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You're a nosy. You want the full. 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 then we riff. That's the show. That's it. If you have a headline that you read that, you're like, I'd love to hear Jared riff on this. Send it to jtrain podcast gmail.com. that's J train podcast gmail.com. i got a bunch of stories here I went through while sitting on the beach. I'm taping this on a Monday. Got a busy week ahead, so we're doing this Monday. I'm always going to be open with you, especially with this show. I want you to know when time of taping. T O T is pretty important because something might happen. And that always sounds. I hate saying that something might happen. It makes it feel. It gives me a little anxiety. A little, like, a little. Little touch. Like, you know, if you put, like, a little dab of milk into your coffee and it lightened it up a bit. Yeah. That's kind of the amount of anxiety that, you know, something might happen. Nothing's gonna happen. We're all gonna be fine. Okay. What if there's, like, a huge apocalypse and then you're listening to this and I'm like, we're all gonna be fine. You're like, oh, Jared was way off. All right. I won't even say that. Why would you say that, Jared? Okay, listen, I'm in a weird mood. I was just at the beach. It is just a gorgeous Gorgina day here in Del Rey. Gorgina day here in Del Rey. That's like a song. So I'm gonna do the ad, and then I'm just gonna get right to the meat of the show. The ad for me is sign up for Patreon. That is very helpful to keep this show going. All these links are in the bio. The Tomorrow. If you're listening to this on a Thursday, I'm in D.C. friday night. I took a chance. I've. People have always shown up in D.C. and I am so appreciative. 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They're smarter than the they put out there. Like, it's like some comedians I see the they put out there. I'm like, you're smarter than this. I know you. Wow, this is like a coffee with J train. Yeah, that's what you get every Friday if You sign up. Patreon.com Jared Freed so DC, Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Minneapolis and Chicago are coming next. That's my next spot part. That's the Midwestern garbage. I was just, you know, not, you know, just talking about I'm coming to Milwaukee, Minneapolis and Chicago. And also the YouTube. I always got to mention the YouTube. Bioma Health. Your gut has a massive, a massive impact on how you feel each and every day. Bioma keeps things in tip top shape so you can feel your best no matter what life throws your way. Bioma's blend of prebiotic, prebiotics, probiotics and postbiotics helps restore a healthy micro microbiome. You're gonna want to give Bioma a try and get things sorted down there. I am one of those people. I have given Bioma a try. 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If anyone from Page Six is listening. I know you got to make money. I mean, like, that's like someone complaining to me about the ads in the podcast. Like, this is what you get if you want to, like, let your brain melt. You're going to have to deal with Page Six. Taking a second. Joe Jonas gives rare update on his dating life two years after Sophie Turner split. I love a headline like this one because this is Joe Jonas. It is my belief this is Joe Jonas trying to put out a headline to put himself in the, you know, in the, in, in the ether, in the atmosphere. And, and they're like, what do we got? And he's like, and, and he's gonna give us nothing. It's gonna be nothing. This guy. Because his breakup with Sophie Turner, I, it again, I'm going by my memory. My memory is. There was some, it was, it was tough. My memory was that they kind of had it out in the news. So there's a little bit of Joe Jonas. If it's a rare update on his dating life, it is going to be what a. What a woman would want to hear about a man's dating life. Like, there's no way that. That this quote, whatever it might be, is going to be Joe Jonas being like, yeah, I'm just out here getting my dick wet a little bit. There is no way Joe Jonas, like, how's dating? It's great. I'm Joe Jonas. Women just throw themselves at me. I can fuck any woman I want. Like, he's not going to be like, it's amazing. He's going to say it's, like, hard. And it's, you know, thing. You know, it's, you know, I'm on the apps. Like, Joe Jonas is going to act like he's us. Like, he doesn't have 10 mil in the bank for retirement. Like, he's gonna. This is gonna be. And this is how your pop music is made. Joe Jonas is a pop star. When they write pop music for men or for young men, it is about heartbreak. How a woman would talk about heartbreak. That's why women love male bands. They. They're not. I've never related to a pop song. I like pop songs. I like Backstreet boys. I like NSync. The words, though, of them looking out the window on a rainy day, looking for the love of their life. I've never really had that. Maybe an ounce of that, but not enough to write a song and have a whole music video. I would be good. My music video would be 10 seconds of me going, should I have stayed with her? And then me going to eat and forgetting about it. So Joe Jonas gives rare update on his dating life. Two years after Sophie Turner split. Let's see what type of bullshit he's feeding us. Joe Jonas is still looking to catch that love bug again. I told you. I told you. The Jonas Brothers member opened up about his dating life. I am so right. The Jonas Brothers member opened up about his dating difficulties in a Esquire interview published day. Now, let me tell you what Joe Jonas's dating difficulties are. The only way this is honest. If he's like, listen, I'm famous enough where I can't trust anyone who tries to get close to me because I would assume that they're trying to, you know, either steal my money or use me to make headlines themselves to tell people how horrible I am. That is the only. And I have a child, and I have to be protected. Of the child. Those that Is his real dating difficulties. If it's, oh, no one will date me. This is so ready. The outlet noted that the singer, 36, does date, but not so much while on the Jonas 20 greetings from your hometown tour. They show him in a crop top. They show him with a like five o' clock shadow looking hot. Five shows in a row doesn't make it easy to meet someone for coffee. The former Disney channel star explained. How will I get coffee? I will say, if he had said, how do I choose from the hundreds of DMS I get after the show who to get coffee with? I would go, yeah, Joe's got a point. After insisting he's not dating on. After insisting he's not on any dating apps, Jonas clarified. I guess Instagram and TikTok are apps and I've met and I've met people that way. That is Joe Jonas getting ahead. The quote, I guess Instagram and TikTok are apps and I've met people that way. He has to say that because Rando Chick 101 on TikTok will go story time. He says he's not on the apps, but here's the dms and it's like he's answering the dms. He's seeing them. The actor's rare update on his dating life comes two years after he and his ex, Sophie Turner called it quits. He's gotta be careful. That would be a normal quote. Hey, with dating, I gotta be really careful because I'm to be with the four. Plus my wife, my ex wife ain't happy about how it went down. And I kind of. I think I remember he kind of accused her of, like, not being kind of there and great. The former couple had been married for two years and shared two daughters. And shared two daughters. It says shared will of five and Deline three. When Jonas filed for divorce, he filed. The ex's contentious custody battle ended one year later. By the time their divorce was finalized in September 2024, Turner had moved on with British. British aristocrat. This is the most aristocrat name you've ever heard. Are you ready? By the time their divorce was finalized in September 2024, listen to the name of the aristocrat Sophie Turner is now with. Turner had moved on with British aristocrat Peregrine Pearson. I don't even know if I'm pronouncing it right. Peregrine Perry. How do you pronounce peregrine? I. I'm such garbage. Peregrine pronunciation. I'm typing this in. But Peregrine Pearson is the most per grun. Okay, let's hear it. You can play it. Peregrine. Peregrine. Peregrine. I mean, if that's not you, that's. When you're an aristocrat, they must give you, like, a list of names. You can go with Peregrine Pearson. The third or the second Peregrine Prison. I guess they would go by Perry. How do you even. Sophie. Like, how do they meet each other? Sophie Turner. Hey, what's your name? Peregrine Pearson. Like, that's the type of name that someone else has to introduce you after playing a horn. Like, they go. And now arriving, Peregrine Pearson. And then Perry walks in, top hat, monocle, cane he doesn't need, and just looks around. He does. And then like, a. A waiter comes up with a martini. Man. Lot of pressure on the name Peregrine Pearson. Do, do, do. I always thought that was a good idea for any party. I always thought every party just so. Every party, I think, should have name tags and a trumpet name guy. Why are we doing this to each other? Why are we forcing one another to live in a world where names are, like, fumbled on. And who's that? What's his. What's his wife's name again? I. And. And you'd go, well, what if it's a party for. You've known each other 80 years. I don't care. I. I want name tags at every party. Peregrine Pearson, Asherton Buttersworth. Like, that's like. That's the same name. Peregrine Pearson and Asherton Buttersworth and Thomas McSnuggle stuff like. Like, these are all horn names. Unbelievable. You have. If Sophie Turner is, like, at Chanel. Like, hey, like, you have to buy such nice gifts with the name Peregrine Pearson. You can't cheap out. Oh, you can't. Can you imagine splitting a meal with peregrine bears? I'm like, what are you talking about? You got, like, gold bars in your pocket. All right, let's go to the next story. Joe Jonas really gave us something to chew on. Okay, so this next one. Now, Keith Urban and Nicole Kidman have broken up, and now we're getting, like, the flames thrown at one another. Keith Urban takes swipe at Nicole Kidman marriage with shady move on new show the Road. This is gonna be page six looking into something that's not there. Because what move could he do on a show that was taped to? The only shady move would be him being, like, saying something along the lines of, like, not saying he's married. Like avoiding I'm. But like it's tough to do when you're Keith Urban. I'm. I'm like you don't introduce yourself. Hi, I'm married man. Keith Urban. Maybe he didn't wear his ring Keith Urban seemingly took a swipe at his apparently unpleasant marriage to Nicole Kidman before she filed for divorce during Sunday's series premiere of the Road, which follows 12 emerging musicians competing to be Urban's opening act while he tours across America. What a that's a fun show because I think to open for Keith Urban, you're already got. You've got something going on. You're not like a nobody. He took the stage to sing his song Straight Line off his most recent album, high. Urban, 57, reflected on the message behind the track in February 2024, telling his Instagram followers that it's about winning. It's about wanting to break out of a soul sucking routine that you might be stuck in. Okay. Oh, Keith Urban, you're quite. What a fun, positive message. That's a quote. Wanting to break out of a soul sucking routine that you might be stuck in. I'd be like, Keith, are you okay? Like, what's eating at you? Soul sucking. The phrase soul sucking, you got to be miserable to use that, he elaborated. Maybe in a relationship, a job with creativity, with yourself, whatever it is. The country singer explained that he wanted the song to convey the idea of feeling alive again and getting out from under that dark cloud. Straight Line is the first track on the album for a lot of reasons, but particularly because it represents an energy and spirit that became a through line of the whole record. Okay, so when is the shade? Urban told his fans he was going to cover a lot of themes, emotions and vibes on this album, but a very human spirit runs through them all. Yeah, well, it's not an A.I. spirit. Um, @ another point during the competition show, the musician complains about being lonely and miserable while reflecting on the hardships of touring, noting that the show must go on no matter what is going on in one's personal life. News broke in late September that his and Kidman's marriage of 19 years was coming to an end. Sometimes relationships just run their course, a source told us. I mean, where's the swipe? Because he does this in an interview in 2024. So he plays the song. Is that what the. So this is a nothing article because they say it's from 2024 that these quotes are. During Sunday's premiere, he took the stage to sing his song Straight Line off his most re. So he saying, this is a bullshit article. This is. If I'm Keith Urban, I'm mad about this. I mean, to me there's a possibility this comes from Kidman's side where she is saying we gotta like make him look like he's a miserable fuck who. And so because this is quite a thing to connect that nobody would connect that. That's the problem when it's a swipe. Rando Joe me has to be like, oh, whoa, you can't force us into. That's like when those tick tocks are like, look at this guy who did or this woman who did. You. You. These tick tocks where they're like, this means this and that. You're like, no, no, no. If I didn't get there, we didn't get there to say that. He played the open. He played the opening track from his new album and you're like, whoa. That song he said in 2024 was about getting out of a rut. Nah. Team Keith. Okay, I am jealous. I mean, also, if Keith Urban wants to say something about the Nicole Kidman marriage and split, he can just write a song. Now that's the whole best part about being a musician is you get your opportunity to have your comeback in a song and if it's really good, we're all singing about how shitty your ex was. That's the win. The Britney Spears stuff is getting tougher and tougher to talk about. Britney Spears claims she has brain damage as Kevin Federline memoir drama rages on. So Kevin Federline, the. The Kevin Federline who. Listen, I feel for everyone involved. I feel for Kevin to talk about them like they're my neighbors. I feel for Kevin, I feel for Brittany, I feel for the children. I feel for them all in a, you know, in a way. I'm not like staying up at night thinking of their relationship. But like, Kevin Federline is known as like money grubbing backup dancer who wore a full jean outfit once. Like he, he's known as like dummy boyfriend who married the pop star. Like he was never, he never got like a good edit, you know, So I feel for him. So he writes this, this memoir and he seemingly needs money and now Britney's out here who seemingly isn't doing well and seemingly like, can be like provoked. And she says I have brain damage, which is like, I. That's like a version of what my mom does. Like to go like, if any feedback, you go, mom, come on, can't you just tell me about like you, like if you. Mom, come on. I told you about this yesterday. My mom goes straight to, I have been sick all week, so now you can't touch her. And that's kind of what Brittany's doing, cuz. Brain damage. What are we going to say? That's, that's the like of all the levers that you would pull in case of emergency. Brain damage is like, I'm backing away, I'm out of here. Good luck. I hope. I wish the best for you. I don't even want to read this. Like, like that is like one of those. You go, oh, Brittany, I hope you're okay. Like if someone, I'm just imagining, hey, how you been? Got some brain damage, you'd be like, whoa, nice to see you. Good luck. Is it okay? You know, like you, that is something that you say that changes every conversation. So if you want to like, like from Brittany's side, if you're, or her PR side, if you're looking at this like without emotional, you listen, if you're dealing with this in your life or someone you know in your life is dealing with that, I, I, I have empathy for you, I feel for you. But I'm saying in this like chess game they're in, if you're like, we got to reset this. There's a lot of stuff coming out from this book. Britney, it's time. Brain damage, let's go. Like that's the only option. Let's move on. This story is just, this story isn't a story. This story is purely one thing makes it clickable. Mick Jagger, 82, enjoys rare date night with fiance Melanie Hamrick, 38, at British Museum Ball. 82 to 38, you do you boo. But now, at 40, living in Delray Beach, 25 minutes from my parents and being around people in their 60s. 82, I can't even imagine what these two have to talk about. I can't imagine their sex life. And she's 38, she's still in it. Like you go, and again, it is Mick Jagger, you know, he looks good. But like when you say Mick Jagger looks good. 4:82, she's gorgeous. I mean she's obviously, I mean like she's got a look. I mean, yeah, she's odd. I mean, I mean, good for Mick, good for her. Like, I don't know if you want, I'm trying to think, would I go with an 82 year old? Because I'm trying to think like, you know, how bad could it be? I don't know. I just don't like. Here's what I don't like about this title. The age thing is going to be the thing that people would click for. What I click for. Also in addition to is enjoys rare date night with fiance at British Museum Ball. No girlfriend, fiance, or wife would allow their husband, fiance, boyfriend to call a invitation event a date night. It never counts. That's not how it works. I don't care if you're Mick Jagger or if you're Jared Freed or if you're Joe Schmo. If I ever referred to a ball as I guess this is our date night, whoever I'm with would be like, this isn't our date night. This is the event we have to go to. A date night is when you plan something and we go to dinner and have a nice night together without having to put on gowns. Like, there are such rules that go with whether time with your significant other counts or not. And I don't think Mick Jagger is above those rules. So I would love to see Mick Jagger look at his girlfriend or his fiance. I would love to see Mick Jagger look at his fiance and go date night. As they're going to the ball and see her reaction. Her reaction would be like, you're right. Finally, rare date night. No. Her reaction would be, no, this isn't. No, it isn't. It's rare. We get a date night, and this isn't it. We had to go to this ball because the Bergsteins are going to be there and they invited us. That kind of makes me happy to know that Mick. Mick Jagger is miserable, too. Like, even Mick Jaggers, like, calling a buddy, being like, would you call it a date night? That's a date night, right? We went to a ball, we went out. His buddy be like, no, no, no, that ain't. But call me. I'd be like, no, Mick. Not a date night. Date nights, very date night. Going to a ball. This story, I don't know how this happens. Brandy enrages fans after abruptly walking off stage during Chicago Boy is Mine show. Quote, beyond tacky. What happened? What could happen is if someone's, like, screaming out, if she's sick, I I screaming out, you can't go off the stage. You have to say, hey, security, get rid of this purse, you. I can't imagine what would make her walk off stage. Brandi enraged fans after she abruptly walked off stage during her and Monica's the Boy Is Mine tour in Chicago on Saturday. Brandi was performing her 1994 soul track Baby at the United Center. That's a huge spot. When she walked off stage telling the audience members, give me one second, y'. All. I gotta get my dot, dot, dot. Per a video shared via X. She was then seen approaching the sound crew backstage. Maybe she was sick. She's in a full like trench coat. It looks like she does look like she's walking away from a date in the rain. Like this outfit is very. Walk away. I'm done. One onlooker theorized that the R&B hitmaker 46 was upset about the sound quality and confronted the crew about the issue. That is a. That's a theory. But that's a theory that an onlooker like, I'm not trusting them. Monica 44 took the stage to finish out the show about 30 minutes later. So who goes on in between? Though the audience didn't get it. Get to hear her and Brandi's 1998. So she's out. When attendees realized Brandi wasn't coming back to finish the two hour concert. Two hours. They caused an uproar online. I don't blame them. You went for a twin headliner. Listen, I don't care what the reason was. I saw the tech issues early and let them slide. What? Credit one critic posted on Instagram threads. I. I saw the tech issues from, you know, section 302 roast 74. I let it slide. No, but you don't. That's. But someone should have called hold and made a quick announcement over the God mic. I agree with that onlooker. That's basic professionalism. Totally agree. You don't leave your audience confused. You say, hey, you gotta say something. You can't just go. Especially when people paid to be there. Of course. What else would you be there? I hope everyone's okay, but accountability is due. That was beyond tacky. I am with them. I don't know what tacky means. Tacky would be coming on stage with a bad excuse, like saying like, I'm not feeling it. I think that would be more tacky. What is the definition of tacky is one of those words that it's more of a feeling than anything else. I don't know. Maybe I. I'd like to know what it means. Tacky, slightly sticky feel. No, that's not the one we're looking for. It's a slang word. Tacky is slang for something that is tasteless, cheap, or of poor quality. Right, Poor quality. I would need the quality of the. Of her answer. I guess the concert is in poor quality. If you don't let people know. Another added via X. There's thousands of people who paid for a fucking show. Get it together. You got a problem with the sound, you don't storm off. Talk to your audience. Sing a cappella. No, no, no, no. That's the scariest version of all. Sing a cappella. They're like, no, no, no, no, no. I, I feel like that that's especially after a huge career, the 44. You've been in the business 24 years at a minimum. Your voice is probably not where it used to be. Yeah, just sing. Come on, just sing something. Happy birthday. Give us something. It's like, do a joke. Oh, man, I, I feel for the audience. I feel for her because something must have happened to make her walk. I don't think people just walk off. It would take so much for me, even at a club with 20 people. I think that's all the stories we got today. Oh, let's do one more again. I'm not gonna walk off like I'm Brandy. No. This is the promise of this show is 20 minute podcast and we have achieved that. We are in overtime. It's a 20 minute daily show that generally goes over 30 over, under, promise, over deliver. Sabrina Carpenter jokes about provocative image in SNL monologue I'm sexually charged. So to me, Sabrina Carpenter is the, like, I did this, I've, I've referenced this joke before, but I, I, I do believe Sabrina Carpenter is like girl hot, female gays type of stuff. Like she is pin up like from another. She knows what she's doing. I believe that in every way. Whereas Sydney Sweeney is like guy hot. They're both hot. But like, the respect given is different, especially when I hear feedback from women. Like, there is without a doubt unfiltered love for Sabrina Carpenter. Sabrina Carpenter jokingly doubled down on her provocative image in her Saturday Night Live opening monologue. Since you're here, I want to clear up some misconceptions people have about me. The espresso songstress told the audience. Everyone thinks of me as like horn dog pop star. No, I do not. I don't think everyone does. You're acceptably horn dog. You are friend who got up, got dressed up sexy that we're all cheering for. But there's really so much more to me. I'm not just horny, I'm also turned on and sexually charged and I love to read. So it's basically to me that misses the mark. I, I, I don't think, well, I don't know. And her favorite book is the encyclopedia because it's so big and hard. So the whole premise of the monologue was, I'm gonna use sexual innuendo to say I'm more than just this sex person. And then it's really not. So that's the turn. Carpenter, 26, also post poked fun at the controversy surrounding her risque Man's Best Friend album cover, saying, some people got a little freaked out by the COVID I'm not sure why it was just me on all fours with an unseen figure pulling my hair. But what people don't realize is that's just how they cropped it. Oh, I. So I am. I am having sex. If you zoom out, it's clearly a picture from the 50th anniversary special of SNL comedian Bowen Yang. Help. Helping me up by the hair after Martin Short shoved me out of the buffet line. I get it. This was fun. And they show the picture. The. I think Sabrina Carpenter is. Is h. A horn dog in the way you can talk about it with your mom. Like, there's not a bone in my butt. And then they show the picture. They zoom out, and it's by the buffet and bow and Yang. Who. Who didn't. He took a week off. I heard that was a crazy thing. Like, he wasn't even on the show this week. Um. Carpenter has previously gotten candid about her sex drive and being labeled the horniest girl alive due to her album tracks during an interview with Vanity Fair. I'm not. I, I. That's not the taste I get from her. Like, to me, she's. I've never thought of her as, like, whoa, Sabrina. And again, women love her. And I think she speaks to the everyday woman and how they like sex. Like, and says it in a way that it feels comfortable and, and kind and, and safe. I'm actually a normal amount of horny. She explains, saying that she doesn't take things too seriously during live shows. Man, writing out someone's jokes is just not fair. I'm sure this did well. I'm sure she was funny, but it's just not fair. I get. Because you're like, I get what they're doing. Like, I. She's absolutely beautiful. Like, she's an art project. You look at her and you can't look away, which is, I think, part of it. Like, the makeup is perfect, all that stuff. So Pop Culture Thursday, back next week, boom.