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Jared Freed
You're a nosy. You want the full sitch? Come to Pop Culture Thursday. Hello and welcome to the J Train podcast. This is J Train Jared Freed coming to you live from Delray Beach, Florida. That's right, every Thursday is a Pop Culture Thursday, where me, the comedian, goes to Page Six and we go through some articles and we read. I pick the articles already based on the title and then I go into them and we riff on the article. We read them. That's. That's the, that's the show. If you have a pop culture story that you'd like me to do on Thursdays, just send it to jtrain podcastmail.com we'll do the story. I wanted to. Before we get into the episode, there's one that was sent to me via European Wax Center. Okay. And you're like, what does that mean? I've partnered with European Wax center before. We did it with you up podcast. And now they reached out because they heard me talk about that. I go all the time and I, I am a big European Wax center person. And I laugh as I say that because I'm a guy who goes and gets a wax once a month. That is, I'll say it, I'll say it right here on the J Train podcast, Pop Culture Thursday. But. So they were looking for ways to work together. And I am, I'm happy to push you to European Wax center because I am a, I'm a client and I think men would gain a lot of value in going in there and getting. I get my brows, my shoulders, my back. That's what I get. That's my order. The brows took me a while. I'm not gonna lie to you. I had a lot of anxiety about touching the moneymakers because Eyebrows 1 mine stand out on my face. I am a big. I'm a, I'm an To my brow brothers out. You understand that they are kind of. If you have thick, dark eyebrows like I do, it's a very. Like, when I'm told I look like someone, it's because we both have thick, dark eyebrows. So that is. So when I was like, you know, getting my back waxed and then the woman I went to Samantha, I go on laguardia and I go down in Delray beach on Linton as well. They. I once I trusted her and it took me a minute. And that's kind of like. What this brings me to is that European Wax center was like, Listen, it's the 20th anniversary of the 40 year old Virgin this coming Monday. And in honor of that I'm going to go into a European wax center. I'm going to go to the one here on Linton and I'm going to take you with me for a wax. I'm going to tape the experience and the way that I do my food videos, if you follow me on Tick Tock, I go to these restaurants and I kind of like talk about the experience as I go. And I, I think, you know, the 40 year old virgin, I remember seeing that in theaters. That was like in the middle of that era of they call them the frat pack movies, where it was like guy centric buddies giving each other movies. And listen, I know women like those movies, but it was really like putting on screen this, this we with each other group. And 40 old virgin, you have the classic scene where he gets his chest waxed. And I really do think that scene added a stigma to the wax experience because they go in there and they're just like, that's just not how it goes. That's not how I've ever gotten a back wax is like a bunch of goop on my chest and rip it off and then blood coming out. And at the end they, and I think the, the story goes that they did that like live and the blood is real and all that stuff. So if you're a guy out there, you're like. And also his friends are with him giggling along the way, like, look at this loser getting a chest wax. And I'm like, and I do think that added a stigma because I, I got my back wax because my dad would get his wax and he was like. And he would look at me. And I said this. A few weeks ago, Travis Kelce, there was an article about him with his shirt off. And I said it on this podcast. He was like, at the beach and his back needed a wax. You could tell. And it just looks like, it's like you just feel kept, you know, you feel like you stand a little straighter. You feel like you, you, you did something for yourself. And I, I would say if you're listening right now, we're gonna have a link in the bio or my Instagram in the coming days on a Monday, because that's the anniversary where you can go get a package through me. And you know, you could help this show by doing that and help someone in your life. And I mean, I've been going for now years and I enjoy how I feel afterwards. And, and I'll say this, if there's a guy in your life, you want to get this for it doesn't hurt like it does. Like the 40 year old virgin does a bad job, it would scare you out of it. And I used to go to like any nail salon, that's where I used to go. And I would go to any nail salon and just walk in and be like, can I get my back waxed? And they would like kind of laugh at me, a little giggle because not usually a man in there. And then the experience, the problem with the experience was that some was good, some was bad, some would hurt more than others, some. And here's the. The pitch for European Wax center is uniformity. The one I go to down here is as good as the one I go to in New York. Is as good as the one I go to in Cleveland. You can go to them anywhere. I go on the road a lot and they have a special wax that hurts less and I can attest to that. It is different. I had one time I went to a nail salon and they used a roller and, and it was like they put the roller, put tape on my back and then they'd rip it off and it hurt. It really was. Because there's a special direction you have to go. And I would say that anyone that has been the specialist that's always helped me, you know, I go to the woman Samantha. But I've been going to specialists across the country and it's always great. It's as good as it gets. So this is me telling you like having a moment where I'm like going back in time to the four year old Virgin, which is a movie I love. I can't believe it's 20 years old at this point. And check out my video that's going to come out on Monday. I'll put it on my Instagram reels and my TikTok and Facebook and use my link when you see it to buy a package for the guy in your life. And if you're a guy listening, listen to me here. I'm telling you right now, European Wax center, that's the spot. So we have a great episode today. I got seven stories from Page Six and if you are in Denver, Colorado, I'm coming. We already have one show that's sold out. San Francisco. This is, that's a city I usually have people, you know, do well and shows sell out. So San Francisco. I'm also going to Providence. I, I love that club in Providence and Winnipeg, Kansas City. That rounds out my summer. But I got much more dates. Let's go to the stories because the first one is One of those stories, and I think part of this podcast is the awareness that the PR machine is alive, well, and humming. I think that's the big reveal of this show, at least from my time doing it and reading Page Six, is that there's some, like, puppeteering when it comes to the public opinion. And if you don't buy that, then I don't know if you're really listening, because here's a story that you go, why would this be in Page Six? Brad Pitt's mom, Jane Etta pit, dead at 84. We were not ready for you to go yet. Now, listen, I feel sad for the Pit family. I feel badly for anyone losing their mom. But it's not like Brad Pitt's mom is this well known superstar that we've known. Like, why would this. This is literally open my phone to Page Six to pick out stories for this show, and it says, Brad Pitt's mom is dead at 84. And I was like, listen, why? Why is this being. And then you start to think, and it's because. And again, like, no one's as zoned in as people who are zoned in. You have your job. I have my job. My job. Part of it is to go on Page Six and read the articles to riff with you every Thursday here on Pop Culture Thursday on the J Train podcast. So after a few months of doing this, you start to realize who really is using Page Six as a PR machine. Because Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie have been going through this like 10 year divorce. And then there's these stories that have come out. And then he does the movie F1. And then there are these stories that come out about. And you start to hear that the kids have taken Angelina's side and they don't want his name anymore. And you're like, oh, it sounds like Brad Pitt has an issue here. And it sounds like he doesn't want to be known as the bad guy to you and I, which is crazy. You'd be like, who am I? Who are you? But we're the audience. So he wants to turn the temperature down on Brad Pitt as a bad guy. And I think this story is part of that. And he's using his mother's death to gain, you know, empathy from the audience. Look at how human he is. He's not good looking sex idol Brad Pitt. He's guy with a mom. He's not Brad Pitt with his kids who are changing their last name. And it seems like. And I would say, like you would think, and it kind of like Makes you think like anyone in Hollywood really cares what the audience thinks of them. Because you would think, oh, he's cool. Chill. Brad Pitt. He doesn't care about anything. He's Mr. You know, Mr. You know who. Oh, you know, winded my hair. No. Well. Or he's hired someone where the directive is, make me look good. I don't care what you gotta do. And then that PR agent is like, mama bear's dead. Hey, Page Six. Put this on the. On the front page. And I. I mean, that's the only reason I can understand Page Six reporting on this because it's. Brad Pitt is mourning the loss of his mom, Jane Edda Pit. And again, I don't mean to sound, you know, like, I don't care about someone losing a loved one, but I'm just like, if you. If you take emotion out of it, you go, why am I looking at this? The actor's niece. See, that's even weirder. Brad Pitt has all these kids. That's who confirmed it. The actor's niece, Sidney Pitt confirmed the news via Instagram on Wednesday, sharing touching photos of the family matriarch. My sweet Grammy Jane Etta. They seem like a Grammy family. I was from a Nana family. Both sides, this feels. I could see Brad Pitt being a Grammy guy. My sweet Grammy Jane Etta. We were not ready for you to go yet, but knowing you are finally free to sing, dance, and paint again makes it a tad easier. She captioned the tribute. If you knew Grammy, you knew she had the biggest heart. She cared deeply for everyone and everything. No questions asked. That's how you know that I. She must have been a fun grandma because there was no weird languaging. No. Like, she was a tough woman that when you ever see Grammy was tough as nails. I'm like, oh, that was an asshole Grammy. This seems like a sweet Grammy. Just my. But that's PR again. To go back to the PR of it all, the Watering Souls founder. I don't know what the fuck that is. This is crazy. She taught me how to paint, how to be strong, how to lead with. How to lead with kindness, to love Jesus through everything and to find joy in the smallest things. She made up the silliest games just to make us laugh. She believed in fairness and putting others first and doing good simply because it was the right thing to do. No, there is no vagueness there. Sometimes when someone passes the family's like, she was tough. She was fun, but she had, you know, they. There's a little bit more buts. This Must have been a good Grammy. Sidney further reminisced, but how every year before school. The weird part about the story, it's not. It's not from Brad. It's some niece. She would give this. So Sydney further reminisced about how every year before school, she would give the grandkids a special day doing whatever they wanted to do. Hmm. That's a fun grandma thing. Mine usually started with banana splits for breakfast. Okay. I guess anything went. Hours of playing trouble. Sounds like Grammy was a little cheap. That's what you did. Anything you want to do. I'd be like Disney World. Grammy, let's go. A craft project, obviously. Riding every ride together at Silver Dollar City. Like the badass she was. Oh, she got a badass call. Dinner at Olive Garden with Papa Min. Golf where she'd make a V with her feet to help me aim. Oh, so she was a cheater and somehow still beat me. Yeah, we don't know she's doing that V thing. Ending the night watching Paulie until we fell asleep. Not even a Brad Pitt movie. It is interesting what these. These send offs have to do. Like tell you about the person. They have all these pictures. Okay, so here's Brad, Angelina Jolie, and then Grammy and grandpa. And she's on a couple red carpets. Pitts reps declined to comment when Page Six reached out. I think this is from them. Despite Pitt's fame, his mom maintained a fairly private life. However, she accompanied the actor to several red carpets through the years, including for the 2012 Academy Awards. So she's got three kids. So I. That I. I just think that's interesting that we're reading the story. Like, why would this be the first story that comes up? We do have another sponsor, people. Let's talk about Vori. I am wearing the Vuori shorts. They are awesome underwear lined. They are the perfect short to get a bunch done during the day and go to the gym after you're done with all that. I'm wearing them and I'm lo them also. I brought. I brought a bunch of it home for my mom and dad. My mom freaked out. Loved it. Love the joggers. Love the shirts. Want to look good, you need vori. 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I think it's hard for me to believe that McConaughey especially then who is in Buick commercials and yes, what commercials you do and how you end up in them. Like McConaughey needing to be in a Buick commercial, telling me how a Buick runs. I think he likes money. So what was the request and how did he turn it down? I don't believe that Matthew McConaughey was like, I will not cut my hair. All right, all right, all right. I. I just. I think he went into the audition, he said he gave an answer that insinuated he wouldn't and it lost him the role. I don't think he was like, over my dead body. I think either they wanted him to have a different accent or get a haircut. Matthew McConaughey was nearly cast as Jack Dawson in Titanic, but reportedly lost the iconic role over creative differences with director James Cameron. Okay, when you say simple. James Cameron had a simple request. Creative differences very is not simple. Journalist Matthew Baloney's new Baloney's newsletter What I'm hearing features an expert from the record breaking film's producer John Landau's posthumous. Posthumous. That is that word posthumous. If you stop for just half a second, you're not getting that word. The bigger posthumous posthumous Possum. Possum is book the bigger picture. Which explains what allegedly happened during the Texas Born Actors audition. Again, that I. I might have nailed it during the audition. So he didn't like say no way he audition. They it's like a pop quiz. We brought him in to do a scene with Kate Winslet. You want to check for chemistry, not just how people look on film, but how they interact, Landau writes in his memoir, per the newsletter. Okay, so it's not going to be his haircut. Kate was taken with Matthew, his presence and charm. Matthew did the scene with the drawl J train does it again. When McConaughey, now 55, spoke with a Southern accent, Cameron, now 70, reportedly told him, that's great, but added, now let's try it a different way. Dawson was meant to be an orphaned man from Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, trying to make his way back to the US via the doomed ocean liner after traveling abroad. Oh man, I was right. It's the accent. Landau claims McConaughey flat out told Cameron after his accent change request. No, that was pretty good. Thanks. Costing the part. Wow, McConaughey, that is a lesson in life. This guy was zoned in. He looked at James Cameron. I don't know how old he was at the time, but he looked at James Cameron and James Cameron. Yeah, do it again. Let's see it a different way. No, that was pretty good. Thanks. Talk about a dick swinging moment. Page Six reached out to reps for the actor and director for comment, but did not immediately hear back. Although Leonardo DiCaprio was eventually cast as Dawson opposite Winslet as Rose DeWitt Buchater, the what's Eating Gilbert Grape star didn't make Cameron's job any easier in his own audition. I don't know if Matthew McConaughey had the weight to do such a thing in 2022. The Oscar winning filmmaker told GQ that when he asked DiCaprio, now 50, to read the script during an impromptu test shoot, he told him, oh, I don't read. Oh, excuse me. I think DiCaprio was a bigger star than McConaughey at that point. However, when Cameron let him know that if he didn't read, he wouldn't get the point part, DiCaprio reluctantly agreed to run through the lines and knock the audition out. Of the park. So there is a level of Hollywood where you're big enough that you don't have to do an audition. Hey, you either hire me or you don't. You. You know who I am. And that's what he means by I won't. I don't read the Fame director said Cage is lit up. Dark clouds had opened up and a ray of sun came down lit up Jack. All right, he's the guy, so I can't believe the accent. I can't believe McConaughey had the balls. If I'm to be honest, I like this title because it. I'm like, I don't understand what they could have been talking about. Taylor Swift Live Updates MGK details somber convo with singer during Travis Kelce's brutal Super bowl loss in what world was mgk, Machine Gun Kelly and Taylor Swift having this deep football? It's the Super Bowl. He's won two in a row. He lost his third. To call it somber. What are they saying? So you think we're not going to be able to get Thai food tonight? Do you think he's not going to be in the mood? Like, is that what the conversation is about? Like, what could the somber combo be? Machine, you've been there. You should have been there. Machine Gun Kelly has revealed his Taylor Swift related wildest dreams that never came true. In an interview Tuesday, the rapper spilled the details of a somber conversation he had with the singer and her boyfriend Travis Kelce's suite during February super bowl, which Kansas City Chiefs ended up losing in a massive blowout to the Philadelphia Eagles. So what did he say? Machine Gun Kelly, the rapper shared, come on, tell us what they said. I was in Travis's suite and at the beginning of it, Taylor was like, hell yeah, we're gonna come watch you perform. Like, it's gonna be crazy tonight, he explained. Unfortunately for mgk, the final score got in the way of his legendary night. By the third quarter, dude, I was looking at that score. I went up to Taylor like, y' all aren't coming tonight, huh? That is. I mean, this is as Hollywood and narcissistic as it gets. She was like, I don't think so, man. I'll see if I can get him out, but I don't think so. So you got like the idea, the Machine Gun gallery? Yeah, I don't know. I don't. So you're not going to come to the concert? He just lost the Super Bowl. I, I like even, even to check in with her. You don't have to check in with her. I get it. Hey, if I see, I mean the normal conversation is, hey, I'm head of the concert. If I see, I see you. Not like you don't think you're going to make it anymore because we were supposed to have quite a night. You were going to watch me perform. That's quite a night for us. It's like, okay, I didn't know the bad things. Singer also shared that his upcoming song Don't Want, Don't Wait, Run Fast, which has become ESPN college football's unofficial anthem. That's a big deal. They play that all year long. Was written following the Chief super bowl party. The day after we performed for the Kansas City Chiefs. I went in the studio and I was like, we need one of those, right? One of those guitar riffs that can like bring to life to something that there is no life in anymore, I guess. Oh, look at MGK's new album comes out on Friday. So tomorrow his album comes out. So this is like part of a whole press run and it's showing. He was on ABC News for a guy for Machine Gun Kelly. For a guy that like is this super cool dude that shows how cool I am. I'm a big fucking loser. He's really doing the corporate run. Like I don't know when, when you're telling these stories. Here's a story. Heidi Klum and husband Tom Collitz, who looks in this picture a lot like Jason Momoa, are doing a months long worm and parasite cleanse. Now this is one of those where you go, how is Heidi Klum you to me to be a judge on a talent competition where you have to judge, can this person be a big act that relates to the regular everyday public? I don't think you should be like, if you do a worm and parasite cleanse, I think this loses your judge on America's Got Talent role because at that point you've lost touch with the everyday regular person and what they need in their life. Because this is a dumb thing. A worm and parasite cleanse can only be done by someone who has like someone watching them, a nurse. So to me, I don't know, does she still judge? Is she still on America? I don't know. America's Got Talent, if she's still a judge, this should lose her the job. So she was from 2013 to 2019 and then again from 2020 to 2024. So she's not a judge anymore. But like this is one of those stories that I go, any Heidi Klum opinion has to be taken with. Oh, like, if I heard a Heidi Klum opinion. You hear what Heidi Klum said about anything, about the restaurant, the politics, anything. Any Heidi Klum opinion should also have, like, a surgeon general's warning underneath that says, this woman did a worm and parasite cleanse. This woman has the financial ability to do a worm and parasite cleanse and then have it reported by Page Six. Like, I need to know that. Along with her opinions, Heidi Klum and her husband, Tom Collitz, are ridding themselves of the worms and parasites they believe live in their bodies again, they believe. Klum, 52, told the Wall Street Journal earlier this week that she and The German musician, 35, are going to deworm and deparasite for the first time, a process she expects to take months. The admission came after the newspaper asked the supermodel whether she follows a specific diet. I don't. I'm down. I'm. This is her response. Hey, this is her being relatable. Hey, do you diet? You're like, the most gorgeous woman alive. And, you know, our readers in Des Moines would like to know, if you do a diet, do you. Do you get rid. Do you take the bread, the crust off your pizza, too? She's like, no, I don't. I'm going to deworm and de parasite for the first time. Oh, cool, Cool. Heidi. Like, to me, how do you buy a Heidi Klum product from. From. From here on forth, Everything I'm getting on my Instagram feed at the moment is about worms and parasites. So I'm doing a worm cleanse and parasite cleanse with my husband. I mean, that should be just evidence enough that these phones and the algorithms are a dangerous thing. Hey, the algorithm might make you do a worm and parasite cleanse. Like, that is literally a quote that should be read along. Like, that quote should be read at a government hearing where we put restrictions on social media. Hey, you on a diet? Everything I'm getting on my Instagram feed at the moment is about worms and parasites. So I'm doing a worm cleanse and parasite cleanse with my husband. I submit to the Congress, right? Like, hey, like that. What then? That's not the reason to do a worm and parasite. Oh, it's just on my feed, so you got to do it. The Project Runway host said she heard that people are supposed to do this one once a year. She heard that's what's making you cleanse of worms. We all do. We have worms. So she would you suggest this to the, you know, someone that Works at the grocery store, noting she's never done it. She feels like she's really behind. How should I feel? I might have all these worms in me. I just think, like, this is an article that makes me angry because it's like I listen. No one has to read this article. No one has a listener. But like, it's the fact that she does other things where this is something that she's done. Like, if we're gonna know about you a little bit, we kind of have to know the whole story so that we can make our decisions. Like if I see Heidi Klum in a Garnier nutrients commercial, I need to know. And she's like, this has done really good things for my hair. And then I find out. Also, I heard some things about a worm and parasite. You know, get, you know, cleanse. I want to know that too. If you have an article you want to send to this podcast. We already did a Machine Gun Kelly. The more I learn about Machine Gun Kelly, the more he's like, not as much art. Well, I guess he's an artist, but like we don't relate, him and I. Machine Gun Kelly sparks concern after admitting he only eats a couple times a week. Like, we would never be friends. That is, I listen. I'm sure he's a nice guy, but I find out someone eats a couple times a week, I'm out. Nice to meet you. I'll be at the other side of the party by the buffet where the normal people are. Fans are worried about Machine Gun Kelly after he broke down his diet, or lack thereof. He's a very skinny guy. In a casual video interview shared by Instagram account Hip Hop and more last month, MGK35 told a small group of guys, I don't really eat. I just do water a bunch. Oh my God, this is like my worst nightmare. Shocked, the men asked if that means he fasts, which MGK confirmed with a head shake. Like, I ate that burger cuz we're streaming and it's my man's shit, you know? So he just admitted, I only ate to look normal, but I'm not a normal person. Like the people that I want to buy my music. Prompting one of the guys to ask, okay, if we're we okay if we weren't streaming, what would you have for dinner? That's a question I would ask so many people. I love that question. The musician who dabbles in rock, rap and pop responded, probably water. No, no, no, no. Not gonna. If I asked someone, what would you eat for dinner? And they're like, probably water. I would just walk away from them and never be seen again. Like, I, I, I. That actually brings me such sadness. Like, what's he doing with the rest of the day? You can, you can only write your music for so long. Does he watch tv? Does he just stare at a wall? Only what? Probably water. If this interview didn't devolve into what are you saying, man? The group could not believe their ears. But how you don't ever feel weak or lightheaded. One of them wondered. I love how real they get. Yeah, sometimes I'll eat like a couple times a week. The actor confessed. Well, when you say that and you're not like, I know this is really weird. Something's off. Elaborating. Those meals will consist of bone broth with kimchi and sauerkraut. Okay, okay. There's something off. Something's wrong. This is one of those that I go, when can I stop talking to this person? Because it has probiotics. You know, you don't have to worry about probiotics. There's nothing in your body. So, like, when you do those water fasts. No, don't say it like we all do it. The only thing that's crazy is it kills all the good bacteria in you. I don't know why. Heidi Klum, Machine Gun Kelly. Why are we even talking about this? If someone said what did? What would you eat for dinner? And I'm going to say water. I have to know that's not a normal thing. Hey, this is crazy. I'm just not a big eater. I, I even forget to eat sometimes. Like I would be. The lack of embarrassment about this is crazy to say. And then to go on, the only thing that's crazy, it kills all the good bacteria in you. So you got to put the probiotic. No, no, no, no, no. You know nothing. You have water for dinner. Let's just agree you know nothing about biotics. Probiotics, antibiotics. You're out. Because the lack of awareness is really the problem I have. I don't care how much he eats, but don't go on into antibiotics. Probiotics. No, this story just a wild headline. Just a wild headline. Kris Jenner called out for having six toes just like Kim and Kylie in alleged Photoshop fail. So my question is, why are they touching their feet with any Photoshop? Kris Jenner was called out after seemingly sprouting a sixth toe. The reality star's feet raised eyebrows as she shared photos from her mom MJ's 91st birthday lunch at the Ivy in Beverly Hills. Jenner, 69, rocked a chic Oscar de la Renta gown and accessorized with a matching cardigan, gold purse and open toed sandals. In the snapshots which revealed an alleged Photoshop fail, eagle eyed fans sounded off in the comments on Instagram. You have six toes. One user wrote. One other quip. Six toes, Steppa. Here's the problem. It says more about the commenter than it does Kris Jenner. Because it's. Her feet are out. But like, why? It's not like, it's a close up of her feet. You had to be really going in on this picture to notice that it has six toes. Like, it's actually pretty crazy. She looks, I mean, she looks like unbelievable. It is crazy how she looks. But again, I'm. I just found out she has six toes thanks to a Photoshop and I'm saying she looks good. No, this is all just. This is a cartoon. This is more cartoon than it is human. What am I talking about? She looks good. I just, I just realized, see, this is how fucked up this shit is. Like, you don't know how anyone looks. You have no idea. I sat here, I'm reading an article that says she has six toes thanks to Photoshop, and I'm like, wow, her face looks amazing. No, this is all fake. This is. Hannah Barbera is as real as this. I mean, what is to be believed at this point? Yeah, this is the end of society. I saw there was a video that was out and it was an Adam Sandler interview. Supposedly it was on Facebook. And I get all I. My fan page. I have a fan page on Facebook, but I don't follow anyone from it. So I get like, just like content spewed at me. And one of them. And it's a lot of comedy stuff. And I got one that was sent to me that or it just comes across the feed. And one of them was Adam Sandler responds to people who don't want Rob Schneider in his movie. And I don't even know if Rob Schneider was in Happy Gilmore too, but Rob Schneider's in his, you know, band of brothers who he puts in all the movies. And it was all a fake interview. Like, it was obviously fake, obviously. But the voice was close enough to his voice that like, it was a. It was like, it was like a, you know, it's like it was like a club soda with a hint of lime. This voice had a hint of Adam Sandler. And it was all about how, you know, canceling Rob Schneider and you Know, the ma. You know, the woke mob is after him and all. And I'm like, this is crazy. Like, it was all stuff Adam Sandler would never say. He's never, he's never been out there like that. And I'm listening to this, like, invented speech that they did with AI and I'm like, this is crazy because it's really done in earnest. Like, it's not even like, like, to me, if it was Adam Sandler being like. And, you know, sometimes I, you know, fart and then I smell up the fart. Like, if it got crazy, then it would be fun and I would get why someone would do it. This was done specifically to make people believe that Adam Sandler is angry at, you know, liberals for canceling Rob Schneider, which is crazy. Like, and the comments from people going, I. There were comments that were like, I liked Adam Sandler before, but I love him now. And I'm like, oh my God, we are fucked. Like, you want to go find that person and go, do you know, are you just writing that to, like, I, I. Why? What? What's. You didn't know that wasn't Adam Sandler? Like, it's actually the craziest thing to not know it wasn't him. So this AI picture. I love this story because I wish I was there. Socialites fall in pool at VIP Balmain event in Hamptons whose guests include Ramona Singer. Anyone falling in a pool at event where there's no swimming, that's heaven on earth. That's what you want to see. That's why we live. That's why we wake up every day. Hopefully someone falls in a pool, because falling in a pool is like, all you do is get wet. And that sucks and it's embarrassing, but no one's getting hurt. And a Hamptons event, a socialite. So that's someone who doesn't work. So this is all good stuff. The high end Hamptons fashion event accidentally got wet and wild. We hear that a private Balman dinner in the Hamptons. And it was several guests falling into an indoor wading pool that was perilously close to a long, elegant dining table. Oh, my God, I would do anything, anything to see this. Several guests. That means that this pool was crazy close to the table. The chic VIP event was to celebrate the upcoming Couture council of the Museum of at FIT honoring Balman's Olivier roasting. Okay, whatever. A witness of the event told Page Six that a number of attendees in dresses and gowns were between $7,525,000 wearing millions of dollars in jewels, fell into the pool while trying to mingle with other guests during the dinner at a private home. Can you imagine how embarrassing that is? That's crazy. I got to see this pool. That's another. Source says some women actually steeped into the waiting pool. It was a gorgeous dinner. Well, no, the waiting pool next to the long table was pretty shallow, according to social media pics from the event. So no one would have gone off the deep end, so to speak. Do they show pictures? Here's a picture of the table. There's a dj. The sheet was thrown by Bloomingdale's. Ramona Singer was there. I mean, they showed the table, but no pool. What? I. I mean, all these people paid tons of money to be there. If on the ticket, it said one person will fall in the pool, I think they would have paid more. So, Pop Culture Thursday, remember? Check out my Instagram to see the video that I'm doing with European Wax Center. And check out my link if you want to buy a package back next week. Oh, yo, I'll be on. If you're on Patreon, I'll be back tomorrow with coffee with J. TR Boom.
Podcast Summary: The JTrain Podcast - Episode: "40 Year Old Virgin Turns 20, MGK Doesn't Eat, And Kris Kardashian Has 6 Toes"
Release Date: August 7, 2025
Host: Jared Freid
Description: The JTrain Podcast, hosted by comedian Jared Freid, delves into pop culture by exploring articles from Page Six, answering listener questions, and featuring comedic insights on topics ranging from dating to celebrity antics. Every Thursday, Jared brings his unique humor to dissect the latest in pop culture.
Timestamp: [00:00 - 14:00]
Overview:
Jared begins the episode by discussing his partnership with European Wax Center, highlighting his personal experiences as a male client who regularly gets waxed. He humorously relates his visits to European Wax Center to scenes from "The 40-Year-Old Virgin," emphasizing the stigma often associated with men getting waxed.
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Timestamp: [14:00 - 16:00]
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Transitioning from the sponsorship, Jared introduces the main segment of the episode: reading and riffing on seven stories from Page Six. He emphasizes his role in uncovering the manipulation behind public opinions through these stories.
Timestamp: [16:00 - 35:00]
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Jared scrutinizes an article reporting the death of Brad Pitt's mother, Jane Etta Pitt. He questions the relevance and timing of the news, suggesting it serves as a PR move to garner public sympathy amidst Brad's tumultuous divorce from Angelina Jolie.
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Timestamp: [35:00 - 54:00]
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Jared explores a report claiming Matthew McConaughey lost the iconic role of Jack Dawson in "Titanic" due to creative differences with director James Cameron, specifically related to McConaughey's Southern accent.
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Timestamp: [54:00 - 1:15:00]
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Jared discusses an interview where MGK reveals a "somber conversation" he had with Taylor Swift and her boyfriend Travis Kelce during the Super Bowl. The conversation centered around MGK’s diet and eating habits, reflecting negatively on his public persona.
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Timestamp: [1:15:00 - 1:33:00]
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The episode covers Heidi Klum and her husband Tom Collitz’s decision to undergo a worm and parasite cleanse, critiquing the logic and societal pressures driving such actions.
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Timestamp: [1:33:00 - 1:51:00]
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Jared examines a viral claim that Kris Jenner has six toes, attributing the observation to potential Photoshop alterations in her Instagram photos from her mother MJ’s 91st birthday.
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Timestamp: [1:51:00 - 2:10:00]
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The final story involves a high-end Hamptons event where several socialites fell into an indoor wading pool during a fashionable dinner, showcasing the mishaps that can occur in elite circles.
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Timestamp: [2:10:00 - End]
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Jared wraps up the episode by reminding listeners to check out his upcoming European Wax Center video on Instagram and to support the show through purchasing waxing packages. He also teases future content and upcoming shows in various cities.
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In this episode of The JTrain Podcast, Jared Freid skillfully navigates through a series of pop culture stories, blending humor with insightful commentary. From dissecting celebrity PR maneuvers to questioning the authenticity of public personas, Jared provides listeners with a comprehensive and entertaining analysis of the latest gossip and trends in the entertainment world.