The Chisme Corner with Vee Rivera

Episode: Bardi Baby, Bunny Noms & Binge-Worthy Chisme
Host: Vee Rivera
Date: September 24, 2025

EPISODE OVERVIEW

In this lively and unfiltered episode of The Chisme Corner, Vee Rivera serves up a fresh round of chisme, pop culture tea, and personal reflections. As always, she weaves together temas de cultura, motherhood, identity, and all the juicy, laugh-out-loud moments her community loves. This week, Vee highlights big wins for Latin artists (Bad Bunny, Karol G, Shakira), discusses Cardi B’s headline-making new music and pregnancy, recaps trending shows and reality TV drama, and shares candid personal stories—all in her signature warm, relatable tone.

HIGHLIGHTS & KEY DISCUSSION POINTS

1. Opening Vibes & Taking Care of Your Peace

[01:16 - 04:45]

• Vee acknowledges the heaviness in the world and urges listeners to protect their mental health.
• "Please, chismosas, mi amorcitas, mi amigas, my loves. I love y’all down. And I just want to make sure that y’all are taking care of yourselves... your peace, it has to come before anything else." – Vee Rivera [02:09]
• Shares her experiences with increased anxiety and her self-care rituals: cafecito, sweet treats, and checking in with “your people.”
• “Life really be lifing. And it’s okay if, like, you just haven’t felt like yourself lately, ‘cause I can say I’m in the same boat.” – Vee Rivera [02:40]

2. Birthday Reflections & Family Surprises

[04:45 - 10:50]

• Vee celebrates her birthday weekend and relates how her intuition/“Virgo energy” makes her hard to surprise.
• Charming story about birthday plans, family antics, and the joys of growing in her 30s.
• Touches on her signature “cafecito con chisme” cup from Latina-owned Sew Bonita and the power of supporting small businesses.

3. Bad Bunny: Tour Decisions & Grammy Dominance

[11:00 - 14:30]

• Bad Bunny adds a Puerto Rico residency date right before Vee’s birthday—“What a great birthday gift to me!” [11:45]
• Praises Bad Bunny’s decision to avoid US tour stops out of concern for ICE raids:
  • “That is a huge place to be able to come and raid... And I know he would never forgive himself if something like that happened at one of his concerts.” – Vee Rivera [12:28]
  • Emphasizes his thoughtfulness and commitment to his community.
• Celebrates his 12 Latin Grammy nominations and his impact on Latin music.
  • “Kudos to Bad Bunny...the man is just...sets bars and standards every f*cking day of what it is to be a Latin artist.” – Vee Rivera [13:07]

4. Latin Excellence: Karol G & Shakira Making History

[14:30 - 18:10]

• Karol G: Headlining Coachella 2026 as the first Latina woman—“Please give this woman her flowers, please!” [15:10]
  • Talks about her album Tropical and how Karol stays true to her roots.
  • “I admire that a lot about her, so I’m really happy for her.”
• Shakira:
  • Wins Best Video Clip at 2025 MTV VMAs, becomes the Latin artist with the most VMA awards.
  • Prepping for Global Citizen in Central Park.
  • “Her comeback has been so much stronger. And I think that’s how you know you...can’t let these win. You can’t let them bring you down. That girl is—she is booked and busy.” – Vee Rivera [17:20]
  • Suggests a Karol G x Shakira collab album would be “so dope—a force!”

5. Cardi B: New Love, Pregnancy, Lawsuit Win & Album Drop

[20:42 - 29:50]

• Cardi B confirms pregnancy with child #4, with new boyfriend Stefon Diggs.
  • “You can almost tell when a woman feels safe, when she feels loved, when she’s at peace... she is definitely in a safe space right now. She seems very happy, so I’m happy for her.” – Vee Rivera [20:56]
• Discusses Cardi’s past with Offset and why she deserves love and a “fairy tale.”
• Cardi recently won a civil suit—jury cleared her of all allegations: “Cardi’s legal team do not play when it comes to her. Why do y’all keep trying her?” [22:51]
• Cardi B’s sophomore album Am I the Drama?: Vee offers a track-by-track, fangirl review.

  • Stellar guest lineup: Janet Jackson, Lizzo, Kehlani, Selena Gomez and more.

  • Highlights favorite tracks [25:30–29:45]:

    • “Pretty and Petty” – a direct clapback to BIA; Vee raps/reads Cardi’s verses.
      • “Pop in by a bag / Is the only thing that I do / Every time I pray I thank God I’m not you” – Cardi B [26:13]
      • “If you listen to Pretty and Petty, you just gonna feel like you beefing with everybody. Like...it’s up, and it’s stuck forever.” – Vee
    • “Dead” (feat. Summer Walker) – “It kind of gives me ‘Get Up 10’ vibes,” [27:34]
    • “Man of Your Word” – “Definitely a dedication to Offset...You can feel how she feels through that song.”
    • “Bodega Baddie” – “That’s definitely a song that you go, you walk into the bodega and you hear that, and you just immediately start to step in like, oh my god.”
    • “Safe” (feat. Kehlani), “On My Back” for “lover girls,” rates the album 8.5/10.

6. Binge-Worthy Content: Docs & TV Shows

[29:50 - 43:20]

Unknown Number: The High School Catfish (Netflix)

• True crime doc that shocked Vee:
  • “You will not f*cking believe who they find out is sending these text messages. Kendra Licari, Lauren’s mother. Her goddamn mother.” [31:42]
  • Explains the harrowing real-life ordeal; the betrayal, trauma, and aftermath.
  • “As a mom, I get pissed even thinking about somebody bullying my baby... But she took it just so, like, okay... The initial reaction from her was very telling to me.” [33:27]
  • Vee encourages all parents to watch.

The Summer I Turned Pretty (Amazon Prime)

• Recaps the latest season, emotional investment, and the love triangle.
  • “I cried. I don’t think I, as a 34-year-old woman, would ever be entangled in a f*cking love triangle between three teenagers...” [36:27]
  • Belly ends up with Conrad—Vee is satisfied with the ending.

Love Island Updates

• “Can we talk about how Iris and TJ are finally back together?” [42:00]
  • Shares strong opinions on the contestants and relationships post-show.
  • Skeptical about Nickel and Andria: “Are they just kind of like, let’s keep this going, or are they really in the process, like really getting to know each other?” [44:31]
  • Praises some couples, calls out others for relationship drama, and celebrates recent brand collabs.

Beauty in Black (Netflix, Tyler Perry)

• “If you really want a show that you can sit down and binge and just not get bored, this is your show. I’m telling you.” [49:31]
  • Soap opera–style drama: wealth, betrayal, revenge, family chaos, and wild plot twists.
  • Vee summarizes why it’s a must-watch and warns viewers about the addictive pace.

NOTABLE QUOTES & MEMORABLE MOMENTS

• On Latin music’s global wave:
  “What a time it is to be Boricua right now.” – Vee Rivera [13:23]
• On personal growth in her 30s:
  “The more I’m in my 30s, the more in tune I am with myself. If that makes sense. Like, I feel like I’m just getting such a hold and a feel of who V is and the things that I love and what I love to do.” [05:33]
• On Cardi B’s authenticity:
  “Cardi to me, seems like a bitch that really holds shit down. Like when she loves, she loves with her whole heart.” [21:38]
• On reality TV:
  “You could tell that Iris was always—he was just waiting for his baby girl. He was like, I’m just gonna wait for my baby girl to realize she don’t need to be over there.” [43:20]

TIMESTAMPS FOR IMPORTANT SEGMENTS

• Mental Health, Taking Care of Yourself: 01:16–04:45
• Birthday Talk, Family & Surprises: 04:45–11:00
• Bad Bunny’s Tour Decisions & Latin Grammy Nominations: 11:00–14:30
• Karol G & Shakira Wins: 14:30–18:10
• Cardi B Announcements & Album Deep-Dive: 20:42–29:50
• Unknown Number Docuseries Deep-Dive: 29:50–36:00
• The Summer I Turned Pretty/Recap: 36:00–43:20
• Love Island Recap: 43:20–49:31
• Beauty In Black Recommendation: 49:31–End

FINAL THOUGHTS

This episode is quintessential Chisme Corner: heartfelt, hilarious, culture-rich, and refreshingly authentic. Vee’s mixture of insight, personal testimony, and pop culture deconstruction makes even listeners new to these worlds feel right at home. Whether you’re here for the music, tv show breakdowns, candid girl talk, or just a sense of community—Vee delivers, sin pelos en la lengua.

“Remember, there’s always room for more chisme here at the Chisme Corner.” – Vee Rivera