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Jared Freed
Hello and welcome to the J Train Podcast. This is J Train Jared Freed coming to you live from the West Village. Manhattan. That's right. Every Thursday. It's a pop culture Thursday. We go through some headlines from Page Six. I got a bunch on the bunch of open tabs right in front of me. So if you're listening in Arizona, I'm coming to Phoenix this weekend. Would love to see you and some friends at the show. I'm working through some new stuff. It's been fun to do. It's been exciting and fun. That's new material is always fun and exciting to me and especially when you got like a piece of a joke that works and then you can make it bigger and you got a place to kind of, you know, you've got to start with it or maybe you have an ending to it. You don't have a beginning. Those are all the fun parts for me. So I'm coming to Phoenix. Assemble a group chat, bring your family. Got stuff about my parents. I got stuff about dating. I got stuff about going to Europe alone. It's all in there. So would love to have you at the shows. I'm also going to be in Montreal and New Zealand and Australia. That is coming. So that is coming sooner than I can even believe. I'm excited. I'll be on my, my 40th birthday. I will be on a flight to New Zealand and I think it will make it a very long 40th birthday. I think I just go back in time because I'm going towards. I go New York to la, LA to New Zealand. So I would think I'm just going backwards. So I'll have like a 48 hour 40th birthday or something like that. Someone can tell me if I'm a complete idiot. I might be. I definitely am one. I'm an idiot, no question. So someone's gonna message me like, no, you're hitting the shortest birthday. I don't know. Okay, maybe I am. I don't know. I'm an idiot. Okay, so back to the show. We have one sponsor and then it's all pop culture Thursday. So the this, you know, you can get the link in the description of this episode. Reach new heights this year with Via. 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And I'm looking at a picture of Cash Warren. He looks like he'd be Cash Warren. He's a good looking. He's got a touch of gray going on. He would be in the Just for Men's Touch of Gray commercial. They show them dressed up. I mean Jessica Alba is like beautiful. Now I have my own story with Jessica Alba. I embarrass myself in front of her. She was at. So I did the Comedy Cellar. This was like last summer I go to the Comedy Cellar and it was a pretty difficult show. And I went up at the end and it was like I thought I did well and I leave the stage to go to another show around the corner, and someone's like, you know, Jessica Alba was there, and she was laughing at your jokes, and she was saying hi to people on the way out, and I'm like, oh, my God, that's so cool. And it made me feel good. And then I went to Cannes with Jordana and the UL podcast when we went to Cannes this summer, and we were at a party, and there's Jessica Alba, and I'm thinking, oh, my God, I got my thing. You know, if I'm gonna go talk to a celebrity, like, let me have the reference. And she saw me on stage, she was laughing. So I'll go up to her and be like, hey. And earlier, Jordana and I were at the party together, and Jordana was saying that she wasn't a great, like, go up to someone person. We were having this conversation, and I was like, I got it. Watch this. And we saw Jay Shetty. I'm name dropping all over pop culture Thursday. Right away, Jay Shetty was there, and I go. So I was like, let. Let me show you how it's done. So I go up to Jay. I go, hey, Jay. Remember us as Jared and Jordana from the what podcast. Great to see. And he was nice, and he was easy. Great conversation, Easy peasy. And Jay's kind of built for that. He's like a schmoozer a little bit anyways, so it was easy with him. So then I'm. I'm feeling myself. Jessica Alba was at the same party, and I'm like, I'm gonna go up to her and do the same move I did with Jay. I'll go, hey, Jessica, my name's Jared. I was actually on a show at the Comedy Cellar. I heard you were in the audience. That was like my big, like, what's up? And I go to, like, turn to her, and I go, hey, Jessica. And this guy stands in front of me, literally puts his body into my face. He's like 6 foot 5. So, like, my nose is against his chest. And I literally. He goes, excuse me, sir. And I go, hey, I just wanted to say hi to. He goes, she'll be with you in a second. And literally, he just stood there with my nose literally touching his chest. And it was as if he wanted me to, like, wait in line to speak to the queen. And I was like, ah. And immediately, I just gave up. I go, I don't need to do this. I'm gonna walk away. And I go back to Jordana, and she's like, what happened? I'm like, let's get out of here. Let's get out of here. Let's move. And that was the end of the. The interaction that never happened. So I felt very embarrassed. And to this day, I don't know if Jessica liked my show or not. But Jessica Alba and her husband Cash Warren. What a name. Are reportedly going their separate ways. The pair recently separated and are headed for divorce after nearly 17 years of marriage. That's tough to get through 17 years as a Hollywood couple. Good for you. The duo tied the Knot in May 2008 and share three kids, daughters honor and Haven, and as well as son Hayes. So is he Hayes, Warren. That's a great honor. Warren, Haven. They all went all h names. Why'd they do. Why do they do that? Neither Jessica and Cash aren't h. Okay. The outlet did not cite a reason for the split, and the stars reps did not immediately respond to Page Six for requests for comment. Here they are in a picture. I've always been a Jessica Alba fan. She always seems like a nice, fun person. Albin Warren just spent Thanksgiving together with their kids, celebrating the holiday in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. Happy Thanksgiving from me and mine to you and yours and the honey. Actress, 43, captioned a family photo she post. She's 43. She's got three kids. They're like. They're like, you know, human, adult, you know, the teenagers, except for the youngest man. And Cash looks like. Like a dad. What does he do? I'm more interested in Cash's story. Like what? You know, you wonder what happened, maybe, you know, but also, this is the Hollywood, the travel, the all, you know, she's, you know, all. She's in Cannes. I didn't see this guy. Happy holidays from our familia to yours. She wrote alongside another group shot. In fact, she and Warren, 45, were together, their brood, as recently as last week as they celebrated their youngest child's New Year's Eve birthday at Universal Studios. So that means this is like an agreement in my view of things. You have to, you know, if you're still taking pictures and going on vacations, maybe your friends that, you know, you. You went from lovers to friends. You. You hope for, like, the most amicable version, the best day at Universal. So they show a bunch of family pictures. Her. They show them in pictures together. They look like high school sweethearts. They show pictures of them from. From 2004. He was the film. He was the Fantastic Four's assistant director. They talk about her left hand being visible and not visible. This is such I've never even thought to look at a hand in a ring on a hand. Alba has also been caught sans wedding ring and a few recent paparazzi sightings. The Fantastic Four star and the film's assistant director met on set in 2004. They got engaged in December 2007 and said I do in a low key Beverly Hills, California courthouse ceremony the following year when the Honest Company co founder was pregnant with their eldest. So okay, well we wish them the best. From the J Train podcast to the Cash Warren Alba clan, we go from one good looking couple to another another. A woman that I is. There's never been a woman more my type in the public eye. Dua Lipa. I think she is. I mean this podcast is devolving into who I think is hot. I Dua Lipa. I am like the eyebrows, the lips, it is the eyes is just the way she, you know, puts herself together. That is right my wheelhouse. That is my for you page. Check out Dua Lipa's Service 95 book club January 2025 pick plus the rest of her list. So Dua Lipa and the British accent. Oof. Hitting me right in the feels. When she's not performing or I didn't she has a book club. When she's not. This is what I wonder. Why does she need a book club? I guess to me it's either charitable or it makes you a ton of money or you're wasting your time. Right when she's not performing or practicing radical optimism, you might find Dua lipa Reading. In June 2023, the Dance the Night singer launched the Service 95 book club, an extension of her global editorial platform encompassing the Service 95 blog site, a weekly newsletter and Lipa's podcast. Dua Lipa at yout Service. She has a podcast. The Service 95 book club represents diverse global voices telling powerful stories spanning fiction, memoir and manifesto. The pics are a mix best selling fiction and new voices in literature. For each pick, Lipa facilitates a virtual Q and A with the author. She is doing a service to books. I mean I'm in the midst of writing a book. Okay. You get a lot of information of like how book sales work and you know, where the money comes from and you know, still people still buy books, but it's a different industry. The fact that she's doing Q&As with author is a somewhat of a charity on its own. Unless she like unless this platform literally is produce has a has a their hand in the books which would be smart. Plus, Service 95 shares recommendations for from featured authors, reading guides and more. Below, we round up all the Service 95 book club picks so you can read along. Look at. So they got Goodreads ratings. She's got Dua. I mean, this is her gifting guide. There's a little bit of Oprah to Dua Lipa that I never would have known. And then they list a bunch of books. I wonder if she's somehow like the editor. You know, not the editor, but like, you know, she's Simon Schuster in a certain way. They show her she's in a picture with every one of the books. Different outfits. She's selfieing with them. Okay. She's becoming a. That's. That is a version of a media mogul. You know, you have a website that's a blog that like represents, that pushes out books. You're the face. This is kind of the new way of a blog. Like the idea that if a blog just wanted to start off a good idea, I don't think it could happen. I think it would have to be someone with the platform to get the blog going. And Dua Lipa is that type, has that type of following. Brooke Shields, who I see all the time, this is the most name droppy pop culture Thursday that we've ever done. I saw Brooke Shields, first of all. She comes to the Comedy Cellar a lot. I think she's friends with some of the comics. I think she's friends with Lynn Coplitz. I think they're friendly and she'll sit and hang. And I also saw her at St. Theo's, which is right near my apartment in the West Village. Great bar, great bar staff. I'm a St. Theo's fan. I don't go there for dinner. I would go there for drinks. Small, intimate bar. Great bar staff. She was at the bar just chilling. She had these big, thick rimmed glasses on. And she was with two other women. And I was like, oh, they must all be friends and having a night. And then she left and the two women were there and the bartender, who I know a little bit, was like. I was like, is that Brooke Shields? She goes, yeah, yeah, she's just here on her own. She was just, you know, started talking up those two women and they became fast friends. I go, that. That means you're a cool person to like, sit at a bar and chit chat and you're having a night. Well, she has a. Oh, well, I mean, this title, we go in a different direction. Brooke Shields reveals plastic surgeon Threw in little bonus during labia surgery without her consent. Such an invasion. See, this is crazy. Brooke Shields blasted her plastic surgeon. I mean, that is a career ending for the plastic surgeon. You would hope. I mean, that's crazy. Brooke Shields blasted her plastic surgeon for throwing in a quote, little bonus during her labia surgery. Also, you're like, when you're Brooke Shields, you have to be so careful of creeps in anything you do because you're someone's like, you're an iconic, you know, she was suddenly Susan, right? That was a good show. That was a real sitcom. I think she was. I'm not wrong. Suddenly Susan. Susan Keane is a beautiful magazine writer whose weekly column solidly Susan reflects her struggles as a single woman in San Francisco. And she was the lead how 96 to 2000. I mean, this is a four year sitcom. Went into syndication. I remember the. I remember the old lady. Look at the British guy who was the magazine guy. I remember that guy. Yes. She was like, I mean, that was NBC Must see tv. I mean, she's a true talent. The actress explained in her upcoming memoir, Brooke Shields is not allowed to get old thoughts on aging as a woman. Which I would want to hear her opinion on that. I actually, that is like one of those things where you're like, yeah, what is it like? You're like. And I, when we had this is the most name droppy episode we had Heidi Klum. Not Heidi Klum. Who do we have on the UF podcast? She's from Austin Powers. I'm an idiot. She gave the dating advice to Burn the Sage. It was. She was in the Spy who Shagged Me. I'm such an idiot. I'm like, spy who? I'm sorry to be googling. I'm like losing my mind. Heather Graham. When we had Heather, Heather Graham came on the UL podcast. And that was the thing that I think is so interesting to be like Heather Graham at one point. Like, when I think of like Heather Graham, I think of like Austin Powers, Spy who Shagged Me. I'm a teenage kid being like, oh my God, that is. You are. You are making me a man. You are making me, you know, you're making me drool in my formative years. And like, that's who Brooke Shields is to a lot of people. And then like, what's it like to get older? And I'm. She's absolutely beautiful. Like, don't you know? This isn't to say she's not beautiful, but like when looks is so much a part of it. What Is it like, you know, to see the world change in front of you or how people treat you? I would. That. That's a book worth. That's an interesting topic that her wonderful gynecologist initially recommended a labia reduction. So this is in the book. So this is what Page Six does. A lot of times they get together with a. With. They turn a book coming out into a story. The model. She was a model. Yet the model notably had experienced discomfort, bleeding and chafing since high school due to the length of her labia. I can't believe when you put this out there, what a personal thing to put out there. Like if I was like, hey, you know, I got these, like, I don't know, like I had to get ball reduction surgery, is that like the equivalent? I guess. I don't know. That's this. But for a woman, of course it's not covered by insurance because it's considered cosmetic, which is very interesting. The 59 year old noted, the last time I did check, I did not want to be a porn star. Right. This is a great point. After Shields went under the knife, she went in for a checkup with her Beverly Hills surgeon where he proudly informed her of adding a little two, for she had not consented to. That is for him to proudly say this. The male doctor had given the Blue Lagoon star a vaginal rejuvenation, which is defined by NIH as decreasing the average diameter of the vagina, mainly for sexual reasons. Oh my God. To proudly walk in and say that, you have to be out of your fucking mind. Shields was dumbfounded by the irreversible invasion, comparing it to a rape of some kind. I agree with her. She wrote nothing pointed towards this need to be a tighter or smaller or firmer or younger. Especially there. The Golden Globe nominee who did not tell husband Chris Henchy about the rejuvenation for the longest time felt shame over the experience. I would too. You're under the knife. You trusted a doctor. However, Shields chose to share this very intimate information with her readers, despite it being too graphic for Sim or simply tmi. No, it's, it's, it's unbelievable. This person should be, you know, this doctor should be disbarred or whatever they do. She explained. If we are, if we are to change the way we approach and talk about women's health and we need to bring up uncomfortable. The uncomfortable. Very real issues. Shame is no longer an option. The suddenly Susan alum I, I shouldn't have had to look, they said hasn't hesitated from disclosing traumas in the past, revealing her in her 2020, 23 Pretty Baby documentary that she was raped in her 20s by a Hollywood exec. Oi and they show her with her family. She's gone through some shield. Spoke to people in August the following year about how her and Henchy's daughters Rowan, 21, and Greer, 18, reached reacted to the Hulu release. Her elder child already knew about the assault, while Greer had no idea and felt helpless finding out that something bad had happened to her mom. Brooke Shields is not allowed to get old thoughts on aging as a woman hits bookshelves on Tuesday. I'm not a reader. I say that I talk about this all the time. That is a book that I'd be like, I'm sure that's like quite a read to hear about because she has to have had a, I mean she's had a wildlife you can see just by this one article. OI okay. And more. And I mean we're gonna uncomfortably go to the next one. But listen, I I I I have to say again, I'm a Brooke Shields fan and you when I saw her at the bar and I see at the Cellar, you're like she just looks like someone enjoying, you know, nice to sit with. She seems very easy going just from afar as I stare across the room like a creep out. No, I just, you can just sometimes someone has an air about them. Brenda Song so Brenda Song was on the Disney Channel forever, right? And that's how I know her. And I just found out she was married. She's married to Macaulay Culkin. Brenda's Song reveals Pamela Anderson inspired the last Showgirl cast to go makeup free in the movie. So Pamela Anderson is on is spreading her makeup free lifestyle. So Pamela Anderson is doing this whole thing where she's always not wearing makeup and she's this is something big for her. According to Brenda Song, who starred stars in the Last Showgirl alongside Anderson, the longtime actress encouraged fellow cast members to ditch cosmetics on set. Song, who plays dancer Marie Ann in the movie, spoke to Bustle about the less is more mindset on set, which seeped into the beauty department. Okay, when you didn't see us in our showgirl makeup, we were, we weren't wearing any makeup. When you didn't see us in our showgirl makeup, we weren't wearing any makeup. None at all, song said of the Gia Coppola directed film. The first day we tried makeup on and Gia was like it doesn't feel real, she said. Anderson, 57, a recent pioneer of the Fresh Faced movement who has gone viral for her makeup free philosophy as of late gave her thoughts saying that of their characters. These women don't have time for it. Song added Pamela. And Pamela being Pamela, she goes, I'm not doing it if you guys don't do it either. Here's why it's so important. The Pamela Anderson thing. You know, you could poke holes in her with the no makeup thing, but she was like. I think that's a more powerful thing because she was this, like, outlandish look. Outlandish, probably not the best word, but like, she was this version of glamorous that with boobs and makeup. That was almost the effect. What, you know, the look was that look. And for her to go the complete opposite way. I understand the statement there. So they're saying in the movie, and she looks great. I mean, Anderson opened up in a recent interview with People about her character Shelly ditching makeup in the film. She looks great, but she also doesn't look like the Pam Anderson that we, like, came to know. And, like, you know, I think, you know, it becomes this, like, what's her name? This episode could be. Well, what's her name she played. She was in Mr. Ed. Mr. Ed. Jared, are you a hundred. Jaja Gabor. Like Zsa Zsa Gabor, who recently passed, I think. Was she a Mr. Ed? Yeah, Zsa Zsa Gabor. I'm looking. I don't know if she was maybe. Zsa Zsa Gabor was a Hungarian American socialite and actress. Her sisters were socialites and actresses Eva Gabor and Magda Gabor. Gabor competed in the 1993 Miss Hungry pageant, where she plays the second runner up. Began her stage career in Vienna the following year. But I think she, like. I don't know why I think of, like, Zsa Zsa Gabor, and I think of her later in life, like, you have to keep up this, like, look as she got older, right? She had this look that she like, and. And it becomes your, like, signature thing. She would wear, like, makeup as she got older, and it's almost like you're keeping up this, like, project. When I look at Pam Anderson, I could see how there's a direction her life goes where she's like, I have to keep up Pam Anderson. And it wouldn't look ridiculous on her. It would look ridiculous on someone else trying to be her. But her going away from it, it's almost like, you know, I'm sure in this movie she's doing a, you know, a movie that seems like it's like a, you know, doing a Giacopolov movie. That seems like it's a, you know, a somewhat serious. The last show girl, you know, puts her in the serious actress, you know, category. Yes, she looks great, but it doesn't look like how we have come to know Pam Anderson. Yeah. Adrian Brody and girlfriend Georgina Chapman look in love at Golden Globes 2020-5 bash. Grabbed your Globe and get your groove on. A spy tells us they spotted Adrien Brody celebrating his Golden Globe win for the Brutalist. And an intimate bash thrown by mega agency CAA in the penthouse of the Chateau Marmont, which turned into a dance party. A source tells Brody was over the moon and toasted his victory with his girlfriend of six years, fashion designer Georgina Chapman. Why would he not be looking in love with his six year girlfriend? I don't even understand the basis of this story. I'm always on the lookout for Adrien Brody's stories. Just as a Jewish guy, I just want to know what he's up to. He has a very angular face. Like, this guy must be very thin because he takes a good picture. He strikes quite a pose, like. But I know as a person who's taken pictures and been like, that's my fat face. This guy must have a skinny face. He and Georgina were all over each other, says a spy. I've never seen them so in love. They were on cloud nine. I don't understand where this article comes from. Again. If you've listened to pop culture Thursdays, you know that I get into this like, conspiracy theory mode of like, what PR agent wants this out there? I guess the. What is the, you know, I guess if you're working for Adrian Brody, you're his PR agent. You're like, what's the story we can tell? Oh, we want a Golden Globe. Isn't that interesting? How about we talk about how him and his girlfriend of six years were making out on the dance floor? Maybe. I wonder how tall Adrien Brody is. I mean, his girlfriend is beautiful. And here's another Looks Associated story. There's so many pop ups on Page Six. Lizzo shows off dramatic weight loss in teeny, tiny black bikini. So this is a tiny black bikini. She looks good. She's lost a ton of weight. I mean, she's also like in this story of like being mean to her. You know, there's these stories out there and she was accused of being mean of to the dancers. She's looking good as hell. Lizzo showed off her dramatic. That's the article, I guess they always do that. They, they, they referenced the song. Lizzo showed off her dramatic weight loss in a teeny black bikini. On Tuesday. The About Damn Times singer posted a video to Instagram of her doing wood therapy on herself while flaunting her body in the two piece. In the clip, the pop star who wore her hair in two braided pigtails rubbed olive oil all over her stomach before pressing wooden body massagers all over her body. That is what they call feeling myself. Listen, I've been there when you lose a lot of weight and you, and you got, you know, maybe you're out there, you're on the beach, you're like, I'm gonna throw some oil all over me and rub it around and I'm gonna take a video, I'm gonna take that picture. Maybe I wouldn't have taken. I think losing a lot of weight like that, like I will say from my own experience of losing gaining weight throughout my life, it is mentally just a tough thing. Like you have your ups, you have your downs. I mean, to me, in the similar way of like Brooke Shields talking about aging and being looked at one way and now looked at another way as you age throughout life. Like, I can't imagine it's easy for Lizzo. They show her fans praise Lizzo in the comments section of her post for how amazing she looked. Y'all mad she isn't faked and lifted and injected is not the vibe. You look amazing. Oh, so there's. Then there's debate over how you look. I mean, I would have turned off comments, no question. Over the past few months, musicians been showing off her slimmed down figure on social media, sparking Ozempic rumors over the past few months. However, on on September 2024, the Juice songstress denied claims that she was taking the celeb love type 2 diabetes drug drug to lose weight. What a sentence. When you finally get a zempic allegations after five months of weight training and calorie deficit, she wrote in an Instagram carousel. Yeah, it's weird. Like you don't have to hate on Ozempic to. It sucks. The whole thing is difficult. I like when they call her a flutist. The flutist joked that the allegations were like a reward after spending months in the gym. Okay, that's a good perspective. Lizzo poked fun at the Ozempic accusations even further by dressing up as the medication for Halloween. The Grammy winner attributed her weight loss to working out and eating healthier. Well, good for Lizzo. Here's her dressed as the as oic. Which hilarious. I think that's a funny costume. I'm not going to get into this article, but it is wild what goes on Page Six. And you know, listen, if you're. If you're in LA right now and you're dealing with the wildfires that are going on, I wish you the best. I hope you're getting safe. I hope your, your home is okay. I hope that. I hope just all, all of my good and positive thoughts to you. Page Six has a, has an article. All the celebrities impacted by the Los Angeles fires. Ben Affleck, Mandy Moore and more. They literally have a map of. It is like a star map that you would get on a bus to go look at homes of the stars. And it's like with the fire on it. It is wild. Eugene Levy, Heidi and Spencer Pratt. They're. They're right in the. They're. They're affected. I have a friend, I mean, I. There's a comedian that I was with last night and he. It's his story to tell, so I'm not going to reveal who it was, but a friend of mine, hilarious comic, he's in LA and he's literally on his phone looking at his Tesla app. I've never had a Tesla. I don't know anyone with a Tesla. But it seems like it's like owning a computer that can drive. I guess if you have the app, it can show you like the heat of your car. And he said that the app literally said to him, the car is on fire. That is crazy. So we'll do this last article. Actually, there's a couple here that I want to do. Meghan Markle will hawk her lifestyle brands products directly to viewers with help of Netflix. See, this is why people, people do not like Meghan Markle. She's divisive. Okay? To give. To be fair, some people love her. Meghan Markle will hawk her. I mean, you can tell how Page Six feels about her hawk her lifestyle brand Meghan Markle Hawker lifestyle brands products directly to viewers with the help of Netflix. Multiple sources tell page 6. The Duchess of Sussex 43 debute American Riviera Orchard last March with a soft launch on social media that included her gifting jars of homemade jam to high profile friends such as Mindy Kaling, Chrissy Teigen and Kris Jenner. But there have been many questions about who exactly is running the brand, who is funding it and what products will include. See, this is the thing. A source previously told Page Six that despite rumors to the contrary, Markle is indeed the CEO of her lifestyle brand. So, like, the doubt is like, I think people look at the royals and they're like, this is a brand that sells and if I invest with the Royals, we are going to make money. Now what do they want to sell? Oh, jam, sure, here's some money. And now we're told that Netflix also has a role in distributing products that will tie into Markle's new lifestyle show With Love Megan, which launches Jan. 15. She wants to be Martha Stewart. It's not the first time the streaming giant has released products alongside his content. When Netflix and Cupcake Vineyards launched a limited edition shark Chardonnay called Love is Wine. That's interesting. Last February, a companion piece for its reality TV hit Love is Blind, the wine sold out online within a matter of days. Oh, so they've tested this out. They're like, okay, we not only gonna watch it, this is. This is Netflix saying we're gonna be Amazon. Amazon tries to be Netflix and Netflix tries to be Amazon. They want you to be able to click on the screen and buy something right away and they get a piece of the juice. That's what's going on. And they're like, who can sell it? Well, nothing like a royal. That's what's gon people to watch the show. That will buy the brands. Who can be. This is like a casting job. Who can be our Martha Stewart? I don't know if it's going to work. I don't know. I think someone has to have culinary experience or like, you know, have to kind of show us that they've. But like Marco shows off her calligraphy skills with longtime makeup artist Daniel Martin. So like she's got experts on here and she's taking us through. I don't know. I don't know if she is beloved enough in this way. It is interesting. This is like future media shit because Netflix going more towards Amazon. Amazon going more towards Netflix. Amazon buying football games, having movies, having TV shows. Netflix, okay, we're gonna have a show where you can buy the Love is Wine Wine to go with your Love is Blind. Watch. I like a Kelly Ripa story because it feels like she is not. It feels like Kelly Ripa is a tough, tough bird. Kelly Ripa calls out potheads on Live after they boo her. You shut up in quotes. Some cookie monsters in the Live with Kelly and Mark audience got the best of Kelly Ripa this morning. On today's episode, Ripa shared that two fan favorite girl scout cookies are being discontinued. While she and Marquence will us were happy to learn that samosa, sometimes known as caramel delights, were not on the chopping block. Ripa confirmed that s'mores and toast. Yay. Cookies are saying goodbye. The latter of which were described as tiny French toast treats. I would pour that in a bowl and put milk on it, she said. However, what Ripa eventually said blew her mind was learning that you can purchase Girl Scout cookies online. I've been relying on my dealers, she quipped. And I don't need my dealers. I don't need them. It's like marijuana. You can get it anywhere. Now that's funny. Ripa then earned a round of applause, prompting her to tease the section of the audience where the appreciation came from. That's. That is wild that you guys just applauded that. She quipped. That is wild. Even for you guys, that's wild. What? See the. Yeah. Ripa seems annoying. That is. She says a great line. That is a great line. Oh, my God. You can get Girl Scout cookies online. You can get it anywhere. It's like weed. You can go anywhere. That's a great, you know, association. A great. That is. It's a great metaphor, I guess. I don't know if that's the right word. And then people are like, woo. Ripa. She's a smoke. You know, she's a pothead, too. Woo. And he's like, that's. And then she looks at the people who clap for what she said. That's wild. You guys applauded that. That is wild even for you guys. That's. What. What's wild? They like to smoke a little weed. It's. It's legal. As Ripa and Consuelos plan their Girl Scout cookie order, Consuelos mentioned Thin Mints, which Ripa then admitted she's not a fan of. I don't like Thin Mints. I don't like them. There, I said it. Lying in the sand. As the same rowdy section of the audience booed her admission, Ripa got riled up. You shut. Claimed so aggressive. When it's red. I'm sure it was more friendly on the air. Proceeding to approach the audience with a crumbled piece of paper. You know what? There are a bunch of potheads down there. She joked, pointing towards the same culprits. This whole section. Consuelos chimed in. Yeah, you. Yeah, you, lady. Oh, my God. Is that what he said? Yeah, you, lady. Boy, Ripa is carrying the show. She had this great line. And Consuelos chimed in. Yeah, you lady. That's not even a sentence. What is that? Wave to your family's potheads. The potheads like the Thin Mints. No surprise there. They dip them in the peanut butter at home, ripa added. How did Girl Scouts cookies turn so violent? Ripa was riffing. Does Qu Consuelos do anything on this show? What is it? They just want to the paycheck. Yeah, you lady. Okay, last story, and this is a big one. Jennifer Lopez's fairytale marriage to Ben Affleck turned out to be a nightmare report. So this is probably some investigative journalism. When they do report Jennifer Lopez is ready to close the door in her marriage to Ben Affleck as the finish the line as the finish line on their divorce approaches, the fairy tale she was promised turned out to be a nightmare in the end, a source told People on on Tuesday. So this is Lopez getting in front of the story that the divorce will be finalized, although Lopez is currently in a really good place. Yeah, it's coming from her. She just wants to close the door on this crazy chapter, the insider added. Right. Who else could this come from? Despite Lopez being photographed at her soon to be ex husband's home on Sunday, a separate source told the publication that they are not getting together. Well, okay. After Lopez filed for divorce in August 2024, an insider told Page Six she believed she was finally getting her chance at the fairy tale. She just really didn't stop to consider who the actual man was in the fairy tale, the source told us, adding that the big love Jennifer believes in is not in Ben's DNA. These are some pretty harsh words for Ben Affleck, they continued. Ben has a darkness to him that no other person can fix. His ex wife, Jen Gardner, couldn't fix it. It all, all the success in the world can f are these are fighting words. Lopez, 55, and Affleck, 52, officially settled their divorce on Monday, but it will not be finalized until February 20, the day before my birthday. The the two will both exit the marriage with what they respectively acquired during their union. According to tmz, the Oscar winner will keep his stake in his and Matt Damon's production company, Artist Equity. Affleck co founded the company with and so they go on. I mean, and they're keeping all their stuff and she's keeping the engagement ring. That's probably. It's a five million dollar engagement ring. He's probably like keep the ring and then that's it. They go into some other stuff. I don't know. This feels like it's her being like, let me make sure that I win this breakup. And I'm sure. Yeah, listen, they're getting divorced. They probably hate each other. That's okay. Let's just hope Jessica Alba is doing okay. That's all we can hope. Pop Culture Thursday back next week. Boom.