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You're a nosy. You want the full sitch? Come to Pop Culture Thursday. Welcome to J Train Podcast. This is J Train Jared Freed coming to you live from New York City. That's right, every Thursday. It is a Pop Culture Thursday, where me, the comedian, goes through Page Six. I actually added People magazine to this one because I got a listeners suggestion for today. We'll start with the listener suggestion. I thought it was worthwhile just because I am a huge Tom Brady fan. And I just thought this was like, very in my wheelhouse. I mean, what we usually do is we go to Page Six and we just go. We go headline hunting, as I call it. And Page Six usually has a ton here, but not today. Today, a little light. Tom Brady reveals his dog Juni was cloned from beloved pet Lua, who died in 2023. Now, here's my issue. When you are a fan of someone, they become yours and Tom Brady. Now, I, you know, when you're a fan of someone, especially an athlete, and you cheer for them, you defend them, you go through the ups and downs of their career, especially when they're great, you kind of have to answer to them. Like, as weird as that sounds, I don't feel like. I guess I do feel a little embarrassed by the Tom Brady, like. Cause I'm, He's. He's mine. He's. He is. He's my guy. And I've been out there as, like, this guy is someone that I, you know, as a kid, you look up to his work ethic, his story, and then, you know, they have that saying, you live along. You know, you start as the hero. You live long enough to become the villain. Because this story just, it's not. I don't even know what the ethical ramifications of cloning your dog. I, I can only say that it's just adding to the weirdness. And it starts with like the avocado ice cream and he doesn't eat any sugar and he's ultra healthy. And you go, what happened to my guy Tommy? Now, why would you get your dog cloned? Feels like, again, on the, on the subject of weird, you go, you do that. Because as my, you know, my dad always said, and I, I think it becomes more true. And I, you know, I'm not saying that he's a genius. This is something that people say, but he has been a big proponent of, you can never repeat. You just, if you try to repeat what you had before, you're going to be let down. And I think this would go like, if Tom Brady came to me and said, I'm going to get my dog cloned because I loved my other dog so much, I would tell him, you're chasing a dragon, Tommy. You're not going to get the same dog. You're always going to compare that dog to the last dog. You think that you're avoiding the comparison game because you're like, well, I don't think any dog could live up to my old dog. So let me just bring back the dog from the dead. But that's not what you're doing, you know, like. And then you go, is anyone speaking honestly with Tom Brady? That's the question you have to start posing. Is anyone real with him? Because on top of the other things and also his look, that is not the, you know, is, is very chiseled, very, you know, seems doctored to me. In my opinion, I'm not the only one who has that opinion. You go, I don't know. Can. Can you age gracefully while trying to still be on screen? I don't know if it's possible. And may, yeah, you could probably name a few that people, they go on and on. But can you be the greatest of all time, he is the goat now and still stay sane as you stay public? I don't know. This is me hashing this out. Tom Brady's dog Juni is a clone of his late dog Lua. After Lua, whom the retired quarterback shared with his ex wife Gisele Bunchen and their children died in 2023, he welcomed another similar looking dog, Juni. Nearly two years later, Brady has revealed that Juni is a clone of the late pit bull. Mix this also. And, and here's the other. Well, I guess you're saying he's cloning it because you can't find a Pitbull mix that is exactly what the Pitbull mix he had before. I don't know. This also reveals a lot of like have, have nots. Is he this rich? I mean to keep it a secret too. What a. Why if you didn't think it was so weird Brady shared the news on Tuesday November. Like if I knew someone was a huge Tom Brady fan, I'd be like, well, tell me about the cloney. That's where I come. Let me come back to my original point is that when you become a fan of an athlete and you cheer for them and you stick up for them, people are going to associate with you, with that person. They, they're not going to listen. Tom Brady isn't going to be associated with me. No one's going to go Tom Brady. Have you seen what Jared Free did the other day? No, he doesn't have to deal with that. Does he know? Does Tom Brady know that we're we all have to answer for him like I and it's all in the in the in the vein of fun and games. This is how I know sports fans mess with each other. You know, if you're a Patriots fan, you have had avocado ice cream thrown your way. You've had the weirdness of Tom Brady, the evolution of weird kind of thrown at you. That would be my first question with Tom Brady. There's to me, do you know how weird it is for your fans to have to try and defend you? Brady shared the News on Tuesday, November 4, coinciding with an announcement from Colossal Biosciences, a biotech company that he is an investor in and that worked with him to clone his beloved Lua. On November 4, the Dallas based company best known for its headline making claim that it produced three dire wolf pups announced that it has acquired another biotech company, ViaGen Pets and Equine. So I know someone who's also involved with this company. I forgot to even text him about this. I actually know I got inside sources. Maybe I'll come back with something next week. If I could find my phone, I'll get some info. But this is again, this is a PR play and maybe it's the company saying, hey Tom, your investment was at a and this is again, have, have nots. Tom Brady has the ability to clone his dog. We are all sitting here, you know, without that ability with and he got evaluation of a company probably at a reduced rate because he's Tom Brady. This is my opinion. And at some point they go, hey Tommy, time to be in the news. Time to talk about your dog. And now the company's worth more money because we all know about it. It's a weird world we live in. Jtrain podcastmail.com if you want to send in your if you want to send in your pop culture Thursday story, they are always welcome here. That was sent by a listener. We have a couple ads. I got some more stories. We got into it quick because, you know, we always try new things. I'm on the road. Durham and Charlotte. Durham Friday, Charlotte Saturday. If you're in the area, if you know anyone in those areas, send them. Assemble the group chat. 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And Ice Tea and Coco had a reality show way back when, when, when reality shows were king and everyone was doing their version of the Osbornes. And I think Coco and Ice Tea had a long running show. Coco Austin defends breastfeeding daughter chanel until age 6. Now, as a single man who has no children, when you stop breastfeeding is beyond me. I do think so. Like, I'm not going to sit here and say, I know whether you should stop breastfeeding a kid at 6 years old. I will say it seems old to me. But I would say just talking about it alone feels weird. Like if that's what you do in your house, the, the getting out there and defending it is such a, I think, kind of a mean thing to do to your kid. Cuz this is going to be on the Internet. This is going to be an ankh. Coco Austin stands by breastfeeding her daughter until age 6. Ice T's wife defended the bonding experience with Chanel. Well, her daughter doesn't really. Bonding experiences. Two people being able to say yes or no. I, I don't know if she, she's now nine. On Sunday's episode of Bunny XO's Dumb Blonde podcast. This is, here's my opinion on this. Podcasting is getting harder and harder to make money and to make headlines. I'm telling you this right now as someone who's literally taping podcast, taping a podcast. I'm telling you right now, rates have gone down, listenerships have gone down. To me, the grossness, the should you, shouldn't you breastfeed till whatever age? That's not my problem. To me, this is someone who already has a lot of money, who felt the, the, the light of their podcast dim and now they're out here with outlandish statements and stories. I mean, it's not. This story came up how, like, why are you talking about your kid in the breastfeeding? And if someone disagreed with it, if someone disagreed with me, I would like to think that I would go, I'm not gonna like sit here and fight with the commenters on something that might, I don't know if you even think of your kid. It wasn't like I was feeding her because she needed a meal. The 46 year old explain to listeners over the weekend. I mean, I would say explain to listener. I don't know who would listen to this show. It's in Page Six. I can tell you right now, probably because of a publicist because Coco has Coco Austin and ice tea have all the money in the world to make sure that a PR person is on staff. She was able to eat by a year full solids. It was more that she wanted to be around me. Well, that's not a reason to breastfeed. Your kid wants to be around you. Hey mom, let's go to the park. Okay, here's my titty latch on. And then, and, and then, hey, PR agent, go get a picture of this and put it in Page Six. Like she recalled, it was mostly when she went to sleep and she wanted me to be there. So it was more of a comfort thing at the time. The model decided, I'm going to let her stop when she wants to stop. I mean, I, I don't know when the kid becomes self aware enough to say hey. Like I don't think a six year old looks at the mom and goes, hey, I've been thinking it over last night. I think we should stop with the titty milk. I, I've had enough. Yeah, I'm gonna be drinking, you know, Sunny D and I kind of like a 1%. I feel like I'm getting a little fat. I gotta get back to Equinox. I got a tr. Yeah, I'm six years old. I got a trainer. Like it is, like it is one of those things that parents say that. I feel bad for parents in the sense that like the kid thing to get around the kid thing when they're used as a shield like this. You just have to be around artists and you can't really ever say anything to them or it becomes a knockout drag out fight. Because to say I'm going to let her stop when she wants to stop. You're like, okay, that's not even like a real thing. She noted she's not going to be 16 on my boob. But while we would hope not, we don't know if she'll do 6, why not 8, why not 10, why not 16? She's eventually going to figure out that this is kind of strange or weird and stop. When do you figure out this is strange and weird and stop it. These are crazy Quotes. Who's listening to this podcast? I, I'm mad at them for not listening to my podcast, but I don't know if they're like, I mean, you have to be a crazy person to listen to this and think, oh, yeah, that's me. And that happened around 6. Austin continued confirming this was an extremely long time to nurse. So she does admit it's too long. While she's heard from so many people who loved it over the years. The actress did. The actress did hit back at haters during the podcast episode. In Europe. They're doing it until seven. Oh, everyone always goes to Europe. They try to make us into the pigs of, you know, pig Americans. You guys don't get it. Classy. Europe does it till 7. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I see people walking down the street on their mom's titty all the time when I'm in Paris. She claimed there's, there's there. It's nothing to them. Oh, is it nothing? We Americans think that it's weird, but I don't think there's anything wrong with it as long as it's just in your home, you know? Well, it's not in your home anymore. You're in Page Six. You're on your podcast. As for those sexualizing Austin's breastfeeding journey, no one, I mean, come on, stop that. She added, it's not a big thing. It's a boob. Well, I, I, I don't like when someone acknowledges crazy people as if they're normal. Pe. The people Sec. To the people sexualizing it. No, to the, the broken. Anybodies who can get on the Internet and comment with no, no picture at that point. Call out a name. Show us these crazies that are sexualizing it. Chanel is still obsessed with boobs to this day, according to her mom. Right. This is. Why would you do this to your kid? You kind of box her in. Because if again, like, ah, man, it's gotta be hard to be a kid these days. I mean, it's all just out there and your parents are just trying to get clicks. Now, there's a couple Kardashian stories today. I told you, kind of a slow news day as far as the the news is concerned or the pop culture news. Kim Kardashian and Kris Jenner suspiciously delete photos of Meghan Markle and Prince Harry at the 70th birthday bash. Now, why would they delete the pictures? Because Megan and Harry asked them to. But Megan and Harry made a decision. We don't want to be in the royal family anymore, fine. But with that decision, this idea that like, like if you're still living by the rules of the, of the, of the, of, of the throne. Kim Kardashian her mom Kris Jenner suspiciously delete photos taken with Prince Harry and Meghan Markle from the momager's 70th birthday bash on Saturday night. Originally, Jenner posted a carousel of images on Instagram from her star studded bash, including a snap of her posing with the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, which has now been mysteriously removed. As for Kardashian, she also initially shared a photo with Marco smiling for the camera as they posed together. But that particular photo was scrubbed from the Instagram. I don't understand. I just, I think Meghan Markle and Harry make every move and it ends up being wrong. Every move they make to be likable, to not be hated. Page Six has reached out to reps for the Sussexes, Jenner Kardashian for comment but did not immediately hear back. Harry and Megan stars support supported their pal Serena Williams at the baby to baby gal on Saturday before heading to Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanders 175 million dollar Beverly Hills mansion for generous party. So it was held at. Kim Kardashian looks unbelievable. She's in this like knit dress. I mean they show the picture she shared. Maybe she asked for to take be taken down because Megan looks like, like get her out of here. She like, I mean that is a Kim photo and Harry's in the background looking for his phone. Harry might have wanted this down because he's in the background looking very puppet like maybe they didn't like how they looked in the picture. Who knows, you know, stars are just like us. It does feel a little bit gotcha. Like you're looking at the carousel. You're like wait a minute, why did this disappear? It could be for any reason. Page Six exclusively reported that the royal insiders were appalled by the Sussexes appearance at Jenner's birthday festivities. It's so tacky. One palace insider who works with the royal family told us. It truly shows that Harry is so far removed from the rest of the family. I don't know. I don't think it's tacky to be the biggest celebrity in the world's party. I, I, I think they should be at the party because they are now reality stars and they are no more than that. They're not royalty. They are, they have opted out. But I also don't think they shouldn't be there. Like I I, I don't think they shouldn't be there. They should be there, but I also don't think that the palace should be thinking it's tacky that they're in Hollywood. Everything they've done is tacky. I really like this story. Kim Kardashian puts frustration on display after failing California bar. Full of it says in quote, okay, well, this is the whole Kim Kardashian is becoming a, is becoming a lawyer thing to me. This is a good day for lawyers. This is a day lawyers are like, thank goodness. I, I, you can't. If Kim Kardashian passes the bar exam, considering the schedule she has, I'm not saying she's not able to do it. I'm saying considering the amount she is in the news and what she has going on, companies and children and ex husbands and all of those things, TV shows, if she were to pass the bar, it's embarrassing to people who are just trying to pass the bar. It is. It would be embarrassing to me if Kim Kardashian got on stage and did a tight 15. She did. She did a monologue for SNL and it was very good. But I, and I guess, was I embarrassed by that? No. But if Kim, like, did, like a headlining tour and just was, like, crushing it, it would kind of reduce how difficult standup is. And it's. Anyone with that schedule. Kim Kardashian put her psychics on blast after. That's also something we, you know, if you're a lawyer, it's a good day for you. For her, her failing. All my psychics said I would. The reality star aired FRUSTRATION In a TikTok video hosted Monday documenting Kris Jenner's epic 70th birthday party over the weekend as the aspiring lawyer got glammed up. Why is she getting this? Why is she doing this? Why get become a lawyer? What. What's the point here? Like, it kind of, you know, it's an insult to everyone who has to go to work. Everyone with a mortgage should be insulted by her being like, I'll be a lawyer. Lawyers in general are the most miserable people I meet on a daily basis. Just nobody hates their job more than lawyer person who went to law school. Because it seems as though from my angle, lawyers come up to me all the time. Every lawyer is also an aspiring comedian. Every lawyer has a TV show idea, loves to read, loves to, you know, to, like, get creative. And they ended up going down the law path because it was a safer route. And that's why most people go to law School. They go, well, I don't want to finish school. I can't. Well, what happened? I remember when all these people went to law school and it was right around when I started doing comedy. And it seemed as though the law school people were all like, I graduated college, I realized the real world is really difficult and depressing and there are no more A's to be gotten. Every day is just keep going, no, here's your A. There's no test to study for. There's no reading to do. There was no way to be told, good job, smarty pants. So all these smarty pantses went back to school, law school, to go and get A's from the dopamine factory. And then what happens is you can get cushy job. You go, oh, I kept getting A's. I'm a good student. You now they pass you off to 100 grand a year. And you can see how every year after that goes up and up and up. It is a safe path that I personally envy sometimes. But in the same way I envy them, I'm sure they envy me. They go, wow, you live this different lifestyle, you get to be creative, you eat what you hunt, so to speak, as far as money's concerned. But this is the choices we make. So if I'm a lawyer and Kim is like, oh, I'll do this for funsies, I'd be like, get outta here. We're all fucking miserable. Who did she blame? We didn't even get to the story as the. As the aspiring lawyer got glammed up for the star studded bash used her phone's voice to text feature to vent to her siblings. This must have been an episode or something. This is a promotion. This is a full on promotion for the episode. Oh, it's on TikTok. I'm trying to go down the page. Page six really letting me down today. She looks unbelievable. I mean, like, Kim Kardashian couldn't look hotter to me. I'm just letting you guys know that all the fucking psychics we have met with and are obsessed with are all fucking full of. Because they all collectively, maybe four of them told me I was going to pass the bar. Are. Well, what about your. What did, what did your tutors say? What did, what did your, what did your law professor say? So they're all full pathological liars. She continued advising her loved ones not to believe a word they say. The Hulu personality revealed to her Instagram followers on Saturday that she did not pass the state. I mean, I don't know if the. I mean, again, another insult to all the. To all the lawyers. To me, I like this one. Cause I don't even know who it is. But the headline is just one of those, like, this is kind of like a 2025 nutso batshit bananas headline. Kayla Nicole, who I don't know who that is, insists she isn't in the business of tearing other women down after dissing Taylor Swift with Halloween costume. Well, you aren't in the business of tearing other women down until you announce that you're not in the business of tearing other women down. That is because you can dis Taylor Swift and also be pro women. But we're not gonna really, like. I wouldn't even acknowledge how you feel about other women. Well, I don't know. No, you do tear other women down. It's just. You can't do both. You can't have it all. What bad blood. What bad blood. Kayla Nicole denied tearing other women down with her Halloween costume, which fans are convinced was a swipe at Taylor Swift. Travis Kelce's ex. Okay, I didn't know that. Insisted on Saturday's pregame podcast episode that she only wanted to celebrate Toni Braxton by wearing the singer's he wasn't man enough music video look for last Monday's holiday. She looks amazing. I'm looking at her picture. She looks unbelievable. Halloween is an opportunity to. For me to not be myself and dress up as someone that I admire, someone that I've been a fan of, someone that I think is a chef's kiss, Nicole, 34, told listeners. Is this her? She has a podcast? You guys don't want celebrities to dress up as celebrities. But I'm confused because what I'm saying supposed to do. What am I supposed to do? She asked a doctor Superwoman. I mean, those are two options. A celebrity could dress up as Nicole. Hit back at those trying to protect project their own narratives about the outfit, saying, I'm not in the business of tearing other women down. I'm in the business of celebrating them. Well, why do they think it's Taylor? I'm looking at the outfit as a non Taylor fan. Here's the thing. I guess it could be a swipe at Taylor Swift, but she's dressed in, like, a chain link dress. It looks amazing. She added, I'm trying to step it up every year. Every year I'm trying to raise the bar and I'm trying to be the Heidi Klum of Halloween. But on the performance side, Nicole advised her fans to watch Braxton's music video because people might be surprised by the ending during which the Grammy winner and her characters cheating ex husband's new wife team up to expose him. Clock that she said. Clock that babe. I would hate to read what I sound like on this podcast. Clock that babe. Nicole initially discussed the motivation behind her costume on the latest podcast installment. She claimed the ensemble was inspired by someone named Taylor. Not the pop star, but Nicole's childhood best friend. I don't know about that one. I specifically remind so she said it. I don't know. I hate when they go in. The headline made me made me chuckle a little bit. Cause you're like I don't tear women down by where you know, it's like how about you wore Halloween costume A couple of Taylor crazies who are watching your every move. Because the Taylor fans are the most sensitive. They have the best hearing that there is. Nobody has better hearing than a Taylor Swift fan. Nobody's more sensitive. Nobody's more offended for someone else. They because Taylor made a business built a career on using this like emotional like I am you, you are me. These songs represent us. The third hottest girl in the cool group in a high school cafeteria horse woman who can't find a boyfriend too but doesn't. Doesn't. Isn't allowed to complain because they live in a nice house and all these women are ready to attack you. So I mean it's her fault for even listening to them. But again it becomes a headline. We have one more story and it's on the subject of Taylor Swift. I. I love this story. Taylor Swift's star studded bridesmaid Taylor Swift's star Taylor Swift's star studded bridesmaids revealed as singer plans fun and memorable wedding so who are gonna be the bridesmaids? Taylor Swift should have made this a TV show. This should have been on espn. I mean if she really wanted Travis Kelsey to have the biggest podcast of all time. She goes on Travis's podcast and she slowly reveals the bridesmaids one. But one by one, she slowly reveals the bridesmaids one by one she unfolds a paper as if she's reading a Grammy winner. That's what she should have done and missed opportunity. It would have been great. You could have shown the picture of them up on the screen if they were not famous. All the normies, all your normie friends. We get to see a picture of them, who they are to you, why you thought of them. We could do like the, the college football, you know, like first, you know la, you know, you do like the March Madness. These are the people on the bubble. She missed that. She should have done this right. She's getting ready for her love story. The first two bridesmaids and Taylor Swift's upcoming wedding to Travis Kelsey have been revealed to be the singer's close friends Selena Gomez and Gigi Hadid. See, those are like, fine, I want to know who the the high school buddies are. The opalite singer reportedly asked the supermodel to join her bridal party when they dined at Manhattan hotspot Zero Bond last week, according to the US Sun. So two down. How many will she have? This is like finding out who won the golden tickets for Willy Wonka's Chocolate Factory tour. A source told the outlet that Hadid, 30, was thrilled and wasn't expecting to be asked. Though she accepted. That's not what I want known out there. I don't want that out there. Wasn't expecting to be asked. It's like, kind of like, I guess I have to do this. I guess she has no friends. Ooh, Taylor, really? Me, I didn't even think I was gonna get invited. I'm, I'm, I'm one of the bridesmaids. And then anyone who's been in a wedding party that didn't expect to be in the wedding party is talking to other people going, I, yeah, I don't know. I guess, I guess I made the cut. I, I, I guess she's not close with anybody really. I guess we, I guess you really had a good time with me. You almost talk shit about that person as you're accepting that you are one of their closest friends. As for Gomez, 33, the outlet reported the Fortnite songstress also asked the only murders in mu in the building actress to join her bridal party. Taylor wants to start wedding process this way. But building a bridesmaids group and getting everyone involved in the preparation, celebrations and planning, I mean, they're treating this as, as if she's building the Ryder cup team. She wants it to be fun and memorable for everyone with parties, trips and time spent together leading up to the big day. To me, this is the easiest bridesmaids job that's ever been created. She's gonna pay for everything. You're gonna go to places you never would have gone unless you're Gigi Adid and Selena Gomez. So we got two. Okay, so I'll mark my Taylor Swift bridesmaids poster. We should put em up on the wall. We got two down. This is like finding out who's in the Hunger Games? All right. Pop culture Thursday. Back next week, boom.