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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 alive from the West Village of Manhattan. That's right, it's a Pop Culture Thursday. Every Thursday, I go to Page Six and, and I click out some headlines that seem like fun and interesting articles to me. Then we read them together and that's the show. So this is. To me, this is a perfect. Put your brain on the shelf, let me take the wheel. And if you're here right now and you have a pop culture story that you want me to discuss, send it to the J Train podcast Instagram account at J Train Podcast. This is also me asking you to follow that Instagram account at J Train Podcast. That's very helpful for me. Also, also in other announce announcements, my YouTube channel. I'm putting a lot of work and energy and money into the YouTube channel. Every Saturday, I'm posting a longer clip from a show. So you're gonna see, like, the awkwardness, the funny, the crowd work from a show from somewhere in the country. I think that's kind of cool. We've been posting them V. The producer here has been helping me out and the response has been really nice. I've enjoyed it. But we want more people to check them out. And how do you do that? Subscribe to the YouTube channel Jared Freed on YouTube and like, and comment on those clips if you can. That's. I gotta say, it's embarrassing to say, to ask for that. It means maybe nothing to you and it means the world to me. And I think Gen Z is pretty good at that. Gen Z, it just seems like they favorite, like, hard everything and they understand that. It's like, just do it. Just, just, you know, just put it, put a little like there. And if you do that on YouTube, that, you know, how does that help me? Well, your, like, has a, you know, a digital footprint and they find what I hope it does. And this is the faith we have in father algorithm, so to speak. I guess the more the algorithm becomes a godlike figure, the hope is that the, that it works where someone like you, they put my video on their, you know, in front of their face because they're a lot like you and they like the same things as you. So that's, that's how I hope it works. I'm. I'm an idiot. I'm just a guy who talks to himself every Thursday about pop culture stories. So that's, that's my ask. I'm also coming to Montreal this weekend. There's a few tickets left. And then I'm coming to New Zealand and Australia. The the trip is happening. So exciting. All that good stuff. We have one sponsor. I'm going to get the sponsor out of the way so that we can get to the goods. The first article that I'm going to read. Here's the here's the the title of the first article. If you're a pop culture fan, if you're into like, Bravo breakups, Bachelor, the three Bs. Bravo BA breakups and Bachelor, this first article is for you. This is the the pop culture story of the last couple weeks. Rachel Kirk Connell reveals why Matt James ended their relationship. It came out of nowhere. Now I am. I've had a front row seat for the for Bachelor news stories. This is up in my wheelhouse. A story like this, of course I'm going to click on it. Of course I'm going to have an opinion on is interesting. When you date four years and say the breakup came out of nowhere, that is a misrepresentation. Now the way it happened and the only reason it becomes a bigger story as the days go on is because it did happen weirdly. So it is interesting that the breakup happens and she literally, you know, the way it seems to me is she got off a flight from Tokyo where she got broken up with or she broke up with him or she was forced to break up with him because he won't get engaged, whatever it might have been. And then she waltzes right onto the set of call her daddy to to to explain what happened, which is like if you're in the business of breakups, bravo. And you know, baches or and the Bachelor, you're like, you know, there's a group of people that are literally like foaming at the mouth for this type of opportunity. And good for call her daddy. She seems to be the place women go for the breakup debrief, which is a great space, I would say, you know, if I'm to like, you know, insert myself into the equation, if I'm Matt James or any guy going through a breakup, come on the U up podcast. We will give you a place to discuss your case because Matt James doesn't look great. Based on everything that's been sent my way and that I've seen. I don't do deep dives into these things. They kind of like, I don't know, it's a little icky for me. I don't like because to me, this is a breakup that Happened like most breakups do. We had Logan Urie on the show and I'm going to get to the article. And I know a little bit because I texted with my sister in law, my brother's wife. She had watched the whole caller daddy interview and she was saying it was very sad to watch. And she gave me a little bit of background there and then. I've been following the story because of the Bachelor and K York City. My co host on the Bachelor nailed it. She saw the post. So he posts this like weird Instagram post, and I wonder if it's still up because it's actually a bizarre post. Here's the post. It's them at the Nema Colon, which is where they did the Bachelor. He was the, like the. His season was the, you know, during the pandemic. His season was bizarre. His season, if you look back on it, is like kind of a crazy season. He's the first ever black bachelor on the Bachelor. He was never on the show. Usually someone goes on the show, we learn about them, we get to know them, and then they get cast as the lead. That's not how it worked for Matt James. He got cast as Tyler Cameron's good friend Matt James. Now, the story I always heard on him, on Matt James was that he was this energy, like, energy, energy, energy. This guy was a bolt of lightning, like, and he was in, like, kind of the fitness community in New York City. I hear about what goes on in the fitness community in New York City because I work with Forzag. Go follow Orzag. He's my trainer. And the way he talks about fitness people and how everyone knows each other sounds a lot like comedy where everyone knows each other. And when someone. My interpretation, when someone says, oh, that guy's all energy. He's all energy. To me, that's someone with not a lot of personality, not a lot to say. And then Matt James goes on the season and that kind of became true. He wasn't really. He was energy, but it wasn't like someone that you got to know. And then during the course of the season, Rachel, this picture of her at an antebellum party at school with, you know, she's in the dress and that comes out and she gets canceled while the season's going on for being in this picture at that party. And then Chris Harrison goes on to defend her a little bit. He gets canceled in the defense. And now we end the season with her actually winning while getting canceled after the season's already been taped and they can't say anything. And then they break up on the, on the, after the final rose. And then they end up getting back together and they become food influencers together. Like, that's a crazy, crazy tale of how they begin. And it's 2021. It is summer of 2021 when they get this following for he gets it for the Bachelor. She gets it for the Bachelor. And now they become a couple. Couples do well on social media especially men do better as a couple than they do a single guy. Generally, they're making food videos because it's working. I. That's the other thing. Like, whenever I saw his food videos pop up, it was a little bizarre. And also, I make fun of the bachelor, but he never. Sometimes people, you know, when I make fun of the Bachelor, sometimes people reach out and they say nice things and sometimes they say nothing at all. Matt James is one of the people that said nothing at all. Never heard from him, Never. No interaction with him. And I. And this was before I was doing the betrayer podcast where you would, you know, be put in a room with, you know, the Bachelor to do their, like, post show interview. Like, we just, we have a bonus episode coming out where it's us with Grant Ellis, the new bachelor. He was very nice, but he came onto our zoom. He goes, hey, man, I'm a big fan. Like, he, he knew of me, which was nice, but Matt James and I never had that. So I'm kind of watching from afar. I didn't follow him on any accounts, and anytime he'd come up as a food person, I was like, it felt like you asked chatgpt to make a food review. Like, his food reviews never seem to. They were very surface level. Never seemed to, like, be fun or have a joke or anything. And then Rachel was like, always kind of there. She felt like the camera woman. Like, she was just holding the phone. And to me, that shows you what the relationship is. Maybe that again, he's. He's out there dancing while she's thumbs up on the right side of the stage. So they end up breaking up. Here's the caption on the breakup. Father God, I mean, when you start the caption, Father God, that to me is you've, first of all, you've, you're aligning with any God people, you're going to say, okay, those are my people. They're gonna protect me. Because now I've said, you know, this is my team. Father God, give Rachel and I strength to mend our broken hearts. Give us a peace about this decision to End our relationship that transcends worldly understanding. Shower our friends and family with kindness and love to comfort us and remind us that our joy comes from you, Lord, with a broken heart emoji that is absolutely bizarre. I'm sorry, God person. Not God person. Religious, not religious. Atheist, whatever. It's a weird caption for a breakup post. It's not like he's a pastor. It's not like they met in the church and then it's a picture from when they were on the show. So let's get to the article that I've now like, you know, teased I was, I was going to read an ad, but let's just get to this. Rachel Karconnell reveals why Matt James ended their relationship. It came out of quote, unquote, nowhere. Bachelor alum Rachel Kirkano revealed why Matt James ended their four year relationship during their trip to Tokyo earlier this month. It was definitely out of nowhere. The reality star shared on Tuesday's episode of Call Her Daddy. He said that at the end of the day there were just qualities about me that he worries about having in a wife. I mean, she went, she literally going on Call Her Daddy and saying that you have gone to a mob holding pitchforks and, and you know, torches, like to go get the ogre in the castle. Like you have gone to the, the, literally the crowd there. Because listen, he said at the end of the day there were just qualities about me that he worries about having a wife. Like, she seems like a nice girl to me. Like you say stuff like that in a breakup because what else are you going to say, especially a four year relationship where you're ending it because you don't want to get engaged? What else do you do? Do you date for another year until he comes to the conclusion that he does want to get engaged? I don't, you know. So when I saw this post and K, my co host for Bachelor, she kind of nailed it. She was like, she nailed kind of what happened. What it seems like has happened is they go to Tokyo. There, there's talk of, you know, you would think they would get engaged on a trip like that. That's not happening. They're in Groundhog's Day. They're just being in a relationship with one person wanting it to be more and another person not moving it along. Matt James. And then I'm sure the conversation comes up and, and it becomes, it turns into a fight and then the fight turns into the breakup and it happens to happen in Tokyo. So then, so I mean, like, which is that that's not him. That's not her dumping him. If. If you. If you looked at it that way, you're misguided. That's her wanting more with someone and him saying, I won't budge, and her being forced to dump herself. There are things we aren't. There are things that we aren't compatible with. She continued, claiming James believed she had trouble taking accountability for her mistakes. Okay, I mean, I. Her. Connell, however, claimed she would always be the one to apologize when they fought, even if it wasn't. If she wasn't at fault. It was just one of those things where he, I think, just had this realization that I should want to propose to you by this time. That's the explanation. Not, you don't have qualities I would want in a wife. It is, I am not ready. I am not ready to get married. And if I can't do that now, I am actively holding you back from something you want. And I would rather be single than be in a relationship where I'm living beneath someone else's standards. And. And I think that's the only way to say it. Like, now, the length of time it takes you to get to that point is the length of time you're being an asshole. So, like, for Matt James to just keep rolling along, doing food videos while he knows he's with someone four years, you know, that wants to get engaged, and it's, like, the last thing on his mind. You got to tell her that before you go to Tokyo. She said, like, at this point in our relationship, I should be wanting those things, and I should be ready for that, but I'm still not. But I'm not still. I still don't feel like we're ready or I don't feel like I'm ready. I don't know if I ever see myself proposing to you. I actually can't see myself married to you, which is like, oof, that is. That is again. And, like, this is me empathizing with Matt James position. I think he did this all wrong. But, like, that sentiment of, like, I can't get there in my mind is a sentiment that's a real thing. And it's like, we. We just had Logan Urie on the podcast. She's like. She says she deals with all these men who are like, we either get engaged or we break up. And, like, it's crazy that it gets to that point, but that's where it gets to. Kurkconnell, 28, also claimed James, 33, told her she wasn't his perfect person. I mean these are things said in a breakup that like repeated sound like way worse. And I'm sure there's an element of her saying that to try and rid herself of liking him. Still, the Georgia College alum shared she left Tokyo earlier than her now ex boyfriend and received a notification about James breakup Post About James breakup post right before her plane took off her Connell explained she didn't have time to talk to anyone about the post, saying she was left without service through through the throughout the 12 hour flight. I mean I don't think there's any greater hell on earth than seeing a post as you're taking off that's about you and you don't have service for 12 hours. I mean and also going on call her daddy and saying this like there is no audience that would understand that hell more than that audience. It's actually funny like if you think about it, her going on the show that would like these things said on that show are like oh and here's the thing. She also revealed James heart of the moment breakup came after a tear filled dinner date. Everything was fine the night before. We didn't have an argument but I was feeling very overwhelmed, she said. I was trying hard to find a good dinner spot. On top of that I just started my period. I feel terrible. I was just having a rough few hours. Crocconnell claimed that since James is a food influencer, she wanted to find a good spot for him to review. At one point she recalled asking James for help picking a restaurant, which he refused to insisting it wasn't a big deal. So we get to his this place. It wasn't that I thought it was what I thought it was going to be, kirkconnell said. It was just one of those things where I'm tired, cranky, emotional on my period, feeling terrible, overwhelmed. But with looking at for a dinner spot for an hour and we get there and it was just a disappointment, I started tearing up at dinner, she continued explaining it was only a few tears and she was done. Kirkconnell alleged that James didn't say anything to her the entire meal until they returned to their hotel. He at that point she attempted to hug James but he wasn't receptive. Questioning why she was upset and questioned why she was upset, I explained him. I felt like I let you down. I felt like the that was disappointing and I hate going to a place that isn't somewhere you can that isn't somewhere you can post about. Oi. See this is the thing. It's it has nothing to do with, like, the restaurant and cranky and all this stuff. I've been in this. I've been in this. He's shut off, and she's doing everything she can to try and, like, draw blood from a stone. And he's out. He's been out. I think this is the buildup of probably a month of him trying to figure out a way to end this. James, however, insisted it wasn't that serious and. And discussed his concerns with kirkconnell. Being emotional, she said this on Call her daddy. This audience is like, I'm sure every woman listening is just like, you know, GR Ripping. They're doing the Arthur hand, just like, cracking their knuckles. The TV personality shocked fans when he shared that he and Kirkonnell had parted ways via an Instagram post, which included a prayer and a photo of the exes in front of the Bachelor Bachelor Nation mansion in 2021. Father got. So they give the. The caption I gave you. Initially, fans speculated James had been hacked. You know, people didn't believe it. The influencer ever seemingly confirmed that she was caught off guard by the breakup when she liked an Instagram comment that read, the more I'm thinking about, the more I think he completely blindsided her. Think the blindsided is with the post. And here, here's. Here's my interpretation of all this. And I think this is. This is a guy who is running at an 11 and he's trying to create a career, which is him being a personality of some sort. And the food thing in 2021 worked, so they kept doing it. I don't think they have a passion for food. I mean, every video was them at the places you've been to before or seen before. And it was her holding the camera, her next to him, and, you know, you know, doing the dancing, you know, on Tik Tok. You know, watch the video. Look at this. Food and food videos are inherently viral. You have the. The. The atmosphere, the space. You are in a place that you've never seen before, and then it's dish, dish, dish, dish, dish. Was it good? Was it bad? Would I come back? What's the vibe? These are, like, easily repeatable things. And what I think happened. And this is like 2020 to 2021. This is when people were popping off on TikTok. And I think he felt that pop off. He's getting this huge attention from food videos. They keep doing it. They're doing it together. It's a project they do together. And now you're in this relationship with someone that you're also a business partner with. And I, a lot of these people that got big on TikTok during those years, like you're seeing them not really doing well in the public eye. They, to me, I've always referred to them as child stars. They get this immediate huge amount of followers. They do it via the algorithm. There's no help. There was no place that popped them off other than in, than tick tock. So they're not really like, they're not really like, you know, it wasn't this like work that they did or they didn't do like, you know, this business center. They didn't have someone who helped them. It was all on, it was all me. So it's very me person. And then you kind of see nowadays they're, you know, they're trying to like bring, you know, do keep it going. And I think for a guy like Matt, what's the next move? I don't know. He probably doesn't know. And your career is connected to how you feel as a man. I think a lot your career is connected to how comfortable are you to move to the next step. And he's sitting there with Rachel and he's probably like, I don't know what I'm going to do next. And she's like, what we're going to do next is get married and have kids and, and move on to the next thing. And we'll keep doing these food things. And I don't think he has a passion for that in the way that, you know, gets him excited to do that with her for the rest of their lives. And that's to me, this is my interpretation, but I will say she did when you get off the plane. And so then it seems as though, because again, if you're thinking of like, why would he do this post? I think he wants to get to the next food post. Like to him he's like, we're broken up. I have to get this out there. Let me get this out of the way so that I can do the next sponsored post. Because here's what it does, here's what a breakup does. If, if you have to all these like public breakups, you have to. What he did of just putting up the post without talking to her about it, of how we're gonna announce this, it feels like he did this to get to other business. I gotta move on. And I can understand why that is a blind siding feeling that you feel blindsided because he's like, yeah, yeah, yeah, sure, sure, sure, we dated. But Let me put this God quote and move on to the next thing. So it's a wild way to go for him, but it also kind of like it's not as surprising from his side. Again, I'm a, I'm a bolt of lightning. Go, go, go. Tape me while I do this food review. We're broken up here. Put up the post. Let's move on. Let's get me getting ice cream. So we're sponsored J Train podcast. If you're oh Factor, I love Factor. If you're constantly running out of time, you're probably looking for any life hack you can find. Factor is a shortcut that's going to change the game. They send chef made gourmet meals right to your front door that take just two minutes to prepare. 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I'll talk about my view of it from on Patreon, but patreon.com Eric Freed, the comedian shared the story while appearing on the Tonight Show. Jimmy Fallon Tuesday Bradley Cooper I ran into this week, she began. I so I saw him and you know, how are you? And he said, you know, I turned 50 this year and she goes, you 50? Schumer laughed and admitted she tried to kind of recover, but she still stumbled over her words. I'm 43, but you know, I'm like, I will be 50, but I'm not 50, she recalled. I mean, I would be surprised to find out Bradley Cooper's 50 as well. Jimmy Fallon laughed and crouched this is what Jimmy does, crouched over his desk while pointing out that Cooper made a mistake. You 50? It was like, yeah, no, I'm not Bradley, you know I'm not. But thank you for thinking of me, she remembered while giggling. The actress has long been a fan of the American Sniper star and even gushed about how hot he is during her Saturday live monologue and 2015 wait, is he 50 or not? Did I, did I read this wrong? Is this a confusing interview? The Bradley Cooper I ran into this week, she began, So I saw him and you know, how are you? And he said, you know, I turned 50 this year and he go. And he goes, you50? So she thought he was. He thought she was 50. So who turned so he I can't believe Bradley Cooper's 50. He's the kind of hot where, trust me, where he's in when he's in front of you, you would just grab your ankles, she said, while people laughed like you wouldn't even mean to. You wouldn't know what happened. You would say things that you didn't mean. That's kind of how hot Bradley is. Schumer explained that she met Cooper at an event and was in awe. And when they chatted for 30 minutes, I walked away and I was like, am I dating Bradley Cooper? She quipped. I don't know how Hollywood works, but I'm pretty sure that I'm dating Bradley Cooper. The kind of pregnant star joke. She even went on Facebook to change her Relationship status from it's complicated to engage. Schumer told the story again on the Tonight show and joked to Fallon that she always harasses Cooper to get a few laughs. I feel very comfortable talking to someone that handsome. I feel very uncomfortable talking to someone that handsome. She confessed. He's really charismatic and he stares into your eyes and asks you questions, well, now I want to know, is Bradley Cooper 50? So I guess there's a misunderstanding of, yeah, he's 50. That is not the look of a 50 year old. I got to say. That is in your mind's eye. You do not look go. If you imagine 50 year old man, you are not imagining Bradley Hoover. I mean, I'm turning 40 and I get a lot of nice response. Oh, you 40? Really? I never would have thought. But I mean, I don't know. I don't know. The, the age thing is wild because you go, you know, the Golden Bachelor. Everyone thought the Golden Bachelor was going to be like, you know, the golden girls coming up in wheelchairs and they were like alive people. They were, you know, great. Vogue calls Melania Trump a freelance magician in. Listen, when these like high end magazine writers, when these like high end critics write a critique, they go hard in brutal review of her White House portrait. So I'm looking at her White House portrait. It doesn't. Vogue published a piece Criticizing Melania Trump's 2025 White House portrait, comparing her to a freelance magician. Here's the problem. Vogue has any critique from them of Trump and anyone around him is gonna get skewed as that they have a political bent, that they just don't like her. I'm looking at this picture of her of her 2025 White House portrait. It is a bizarre portrait considering what you would think would be in the White House. It looks like you're about to like. It looks like she's the new host of the Apprentice. Truly, if you go look it up, it's like her in a suit and she's got a white shirt. It's black and white. It doesn't look first lady. But again, she, you know, I guess if you close your eyes and think of 50, don't think of Brad, you know, you don't think of Bradley Cooper. And also if you close your eyes and think of the first lady, you don't think of her generally. Melania Trump was ripped to shreds in a scathing fashion op ed, op ed. I don't know why they're doing that. In Vogue, published by Vogue Tuesday, writer Hannah Jackson Ridiculed the First Lady's outfit choice and appearance in her I think to ridicule this to me it's more off than wrong. Which was ladies outfit choice and appearance. In her official White House portrait, which was snapped by Belgian photographer Regine Maha and released earlier this week, Trump looked more like she was guest starring on an episode of the Apprentice. Oh my God. This then assuming the role of first lady of the United States. She wrote, referring to the so I mean and I think Page Six has angled this more mean than it was because I don't think that's mean to say. I just think it's it is an odd picture to be the first lady portrait, referring to the black Dolce Gabbana tuxedo jacket, white button up and Ralph Lauren Cumberbun and the former model chose to wear for the picture. Jackson then added the choice to wear a tuxedo as opposed to a blazer or blouse made Trump look more like a freelance magician than a public servant. Is the First Lady a public servant? I guess I never thought of it that way. Is the first lady get a salary? I mean that is first lady salary. The first lady is not an elected position. It carries no official duties and receives no salary. Nonetheless, she attends many ceremonies and functions of the state. Well, either along with or in place of the President. So I think that's not a fair. You're not a public servant. She can wear whatever she wants. And she does make some choices with her outfits that make a splash. Like at the inauguration she wore that big hat. The writer then decided to take a more personal jab, claiming that perhaps Trump 54 she's 54. Again, no one looks the age that I think they would look. Refused to abandon theatrics for the portrait since she lived in a gold encrusted penthouse and her fame is so intertwined with a reality television empire. Yeah, I don't understand the need for this article. Jackson concluded her message with a backhanded compliment stating that the new photo was a step up, however, from the first lady's 2017 portrait in which her face was airbrushed into oblivion. I don't know. I listen, I read this article. You know, when I this does feel unfair to me. You can say it was off more than like making this like a personal assault. I don't know. Read Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni's flirty text while filming. It ends with us suppositories, banter and more. So I kind of we talked about the Justin Baldani story and Blake Lively story a little bit. And then it went into the territory. They're actually going to go to court. And it was like, for sexual harassment. And when it gets into that territory, I kind of back away. I go, who am I to have an opinion on it? Then Baldoni came back and he is like, full on. I've got the receipts, I've got everything on video. Let's go to court. And now the. And I went on TikTok and this guy, this one guy did like a three video. He read all the court papers, like, thoroughly. And now you're like, man, this is going to be a battle. Because these texts that got released early, exchanges between Justin Baldoni and Blake Lively suggests they had a friendly working relationship before things took a turn for the worse while filming. It ends with us. Baldoni and Lively both levied lawsuits against one another in recent recent weeks, with the Gossip Girl star claiming the director sexually harassed her on set, which he has denied. Droves of texts and emails sent between the two have now been released from Lively's original complaint and Baldoni subsequent $400 million defamation lawsuit. That is a crazy lawsuit indicating that they had a rapport at the beginning of the filming in 2023. So these texts are actually wild. It seems that they were flirty. She writes, I feel the same. It's such a good feeling to get work done that we're proud of and to do it together. It just clicks when we find it. And that's just as rewarding as filming it or editing it or marketing it or releasing it. This is all storytelling. This is why we do it. Thank you for your collaboration. I'm really proud of what we're doing. He writes, loved. I feel the same. It's such a good feeling. So he loved the message and he wrote, I like sentimental Blake. She writes, never met her. I also like asshole Blake. Don't worry. Okay, good night. He writes, she writes, I've met her. So have my suppositories. It's a funny line. It's a funny line. Do you write that to a co worker? Do you? You know, when you write, even him writing, I like sentimental bl, that's a little flirty. I would consider that a flirt. And then I also like asshole Blake. You know, I like the exchanges. I like sentimental Blake. You know, she writes, I never met her. I'm not that type. I'm not. I'm the cold bitch. And then he writes, I like asshole Blake. And then she's like, I've met her. Now she's playing along. She's playing ball. So have my suppositories. So have the things I've stuck up my ass. That's what she said. So to me, like, I again, and I will say working on a set together is very different than going into your accounting job. That those are very different vibes. But when you re read these texts, I mean, the article goes on and on. There's so much here that it's like, here's what I was, you know, because I walked away from this story. And then Jordana, yesterday, we're taping you up, and she's like, have you been seeing like, the, the baldoni Blake Lively thing? And I was like, I, I was like, it kind of got icky for me. And she goes, she goes, no, now it's back to being fun again. Which is funny. But she was basically saying, like, it's. It's now like, he. He may not be this monster, but I. And, and then my takeaway from this whole thing is like, like, to me, to me, this sticks on Baldoni way more than it sticks on Blake Lively. Like, that's my interpretation. Like, okay, you've been accused of sexual harassment. I don't think a lot of people come to your defense or they would have to really read into it to find out that, like, it was murky to see who you know. I think at that point he's, and I know he's trying to, like, get back his name, but, like, I don't know if that ever happens. Like, because I think most people are like me. They see, you know, they see that she gets, you know, cast as the villain, then she comes back with a sexual harassment suit, and then you go, goodbye. Okay, I, I guess he's. He's a monster. And then, you know, not a lot of people are watching the 10 minutes a guy on Tick Tock did after reading the whole case. And so now, like, I, I do agree there's a case that he has, like, he had an answer for everything. If you go watch, you know, some Tick Tocker, explain what happened, we'll do one more. Martha Stewart 83. So every Martha Stewart story seems to be about how she's hot. Like, it seems that, like, her whole career now is like, she's way hotter than you again. Age and, and beauty and age. And, you know, Martha Stewart being 83. Like, I wouldn't even think of her as an 83 year old. That's not. Again, shut your eyes. Does it look like an 83. What does an 83 year old look to you it looks like a, you know, your grandma with a big poof, you know, Q tip, poof of white hair. It doesn't look like Martha Stewart. Martha Stewart, 83 slips back into thirst trap mode with iconic unhinged Mac ad 50 Shades of Martha. Sweet as honey. Martha Stewart created a sensual video that included strawberries, honey and pomegranate for new Mac cosmetics ad playfully promoting the brands the beauty brand's new nude lipstick. And then you they show her. It seems Martha Stewart has gone from like homemaker, here's how to have great food and how to entertain to can you believe I'm still fuckable? Like that's the whole brand now. Is like you never thought you'd still want a fucking 83 year old. Now you do. Like that seems to be the whole brand. On Tuesday, the makeup company shared their new ad on Instagram featuring the famed chef as one of a few as one of a few new brand ambassadors. In the clip, Martha Stewart who just dressed in nude in a nude silk robe. Yeah, she looks amazing. Seductively eats fresh strawberries, slurps honey and eats pomegranate before applying a nude color of Mac lip liner and lipstick to her mouth. Okay, so I'm watching her. I mean literally, they show her with a strawberry and they have emoji water and it says slurps strawberry. Right? The whole Martha Stewart brand is. I bet you didn't think you wanted a fucking 83 year old. That's the whole brand now I'm Martha Stewart and I only wear Mac. Caption the post fans took the comments section of the video raving about Martha Stewart's new commercial. No, because this is the most iconic video I've ever seen. Commenter one user commented. One user Bruh. Whoever got Martha Stewart to do this ad is either a genius or unhinged. But it worked anyway. At another got her to do it. Look at she's licking a honeycomb with and now she's putting on the lips. Right? Like the these commenters don't seem to be up on their Martha Stewart because this is what she's been doing now for the last 10 years. When did I I don't know. Like I feel like that's gonna be her final like commercial will be her and an open casket. Can you believe you want to a dead 90 year old? I don't know. All right, pop culture Thursday. Back next week, boom.