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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. 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 I go to Page Six, I read some headlines and I riff. That's the show. If you have a article, a news item, it doesn't have to be from Page Six. I use Page Six because it has the lightest of news taken seriously, which I enjoy. And it's all in one place. Your website that you like to frequent. I mean, I don't even know if people go to websites anymore. I'm a website guy. I guess now I sound like my dad with the newspaper. I don't know if you're a newspaper guy anymore. It just. It just goes to show you how quickly things are moving. You know, my grandfather to my dad to me, you know, I. I think the cycles are just moving quicker. And. And that's what they said is going to happen. That's AI. I'm already talking about AI. I'm. I'm less than a minute into Pop Culture Thursday. I'm taping this Monday, March 23, 8:26am I. I had this whole plan and to, like, wake up, not look at my phone, go to the gym, not look at my phone. I don't know if you guys do this where you do these little tip, little to, like you. You treat your phone as if it's this treat, like it's a little dessert you're gonna have. And I'm doing that because I was like, I want to get my Monday started. And then I didn't have the notes for Mailbag Monday, which I'm sure I'll have by this afternoon. So I was like, you know what? I'm going on the road this week. I'm going to New York. I'll. I'll have already been in New York by the time you listen to this. I'm going to Philadelphia, and then I'm going to Salt Lake City, Utah. So. Salt Lake. So this had to get done early. No matter what. There's some good stories here. I already took a little browsing of Page Six again, if you will have a story that you want me to have fun with. There was the bat Mitzvah story from last week. That was like a perfect story to send me. And sometimes maybe a Page Six story. Just the timing of it all. I miss it and it makes sense to go back to it. So send it to j train podcast gmail.com. that's jtrain podcastmail.com we have one sponsor. Sponsor. I'm in Salt Lake City this weekend. If you are in the Salt Lake City area, if you have friends in that area, send them to one of the shows. There's four shows. It's a club weekend. I'm going to be working through material. If you've seen my material, to me, there's two different sets there. There's the beginning and there's the end. And I'm going to take the beginning and hopefully turn it into its own thing and then take the end and turn it into its own thing. That's the goal. That's the, the, that's, that's, that's inside the artist's brain right there. Because I have this like, wealth of time right now. I can kind of like, chill, take it easy. I'm. 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I, I would, I would think it's a reference to a Chapel Roan song. And excuse me for mispronouncing Chappelle Roan. Chapel Roan. I think it's Chapel Roan. I mean the whole Chappelle thing is, is what confuses it. They sh. They show I just page six. What they do is they want to sell you how to feel. They, they very obviously. And I don't know if not cool. Usually they do a pun. So I'm, I'm, I'm assuming not cool is a reference to a Chapel Chapel Roan song, but maybe if it isn't, it's just, hey, this ain't cool. Like, which is a pretty crazy thing on a headline. And then it shows, like, it shows all three people at play. It shows Chapel Roan, but she's dressed in like what I would call Elizabethan, like punk rock and like with like painted eyes. Like, she's dressed in a way that if you were told this person was mean to an 11 year old child, you'd be like, I fudgeing. Hate this person forever. And then they show a sweet little girl and they show the mom who is cute. Like the mom is like hottie mom. You know, mother of Jude Law's daughter. Like you'd look at her and go, okay, this all tracks that she'd be the mother of Jude Law's daughter. And, and so you see all the, it's almost like. And they have the kid in the middle and they have Chapel on one side and hottie mom on the left. And you're like, they just want me to have a lot of emotions. Mother of Jude Law's Daughter allegedly berated. And, and they use the word berate rated. And I got to say it seems as though Page Six is like you need to hate Chapel Roan because berated by Chapel Roan security guard. So it's not even her. It's, it's a guy who works for her who was told hey man, keep people away. And this guy who is just took a little bit too much pre workout was like I'm going to Yell at an 11 year old. And now it's and it is again like because here's the thing. Chapel Roan has become known for being like mean to her fans. Catherine Harding, the mother of Jude Law's 11 year old daughter Ada, who was allegedly left in tears after a nasty encounter with Chapel Roan security has spoken out to give her side of the story. So this is already a story that's happened. Harding's husband. So she has a new husband. Brazilian soccer star Horino Frelo. I I, I Jorgino, I'm sorry for the mispronunciation. Blasted Roan on Saturday after she the the singer security guard confronted his stepdaughter and wife aggressively at the hotel at a hotel in Sao Paulo, Brazil. This is one of those stories that you're like, okay, you know, I don't there if Chapo runs at the, at the hotel and what you know, and mother of Jude Law's kid is at the hotel. We're all in a scenario that none of us can relate to. But then they bring in the daughter getting yelled at by a security guard. Now every mother in the world is like Chapo Ron don't listen to her music. She hates kids. Frelo claimed Ada did not or Ada did not approach or ask Roan for anything before the encounter, but simply walked past her table to confirm it was the singer since she was a fan. Okay, so 11 year old kid does the obvious walk by a table. Is that her? I'm gonna assume she wasn't in Elizabethan drag that day. After getting heat, Rowan said Instagram. After getting heat, Roan said in an Instagram video that the security guard was not part of her personal security. Okay, that's a, that's a def that you're getting specific there. I, I don't, I don't trust Ch Chappelle wrote I I hate her name. I I, I the name is so tough for me. I don't trust Chapel. She's not a trustworthy, you know, source in this thing because she is known for getting mad at fans. Like, I mean that's My first thought of her at this point, other than like Pink Pony Club. No, that's not even her song. I don't think so. Harding took to Insta. So after getting heat, Roan said on an Instagram video that the security guard was not part of her personal security and that she was never approached by Ada or Harding. So here's what maybe happened. She has her personal security, then there's hotel security told to keep an eye on, on the restaurant to make sure no one bothers Chappelle Roan. So then you go, okay, it might not be, but let me just say here's, here's the overarching thing. I listen, I'm reading a story about Chap. Chappelle Ro. Chappelle Chapel Roan. I'm. I'm reading a story about Chapel Roan in Sao Paulo, Brazil at probably like the Four Seasons of Sao Paulo sitting here. All I know about Chapel Roan is she's a singer who gets angry at her fans. So if you're the hotel where she's staying, her attitude, her, her reputation precedes her. So it is her fault that the hotel is, you know, you there, take, there is a little bit of a note to be taken. Harding took to Instagram Sunday to share her side of the story after she said she received a lot of messages asking a fellow's story was true. Harding cast doubt on Roan's claim, saying that she knew the security guard was not part of hotel security, but rather was someone who looks, looks after artists. Okay, what do you mean? In what way? That's a weird one. Did she send him to do it again? So here's the quote. Did she send him to do it? What did he do? How out of control was this security guard? Again, I don't know. She said, look, I would like to hope not, but at the same time, I think that you have a responsibility when you're a celebrity to make sure, I guess, that the people who work for you and act on your behalf are acting on your behalf. That's a really nice way of saying, hey, Chappelle Roan needs to let her security know. Don't be an asshole to 11 year old kids. And I think she's right. There you are again. You're the CEO of Chappelle Roan Industries and if your restaurant, you know, has someone slip, it comes to the CEO's desk and they sue. So would he do that if he had the authority to do so? I don't know. She continued. If he does, then obviously that's A big problem because then he's representing her in a way she doesn't want to be represented. I would say woman who's known as Jude Law's baby mama. Very composed message on here. And, and again, what we have to remember, you're like, why does she need to make a statement? We all live in these silos. We, we have to start being empathetic to the plight of the person looking at their phone. I have people message me things as if I'm putting up stories only for them. And I'm like, you know what these stories and how they affect your brain. I, I, I can't really argue that. And I, I, I look at, I go, do they know I'm not, you know, personal friends with them? But that's okay because I get it. I, I have my, I get affected by stories too. So like and dm, so this woman who's the, you know, it's her daughter. I think she's being quite appropriate. So what he Harding said Ada didn't have a phone with her, didn't take a picture and didn't approach Roan during the encounter. I, I can see what happened. I can see an 11 year old girl doing the obvious walk by and then she walks by again. She thinks she's being secretive. She thinks she's not really being, you know, and it's fun for her. Oh my God, it is a celebrity. Wait till I tell my friends. She literally did not do anything. She just looked at her, she came back and said, mom, I don't, oh look, it's a British woman. Mom. She went, mum. I didn't know if it was her. I don't know if it's her obviously, but because obviously she looks like her, like her costumes and everything. She looks a little bit different. She recalled this mom is totally reasonable. You know, the, the idea that she gets caught up in this. I kind of feel bad for the mom because she's got to answer for the, I feel again the daughters who we should feel for. You know, she had this moment now she's national. She do. I mean you're 11 years old and you're being reported on in New York in Page Six. How, let's go to another story. This, this video. I saw the Justin Timberlake DWI arrest video. Well, this is one where I think it's how Jessica Beal feels about the release of husband Justin Timberlake's DWI arrest video. It's one of two things. She's like, this is because I saw the video and you're watching it, and you can't look away. It is quite literally a car wreck. Justin Timberlake, who we really haven't seen in this way since he's been younger and maybe on trl, like, this was like, the first time we saw, like, the real version or what real ish version of Justin Timberlake. Because I forgot what his personality was like. He did have a personality. He would go on trl. He was a little bit, you know, but. But this is one of those. You go, oh, we're getting. You can't look away at it. You had. You watch it. You are. You are zoned in. They show him in the cell. He's looking at the cell being like, I'm gonna. Am I really gonna stay here? That I like. He's surprised. I did have a moment where I'm like, does this need. Does this help the greater good? And the problem, again with the Internet, is that you will be reminded of what. You know, what the most pure way to look at this is. The. The. The. The. You will be given a purity test. So the Internet will look at you and go, I'm. I'm getting ahead, but. And I'm using Internet. I don't even know if this person exists, but I would assume they exist. This helps. Basically, this embarrassed Justin Timberlake because it might scare the next person out of drunk driving. And the person who would say that would then follow it up with, I know someone who was impacted by a drunk driver, and I am for any amount of embarrassment of a drunk driver. Now, would they do this? Would this video be release released years later if it was your buddy, you know, that lived down the street? I don't think so. So. But that's the difference of being celebrity. You. You get what comes with it, the good and the bad. So if I'm Jessica Biel, how she feels about the release of husband Timberlake's DWI arrest video here I. I actually think there's one of two directions. One, she thinks what I think, which is like, did we really need to release this? This is. Feels like this is just for cheap fodder and to slam my husband. Or he is that much of a drunk and has an issue. And she's like, good. Hopefully this embarrasses him out of it and embarrasses others who will drunk. Drunk drive. Jessica Biel is, quote, not happy. Okay? She's gone the other direction about the release of the body cam footage taken during her husband Justin Timberlake's DWI arrest. The video. Let me just say, if I'm gonna be be told if I'm asked embarrassing or not embarrassing? That video is embarrassing. A source told People on Sunday. And that the better sister actor, I mean, that's not what I know. Jessica Beal from is not happy about the renewed attention, noting there's a reason they pushed back on the footage being released. Yeah, because it's embarrassing. I, I, I just, you want to know who's the person pushing for it to be released now? If it's Mothers Against Drunk Driving, I go, okay, they have a reason. They are the Mothers Against Drunk Driving. If they, if that's who wants the release, you go, okay, this helps their cause, which is a really good cause, is a cause to deserve attention. If it's them looking for this video to be released and they say you're a public figure, people follow what you do, they're going to see how embarrassed you are. It's going to help the greater good. I would actually be in favor of that. If I was Justin Timberlake. I would be like, you got to use me. Can we get like a, a whole roundup of celebrities? Can we get all the videos and make me part of a, you know, a montage? At least that would be my response from the Justin Timberlake side. If I was Justin Timberlake. The way to get ahead of it is to team up with Mothers Against Drunk Driving and say, and do like a face to camera, hey, here's me. I look like a fucking idiot. And this is embarrassing for me. And I feel almost lucky that this is as bad as it's going to get, you know. But if it's some nerd reporter from TMZ who's like counting hundreds as he's hoping for this video to come out so that he'll make more money in some way based on clickbait, I'm not for that. So it, it is kind of plays with you. The insider went on to call the incident stressful as it's obviously does it as it obviously doesn't portray Timberlake in the best light. Oh, really? Justin Timberlake getting pulled over and being hammered on video while driving a car doesn't make Justin look like a awesome dude. I love an insider giving us the, oh, you know, obviously it's not really good for his reputation. There's a part in the video where the guy says what's going on? Like, questions him. The, the, what came out of this video. The memorable part is, is, is apparently Justin Timberlake had said this was, this is going to ruin the world tour. It's Actually, worse than that. He says something along the lines of, yeah, I'm going on a world tour. When he could have said, I'm a musician, I'm on tour, I'm in town for a few days. I was blowing off steam at the bar. I had one drink. Like, there's a way to answer this. It kind of shows you that Justin Timberlake, you know, like I, I do think alcohol kind of reveals a lot of what you have on your mind or how you talk to people. It did show Justin Timberlake to be more Disney Channel child star than one of your buddies. Like, it didn't make him look like everyday regular Jim or Joe. That was my takeaway. She would prefer to move past it. Oh really? The, the wife of the guy pulled over to TWI wouldn't prefer to move past this incident. It did happen years ago. It does feel like, you know, we're, we're hammering the guy. But, and again, people, there are people out there who do not like Justin Timberlake. I, I don't have this emotion towards him. I like this article. And listen, if you're, if you're watch, if you're listening right now, go to the YouTube. We, I'm putting up stuff on YouTube every Saturday and it's fun stuff. This week we put up a whole food review from Seattle. I went to Jack's fish spot also. There's some standup on there and I just, the YouTube channel's got good stuff. I, I, So this is, we talked about Taylor Frankie Paul last week. And again, a tough subject to talk about, just not one I'm looking to, you know, sit here and have fun with, you know, there. We're talking about domestic violence, you know, if you really want to get into it. But you know, it's about, then it becomes about a TV show getting canceled and you, you, you kind of forget that the core issue here is a very serious issue. Taylor Paul. And, and I, I saw this. The more I see from Taylor Frankie Paul in the aftermath of the show getting shelved, the more you're like, get away from me. Like, there was a whole thing, I saw that comments by celebs had a, had posted a face to the camera, tick tock. And it was a guy being like, Taylor Frankie Paul's getting in the comments, responding to people. And I was like, she's responding to people. This is crazy. Take a month. Take a month. Go away. You know, go be with your kids. Go, you know, let's take a vacation, maybe go, you know, let's do Disney let's, let's go to Disney and try and like, have some moments together. I don't know, again, who am I to give advice to her? I'm a, I'm a single dude sitting in my, in, in my kitchen taping this. I'm. I'm just saying. But then the, the video that comments by celebs posted was a guy being like, wow, Taylor Frankie Paul is commenting on all these videos about her. And then it's Taylor Frankie Paul commenting on the video, that's commenting on the video about her commenting on the videos. And so she's like, in it, Taylor Frankie Paul defends her social media activity after Bachelorette cancellation, custody loss. I, I think she's the. What's to defend? I, Taylor Frankie Paul. I. And here's the thing. This becomes a debate of like, you know, I, I think everyone in this story is, is, is a problem. Like, I, I don't think anyone in this story is absolved. You know, obviously, her and her. The, the, the father of her kid, they have, they both have issues that I don't know about. And, and for you to, for anyone to diagnose them, that's a crazy person. That's a crazy person. You don't know the players that, you know, you know in the story. You don't know anything. You've never evaluated. There's no psych evaluation that you did. Now the people trying to vilify abc, that becomes a chicken or egg scenario. I, I kind of didn't agree, I didn't agree with that. That this idea that our TV show producers and casting people need to be somehow looking out for the people they cast. The people that cast are adults. You know, again, these aren't child stars. You know, she has three children that she's caring for. So the idea that she, they have to decide for her what's good for her. And, and then they go, well, you know, ABC knew what they were getting into. They hired someone who had a domestic assault. You know, it's the first episode of Real House or Slow. Secret Lives. Secret Lives of Mormon Wives apparently opens with this story that got drudged up and brought up before then what ended up shelving the show. A lot of people were saying, well, they cast her knowing this whole story was out there. So. But also, we, we and I, I don't watch the show, but we. I'll include myself in that. We watch the show knowing that that story exists. They literally open that with that. If they're opening with that story, they're saying to you this is someone caught in a domestic abuse case. Do you want to watch? And you said, yup, Episode one, Episode two, I'm binging it. So again, the chicken or the egg, like again, I don't want to hold up the mirror to you to be this, you know, I don't want to be the joker here who's like, you're the villain too. Like I don't want to do that. But you're forcing that when you're like, ABC knew what they were getting into. So did you, you turn on the show, you kept it going. You could have turned it off at any time. This is a direct to consumer product. Taylor. Frankie Paul shrugged off criticism of her social media activity while her world literally just blew up. I mean that when you say my world literally just blew up. When you've been in a like three year thing with your ex, I I I can't really trust that you're doing the soul searching. I I just to me if it was a friend that was like, oh my world just blew up, I'd be like, it's been blowing up slowly. The reality star hit back at a social media user begging the 31 year old to get off her phone over the weekend. I think this might have been the video. On Saturday the fan asked, why are you commenting back to people and reposting Tick Tocks? I would say her team should take her phone away from her. I mean this person who's in their sweats on the couch, I think they the team what? What? As if they know what a team consists of. But no, she's literally repost tik toks that are in support of her and she's commenting back to people on Instagram, man. I I'm with the TikTok right? I I to me it's time to like hush a little. He highlighted a comment from Paul reading I'm always on and yes, it's my job, I still have to work. The I have to work thing from reality TV star and Tick Tocker is like never going to really get to me. Paul replied, want me to stare at the wall instead? No I I this is the video I saw. No one wants you to stare at the wall. I I think you know you and again just to act like again I'm responding to who I feel is, is, is not, is not someone who's well but I would say to act like you can't, you can't claim that you have to work as if you go to a coal mine from nine to five every day and Then reap the benefits of a job that is done weirdly and at all hours of the day and doesn't necessarily mean you check into an office. You're the CEO. Again, like, this is people wanting to be paid like CEOs that don't want the responsibility of being CEOs. Chapel, Roan, Taylor, Frankie Paul. You are the CEO of Taylor Frankie Paul Industries, and you have to take responsibility for the feedback that Taylor Frankie Paul Industries gets. That I saw there was an interview where she was promoting the show when it was still on about, you know, she said, this is stuff the producers take care of. And then the interviewer was on abc, was a great interview. She goes, well, you're a producer of Secret Lives of Mormon Wives. And she's like, so don't you under, don't you have these. And it's like, I don't think these people, this is kind of like, like, it's, it's one of those things. And I, I, I accuse Gen Z of this. I think Gen Z are really, like, professionals of this. They're, they're an alpha victim. You, you know, you're the alpha. You're going to be a boss who's going to make her money on mom talk, and then you're a victim the minute this all falls apart. And you're not going to be the CEO. So the idea that, what am I supposed to do? Look at a wall? No, you're going to take some time off. The business is going to, like, put a Clothes for Renovation sign up, and we're going to take care of all the stuff that's going on inside the house. That's what we're saying. And this is the feedback you get when a video comes out that by your own creation. And again, some people are saying they're only doing this because the video came out. Yeah. I mean, welcome to the situation in the NFL with what's his name, the running back for the Baltimore Ravens. This is like, very reminiscent of that story. He, his career was over after that. And, and listen, as when you saw that video, you were like, oh, my God. You, you, you look at it in a new way. Yeah, of course. The difference between, you know, getting a fable told you by Aesop and then seeing it on the big screen. Yeah, you're gonna react differently. Jtrain podcastmail.com J train podcast mail.com if you have a story for Pop Culture Thursday, we want to get into it. And here's a story that my old flame, Brooks Nader, who I went on a date With I, I believe that Brooks Nader, again, on the subject of like, alpha, you know, boss, bitch. This girl, this is someone. This woman. I'm sorry, this woman is, you know, I guess we haven't seen Brooks Nader go through strife. She's been through a divorce. So maybe that she would say, she probably disagree with that. She probably says, I have had tries and trips just like you, you regular people who aren't supermodels. But I would say we haven't seen Brooks Nader go through a Taylor Frankie Paul level issue. So we don't know. But it does seem that Brooks Nader does run the company. It does seem like she takes the responsibility of being CEO because you see an article like this, Brooks. Brooks Nader reveals which plastic surgery procedure is her forever regret. I just didn't need it. Like, this is. Brooks Nader has a PR team. I saw this thing. Well, Brooks Nader has a PR team and she's playing ball because everyone wants to hear about plastic surgery regret. That is a clickable article that puts Brooks Nader on the same front page as Taylor Frankie Paul and Justin Timberlake. Oh, my God. A supermodel regrets a procedure. She didn't need it. What is it? So she's playing ball. This is a article by Brooks Nader's design. So I saw and, and you go, well, I saw Bobby. What's her name? Bobby Altoff. She was the one that had a hot minute where she was, you know, doing a podcast where she acted like she was better than everyone else. I hated the bit. Bobby Altoff, American podcaster and influencer. I thought the whole bit was disgusting and it wasn't really funny. It's a one not bit and that's why she's kind of disappeared. But she blew up. She was with Drake doing interviews. And, you know, I, I thought the Bobby Alto thing where she acts like she doesn't get what's going on, she's above it all. It was, it's really kind of the. That person, you better be a supermodel to play that bit. Because there's a point where we go, okay, I'm moving on from person who doesn't Your whole bits. You don't get it. But then I saw an article where she's, you know, the, the, she's trying to make a comeback with her podcast. And I saw the, you know, the PR article that she put out and I made fun of it because it was literally like, Bobby Altoff doesn't get it again. Like, it was like the worst article. It's like, does she even have a creative bone in her body? To me, this is Brooks Nader being like, game. Yeah, I got Getting creative. I love this for her. Brooks Nader candidly admitted the. And I'm still reading the article, by the way, after knowing it's placed by her. That's how good of an idea this is. Admitted that one. The. The one plastic surgery procedure that you will forever regret after sharing all her cosmetic treatments. I probably shouldn't say this again. Brooks playing the game. That's what you say when you want a clickable article. I probably shouldn't say this. By whose account? You're. You're the CEO of Brooks Nader Industries. What, is the boss going to get mad at you? I probably shouldn't say this, but I'm just going to say it. This is classic hot take. Get ready. Get ready to get the clicks going. Get ready to go viral. The model told people at the Clarence Night of Extra event in Los Angeles on Friday. I had liposuction years ago, and I forever regret it because I just didn't need it. I feel like it created dimples and ripples and things. Yeah. And then they show a picture of her looking like a goddess. She looks unbelievable. And I'm sure the liposuction she got was like. Like teeny tiny. Oh, we're gonna get this spot. Nader, 29, shared that she has to do less with all that and be healthy. The actress hasn't shied away from detailing her past. You know, liposuction makes it sound so much probably worse than it was. You know, she's not getting. You know, they're not going with the hose into her stomach. They're going, like, to one little. Let me take that out. The actress hasn't shied away from detailing her past cosmetic procedures, including countless injectables, fillers, and a nose job. And this is stuff. This is where you know when you're. As a millennial, we are the generation that's caught between analog and digital. Brooks Nader is in the digital generation. She. But she's heard since the Internet existed before her, she sees the footsteps in the snow. She sees. Oh, okay. Admitting your plastic surgery issues. Admitting your plastic surgery again. Alpha victim up. Oh. People who admit their plastic surgery foibles were. I can play victim again. Victim's a strong word, but I. This is the move I can be. Oh, my God. She's just like us. She has plastic surgery that she shouldn't have got. She gets lip injections. She's Insecure. She sees that. She goes, let me walk on those steps. It's not original. And then she, she, and then she gets to get, she gets to get to get all the glory of being a vulnerable person. When the vulnerability has been done before her, she knows she walked through the vulnerability steps. It's a great move. People say I look like Michael Jackson. She joked during an interview in Bustle in November. Yeah, that's another one. Say something. Oh, you look like Michael Jackson. Oh my God. The, the nose job, you know, like all this stuff. The Bay Wash star has consider me a, a viewer of Baywatch for 15 minutes and then I'm done. I, I, I've, the casting for Baywatch sounds like it's the most horrific, ragtag group of not actors that you've ever seen. So we'll do one more article. I mean this has been a fun pop culture Thursday. We, we're taping this early in the week. Again, I got shows, I'm on the road. So when you do a daily show, you kind of have to, you kind of have to. There's tons of, there's tons of articles about this Chapel Roan discussion and, and then they show that and then the mayor's getting involved. I, I just think that's such a, that's like, what's the mayor gonna say? Rio Mayor bans Chapel Ron from that's when, you know, like I, I do like the Chapel Roan story because it does reveal like who the grifters are. Rio Mayor bans Chapel Ron from music event following aggressive incident with Jew Law's 11 year old daughter this is the opposite of what Jude Law's daughter wants. She's like, please, I just wanted to go look and see if she was at a table near me. And now the mayor is getting involved. I, I, the mayor's like, I'd like to award you the key to the city. And I now pronounce today Chapel Road is a country here in Rio. Come join us for Mardi Gras. Like it is absolutely crazy story that is out of a movie about a star being annoying. Japelrone is not wanted in Rio de Janeiro by the city's mayor after Brazilian soccer star Jorginito Jorgino Jorgino Frelo blasted the singer and her security for allegedly causing his stepdaughter to break down in tears. Yeah, it's an 11 year old kid who had an adult speak sternly to her. Yeah, I'm sure she was cracked. Rio Mayor Eduardo Cavallari posted to X on Saturday that Roan, 28, would never perform at Toto Mundo no Rio while he's still in office. I mean, that sentence is perfect. Would never perform again at Toto Mondo no Rio while he's still in office. Toto Mondo no Rio is a series of free international music events held on Copacabana beach that's been headlined by major superstars like Madonna and Lady Gaga. Shakira's headlining in May. Shakira, Copacabana. I mean, you gotta go to that concert, Cavalier wrote. I mean that. I mean that. As long as I'm in charge of our city. This lady at. He tagged her. So this guy. This guy's worse than everyone involved. This la. This lady at Chapel Roan, he tags her. Will never perform at Toto Mundo no Rio. I doubt that Shakira would. Would do that. You'll what a grandstand. This guy, he doesn't tag Shakira. He doesn't bring her into this mess. Of course he doubts that. Shakira, our beloved Shakira takes little children in, and she hugs them and gives them a little kiss on the cheek and then autographs their. Their little autograph book and then sends them on their way with a college tuition. That's our Shakira, not this evil chaperone. Chapel Roan goes up to kids and says, get out of my face. You gave me the wrong pronouns. Like, this is. I don't know. Someone's gotta just go. Go give Chapel Roan a big glass of chill juice and just tell her, like, hey, we need Chapel Roan it. I think it's because of all the glitz and glam. I think if she just did one exit from the house and sweats in a tea, maybe that would help her, because she's bejeweled in a way that does give off. I yell at children. So pop culture Thursday. We're here every Thursday on the J train podcast. Back next week. Boom.
Host: Jared Freid
Episode: Chappell Roan Banned, Justin Timberlake DWI Video, and Taylor Frankie Paul Responds To Commenters - POP CULTURE THURSDAY
Date: March 26, 2026
On this Pop Culture Thursday, Jared Freid delivers his sharp, comedic takes on the latest pop culture headlines from Page Six. The main stories riffed on include the viral Chapel Roan security incident in Brazil, the release of Justin Timberlake’s DWI arrest video, and Taylor Frankie Paul’s responses to social media commenters after losing custody and her show’s cancellation. Jared muses on celebrity responsibility, Internet outrage cycles, and the inner workings of modern pop culture, blending humor, analysis, and his signature relatable kvetching.
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On the nature of Page Six headlines:
“Page Six… they want to sell you how to feel.” (13:45)
On celebrity responsibility:
“You're the CEO of Chapel Roan Industries. If your restaurant… has someone slip, it comes to the CEO’s desk and they sue.” (19:10)
On Timberlake’s video release:
“If it’s Mothers Against Drunk Driving, I go, okay, they have a reason… If it’s some nerd reporter from TMZ… I’m not for that.” (30:45)
On reality TV stars and online feedback:
“You are the CEO of Taylor Frankie Paul Industries, and you have to take responsibility for the feedback that Taylor Frankie Paul Industries gets.” (46:32)
On Brooks Nader’s PR move:
“Brooks Nader has a PR team and she's playing ball because everyone wants to hear about plastic surgery regret. That is a clickable article.” (51:53)
On internet apology/vulnerability cycles:
“She gets to get all the glory of being a vulnerable person, when the vulnerability has been done before her.” (57:00)
On the Rio mayor’s Chappell Roan ban:
“This is the opposite of what Jude Law’s daughter wants. She’s like, please, I just wanted to go look and see if she was at a table near me, and now the mayor is getting involved.” (1:14:44)
If you missed this episode, Jared delivers a classic blend of pop culture news breakdowns, sharp observations of influencer life, and high-energy comedy, making sense—and fun—out of another wild week in celebrity news.