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A Pathetic End To Pride Month + The $40 Million Dollar Wedding | Episode 44
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Brett Cooper
So between multiple flat tires, while I was in Texas, naked protesters were twerking in the streets, Jeff Bezos got married, and socialists have officially taken over nyc. So we have a lot to catch up on. So I don't think I've ever done this before in any episode. But before we get into these stories, I need to take a little, like, Brett time and have therapy with you guys because I just need to tell you about the week that I had. So it was all like, everything about it was basically great. Like, we did our final leg of the tour. I had five shows in three days. We did Austin, Dallas and Houston. If you guys were there, you have heard these stories by now and you guys were amazing shows. I had so much fun meeting all of you guys. I got to see friends and family. It was great. But in the middle of all of that, Alex and I had more travel catastrophes than we have ever experienced in our entire life. And that was because we had the bold idea that instead of flying between all of the Texas cities, we should just drive. But the thing is, we had never driven on Texas roads before. And there is a certain highway called I35 that I hope to never, never come in contact with ever again. And this whole day was just insane. This was when we were going from Austin to Dallas. And the context here is that we announced that I was becoming a FOX contributor, which I'm super excited about. And I appreciate all of your congratulations and I've been seeing all your posts whenever I popped up on fox. So very excited about that. But, but it was just an intense day because there was a press release coming out. There were, like, things I had to answer. And I was supposed to get from Austin to Dallas in a certain amount of time to go on Will Kane's show, which he records in Dallas. I was supposed to be in studio for this. And Alex and I, we were so on top of it. We left Austin early. It was like a three hour drive. We gave ourselves like an extra hour and a half, two hours to get there and get to the hotel. It was a whole thing. We got an early check in. We, we got a hotel near Fox. It was a whole ordeal. But we were 30 minutes outside of Austin. We'd only been driving for 30 minutes. We are on this highway, I35, and our tire explodes. Like, it is so hot outside that I feel like it actually didn't really explode. Like it popped, but it was so hot. There was so much pressure. And we are literally in the left lane on i35. And all of these Texas freeways, the speed limits are, like, 75 miles per hour. So Alex is, like, having to get over to the shoulder. We are in some kind of old Nissan rogue. That was what we got in our avis rental car. I never want to be in a Nissan rogue ever again. No offense if you have one, but, like, sitting in that car on the shoulder of this freeway as all of these cars are whipping by, going by, like, 90 miles per hour, I have never felt so unsafe. We call the rental car company. They can't send out roadside assistance for an hour and a half. So God bless state troopers. They. They were able to come and help us because even though there was a donut spare tire in the back of the car, There was no kit to actually change the tire. So Alex had, like, done this whole thing, pulled the tire out, and then was like, crap, there's no way that I can change this. And we're on the side of the freeway. So a cop came over, and he had his kits. We were able to change it. And there was just additional fiascos after additional fiascos because we still had to drive the rest of the way to Dallas. And then after that, drive from Dallas back down to Houston for my next show, which is where we were gonna be dropping off this car. And you can't Dr. Drive that far on a donut. Spare tire. So we called a tire company through the rental car company. They're like, could you patch this tire? Could we get a new tire? We wait. We wait like, an hour. In a holiday in parking lot, this guy finally arrives. His van literally says, like, tire repair services. And he looks at the donut, and he's like, well, what do you want me to do? You already changed the tire. And Alex is like, well, we have to drive, like, 400 more miles. I don't even know how many miles it was. We have a long way to drive. We need to fix this tire. We can't drive it on the spare. And he was like, I can't help you. And Alex was like, you don't have a tire repair kit? And this guy was like, no, I don't carry one of those again. On his van, it literally says tire repairman. So he just drives away, and we're sitting there with this donut. So then we have to call Ava's rental car again. We would have to drive all the way back down to the Austin airport in order to get a new car. We say, no, that is not acceptable. I feel like Alex is being way too cordial. Way too nice on the phone. I am angry. I'm hot. I'm hormonal. I. I grab the phone from his hands, and I'm just like, you need to get us a new car. And I'm like, I'm, like, texting with Fox News, being like, I'm gonna try to get there. Cause remember, this is, like, happening in the background. So I end up missing my spot on Will Kane. I do not make it to Dallas in time. We do get the new rental car. That was not the simplest thing either, because the navigation in the Nissan rogue, like the CarPlay, was not working. So I was having to navigate for Alex. That is a terrible thing. I have the worst sense direction of. We were missing turns. He made a joke. I cried. It was a whole ordeal. But we finally. We finally got there. I did film a selfie video for Will Kane to be like, yes, hey, I'm a contributor. It was literally outside of a Buc EE's. I was like, I'm so sorry, Fox. This is your first introduction to me. I'm gonna be in my car in a Buc EE's parking lot because our tire exploded. But we were finally back on the road. We were, like, so close to Dallas. And I called my manager, and I was like, we are so close. We're almost there. Like, what could happen in the last 20 minutes of this drive? And both she and Alex were, like, screaming at me, like, don't. And like, five minutes later, we're driving in the center lane again on this freaking interstate I35. The cars on either side of us get rear ended. We are, like, literally in between. There is a car that runs into a U Haul and a huge blue Dodge truck that runs into a Tesla. And we are like, Alex is just like, oh, my God. Anyway, we finally get there. The two shows in Dallas are amazing. The next morning, I go on Fox and Friends. Then we go to Houston. We wrap up the tour. We somehow survived. Our flight was delayed until like, 2am getting back into Nashville, but we did get back here. We survived. But really, guys, all of that aside, the tour was so much fun. It made all of it worth it. All of the flat tires. Oh, my God. Wait, that was the other thing. I totally forgot. Even though we survived, we were literally in Houston and I was supposed to go visit Good Ranchers because that is where they're based. And one minute away from their headquarters in the new car that we had gotten, our tire pops again. But like I said, we made it. The tour was great. The shows were Great. You guys were lovely. But that is everything that the Lights last week entailed in my personal life. It was incredibly stressful. If I was a lib, I would be over drinking and overeating just like.
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Unknown Speaker
Rosie o' Donnell during his first go round. It was very difficult and I got myself into some bad places. You know, I was very, very depressed. I was overeating, I was over drinking. I was, you know, I was so depressed.
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Brett Cooper
So if you missed it, that is Rosie o' Donnell doing an interview about living under a Trump administration and how the only reason she is depress overweight is because of Donald Trump. The only reason that she overdrinks is because of Donald Trump. Now, I think that Rosie has been overweight long before Donald Trump ever came into office. So I don't really think that's the reason why. But you know what, stress can do it to you. And I would be lying if I said that I did not eat copious amounts of brisket and queso while I was in Texas. So I am now on a diet. But before we get into the actual stories of the day, make sure that you are following our podcast page and please rate the show if you are enjoying it. That helps us out so much on the charts and in the algorithm. And of course, if you want want to stay up to date on all of the happenings, make sure to check out BrettCooper.com now I know that I just said that we were gonna go right into the stories, but because I rambled so much and trauma dumped on you, I have not been able to talk about my friends over at Peterson Academy. And Peterson Academy is Jordan Peterson's online university that is open for enrollment right now. So if you are somebody who loves lifelong learning, wants to go back to school, maybe you're a homeschooler wanting to up your curriculum or you're just somebody who wants to learn from the brightest professors in the world. Then this is the platform for you. Every month Peterson Academy releases four new in depth eight hour university level courses taught by world renowned experts and they are produced specifically to keep you fully engaged. They cover an amazing range of topics from philosophy to history to psychology, Science, math, from statistics to algebra. 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We have reached the end, the end of June. I think it's like one day more. Basically it's like that song from Les Mis, like one day more. Another day, another destiny. That is us. But I will say this has been a pretty uneventful Pride as far as Prides go. Like, I think that we were all distracted by Trump and Elon breaking up, which I think I said on the show is like the gayest thing that happened throughout the entirety of Pride Month. And then of course we had the 12 day war that was going on as proclaimed by Trump, AKA World War three. I think that was captivating our attention for latter half of Pride Month. And considering that the LGBT community wants as much attention as humanly possible during Pride, I am sure that this was painful for them. I am sure that all of these distractions went against everything that they wanted for this month. But I don't think it was as painful as Target moving their Pride collection and their tucking underwear swimsuits to the back of the stores. Because that also happened this Pride Month, which of course was protested. Take a look at this. I mean, guys, like, we've talked about how the leftist protests have just gotten so pitiful. This is evidence. What? Like you have, you have printer paper. You are walking around Target with printer paper saying, trans rights are human rights, being angry at Target for getting rid of dei. This girl, this girl is. What is she doing? She is standing up in a Target cart with a trans flag cape on my favorite part of this entire video of this whole pitiful, embarrassing, sad, depressing protestant are the people that are just trying to shop in this Target. Like, you see that guy over there in like the red jacket who's just like, oh God, what is happening? Like, can I please just go, like buy a basketball. Like I'm looking for it in the back of the Target. Meanwhile, this girl is floating through this protest as if she's on the freaking Rose Parade or in the Popemobile. Like, it's just ridiculous. But again, it was Pride Month. They had to protest. They had to be boots on the ground. They had to be involved. But now, guys, now officially World War 3, the 12 day war, it is over. So everybody in the LGBTQ community, they jumped into gear to make this last week of Pride count, and, boy, did they. It feels like all of the Pride parades and festivals have been happening in this last weekend. It's been happening all over the country. And dare I say, they are more outlandish and uncomfortable than ever before. Just watch this video. I mean, this poor cop. Like, genuinely, what is the point of that? And also, this same person was also caught on video doing a stripping drag performance on the steps of St. Patrick's Cathedral. Also on top of that, they had a trans drag priest blessing everybody who was walking by in the entire festival. It feels like the entirety of New York Pride was just based upon making fun of Catholics and making fun of Christians. Like, that is what is in every single video that I have seen thus far. But I do want to go back to the top of this video before this person starts twerking on this poor cop here. Like, again, it's just lackluster. Like, it's very outlandish and it's very weird, but it also just seems disorganized. It's like they've lost their mojo. They're just, like, walking around quietly while people are twerking and making fun of Christians. Like, there's nothing even exciting happening in these protests, which is probably because they have lost all sense of direction in actually understanding what their movement is about or what they're fighting for. Because, per usual, these parades and all this activism were about more than just pride. It was not just about love is love and all of these things and being inclusive. It is about every single progressive talking point meshed together into one very weird protest that was taking over the entire country. Like, take a look at this sign that is in the background of that video that we just watched. Free abortion, free sex changes, and castration on demand. Castration on demand. Like, I mean, you know, you're on the right side of history when you're fighting for castration on demand. And you have Greta Thunberg on your side. Because. Because that is what I want to talk about next. Because after Greta's failed voyage to deliver flour to Gaza, which she was doing a couple of weeks ago, she showed up to the Pride Parade in one of my favorite cities, Budapest in Hungary. With some words of wisdom for everyone who was there. Take a watch. Today I am joining thousands of people in Budapest, in Hungary, who are defying Viktor Orban's desperate attempt to ban the pride march. Pride is both a protest, but also a celebration of love and who we are. This is yet another fascist attack on human rights. Oh, it is a fascist attack on human rights, which I am sure. I'm sure, Greta. It connects back to climate change in some regard. Now, after she did her little appearance at that parade, I'm sure that she hopped right back onto a plane to go to her next protesting gig, because that is what she does for work, which, of course, was Jeff Bezos wedding in Venice, Italy. Now, I actually don't know if Greta went to protest in Venice, but it seems like the perfect place for her, because from all the protests to the online hate that I was seeing, I think that this might have been history's most controversial wedding. Now, Jeff Bezos married his girlfriend, Lauren Sanchez. Of course, we talked about Lauren very recently, because she was one of the women who went up to space to take up space and smash the patriarchy. She's the one who designed the sexy spacesuits. Anyway, she is now officially married to Jeff Bezos. And their wedding, which took place in Venice this weekend, cost between 47 and $56 million. Like, guys, I still cringe when I think about the money that we spent on our wedding, which was actually done on a very strict budget. I cannot imagine spending this much money. But when you have the net worth that Jeff Bezos does, I'm sure that this was simply a drop in the bucket. But because they were taking over the entire city of Venice, which is also in a climate crisis right now, because the city of Venice is, like, sinking, because they were flying all these people in, they were taking over the entire city. There were protests that were popping up. There was one called no Space for Bezos. They were trying to crash the party. People were doing these, like, big flags where they were like, you're not welcome here. It was all very intense. But because it's Jeff Bezos, and he is one of the richest men in the world that was able to be pushed aside. Nobody actually crashed the wedding. Everything went on as it should. Now, this wedding was originally set to take place in a historic building that used to be a religious school. They moved the wedding, however, to an old shipyard complex from the 14th century. So it was very big, very lavish, very historic. Again, they were literally taking over the entire city of Venice, which I'm sure Cost many, many millions of the dollars that they spent in their budget. And guys, before we get back to the political side of everything, the one thing that I really want to talk about here is, is the guest list. Because everyone was here. And it's so funny to me because there's so many people who were there. And I was like, you're friends with Jeff Bezos. Like, it's just. But also it could be the fact that Jeff Bezos is again, one of the richest men in the world. He can invite whoever he wants and people will come. But like the Kardashians were there. Ivanka Trump was there, the Queen of Jordan. Oprah was there, looking incredibly skinny. Hello, Ozempic. We all know she's taking it. Leonardo DiCaprio was there. He was wearing his baseball cap that he always wears to like protect himself from the paparazzi. But he wears the baseball cap so much these days, so everyone knows that it's him. There was also some drama there because Katy Perry, who also went to space to take up space with Lauren Sanchez, she and her longtime boyfriend, partner, fiance Orlando Bloom, just announced that they had officially broken up and they were both invited. So they were both pictured and spotted not together, of course, but it was a 200 person wedding. So I'm sure they were able to, you know, find some spaces on either side of the aisle. Now the other thing that was so interesting and everybody was reporting on this is that Tom Brady was invited as well as Sydney Sweeney, which again, just think about Sydney Sweeney being friends with Jeff Bezos. Like I can imagine being her and getting this invitation in the mail and being like, okay, I guess I'll go to Venice. But that's not even the important part. Apparently they were chatting it up. Everybody wants Sydney Sweeney to be with Glen Powell now that she broke up her engagement. But it's. It seems like Tom Brady could be vying for that spot as well. So we'll see what happens. There is your like pop culture update of the day. But back to all of the socio political nonsense. A lot of these attendees, all of these super rich, wealthy activists, progressives, were rightfully called out for flying into Venice, the sinking city of Venice, in their private jets. When of course, they have spent years preaching at all of us peasants about how we need to use our freaking paper straws to fight climate change. But the political nonsense of this entire wedding goes even deeper than this. And this video that I saw on TikTok literally made me laugh out loud.
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Unknown Speaker
I do think it's interesting that they chose Venice, Because I do think, first of all, Venice is in a climate disaster. I think they knew that they couldn't have this wedding in the United States because it would get too much pushback. You know, the Internet has responded really well to the fact that, like, if you are friends with Jeff Bezos, right now you are showing us that you're complicit with Trump.
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Brett Cooper
My God, it's so ridiculous. If you are friends with Jeff Bezos, if you are associating with him, then you are complicit with Donald Trump because he went to the inauguration. I'm sorry. He is one of the richest men in the world. He is one of the pivotal American entrepreneurs of our generation. He is a huge, huge figure in the tech space, which Trump is doing a lot of work with right now. Whether you like that or not. I'm sorry, he's going to be at the inauguration. He is going to be trying to make nice with the most powerful man in the country, if not the entire world. Going to his wedding, regardless of your political beliefs, does not mean that you are complicit with Trump. What is this, brain rot? This really is brain rot. And I know that there are people out there who say that the Bezos and Trump ties go deeper. And I've seen all these comments. They're like, oh, Jeff Bezos donated a million dollars to the inaugural fund, whatever it is. Okay, I'm sorry. The man is worth hundreds of millions, billions. I don't even know how much money. Again, a million dollars is like pennies to him. And also, he didn't donate that money to the campaign. He donated it to the inauguration fund. Like, that is an American event. That is something worth celebrating. That is a huge deal. And it also is probably just to try to make nice with Trump so he would get invited so he could shake his hand, that Elon Musk could look at Lawrence Andrews boobs, because that was the craziest thing that happened during the entire inauguration. But seriously, going back to the point, like, do you not have anything better to do than speculate about Jeff Bezos guest list and what they think about Donald Trump? Like, seriously, that's not what the event is about. Like, get offline, stop podcasting, focus on your skincare, which obviously you should be buying from Nimi Skincare. Now, as you guys know, Nimmy was one of my first sponsors ever when I got started on YouTube. 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We obviously have to talk about Lauren Sanchez and her wedding dress and how amazing she looks. Probably because she's eating a bunch of steak. Her waist, guys, is insane. Like, she is giving Kim Kardashian a run for her money. Now, I know that we have all seen Lauren Sanchez's chest. She is not somebody who is shy about showing all of that off. But I was actually so pleasantly surprised by this dress. Like, she looked amazing the entire weekend. She looked incredible. I think that this dress is beautiful and it's almost giving what Kourtney Kardashian wanted to accomplish with her Dolce and Gabbana dress, who also designed Lauren Sanchez's dress. But Lauren just knocked it out of the park. It was classy. It was mature. She looks so happy. They both look so happy. Like, yes, they're billionaires. Yes, they took over the entire city of Venice. And I don't care. I'm here to enjoy it. I don't need to police their happiness or their weddings. It gives me things to react to and scroll and look at and read. It's totally fine. And seriously, if you are spending your time getting genuinely angry at billionaires and the way that they spend their money in their personal life, like, move on, touch grass, find peace, go to church, I don't know. It's really not that big of a deal. I think we have far bigger fish to fry because while all of these rich people, all the billionaires, were partying it up in Venice, Gen Z was dealing with problems of their own that we need to address. Specifically, they were laying out their stipulations for returning to the office or even just joining the workplace to begin with. Now, I just want you guys to read this headline. This is a legit study that was just done with legitimate results. And this is something that my generation is saying. Gen Z wants in office sex to be a totally acceptable thing. 38% of Gen Zers want private spaces at work to hook up because work life balance. Guys. I did a business program at UC Berkeley while I was still at ucla. And I did an interpersonal communications class. And there was an entire section in this course that was about how big corporations and how HR departments are having to prepare for Gen Z. And it was so embarrassing to sit in that class because it was all like, oh, yes, you must speak to them softly. They're like delicate little broken birds. They need all this work life balance you must take care of them and like give them space to listen and like affirm. That was all of this like gushy progressive nonsense. Well, apparently it's gone even farther than that because Gen Z is literally asking for designated sex rooms. Now. This is what the article says. Gen Z, the youngest generation of workers, cares deeply about work life balance. And according to new research, that balance includes hookups that happen during work hours. So this was a survey that was done of 2000 Gen Zers and nearly half of 47% said that remote work has improved their sex life. So obviously they don't want to give that up. Likewise, one in three said that a return to office would damage it, mostly due to having a less flexible schedule. Interestingly, 29% felt that returning to office might actually improve it. Perhaps because meeting people on the job could offer more opportunities for intimacy or even the prospect of an office romance. While once taboo, office romance is not something that turns Gen Z off, which honestly agreed. That's where I met Alex. The youngest generation of workers wants to normalize romance or even just sex. That is not something I can stand behind in the workplace. An impressive 38% of Gen Zers admit that they wish their workplace had a private sector space like an on call room for hookups or even a little bit of self love. Guys, this is deranged. Like we talk about how messed up Gen Z is all the time. Like, oh, Gen Z doesn't drink, they don't do drugs, they're the most sexless generation. And everybody says that those are all great things, which on the surface I'm sure that, you know, there are positives and I think those are actually good things. But the reason why this is happening is not good. Like Gen Z is so sexless that they now think that having sex in the office is appropriate. Like are you that disconnected from intimacy and romance that you think that is the height of meeting people and falling in love and having sex? It is so insane. But that is not the only thing that is happening in offices right now. Because similar to this, similar to having to, you know, take care of Gen Z and everything that they need, Deloitte just came out and said that they are offering a $1,000 stipend to their employees that they will reimburse them for so that they can buy things to help with their mental health and their well being. And one thing that you can buy with this thousand dollars stipend, one thing that you are enc to look into is Legos. Deloitte is giving their employees $1,000 to go buy Legos to help with their well being. Like, guys, my generation, we are struggling. Like guys, this is so ridiculous and so out of touch that I would not be surprised if Zoran Mamdani added these things to his campaign promises, which is the last thing that we need to discuss today. Because while my social media feeds were being dominated by Lauren Sanchez Bezos and the whole Venice wedding, they were simultaneously being dominated by the socialist that is taking over New York City. So if you do not follow local politics, even though this has now gotten a lot bigger than just local politics, Zoran is a Democratic socialist who just won the Democratic primary for mayor of New York City. Now, Zoran is the first ever Muslim nominee for this position, but he was also not even a US citizen until 2017. His family immigrated here from Uganda. And before he started his career in politics, he was a rapper. Now, I shouldn't laugh at that because obviously Ronald Reagan was an actor, Donald Trump was on reality tv. But I mean, those men were talented. They had things going for them. I just want you to listen to this man's rapping and tell me whether you think he should be the next mayor of New York City. Shirtless. Go ahead, make a rap for your naughty.
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Unknown Speaker
It's a rap.
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Brett Cooper
Like, not only is he rapping in a food truck, he is also rapping shirtless with old people surrounding him holding falafel raps. I genuinely do not know what is going on, but I will say the one place where I will give this man credit is that he has no shame. Like, he has gone on cnn, MSNBC and they talk about his rapping career and he's like, yeah, yeah, it was a rapper. Which honestly does make a little more endearing. Like, you read the comments and people are like, oh my God, he's so hot. He has no shame. Oh my God, he's so hot. He is not hot. That rapping was not hot at all. But it is refreshing that a political candidate has no shame about their past, because I don't know if that has ever happened in American politics ever before. But moving on from rapping, we do need to talk about the more substantial issues here, which is what he is proposing for the city of New York. Now, one of the big things that he has said is that he wants to make city run grocery stores and that is how he will fight price gouging. I don't know about you guys, but I hate going to the dmv. I hate going to the post office. If you take Trader Joe's and you make it into some government run entity, I will come after you, Zo Ron, and you will not be able to rap ever again in your entire life. That's not a threat. Just saying. Just saying. I'm really serious about Trader Joe's here. He also wants to have a $30 minimum wage. He is also talking about universally free childcare, among many, many other free things, which honestly is how you win the Democrat Vote in 2025. You just say everything's gonna be free. Everything's gonna be perfect and wonderful and free. But actually, those of us with any kind of economic sense know that that means that money has to come from somewhere. And obviously that is gonna come from raising taxes, which Zoran has admitted. But he's going to be raising taxes on a specific subset of people, specifically the rich white people in New York City. He said he wants to shift the tax burden from overtaxed homeowners in the outer boroughs to more expensive homes in richer and whiter neighborhoods. He literally said that he wants to increase the tax burden on white New Yorkers in order to provide for the city run grocery stores and the $30 minimum wage. I mean, you cannot make this stuff up. And guys, we know that simply raising taxes to fund social initiatives does not work. Like, have we learned nothing from Los Angeles or San Francisco? Like, all it did was send all of the wealthy people from California to Florida and Texas cause they don't want to be there anymore. And it was so funny because Ryan Serhant, who is a huge real estate guy in New York City, he has that show like Owning Manhattan on Netflix, which by the way is great and you should watch. It was like my favorite reality TV show of last year. But he did an interview immediately after Zoran won the primary and he said, you will not believe the calls that I have gotten from New Yorkers saying I need to sell my home. And people who are backing out of 10 million, $20 million deals and saying, actually call your Florida office. I'm going there. I'm not buying here anymore. I literally will not be able to afford being this wealthy in New York City anymore. Like, this is already happening. The ramifications are happening. New York's hope literally lies in Eric Adams. He is running for reelection right now. The Rat Czar. The man who just a couple of weeks ago was spotted at a hookah bar having a fun time. Oh my God. The best Eric Adams video was when he said, we're going to introduce trash cans to New York City. And he like walked out with a dumpster and was like, here you go. This is how you put the trash in. That is the only man right now who could save New York City. So we'll see if he actually has it in him. So with that, everyone, I think that you are officially caught up on all of the news of the week, whether it is pop culture, social media, or political. And once again, congratulations on surviving Pride Month. I'll see you next year, same time in June. Maybe it'll be even crazier.