The Debilitated State of Fever and Fake Accounts

Summary

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The Southern Tea

Episode: The Debilitated State of Fever and Fake Accounts
Host: Lindsie Chrisley
Date: January 14, 2026

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Overview

In this candid and often humorous episode, Lindsie Chrisley welcomes co-host Kristen to spill the tea on a wild start to the new year. Lindsie recounts her post-Mexico descent into illness, hurdles with the healthcare system, a stressful pharmacy encounter tied to her ex, and a mysterious social media catfishing incident using her face—all while navigating the chaos of day-to-day southern life, family traditions, nostalgia over Barbie dolls, allergy scares, personal finance dilemmas, and the merits of naps and Do Not Disturb. The episode offers a relatable and engaging blend of personal storytelling, commentary on digital culture, and nostalgic tangents, with the warmth and self-deprecating humor fans expect.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Post-Vacation Illness Ordeal

• Lindsie excitedly shares how she kicked off her year with a last-minute trip to Mexico, only for everything to unravel upon returning (00:50–03:57).
  • TSA Drama: Was “shoved” by a TSA agent at the airport—handled it with southern grace (“Don’t put your hands on me, you know what I mean?” 02:36).
  • Taco Mac Tradition: Insisted on Taco Mac upon return; noticed David’s cough, foreshadowing illness (03:00).
• Descent into Illness:
  • Both she and David fall ill, derailing her plans for work trips and meetings (03:56–04:49).
  • Medical Maze:
    • Telehealth visits were pointless; insurance networks didn’t cooperate; ended up at urgent care twice.
    • Diagnosed with a UTI, kidney infection, and COVID while David had COVID and bronchitis (05:09–06:29).
  • Frustrations with Insurance: "I need the bone with insurance" (04:12).
• Symptoms & Meds: Extreme fever swings, constant bathroom trips, and a regimen including steroids and antibiotics (07:27–08:16).
  • “Last night I counted, I was up 10 times.” (07:34)

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2. Pharmacy & Identity Mayhem

• Prescription Mix-up:
  • Pharmacy placed her medication under her old married name (Chrisley vs. Campbell) due to overlap with her son’s records—frustrating and absurd (09:46–11:02).
  • “I have no idea how y’all filled that under my married last name. And quite frankly, I didn’t know I needed to tell you I divorced five years ago.” (10:50)

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3. Fake Social Media Account Scandal

• Catfishing Incident:
  • Friends alert her to a TikTok/Instagram drama involving “Jen Smith 501”—a fake account that stole her photo and began trolling other creators (14:04–19:25).
  • The troll targeted influencer Allison Kuch with mean-spirited comments about her nose, using Lindsie’s face.
  • Lindsie contacted Allison to clarify:
    • “Hey, I’m so sorry about what happened here, but that’s my face, and that is not my account.” (18:50)
    • “Who am I to say something about someone’s nose when I had mine [done]?” (19:00)
  • The account also trolled on Lindsie’s own Instagram, leaving nasty comments about teeth—a sensitive topic in her family.
  • Lindsie’s take: This is a cautionary tale about the risks of misinformation and the increasing realism of AI-driven impersonation (21:56–22:07).
    • “With AI… how real it can make something look. It makes people think the people are saying that in the videos.” (21:56)
  • Urges followers to always check for verified profiles and do due diligence before leaping to judgment. (22:38)

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4. Digital Life & Platform Responsibility

• Importance of verification on public accounts to prevent misrepresentation.
• Responsibility of creators to avoid spreading misinformation, especially regarding identity or intent (23:34–25:30):
  • “There is responsibility that comes with that platform to make sure we aren’t spreading misinformation or anything like that to the best of our ability.” (21:38)

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5. The Realities of Public Attention

• Lindsie shares how DMs for public figures can contain everything from scams to bizarre offers and cruel insults—she ignores almost all negative commentary (24:08–25:30).
  • “People are going to have opinions about whatever they want to have opinions about. I can’t change that.” (24:59)
  • Critiques the “eye for an eye” cycle in online feuds:
    • “If someone’s attacking your physical appearance and then you attack theirs, it’s like… now playing in the same league.” (25:32)

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6. Home Ownership & Finance Chronicles

• Mortgage Woes:
  • Lindsie receives a refinance offer. Reflects on the outrageous 7.25% rate on her current home vs. previous sub-3% rates (29:49–31:21).
    • “I need a spreadsheet. All I know is I am currently not comfortable with seven.” (32:15)
  • Lindsie jokes about writing to the government for lower COVID-era interest rates since she literally has COVID (“If I could have projected I was going to be paying 7% interest and [have] COVID, I would have just bought this house [sooner].” 34:29)
  • Discusses the dilemma of waiting or refinancing—sounds off about being “a stingy little bitch” wanting to time interest rates (32:33).
• Favorite Hypothetical:
  • Picks between a new house, $7,500/month, 800 credit, $200K salary, retirement, or $300K cash. Both make strategic, practical choices (36:06–38:09).

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7. Nostalgia Hour: Barbie, Girl Scouts, and 90s Childhood

• Massive Barbie love—reminiscences about collecting Christmas Barbies, furniture sets, and Spice Girls dolls (“I wish truly that we could go back to there.” 50:16)
• Shares excitement about Mattel’s new autistic Barbie and the growing inclusivity of children’s toys. Details design elements to support neurodiversity (55:19–58:43).
  • “I think I’m gonna go and buy the Barbie.” (58:05)
• Discussion on the importance of inclusion and how social media can challenge or hinder social integration (59:20–61:58).

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8. Allergy Drama & Anaphylaxis Scare

• Bizarre Allergy:
  • Recalls previous allergy to Arm & Hammer toothpaste, triggered by baking soda (sodium bicarbonate).
  • David unknowingly gives her Alka Seltzer, causing a severe reaction: “I really was. I thought I saw the last day of my life. It was like minutes that felt like hours.” (67:03)
  • Kristen relates her own ambulance horror stories—neighborhood embarrassment and all (68:30–69:40).
  • Lindsie jokes about implicating David via text if she dies (“If I’m going out, I’m implicating you.” 70:02)

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9. Girl Scout Cookies & Food Tangents

• Lindsie says she always buys cookies out of “peer pressure,” especially Thin Mints, though allergies now disrupt her traditions (71:22–72:24).
• Reads hilarious Outback Steakhouse review where a woman vents that her “fat husband” ate the Bloomin’ Onion she thought was missing (73:41).
• Discusses restaurant review culture—Lindsie never leaves them, even though she appreciates reading them (74:03–74:58).

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10. Lifestyle, Adulting, and DND Bliss

• Both value setting boundaries with Do Not Disturb: “The glory spot of DND is when you don’t even have to put it on because you’re just not picking up your phone.” (44:58)
• Lament over lack of midday napping—ideal human rest patterns vs. real life (41:37–42:22).

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11. True Crime & Documentary Recommendations

• Recommends Hulu documentaries “Apartment 603” and “Trophy Wife: Safari Murder”—asks listeners for reviews (76:55–78:09).
  • Shares wild detail: “He essentially tries to chop off his thumb…” in an insurance scam (78:34).
  • Jokes with David: “Would you let me chop off one of your fingers for $30,000 a month?” (79:04)

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On TSA:
  “Don’t put your hands on me, you know what I mean?” (02:36, Lindsie)
• On Medical Frustration:
  “I am a functioning, non-functioning human being right now.” (00:18, Lindsie)
• On Catfishing Incident:
  “That’s my face, and that is not my account.” (18:50, Lindsie)
• On Platform Responsibility:
  “There is responsibility that comes with that platform to make sure we aren’t spreading misinformation.” (21:38, Lindsie)
• On Pharmacy Mix-Ups:
  “I didn’t know I needed to tell you I divorced five years ago.” (10:50, Lindsie)
• On AI Misinformation:
  “With AI… it makes people think the people are saying that in the videos.” (21:56, Lindsie)
• On Barbie Inclusion:
  “I think I’m gonna go and buy the Barbie.” (58:05, Lindsie)
• On Anaphylaxis Scare:
  “If I’m going out, I’m implicating you.” (70:02, Lindsie)
• On Peer Pressure & Cookies:
  “If I see you at Walmart... I will at least buy a box of cookies from you. And when I say a box, 10.” (71:51, Lindsie)
• On DND:
  “The glory spot of DND is when you don’t even have to put the DND on because you become so comfortable with not picking up your phone.” (44:58, Lindsie)
• On Chopping Off Thumbs for Insurance:
  “Would you let me chop off one of your fingers for $30,000 a month?” (79:04, Lindsie)

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Important Timestamps

• 00:50–03:57: Return from Mexico and start of illness saga
• 09:46–11:02: Pharmacy/identity mix-up story
• 14:04–25:30: Fake “Jen Smith 501” account and social media identity responsibility
• 29:49–36:03: Home refinance and mortgage interest rate discussion
• 55:19–58:43: Autistic Barbie and inclusivity in toys
• 66:17–70:02: Alka Seltzer allergy/anaphylactic scare and hilarious 911 anecdotes
• 76:55–78:09: True crime docuseries recommendations
• 79:04: Thumb-chopping insurance scam story

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Episode Tone

• Warm, unfiltered, candid, and conversational
• Relatable humor, strong southern flavor
• Jokes about medical disasters and adulting woes are delivered with self-awareness and wit

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For Listeners

Even if you haven’t heard the episode, this summary captures the whirlwind of mishaps and introspection that mark Lindsie’s chaotic entry to 2026—from sickbed to social media drama, financial finagling, nostalgia for 90s Barbies, and the value of boundaries in a noise-filled world.

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Transcript

[A]

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.

[B]

Tea. That is the tea.

[A]

Here's Lindsay. Good morning and welcome back to another episode of the Southern Tea. Kristen. I do not even know where to begin, but wow.

[B]

Wow is right. How are we doing, Ms. Chrisley? How was Mexico?

[A]

Okay, I'm gonna back up to, well, Chris, tell you about my trip and then the return. So the trip was wonderful. We decided very. What I feel like was last minute. Probably not last minute for some people, but last minute to me, that we were going to go and do this Mexico trip. And I was like, oh, this is going to be fun. It'll be a great way to start the new year. Like, what better way to start a new year with new goals and resolutions in a different country on a beach.

[B]

Which honestly couldn't think of a better way to ring in the new year, Right?

[A]

So we had a fantastic time. Get on our travel back, and we get to the airport and go through security to get back into the country and get to the baggage claim. And I was like, I'm about to pee my pants because I held my pee from the airport to the airport. So I was like, I'm gonna go to the bathroom, help him find the. The baggage, like, turnaround thing, and then I'll be right back. So as I'm walking to the bathroom, there is a TSA person that is pushing out a bunch of the luggage carts. And I think it's pretty common for people to have those luggage carts, specifically, like, in the international side of the airport, because a lot of times people travel for a long period of time, so they have lots of luggage. So I somehow get in the crosshairs of this TSA worker and probably 45 carts, okay, this woman comes, shoves me, shoves me out of the way, and she goes, get out of the way.

[B]

Oh, my God.

[A]

I'm like, okay, number one, I'm not even going to engage with you because I'm about to go to Taco Mac. So I don't. I don't care. I'm just trying to get My bag. But like, don't put your hands on me. You know what I mean? Go to the bathroom. We had to taco Mac. I get nachos, David gets wings, and we each get one white claw. David starts coughing and I'm like, oh, that's weird, because I never hear David cough. So we come home, unload our suitcases, because of course, psychopath me is like, we need to go ahead and start laundry at 11 o' clock at night, take showers, get in the bed. And I'm like, oh, my God, I am so happy to feel my bed, clean sheets, all the things. Wake up the next morning, David is in a debilitated state. Okay.

[B]

Oh.

[A]

So I'm like, oh, that's not good. Like, maybe he's coming down with a cold. No, no, ma'. Am. It got worse by the hour, by the day. And then by that, the day that we woke up, which was Friday, I was also feeling sick. By the time I went to bed and I think I called you, I was making taco meat, right? And I was like, I'm not feeling well.

[B]

Yes.

[A]

Mind you, anybody who's listening to this, I was supposed to be in Delaware recording coffee convos episodes with Gail and doing stuff for merch, and we were gonna do a haul and like, all of these fun plans, all of that got derailed and ended up going to urgent care yesterday. I need the bone with insurance because I feel like I have a very standard insurance plan. I have Blue Cross Blue Shield of Georgia. And first we decide, okay, well, we're both going to do these telehealth appointments, right? Like, David's going to get on his insurance, he's doing telehealth, I'm doing telehealth, get on telehealth and give my symptoms. And the person's like, yeah, I would love to prescribe you something, but unfortunately, like, you're going to have to go and see a physician.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

I'm like, okay, so this was a big waste of time. I got out of the bath that was running to get on this telehealth appointment so that I could then get back in the bath, wash myself and go to urgent care, get to the first urgent care, and neither of our insurance were in network for that urgent care.

[B]

What the heck?

[A]

That's really weird because anytime I ever had to take Jackson to urgent care, his is in network and he's also Blue Cross Blue Shield. So I'm like, whatever, I'm sick. I'm not arguing with this person. So then we go to a well, star sign in woman takes my insurance and she's like, this plan is actually not within the network, but the urgent care right down the street, five minutes from here is within network. So he stays at the wellstar. I go to the other place, come to find out after a flu test, a strep test and a COVID test and a urine sample, I have a UTI which led to a kidney infection that I did not have. Whenever I left. I'm going to chalk that up to maybe I held my pee too long. I have no, no idea. I'm not prone to ever getting UTIs. I think the last one I had was like three years ago and I have Covid. David has Covid and bronchitis. He was throwing up blood or spitting up blood over the weekend. And I don't know what is wrong with men and why he would have thought that telehealth would have been like the proper protocol when we have like bloody phlegm coming up. But this is where we are.

[B]

So basically you cannot, you can't go to Mexico anymore is what I'm hearing.

[A]

Yeah, that's, that's what I'm also hearing because the past two times, well, I got sick the one time when we got there, literally throwing up on the exhaust pipe and then came home barely kicking it, you know, and then was fine while we were there, enjoyed the vacation, came home and has derailed my entire week. So it's been a fun time. In the midst of all of that, I decided it was a good idea to strip all of the bed sheets, start sorting out laundry, everything. We've been staying at David's house because I literally cannot do anything. I do not understand the high fevers, them going away and then coming back. I can't get behind it. I'm either freezing cold or burning hot.

[B]

You're like, there's no in between.

[A]

None.

[B]

That sucks. Genuinely. Nobody wants to start their 20, 26 like that.

[A]

The amount of liquids that I have consumed over the past couple of days is crazy. I never get up in the night to go to the bathroom. Last night I counted, I was up 10 times.

[B]

I wonder, I was going to say, is that because of meds? Well, if I'm not mistaken, don't steroids make you pee a lot?

[A]

I'm not sure, but I am on a steroid and an antibiotic, a cough suppressant and an age old decongestant. So I'm just like, please, something help. Because nothing feels like it's helping. But I did read online, which obviously none of us should be going on WebMD that sometimes it takes a couple of days for everything to kick in.

[B]

I'm wondering if you, like, keep hydrating. I have just heard that, like, the COVID stuff that's going around now is so different than, like, the first variations of COVID and that it just does, like, the craziest stuff to you. And I would not wish that on my worst enemy.

[A]

That's so interesting that you say that, because the urgent care I ended up going to, it was a male nurse and a male doctor, which I've never gone to an urgent care that had a male nurse and a male doctor. It's always been female physician and nurses. And so I was like, oh, well, this is going to be an experience. But, like, this whole thing's been an experience and truly probably my favorite experience at urgent care. If you had to go. And I asked him, I was like, is there any way to tell what variant of COVID that I have? And he was like, no, it's just like a generalized test and you won't know.

[B]

I mean, I think that's pretty accurate. I think the only one that you could, like, tell is whether you have flu A or flu B. Yeah, correct.

[A]

So then in the midst of all of this, I'm trying to get my prescription. So I go to the pharmacy and he's like, your prescriptions will be there by the time you get to that pharmacy. So I pull in the drive through line, give them my information. They're like, we have no prescription for you here. The last prescription that we have filled under that name is from years and years ago. You would have been like 17 years old.

[B]

Oh, my God.

[A]

And I'm like, what address was it? And they give me my address. And I'm like, no, I have not lived with that address for like, close to two decades. Like that. That is not my address. And I just got this prescription filled. I really need to get it. I need to go and get soup. I need to take it. I need to go home and come to find out. Because Jackson gets his prescriptions filled there. My number is associated with his account, which his last name's Campbell.

[B]

Right.

[A]

So they filled my prescriptions under Lindsay Campbell. And you know, like, when you're sick, you're just so frustrated and you're like, I don't feel good. I don't want to deal with anything. Here I am dealing with the stuff. And now they're filling this prescription under my married last name. Got rid of that close to five years ago. And he was like, well, you could have given us that last name. And I said, sir, on my driver's license, it does not have that last name. On my stuff from the doctor that I just went to, it does not have that last name. I have no idea how y' all filled that under my married last name. And quite frankly, I didn't know that I needed to tell you that I divorced five years ago.

[B]

You're like, this is still coming back to haunt me.

[A]

Correct. I'm like, what the heck? So then David's like, let's have a bed date. And I'm like, okay, we'll take showers and put on PJs. Get in the bed and find a documentary. This sounds perfect. We'll take our medicine. We'll be good. So we do this. Please tell me why last night my phone looked like Times Square.

[B]

Okay, because why not? You're in the bed sick as.

[A]

So I'm asleep at this point by the time my phone's going off. And I can just like, you know, like when your eyes are closed, but like, you can hear stuff.

[B]

Obviously you're like, not fully in REM yet.

[A]

Yeah. And I know David was probably like, looking at my phone like, what the hell is going on? So I pick up my phone and mind you, I'm on all of these medications and I don't know what it is, but it does not matter if I take an AM or a pm. It sends me to another planet. Like, the gates of heaven are welcoming me. Okay.

[B]

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[B]

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[B]

I don't know.

[A]

Do you say like, public figure, influencer? I don't know.

[B]

I would, Yeah. I would say, like, social media, like personality, creator, anything like that.

[A]

Yeah. So I guess her name's Allison Cooch. Is that how you say it? Okay. Do not follow this girl. And I want to be very clear before I even start having this conversation. This is in no way intended to elicit any type of negative response towards anybody else's direction. I would not do that. But I was literally laid out and my phone's lighting up like this. People are sending me these tick tocks and Instagram posts. My friends are commenting on it. I'm like, what is going on? So I guess someone had created. And what was the name of the account? Kristen. Like, Jin.

[B]

It was something about. Hold on. I have it. It was Jen Smith.

[A]

Okay. Jen Smith, 501. So I'm going to look at. Oh, wait, I guess the account's gone now.

[B]

It probably got taken down.

[A]

Okay. There's just, like, so many legs to this situation. Okay, so I see this video, and the first one that was sent to me, I guess it was posted on Tick Tock first. So I'm trying to make sense of the video. And I'm like, well, that is me in the video. Like, that is my face. And I'm like, but wait, who is this comment? And I'm like, wait, whose story is that?

[B]

You're like, where is this all stemming from? Yeah.

[A]

So I'm like, laying in the bed with David and we're, like, trying to zoom in. And I said, wait a minute. That was screenshot. The image that was being used was screenshot from a video that was on my story. And I'm just going to guesstimate, like a month or a month and a half ago when I did my return back to social media, that same photo that was being used, like, in large, was also the profile photo on this.

[B]

Account of the Jen smith.

[A]

Okay, Jen Smith 501.

[B]

Okay.

[A]

Okay. She has one post on there. This is not even funny, but, like, she has one post on there. And it's my image of the screenshot of this story that was posted sometime on this account back in, like, early December. She's following 13 people. Was one of them you and not Allison?

[B]

Oh, my God.

[A]

And I'm like, oh, my God. So this video is, I guess, saying something about Allison's nose or something. And I'm like, I don't even know who this girl is. Like, I'm not trying to be offensive when I say I don't know who she is. I don't want you just like, you've.

[B]

Never come across her on Tick Tock or anything. Okay?

[A]

Ever. So I'm like, okay, how would I be replying to us? First of all, I've never even had that profile photo. Like, it's a screenshot. It's shitty at best.

[B]

Right?

[A]

Okay. And I'm like, so supposedly this person is responding to this Allison girl's Instagram story and telling her she has a bad nose.

[B]

With my face as the profile picture.

[A]

With my face as the profile picture. And then underneath it, I guess Allison sent her back the only photo that was on there that was also the profile picture and then was somewhat like trolling in this video that she initially posted on TikTok that went to Instagram. So all of the people in the comments, like, some people were like, laughing at it. And then a majority of the people were like, wait, that's Lindsey Chrisley and that's not her account. And they were tagging me in it, mind you. I had not been on social media all day. I had been in the freaking urgent care and trying to fight with cvs. So I'm like, obviously, I'm not getting these notifications. I don't have my notifications on. Don't really give a shit what's going on on social media right now. So I send her a message and I'm like, hey, I'm so sorry about what happened here, but that's my face, and that is not my account.

[B]

Right?

[A]

And I'm really sorry that someone would say something so horrible about you. And who am I to say something about someone's nose when I had mine.

[B]

Done right you're like, I had a nose job. Everyone knows this.

[A]

Yeah. I'm like, that's. That's just so outlandish. So I'm just like, okay, well, then David starts going on my comments underneath my most recent post. And I guess that same account with my face on it was in my comments on my Instagram telling some mom on there that she had bad teeth.

[B]

Oh, Lindsay.

[A]

And I'm like, okay, none of this is adding up because David gets trolled about his teeth all the time, like, on various platforms for whatever reason, and they've nicknamed him Tooth.

[B]

And so I'm like, wait, they nicknamed David Tooth?

[A]

Yeah. So I'm like, even if I was gonna do something like that, which I wouldn't, but don't you think if my boyfriend is being trolled over his teeth, that I would be uber sensitive to that? So, like, it's just not something that I would do. Further, I'm trying to find a cosmetic dentist so I can go and get veneers this year.

[B]

Lindsay, you're out of yourself right now.

[A]

I have a complex about my own teeth, and I'm just like, it's so insane. So I guess this person, according to Allison, had sent her messages multiple times, and then she finally posted this screen grab or whatever. And I am going to assume, and it's a complete assumption, that she thought this person was trolling her and didn't know it was me and did that. I don't think that any person with that large of a platform would intentionally go out and try to harm another creator, that I wouldn't even consider myself a creator. What the fuck do I create? Like, I talk on a podcast. Like, let's be honest. But, like, I don't think somebody would just intentionally go out and do that with ill will. I think it's a lesson to all of us, like, and specifically people who have public platforms. It's a huge learning lesson all the way around because we do have a responsibility. And I'm not just talking about her. I'm talking about anybody that has a public platform. There is responsibility that comes with that platform to make sure that we aren't spreading misinformation or anything like that to the best of our ability. And I do think, and you and I have had this conversation before this ever came up, and I've seen it of multiple of my friends in the business that with AI.

[B]

Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah.

[A]

How real it can make something look. It makes people think that the people are saying that in the videos.

[B]

100. And I think that a, a good, a good way to go about it, I think is still is to obviously do your due diligence. Right. But like, even in situations like this, and I've seen other creators do this too, where they like showcase the people's faces who are like saying negative things to them. You don't even know, like that's. And this. Like you don't know if that's actually that person or if they ripped that from somebody else's Facebook or Instagram or the Internet. Like, you just don't know.

[A]

Well, and that leads me to the next part of the conversation that if you are following somebody that has a public presence, make sure that even if it's somebody else's profile photo, chances are if they are publicly known their account is going to be verified. Um, Kristen and I tried to walk through the verification process for me on TikTok this past week. So that was a whole debacle. Yeah, um, somebody from the project and I talked about this from the project that we did, went and decided it was a good idea to report my account as a fake account. So it wasn't recommended, so that people couldn't see the content that was being put out regarding the videos. And of course they could do that because my account is not verified.

[B]

Right.

[A]

So we have to go through the verification process to be able to get that verified. I will let you guys know when all of my accounts are verified so then we don't have to have any mix ups, I'm afraid, for the possible victims in this list of 13 that's on this Ken Smith 501 account that supposedly doesn't exist. I don't know if the person maybe blocked me, I don't know. But apparently they don't exist anymore on Instagram. I'm afraid of the hit list.

[B]

So no.

[A]

Secondary to what was posted, it was just a little disheartening because I feel like when you have a public platform, people say all kinds of like outlandish stuff to you and like you never know what you're going to see when you go into your DMs. Like someone might be trying to send you 5 million euros and tell you they have a castle that you can go and move into. People might be trying to buy your panties. People might be talking about your pancake ass. People might be talking about your crooked bottom teeth. They might be talking about your ugly nose. They might take it to the nostrils. Like all of the things. Okay, I have not responded to something like that. When I tell you probably in five years Because I, and, and I'm not saying I'm better than anybody, but, like, why am I going to waste my time to respond to that? I'm publicly putting myself out there. People are going to have opinions about whatever they want to have opinions about. I can't change that. So if you think I'm going to waste my time on Jen Smith 501, I'm just not. The issue I had with the video was like, there was something nasty said about her and the response was like, making fun of me, but it wasn't really making fun of me because it wasn't me doing it. Does that make sense?

[B]

Yes, exactly.

[A]

And so it's like if someone's attacking your physical appearance and then you attack theirs, it's like, okay, we're now, we're now playing in the same league.

[B]

Just like it's 2026. We all know better and we should absolutely do better. And I get it, like, sometimes something gets the best of you, but like, just trying to make sure that we're not doing things like that can go a really long way.

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I love IQ Bar so much, but specifically the IQ Mix. It's something that I take every single day in the morning to start my day. I love it so much. Actually, I have not checked my door for my packages in the last couple of days because I've been bedridden and I had an Ultimate Sampler Pack waiting on me. And right now IQ is offering our special podcast listeners 20% off all IQ Bar products, including the Ultimate Sampler Pack. Plus free shipping to get your 20% off. Text T to 64,000. Text T to 64,000. That's T to 64,000. Message and data rates may apply. See terms for details. My team did reach out to Allison and her team, and as of this recording, which is on Wednesday. No, it's Tuesday. I wish it was Wednesday. As of today, Tuesday. The videos were taken down very shortly after the emails had been sent. I do hope to some capacity that there will be an apology, just as the amount of negativity that was thrown towards me, it was just unfathomable. And I'm literally laid out in a bed with COVID and don't even know who she is. I don't even reply to people's stories. Like, that's just. That's not how I use social media. So I. I don't understand. But I. I do genuinely hope that she takes the high road, that she does issue some type of apology. I feel like I am owed one. It does not feel great to ever be the target of harassment and any type of negativity because people thought I said something that I didn't and I would never. And I just feel like it's somewhat an attack on my character when it's something that I would never do. And I'm not going to say I'm an innocent bystander in every situation, because we all know I'm not. But in this situation, I absolutely was an innocent party.

[B]

You were just in bed with COVID and somebody was catfishing with your face.

[A]

I'm like, how is that even allowed?

[B]

The things that shock me that can still happen in 20, 26 versus things that can't, can't be explained.

[A]

Well, in completely other news, in the midst of, like, all of this, and I was literally driving around with 102 fever in a mask yesterday in a Bronco, like, psychopath. I get a call from my lender and I'm like, please tell me that my auto payment went through. Like, why else would my lender be calling me on just a, you know, random Monday in a January?

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

And he was like, hey, we've been trying to touch base with you. And I'm thinking to myself, yeah, I've been trying to dodge you. And he was like, I wanted to talk to you about refinancing options. And I'm like, well, let's talk about them. And he's like, well, you know, I know nobody's happy about, like, the interest rates and stuff, and it's truly, like, a diabolical situation. But let's really, you know, make ourselves feel better. And let's think back when our grandparents were getting loans and stuff, they were getting like, 20 interest.

[B]

Okay.

[A]

And I'm like, yeah, I get that, but I'm not that age. And quite frankly, no offense, I don't really care what was going on at that time, because I'm in this one.

[B]

Yeah. You're like, this is my time frame, my last. How.

[A]

My last two houses, I had a 2.8 and I think a 3.2. Okay.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

This house, because of the market, was a seven and a quarter interest. Yeah. I was not comfortable with that when I purchased this house. Okay.

[B]

Yeah, you were not happy.

[A]

Nobody was comfortable with that. So then he starts telling me, well, you know, you know why the interest rates went down at one time? Because of COVID And I said, oh, because of COVID Well, I'm going to write our administration because since they could be down because of COVID I currently have Covid, so I feel like I can qualify for the lower interest on my home.

[B]

Okay. Okay.

[A]

And he's like, you're truly not wrong. Like, you're not wrong. And so he tells me about, like, all these options and how if I refinance through them, that I. They can put up a plan to show me, like, the difference in cost. If I pay, like, a little bit of cost, what it would look like, and then if I know closing cost, what that would look like, and would I be interested in decreasing my 30 year to like a 26 or a 28 if we kept the payment? And I'm like, truly, I need a spreadsheet. I don't know how to do this. All I know is I am currently not comfortable with seven. I don't even know what the interest rates look like right now. I'm thinking he was alluding to that. They're somewhere around five, I think.

[B]

Like, yeah, like five. Ish. Yeah.

[A]

So I'm like, you know what? It would. It would be nice to get rid of, like, some. Some of the interest, because I just really don't like paying interest.

[B]

I mean, nobody does. And the golden rule for, like, if you're going to refinance, I believe is, like, you want to be down at least 2 percentage points from where you were to make it worthwhile.

[A]

Well, I mean, I would be if it was five. And if I was paying no closing cost, then I feel like it would probably be worth it. But then here's my other thing, because, like, I'm a stingy little bitch. I'm like, if it's gonna go down like a little bit more, if the projections I need to talk about, if I need to talk to a financial projection person, if they think that the interest rate is going to go down a little bit more, do I just hold out and then refinance or do I go ahead and do it in the event that it goes back up?

[B]

I definitely would look at projections and stuff. That's what I did. So we bought our house in 2019, and we bought for. I want to say our interest rate was like 4%. We bought. We've closed May of 2019. I want to say our interest rate was initially like 4% or something. And then they dropped down into like the twos, because that was like Covid situation. So they dropped down like into the higher twos. And we ended up coming right now I know we ended up coming out with 3.25. And I was happy.

[A]

See that? That is phenomenal. So Will bought the house that he's in now and does not plan to move from there right when we divorced. So his interest on that house very low also. And it makes me want to drive through his front door. But like, I did the divorce house, and then when I got comfortable enough to kind of be out on my own and not in like a turnkey type situation, then I did this and I'm like, if I could have projected that I was going to be paying 7% interest and I also still was going to get Covid, I would have just bought this house.

[B]

Well, like a lot of people are, it's. It's a blessing and a curse to have the low interest rate. Right? Especially if people bought what they call starter homes because they got the low interest rate. But now it's like if they were to sell it and go to go buy something else, they're spending so much more money because of the higher interest rates. So it's kind of house trapping people. And I know it's a blessing to even be able to have a house, but it's kind of like trapping people in their homes because like, that right there was why Corey and I never did the starter home thing. We just dealt with the one bedroom apartment, saved up a bunch of money, and then ultimately, as my mom got older, she's about to be 70 in February. So as my mom got older and she had started experiencing health issues at that time, my brother doesn't even live in this country, so obviously, like, it would be me to like, take care of her. And we had a conversation and we Were like, all right, let's just do this, the three of us. And we found the house we're in, and unless we move six states, we're never leaving this house.

[A]

Well, I love that for you. I don't want to ever leave this house, but I'm going to contact somebody about my interest.

[B]

Well, I think that we. We can start with your actual lender who's been trying to get a hold of you.

[A]

Well, I want to contact the administration and ask them why I can't get lower interest. Like. And then he was like, I'm looking at your credit score. And I said, I know I have really good credit, so why am I at 7%? He was like, honey, that was the best you could do at the time?

[B]

Yeah, it was 100%.

[A]

So this leads me into my next conversation, because I saw something that came across my Facebook, and it was like this reel, and it was for people to comment, you know, which one would you pick? And it says you can pick two different things. The first one is a new house. The second one is seven, $500 per month. The third is an 800 credit score. Fourth is 200,000 salary. Fifth is to retire. Now, six is 300,000 cash.

[B]

Oh, I know my two.

[A]

Immediately, I'm gonna pick the long game, and I'm gonna go $7,500 per month. Do I still get to pick the salary or the cash?

[B]

You could pick any of the two.

[A]

Okay, so $7,500 per month. Already have good credit, so that one's out. Already have a new house, so that one's out. I definitely don't need to retire. I think I'm going to go with the 200,000 salary and invest.

[B]

I'm going 70 $500 per month and retiring now.

[A]

Yeah, but what are you going to do when you retire?

[B]

One, probably focus on my health that I never focus on. And two, probably do things that actually fill my cup up. So like maybe go volunteer at an animal shelter or two. Like, anything like that.

[A]

Okay, so we're gonna give ourselves to volunteer work and focusing on the things that we love most in our retirement.

[B]

To me, that's like true happiness. And I can make seven, five hundred dollars go a month, go a long way. I mean, inflation's real right now, but I could still make that happen. And Corey carries our benefits through his job, so that's not something I have to worry about.

[A]

Thankfully, you're like, sir, you will be keeping a job for benefits alone.

[B]

I'd be. I'd have more time to Cook and like, do all that type of stuff.

[A]

I know. It's so crazy. I've always heard people say and by people, my parents, we all have the same 24 hours in a day. It's what you choose to do with it. Okay.

[B]

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[A]

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[B]

I actually just placed my order on Saturday after we were talking about it and I'm so, so excited. One of my other girlfriends uses it and says that it is so much faster to use. She said that she does not have to use brushes. It's not a complicated routine. You can literally use your fingers and go. So I'm super excited about that. And to fit this into my very busy morning routine, I feel like anything that simplifies the morning routine everybody can get down with. And when I was doing some research on Jones Road Beauty, all of their products are actually good for your skin. So every formula is packed with skin skin loving ingredients. It nourishes your skin. Instead of clogging or caking. It looks and feels natural, like you're not wearing makeup at all.

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[B]

Yeah, I mean, you're supposed to sleep a minimum of eight hours a day or eight hours a night. But I mean, technically, actually, I don't know if you've heard the whole study of like, we're not actually. Our bodies don't function best when we're getting like one period of eight hours of sleep. Like, the napping thing is actually way better. Have you heard about this? Yeah, hold on, I'm gonna pull this up.

[A]

I do eight hours of sleep and nap.

[B]

Hours. Like, our bodies are not like, I don't know, it was something about, I can't find it right now. But like, I read this and it was talking about how like we as human beings, our bodies are not created to have like that one long stretch of sleep. And in the 24 hour period.

[A]

Well, I feel like the ideal amount of sleep per night is 8 hours and a midday hour and 30 minute nap. I very much realize that that is not realistic. It's also not realistic for my life. It is a goal that I would love to be able to do. And at some point. Do you remember I used to do it?

[B]

You. I remember. You used to definitely be a napper. Midday. You were a napper. I wish. Like, I would probably function so much better if I actually took a nap during the day. But it never fails that if I were to attempt to like lay down, you know, like, essentially some people take lunch breaks. Well, I don't do that. So if I were to lay down, that is the moment that my phone would go off 95 times. And that's exactly what kept happening to me. So at that point I just said, fuck it and stop trying.

[A]

Oh my God. I never related to someone more. I had to go get something notarized yesterday at ups and the lady was like, I'm off in five minutes. And she's always working ups. I don't know if she's like a manager up there or whatever. And she told the girls she was like, notarize that for her and also give that notary to her for free because she came yesterday and we couldn't do it. And I'm out of here and my phone's going on. Do not disturb and do not contact me. Contact that other number on the thing because I don't want to be bothered. And I'm like, yes, ma'.

[B]

Am.

[A]

Like, that is me. If I am taking a nap, you will not be able to get to me.

[B]

I started putting my phone back on dnd and it has been the best thing that I have done for myself in an extremely long period of time.

[A]

I just don't know why more people don't use the feature. I'm going to assume that people don't use it because we live in a world where we feel like we need to have this, like, instant ability to be able to contact someone. I have also restarted using dnd, so much so that I have been told that my phone doesn't go off of dnd, so no one knows when they can actually contact me. So they just contact me anyway. And it's like, that's fine. I'm just not going to get it. I just make sure that I've had contact with my child before my phone goes on the dnd.

[B]

I have it set so that you can, like, anybody should be able to see when I'm on DND because I'm like, you know, that way you don't think that I'm just like, blatantly ignoring you. Because essentially I lived a lifestyle of basically my phone was in DND because when I'm like, really in depth in my work, I don't. I try not to keep my phones near me because it is distracting. Like, I've got 95,000 group texts and calls and this and that. So if I'm like, really trying to get something done, the last thing I want to do is be distracted by my phone. But I. I don't put my dn. I don't put my DND on during the work day. I know people who do. Like, if they're going in to have to do something like that, they need to focus. Like, they will turn their DND on during the day. And I'm like, I. I aspire to be you.

[A]

I just love the effort. I'm definitely somebody who puts in the effort to slide that DND on it anytime I possibly can. It gets so great, though. Like, the glory spot of DND is when you don't even have to put the DND on because you become so comfortable with not picking up your phone. It doesn't matter if the DND is on.

[B]

Yeah, I. I used to get very bad anxiety if I wasn't readily available for text messages and phone calls immediately as they came in. I've gotten much more comfortable with, you know, nothing is that big of an emergency unless it absolutely is. And then I will obviously, like, if something is a crazy emergency and I'm not answering my Phone. Someone is contacting Corey or my mom, and I'm usually with one of them, if not both. So that's kind of what's allowed me to, like, be able to feel comfortable doing that, especially at nighttime.

[A]

Oh, my gosh. So let me tell you, speaking of my dnd, no one much heard from me while I was in Mexico at all. Hardly. Not at Disney. Although there was a situation that transpired in the dates that I was at Disney that kind of derailed some stuff that I had to deal with. And I was like, can anyone go on vacation and somebody not up?

[B]

No.

[A]

Was that you laughing?

[B]

That's. Yeah. No, it can't happen. That's like saying, can I go into the hospital without something crazy happening?

[A]

Let me just tell you this. So we're at Disney, and we have done Magic Kingdom all day. And when I tell you we went all out, the kids had the best time. We had the best time. We went to the Crystal palace, had the best character breakfast or the best character lunch. The best service at any Disney place that has character dinner, lunch, or breakfast. It was the best service. The kids were absolutely amazed at the buffet, which I think is hilarious. They were like, oh, my God, this is so fancy. And I'm thinking to myself, this is like Golden Corral, y'.

[B]

All.

[A]

It's just $400. Okay?

[B]

Except you're paying way more money.

[A]

Like, let's be honest. Like, I could get down at Golden Corral. Like, I'm not even lying.

[B]

Corey brought me one time to Golden Corral, and I liked it.

[A]

I used to go with my grandparents at the. What do they call it? The Bird's Eye. Or the Early Birds. Or the Early Birds.

[B]

Special.

[A]

Yeah, I used to go with them all the time. I would drive and meet them and go and do that so they could be cheapskates and, you know, get a cheaper meal. And I would go in with them. But we had the most fantastic day, right? And stayed at a Disney property. Loved it so much. Went back to the hotel. I ordered pizza on the, like, Uber Eats or Doordash whatever on the app. Got them showered, got them in PJs, got the individual pizzas out, got a Christmas movie on. David and I walked downstairs into the lobby, and we're just sitting chit chatting. And then it was like my phone again looked like Times Square. And I looked at him and I said, I do not have the capacity to be able to deal with this. So I need you to take my phone. And you have two options. You can either throw it Away or answer it. And so he dealt with the entire debacle and situation that was going on. But the amount of people that were calling me, trying to get help, and I'm just like, I cannot. And also, I'm at Disney World. Like, I am a freak show right now.

[B]

You're like, this was really not the time to meet me.

[A]

Absolutely not. In completely unrelated news, did you see the news about Barbie?

[B]

I did not see anything about Barbie. What is up with her?

[A]

Okay, so they're number one. I need to take you back to my childhood. I don't know if you were a Barbie girly. I was so obsessed with Barbie. Like, I had to have. My grandparents used to buy me the Christmas Barbie.

[B]

Yep. I had the Christmas Barbies. Like the Christmas New Year's ones. You mean, like for the years or whatever? Yep. Have that. Had those. Do you think I left them in the package? Absolutely did not.

[A]

No, I played with mine.

[B]

I played with those. I had the Barbie Dream House. I had the Barbie Dream Hotel. I had the car, like the frickin. What the hell is it called? The pink one that had, like, no roof.

[A]

Oh, I know what one you're talking about. I don't know what it's called, but I also had that. And then do you remember when they came out with, like, the Barbie furniture?

[B]

Oh, yeah.

[A]

Like, so when you kind of got tired of playing with your dream house, you could, you know, concoct your own version of your house with all of this furniture. Right?

[B]

Yeah, it was. A lot of. It was blow up, remember?

[A]

I remember that. That was back in the blow up days. And that was when we were wearing, like, those chokers that were like, stretchy.

[B]

Yep.

[A]

In the butterfly clips. Do you remember that?

[B]

Oh, yeah. I had. But I had a variety of hair clips.

[A]

Oh, it was. It was such an awesome time. I wish truly that we could go back to there. And it was like the high rise jean shorts that went to your kneecaps. It's like, we need to. To really bring it back. So I was absolutely Barbie obsessed. I was Spice Girl obsessed. And do you remember when they came out with all Spice Girls?

[B]

I was not really like a Spice Girl person. I was like S Club 7 and also transitioned myself into, like, Polly Pockets.

[A]

Okay. I also was a Polly Pocket Stan as well, because I used to love, like, I had a fixation with little things.

[B]

Okay. All right. So you would love the mini things, whatever.

[A]

Mini brands. Yes. If. If I was a kid now, I would be feening over the mini brands. So Barbie came Out with a collection of Spice Girls. That was my first concert that I ever went to. I had all of the Spice Girl books, like their biographies, autobiographies, like, whatever they're called.

[B]

Okay.

[A]

I had all of those. My mom's parents, when I would stay with them, I really stayed with my mom's parents a lot growing up. And they would take me on Fridays to get tcby yogurt ice cream, and we would go to Walmart and I would get to shop on the Barbie aisle.

[B]

Okay.

[A]

They would drive me to different Walmarts to be able to collect these Spice Girl Barbies. And that was when you didn't have a cell phone. And the only way for you to find out numbers of stores was to look in, what, like, the Yellow Pages, okay? So that's when I learned to use a phone book when I started calling McDonald's for the Thai beanie babies to find out which McDonald's had which ones, and the Walmarts to find out which Walmart had ginger Spice.

[B]

Okay.

[A]

Okay. And I had Barbies of every color. Okay. Like, I had black Barbies. I had white Barbies. I had Christmas Barbie or New New Year's Barbie, Whatever. You said year Barbie.

[B]

I think it was like the New Year Barbie. And I specifically remember the 2000s one with the. With the ball that was, like, attached to. Yes. Okay.

[A]

Well, one year I got. I felt so special because I was like, I need a white Barbie and a black Barbie because they're best friends. And so I got. I got the special edition Christmas one of both of those girls, and I would play Barbies. Kristen, when I tell you six and seven hours a day in the summer.

[B]

Me all the time. Especially when I had, like, the Barbie pool thing.

[A]

Oh, I forgot about the Barbie pool. And remember when they came out with, like, the twins?

[B]

Yes.

[A]

Okay. I also had the twins. And I was, like, obsessed. And I was like, when I grow up, I'm gonna have twin babies and then kill had them. So I'm like, what the. Ever so over this. So the Southern T Podcast is brought to you by Progressive Insurance. Do you ever think about switching insurance companies to see if you could save some cash? Progressive makes it easy. Just drop in some details about yourself and see if you're eligible to save money. When you bundle your home and auto policies, the process only takes minutes. It could mean hundreds more in your pocket.

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[A]

L t h.com I love Barbie and I saw this all over every social media platform yesterday. It says Mattel adds an autistic Barbie to doll line devoted to diversity and inclusion and I am thrilled.

[B]

I absolutely love that and it's about.

[A]

Damn time it is so it says. Mattel Inc. Is introducing an autistic Barbie on Monday as the newest member of its line intended to celebrate diversity, joining a collection that already includes Barbies with Down syndrome, a blind Barbie, a Barbie and Ken with Vitiligo and other models the toy maker added to make its fashion dolls more inclusive. Mattel said it developed its autistic doll over more than 18 months in partnership with Autistic Self Advocacy Network, a nonprofit organization that advocates for the rights and better media representation of people with autism. The goal is to create a Barbie that reflected someone that reflected some of the ways autistic people may experience and process the world around them. This was a challenge because autism encompasses a broad range of behaviors and difficulties that vary widely in degree, and many of these traits associated with the disorder are not immediately visible, according to to Noor Pervez, who is an autistic Self Advocacy networks community engagement manager and work closely with Mattel on the Barbie prototype. Like many disabilities, in a quote it says autism doesn't look any one way, but we can try and show some of the ways that autism expresses itself. For example, the eyes of the new Barbie shift slightly to the side to represent how some people with autism sometimes avoid direct eye contact. Doll also was given articulated eyebrows and wrists to acknowledge stimming, hand flapping and other gestures that autistic people use to process sensory information or to express excitement, it says. The development team debated whether to dress the doll in tight or loose fitting outfits. Some autistic people wear loose clothes because they are sensitive to the feel of fabric seams, while others wear figure hugging garments to give them a sense of where their bodies are. The team ended up choosing an A line dress with short sleeves and a flowy skirt that provides less fabric to skin contact. The doll also wears flat shoes to prevent. To promote stability and ease of movement. Each doll comes with a pink finger clip fidget spinner, noise canceling headphones and a pink tablet modeled after the devices some autistic people who struggle to speak use to communicate.

[B]

I think that this is incredible. I think it's. More companies should be doing this. We should be all about inclusion for sure. And I'm, I'm happy to be a Barbie girly.

[A]

Listen, I think I'm gonna go and buy the Barbie.

[B]

Oh, see, now you're giving me ideas.

[A]

Yep, I, I think I'm gonna go and buy the Barbie. And it says in the bottom of this article, which was abc, ABC News. The center of Disease Control and Prevention reported last year that the estimated prevalence of autism among 8 year old children in the US was 1 in 31. The estimate from the CDC's Autism and Developmental Disabilities Monitoring Network said black, Hispanic, Asian and Pacific Islander children in the US Were more likely than white children to have a diagnosis. And the prevalence more than three times higher among boys than girls, which I.

[B]

I find that really interesting and I just, I wonder if they'll ever find out why.

[A]

I don't know. I feel like there's so much more information that we will get through development of research and stuff like that in the coming years. I feel like it's come such a long way and I just love to see a company like Barbie that have children playing with these toys every single day and they're in most households. Just the inclusion, I think it's so important.

[B]

I think it's so important to like, I don't think people understand how important inclusion is because if your child doesn't need to be part of like inclusion because they're deemed what society says is quote unquote normal, like they're going to meet these kids in everyday life. And it's important for people to understand that there's people who are different than they are. But that doesn't mean it's something bad and negative.

[A]

It's just so crazy to me that I feel. And, and we've talked about this and we'll talk about this until the cows come home. That with the rise of social media and kids being on social media, I feel like inclusion has become so much harder because when I was growing up, we didn't think about it. Like I feel like in our kindergarten class everybody was our friend. And now I see kids going to school and friend groups are already formed by the time they're out of kindergarten.

[B]

I am trying to remember back because I moved schools. I moved from first grade, moved states to Pennsylvania and started a new school in second grade. And I remember feeling like the outsider. And it's not that anyone really made me feel like that, but people had already been together for a couple of years at that point.

[A]

But I mean, I just feel like no one really knew. And maybe I lived in a bubble, but I feel like we all played with each other and no one really knew that like anybody was different. And I feel like now, and I feel like I'm blaming social media and that's not really the intent because I don't know what the actual answer is, but I feel like kids are so mean now.

[B]

You know, it's. It's interesting you say that. I almost feel like it's kind of like how as we've gotten older, we feel like the world is way more dangerous than it was when we were kids. And that age old question of was it actually, is it actually more dangerous or do we hear more about it now?

[A]

Or is it because we're adults now and we're not living that age anymore? So we see it from a different light. Yeah, we're not innocent living it.

[B]

Yeah, we're not innocent kids anymore. You know, like I try to think, I'm trying to think back about school. Like did we have bullies for sure. But would I put that on the same playing field? Is what we hear about now where kids are literally killing each other? No, I wouldn't.

[A]

I mean, it's just insane. I can't wait to see if they. I, I feel pretty confident to say that they will make an autistic Kindle.

[B]

I mean, they should.

[A]

I was hoping when I was reading this they were gonna roll out them together and it was like giving love on the spectrum.

[B]

No, that. First of all, that would have been a really great like marketing, right? Yeah, I think that would have been really, really good. I don't know that I hope they take that into consideration, and I hope that they're looking at doing that for the Kendalls.

[A]

I agree. Speaking of kid stuff, I need to know, are you a Girl Scout cookie order?

[B]

Thin Mints all the way.

[A]

Okay. I love a Thin Mint, too. However, I have developed this allergy. I was waiting to get to this part when I was going to talk about this. Sweet.

[B]

I forgot this was the last one that you.

[A]

Because not only when I returned from Mexico did I find out I had Covid a UTI and kidney infection. I also had an allergic reaction to Alka Seltzer. And this really started happening about three years ago, I would say. Right?

[B]

Two and a half, three if I had to.

[A]

Yeah. So first time it happened was what, over the Arm and Hammer toothpaste?

[B]

Correct. You decided to use a different toothpaste and your mouth swelled up like nothing I've ever seen.

[A]

And I was splotchy all over my face. My chest had a little bit of a rash, but it wasn't too bad. And I didn't really think anything of it. Like, you just go and brush your teeth and then you go in there and you look like itch.

[B]

When I was trying to explain it to you, I was like, you know that movie that Will Smith is in where he's like, the love expert? And you were like, yes, Hitch. I'm like, that's what your face looked like.

[A]

That's literally what it looked like. But I couldn't really necessarily pinpoint what it was, so I was like, well, maybe it was the toothpaste. Well, then again, I use the toothpaste. A couple weeks later, reaction happens again. So I'm like, the active ingredient in Arm and Hammer toothpaste. And this is no slander to Arm and Hammer because I love Arm and Hammer. But the active ingredient is baking soda. So I think nothing else of it anymore. We are no longer buying that in the house. Don't want to be contaminated. Don't want to look like Hitch. Okay. So sick, laid out, slept for 16 hours. Jackson had a basketball game on Saturday. We took the kids to an arcade, got them some food, came home, and at like seven, something, I took a shower and said, I've got to go to bed. I did not wake up until 11:30 the next morning. David decides that it's a good idea to go to Kroger. And he was like, I'm going to get some Alka Seltzer, cold and flu. That will definitely make you feel better. So he mixes it up, brings it upstairs, and he's like, here you go. Take this. It's going to make you feel better. He leaves the house. Three minutes later, my chest starts tightening. I feel like I'm having a heart attack. But, like, also, I'm struggling to breathe. My face is swollen this point. I'm curled up in a ball. I'm calling for Jackson. I try to reach for my phone to call David. He's going down the freeway. And I'm like, what did you give me? And he's like, babe, I gave you Alka Seltzer. And I said, okay, but what is an Alka Seltzer? And he goes, I don't know. I'm driving down the highway. So we find out that the active ingredient in Alka Seltzer is the same active ingredient that is an arm and hammer, which is sodium bicarbonate. Is that how you say it?

[B]

Baking soda.

[A]

Baking soda.

[B]

Okay.

[A]

So I'm like, okay, I'm going into anaphylaxic shock.

[B]

Can I read the text that I got about this?

[A]

Yes, of course you can.

[B]

It's not funny. It's funny now. It wasn't funny then. Especially coming from somebody who goes into anaphylactic shock with nuts. Like, it's not funny, but. So let's see. Here we are, Saturday at 6:05pm which, mind you, I did not see this until 8:50pm So I was like, dude, I had an allergic reaction to baking soda. And David thought he was gonna have to call 91 1. My chest was closing, and I was so scared.

[A]

I really was. I thought I saw the last day of my life. It was like minutes that was just felt like hours. And I was like, oh, my God. Like, this is it. Like, this is it. Jackson, come and give me a kiss. I know that I have some ailment that I don't know about. My chest is closing. I'm dying. So David turns around on the freeway, speeds back home, and he's mass texting me, which Jackson calls spamming. He's like, david, stop spamming.

[B]

And he's like, well, your mom might be going into cardiac arrest, so I kind of have to.

[A]

Yeah. He's like, david needs to stop spamming. And David's texts are like, lindsay, I need you to answer the phone. Lindsay, if you do not answer the phone, I'm calling an ambulance. I'm calling 91 1. I'm like, please don't call 91 1. Like, I don't want to get on a freaking ambulance. Like, I do not. I don't even want the ambulance in my Driveway.

[B]

Has that ever happened? Like, have you ever had to have an ambulance called on you?

[A]

Absolutely not.

[B]

Okay, so, like, it's all a funny joke of, like, oh, I'm going to call 911. I'm going to call 91 1. It is the most mortifying fucking experience coming. I've had this done twice to me since October.

[A]

This is.

[B]

It's the most mortifying experience. It just is. And, like, maybe if you're unconscious, like, you probably don't care, but, like, I was fully conscious, and it was mortifying.

[A]

And then, like, the fire department come to.

[B]

No. So the fire department did not come straight up, just the ambulance. And when I tell you that all of my neighbors came outside both fucking times, I shit you not.

[A]

Oh, you better bet. Any neighborhood I've ever lived in, if I see an ambulance, I immediately think it's a homicide and I am slowing down. Like, I know some shit went down in that house, and I am Barbara Walters ready to investigate.

[B]

Well, it's like, they roll you out. They get you up into this thing. Like, they get you up into the, like, actual ambulance, and they, like, put you on this thing or whatever. And, like, then they leave the back doors open, right? So they're working on you. Trying to get blood pressure. For me, they were, like, doing an ekg, asking me about my pain, like, trying to figure out what's going on. Both times the door open is a wild move.

[A]

I'm like, what about hipaa, y'? All?

[B]

First of all, it was freezing. Second of all, I'm pretty sure I saw one specific of my neighbors waving at me while I was in the.

[A]

I'm like, please don't call the ambulance. And he is like, lindsay, you're going into anaphylaxic. And I'm like, I don't know what's happening to me right now. All I know is, is that the text that I'm about to send you is not going to look good because you've killed me.

[B]

You're like, if I'm going out, I'm implicating you.

[A]

Like, no one else can have you. So this is the text that I'm choosing to send. I am treacherous. Okay, so Girl Scout has kicked off the season with a new treat, and it says it's the first time that it's kicking off in 2026. It says, Girl Scout season is here, and it says a nostalgic new flavor will be joining the lineup for this season. Explorer Moors, a fresh take on the organization. Sandwich cookies inspired by Rocky Road Ice Cream. They feature flavors of chocolate, marshmallow, and toasted almond flavor cream. Number one, I will always buy girl Scout cookies. So if anyone comes to my door, I will find a checkbook that's number one. Watch. I'm going to have the million girl Scouts.

[B]

I'm like, lindsay, you are setting yourself up for failure right now.

[A]

But okay, I'm like, and then I'm donating all of these cookies. No, I always. I give in. It's kind of like when you go to somewhere where you probably shouldn't be being asked for a tip, but you do it anyway because you're like. You're peer pressured.

[B]

Oh, you mean on to go orders like me?

[A]

Yeah. I always give a tip. And David's like, lindsay, what are you doing? I'm like, it's asking me for a reason, which is meaning that I'm supposed to be doing it. And he's like, no, you're giving into peer pressure. And I'm like, yes, I absolutely am. I feel the same way about girl Scout cookies. If you come to my door buying them, and if I see you at Walmart outside of Publix, outside of the local restaurant, I will at least buy a box of cookies from you. And when I say a box 10.

[B]

I love that I'm a thin mint girl. I can't do the new cookies because they'll kill me because of the lovely nuts in them. But for those who can enjoy them, I hope you do.

[A]

I used to go to this restaurant when I was a teenager that used thin mints, and they crushed it with, like, up. I'm assuming that they probably use some type of, like, food processor to get it, like, really, like, fine and grainy and use it as their crust on their cheesecake.

[B]

Oh, yeah, I've seen that done on, like. Yep, I've seen that done.

[A]

Oh, my God, it was so good. But now I'll go into anaphylaxic, so I can't do that anymore. But I am gonna get these cookies for the kids, and they look. Look really good. I've never been a rocky road girly, but Jackson loves some marshmallows, so I love that.

[B]

I can't wait. Now I gotta go find some girl scouts.

[A]

Speaking of food, I saw this thing posted on Facebook, and I had to screenshot it and tell everybody about it. And we'll post this somewhere because when I tell you the COVID howl that I had in my bed number one is not normal. So this was a woman named Diana leaving a review on Outback and She says, I am absolutely livid. My husband drove all the way to pick up our Outback order, and you people forgot the blooming onion. That was the only thing that I wanted. Oh, so thin. She responds to her own self in another review and says, my fat husband ate the bloomin onion in the car and lied. I'm sorry. I don't know how to delete the review.

[B]

Oh, my God. Like, my fat husband is crazy, but.

[A]

Oh, my God, my fat husband is wild.

[B]

That's insane. That is literally insane. I can't say that I. I don't know. I've never actually gone on maybe one time and written a bad review about somewhere, but it was, like, really bad.

[A]

I need to know the people who actually go on and write reviews, because I can tell you, not one time have I ever gone on and written a review. I will tell you that there have been people that I have denied being friends on Facebook. When I see, like, I'm, like, scrolling through, they've tried to add me as a friend. And you know how it'll be like they reviewed, like, a local company or something. It'll show you, like, on the profile.

[B]

Yep.

[A]

If I see somebody has given a company a bad review, denied. At some point, you're gonna give me a bad review.

[B]

You're like, I have nothing to review, but you're gonna give me a bad one.

[A]

Yeah, I just. I don't know. I. I do think that it's great to be able to read reviews, and I really respect the people that go on and take their time to give honest reviews, but no one's ever going to see a review from me anywhere.

[B]

Yeah, you're like, no, I'll pass on all that.

[A]

It's kind of like a full circle moment right now for me because I'm like, I'm not going to target anybody on social media, and I'm also not going to target any place and leave a bad review. Before we go, I have to ask you, do you look up or follow any of your local pages for, like, the local restaurant reviews?

[B]

No, I don't.

[A]

Okay. I don't know. You know, it's got to be some association. When I was looking at people's mug shots, I feel like I got into some kind of group that, like, talks about everything around town. And when I tell you that Taco Bell's around here get one hundreds and the places that I eat that I'm like, are some so good are getting, like, 75s?

[B]

So are you telling me you're basically just going Back to Taco Bell.

[A]

No, I'm like, on this new thing right now. I got a lot of backlash for saying I was like, on the Carnivore diet. I got constipated. I mean, at this point, being so honest, I got constipated, like, so bad for that. I couldn't ship for like 10 or 11 days camera that I had to take, like multiple laxative suppository situation, which never had to do before in my life. And so now I've decided that I'm incorporating, like salads and leafy greens back into my diet. And when I say diet, I'm not on a diet. I pretty much eat whatever I want to. Just the food groups of things that I am allowing myself to have on a daily basis to simplify my life. Is meat and salads or green vegetable.

[B]

Okay. I mean, that's not bad.

[A]

Before we head out, I need everybody, and by everybody, any person who has listened this far or thus far. This far, thus far. I need everyone to watch. It is called hold please. Apartment 603. I believe it's on Hulu. And then I watched last night Trophy Wife, like a safari murder or something like that. Just type in Trophy Wife and murder on Hulu. And I need to know everyone's reviews on these documentaries because the way that David and I got sucked in, and I don't know if it's because we got sucked in, because we quite literally can't go anywhere in public, so we felt like they were so good or if they actually were good. I just can't believe either of these documentaries and how the shit went on for so long in both of them.

[B]

You told me about this, so I'm going to have to. While I'm recovering from the gallbladder at the end of this week, I'm gonna.

[A]

Have to watch it. Weren't that long of documentaries. I think apartment 603 was three episodes.

[B]

Okay.

[A]

That was the first one that I watched, and I think the other one was three or four episodes. So, I mean, they're not like super long watches. But it's just very interesting. And I'm just gonna tell you that from the Trophy wife situation, it's kind of a little bit of a spoiler, but he essentially tries to chop off his thumb.

[B]

That is not what I thought you were about to say, but I'm very glad it was the thumb.

[A]

You thought I was gonna say chop off his wiener?

[B]

Yep.

[A]

He tells people that he gets in this altercation with this crocodile and it took his thumb off. And he filed this insurance claim because he needed all ten fingers to be a dentist. And he ends up making $30,000 a month on.

[B]

Oh. I was like, 30,000 for chopping off a thumb is not enough.

[A]

30,000Amonth until probably he dies. I don't know if it's like inheritable or anything for anybody else. I'm sure not. But he's, he's getting a thirty thousand dollar check, insurance check a month. Okay, please tell me why. In complete state of mucinex delirium, I look at David and I said, would let me chop off one of your fingers for $30,000 a month? And he was like, yeah, which thumb are you taking? I need to know who would do it. I mean, do we really need our thumbs that much?

[B]

Yes, Lindsay, for the next Southern Tea episode, you're going to research why we need our thumbs and you can come back and report why.

[A]

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