeding you and bringing joy and laughter, but we do need a break, and we just don't want to, like, we feel like we need to wean you off the nipple a little bit.
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Of course. And we. We said that exactly.
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Only to come back for full force.
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Oh. And we're coming back full force. Stronger than ever now. I love this mashup, girls.
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Yeah, that's pretty good, girl. Where's girl talk when you need him?
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I know. Where's a Glee mashup when you need it? But, yes, we are taking this break because we haven't had one in a bit, and also, we have to go shoot a television show, and it's just hard. We don't want to be, like zombies recording. It's about enjoyment. And I know there's been some comments about us at times of it sounding like we don't want to do it. Just to be clear, this right here, I love doing this.
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Yeah.
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It's all the admin that you also have to do and making sure that.
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We are delivering a great product.
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Yes. A great product that is consistent and enjoyable and that you love.
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And perfectly imperfect.
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Exactly. Because I find the most beautiful thing in the world is imperfection. Yeah. Except when it's anything I make. So I would say just. I would love to.
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You want to focus?
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Yes. We have to focus.
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Did you want to talk about being a 12 in Husky?
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Oh, I just think that I can tell when someone was a 12 husky at Gap Kids. Me. And when they're not. And it really shows, you know, who.
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In my family is. Was.
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To me, it's Jamie, but Greg. Yeah, it's Greg.
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Yeah.
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And someone in the cast was as well. I'm not gonna say his name. And we talked about it, and it's, like, real.
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It binds you.
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It does. And I love the term, by the way.
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Yeah.
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Like, my brother was a 12 slim and I was a 12 husky. There was a 12 regular. I never said I was regular. This donk never said it was regular. But Yeah, I just think, like, I can tell. I can tell in the work, I'd.
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Say, yeah, I agree.
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Lazy.
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And in the. In the. In, like, looking inward, like, I can see in. And I can say, like, that's a person that had that experience.
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Yeah. What did they say?
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12 husky?
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I don't even want to ask, but what do they say for girls? Curvy.
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They didn't have that when I was younger. They said, girls are small, and they should be small and they should stay small.
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There was no range.
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No.
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For us. They're like, yeah, husky boy. Bigger, sexy boy.
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I wanted. Yeah, I did want to speak a little bit. My. My psychosis about my body, which. Caleb's podcast wanna come out yet. But I do talk about it a little bit on Caleb's podcast. My role models when I was younger were all just, like, stick thin in a way that was just, like, there was no deviation from that. And I'm really glad that my nieces are growing up in a world where there's, like, so much more body diversity. Even though it's not enough, there's still so much more. And they have so many more role models who are, like, have healthy bodies. They're not, like, emaciated. And I feel sad that, like, it rewired my brain in such a way that, like, I will actually never recover, but, like, there's a fighting chance for the next generation.
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Yeah, I think so. That's beautiful.
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I just wanted to shout that out, and I won't shout out who these role models are because that somehow gets misconstrued as, like, commenting on a woman's body.
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Yeah. Also, it's like a. I mean, I'm sure that those women would probably say that there were people that influenced them to then feel like they had to look like that. And probably a. A culture, a society, and an industry that celebrated it and forced it on them as well. It's a whole thing.
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It's a whole damn thing. But I'm really glad that husky jeans were available for the boys, the young boys that needed it. Oh.
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To be clear, it made me sick to my stomach, and I was furious, and I. Yeah, but we grow. Every day, we grow stronger and we learn. And I love. I love my body. And I.
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And I love your body as well.
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I love your body. Can. Can I say I love your body?
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Thank you. I'm not gonna comment on the content of the play, but my brother Tom reminded me that we actually saw Mice and Men with Leighton Meester when it was on Broadway as well.
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Yeah.
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I had forgotten.
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Yeah. With James Franco and Chris o'.
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Dowd.
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Chris o', Dowd, yeah. Yeah. Which I was like, who played Lenny?
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Also, I'm not checking my phone. I just wanna make sure we get through everything.
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You know what? This is what we do.
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That's to them. Cause like, I know, you know, but someone said. Whatever. Actually, I'm not gonna even quote.
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What are they saying? Girl, this is so Valentine's Day.
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Wuthering Heights, Withering Heights, Chains of Love, psa. If you do cocaine on a night out, please bring gum and drink lots of water.
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Yes, please. Thank you so much.
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That's something I just wanted to put out there.
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Maybe even a Listerine tongue thing, you know, Everyone keeps going. Do you remember those? I'm like, they exist, babe.
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I buy them currently.
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Yeah, no, I know, I. And hey, no, no, no. They still exist. Would you like one my left?
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Would you like one?
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Would you like three on your. They do have aspartame in them, but just shattering like glass.
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It's a break in.
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I asked you with that whole. I can't wait to have that whole record.
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I haven't.
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Yeah, I've only heard the three wall of, so.
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That's fabulous. Yeah. Okay. I didn't know if the rest was out. It won't be.
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Unbelievable tension. I was in London when that came out and my God, going to coffee and just listening to that. It's like. I like travel privilege.
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Letting it bang through your ears.
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Laying it bl. Oh my God.
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Did I tell you what my phone just did to me?
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That's what I was going to tee you up for.
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Clean the screen. It talked. It was so harsh.
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Your phone just called you an F.
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I said, say please, my good sis.
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Take me to dinner first.
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Literally, take me to dinner if you're going to talk to me like that. It was kind of hot, but, yeah, clean the screen.
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You wrote January actually didn't count, so it's all about Feb. Excited to see how y' all act. You want to just. Just tease, just introduce that.
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My only thing is. Yeah, I just think January is always a wash. So we're just kind of ironing out the kinks. We're figuring it all out. I had the flu. Yeah. I just got in New York.
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Speaking of flu, actually.
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Yeah. Usually January takes a long time.
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It went by fast. We're so happy to have you here in New York.
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I mean, my goodness, I'm so happy to be here. It is a little chilly, but I'm here. I'm working on my apartment. I'm really excited.
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You know what I got us?
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What'd you get?
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Because I know you're gonna give me a set of keys.
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I know.
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So we can have matching. Because I'm gonna put your yeehaw on a set of Mikeys.
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I love these. These are so cute.
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They're cute.
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I'm such a yeehaw guy.
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I know. I felt that. I love what you've done with your bandana as well.
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Well, of course.
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Well, of course.
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I got a haircut today. Why would I ever cover that?
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No, you can't. And I. I actually didn't get a haircut today, so I figured out going, shorts. I love it.
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I don't care. I woke up with a rosacea pustule, but it didn't piss me off.
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And I wasn't mad that you were late.
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I know. I'm really sorry. I was.
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It's okay. It's. You know what? It's okay. It's okay. We're gonna get through everything. Our rides are just gonna be really short. And that's.
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I'm sad because, like, I had this moment today where I was just like, I. Yeah, well, I'll get it. I'm gonna ride for.
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Okay.
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I'm just gonna get into it.
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A couple other things I wanted to talk about. I'm posing a question that came to me. I think it's a genuine thought starter.
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This is one of those moments where I got goosebumps, and I go, this brain. I gotta grab her by it.
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Would Martin Luther King, were he alive today, go to fashion shows to me.
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Okay. My. You know my answer, and I have one as well.
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Yes, I think he would.
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Yeah.
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I think he would have supported Pharrell's tenure at Louis Vuitton.
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Yes, of course.
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I think he would have walked in Prada the same year as Kyle McLaughlin.
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I don't. He wouldn't have walked.
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You don't think.
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I think he would have sat front row, obviously, like, enjoyed the. The artistry, the respect given to him, and then that be it. I don't know if he would walk.
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Okay.
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Because walk is usually more like actors. Like, more like performers. But I don't want to speak for him.
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I never would. I would say this not to disrespect any legacy, obviously. I was just. I'm thinking about public figures. I'm thinking about. You'll see Gloria Steinem at an event now, and then you'll see Jane Fonda. Obviously, she is in the actor category as well. It's interesting to think, like, what would John F. Kennedy be up to?
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Or Jackie Kennedy? To me, I could see Jackie. She would have been like, Chanel ambassador. Yeah. Or like a Gucci. Oh, they would have. Totally new Chanel. She would have. Oh, God, she would have looked incredible.
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Fun to think about. I think it's like, a world where, like, these assassinations just simply didn't happen. That's kind of the world I want to live in.
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Me too.
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Bobby Kennedy. Bobby Kennedy could have been president and then retired and then just like.
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And gone to a Bottega show.
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Yeah.
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Yeah. I mean, well, he always wanted to become president.
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Stop the war, serve. We'll never know.
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Oh, God. Yeah. I'm just thinking of all the shows that the greats would have loved. Like, oh, my God, Marilyn walking out of a Dolce and Gabbana show. Marilyn's like, actually, I can't.
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She literally leaves. She's like, I don't. I don't like their politics.
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Like, I show them. Fuck with this. No. Oh, my God. Marilyn's showing up to a Balenciaga show.
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And being like, Cobain. Kurt Cobain doing, like, imagine this is.
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They're gonna. Someone's gonna clip all this and ruin us.
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Kurt Cobain from you.
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Mew. Don't. In the glasses. That is so. I mean, there's like. You have the Patti Smiths. I know exactly what you're Talking about.
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Yeah, I like see it all. It's literally a thought starter.
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Is it Patty Smith? I might be thinking of Joan Didion. Was Joan Didion for ysl? Something like that.
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Either way, the greats are doing. They're doing the fashion.
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Oh. I do not think kids should be in campaigns for houses, for clothes made for adults. I think that's disgusting.
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Okay.
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That's one thing.
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Okay.
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Do you know what I mean?
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I do.
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Like when there's like, I don't know, 14 year old actor who's in a campaign for a brand that's made for adults.
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Yeah. It's kind of weird.
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That's bizarre. The clothes shouldn't fit them.
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I agree.
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That's really weird. That's kind of that on that. I guess that's really strange.
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Who are you designing for at that point?
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Yeah, I'm just like, oh. And why would that sell me on it?
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I guess I don't know. Because that's a different customer. It's a different client. Remember when Mary Kate and Ashley called their clients customers? That really sat with me. Like I was like them thinking of the people that buy the row as customers.
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Yeah.
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It was so heights of family, a different way of looking at it when.
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You'Re here, your family.
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Absolutely.
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The word customer was completely ruined for me as a kid because of Jingle all the Way.
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I didn't see that. Oh wait, no, I have seen that.
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Don't forget you're my number one customer.
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Yeah.
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Well.
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Did you guys watch Kindergarten Cop?
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Yeah, of course. Yeah.
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Who is your daddy and what does he do? Don't snot again.
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God, yeah. Sniffles Mr. Snifflepuss.
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I'm loving it. We never did a Golden Globes recap just because it's been so long, but I had a blast. Thank you for all the support and I honestly, I. I loved meeting everyone.
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Can I say something please? Today I will be writing for Mary Beth Barone at the Golden Globe.
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Stop. Yes.
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So we'll talk about it in a sec. Yes. And it makes me literally. I like. Yeah. I could cry at anything lately is what I'm finding.
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Me too.
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Yeah.
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Should we do our gift exchange?
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Yeah, of course. What are you ready for though?
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Okay. I'm gon ride for calling people. Calling people out of the blue. Really?
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Any dramas, any drama's butthole?
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The manicure picture. I'm riding for cold calling out of the blue. Which really ties into our relationship and how me calling you out of the blue has emboldened me to do that to others to the point where People think it's a mistake that I've called them.
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I know. Which I do. You know, I.
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God's made. God makes no mistakes.
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God makes no mistakes. Here's my thing. When I do that, it's to anyone, and they think it's a mistake. Totally. That's how much I've been off the radar. I'm so close to finishing writing the season. What are these?
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Your first present.
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You got me a bunch of gifts.
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So this episode of Ride is brought to you by Etsy.
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Etsy.
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So we wanted to celebrate, like, a fun friends. I almost said friendsgiving, but it's, I guess, Galentine's Day. It's Valentine's Day. You don't have to make a new name for it. It's Valentine's Day among friends.
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Yeah. Hey, there's all forms of love, by the way. Oh, I can't wait to see, like, a sexy movie with you.
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Yeah. Soon.
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This better be candle off col candles unseriously good.
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But you have to take it out of the box.
B
What's gonna be on this? There's something so Etsy about it all.
A
It's very Etsy.
B
I'm gonna style it out with some shoes.
A
You know, with the candle.
B
Oh, my God. What is this? Welcome home, Benny.
A
Yeah.
B
That's so cute.
A
Yeah.
B
Delish. Wait, what is that smell? That's really nice.
A
Vanilla pumpkin, sea salt.
B
It's vanilla pumpkin. Oh, God, that smells good. It's kettle corn.
A
Just passing through.
B
Yeah. I didn't know I got you that. I'm. Sea salt is really, like. That's making me hungry.
A
We have cocktail pics. This is the only pic a straight guy's allowed to walk around with in his mouth. It's the ones with our faces on them.
B
Yes.
A
And the decor as well. This is for you. And as you can see, the note says, for your 1 inch of bath water.
B
Oh, thank you, honey. I just want everyone to know, when she was doing this, I was writing an incredible character arc for Grace.
A
No one is wondering what. What you were doing.
B
I swear, I work. Wait. Oh, my God. It's Z A A I N A. Is it Zaina. Zaina. Oh, my God. Zaina's product philosophy is inspired by ancient beauty rituals from cultures worldwide. Okay.
A
Fabulous bath bombs, rooted in the tradition of longevity.
B
When I put these in the bath and they juggle around me and they go, oh, oops, I'm gonna start doing that in the lake. Her going, she puts it in a.
A
Water at dinner, and you go, ice woman.
B
Proud of it, babe. These Smell so good.
A
Oh, I'm happy.
B
Thank you so much, Zaina.
A
Good work.
B
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A
Last one.
B
This reminds me so much of PB Teen.
A
I got this. I. I actually can't remember where I got this wrapping paper.
B
I love that. It's like. It's.
A
It's for. It's a boy side and a girl side.
B
I know. Which you know. So this says Goodnight MB and this is Goodnight Benny.
A
I'm gonna start putting these on for when I'm on the phone with people so I won't text while I'm on the phone.
B
Oh, wait, that's amazing.
A
I can't stop texting when I'm on the phone and then I'm only half listening a lot of the time. Yeah, that's. You know, not every call just.
B
Are your eyes open right now or closed?
A
They were closed, but I took it off.
B
Oh, well, mine are open.
A
Oh, that's beautiful. Thank you so much, Etsy.
B
Thank you, Etsy. This is so cute. Who was the brand letter party? Adorable.
A
And we have a landing page for ride. The pod www.etsy.com featured.
B
Good night, MB.
A
Night, Benny.
B
I love that. That's so cute.
A
Thank you, Etsy.
B
And this is adorable.
A
That's a real pinata what you put in it. It's candy.
B
What kind of candy?
A
Yummy stuff. I was hoping you'd do that cuz we don't have a. You don't have it back. We ride for you, Etsy. Thank you so much for all the swag and the cocktail pics and the banner with our faces. I'm gonna. I am gonna bring these home for a future party for sure. And obviously the presents, but yeah, that's.
B
Fun to bring someone back to your apartment and they're like, okay.
A
They're like, huh. What are. What kind of. What's the personality type we're working with here?
B
Two press events.
A
Yeah. Yes.
B
That's you at the Globes. Right?
A
Where we thrive.
B
The earrings are beautiful, by the way.
A
The earrings are completely fabulous.
B
Mm. Glam was gorgeous. Ms. French, we never said.
A
I think.
B
I never said I was Alex French.
A
I know what you're wearing in that photo.
B
Wales Bonner.
A
Yeah. The orange and blue stripes.
B
I love that look.
A
Ask me. Show me any Benny Drama floating head and I'll tell you what he was wearing at the function.
B
Todd Oldham. 1993.
A
Maybe 94.
B
Maybe 94. It just depends.
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Just depends.
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Sourced from Gabriel Haldville. Vintage.
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Exactly.
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Styled by. Wow.
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Shop Etsy to find items that make it easy to celebrate all types of love, including your bff. Wait, where are we going?
B
Who cares? Ride.
A
Before we get into what we ride for, I want to do a quick State of the Union and just.
B
Oh, what a state it is in. My God, it's hard. Take it away, darling. So sometimes I don't speak on these things because I just don't want a clip of me talking about it. But on Fox News again. And like my brother to get texts asking if I have aids. That's why I'm not doing it. There you go.
A
Mic drop.
B
So I agree with literally everything this woman says. We have conversations about it all the time. I just got really freaked out when it was me on camera and my face was plastered on Fox News and I was sent death threats for a.
A
Long time for the vaccines. You're protecting yourself and your peace.
B
Yes. And also, I think enough male comedians jump in.
A
I agree.
B
Let's just hear you.
A
Thank you.
B
Let's just hear you, darling. You have the floor.
A
I wrote this out. I'm reading off my phone because I don't want to mess it up. People all over the country and the world are scared and they are understandably on edge. Our government is sending an untrained, lethally armed militia into our cities to terrorize, abduct, and murder people, period. They are going after anyone they deem a threat to the terror they are enacting. They are going after children, parents, citizens, and probably even some cousins to all the Baronis in Minneapolis who are standing up to this fascist regime and the murderous army it is enabling. Thank you.
B
We love you so much.
A
We see you and we love you. And this is just one of the countless horrors the American government is perpetuating in this current moment. We have many, many, many battles before us. To everyone else who has to move about the world under these conditions under extreme emotional duress, we see you and we love you as well. Do your best to lead with love and joy, even when that feels like it's not possible. Take breaks. Drink water. See friends. Laugh when you can. Please stay safe. We don't know when this will end, but we have to keep fighting. I thought about it a lot, and what I realized is there is nothing scarier than a man who has failed. I used to think it was a man on coke. A straight man on coke was the scariest thing in the world. Now I know there's nothing scarier than a man who has failed. Your reality show got canceled, so now a nurse gets shot dead in the street. You couldn't get a job, so now you're kidnapping and detaining children. No one would have sex with you, so now you film yourself saying that women shouldn't have the right to vote. I understand men are victims of this system, too, but it's time to wake the fuck up. We have to continue to challenge the system and change the system. Lock in for the midterms, look up who's running in your area and find candidates you align with, donate money, get involved, have difficult conversations with people close to you who may not align with you. We have the army of love behind us, and we will not fail. Thank you.
B
A State of the Union.
A
And many Americans don't. And so that is why they're not able to do so.
B
Like, such as. Like, such as in the Iraq.
A
In the Iraq and Africa and everywhere. Like, such as.
B
Such as. I knew exactly what she meant. And I think that was.
A
I agree.
B
If these walls could talk during your State of the Union. You're so brilliant. You're so genius. The world is. But I. You know what? I'm so inspired by you. I'm so inspired by Natalie Portman right now. I think she's fabulous. She's on a press tour and she's like, I'm not talking about that. Yeah, I'm locking in. Yeah. But she said this thing of, like, she was like, I couldn't be more proud to be American because of the American people fighting against this. And then also, I couldn't be more devastated to be American because of the government. And I feel that so deeply in my core. I think that all the time, too, of, like, I don't know, the way, like, young people speak out. I was thinking about this because, you know, obviously there's such a policing of, like, posting about it, of, like, how. How much people are posting. And I thought it was amazing when Billie Eilish was like, why aren't more famous people posting about this? I think that was incredible. It is so easy for everyone to just be like, more people should post about it. And also make sure you are. And I think some people are like, but I don't have the reach. It's like, I don't know. There's still such, like, an intimate following that I think even, like, the people in, like, my family who don't do something public, you know, like, that it's important for those people to see that as well.
A
That is such a good point.
B
Such. And you have intimate Relationships with all the people who are following you, and like, that feels like conversations that need to be had. So I also really, I think it should go both ways. I. I really make sure that you yourself are expecting the most out of what you can do as much as you are people that you see on TV or on the Internet. I don't know. It's like, I, I agree. I think, think we all should be doing it, but you're not off the hook just because you don't have a million followers.
A
Yeah, I agree. And it doesn't make sense. Actually, my brother Tom posted something that, like, brought me to tears because he doesn't. We obviously all align politically, but he doesn't always post about politics. And he mentioned that in this, like, story post that he did, and it was just so beautifully written. And I was just thinking how he lives in Texas and I just think, yeah, maybe there are some people that, like, I think for our followers, I would say a majority of them probably align with us politically.
B
Yeah.
A
So even though we have this big volume, it's like, you're so right. Like, the impact it could make for someone who actually knows everyone that follows them, and they might not agree. They might be seeing someone opening up that way for the first time and it might make them think about it differently. So I agree. And I. It's. It's really hard to find the balance of. You don't want to seem performative, but you want to get the information out there.
B
Okay. So the worst case scenario is that someone is doing it and being performative. They're still posting it and it's still out there. It's still something that needs eyes. Getting eyes. I'm just kind of like, yeah, I mean, and there's no winning in it, but that's not really the point.
A
Yeah.
B
So I just.
A
Yeah, if there's criticism, I just have to not listen to that because I did post about this economic blackout that. That will have already happened. And some people said, like, it was tone deaf or insensitive. And it's like me posting about no shopping, no school, no work is not tone deaf. That's me spreading a message of activism, of collective action, that I want people who are able to participate, to participate. If you are not, then don't. But, like, I'm spreading awareness. It's not, it's not a full strike. Like, it would take a lot of planning and probably like a central organization to accomplish that in such a big country. But to try to make an impact and make a dent is still Very worthy. It's like, so who should post about that? Only people that might lose their jobs if they take off work. Like, yeah, we're self employed but like we still, you know, we're not going to shop tomorrow. It's like we're still doing what we can.
B
And that's all I think you're asking people. And it's like also, you know, with I think the plethora of things that are being posted, it's like you can see that you can do some things and that you can't do others. I remember it was during Black Lives Matter, so I had a friend who was like really terrified of like being out in groups of like protesting. And I'm like, there are other ways to contribute. And I think that that's the conversation. It's like just if that doesn't work for you or you can't feasibly do that, like, well, of course, but there are other ways. So you don't need to like feel so guilty or I think it comes from a place of like, well it like I can't do that. So you for saying it's like, no, no, we're not, no one's mad. It's just like, let's try to do this for the people that can.
A
Right?
B
Yeah.
A
People who are on the correct side. We all want the same thing.
B
Yeah.
A
So we're gonna have different access to help accomplish that and different ways of doing it based on our comfort level, our level of safety, you know, anxieties and stuff like that. So I just think like, try not to be too critical and if you are, maybe just screenshot it and send it to a group chat instead of DMing the person or posting about it. Because I think, I think it scares people away from saying anything when saying something can be put under a microscope like that. Yeah, of course we want people to back up their posts with actions and we hope they're doing that. But it might not be publicly, it might be privately. You don't know what they're doing privately.
B
Yeah. And the private, it. Oh God. It's so strange, I think to share things out into the world. And that is something that I think every one of us does now like via social media. So I feel like in doing that it's just interesting how much people think they know about people or know every circumstance or also don't bring like, I think some of the like courtesy or kindness that they would bring to like a family member or a friend of like. I think there's probably a reason that they're not doing that or not saying.
A
You know, or that they are saying xyz.
B
Yeah.
A
Just let's all be kind to each other. I know that it's really hard. I think everyone's so tense and on edge and I'm noticing it just being out in the world right now. Like interactions that a pedestrian is crossing the street and the car stops a little bit close to the crosswalk and it's like the person explodes. It's like in a normal circumstance, we. We could probably move through that interaction.
B
They could fall in love.
A
They could become lovers and get married.
B
Yeah.
A
That's a.
B
Meet cute sex that night.
A
Meet cute sex that night. Happy Valentine's Day. Me love.
B
Literally.
A
So I think just deep breaths. It's so hard. I'm not judging anyone for how they're coping with it. Except if you're doing coke on a night out and you don't bring gum or drink a lot of water, that's if you're spraying coke breath in my face. I don't care what's happening under fascism. Get some water. Thank you.
B
Get some water. You've got dry mouth. And it smells like booty cheeks in there.
A
It smells like booty cheeks. So should we get into what we ride for now that we fixed the country.
B
Well, we fixed the country.
A
Check, check.
B
Etsy ad check. Done. I sneezed on the beat and the beat got sicker.
A
Don't.
B
What?
A
Wait. I love when you did that.
B
What?
A
I just liked it.
B
You liked that? Yeah. I can't believe. You know what, people? I've gotten so many messages about you saying that I got my sparkle back.
A
And I bought you a pinata to celebrate.
B
Someone said the sweetest thing to me. They DMed and they're like, the way that you two love each other is like so special to me.
A
Someone said, I think you guys are best friends in every lifetime. Oh, my God.
B
There was that thing that you sent me that was like this many people in the world.
A
And so we met. Yeah.
B
So I ride for Mary Beth Brown at the Golden Globes and I want to talk. Don't look at me while I say this. Okay. We met at that, like, stand up show or whatever. And I remember the. The like moment is that I. I was watching you and I was just like, that's. She's just such a star. Like, she's so magnetic. And I felt also that I like, knew you. I had known you for so long. Something about it felt like we were old friends. Like, I was just like, there's history here. It's something that's happened a few times, I think. And I feel really lucky about that because I think that nothing makes someone happier than like, I don't know, seeing something in someone. And then when everyone then sees it, I just like. And that's how I felt with Charlie during Brat, where I'm like this person. I just. I'm like, oh my God, that's so amazing. And I was traveling when you did the Globes and like each day people coming up to me because you're my wife and bringing it up to me. I. I had such insane reactions because I was just like, isn't it incredible? Like, did you see the latest one? Like, I was quizzing them on it because I had watched them so much. For anyone who doesn't know, this would be insane if you don't. But Mary Beth Barone interviewed, full name, biological Mary Elizabeth Barone, interviewed guests at the Golden Globes. And the Golden Globes officially like posted the clips. And the interviews were so genius and funny and dry and sexy. And you had crazy chemistry with some people that we'll get into. I maybe bleep them, but. You got something to say, boy. Check your shorts, boy.
A
We're gonna believe that.
B
Is that some in your pants or are you happy to see me? But I started getting so overwhelmed because I was just like, you don't even know how much this woman has worked. And also like how awful your year was.
A
Yeah.
B
Yeah. I cannot stress enough like how bad of a year you had.
A
Yeah. And Court said it was the worst year of anyone he's ever known.
B
It's just so many Ls. Yeah. But your dad would have been so proud of you. And like, it literally makes me so sad.
A
Yeah.
B
And I know he saw it because I believe in the universe. And like he, wherever his spirit is, was howling.
A
He might be the ghost in my apartment. We don't know he's the ghost in my apartment.
B
And I had sex with your dad. Yeah.
A
Grandpa Terry's gone.
B
Oh, God. What a year, kid. It just the way that you bodied it and you brought warmth to it. The questions were genius.
A
Thank you. To George Severus. George with me. One of the most fabulous. He's just so brilliant mind.
B
I need him to write with you forever. It was like a true master. And that's how I felt watching your standup in the past few months. It's like. It's masterful and it's so I. You're in flow state, kid. What do you want me to say you're in fucking flow state. I had to fully ride for it because if I didn't know you, I would have come on this podcast, and that would have been. Whatever. That's. I. I just. I watch them like candy. I still go back to them. I have, like, you bringing up Kumal's jaw. I'm gonna just shout out some of my favorites. You and Joe Keery's wicked chemistry. Come on, give me that comedy.
A
You.
B
Oh, my God. You and IO was really fabulous. That was kind of like.
A
That was a fun reunion.
B
Got the Pistols out. Come on, girls. Back and forth, joke to joke.
A
Two women can have a quick little chat.
B
I know. It really was. And oh, my God. I just. Wow. There's the. I speak for everyone on the Internet when I say smashed it out of the park, ate it down. Chanel is in the building. Boots devoured, ate it up, spit it out again. And should have been nominated for overcompensating.
A
Should have been nominated for my Golden Globes coverage.
B
No, but you should have been nominated for overcompensating. So it's just cool that you got to go and just be, like, the funniest person in the room.
A
Well, thank you. I felt. I felt I had to make not only you proud, but the entire community of Baronis, mostly you. It's a lot of pressure to be on the world stage like that, and so I was scared. I was. I had a nerve.
B
That's the most nervous I've ever seen you.
A
I had a healthy amount of nerves about the situation. I just really wanted to make everyone proud and just show up and do it my own way, which, luckily, the Golden Globes and Jeremy over at the Golden Globes, they gave George and I a lot of room and space to really make it fun. And I talked to so many people. I did 50 interviews. Some of them will never see the light of day for various reasons. Nothing dramatic at all. No drama, no gossip.
B
You can't release all of the.
A
You can't release all of them. Everyone walked up to that little area with me, and they were just like. I don't think any of them knew what was coming, but they all took it in stride, and they. It. They kind of. You can see, like, wanted to have a little fun.
B
Well, the second you give them that permission, I think it was so fun watching them be like, oh, my God. Yeah. Like, this is so, like, the. Do you have anyone to apologize to? Like, they're just the questions that I think. What was the one that. Oh, my God. You had one that was so. Any nominees you find annoying?
A
Yeah. Any actresses?
B
God, that's so incredible. The whole thing was very human.
A
Yeah.
B
And that, like, everyone did have answers for all those things. You can't obviously say all that. I didn't say you can't be that out of pocket. But it was so fun to like, watch them be able to play ball a little bit and just like, oh, my God.
A
The response was so overwhelming that I was just waiting. I was like, like, hiding under the covers, waiting for people to turn on me about something and just waiting for, like, some sort of blowback. No, still waiting for. It hasn't happened yet. Still waiting.
B
You have a special coming in season two, so I'm sure it'll happen.
A
It's a matter of time. And to that. To that end, I just want to say I'm not perfect. I've made. I've said this before. I've made a lot of mistakes in my life, and I am pretty upfront about the fact that I'm flawed. I'm not presenting as someone that's perfect. So, like, I am and you are, and that's where really, we differ.
B
Yeah.
A
But I had so much fun, and I think it was. Was. It was a fun challenge to try to, like, match people's energy, too. But I would say in general, like, just thank you to everyone who watched. Thank you to the Golden Globes. Thank you to you for being my Rock.
B
Thank you just Golden Globes. Jeremy over there at Golden Globes. Thank you. And can I say thank you to Jeremy at the Golden Globes.
A
Thank you to Jeremy. And I wanted to say also, I wasn't aware of this in the moment, but when I was watching them back, I just saw, like, so much of my dad in those interactions, and so it made me feel grateful and. And I miss him. I. I think you're right. I think he's seen them.
B
He's seen them.
A
They definitely have Instagram reels wherever he is.
B
Of course. Of course. And TikTok.
A
Yeah.
B
Yeah.
A
So I hope you enjoyed the comment section. But, yeah, people, it was. It was truly, like, a highlight of my life. I would say it's a.
B
It's a career.
A
I mean, asking the Rock to pick me up, like, there's. You just don't get opportunities like that.
B
You in the Alice wig, in overcompensating. I know that was a really big career. That was one of those big career checks for you. To everyone who brought it, I said, glorious morning.
A
Yeah, you did.
B
You know, I heard you God, you just. And everyone just being like, God, she. And I loved that. It was the first thing people kept bringing up to me. And I'm like, literally, my wife is back in the States laying it down on y'. All.
A
Yeah, well, I was waiting for you. You were away. What was I gonna do while you were away?
B
Oh, God. What should I do the globes?
A
I guess I'll do the globes carpet.
B
Of course.
A
Yeah.
B
Can I go do the globes carpet?
A
You guys can. He's out of town, so, you know, it's funny.
B
You're out of town next week. And so I said yes to something because I'm like, it, the wife's gone. I'm going out on the town.
A
Cats away. Don't do any gay stuff.
B
It's actually deeply not gay. Oh, opposite of.
A
I can't wait to hear what it is.
B
Do you love it? Boom, boom. You killed it.
A
I am speechless. You know, compliments are tough for me. I want to come back at you with things that I would have done differently. Also, it's really hard because sometimes when you're watching that stuff back, you're just like, oh, I wish I did that differently. But this was good for me to just release that. Cause you can't.
B
You can't. And it's so scary and hard and you killed it. And what a great lead in to you. Going to tape a perfect hour of comedy, and then I get to hold you in Toronto and we get to just both be brunette and just have.
A
A good old time and look so much alike.
B
We look so much alike in this season. And we are in so many more scenes together.
A
Thank goodness.
B
I keep writing.
A
No spoilers.
B
No spoilers.
A
But I know all the spoilers.
B
I know. Isn't that crazy? You know everything.
A
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B
You always do, honey.
A
I always do.
B
Senorita spenny drama.
A
So many of our listeners may know.
B
That my friend has an I have.
A
I feel like we probably can't say that.
B
Well, they'll, they'll tell us bleep that word, my friend, is I have a.
A
New bleep it with this senorita THC margarita, non alcoholic. So as many people may know, two cases of these arrived at my apartment right before Thanksgiving. And I thought to myself, well, while we're giving thanks, what better way to bond with the family and the cousins and to crack open one of these, do a little taste test and just do actually a focus group in many ways. So I brought home the two cases. They flew off the shelves.
B
It was. The Reviews were in 10 out of 10. It was a, it was a tower smash.
A
Oh my God. 10 out of 10 cousins agree that senorita Margarita.
B
So good.
A
Non alcoholic THC. So what we love about, what we love about these drinks is the taste. Of course we love the taste. We love the, the impact. This year is all about impact.
B
Well, what could be better than impact? And make, make art, make trouble, make impact Senorita drink, Senorita so. And also the flavors. So this is grapefruit. It tastes like a paloma. It's non alcoholic THC real juice, organic agave, fast onset and low calorie. So that's my bias. If you want to know a little something about me, honey, there's also a.
A
Ranch water flavor and I believe there's like a lime jalapeno Jalapeno.
B
Yeah, of course.
A
So what's amazing about these drinks, Non alcoholic, low calorie, still gives you a chill buzz. And if these walls could talk. So they come in five and 10 milligram.
B
Yes.
A
And I just can't, you know, I'm not drinking till after I do my special type of thing. And so I think. Think I'll be cracking open a few more of these.
B
You said to me after lunch yesterday, you go, I want a senorita right now. No, I know. And also it was like, hold out. I'm like, that sounds really nice having that and watching Casablanca, which is what we did the other night. It was really fabulous because you don't always want to drink and. But you need like a little something after a long day. You just want to relax and it's just really. It's like a non guilty way. Although I'm. I'm done with guilt.
A
No, but it's no hate.
B
But it's no hate hangover. It's really fabulous. Senorita, I feel for you.
A
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B
Your cabana awaits.
A
Must be 21 plus. And then it goes without saying, please enjoy the responsibly.
B
Yeah, don't be weird. 21 and over. Please drink responsibly. We beg of you, my God. Have some respect for your life and for others. We love you so much.
A
If I may. Well, first of all, that is so kind. And I am just. I'm just glad I made you proud and I hope to continue.
B
I'm fan first and I'm gay, so I'm still. I love also other gay guys like, bringing you up to me. I'm just like, girl, you could never like. You're not bringing in money.
A
Well, you can never be.
B
You could never handle it.
A
You couldn't handle it.
B
You could never be.
A
Her husband couldn't handle it. Absolutely not.
B
Yeah.
A
And part of that means part of being my husband, it's answering the damn phone. An art that we have lost as a culture is the art of not texting someone and saying, hey, I'm gonna call you. Hey, are you Free. Hey, what are you doing?
B
Sorry.
A
Get that Yana out. I can't even talk anymore.
B
Snot. Just.
A
And yeah, and then he's. I'm just gonna style it out with some shoes.
B
I'm gonna style it out with some shoes.
A
My thing, what I've been doing lately as part of my taking the power back 2026 and radical honesty. I am taking that phone out and I'm dialing. I am not texting first. I'm not setting time. And if you're free, you're free. And if you're not, well, expect to never hear from me again. Something beautiful about our friendship. We talk on the phone multiple times per day and it. It has not changed since you moved to New York. If anything, we're just. Just the. The absolute amount of minutes we're talking is more. Because now I can just take a cab right to your apartment, which, thank God I've never experienced a long distance best friend moving back.
B
They usually don't.
A
And I mean, I could ride for that.
B
They usually don't.
A
Give me another 45 minutes and I could ride for that.
B
They usually don't. They stay. Exactly. They bloom where planet?
A
They bloom where planet?
B
And you.
A
You didn't.
B
Does it say bloom where planet on any of this?
A
I don't know.
B
Let me check. Okay.
A
I don't think so.
B
Not yet.
A
I would say that our phone calls, be them one minute or an hour. Plus here's what I will say. And this is actually not speaking as much to phone calls, but I don't have a crush on anyone right now. And I will say there's one person that can text me that gives me the feeling of a crush and it's.
B
You that makes me so happy. Do you know my favorite thing you do is if I send Mary Beth like a script or recently I sent her this like, song thing. It'll all make sense later. Yeah, I sent her a beat and I gotta call me right now. And I was just like, oh, this is when I get the full. You covering your. When you.
A
When I. When you make me cry laughing. I call you immediately.
B
Exactly. You answered and you said, I think you should be put into prison.
A
But it's really funny.
B
Yeah.
A
Whenever. When you send me something and I cry laughing. That's just. I need to immediately let you know because when I say lmao, it's like, like, no, I need to show you right now that there are tears streaming down my face. And I think we could all benefit from a little more phone communication. I decided the Next person I have a crush on, if I get their number, if I want to make them, if I want to make them, if I want to make plans with them, I'm just gonna call them. Yeah, I'm sick of footing around. We're doing way too much footing in culture these days.
B
I agree. It's such a foot type of culture.
A
It is.
B
I think this could shock Gen Z. I think they're. Right now their blood is coming out of their eyeballs because they're just snapping.
A
Scoring each other or whatever.
B
Yeah, you're all snap scoring, sending each other your old buttholes. But here's my thing. I totally agree. I've been doing just raw facetimes too. Like, you're gonna see me, you're gonna see me. And he's kicking in. Look at me, look at me.
A
I'm gonna see you in your red light therapy. You're gonna scare Pinky, of course, but we're gonna be happy to have you on the horn. Really?
B
It never really bothered her. Yeah. Yeah.
A
Scares me a little bit.
B
I know it kind of scares everyone, but for some reason, Pinky's just kind of like, yeah, that's my good sis.
A
This I just would say, like, I'll pose this question to you, the reader, dear reader, me, Just to everyone, the culture. Like, what if you just. What if you just called them?
B
What if you just called them? I've had a few times recently where I was just like, maybe I'll just call. Or sometimes I'm like, oh, I get in my head because I'm like, oh, we haven't caught up in a while, like, And I don't. I don't have like a full hour to do a full catch up. But that's fine. You just say that to them. It's like, I just want to say, hi, we have so much more to talk about.
A
Oh, my God.
B
I just wanted to say.
A
I'm gonna say how that was the art of ending a phone call. I actually, Jake gives me credit for teaching him this, which is, I have to go. I gotta go, I gotta go.
B
Isn't that like that? Isn't that what this whole show is built on?
A
I gotta go. I gotta go. But then you just. You're like, oh, I have to go right now. But, like, nice chatting. We'll chat again soon. God willing. Yeah, God willing, we'll chat again soon.
B
Oh, please. And I know we will. And maybe, like, it'll be so big that we FaceTime on our laptops. When you get us on a FaceTime on a laptop.
A
Honey. It might be an episode of Ride.
B
Honey.
A
The things that we say. The phone are so godamn unholy. Like the, the. The. The truths that we tell and the truth that we seek on those calls. It could bring down entire like governments.
B
I know. Helen of Troy.
A
And one day we will.
B
No. And one day we.
A
We will.
B
I think that Quentin Tarantino saying that about Paul Dano is mean.
A
My thing is like, it's an opinion. I, I don't agree with him and I don't. I don't agree with bad mouth actors, I guess. But like, like I think the world could benefit from a little bit more like just radical honesty. I don't know why he brought up Paul Dano in that moment. No. That seems a little kind of weird. But it's like a pocket.
B
Of all the actors.
A
Yeah.
B
Of all the actors in all the town.
A
Yeah.
B
You had to come into mind.
A
You bring up.
B
I loved us watching Casablanca.
A
Yeah, we should, we should do like more. Well, one day we'll have a show that's just of us watching stuff.
B
What's it called? Gooby Goggles. Gogglebox.
A
What did you think it was called?
B
Oh, I don't even know.
A
Box.
B
Goggly Box.
A
Goggle Box.
B
I'm. I love this.
A
Yeah.
B
I would love to do that with you.
A
I know.
B
What should we watch?
A
Or Mystery Science Theater vibes.
B
Oh, that's so much fun. Yeah, we were. I had this thought because I watched Titanic on a plane and you had just watched it and talk about a.
A
Movie that's like a movie that you see in the movies. I mean. Holy. They don't make them like that anymore.
B
It's such a goddamn movie. You're literally like the amount of this that could have been cut for time and they're just like.
A
It wasn't.
B
By the way, the next hour is going to be the entire hour when the ship went down. By the way.
A
Also the flirtation between the guy captaining the ship or whatever his job is like excavating and the granddaughter is just like such a fun little detail that they did not have to write in, but it really landed for me.
B
There's kind of not one part of that that doesn't. Including Billy Zane's eyebrows and eyeliner.
A
Eyeliner.
B
Mama. She's got a smoke. Yeah, she's got the coal.
A
I know exactly what brush they use.
B
She said, leo, after you. After you draw my fiance naked on the, on the pillowcase. Give me some of that coal.
A
I gotta smudge it.
B
Give me some of that charcoal.
A
He took the charcoal from the sketch, and I know he went like this.
B
Kate Winslet in it. Her beauty strikes me so much throughout. Like, I. Obviously, Leo's stunning, otherworldly, hers. Her beauty in that film is like. It's shocking. It's. She is so magnetic and such a. Like, full movie star in it. I can't even. But I wanted to gogglebox it with you. I was like, a box. Yeah, goggle box it. So I wanted to goggle. That might be something I just never get.
A
That's okay.
B
Goggle box. Thinking of us watching Titanic. Maybe we'll do that.
A
People I talked to on the phone. You, me, Jake, my sister Vicky, my mom, Jake.
B
Samis said you called him recently. I called him out of nowhere.
A
Yeah, I'm gonna do that. I love that one thing about me is if I fuck with you, I'm gonna call you on the phone.
B
Literally.
A
Why would I not? I want to hear your voice. Want to check in.
B
That's why sometimes I FaceTime, I'm like, I want to know what you're doing right now, and I want to do it.
A
FaceTime is good. Calls are good if you have some stuff to do around the house or if you're driving. FaceTime is good if you can really lock in and pay attention. But what I'm going to do now when I call people is I'm going to put this little mask on because I want to be fully present. And actually, I closed my eyes. I was on a phone call yesterday. I did this to myself, and I was just really listening.
B
See, for me, then I would be so in my head of, like, it being. I. I don't know.
A
Try it.
B
I would start to, like, hear my voice too much. Oh, I'm yawning.
A
Oh, it is late. God.
B
God. Oh, my God.
A
Oh, my God.
B
Say it ain't so. We can't lose this season.
A
No.
B
So what, do you ride for yourself at the Golden Globes? You narcissistic fucking witch.
A
I can't believe you dropped that on me and you didn't let me, like, prepare a bestie thing that we could do jointly. Like I would have said, I ride for you moving back to New York.
B
Well, then just do that. It's. I. I don't want you to feel forced. My God. This came from the dome.
A
You've been struggling to think of things to ride for recently, so I didn't know what the hell you're gonna bring today.
B
I know. Just lately, I think, and I think I said this on Here. Just sometimes I do think the little breaks allow us to then have a little extra time. I know. I. We need to break new ground.
A
We need to break new ground.
B
I need to find new rides. I need to get out there and find new rides.
A
One caveat and one caveat for what I said my State of the Union. Like, I don't know everything there is to know. I mess up. Maybe there's more I could be doing, but, like, I just want to say that because I just want to acknowledge what's going on. We're trying, but I'm not saying I'm perfect.
B
I don't think anyone's taking that, but I do think they know that you're a skinny white who thinks she knows so much about politics, sits in her high horse in her Connecticut house and thinks that she's some fucking do good. Fuck you.
A
I said I want. Honey.
B
I'm a sell it out with some shoes. You know what you are, Marybeth?
A
Bisexual.
B
Well, yeah, but you're also my ride or die. Ride or die.
A
So I do ride for myself at the Golden Globes. It's really hard for me to say that. Thank you for putting me in a position.
B
Well, if finally a woman can give herself a fucking compliment, you guys should really think about it. Can I just say that?
A
Good for me and my anxieties. It was good exposure therapy.
B
I love hearing a woman go, you know, I have nice calves.
A
I'm like, oh, couldn't be me.
B
Come on.
A
Yeah, maybe we'll celebrate ourselves more. How about in the break? We just. We have more gratitude. We celebrate ourselves. We show up for each other. I think showing up. Maybe I'm in a ride next season for showing up for each other. You've shown up for me this year in a huge way.
B
You've shown up for me.
A
It's been like I've. I've never felt. Felt closer to a person ever, Ever. Your wins are my wins. Your L's are my L's.
B
No. The whole time I went, can anyone bring up something else other than this stupid Golden Globes thing? It's not even the Oscars. Does anyone care? I'm writing season two. Do you guys want to talk? Could you imagine? It's so funny when people are kind.
A
Of weird like that?
B
I know. Some people really are scary. I'm scared by so many people. But I am endlessly proud of you. What a dog year you had. And this year is going to be so fabulous. And I know your dad would be so proud of you. He is so proud of you. We are all so proud of you. And this was such a sacred space for me throughout the whole year. We love you so much here at Ride. I'm happy you could come on the show.
A
I'm happy to be here. Thanks for asking me.
B
Yeah, of course.
A
You know, and it's. My big takeaway was I'm just gonna keep being myself and hope that it reaches the right people.
B
Totally.
A
Because that was me saying I'm gonna double down on who I am for these conversations. And thank you to everyone that really played ball and had fun and. And I'm just grateful for the opportunity to show who I am and, and hopefully have a little fun along the way. It's not all serious stuff, guys. We can have fun.
B
No, you inspire me because sometimes I think on those, those things too, you want to have such a, like polished answer. And it's like this whole like PR training. But it is just like I kept getting asked about like really personal things recently and now I just kind of like answer well.
A
I'm like, well, it's when they ask you really tough questions that are thinkers that maybe they think are really quick answers. Because now we've been on the other side of it. I'm like, oh. So I want to give people multiple choice questions. I want to give people more humorous questions or like, would you rather things like that. And I do want to shout out the ultimate legend who paved the way for all the girlies on the red carpet that were to come. And that's Ms. Joan Rivers. And she is the queen of. I'm gonna sell that with some shoes.
B
I'm gonna start out with some shoes. It's a shoe. You know what I mean?
A
Yeah.
B
The bride wall labelists.
A
I don't agree with their politics. All 100. I don't know exactly what they were. I know she made a lot of off color jokes in her day, but that set the stage and made it okay for women to be a little. A little.
B
I don't agree fully with anyone I know on earth or that I ride for. Except you.
A
Do you ride for calling people out of the blue?
B
You know what? I ride for calling people out of the blue because I want to do it more and I hope that I can. You know, actually sometimes I feel like I. I do it a lot on sets sometimes because it's like, oh, I.
A
Just want to have a little time. You gotta resolve stuff.
B
Yeah, you gotta resolve stuff. I need to call my friends and family more. I've been in such a hole I think writing and healing of sorts. So I think I. Yeah. And just feeling kind of, like, insecure and. Yeah. I don't know. I'm bad. I don't necessarily always work through things with people. Sometimes I really like to be like, I need to go into a cocoon and heal and fix all these things and get an apartment and just write the season. Like, I'm kind of like, let me hunker down. And then when I re.
A
Emerge, bloom or planet blue.
B
More planet.
A
I got it.
B
Blue, blue, more planet.
A
When you are feeling really sad about the current state of the world and you're feeling isolated, when you feel helpless, cold, Call a friend.
B
Yeah, I love this.
A
Make a plan. Go out.
B
Go trapeze.
A
Go trapeze. Go learn. Go take a stilts class.
B
You okay? Us. Picture this. Oh, I've you guys. After season two, I'm gonna cut my hair really short. Diet blonde, and I'm in a trapeze.
A
You have to. You have to change. You have to.
B
What's this?
A
Okay. I just kind of thought it was going to be big enough for your head.
B
Certainly not.
A
You have to do corner to corner to corner, corner to corner. Triangulate it.
B
Oh, yeah.
A
These are monogrammed, by the way.
B
Here. I know. They're really cute.
A
You struggling with this is everything.
B
I'm thinking of this one fashion program. I forgot. I think it was on Prime.
A
Oh, my God.
B
You look. I'm a seven hours.
A
You look like you're in the workroom on RuPaul. You're a little curl.
B
No one does a beat like me.
A
You gluing down eyebrows right now.
B
And this would be something where they like, did. They're like, does he think he's trade or something? You know what I mean?
A
We will be back next week with an episode.
B
Don't let that be my last word. Don't let that be my last episode.
A
From the Heritage collection. We love you all so much. We've loved this season. We've had. I'm like, sad. I know we need the break, but I am sad.
B
I'm sad. But when we come back. Oh, my God. We're gonna so your special event taped season two. Open in the cans.
A
Okay.
B
That's so fun. And we can't wait to. Oh, my God. There's so much more to give you. We also might do live shows. We're just figuring out if how that will work.
A
Thanks for sticking with us even through the darkest of times. This podcast is a shining light for us just as much as it is for you.
B
Yes.
A
Thank you, guys.
B
Oh, I wrote for call. Yeah, I wrote for the calls.
A
Last word?
B
Yeah, last word.
A
I'm gonna smile it out with some shoes.
B
Love you, Kat.
A
Love your cat. Yes. You're in so much trouble. Well, then, fine. Just so much.
B
Thank you. On my perfect butt. You witch.
A
Where are you? Okay. At the end.
B
Yeah.
A
Okay, great.
B
Oh, my. Exit.
A
Benny, babe. Eyes on the road. Benny, Go. Please note that this episode may contain paid endorsements and advertisements for products and services. Individuals on the show may have a direct or indirect financial interest in products or services referred to in this episod episode.
Episode: Mary Beth at the Golden Globes + Calling People Out of the Blue
Date: February 4, 2026
In this warm, unfiltered, and roller-coaster final episode of the season, Benito Skinner and Mary Beth Barone catch up on life, celebrate Mary's viral moment at the Golden Globes, debate whether Martin Luther King Jr. would be into fashion week, and champion the radical power of picking up the phone and calling friends out of the blue. The vibe is loose and loving, with plenty of tangents, gifts, sincere compliments, and cultural commentary—all delivered in their signature best-friend banter. Underneath the comedy, they touch on loss, self-doubt, activism, and the importance of showing up for yourself and each other.
“My dad died. A relationship of nine years ended and we took one week off because we love you guys.” — Mary Beth (04:10)
“My role models when I was younger were all just, like, stick thin... I’m really glad my nieces are growing up in a world where there’s so much more body diversity.” — Benito (12:00)
“I love my body. And I love your body as well.” — Mary Beth (13:21)
“I do not think kids should be in campaigns for houses, for clothes made for adults. I think that's disgusting.” — Mary Beth (21:50)
“Something beautiful about our friendship. We talk on the phone multiple times per day...if anything, the absolute amount of minutes we're talking is more.” — Benito (52:25)
“What if you just called them?” — Benito (55:07)
“You smashed it out of the park, ate it down, Chanel is in the building, boots devoured, ate it up, spit it out again.” — Benito (42:00)
“It's a lot of pressure to be on the world stage like that, and so I was scared...I just really wanted to make everyone proud and do it my own way.” — Mary Beth (42:28)
“Your wins are my wins. Your L’s are my L’s.” — Mary Beth (61:24)
“We have the army of love behind us, and we will not fail.” — Mary Beth (30:00)
“It might not be publicly, it might be privately. You don’t know what they’re doing privately.” — Mary Beth (36:03)
On body image and cultural change:
“I feel sad that [thinness in media] rewired my brain in such a way that I’ll actually never recover, but there’s a fighting chance for the next generation.” — Benito (12:00)
On calling people out of the blue:
“An art that we have lost as a culture is the art of not texting someone and saying ‘hey, I'm gonna call you’…I'm just going to call them.” — Mary Beth (51:46)
Benito on Mary Beth at the Globes:
“If I didn’t know you, I would have come on this podcast…and I watch them like candy. I still go back to them.” (41:14)
On friendship:
“There was history here. Something that’s happened a few times…I feel really lucky about that, because nothing makes someone happier than seeing something in someone, and then when everyone sees it.” — Benito (38:11)
State of the Union sign-off:
“Lead with love and joy, even when that feels like it’s not possible. Take breaks. Drink water. See friends. Laugh when you can.” — Mary Beth (29:45)
Golden Globes/Standout Careers & Friendship:
Radical Honesty, Calling Out of the Blue:
State of the Union/Social Activism:
Heritage Episodes & Break News:
Pop Culture/Alt-History Fashion Week:
Friendship & Gifts:
Benito praising Mary Beth’s resilience:
“Your dad would have been so proud of you. And like, it literally makes me so sad…And I know he saw it because I believe in the universe.” (40:29)
On social media posting:
“You’re not off the hook just because you don’t have a million followers.” — Benito (32:51)
Benito on cold calls and Gen Z:
“I think this could shock Gen Z…Right now their blood is coming out of their eyeballs because they're just snapping, scoring each other or whatever.” (54:18)
Mary Beth on live phone calls:
“I decided the next person I have a crush on, if I get their number…I'm just gonna call them. Yeah, I'm sick of footing around.” (54:15)
Unapologetically affectionate, goofy, candid, sometimes nostalgic, often deeply supportive—and always, underneath it all, radically loving.
WE RIDE AT DAWN! (For each other, the culture, and a good cold call.)