Meghan Markle's Royal Extortion Plan, Hollywood Drops Madonna Biopic, and Nancy Guthrie Ransom Update

Summary

Podcast Summary: Spot On with Link Lauren

Episode: Meghan Markle's Royal Extortion Plan, Hollywood Drops Madonna Biopic, and Nancy Guthrie Ransom Update
Host: Link Lauren (MK Media)
Date: June 24, 2026

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Episode Overview

This episode is classic Link Lauren: irreverent, sharp, and packed with hot takes on the intersection of pop culture, current events, and politics. The main focus revolves around the latest drama with Meghan Markle and Prince Harry's return to the UK, Hollywood's decision to halt Madonna’s biopic, and updates on the Nancy Guthrie ransom case. With signature wit, Link delivers cultural critiques, personal anecdotes, and memorable one-liners.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Birdwatching Obsession: Link's Hilarious New Hobby

• Timestamps: [01:21]–[03:32]
• Link opens with a lighthearted anecdote: he’s newly obsessed with the Merlin bird identification app (emphatically “not an ad”), sharing how many bird species he’s discovered around his neighborhood.
  • Quote:
    • “Growing up means discovering nature and getting outside and touching grass. My, my new favorite obsession is this app called Merlin. Okay, it’s this Merlin bird identification app.” [02:33]
  • Playful skepticism about the app’s accuracy, joking about a government bird-tracking conspiracy.

2. Meghan Markle and Prince Harry’s Upcoming UK Visit

• Timestamps: [04:01]–[15:00]
• Alleged camera crew controversy: Meghan and Harry are rumored (per Link’s usual sarcastic sources) to be bringing a camera crew for “philanthropic documentation,” but Link is convinced it’s for self-serving reality TV.
  • Quote:
    • “All Megan Markle wants to be is an influencer, a reality star. Imagine being British royalty and now you’re basically a D list reality star and Netflix doesn’t even want you.” [07:38]
  • Urges the royal family to record everything—humorously suggesting “have recording devices in the couches, in the seats, up your cooch, whatever you have to do.” [07:51]
  • Speculates Harry and Meghan will use any family interaction for new media deals.
    • “Once a Valley girl hustling to make it in Hollywood, always a Valley girl hustling to make it in Hollywood.” [08:20]
  • Playfully likens Meghan to Glenn Close’s character in Fatal Attraction:
    • “I just think Meghan Markle is a little crazy. She gives me psycho stalker ex girlfriend vibes. I wouldn’t trust her.” [09:37]
• On potential family and cousin reunions:
  • Link doubts Prince William will see Harry, citing a “fractious” brotherly relationship and logistics around the visit.
  • Links the children’s “busy schedules” excuse to the possibility that Archie and Lilibet “might not be socialized,” joking darkly about the children living “on the freaking compound like children of the corn.” [11:54]
• Diana’s Ancestral Estate:
  • Discusses rumors that Harry and Meghan might stay at Diana’s Ancestral Estate (Outthrip House) and predicts staged photo-ops by Meghan at Diana's grave—implying it’s another cynical PR move.
  • "You know she is going to do one of her like very staged pretend candid pictures at Diana’s burial site..." [13:24]
• Conclusion to the Royal Segment:
  • “I think Meghan Markle will be sneaking pictures. She’ll do a video in like Diana’s old kitchen, like making some weird paella. I don’t trust these two fools at all.” [14:13]
  • “Prince Harry is stoned and just trying to make the best of the bed he made... He’s made his bed, now he has to lie in it.” [14:43]

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3. Madonna Biopic Drama

• Timestamps: [17:07]–[21:00]
• Madonna’s biopic paused: Madonna wanted “a bigger budget” than studios would allow; she tried pitching to streaming platforms with no luck.
  • Quote:
    • “Why are you doing a biopic while you’re still out there dancing and twerking and shaking and popping?” [17:19]
  • Compares Madonna to biopic subjects who are deceased or older (“Bob Dylan… is 85… Michael Jackson… died in 2009. Freddie Mercury… dead for decades.”)
  • Link feels it’s ego-driven: “I just think there’s a level of narcissism wanting to do a biopic so badly while you’re still alive.” [17:59]
  • Jokes about Madonna’s youthful look:
    • “You might be 67, but the face is about six or seven months old.” [19:11]
  • Argues that the public isn’t interested (“She’s a legend… but she’s still not at the Michael Jackson caliber.” [19:32])
  • On a lighter note, Link approves of Julia Garner as Madonna, but tells Madonna to wait.

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4. Nancy Guthrie Ransom Update

• Timestamps: [21:00]–[27:32]
• Case recap: Nancy Guthrie, mother of Savannah Guthrie, kidnapped months ago—case faded from public consciousness.
  • Link cites reports that ransom was offered after she was likely already dead; speculates the kidnappers panicked, abandoned the demands.
  • Quote:
    • “She probably died that night or very quickly. She was startled. She could have had a heart attack. She needed her medicine.” [22:44]
  • Empathetic reflection on Savannah's desire for closure:
    • “I would want to see, honestly, a finger, a toe, a limb, in order to have closure… You want that body, honey. You want those bones like an archeologist.” [22:59]
  • Features Savannah Guthrie’s TV plea:
    • “Somebody knows something. We are in agony. We cannot be at peace.” [23:15]
  • Critiques law enforcement’s slow pace:
    • “If you cannot find this man with all of the resources and all of the investigators, good luck to all of us. This is why you got to keep guns in your house.” [25:18]
  • Personal safety advice:
    • “Do what you got to do to protect yourself, because nobody else is. No one’s coming along to save us… All these men standing around with their, you know what’s in their hands and their badges and their guns on their hips, they can’t do jack shit. Excuse my French.” [26:21]
  • Urges listeners to be proactive about security and not rely on the authorities.

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5. Patriotism, Reflecting Pool Protests, and Joy Reid Critique

• Timestamps: [29:43]–[35:38]
• Patriotic pride segment: Link decries what he calls anti-American sentiment among “liberals,” especially surrounding protests about cleaning Washington D.C.'s reflecting pool.
  • Quote:
    • “These lunatic liberals going out there to protest because Washington D.C. looks respectable again… They want more algae in the reflecting pool. What world are we living in?” [29:59]
  • Plays a Trump clip defending efforts to beautify public spaces.
    • “The reflecting pool looks fantastic. I just got pictures of it. It’s beautiful…” (Donald Trump) [31:14]
  • Blames protestors' actions on “mental illness,” unemployment, or being paid rabble-rousers.
• Joy Reid segment:
  • Targets MSNBC’s Joy Reid, who, per Link, “hates our country.” Plays a clip of Reid discussing how Black Americans view Independence Day more critically due to its historical context.
    • Quote (Joy Reid):
      • “Nobody black I know is really excited about the 4th of July because it is what Frederick Douglass said it is. It is the celebration of slaveholders who freed themselves from having to pay taxes to the crown for their slave empire.” [33:24]
  • Link pushes back:
    • “Why can’t we just celebrate the Fourth of July, okay? These people just want to suck the fun out of everything.” [34:01]
    • “Tell me, what’s going to make you happy. Something is clearly hurting inside Joy Reid that is much bigger than this moment politically.” [35:05]
  • Ends with a tongue-in-cheek “Oprah Dr. Phil lesson.”

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On Meghan Markle’s calculated ambitions:
  • “You need to have recording devices in the couches, in the seats, up your cooch, whatever you have to do.” [07:51]
  • “Meghan Markle is Glenn Close in Fatal Attraction… I think Prince Harry is stoned and just trying to make the best of the bed he made.” [14:13]
• On Madonna’s biopic:
  • “You might be 67, but the face is about six or seven months old.” [19:11]
• On Nancy Guthrie’s case:
  • “This is why you got to keep guns in your house. You gotta have tons of alarm systems, cameras. I have cameras all around my house, my mother’s house, guns, everything. Nobody would even try me or one of my family members.” [25:18]
• On Joy Reid’s 4th of July commentary:
  • “She’s reaching, your honor. Your honor, she’s reaching.” [33:57]
  • “Why can’t we just celebrate the Fourth of July, okay? These people just want to suck the fun out of everything.” [34:01]

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Timestamps to Important Segments

• Intro / Birdwatching App Riff: [01:21]–[03:32]
• Meghan & Harry in the UK (+ Camera Crew, Family Drama): [04:01]–[15:00]
• Madonna Biopic Discussion: [17:07]–[21:00]
• Nancy Guthrie Ransom Update: [21:00]–[27:32]
• Patriotism, Reflecting Pool Protest, Joy Reid Critique: [29:43]–[35:38]

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Final Thoughts / Tone

Link Lauren remains unfiltered, blending pop culture and news with comedic exaggeration, sharp sarcasm, and a dose of Americana. The episode moves quickly from topic to topic but always circles back to Link’s core message: be skeptical of grifters, take care of yourself, and don’t let anyone suck the joy from your life.

Closing Note:
“If you have to go to extreme measures to sleep at night… don’t let them make fun of you. Do what you got to do to protect yourself, because nobody else is. No one's coming along to save us.” [26:24]

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For listeners seeking unvarnished, humorous takes on the royals, celebrity culture, and American social debate—this episode is trademark Link Lauren: bold, irreverent, and always, spot on.

Transcript

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well my friends, welcome back to Spot on with Linklore and we are so happy to have you today we have a jam packed show. We have so many hot topics. I have to start off by saying I am wearing Yalls favorite jacket. Okay? Every time I wear this jacket you guys comment, you say that you love

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it, that I look snappy and snazzy and stylish.

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So I thought I would wear it. And fun fact, yes I am a grown ass man but my mom did

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purchase this jacket for me so she bought it. My mom is always like you wear the same thing in every single episode.

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It's time for some new clothes. But you guys, my gay card needs to be revoked because I'm just not a shopper. Okay? I'm not like Carson Kressley on queer eye from 20 years ago. I hate shopping. If I'm traveling and I have to go get a shirt or I need something then I will. But all my friends are like link, okay go and spend.

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Go stimulate the economy.

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But I feel like I'm preparing for

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the apocalypse or something.

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I'm just not a big shopper and

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I actually think people who care a lot about fashion and designer clothes and

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labels or sort of silly and ridiculous and we like to gawk at them. But yes, I have this jacket. It's not a brand name but my mother did purchase it for me.

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So shout out to her and you guys love it in the comments.

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But before we dive into these hot topics, you guys, I have to tell

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you

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I have a new obsession.

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Okay?

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I have a new Obsession. If you had told me that this

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would be my obsession five years ago and I've said you're crazy, I would

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have said, you're absolutely out of your mind.

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But I think growing up means discovering

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nature and getting outside and touching grass. My, my new favorite obsession is this app called Merlin. Okay, it's this Merlin bird identification app. And this is not an ad, but I've been wanting to tell you guys for days about it. I will go and sit outside, work on the computer. 19 birds will pop up. I mean, this was just yesterday. Black billed magpie, tree swallow, Mountain chickadee,

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mountain chickadee, song sparrow, Violet green swallow. These sound like my nicknames now. Western warbling vireo, Northern yellow warbler.

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You guys, I could sit outside and let it bring these birds in for hours and hours. I went on a walk last night for an hour just to see what birds were in the neighborhood. So this is my new obsession. This is not an ad, but if you're into birds, bird watching, bird sounds, please drop a comment and tell me because we can come together and we

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can be a part of a community together. Because over the 4th of July week, when we have a few days off, I will be traveling and going and

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using my bird app. Now, I do think there is a little bit of a government conspiracy. Y' all know, I was telling my boyfriend Chris about this the other day. I said, you know, we're out and we've identified 30 birds that are apparently in our neighborhood. We never see them.

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We never see them. Are the birds real? The phone claims there are all of these amazing birds and exotic looking birds all in our backyard, but yet we

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don't ever see them.

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So I think there's a little bit of a conspiracy going on. I'm kidding.

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I'm kidding. Something that's not a conspiracy. Harry and Meghan are apparently returning to the uk so going to break all of that down on today's episode. I warned you guys they might be bringing a camera crew because everything is up for consumption with these two little hucksters. So we're going to break down the royal meetup and everything happening in the United Kingdom with Meghan Markle, Prince Harry. We also have to talk about the Madonna biopic. Madonna. Apparently she wants them to make a movie about her life. And Hollywood said, no thanks, we're good.

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So we're going to discuss all of

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that and what I think about biopics. We're also going to talk about Joy Reid, America250. Apparently some folks on the left are really upset that it's the 250th anniversary. They're upset about the 4th of July and everything going on. We also have before we wrap this show up, okay, you guys have to stick around. We have a Savannah Guthrie update. They have not found Nancy Guthrie, but

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they say that they're closing in on the guy from the ring camera.

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So God forbid anybody gets snatched or if your mom or grandma gets snatched up out of bed in the middle of the night, don't rely on the

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authorities because I forgot this even happened. It's been months and months and months, and they're like, we might have a guy.

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So we'll have all of that and more. But we have to pay some bills really quickly. We have a 60 second ad and then we're right back. So don't go anywhere. Everybody's talking about weight loss injections because the results are so dramatic. They work by lowering blood sugar and reducing appetite. So what if you're looking to lose weight but not interested in painful weekly injections, Especially when you hear about some of those intense side effects. That's why doctors created a weight loss supplement called Lean. And the results are remarkable. Studied ingredients in Lean have been shown to lower your blood sugar, burn fat by converting it into energy, and curb your appetite and cravings so you're not as hungry. But listen, lean is not for the casual dieter. With only a few pounds to lose, the doctors at Brick House Nutrition created Lean for frustrated dieters with 10 or more pounds to lose. Let's get you started with 20 off and free rush shipping so you can add Lean to your healthy diet and exercise plan. Visit takelean.com and enter link for your discount. That's promo code [e-mail]. well, I told y' all before that Megan Markle, the Duchess of scam a lot, was a wannabe Kardashian. Okay? All Megan Markle wants to be is an influencer, a reality star. Imagine being British royalty and now you're basically a D list reality star and Netflix doesn't even want you. Well, Megan Markle, according to some sources online, she's going to bring a camera crew back to the United Kingdom with her month. Now, if you've been following along, Harry and Megan are expected to go to the uk they're expected to bring their children. They're doing some type of promotional event for the Invictus Games. They really need to promote it because the finances are in dire straits. So anyway, Megan Markle is going over there and there are reports that she's going to bring a camera crew because they really want to document their philanthropic work. They want to document what they've been doing with the Invictus Games. I'm here to tell you I told y' all in the last episode. King Charles, Camilla, William, Catherine. If anyone is planning on being around these two little hucksters, you need to record everything. Okay? You need to have recording devices in the couches, in the seats, up your cooch, whatever you have to do. You got to have a recording device in the butler's coat. You got to get everything. Because Harry and Megan will very likely turn around and do a new book, a new reality show, an interview with Oprah, and spill all the beans on this family reunion. So I would be recording everything. And according to these insiders, she's planning on bringing a camera crew as well. Let me read you. The focus of this new show is expected to be much more heavily weighted towards their charity work. But the reality is that the cameras would still be following Harry and Meghan and documenting their lives. Prince William views it as a personal attack. He was under the impression that they had chosen a different path and were focused on building their own identity outside the royal family. Well, I don't know who told you that, because she still uses Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, Her Royal Highness, to sell jams, jellies, dog biscuits and wickless candles. She's still using the royal title to sell candles. Candles.

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So I don't know why you thought

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she was turning over a new leaf.

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Okay?

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Once a Valley girl hustling to make it in Hollywood, always a Valley girl hustling to make it in Hollywood. But I just imagine. And I was up last night thinking about this. Let's say they go over to have tea with King Charles and Queen Camilla because it would be nice for them to know their grandkids, right? Archie and Lily, if they exist, it would be nice for them to meet their grandparents as well. But I just imagine after they leave, they all get along. Megan's got, like, 10 camera strapped to her chest.

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She's wearing a wire. She's got, like, a hidden camera here.

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They get together, they have tea, they act like everything's hunky and dory. Harry and Megan leave. They, you know, fly off in the Range Rover, whatever they drive in the uk, and they go into the kitchen and there's a boiled bunny. Like, I imagine Megan Markle. To me, she's very fatal attraction. Glenn Close. If you don't get the reference, go and Google it. I just imagine King Charles going down to the kitchen after Megan's departure and

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there being a boiled bunny on the stove, like, oh, what's happened here?

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I just don't her, I don't trust her or they're gonna think she's gone. King Charles and Camilla, they're gonna get in bed at night and they're gonna like, oh, it was so nice to meet the grandkids. And I'm just, I'm glad everybody's getting along for the first time in years. And they hear like boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom. They hear pitter patter and they're like,

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something's in the walls. And Meghan's like, I'm in the walls, bitch.

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I just think Meghan Markle is a little crazy. She gives me psycho stalker ex girlfriend vibes. I wouldn't trust her.

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Okay. They're gonna be trying to go to bed at night and they're gonna be

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like, she's in the walls anyway.

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That's just my creative concept of what's

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going to happen when Harry and Megan go to visit their family in the uk. But let me read you a little bit more. So Catherine doesn't understand why Harry and Megan work with companies like Netflix. So much has been paid publicly already. Her feeling is very much, how could they do this all over again? The view of the palace is that every time things begin to calm down, something new emerges that puts all the wrong things back in the spotlight.

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That is what fame hungry little hucksters do. And Meghan Markle, she's reached a point of desperation now, and Harry as well, where they really just have to double down. They're never going to be welcomed back into the good graces of the British people. No one really cares about them anymore. Their products aren't selling. So they're going to become more desperate. They would love, they would love more than anything to have a blow up fight with their family. They would love that and to record it and to put it out there in the press. So I just would not trust these two. I would be recording and more than likely little Glenn Close, Megan Markle, she's going to leave a boiled bunny on the stove in the palace. Mark my words. All right. There are also some stories that the cousins might be meeting up. People have been speculating, will George, Charlotte and Louis meet up with Archie and Lily. It would be nice for the cousins to know each other.

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I think, you know, some cousins are living in a palace, others are living

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in the dusty McMansion and Monacito with Doria Megan's mother. But let me read you what's going on. Royal insiders are reporting that no one should expect Prince William to reunite with Prince Harry during their upcoming visit. William is seeking to project strength and leadership these days, yada, yada, yada, especially in light of everything that went down with Prince Andrew. If it was part of a wider family gathering, it's possible they could be at the same place at the same time. But given the very fractious nature of the relationship between William and Harry, I don't see them rushing to spend time together just because Harry's back in the UK now. As for the children, there are rumors that the kids are going to have busy schedules and not be able to meet up with Archie and Lily.

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Bet.

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I believe that. I think George, Charlotte and Louis, William and Catherine might just say, you know what, they have summer activities. They're out playing with friends also at this point. Yes, it would be nice. I was saying it's nice for them to get to know each other, but it's been so long and you don't know if Archie and Lily are civilized. Right. They might eat with their toes and, you know, pick things up with their feet. I don't know what's been going on because they've been living on the freaking compound like children of the corn and like the hills have eyes and we never hear from them. We don't know anything about Archie and Lily. Bet. Like, have they had their shots? I. That might be better that they hadn't. But what's going on? We don't know. You might not want your kids to play with them because they've been living on the compound. They might not be socialized. So I understand saying George, Charlotte and Louie, they have busy schedules. Guess what? Our kids are real royalty and they have a lot going on this summer. They have better things to do than to hang out with your children. And if you wanted your kids to be friends with ours and with the cousins, you wouldn't have run off to the US and trashed our whole family. Now this last story about the royals. Prince Harry and Meghan could be staying at Outthrip House, Princess Diana's ancestral estate and West Northamptonshire. I feel very British. They're going to be staying in West Northamptonshire, having high tea and crumpets and scones. The estate's website notes that it will be closed to visitors next month, prompting speculation that Harry and his family could visit or even stay stay there during the family trip. Now, this is where Princess Diana is buried. And with the family's visit falling shortly after her birthday. This could make sense. Her birthday is on July 1st. I'm already scheming if I'm Meghan Markle, I'm bringing the camera crew. You know, Meghan Markle, you know, you know she is going to do one of her like very staged pretend candid pictures at Diana's burial site. Like Megan's going to be there. Like she's just going to be at the burial site with like a little picture. She's going to have the kids taken from behind. We're just going to see their backs. They're going to be at the burial site meeting their grandmother. I already see it. She's going to do what she can to grift off of Diana, especially moving into the 30th anniversary of Diana's passing next year. I think they're going to become more and more desperate. But mark my words, if they go and stay at Diana's ancestral estate in West Northamptonshire, I think they're going to be posting and doing a lot of shenanigans. So I don't trust them. I think Meghan Markle will be sneaking pictures. She'll do a video and like Diana's old kitchen, like making some weird paella. I don't know. I don't trust these two fools at all. I think Meghan Markle is Glenn Close in Fatal Attraction. I think Prince Harry is stoned and just trying to make the best of the bed he made. You know, he has to what is it?

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You made your bed, now lie in it. He's made his bed, now he has

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to lie in it. So I wish them well.

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I wish the whole family well.

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legally Blonde before law school, Elle woods was in high school. Set in 1995, this Gemini vegetarian knows exactly who she is until her family moves from Bel Air to Seattle and turns her world upside down. Watch Elle navigate a new city, a new school, frenemies and crushes, all while staying true to herself. Packed with iconic fashion, 90s nostalgia and a throwback soundtrack, Elle proves one law school was hard. High school was harder. From the world of Legally Blonde, watch Elle, a new original series only on Prime Video July 1st.

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Well, we have a Madonna update. Apparently she is upset that her film has been put on pause. She thinks her film needs a bigger budget. She wants to do a biopic about herself. And I understand biopics are really in right now, but Madonna's only 67. Why are you doing a biopic while you're still out there dancing and twerking and shaking and popping and dropping? You know what I'm saying? Bob Dylan. They did a Bob Dylan movie. He's 85, okay, the Michael Jackson film. That's huge right now and that's made a billion dollars. Michael died in 2009. You understand what I'm saying? It's been almost 20 years. Queen, they did the Bohemian Rhapsody movie. Freddie Mercury has been dead for decades. I just think there's a level of narcissism wanting to do a biopic so badly while you're still alive. Let people do it while you're dead and gone. Let it be a resurgence for your catalog. But I understand Madonna. She is a legend. She thinks she's a legend and she has lived a colorful life. But the thing about Madonna is I don't think there are tons of secrets. We kind of know about her exes, and we've seen her through different eras and different styles and sometimes she's More provocative. Sometimes she's more covered. So I don't even know if we need a Madonna biopic, but let me read you what's been going out around and all of the sort of the news organization. Okay, so Madonna has opened up about her biopic that never came to fruition. She spoke to Interview magazine. She claimed that she clashed with Studio Universal over the film's budget. She said, we had a falling out, me and Universal, regarding the budget, because I needed. I've had an extra extraordinary life. I've had a huge life. So I needed a big budget. They couldn't get their heads around it. I found a way to make it for less in Serbia, but I don't think they were into the idea. I don't know. Maybe they just didn't believe in me. She then started working with Netflix to turn her life into a series that didn't go anywhere. Look, Hollywood is saying, we love you, Madonna. You're a legend. Your manager is a legend. Everybody who's worked with you, they're all legends. But you're too young to do a biopic. Take it. Take it as a badge of honor. Take it as a compliment. You look like a newborn baby with a fresh face.

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Okay? You might be 67, but the face is about six or seven months old.

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So why do you need a biopic? Okay? And as we showed you guys last week and the week before, Madonna was just in Times Square, dancing and twerking and shaking her vagine over a glass ledge, okay?

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She was still letting it air out in Times Square.

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This isn't a woman who needs a biopic that's looking backward. Madonna's all about looking forward and futuristic sound. She doesn't need to be doing a biopic right now. I also have to be honest. I imagine the studios did some focus groups, they did some testing. There's not a lot of interest in a Madonna biopic. She's a legend. She has great songs, but she's still not at the Michael Jackson caliber. You know what I'm saying? Where Michael Jackson is selling that many records or Michael Jackson, people are in the streets trying to do the moonwalk and kids are trying to imitate him. Madonna, she's a step below that. And so for her to still be alive, I think if she passed, God forbid, I think if she passed away, there would be interest. Now, they were going to have Jennifer Garner, this woman. What's her name? Julia Garner. Not Jennifer Garner. They're going to have Julia Garner, no relation to Jennifer Garner, play Madonna in the Biopic. And I believe this girl, she's from Ozark. She was also in that film Weapon. She pops up in things here and there. She was also in the Anna Delvey series on Netflix. I think she would have been a great Madonna. And she might have her chance to play Madonna, but not right now. Madonna, you're too young. Just keep going out there and dancing and twerking and doing your electronic music. You don't need a biopic right now. And I also think the numbers wouldn't be great. I hate to say it. It could be bad for Madonna. If she does a biopic and the box office numbers aren't great, then it's going to look even worse. Now, someone we might be seeing a biopic on soon or some type of limited crime series is Nancy Guthrie. Now, to jog your memory, Nancy Guthrie is Savannah Guthrie's mother. She was snatched out of her bed in the middle of the night months and months and months ago. Okay, I don't even remember when this happened. That just shows you how fast the news cycle moves, and it's horrific. We've all prayed for Savannah Guthrie and her family. There are people, though, who lose family members. They get kidnapped and kids get kidnapped, and no resources are allocated to them. But because Savannah Guthrie is a celebrity, we're praying for her. We hope she finds her mom. That being said, your daughter's a rich celebrity, and she had you living in a house in a remote area with barely any security. But I digress. There have been some new developments. Okay, so according to tmz, there was a letter where the kidnappers wanted money, but she was already dead. Let me break down what's going on. A source close to TMZ who was directly involved in the kidnapping investigation, has said the reason Savannah pleaded with the kidnappers a week after the kidnapping to return her mother's body, offering to pay money, is that the kidnappers appeared to have freaked out that Nancy died shortly after she was kidnapped and seemed to retreat from demanding money. The TMZ source says Savannah offered money to incentivize the kidnappers to lead the family to Nancy. But the kidnappers never responded to the overture, and no money was paid. So basically, it's what we've been saying. She probably died that night or very quickly. She was startled. She could have had a heart attack. She needed her medicine. Maybe they didn't plan for that. Okay, so they dumped the body. I hate to talk about it. It's like something out of Breaking Bad. But they dumped the body. I understand Savannah Guthrie wanting closure and wanting to know where the body is. I would want to see, honestly, a finger, a toe, a limb, in order to have closure, right? There would always be a voice in the back of my head saying, what if she's out there? What if she's still there? Right? I understand. You want that body, honey. You want those bones like an archeologist. You want to see something that's like, okay, that's my mother. I can grieve and really close the door and know that she has passed. Well, Savannah Guthrie hasn't gotten that. And she was actually on her television show, on the today show, and she made a plea. Take a look at this clip.

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To ask people to really. To beg people to come forward. Somebody knows something. We are in agony. We cannot be at peace. So no matter how much I try to come out here every day and smile and find that joy, and I will. I promise. I will. This is a moment to tell you that we need your help. We're begging for your help.

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So I understand Savannah Guthrie, it's heartbreaking. She just wants to know where the body is. But I told you guys on day one, she needed to get a little bit gangster and offer the money up quicker, right? Too much time passed. She should have just said, dead or alive. Here's a million dollars, no questions asked. We want a body. Bring us the body. Okay, maybe I've been watching too much

[Co-host]

godfather, you know what I'm saying? Too much Al Pacino. But bring me a body, and you

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guys can have a duffel bag full of cash. But until then, she's not going to have closure. Now, according to investigators, they are closing in on the man on the porch. We'll put him back up on the screen. Remember the shadowy figure? Some people thought there were two people. Some thought. Thought there was one. Some thought he was a woman. Some thought he was hispanic. Maybe he was non binary, we don't know. But anyway, they're trying to find this guy, and they think that they are closing in. They think they've gotten a real good lead. And I'm like, yeah, about time, about time.

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Like, they're going to be calling in 10 years.

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We've almost got it. This is like waiting for Godot. It's like, hey, we think we've got a lead. We think we've tracked him down, man.

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We think we got it.

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Like, let's listen. If you find him, you find him. Come back to us when you have something, okay? It's like that kid in the office who's like, I'm working on it. I'm working on. When the project's done, come and let me know. But until then, I don't need all the intermediary shenanigans and buffoonery and tomfoolery. If you cannot find this man with all of the resources and all of the investigators, good luck to all of us. This is why you got to keep guns in your house. You gotta have tons of alarm systems, cameras. I have cameras all around my house, my mother's house, guns, everything. Nobody would even try me or one of my family members.

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So please don't. Please don't. But anyway, God bless Savannah Guthrie.

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God bless Nancy Guthrie. May she rest in peace. Hopefully, she's in a better place, although her house was pretty nice. But I hope she's in a better place right now. And let this be a lesson moving forward. We cannot trust anybody to protect us except ourselves. And that goes for all the women watching this, of all different ages, whether you're 18, 80 and beyond. If you have to go to extreme measures to sleep at night, if your friends make fun of you because you've added in more cameras or you bought more of this and bought more of that, don't let them make fun of you. Do what you got to do to protect yourself, because nobody else is. No one's coming along to save us. This Sheriff Nano. Sheriff Nanos, whatever the hell his name is, he can't be trusted. All these men standing around with their, you know what's in their hands and their badges and their guns on their hips, they can't do jack shit. Excuse my friendship.

[Co-host]

My mom's Bible study is watching.

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But you just got to take matters into your own hands and life in business and protection and security, because you can't trust these people. Look at the president, okay? He has Secret Service, and God bless our Secret Service. How many assassination attempts have we seen on his life? You understand what I'm saying? How much violence have we seen against public figures who have security? So when it comes to your own home, do what you gotta do. If someone steps on that porch, boom, boom. You go, Terminator. You don't think I had a friend in law enforcement who told me, link, you're probably not the best shot, but if you just start firing down the hallway, you do what you gotta do. If someone's in your house in the middle of the night, you just. Boom, boom, boom, boom, boom. My boyfriend's really into his artwork and

[Co-host]

his wallpaper that might get a little bit ruined.

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But if anyone comes into the home. I'm gonna do what I have to do and ask questions later. And I'm gonna hope you're not someone I know sneaking up for a surprise surprise party. But nonetheless, we're gonna pay some bills really quickly. And then we are back with a few hot topics

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Now to round out the show, we're gonna talk about my love of country. I know people watch us from all around the world, but I love the United States of America. The same way you should love the UK if you live there, you should love Paraguay, Australia, New Zealand. Wherever you live, have pride in your homeland. But there are folks out there who hate anything patriotic. They hate the fact that we're cleaning up our major cities, especially Washington D.C. and they're very upset over this reflecting pool. They're very upset over this algae. Apparently they want more algae in the reflecting pool. I don't understand these lunatic liberals going out there to protest because Washington D.C. looks respectable again. You go to any other capital city around the world, it looks nice and clean. You want to project a level of strength. You want. When world leaders visit your country, you want them to visit and see, oh, you guys got it together over here. But look at these ridiculous protesters. This is amphia, I guess, amphibious antifa. And this is why I tell you guys, liberals report higher rates of mental health issues than anyone else on earth. You can look right now, they're apparently protesting because they want algae back in the reflecting pool. What world are we living in? What the hell is going on? I don't even understand. I feel like all of us were like the Last of the Mohicans or something. Like we're still living in reality. And then there are crazy lunatics who are in a totally alternate universe. I will never understand. But Trump actually spoke about this. Let's take a look at that clip.

[Donald Trump]

The reflecting pool looks fantastic. I just got pictures of it. It's beautiful. But somebody went in with a knife and cut it. They cut it up good. And then they cut a 200, 350 foot slip in the form of lots of little slips. A real killed horrible stuff. And they destroyed the grass. We put a brand new big load of grass out there. They destroyed it. So it's all being fixed. But it's a shame.

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It certainly is a shame. And let me tell you what they're doing to try to curb these protesters. I don't think anyone expected folks would protest cleaning up and beautifying our cities, but here we are in 2026. So they've had fencing and AI powered surveillance cameras installed at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool to keep vandalizers away as the park services attempt to fix the vandalism. These people just hate our country, right? It's not that they have policy differences with the president. People can debate on policy, they can debate on foreign policy, the Republican Party. We have debates on the right, we have debates in the middle. On the left, we can debate policies. But there are folks who just at the End of the day, hate our country. And that's what we're seeing. And I also think these people, they have mental illnesses. They are unemployed. They have nothing going on. They might be taking money from NGOs and who knows, to go out there and protest and be. Be rabble rousers and cause trouble. And so I don't take any of these people seriously. I think they're clowns. I think they're fools, and I would keep your children away. Now, someone else I think is a total fool is none other than Joy Reid. Now, you might remember Joy Reid from msnbc. She's been stealing my hairstyle for years, okay? She's been stealing my blonde for years. You need to pack it up. I'm watching you.

[Co-host]

I'm watching you, Joy Reid. But anyway, she's back in the news.

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Apparently has a web show now that she's not on television. And on this web show, she basically just spouts about the fact that she hates our country. She's not patriotic to be an American. And my thing is this. Leave if you don't like it, Leave. You have some money, you have free will, you have agency. If you hate our country so much, pack up and go. But let me play you this clip of Joy Reid talking about how nobody black is excited about the Fourth of

[Joy Reid]

July, apparently, because in many ways, and with apologies to my dear spicy white friends, because I know that my white brothers and sisters do love a Fourth of July. It is Independence Day. Everybody's barbecuing. It's a thing I can promise you black folks. We will take that day off. We will barbecue, because we all but black people that nobody black I know is really excited about the 4th of July because it is what Frederick Douglass said it is. It is the celebration of slaveholders who freed themselves from having to pay taxes to the crown for their slave empire.

[Co-host]

She's reaching, your honor. Your honor, she's reaching.

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She's bringing up slavery and Frederick Douglass. I've read everything about Frederick Douglass going back to high school. Why can't we just celebrate the Fourth of July, okay? These people just want to suck the fun out of everything. Okay, Fourth of July, let us have a barbecue. Let me, you know, lick on a red, white and blue popsicle. Let me go out and, you know, slide down a slope in the front yard made out of trash bags. I don't know. Let me go out there and have a good time and get tan lines. Get together with family and friends. You can go pop open a cold one or whatever. The guys do why do you have to suck the fun out of everything in life? But it's this hatred for our country. It's this hatred of patriotism that we see time and time and time again. And my question for Joy Reid would be, your name is Joy. All right, Joyful, Joyful. Lord, we adore thee. Tell me, what's going to make you happy. Something is clearly hurting inside Joy Reid that is much bigger than this moment politically. Something is broken inside of you, mama, that you are lashing out and upset every single day. And you're angry. And I don't mean that with any racial undertones. I'd say it if you were white. You're just angry. And you're angry about where you are in life. You're angry that you got dropped by MSNBC and they replaced you with basically a doppelganger, Simone Sanders. You're mad, and you're taking it out on everybody else. But when you spew that negativity and you're negative every single day, don't blame yourself for being in the rut you are in. And that is our Oprah Dr. Phil lesson of the day.

[Co-host]

But as for you guys, our show

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has come to an end. I hope it was a little bit of a reprieve and a respite from your daily lives. I hope when you watch our show, you can just have a moment to escape and have a little bit of ridiculousness, get some news, have some fun. I hope you are doing well, and we will see you on the next one. I love all of you. All right, bye.

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