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Last Friday, I give a full rundown of my trip to San Diego, as well as talking openly and honestly about GLP1 and my experience on the drug. If you've been to my shows, you know, I talk about OIC a lot. I hope that if you come to the shows, let the show happen, because I'm talking about it and people scream out, and I don't just go on stage to say stuff. There's a reason for everything. So, I mean, the reason being to make you laugh. But more, more importantly, let the show happen. Okay, I'm taking it. But I'm also talking about how. How infuriated I was to have my dad offer it to me. So, I mean, this is like our insider thing, you know, that I, I, you know, there's a paywall here, so I feel a little bit more comfortable talking about, you know, personal stuff. But, like, it's easier to talk here. You know, the bits come later. You know, my dad offered me his Ozempic almost a year ago, I think, or something like that. So I, I don't know. 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Those are all coming. Boston, second show added. New York, second show added. So go to my website, jared free.com so we kind of continue the Ashley Tisdale story. I told you this story is going to be sticky. This is a millennial woman's dream. Other people's drama that they can relate to. That feels very high school. And I said, what did I say? I said, Meghan Trainor to me seems like the level headed, reasonable one. I had met her on a morning show once. She seemed very cool. Here it is, the name in this article. The Meghan Trainor finally sets the record straight on her involvement in quote, toxic mom group drama. So they basically Meghan Trainor who seems to be smart about all this is like, let me step away, I'll come in, I'll make a statement. I'm sure it'll be fun and a little bit light hearted. I will say the beauty of this story for people that are getting involved is they have had long time assumptions about all these people because you grew up with them, because it's Disney Channel, because it's Nickelodeon, because it's pop stars from your youth. So you've had a relationship with these stars. And the, the a, a friend of mine basically was like, they were like, I am team mom group. And I was like, why? You know, I'm being curious why they were like, well, Ashley Tisdale was friends with Vanessa Hudgins and Austin Butler when they dated and then she stayed friends with both. Not a girl's girl move. And I'm like, wow, we have gone into the time machine. We've gone to like Disney Channel pop romance and we are using. So anything you fe about these people is either confirmed or it has been rejected. It is black and white. And if it's been confirmed, you are now double down. Ashley Tisdale, not a girl's girl. Which I think is so interesting that's what this story is all about, really. And that's why people take such interest. I mean I'm teen mom group because I think writing the op ed where you know that all of these people are going to be found out that people are watching. This will be juicy to people. You know, you are speaking to all the people. You're using words like toxic and high school. So you're trying to assemble your own super villain team. You're trying to get all the people who feel that their mom group has have come out against them and feel that they've dealt with bullying in high school, which is a large group. Most people do feel like they are othered Meghan Trainor. So let's go to what Meghan Trainor says. Meghan Trainor and says she's not the one the pop star took to TikTok Monday to shut down any remaining speculation that Ashley Tisdell referring to her when the actress published an essay about breaking up with her toxic mom group, Me still trying to convince everyone I'm not involved in the mom group drama trainer, 32, wrote atop a video of her mouthing the words Come on you. You have to believe me. Please. You have to believe me. No, you have to. So what did I tell you? Megan Train are going to go light and funny. She's lip syncing. She's doing one of those lip sync things and it's a, it's a meme. She looks fantastic. Yup. They this is her. You know, she's. And also it's not really her saying she's not the toxic mom. She's just going to. She's playing with it. She captioned the clip. I swear I'm innocent. See, she's. She's just saying this is fun and games to me. Because if you said well, well at this point it's her going. I'll go as vague as she went. So I can deny. What is she denying? I don't think I'm one of them. You know I'm not toxic. Oh is toxic not inviting her to the fabulous vacation we went on that involved everyone from the group chat except the for her. Oh well, I would disagree. This is the second time the singer songwriter has addressed the situation via tick tock. Initially talking to the platform, taking to the platform to upload a video that showed her typing at her computer. The words me finding out about the apartment. I'm sorry. The words me finding out about the apparent mom group drama were written at top the footage which was set to the tune of her own Song still don't care. Meghan Trainor is giving you a. A doctorate lesson, a PhD level lesson in how to handle vague accusations. She is Meghan Trainor. Not. Not only is she not saying much, she's taking the side of, oh, am I involved? And then she's putting her own song on the video, which she knows will go viral to make her money. Bravo, Meghan Trainor. Great work. I knew I liked her. I knew she was cool. I knew she got it. I swear, I'm innocent. With the, you know, the prayer emoji. Her husband, Daryl Sabara, with whom she Shares Son Riley, 4, and Barry, 2, also weighed in, telling a paparazzo that there was no drop over here. That's what cool people who exclude losers talk like. Yeah, that's. That's how I know she's in the mom group. That's how I know she doesn't care about Ashley Tisdale. That's how I know she's having fun with this and she could not be bothered. No drama over here. That's what someone says when they know that no one can get them. Just trying to keep the kids happy, you know? Sabara, 33, said, adding to adding of Tisdale. I don't really know what's going on. I hope she's okay, though. Oh, yes. Wow. Daryl Sabara didn't. Wasn't familiar with your work. This guy's good. Daryl Sabara and Meghan Trainor. This is the dynamic duo of. Oh, is that me? Us. Come on. They are above it. I envy their calm. Earlier this month, the high school. I mean, we don't have to go. I hope she's okay, though. Is on the level of. Here's. This is why Ashley Tisdale has been losing for a while now. The op ed is because Ashley Tisdale was dealing with people like this. She's still wrong, but she's dealing with people that are just not even phased by her. She probably left the group chat, was talking behind people's back and was like, oh, my God, they're so exclusive. They're. They're all mean girls. And then you have to deal with someone whose husband goes, oh, Ashley. Yeah, I've heard of her. Hope she's doing well. We're. We're setting up for a vacation with our big group Chat. Yeah, we have a big group that gets together and does things. Yeah, we all really like each other. We all have kids around the same age as. She has kids that age, too. Huh. Okay. Hope she's doing well. We're just trying to Keep the kids happy. Then he Daryl Sabara, this guy, he should be a PR agent. I don't know what he does. 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Let me speak for me as a man. I cannot show someone a hairstyle and go, let me do a Kurt Cobain mugshot moment. Like, that's not gonna happen for me. I have one speed, one lane. I can go a little faster. I can go a little slower. I can't go to full stop. I can't speed going up to someone and going, yeah, I'm gonna go with the mod look. I'm gonna look like Kurt cobain. This is the guy from heated rivalry. I mean, he's. The thing is you have to have the chin to back up any hairstyle. And I don't have that. And I think this is something where you go, yeah, like, it's why the hots live a different lifestyle than us. While not in the running for the 2026 Golden Globes, heated rivalry stars Connor story and Hudson williams were certainly the names on everyone's lips. I watched the first episode. It is a good show. It makes you, I mean as a straight man, it makes you uncomfortable. It's, it's different for me. And I want to say I talked about it with Lisa Traeger on Chit Chat Wednesday. We had a long discussion about heated rivalry. I want to add to that I because Lisa and I were talking after and I was like, I'll continue watching the show. I got to finish the season. It kind of made me feel the man on man scenes like it because she, Lisa was saying that you don't get to see that when you see love on tv. It is a straight male female dynamic and made for men. I'll, I'll, I agree with that. I'll take that and say, yeah, sure. So I guess I agree with it because I felt the same way when I saw the Golden Bachelor first kissing women on the show. I was like, wow, this is like weird, but something I've never seen. I felt the same way watching Gary from the first season of the Golden Bachelor kissing Teresa that I felt when I saw Connor Connor Story and Hudson Williams first going at in that first episode. I was like, whoa, whoa. This is something I, I guess I haven't seen in a show that anyone could watch, you know, so it is an interesting show. I do I go listen to the Lisa Trager episode. We talk. Or you can watch it on YouTube. Story 25 arrived in the red carpet styling his curly locks and into a combed out mullet with perhaps unlikely with a perhaps unlikely inspiration. According to gq, who spoke with the hairstylist Candace Burns, Story looked to late Kurt Cobain for inspiration. I think only hot people can do this. Like I'm looking at the mug shot Kurt Cobain. Yeah, they got the same hairstyle. It's very like, I mean I would call it not the Kurt Cobain hairstyle. I would more call it the what's not Wet Hot American Summer. I would call it the what's the movie. I get this is horrific that I, I, I'm having an old person moment. This is why I shouldn't be watching this show. I'm too old. It looks like the with Ben Affleck and they play baseball and they I, I'm an idiot. It's an old movie that looked more old than it was. The girls stay the same age. What is that with Matthew McConaughey? I'm an idiot. Not the way back. Girls stay the same age. I, I, I, I know you're yelling it at your computer. Your computer, your podcast, your phone. Dazed and Confused. I would say this is a Dazed and Confused haircut. I would say more than it is a Kurt Cobain haircut. I would say this is if Conor Story went into the barber and was like, give me the Dazed and Confused. I want to look like I'm one of the guys from that movie. That's what I would say this is. I started looking for Patrick Swayze in Point Break, and then I pulled up an old photo of the Beatles, like, circa 67. Error. And I was like, okay, if the three of these had a baby, this could be your hair. Burns told the publication. Described as the Mod Mullet shoes curl cream, hair oil and mousse pump. This is. Again, this is going back. We're going to have an episode of you up where we have Chris Appleton, the hairstylist on the show. And I talk about how growing up, I was like. When I was like, this is the haircut at 13. You give it a shot. You go, I want to look like a cool dude like Connor Story, and give me the Mod Mullet. And then you have a picture that you're embarrassed of the rest of your life because you're Jewish and you shouldn't be doing this hairstyle like we used to have. The Jonathan Taylor Thomas, the split down the middle. That was the look everyone wanted. And then whether you should or shouldn't have it at 13 as a. As a young man, you're like, I gotta have it. And then you realize, yeah, this probably isn't where I'm at, but good for Connor's story. The show is pretty good. I gotta keep watching it. I like this story. Again, to go back to the theme of older person weighing in on younger people's stuff. Not getting it. Chelsea Handler disses Timothy Shalamet's Boastful Marty supreme press tour. Leonardo DiCaprio wouldn't do that. Okay, I will say this without having read it, because that's how we do this show. I would say Chelsea. This makes Chelsea Handler sound bad to me. Chelsea Handler, who is older than me, but that doesn't matter, is from a Hollywood and entertainment industry that plucked you from obscurity. To say Leonardo DiCaprio wouldn't go on tour promoting his movies to make sure that he can get the award is fraudulent. Leonardo DiCaprio was a child star who was cast and then got cast again, and that got cast again, had the look, and in another time, that's how you made it. Someone plucked you. Someone said you're the guy. Let's go, Leo D. You're the man. And you sat back sent out by other people. It's just not how it works today. This is Gen Z. Gen Z knows you want it. Go get it. And that's why people are offended by Gen Z. I actually think that's a great attitude for Timothy Chalamet to be told you want the award. Well, why don't you go out and do a little Tory? That's how you get things. You make the video, you do the TikTok. No one's coming to your door. No one's knocking at your door. No one thinks you're that great. I think Timothy's showing Hutzpah. I think he's showing Hustle. I think he's been great. And here's the other thing. He's backed it up. He's gone on. He's gone on podcasts and shows where he's shown a level of intellect and thought on the topics that he's going to talk about that I didn't expect from him. So what. What, you know, what Chelsea Handler is saying is, I wouldn't have worked hard. It's a bad look. Timothee Chalamet is doomed. Too much love that. According to Chelsea Handler, the comedian blasted Chalamet's Marty supreme press tour on the Not Skinny but Not Fat podcast. Oh, so she was on with Amanda. I would love to talk to Amanda about this. When host Amanda Hirsch asked whether the actor took promotion too seriously, Handler agreed, it seems so. I mean, does Amanda Hearst think he took it too seriously? Because I would say to Amanda, like, our business is hustling. The former Chelsea Lately. Host, 50, explained he seemed pretty serious about winning and getting acknowledged for his great acting. While Handler clarified she does not believe she does clarified she does believe Chalamet, 30, is a great actor. She noted it's hard to hear someone talk about how great they are at acting. I haven't heard that from him, but I haven't listened in. Maybe she's listening to all every podcast he does and he said that. I don't know. Hirsch, 37, chimed in to say Leonardo DiCaprio is her gold star when it comes to acting like a real movie star in Hollywood. No, but he's allowed to act that way. That is old Hollywood. You two are talking about how great the days were before the dating apps. That's not how it happens now. That's not. That doesn't exist. You want to act that way? Okay. Don't complain when someone else is out there using the tools that they have at their. We, you know, I, I love Amanda and we are friends. I. We disagree. And the Oscar winner would never brag about his performance. Yeah, because he doesn't have to. You would say Timothy Chalamet doesn't have to. No, no, no. He's a product of his environment in it. To Timothy Chalamet at his age, that's all that generation knows. Go get it. Leo wouldn't say that, Hirsch claimed. Even though it took him so long to win. Right. He didn't win anything until that wrestling with the bear movie. The Revenant Handler replied, Leo wouldn't do that. Leo is a movie star. He wouldn't talk like that. Well, get ready for the new movie stars is my response. That's new. I haven't heard of any actor talking like that. Yeah, because you got to these days. It is the. This is the TikTok self taping generation. I take offense to it because this podcast is a version of. Please listen to me. Please know that I'm great at what I do here. Share it with your friends because. And I can't say share with your friends because. Well, I think it's okay. No, this is a good show. This is a fun show. You should share it with your friends. Let me, let me tell Timothy Chalamet this shit. So I'm, I'm curious about this article. It has a very click baity headline. Paul Rudd reacts to claim he has a, quote, huge penis in wild interviews. So when I saw this, I go, one wouldn't be surprised that Paul Rudd had a huge unit. Two who did the wild interview and it was Rick Glassman. Now Rick I've met in passing. I asked him to do this show way back when and he had a lot of scheduling stuff. I'm going to do his show. I think it might happen. I was told he's open to having me via the Betches PR people. I, I would love to go on his interviews, have some writing that goes into it. They kind of have. There's some improv and acting that he does and I'm not sure if he does that anymore, but. Because whenever I see his clips, I'm like, oh, this is a funny turn on what an interview would be or something you'd see it is different, which I give him a lot of credit for. So that kind of takes me back to like, you know, it's funny. This is like seeing the, you know, the, the click baity political headline on Facebook. You're like, oh, that was made to trick my mom and dad. To me, this Page Six article, Paul Rudd reacts to the claim he has a huge penis in Wild interview. That's to get people who don't know Rick Glassman's work, because this is kind of what he does. I also have to say, I don't know Rick well at all. We've just met in passing. This guy must know. He must have started in LA and been around because he seems to know everyone who becomes super famous. To get Paul Rudd on your podcast, that's a get. During his initial interview with rick glassman in July 2025, notably, the duo performed a bit where Michael. See, it's a bit. He does these bits where Michael Sparrow spilled hot coffee on Rudd, ultimately leading to the Friends alum soiling himself and removing his pants. Yeah. So the. Again, he's had Michael, Sarah on Glassman, looking back on the viral video Thursday, told Rudd, you have a huge penis. You do. You have a huge penis. Yeah. This is a bit. This is what separates Rick from the next comedian. This is what makes him great because it's fucking hilarious. And he's saying. And Rick is acknowledging the. The virality of the past. This is why Pete, you know, there's hacky ways to do the same thing over and over again and then there's creative ways. Rick saying, oh, we had this bit that did really well. What's part two? What's the next thing? And the next thing is to say, I saw your penis. It was huge. Love it, think it's great. I listen, I would love to go on Rick's podcast and have it be a bit. I went on Mike Feeney's podcast. Mike Feeney. I just saw him the other night, funny comic at the Cellar, and he was like, your pod. Your episode did really well. I did. He does a podcast where he's interviewing his code, his next co host. So everyone that comes on is vying to be his co host. When I went on, I was like, oh, I guess the direction I'll take comedically is that I'm too big for him, that I feel that I'm there to interview him. I thought that was a funny turn on the subject at hand. So I kind of go back at him and you can watch it on YouTube. You can go listen to it. He said that it did really well on Spotify, which I. I appreciate. But it was funny because when it first came out, I saw all the comments were really negative towards me. I was like, don't they get this is a bit? And I was like maybe they don't know. So I'm sure Rick deals with that a lot. But it's also working because it gets people to go, what is this show? Which is the key to any good commercial. We'll do another story. We are deep in this podcast. Listen, if you're enjoying this deep in send it to a friend. That's my way of promoting myself. Vanessa Williams Vanessa Williams admits Vanessa Williams admits to Game Changer quote Manjaro use and then quote I want to look my best. I would say my initial read on this is that Vanessa Williams isn't helping the GLP1 conversation as much as she thinks she is. Because Vanessa Williams is was will forever be beautiful to a hundred percent of the public. Like, she is known as beautiful actress I she probably modeled at one point. Vanessa Williams is managing her menopause struggles with GLP1 medication the ugly Betty alum has been using for the past two years. She told hello magazine in a cover story published Monday. Like, so if you go to sign up for the Patreon, I talk about I'm taking WeGovi and to say I want to look good, I think minimizes what it's all about. I think it actually makes people more afraid to take it, more afraid. And you're playing on vanity to make people understand. But it also when she says, quote it's a game changer, she shared, when I turned 60, I was like, I want to be here for a long time and I want to look my best. So what am I going to do? Like, I want to look my best. Yeah, I can understand you go through menopause, you're eating differently, your body's reacting differently. You're like, I want to be able to like, have control over this. And that's kind of what the GLP ones do. It gives you a sense of more control. Like, I always felt out of control when it came to meal time. Like, I, I, I hate lunch for that reason. That's different than I want to look my best. Of course everyone wants to look their best. William, 62, started to struggling with started to struggle with maintaining her health after experiencing hormonal changes in her late 40s. My 50s were hard, she said. I started pre perimenopause in my late 40s. But suddenly at 51, it's crazy how your body changes. The Miss America winner admitted to feeling out of control of her own body. There we go. Yeah, I think that I would, I would say out of control is like is what I would agree with. But to like, I Want to look? I don't know, but that's a pulled quote from Page Six, so. Page Six isn't helping. They show her. It's. I mean, she looks unbelievable. Because you're working out the same way, eating the same way. Your body is not reacting the way it used to. Williams isn't above using medication to feel her best. Since science is amazing. She. Gus, I'm like, she gushed. I'm like, what's next? Bring it on. I'm with her. The Tony winner also cop to using hormone replacement therapy to help with menopause as well as n. What is it? Nicotinamide, adenine. I mean, couldn't the nad. Plus, I don't know what that is for to support. All right, well, she looks amazing. I'm. I'm with her. I just. We need a. I think we just need to find how we're going to talk about this because. But also, that's Page Six putting a juicy headline. And guess who fell for it. Your dear old Uncle J train. Here's this next one is on the topic of. Great idea. Good job. Celine Dion reveals must have purse essentials, including a microphone to sing on cue. So I don't know who's been doing this, but these have been going viral. It is a great, great, great idea. This is it. Basically, they go up to women. They go, show us what's in your purse. This is. I think this is one of the best ideas. Show us what your apartments like, has gotten. I don't like those videos. Tell us what you do. I don't like those videos. I don't like the people who make them. I've been approached in the West Village by the guy who goes up to people and says, what do you do? I think that guy stinks. I think the way he does it stinks. He just runs up to you and is taping. It's really offensive to me. Like, there's no. Like, hey, can. Can we. You know, I'm doing a thing here. There's none of that. This what's in your purse thing has a level of like. To me, it's all. It's fun. You can be rich into it. You can be poor into it. You can show us what's in your purse. Just as way is I. Whoever came up with this, whoever's doing this, I hope they're making a lot of money. They deserve every dollar. It's great. It could be used as an ad for the purse. You can use it as an ad for anything. Anything that would be in a Purse. I, I, I just think it's like a great, great, great idea. Uh, and I saw this video earlier. Like I saw someone post about it and I was like, yeah, that I, I, I get why it's immediately interesting for especially any woman who carries a purse. Celine Dion's purse contains exactly what it should contain. A microphone. I mean, the fact that she has a microphone in it. Maybe we've, maybe she knew it was coming. I don't like when they know it's coming. Dog food and a landline telephone. On Monday, the legendary vocalist, 57, brought her Instagram followers on a little tour of what she keeps in her bag. And the resulting video is a comedic masterpiece. I, I, I live in Vegas, she explained as she reached into her oversized purse, grabbing a folding fan, fanned herself. It's hot. Okay. I love that. Yep. Yeah. And she doesn't have a, like an electronic fan. It's a folding fan. She then whipped out a plastic baggie containing kibble and medicine for her beautiful two pound pooch. Up next, Mentos mints. Like, I want to know what's in people's pockets. I would want that. Hey, Leonardo DiCaprio, show me what's in your pockets. Wouldn't you be interested? Instant. Instantly interested. Up next, Mentos mints. I mean, Mentos. Who's having Mentos these days? Dion packed. Dion panted to signify that she sometimes need to freshen her breath. The Grammy winner also carries great spray sanitizer for her hands, as well as great hand cream spray sanitizer. Especially when people are coming up to you going, Celine, I'm a huge fan. Then shake your hand. It's one of my favorites. Biretto Blanche, she said as she sniffed the tub of lotion dramatically. Good. Look at that promo. Then pulled out her very own microphone. Just in case. I mean, people ask her to sing Happy Birthday. I'm ready. She insisted before breaking out into a rendition of Nat King Cole's unforgettable. Come on, it takes a lot of balls. She cheekily added as she picked up two bill billiard balls on the pool table in front of her. Little, little ball humor out of Celine to get the microphone and pretend that you're on. Did she, I, I would love to know. Is it a, is did she really carry it around like that? While belting out a portion of Cher's Believe, Dion whipped out a rock with the word Believe engraved on it. She's doing bits. What is she? Character. She then held up a VIP badge from her Courage World Tour, explaining it takes A lot of courage to carry her own VIP frickin badge like this. It's because when I purchase stuff, people ask, is it really you? She proceeded to sing a note that undoubtedly got the attention of her two pound dog. Dion quipped that it happens to her a lot. I. I love this. Where. Why a landline? How big is this purse? What is she? This is crazy. They don't believe it's me. So what I do is I take out my old phone. The santra said, pulling out a rotary dial phone. And I'm like, okay, I'm gonna get you arrested. I'm calling 9 freaking 11 and I'm asked for help. Is. Is Celine Dion just this like kooky old lady? Is that what she's become? Is she my grandma? Dion then applied a light pink lip gloss as she noted that it's dry in Las Vegas encourage her fans to stay moist. Wow. The segment concluded with her singing into the microphone and picking up her own. Picking up her bag only for its items to fall out and completely crash down to the floor. So I'm not sure if this was a bit. It sounds very bit heavy. I thought this was a thing that there's like a magazine doing this had no promotion. It was just on her Instagram. If her assistant said people are doing this. Do this great work out of the assistant. Wow. Maybe I should. I do it. What's in my pockets? I don't know. What's in my wallet? My wallet isn't that fun. I mean a Costco card. Pop culture Thursday back next week. Boom.
Host: Jared Freid
Episode: What's In Celine Dion's Purse, Meghan Trainor Responds To Tisdale, and Heated Rivalry Fever – POP CULTURE THURSDAY
Date: January 15, 2026
On this Pop Culture Thursday, Jared Freid riffs on the week’s most buzzworthy celebrity headlines, zeroing in on millennial “mom group” drama with Ashley Tisdale and Meghan Trainor, viral moments with Celine Dion, debates on celebrity hustle (Timothée Chalamet vs. Leonardo DiCaprio), representation and discomfort in modern TV, and the comedic brilliance of Rick Glassman’s interviews. It’s a laugh-filled, gossipy, and insight-packed ride that unpacks why these cultural moments catch fire and what they say about us.
(Begins ~08:00)
Background: Ashley Tisdale publishes an essay about breaking up with her “toxic mom group.” Rumors swirl about which celebs are in the group, with Meghan Trainor’s name tossed into the mix.
Jared’s Commentary:
Meghan Trainor’s Response:
Jared’s Analysis:
Takeaway:
(Begins ~24:56)
Connor Story’s Golden Globes Look: The “Heated Rivalry” star’s mullet is inspired by Kurt Cobain’s mugshot.
Jared’s Take:
Reflection on Generational Style Mistakes:
Unpacking Modern Representation on TV:
(Begins ~32:50)
Handler’s Critique:
Jared Claps Back:
On Hollywood Generational Divide:
(Begins ~43:00)
Headline: “Paul Rudd reacts to claim he has a huge penis in wild interview.”
Jared’s Dissection:
Personal Anecdote:
Takeaway:
(Begins ~50:30)
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On Meghan Trainor’s masterclass in rumor management:
"Meghan Trainor is giving you a PhD-level lesson in how to handle vague accusations… she’s not really saying she’s not toxic, she’s just playing with it."
— Jared Freid, (14:30)
On celebrity group drama:
"We have gone into the time machine… Disney Channel pop romance… so anything you feel about these people is either confirmed or rejected."
— Jared Freid, (09:40)
On new Hollywood hustle:
"This is Gen Z. Gen Z knows: you want it? Go get it. That's why people are offended by Gen Z."
— Jared Freid, (36:12)
On Celine Dion's purse bit:
"I just think it’s like a great, great, great idea… I want to know what’s in people's pockets. Hey, Leonardo DiCaprio, show me what’s in your pockets. Wouldn’t you be interested? Instantly interested."
— Jared Freid, (58:47)
On representation in media:
"I felt the same way watching Gary from Golden Bachelor kiss Teresa as I did when I saw the Heated Rivalry scene. I guess I haven’t seen that before in a show anyone could watch."
— Jared Freid, (30:05)
Final Quote & Call to Action:
“If you’re enjoying this deep in, send it to a friend. That’s my way of promoting myself.” (49:49)
Next Pop Culture Thursday: Back Next Week!