Show Me Something - WNBA Star Sophie Cunningham & Bravo's West Wilson Top 5 “Show Me Something” Moments of 2025!

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Episode: Show Me Something – WNBA Star Sophie Cunningham & Bravo's West Wilson Top 5 “Show Me Something” Moments of 2025!
Date: January 8, 2026
Guests: Sophie Cunningham (WNBA), West Wilson (Bravo’s Summer House)

Episode Overview

This episode is a lively, irreverent, and candid conversation between WNBA star Sophie Cunningham and Bravo’s West Wilson. They blend sports commentary, personal stories, pop culture insights, and fan Q&As, all delivered with their signature playful banter. Major topics include behind-the-scenes WNBA dynamics, league controversies (including the much-discussed “dildo incident”), the economics and opportunities of emerging global women's basketball leagues, and audience relationship advice. The episode is sprinkled with personal anecdotes, humorous digressions, and a few viral moments.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. WNBA Season and Team Dynamics

• Sophie’s Recent Games & Performance (01:02–01:59)

  • Sophie reflects on her recent “hot streak” and her personal role as a shooter.
  • “[On my shooting stats] Efficiency and percentage wise. I leave both of those categories. …But anyway, I don’t even know if I lead those, but I. No, I think that’s the cool thing about our team—we have a lot of great shooters.” – Sophie (01:46–01:50)
  • The typical highs and lows of a sports season and staying humble.

• Caitlin Clark’s Injury Impact (01:21–02:40)

  • Discussing Caitlin’s absence and how the team is adjusting for a successful playoff push.
  • “If we can continue to win without her… give her a little bit more break. I think that's gonna be good.” – Sophie (02:29–02:34)

2. League Politics, Player Rivalries, and Media

• Player Dynamics and Jealousies (03:04–04:45)
  • Commentary on Kelsey Plum’s online “chirp,” general league rivalries, and the new wave of attention (particularly around Caitlin Clark).
  • “I just think people are jealous of this new little wave. …But I just hate that because…this is what we've always wanted as a league. So, like, who cares who gets the credit?” – Sophie (03:18–03:34)
  • “When people try to argue that [Caitlin Clark]’s not the face of our league…you’re dumb as…” – Sophie (04:25–04:45)

3. Summer House, Cast Trips, and Show Dynamics

• Bravo Behind The Scenes (05:25–06:47)
  • West proposes ideas for cast trips on Summer House (e.g., “Summer House Ozarks”).
  • Sophie and West talk about missing former cast member Paige in the group dynamic.

4. Personal Stories and Family Moments

• Bandanas and Family Branding (07:00–08:16)
  • West shares the origin of his “Bruce” bandana/scarf, featuring his dad in a pastel painting and their cattle brand logo.
  • Storytime about past huge bonfires with family and friends.

5. Viral WNBA “Dildo Incidents” and League PR

• The Neon Green Dildo Fiasco (09:16–14:17)

  • Discussion about multiple neon green dildos being thrown onto the court during WNBA games.
  • Sophie’s tweet about the issue goes viral, leading to supportive and humorous responses from her mom and the public.
  • “If that smacks someone in the face, that’s going to be plastered everywhere. … I just know how things go viral now.” – Sophie (10:07–10:44)
  • On parents’ reaction: “My mom…she goes, watch out for flying dildos tonight.” (11:23–11:59)
  • The perpetrator was caught and banned for a year.
  • Joking about how fans sneak these objects into games and the league’s challenges in addressing it.

• League Optics and Seriousness

  • “Everyone’s trying to make sure the W is not a joke and is taken seriously, and then that happens. How are we ever gonna get taken seriously…” – Sophie (13:55–14:04)

6. New Opportunities: Global Women’s Basketball Leagues

• Project B and International Playing (14:53–20:18)
  • Sophie explains the rise of a lucrative new global women’s basketball league, differentiated from AU and Unrivaled.
  • “At the end of the day, if you don’t have the W, you don’t have the platform…you don’t have the eyes, you don’t have the recognition.” – Sophie (15:36–15:49)
  • League details: run during WNBA off-season, multiple global markets, high pay, best facilities, charter flights, first-class accommodations, and athlete equity for early participants.
  • “What a great time to expand my brand globally…play year round, which will help me stay in shape… I’m hitting my prime.” – Sophie (17:29–17:51)
  • Backed by “four huge tech companies,” not Saudi money.

7. Media Appearances: Good Morning America and Going Viral

• Sophie's GMA Segment and Arby’s Partnership (22:34–26:40)
  • Recounting her Good Morning America appearance, the viral “Hot Girls Eat Arby’s” shirt, and the popularity of steak nuggets.
  • “On Good Morning America…it was a very kind of like, quick snippet, but we were talking about how the hot girls eat Arby’s shirt went absolutely viral and has been like, completely sold out really, since I've worn it, which has been kind of cool.” – Sophie (23:51–24:14)
  • Discussing the behind-the-scenes friendliness of the GMA crew and the abrupt segment shortening due to programming issues.
  • Compliments all around: “You looked great, by the way.” – West (26:40)

8. Audience Q&A: Dating and Happiness

• Advice for a Single Listener in Chile (27:03–29:37)

  • Listener “Matias” asks about being single at 29.
  • West: “Brother, you just told me you got a great job, you got money to go travel, you’re working on your shape, which means you got a banging bod. Hit the streets.” (27:41–28:00)
  • Sophie: “I think it’s so important to date yourself…keep filling your cup up because you have the rest of your life to be worried about someone else.” (28:35)
  • Discussion of modern dating culture and shifts from previous generations.

• Advice for a Listener Crushing on a Football Player (30:41–32:40)

  • Caller “Sky” seeks advice about a campus football player.
  • Sophie: “Don’t do it. Make him chase you. There are plenty of other fish in the sea…You do not need to be competing with other little ugly fishes.” (31:15–31:45)
  • West suggests “not saying distance yourself, but make him work for a little bit… the less attention you give him, he’s gonna come back.” (31:56–32:09)
  • Further discussion about knowing the difference between genuine guys and players.

• What Brings You Happiness? (33:02–36:17)

  • Listener “Brian” asks what makes the hosts truly happy.
  • West: “Making my parents happy and getting to do cool things with my mom and dad…That’s kind of been filling my cup, Brian.” (33:41–34:11)
  • Sophie: “What’s actually been filling my cup… probably eat three desserts a day, and I have loved it.” (34:18–35:12)
  • Discussion about how injury impacts routine and treating oneself to sweets.

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

“If we can continue to win without [Caitlin Clark]… give her a little bit more break. I think that's gonna be good.”
— Sophie (02:29)

“When people try to argue that [Caitlin Clark]’s not the face of our league… you’re dumb as…”
— Sophie (04:25)

“Stop throwing dildos on the court. We could get hurt.”
— Sophie, paraphrasing her viral tweet (approx. 11:59)

“My mom…she goes, watch out for flying dildos tonight.”
— Sophie (11:23)

“What a great time to expand my brand globally…play year round, which will help me stay in shape… I’m hitting my prime.”
— Sophie (17:29–17:51)

“You looked great, by the way.”
— West, to Sophie after her GMA appearance (26:40)

“Brother, you just told me you got a great job, you got money to go travel, you’re working on your shape, which means you got a banging bod. Hit the streets.”
— West, dating advice to Matias in Chile (27:41–28:00)

“There are plenty of other fish in the sea…You do not need to be competing with other little ugly fishes.”
— Sophie, advice to Sky (31:45)

“Making my parents happy and getting to do cool things with my mom and dad…That’s kind of been filling my cup, Brian.”
— West (33:41–34:11)

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Timestamps for Key Segments

• 01:02–02:40: WNBA season, team dynamics, adjusting to Caitlin Clark’s injury
• 03:04–04:45: Player politics, media narratives, "face of the league"
• 09:16–14:17: The “dildo” incidents—league response, viral moments, and fan misbehavior
• 14:53–20:18: Rise of new global women’s basketball league and career implications for players
• 22:34–26:40: Sophie’s Good Morning America segment and viral Arby’s moments
• 27:03–29:37: Listener advice—being single at 29, focusing on personal growth
• 30:41–32:40: College dating dilemmas—pursuing athletes, self-worth
• 33:02–36:17: What brings happiness—family, desserts, and embracing joy after injury

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Tone and Style

The episode is lighthearted, honest, and cheeky, with Sophie and West openly riffing, sharing viral moments, and offering unfiltered advice. There’s a strong sense of camaraderie, wit, and community engagement, making sports and pop culture feel approachable and personal.

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In summary:
This episode is a fast-paced, entertaining, and unvarnished look at pro sports life, pop culture, and millennial-adult challenges, marked by memorable viral moments, authentic advice, and a playful, candid vibe throughout.

Transcript

[Sophie]

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[West]

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[Sophie]

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[Sophie]

Fever.

[West]

Last night beat Sky Shyrak, baby. How'd it go?

[Sophie]

Bink, bink. That's good.

[West]

How'd you play?

[Sophie]

You know, I've actually been kind of on a heater.

[West]

Turn me up. So.

[Sophie]

Yeah, turn me up. But last night I was not back down on. On a cooler.

[West]

That's fine. Humbling.

[Sophie]

That's humbling.

[West]

You know, can I. Do you think whisper see Caitlyn out? Have you had to like, kind of like rise up?

[Sophie]

Yeah, I think everyone has had to. Oh, she, she does have a pretty good injury. Hopefully she's back soon.

[West]

Are you second best shooter after her.

[Sophie]

In your opinion like percentage wise or like efficiency? I guess that's the same thing. Yeah.

[West]

Nice. Your coach is like what I'm in.

[Sophie]

Efficiency and percentage wise. I leave both of those categories.

[West]

No, that's awesome. That's good.

[Sophie]

Same category. But anyway, I don't even know if I lead those, but I. No, I think that's the cool thing about our team is we have a lot of great shooters.

[West]

Shooters.

[Sophie]

But I, I have been shooting the.

[West]

Out of the ball lately.

[Sophie]

But we all, you know the highs and lows of season. Like everyone goes through that.

[West]

So do we know when she's coming back?

[Sophie]

Honestly? Yeah, her, yeah, it is recording. But it's such like a weird injury because she doesn't really like, she's not in pain all the time.

[West]

Yeah.

[Sophie]

You know what I mean? But then like when you do hurt it, it's like, okay, you're out for another. So I think they're trying to be like extra cautious so she doesn't kind of have those little setbacks if we're.

[West]

Trying to make a playoff run. I think that's the thing.

[Sophie]

Exactly. Like if we can continue to win without her. Like also, of course we want her to play though. Like, I want her to Play. You know what I mean? But like, if we can be successful without her, give her a little bit more break. I think that's gonna be good.

[West]

And playoffs are. Win.

[Sophie]

October, September this year. Yeah. October with Olympic year. But this year.

[West]

Oh, got you.

[Sophie]

Yeah. Yeah. Y.

[West]

She didn't play an all star, though.

[Sophie]

She didn't. She was an all star, of course.

[West]

Was she like on the sideline with them?

[Sophie]

Yeah, she. They called her coach.

[West]

Coach club.

[Sophie]

Yeah. Love. No. Only they did. But I think I'm a part of our PA Players association. Wnba. Yeah. So I think they're going to be sending out those shirts.

[West]

Good.

[Sophie]

So it'll be nice.

[West]

But Kelsey Plum with the chirp.

[Sophie]

Why?

[West]

I don't know, dude.

[Sophie]

Why?

[West]

I always feel like she's always being weird.

[Sophie]

The thing is she's super nice and she's really freaking good at basketball. Huh. It's just like, I just think.

[West]

And I, you know, way better than me. But like, I. It just feels like people are jealous of this new little wave of.

[Sophie]

They are. But I just hate that because, like, this is what we've always wanted as a league. So, like, who cares who gets the credit? And if you're smart, you're making money off of them.

[West]

Yeah.

[Sophie]

Like you were literally making money from the viewership.

[West]

What she made the chirp was about how she didn't help plan the.

[Sophie]

Who cares? Like, who cares? You know what I mean? Like, I. I just hate when like people do stuff to get. It's like clickbait, like, you know, and. And there's so much clickbait, especially surrounding Caitlyn. And so like, it's just like, just be nice. Like, why can't people just be nice? That's what I don't. I don't. Coming from the girl who.

[West]

I was just saying, we just talk for two hours.

[Sophie]

Just be nice. It's not that hard.

[West]

I agree.

[Sophie]

Damn it.

[West]

No, I think that's what the. From what I've seen.

[Sophie]

What is the outside? Like, the outside the discourses.

[West]

Why bully the person who is like not 100 responsible but like, has a huge role in growing your sport?

[Sophie]

Dude. And it literally like, pisses me off. And people are like, she's not the face of the league.

[West]

Who would be what? Sabrina? No, no.

[Sophie]

There's really good, well known people in our league. I'm not, I'm not discrediting them. Like, we have a lot of badasses in our league. Like hell yeah to that. I'm all for that. But when people try to argue that she's not the face of our league. Yeah. Or if our league would be. Where were at without her? You're dumb as. Yeah. You're literally dumb as.

[West]

I. You guys played at Iowa. Were you there for that game?

[Sophie]

Yeah.

[West]

Was that a preseason?

[Sophie]

Yeah. Yeah, we played against Brazil. Oh, we should go to Brazil.

[West]

Do you Chiefs play in Brazil? Week one against the Chargers, I think so.

[Sophie]

There's that clear our schedule. When do they. When's their first game?

[West]

It's probably, like, the first weekend of September.

[Sophie]

Wait, when does Summer House quit filming?

[West]

Dude, I want it. Montana State plays Oregon Week 1, and it's our last weekend of filming, so it's like, it's the last weekend of August that, like, I think it, like, it dips its toes into September for a day on, like, Sunday maybe or something.

[Sophie]

Wait, that. Because that's literally where I was going to go with that is, like, why doesn't. Why don't you guys all pick up, like, the Summer House crew, go to, like, a game or, like, go to the Internet.

[West]

Talks about that all the time. Because every other Bravo show does cast trips.

[Sophie]

Yeah.

[West]

So they go to, like, islands. And, like, why would you guys not? I think because our show is a vacation.

[Sophie]

Yeah.

[West]

They, like. Oh, in theory, were, like, already on.

[Sophie]

A trip vacation, you know? Yeah.

[West]

I, like, jokingly brought up Summer House Ozarks.

[Sophie]

Dude, it'd be so fun.

[West]

And it, like, kind of caught a little traction.

[Sophie]

And I saw it on my Twitter feed. Yeah, I saw it.

[West]

I interviewed John Ham about it. I was like, would you watch that show?

[Sophie]

And he goes, yeah, yeah, yeah, dude, that'd be amazing.

[West]

But it would be fun to just go, like, I love that house, you know?

[Sophie]

Yes. But, like, it's okay to go do something different for at least one week.

[West]

I think, with people that you spend so much time with.

[Sophie]

Yeah.

[West]

A little shakeup.

[Sophie]

Yes.

[West]

Is healthy.

[Sophie]

Yes.

[West]

And like. Yeah. And then it, like, it kind of, like, lights a little. Like, it's a fun. Like, we're all going to, like, do this thing. Let's all be nice and have fun.

[Sophie]

You're just not so much of a routine. But I actually want to hit on that real quick. Is it so weird with Paige not being in the house?

[West]

It sucks because I think our senses of humor were, like, the same.

[Sophie]

Yeah.

[West]

And if I made a joke, I.

[Sophie]

Like, relied on her a little.

[West]

Yeah. She would laugh first, you know, so that. That part's always tough.

[Sophie]

But are you still friends?

[West]

Yeah.

[Sophie]

Like, hang out and stuff.

[West]

I'm going to send her one of those Bandanas too. I got a little group of like.

[Sophie]

You need to good homies.

[West]

But. Oh, but seeing that in a tunnel fit would mean the world to me, dude.

[Sophie]

I want to rock it. Yeah, yeah, I'm all for that. Yeah.

[West]

You have an outfit idea and you know it's my dad on the bandana. What?

[Sophie]

Bruce.

[West]

Bruce. Dude, I'll show you. It's like a pastel painting.

[Sophie]

Wait, on the, on the OG scarf, it was Bruce the whole time?

[West]

Yeah, look.

[Sophie]

You're kidding.

[West]

No, I sent them the picture. So it's like a picture of him.

[Sophie]

The roofs.

[West]

Yeah. Isn't that cool?

[Sophie]

Oh hell yeah, dude.

[West]

And then that's their. Our cattle brand logo. Oh, so it's like cooler than you think.

[Sophie]

It is way cooler than. I just thought it was like a random silky scarf that you maybe got at Marshalls.

[West]

No, no, no. What the fuck?

[Sophie]

I don't know.

[West]

No, actually this company is who did it. It's called. They're called pirate, but it's pretty cool.

[Sophie]

You could have fooled my ass.

[West]

Well, that's not the point. Oh, and I also think my dad like was like this is awesome.

[Sophie]

Don't. Duh. You know he ate that up in a heartbeat.

[West]

I know. I was like, hey, do you have time to do like a photo shoot at the farm? And he was like, yeah, I can.

[Sophie]

Tell the cows to off and the.

[West]

Pigs can go play mud. The cows are a part of it.

[Sophie]

I did see that. Dude, I will never forget. Back to our, our little farm party real quick. I will never forget when you really did have yours and like your dad was out there and was like showing.

[West]

The like massive bonfire too. So.

[Sophie]

That bonfire was huge.

[Guest or Sponsor Representative]

It was huge.

[West]

We took all the old wood and like pallets and I didn't know all that it.

[Sophie]

But remember that was a big ass fire. Yeah, that might have been one of the bigger ones. Yeah, Josh Evans had a couple big ones, but that was a. That was a big big one.

[West]

I wonder if we'll ever do that again in our lives.

[Sophie]

I think that we're going to throw it back and we're going to.

[West]

We like. Yeah. Wait, that would be so fun.

[Sophie]

Why are we whispering?

[West]

Just cuz I don't want anyone here.

[Sophie]

To think that they're not going to be invited.

[West]

No, you guys don't want invited. It's in Missouri though. If I get lumped in associated with you and then have beef with the front office of the wnba, that puts me at two leagues that I have like, like outwardly public beef with because the NHL hates my guts also, which is a well old story.

[Sophie]

I'm kind of, I'm kind of thinking that the w starting to have some, some beef with my comments. But I also have to say that more than 95% of the population who watches WNBA agrees with me.

[West]

So without a doubt, we know what we have to talk about this week. Sweeping interwebs. WNB dildos. Awesome. Not. Not like just dildos, may I add like neon green. Probably glow in the dark.

[Sophie]

Dude. Green machine. Green machine. That's honestly electric. Dude. I. It's funny. Like, don't give me. It's hilarious. But then I tweeted like, I was like loki. I was low key joking and I think people like, I was like, joking, but serious. But like more joking than serious.

[West]

I'll defend you in this instance. Like objectively, that state so dangerous. I've even tripped on a dildo in my own apartment that someone left on the floor. Like, they're not good for ankles. And you like, we all know. So I agree.

[Sophie]

Like, I wasn't even thinking about my ankles. I was thinking about like if someone threw that thing and like first of all, the bounce, the bounce that that thing had, if that smacks someone in the face, you know that that's going to be plastered everywhere. And if it didn't hit, like, if it came back, dude, I'm thinking about like, if it gets like, I'm just. I just know how things go viral now. And I just know if that thing like even came from like the rafters or bouncing, just slapped me right in the face, I could never. I could. That would be what I'd be known for, for life. So I was just trying to protect all of our images and. Yeah. Break a nose. What the hell?

[West]

Yeah. Do. Do we know if I should know this, but did they find the person who threw it or not?

[Sophie]

So there's actually been three dildos that have been thrown, which is insane. All green. And I was like, I was like, hey, like, this is going to be a thing.

[West]

Like, well, I saw that they offered this. You're not allowed to talk about this. So you can't. You probably can't even respond to what I'm going to say. But they, they were. There were betting lines for the next color dildo thrown on the court at a WNBA game and people could like bet on the number. Yeah. And it was like sunset Rainbow, like plus, like 50 grade or whatever. Yeah. And I guess green is just like the go to now.

[Sophie]

Dude. The. The funny thing is, is like my parents and my sister, they literally text me after or before every single game, like, saying, good luck, like, did it, you know? And my mom. I'll. I'll send it. I'll send it so everyone can see this. But my mom, she goes. Instead of, like, my good luck text, she goes, watch out for flying dildos tonight. And then the other one said, did you really just post the dildo tweet? It got some legs. And she goes, it's funny. A lot of others think so, too. Did you see the dildo hit the court? I was like, I never thought that I'd be talking about this with Mama.

[West]

P. I'm with my sweet mom. Did you see the response to your tweet that like. Like, ratioed you? No. So you said, stop doing dildos on the court. We could get hurt. And someone said, we'll stop playing basketball on the dildo range. Which.

[Sophie]

That's kind of funny stuff. That is funny.

[West]

Damn. That's crazy.

[Sophie]

That.

[West]

But, like.

[Sophie]

But. But the guy who actually did throw it, he did get arrested, and I think he's banned for a year.

[West]

A year. He's throwing big, hard. Well, medium hard objects.

[Sophie]

I want to know how they're getting these in. That's. That's our talks in the locker room is, like, it's not in their purses.

[West]

Okay. So as someone who has snuck booze into multiple professional sporting events, dude, booze.

[Sophie]

Is different than this big green.

[West]

But my. I was gonna say, you put anything in between your legs where it's hot and, like, there's weird shapes. It doesn't skip. Like, it's a. It's a. It's rubber. It's not going to scan on the, like, metal detector thing. So if you put it in your pants, like, it's. It's free game. I don't even know how they can keep stopping it unless they put out, like, a. Like, a bounty for, like, anyone seen with a dildo in a WNBA arena.

[Sophie]

Who just knew that, like, that would just draw so much attention.

[West]

I feel like, yeah. Yep, it's green. Like, they knew exactly what I wanted to. I want before we move on as a society. And I don't want anyone hurt. But, like, if it. If someone threw it and it landed on the suction part, like, and just, like, on the floor. Could you imagine? Or the backboard, like, tim out. That would be crazy.

[Sophie]

Everyone's trying to, like, make sure, like, the W is, like, not a joke and it's taken seriously, and then that happens. I'm like, how are we ever Gonna get taken seriously if we have freaking.

[West]

But in a way had, like, have had like crazy streakers and people doing weird stuff. This is like part of the course.

[Sophie]

You know, honestly, I'd much other dildo than a streaker.

[West]

Yeah. And it's like kind of. It's cute. Again, as long as everyone's safe, you know, I want everyone to be safe. Okay. You know, you and I haven't talked about actually and like, met in the middle. Just like weird and like the first episode we were like introing so much stuff that we didn't get to like, just talk about, like, what happened during the week. You know, I feel like the more we go, like we travel this path, we'll just talk about, like, weird stuff. In other big news, project B, do you want to spill the frickin beans?

[Sophie]

So it's a league. So the W season goes from May to October for people who don't know. And this league will go in our off season. So, like, there's other things, like unrivaled AU in Nashville. Then people can go overseas too. But this is a whole new one and this one offers a lots. A lot, a lot, a lot of money. And that's why people are like, moving towards this.

[West]

And this is also different than unrivaled.

[Sophie]

Completely different.

[West]

So how many, like, floating leagues are there? 3.

[Sophie]

I would say that like, a lot of the American players are. Are doing are. I would say the majority is two.

[West]

Okay.

[Sophie]

Yeah.

[West]

Okay.

[Sophie]

But I think there's going to be a lot of people switching over. That's cool. So, like, here's my thing. So all these leagues are great, but at the end of the day, like, if you don't have the W, you don't have the platform. Right. So you don't have the eyes, you don't have the recognition.

[West]

That's right. Caitlyn Clark.

[Sophie]

Yeah. You have the W. Yeah, I try to get her to like, play in this one.

[Guest or Sponsor Representative]

She like.

[West]

No, I saw Kelsey Mitchell's playing.

[Sophie]

Yeah. Which I'm super excited about. Super excited to play with Kelse or. I don't know if I'll play with her, but we'll be in the same league, but. So you go to like seven different markets around the world. You're only there for a certain amount of time and then you have the rest of the time off. So I could like, stick, stay in that market and travel for free? Pretty much.

[West]

You know the markets.

[Sophie]

I do, but I don't know the exact city. So I know there's like two in Asia, two in Europe, I think two in the north and South Americas and one elsewhere.

[West]

Dude, that rocks.

[Sophie]

I'm excited because I actually miss kind of traveling the world. I, I was in France for seven months. I went to Australia at the, like the beginning of my career. Loved it. You just get cultured. It's, it's fun and I've missed it, but I also don't want to play you around. Like my body can't handle it. I have other things I want to do that I'm interested in. And so this just gives me like the perfect opportunity to go play, get cultured, like see the world, but also like be able to come home and still experience like what I want to.

[West]

So you think it's a tasteful amount of basketball that like wouldn't burn you out, but it's offering you multiple things outside of like just playing basketball.

[Sophie]

So. And they have like the best, they're gonna have the best pts. They're just super organized.

[West]

Do you know where like who's backing it? Who's like.

[Sophie]

Well, I know, I don't know if I'm allowed to say, but I'll just say like four huge tech companies that are like well known. They have a ton of money. So a lot of people think this is like Saudi money and it's not at all. Has nothing to do live. No, no, no. So I'm excited and I think the people that are running it are just good, good people. I think it's good experience.

[West]

Did they, did they recruit you or did you reach out to them?

[Sophie]

No, they recruited me and I, I not even going to lie, I actually like kind of turned it down twice.

[West]

Okay.

[Sophie]

Because I was like, I don't like, I don't want to play overseas. I don't whatever. And then like, the more details I got and like the more I really thought about, I'm like, dude, what a great time to like expand my brand globally. I get to play year round, which will help me stay in shape. That will help me because I'm about to hit like, I'm hitting my prime. So prime in the WNBA is like anywhere from 28 to 34.

[West]

You better ball out then.

[Sophie]

Yeah, but I'm a late bloomer too, so I'm like, I'll probably be, you know, the 50 year old still playing.

[West]

Yeah, yeah. Like in the church league.

[Sophie]

Yeah. Step backs and talking to little kids.

[West]

Yeah, I did that with my uncle one time. I played in this church league and he was like, there's this guy, he played D2 basketball and he us up and he could just hit mid range floaters all day and no one could stop him.

[Sophie]

You know what is hilarious? When I was. You weren't there. You're at BravoCon. But I was up in New York and we all went to dinner after the Sun Cruiser event and there was a couple guys there and they play in like the New York, like City League or something. It's like Cyba but like for older people.

[West]

Is it? If it's not Volo Sports?

[Sophie]

What? What? It's like, I don't know about it. It was like three letters. Do you kind of know what I'm talking about?

[West]

Oh, well, it's not, is it? It's not Volo. Like, it's. But were they like all good?

[Sophie]

They were all like, do you think.

[West]

It'S the same level as my kickball league or better or worse?

[Sophie]

I. I think it might be a little better, yeah.

[West]

Okay, so it's probably not Volo. It's probably something that I don't know of.

[Sophie]

Okay. Well, they, they all are like finance people and they all take their basketball so serious. Like getting ankle braces. Oh, yeah. And like, like making sure that they're fit for their, for their game.

[West]

Wiping their, wiping their shoes off. Every defensive position.

[Sophie]

Literally. And I was like, I would love to see that. Yeah. So it'll be really cool. It's going to be fun.

[West]

Are you excited? I am a little nervous.

[Sophie]

No.

[West]

You think you'll fly commercial with hr?

[Guest or Sponsor Representative]

No.

[Sophie]

Everything's first class, everything's chartered, Everything's like that. We're going to be at the nicest hotels, nicest anything you can think of that is great. Overseas. That's where we're going to be.

[West]

That's awesome.

[Sophie]

Yeah. But I do think it's cool because, like, say we play in Italy. You play for two weeks and then I could stay there and explore. For two weeks?

[West]

Yeah.

[Sophie]

Like literally damn near for free.

[West]

And come get some recipes for next Christmas call back.

[Sophie]

I think it'll be fun.

[West]

And I did read.

[Sophie]

Yeah.

[West]

They're giving equity to everyone.

[Sophie]

Yeah.

[West]

Which is sick.

[Sophie]

Yeah. I think like the first kind of like wave of people who are willing to go for it because this is new. So they're. It's. It's risky, but high risk, high reward. That. Yeah, they're giving equity. And so I'm like, I'm all for that. Like, it's. Especially with like the money that is involved in. Honestly, the platform that it gives us athletes to like, expand our game in our brand globally is huge today's.

[West]

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[West]

Oh, coast. Okay, we talked about this last episode. We missed each other in New York because your cute ass did. Good Morning America. Clap clap clap clap clap clap clap clap clap clap.

[Commercial Announcer]

Woo.

[Sophie]

Yeah.

[West]

All right, let's talk about it. News anchor.

[Sophie]

I should have like some anchorman tiktoks or something. I just wasn't thinking because it was so early.

[West]

Dude, isn't that the worst when like you, you're in these environments where like, you could just crush a like tick tock bit and you fully forget.

[Sophie]

Oh yeah. Oh yeah.

[West]

But first one problems.

[Sophie]

Yeah. So I was in Florida because I was looking for a house. Probably not gonna do that for a while. Yeah, we'll talk after. Why? But so then I flew to New York and it was so fun. Walked around the city for like 3 hours, got some dumplings, went to bed at like 7pm Woke up at like 4am because of just. I don't know why. And then we went straight to Good Morning America and it was amazing. The people there are absolutely so, so nice. The hair and makeup were great. I met Robin. I met Ginger. Like everyone that I met was just.

[West]

Robin was posting you up in the green room, dude.

[Sophie]

She was, she was so cool. Like, she was so cool. I was like, oh my gosh, this is awesome. But I was there with Arby's and it was amazing. I was eating like steak bites at like 7, 8am it was nice.

[West]

There's no wrong. There's no wrong time to have a steak bite. Let's get that. Let's cover that right away.

[Sophie]

It was good too. So on Good Morning America, it was a very kind of like, quick snippet, but we were talking about how hot girls eat RV shirt went absolutely viral and has been like, completely sold out really, since I've worn it, which has been kind of cool. Arby's most popular item has become the steak nuggets. Dude. How kind of cool is that? Yes.

[West]

Well, we should shout out that the guy who went viral for eating 40 of them by himself in an Arby's. Dude, can we get that guy as our first guest on the pod? Steak nugget guy.

[Sophie]

So good.

[West]

He probably sold out half of that whatever, wherever that Arby's was.

[Sophie]

Oh, I know, probably. But I will say too. They were talking to me in the test kitchen down in Georgia. They want me to come test out some of like, the new stuff that they're doing. How awesome would that be?

[West]

Dude, you get to wear like a hair net and like an apron and just go try.

[Sophie]

Yep.

[West]

How sick.

[Sophie]

Yeah. Yeah. Dude, that is too good. The reason I found out there was only one Arby's in New York though, is because I was getting my hair done and my makeup done and they're they all were asking about the steak nugget and they're like, we can't find an Arby's in New York. And I was like, well, missing out.

[West]

Hey, I will say those people, like, obviously I don't. Like, I'm not watching Good Morning America every day, but everyone on that show, I feel like they've been doing it for a thousand years and bringing the best vibes every single day of their whole lives.

[Sophie]

Yeah.

[West]

Like, they seem so genuine and sweet and positive and like just sweet little angels that wake up at 4:30am every day.

[Sophie]

They truly are. And just like the producers, the people who, the directors, the people who let us in, like from security all the way to like the people that we know. Everyone is so friendly. Like, it was amazing.

[West]

Yeah.

[Sophie]

I was so shocked.

[West]

Did you get to like. I mean, like, if anyone watched, we could all tell it was like an Arby's related situation. Did they, did you get time to like, did they ask you anything? Like, that wasn't prompted or was it pretty like, get in, get out.

[Sophie]

So I think that. I don't know. Well, I do know that like, Disney kind of told our good friends at Arby's that like the segment would be a lot longer. Like a lot longer. And then something happened and then so it was already cut to like, let's say 15 minutes, all the way down to like three. And then the show was running behind and so then it.

[West]

I was gonna say probably. It was probably a time thing.

[Sophie]

Yes. And then it turned out being only like a minute 25, but it was good. It was in and out. I got a lot of positive feedback and responses on socials and so many people are trying to stay bites now. So that's exciting. Shout out Arby's.

[West]

You looked great, by the way.

[Sophie]

Thank you.

[West]

I don't know how many times I'll comment on your appearance on this podcast because I've known you since you were a child and we work together. You looked so hot. So thanks to us.

[Sophie]

Thank you. I love a little affirmation from. From you.

[West]

That'll be fun.

[Sophie]

Speaking of phone interviews, should we get into our tell me something so down.

[West]

The first one is a comment, not a voicemail. A Matias Sorno Matthias. I hope I'm doing injustice. Really like your show. Congrats from Chile.

[Guest or Sponsor Representative]

Wow.

[West]

Shout out Chile. I don't know how many times that's going to happen in the history of this pod, but a shout out from Chile Hayes.

[Sophie]

We shouldn't celebrate it while we have it.

[West]

Let's let's do a live show in July. Okay. By the way, what advice can you give me to deal with an issue of not finding a partner in all of my 29 years, despite having a nice job, not getting in trouble, and working on my shape? Matus, you're looking at one brother.

[Sophie]

It's.

[West]

Don't feel bad. Here's what's crazy to me. People are always like, I'm single. I'm the single one. Brother, you just told me you got a great job, you got money to go travel, you're working on your shape, which means you got a banging bod. Hit the streets. Argentina is close to you. Brazil's close to you.

[Sophie]

God, just go downhill so fast. West, you're so good. What do you mean, hit the streets?

[West]

I don't mean, like, being like a horn dog. I mean go live your life and then it's going to come to you. You know? Like, I. I think people who are, like, who need. Who feel like they need to be dating someone, you're gonna. You're gonna settle, Matthias. Yeah, and I don't want that for you. I want you to live your best life, which already sounds like you've got the ingredients. You know, someone's gonna come when you're not looking, Matthias.

[Sophie]

Okay, I agree with all that. And another thing is, I think it's so important to date yourself and, like, not, like, keep. Keep filling your cup up because you have the rest of your life to be worried about someone else. Like, this is your only time to, like, do what you want and only be worried about you. Like, guys think about that. Do you ever think about that? That, like, you have the next, like, six years to be worrying about husband, wife or kids or all of that? We're like, this is a time where you should be filling up your own cup.

[West]

Yeah, I will say, Matthias. Also, I think, like, at least for me, my parents age, they, like, they were like, at least in, like, the 80s, 90s. Yeah, it was pretty. It was pretty typical, right? Like, school, education, marriage, job, kids. Like, there's a. There was a clear pattern. I don't think it's as strict as it used to be. I got a lot of single friends, matthias, and I'm 30. Just one fresh year ahead of you. The clock's not over.

[Sophie]

You're.

[West]

You're a very young cat. Keep. Keep rocking it.

[Sophie]

You know, I wonder, what is the culture in Chile? Is it kind of like.

[West]

Great question, Soph. Kev, can we get you for that one? Let's ask. What is Dating culture or what are dating traditions in Chile?

[Sophie]

Dating traditions.

[West]

Chad, tell me about, like, is it more traditional in Chile? Let's see. Oh, okay. They blend Latin American romance, Catholic cultural values, and a glow in a growing, modern, globalized dating culture. Modernized. You have. Yeah. Matthias, you're good. 29 is. 29 is. Is child's play. Give yourself a little time and you're gonna crash.

[Sophie]

Your 30s are your best years. So, like.

[West]

Yep, I've heard that a bunch too.

[Sophie]

If I. I like working on that.

[West]

Banging bod you got and keep making money. Here's another one here. A little dating advice. Oh, God, my favorite.

[Caller Sky]

Hi, my name is sky and I live in Texas. I was just asking for advice because I go to college and there's this guy who I like on the football team, but he's pretty popular. And we were at a party one time, and he came and he sat with me and he talked to me. And this week we went and got, like. We actually got chick fil A, but we got lunch. And he's just been acting like a total vibe. But I kind of feel like he has a lot of other girls he's talking to. But I don't know how to approach that situation. How do I like?

[West]

He doesn't.

[Caller Sky]

How do I approach that?

[Sophie]

Shut up.

[West]

He loves you.

[Sophie]

Shut up. I'm taking this one. He's laughing, sky, because he knows exactly what type of guy that is. See, it was probably him. Sky, this is coming from girl to girl. We have all been with the football player who has a good vibe and takes us somewhere, and we think that it's so cute and fun. Don't do it. Don't do it. Make him chase you. There are plenty of other fish in the sea. You do not need to be competing with other little ugly fishes.

[West]

Guy. I will say I do agree with Sophie.

[Sophie]

I think it's fish real quick. Is the plural version of fish. Fish.

[West]

Cat.

[Sophie]

Yeah, I must. But keep going. Now. This is us.

[West]

I agree with Sophie. I say kind of like not saying distance yourself, but, like, make him work for a little bit. The less attention you give him, he's gonna. He's gonna come back. Don't. Don't, like, wait on him.

[Sophie]

Do we want him to come back? See, I'm like, actually, if that makes.

[West]

Him a commit guy, I am kind.

[Sophie]

Of like, he might not be in this podcast, which is, like, super surprising because west will give you, like, the guy advice. I'm telling you, the girl by spur. Like, if you're just trying to have fun, and not be committed. But, like, you don't need to be doing that, you know?

[West]

All I'm saying is I think he'll show his true colors if you don't give him attention.

[Sophie]

True, true, true.

[West]

Whether he comes back or, like, then you're like, oh, he didn't care.

[Sophie]

I will say.

[West]

Good question.

[Sophie]

It is a good question. I will say, though, like, there are some really, really good football guys, and some of them were my friends. Still are my friends. But you'll know the difference between a good, genuine guy and, like, a football player who's being a hoe. Right, Wes?

[West]

Yeah, I. I co sign that. That was such a good question because it was just, like, perfect. We've lived it. Love you, Sky. Good luck. All right, guys, last one for you here. Hey, y', all, it's Brian. I was wondering, what is the one thing in your life that brings you happiness? I'd like to hear what y' all had to say about that nice, wholesome question to end our Friday. That's lovely. You know what it's been for me recently? Making my parents happy and getting to do cool things with my mom and.

[Sophie]

Dad, because that's so nice.

[West]

Yeah, I just. They did, like, you'll never be able to repay your mom and dad for, like, what they've given you. And I feel like I've been presented a handful of opportunities over the last, like, year or two, and they're always gonna be the first people that I want to, like, share the stuff with because I don't know how else to, you know, try to thank them for everything and that. So that. That's kind of been filling my cup, Brian.

[Sophie]

Oh, how wholesome.

[West]

Yeah, that and that and a cold beer.

[Sophie]

But your parents like cold beers too, so great. You're doing both. I think what I would say lately, I normally would say, like, getting to the pool and being outside getting a nice tan. But here in Indy, there's not really sun to do that for some reason. I love a good marg normally, but since I've been hurt, what's actually been filling my cup? And normally I'm not like, this is. I probably eat three desserts a day, and I have loved it. That's pretty much it. Like, the other day, I had a cinnamon roll donut. I had the cookies and cream milkshake from Attica. Using cream milkshake. Not gonna say it sounds good. And then I had three cookies all before 2pm.

[West]

And that and. And that's all you needed for the day?

[Sophie]

Yeah.

[West]

To be emotionally, like, to be positive, to fill up your. And to be happy.

[Sophie]

The next day, I had to do an embody, which tells you your body fat percentage and stuff.

[West]

Are you going up?

[Sophie]

Yeah. I've lost almost 6 pounds of muscle since my injury, and I've gained 1.4% body fat.

[West]

Okay, just to call back the episode. After you got hurt, I said I got fat as fuck when I broke my leg. Like, you just have to be careful because there's so many things that you can't do that make you happy. So then you replace them with what you eat because you can't move. And it's so hard.

[Sophie]

It is. And, like, I just. Once I get on. Like, I love sweets. Like, I have a sweet tooth, but I really try to stay away from it and I don't crave it. But once I start, oh, I fucking start. So I gave myself a month. So, like, what day is it? Is it the 19th? So two days ago was the injury anniversary. So I was going to give myself a month of doing whatever I wanted, and now I'm back on it.

[West]

Fair.

[Sophie]

But that's brilliant. That brought me a lot of happiness as I was eating like shit. And it was awesome.

[West]

Brian, thank you for the wholesome question.

[Sophie]

That was really nice. Thanks.

[West]

Let's. Let's end this with Go Fever. Get It Done, Clean Sweep Fever, Beat the Aces. Let's do a baby. Bye.

[Sophie]

This is an I heart podcast. Guaranteed human.