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Spot On with Link Lauren
BOMBSHELL Nancy Guthrie Update, Prince William's Historic Act in the Middle East, and Reality TV Cancel Culture
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Link Lauren gives his unfiltered take on the ongoing Nancy Guthrie disappearance investigation and why it’s raising red flags. Then, Link dives into Mark Zuckerberg fleeing California for Florida after a proposed tax increase, Real Housewives of New York alum Jill Zarin getting cancelled by E! after giving her take on Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime show, and Vice President JD Vance’s message to USA Winter Olympic athletes. Plus, Link shares a ‘Royal Roundup’ including Prince William’s historic visit to the Middle East. Masa Chips: Ready to give MASA a try? Get 25% off your first order by going to http://masachips.com/LINK and using code LINK Cowboy Colostrum: Get 25% Off Cowboy Colostrum with code LINK at https://www.cowboycolostrum.com/LINK Oxford Natural: To watch their full stories, scan the QR code on your screen or visit https://oxfordnatural.com/spot/ to get 70% off your first order when you use code SPOT LIKE & SUBSCRIBE for new videos every day: https://bit.ly/3HQiCRD ...
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Use as directed well, my friends, welcome back to Spot on with Link Lauren. The world keeps spinning and we're here trying to make sense of all of it. We have an update on everything happening with Nancy Guthrie in Arizona and her daughter Savannah Guthrie. There have been a ton of developments overnight, so we're going to get into that. We have to talk a little bit more about the Olympics. We have some new clips we're going to play you. Some folks are expressing their patriotism, their love for America, but we still have some athletes who think that we want to hear their political opinions on ice and immigration when all they're supposed to be doing is skating or doing luge. But you win some, you lose some. We also have to talk about the situation happening in reality television, where apparently on Bravo and on E. You can't be conservative, right? You can't have a point of view that's not just totally woke and liberal. And I think some of these shows would do better if they welcomed more of a cornucopia of voices. I feel that way about the View as well. Right. The View is supposed to have all different points of view. It's now basically one point of view. We'll do a little breakdown of Prince William and what's going on with the Royals. So we're going to break all of that down with a little bit of humor. Try to make it seem a little more palatable and like the world is okay. So we will be back in a second. You don't have to overhaul your whole life in 2026. Start with simple swaps, like upgrading your snacks. Masa chips are made with just three real ingredients. Organic corn, sea salt and 100% grass fed beef tallow. No seed oils, no fillers, no mystery chemicals, just seriously good tasting food. Unlike regular chips, Masa leaves you feeling satisfied and energized, not bloated or sl sluggish. And because they're more filling, you won't find yourself mindlessly snacking and still feeling hungry afterward. Personally, my new favorite flavor of Masa is lime. Ready to give Masa a try? Go to masachips.com link and use code LINK for 25% off your first order or simply click the link in the video description or scan the QR code to claim this delicious offer. And if you don't feel like ordering online, Masa is now available nationwide at your local Sprouts supermarket. So stop by and pick up a couple of bags before they are gone. I want to start the show off by talking about Nancy Guthrie. I was glued to my phone last night. I was glued to the television. We have uncovered the pictures from the NEST camera. Apparently the FBI worked with the private sector. Maybe they worked with Google to uncover some of this footage and some of this imagery from the NEST camera. Now, the Pima county sheriff, who I have not trusted since day one, I don't think he's up to the task of a high profile case like this. I also think you've worked in law enforcement for five decades in that area. You could be compromised in some way, whether it's through a cartel, a gang, I don't know. He was out at a basketball game. The sheriff, I didn't love the optics of that, but the sheriff had said they sent the NEST camera off to their tech guys and they weren't able to uncover anything. Right? And that was in the first few days. Now, I do believe him because they don't have the same tech guys that the FBI has. But my situation is the FBI should have been called in and invited in immediately. And we now know from sources the FBI wasn't brought in. The FBI wasn't called into Arizona. They should have gone to the FBI as soon as they realized they were out of their depth and they couldn't handle it. Now, you know I have the most utmost respect for law enforcement. There's nobody who backs the blue more than me. Okay, I wasn't into all the blm, the Black Lives Matter crap years ago. I backed the blue. But it's okay to say we don't have the resources and technology to get to the bottom of this. The FBI might. And now since the FBI has come in, they're able to uncover this footage, I guess, with the help of Google and the private sector. It's also worth noting it's because of this administration's relationships with the private sector and these tech companies, you know, President Trump and his relationships with them that they're able to get something like this done. But I believe we would have seen this footage earlier. Okay. If the first three or four days of this case were handled differently. And I've said it since day one. This case, in my opinion. I know I'm Monday morning quarterbacking. I'm not a legal expert, a crime expert, but my gut tells me the first few days were not handled properly. When we saw that Savannah Guthrie's first phone call was to Mark Kelly, the Democratic senator from Arizona, that just gave me pause. Right. What is Mark Kelly going to do? You're trusting local law enforcement. I would have gone to the big wigs immediately. Right. If you have seen Savannah Guthrie's kind of resources and connections, you go to the bigwigs. But she kept trusting these local law enforcement to get to the bottom of it. But now we have these pictures from the NEST camera. There are things that stick out as odd to all of us. Right. Some folks, they look at the footage and they say, this guy is a novice. This man or woman, this person is a novice. They don't know what they're doing. They seem surprised that there is a camera. But then some folks say he could still be a professional. I think he could still be part of some crime, gang or cartel and could still be somewhat of a professional. Maybe he wasn't as prepared as he thought he was going to be because of the NEST camera there. I thought maybe he could be a landscaper or someone who does landscaping, because his first instinct was to go pick those flowers. You know what I'm saying? It's like something a landscaper might do. Like, his first instinct was to go pick the flowers and use that to cover the camera instead of maybe putting a glove over the camera or putting something from the backpack over the camera. And then in some shots, it seems like the backpack is off, and then he's got this weird gun and a weird holster. It doesn't seem like he's even familiar with firearms and guns and weapons. The whole thing is odd. The backpack, though, is full. The backpack is packed, the gills. That gives me concern. What's in the backpack? Rope, tarps, bags. It sickens me. I get the chills thinking about it. But what's in that big backpack. The fact that the backpack is packed and full makes me think he's not there to rob and he's not there to steal from the home jewelry. Does that make sense to you guys? Like if he was going to steal, have an empty backpack to put jewelry in and clothes and accoutrement and antiques, but that wasn't the case. So he clearly went there, in my opinion, to get Nancy Guthrie. Now, this is where things get weird. And I was reading an article where Dr. Phil was interviewed this morning, right? Dr. Phil, he said, this just doesn't seem like a normal kidnapping case. It's very odd to go snatch up an 84 year old woman in her home in the middle of the night, right. And then to not have your ransom prepared. Right. Normally in a ransom situation, they move swiftly, they moved quick, they move quickly. Something is just not adding up about any of this. Even former FBI guys are going, this doesn't fit the profile of a typical kidnapping. Hostage, ransom situation doesn't fit the profile of a typical burglary or robbery because nothing was taken from the house. And then for me, I'm just going to throw out some theories to you guys because I want to read all of your comments. Savannah Guthrie, right? She gets on a plane and she comes to Arizona. We cannot find. And I've spoken to several journalists, we've asked AI, we've looked online, we can't find yet where Savannah Guthrie has ever gone over to the house. So if it were me, maybe she's gone in the middle of the night. But there have been reporters and paparazzi parked outside that house pretty much since day one. If it were me, okay, and I landed in a situation like this, I would say take me immediately to the home. Especially if that's a home I grew up in. If it's my mother's home, I would want to go to the home as Savannah Guthrie and walk through. I would want to see, okay, what sticks out as me. Sticks out to me as weird is the jewelry on the counter when it's normally in a box every night. Is the bed made? Is it unmade? Did mommy ever make it back to the bed that night? Was the TV on? Is the TV off? Like things would stick out to me, Knowing my family so well, that would give me pause. And so we can't find where Savannah Guthrie is ever gone and walked through the house herself. Now, I understand it's a crime scene. She could have put something over her shoes to walk through though. I really don't think there's much of an excuse. But wouldn't you guys, if you were in a situation like this, the second you land, you'd want to go immediately. And look, I would want to see. Okay, that's not ever how my mom left things. That's not how we did things here. This is. This has been moved. This has been taken. Like, something could stick out to you if you walk through the house, especially if it's a house I think Savannah Guthrie grew up in. From the information we can find, if you grew up there and it's your mom's house, wouldn't you want to do a walkthrough? And even in my family, we have these family friends who went through a horrible situation years ago. And when they went to the house, the woman's jewelry was laid out on the counter in a very specific way. Almost like she knew that night she was going to pass and like she was going to go. And she was going to go meet her maker that night. Like, some things just stuck out as weird because you know your family so well. I would have wanted to go immediately from the airport and walk through the house. Now back to Dr. Phil for a second. Dr. Phil, in this article in the Daily Mail that I was reading, he basically said, savannah Guthrie needs to look at this as more of a business transaction. This is a business transaction. That is what I said on Monday. And I thought people were going to attack me and be vicious in the comments. People understood what I was saying. The family, in the beginning, it seemed like they were trying to appeal to the sympathies of whoever has. Nancy, if we are looking at this as a kidnapping, they were trying to say, she's a nice woman. Talk to her. You'll see she's our mother. She's a strong, smart woman. She's a great. They were trying to sympathize and get sympathy from these savages who took their mother when they just look at her as a bargaining chip in cash. Right? And Savannah Guthrie, the tides are starting to turn on the Internet. And doesn't give me pleasure to say it, but I look in the comments. I actually was watching cable news yesterday, and. And some folks on cable news were starting to go there, and other folks online, big folks in the independent media space are starting to go there. If we've moved on from ransom, right? The $6 million ransom was not paid. We're now in the bounty phase. They have these pictures of the guy on the front steps. Let's put the pictures back up. We have the pictures from the Nest camera pictures and videos. Someone knows who this is. Okay? Dozens of people might know who this is. However, the only reward being offered right now by the FBI is the $50,000. That's not Savannah's money. She allegedly has a net worth of $40 million. The 50,000 is probably our taxpayer dollars, right, that we fund the FBI with. And so Savannah, some folks are getting very, very frustrated. And you can go look on social media, you can look in the comments, and it's starting to crack on television as well and the mainstream media. Why hasn't Savannah put up any of her own personal wealth in the past 24, 36 hours to say, if you can give us a name that comes through as correct on this guy, I will add 250, 500,000, a million. And some folks have said that should have happened a week ago. I said it all along, and people attack me for it. Now people have come around to say, you know what? We see your point of view. It doesn't mean I don't sympathize. I couldn't imagine what she's going through living in limbo. There's no one who loves her family more than me. I love my family more than way more than career, more than friends. I couldn't imagine what she's gone through. But has Savannah ever gone on camera and said, I am going to supplement the FBI reward with some of my own cash? Because let's say you're connected to this guy. Let's say you're connected to this person because at this point, he might have a network. He might be in group chats. Someone knows what went on here. Are you gonna flip and risk getting on his bad side for 50,000 after taxes? What is that? You know what I'm saying? I think, and I know everyone online is starting to say the same thing, and we're all okay saying it now because we're on day 11. If Savannah went on social media right now and said, I am adding in another 500 grand to the FBI reward, if you can give me a name on this guy, you'll get some bad tips, you'll get some phonies, but whoever comes through with the name can get the cash, I think she would have had the name last night. I truthfully think someone would have come and given the name last night because someone close to him in that crime group, if it's a group, would flip. But you don't flip for 50,000 from the FBI. You just don't risk him coming at you for the 50,000. And so I know folks online are saying this. When I saw Dr. Phil say, she needs to look at this as a business transaction. People are starting to crack and say, savannah, what's going on on here? Why do you not want to put up any of your own money? She said on Wednesday. No, excuse me. She said on Saturday that she will pay. She'll pay the ransom that didn't end up getting paid, so maybe they thought that was bogus. It was B.S. okay, fair. That should have been said way earlier. We've moved on from ransom to bounty. Now offer a bounty that is more than the $50,000 reward. That's our money. You know what I'm saying? Those are our resources. And there are many women, children, and men, too, who get abducted, kidnapped, raped, murdered, killed every single year in the United States. Look at the open border we have for four years under Biden. Go watch the movie Sound of Freedom. Look up the statistics. Did those people get all the resources Savannah Guthrie is getting right now? And she won't open her wallet to give a dollar of her own money for the bounty. And so I have the utmost sympathy for her. I can't imagine what she's going through. I'm sure the authorities are advising against because they say, oh, it could create copycats. You could see more kidnappings. I would do what it takes to bring her home. Okay, Someone would give you a name if you upped the ante. Life is a big poker game. Art of the deal. Sometimes your chips are down, sometimes they're up. Sometimes you have a good hand to play, Sometimes you don't. Sometimes you got to know when to cash in and leave the table. Life is one big poker game. Okay? Someone out there knows exactly who is on that nest camera. So I would probably offer a little more than the 50,000 FBI reward. Savannah Guthrie has now had 11 or 12 days to liquidate some assets and come up with half a million. A million dollars to play with. And let's see who starts talking. Money is going to get people talking, okay? Open mouths, get fed. Someone is going to start talking if you offer a little bit of cash. But I know many of us are growing frustrated with Savannah Guthrie because so many women get trafficked and kidnapped and abducted, and the entire world doesn't stop to save them. Now, I respect for Cash Patel and the FBI. This isn't about him. I love the FBI and every. They've been more successful in the past year getting people off the most wanted list. I mean, we couldn't have a better FBI right now. And I Understand, this case is in the public interest. I get that. But I would like to see Savannah Guthrie put some skin in the game. You know what I'm saying? Art of the deal. You want people to call you and tell you who is on that Nest camera? Let's put the pictures back up. You want people to call and tell you who is on that camera, Savannah, you won't add in another 50 grand to the FBI reward. 100 grand, 250. 500 of your own money. If it were me, if I were Savannah Guthrie and my net worth was $40 million, okay, I would have been on Instagram and said, you know what, we have these pictures. I am going to chip in another 400 grand, 500 grand to the FBI reward. If you can get us a name and it ends up coming through as correct and I won't press charges on you. I would do whatever it takes to get the name of the person on this nest camera. Because until now we don't have it. And you know, we don't have it because late last night they detained someone who ended up being the wrong person. So apparently they detained. Is it Carlos? I'm asking my producer, is it Carlos, the guy that was detained last night? Yes. So they detained him last night. He was detained for several hours. His mother in law was out on camera saying we don't know anything about the Guthrie's. In fact, a lot of them were saying it's that woman in Tucson. Is it that woman? Because a lot of people, they work a 9 to 5, they're busy. They aren't following the minutiae of this case. They really don't know what's going on. And because the reward is so low, 11 days in people who haven't been paying attention, they're not really going to start paying attention. And so this guy was pulled over. He's apparently an Uber delivery guy. He delivers food, he delivers packages, he does all types of delivery. So he drives around all the time. Someone thought he could have been the guy. He was pulled over, detained, taken back to Pima County, I guess interrogated and then let. Let off. And they wouldn't have let him off, okay, if they didn't think he was innocent. So he was let off. I am telling you guys right now, I feel it in my bones, someone knows who is on that nest camera. And I don't know why Savannah Guthrie isn't going on her Instagram. She posted the pictures and said, hey, if you know him, call. I would love that. Love to believe that everyone's A good Samaritan. If I knew who it was, I would call for $0. I don't give a shit. But if you're trying to get the public's interest piqued a little bit and get people jumping up, you're gonna have to offer more. And I'll go back to my second point. This guy could be part of some type of crying Game, some type of group. He could be connected to a cartel down in Mexico. I know he looks like a novice, but I still think there's some Mexico connection here. His friends. All you need is one friend or relative to flip and turn. This happens in foreign countries all the time. You need someone to flip, but Nobody's flipping for 50,000. You get what I'm saying? You're not going to risk getting on this. Savage is a bad side for 50k. So, Savannah, if you're listening to this, I know you're not. I would go online and offer a couple hundred grand, a million, to get the name of this person. Now we got to move on to something else. Right before we sat down, Right before we sat down, tmz. Harvey Levin from tmz, who's really taken this as his moment. It's kind of. It's a little bit disgusting to me. But Harvey Levin from tmz, he says that they received a letter this morning that someone wants one bitcoin, which is about $56,000 right now. Someone wants one bitcoin to give information of who this guy is. So once again, people don't want to call in with information unless they're getting something for it. Are you listening, Savannah? Are you listening? I have sympathy for you. I feel terrible. But we got to get down to brass tacks now, because even your own celebrity friends are starting to call you out and say, why are you not offering anything? You make $8 million a year. Offer something. So we don't know what's going to happen with this TMZ letter. The person says they have information on the kidnapping suspect, but they want some cash for it as well, actually in the form of a bitcoin. So the last point I want to make before we move on, and I know we've belabored this, the last point I want to make. I have many strong women in my life. I was raised by a strong woman. Women have this instinct, this maternal instinct to pick up on things and to feel things. I have this feeling, what if Savannah Guthrie knows a lot more than she can let on? What if Savannah Guthrie has a hunch about who was Involved and what happened. But she's got to keep her cards close to the vest. Maybe she's concerned about her own safety. Maybe she's concerned about her own kids, her own husband. She's got to keep her mouth shut for now until she gets things in order. I think women, they have this sixth sense and this gut instinct and they have a hunch about things. And I'm feeling that from Savannah because this isn't looking like a normal kidnapping as of now with the information we have, it could be Nancy, her mother, they talked all the time. Maybe Nancy had a new friend who came into her life. Maybe Nancy complained about someone who was a friend of the family and how weird they were. Maybe she didn't like the brother in law. Maybe there could be a myriad of things that Savannah in the back of her mind knows, but she's got to think about her family now and her kids and do I want to go out on a limb for this? And I felt in the last video, as someone who has made on camera, direct to camera videos, alone in my house, in my room for years, you guys know I got started on TikTok. I've made thousands of videos talking into my phone. I can read micro expressions. I can read what's authentic, what's not. I can read between the lines. This is my wheelhouse, okay? When I saw the last video come out from Savannah and she had the makeup on, I just got this sense she was ready to go home. It's like even the way she said, we're here in week two of this nightmare, it's like she's accepted. Mom is probably no longer with us. Paying money isn't going to bring her home. Is it going to bring her back alive? I just have this hunch that Savannah in a way is ready to get back to her kids and her husband. And it doesn't mean anything. I'm not indicting her character at all. I actually understand it to a certain extent. But I got this hunch from Savannah in the last video that she was ready to kind of go home and get away from the sister and the brother in law and all the chaos and get back to her young children and her husband. I just sense something changed in that last video and then the ransom wasn't paid. And she's not offering any bounty for a name of the guy on the nest camera. Could it be she's just accepted in a way that she loved her mom, she had a great life with her mother, but that mom's not coming home and she's ready to go grieve and move back. Is that a possibility? Maybe. Maybe. All of these things are possibilities. So I have a huge page of notes here. I think we've gone through everything as it pertains to Nancy Guthrie. The last thing I'll say, because I want to hear from you guys in the comments. I still feel like there is some Mexico involvement. I think the FBI is involved. Could the CIA look into some chatter that's happening south of the border? You know, could they look into some, you know, the group text and things that are going on in Mexico, maybe with the cartels and the gangs? Do we have assets we can tap into there and look at some of the chatter? Because people are talking. Whoever did this, whatever group was involved in this, because who was driving the car? I mean, could it be that it was one guy? Probably not. There are folks who know exactly what's going on. Right. These aren't good guys. These are bad hombres. I think we got to maybe look into some of the chatter from the cartels and the gangs in the area and the group chats and the signal and this and that. I think we got to look into some things, but this doesn't flare as a normal kidnapping. It's not a normal burglary. Because as far as we know, nothing was taken from the home in terms of jewelry or televisions or computers. So we will see what happens. By the time you watch this, there could be some huge new development. But I've kind of reached my end of the rope covering the Savannah Guthrie story, because at this point, I sympathize with her. I get the heebie jeebies. Thinking about it, I couldn't imagine what she's going through. But if she's not willing to chip into a bounty to get more information, and nothing's really adding up, and we keep hitting dead ends here, then it might just be a family matter that we've all been dragged into. It could just be this is a family matter that we've all now been dragged into, and it's for them to handle. And my heart is going to move on now to the other girls who have been taken, the other girls who have been trafficked, the women who have never come home, and they don't end up on the news. And we'll speak about this maybe in a couple days. I don't think today is the day to speak about it. But NBC is not a network that highlighted Lake and Riley or Jocelyn and Gari, young women who were murdered by Venezuelan gangs. They haven't highlighted any of that. In fact, they tried to carry water and say that the border was secure the last four years. And so I just, I kind of reached the period on the end of the sentence when it comes to the Guthrie story. If there's a new big development by our next episode, we will give it to you. I've given you all my theories, I've given you my thoughts and feelings on Savannah, but let's move on. If you want to finally fix your gut, make your hair healthier and stronger, and add some glow to your skin in 2026, you need to add colostrum to your daily routine. Today's sponsor, Cowboy Colostrum offers the highest quality bovine colostrum available in the U.S. cowboy colostrum is 100% made in America from 100% American grass fed cows. Unlike other Colostrum brands, Cowboy Colostrum is true first day whole colostrum rich in bioactives like immunoglobulins and growth factors. Don't worry, Cowboy Colostrum only collects the surplus colostrum after baby calves have had their fill. Cowboy Colostrum isn't processed or stripped down. Their colostrum is whole, full fat and high in protein for ultimate nutrient density, making it the highest quality bovine colostrum you can buy. 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Well, in Gavin Newsome state of California, there continues to be an exodus. Right. A lot of these big tech leaders are fleeing the state and buying up homes in Florida. Right. I believe Jeff Bezos has a huge home in Florida. Everybody is acquiring a house in Florida for a few reasons. Mark Zuckerberg is the latest one to snatch up a big property, and we have all the information here. So the mansion is on Indian Creek, a tightly guarded barrier island often dubbed the Billionaire Bunker. Okay. Someplace you and I will never be living or visiting unless you really buy a lot of masa chips. And the things I promote on the podcast, we will not be moving to Billionaire Bunker. So Florida also has no state income tax compared to California, which taxes you to death. Okay. And this is my thing. If you're very, very, very wealthy and you could live anywhere, aren't you going to acquire a property in Florida so at least you can get the benefits of being a Florida resident? I think it's, what, 183 days a year you got to live in Flor. Why would you pay taxes in California? Whether you're rich or poor or you're in the middle. Okay, why are you going to pay taxes in California and live there if you don't have to? Because as we've seen, those tax dollars get funneled into bogus organizations that don't do any good. Homelessness, crime. The border wasn't great in California. Even their initiative, they had to try and help people with drug and alcohol and getting them off the streets. That didn't end up working. It was hundreds of millions of dollars, and I think they helped. 20, 30 people would have to pull up the exact numbers. So if you're paying taxes in California, Gavin Newsom's not spending them well, they're building bridges to nowhere. They're running a deficit of tens of billions of dollars. The only time Gavin Newsom even cleans up California is when foreign leaders come to visit. When she comes to visit or Zelinsky comes, that's when they clean up San Francisco. They don't care. They don't care about the average American living in California. And there are incredible people in California. Okay? I don't want to get on here and trash everyone in California. I have tons of friends there. But you got to admit, the taxes, you're not getting bang for your buck. You're living around homelessness and crime. It is not a good situation. And you feel like the leadership doesn't have your back. The leadership doesn't have your back in California. So it's interesting you're going to keep seeing the wealthy billionaires leaving. They don't want the billionaire wealth tax. They also, it's hard to run a business and a state with a lot of regulation and taxes. So you see them moving to Texas and Florida and other places where it's a little freer, where you can really run your business. You know, we've seen Elon come to Texas, a lot of guys from New York moving their, you know, capital funds down to Florida. You got to have some of that flexibility, right? You got to have the free market and you got to have less regulation in order to really run a business. So let's read a little bit more about what's going on. So we're seeing a lot of billionaires buying property and moving out of California because of the proposed 5% billionaire tax, known as the 2026 Billionaire Tax act, which I believe is voted on in November. This legislation would impose a one time 5% tax on the net worth of California residents exceeding $1 billion. It targets an estimated 250 billionaires with combined wealth around $2 trillion. Now, I'm not on the side of billionaires and trillionaires. I'm on the side of the elites, right? Half my job is calling out the elites. Right? But this speaks to a larger issue. When a lot of the big businesses start to leave your state, that is going to trickle down and unfortunately have effects on everybody else. And so there's a reason we see more U hauls leaving California than any other state. People moving to Texas and Florida, Arizona, even Oklahoma. People are moving and getting out of California because of the leadership. And I think this is an indictment of Gavin Newsom. So if Gavin Newsom wants to run in 2028, he can have all the hair gel he wants. He can have the slick back hair and the big white teeth and the kind of tight T shirts. You just can't overcome failed leadership. Your track record always catches up to you. It always catches up to you. So we'll be monitoring this situation, but I think we're going to see more of an exodus from California. And unfortunately, there are folks who don't have the luxury of leaving California and are going to have to continue to live under these liberal, failed policies. Now, speaking of liberals and all of the woke nonsense, we have to talk about a woman named Jill Zarin. Now, you might not know who Jill Zarin is. She was one of the original housewives of New York City. Believe she was on the first three or four seasons. She really made New York Housewives a thing. That original group, that's when the ratings were big. It was a groundbreaking show. Nobody had ever seen anything like that. Now, Bravo and Andy Cohen, they've gone down the tubes, okay? The programming sucks. Andy Cohen has no room, no room for conservatives, Republicans, Maga Maha on his network. Let's be honest. So these women from Real Housewives, they went over to E. And they said, if Andy Cohen won't put us back on Bravo, let's get a show on E. So E signed up to do this show. I believe it's called the Golden Life. And you're going to have Jill Zarin and some of the original housewives. Well, after Bad Bunny's halftime show, Jill Zarin posted a video and expressed her thoughts. Apparently, the left and these liberal woke media companies, they say they love diversity, but they don't love diversity of thought because apparently this was enough to get her canceled from the new show. Let's take a look at the clip.
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Jill Zarin
So we all agree now.
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Link Lauren
We all agree.
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Vintage Store Shopper 2
I agree.
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Jill Zarin
I said it before that it was the worst halftime show ever. And it's 250 years that we're celebrating right now in the United States. And I just, just don't think it was appropriate to have it in Spanish. And quite frankly, I didn't see him grabbing his, you know, G area. I think it was totally inappropriate. You've got all these young kids watching the Super Bowl. To me, it looked like a political statement because there were literally no.
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Link Lauren
White.
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Jill Zarin
People in the entire thing. I think it was a political statement. And I'm not taking aside one way or the other. I just do. I think it was an ice thing, and I just think that the NFL sold out.
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Link Lauren
Whether you agree with Jill Zarin or not, there are aspects of what she said that I really do agree with. It is America 250 would have been nice to highlight, you know, more of America's history. Of course, Latino Americans are a part of that history, but it would have been nice to hear a little bit more English, you know, during the halftime show. Nothing Jill Zarin said was wrong. And even if she said something that was offensive, that's more of a reason to put her on tv. What's not clicking you guys? Okay, so they've canceled her from the new show before it's even started. I'm here to tell you the show is going to suffer. You got to have different points of view. Look at the show the View, okay, With Whoopi and Joy Behar and Alyssa, who's supposed to be the Republican, but she's not. So anyway, that show, when Barbara Walters concocted the View, it was supposed to be a cornucopia of different voices and perspectives in debate. It's all basically one myopic perspective at this point. It's a homogenous group of women who all basically believe the same things. If you're going to put together this show, so what? Jill Zarin didn't like the halftime show. So what? She said she didn't see any white people in the halftime show. That's not a terribly racist thing to say. It was an observation. She's allowed to have a hot take, but these liberal media companies, e, Bravo, you name it. You can't be conservative in any way, shape or form, and it's why their ratings are going down the gutter. There is a reason Andy Cohen gets very defensive when you bring up the ratings of his shows right now. But you cannot be on those networks, okay? If you have common sense, unless you are a far left liberal, okay, you're not going to be welcomed on the shows. You either have to bite your tongue and fake it, or you just got to be liberal. I think Jill Zarin should lean in, start a podcast, make the rounds on conservative media, call out the cancel culture on the left. Nothing she said in that video offended me. Probably didn't offend you. Wasn't groundbreaking. It was a take millions of people had. Millions of people watch the halftime show, and they're like, I didn't like it either. It wasn't for me. Here's why it wasn't for me. Is that enough to get canceled from a television show? That was it. So, Jill Zarin, we are with you. We love you. You are a sweet, nice American patriot, okay? We love you. Jill Zarin. You said nothing wrong. Don't let your daughter, Allie and Ali, I love you, too, but don't let Ali tell you you did something wrong. You don't need to apologize. You don't need to cave and give in. They're making a mistake. These producers should have you come on the show. Y' all can debate politics. Politics is at the forefront of everything right now. Have a couple of conservatives on the show. Have some Democrats, have a well rounded group of women and start those cameras and let the fights roll, get those ratings. But what they've done to Jill Zarin, I think it's disgusting. If Jill Zarin went out there and she said the N word or something really offensive, I'd say, okay, yeah, probably cancel her. Okay. If Jill Zarin went out there and she really said something terrible, cancel her. All she did was, you know, a video after a couple of drinks in the halftime show saying, didn't love it wasn't for me. Would have loved to seen something more America 250 normal, a normal perspective. Whether you agree or not, it's a perspective millions of people have. And so I think it's a loss not to have her on the show. But Jill Zarin, you have a family and a home right here. We love you, we support you. Even if we disagree on little points here and there, we don't buy into the cancel culture. That's what I love about the right. We actually support free speech in the First Amendment. You exercised your First Amendment right and that network canceled you for it. And it's because they're feckless cowards. So, Jill Zarin, we love you, but we got to move on. Well, back to the Olympics real quick. Some of you love the Winter Olympics. Some of you aren't paying attention. Some of you are rooting for Ilya, who's that incredible skater doing backflips and watusis across the ice. Some of you love Lindsey Vaughn and those screams will live on in your head forever as she was being airlifted. But we have to talk about a clip from JD Vance that we just found. He was interviewed on the tarmac outside of the plane and he spoke about Olympic athletes and how they should have this love and respect for America. Let's take a look.
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J.D. Vance
The Olympic athletes were unbelievable. And I know the entire country is rooting for them. Yes, you're going to have some Olympic athletes who pop off about politics. I feel like that happens every Olympics. My advice to them would be to try to bring the country together. And when you're representing the the country you're representing Democrats and Republicans, you're there to play a sport and you're there to represent your country and hopefully win a medal. You're not there to pop off about politics. So when Olympic athletes enter the political arena, they should expect some pushback. But most Olympic athletes, whatever their politics, are doing a great job are certainly enjoy the support of the entire country and I think recognize that the way to Bring the country together is not to show up in a foreign country and attack the President, United States, but it's to play your sport and represent the country.
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Link Lauren
Well, I could not agree more with J.D. vance, because sports are supposed to be the great equalizer, right? If you have an arena or a stadium of people, you're going to have folks who are Republican, Democrat, Independent, all walks of life, black, white, Asian, Hispanic, you name it. Sports are supposed to bring us all together to a common cause and issue for one hour, two hours. That's what sports are supposed to do. That's what people love about the Super Bowl. That's what people love about FIFA. Bring everyone together from all walks of life and put all your differences aside and let's root for our teams. I think what J.D. vance said is spot on. You're not there to opine on politics, to trash the administration. Have some gratitude, be grateful that you're there. Most of the athletes are incredibly grateful. They're smart, they're intelligent, they're young, cute kids, and they're over there with the opportunity of a lifetime. I don't want this handful of athletes who think that they want to trash the country to overshadow all of the great ones. But I just couldn't agree more with J.D. vance. You're over there representing the country, and that means all Americans, okay? I think only 20 something percent of Americans really identify as Democrats today. So a majority of the country is not with these athletes who are over there complaining and attacking ICE and saying it's hard being queer in America right now. You got to just go do your sport. And I think you're doing a disservice when you chime in on politics right now. If you come home and you have a hot take, you want to give about politics, give it. We have the First Amendment and free speech. You don't have to agree with everything going on here, but you don't go to someone else's house, let's say Milan, Italy, and trash the house that sent you over there. That's not the way to roll. Okay, you guys need to hear this. Today's show is brought to you by Oxford Natural, the people behind Optimum Day and Optimum Night. These are all natural supplements and thousands of Americans are already on them because they actually work. Here's the deal. Optimum Day gives you clean energy, kills those cravings and helps with weight loss. Optimum Night, that is your reset button. It calms you down, gets you sleeping deep, and you wake up ready to go again. And the results Are insane. Michael Owen, the England soccer legend, he's down 40 pounds. Robby from AFTV dropped over 100. Linda, a top law exec, she's down 50. And Anita, an immigration lawyer, down 60 pounds. Real people, real results. So if you want in, scan the QR code or hit the link below and listen. If you use the code spot, you get 70% off your first order. That's 70% off, so don't wait. Start your transformation now with Oxford Natural.
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Jill Zarin
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Link Lauren
Now. It's time for a royal roundup. Prince William, he is in Saudi Arabia right now on this tour. We're not going to give you a minute by minute, second by second place play, but I want to tell you the moment that stuck out to me and what I love so much about Prince William. He went over there and he met with so many young people. What William and Catherine understand is the next generation is so crucial and so important. We have to impart love and wisdom and all of our attention onto this young generation because we have to rear them up to be beneficial to society, to the world. And so Prince William, he's over in Saudi Arabia. And what warmed my heart is he went to go speak and meet and play with these young women athletes. Now here in America, we often forget that there are parts of the world where they are still evolving on women's rights, where it was maybe only 10 years ago, less than 10 years ago, where girls got the right to go out and play sports in public schools. Right? I believe it was 2017 or 18 in Saudi Arabia. He's in Riyadh where they could play sports, these young women in public schools. And so it might seem small to us, right, he's going and he's playing soccer with these girls or, or football, as they call it. But it really sends a strong message that this world leader, Prince William, supports the advancement of women's rights on the globe. And it makes other women who are still trying to advance rights in their country feel seen. Okay. And I know it doesn't really pertain to us here in the us it doesn't pertain to folks in the UK even, but it might pertain to some folks across the Commonwealth, and it certainly pertains to women who are in the Middle east and in some of these countries where they are evolving women's rights. So let me read you a little bit of what was going on. So he arrived in Saudi Arabia on a three day tour of the country on his first official trip to Saudi Arabia at the UK government's request. Now the Prince of Wales, he spent a full day in Riyadh connecting with the youth, sports and social reforms. You can see that on the screen. And what I love about Prince William is the same thing I love about the first lady, Melania Trump, because I've traveled with her to North Carolina. I've seen her interact many times with young people. She does not rush. Prince William and Catherine, they don't rush either. They will sit there and make you feel like you're the most important person on earth. The motorcade can wait. Security can wait. The cameras, the press, they can all wait. They're going to give the attention to those young folks who need it. And you could feel that from Prince William. And it's why he's the future king. It's why we feel comfortable having him be the future king. And I know some folks don't care about the monarchy, but if we're going to have a future king and queen, I want it to be William and Catherine, because you can see the way young people respond to them and you can see the way they truly love this next generation. And I think it's because they're parents of kids who are around the same age. Right. So let me read you a little bit more. So Prince William, he's the president of the Football association in the UK and he met with young female footballers, soccer players from the youth squad in Riyadh to learn about their interest in the game and how they're supported by the country. He toured Sports Boulevard. He joined female footballers at Misk Misk Sports City, telling them to Keep practicing for the World Cup. Now, one young girl, she did ask if Princess Catherine was with him. Let's take a look at that clip.
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Vintage Store Shopper 2
Did Princess Kate come with you?
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Link Lauren
No, she's not here.
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Link Lauren
Okay, that would be me. It's like when I see the president. I love you, President Trump. You know I love you, but the first lady, she's my girl. Okay, I love you, President Trump, but I also love the first Lady a whole lot, too. So if you see Prince William, Prince William, I love you. But is Catherine coming around? Where's Catherine? So I just love this. And I know some folks say, you know, why is he visiting these other countries? Why is he doing this? And that it is important for a strong world leader to go over there and show interest in the issues of young women. Right. Because women across the globe shouldn't have to suffer. Women across the globe, we have to continue fighting so they have equal rights. And we've seen so many strides made in these countries. There is still more work to do. And I think him showing up and giving attention to these young women, playing sports with them, playing soccer, it is just going to advance the conversation and highlight this issue. Well, my friends, thank you so much for tuning in to Spot on with link. Lauren, I absolutely love you. I can't wait to read all of your comments. And I also have to say, since we passed 200,000 subscribers on YouTube, so much of the success of the podcast is because you guys share it. You share it on Facebook, you share it on Instagram, you text it to your girlfriends. Thank you, thank you, thank you. You send it to your Bible study. I know I'm a little. I'm a little cheeky sometimes for the Bible study, but shout out to all my women in the B Bible study. We will see you back on Monday. And then, of course, I'll probably be on social media running my mouth on Instagram and X and TikTok between now and then if you guys need to find me, but I love you. Kiss your loved ones and hold them close. With all the chaos in the world. Bye.
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