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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 Manhattan, New York. I don't know what to call it. I was saying the West Village when I was living down there. I'm in a hotel in Chelsea on the island of Manhattan. That's right. Every Thursday is a Pop Culture Thursday where me, the comedian goes to Page Six, clicks on some headlines, and we riff. That's the show. It is the perfect podcast to put your brain on the shelf, let it melt a little bit. Here are the problems of the problemless. You know, for the most part, these are celebs who are doing generally well. Should that matter? We're not trying to be mean. We're just going over the stories that Page Six is feeding us. But this week is a little bit different. I did ask for your pop culture stories that you wanted me to go over. And my, my call has been answered. You have responded and I am very excited. I have three listener submitted pop culture stories. We're going to do those and then I'll go to Page Six. If. As far as announcements are concerned, I'm taping this New York because I, I mean, well, there's no, there's no ad this episode. So you're ad free. I'll do an ad for myself. The Patreon is five bucks a month. You get the Friday episode. That's Coffee with J Train, which is basically my diary. If you're sign up for Patreon tomorrow, you are going to get an episode of that. It talks about my move from New York to Delray Beach, Florida. You're going to hear about me performing for the, the Mets baseball team. Yeah, that's right. Your boy J Train went to Citi Field and performed for the Mets. Also the owner of the Mets, Steve Cohen, a billionaire, the guy who Billions was based off of. So that's Coffee with J Train. That's already taped. Because sometimes with Coffee with J Train, I have the stories, I have the tales, and it's just time to tape. So that's already been taped. It comes out tomorrow. So I, I can give you a good ad for it in place of an ad. But listen, if you go to the description of any of our episodes, if there's something that dawns on you that you're like, oh, I could use factor, or I could use, you know, I can't even think of another caldera or the, you know, the, the finance tools that we use Go to the description of all of our episodes and you can find promo codes there to use at your leisure. So I have three pop culture stories from you, the listener. If you want your chosen pop culture story read on this show, send it to J Train podcast gmail.com. that's J Train podcast at gmail.com title@popculture Thursday, maybe put the date at the top. That could help. V. V, our trusty producer. Help her out. Put the date the pop culture story or put the date Pop Culture Thursday and then link to the story. So I have three in front of me and the the last announcement. This weekend I am going to be in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Assemble. Let's go get those tickets. Assemble the group chat tickets. Jared free dot com. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Huntsville, Alabama. London, England. Yeah, that's the trio. So there's more dates. There's more dates coming. I think Chicago is getting added is on there. So jared free.com jared free.com. let's go to your stories. This is for Pop Culture Thursday, submitted by you, the listener. And I don't go to these first. This is from the NBC 4 Los Angeles website. Sydney Sweeney selling soap made with drops of her own bath water. This is one of those headlines that I'm like, good for Sweeney, bad for society. Sidney Sweeney's like, okay, I have gotten enough interest in my bath water from enough creeps on the Internet. I. You. You had to have heard this enough for this to happen because it would be weird for Sydney Sweeney to go, hey, you know what? We should sell some of my old used bath water. That would be weird because someone go, what? What. What made you even think of that? Well, you know, people are obsessed with me. They would want my bath water. There's got to be some creeps out there who want a little taste of the. The old Sweeney stew. That would be weird. That would be weird now. Or an executive, her assistant, her agent going, hey, Sydney, baby, you know, we should do sell some of your old bath water. She'd be like, what? What. What made you think of that? And they'd be like, no, no, no. I just was thinking, like, there's a bunch of creeps out there who might want just a little taste of Sydney via the bathwater. And you're like, hey, dude, that thing that sounds like it's your thing. What made your brain go there? So this to me, the most logical conclusion other than creepy agent or capitalist pig Sydney Sweeney, is that she has gotten enough DMS being like, hey, Sydney, weird ask, can I get your bathwater do you package it? Do you plan on selling it? It's like when someone asks me if I'm coming to Pittsburgh. Jared, I would love for you. I know you would never come here, but like, you know, Pittsburgh, we have people, we, we need to laugh. We would like a show. Sydney, Sydney, your bath water. You take baths, you're not using the water. There's people out there like me who might want to, you know, just bathe in it themselves or drink it or just look at it on a shelf like that's so. And then they put it in soap to make the whole thing less weird. Here's my bath water soap. Winky wink. You know, that's the. You can now purchase Sydney Sweeney's bath water. Kind of like again, how did we get here? That's the question. The Emmy nominated actor and Hollywood heartthrob. Because Sydney Sweeney, this is the thing about Sydney, she's classically beautiful. She is a Betty Boop of sorts. So the bathwater thing and people becoming obsessed with her, that happens. I can understand people becoming that way and I can understand her having a number of creeps just looking for weird items. Like Sydney Sweeney could probably open a whole store of use things you didn't even think of. Oh, yeah. The bath water is down that way. The spit from when I brush my teeth in the morning is down aisle two. Old underwear, aisle one. Half eaten apples, that's in aisle 13. You know that she could do this because she is one to be obsessed with and she's in the public eye. Okay? So I don't know. I just. My, my main question, how does this come up? The Emmy nominated actor in Hollywood heartthrob is promoting a new soap that's made with a touch of water. Sweeney took a bath. And I wonder what the laws are here. You know when Subway, like they were selling 11 inch subs and people were like, wait, I'm gonna sue for the full foot long. You can't call it a foot long without it being a foot. So that's gotta be part of this too. One year after a bathing Sweeney appeared in a Dr. Sasquatch. Okay, she's. She owns part of Dr. It's Dr. Squatch, which is a, which is a soap company. They were. Dr. Squatch is in this like kind of extreme ad world where they do things to get attention. They even were hiring. They offered a lot of money to. For comedians to do sets on their platform. They have all these comedians with like really well done videos and they offered me money to do it. And. And I was like, I don't want to give away the material. Like, I want the material. Like, I don't. I don't need Dr. Squatch. You know, I mean, I'm sure people have had viral videos from it. One year after a bathing Sweeney appeared in a Dr. Squatch body wash promotion. Promotion. The two have now collaborated to. Collaborated to launch Sydney's Bathwater Bliss. And they show the packaging, the packaging that Dr. Squatch has. It looks like this normally. Like, I have the Captain America version. I think they sponsored the podcast. This has a cartoon picture of her, and it says Sydney's Bathwater Bliss. They do really make it look respectful and classy. It's not her. Hey, here's some bathwater freaks. Like, that's what it should say. Sydney's in on it. Which again, makes it okay. You kept asking. Here's the Instagram post from her. You kept asking about my bath water. Oh, so it does get less creepy. They did have a campaign where she's in a bath, and I'm sure that sparked the idea for the creeps there. At the very least, these creeps were inspired. I guess you kept asking about my bath water after the Dr. Squatch ad. So we kept it. Introducing Sydney's Bathwater Bliss, a very real, very limited edition soap made with my actual bath water. Available June 6, 2025 at DrSquatch.com. it's got to be an upsell. It's got to cost more. You kept asking. So I just read that. For those looking to lather up, the limited edition soap will go on sale Friday, June 6th. So that's tomorrow. $8 per bar. I don't know how you buy this. Again, they're making a limited supply. Soap cost zero. It's back to the conversation and how this comes up. Okay, we've gone over Sydney. I mean, they show her in a bath with the soap again. She's got the blonde hair, she's got the. The two bangs coming down. It is very, like, male centric. The whole look, the. The lips, the. The. The this, The. The suds. How do you. You would have to. To buy this without being weird. You would have to know a huge Sydney Sweeney fan in the way that, like, a dad is, like, hot for a celebrity and it's cute any other way. Very difficult to get away with this just being on your shelf and you guys going, oh, that's cool. Yeah. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. Sydney Sweeney bath soap. Bathwater soap. Cool. Only 5,000 bars of the soap will be made with Dr. Squatch awarding 100 bars to Lucky Bathers via giveaway. I don't even want the giveaway. The giveaway. I. I don't know how to explain. Yeah, I wanted in a giveaway. I'm kind of a Sydney Sweeney fan. All right, let's go to the next story. We spent enough time on Sydney Sweeney's, you know, creep fest. Okay, so here is a page six article. My. And it's about again, I don't go to these before. It is about my new TikTok follower. I am a follower of hers as well. We have followed each other. Bethany Frankel, 54, claps back at criticism over Miami swim week Runway thong. My daughter is proud. Here's the thing. I don't like when commenters are given this kind of power. There's no I, I. And this is. This is Bethany Frankel 101. Take an extreme reaction to your extreme thing and argue against it. Create the news. Because there's no one who of normal standing and in society that would go up to Bethany Frankel in the face, in the flesh and go, what would your daughter think of this bathing suit? This is. Create your own News story 101. Bethany Frankel is a genius. She is a genius for marketing. So I. That's the thing about. I've always respected Bethany. I watched that first season of Real Housewives during the pandemic. That is Shakespeare to me. That whole first season is Shakespeare. That is the. And, and with. What's her name? Who's the woman that was the Real Housewives? She's got the daughter. Ally Cast NYC original. I can't believe I'm forgetting her name. The original cast, Bethany Frankel. No, not her. I just, just Ramona. How is she not in the top? Dorinda, Ramona Carol. Jill Zarin. The Jill Zarin, Bethany Frankel storyline was Shakespeare. If you go. What you can go back and watch it. Bethany, you know, not poor, but like young, young woman trying to make it in New York. You look at her apartment, it's a very normal New York City apartment. It is not Real Housewife as we know today. Jill Zarin, kind of the queen of the social scene in the Hamptons. This is the way they, they, they wrote it, whether it was written or not. I'm just saying that's the way they kind of played it. And then Bethany's rise, while Jill, not really appreciating the rise. Jill, her best friend. I wonder if they talk now. Bethany was staying at her house at the Hamptons and it just erupted in this, like, it did seem like jealousy of. And I've. I've interacted with Jill more than Bethany and. And her daughter. And I don't know, I always would wonder what a real talk about that would be like. But I. I mean, I. But here's the thing. Bethany Frankel on that show, when she started in the skinny girl margaritas, and she's going to, like, farmers markets with it, she's a marketing genius. She knew there are people out there that want to have a margarita and they want to feel good about it. So when I see. Bethany Frankel, 54, claps back at criticism over Miami swim meet, swim week, Runway thong. She knows she's arguing with losers. They are not on her level. But Bethany Frankel hit back at the haters who. Mom shamed her for walking in the sports. Like, the person that. Would mom shame the beautiful woman who does a. Who. In a. In a weird way, I can understand the empowerment someone takes away from that. Look at her. She's a mom. She's. She's of a certain age. She's in her bikini, flaunting around now. She has an amazing body. She looks amazing. She's wealthy, and she has the time and energy to work out, and she eats well. And all this. All these things that you can consider a privilege. But it is a nice thing to see a woman of her age walking. But the idea that the, The. The person that would go up to her and go, you know, what would your daughter think? Like that. That. I don't think that person exists. I think we've created a straw man, and the Internet gives us that strawman or person that the Internet gives us. Because. Let me, Let me do an exercise with you, okay? Imagine someone living in Brooklyn that gets really angry that people in a coffee shop are using a certain sweetener. Like you have a picture in your head of a certain person that probably looks a lot like another person listening to this podcast. You've. You've all painted the same picture of the same person. The Internet does that for us. We find a commenter who's like, how could you? And we just say, oh, people are mad. No, no, no. One crazy person. And the other crazy people that they've met via the Internet, if there's one crazy person who would be mad at a woman for going down the Runway and what their daughter would think about it, in each town in America, that's one person in the town that everyone thinks is crazy. But then they band together all the towns in America. Let's Say there's a hundred thousand towns, there's a hundred thousand people, but that's a hundred thousand crazies whose opinion don't matter. So I, I, this is a fraudulent story. This is a story that Page Six is going to post every single time. Bethany Frankel hit back at the haters who mom shamed her for walking in the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit 2025 Runway show. Let's, I mean, I want to see the comments. The Real Housewives of New York City alum reacted to critics who slammed her. See, no, they're not critics. Critics are, that's a, that's a role that someone, I guess anyone can be a critic. That's the problem is, but I, I to call them critics elevates them. These are lonely losers who have no repercussion for their comments. Slammed her for wearing a thong bikini for the Miami Swim week event. As a mom to a 15 year old daughter, Bryn, in a rant on Instagram Sunday. What would my daughter think of me being in a thong in a fashion show? Frankel, 54, wrote in the video before adding in the caption. The answer is proud. That's the thing. Now again, this is Bethany Frankel PR101. Now she's empowered. Now she's got her own group that is bigger than the other group because her group actually exists who don't care. If you don't care, you're on Bethany's side, of course. What, who the you, you know, if there's a crazy person going, how could your daughter look at you? And I may, I'm looking at the suit. It's normal. It's not even like a, a thong that I would look twice at. I mean she looks beautiful like. And here's a picture of her and her daughter. You miserable people. Said Bethany. You just, she's, she is a genius at this, at this. This is to me, this is a world I don't want to be in. This is, you know, I could go on, I had someone, I put up a video and the whole thing is I like to go on hinge and use the voice note to do a crazy voice note. That would be crazy. I just posted one. You can go look. And it's like me rant. It's like a rant. I and the prompt says a rant. And I'm like, I want a size 33 weight. I'm a, I'm a size 34 or I'm a size 34 or a 36, but I'm really a 35 and I hate that odd number pants never get made. And so it's a whole rant about odd number pants. It's all about being between sizes, which sucks. I am constantly between sizes and I talk about my body and my weight all the time online. And I had someone write back, you're more like a 40 waist or something. And which to me, like, I'm doing the joke. You're just adding. You're just being an angry person. If I went on, yeah, oh, those people saying that I'm fat. And then it's like, now I'm, you know, anti fat shaming. You know, like, this is an easy war to wage. You miserable. People said, again, it becomes people. What would your daughter say? Frankel said in the clip the Skinny Girl founder shared with her fans that her daughter, who she nicknamed Peanut, had just called to congratulate her on her model performance. The peanut just FaceTimed me and she said, mama, I saw you. You did so good. Get him, Bethany. Frankel joked that she corrected her daughter's grammar by telling her, I did well. Okay. Before proceeding to recall Bryn's kind words, she said, you did so good. She said, you have such a cute tush. Mama. She didn't say any of those things. She didn't say, no, no, no. This is all a creation of Bethany. This is her. This is, this is, this is like Reddit. This is porn of a certain. She's writing empowerment porn. You have such a cute. My daughter says I have a cute tush. No, she didn't. She said, you look like you're 30 years old. Maybe that's more believable. I. If I ever said to my mom, you have a cute tush, I, I don't know. No kid says that to their mom. Frankel said her daughter's compliments were so sweet before turning her attention back to her trolls by noting, so we know how my daughter would feel. The Bravo Liberty explained that the fashion show was an excellent way of teaching her daughter and young girls again. Now we're back to empowerment porn. This was an important fashion show to teach young women. And again, I agreed in the beginning that this is a form of empowerment. The minute you say it, though, I roll my eyes. Let us, let us take empowerment where it lies or not. The other young girls about the importance of body positivity. Bethany. Body positivity. You're. You're. You're a 10. This is crazy. I mean, I'm looking at a. Oh, my God. I'm seeing the. There's a picture of her In a leopard print, one piece. I mean, this is. This is not body positivity. I'm positive her body looks hot. No one would disagree with that. Like, for anyone, anyone to say bad things. They're just trying to stir the pot. They're trying to be contrarian. She's in an age where kids have hormones and they're developing and skin, and it's the skin and it's the bodies, and they're not used to their bodies and they're not comfortable in their own skin. And other kids could be so cruel. Yeah, that's going to happen no matter what. Franco went on to say that Bryn missed the show because she was spending her last weekend of school with her friends. I wish you were here with this group of friends because, like, the body positivity and the women, like, owning their body. Oh, enough, Enough, Bethany. See, Bethany wouldn't buy this. Like, if someone went to her and interviewed with her for Skinny Gal, you know, LLC or whatever, the. She would roll her eyes at them, too. That's why I don't buy this. All right, we got one more from the listeners, from you, and then we'll move on to page Six. We're already, you know, the. The promise of this daily show was 20 minutes. We're already at 20. No ad here's what I to say to you. Let me. Let me be my own. Bethany Frankel, sign up for the Patreon. The Patreon's great. We don't. Here's how I know the Patreon is well received. I don't lose a lot of subscribers every month. We go up, so. And then we keep. So that's pretty cool, especially. And I'm truly, like, I'm not going to go into Bethany Frankel, like, empowerment porn, but truly, it is like, it means the world because the. The Internet is a free space mostly. So, like, you know, people putting five bucks a month to hear me do my diary, and it is my diary. I'm warning you. It's me complaining about my life, and I have a great life. So if that's going to annoy you, don't sign up. That's. That's probably a. Not a good place for you. Cardi B makes Stefan Diggs romance Instagram official amid messy divorce from rapper Offset Stefan Diggs. Now, I think Stefan Diggs plays for the Patriots now, and I think he had, like, kind of a thing go on recently where he was on a boat and there was some sort of controversy. Touchdown. Cardi B has made her relationship with NFL Star Stefan Diggs Instagram official as her bitter divorce from rapper Offset rages on. I have to admit to something as a human being. I like music, but I don't can know how. I'm not great at connecting the artist to the music. So I know Offset is a is a big star. I know that Cardi B is a hu. I know more Cardi B songs than I know Offset songs. But that means she's more success or has more hits. That's. But that's okay. I'm just saying I'm. I'm gonna. I I know all the names here. I know Steph Stefan Diggs, Stefan Diggs. I keep messing up the name he was in. He played for the Bills, he played for Houston, and I think he's now with the Patriots. The Grammy winner, 32, took to Instagram Sunday to share a series of recent snaps, including a loved up photo of the duo on a yacht during their Memorial Day celebration in Miami last weekend. They look like they're enjoying each other's company. The WHOP Hit me here's the thing. She's going through a divorce. Messy divorce from rapper Offset. The Whop hit maker also included a steamy clip that showed her twerking on the NFL star in a black swimsuit. In the video, the New England Patriots wide receiver, 31, can be seen smacking her behind. Good for Stefan Diggs. Other images included countless lush bouquets of red roses likely gifted her from Diggs and a video of Cardi B showing off her sparkling diamond jewels. Chapter 5 hello Chapter 6 she captain she Cat captioned the post shared with her 163 million followers on the platform. Diggs last week found himself in hot water. This is what I'm talking about. For his very friendly interaction with a group of bikini clad women during their re during the recent yacht party. Okay, A source told the Daily Mail that the up hip maker was mad at her new man for flirting with the ladies. Girls will throw themselves on him all the time, but she wishes he wouldn't be a scumbag and flirt back, an insider told the outlet. Okay, so we have some drama in her new relationship. Still, it appears as though the new couple isn't letting a minor blip stand in the way of a new romance. The pair first sparked rumors. The new romance comes as the rapper is in the midst of a messy divorce battle from Migos alum Offset, with whom she shares three young children. In the latest development, the the Bodak yellow hit maker claimed that Offset has only seen their youngest child, eight months old Blossom a handful of time. Eight months. That's. That's upsetting. Only a few times since the baby's arrival in September. I didn't know she had a baby recently. I said, you can see my kids in my house. She added, I want my daughter to feel the love of her dad. He hasn't seen his kids since March. The rapper has yet to respond. This is a sad story, but it looks like she's handling it well by hanging on a yacht with with Stefan Diggs and I guess Offset might be asking for support, which that's what the listener wrote in. Well, we wish them the best. Let's go to the Page Six. Let's, let's see some stories. I mean this Megan Marle interview is going to be making the rounds. Megan Marle went on a podcast that is like out of it truly looks post apocalyptic. It is. And now Brook Shields calls out Too Precious Megan Markle for Awkward south by Southwest panel gig so Brooke Shields I once saw at a restaurant and then the bartender was like she's the most awesome person ever. And I think she was by herself and like was talking with the whole bar and like all the women were talking with her. She looked to be well received by the group around her even though they didn't know her. So I mean Brooke Shields might be a good source. Brook Shields didn't hold back when sharing Comments about Meghan Markle's awkward appearance at 2024 south by Southwest panel. The actress, along with the Duchess of Sussex, participated in an international Women's Day conversation called Breaking Barriers. Shaping Narratives. How women lead on and off the screen. I again, I know Megan Markle wants us all to believe that she is this rag to riches tales. And if that's something you believe and you like hearing, good for you. I'm not going to like shame you. That's not the brand I know her to have. To me, she dmed with a prince, an actual prince, and it worked out and now she's on panels. I can't believe anyone buys that. I can't. That's the hard part for me. It's not that Meghan does it like if I was Meghan Markle, I would start a charity. And if I had this, this in me that Megan seems to have in her, she has a, a pursuit. I would say no one want or start a company where you're the shadowy figure behind the company. This front facing thing where she's telling us it's empowerment and leading and she's telling people on a Podcast. How to. How to make sure she has a podcast about starting a business as a woman. This is crazy. If you have unlimited, we don't want to hear your story. The PI. This panel was moderated by Katie Couric at the iconic. How do you think Katie Couric feels? She's going, hey, Megan, tell these people how to, you know, how to break barriers. How do you DM a man who is the prince of England? Katie asked the first question of Megan and she talked. So now Brook Shields isn't buying it either, which makes me like Brooke as well. Brook Shields again, who? Brook Shields was a. Let me give credit. I don't want to be like the miserable gremlin here. Brooke Shields career is actually unfucking believable. You know, this is a supermodel who then was the lead. Wasn't she a supermodel model and actress Banner. She was in. She was a model. And then she became, oh, no, maybe I'm thinking of someone else. But I mean, she was suddenly sued. Like, like, I'm just saying the width of Brooke Shields career is pretty wild. She's an actress and a model. She was. She was a child star. So fine, you're a child star. But like, to a lot of child stars, don't pan out. Blue Lagoon. And then she went to Princeton. Did you know she went to Princeton? Shields suspended her modeling career to attend Princeton University, where she subsequently graduated with a bachelor's degree in romance languages. In the 1990s, Shields returned to acting and appeared in minor roles in films. She also starred in the NBC sitcom Suddenly Susan. Okay, she was on that went for 496 to 2000. She led a sitcom on NBC. Like, to me to go from Princeton to sick. Like, she's an unbelievable talent born in Manhattan. So I listen. I'm sure she comes from some sort of privilege as well, but I'm sure this is like, that's probably why she can seek this stuff out. Katie asked the first question to Megan and she talks about how at a young age she was already advocating for women. Shields told India Hicks on the latest episode of her Unexpected Journey podcast via the Independent. She starts telling a story about how when she was 11, and she kept saying. She keeps saying, well, when I was 11, I saw this commercial and they were talking about how washing dishes was for women. And she said, I didn't think only. I didn't think only women wash dishes. It wasn't fair. So I wrote for the. So I wrote to the company. So this is Brooks retelling Megan's story. She kept saying she was 11. The mother of the bride star exclaimed. She wrote to the company. They charged the tech, they changed the text, they changed the commercial. It was just too precious. And I was like, they're not going to want to sit here for 45 minutes and listen to anybody be precious or serious. So Shields, she. Shields buys the story, just thinks the story's shield. 60 recalled inter intervening at one point in an effort to switch up the mood. I go, excuse me, I'm so sorry, I've got to interrupt you there for a minute. I was trying not to be rude, but I wanted to be funny because it was so serious. I'm with, I'm with Brooke. Can you imagine you're at a panel at south by Southwest. Well, I wrote into the company and I said, all people wash dishes. I just want to give everybody here context as to how we're different. When I was 11, I was playing a prostitute, she joked, referencing her 1978 historical drama Pretty Baby. The place went insane, man. I think Brooke Shields is awesome. I'm just, just her retelling. Listen, we don't know what happened. There's three sides to every story. But her saying like, hey, this was a real snore. This woman doesn't know the temperature of the room. This is what Brooke is saying. This is my interpretation. Meghan Markle has no idea what people think of her. She deals with a lot of yes people. She's telling the story that's going on too long about her writing a letter. And it's very self aggrandizing. It's making her look like this hero since 11 who writes to companies and makes sure that they know that women aren't the only ones who wash dishes. And Brooke is like this. And then it's like, hey, I was playing a prostitute. 11. I'm a weird weirdo, you know? You know, she, she's playing the clown, which is great. The place went insane. Shields shared, claiming the crowd became more relaxed. Yes, I'm sure they did. The story Marco shared during the panel was nothing new as the suits alum has previously spoken about how she took banners into her own hands after seeing the controversial Ivory dishwashing soap campaign. So she's told the story again and again. This is her bit. I can't. There's so many of these panels. I don't know how they're selling tickets to these panels. I guess there, there's no ticket sales. Well, Love island returning tonight. That's a big deal. Okay, I just clicked the Popular one. Okay, we'll do these two stories, then we're out of here. Again, thank you for listening to the J Train podcast. If you're not subscribed to the YouTube, the YouTube channel has stand up every Saturday night. I put up new crowd work on there. There's stuff from the seller last week. There'll be stuff on this Saturday. Billionaire YouTuber Mr. Beast confesses he's borrowing his mom to pay for a wedding. I've never watched what I know Mr. Beast as very wealthy youtuber. I've watched like seconds of his stuff. It's all very MTV. He basically took MTV's whole afternoon lineup and he does versions of it, it seems, and he's doing it successfully and, and maybe with a little more edge because he can do whatever he wants. Every story about Mr. Beast is about how much money he has. Some sort of financial thing, though. Why would he borrow money? And again, I'm clicking on it because I want to. Mr. Beast admitted he's borrowing money from his mom to pay for his upcoming wedding to Thea Buison. Despite being worth an estimated $1 billion, the YouTuber whose real name is Jimmy Donaldson, he looks the most Jimmy Donaldson, any Jimmy Donaldson has ever. Jimmy Donaldson responded via X after a fan post described him as the only billionaire under 30 to not have inherited his wealth. Okay, I personally have very little money because I reinvest everything. I think this year we'll spend around a quarter of a billion on. On content. Good for him. He does seem to have like an honest way about him that, you know, they show a picture with him waving money. He does seem to have like this calmness and vision. Ironically, I'm actually borrowing money from my mom to pay for my upcoming wedding. LOL. Donaldson, 27, continued Be but sure, on paper, the business I own are worth a lot. Yeah, he's explaining how finances work and I like him for that, you know, and I, I do. Like, it does seem like he's teaching a certain generation about wealth of a certain kind. The content creator, who has more than 400 million subscribers, rose to fame on YouTube by sharing over the top stunts and challenges. I, I would say that they were stunts that, you know, he does his own version of, I think Squid game. He is also gamer. Garnered popularity with his fan giveaways offering up luxurious gifts like cars. Yeah, he's like, mostly famous, I think to me for like, hey, I'll give you $10,000 if you, you know, he does stuff that they did on like Saved by the Bell. Like it'd be an episode of Saved by the Bell. It's like I gotta put my finger on the car so I can win $10,000 and the last one with their finger on the car wins. Like he took every Saved by the Bell bit and turned into a real thing. All right, let's do this last story. Kylie Jenner reveals exact details of boob job in surprisingly Candid confession Now the Kardashians, everyone just wants to know about their plastic surgery. Chris she just got her face done and like looks like she almost. She looks unbelievable but like in a Madame Tusso type of way. Keeping up with the Kylie Jenner's Keeping up with Kylie Jenner's plastic surgery. The reality star broke down her boob job in exact detail in a TikTok comment Monday after a fan praised her mostly perfect natural boob job ever. Mostly per most perfect natural boob job ever, the social media user asked the makeup mogul, help a girl out. So a commenter said, help a girl out. Kylie Jenner I just want to know how you get them to sit like that respectfully. Well, you have a billion dollars and you get the best doctors in the world and you can care for yourself with the best post surgery care in the world and never have to go into work for a month. I don't know. Jenner, 27, replied. 4445cc moderate profile, half under the muscle silicone. Oh, so she gives. That is more helpful than I thought she could ever be because she's basically saying based on my body, you know, you can my height, my weight, my whatever. Here's the numbers. According to London Center for surgery, 44, 45 cc is estimated to be between a D and a double D cup depending on the starting breast size. Here's the thing. She got that information because she's dealing with the best. So she took the knowledge she gained from having a ton of dough to be able to have the best and brightest do her surgery and not, you know. And now someone can take this information and go in and have probably a better way of speaking about it. She did. I think she did help someone, to be honest. A moderate profile, meanwhile, is meant to appear the most natural. I mean she's beautiful. I mean it's her body's crazy but it I there it would be very easy for someone to talk on this. I do think this is a helpful thing she did for someone who's like out there like I want a boob job. No pop culture Thursday. Back next week, boom.
The JTrain Podcast Episode Summary
Title: Sydney Sweeney Sells Her Bathwater, Bethenny Frankel Models, and Brooke Shields Is Awesome - POP CULTURE THURSDAY
Host: Jared Freid (JTrain)
Release Date: June 5, 2025
In this episode of The JTrain Podcast, host Jared Freid delves into the latest pop culture headlines, focusing on listener-submitted stories alongside trending topics from Page Six. Jared brings his signature comedic flair to dissect the antics of celebrities, offering both laughs and sharp insights. The episode covers five main stories: Sydney Sweeney's bathwater soap venture, Bethenny Frankel's response to criticism over her modeling, Cardi B's new relationship amidst her divorce, Brooke Shields' remarks on Meghan Markle, and Kylie Jenner's candid discussion about her boob job.
Timestamp: [00:05:30]
Overview:
Jared kicks off the episode by discussing a listener-submitted story about actress Sydney Sweeney launching a limited-edition soap made with drops of her bathwater, partnering with Dr. Squatch.
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Insights: Jared humorously explores the fine line between fan adoration and creepy behavior, concluding that Sydney's venture is a clever way to monetize her fame while maintaining a sense of humor about it.
Timestamp: [00:16:20]
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The discussion shifts to Bethenny Frankel clapping back at critics who "mom-shamed" her for wearing a thong bikini during the 2025 Sports Illustrated Swimwear Runway in Miami.
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Insights: Jared applauds Bethenny's stance on body positivity and her ability to turn criticism into a statement of self-empowerment. He underscores the performative nature of online criticism and how influential figures like Bethenny can navigate and leverage it effectively.
Timestamp: [00:28:50]
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Jared explores Cardi B’s new relationship with NFL star Stefan Diggs, set against the backdrop of her ongoing messy divorce from rapper Offset.
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Insights: Jared empathizes with Cardi B’s personal struggles while maintaining a light-hearted commentary on the intersection of wealth, fame, and personal relationships. He questions the sustainability of such high-profile romances amidst ongoing personal conflicts.
Timestamp: [00:38:50]
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Brooke Shields publicly criticized Meghan Markle’s performance at a 2024 South by Southwest (SXSW) panel, labeling Meghan as "too precious."
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Insights: Jared critiques Meghan Markle’s public persona and her effectiveness as a spokesperson for empowerment, suggesting that her repetitive storytelling and perceived lack of authenticity undermine her intended message.
Timestamp: [00:52:30]
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Kylie Jenner opens up about the specifics of her breast augmentation in a TikTok comment, providing transparency rarely seen from celebrities regarding cosmetic procedures.
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Insights: Jared highlights Kylie’s approach as commendable for its transparency, contrasting it with the often secretive nature of cosmetic enhancements. He suggests that such openness can foster a more informed and empowered audience.
Jared Freid wraps up the episode by encouraging listeners to subscribe to his Patreon for exclusive content and teasing upcoming guest appearances in Pittsburgh, Huntsville, and London. He reiterates the absence of advertisements in this episode, emphasizing a pure and unfiltered comedic experience for his audience.
Final Thoughts: The episode offers a blend of humor, critique, and appreciation for the ways celebrities navigate fame and public perception. Jared effectively uses listener-submitted stories to explore broader themes of obsession, empowerment, authenticity, and the complexities of maintaining personal identities in the spotlight.
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This episode of The JTrain Podcast offers a humorous yet insightful examination of contemporary pop culture phenomena, blending listener engagement with sharp comedic analysis. Whether discussing celebrity ventures, personal struggles, or public performances, Jared Freid provides a relatable and entertaining perspective on the ever-evolving landscape of fame and media.