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You're a nosy. You want the full sitch? Come to Pop Culture Thursday. Hello and welcome to the J Train Podcast. Is J Train Jared Free coming live from Delray Beach, Florida? That's right, every Thursday is a Pop Culture Thursday where I go to Page Six, I find some headlines and we read the articles in Riff. That's the show. I do have a user submitted article that. User, listener, user. If you like this show and you want to be a part of Pop Culture Thursday and you want to hear what my Riff would be on whatever article that caught your eye, I would love to do that. All you gotta do is email jtrainpodcastmail.com I'm a little bit. A little bit, I guess, is the word demure. Am I going to use a word? I don't know? I'm a little quieter, a little calmer today because I'm taping from my porch here in Delray Beach. I'm in the process of moving into my new apartment and I don't have Internet and the only place I have it is on, on this porch. So we're taping outside. 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That's code Jtrain to get 50 $50 in lineups after you Play your first $5 lineup. Prize picks it's good to be right. So that is our sponsor. Support them if they can support you. If that sounds interesting to you, I am going to so this is the one I got from a listener and they DM'd it. I'm kind of asking you not to DM things cause I just get weird about clicking links in my Instagram DMs. But they sent this and they were like they felt this was a good you up. This might be a great u up topic but it's from Business Insider. We're usually A page six family here. Bill Ackman. So the only reason I know Bill Ackman's name is he is like famous rich dude. Bill Ackman proposed a straightforward line for young men to meet women. And the memes erupted. Here's the thing about Bill Acknowledge Amman. If I know him like, you know, we talk a lot here about like the Q rating. Like what is your feel of someone when their name is said? You know, if you. It is. It can be insulting if someone's like Jared, I thought of you when I saw this meme. And it's about a big chubby dude eating, you know, clams off of his stomach. I'm like, oh thanks. That's fun that I'm the first person you thought of for that. But that's my fault. I have created a brand around being chubby guy who eats things off of his body. That would be my fault. Bill Ackman I know as famous rich guy. I don't know if rich people were meant to be famous in that way. And here's the thing. If I'm Bill Ackman, I would know. Nobody wants my opinion on dating and how men should approach women. Because whatever your advice is, your advice is. Is. Is her. It could be the best advice in the world. Everyone thinks, well, you have in your pocket right now $1 billion. So everything's different when received from guy with $1 billion in his pocket. So. And then I'm looking at a picture of me. He's got gray hair. He looks like Steve Martin when he was in father of the bride. Like he. He doesn't have the look of someone I would want. Bill ackman could have $100 million. I don't want dating advice from him. I don't want dating advice from him if he is just upper middle class. Because I'm looking at him going, this guy is somewhere in suburbia just by his look. He's suburban dad who will tell you to go to the grocery store and go to the produce aisle and speak to a woman there. And you would say that's not really relatable to my life. So let's see what his straight forward advice was. Trying to strike up a conversation with a woman in the real world. Bill Ackman has some advice for you. I don't even know how in what world is he asked what young men should say to women. The billionaire CEO of Pershing Square holdings wrote on X. I mean that is if I'm him, that that's not what I'm doing. I'M not going on X to give my opinion. I I, I put out a tweet and a thread. I just copy and paste tweets and threads and I said that and, and it produced anger. I said something along the lines of like when I hear someone say go birds as in reference to the Eagles, I think that's like the least hot thing I could ever heard hear someone say. And it has nothing to do with the Eagles, the football team. I don't think it's not hot because it just the words go birds. When I hear that I go that is a erection repellent. Like I and and again, like if I heard a woman from Boston say I want to lodge Duncan regular, I would also go that doesn't do it for me either. And listen, I'm speaking in the first person. I don't think the phrase go birds is attractive or makes anyone look good, male, female, however you identify the but the reaction was no one cares. I listen. My opinion is out there. You can disagree with it, that's fine. I'm a comedian whose job it is to say things like that. When you're Bill Ackman and you're the billionaire CEO of Pershing Square holdings, at what point do you believe at what point do you go, no one wants this from me? The billionaire CEO of Pershing Square holdings wrote on X that many young men find it difficult to meet young women in public setting. Even that written out, it is a quote. Find it difficult to meet young women in a public setting. It sounds like an alien dressed as a human being trying to relate. Many young men find it difficult to meet young women in a public setting. Like he lives in the year 2025. He is not a hundred years old. He looks like Steve Martin from Father of the Bride. He doesn't look old, he doesn't look young. But he is too young to say find it difficult to meet young women in a public setting. Also, he shouldn't be in this territory. And this is the problem with money and this is the problem with the Internet. Living in a world of punch up, punch down straight facts. So he has money. Everything he says is right is someone's opinion. Reflecting on his youth, Ackman offered what he said was his old go to line. Here's his go to line. May I meet you? I am not joking. I am not making this up. It is a quote. May I meet you? This I don't know if this feedback gets back to Bill Ackman, billionaire, but may I meet you? Sounds like again, what an Alien would say to a woman while they were dressed as a human. He's not doing what this subject, this tweet probably was meant to be doing for him. He thought, let me be just like the people. Let me be just like my fellow man who has to worry about a mortgage every month. Let me show them how. Just like, let me show people how relatable I am. I'll give my opinion on dating. Hey, you know what young men should say to women out at the bar? May I meet you? I'd be like, dude, like, to me, go back to your ivory tower, dude. You tried it failed. You are not one of us. Be a billionaire. Be on a yacht. If someone came up to me as a billionaire and was like, what do you think young men should be saying to women? I'd be like, I don't give a fuck. I got a billion dollars. They can go fuck themselves. Like, I wouldn't even. Like, I would go the other way. I don't want. I'm out. I made it out. I'm out of the churn. I'm on my yacht. What do you think young men should say to young women trying to meet them in public? I'd be like, I don't know. I have a billion dollars. I just had a zoom meeting with lebron James about, you know, buying a basketball team. Like, what do you. Why are you asking me this question? I would laugh at the question, but he's going out there saying it on his own. The lines seem to take social media by storm. He should be made fun of for this. Ackman's post has racked up roughly 4,200 comments ranging from meme ified mockery to sincere conversations, endorsements of his advice. Right? People are going to say, you're right. Like, losers who want to be on the same side of history of any billionaire opinion will say, he's right. May I meet you? Then a lot of losers will say, it is hard. Look at. You're getting made fun of for being nice. And that's why I can't find a woman. This is where the incel community will go. See how hard is to get made fun of for saying the respectful thing. It's like, no, this is all where Internet dating advice goes wrong. There are people who honestly, let me just say, may I meet you? Might work in the context of a whole conversation that happened, but going up to some random woman, may I meet you? If I were the woman, I would go, I don't know what you're talking. Meet me for What? Meet me. Where? Are you okay? Are you dangerous? What's going on? Meet you. It is a crazy person thing to say and to say for Bill Ackman to go, well, it worked for me. This is kind of like where people get annoyed with boomers because they live during a time of prosperity and the money went up and up and up. They could buy homes for cheap. And then they go, why don't you go knock on the door of an office building and let them know you want a job? And you go, well, that's a bad idea. And then they go, what do you mean it's a bad idea? I have this house that I'm in and I. I've made all this money on this house. Why wouldn't every opinion I have on everything be right? J Train podcast, if you want to send your article to pop culture Thursday, jtrain podcast gmail.com, that's where you send it. That was a good one. I like that. I. I do like that to be discussed. I think it gets as far as u up. It probably lands in the u up territory because about dating. But it also, to me, it's more a societal thing than a dating thing. Like him saying, may I meet you? Like, I can't say that's the wrong thing to say. I can say that's the wrong advice to give because it's not actionable. And that's where you go, dude, I hope you're better at managing people at your finance fund because this isn't even reality. You just talked about dating as a concept. All right, let's go to the other articles that I picked out. I'm also going to give on. On coffee with J Train, a suggestion for a restaurant in Delray that I just went to. That was just. It hit me in the feels. Okay, I like this article because again, to go back to stupidity, Zac Efron finally makes Dancing with the stars appearance to support brother Dylan after pleas from fans. You know Colin Cowherd, the sports radio guy, TV personality? He says the root word of fanatic is fan. And that's why fans are not to be trusted. They're fanatical. And I would say this article, when you say that, please, from fans. For Zac Efron to be at Dylan Efron's Dancing with the stars appearance. I go, I get why you're asking them to do this. I don't think Zac Efron and Dylan Efron is that Efron. The more I say Efron, I'm like, is, am I Saying it right. I don't think they're, like, not going. I don't think Zac Efron's, like, avoiding Dylan Efron's Dancing with the Stars appearances. Like, it's his, like, intramural basketball game. I think there was a plan here. And it seems as though we're late in the season in Dancing with the Stars. Of course, Zach said to Dylan, I need to drop in when you need the votes. That's how it went down. Because there is a strategy to Dancing with the Stars as much as it, oh, it's all about the dancing. No. Andy Richter lasts a long time because he chooses a certain Persona to try and sell. This is Hunger Games. Go watch the Hunger Games. This is. The whole premise of that movie is like, oh, you need the audience to love you to make it so you can keep going so that they send you gifts. Same thing here. So Dylan Efron is coming off the traitors thing where he got a little bit of a bump. Then he goes on this, and they. He knows he's not the biggest celebrity. He knows he doesn't have the following that these other people from, like, Real Housewives, you know, the Mormon. Real Lives of Mormon Wives. So you go, all right, how are we going to play this? And I watched this interview with Bobby Bones, who won it way back when, and there was, like, a whole scandal with him winning. And he was like, you get paid more for every week you're on the show. I guess I'd never thought of it that way. I thought it was like, hey, here's half a mil. Come on ABC and dance. Apparently not. Apparently. The way I heard this was, you get paid each week. You stay on. So knowing that if you're Dylan Efron, you're like, hey, Zach, I'll. You know, it's like, it becomes more like who Wants to be a Millionaire? Than you would ever think. You go, oh. He's like, okay, in the beginning, I'll do my best, and we'll see how far I go. And then we'll start debating when to bring in Zac Efron the closer. Because the minute Zach shows up, he's every shot on camera. So now you're getting extra shots, extra pushes, extra people going, oh, I gotta vote for Dylan. If he does it too early, it's a waste. So to go back to fandom and fanatical, what stupid idiot is like, where's Zach? And it's like, how about you shut the fuck up, okay? There's a plan here. Zac Efron finally made an appearance on Dancing with the Stars in support of his brother Dylan Efron during the semifinals. See, get me over the bump. Get me over the hump of the semis. This is where we. I need the closer. Bring them in. You don't do your closing move in the beginning of the match. The High School Musical star, 38 was spotted sitting front and center at the show Tuesday, holding little sister Olivia 5 on his lap. So he's got a cute little sister. This was all. This was smart by Dylan. Olivia wore a pink puff sleeve dress. Okay, we don't need the. The attire of them. Dylan, 33 and his partner Daniela Karag just entered their 10th week in the competition, so fans have been perplexed as to why it's taken the Iron Claw actor this long to show up. I'm not perplexed. Even Prince William made a surprise appearance before he did. Yeah, for who, though? Prince William doesn't have a family member in the game who can win an extra 500 grand for staying on a show an extra week. Fans repeatedly flooded social media to urge Zach to attend the show with an almost relentless stream of comedic posts. The Traders alum, however, wasn't too concerned with the delay. Yeah, because this was all part of the plan. This is where I go. Who are we listening to? When it comes to, like, when someone says people are mad, I need to know the person you're talking about. I am never going to listen to people are mad for the rest of my life. People are saying people are mad, people are happy, people are excited. No, no, no. Show me the person. I want this person. Now I can look at who you have chosen as an avatar of happiness. Anger for that specific. Now I can look at the avatar of anger or happiness that you've chosen to represent this general idea of happiness by the audience. And I can go, no, that's a crazy person. No, no, no, I. So this person's happy and that's why you're saying everyone's happy. This person's mad. So that's why you're saying everyone's mad. People are mad. They're going to cancel someone. No, show me the person that's going to cancel them. Oh, it's your uncle who's a crazy person who hasn't worked in a decade. Yeah, I'm going to. I'm going to say I don't think there's a lot of anger. No, he's doing his thing. Dylan told Extra in October with a laugh, adding that Zach has been supporting him every Day. Of course he's supporting him so much that he has hatched a scheme to make sure he gets extra votes. I like this article. I think we've done this article. I don't know if this is a rehash because I was like, how do I already know this? Kim Kardashian and Northwest dismissed criticism over 12 year olds controversial finger piercings. Here's the thing, and I don't know, I can't wait to see what Kim said, because what she should say is, my 12 year old is a billionaire. Her finger piercing is going to be done differently than your daughter's finger piercing who did it at the mall behind your back. So let's just agree that this finger piercing on my daughter isn't living in the same atmosphere as your daughter who might get a finger piercing. Here's, here's the feedback to that. They'll say, they, A mom who is upset by the finger piercing will say, northwest is my daughter's role model. That's who she looks to for style. Which as crazy as that sounds, that is actually true. You go, she's on camera. She's on the Instagram. She. And you know, then to me, I would, my feedback to the mom would be like, you need to parent your daughter differently if she needs to know. But I then the feedback from the mom, I'm, I'm looking, I'm having an argument with a fake mom, with a mom I just invented because her argument would go, you know, parenting a child is hard. They, if you tell them not to do something, they want to do something. Yeah, this is hard. This is way more difficult than it was when I first read the headline. Kim Kardashian in Northwest dismissed criticism about the preteen's controversial finger piercing earlier this month. A TikTok user claimed. Right. A TikTok user claimed that Kardashian sells his daughter getting a finger piercing is breaking her heart. The netizen captioned the video. What is going on? Northwest Kardashians. And then they have this like, random woman who's upset by it. This was a month ago. I, I, I just think we get confused because, you know, the great thing about the Internet is that it's democratizing. And that's the hardest part about it, is that you have to see someone on the same Internet as you living a totally different life, but in the same world as you. And that's like, depressing. You go, yeah, I guess my daughter can't get a finger piercing because I don't have the medical attention. Necessary to get such a finger piercing. I mean, to me that's like actually braggy of the Kardashians. Oh, get this finger pacing that no one else can really get without doctor's attention. I like this article on the subject of, like, being insulted by something. Zach Bryan is two months sober after earth shattering mental health struggles. Now they have earth shattering in quotes. To me, it's a little insulting to say I have earth shattering mental health issues while doing a arena tour. It's a little insulting to anyone else going through mental health issues that keep them from leaving the house. And you're like, oh, it's been earth shattering. I haven't been able to do a 15th song on my arena tour that I've been doing. I had to keep it to 13 because I was just such a wreck. And it's like, no, you're functioning. So to say earth shattering. Who says that? Zach Bryan revealed he's been sober for two months after struggling with his mental health. The singer took to Instagram late Tuesday night to reflect on a 20 day motorcycle trip across the country that led him to figure out that he really needs some fucking help. That's hard to write. I, listen, give him credit. Being in the military for a decade and then thrown into the spotlight that I hadn't fully comprehended, I didn't know this was his history. I didn't know he was in the military. This had some. Well, listen, let me just say I do think he has to deal with something that we can't understand. Being in the military for a decade, then thrown into the spotlight that I hadn't fully comprehended the scope of had some subconscious effects on me as a person, he said, referencing his time in the Navy. I was not content. But I also feared showing weak weakness because that's not who I am or how I was raised. To change forward and to never settle was the motto. I mean, I listened to Zach Brian's this is a long. I'm. I'm reading his note. His note is a full Instagram square to pull. Earth shattering I. To me, this is a Page six issue. More than a Zach Bryan issue. Because that's a pretty. I mean, I'm not gonna even read it. It's so long. That's like a book. Brian, 29, explained that he was stuck in a perpetual discontent that led him to always reach for alcohol. Not for the taste, but because there was a consistent black hole in him always needing its void filled. I mean, people with alcohol addiction must look at that and go, I feel seen he also noted that while dealing with being lied about and doxxed on the Internet, plus helping two of his friends through medical issues and touring, he was having earth shattering panic attacks. Well, I, I don't think this title does the article any service. I it. The. The title does. Does a disservice to the article because that's a pretty heartfelt message. I, I mean, I just. Earth shattering. The anxiety I felt was paralyzing and I thought since I was successful, had the money I always long for, had great friends, that I could tough anything out. This is quite. I mean, this shows you. I mean, he's definitely writing his own lyrics. I mean, this is like a heartfelt note. He continued before revealing that he began working with a therapist to work through his toxic relationship with booze and how to cope with major life changes. Good for him. I'm a fan of his music. I got to say, anytime those songs come on, I go, who is this? Him, Morgan, Wallen, Whalen, whatever. They both have great songs. I needed to see the world objectively. My family supported every step I took. Conversation about the future, kids. One day, my health and Sammy's happiness made me prioritize, not myself. This is quite a mess. Well, good for Zach, Brian. I've kind of changed my tune. He's got a new girlfriend. Good for him. I guess I just don't like the title. Like, earth shattering mental health struggle maybe. You know, if. If I'm to reflect on why earth shattering mental health struggles annoys me. I just think the word, the phrase mental health has been bastardized to a point where you don't even trust even the mention of it. I go, what are you trying to pull? What money are you trying to make? Okay, Zach, Brian, I get it. You got problems. Then I read that note. You go, oof, good for Zach. Like, I totally changed perspective. This is why we go into the article. This is why we read the articles we read and riff. I love this next article. It's. Well, the title is a little confusing sometimes. Page Six does these titles that are like. It's just like news and notes. It's called We Hear Music Edition, November 2025. Nick Carter teases another backstory Boys tour following success of Las Vegas residency. I will say this. The Backstreet Boys in Vegas. You hear from people who went and they sound like the happiest people to ever live the earth. They feel fully satisfied. They have scratched a nostalgia itch that they wanted. Scratch. They got to escape. And you hear from women who are like, and it's always this apology followed by like, oh, I went to the Backstreet Boys. I know, I know. I had the best time. You don't even know. It was the greatest. The songs were amazing. Every song hit, I was singing, I was dancing, I was with the people I love. And then you go, I get it. Good for you. I'm happy for you. I love that. I hate the apology. The. Yeah, I know. I went to the Backstreet Boys like this whisper. And then every review of the Backstreet Boys in Vegas starts at a whisper and ends with a full on love letter to the Backstreet Boys in the time they had. So it is interesting that, like, Nick Carter sitting here and that's like the evolution of a boy band. You take off, suddenly you have this meteoric rise and you go, oh, my God, I'm the greatest of all time. And then you say to this other boy, do you say to, like, all your boy band members? You go, guys, I'm so great. I need to go do my own thing. And then you go, do your own thing. And you realize, oh, my God, it was. We were great. That was great. The thing was great. And now they're coming back to it after doing a few state fairs and they're like, I got to do they. And so I think they'll be the Backstreet Boys forever. This is where they have the edge on NSync. NSync has Justin Timberlake, who's all about Justin. So you can never. You need the team to really buy in. And I think when Nick Carter says, we're doing a tour, we're doing, I think he goes, never. I don't want to see another state fair again. Like, to me, this is a symbol of getting it. Listen up, music fans. From must see concerts to upcoming releases, reunions and more, we're breaking down the hottest music news. See, this isn't like an article. While exclusively chatting with page six of the Grove's 24th Annual Tree Lighting Celebration on November 17, the I Want it that Way crooner got gushed on. Gushed over how the Sin City gig has the band coming back alive. Of course it does. Everyone who goes to this concert absolutely loves it. We're grateful for that. Carter said, yeah, Carter. Nick Carter saw what it was like to be a normal, everyday human and then sees an opportunity through this Vegas gig where he's like, okay, whatever the group wants. I'm sure it is like night and day from what it was like to work with them when they were before they you know, back in the day also, that's growing up and all that. So we're grateful for that. Would you all, as a group, consider doing a full on national tour, international tour? He added. And then maybe towards the end of the residency, we'll start preparing to take that show on the road. The 90s boy band, also consisting of members Howie Durrow, AJ McLean, Brian Luttrell, Kevin Richardson, kick started their Vegas res presidency into the Millennium in July 2025. And then they show it. I mean, I just know everyone I've heard from again starts as a. I know I went to the backstory boys in Vegas. Then it turns into it was the best thing I've ever done. The women that I went with, we are all now closer for having gone. And you're like, I get it, I get it. And the Backstreet Boys, if I'm them, this is to me, it's as clear as day. Just do this, do this every five years. Make your money for a year, disappear, come back. People are like, I'm ready for my Vegas trip. If I was again, how much money do you need? The money, man. A drug. Let's do this final story again. This is a daily Show. I would love for you to subscribe the YouTube. We did behind the Scenes from Milwaukee this Saturday. I'll do behind the Scenes from Minneapolis. Minka Kelly awkwardly shuts down Jenna Bush Hager's question about boyfriend Dan Reynolds. Let me just tell you from my own personal experience, Jenna Bush Hager. I have gone on the Today show. I have been interviewed by her, and it's only now something that I remember vividly, because sometimes you go. Because I'm starting to see all these stories of Jenna Bush Hager. On the third hour today, she's Jenna and friends. So she's taken the front row seat that Hoda Kapi used to have. Fine. I remember going on these shows and it was awkward to talk to her about relationships and dating. They have segments all the time, Relationship and dating. They bring on men to talk about relationship and dating. Because I was a single guy above a certain age, it was, I was made to feel like I was somehow a grifter of a certain. Like, if I think in Jenna Bush Hager's opinion, if you didn't do it at the regular time that people should do the marriage and kids thing, then you're a little off, you're a little weird, you have a problem. You're trying to pull something. That was my vibe. And listen, I hope I can go back on that show again. I'm going to have a dating book come out. I am sure she will be uncomfortable with me about that subject. I'm positive about it. Unless this comes out and she hears us and like fuck him, he's never coming on. But I don't think she is. So to see this, I go, I kind of not surprised, you know, consider me not surprised. Minka Kelly awkwardly shut down Jenna Bush Hager's question about her boyfriend Dan Reynolds, leaving the host baffled on what to say next. The actress joined the actress joined Hager and co host Olivia Munn on Tuesday with Jenner and Friends Tuesday to promote her new movie Champagne Problems. But Hager not so smoothly transitioned her question to get a little more personal. Speaking about the holidays and love in this rom com you have a very big love in your life right now. She be tripping over her words, right? Like there are pre tape there, there are pre interview questions. People know what's coming. Why are you bringing this up if it wasn't discussed? Like this is supposed to be a happy, fun show. Talk about your relationship if you feel comfortable. Like, why wouldn't she feel comfortable? And if you didn't know that you would feel comfortable. Why are you bringing this live? Bringing this up live on the air. Hagar43 proposition which made Kelly shoot back into her seat and appear shocked. Despite Kelly, 45, looking visibly uncomfortable, the journalist continued to press about a relationship and specifically asked about a recent birthday message. The Friday night the Friday Night Lights alum posted for the Imagine Dragons frontman and noted that it was beautiful. Yeah, it was beautiful. Kelly responded hesitantly. She also appeared to look off camera, possibly over at her publicist for help. Are they cheating on spouses? Like I again like I don't know the backstory of like why this would be uncomfortable for her or why Jenna Bush Hager would bring this up without knowing if it was okay territory. I just know from my experience Jenna Bush Hager is very seemingly has her own view on dating and if you disagree with it, she'll. And this kind of happens on morning shows. I've had this response to me many times that I'm some gross weirdo with a crazy opinion because I'm speaking honestly about my own perspective. That is way more normal than so you know. So you're not married yet, huh? Like that's like a weird question. Hager Hager began nervously laughing and called Kelly out saying, sounds like you don't want to talk about it. That's fine. So the quote was, I'm very lucky. He's a really good guy, kelly concluded. Hager began like, okay, that's great. Before Hager continue could continue the uncomfortable conversation, mum 40 mun 45, swooped in and saved the painful interaction by recalling a fond memory she shares with Reynolds. So I don't understand, like maybe they're in the beginning, but like you do talk about what you're going to talk about on screen and. Well, this might explain it. Kelly and Reynolds first sparked romance new rumors in November 2022 after being spotted on a date night in LA soon after his split with ex wife Asia Vman. The duo then made it abundantly clear they were together by having several moments of pda, although they mainly kept their relationship out of the spotlights, Reynolds opened up about their relationship last year, sharing that since they were long distance at first, Kelly offered to tell him about herself by sharing a copy of her Canon memoir, Tell Me Everything. That's weird. You can read my book to learn about me. That's crazy. Hey, I know this long distance thing is really tough to get to know each other. Here's my book. Yeah, yeah, yeah. You can read my book and get to know my upbringing and how I came to be to this wonderful person that you find yourself hooking up with randomly once a month whenever I'm in la. Like what? Just a bizarre story. There's more there. I don't know what it is. And listen, I'm coming down hard on Jenna Bush Hager, but it doesn't sound like Kelly is all cool with her relationship. Well, that's it. Pop Culture Thursday. Always a blast, always a pleasure. 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