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Jared Freed
Hello and welcome to the jtrain Podcast. This is J Train Jared Freed coming live from the West Village of Manhattan. That's right. Every Thursday is a Pop Culture Thursday. We do the same thing every week. We go to Page Six. We? Me, I. I go to page Six. I go through the headlines, and I pick fun ones for me to riff off of, and I read them live. With you here listening to me. That's the show. I hope you guys enjoy it. I've gotten some great feedback on Pop Culture Thursday. Some. Some of it was do it closer to Thursday. I'm taping this on Tuesday, Christmas Eve, to get it over to V so that we can get it edited and done before the holiday. I want to say thank you for being a listener of the J Train podcast. Thank you for enjoying this great show. Thank you for supporting the sponsors that we have here this week. Me Undies is our sponsor. Let me just get this out of the way. Me Undies is. They've got some deals for you before we get started and get to the Page One's One ad this week. I'm waiting for it to load on my computer because I have, like, 70 tabs open. We're gonna get into a lot of different things. Let me explain what I do here and how I pick the stories because it kind of colors what. The first story we're gonna talk about, which is the Blake Lively Justin Baldani story, which has gone from fun pop culture news and PR war to asexual harassment allegation and whatever you call it. What do they call it? I'm looking. Filed her sexual harassment complaint against Baldoni on Friday. Claim December 20, alleging that he had created a hostile work environment on the set of Ends with us causing the actress severe emotional distress. I mean, that is a serious story. So, like, when I go through Page Six and I'm like, whoa, what am I going to talk about on Pop Culture Thursday? I look for fun ones. I don't look for the ones that maybe someone would be listening to and feel badly, you know, about and have to think of their own. This is their own issues or what they're going through. It is purely to be a brain melt. And I think I'm pretty upfront about that. Like, anytime I see a Diddy story, I'm like, no, not for me. I don't even want to talk about that. So I. You know, I don't know what I would have done if this was the beginning of the Blake Lively Justin Baldani story or if I would have talked about it then. Probably. I don't think so. I think sexual harassment claim. I'm like, get out of here. I don't, you know, that's. Let, let the courts handle this. Let two people that obviously like some or let someone who's going through something go through it. I don't know. I'm not saying I'm a hero and all this. I'm just saying because I got sent many articles this week about how this has gone beyond. Well, the PR game has gone to another level and we're going to get into that. 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Blake Lively's lawsuit claims Justin Baldoni, and this is from Us Weekly. I I went and found another article just to explain it. Lawsuit claims Justin Baldani admitted he did not always ask for consent before sex. So we are in the like, we are in a sexual harassment lawsuit, which is like, that's serious. Blake Lively sexual harassment lawsuit against its ends with us co star Justin Baldani claims he admitted to not always asking for consent before engaging in sex with past partners. Lawsuit, which was obtained by Us Weekly on Saturday, December 21, alleges that both Beldani, who also directed the film, and producer Jamie Jamie Heath had discussed their personal sexual experiences and previous porn addiction with her and tried to pressure Lively to reveal details about her intimate life. The documents describe a car ride with Lively, her assistant and driver, during production, wherein Baldoni allegedly claimed to Lively that he had been sexually abused by a former girlfriend, which caused him to reexamine his past. Baldoni, 40, spoke about the experience about experiencing sexual trauma in a previous relationship on an episode of Elizabeth Days how to Fail podcast earlier this month. According to the documents, Baldoni then claimed, did I always ask for consent? No. Did I always listen when they said no? No. Adding, this was an example of how we all have things from which we can learn and grow. I don't even know how that conversation comes up. Lively claimed that when Baldani exited the car, her driver immediately remarked that he did not want Ms. Lively to be alone with Mr. Baldoni going forward. Again, it's a weird conversation to have in the car at work. You are at work and I do listen. I've been on a movie set, I've been on sets. It is very much like you're on a, like a, like a ship. Everyone's like, there's a lot of team aspect to it. There's a lot of, you know, fraternizing. There's a lot of, like, you know, it's not behind a desk, it's not a normal corporate environment, but you are at work. Lively fired her sexual harassment complaint against Baldoni on Friday, December 20, alleging that he had created a hostile work environment on the set of NNs with us, causing the actress severe emotional distress. She also accused Baldoni and his team of orchestrating a smear campaign against her to damage her reputation. So basically what it sounds like was going on is this guy, they had a whole meeting where this guy got Warned on the set, like, you're being. You're making me uncomfortable, Lively. You're making people uncomfortable. They had this whole meeting, and then he knew when the movie came out, there was going to be maybe some talk of what happened behind the scenes. And he went and got ahead of it and went to the PR people and said, hey, go find a bunch of stuff. And I don't. Well, he doesn't say it. The PR people, their job, they go, here's our plan. We're gonna go find a bunch of, you know, interviews where Blake Lively, who, again, if we go back to my pop culture Thursday, it did. I think I mentioned it seemed like people were ready to pounce on her. It seems like people have a thing with her. And Ryan Reynolds, too. And he kind of has, like, he kind of has a reputation, a little bit of a guy people want to kind of go after. And then I even said here, there was all these articles where she was putting out her PR team. And this was this interesting PR war because again, all these videos start coming up of her giving uncomfortable interviews. She's doing a movie about dv and she's like telling people to bring their wine and pop a champagne at the theater. Like they're going to Wicked. And then he's on this tour and he's talking about. He's doing the whole, like, you know, as a man, you know, he's. He's a male fe. He's doing the male feminist tour. So that was his PR move. And then her PR team is coming out, being like. I remember she was putting out stories about how she waited in line at an Italian restaurant, just like you and me. And it all, you know, it boils down to. I started like I took out again, when I do pop culture Thursday, I don't take notes. I look at these, you know, these articles. I mean, now the articles are coming out. Now there's articles coming out from the co stars. Here's an article that was in Page Six. Blake Lively was in pain after filming. It ends with us. Co star Michelle Marone says, like, where was this guy when all these articles were coming out before? One of Blake Lively's co stars claimed the actress was in pain after filming and ends with us as he spoke out in support of her sexual harassment complaint against director Justin Baldani. Michael. Michelle Marone, I think Mike, that's not Michael. It looks like Michelle, okay, reacted to his. A simple favor to castmates legal action against Maldoni in an emotional video message posted on his Instagram story. So it's usually not my thing to make these types of videos, I would assume, but I think it's time to stand up for a person I really love. And this person is Blake Lively, the Italian actor said. Where was he when this was all going down, though? Like, when this was a PR battle, where was he to be like, hey, this was an uncomfortable movie to make? This guy was kind of a creep. Marone, 34, explained that he became acquainted with Lively, 37, while shooting the incredible sequel to her 2018 movie, A Simple Favor. I felt something was wrong and I felt the pain. Oh, this is. So he wasn't even on the movie. And then we had an opportunity to talk, me and her. He shared the 3 to 65 days star, reiterated the Gossip Girl alum was living in anguish and slammed Internet trolls for not believing her side of the story. When rumors of a feud between her and Baldoni first surfaced online earlier this year, Blake was in pain and I'm really tired to see those kind of cruel and bad comments. So this guy, he's on a different movie with her and he's putting himself in this Rome finishes message by pleading with the 15.7 million followers to read the article before jumping to any conclusions. Look at that. So now there's another article. And here's another one. So this is all like the PR on top of the pr. I'm waiting for it to download Justin Baldoni's it ends with us sister. So she played the sister. Jenny Slate defends Blake Lively after sexual harassment complaint. Where was she during the fallout? That's what I don't understand. Justin Baldani's sister. And it ends with us. Jenny Slade is defending her, the co star Blake Lively after she filed the sexual. Her. After she filed the sexual harassment complaint against him. As Blake Lively's castmate and friend, I voiced my surpr as she takes action against those reported to have planned and carry out an attack on her reputation. Blake is a leader, loyal friend and trusted source of emotional support for me. And so many who know and love her, I slay. This is Slate's PR people. Hey, you were on the movie. People are gonna wonder what you thought. Get out there now. Slate referred to the attack on Blake as terribly dark, disturbing and wholly threatening. That is the scary part. She concluded. I commend my friend. I admire her bravery and I stand by her side. Well, Lively claimed in her complaint that during the filming of events with us, there have been an all hands meeting. So here's the. The. Here's the thing that you Go. This meeting happens. It's all hands meeting. We're seeing this like, PR campaign. So all hands meeting. About Baldoni's alleged onset behavior during the purported meeting, the movie star and director was allegedly told to stop showing the actress nude videos or images of women, mentioning his past porn addiction, sexual conquests, and bringing up the cast and crew's genitalia, according to the complaint. I mean, that is, to me, pretty black and white. Maldoni was also allegedly asked to not add more sexually charged scenes outside of the scope of the pre approved script. Furthermore, he was allegedly told to stop inquiring about Lively's weight and dead father. According to the filing, her husband, Ryan Reynolds was present for the discussion. Baldoni and Wayfarer studio attorney Brian Friedman told Page Six in response to the complaint, which is proclaimed, which is a precursor to a lawsuit, it is shameful that Ms. Lively and her representative would make such serious, categorically false accusations. So they're denying it. Well, then these, these claims are completely false, outrageous and intentionally salacious with an intent to publicly hurt and rehash a narrative in the media. Friedman claims his clients hired a crisis manager due to the multiple demands and threats Lively had allegedly made during production, including threatening to not show up to set and threatening to not promote the film. It is to me, again, these are stories I run away from. To me, they're icky and I'm like, who am I to even have a commentary? And it's not fun. Here's what I, I wrote down on my, my notepad here. Before we get to other stories, I'll go to more fun stories I wrote down. Okay, so there's Justin Baldoni, there's Blake Lively, there's everyone who worked on the film, there's the media, there's the PR people, and then there's the audience, both male and female. These are things I've noticed over the past week. When this is all going on. It seems as though this guy Justin is a creep. It seems as though he is on a movie and. And also creep in the most annoying way. He is this, like out there talking about how he's looking within his soul and oh my God, you know, I didn't even real, you know, just. It seems like a fraud a little bit. Blake Lively seems like she might be tough to work with, but also like she went through a bullshit thing that happens when, you know, PR people get involved. And it seems as, you know, the videos that came out about her where she's bad at interviews, those aren't fake videos. You know, so those are real videos. So. And it seems like people. Okay, we'll get to the audience. Everyone who worked on the movie. I just don't understand how it seems as though they saw this all going on the press and they were sitting there going, I'm not getting involved. I don't want my name involved in this thing. And then the minute the, you know, they had to, that's when they came here. So like the idea that these co stars are heroes, I don't believe that either. Now you have the media. The media has a deal. And the PR people, again, Page Six, and I've said this so many times on this podcast, is holding hands with PR people. Anytime they have an exclusive, it is directly from these celebrities. It is them getting out in front. And this is something we've talked about here, the Q rating, your likability. So Blake Lively's PR people are working with, you know, Page Six and so is Baldoni's people. They're all working with them and they're trying to get the best headlines and trying. And now you have two people that are trying to win. And now it goes down the road of icky, you know, sexual harassment lawsuit, which again, you, you can't just invent a all hands meeting out of thin air. This happened obviously, now the audience. And that to me is the most interesting part of this back and forth because I'm tuned into the Betches world, the, you know, female creators, which I like and I enjoy. And I saw that, like, I. It is strange to me how I look at this story and I go, I'm gonna walk away. And then you see people that are like diving in and you see it on Tick Tock and like you have these people that are like in their PJs commenting on like a really serious story like that is now going to the courts. A sexual harassment story. Something that I don't know, it's to me, I'm like, I kind of look at that. And then there's a lot of, like a lot of pointing to the story and going, see, not all. I saw a lot of posts about not all men, but not all men, but. And to me, again, if I'm going to be the voice of normal Joe, you know, Joe whoever, you know, the barstool bros that maybe you're trying to teach with this story are walking away from the story. And I'm sorry to say that, but this isn't where they find a teachable moment. I would say that I can't imagine there's a lot of, like, straight men out here talking about the Justin Baldoni, you know, Blake Lively story or. And again, I don't know everything. I'm going off of page six and some articles. I think I know more than the average bro. And it's like this whole, like, thing of, like, to me, it's like, did you dive in? Did you. Because you had this thing against blave lot Blake Lively? Did you do that? Did you dive in to go see, I told you. I always told you she stunk if you did that. Where are you now? Are you coming out and saying anything? Are you apologizing? Because you don't apologize to her. You don't know her. I don't know. When I do these stories, like, I hope that is something I'm hopeful about myself because I do a lot of talking on the Internet. I do a lot of talking into a microphone. You know, my thing is, like, let's have fun with it. I can understand why someone. You know, the likability rating is interesting to me, but I'm also not looking to, like, crush someone's soul, you know? Like, and it does feel like sometimes when people get the chance or the opportunity to tell you that, see, I told you. Blake Lively stinks. They go dive in headfirst. And I. That makes me uncomfortable, too. And a story like this should make you even more uncomfortable. The idea that if we're all just headline reading, then we don't know anything at all. So just. I. I think, again, I. I tend to Homer Simpson into the bush with a story like this, and I'm kind of doing that now. But I'm like, It is interesting to me, the allegation, the lawsuit. That is all stuff like, not worth my time, not worth my time. It's just not for me. I. I'm not the pay grade to, you know, comment on that. I would say the way the audience was, like, so quick to go against her because of whatever they had invented from, you know, her being on Gossip Girl or whatever this happens with, like, you know, there seems to be, like, certain celebrities people are ready to not, like. Like, Lea Michele is, like. Is kind of in the news for that a lot. You see it with what's her name that was in Devil's wearer's Prada. I mean, people really think a certain way about her. Anne Hathaway. Yeah. It's scary, you know, and this is the thing. Like, I'm not a big cancel culture guy. I don't think that cancel culture is, like, a big Thing. It's stuff like this where you go, no, no. But we live in a world where anyone can just like run with it. And now they've made you. You know, to me, I know Justin Baldowney now is sexual harasser. Creepy Justin Baldoni. That's like the overarching thing. Blake Lively to me is maybe not, you know, like, is like, to me, like, again, if I'm to give like an overarching theme to a person, you go, oh, that is someone who's a little bit like, removed and unaware of how, you know, you know, the. The world around her. These are the things that come from stories like this. You know, you see it with. And so it's like, that's not canceling. That is just. It seems like the. The game of these PR people is labeling, getting you to go Justin Baldani creep. It's like thirsty Coca Cola. It's the same Travis Kelsey. We'll move on after 20 minutes. Travis Kelsey reviews Taylor Swift's favorite Christmas movie after being forced to watch Love actually. I can't believe anyone. This is another thing. Like this Travis Kelsey thing where he is like the honorable bro. He was forced to watch Love actually a very popular movie. That's like being forced to try, you know, Brussels sprouts. No, dude, we're making it different now. It's good. Everyone likes it. Like, in what world is he forced to watch Love actually, Travis Kelsey actually enjoyed watching Love actually. What? Dude, the jury's out. We like this movie. The NFL player reviewed Taylor Swift's favorite movie. Here's the thing. I just don't understand. This is your girlfriend's favorite movie and you're still being forced to watch. I. This is, this is what bothers me to go back to the Justin Baldoni thing. This idea of like hero or villain, you know, it's like, how about creepy dude that isn't really acting, right? Like Travis Kelsey, Hero or villain? Why aren't. What do you. You have to be forced to watch your girlfriend's favorite movie. She wants you to watch it. Everyone loves it. The NFL player reviewed. And also talk about PR teams. I think Page six has owns a piece of the Kelsey brothers podcast because they report on every episode. NFL player. Well also, I mean, they're just going to get clicks from any sweet. He will get clicks forever. Kelsey Forever. NFL player reviewed Taylor Swift's favorite movie on his new heights podcast Tuesday as at his sister in law Kyle Kylie Kelsey's request. It took a team of people to convince him to watch his movie while Travis, 35, called the 2003 film torture. In last week's episode, he changed his tune on the very interesting and fun plot. Why would he call it Torture? However, the Kansas City Chiefs tight end told listeners on Christmas Eve that all the scandal portrayed in the various storylines was terrifying to watch. What's crazy is that all these stories tie together in one community and it's supposed to make it look like this is what what happens, he says. Like this is what's going on around you. Is this his podcast? Is this the Entertain? Are people entertained by this? I don't know if you wrote what I just said, they'd probably be like, Jared's a fucking loser too. Travis went on to call the movie far fetched, noted that he couldn't relate to anybody on screen Travis, and denied that it should be considered a Christmas movie. Travis this is crazy. Kylie, 32, shared her love of the classic while her husband, Jason Kelsey, repeatedly panned it and described being forced to watch. I'm giving an honest review, not swayed by an ulterior motive, the former Philadelphia Eagle Center, 37, said. That's what you get from Jason. Kelsey Swift, 35, spoke about love actually in a Teen Vogue interview in May 2014. At the time, the pop star gushed, if you looked around, love actually is all around. More recently, Swift praised one of the movie stars, Hugh Grant, in June when he tweeted about attending one of her errors tour shows in London and doing tequila shots with Travis as a longtime Hugh Grant stand. This tweet is very important to my culture, the Grammy replied the next Travis, who has been dating Swift since last summer, conceded last week that he does does enjoy Grant's recent work. So this is a positive review. On Tuesday, the Super bowl winner went on to say that the movie was well acted and directed, giving scores of 9 and 8 respectively, out of 10. Wait, it just none of this makes sense. The episode mark Kylie's second time on the podcast and her first since launching her own. Not gonna lie. Fans are convinced that Swift is going to make her debut on New Heights next month. As Travis and Jason have teased, a very special guest. Fans have long been I have to say I do think Travis and Jason and Taylor and Kylie this, this, this group of four. The one thing they all have in common is they very much hear what the audience says. You can't say to me, you can't rank it a 9 or 8 or 9 out of 10 and then just say that the only thing you liked was the acting and the directing. What it's a good movie. The music's great. The storylines are far fetched. A guy who's in love with his friend. The Nah, come on. Maybe I got to rewatch it. I don't. I just don't buy to me sometimes what it feels like I'm getting from the Kelsey brothers is an opinion they know is well received by the Swifties without their real opinion, like him saying, you're going to get the real me. I, you know, and like nothing is being said, like I'll agree with you. While also not the words don't go with the opinion. Bill Belichick's so Bill Belichick, former coach of the Patriots, now current coach of the UNC Tar Heels, Bill Bell was a paid listen. This, this headline was made for me. Bill Belichick's much younger girlfriend. What a title. Bill Belichick's much younger girlfriend Jordan Hudson shares sweet selfie from red carpet debut. So they did a red carpet together. I've seen pictures of her where I'm like, she looks way younger than him on the red carpet. It looks a little bit better. Bill Belichick's much younger girlfriend, Jordan Hudson shared a sweet selfie with former NFL coach from their red carpet debut earlier this month. In the Snap posted on Instagram Saturday, Belichick, 72 and Hudson, 24. I mean there's a little bit good, you know, listen, a little piece of me is good for them. He it is embarrassing for both of them to be going out together. He looks creepy. She looks like she's into something that is not love. Like this is a business move for her smile as their foreheads touched while attending the museum. So like you really have to like fight through what people think of you. To be on a red carpet to get like to be public with your 72 and 24 year old, you know, dating. The former New England Patriots coach had his eyes closed as he took the picture. He also has like a history of like kind of salacious, you know, dating things. I think he dated. He might have dated like the jets, someone at the jets while he was there or there. There's. This isn't the only Belichick dating story that has come out over the years. And so to say, I guess like to be dating a 24 year old, you go, okay, this kind of like is in line with other stories about his dating life. But I'm trying to reload the. I will move on from that story. We had another. Okay, here's a story headline that got me Auto Air John Dodge. Okay So I guess you know what, what? Fan of the Dodge family, the son of the Dodge Caravan allegedly punched by woman Auto Air John Dodge allegedly punched by woman at exclusive Palm beach resort after kid hands her racy playing cards. So here's John Dodge, who no one has ever looked more like an heir than John Dodge with his wife. Dusty was allegedly punched by a woman at the Breakers. Now I have been to the Breakers. The breakers is so Palm beach again. If he looks like the mascot for, for, for, for heirs, the breakers is like, if you look at it, you're like, this is just like old money. And I once had a drink in the lobby and it's like beautiful. And you just can't take your eyes off of the whole experience. I might have talked about on a coffee with J Train. A woman allegedly attacked Auto Air John F. Dodge iii@the exclusive.it is so funny. Like I don't think of like the, like a Dodge as like this high end car. So it's like the Air John F. Dodge Caravan the third at the exclusive Breakers Club in Palm Beach, Florida over a RAC playing card. According to a Palm beach police report filed in September, Lisa Aldrich, 62, was upset when several kids began playing soccer too close to her in the pool area and she told them to not kick the ball in the direction, in her direction. She later told cops that for some reason one of the kids, an 8 year old pal of Dodge's son, came back a few minutes later and gave her a naughty playing card. That is what kids do. They see a naughty playing card and they go, I'm gonna give it to this woman because it's gonna annoy her. The end of the article. All my ends of the article are not. I'm trying to get. I mean that is, I mean, I don't understand how this gets to the courts, you know what I mean? Like, I don't. How does that, how do we escalate to a. Someone filing a police report? A source told us it was a Playboy card from the 80s with a bikini clad woman. Yeah, this is what 8 year old boys do. Dodge, 42, a descendant of Dodge co founders Horace and John Dodge, later told cops that he's. I mean, is there anything more? Heiress, you know, descendant of a. Is there anything more trust fund kid than needing to call the cops for this situation? That he saw Aldridge yelling at the kids and went over to see what was going on. A witness said that they saw Dodge walk up to Aldridge and suddenly snap the picture out of her hand. And pull it in his. Put it in his pocket. Oh, so this is why he called the cops. They added that Aldridge then tried to get the picture back and in the struggle hit Dodge a couple of times. Well, this is in the land of you. You go back to the Justin Baldani story. Get, you know, and the, you know, Blake Lively. It's getting ahead. He is concerned that he is going to get accused by this woman that, you know, whatever, that he grabs something out of her hands. So he calls the police to say she punched me first. And if you call first, then you're the one I. That's got to be what happened. Dodge claimed that Aldrich hit him in the face, kicked him in the leg and put him in a headlock and punched him several times before security separated them. Meanwhile, I guess when security gets involved, then you gotta call the cops. Meanwhile, Aldrich told the cops that she took offense to the picture. And while talking to whom she believed to be the juveniles parents, Dodge walked up to her and suddenly snatched the card out of her hand. This is such a fun story to me, her punching an heiress. I mean, punching an heir to the Dodge fortune. She claimed she asked Dodge for the picture several times with negative results. At which time security separated both parties. Neither are pressing charges. A source told us that the club has suspended Dodge. Oh, he's out. So maybe it's his fault. Some club members said the decision isn't fair. His friends and peers saw what happened and he was doing the right thing, sticking up for his kid's guest. Well, that kid is never getting invited back to the breakers again. She went nuts off the Richter scale. Nuts. Is this what Palm beach is becoming? Oh, that's a quote. That's the most Palm beach quote I've ever heard. This is the stories we come here for. This is what page six is all about. Then they show pictures of the breakers, which is beautiful. The breakers, whose membership is reportedly around 500,000. There's a hotel as well. I was at the hotel as plays toast to the played host of the Rockefellers, the Vanderbilts, the Astros, the William Randolph Hearst, Cary Grant, Elizabeth Taylor, Elton John to name modern family. Actress Sofia Vergara and Magic Mike star Joe Manganiello were married there in 2015. Dodge, Aldridge and the breakers did not return request for comment. Just a perfect page six story. Okay, we're gonna go to Sandra Bullock makes rare public appearance at star studded Lakers vs Pistons game. Talk about curating. This is someone you hear about all the time. Sandra Bullock being like the Nicest person. There's two people you hear about, Sandra Bullock and Henry Winkler. Those are the two that people are like, that's the nicest person alive. There's no one like them. They, they and you. You hear this from people. Sandra Bullock was seen during. During a rare public outing as she stepped. They talk like she's locked in her house. The blindside star, 60, appear appeared in good spirits as she watched the Pistons dominate the Lakers from a private box at crypto.com arena in Los Angeles. And these are photos obtained by page 6. The actress being. She looks unbelievable. Like, oh, my God, she's absolutely gorgeous. For the outing, the mother of two wore a black top styled with a gold chain. You wonder, what is this article for? You know, again, to go back all the PR stuff we talk a lot about. Why are these articles here? It's unknown if Bullock was accompanied during the game, but she was not photographed interacting with anyone. Her children, 15, 11, were also not photographed. So this feels like. Other A listers included Leonardo DiCaprio, Kris Jenner's boyfriend, Corey Gamble, and Nas. This is the first time the Oscar winner has been photographed in public since October 12, when she was last seen in Los Angeles. At the time, Bullock tried to remain under the radar. She chatted with two. Her two kids outside the car. Yeah, what is this story? Is she in a movie? Coming up, we'll do a couple more. We're deep into this podcast, so here's a story that, like, again, this is on the line of like, I mean, this accusation. Jody Turner Smith. Jody. Jody Turner Smith accuses estranged husband Joshua Jackson of not paying child support. That is a label you don't want to get that. And it's a celebrity news. So the accusation alone, again, if we're talking about branding of what you think of now, to me, Joshua Jackson, deadbeat dad, you know, that is. You go, that's who he is. To me. Now, that's a pretty serious. That is one thing. As a guy, you know what? She wants him to pay up. And, and this is kind of like what happens in, in the PR game of it all. Maybe you're getting paid again. I haven't read the article. We're gonna find out. But, like, maybe he's getting, he's. She's getting a certain amount of child support and she doesn't think it's enough. So you go to your PR people and you go, hey, listen, we're trying to up this, you know, this money. Let's start telling people he doesn't pay or he isn't paying. And then you go, hey, I want my money and I don't know what else to do. I'm gonna go to the, let's go to the PR people and get them to, you know, shake a tree a little bit. She wants them to pay up. Jody Turner Smith accused her estranged husband Joshua Jackson of not paying child support for their four year old daughter Juno. According to docs obtained by tmz, the Queen and Slim actress alleged the Dawson's Creek alum is reneging on his promise to continue supporting her financially amid their divorce. See, this is a divorce story. This is getting the news. Let's make this divorce move a little quicker. I really do think that Turner Smith, 38, alleged in the docs that Jackson, 46, promised to always pay, always support me and ensure that I would not have to worry about financial security over our for our daughter if we ever separated. Because he understood how difficult life can be as a black woman and a single mother. She also argued in the filing that the doctor Odyssey actor made more money than her during their fir their 4 year marriage and has been purposely dragging out their divorce proceedings, causing her to rack up legal fees. See, this is her. And again, this is how kind of divorces work within the high end, you know, sphere in the high end world. This is, he's trying to make me give in to his demands by dragging this out because he has more money than me. So then she goes to the press, she goes, hey, tell him he's a deadbeat dad. This is something no guy wants to be known as. The agency actress wants her ex to pay her $8,543 per month retroactive to the date of her initial filing in October 2023, and pay her 28,000, $28,641 a month in spousal support while their divorce is still pending. It's. This is a chess move. Additionally, she wants Jackson to pay her $250,000 to cover her attorney. 200. She's paying attorneys $250,000, cover her attorney fees and other costs. Jackson did not immediately hear back for a comment from Jackson. Okay, inside, here's an exclusive to Page six, which to me, I believe is PR agents giving them this news directly from the stars inside Kylie Jenner and Timothee Chalamet's magical early Christmas with her children. Now, to me, this would be coming from Timothee Chalamet's side, his PR people. Again, who's this coming from? He has the movie, the Bob Dylan movies coming out that is like, okay, we want the Bob Dylan movie. We want people going. We want young people going. Young people don't know Bob Dylan. They know Timothee Chalamet. Always dating a Jenner. Kylie Jenner and Timothee Chalamet. I mean, I'm looking at him. The idea that he's somehow a father figure to these kids is crazy. Like he looks like I would be his dad, and I don't even have kids. Kylie Jenner and Timothy Chalamet had a magical time this holiday season. A source exclusively tells Page Six. They had a really nice dinner together with Kylie's family and they drove around to look at Christmas lights with Jenner's two children, daughter Stormy and son Arie. The kids had a really magical time and Kylie and Timothy made some very special memories together. What is this story? This is the exclusive. I mean, them in a game. He looks like. I can't believe they're together. She looks like a woman and he looks like. They show them at a. At a. Some. They show them at a game. They're in the stadium and he has his arm around her. And he looks like he made a wish to a genie to date a supermodel like his high school. He found a genie in his high school locker room. He is. I gotta say, him on college game day. He was amazing. Timothy not only got Kylie gifts, but also got some for the kids, which Kylie thought was so sweet and thoughtful. This is his. This is his PR people. This is him. Get him in the news. We need an article. They show a bunch of. It's a nothing article. It's a nothing article, but we need him on page six every day until this movie comes out. Heather Ray Young, I don't know who that is. Laughs off critic who said her lace Christmas dress is not appropriate for a mom. Now, the only reason I clicked on this is like, who would ever say that a dress is inappropriate for my. It's just a stupid. And then I saw in the dress, she looks amazing. She looks unreal. I mean, the dress looks great. Heather Ray Young brushed off an Internet trolls, right? Like this idea. Like the. The idea that this Internet commenter is somehow in the. In the title of this episode or the title of this article. You go, okay, this is her PR agent being like, she's a put. Make it about being a mom. How a mom can wear anything. Moms can be sexy too. Comments like this make me laugh. The selling Sunset alum wrote on her Instagram story Monday over a screenshot of the criticism. So she's clapping back. I don't even get offended anymore by the rudeness of others. I chose to spread joy, not hate. Ah. Anyone who says I choose to spread joy not ate is is awful. But she. I mean again, like this is a non story. Young, 37, shared a collection of photos earlier in the day showing off her figure in a sheer red gown from what appeared to be her and her husband Tarek El Mouss. Early Christmas celebration favorite time of the year. Favorite +1. She captioned the post in the comment section. One follower wrote the dress is not appropriate. You're a mother now. What was this? Who was. Why are we giving these people power? That commenters. What are they doing? Are they doing it from their house in Des Moines to her? I mean look at her. She looks unbelievable. A mother. I don't think that's a real person. What? I just hate that we let these people at the table of a normal discourse. Like now it's people are saying her dress is inappropriate. No, no, no one idiot. Let's not give these people power. Lauren Sanchez glows for the holidays and fuzzy white dress and diamonds. Now Lauren Sanchez is engaged to Jeff Bezos and beautiful woman. She's the former news anchor who is engaged to Amazon founder Jeff Bezos rocked a body hugging fuzzy dress $118 from Kylie Jenner own label Kai's collaboration with Los Angeles based brand entire studios. So this is an ad for the dress. Like again this is under fashion. This is how again to put the price of the dress on a. You know on who this woman who's going to be a billionaire. Just marrying a billionaire is like what this is to get you to buy the billionaire wives dress. The fly who flew to space authors black pointy toe boots completed her holiday outfit for beauty. I mean I this article, they're in cahoots. This is an ad. The only reason I clicked on it is because I think I saw that they're gonna have a 600 million dollar wedding. Yeah. On Sunday. Bezos shut down rumors the couple is Getting married at $600 million wedding in Aspen next weekend. I just don't know what would cost 600 million. Like I don't even think you could do that. That's why I clicked on this because I was like I heard that rumor too. And I'm like what? At that point maybe you don't care what it costs. And then people just name their price because is the band. I mean again, let's say you had Beyonce. Are you gonna. You're gonna pay her? Let's say you paid her $20 million to do a 20 minute medley of songs at your wedding. Fine. You're now $580 million away from 600 million. Like that's just crazy debate, but I don't know. Last story How John George's Stole Christmas Exact bidder after being nickel and dimed over holiday dinner by 1% eatery so John George's they made a gravy error. Great line. One of the city's chicest restaurants bizarrely decided to nickel and dime a New York media exec over Christmas dinner of all things, after accidentally advertising the wrong price for Yuletide Feast. And now the dumbstruck diner is left with a taste more bitter than bad Brussels sprouts and his family are stuck without a booking for the big day. Cranberry Sources why is this all puns say the biz boss booked a table for four at Jean George's after noticing the Hout. The Hout Haunt had, presumably in the spirit of peace and goodwill to all men, knocked down the price of its tasting menu on the 25th month. We're told by that back in November, the 27 year old Columbus Circle Restaurants website said it's six course prefix which usually costs $298, would be 258 on Christmas Day or its 10 course option would be 318 versus the rather than 398. Not exactly a blue plate special, but a nice touch. Okay, so they thought they're getting a deal. But on Wednesday, when the twice Michelin star dining destination sent him an email to confirm the table, he noticed that the price has gone back up to the normal rate. He canceled the res and in fit festive peak when the restaurant in a fit of festive peak PK peak when the restaurant, which the Times once said in a four star review glides like a Mercedes sedan, told them that it wouldn't honor the lower price, we're told a staffer simply said the advertised rate had been a mistake and they well, I'm on the side of the diner. You you a mistake. They've been bringing a bill with the normal numbers. Regardless, you can't advertise a different price than what you're asking for. And again, just because it's a lot of money either way, again, like this isn't as they say in the article, it's no blue plate special. But at the same time you've gone back on your word. When we called the restaurant, an equally unaccommodating staffer told Page Six they felt bad for the family, but we do not honor any discounts to anyone. No, no, no, it's not a discount. You did the wrong thing. You have put out that it is this much and now you're saying it's that much. That's not. No one's asking for a discount. You gave the discount. When we raised the idea that it could be considered a case of false advertising. He said it's not false advertising. It was a mistake. Yeah, but when I make mistake. When we make mistakes, we pay for. There's consequences of mistakes. The exec told us the money isn't the issue, but the principal. Yeah. No, no, no, no. I. I'm with the execration. This is annoying because, you know, John George's gets let off the hook because who cares? 319 versus 358 or whatever it was. Who gives a shit? But this is. When does it end? They said they promised festive cheer but actually delivered disappointment. Mistakes happened, but they should have honored the rate they advertised for weeks instead of leaving diners with a lump of coal in their stockings. I'm with them. John George's. Consider yourself out from J Train. Well, if someone invited me, I'd go. All right, Pop culture Thursday. Back next week. Boom.