Thanksgiving Prep and Kitchen Horrors

Summary

The Southern Tea — "Thanksgiving Prep and Kitchen Horrors"

Host: Lindsie Chrisley
Guest/Co-Host: Kristen
Date: November 26, 2025
Podcast: PodcastOne

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Episode Overview

This week on The Southern Tea, Lindsie Chrisley and co-host Kristen celebrate Thanksgiving Eve with candid conversations on turkey disasters, holiday family dynamics, Instacart woes, and kitchen mishaps. The episode balances relatable southern humor, heartfelt perspectives on motherhood and family, and dives into trending news, viral stepmom drama, and the Campbell’s Soup scandal. The show closes on gratitude, growth, and reflective seasonal wisdom.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Thanksgiving Cooking Chaos

• Instacart Misadventures:

  • Both Lindsie and Kristen share failed grocery delivery experiences. Lindsie’s Instacart shopper—a man—struggled with basic holiday items, leading her to restock at Target herself.
    • "My Capri Suns showed up, like, busted out of the box." (04:54, Lindsie)
    • The “fresh vs. dried” sage debate—southern cooks typically swear by the spice aisle version for dressing.
    • Observations about instacart shoppers clogging up Target aisles in search of mysterious ingredients. (05:02)
  • The two joke about kitchen supply panic and the never-ending search for sage before Thanksgiving.

• Turkey Prepping Revelations:

  • Lindsie recalls her first time cleaning a turkey, mistaking the neck for a different body part.
    • "I thought the neck was a wiener." (06:20, Lindsie)
  • Both recoil at the thought of giblets, gizzards, and chicken livers.
    • “There is nothing that smells worse than a chicken liver.” (07:11, Lindsie)

• Side Dishes, Cranberry Sauce, & Leftovers:

  • Family traditions: Jackson, Lindsie’s son, demands jellied cranberry sauce.
  • Kristen is staunchly pro-jelly, Lindsie is anti-both.
    • "I don't like the jellied or like, the frou frou one that people do." (08:21, Lindsie)
  • Discussion on Thanksgiving leftover “pies” (like shepherd's pie) versus keeping foods strictly separate.
    • "We're big fans of divided plates. We do not mix the stuff together." (09:39, Lindsie)

2. Family, Divorce, and “Hot Tub” Diplomacy

• Lindsie is prepping to host Thanksgiving for the first time in a while—her ex-husband Will plans to drop by both for golf and hot tub use.
  • "And I'm also feeding you on Thanksgiving. Like, what kind of divorce is this?" (13:48, Lindsie)
  • Hot tub horror story: Lindsie discovers the cover has incubated mold and algae since her last breakup.
    • "That thing looked like it had mold and algae all over it..." (12:10, Lindsie)
  • Lighthearted banter about letting Will “test” the hot tub’s chemical safety.

3. Pop Culture: TV Show Binging & Viral Social Media

• Obsession with Landman (series compared to Yellowstone and Friday Night Lights).
  • "It truly is so good... it's giving me the vibes between Yellowstone and Friday Night Lights." (02:16, Lindsie)
• Kristen's trauma about watching animal deaths in shows like Yellowstone and John Wick.
• Viral marriage advice video: Will weighs in with the “hot/crazy scale” from a male perspective, describing a “cross-sectional path” for picking a partner—prompting laughter and exasperation.
  • "Don't marry the hottest chick you ever been with. The hot scale and crazy scale, they run on the same axis." (19:13, Will)

4. Package Delivery Drama & Online Shopping

• Lindsie describes a viral FedEx sting with alleged package theft involving insiders.
  • "Supposedly, allegedly, there is an inside job going on with FedEx..." (17:09, Lindsie)
  • Both lament the perils of holiday shopping, parking lot madness, and packages that never arrive.

5. Viral Stepmom Drama & Blended Family Heartbreak

• Discussion about a viral text exchange where a stepmother tells her stepson he can't visit due to “no room.” Both Lindsie and Kristen are emotionally gutted by the situation.

  • "No child should ever have to beg to be part of their family." (30:29, Kristen)
  • "In no world could I imagine ever having a conversation... with a child like this." (31:35, Lindsie)
  • Lindsie shares her deep disgust as a biological and stepmom.

• Tragic News Item:

  • Lindsie recaps a recent high-profile case where a mother killed her son to "make room for a new baby." Heavy conversation on parental responsibility, evil, and the importance of protecting children.
    • "I believe that some people, and I'm, you know, I might be wrong, but I do think that some people are born evil." (35:44, Lindsie)

6. Campbell’s Soup Scandal

• Discussion of newly leaked audio where a Campbell’s executive allegedly calls their soups "for poor people" and makes comments about “3D printed meat.”
  • Lindsie and Kristen are both appalled at elitism and lack of accountability after the whistleblower is fired and not the executive.
    • "Campbell Soup... regardless of income bracket, is in majority of households." (42:15, Lindsie)
    • "Don't even get me started on the price point of Campbell's going up over the years—just like everything else!" (42:42, Kristen)
  • They worry about “lab-grown” meat and highlight the lack of transparency in food production.

7. Kitchen Injuries & Thanksgiving Hazards

• Lindsie quizzes Kristen on the most common Thanksgiving ER visits:
  1. Cuts from unfamiliar tools (electric carvers!).
  2. Burns from ovens, pots, curling irons.
  3. Stomach/gallbladder flareups—what you eat and overindulgence.
  4. Sports injuries (flag football, “turkey trot” runs).
  5. Car accidents due to holiday travel.
• Both swap stories about dangerous kitchen tools and deep-frying turkeys.
  • "It's giving like, the chainsaw." (52:41, Lindsie)
  • "Why are we bringing, like, an electric moving blade into the kitchen when we're talking, like, wine and claws and beer?" (53:36, Lindsie)
• Lindsie jokes: "No one needs to come to my house for Thanksgiving because you absolutely will leave with a clogged artery." (61:17)

8. Gratitude, Reflection, and Personal Growth

• Lindsie shares a devotional:
  • "Things are beautiful in God's time. No detail of your life is ever an accident..." (61:37)
• Both reflect on the challenges, public scrutiny, and growth that has shaped them—especially over many turbulent years.
  • "I just feel like I have navigated some things in my life that have been so personal so publicly..." (62:46, Lindsie)
• Kristen notes the importance of appreciating the life you once prayed for, not rushing past it in search of more.

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

| Time | Speaker | Quote/Highlight | |--------|---------------|-----------------| | 04:54 | Lindsie | "My Capri Suns showed up, like, busted out of the box." | | 06:20 | Lindsie | "I thought the neck was a wiener." | | 09:39 | Lindsie | "We're big fans of divided plates. We do not mix the stuff together." | | 13:48 | Lindsie | "And I'm also feeding you on Thanksgiving. Like, what kind of divorce is this?" | | 19:13 | Will (ex-husband) | "Don't marry the hottest chick you ever been with. The hot scale and crazy scale, they run on the same axis." | | 30:29 | Kristen | "No child should ever have to beg to be part of their family." | | 31:35 | Lindsie | "In no world could I imagine ever having a conversation... with a child like this." | | 35:44 | Lindsie | "I believe that some people, and I'm, you know, I might be wrong, but I do think that some people are born evil." | | 42:15 | Lindsie | "Campbell Soup... regardless of income bracket, is in majority of households." | | 42:42 | Kristen | "Don't even get me started on the price point of Campbell's going up over the years—just like everything else!" | | 52:41 | Lindsie | "It's giving, like the chainsaw." | | 53:36 | Lindsie | "Why are we bringing, like, an electric moving blade into the kitchen when we're talking, like, wine and claws and beer?" | | 61:17 | Lindsie | "No one needs to come to my house for Thanksgiving because you absolutely will leave with a clogged artery." | | 62:46 | Lindsie | "I just feel like I have navigated some things in my life that have been so personal so publicly..." | | 63:40 | Kristen | "I've noticed a lot of growth, and I'm really excited to see where 2026 takes you." |

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Important Timestamps

• 00:44 – 06:00: Instacart, sage debate, and early Thanksgiving grocery panic
• 06:00 – 08:30: Turkey horror stories, gizzards, and cranberry sauce wars
• 09:39 – 11:20: Thanksgiving leftovers and divided vs. mixed plates
• 11:53 – 14:39: Hot tub drama and “divorced but still friends” family moments
• 17:09 – 18:10: FedEx sting and missing packages
• 19:13 – 21:15: Will's viral "hot/crazy axis" marriage advice
• 29:19 – 33:44: Viral stepmom/stepkid exclusion text thread and blended family heartbreak
• 38:37 – 43:56: Campbell’s Soup scandal, 3D printed meat, and company accountability
• 51:35 – 53:36: Kitchen injuries, deep fryers, and electric carving knife dangers
• 61:37 – End: Devotional, gratitude, embracing life’s hard seasons

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Tone and Style

The episode is full of Southern humor, self-deprecating jokes, candid and sometimes irreverent family stories, and raw emotional reactions to difficult topics (blended family struggles, child loss, corporate scandals). The banter is light and playful but balanced with sincere reflection and faith-based encouragement.

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Closing

Lindsie and Kristen end the episode on notes of hope, gratitude, and friendship—reminding listeners to appreciate even the ordinary blessings and to cherish the journey, however messy (or kitchen-chaotic) it may be.

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Transcript

[Lindsay Chrisley]

Maybe I'm just, like, weird. Maybe I'm crunchy. This is the Southern Tea with Lindsay Chrisley. I think it's so funny when you get Christmas cards and all of these people write their children's accomplishments on the back. I don't love them. A Southern girl and a boy mom who's trying to navigate life while staying true to her roots. I am a functioning, non functioning human being right now. Join Lindsay each week as she swears to spill the tea, the whole tea, and nothing but the tea. Tea. That is the tea. Here's Lindsay. Good morning and welcome back to another episode of the Southern Tea. Happy Thanksgiving.

[Kristen]

Happy Thanksgiving Eve Eve.

[Lindsay Chrisley]

It is Thanksgiving Eve. I have yet to start cooking anything. I am still laughing at my Instacart order from last night. Number one, like, not trying to on men this early in an episode, but immediately, when your instacart shopper is a man. Just go to the store.

[Kristen]

Yeah, I was a little scared and I had every reason to be. When I got a text saying, wait, is this order coming in two parts? And I said, oh, crap.

[Lindsay Chrisley]

I was like, I'm just trying to go to bed. I am binging. Landman. I do not know why I did not get on that train prior to you telling me about it. Like, up until this point, I am on episode six. I know from Pilates, the older ladies were talking about how they find something else to watch when Landman comes out, like a new season or whatever, because they don't like to wait for each individual episode drop. And I can, like, definitely get behind that.

[Kristen]

Oh, Corey and I were. I don't want to say binging. It was only two episodes so far of the new season because we kept up with the times on that one. And we watched the other season before now, but the first season. And literally I'm looking at Corey and I'm like, how do I get the rest of them now? Like, I was, like, ready to strangle him last night.

[Lindsay Chrisley]

It truly is so good. And if you have not watched it, you have to watch it. It definitely is giving me the vibes between Yellowstone and Friday Night Lights and I don't know why.

[Kristen]

Thank you for saying the Friday Night Lights part. So I refused to watch Yellowstone because. And yes, I know it was acting and I know that it wasn't real, but in the first little bit of the episode, there was an animal that passed away in Yellowstone and I was done. I was out. I wasn't doing it. No, my same reason why. It took me a really long time to Watch John Wick. And I made Corey fast forward through, like, the beginning part of it, because I didn't want to see anything bad. So I literally was sitting here, and I. I was. I was like, Corey, like, I really feel like this is giving me, in a weird way, Friday Night Lights vibes. And he's looking at me like, I'm psych. I'm crazy. And I'm like, all right. Like, you could just say that you don't agree. You don't have to look at me like that. But now that you're saying it, he's wrong and we're right.

[Lindsay Chrisley]

No, we're definitely right. If one more person tells me that I am, like, the ex wife and Landman and Beth Dutton from Yellowstone, I'm like, I don't know if I should be offended. Like, thrilled.

[Kristen]

So they telling you you're hot and a. Or what?

[Lindsay Chrisley]

Maybe just a.

[Kristen]

I mean, I'm a fan of the whole cast in Yellow, not Yellowstone. I'm a fan of the whole cast in Landman. And I really did not think I was going to get into it. Like, Corey started watching it without me, but it was one of those ones where, like, I'm working and he's just watching it on the couch. And then all of a sudden, I was like, what's going on? I started to get into it, and I'm like, all right, now I'm invested. Now I'm into it. And I never knew that I would be invested in a situation of, like, oil rigging and stuff.

[Lindsay Chrisley]

Oh, my gosh. Well, actually, I have an ex boyfriend who tried to convince me to watch Landman, and I was like, no, it just doesn't seem like it's my vibe. And number one, I just, like, don't want to get into a show like that with you. And then all of a sudden, I start watching it, and I've been watching it for two days. I'm like, entering episode seven. So evidently I like it a lot. But back to the Instacart thing. I have literally shit on Instacart and, like, Uber Eats and all of those things for such a long period of time. You know this. I'm going to poop on it right now. Like, I should have truly just gone to the store and argued with the people through the aisles because that was. That was a disaster. My Capri Suns showed up, like, busted.

[Kristen]

Out of the box.

[Lindsay Chrisley]

I do realize that it was not his fault that he brought fresh. Fresh sage.

[Kristen]

That was me.

[Lindsay Chrisley]

That was you. But I did go to Target today. And got the rest of the things that I needed. And you cannot find, like, sage on a spice aisle anywhere. I did go into my pantry and found it there, so that's lucky for me. But you cannot find it anywhere. There was instacart shoppers in there this morning when I was in Target, and they were like, where are we gonna find this sage?

[Kristen]

Hey. Okay, so here's the thing. I want to pull this big time. If someone just told you they needed sage, are you buying fresh, or are you buying the spice? Because in my house, I will get capital punishment if I come home with anything but fresh. Okay?

[Lindsay Chrisley]

I mean, I feel like certain recipes might call for fresh, but generally speaking, I feel like the southerners are going to say, you need to find it in the spice aisle.

[Kristen]

Is it like a north versus south thing?

[Lindsay Chrisley]

I don't necessarily know, but I was having a conversation, so I use the sage and cornbread dressing.

[Kristen]

Okay.

[Lindsay Chrisley]

I was having a conversation with someone yesterday, and we got into this whole debate of the dressing and the stuffing, and I was telling them the story. They were like, have you ever, like, cleaned a turkey before? And I said, yeah. In fact, the one time I was responsible for cleaning the turkey and, like, going into the cavity, which I will never do again. I thought the neck was a wiener.

[Kristen]

Everybody thinks that. But, like, in all fairness, if you look at it, it's giving wean.

[Lindsay Chrisley]

It definitely does. And I'm like, why in the processing of these turkeys, is the neck not removed? But I guess people eat the turkey neck.

[Kristen]

I don't know, but, like, one word that will make me. I'm queasy literally thinking about it, and I don't want to say it, but, like, gizzards amount.

[Lindsay Chrisley]

So then it got into a whole conversation of chicken livers. I don't know how it took the turn.

[Kristen]

Okay?

[Lindsay Chrisley]

And I'm like, if there ever was a chicken liver that was cooked in my house, put it up for sale. There is nothing that smells worse than a chicken liver.

[Kristen]

I have never smelled it. I will never smell it. And it's also not welcome in my home.

[Lindsay Chrisley]

So all of that to say. I'm sitting looking at all of my groceries, and Jackson told me that when he comes home that he needed to have jellied cranberry sauce. So Will's family did an early Thanksgiving this year so that they could accommodate, like, multiple situations. So they did theirs on Sunday, and they did a low country boil. Well, Jackson loves a low country boil, but he was like, where's the cranberry sauce? And so he was having this whole FaceTime conversation with Will. I were like, if you're not having traditional Thanksgiving Jackson, you don't just show up with, like, jellied cranberry sauce. Like, that's not a part of it. And he was like, well, when I get to Mom's, all I know is there better be jelly.

[Kristen]

You know, I'm with him. I do the jellied. I know you're not a fan. I'm a big fan.

[Lindsay Chrisley]

I'm not a fan of either. Like, I don't like the jellied or, like, the frou fruit one that people do.

[Kristen]

The frou frou? Where did that come from? Like, who decided we were gonna. With the jelly?

[Lindsay Chrisley]

I don't know. I. I think that the intention and the way that I've seen, like, the elderly Southerners eat Thanksgiving for all of my years on this earth, they, like, take a little piece of the jellied cranberry and have it as, like, a bite with other things. So, like, a bite with dressing or a bite with sweet potato souffle, and I'm like, that's a lot of fl.

[Kristen]

I just love the tartness. But, like, I like to eat it by myself. I'm trying to think if, like, I mix it with anything. I'm a very big, like, my. For Thanksgiving, I'm a sides girl, right? I don't even know what. What I'm eating for Thanksgiving this year. Let's not even. Let's not even go there, because I don't know what I'm allowed to eat, but I'm like, I have them all sectioned out on the plate, and I don't really mix them together. The only thing that I ever will, like, dip in something is, like, if I happen to have a slice of turkey, which rarely happens, I will put that on my fork with some mashed potatoes and gravy at the same time.

[Lindsay Chrisley]

Okay. Speaking of mixing together, I saw a reel on Instagram when I was scrolling sometime yesterday afternoon, and somebody had posted these pies, and they said, take, like, all of your leftovers and make it into, like, a Thanksgiving pie. And they have, like, a crust and then a top, and it's, like, pretty much everything mixed together for after Thanksgiving for, like, the leftovers. I know that that might work for some people in this house. It will not. We're big fans of divided plates. We do not mix the stuff together. But a lot of people's Thanksgiving plates just look like everything's already running together.

[Kristen]

Anyway, which is so crazy for me. Because I'm like. I keep everything so separate. But I like the. I don't know. I kind of. The idea of, like, the Thanksgiving leftover pie. It's resembling, like, not chicken pot pie.

[Lindsay Chrisley]

But, like, shepherd's pie very much so. This one was, like, the dressing, the mashed potatoes, the green beans, the leftover meat, and then you pour gravy, like, so it's not dry, and then it was showing. Like, you can freeze it or you can put it in the fridge and bake it within, like, a couple of days or whatever. I'm like, that's kind of smart because there are so many leftovers with Thanksgiving. I feel like most people always overcook.

[Kristen]

Everyone overcooks, and then you end up eating Thanksgiving for days, which I don't mind, because, again, my plate is just sides. But I feel like I could not eat the same meat over and over and over again.

[Lindsay Chrisley]

See, I could. That's probably something that I could eat for days. Like, the meat portion of it. I'm probably not gonna go in for the sides more than a day after Thanksgiving. But this Thanksgiving, I'm cooking, which we've discussed. I have not done that in such a long time. And Will claims that he's playing golf, and I think he's coming to use my hot tub. So I've been let. Let's not get started on the hot tub situation, ma'.

[Kristen]

Am. Okay?

[Lindsay Chrisley]

Because remember how I told you that it looks like a pond when I opened it one time?

[Kristen]

Yes.

[Lindsay Chrisley]

Okay. Well, after my last breakup, which has been a while, I never reopened the hot tub lid.

[Kristen]

Oh, crap.

[Lindsay Chrisley]

So I go down there this morning, and I'm like, oh, it's like, you know, been tame outside. When it comes to the weather, like, it's probably fine. Please tell me why that thing looked like it had mold and algae all over it to the point that I was in there with fresh bleach, praying to the heavens that it not did not bleach my hair out with fresh bleach and magic eraser, like, going around the outside. It does look like it's clean, but I'm gonna have to use a strip to make sure that we don't get a chemic burn.

[Kristen]

Oh, my God. All because you didn't, like, get to it or, like, just because it sat there with a cover on?

[Lindsay Chrisley]

Yeah, it sat there with the COVID on, and I don't know, like, what I'm doing. Like, last time I checked, I wasn't a pool maintenance person. I should probably just be pouring chemicals in it one time a week and doing like the little strips and stuff. And so I'm gonna have to set a reminder on my phone because it's also kind of like out of sight, out of mind. It's on my lower porch and if we don't go out there, I don't think of it until I get ready to use it. And it looks like we're swimming in a pond, so only thing we're missing is the lily pads.

[Kristen]

You know what? I'm wishing you the best because I know how bad you needed the hot tub night. Maybe you let will be the tester.

[Lindsay Chrisley]

Put your ex husband in there. I wish that I had enough time to buy those swim trunks that like disintegrate.

[Kristen]

Oh, my God. Could you imagine?

[Lindsay Chrisley]

Oh, my God. He was like, I'm coming over there on Wednesday to use the hot tub. And I'm like, okay. And I'm also feeding you on Thanksgiving. Like, what kind of divorce is this?

[Kristen]

He's like, got it made. Truly.

[Lindsay Chrisley]

Truly. I'm like, what is going on? And then I talked to Jackson. He's been at the lake for a couple of days and I talked to him right before we get on this recording. And I'm like, where's your dad? And he's like, I don't know. He went missing like hours ago. And I'm. While I understand that you're almost 13 years old, why are you just rogue with a knife and a cardboard box inside the house and he is nowhere to be found?

[Kristen]

You know what? I want to grow up to be Will. Don't.

[Lindsay Chrisley]

Don't we all, Honey, we are talking.

[Kristen]

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[Lindsay Chrisley]

I've also been just running errands and when I tell you if you can avoid at all cost going into any retailer at this time of year, absolutely do it. The amount of cars backing into each other that I've seen over the last couple of days, the amount of traffic in these stores, just think ahead and purchase everything online. But then I run across this video and it's like this FedEx sting. Did you see that?

[Kristen]

No.

[Lindsay Chrisley]

Yeah. So supposedly there's like, and I'm going to say supposedly, allegedly there is an inside job going on with FedEx that it's like the drivers or maybe like the packers of the trucks and stuff that are giving information about what's in these boxes and that's where people's stuff is going. Like it's never getting to where it's supposed to go.

[Kristen]

Okay, that will piss me off.

[Lindsay Chrisley]

So I'm like, you're going to tell me that I am prepared, I am working in advance and my stuff still doesn't show up. Yeah, that's not going to work for, for me.

[Kristen]

No, no, that would, I would be so aggravated. And also like FedEx workers make great money, I believe. I know UPS workers do. So I don't know the same about FedEx. Like, why are you doing that?

[Lindsay Chrisley]

I honestly do not know. But this is another video that I saw and I'm not even going to tell you anything about it. I just need you to play this video and I want you to give me your honest thoughts.

[Kristen]

All right.

[Lindsay Chrisley]

I'm Scared as women, we all should be.

[Will (Lindsay's ex-husband)]

Don't marry the hottest chick you ever been with.

I'm gonna need every man right now to chime in on this explanation from my husband. So how did this start? Well, we're watching a show, and it's married at first sight. And I'm like, do you think that girl is pretty? Her husband's not attracted to her. It's so sad. I think she's pretty. And he looks at her and he goes, yeah, she's pretty. She's an attractive human. And I'm like, is. And he's like, she's not the hottest girl I've ever seen. I'm like, okay, well, like, who's prettier, me or her? And he's like, push play. Let me see more of her. And then he's like, I. I think.

[Kristen]

Y' all are about the same.

[Will (Lindsay's ex-husband)]

You know, she's not. She's not, like, super hot. She's not the most attractive woman I've ever seen, but she's. She is a pretty human. And I'm like, what the. Excuse me, Please keep watching to see his explanation.

Don't marry the hottest chick you ever been with. The hot scale and crazy scale, they run on the same axis. Okay? So don't wanna. You got a girl down here, she's not very pretty at all, but her freaking crazy scale is down here too. So you marry the person who have the good looks but not high on the crazy.

[Kristen]

There's.

[Will (Lindsay's ex-husband)]

There's a cross sectional graph there. You got to hit. You can't go way low and get an ugly person who's not totally crazy or not crazy at all.

[Lindsay Chrisley]

And you can't.

[Will (Lindsay's ex-husband)]

Honestly, super duper crazy. You can't be around. There's a balance in there that you have to pick. Those are the people who get married.

So I'm not crazy?

You're not super crazy. I didn't say you weren't crazy. I just said you weren't high on the crazy scale.

But I'm not super attractive either.

No, because once you get to the super attractive side, the crazy scale goes up. So then you're still not freaking married.

So I'm just.

There's a. There's There's a cross sectional path in there that all men try to stick to. Unless you just like really crazy people. Then you're up there, but you got to deal with the crazy. I don't want to deal with the crazy. I pick something in the cross sectional path.

[Kristen]

There's.

[Will (Lindsay's ex-husband)]

There's a. There's an area that you stay in, you do not get out of that. I stayed in that area.

What do we think? Do I kill him now or when he's sleeping?

[Kristen]

He's, he's very proud of himself and he up. He immediately needed to stop talking. When he's talking about the cross sectional path, he should have shut up.

[Lindsay Chrisley]

Okay, the cross sectional path and on the same like axis. Is that what he said?

[Kristen]

Yes.

[Lindsay Chrisley]

Okay. All of that actually makes sense to me as well. But not just with women, also with men.

[Kristen]

I, I would agree, but he should. These are things that you probably just have in your head and don't say out loud. Like internal thoughts.

[Lindsay Chrisley]

Okay. But men typically only have external thoughts.

[Kristen]

Yeah, that's the problem. That is 98 of the problem.

[Lindsay Chrisley]

Them, they just, I swear they just sometimes talk to talk and they have to have a comment about everything. It's like, in fact no one needed to know any of that. Could you imagine? Okay, number one, what do we think about the experiment of married at first sight?

[Kristen]

Okay, first of all, I love the show.

[Lindsay Chrisley]

I've never watched the show.

[Kristen]

Oh, I have. I love the show. I would never do it, but I love the show for the entertainment portion.

[Lindsay Chrisley]

Okay.

[Kristen]

It's basically a modern day arranged marriage in a way that you just like never see each other and do that. I don't want to knock anyone. If it works for. If it works, it works. There are so many concerns that I have.

[Lindsay Chrisley]

I mean, I guess my biggest thing is in a normal sense, if you're meeting somebody initially, you're going to be physically attracted to them or you're not.

[Kristen]

Right.

[Lindsay Chrisley]

And a lot of times I will be somewhat physically attracted to like mids, you know, because I know that their personality has to be greater than what.

[Kristen]

They look like or you would hope.

[Lindsay Chrisley]

Well, I'm hoping that. And if it's not, then I already know like exit stage left. But do we think that there is something to be said for women seeking out like, I don't know, like mid tier men? Like they could have a more attractive man, but they're, they're like, I just want like a. What do they call it, like semi ugly guy?

[Kristen]

Medium ugly.

[Lindsay Chrisley]

Medium ugly. Yeah. I.

[Kristen]

Here's the thing. Are there people that I think that there is someone who is physically attracted to like almost every person out there. Right. Like you have to find who is attracted to you. I don't love the whole like ugly, pretty. Like I don't like that whole thing. As I've gotten older, I don't like it. Is It a thing. Yes, it is. I'm not going to be a hypocrite and say that. I have never said like someone's not attractive. I just feel like I don't love it. They're not attractive to me. Right. Like, I am not attracted. I think that the whole like thing behind medium ugly men is because supposedly they don't cheat, but that's also a lie. I have seen people who are.

[Lindsay Chrisley]

I have been cheated on by medium ugly.

[Kristen]

I, I've seen people be cheated on by people I would say are less attractive or I don't find them attractive. I, you know, like people, you know, you see the mismatched couples where it's like, okay, she's really, really, really, really good looking and like this person does not seem like they would be with her or vice versa.

[Lindsay Chrisley]

But don't you think that her picker like picked that because she knows she's that pretty and she wants someone that is not. I don't know how to say this. Like, not from, from outsiders looking in that situation. They see them, they're like, that doesn't match because she's like so pretty and he's like, maybe medium ugly.

[Kristen]

I mean, maybe it makes people feel more secure.

[Lindsay Chrisley]

I can promise you I've done that before. Doesn't work.

[Kristen]

You're like, that method of trying to not get cheated on does not have, does not work.

[Lindsay Chrisley]

No, because I feel like if it's in their personality to do that, it doesn't matter. And it's almost like once they've gotten somebody that they feel like is way more attractive than them, it gives them a confidence boost that they might not have had before. So then it somewhat entices the behavior if they have that within their personality to do it.

[Kristen]

I would agree. I think, I don't know. I, I look at that situation and I'm like, do I feel like I have the capacity to cheat? No. I don't like knowing that about myself because man, this loyalty runs deep here. I don't think I could do that. But I think that there's people who would openly admit, like, yeah, I could give it like circumstances if I would never get caught. I think there's people out there that definitely know themselves and know if they would or wouldn't. And I think it is a personality thing.

[Lindsay Chrisley]

It 1000% is a personality thing. It's also a self control thing. Yeah, like, or I guess, lack thereof. I just thought that that video was so funny because that just shows you how men will so freely put their foot in their mouth.

[Kristen]

Oh my God. Every damn time. Every time.

[Lindsay Chrisley]

And it's like you could have just stopped at like she's somewhat attractive. Just not the prettiest girl I've ever seen. Like, and we could have moved on.

[Kristen]

No, he up there too. That's his wife. Is that his wife in the freaking video?

[Lindsay Chrisley]

Why?

[Kristen]

You know that that right there was open mouth, insert foot.

[Lindsay Chrisley]

Oh my God.

[Kristen]

There's a scale of crazy and I. I don't want to hit that. You were on the crosshairs of the scale of not crazy or some. Like you had to throw the looks in there and that's where you up, sir.

[Lindsay Chrisley]

Well, I just want to give you a little bit of an update regarding my Thanksgiving plans that I just received.

[News Reporter]

Okay.

[Lindsay Chrisley]

I said hot tubs ready for a chemical burn. I'll be home tomorrow about 3:30, have an appointment at 2. The response I got, I'll be using it late night after everyone's gone to sleep.

[Kristen]

That's not creepy at all, Will.

[Lindsay Chrisley]

Like, if I see you roaming in my yard using my hot tub, could.

[Kristen]

You imagine you wake up and it's like what is going on? And it's just your ex husband in your hot tub.

[Lindsay Chrisley]

Oh my God.

[Kristen]

Wait. Lindsay. I am searching for the perfect gift for this holiday season. And I really want to do something that's great to preserve memories and just like all the life that we live every single day. And I really feel like you're the person to ask.

[Lindsay Chrisley]

I have the perfect gift. I actually have two of them because I love the first one that I got so much. I ordered it again in the same color. I love it so much. It is the aura frame and it is so good. I am not one that loves to put photos all over my house. I am kind of the person that just has art all over my house. And so I love that you can get unlimited free photos and videos that you download just to the Aura app and connect it to the WI fi. And this would be the perfect gift to give someone that you love. You can preload photos before it ships. You can keep adding from anywhere, anytime. And also you can personalize your gift and add a message before it arrives. The sharing photos and videos is so effortless. You can do that straight from your phone all year long. And if you are doing it for a gift, the gift box is included. So every frame comes packaged in a premium gift box with no price tag. And I just think that this would be the perfect gift to give somebody that you might not know what you want to purchase for them. But it's something that's going to just like keep giving every time somebody reloads photos.

[Kristen]

No, this is exactly what I need. I have two people that I'm thinking of as you're describing, as you're describing this to me. So I'm definitely going to do this for a limited time Visit or a frames.com and get $45 off or as best selling Carver matte frames named number one by wire cutter by using promo code Southern Tea at checkout. That's a U R A frames.com promo code Southern T. This exclusive Black Friday Cyber Monday deal is their best of the year. So order now before it ends. Support the show by mentioning us at checkout. Terms and conditions apply.

[Lindsay Chrisley]

Can I tell you something else? That absolutely just totally chapped my ass whenever I saw it. I sent it to you and Kale because I. I could not. I could not.

[Kristen]

I know what you're about to say because this has pissed me off.

[Lindsay Chrisley]

So at first I thought Kale might be right and that it might be rage bait, but it's not. It's not. It's an actual text thread and this person posts this text thread and it says, your ex wife, your ex wife's talked to your kids like this. What are you doing? So the kid says, I know dad has been working a lot, but can I come over this weekend and play with my sisters? The dad's wife replies and says, sorry, but we don't have nowhere for you to sleep. He responds the child and says, I can sleep on a couch or make a blanket for I could sleep in one of my sister's rooms. The wife responds and says, those are their rooms. They are their own spaces. And my brother and his kids are coming over and we, we don't have enough room for you. The kid responds and says, okay, I love you guys. My freaking heart dropped out of my chest. Soul Kristen. I had tears rolling down my face.

[Kristen]

No, like, even reading it again, I'm about to cry because no child should ever have to beg to be part of their family. I don't care what your family looks like. And that's insane.

[Lindsay Chrisley]

I just don't understand why, like, there couldn't have been room made for that child. Like, regardless of who's over there, I mean, there are so many options. You can do sleeping bags, you can do blow up mattresses, like pop up a tent in your living room if you have to. Like why, why is this going on? And the fact that it was with this child's dad's wife.

[Kristen]

Yeah, stepmom.

[Lindsay Chrisley]

So we're talking stepmom situation. One of the comments made a lot of sense to me. Someone said, well, why can't the sisters share a room for the night and the child get the other room simply.

[Kristen]

Because the new wife does not want this other child there.

[Lindsay Chrisley]

But do you think that that's what it is? Like, that's what it boils down to?

[Kristen]

Absolutely, yes.

[Lindsay Chrisley]

In no world could I imagine ever having a conversation like ever having a conversation with a child like this. Never having a conversation with a child that I was a stepmother of like this. I find it to be completely appro. Inappropriate and overstepping at the point where.

[Kristen]

The child is reaching out to the new wife and he's saying, I know dad has been working a lot, but can I come over this weekend? That me, I don't even want to know how long it had been since he had gone over.

[Lindsay Chrisley]

I know. And then just the fact that she put in all capital letters, those are their rooms. They like their own spaces and, you know, continues on. And the only response this child had was, okay, love you guys, heart.

[Kristen]

Literally heartbreaking.

[Lindsay Chrisley]

And I just couldn't imagine if I was the bio mom in that situation, heads would roll. Kristen, whatever. The worst felony is capital murder. It is capital murder. I can't, I can't imagine. And maybe somebody's listening to this that has a different perspective. But I just know from the group chat that I put it in, none of us had a different perspective.

[Kristen]

Absolutely the not. I was literally appalled. My jaw like dropped when you sent it and I read it. I was like, what the hell is going on?

[Lindsay Chrisley]

Well, there was another story recently in the news that was about a mom being accused of killing her 3 year old son to make room for a new baby with her new boyfriend.

[Kristen]

Oh my God.

[Lindsay Chrisley]

Yeah. So it says that he was killed in his home in Michigan. And it says that they obviously like arrested the mother. And it says seven months after the arrest she pled guilty to a charge of second degree homicide. And it says that the investigation actually began when the child's babysitter found him dead in his bed.

[Kristen]

Oh my God. How, how, how?

[Lindsay Chrisley]

I think that there is such an issue with people moving on outside of situations, specifically people who have children and then they move on to other situations and, you know, life does go on. That's just how it works. Move on, maybe have other children with somebody else. You create a new family unit. But the fact that you had a child with somebody three years prior to that and you kill that baby so that you can make room for your new life. Essentially it's.

[Kristen]

That's giving Chris Watts.

[Lindsay Chrisley]

It's insane. It says that prosecutors alleged that she killed the three year old child to make room for a child that the two of them could have together. And it says that the couple actually admitted to the abuse when they were arrested. And there were statements given to the prosecutor. So like they admitted it.

[Kristen]

I don't even know like what to do. So like, you know my theory, eye for an eye. So I'll just leave that there.

[Lindsay Chrisley]

But it also says that in a court appearance she said that she had pushed his head into a wall in their home and something about giving him military timeouts, which I don't know what that is.

[Kristen]

I have absolutely no idea.

[Lindsay Chrisley]

And then it says that she told the judge that she enabled so the boyfriend was also abusing this child and that she will like, willingly participated, hiding it from child protective services and law enforcement.

[Kristen]

Okay, so not to bring up religion, but this is something that I struggle with where I'm like, okay, is this when you tell me, like, okay, yes, there is like a God, but there's also free will. So that would be this.

[Lindsay Chrisley]

I believe that some people, and I'm, you know, I might be wrong, but I do think that some people are born evil.

[Kristen]

I would agree. I would agree.

[Lindsay Chrisley]

And I think some people get so caught up, like in situations like this, I think they get so caught up in what's the new, that they've left the other partner behind, they've, you know, moved on with somebody else and they're bringing that other child along that was with the old partner. And they can't, they literally cannot manage both of those things. And in that type of situation, why would you not put this child up for adoption? Like, why would you not put this child in the care of possibly a family member?

[Kristen]

Like, why would, why somebody would want to take care of that child? Like, that's a light.

[Lindsay Chrisley]

I, I don't, I just can't get behind it. And looking at this little boy's photo makes me devastated. Like, I would take this child and raise it. Like the status, the saddest situation and the fact that these people kind of like did these things to this child jointly, it is that mother's responsibility to protect her child at all cost. So when you're bringing another partner into the situation that is, you know, biologically not in any relation to that child that you're bringing into that situation, it is your job to vet and it is your job to protect that child, regardless of your relationship. If somebody. Kristen, you know, not too long ago, somebody just said something to my child that was completely off putting to me.

[Kristen]

And I was like, nope, Lindsay, I have, like, nothing. Pot. Like, I have the most vile, negative thoughts running through my head right now.

[Lindsay Chrisley]

And someone just said something to my child.

[Kristen]

Yeah, I know.

[Lindsay Chrisley]

And at that point, I was like, that's a wrap.

[Kristen]

Yep.

[Lindsay Chrisley]

Because the writing is on the wall.

[Kristen]

Amen.

[Lindsay Chrisley]

You know what I mean? Like, let's have enough foresight to see these things. And my obligation, I mean, and I. I know a lot of people disagree with this. Like, my obligation is to protect my own and what I brought into this world prior to any other relationship. So if somebody can't accept that, then, you know, like a good neighbor. See yourself over there.

[Kristen]

That'd be about the only thing that can make me laugh in this moment. I'm so appalled. Truly. Like, that's the shit that makes me lose my faith in humanity. And honestly, I fight every day to not completely lose it so we can.

[Lindsay Chrisley]

Move on from that so that we can not be angry anymore. Yeah, you're probably gonna get angry about the next thing as well. There is this whole situation going on about Campbell's Soup. Have you seen it?

[Will (Lindsay's ex-husband)]

No.

[Lindsay Chrisley]

Yeah. Okay, so just want to start this off by saying I feel like Campbell soup, like, particularly this time of year, is a staple in so many recipes. I am not a huge fan of, like, packaged soups or condensed soups, like, anything like that, but if a recipe calls for it, I'm probably not making it on my own. I'm gonna buy Camp Campbell's. Okay.

[Kristen]

You. That's like, the brand, right?

[Lindsay Chrisley]

It is. It is the brand.

[Kristen]

Like, I've been raised on that shit.

[Lindsay Chrisley]

Okay, well, I'm gonna need you to click on that YouTube video, and I need everybody else to listen to this. If you have not heard of it, it literally is like, just this week's news comments about Campbell's Soup. The comments allegedly made by a company executive. Here's abc Sophie Flay, Campbell's Good.

[News Reporter]

This morning, Campbell's Soup is denying claims about its products allegedly made by an executive in a recorded conversation. The person in the recording is also heard belittling Campbell's customers during an expletive filled rant we have.

[Lindsay Chrisley]

That's for poor people.

[Kristen]

Who buys.

[Lindsay Chrisley]

I don't buy anymore. It's unhealthy.

[Sean D. Nelson]

Now that I know what the bioengineered meat.

[Lindsay Chrisley]

I don't want to eat a piece of chicken that came from a 3D printer.

[News Reporter]

The recording is allegedly from a conversation that's now part of a lawsuit filed by Robert Garza, a cybersecurity analyst for Campbell's, who claims he was fired after reporting the alleged remarks, which he says also included racist comments about company employees. Garza claims Campbell executive Martin Bally made those comments after the two met to discuss Garza's salary. In a statement, Garza's attorney sang, this situation has been very hard on Robert. He thought Campbell's would be thankful that he reported Martin's behavior, but instead he was abruptly fired. Campbell's responding saying, if the comments were in fact made, they are unacceptable. They do not reflect our values and the culture of our company. And going on to say the comments heard on the recording about our food are not only inaccurate, they are patently absurd.

[Will (Lindsay's ex-husband)]

Nothing melts away the cold like a delicious hot bowl of Campbell's soup.

[News Reporter]

Campbell saying, the chicken meat used in our soups comes from long trusted USDA approved US Suppliers and meets our high quality standards. And the company noting Bally worked in it and had nothing to do with food production. Bally is on leave pending a company investigation. In the meantime, the Attorney General in Florida, a state that bans lab grown meat, says his office is now investigating Campbell's products. We reached out to Martin Valley but did not hear back. Campbell says it has not been able to verify the recording.

[Kristen]

This mother effer. Let me back this up. I'm so pissed off. Okay, first of all, so the guy who reported it gets abruptly fired, but the one who made the comments is placed on leave.

[Lindsay Chrisley]

The guy who reported it immediately fired. Right, the guy who allegedly. And I'm saying allegedly because Campbell's is saying they have not verified the audio recording. I also feel like that is a major red flag because that to me has PR written all over it. Like we have just not verified.

[Kristen]

Oh yeah, they're going to try to say it was AI for sure. But it's like you fired the reporter, the guy who reported this, and you put the other one who may have said this on leave.

[Lindsay Chrisley]

And literally in this recording there was a lot that was bleeped out because I guess it was like cussing in it or whatever. But he was talking about Campbell Soup being made for poor people, which is absolutely insane. I feel like Campbell Soup, regardless of income bracket, is in majority of households.

[Kristen]

Also, don't even get me fucking started on the price point of Campbell's going up over the years. Just like everything else, it is not freaking cheap for the little ass cans not cheap.

[Lindsay Chrisley]

I'm so irritated by this and also the allegation, I guess, that the meat is being made by a 3D printer.

[Kristen]

Yep.

[Lindsay Chrisley]

Like terrifying. So there was an article that came. I mean, this is literally like maybe a day old. Yeah, actually a day old news. And an article came up on Newsweek that says Campbell Soup at risk of being shut down in Florida after secret audio. It says the Florida's attorney general will shut down violators of the state law on lab grown meat after launching an investigation into Campbell's over a secret recording of the executive of the company. It says in a quote, we don't do the fake lab grown meat here in Florida. We'll enforce the law and shut it down. Number one, why are we printing meat on a 3D printer and then putting that in cans and putting, putting it on shelves in any state?

[Kristen]

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[Lindsay Chrisley]

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[Kristen]

I don't think I will say this part. I don't think that Campbell's Soup ever claimed that they were healthy. Okay? I don't think that ever occurred. But people should know if the products in anything that they are consuming, using anything, are bioengineered, that absolutely should be disclosed and they should be able to make up their minds at that point. The now I know what the company culture is clearly like. I don't care what they want to say in their little PR shtick. I don't give a Someone reported something and you fired them. I hope that person gets so much money from Campbell's it's not even funny.

[Lindsay Chrisley]

So I had no idea because this is like truly, unless I just live under a rock, which I probably do. I was kind of new to this lab grown meat. Oh situation. Like I. I didn't know about that. I buy most of any of the meat that comes in this house from a local butcher. So I didn't know about this. It says that the development and sale of lab grown meat is banned in seven states. Like why only in seven states?

[Kristen]

Because there are some states that don't seem to give a about what is in food and things.

[Lindsay Chrisley]

It's so insane. Like literally so insane. It says what happens next. The case is expected to proceed in Wayne County Circuit Court. It says that the state's consumer protection is launching an investigation into the company.

[Kristen]

There was a whole thing and I believe it was last year when, when this came out, I think it was 2024. Talking about like the lab grown meat. If I'm not mistaken, the USDA approved two companies to actually be able to produce the lab grown meat. And I know that there was like a huge freak out that it was going to start getting sold in stores and things like that, which I'm sure will happen or might already be happening, I don't know. But I think that originally it was supposedly going to be for, like, restaurants or something, which I think is insane. But to each their own.

[Lindsay Chrisley]

I just am also upset by the spokesperson for Campbell's. Like, them telling them if the recording is legitimate, like, can we not legitimize the recording by the person's voice? Like, by the time stamps where they could have been at the time? Like, again, this just seems like PR stick. Like, comments are unacceptable. They do not reflect our values and culture of our company. Like, I'm sorry, but if this is legitimized, the fact that you have somebody in your company that's saying stuff like this and hold such a high position in that company and they. They were only placed on leave, what does that say?

[Kristen]

I. That makes me really upset. And like, no, this makes me so upset. I eat Campbell's soup, like, at least three times a week.

[Lindsay Chrisley]

I know you do. That's why when I saw this, I was like, what in the world? Like, is Kristen allegedly eating 3D printed meat?

[Kristen]

I mean, luckily, the soups that I eat from Campbell's, I use, like, the condensed soups and, like, the tomatoes. So, like, my doesn't have meat in it. But that would be a huge problem. But, like, just in general, I don't like supporting companies that are shitty, so.

[Lindsay Chrisley]

Well, like, cream of chicken soup is in a lot of Thanksgiving recipes. I feel like a lot of people use that for casseroles and stuff like that throughout the year. I do not understand why someone would say that it's four in a quote for the effing poor and that he doesn't eat it when I could go into any home of any tax bracket and probably find at least one can of Campbell soup.

[Kristen]

I use a lot of cream of mushroom, but I have definitely used cream of chicken before, especially in casseroles and things like that. And that's like, it's just such a violation when you don't know what you're actually consuming and then you find something out like that. If that does in fact end up.

[Lindsay Chrisley]

To be true, I mean, how will they prove it? Like, I mean, obviously they said that there's an investigation, but, like, will they just go in there and see if they have 3D printers? Like, hell, I don't know.

[Kristen]

It's probably going to involve, like, testing of the meat and going into the facilities where these things are being mass produced and oh, God, that's awful.

[Lindsay Chrisley]

Okay, speaking of Thanksgiving, what do you think that the most common Thanksgiving injuries are?

[Kristen]

The ER doctors see burns from deep frying turkeys.

[Lindsay Chrisley]

Okay. So I know that you and I have talked about the deep fryers being an issue.

[Kristen]

Oh, yeah.

[Lindsay Chrisley]

House fires and stuff. But that is the second cause.

[Kristen]

Choking.

[Lindsay Chrisley]

Nope.

[Kristen]

What the hell is the first one?

[Lindsay Chrisley]

Cuts.

[Kristen]

Oh, okay. All right.

[Lindsay Chrisley]

I guess, like it says, the most common injury emergency room doctors say that they treat on Thanksgiving is kitchen injuries. This includes cuts or lacerations because of using improper tools or not being familiar with the utensils that they have to use around the holidays. Okay, so when I read this, did anybody grow up with your grandfather using an electric, Like, I knew you were.

[Kristen]

Going to say this. We have an electric carver.

[Lindsay Chrisley]

Okay. Growing up, only one person was allowed to use the electric carver, and it was typically, like, the granddad.

[Kristen]

Yeah. Mine was my dad.

[Lindsay Chrisley]

It's giving, like the chainsaw. Yes.

[Kristen]

I didn't know what it was like the first time that I saw it. Been going on since I was little, and it was always my dad. And then I would see my mom with it to, like, finish out. My dad would do it for, like, about five seconds, and then my mom would take over. And then my brother attempted a couple times, but did almost slice his off, and I never touched it. That was way too scary for. For me.

[Lindsay Chrisley]

I mean, it's literally giving, like, tiny chainsaw.

[Kristen]

Yeah. I think that I would like it. Like, I did get to play with a chainsaw earlier this year, and it terrified Corey because I loved it. And I was running around with the chainsaw trying to find things to, like, buzz down. I feel like I'd probably like it, but Corey was terrified.

[Lindsay Chrisley]

I'm absolutely terrified. What do they call them? Like, meat carvers or.

[Kristen]

Yeah, it's like an electric carver. Electric knife. I don't know.

[Lindsay Chrisley]

Yeah. I mean, I just feel like there's such risk with a normal knife. Like, why are we bringing, like, an electric moving blade into the kitchen when we're talking, like, wine and claws and beer? Why?

[Kristen]

You know, that's a great question. Why are we deep frying turkeys and letting mostly the men do it who have been probably consuming more alcohol than the women? Because the women are usually in the.

[Lindsay Chrisley]

Kitchen, you know, I don't know. I will tell you. The one time that I saw someone, now two relationships ago, use a deep fryer on a turkey. I was scared. But he was very safe whenever he was doing it. He also had, like, a backup person. There was Beer being consumed. I just don't understand the folks that deep fried turkeys like in garages and stuff like that. Like the risk of a fire. Well, I know. Situation like that. No, I'm.

[Kristen]

I know that you're supposed to make sure that it's dry. Like I think the whole issue starts when the turkey has like wet at all on it.

[Lindsay Chrisley]

Okay.

[Kristen]

I could be wrong. I don't know about deep frying because majority of the time people deep fry in peanut oil and I stay far away from that. Which reminds me, I need to ask my in laws if they're using peanut oil because they're deep frying a turkey and bringing it to my house and they're not if it's peanut. Okay.

[Lindsay Chrisley]

The second one is burns. It says minor burns from pot, from hot pans, bowl and liquids or oven racks are common. I can tell you I can't use an oven because guaranteed I will. Used to be the same with like a hair straightener. You know what I mean? Like there is going to be a burn.

[Kristen]

I used a curling iron for the first time on Sunday for my nephew's baptism and the way that I was doing so well, but I was terrified the whole time because I always end up getting burned. And then last minute, three of my fingertips.

[Lindsay Chrisley]

Yep, it'll nail. It'll get you every time. I. I am projecting that I have three burns by the time I get finished cooking. The third one was stomach issues. It says they definitely see food poisoning along with nausea and vomiting related to foods that individuals don't usually eat. Some people overindulge over the holiday and feel sick too. I could see that one.

[Kristen]

I would also think, like coming from someone who's just suffered from this crap, gallbladder issues being triggered if you're doing anything that's like really high fat. So some people put a lot of butter in their mashed potatoes. Fat and stuffing, fat in like, well, stuffing or dressing. Fat in desserts, Fat and gravy like that. Mac and cheese if you do that. Just stuff like that. That's why I'm having a hard time trying to figure out what I'm actually going to be able to eat because I had like a flare up of whatever I was recovering, like the pancreatitis situation. And I thought I was going to end up back in the hospital yesterday. So I was like, this is not going to be a fun. The most fun Thanksgiving that I've ever had. But I can see the stomach issue thing because yikes.

[Lindsay Chrisley]

The most fun Thanksgiving and Christmas I ever had when it comes to eating was definitely when I was pregnant because I was almost nine months pregnant around Thanksgiving, Christmas and I just ate and slept. It was absolutely wonderful. Highly recommend to get pregnant sometime like around Mother's Day.

[Kristen]

All right, Lindsay, we talked so much about Thanksgiving and I'm just imagining what Thursday is going to feel like to me. And do you want to know what my most looked forward to part of Thanksgiving is going to be right now?

[Lindsay Chrisley]

I would love to know.

[Kristen]

Curling up on my couch with my Lola blanket and having that post Thanksgiving meal nap.

[Lindsay Chrisley]

I'm actually curled up with my Lola blanket right now. If you guys have not heard of Lola, it is the world's number one blanket crafted with ultra soft luxury vegan faux fur and a signature four way stretch that sets it apart. And when I tell you this will be a blanket in your house that you fight over.

[Kristen]

No, I have to get more because the way that I literally just texted in my family group chat and said if someone touches my little blanket on Thanksgiving we're going to have beef because everyone else keeps stealing it from me and I never get to use her. I have a couple people on my Christmas list this year that we'll be getting Lola blankets and I'm actually super excited for them and I really think I need to gift myself. This is such a personal and beautiful gift and something people actually would use every day. I love giving practical gifts and they're so aesthetically pleasing. So this time of year when you're decorating and just pulling your home together, Alola isn't just a blanket. It's really the missing piece that makes your space feel so complete, warm, cozy, inviting. All the vibes give the gift of.

[Lindsay Chrisley]

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[Kristen]

Okay. Is the flag football events occurring before the eating? Because otherwise that's Leading to throwing up.

[Lindsay Chrisley]

So normally, just from past experience with sports related situations, at Thanksgiving, it normally happens while the women are doing all the work before. And then everybody takes a nap and slowly sips a beer until they fall asleep. And then they wake up and do the sports situation again. So you could get a window knocked out with a golf ball. Somebody could sprain their ankle from playing football. You know, a baseball might go through somebody's car window. You know, stuff like that. Also car accidents.

[Kristen]

Well, I guess, like when you're traveling to, like, different homes, I could see that people being in a rush, all the things it says.

[Lindsay Chrisley]

Because people are driving on roads they usually don't drive on or in conditions they're not used to. So that made a whole lot of sense to me. But wait, back to the turkey. I never got to that point because I blacked out. I just don't understand the whole idea. And who made it up? Like, who invented that? We were putting stuffing in a cavity of a bird.

[Kristen]

That seems wild to me. We don't do that with ours. Like, ours isn't done in a pan like we do in Italian stuffing. We don't do the dressing on the inside. I've also heard of a lot of people getting food poisoning from doing that.

[Lindsay Chrisley]

I could see how that could happen. But then it made me start thinking. When I started, like, really thinking deep about it, I'm like, well, some people do like stuffed chicken breast. So is that like the same thing? But I don't know. It's something about, like, the bones and the open cavity and the fact that I thought I just pulled the wiener out, but it was an act.

[Kristen]

Like, like, Lindsay, if you say open cavity one more time.

[Lindsay Chrisley]

No one needs to come to my house for Thanksgiving because you absolutely will leave with a clogged artery. Because the amount of butter and margarine that I put in something should be illegal in all states.

[Kristen]

Lindsay, I would probably end up literally having to go to the ER from your home. That's literally what would happen.

[Lindsay Chrisley]

You're like, what in the actual hell? Okay, so weekly devotional this week. I loved this one so much. It says, things are beautiful in God's time. No detail of your life is ever an accident. God knows every season and every struggle. Believe that what you are going through right now is with a powerful purpose. Ask him. Lord, open my eyes to your purpose. What do you want to teach me in this situation? Couldn't relate more. Feel like I've been saying that prayer for quite some time. I've learned a lot. I definitely am grateful for all of the seasons that I have been through, although some of the seasons have quite literally almost taken me to my deathbed. And I know that that sounds very dramatic, but at the same time, I just feel like I have navigated some things in my life that have been so personal so publicly that while I'm somewhat ashamed a little bit, I don't know if ashamed is the right word. Somewhat ashamed of those things and felt like I had no control of those things, I'm still grateful for them because I don't know that I would be where I'm at in this season of life and being able to embrace my current life without those things.

[Kristen]

You know, I feel like I've learned a lot through just watching your journey, especially this year, and I'm grateful for it. Like, I'm a person who can learn from other people's situations. I know some people are like, I have to do it to learn from it. I used to be that way the younger that I was, but now I, like, can take experiences from people that I surround myself with because there's really not many, and, like, do my best to learn from them. And I've noticed a lot of growth, and I'm really excited to see where 2026 takes you.

[Lindsay Chrisley]

I feel like my life situation is so not the norm. So much so that I probably will be looking outside my window and see my ex husband basking in my hot tub. It just. There's been so many things that I look back on it and I'm like, nobody should ever have to navigate that. And, like, lord, what was your purpose? Like, why? But now I look at it and I'm like, I don't know if I could have some of the outlooks that I have now if those things didn't happen.

[Kristen]

Yeah, well, it's just like, you know, when you, like, you. It's a situation where you look back and you're like, when you're in the moment, you're like, why the is this happening? Why is this happening to me? I don't understand. And, like, next thing you know, you're out of it, and it's just like, okay. And sometimes it's like, five years later.

[Lindsay Chrisley]

Kristen, we're going on, like, year from 20, really taking it back to, like, 2012, and we're fastly approaching 2026. Like, it's wild.

[Kristen]

Yeah. And, like, you just start realizing, like, oh, wow, that is why that happened, or I wouldn't be here if it didn't happen.

[Lindsay Chrisley]

And there's been so many people that have sent me messages, and they're like, I'm so grateful that your story has played out publicly. And, like, not in an ugly way, but, like, there's parts of it that people can very much relate to on different levels. And it's like, okay, that was the purpose.

[Kristen]

Yeah.

[Lindsay Chrisley]

You know, and so I found peace and. And that. And I'm just so grateful. Like, I have a child that I love more than anything in this world. I'm so grateful for who I had him with. I'm so grateful for my friendships. I am incredibly grateful for my journey and growth in my faith, for finding peace and solitude, finding peace and reading and being able to really be in the comfort of my own home. I think a lot of times we, like, overlook some of the things that we're like. We should be so grateful for that. Like, I'm grateful that I have a car that gets me from point A to B. I'm grateful that I have a house that we're warm in and we have shelter and we have food. Like, sometimes when you get lost in, like, the sauce of just life, you forget to be thankful for those things. Like, I am thankful that I get to pull up in my driveway and pull into my garage, and I'm safe.

[Kristen]

I also saw something talking about how, like, sometimes it takes you to step back in the moment and realize that where you're at, you prayed for and you're so busy, like, trying to get to the next thing. And, like, that's something that I tried to work on a little bit this year. And certain life circumstances for me, almost, like, forced me into that, like, reflecting. And I want to carry that into next year as well. And I really want to slow down and just kind of, like, enjoy where I'm at instead of always hustling to get to the next thing and the next plan and all of those things. I think there are so many people who would. There are so many people who would want what I have now that I find myself taking for granted frequently, for sure.

[Lindsay Chrisley]

And I feel like it's okay to be. Be a dreamer and to wish and to want more. And that doesn't just mean, like, from a financial standpoint or anything like that. Like, it's okay, but to lose sight of what you currently have because you're trying to chase something else. Like, I don't want to be in that trap.

[Kristen]

No. I've done it for a long time, and I don't want to. Like, literally right before we got on this recording, I was Walking past my. One of my windows and looking outside and I was like, wow, like I wanted this for so long. And I don't. I take it for granted all the.

[Lindsay Chrisley]

Time because we almost just forget, you know, it's like once you have obtained something, it's almost like you forget. Yeah, but we should not be forgetting. I also saw this quote and then I'm going to share my church notes. And I related to it so much. It says, the millennial urge to delete your entire Internet presence and go back to a landline, Walkman and a digital camera. Like, could not relate more.

[Kristen]

I found my digital camera the other day. It's in tip top shape.

[Lindsay Chrisley]

Oh, my God. I always. I always had to have like the next best digital camera. Like, it was always on my Christmas list once digital cameras came out, you know, and it's. They probably weren't that much different. They were probably just marketed to people like me that was like, okay, well we need the next one because it has, you know, this quality. Whatever. Just had the conversation with Jackson and today he was like, I want the iPhone that has the. The cameras like your iPhone has. And I said, what's wrong with your current iPhone? He's like, it doesn't have the three cameras like your hats. And I said, okay, we're not getting a new iPhone so that we can have the, you know, camera dynamic. Like, we can get a Polaroid. You can use one of the Polaroids I have. We can buy a digital camera, but we are not getting a new phone just so that we can have three cameras on the back.

[Kristen]

Yeah, literally. No. And I'm like, jackson, mom needs them because content, you know.

[Lindsay Chrisley]

Right. Okay, so my church notes from this week. I know who I am because I know who you are. When you follow Jesus, there will be moments that require you to trust, even if you don't fully understand. When you take me into the innermost parts of your being, you will find life now and forever. Following him will be costly. And you're going to trust some voice. Let it be Jesus. It will stretch us, confuse us, and confront us. I hope that you guys all have the most fantastic Thanksgiving wherever life takes you and to whoever's table it takes you to. If you guys have not subscribed to the show, you can do that from any podcast app, wherever you get your pods. Always, always first at Podcast one. We hope that you guys have a great week and we'll talk to you soon.

[Kristen]

Bye.

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