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Jared Freed
You're a nosy. You want the full sitch? Come to Pop Culture Thursday. Hello and welcome to the J Train Podcast. This is J Train Jared Freed coming to you live from Boca. That's right. Every Thursday. It's a Pop Culture Thursday. I go to Page Six. I am literally typing in page Six into my browser right now. I'm bringing it up. We go through headlines, I do a little riff sesh while we read the article and we kind of figure out. I got some great feedback about this specific podcast of the jcu, the J Train C. The J Train cinematic universe. I, I, it is. It makes me very happy that you guys like Pop Culture Thursday. The people who like it. Thank you, thank you, thank you. I, it really, it, this kind of feels like a massage to me. It, it, it just, I, I leave it and I go, ah, I feel a little loose. It gets the comedy juices stirring, so to speak, for me. So I, I'm really happy you like it. 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You know, be I, I hate, I hate what I'm about to say. I'm on it for business. Everyone says that to me. I'm like, well no, I'm on it because I like, I like it. But if you want to take, if you want to get, get away. If you're going to be on your phone, you're going to get away from it. My bookie. Great way to do it. Now I'm on page six. The first story. I feel like Jojo Siwa is a name that I've just known and I have no understanding of what the fame, the, the fame seems to be from fame. It's like, and I know she was on like dance moms or something and then she had a music career and then she, her, her, you know what her sexuality is, is, is a topic of conversation constantly. Maybe by her design. Here's the article headline. Jojo Siwa realizes she's not a lesbian after cozying up to celebrity big brother UK co star Chris Hughes. I don't know who Chris Hughes. Hughes. Okay, let, let me just be honest. I don't know who Chris Hughes is. B Big brother has seemingly been on a thousand years and I've never even seen an episode. Never Mind don't even know the concept of the show to me. And I have watched a little bit of probably every reality show literally ever made. And. And it's something I'm not. I'm not, not. I'm not proud of it. I'm not, not proud of it. I'm just saying that's the truth. It is all reality TV since a young age has always drawn me in. And Big Brother to me was like, they live in a house and you have like, whoever gives up living there, you know, loses. I don't even know the concept of the game. I just know they have like serious fans. And it's had commercials on every time I've watched football. So. But, so again, this headline is. This headline is English, but I don't understand it. JoJo Siwa realizes she's not a lesbian after I don't know even know if that is something you can do is realize you're not a lesbian or if that's even like, is that even like, is that a faux pas? Is that, Is that celebrity Big Brother UK? So not even the American like JoJo Siwa made a major discovery about her sexuality while competing on Celebrity Big Brother uk. Also, every clip I have seen from this iteration of Celebrity Big Brother has involved like Mickey Rourke ruining his career. Like, I. So this is my. Like, I know I know nothing, but I also know more than I can't. I the. You ever read those headlines? This is a headline where I'm like, I can't believe how much I know, but I know nothing at all. At the same time, I've always told myself I'm a lesbian, but I think you. I think being here, I've realized, oh, no, I'm not a lesbian. I'm queer. The pro dancer. Pro dance. Is that what we're calling JoJo Siwa a pro dancer? What is a pro dancer? What is there a league? Pro dancer to me is you are backup dancing for JLO in a music video. That would be a pro dancer. I don't know what the jobs are for pro dancer. I would think teaching choreography, that would be a pro dancer. You know, being a Knicks dancer, being a basketball cheerleader, a football cheerleader. I guess I. There's someone that's a pro. No, you can do this, you can do that. Like, I don't know. I think being here, okay. The pro dancer told co star Danny Beard a RuPaul's Drag Race UK aluminum. So anytime I see TV show and UK TV show, Australia, Celebrity Big Brother UK, you're like, money is being made. RuPaul must be like 100 millionaire. I think that's really cool. I'm switching letters, she said, referencing the LGBTQIA+ community. I. I guess if she's saying it's okay. I didn't know you could just switch. I mean, to say, I don't think you can accuse someone of switching letters, but you can say it for yourself. I would. I would assume that's the case. Siwas epiphany comes after she and other her other housemate, Chris Hughes engaged in flirtatious behavior throughout their time on the show, in which celebs move into a house and cut off all outside contact. When does that become difficult? Cutting out all outside contact? The former dance mom star. Yes, this is a. That's what I thought. Who was in a relationship with a person named Kath Ebbs and the Love island alum, who is heterosexual, have been seen cuddling in bed together on several occasions. I can't believe they do this on tv. I can't believe they have this. That they make their money off of being a public figure and they're like, let's jump into bed together and cuddle while the cameras are rolling. Hughes, 32, also recently asked Siwa, 21, to lick chocolate off his shorts, and she obliged. This is 2132. I don't know. I can't believe no one's saying this guy is being a creep. The two also shared an intimate moment during a confessional interview when the so you think you can dance judge confessed. She is also. I guess that's what a pro dancer would do. Be a so you can think you dance judge. She is also having realizations about her gender identity. It seems this JoJo Siwa was the casting decision of the year. I have to say, what a win to have a recognizable name who just doesn't mind tossing out very, like, headline clickbait items. Like, to be like. To be honest, to be on, like. Like, when you go on Celebrity Survivor, I don't know. They don't have Celebrity Survivor. When you go on, like, a celebrity version of a show, you expect it to be like the Nerf version. Like, you're not. Oh, yeah, we'll go live in the house for 10 days and I'll wink, wink. I'll hug one of the other celebrities and maybe we're flirting and then I'll go back to my life because I just picked up a check for a hundred grand. Jojo Siwa got into Celebrity Big Brother and was like, I'm doing it all you're gonna hear it all. I'm, I'm, I am it. Maybe that's why she's been so famous for being on Dance Mom. She just doesn't mind getting involved in these like, very hot topic, hot toppy, hot topic, top hot take topics. You have female, you have. This is her quote. You have female, you have male. I've met a lot of females, love them, don't feel like I'm them. I've met a lot of males, love them, definitely not them. She explained while the sports presenter sat beside her. I've met a lot of people in my life that are non binary and these beautiful non binary people are who I feel the most like. And it's, I don't know, it's something that I want to say about myself yet, but it's something that is confusing. It sounds like a 21 year old like living out their life on TV. I, I don't know if that's like, this is like stuff you go through in college, right? And she's doing it on tv. Like, I, there's got to be someone. And, and what do you say? Like, hey, JoJo, this might not be the venue. And then the casting people were like, thank you, JoJo. Seawalk. Now here's a, here's a click Beatty title. Penn Badgley, who's in the store, who's in the TV show? You. Penn Badgley explains why dating Gossip Girl co star Blake Lively was a quote, struggle. That is you got Penn Badgley, women love him. He's a good looking dude. You got Gossip Girl, a show that just pops. We just know it. Nostalgia bait. And Blake Lively, who is this lover, hater type of person. Blake Lively is, you know, like putting on like, like, like literally like putting honey on your clickbait and throwing it into the beehive and everyone. And again, man explains why woman, woman, woman, who women aren't generally hot on was dating her was a struggle. Like, this is like the most click. Penn Badgley admits that dating and it's going to be because of distance or something like this won't even be. This is how clickbaity this, this, this, this website is and I love it. Listen, I'm a Page Six fan, but to say like, I, you know what they're doing right away they're like, hey, Blake Lively, who women seemed to not like so much dating her was a struggle. Says young man who all women find attractive. Like, oh, we're clicking, we're all wet. Penn Badgley admits that dating Blake Lively was a Quote unquote struggle while they were filming Gossip Girl. That show was like 20 years ago at this point. Back struggle where while they're filming Gossip Girl together back in the day, during his appearance on Alex Cooper's Call Her Daddy podcast Wednesday, they the used star. I have to say call her Daddy. I'm sure the publicists and Page Six publicists like they have, they have like a, a can that's attached to a SP string to one another. Like I'm sure that's the case. But they're just booking any like they know the most. Whoever they're working with. They know the clickbaity people. Penn Badgley, the is just who played Dan Humphrey on all six seasons of the hit teen drama, talked about how his on and off screen romance with Lively and her character Serena Vanders. Serena Vander Woodson was hard to separate. That's got to be hard. You're dating in the show and then you're dating off the show. It's like when are you practicing? When are you doing lines? When is this for real? There are many differences between film and television. One of them is that when you do a film, you, you do it once and you kind of give it your all and then you move on whether you want to or not, Badgley, 38, told host Cooper 30. And then there's a bunch of pictures. Badgley further stated that when you shoot a TV show, you're doing it constantly. That is a good point. Like we were love interests in the movie, we did it, we do, we, we move on. When you do it on the show, like you work together, that's like going into your office every day. Due to how successful the CW network series became, fans began associating him with his CA character. What starts to happen when you're in this one role for a long time, the aspects of celebrity being a part of it, a huge part of it. There is not enough separation, I think, for anybody, he explained. You're seen as this person. You're called their name out in the street. You also constantly have to be that person at work. I had that, you know, I, I don't think I'm speaking out of turn, but Dan Soder, who's been on this show many times and I just did an episode of his podcast that'll come out at some point. He had people coming up to him and being like, because he was in Billions. And then they, you know, and Dan's in a. Dan's like one of the best standup comics there is. And you have people Coming up to him. Billions. And it's like you start to resent your other thing. I had. I have that. I. I had that the other day. I talked about this. I don't know where I. They're all meshing together. I had a woman come to me on the street. You. I. You're the second tick tocker I've seen today. And I'd be like. I was so depressed by it, because I was like, you want to be like, but I'm a comedian. Like, it's like, almost like you're yelling at your mom. Because it's like, though this person recognizes you, they like your stuff. Obviously. Maybe they're not saying it the exact way you'd want them to say it, but this is an acknowledgement that I like what you do. So you're. You know, for Penn Badgley, he's like, but I'm Ben Badgley. You know, it's like, no, we like your character. That's why I'm going to yell whatever the character's name is. I'm sure, you know, I don't. I never watched the show. Ben Badgley, who was in his early 20s during filming, said he didn't have the emotional maturity to understand how to differentiate himself from his role as Humphrey. In terms of self worth. I mean, here's what I always loved about Gossip Girl. Just hearing about it, they didn't really try to make this nothing. Like, they didn't go. There was no artistry here. They're like, we're going to do a show about rich kids on the Upper east side. What's her name? Evander Woodson. That would be the first. They didn't even go to the second idea. What's his name? Humphrey. Humphrey Humper Dunk. Oh, that's the rich kid. Like, of course, what people seem to think of Dan seemed to be what people thought of me. Oh, okay. So is. Damn Humphrey. Okay, that's. I mean, it's just. It feels like the first name that came to their mind was what they used. Lively 37 and Badgley dated on and off from 2007 to 2010. After the split, they remain cordial on set. Well, this is so to me, if we're like, to look down, like, what is this? Their professionals. A source told Us Weekly at the time they're still good friends and hang out on the set. Two years later, the A Simple Favor actress tied the knot with Ryan Reynolds on a South Carolina plantation. Lively and The Deadpool star, 48, have welcomed four kids together. Okay, so then they get into like, their relationships. Badgley married Domino Kirk in 2017. The couple share son James who was born in 2020. And the Half Blood singer, 41, is currently pregnant with twins. He's got twins on the way. I just saw him at the Knicks game. Good for Penn Badgley. Everyone seems to like him. There are a lot of people that are team Penn Badgley. Okay, so let's go. How about this one? You know, I tend to go to the trending now section. Dave Portnoy, 48, confirms he's dating Carmen Dialoa. Tough one to pronounce. D apostrophe A L, O, I A. That's a. That's a great wordle word. Dealoa. I'll go with Dealoa. Cameron Dealoa, 26, a year after awkward TV moment. What was the awkward. Well, this is a great one because Portnoy is clickable. I always thought he was closer to my. I didn't know he was 48. Uh, Carmen Deloa. If he's. That means they've been dating a while. If he's coming out and being like, we're. We're official, that's a real relationship. Dave Portnoy is back off the market. The Barstool Sports founder confirmed he's dating Carmen de Loa. I'm going to go with the lower. I'm apologies to Carmen or Cameron. It's a very confused. Okay. C, A M R Y N D. Aloha, Cameron. D Aloa. I gotta get it right. I don't want to get it wrong if I'm at the wedding. A year after they were awkwardly caught together during a live NBA game. I see a year later, they're, they're putting it out there. During an appearance on Sunday's Drop a pin podcast, Portnoy, 48, made the revelation while recalling when he was rescued by the US Coast Guard after his boast lost power in Nantucket, Mass. Last year. So here he is. Oh, so he's in the background. They. The Barstool Sports former founder confirmed he's dating Carmen Cameron. I'm sorry, Dullo. A year after they were awkwardly caught together during a live NBA TV game. So this is the problem. Like, it's funny. Like, you know, Bravo fans get a lot of shit for being like, too into the characters. Barstool fans are the same way. I mean, I'm looking at the game right now. It's Dan Van Gundy and Brian Anderson. Like the, it's the reporters for the game. And literally behind them is Portnoy. In between them, you wouldn't you'd have to really look. And then he's next to a woman like and, and it's like these gossipy men were all like, oh, who's he with? I thought about jumping off the boat at one point. He shared before one of the podcast co hosts asked Port 1 of the podcast goes, hey, I think it's Donnie Wantons who I like. He does their like travel stuff and I think this is his podcast. Donnie's great. He's good on Twitter. He does some really cool videos. I'm looking for Donnie Wonton, the. The Wonton Don. Donnie does. He's got a great YouTube the Wonton Don. This guy. He has committed to being like the travel guy for Barstool and he's been there for years. He's great. And I'm not like a big follower of the of, of the the bcu, the Barstool cinematic universe, but it's funny. They go, they wouldn't even give him a name before one of the podcast goes asked Porto if his mom Linda was also on board the 28 foot vessel. No, originally it was myself and Cam, a girl I'm dating. I was like, oh, he slipped. I was like, you have to get off and tell somebody. I have no communication. You recalled referring to Diola 26 as a nickname. So she, before we got too far, dove off and went home and called the harbor master. Portnoy added in 2024 the pizza reviewer was first spot. They love doing that. They love using the worst. The pizza reviewer was first spotted hanging out with Dale during an NBA Finals game. They weren't spotted. She's very beautiful. She looks like. She looks like Rob Gronkowski's girlfriend, which is really not what I Cami, she looks like Camille Kostic, who I met and came on the UF podcast and I should remember her name. I mean, Rob Gronkowski was on my favorite team. Camille Kostick was cool as hell. She looks a little bit like her, I would say say as Porto and the blonde beauty watched the Boston Celtics take off. So that was the slip up. At the time, the Model 30, shared in a tearful video on TikTok that Portnoy had been one of had been the one to end their relationship. Oh. At one point, the social media personality could be seen turning to D to make a remark with a smile on his face as he reacted with a cheeky facial expression. It was the first time Portnoy had been publicly seen with another woman since he split from Silvana Mojica in November 2023, after three years of dating. At the time, the model. Oh, this. I read it out of order at the time. The model, 30, shared a tearful video that he had ended. Been the one to end their relationship. So this is. So then they go back. This is what they do at Page Six. They make a. They. They make mountains out of mole hills. He basically slipped up on this podcast and that became news. The question is, is he mad at them for keeping it in? But I would. That is more. That is way less than we're together, more than we're not together, is what I would say. I love this. I mean, this is quite an article title because we would all want to know. We want to. We all want to know. It's like this is a clickbaity article because it's political, but it's not Baron Trump. People just. I think it is interesting to people, the kids of the president, the kids of, you know, just the president, because you don't really hear about the vice president's kids now here and there, maybe. But, you know, there have been movies made. First kid was a movie with Sinbad. Baron Trump can't give out his phone number. Here's how he communicates with his college pals. To me, I do want to know how Barron Trump communicates with his college pals. This is, to me, this should, this should win awards. That clickbait. That is the type of clickbait where it's like, you have to click on it because like or dislike, however you feel politically, you do want to know how does the first kid communicate in 2025 with people he's met at NYU? He's gaming the system. We hear that Donald and Melania Trump's son Baron, 19, has a new mode for talking with college pals at nyu. It was previously reported that the Trump scion, I think that's how that's pronounced, who was constantly followed by Secret Service agents on campus, had been asking peers to talk online via Discord, the chat app for gamers. This is when you realize that you are, in fact old. You didn't know what Discord was. You don't know how to talk on there. You didn't know that gamers had this other app where they're chit chatting. This is a you are old article. We hear that that's how he's now talking with friends on another gaming platform, Xbox. He has added it to his repertoire, says the source. It's his communication platform of choice. He is tall. He has got some length. TMZ had reported that Trump hardly exists on campus. Moving in and out of class quickly, surrounded by Secret Service, making it hard for him to make friends like a normal college student. I can't imagine him making friends in college. How do you do it? Aside from, I mean, you can, I guess you could never get, aside from politics with anything Trump or anything currently. But how do you make a friend? And that's the other thing. Like with his, you know, it is just such a lightning rod. His name. So was Bush. So was, you know, Obama, you know, I guess Biden. What? How do you have a normal life? Our source tells us that the 6 foot 7. 6 foot 7 freshman connects via gaming platforms because he cannot give out his phone number due to security reasons and to keep his number from getting out to the public. It was. It's his workaround, says the source. He's still troubleshooting. There is no. I, He. I can't. His number is to be fucked with. If anyone got his number, especially 19 years old, any party, you can't. I don't understand how he would do it because if anyone got his number, they would want to brag. Another 19 year old, you know, whose number I have, Baron Trump. Let's fuck with him. Let's see what we can figure, you know, and then that's even the lightest version. It can go down the road, you know, very quickly. It can get bad. Okay, I like this article. Nostalgia. It's got it all. I'm just making sure. An Ashley Tisdale article. Okay, we'll do three more. Actually, I want to, I want to do this, this one article too with Walter Goggins. So we got three more or four more. Okay, I got an Ashley Tisdale. I got a John Cena. I got a Joshua Jackson. I got a Walter Goggins, Ashley Tisdale, who looks so much like. And I hope I hate look alike stuff, but I think she looks pretty and I think this is a nice thing to say. The now Kelly Knight, the, the. The celebrity, you know, my, my psychic reader. My, my. She's done my reading on the UWA podcast. I hope I'm not speaking out of turn. They do kind of look alike. I, I saw this article and I was like, is that Kelly the modern mystic? Well, I don't know. I'll message her. I don't know. I would feel weird. They look a lot alike. I'm looking up Kelly to, you know, to plug her. Everyone should go follow. Maybe I'm getting it wrong. Let's. This is live. This is live. Live podcasting. People, the Modern mystic shop. She has the shop in Atlanta. They do kind of look alike. I'm looking at Kelly Knight. Yeah, well, Kelly Hagan. Kelly Knight. They look okay, go follow Kelly. Underscore Knight, but it says Kelly Hagan as her name. Okay, again, Ashley Tisdale. All right, I'm going down the article. Is she still in high school? High School Musical fans were shocked to discover Ashley Tisdale is almost 40 years old. This is one of those articles. Ashley Tisdale's 40. And then you go, wait a minute, I'm 40. This is one of those articles. It is so annoying because it's like, can you believe this person is this age Is a page Six article. This is the headline. Ashley Tisdale leaves High School Musical fans in disbelief with viral TikTok video. And you're like, what could make them so. You know, what could make everyone in such. What could put these people in such disbelief? Oh, it's just her age. Which happens to be my age too. It is a weird thing. You're like, oh, my God, Ashley Tisdale's 40. As I'm sitting here, 40, going, I'm 40. Like, I say that as if I'm 23. Ashley Tisdale's 40. So are you. Is she still in high school? High School Musical fans were shocked to discover Asher Tilsdale is almost 40 years old. Why is it so shocking? The former Disney star, 39, posted a close up video of her age defying skin to her TikTok account Tuesday. How I thought I'd look at for. Oh, it's one of those videos where she puts on the old filter and then she's like, how I thought I'd look. And that's now look at how I actually look. And then it shows her how she actually looks. Yeah, she's beautiful. What are we talking about here? And the video is meant to put people in disbelief. How I thought I'd look at 40 versus how I actually look. She wrote over the clip in which she used a face filter to make it look like she had wrinkles and bags on her eyes. The first version you go, oh, look at Ashley Tisdale. And then the second you go, okay, good for her. Tisdale then removed the filter to reveal her real complexion, which appeared smooth and wrinkle free. Almost 40 and still feeling 25. She captioned the post, which was set to DJ Cool's 1996 hit Let Me Clear My throat and has racked up more than 8 million views. Here's the problem with this video, you it only goes viral. The problem with this video where you're like, hey, look how old. I thought I'd look at 40, but here's how I actually look. It only goes viral if you look way younger or way older. That is the crap shoot you're kind of getting involved in. So you have to be sure you are going way under what people thought you would be. So you have to really know. This is a. This is a risky endeavor because you don't want 8 million views because you thought you looked younger than 40 and you actually look 50. Fans of the actresses 2006 movie flooded the comments section to express their shock at her age. Oh, she got the dopamine hit she was looking for. It could have gone bad. It can go bad. Sharpe Evans will never age. One person commented on the post, referring to Tisdale's character in the trilogy, 40. Girl, you were just in High School Musical yesterday. A second person chimed in, See, that can go in such a horrific direction. 40. Weren't you in High School Musical yesterday? You look 80. It's so this is such a thin line between the best and worst day of your life. You're still 25 to me. Because if you're 25, I'm still 15. I'm not entering my 30s. No sorry. A netizen wrote or joke. Our queen never aged. A fan exclaimed, yeah, she looks fantastic. It's. I think it's a hilarious thing how close someone else is going to go, oh, if Ashley Tisdale can do it, I can do it. And they're going to find out. They don't look so hot anymore. Embarrassed. John Cena admits he got cosmetic procedure because of bullying by fans. Just not cool. Now I know exactly what this is about because I was watching John Cena when he, like, made. He made his heel turn. So. Which means if you don't watch wrestling, John Cena became a bad guy, quote, unquote. And when he became the bad guy, there was. He had a. He had a bald spot, but you could tell he was like, covering it up and he. He was doing what he could. John Cena got a hair transplant for a bald spot after being bullied by WWE fans. It was very noticeable in the. You know, and it's like, how mean are you? You know, how miserable are you are? You mean in the sense that you comment, is that a bald spot? And then you're a dick? Or you mean, like regular mean, where you send it to your brother and go, wow, I didn't. John Cena with the bald spot. Like, I did. Like, that's a normal, mean person. You chant and you make them so you chant and you make me feel small and you embarrass me, the train wreck actor said on the Pat McAfee show during the WWE World Fan Experience in Las Vegas Monday. You all don't know what it's like, what that's like. Cena continued. I mean, this is a passionate plea to, you know, stop being an asshole. That is straight up bullying. That's just not cool. I don't like it. Oh, my God. And it's also like, he knows he has it. But I'd always seen him with the shorter hair. He had longer hair that was like the pro wrestler 47 sarcastically added, so thank you for bullying me into getting surgical hair replacement. That's how far y'all pushed me. Oh, he's like, I didn't want to get this. I was comfortable until you made me uncomfortable. The Peacemaker star, fresh off winning his 17th WWE Championship at WrestleMania 41 on Sunday, said fans made signs mocking him for his bald spot. And that's the thing, when you get the surgery, your hair falls out because the new ones have to grow, he explained. So the old one falls out. Cena then turned toward the enthusiastic crowd and said, and you guys, by the way, thank you for being so aware of my needs and emotions because you guys ripped me to shreds for a genetic problem that I can't control. I'm with John Cena. Listen, I to. To loudly yell at someone, you're balding is the thing to do. I. I will say I did. I remember the moment where I was like, I sent it to my brother, being like, oh my God, like, he looks like a an older guy, but it's also because you feel old. It goes back to the Ashley Tisdale thing. Now I'm apologizing for myself. He continued that this isn't cool. You guys aren't cool to me. What do you think? Is he doing the heel turn here? What do you. What did you think? I I did it. I'm in the Rumble trying to win, and they say, how's the bald spot? Like, that's not fair. I can't control. Control that. It isn't fair. It's coming from a. An asshole. One of you sons of could have pulled me to the side. Cena quipped, hey, John, nice to meet you. You're missing some hair there. You should probably get a transplant. Like, it's like, no, come on. People age. Though the Fast 10 star claimed to be working on improving his hair situation, he confessed Takes a while for it to come in. That is the thing. It's coming in, man. It's coming. Hopefully in a couple months. It looks better. We dealt with this on the UF podcast a few weeks ago. You know, men kind of like doing this plastic surgery, which it is, and dealing with it in their own ways. We had a woman wrote in about hooking up with a guy who, you know, he wouldn't take his hat off during the hookup. And it's like, yeah, if you can't handle, like, the. The growth process, you gotta sit on the bench, you know, like, listen, I got my own insecurities, you know, but hair is not one of them, thankfully, I guess, you know, I. But I don't keep my T shirt on during sex. You gotta get over it, you know, To a certain point. Joshua Jackson reveals where he stands with ex Katie Holmes 25 years after the breakup. There's only one answer to this. Joshua Jackson didn't go on. You would have heard about this already if it was like, I hate that. No, Joshua Jackson and her probably have a very nice relationship. Joshua Jackson revealed where he stands with his ex Katie holmes, more than 25 years after their breakup. The actor shared who. I gotta say, Joshua Jackson is in that cruise ship show where he's the doctor. Guy's in incredible shape. He is buff. The actor shared who. Who remains in contact the actor shared who remains in contact from Dawson's Creek while discussing how the cast rallied around James Vanderbeek following his cancer diagnosis. I didn't even know. Busy Phillips and Michelle Williams are very, very close, and Katie and I are very close. He told Modern Family star Tyler Ferguson on the Dinners on Me podcast. Tyler Ferguson needs a podcast. He should be paying his audience for listening. I'm sure he's a good guy. I've seen him, I think, at the gym. He was at Barry's Boot Camp once. This guy's got billions of dollars on in residuals. He was on one of the most. You know, does he. Do we need him having a podcast? I could sit with Joshua Jackson for a dinner. Dinner's. Yeah, dinner's on me. I would hope it's on Tyler Ferguson. The guy's got $100 million. Noting that his connection with his co stars is strong despite them not staying in regular contact. Well, it's nice to know that they get along. Joshua Jackson not as buff here in this picture with Tyler Ferguson, but he is on that show. It's not a daily call. Sometimes it's not a weekly or monthly or even half yearly call. That means they're nice to each other and they like each other and they're just lives have gone in different directions. The idea of the monthly or weekly. Joshua Jackson. Stop it. You have a call every now and again when something pops up. Like James Vanderbeek sadly being diagnosed with cancer. And you talk to each other and you guys are cool. You have each other's number. You could text them anytime and it wouldn't be weird. Then let's not get into. You have a weekly with. With Kate Hudson. Last one. Walter Goggins is everywhere. His tick tocks of him and the righteous gemstones are everywhere. The white Lotus star Walter Goggins lets it all hang out in tiny yellow Speedo. Speaking of buff, Walter Goggins is in great shape. I think he's a little guy and now he's in the Speedo. Here's the thing about being a little guy. You, you photograph great. Like, I think if, I think if you saw Walter Goggins on the street, you'd be like, he's so little. Like you would be like, oh my God, if I found out he is 6 foot 3, I would be shocked. Let's look it up. Because I mean, if he is, then this guy is jacked. Because let's do height 5 10. He's taller than me. God damn it. This was a horrific thing to find out. That means this guy is chiseled. The White Lotus Star 53, stripped down for the COVID of cultured magazine. Letting it all hang out in the tiny, tiny yellow Speedo. He must be 1% body fat, this guy. Showing off his toned abs. The newly minted Hollywood heartthrob paired the bright swimwear with a brown suede jacket by Zenya and jewelry from his personal collection as well as some wild cowboy boots. I jacket looks good. The jewelry is understated. Showing off. I mean, he's got abs like crazy. I don't know. To me he's. I. You can't not look at his package and you go, guys doing a good job. But I don't know. I don't buy it. I think there's some fluffing going on. I can't believe a lot of ball here. Showing off his toned abs, the newly minted Hollywood heartthrob. Right? He's a heartthrob. Now paired the bright swimwear with the. Okay. What a fabulously creative and wild fucking day. The actor captioned pictures from the shoot which took place in Santa Monica. He's having a moment. I don't think I'll ever be allowed back on Santa Monica Pirdi Joe Cinema Perry joked. Fans were rightfully a got agog at the steamy shots. I guess I'm supposed to work after this, okay, one follower quipped. Another user was on the same page writing, I'm gonna need a full business day to recover from these. Here's the problem with a shoot like this. Walter Goggins is in good shape, so I don't think he's going to have this issue. And it seemingly he's been in good shape his whole life. If you get in great shape and you can't hold onto it, these are the pictures they do as you're before. And look at how Walter Goggins has lost it all. When he is in the best shape of his life at 53, good for him. But also I think he's been in shape his whole life. Like, if I were to get down to this weight and have this body, this would be the before. Well, I'd be the before now, this would be the after. And then if I fell off, this would be they would now become the before and after. It'd be the what happened to Jared Freed? As if anyone would write about me. All right, Pop Culture Thursday. Back next week. Boom.