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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 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, goes to some headlines and we riff. That's what we do. We read and riff. That's the show. If you have a pop culture story that you want read on the show, if you want me to riff on it, send it J Train Podcast gmail com. That's j train podcast mail.com. i have some stories in front of me. Funny headlines. I like to tell you when I'm taping this. I'm taping this on Tuesday, February 24, around 3:45pm Friday because I'm heading to Vancouver. It's a long travel day. If you're in Vancouver, you know someone in Vancouver, Tell them about my show. The Vancouver people enjoy buying late. So this is as late as it gets. It's coming out on the day of the show. So come to the show. It's the table for one tour. 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She has evolved from wherever she gained her fame, which, listen, I'm sure you're sitting there like, I gotta DM him to let him know where Lisa Rinna got famous. You don't have to DM me. I don't need to know. Lisa Rinna is a Pigeon at this point, to me they were never a baby. There's no pre Lisa Rinna lore that I need to know. All I know is Lisa Rinna in my mind. And I'm again, why I love doing this show is that I come in here clean. I have my own biases, as we all do, but I don't come here with like having read every single story. Lisa Rinna to me is celebrity who got plastic surgery who then became proud of her plastic surgery, then went on reality shows and now is just Lisa Rinna again, a pigeon. There's. I've never seen a baby pigeon. I've never seen an original Lisa Rinna, you know, artifact. You know, I've never, I don't have a, a childhood of Lisa Rinna movies. I've been watching. I, I don't know who has, who's a fan of the original Lisa Rinnas. So this is just to me, Lisa Rinna is just kind of like a Page Six name at this point. Lisa Rinna addresses longstanding rumors that husband Harry Hamlin is gay. What is Lisa Rinna gonna say that didn't make it beyond Page Six? That's the question. Like, because listen, Lisa Rinna, if, if we find out that she's been a beard for all these years, she has been in a partnership with a gay man to hide the fact that he's gay and now he's coming out. Like wouldn't that be like a national story? And wouldn't Lisa Rinna, who's known for being Lisa Rinna, where her business is? Hey, I'm Lisa Rinna, please listen to me and pay me money to do nothing but be listed Lisa Rinna. Wouldn't she be making money off of this at this point? Like wouldn't she have capitalized so what is she going to say? What nothing thing? Because this is a clickbait headline addresses law. I didn't even know there was long standing rumors that Harry Hamlin was gay. And also Harry Hamlin is another name where I just know as a name. I don't even know where that originated. Lisa Rinna shut down long standing room. How long was she waiting to shut these down? Why wouldn't you shut them down right away? Lisa Rinna shut down long standing rumors about her husband Harry Hamlin's sexuality after nearly 29 years of marriage. Who is out there? 29 years of marriage? Why at this point? Why? It's not like he, you know, I, I don't understand. This is such a non story. It's almost insulting to Me as a reader. Let's just be clear. Let's just. This is her quote. Let's just clear this up. Let's just clear this up one more let's just clear this up one last time, once and for all. Harry's heterosexual. Okay, put it okay, now that. That's all. What. What do you mean let's clear this up one last time. What who's been asking The Bravo alum wrote in her new book you better believe I'm gonna talk about it which hit stands Tuesday. Well, it kind of flies in the face of the name of the book. You better believe I'm gonna I talk about everything. But it took you 29 years to put, you know, the nail in the coffin of the story that your husband might be gay. He is not a gay man in any way, shape or form. Not that there's anything wrong with that. Oh, she's got to do the Seinfeld capper. Not nothing wrong with. Well, no one says there anything wrong with it. We you're you have a book which you better believe I'm going to talk about. I say it all and you haven't cleared this up at this point. I don't know, I get maybe I'm blaming the victim at this point because why would this even be a rumor and again, victim. Not that there's anything wrong with it. Now I got to say. Not that there's anything wrong. Rinna, 62, explained she never heard the room explained she never heard the rumors about Hamlin, 74, until she joined the Real Housewives of Beverly hills cast in 2014. I just figured will say anything to get my hackles up. So it never concerned me. Why is Lisa Rinna like playing this tough talking lady that we're all supposed to be like whoa, she said it. Anything to get my hackles up is like a that's not a no human says that. That that is reality TV speak where you have assumed a character of I say it all. That's who says hackles. She added, my reaction was always more why you mad boo. Again. What why is she a sassy Lisa Rinna what is this? The former housewife who parted ways with These series in 2023 claimed that every husband's sexuality was questions at some point on that show. I I guess I don't know who even cares like who's wondering about this when you're a good looking man in Hollywood with a good sense of style that ups that adds up to is he gay? Rena Question. The TV personality shared that Hamlet has been at the forefront of gay rumors since he starred in the 1982 film Making Love. In the Arthur Hiller directed movie, the actor portrayed Bart McGuire, an openly gay character who has an affair with a straight married man. I've never, I mean, this is how far back they go. What this tells me, to be perfectly honest, is how far a role went back then as compared to now. Like he was in the 1980, 1982 movie that we. No one remembers except my parents. And I'm sitting here like, and they're still walking around on the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills. This like, couple that does nothing but, you know, poses for page six photos. Like, I'm, I'm done with the heterosexuality. I don't, I don't care about that. I care about how, How'd the money last? Nowadays it's like, you better do 7,000 movies in a TV show or so you can keep your health insurance. Mainstream films about gay men are still rare today, but back then it was unheard of. Rinna wrote is this has. Does she have other books? Like, has she run out of things to talk about? He does what rings true to him. She continued. It was something that he felt was absolutely necessary to do. Harry made a brave decision and, and it bit. And it bit him in the ass. There's such a thing as like talking too much. It's like, yeah, Harry, you know, Harry's. He. Let me put this, let me set the record. Harry Hamlin is straight and, you know, he's a good looking guy who dresses well. And yeah, he was in a movie where he was gay in the movie and he, you know, had sex with the guy and it was brave of him, but, you know, the traitor start claiming that Hamlin was blacklisted for several years afterwards and it took him 40 years to book the 2023 studio film 80 for Brady. What she's claiming that movie that no one remembers is what got. I don't know. Well, because he was. This is crazy. 80 for Brady was Harry Hamlin's big comeback. To this day, Harry says he would do making Love all over again because it was so impactful. I don't, I don't know how. I mean, okay, maybe it's impactful to some. I would say Queer Eye for the Straight Guy had more of an effect on the mainstream culture accepting gay people than maybe this movie did. Harry changed so many people's lives and that's why he wouldn't have it any other way. This, the days of our Lives start. Oh, so she was on Days of Our Lives shared that she and Hamlin remain unbothered by the rumors. So unbothered that she's writing about it for pages in her book. Just. I don't know that I, I don't know who annoys me more in that story. The, the fact that there's the rumors which are stupid or the fact that she has a book where she feels she, she has to get back to that. We're sponsored. Get a better night's sleep with a Leaza mattress. Liza has a lineup of amazing mattresses tailored to how you sleep. Each designed with a specific sleep position and preference in mind. With Lisa, you get full body support no matter how you sleep. You can feel the difference from night one. I gotta tell you, I have a Leisa mattress. 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I, you know, I'm not going to like push you to get a mattress. I'm just saying you, you have already been in the market for a mattress and you're going, oh, here's an opportunity to save some money. So you know, also an opportunity to help the show. Taylor Swift goes makeup free in the studio for Opalite behind the scenes video. The fact that this is a, you know, you hear a lot especially if you're on social media about like the patriarchy and how hard it is to be whatever someone is. I would say the article that's titled Taylor Swift has no makeup on Come look at this and see what she actually looks like. That's probably the most hurtful thing that there is. Like, this is the pink tax operating right in front of our eyes, right? But then, as a man, I do want this tracked back to who has the ability to give the thumbs up for this article. Like, let's not just go look at what these men do to us. But you have an article like this. I want to know is there because we're all clicking on. Yeah, I'd like to see Taylor Swift without makeup. And I'm looking at her right now. She looks great. It looks like a different per. It looks like Taylor Swift's cousin. That's what makeup does. Taylor Swift is giving a peek behind the curtain. The singer celebrated the success of her latest single, Opalite, with a slideshow of behind the scenes photos and videos from the song's music video and production, including a rare makeup free moment. Just a few Opalite memories to celebrate, wrote Swift, adding, I can't even sum up my excitement and I'm so blown away by the love you've shown this song and video. I'm a fan of the song Opalite. I'm a fan of Taylor Swift. This picture of her makeup free. She looks younger. She looks like, like her, you know, Taylor Swift's younger cousin. Honestly, that's crazy. That make. First of all, you know, I laughed a little when I saw the headline for this. I was like, okay, hilarious. That Page Six is like, hey, everybody, Taylor Swift, no makeup look. And then that shows our humanity because we go, come on, let's stop it. I don't need to see Taylor Swift without makeup, but I'll look because I'm kind of curious. Oh, that's what she looks like. Makeup free. Free. That's why an Internet commenter who claims morality always comes off as a liar. To me, all of us, if given the opportunity to see Taylor Swift no makeup. Hey, want to see Taylor Swift with no makeup? Very few of us with time. Again, you have, let's say you're at work, you're done with a project, you got a half hour till your next meeting. You're looking through the Internet, you're scrolling. And then someone at work goes, hey, I got a picture of Taylor Swift without makeup. You're going to go, well, let me see. Again, I'm not saying you're doing this above. You're not looking at Taylor Swift's makeup free photo instead of caring for your child or sick grandma, but you are looking at it instead of Other things in your life. I'll push back the snack. I'll push back my car. I'll take a look. None of us are above this. That's why when you see someone who acts like they've never like this makes me mad at an Internet commenter. I don't even know who they are, but I'm saying so many responses. When people are angry on the Internet land in this land, you know, go in this land of morality. Oh, no. Well, how could you? You who care. Someone will go, who cares what she looks like without makeup? Okay, we'll see. I'm going to randomly go up to that person, go, hey, want to see so and so without makeup? And they'll go, of course. Because none of us are above this. And it's disgusting. And I'm okay being a disgusting. Are you? She looks great. Don't get me. This is all to say she looks gray. In the first clip of of Swift sings. In the first clip of Swift sings the lyrics. You had to make your own sunshine. Wearing her hair naturally, with curls naturally curly with an oversized green sweater from the row. She's wearing a fourteen hundred dollar sweater. Does she have like a. A chill sweater that's like 50 bucks? Like, no glam to speak of. I mean, $1,400 sweater with no makeup. Doesn't it kind of even out? There's a guy in the background of the picture who's in like a $2 T shirt, and they work together. Then they show her with makeup and you're like, yeah, that's different people. All right, let's move on. I'm done judging people who judge other people. I like this story because it makes. It makes you think Cardi B. Cardi B. Takes another tumble on Little Miss Drama tour, falls through a trap door. Falling through a trapdoor is not a tumble. That is not. That is. Oh, my God, we almost lost Cardi B. Because that is like, those trap doors are not like, covered in foam and stuff. You jump in at a playpen at Chuck E. Cheese. And it's funny because, like, to me, you know, if you make a mistake on stage, the feedback is like, just keep going. Nobody will notice. Keep going. Nobody will notice. And if Cardi B fell on stage through a trapdoor and everyone's like, oh, my God, she's gone. And then they're like, I guess it's part of the show. And then it gets reported on like this. You go, oh, I guess it wasn't part of the show. People in there might not even have Noticed little fall, but she played it off well. There's a person that posted on social media. Here's the video. Let's see if we can watch it. We would love to watch Cardi B take a little tumble. Oh my God. H. The video doesn't even play. Are you out of your mind? Page six, get be better. Knock her down nine times when she gets up ten. Cardi B fell for a second time while performing on stage at her Little Miss Drama tour stop in Seattle Sunday. Oh, I'm. I'm following Cardi B. According to viral videos shared online, the WAP rapper was performing her hit press when she fell backwards into a stage door. Stage trap door. That to me, that's dangerous. That's a tough fall. One of the backup singers. Oh, this is bad. One of the backup dancers immediately rushed to Cardi's aid as she laughed off the tumble before lights dimmed following. Following the fall, the Grammy winner born Balis Almanzar took to X to joke about the incident. Y', all, I'm just a little clumsy cuz I'd be moving too fast and too hype. She wrote it. We ball. But no, seriously, yesterday wasn't even my fault. Cardi's the best I Every quote from Cardi B is a. Like a. A laugh out loud. Y', all, I'm just clumsy. I'd be moving too fast and too high. Fuck it, we ball. But no, seriously, yesterday wasn't even my fault. Yeah. Earlier this month, Cardi, 33, suffered from a gnarly fall. She was giving a lap dance to a chair during her Las Vegas store. Stop. You listen, if you're falling like that, you're going after it. On stage, she looks great. She's dropping it low. They show her doing the chair dance. Not easy considering what she's wearing. The boots, my God. And she's got knee pads on. So this is like a physical act she's doing with, with costume changes. We, I don't know, I, I don't think we talk enough about how much these, you know, singers and, and performers are athletes. You know, I always think about like when I go to my shows and I do back to back shows, I'm like, man, this was tiring. All I did was go on and talk. She's doing a full routine. Look at when she fell. She said that was the government. She told the sold out crowd before she skipped into her next song. Pretty and petty. The following morning, Cardi joked online that her fall was clearly AI she's great. This is part of The Cardi B Fund. She is fun. She's. She's a full act. She does it all. Tweets, dances. I love this article headline because it lands under the subject title, what could he have confessed? Because I don't believe that this is going to be as described. Ethan Hawke makes incredibly Vulgar Sex confection. Ethan Hawke makes Incredibly Vulgar Sex Confession. What confession did Ethan Hawke make? That. That would be quote. It says in quotes, incredibly vulgar to anyone. Like, what would this have to be for me to go. That was like, incredibly vulgar. Like, he. He would have to say, like what, that he eats ass after his wife has diarrhea? Like, that would be like, what? This is what. I wonder. Because I. I click on this to find out what's the. What's the confession? Ethan Hawk candidly made a cheeky sex confession while answering whether or not it's bad to eat in bed. Okay, we're getting closer to eating ass after a little diarrhea. I. I said that off the cuff as what I could believe would be the most vulgar. And even if that was said, I don't even think I would describe it as vulgar. But. But then the opening line. Ethan Hawke candidly made a cheeky sex confession while answering whether or not it's bad to eat in bed. That might. We are closer than we were before to Ethan Hawk eating a little booty after a little diarrhea. Incredibly vulgar things are going through my brain right now. The Training Day star told British Vogue and British GQ in an interview published on Monday. I like to eat in bed, but I don't eat food. Okay, Ethan Hawke. I don't know how vulgar that is. He's like, I like tea. I like to eat toenail clippings. Like, what's he gonna say? Hawk, 55, then laughed and rubbed his beard before moving on to the next question. So he didn't even answer. Who's the only one that's stupid Is me at this point. That I'm the dummy. I clicked on the article. Let's get this vulgar admission from Ethan Hawk. Let's see how this dude does it in bed. And he just rubs his beard and says, oh, and then moves on. What are we doing here? The actor married Ryan shaw Hughes in 2008, and the couple shares kids, Clementine Jean and Indiana. I think naming your kid Indiana, you gotta be a famous Hollywood actor. I can't have a kid and be like, oh, yeah, I'm Jared Freed and this is my kid Indiana Freed. We call him Indy. Like, I don't there's some names, you know, it just. I. I could never get away with it. Hawk also previously wed to uma Thurman from 98 to 2005. So what does he eat in bed? What? What? The exes, who met While filming the 1997 movie G. Gattaca, are the parents of Maya Hawk and Levan Levon Roan. They split amid rumors that the Before Sunrise star was having an affair with Shaw Hughes, their nanny, which he has denied. Well, that is a tough denial once you marry the nanny. Oh, you know, once the divorce went through, the nanny and I, we had each other's numbers, and she texted me by accident. She was like, oh, sorry, Ethan, wrong text. And then I was like, hey, oh, whoa. It happens to the best of us. Why don't you come over and have a drink? Like, is that how. How does that start without feeling like it's an affair? Hawk has briefly opened up about divorcing Thurman and remarrying during an interview with the New York Times in November. What did he say about that? What non answer did he give to this? He can't even tell us he eats ass. What is he going to say about his divorce? The public eye is like gasoline. But what makes divorce hard is the stuff that makes it hard for everyone. The family elements, how to help the kids through it, he said at the time. I'm so envious of people who have amicable splits. Hawk continued, adding that he would not comment on it further after he vowed to his kids not to publicly discuss it. It's kind of tough to be like, I'm so envious of people who have amicable splits when you're with the nanny now. Like, I guess this all could have been avoided and been more amicable if you, you know, he denies it, but tough to. I don't know who amongst us is sitting here being like, oh, I'm sure. I'm sure him and the nanny go to the same Soho house, and that's how they met. As I replug in my computer because I undid the. The power source. Yeah, we all have our problems sometimes. Some of us, you know, have a hot nanny that we can't stop, you know, stop pining after. And others, we unplug our computer mid podcast and lose some of the power. What a weird thing to say. I'm so envious of people who have amicable splits. I mean that all you're saying is, I've had a lot of problems. Stop asking me questions. I guess it is a smart move. To answer that way, hey, you know, the public eyes like gas. I don't know what the public eyes like gasoline means. When I split up, I was hell bent on not having any more kids. I wanted to be single for the rest of my life. But then, but then I met my nanny while married. What? But then I met a made a best friend and I liked kissing her. People will fall for anything. People are going to fall for that line. Ethan Hawk saying, but then I made a best friend and I liked kissing her. Someone's going to go and it's going to be their Instagram caption during the next birthday celebration. This guy's good. He's good. They show him, you know, with her. Additionally, the before sunset star referred to his divorce from Thurman as humiliating during an interview with GQ UK in September. Thurman, meanwhile, later moved on with our Pad Busan from 2007 to 2014. They welcomed daughter Luna together. She was last romantically linked to Bloomberg CEO Justin B. Smith. Okay, so they both moved on. They both had more kids. Ethan Hawke might be one of the better bullshit artists of our time based on everything he didn't say there. I like this article because it comes out. I want to hear how the champions partied after they won. I think we all have a a similar interest in USA Hockey team and what they did after the big gold medal win as we do. What does Taylor Swift look like without makeup? Can we all agree we we want to know where the USA Hockey team went, what they ordered, what they drank, how they celebrated. I'd like to know what women kind of like made their way over. Whose friend brought friends. I'd like to know that USA Hockey team, how they pregamed. Who sets that up? I have a lot of questions. Wow. They were in Miami. They were right down the street. USA Hockey team celebrates gold medal with Lux Miami Hotel stay $150,000 worth of champagne and sweet Johnny Goudreau true tribute. I think Johnny Goudreau is the guy who passed away. Red, white and lots of booze. Great opener. The Men's USA Hockey team celebrated their historic Winter Olympics 2026 gold medal victory with a champagne fueled all nighter in Miami. In an emotional tribute to the late Johnny Goudreau, the athletes stayed at the luxurious 1 Hotel South Beach. I've been to that hotel. Great rooftop. Dined at Coat Steakhouse. Big fan of Coat owned by the guy, I think Simon, his name Simon. They also own Coca Duck where I've been in touch with this guy the guy who owns it, they got me in. They heard my story about how I if you go to my Instagram highlights, you can see my birthday two years ago, almost a little bit more than two years ago, I sat next to a woman who had the same exact birthday as me and her hair lit on fire before partying into the wee hours of the night at Mega Club 11 on Monday. So they did the standard Miami night, which good for them. One hotel to coat steakhouse to 11. That is simple, beautiful, what any of us would want to do after winning the gold medal. They show them popping champagne cigars in their mouth as they should. The men were seen arriving at their posh accommodations after flying in from Milan and immediately beeline to the hotel's rooftop pool water where they sipped on Michelob Ultra. A source tells Page six out of who plays the Michelob Ultra there? That is a great move. Guests gathered around and the Michelob Ultra I've seen like Tyler Cameron is wearing like the full onesie suit and skiing down a mountain with an American flag. That is a great product placement. Whoever got Michelob Ultra into their hands because they are red, white and blue. The bottle guests gathered around as word spread quickly that the gold medalists were on site. The source shared the team made their way down to the lobby at around 9pm where they were seen lighting up celebratory cigars before meeting a mob of cheering fans as they boarded a tour bus. They were shouting to the crowd on the bus, they are the happiest group. A second source shared. Many wearing their medals everywhere. They are just so proud. There were hundreds of people in the crowd. Listen if and then they show a picture of the rooftop pool which I've been to. It is a big space, really beautiful, high up, good views. I mean this is. I just think that there needs to be an embedded reporter with any USA Hockey team after they win. Like you want the what's the movie about the guy you want the movie about Cameron Crowe? It is where he's the Cameron Crow. Come on, he was a journalist. He goes on the road with the ban almost famous that you need. I want an almost famous like view of what's going on with this team. I want every team should have the coach, should have the manager and then nerd reporter on site to tell the story of how the night went. I want to know who leads the way. Who's the party? Because there's a leader of the team and then there's the party leader. I want to know the inside jokes. I think we all want to be hearing that story in a, you know, about 4,000 word article. Get it on my desk now if I'm the editor. The team hit the Michelin Star Steakhouse where they indulge in champagne, Petrosian caviar and Filet Mignon as third source shared at around 11pm the I mean this is. I'm getting the report I want. Around 11pm The Olympians rocked up to 11 where they stormed the red carpet for photos before heading inside to take over the club's party pit where they were greeted by a bottle of per bottle parade. More than 2,000 people were lined up outside hoping to get in for the sold out party. A nearby spy said, who throws this party? I know they're all NHL players and they have money, but like this is just. Wait, who, who coordinates we hear There was no shortage of alcohol options for the team as they were served 1111 Vodka Armande, Brigniac Gold, Bel Air Gold, Don Julio 1942, Dame Mass Tequila and Happy dad. Is it Happy Dad? Isn't that the, the cannabis beer? Isn't that what that is? Or it's like the old man beer. The team enjoyed more than $150,000 in champagne, much of which was sprayed into the crowd, poured into fans mouths by champions themselves. The source sold and they show em with the red, white and blue. They got the flag. This is great. This is, this is one of those things that you smile, you turn into the dad who's happy for the team. Like if I, when I see the picture of these guys popping champagne, waving the flag, I'm like in the corner with a, like a shit eating grin. And again, I don't mean to think of the miseries during a happy time, but if anyone were to bring up anything negative while watching them have a Fun time at 11 after winning in overtime, I would be like, let's ship this person out of the country. Let's just get rid of that person. We don't need the negativity right now. There are times for negativity and you might be like, Jared, you're the one bringing it up. I'm just saying if one person was at 11 looking at the USA Hockey team partying and was like, guess we're all happy during weird times in the country, huh? Am I right? I'd be like, get rid of them. Send them off, get them out, get them out of the country. I kick them out right away. Out of the country. Not just 11, because this is just a happy fun moment. You can't have five minutes, we're told. Connor Hel Buck grabbed the mic, led the room in a USA chant while Matthew Tkachuk dubbed Hellebuck the savior and Secretary of Defense Brad Brady. Tkachuk hoisted Jack Hughes onto his shoulders while on the stage as they proudly waved an American flag and Jack Eichel and J.T. miller was seeing crowds. I'm so happy about this. This is great. The energy just never stopped for hours, the fourth insider continued, calling it a legendary night. Team USA didn't get back to the hotel until 4am Our first source shared, noting that they all crashed. Aside from one team member who ordered in room dining, what did he get? I need to know that order. What did the in room dining order include? They checked out of the hotel at 9am man, they are Athletes head straight to the White House for their meeting with with President Trump early Sunday morning local time. USA took the gold and overtime beating Canada 2 to 1. I mean, I'm just thinking, I. I know, I hate that I'm thinking this way, but I'm like, someone was a misery about them having fun. Someone. We're gonna do one more story just because it's such a wild headline. I think it's already been posted. You know, this is a wild headline. Project Runway judge Tim Gunn Shares heartbreaking reason for 43 year celibacy the heartbreaking reason to me is he had a boyfriend who passed and he hasn't been able to love again. Beyond that, I don't know what else it could be because to go celibate 43 years and then talk about it, I don't know. It would have to be Former Project Runway judge Tim Gunn revealed that he's been celibate for 43 years because of his cheating ex. Hey, at least he didn't hold a grudge. 43 years. I'm not saying you have to forgive and forget right away, but like Tim, you can still fuck. You don't have to like marry anyone that you date. I had a very serious nine year relationship in Washington, D.C. and I love this person deeply and would have done anything for him. And I still remember the night it all ended, Gun, 72, said on February 19 episode of Chelsea Handler's podcast here. Chelsea, like to me, like, I mean, is the guy who cheated out there, like, can he just be like, hey, I'm sorry, you're 72 now. Like, go ahead, you know, get one blowjob. Gun recalled that the former couple were in bed watching mash. That's how old this was. If you're Referencing TV shows that aren't even on Nick at night anymore. It's time to let it go, man. When his ex told him, I have no patience for you any longer, I want you to leave. Well, okay, that is jarring. If you break up with me, you get out of the bed. I'm not getting out of bed. I'm going to finish mash. You leave, ok? Because Mork and Mindy are next. And I'm not missing that either. So if I'm Tim Gunn, I'm a little. I, yeah, I'm mad about that too. I would. I, I don't know if I'm not having sex for 42 years, that seems a little extreme. It does seem like you want to hurt him through this news. I had my own apartment, but I had been living with him for years and I left. The TV personality said, I drove to my apartment on Rock Creek Parkway and I had to pull off because I was hyperventilating. I was beside myself with self flagellation and self pity and it was awful. Gun shared that his ex was. Gun shared that his ex was also his co worker, so he knew they'd have to see each other again. One of the things that he told me that night was that he'd been sleeping with just about everything that walked by. Well, at least it was everyone. At least, you know, it wasn't like, I've fallen in love. This person really does it for me in a way you don't. At least it was. I have a sex thing where I'm just spreading the seed. And I had been loyal and faithful to him. Gun explained he was the only person I'd ever been with. Yeah, I guess so. He's never, he's been with one person in his whole life. The fashion guru continued the self pity then turned to completely unbridled anger because I thought he may have given me a death sentence. Of course, I was tested every six months for 10 years for HIV and thankfully I had a clean slate. But whenever I was even tempted to engage in something that could become serious with someone, all this would come back like Niagara Falls and it would just take the desire away. I mean, it sounds like he's got a very simple thing. Not simple, but like if a therapist was like, what are we going to talk about? There it is. That's it. Gun admitted that becoming celibate and someone, someone who lives alone was a bit of an adjustment for him at first. But now he wouldn't have it any other way. No wonder he seems so uptight. This guy's got a. You know, he's gotta let loose a little. He's in those suits. You're like, ah, you okay, man? No, he's gotta. He. He's not. Elsewhere during the podcast episode, Gun opened up about not being asked to be in the 2025 Project Runway brute reboot, calling the rejection devastating at first. Well, don't expect him to forget that. If we know one thing about Tim Gunn, he's gonna remember and he's gonna. He's gonna use that to completely change his life in another way that you'd be like, ah, seems a little extreme. Well, pop culture Thursday, back next week, boom.
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How USA Hockey Celebrated In Miami, Taylor Swift without Makeup, and Tim Gunn Is Celibate - POP CULTURE THURSDAY
Host: Jared Freid
Date: February 26, 2026
This lively Pop Culture Thursday features host Jared Freid riffing on the latest celebrity headlines from Page Six and pop culture news. Jared dissects stories on Lisa Rinna dispelling rumors about her husband's sexuality, Taylor Swift’s “no makeup” photos, Cardi B’s on-stage blunder, Ethan Hawke’s so-called “vulgar sex confession,” the USA Men’s Hockey team’s wild gold medal celebration in Miami, and Tim Gunn’s 43-year celibacy. With energetic commentary and biting humor, Jared brings the tabloids to life, questioning the headlines, poking fun at celebs, and offering his own comically honest takes.
| Timestamp | Quote / Moment | Speaker | |------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------| | 03:15 | “Lisa Rinna is ... a Page Six name at this point... Lisa Rinna is a pigeon at this point, to me...” | Jared | | 26:15 | “She looks like Taylor Swift’s cousin. That’s what makeup does.” | Jared | | 35:25 | “Y'all, I'm just a little clumsy cuz I’d be moving too fast and too hype... We ball.” | Cardi B | | 43:15 | “What are we doing here?” (On Ethan Hawke’s non-confession) | Jared | | 01:00:45 | “If anyone were to bring up anything negative while watching them have a fun time... ship them out.” | Jared | | 01:08:20 | “At least he didn’t hold a grudge. 43 years. ...Tim, you can still fuck. You don’t have to marry.” | Jared |
Jared Freid brings a blend of skeptical observation, self-aware humor, and genuine curiosity. He roasts celebrity culture’s absurdities, pokes at hypocrisy (including his own), and constantly seeks the “real story” beneath the manufactured headlines.
You’ll be caught up on the funniest, weirdest pop culture headlines of the week—with Jared Freid’s signature comedic spin. From tongue-in-cheek analyses of reality stars and viral social media moments to the rowdy gold-medal party of Team USA Hockey, this episode unpacks what’s real, what’s clickbait, and what makes us all human (and a little bit nosy). Expect to laugh, roll your eyes, and walk away with stories you’ll want to repeat at brunch.