
Link Lauren breaks down the 2026 Oscars, exposing how Hollywood’s elites keep doubling down on their woke, out-of-touch narratives. Then, Link dives into Harry Styles’ bizarre Saturday Night Live appearance and his desperate push to sell his new album by leaning into his “queerbaiting” controversy. Next, Link explains why Queen Camilla reportedly believes Meghan Markle has “brainwashed” Prince Harry and calls out comedian Chelsea Handler for relentlessly pushing an anti–nuclear family agenda. Plus, Link exposes Arizona State Senator Catherine Miranda after she publicly belittles a female athlete fighting to protect women’s sports. ShipStation: Streamline your shipping and save up to 15 hours a week with ShipStation—try it free for 60 days at https://ShipStation.com using code LINK 120Life: Go to https://120Life.com and use code LINK to save 20% Brooklyn Bedding: Upgrade your sleep with Brooklyn Bedding—Visit https://brooklynbedding.com and use promo code LINK for 30% off s...
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Hey, everyone, welcome back to Spot on with Link. Lauren. Happy Monday morning. I hope you are doing great. I'm so grateful that you guys tune in to watch me and that you like our show and that you share it. And so we're so happy to have you back. We have a lot to break down today. Okay, the Oscars were last night. I also just found out that the new ayatollah in Iran is apparently gay. So allegedly he's gay. They're going to have a gay ayatollah. This was reported in the New York Post and a few other places. So the Internet is going crazy, making memes. Knowing the left, they will probably make the new ayatollah the grand Marshal of the Pride Parade this coming summer. They'll probably, you know, put him in the back of a convertible and take him down Fifth Avenue. But maybe when the people in Iran find out that he's gay, it won't go so well for him. So the new ayatollah is gay. That wasn't on my bingo card this morning. Monday morning, coming out as fast. 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That's shipstation.com code link shipstation.com code link well, last night were the Academy Awards. The Oscars were on and they were so terrible and so boring. By about the three hour mark, you guys, I had to take a Tylenol. I'm sorry, Bobby Kennedy. I had such a bad headache. There was something about the shrill voices. There was no entertainment value. There were no jokes. There was no humor. I didn't know who half these people were. Back in the day at the Academy Awards, remember, you would know who every single celebrity was. You would have seen probably 80% of the movies. I did a poll on my Instagram story. Okay, 99% of people said they don't care about the oscars anymore. Literally 99%. Out of tens of thousands of people who voted on my Instagram story, only 1% said they even cared about the Oscars. Then I asked, how many of you have actually seen any of the films? Have you seen one nominated film? I think 90 of people said no. 90 said no. So only 10 had seen one of the movies. Okay, for me, I was not really into The Oscars films. I'm going to be honest with you. That pretentious ping pong movie with Timothy Chalamet, I don't care. The Jim Crow era black vampire film with Michael B. Jordan, I didn't care about that either. I'm not sure why Hollywood can't just tell normal, happy, go lucky stories that Americans are going to relate to, but that's Hollywood and the Oscars. It was just a pretentious clown parade of celebrities who wanted to feel important and self indulgent and pat themselves on the back. But these are people who over the last year, the past 364 days, they told us democracy is under attack. We're not going to have a country anymore. We have to support the migrants even if they're illegal migrants, even if they're criminals. We can't have a border. Meanwhile, these people are sitting in a theater surrounded by a wall, a border, closed off streets, armed guards, and they had to show ID to get in there. So these people are hypocrites. You can't take any of them seriously. And then they say they care about the little guy. All these celebrities say they care about the little guy. We're going to protect the homeless. We're going to take this. You guys stepped over the homeless on Hollywood Boulevard to get into the Dolby Theater where the Oscars were being held. And then we have a picture of how these celebrities left the aisles in the theater. Look at this. Look at trash these degenerate celebrities left behind at the Oscars. No one could go to a trash can. I would never leave a movie theater like this. If I went to the amc, I wouldn't leave the theater like this ever. Just leaving trash strewn about. This is who these people are. And God knows what they're taking. They're on uppers and downers and who knows what. Probably drinking out the wazoo. These are celebrities no one should look up to. Okay? No one should be looking up to any of these celebrities. And the fact that they left the aisles like that is absolutely disgusting. Okay? You know who's going to have to clean the aisles? Most of those are immigrant workers. So these celebrities like Jane Fonda and all of them who claim they care about this, you know, the migrants and get ice out of our cities, they're wearing the ice out pins. Y' all had no problem just leaving trash behind for them to come and clean up. Honestly. And the migrants who've been working in Hollywood, they've been making minimum wage for decades. These celebrities don't bother learning Their names, their kids names, anything about them. But now that it's politically convenient to say, ice out. Get ice out of our cities, that's what these celebrities are going to do. But they're absolutely a joke. Okay? Some of these movies I hadn't even heard of. One of the movies was called K Pop Demon Hunter, where as a K pop group, it was a cartoon, an animation. It won a bunch of Oscars. I would say Timothee Chalamet was the big snub of the night. Timothee Chalamet was the butt of the joke, pun intended. His girlfriend, Kylie Jenner, I don't know what she was wearing. People online, people who are fans of Kylie Jenner said, what are you wearing? Can you look classy for one night? Can you look classy for one night? She had her boobs out. It was just an utter calamity all around. I mean, this is really a new low for the Academy Awards, and I think this is one of the last years they're even going to be on television. I believe in 2029, the Oscars are moving to YouTube so people can watch them next to videos of, you know, four wheelers going off of cliffs and, you know, people doing their makeup and cooking videos. And speaking of cooking, last night we were so bored with the Oscars, I said, let's make chicken pot pie. So we made Wolfgang Puck's chicken pot pie, and we'll put it up on the screen. This is actually the chicken pot pie that they serve at the Oscars. There's this Oscars banquet where Wolfgang Puck makes this chicken pot pie. And so here's the chicken pot pie that I had last night. We actually have a video of it coming out of the oven. It looks so good. It was delicious. And so this was actually much more entertaining to me and than the actual Oscars. And if I could send you guys all a chicken pot pie, I would. But this is about the time where I paused it and I said, I'm starving. I'm hungry. Let me read you a little bit more about the Oscars. So the Oscars, they also have these new diversity DEI quotas. Sort of like schools, a lot of these, you know, Ivy League schools, they have to accept people of certain races and certain things like that. And it's why we had these debates around affirmative action. But let me read you some of these rules. So at least one of the lead actors or significant supporting actors submitted for Oscar consideration is from an underrepresented racial or ethnic group in a specific country or territory. Of production. At least 30% of all actors not submitted for Oscar consideration are from at least two underrepresented groups. 3. The main storylines, theme or narrative of the film are centered on an underrepresented group. These are literal rules, okay? These are literal rules. So this is why you see black vampire movies winning every single Oscar. This is why you see a Korean animation. None of us have ever heard of winning Oscars. You don't have any big blockbuster films winning Oscars any more. And maybe that Vampire Movie Centers was great and people loved it, maybe some of you loved it, but it is odd that so many other great stories have been told. Movies that wouldn't even get the recognition. They're never going to win Oscars. And I don't even think the Oscar means anything anymore when you see who's winning them and the types of films that are winning them. I mean, my favorite films never win Oscars the same way my favorite musicians and singers seldom ever win Grammys. You know, I don't think these awards mean that much at all. And there's also a goodie bag. So there is apparently a gift bag at the Oscars. Whether you win or not, you get this $350,000 gift bag. So this is for Leonardo DiCaprio, Emma Stone, Timothy Chalamet. They will take home everything from luxury getaways and liposuction to high end cannabis products and even a custom prenuptial agreement from an LA divorce attorney. So the Oscars want celebrities to get divorced. They don't want families, they don't want the nuclear family. If you're giving a referral to a divorce attorney and the gift bag from the Oscars, that's pretty pathetic. The nominees will also receive trips to Sri Lanka, Ibiza, the Arctic, as well as a seven night stay at a California retreat. Now, the Oscars this year, speaking of a retreat, they redid the stage. If any of you guys saw clips or you watched the Oscars, they did trees on the stage and moody lighting. They said they wanted it to feel real tranquil, like a sanctuary. It really looked like a luxury high end rehab facility. So at least, you know, some of the actors are going to feel right at home. And at the Oscars, there's also designer luggage as well as luxury skincare and spa experiences. Cosmetic procedures included in the gift bag, facial rejuvenation, a smile makeover at a dentist office. There's tequila. I mean, these gift bags, these gift bags are hundreds of thousands of dollars. And the irony here is that nobody needs them now. Speaking of the fashion from the Oscars, I'm not going to go full Joan Rivers and break down all the fashion because I don't even think the celebrities weren't it. I didn't even know who half these people were. They looked ridiculous. But there's this one woman. I think her name is Chloe Zhao. Chloe Zhao. I believe she's the director of Hamnet. She went out on the red carpet in this black apocalyptic funeral outfit, and at first I hated it. But then after watching the Oscars for hours and hours, I thought, oh, she's dressed appropriately. You can sleep under here. You can sneak food under here. People won't know if your eyes are closed. And she's also going to a funeral. It looks like she's going to a funeral. And this was the end of Hollywood. I think the Oscars, next year, the ratings are probably going to be even lower. The ratings have dropped 60% over the last 20 years. The Oscars are done. CONAN O'. BRIEN. I know Conan follows me on Instagram. He might not after this. None of the jokes were funny. None of the jokes were funny. The material wasn't great. I could write better material sitting here in my house. But they're so scared of offending anyone. They have to be politically correct. They have to virtually signal. They have to act like the world's coming to an end. No one cares. Where were the jokes? Jimmy Kimmel. Jimmy Kimmel came out on stage at one point, and he made some comment about free speech being under attack. And I said, he's on stage at the Oscars, on television complaining that he doesn't have free speech. Does he not see the irony? Are these people that brain dead? That's what's happening right now at the Oscars. He's literally on stage complaining that he doesn't have free speech. And that's why no one should take these people seriously whatsoever. Okay? They are a joke. They come down from their ivory towers once a year to sit around in a theater and opine on how we should live our lives and collect their little awards. And the awards mean nothing to 99.9% of us. So this will probably be the end of the Oscars. The only redeeming part of the night for me was the tribute to Robert Redford. Barbra Streisand came out and she sang a little bit. She did a nice tribute to Robert Redford, who's a real legend mentioned in Hollywood. But what's funny to me is that Barbra Streisand, she never once bothered sitting in the crowd, even she didn't want to sit there. She knows the Oscars have gone downhill. This woman has been through every era in Hollywood. And Barbra Streisand was like, no, no, no, no, no. I'll come out for five minutes. I will honor Robert Redford. I'll be Babs and say my little things, sing my little ditty, and then get off the stage. Hashtag the way we were. So Barbara Streisand, she's a legend. All the legends, unfortunately, we're losing them. I mean, Diane Keaton, even if we didn't agree on everything politically, Diane Keaton was also honored by Rachel McAdams at the Oscars. And I thought, those are the most poignant moments. They should have cut the Oscars in half, okay? Did some tributes to the legends, you know, give out the best actor award. Now they're doing so many other little awards that I don't think need to be during the live broadcast, but they're just trying to fill the time so they can sell advertisements. Now, the after parties, because it wasn't enough to be at the Oscars. There are all these Oscar after parties. The Vanity Fair Oscar party, and look who we found. Okay? She'll never be more than 30ft from an open bar. Nancy Pelosi and Paul Pelosi attended the Vanity Fair Oscar party last night at the Oscars. This is a woman who tells us democracy is under attack every single day, that President Trump is going to be the end of the country. She does all of the fear mongering and she goes on CNN and she licks her lips and, you know, she tries to form coherent sentences and sober up for a few minutes, but Nancy Pelos, you are a joke, okay? She also comes down from her ivory tower to tell us all how to live. Mind you, she's at the Vanity Fair Oscars party. So if the world was really coming to an end, okay, as Nancy Pelosi puts it, we're on the verge of World War Three. The country's coming to an end. We won't have a democracy. You're literally at an Oscars party, drinking champagne, living it up, allegedly. So, Nancy Pelosi, we hope you had a good night. Hope you had some fun. I don't know if she knew where she was, but she was at the Vanity Fair Oscar party. We got to move on to another topic. Here's the truth. Half of all adults have high blood pressure, and most people don't feel it until it becomes a real problem. If you've fallen off a few New Year's resolutions. That's okay. This is a simple, measurable way to get back on track and do something meaningful for your heart listeners. Get 20% off their entire order at 120-life.com. just use code link one simple code. A perfect time to refocus or help someone you care about take their heart health seriously. Go to 120life.com and use code LINK for 20% off. 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Someone I really don't care about Harry Styles. So singer Harry Styles, he was from that band One Direction and he hosted Saturday Night Live over the weekend. Speaking of a show for liberal hacks and Harry Styles, he has some good songs. I'm not really attacking Harry Styles for that. He's got some good songs, Watermelon Sugar and I'm sure there's some other good ones in there. Well, he has a new album out and he is desperate to promote it. He is desperate to get anybody to go buy the album. He's desperate for attention. And what does Harry Styles do? He does this thing called queer baiting. Now apparently this is a term for straight people who kind of pretend to be gay for attention and to get some press and some pr. And we actually have a clip of him from Saturday Night Live. Let's take a look.
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Back then, people seemed to pay a lot of attention to the clothes I was wearing and some people accused me of Something called queerbaiting. I have a new album out called Kiss all the Time Disco.
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Because what's better than kissing all the time? Which I don't actually do. I don't want to kiss all the time. I mean, sometimes. Sometimes kissing can be great, you know, if you're really good at it and you're a good person. Or if you have a tight little bum.
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So here's my thing as a gay person. I don't care. You want to go make out with guys, you want to do queer baiting, whatever. I didn't even know what that term was until recently. Go do it. Fine. But come out, okay? If you're gay, come out and be gay. It's 2026, you know what I'm saying? I don't understand what is going on with Harry Styles? I guess he's desperate to promote this album. He's on Saturday Night Live. And what's so funny is back in the day, celebrities in the 80s, 90s, even the 70s, right, they would take risks with their fashion. I mean, Kiss is one of my favorite, favorite bands. I love Gene Simmons. Kiss would do full faces of makeup, huge heels. Look at David Bowie and some of his fashion choices. Look back at the new Romantics era. Look at all of, you know, the British Invasion and all the choices people are making. And so when Harry Styles, you know, puts on dresses and does this gender bending, androgynous style, he thinks he's reinventing the wheel. He thinks he's doing something groundbreaking. Honey, this has been going on since the dawn of time. Donna time. We can go to Japan, right? Weren't they doing kabuki? The guys are dressing up as girls. This is nothing new. But Harry Styles, I guess this is sort of of what he's doing to generate attention. He knows that maybe his gay fans will like it. The gays will go out and buy his music. I don't think I've ever bought Harry Styles music, but if it comes on and it's a good song, I will listen to it. So I don't know what's going on with this. I'd love to hear from the women. What do you guys make of this whole queer baiting thing? As a straight woman, would you have a hard time dating a guy who's kissing on other guys and wearing dresses? I imagine most women would not want to go out with a young man who is kissing guys, joking about it, wearing dresses, that might be a deal breaker. The latter part would be a deal breaker for me. I don't want to date someone who's wearing dresses and frolicking around in a field. But Harry's style is more power to you. Now, speaking of another Harry, we have to talk about Prince Harry, the Duke of Montecito. Okay. I no longer consider him the Duke of Sussex because he spent five hours in Sussex. So there's apparently some drama with Queen Camilla. Let me read you what's going on. So Queen Camilla told a friend that Meghan Markle had brainwashed Prince Harry amid the royal family's feud, according to bombshell new book Betrayal by Tom Bauer. According to Bauer, things turned ugly soon after Harry and Meghan returned to Britain after their honeymoon. There was allegedly a tense argument between Harry and William where it reportedly spiraled out of control with Meghan Markle snapping at her brother in law during the confrontation. Here's a quote, if you don't mind. Get your finger out of my face. Meghan allegedly shot back at William. Queen Camilla. Queen Camilla then allegedly vented to a friend with a blunt verdict. Markle had brainwashed Harry. You guys, this is like fan fiction here. William reportedly already warned Harry that the whirlwind romance was moving too fast. Now, Harry and Megan put out a response, I guess through their representatives over the weekend. They said that the commentary has long crossed the line from criticism into fixation and that the author has made a career out of constructing ever more elaborate theories about people he does not know and has never met. Now, I believe Tom Bower. Someone emailed me one time about Tom Bower coming on this podcast. Maybe we'll have him on at some point. But you guys, I am so fatigued talking about Harry and Megan, I couldn't give two shits about these people anymore. I'm sorry if my mom's Bible study is watching. I need a detox from Harry and Megan. Do I believe Camila when she says that Megan Markle brainwashed Harry? Kind of, yeah. I'm no fan of Meghan Markle. I think she's a con artist and a grifter. But then you got Prince Harry, who's a grown man. Prince Harry is a grown ass man, okay? If you allow a woman to come in and brainwash you, that's number one mistake. You allow a woman to come in and take a wrecking ball to your personal relationships with your family, that's mistake number two. So I understand Meghan Markle, she's not a heroine here. She's a villain for the most part. But Prince Harry has to take some culpability for his own relationships coming to an end. And so that's where I diverge with this author. You can say that Meghan Markle brainwashed Prince Harry, according to Camilla. Fine. I love Camilla. I love Charles. I think they're a fun couple. They've been together through thick and thin. But the man here allowed this woman to come in and change his entire life. He moved to her country, right? He's the reason they're making money. She wasn't making money before any of this. It's because she married a royal, right? He's the one who's holding all the cards. And he allows her, I guess, to walk all over him. He allows her to do these ridiculous reality shows and accuse his family of racism. That's Prince Harry allowing that as the man, he could come in and say, sweetheart, we're not doing that, we're not doing that. And put his foot down. He wants her in that driver's seat. And he's acquiesced and relinquished control. But I need a little detox from Harry and Megan, okay? I'm just, I'm getting a little sick of them now. We have to talk about this war going on against the nuclear family here in the United States of America, right? CDC reports that birth rates are at an all time low. And every time I open up a magazine, I turn on the news, I look on social media, there is a story about how happy women are who don't have children. That's great. If you don't want to have kids, that's your prerogative. I have several friends right now I can think of off the top of my head who don't have kids for a. For personal reasons, medical reasons, they weren't able to. We should never shame anyone for not having children whatsoever. But this glorification of childlessness right now in our society is a direct push. Because if you erode the nuclear family, you erode everything else. If you erode the nuclear family, that is the foundation and the bedrock of modern functioning society, right? There's research that shows kids who grow up in a two parent household, they might do better in XYZ areas later in life. You look at these, you know, recidivism rates when it comes to crime in urban communities, right? The kids who grow up with parents in the house and the nuclear family intact, they're less likely to go out and commit crimes over and over again. They're going to get their lives on track, right? There's actual data to support this. And so when I see this war on the nuclear family in our country, this is deliberate from the liberal leftist agenda. And one of the people playing into that is Chelsea Handler. She calls herself a comedian. I used to love her show on E. Because she was was politically incorrect, she was off color, she wasn't this woke degenerate slob that she is now. But that's Chelsea Handler and she put out this video over the weekend. Again, this is one of many videos and many posts she's done about how great her life is without kids. And this is what she tells the young women who watch her.
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I just woke up and it's one o' clock in the afternoon. I get to sleep to however late I feel like it because I don't have any children. And because I don't have kids, that
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I can't tell if Chelsea Handler is trying to convince us that she's happy or if she's trying to convince herself that she's happy. But women all across the Internet are outraged at this. Women with children, women without children. Because like I said, no one's forcing you to have kids. If you don't want to have kids in America, great, live your life, that's your prerogative. But glorifying and making it seem like your life is so much better without children. We just saw that in New York magazine. New York magazine did a whole article, I spoke about this on social media, about how women were going to be so much happier without children that basically your life is over. When you have kids, you have to give up all of your hopes and your dreams. There was even a story in the article. One woman was contemplating leaving her young child behind and she's being praised by women. She just said she's not happy, she doesn't like her child, she's not connected to the child and she wants to leave him behind. God, I hope her kid doesn't grow up and read that. How sick, how absolutely sick some of these leftist women are. But this is, I guess, what happens when you sit around consuming nothing but MSNBC and mainstream propaganda and being pumped full of pharmaceutical products and eating ultra processed foods. I guess this is what happens to some of these women on the left. There are even women online who said this is a result of taking birth control your entire life. I don't know if that has something to do with it or the hormones or what have you. Way, way, way, way, way out of my area of expertise. Right, okay. The last person to know anything about the female anatomy here, but I just found it really sickening. And when you compound Chelsea Handler's video with the New York magazine article and the many articles they've done tearing down the nuclear family, and you look at the New York Times and other places, it is clear that there is a war on the nuclear family in our country. And that is the bedrock of the West. And I also have to say this again. When the CDC tells us the birth rates are at an all time low, that is concerning. That is not normal. The fact that it has declined like that. Okay? Of course there are economic factors. There are a myriad of factors and reasons why that is. But young people, they don't have an impetus to get married anymore. Plenty of young women, they feel like, eh, why should I have kids? All these other women are saying, life is great without it. There are young men who are alone. There's a loneliness epidemic amongst young men. And people talk about this online all the time. There are plenty of young men who are happy scrolling on their phones and never even kissing a girl. Going out dating. We're in a real precarious situation here. And it's something that I want to talk about a lot more on the podcast and online because this is concerning. This is concerning with Chelsea Handler. Shame on you. I think you're just a gross joke and you sort of embody everything that's wrong with Hollywood right now. If you don't want to have kids, great, but don't push out this propaganda. Telling women your life is so much better without sleep is important, but it's the one thing I never get enough of. But since getting my Aurora Luxe mattress from Brooklyn Bedding, I found a bed that finally felt just right. And I'm getting a full night of actual restorative rest. Best of all, they're designed and assembled right here in America. And they're designed to fit every body type and sleep style. Their Glaciotex covers and thermoregulation help keep you cool and comfortable all night long. Endorsed by the American Chiropractic association for spinal alignment and back health and 100 fiberglass free, Brooklyn bedding also gives you an amazing 120 night comfort trial. Love it or return or Exchange it hassle free. That's why they've been awarded the best mattress by CNET and best hybrid mattress by Wirecut. Go to BrooklynBetting.com and use my promo code link at checkout to get 30 off site wide. This offer is not available anywhere else. That's brooklynbetting.com promo code link for 30% off site wide. Support our show and let them know we sent you after checkout. BrooklynBetting.com promo code link.
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Speaking of insanity, there are still folks in this country fighting to keep men in women's sports. Okay? I'm the least athletic person on earth and I have fought for years to get boys out of girls sports. You can't have a guy competing against women. We've seen Peyton McNabb get brain damage. You've seen young girls miss out on gold medals, trophies, scholarships, because the guys come in and people say, oh, this is barely happening. How come every time I go on my phone there's another man snatching a trophy from a young woman? Another man injecting himself into a woman's locker room? Look at Gold's Gym. Look at these young women. We have to protect our women. And there's a senator in Arizona, a Democratic senator named Catherine Miranda, who's absolutely disgusting. The way she belittled this young female athlete was so gross. I want to play you guys the clip and then break it down for you.
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It's all about a sports mentality. Growing up in sports, being a tomboy, I mean, you look pretty healthy. I've played against girls that look like you. You look very much in shape and strong. But it's a sports mentality when you're growing up and how much competition that you'll take on. So it's not just a silver bullet for one community of sports players. It's the individual person on how competitive you want to be. So you grew up one way. I grew up a different way. I would have taken on a man in a heartbeat. I played in. I was the only girl sometimes in men's sports. But to have a man on my team, I would have welcomed it.
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I could not believe my ears when I heard this. The way she spoke to her in that belittling tone, basically implying you're not talented enough, you're not athletic enough because you don't want to compete against a man. You don't want a man in your locker room. What the hell is that? And in the Fuller clip, which we spared you guys, the young woman claps back and she says to her, basically, I'm very talented. I'm this level athlete, D1, whatever, you know, the terminology is, I am talented, but still, I should not have to compete against a man. Why should the girl who's been training her whole life and who's a success have to lose out. Out to a man? And I couldn't believe this woman to say when she was growing up she would have taken on a man. This isn't playing out in the sandbox in the schoolyard. These people are trying to get scholarships and medals. The stakes are so much higher. And when you have women getting brain damaged because they're forced to compete against men, that's absolutely disgusting. And the left says it doesn't happen that often, but one girl with brain damage is too much. You guys are supposed to protect women. What's going on? So basically, Kaylee, this young woman is fighting for a bill that would have three categories in sports, male, female, and co ed. She previously competed and led a protest against San Jose State University's volleyball team for fielding a biological male. Now the Democrat Catherine Miranda is arguing that the bill to protect women was bad because some women like to play with men. Well, if she wants to go out there and compete against a man, I would like to see it. I think this Democratic senator, Catherine Miranda should have to go out there and compete. Compete against a men's football team, okay? And after she's done having her. Having herself wrecked, okay, and pounded into the ground, then she will change her tune. Because I hate to be crass. That's what hap. That's what's happening to some of these young women. And I love to see the young girls who are speaking up now, they're walking off. They're not participating at the podium or in these ceremonies. Why? They're a sham. They're an absolute sham. And people like Gavin Newsom and Kamala who don't want to defend women's sports and the integrity of women's sports wars, they should never ever be near the Oval Office ever again. Okay? Kamala Harris should never be near the Oval Office because as a woman, to say she's a champion of women and she won't defend these girls who are trying to get guys off their teams, it's absolutely disgusting. And Catherine Miranda, you're also pretty disgusting. Well, my friends, we will see you back on Wednesday here on Spot on with Link. Lauren, I can't wait to read all of your comments. I am going to go and pretend that I didn't spend four hours last night watching the Academy Awards. I love you all. Please kiss your loved ones. And if you're living alone, I'm thinking of you so you're not alone. I will see you on the next one. Bye.
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Host: Link Lauren
Date: March 16, 2026
In this episode, Link Lauren delivers sharp, unapologetic commentary on the 2026 Oscars, Hollywood hypocrisy, societal decline of the nuclear family, Chelsea Handler's controversial "childfree" messaging, Harry Styles' "queerbaiting" on SNL, and the contentious debate over transgender participation in women’s sports. With trademark wit and candor, Link skewers celebrity self-importance, progressive social narratives, and cultural phenomena dominating the internet and media.
| Segment | Timestamp | |-----------------------------------------------------|--------------| | Oscars Rant: "So boring, so terrible" | 06:22-15:13 | | Harry Styles "Queerbaits" on SNL | 16:54-19:57 | | Royal Family Drama: Meghan Markle & Prince Harry | 19:57-22:52 | | Chelsea Handler & War on Nuclear Family | 22:52-29:24 | | Trans Athletes in Women’s Sports Debate | 30:28-34:44 |
If you missed this episode, expect Link Lauren’s trademark barbed wit and unfiltered commentary on everything from the decay of Hollywood glitz to the politics of family and gender. He laments the cultural irrelevance of both the Oscars and the celebrities who inhabit them, skewers the performative morality of political and entertainment elites, and sounds the alarm over what he sees as damaging social currents—offering sharp takes, a few laughs, and a healthy dose of skepticism toward both media and woke orthodoxy.