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Good morning, girlies.
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It's the Toast.
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It's Jackson Claude and we're your host.
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It's your favorite show.
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The best five things you need to know.
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We'll start your day off.
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Swirly, it's the Toast. They sound amazing.
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Welcome back to the Toast and happy Wednesday. That's right, it's hump day. A great day here at the Toast. Feel free to hum someone you love. And speaking of somebody that I love. Welcome to the toast.
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Chuckling filet welcome, welcome, welcome, welcome, welcome
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to the morning toast.
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Welcome, welcome, welcome, welcome, welcome, welcome, welcome, welcome, welcome, welcome to the morning toast. Alternatively, also would have been a great theme song rooted in her story when we held our.
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Our now iconic theme song contest. I can't believe nobody submitted like, a little.
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Well, it was meant to be twists, but we would have been like, any copyright infringement. Yeah, but always a good one. First hump day in the Hamptons.
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Swirly hump day.
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Yeah. Swirly summer hump day today.
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I just don't know if the people are ready for what I have to say. Last night's episode of Love island was one of, like, the most enraging of my life.
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Oh, I officially threw it peacefully.
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You passed peacefully in the night. I don't. I actually could not muster up one ounce of respect for a single person on this island. Except Ian, of course. Yeah. Like, everyone involved. I think these people are low lives. I think they're disgusting. Not one of them has made a good decision. And again, it's just been very difficult to watch a group of people be so dumb, but also, like, hyping the up out of each other.
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I know, it's really crazy.
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That's the whole theme of the whole season. Everybody being like, my man, my man this, my man that. Hey, Kate, up. My man's gonna know the second I leave the bed. Meanwhile, he didn't wake up once. It's like these group of delusional vill. It's just. It's been painful. I'm so looking forward to getting my time back.
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I think we're at five more episodes now and it genuinely begin.
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It can't come soon enough. I'm being. I'm begging to be put out of my misery. And I was getting DMS last night. People were like, you know, you could stop watching. I can't. I did not waste all my time. I did not come this far to only come this far.
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Yeah. Also, I am starting to see, like, a bit of people getting fed up with the show, which I love to see. Um, obviously they're not fed up enough or at the volume that I need to hear it. But I think people are starting to ask questions now. People are saying, like, there was a viral tweet about how there's been, like, one date, one hideaway, one group of
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bombshells since episode five.
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And that got, like, a lot of steam. I think people started having conversations. And then, of course, like, someone shut it down, saying that a producer died this season.
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So I guess, like, the big elephant in the room and why this show seems so poorly produced is because, like, the head of the ship, the captain. The executive producer of the show.
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The ship.
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The executive producer of the show. Yes. Passed away.
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Music producer.
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No, no, he passed away, like, after the first week. And I think that, like, left this group of people. Like, this active thing is going on. The islanders don't know that this guy passed away. So, like, they're trying to keep it. They have no leader, and that's really sad.
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But then someone else said they're still doing challenges, which are insane to execute. Like, the building of all those sets, like, the crazy.
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They build that water park. They all look, like, inflatable.
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That's where Jeremiah and Hood have went on their date.
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I remember.
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But, yeah, some of it was inflatables, which is weird for, like, not up to regulation. That's how they do it in Fiji. Yeah, but some of them were, like, hard bottom slides.
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Yeah, but a lot of them were, like, from Sam's Club.
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Like, yeah, for sure. But that's the Fijian water park for you.
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I can't wait to bring my daughter to the water park.
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It would have been fun for everyone to go, like, and the couples to actually have some fun. No, like, and it was nice that the girls had, like, girl time and the boys had boy time, and we should do that. But, like, everybody needed that.
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Oh, my God. You wanted something hilarious. So obviously, like, I think, like, everyone's going to vote for Bryce and Trinity, even though I do think that last night's episode put Casey and TT, like, a little bit more. And so I went on Polymarket to, like, see what people think. And obviously, like, look, I looked it up and it was like, who's going to win? Love island usa, they separated by men and women. And it was like, okay, 76% of the people think that there's a 76% chance that Bryce is going to win. And I think it was, like, 72%. But then they show, like, Casey, 20% chance. And then at the bottom, it said Gabriel Less than 1%.
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Well, statistically and factually, that would be correct.
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Seriously historical. But it actually has changed too much. Kada. Now people say she's a 3%. She was in, like, number one couple for most of the season. And of course, they were not perfect.
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Yeah. But they. People never liked them.
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Him. Yeah, But I don't know. I feel like the first people to get to the hideaway having a 3% chance according to Polymarket. I think that's kind of crazy.
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It's always like that. Just remember Molly Mae and Tommy Fury didn't win their season.
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It's almost like you don't want to win.
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No, you. Well, you do and you don't. I mean, in the grand scheme of things, $100,000 split two ways after taxes when you're about to, like, go on to make all this money and, like,
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for what you have to go through to get that, like, seriously, it's cheaper.
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People who win aren't always the most popular. Like, people come out of the show and are successful. So, like, I just can't tell if
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our opinions are, like, unpopular. That's why I do check polymarket because, like, I like to know the streets are saying. But the streets. And I don't live in the streets. But, like, I like to, you know, put my ear to the streets.
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And you know what I'm ready for? I'm ready for someone to not split the money.
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Love that. Download the app, the Poly Market app. Use our code toast to get $50 to trade when you make a qualifying $20 deposit. Yeah, the whole splitting thing, I love. I feel like it never goes the way that I want it to. I'm ready for Anaya and Carl to win, for Anaya to split the money. And we're finally gonna see Carl's true
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colors will both split because, like, they're lovely people.
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Well, you know what?
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If Melanie and Sincere were to win, Melanie should take it all, though.
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Why the would they win? Why, like, just for official Love island recap. So we'll save it for the end. Let's talk about more important things. Let's talk about us. Let's let's. My fluids sometimes have subsided.
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That's good.
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For the most part.
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Yeah. It was like a short summer cold.
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I heard everyone's getting it. Like, all the cool kids. Have you heard that, too?
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Yeah, and I started it. So I guess that trendsetter.
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The coolest one.
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Coolest one of them all.
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Absolutely. What did I do yesterday?
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We majed.
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It's hard to, like, update you on stuff. Like now that we're living together. We're sort of like.
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We always have that issue when we live together because it's like we did the same thing.
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How does the PFFB survive when we're cohabitated?
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Was actually really born and, like, thrived during remote toast. If you guys remember, before we went remote and we just, like, did it in New York.
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Oh, let's just have a glance.
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Before we went remote toast and we used to do it before Jackie moved studio in New York, there was not really a pffb. That wasn't a thing, that wasn't an acronym. And we would sort of jump into the stories in like two minutes. But then once I moved and we're like, leading different lives and we're catching up with each other, that segment, like, started to become longer and longer and people loved it so much. So, like, we made it like 10 to 20 minutes. And it's really born of distance.
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I think for the health of the show, like, we need to start spending some time apart.
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I know. I guess next summer, like, we could get separate houses.
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No, no, that's not what I was suggesting.
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That's not what I was like, today I'll go do.
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Yeah. Like, what do you have planned for after the show?
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I was actually going to, like, do some things for me.
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Oh, okay.
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Because, like, I keep wanting to go to round swamp and you don't want to go.
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What did I say? You asked me to go to round swap. I said they're closed on Mondays. They're closed on Mondays every year. You asked me on Monday to go.
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I think I asked you yesterday too. I, like, wanted some tuna fish. I didn't have any protein yesterday because, like, I couldn't get a meal. And then finally Ben brought home all this food. Yeah, because he was cooking yesterday.
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Yeah.
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And. Oh, yeah, it got consumed, like, while I was.
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Everyone was eating it.
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Bedtime and bath time.
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You, like, disappeared. So.
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And then I came back down once I was wrapped up my night routine and there was no food left.
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Yeah.
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And I didn't have dinner.
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I just didn't know where you went.
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When I woke up in the middle of the night a couple times, like, I felt a little faint.
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How can you feel faint when you're sleeping?
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It was disturbing.
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Yeah, no, that was genuinely, like, a really unfortunate series of events.
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And I'm sorry, like, for lunch, like, I wanted to grab some tuna and just like, we. We lost the time for tuna.
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Yeah, we did lose the time for sure.
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So today I'm prioritizing me my Protein needs and my appetite.
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Okay, so I guess I'll see you tomorrow at the pffb.
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Unless you want. No, but yes. So you can hear about what happens to me today, tomorrow. Unless you want to join me, which is always fun. We did drive separately here.
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So we have two cars.
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We have two cars. We don't have to do the same things. I was actually going to do like a couple things.
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Oh my God. What else?
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Couple things. Couple things. I don't know. I feel like shopping. I don't have enough clothes here.
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Oh, okay. I feel that we're going to go the max.
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No, I was going to go. Like there's information.
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Oh yeah. I'm just not like in a place physically, mentally or spiritually to shop for clothes in person. I placed a huge Tucker knock order and that changed the game. But shopping irl you dement to fortitude required is not something. It's not in that.
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I guess I could, but everything I've ordered out here, like, hasn't come.
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The thing about ordering online is like, it's such a good idea because like, oh yeah, let me sit on the couch instead of going. But it just never. It never comes. Like you.
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When it comes, I'm like, who orders?
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You get genuinely delirious when you're shopping online. Like, you forget who you are, you forget what you look like, you forget what your style is.
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You forget what it's like. Then you have to open up the box like.
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But it's like, seriously, who ordered this? I would never ever wear that. Something about it, it being online, like, you get delusional.
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When I'm in store, I'm like, I should just order online. I'm like, tired. And then when I'm ordering online, I'm like, I gotta see these things in store.
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That's why I just prefer like not wearing clothes. Oh, you know, I started. I saw this Tick Tock account today. I know you don't have Tick Tock, but you would love it. She. It's called like old gossip where she talks about like, things that happened in like the founding Father's Day. She was talking about how like, you know, back in the day, people really used to smell.
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Of course.
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And like, bathing regularly was not a thing. If you were really rich, you had like a basin of water that you would like, maybe weekly rinse yourself with. But Benjamin Franklin, actually, you're going to love this. So people used to think that like, the air was dirty and so like, you wouldn't want the air to touch your skin. They think that the oils on your skin would help you protect from the dirty air. But Benjamin Franklin was like, you know what? I actually think the air could clean us instead of hurt us. So his way of bathing was like, he would wake up every morning and, like, stand in the nude with the windows open for like 30 to 60 minutes. And that's how he would get clean. And then one time, him and John Adams. John Adams wrote about this. I know. You're reading a book on Abigail Adams, right?
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I am.
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So John Adams.
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So tell me about my boy was
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on a trip with Benjamin Franklin to France.
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To negotiate them peace with Britain. No, to negotiate France. Joining the Patriots.
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They were on a little road trip within the States to go chat with someone about ending the American Revolution.
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Oh, I haven't gotten to that part of the book yet.
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So they get to the inn. It's like literally a smut novel. There's only one room and they have to share a bed. And so John Adams subscribes to, like, the whole notion of the air being toxic, whereas Benjamin Franklin's like, no, no, we gotta air it out. We gotta clean ourselves. And it was like this whole, like, drama that he wrote about in book. And I just thought you would find that interesting.
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They had to burp the house. I love burping the house.
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I love fresh air.
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We should burp our house. Isn't it crazy?
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People be afraid of air?
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Yeah.
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And they used to be afraid of tubs. Like, she was saying that, like, the woman who, like, first took a bath, like, one time, she, like, wrote about it, and now it's in, like, a museum, what she wrote. She was like, it was very, very scary to have your whole body immersed in water.
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Oh, wow. The craziest thing about tubs back in the day, like, you know this, the. The saying, like, don't throw the baby out with the bath water. Do you know where that comes from?
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No.
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So when people used to take their yearly bath, yearly families, and I guess it depended on, like, you know, status. But, like, for most families, they would take a bath once a year. They would fill up the tub with clean water and they would bathe in order of birth, oldest to youngest, men first, and then women and children. The same water last with the same water. So by the time the baby went in the water, it was black. So from a year's worth of dirt for the whole family. So then they would say, don't throw the baby out with the bath water. And it was a baby got lost in the sauce.
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Was water, like, hard to come by, like, why couldn't they refill the tub once a year? It must have been.
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Yeah.
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And, you know, that's an opportunity for me to talk about the origin of my favorite phrase, the shit under the stick. Okay, so back in the days of, like, outhouses, not toilet paper, there would be like a. Basically, there's a loofah on a stick and in order to use it, you would have to, like, put it back in the holder with, like, the loofah part at the bottom.
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Like a spillinger.
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Yeah. And the stick part up. But, like, some people would put it in upside down and you would grab the wrong.
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The shit end of the stick. Yeah.
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Fun fact.
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Yuck.
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I love little facts like that.
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And like. Yeah. Then. So they're all sharing a piece of toilet paper.
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A piece of duty.
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Yeah, basically. And then, like, wondering why they got sick.
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Correct.
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I mean, it takes time to sort these things out. A thousand percent, we think a lot of things now that will turn out to be wildly untrue one day.
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I'm, like, genuinely constantly grateful I was not born in an era. And I'm sure things were better about that era than there, this one. And we're not perfect by any means. The pollution, the toxicity, of course. But let me tell you, like, the era of the age of air conditioning, the age of daily, sometimes multiple times a day, baths. Baths for everyone, no matter your income. Shower. Like, I love. I love Uber eats. Like, all of the. The comforts of modern life. I very much enjoy.
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I saw your stand up.
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Yeah. Except even though, now that I think about it, if I could choose any era, I would want, like the modern era, but really for cell phones.
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90s.
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Yeah. 80s. 90s.
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I think everyone agrees, like the 90s. I think people, like parents are trying to stimulate like, a 90s childhood for their kids. And as someone who had one. No notes.
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No notes. Yeah. Like, whenever I watch movies that are set and, like, there are adults living, like, having, like, going to the clubs in, like, the 80s or the 90s, I'm like, that looks fun.
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Yeah. That's the vibe.
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I'm so Jonathan Haight.
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Like, you still have a phone. You can cancel plans last minute.
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Yeah.
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Because like, imagine back in the day, you made a plan, like, be a courier and you have to show up.
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Yeah. But I think back in the day there wasn't a lot going on. So, like, the plans, like, you were actually lit for. You're still you.
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You're still you back in the day.
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Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
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That's your history. Like, your Herstory lesson.
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The stories are good.
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Good. Lots of, like, little things to touch on. I'm feeling good about it. Definitely, like, more hopeful than yesterday.
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Okay, that's good.
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But it's definitely still, you know, the summer slump and the TNT hangover.
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Yeah, it's more so, like, list of people who were invited and didn't go.
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Yeah, I heard.
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You saw this morning when I was scrolling, James Taylor, your boy, Ben's boy, he was invited but couldn't go.
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And I'm also seeing, like, a couple brave souls are speaking out about how they weren't invited, and they're, like, completely pissed.
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That guy with the bus.
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Bus and with the boys. Yeah. And also someone who works of an NFL retiree who does a lot with TEU and, like, works with Travis. And, like, I. I'm sure they, like, actually forgot a couple people, and it's, like, it's brave to say it.
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Yeah. The thing is, with the busing guy, I definitely thought, like, him and Travis were friends. Travis went on his bus. But, like, he does seem. Because he's on barstool radio talking about it, like, kind of feels like a big mouth.
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Yeah.
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And that's, like, the type of energy, like, they were not looking for, I
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don't know, 1500 people. Like, that's just.
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No. I know one big mouth is technically a member of the press, but everyone kept their mouth shut. So, like.
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Yeah. And plenty of members of the GMAs were there, and they went on the show the next day. I mean, of course you're gonna forget people. I just think it's, like, really crazy because, like, now for sure, you're done. Like, if you're complaining about that you
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weren't invited, then to go public with the complaints, I wouldn't do it.
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Charles Barkley said that he was invited but didn't attack.
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He doesn't like to go to weddings and, like, get dressed up. He'd rather just stay home and golf.
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That's what he said.
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He doesn't go to weddings or funerals. He said, oh, it's kind of rude.
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Okay. I mean, know thyself.
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I don't like going to weddings, and I don't go to most of the ones. No, I don't go to most of the ones that I'm invited to. I talk about this a lot. Like, people just invite me places because, like, Ben is really friendly with a lot of people. And then obviously, like, I have to go with Ben. But then also, if people, like, loosely know me, they invite me to their weddings because I'm like, really fun. And I'm like a very low level celebrity. So it's like, you know, it's fun.
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I had a celebrity at my wedding.
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It's fun and exciting, but most of the time I don't go because it's like a long affair. And I find that like, weddings are really not fun unless you know the couple very deeply. If I'm at a wedding, like, I want to be involved. Like, yeah. Am I sitting in the front? Like, am I, am I important to this affair? Am I related? Like, if I'm just like a rando, like, seriously, I'd rather stay home.
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I disagree completely.
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You're loud.
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I think weddings are so fun. They're obviously so fun and special when you're close with the couple, but they're also fun when you're not super close. Like, I don't want you responsible for the joie de vivre. I just want to like, enjoy it. I love dancing to wedding music. I love dancing. That's like.
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But you know how much it takes to get to the dancing part.
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Yeah.
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All day, getting ready. Cocktail hour, ceremony. If it's a juju, a bedeck in like it's hours before I'm actually. But there's like good food sometimes pretty good.
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It's usually good food.
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I'm literally.
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You are a picky eater.
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When I go to a wedding, I'm dead ass. Like a contestant on Four Weddings. I'm giving a score for the decor, for the dress, for the food. And I'm like constantly complaining about everything. Like those miserable brides on the show.
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I always show up hungry and I'm like, where's the food at?
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I love the cocktail hour. Like, I find that the hors d'.
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Oeuvres.
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Yeah. When I'm like waiting for my food to be brought to me at like a sit down wedding. First of all, I never get the food in like the time that I needed to. And you can't really pick. It's just like pre plated. I do love a cocktail hour. I love a buffet, like we were saying earlier in the week. So, yeah, I just like, I don't love weddings unless, like, I love the people.
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Yeah. Yeah. I. I can find joy in all sorts of kinds of weddings.
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Very beautiful. The music is good and hot. Take. I really don't like funerals.
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Have you been to so many?
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I know, that's like very.
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Is that a hot.
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I know, it's a really, really hot take.
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I don't think it is. I don't think anybody wants to Go to a funeral.
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I've been to my fair share. They're just like, very upsetting.
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They're very upsetting.
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Yeah. They're sad.
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They're very sad.
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Did you find.
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Yeah.
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So.
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Which is why you have to go to weddings. Balance it out.
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I guess that's why Barkley doesn't go to either.
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Well, I guess that's fair. Cuz it's like not fair to only go to weddings and say, I have a no funerals rule.
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Right. That's not life.
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You have to take the good, the bad.
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Absolutely.
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And then, of course, don't only go to funerals.
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That would be bad. Which kind of feels like what I do.
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So you need to go to more weddings.
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Yeah. Yeah. Or I just need to stop leaving my house. That's like, really what?
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I have a backyard wedding.
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I know it's not time for, like, New Year's resolutions, but I'm sure in like the Chinese New Year or the
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Jewish calendar, it's no longer the year of yes for you.
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It has not been the year of yes for like three years.
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But you loved your year of yes.
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I wouldn't be the girl I am today without my year of yes. Absolutely. And there was a time and a place for that. I feel like I'm in my decade of no. And like, knowing that is powerful. Like, feeling comfortable, like, saying no to stuff. Like, literally, Ben was texting this morning, like, people making plans, like, without my authorization. And I'm like, it's so funny that he thinks I'm going to any of this. And like, no. Literally zero.
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Really gonna hate to hear this.
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That it's the decade of no.
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Yeah.
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Because for Ben, it's a lifetime of yes.
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Yeah.
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Is the centennial of yes.
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Yeah. And he shouldn't have. You shouldn't have gone to that party
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on Saturday night because, like, it was curative for me. Like, I went to a party and I am truly set for a decade now.
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Yeah.
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And for Ben, just gave him like, a taste of what. What we're not.
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Yeah. He thought it was like, more, oh, we're getting started.
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That is like, where we are most different in life. Like, as we grew up, like, Ben, maybe even more so, became even more social. And for me, I'm like, actually a hermit who lives in the ground. And every time I go somewhere, I really regret it. That's sort of like what Ben and I are working on in therapy.
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Yeah.
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If you must know.
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Well, maybe we'll have some like, fun, fun outings this summer. Like, maybe.
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Or like, we could have fun in the house.
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We're always having fun in the house. So that's not a maybe. That's a for certain.
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That's why it's so important to have shallow and bite. You have to love your home, and you have to job your love.
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Of course, I have, like, a couple things, but I'm very selective so that when I do leave, the chances I'm gonna regret it are slim.
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Yeah.
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So selection.
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So decade of no.
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Okay, I'll tell Ben.
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Oh, yeah. I can't. So somebody please clip it for Ben. Justice for Ben.
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Are you ready? I didn't say justice for Ben.
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Oh, what'd you say?
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I said clip it for Ben.
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Clip it for Ben. Yeah. That's a good way to tell a message. Like, you have a hard truth. You want to share, share it in a podcast clip.
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He probably wouldn't watch it. Are you ready for the. He probably wouldn't.
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No, he wouldn't.
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Are you ready for the fast side story?
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You're, like, laying in bed with your partner, and you, like, see them, like, they're scrol playing, and you hear, like, your own voice or video and they scroll, right?
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And I'm Rocky and I'm like, what are you gonna do with that?
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And it's like, I know. You don't watch the whole show. You can't even watch the clips.
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What are you gonna do with that? I like my stories.
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I know when people, like, tell us. And you don't have to listen to my podcast, of course, it's five days a week. But I know Taylor Shreker, and I literally love her so much. She always maintains that she watches the toast, and anytime we're talking about it, she just, like, references the clips. Like, she watch the clips. Like, that's totally fine, but Ben can't even watch the clips.
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I feel like there are people who consider themselves toasters or, like, for other podcasts, like, fans of that show, if they consume the clips. Like, would you consider someone, like, a fan of the toast if they watch all of our clips but they don't listen to the podcast? It's a different level, but it is a version of.
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In order to. I would never. I would never knock anyone for engaging with me in any way. Don't forget to, like, comment and subscribe. Of course. But if I had my druthers. If I'm being, like, nitpicky. No, you're not a toaster. Our law goes so deep.
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No, but, like, sometimes I'll see, like, clips from a show, and I'll Be like, oh, I like that show.
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Yeah.
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I don't listen to it, but, like, if it comes up in conversation, I'll be like, that's a good show. I like it.
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That's kind of how I feel about Grey's Anatomy. Like, I've never watched the episode, but I see the vertical videos all the time.
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You guys, the amount of movies I'm watching on Instagram is getting.
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I can't wait to see if Sally Field makes it back from Afghanistan.
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It's getting to a fever pitch.
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Yeah, I know.
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There. I'm watching one about this girl who was trapped in the basement by her father.
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Oh, I've seen that one where she
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was gonna run away. And the night before she ran away, he holds her captive in the basement of their home. Everyone thinks she ran away. And I just saw how she got to the hospital.
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And then he starts. I've seen that one.
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Disturbing.
B
I love movies like that.
A
I know.
B
Like, not about kidnapping.
A
I have to actively, like, not watch them so I don't get served them.
B
Yeah.
A
Because I'm losing, like, hours of my life. It's like I wake up in the morning and I watch a movie.
B
Yeah.
A
Actually, I woke up this morning, and you know what I watch? What I got to see before I even brushed my teeth.
B
Sunrise?
A
No, on my phone.
B
What?
A
Colorized photos of the. The Romanovs.
B
Oh. I like AI generated history content. That shit is cool.
A
It was actually amazing photos.
B
I told you how I learned about the bath.
A
The Russian imperial family. And what's so crazy is the Tsar of Russ and the King George of England. At the time, they were cousins because they're both grandchildren of Queen Victoria, and they look so much alike.
B
Spooky.
A
Yeah. But then, like, he couldn't have them come, and they got killed.
B
Spoiler alert. No, I've seen the Crown, like, that one episode where they talk.
A
Yeah. And they wouldn't let them come, so.
B
I know. Terrible.
A
Terrible.
B
Well, I think we've. Pffp.
A
And then you also saw the episode where they dug up the bones.
B
Of course. Of course I did see the episode.
A
So I guess that's the same episode, because they flash.
B
Yeah. Yeah. There's, like, one dedicated Russian episode of the Crown.
A
It's very good. Yeah, it's a very good episode.
B
All right. I think we've.
A
I don't know. You were the one.
B
I just feel like once we get to the Romanovs, like, it's a good time to dive in.
A
That's when I think we're just getting started.
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The duality of woman.
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You're welcome. Our first story.
A
Just feels like I need to mention it. People are speculating that Margaret quality.
B
I want to talk about this.
A
Enough have broken up.
B
So there's a lot of proof.
A
Yeah, so she wasn't at the wedding, which people just thought meant to be that like Margaret and Taylor aren't tight and that she chose like whatever work obligation that she had. But now she's deleted. I haven't seen this for my own two eyes. I don't know what photos she had that are no longer there.
B
She didn't have a lot. She doesn't use Instagram a lot. So apparently she had two. Right. They have been deleted. And a little while ago she changed her Instagram username. She had like this funky username that was a reference to one of his songs. And then like a couple of weeks ago, she just changed it. Now in hindsight, like it looks like she is cleansing him from her life. He brought his sister as his state to Teller's wedding. And then yesterday he was spotted out again with his sister. And it's like you had a sister this whole time. Like, I feel like you only hang out with your sister, like when you're
A
getting divorced perhaps or your wife is away filming a project.
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I just want to say I like, I am giddy about this.
A
Really.
B
One thing about me, I love, love Margaret Quaily. I think she's like arguably the most beautiful girl in Hollywood right now. And also a fun fact to me. I hate Jack Antonoff. Like, he just gives me the worst vibes. And it's crazy because he's like always with my swirlies. He's a Sabrina producer. He's with Taylor. I don't know why I just like hate him. It all goes back to that Lena Dunham article, if I'm being 100 honest, like she was guilty for that too. But it's like you let your girlfriend talk about you like that. So also to say, I hate. I hate him. The fact that they were together really never made sense to me. Like, sorry, things are just not adding up. Like, I know you're successful, and of course, as a successful man, like, you
A
always are, you're entitled to a beautiful woman.
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Okay. Yes. Andrew Tate. Thank you. Thank you. But, like, she's a successful woman, so it's like, I don't know why she was slumming it with him. Like, I just never understood them together. And I'm like, if this is true, I'm so hyped. Like, I hated them together.
A
Funny. I thought they made so much sense. Why they just, like.
B
I'm sorry, Andie McDowell, like, she has fit.
A
Like, how they just, like, they look alike. They're artsy, they're successful.
B
She's like, glamour Hollywood. And he's, like, very Bushwick. I'm so, like, their aesthetics don't match. She's so glamorous. Nepo. Hollywood queen who, like, out nepoed her mother. I'm sorry. Margaret Quailey is an icon, and she will go down as, like, our generations. Like, Anne Hathaway. Like, she's gonna be. And she's a him. No, I don't think so. I'm sorry. It just. It didn't. It just didn't make sense.
A
And they got married very recently, too. It's just such a big deal to get married.
B
She wasn't like, that famous. Like, she was. She was just like, an actress. She is recently, I think.
A
What was the substance?
B
That was, like, a lot of Oscar hype in the last, like, two years. But I feel like when they first started dating and then got married, like. Like, she didn't know yet that she was going to be so big. So, yeah, she, like, oh, interesting. She accepted what she thought she could get.
A
That's not how I see it. And so, because I see it the way that I do, which is, like, marriage pretty much, like, of equals who are doing big things. Crazy happened.
B
Oh, really?
A
It sounds like she woke up one day and was like, I can do better.
B
Well, he is like, a notorious philanderer. The nerve. Like, imagine being a flander. Yeah. You know, he stepped out on, I think, think Lena Dunham with Lord. There's, like, a lot of drama. Yeah, I'm sorry. Like, Lena Dunham stays winning someone. I just saw the funniest tweet. It's like Margaret Qualy and Jack Antonoff getting divorced. Like, all these things happen. Like, oh, Adam Driver's, like, in hiding. Like, and it's like Lena Dunham slays like. It's like her power. She's so powerful today. Yeah, I.
A
She had to go away.
B
Like I said, the power of going away. I'm ready for Jack Antonov to go away. I just, like, I. I keep my foot on his neck. I really don't like him. And I have my reasons. You're entitled to them.
A
You are.
B
That's the word you were looking for, entitled. I love this. I hope it's true. Fingers crossed.
A
Yeah. But then, like, no more Taylor, Margaret, friendship.
B
No, I think that they could still be friends. Taylor, like, is friends with Sophie Joe, Lena Dunham, but she's not friends with Lord, but separate.
A
But, like, she was friends with Lena Dunham even when her best friend was Jack Antonoff and he was married to someone else.
B
Yeah, it's true. No, no, I think she'll, like, like, keep. If her and Margaret, like, were ever really that close. I don't think that they were.
A
I don't think so either.
B
She was really much just, like, so supportive. Her co worker's wife.
A
Yeah. Yeah.
B
I hope this is true.
A
Are you ready for our next story, which is just such exciting news.
B
More exciting than Jack and Mark really getting divorced?
A
Probably, like, equivalent for me.
B
For you. Okay. What happened with the Romanovs?
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Dweem Team? Molly Mae, Alex Earl and Stassi Baby were spotted together at Wimbledon. They took a photo that was sent to me 1,000 times.
B
Me, too.
A
Um, Very, very exciting. Yeah.
B
I didn't realize Wimbledon was happening. So thank you to Alex Earl for letting us know. She got a lot of hate for her outfit.
A
I saw a. I'm sorry.
B
Like, this is British. Like, this is just. Look at. I thought her and Molly Mae were on the same level of, like, attire.
A
Yeah, yeah. And they seem to be, like, in a. Oh, I guess they're all in suites. This is the Ebbi ensuite. No, I think she looks great.
B
Wimbledon is just, like, so elegant.
A
It is. And it's like, you could really have fun with the fashion. There are so many, like, avenues.
B
What did Paige Lorenz wear there?
A
Was she there? I don't know, because I'm. No, she was in her backyard yesterday.
B
I feel like now would be a good time to bring up the fact that Morgz blocked us. We don't know her, and we talked about her, like, twice. Just saying, like, now that her and the guy broke up, like, obviously the wag wars are over because, like, she stepped out. She blocked me. My, like, fake personal account that I never Use. She blocked Jackie and she blocked the toast. What did he say? Was it something we said? Like, I didn't even have, like, a. I don't even dislike her now I do. But. Yeah, somebody sent me something. I'm like, I'm blocked. Whose account is this? Yeah, they're like, morgz.
A
So you pinned your other account and then you send it to me and none of us.
B
And I was like, what in the world? Yeah, I didn't know, like, people actually blocked. No, I block, like, haters, I guess. Like, she thought maybe we were being
A
haters, that we were like, yeah, I would block someone who I didn't want to see my page. They could form a negative opinion.
B
But I just want to say factually what we said was that, like, she lost the Wagner wars just by default. Like, she left the building. That's all we said.
A
Yeah, but we don't even know when she blocked us. Like, it could have been years.
B
It's true. I know, but I think, like, I think it. I think that it was recent. I think it was like, right after. Right after we spoke about it, because we covered that they broke up or we covered that he was with Olivia Jade and how much we loved it. Maybe she hated that. And we said they were like, the best couple ever. And, like, maybe.
A
Maybe so crazy to be blocked.
B
Are you blocked by anyone else of, like, notoriously blocked? I was blocked for a while by Jerry, of course. But we work things out.
A
We did work things out. I think I still am, but, like.
B
But not actually. I did DM him.
A
I forgot to be like.
B
I texted him, like, can you unblock, please, now that we're cool? And he did swiftly.
A
So, yeah, I may still be blocked.
B
Who else?
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But that was really it.
B
It's hard to know who you're blocked by, like, because that's the whole point.
A
Yeah, so you're blocked, but no, I think I'm. I think my side of the street is clean.
B
I keep my side of the street clean.
A
I haven't blocked someone in forever.
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Wouldn't know what that means.
A
Was she out? Oh, I guess I wouldn't know if she was.
B
She was. I don't think she was at Wimbledon, but I did see she's, like, getting her ass handed her for this thing she said on a podcast about how, like, she. It was kind of like a nutty, like, very self centered take about how, like, tennis, like, used to be marketed towards men, talking about stats and facts, and now tennis is, like, marketed towards women where we're, like, talking about the fashion. It was just, like, calling women's dumb. Like, women can't be into, like, stats.
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We had to be. I saw that clip.
B
Yeah. I saw, like, a bunch of, like, think pieces on Tick Tock. I can't lie. I didn't watch them because I personally don't care.
A
Right. Like, was that the backlash is that, like, it's reductive for women, but in
B
order for women to be involved, like, it has to be at the bath of fashion.
A
Yeah.
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Like, no women can do women's tennis. Right. Right. There's, like, a sport for. Well, Molly.
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I'm so happy for her. She just had the baby. She looks, like, so amazing. She seems to be doing so well.
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It's not her decade of. No, no.
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And also, she had a hard time postpartum with Bambi. Like, she. It was like, she's very new and, like, she felt very alone, and she, like, really struggled. So I think she's really able to, like, enjoy this season now being, like, an expert in motherhood.
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I do think about that. Like, I'm so late to have another baby, let me tell you. I'm gonna crush that chip. Meanwhile, actually, I'm gonna get, like, crazy postpartum depression. But, like, I just feel, like, so equipped now. Like, I know all the. You can get excited.
A
Like, you're not scared.
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I'm not scared. I know the products. I know exactly what to have. I know what I need. I know what I don't need. And, like, I'm lit. Like, let's do it.
A
Yeah, in due time. Yeah. So I'm really happy for her.
B
Me too.
A
It seems to be going well.
B
Yeah. She looks great.
A
And sassy baby, too.
B
Which new friend, like, newfound friendship would
A
have loved to see, like, Kylie out there shaking that thing?
B
I do think that, like, a Kylie Alex girl hangout is definitely imminent.
A
And Molly May. Sure.
B
Why sure? She. Molly May. She's, like, very much a British ambassador.
A
Yeah, she is. But she gets down.
B
Of course. Did you ever come to, like, the States?
A
She did one time on her YouTube. I saw, like, she hated it. She went to New York.
B
Overwhelming.
A
Yeah. But she has to come meet us. I think she would love us.
B
Everybody loves us. You're not seeing double. You're seeing trouble. So.
A
Yeah. Wimbledon's going down.
B
I never got to recap the Real Housewives of Rhode island reunion, and I'm not going to, but I just wanted to say it was fantastic. Oh. We didn't even talk about, you know, Liz isn't coming back.
A
I. I do know.
B
And Everyone collectively had like a, a weird response to it because like, it is very suspicious. I guess she has like some like, people think she's like investigated by the FBI, like Teresa stuff. I just think like she's the queen of Rhode island in real life. She came on the show and honestly she looked so bad. I think if she returned for a second season, her whole role of being like queen mother and everybody respecting her, it's not the case anymore. Like randoms like Alicia have the fans behind their back and Joellen, like Rosie.
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Alicia.
B
What?
A
Who's Alicia?
B
Cracker.
A
Oh, cracker. Okay.
B
Your favorite.
A
I just don't think of her as an Alicia.
B
What do you think of her as? I know it's 2.0.
A
She looks just like his cracker.
B
I think that like she just didn't like she had a bad first season and I think it was just gonna get worse because people were like just starting to get on to her.
A
I don't think it would have gotten worse. I think it was a little bit of a premature resignation because I think like.
B
Or like the Dino stuff, I guess, like her husband, when she talks about
A
her husband, well then she had to
B
go getting into like international fishing. People think it's like a drug.
A
Yeah.
B
Code for something like what six year old man picks up and leaves for a new hobby.
A
He's like, wins prize money with Dino.
B
Like, it's just weird.
A
Like, yeah, okay, if that's the case, then yeah.
B
She doesn't be on tv.
A
Don't be on tv. But I think if it's just a matter of like, it didn't go well for her and she doesn't want to do it again, I think it would get better for her because I do think, like she has so much lore. She's very like tough and like gritty, strong willed. And I think, you know, she could have a redemptive season. I think it actually could only get better for her.
B
No, I think that she coasted through this season on a lot of the goodwill from just being like top dog in town. But that over the course of the season and then how the season played out with the fans, like, you might be top dog, but in this town we don't give a. Like, I suck.
A
I think eventually, like the. For the reasons why she's top dog in that town, like, eventually she would be top dog on the show maybe.
B
But I don't think it would be second season. It was so good. Like, I'm telling you, they picked this like ragtag group of women with insane Lore, Old school friendships. I loved it. I can't wait for season two. And I'm so glad I deviated briefly. But Team Rosie, like, she's such a fucking queen. She handled the whole thing like insane. I love her.
A
Okay, are you ready for our next story?
B
What number?
A
Number three.
B
Yeah.
A
New guest sharks on Shark Tank have been announced for this season. Mr. Beast.
B
You're kidding.
A
Mindy Kaling.
B
Oh, my. Queen J.J. watt. Okay. Yeah.
A
Love Diary of a CEO podcast host Stephen Bartlett.
B
Okay, that guy gives me, like, grifter vibes, but continue.
A
And Sarah and Aaron Foster will be guest sharks on this season of Shark Tank, including Barbara Corcoran, Lori Grenier, Robert Herjavec, Damon John, Daniel Lubetzky. Who's that one? The Kind Bar. Kind Bars.
B
Child of Holocaust survivors.
A
Yes. Yes. I just. I just, like, don't love Kind bars.
B
Yeah. Remember when they found out that they're just as fattening as the Snickers class? So glad I was eating Snickers. Not kind of bars.
A
Kevin o', Leary, Kendra Scott, and Rashawn Williams.
B
Kendra Scott is, like, a mainstay now.
A
She'll be on the per one of the permanent sharks. She won't be every episode, but, you know, this is a lot of shots. I remember that he's not listed here.
B
Now, I don't want to be ungrateful, because I. I love all these people. I love the Fosters. I love that they have a podcaster in there. Honestly. Stephen Bartlett.
A
Like, two, three, Sarah and. And Mr. Beast, podcaster. Everyone's a podcast.
B
I know, but, like, Stephen Bartlett's, like, main thing. I just feel like. Like, I liked when they were introducing us to, like, rando business people. Not, like, celebrities. Not to be, like, a celebrity hater, because, like, I literally, like, built my life around celebrities. But for my guest Sharks, it was nice. Every now and then, like, they threw a Bethany in there. But I like learning about. That's the vitamin water guy. Like, I never would have heard of him. No.
A
But, like, Bethany was a perfect guest shark. She was a celebrity who has. Who's done, like, huge business. Now all of these people have, like, big businesses, but I don't think of them as, like, investors. Iconic business people. Like, Bethany is an iconic businesswoman.
B
It's true.
A
At the this point, Mr. Beast is very wealthy.
B
Yes.
A
And is he good with money? Is that.
B
Well, he has, of course, his Beast candies.
A
Yeah, he has the Beast games.
B
I think he is.
A
I think he. He's got, like, big.
B
I don't think As a business person at all, I think of it as like an online personality.
A
Right. But if they're like having like digital brands come through, like I actually think
B
if for that I'm sure like he got good deals.
A
But Also I think Mr. Beast is a good one.
B
I just liked when the guest sharks were like introducing me to. To CEOs investors whom I never heard of. Like, it's just nice to meet new people every now and then.
A
For sure. Mindy Kaling, like I love her.
B
What she do to Shark Tank. Like I love she uso. She's like one of my role models. I love her. But like, okay, J.J. watt, like, I know he invests, he invests. I don't know. He's always doing stuff. He does charity. Love that.
A
And I think that in order to be a guest shark, you have to have a net worth of 100 million. I was going to say 300. Three hundreds. The new 100 shark.
B
A hundred. Very poor. Yeah.
A
Well then all these people probably qualify.
B
Yeah, I just.
A
And diary the CEO where's he's making
B
20000 in the podcast space. I just like, I don't know. I'm uninspired. I didn't. I knew all those people.
A
And Sarah and Aaron Foster, I love them. And they're probably coming on as like favorite daughter retail founders.
B
They also invest a lot in other
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companies because their money need.
B
Yes. Moneyed individuals. But like I really would love to just meet new business people. There are only so many ways like a business person can get famous. And now the guest shark, it's been taken over by celebrities and influencers.
A
You know who should be a guy shark.
B
Let me think. Give me a clue.
A
He was businessman of the week once.
B
Oh, Nicole Kidman's boyfriend.
A
Yes.
B
Paul Salem. Oh, by the way, we could we have a frame over there. We should do businessman of the week now.
A
We should love that.
B
Okay. You print?
A
No.
B
Let's get like a photo printer for the house.
A
Yeah. But you know what? I love Shark Tank. I'm sure I'll be watching these episodes because Zach doesn't miss an episode, does he?
B
Still not.
A
We record. He watches it every. Like it's such a good show.
B
It's such a good show.
A
Yeah.
B
It's actually crazy that Mark Cuban's not there anymore. I feel like that wasn't made a big enough deal.
A
I. Yeah, well, I mean all things come to an end. You know, season 18, like it's okay
B
when you are a billionaire. Like you go on TV for fun, not for money. So I guess he. Maybe he stopped having fun.
A
Yeah. Yeah. Are you ready for our next story?
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Did he also sell the Dallas Mavericks?
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Did he?
B
Yeah.
A
That was weird talking about him.
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Thank you, Tertwide.
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You're welcome. I'm extremely wide. Thanks for bringing that up.
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Thank you, Turt Slim. Agreed. Next story. Mariska Hargitay will be hosting the Emmys. She's the first woman to emcee the show in 15 years.
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That's like, so embarrassing. I just want to say I'm so sick of Hollywood elites, like, telling us
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about this and that.
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Walk the walk. They just talk the talk. Am I right? Really powerful. I just want to say I don't like this only because, okay, she's pissed.
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A woman hasn't hosted and she's not supporting.
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Well, I just, like, I'm very protective over Mariska and I just feel like this is such a thankless job. Everybody hates you. Like, she's not gonna be telling, like, risky jokes. She's not like an out there type of comic. Like, so I just feel like if this goes poorly, like, Marisha Hargitay has, like, actually never known, like, scandal in her life or like, you know, not being. She's always been beloved in the public eye and it's really hard for someone like that to go through, like, a.
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So I think at a glance, I think Mariska has the potential to be like, America's like a Kelly Clarkson.
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I agree.
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Meredith V. Furniture line, morning show, clothing line, everything. She's so beloved. I wouldn't be surprised if, like, she has a new management or new strategy in place where it's like, let's take
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Mariska to the next level.
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She's tested in this business for so
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many years, for decades, all across America.
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Everybody loves her in every category and, and like, let's bring her into more households. Let's make like she could be a billionaire. Seriously.
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So true.
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So hosting the Emmys, you don't have to tell jokes. You don't have to, like, be shrewd. You just have to be likable. Like, do it in a way that like Kelly does the Billboard Music Awards. I think this could be like step one to the Mariska revolution, like the
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Rachel Ray pipeline, because Rachel Ray is a billionaire. You're absolutely right that she does not commercialize enough. Like, she just. And I, I love her commitment to her job because she's never missed an episode. You know, she doesn't leave, she doesn't go on her hiatus. But I do feel like that commitment hinders other opportunities. Like, she definitely needs a wayfare line. She definitely needs a pet food. Like Rachel Ray be. Slaps her name on everything. She sells pet food?
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Yeah.
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She sells like Ziploc containers. Mariska needs a little bit of that.
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Yeah. And I think it's, it's within reach. I think she's leaving a lot of money on the table because she has like a Q score that you can't,
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you couldn't even dream of. She is, you're right. In the hall of fame of Q scores with Kelly Clarkson. Who else?
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Kelly should be a ghost shark.
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Does Kelly have a business? Oh, yeah, of course. Multiple Wayfair.
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Who else is in the hall of fame of Q scores?
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Yeah, like, like Oprah. Yes, Oprah. And like in terms of putting your name on stuff and having like a billion dollar business. Reese Witherspoon.
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Yeah. Yeah. So I think it's Mariska's time and this is a good first step. She's a tv, so if it doesn't work out, she. It's not so far fetched. She works in tv. She's hosting the Yummy's Big whoop.
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Right. Okay, you know, you know what, the way you have if it is indeed a part of like a five point plan.
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Yeah. And so say she does a good job. Oh, she's a good host. Let's tap Merch. Gonna host this daytime show.
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Maybe she'll replace Kelly.
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Yeah.
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Did they ever say who was replacing Kelly Pink? No, that was like a rumor. And we said she was like a little too hot headed.
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Yeah. I don't know. I like lost interest, I guess.
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Yeah, it's a hard role to fill.
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So Marisha is on her way.
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You have to admit, like, it feels a bit random.
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It always feels random.
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No, because they pull from the same. If it's like a stand up or a late night host, like that doesn't feel random.
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Like who hosts.
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But you know, like Emmys are about like TV actors. So. Yeah, let's get like the biggest one. That's my queen right there.
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Yeah. The last time they had the Emmys in 2022, Keenan hosted. Oh yeah, that was NBC. So it's NBC. So it's. They're pulling from MSC from the Dick Wolf productions. And then in 2018, iced tea and
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Coco to hold host Next in.
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In 2018. You agree?
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Did you see that Bunny Xo was
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making out with something?
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He's from Calabasas Confidential.
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That show that he was on a reality show. And I didn't like, click through.
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I read the comments.
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Isn't that a bunch of like teenagers?
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Allegedly.
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Or they're home from college.
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Even worse.
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Damn. Okay, are you ready for our fifth and final story?
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Oh, so soon.
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Major news for Namesake.
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What did Mikayla Negara do?
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The other one.
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Levi from Summer House. Another Michaela.
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No. Male namesake.
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Let's marry Harry.
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Let's Marry Harry. First look at Harry Jowsey's new Netflix reality show. Let's Marry Harry has dropped. So Harry Jowsey is set to headline his own reality dating series at Netflix, which we had. We knew this, that like let's Marry Harry was gonna happen. It's a dating like a bachelor style show right about.
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It's catching, Kelsey.
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It's catching. Harry Jowsey.
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A thousand percent alternative title.
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But it filmed. It's coming out August 5th. He will be with his brother and his ex girlfriend.
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Okay.
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And not his brother. Yes. Amanda Kloots.
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Okay. I saw that she had posted about it and I was wondering if like she was the host. That feels really random.
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So instead of just using his own jealousy judgment, Jowsey will rely on the opinions of his close friends. Amanda Kloots, Long time bestie, Georgia Hasserati, who's his ex girlfriend.
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Okay.
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And abstract artist Sunny Henty to sway his romantic decision.
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I can't believe that they didn't put you on the panel because you are Harry Chausie's not only best friend, but number one fan.
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They should have put me on the panel. You know what's right for Harry and I would.
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And they need that sort of wise older woman.
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Like 1000 nothing. You're old.
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Of course you have, like, old energy.
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That's my son right there.
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Right?
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Eternal thinking. That's what they think. Like, Amanda Kloots is. And, like, not to step on her
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toes, but I, like, that's my job, bitch.
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I would have been better. Maybe instead of Potster, I could have been on let's Marry Harry as a panelist.
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Let me tell you something. Like, people say what they want about Alex Cooper. She's firing on all motherfucking cylinders. Like the Nina Dobrev she's. What is she adapting? What book did we just talk about that everyone loves?
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Oh, I put it on my. Want to read?
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Right. Oh, oh, oh. The Icebreakers.
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Oh, yeah, Icebreakers, but a different one that I want. That's not the one.
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I can't keep a. A good businesswoman down now. She sold this to Netflix.
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Like, you deserve to know is the other one. Yeah. And I feel like now that it,
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like, it has really passed, it didn't really stick.
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Yeah.
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Yes, we do still have Sophia's book. And I guess Alex Earl one day is going to tell us what happened between them on her reality show. But at some point, like, when you make people wait too long, they do stop caring. And I fear that that might be what happened. And, like, Daddy Gang is good at Daddy Gang.
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Yeah. One thing about me, I'll be watching this.
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You're going to marry Harry.
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I'm gonna.
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You could be our official course. The way that I recapped Rhode Island Housewives, because I'm not watching this.
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You. We're gonna be together, so you're gonna.
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Oh, it's coming out soon.
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August 5th.
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I'm just letting you know, like, now that Love island, like, will be over, I need to be more selective with my time.
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You never know how these things could pay off. I watched Catching Kelsey in real time.
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You did. You did.
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And, like, that just gave me an insight, of course, into someone who would become, like, ahead of the curse, mainly, like, a hugely important historical figure. Like, that wedding will go down as, like, the biggest wedding of the 21st century.
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And, like, we were here for it, and you were there first, and I
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saw him, like, talking to girls with, like, lmfao.
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Yeah.
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Taking him on a double date.
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Yeah.
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You know?
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Yeah.
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So I will watch this. I'm so excited to report back. And I. Let's marry Harry.
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What if we just married Harry?
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I really should have been a panelist. Like, my qualified.
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First of all, it's an amazing title.
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My qualifying playing characteristic is that I have a son named Harry. So, like, of course I'm invested.
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Do they get, like, proposed to at the end of this? Because I saw somebody doing a recap on Love island, and it was such a good call, where it's like, we're talking about Zach and Kate. I'm like, boyfriend, girlfriend. This girl who recaps her name is Coach Jackie. She was like, we're used to watching tv. We're like, people get married always, like, the Bachelor. You always get married. Love is blind. You get married, it's like you won't even call someone your girlfriend. I think that's why people are having such a visceral reaction to it, because maybe in the real world, this would be like, a normal timeline. It's only been six weeks. We are used to people, like, meeting the families, getting married or at least being proposed to to by the end of our reality shows.
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Yeah. Let's get into the Love island recap. Because I'm really of two minds on the Kate and Zach thing now, of course, like, when I see him being like, no, not boyfriend and girlfriend. Exclusively dating. Even though you've been exclusively dating and no one else is coming in, so you actually have no choice but to close.
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The girl who recaps that saying that is like saying, oh, I'm not hungry, and there's nothing in the fridge.
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Like, that's what Ian said in his voiceover did.
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Oh, you're right. It was Ian.
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Not my girl.
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Not my girl. No.
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It's, like, just so obvious. There's no other option.
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A thousand percent.
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And then she, like, goes and tells Trinity that she got these crumbs, and she said like, look, I have a cake. And Trinity, like, no, you have.
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You don't have a cake.
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It's not a cake. So of course I'm like, he's not. And given the pattern of how he's acted this whole season, I see that, and I'm like, hate.
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Yeah.
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On the other hand, there is a world in which, like, I can't make you my girlfriend. Like, to. If you take the word like boyfriend, girlfriend, dating, relationship very seriously. Like, we've just been sitting around in our bathing suits all day. Like, I want to take you home. I want to get to know you. I want to date you, actually. And then you could be my girlfriend. Like, I think that they. There's a chance that they just, like, take that term very seriously. And what's happening in the villa is not serious.
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Well, so I think that, yes, that's very reasonable. I just don't think he's given anyone any reason to Give him grace. He went to the Hideaway and got home the next day. Said, we're still exploring. Right. Like, he just hasn't felt like a good partner this whole time. So it's like. Yeah, it's really sweet that you're right. Like, if these were. If Bryce said it. Yeah, of course. I just. I'm reluctant to give him any sort of.
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Of. Yeah, I agree with that. Also, it's just a shame. Like, Bryce is 30 years old and he put everyone in the villa on notice because, like, if the first couple had just closed off or, like, was exclusive, then that would be the standard. But they became boyfriend and girlfriend a week ago. So it's like, anything less than that. It's like, what even is that?
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And Kate and Zach. Kayda specifically, her favorite thing is, like, we've been in here since day three. We've been in here for day three. So she was mad that people didn't vote for her, like, to be in the top three because they've been together a lot longest. And it's like, we've been together the longest and you're accepting less than everybody else.
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Yeah.
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So the episode started off, like, so badly that I actually was just, like, mad the whole time.
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Oh, my God. I.
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When the Hideaway opened, I had to
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airplay it from my phone, so I couldn't be on my phone.
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Oh.
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So I literally was locked into these.
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Oh, that's so terrible. Oh, my God. Well, when they open the Hideaway and Trinity screams Melanie and Sincere. I. I just about died. I. I actually would have rather see an eye on Carl. Like, what on earth would. First of all, they must.
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Britney and Trice, Trinity and Bryce must have not been allowed because they had a date. They must have been.
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There must be a reason why. Because it was so obviously supposed to be them. So let's say I actually don't even know because all these couples are bad. But it should have been Casey and TT they just don't get treated. This is not an equal playing field. Like, the core four, the. The islanders that are in couples of OG Islanders, like, they get preferential treatment because, yeah, Casey and T.T. melanie and sincere are barely back together. They didn't have sex. Casey and TT Became boyfriend and girlfriend. Like, they obviously should have been Hideaway.
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Yeah. Also like, the fact that Sincere is getting hideaway right now after movie night. Like, and Kenzie still fighting for her life. It's proof when she literally committed, I'd say with 10% of the crimes that
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Sincere did this literally further proving that, like, the women on this show are setting a bad example because Kenzie and Sincere technically committed the same crime, even though I think Sincere's was a hundred times worse. Sincere was back in his relationship. Two days later, Kenzie is still over here fighting for her life. Honestly, I wish half the in this villa had as much self respect for themselves as Dylan does. Dylan has a little too much self respect. He's starting to piss me off. Like, yeah, these girls are just embarrassing
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finally to be done with him. And if I were her, I'd be done with him because, like, what do you mean? You're gonna make me feel like all the time.
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So much apologizing, like, give me a chance to redeem myself. I knew it was wrong. You either accepted or you don't. I wish Melanie would have some of that energy. It's like, these girls are just embarrassing. Like, you accept nothing and all they do is talk out how much their men love them. Oh, the villa's gonna shake. Oh, my man's gonna know I'm asleep. I can't leave the bed. Meanwhile, Zach Sincere slept two hours late. Like, such. These girls are so embarrassing.
A
Yeah, they really are. Also Dylan and Carla, I think, like,
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Dylan's trying to like, have a Bryce Trinity moment. Zach. Bryce? Yeah.
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Yes. He's like really trying. He's really giving me the ick.
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He has been accused of. Of clip farming. Do you know what that is where you're like, you do like really extra gestures, like be made into a gif. You know, like movie night, when he was eating the popcorn, he was like, like being a clip. And then somebody also saw when he was talking to someone, I think it was sincere. He like looked made sure as the cameras move and they follow people around. He made dead ass eye contact with the camera to make sure I was looking at him.
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Oh, my God, that's really embarrassing.
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So right now I'm like, really also think last night's episode was very much, like edited to make us like Casey and TT Which I'm glad for. I did see somebody, like, put together a clip of like a bunch of weird things he has said that, like, really point to. Even when he was saying that Casey,
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she's worthy to be my girl.
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It feels like Casey, TT Is really worthy of being my girl now. Like, she's done a lot to prove to me. He's like, who the do you think you are?
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I didn't like how he said, you're a slob.
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Like, who are you? Yeah, but like, I. I was getting my. I was getting Taken away by the edit. Like, it was cute. I just. You went around. It's her. She's so cute.
A
Yeah. She's so pretty. She was so happy because she, like, likes him so much. She actually loves him, which I think it's fair that she loves him. You know when you love someone and, yeah, she's not gonna say to him, but, like, she's crying at the water park because she likes him so much and she's so happy, and then, like, to go home and have that be so validated, like, you are leapfrogging other couples because he wants.
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And that was actually a cute gesture.
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Yeah. Oh, it was. So.
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It went on a little too long,
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and, like, they never told her what it was. So they're like, here's a picture.
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Pots.
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Come here. It's not like we've set up a scavenger hunt for you.
B
Yeah.
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If you want to find Casey, follow them. Follow the map. No, it was like, pots.
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Yeah. Yeah.
A
Is that fun?
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It was at least thoughtful, like these girls. Melanie one time got breakfast in a chair.
A
It was at least awful.
B
This was so romantic.
A
It was also weird that Zach helped out with it. And then Kada was like, do you know what's going on? He's like, no, I really don't. But, like, you do. You just lied to your girlfriend's face.
B
And then he whispered like, is this weird?
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I mean, I'm glad that they. The fact that it's weird timing, because otherwise I'd be like, they're so fake. So, yeah, you can be happy for someone. Someone else and also, like, feel a little bit weird. But why did he lie to her and say, I don't know what's going on?
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Like, it's not, like, a big secret.
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You're like, a big lie. Like, it was about to be found out in five minutes.
B
And instead, like, liars, Sincere told Melanie that he didn't tell the guys anything. He said, I told. I told him we did nothing. And he said to the guys, you did something. We did some stuff.
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Oh, I didn't. I know. I actually felt like he didn't tell them anything.
B
But he lied about what he said to Melanie. He's like, I told the guys we did nothing. Like, no, you said he didn't say,
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say, I didn't tell them what we did. Like, I. I told them nothing. No, no.
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I told them we did nothing.
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Not, I told them nothing.
B
He's a liar.
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Are you sure? I watched on to say I watched without my phone.
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He's like, I'm not a liar. And then I got, like, awkward because
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you are a liar, but I love you.
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I hate them. I also did not because I watch episodes early because they come on at 8:35 that I'm never up for the vote because I go to sleep right after. So I didn't vote. But I get. Yes, it was. Vote for your four favorite islanders. Like, we're now trying to vote for the top four final four couples.
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These are my final four couples. Casey and Titi.
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Of course. Those are my winners.
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Zach and Kada.
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Oh, wow.
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Really briny. And that's my winner. Should have started with them, but I don't even think about them because they're just.
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They're so obvious. Kenzie, Dylan. Yeah.
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Because Melanie, Sincere and Nyan, Carl can. There are. They're both going to be in the top top four. Because that's like. Because I also think now people are
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going to vote less for Zach and Kada. Like, so that could get Melanie or Anaya in.
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They're already in. Like, this is who's going to be in the top four, period. I just want to say Melanie and Sincere. Melanie, Sincere, Brinity, Carl and Anaya. And this is a wild card.
B
Yeah. Because it's not going to be Kenzie and Dylan.
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No, no, no. It's either going to be Zach and Kada or who's the other question couple?
B
Melanie and Sincere.
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No, Casey and Tiara.
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It's going to be Casey. They got an edit. They want them in there. Also, the conversation with all the girls, the core four besides Kada, about Kada. I agree. Like, yeah, K's acting weird. Like, you want us to be excited. You said, oh, look at this. And what is this? It's Nothing but, like Demo 3 sitting behind her back. Like Anaya, the. We could talk about. You remember when you voted for Casey and he came like Melanie, like, you two are in no position to be talking about other people. And it was me because, like, they're like toxic best friends. So much so to the point that, like, they leave out the other girls. And like, you're over here now talking about your best friend. I thought it was a really bad look for, like, Anaya, Trinity and Melanie.
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Yeah. At least for Trinity. Like, everything that she said to Kita is what she said to her face. You know, there's just like, discussing the situation.
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I'm sorry. Like, Trinity is in a position to judge because, like, look, I got my man to commit to me.
A
Yeah. But it's also like, Melanie, you can't
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even get Your man to stop making out with bombshells.
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I would take Trinity's advice, but just because Trinity's like, says something doesn't mean we all have to do it.
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Echo it. No, the four of them are.
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She didn't make you a girlfriend. Like, and I should make her his girlfriend. But it's just cuz, like, you say it doesn't mean that everybody has to do it that way too. And she's obviously happy and doesn't get sense these things from him.
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No, I think.
A
I don't think it's a sit. I think we need to look up the.
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I think she was more upset that with them saying it because she, like, she didn't think about it until they brought it up because, like, Zach is very manipulative. So it's like he tells her, this is so great. This is what we want. We're doing this and we're happy. She's like, yeah, we. We're happy. She goes tell her friends. And it's kind of like a dose of reality. And she was like, oh, wait, like, they're kind of right. But you're, like, messing up my vibe, so I'm gonna be mad at you now instead of being mad.
A
I think also they were right. They're right to have concerns because it's like he's giving her nothing. But calling in a situation is not what it means and is offensive.
B
And it is factually incorrect.
A
Yes.
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It's just him dragging his feet on commitment. It's not situations where you're still fucking like, other people. And so, like, Kenzie having her back, even though, like, they've really not been a good friend to Kenzie, they totally ditched her. Like.
A
Yeah.
B
She was one of the OG islanders. I think they were all really close. And it's the whole, like, Melanie Corbin thing.
A
No.
B
And also left her behind.
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She's only been interested in Kenzie, like, this whole time. She started to stray with, like, the Caleb and Corbin thing. Just, like, doing God knows what.
B
Yeah. So I think that, like, you know, Kada getting support from, like, the one girl who, like, it's like this random.
A
Yeah.
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Meant a lot to her. But, like, I'm so over these people. Like, they're genuinely embarrassing.
A
Yeah. It's not a situationship, but, like, exclusively dating is just you having to come
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up with new words and phrases.
A
It's being in a relationship and not wanting to call it that because. What? Why?
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Right. And you need to come up with a new thing when he.
A
It's not like you're Getting it's not like a proposal. So it's like, what's the worst thing that happens if we say boyfriend and girlfriend in here and we go home and it doesn't work out? What's let me broke up.
B
Like, you're breaking up anyway, even if you're not. Boyfriend, girlfriend.
A
That's the big deal.
B
When Casey was like, I'm gonna ask tt and Zach was like, to be your girlfriend or exclusively dating, like, that's not a phase. That's not a part of the journey.
A
Especially when no one else is coming in here.
B
Oh, man, he was pissing me off. I cannot wait for this show.
A
It's just funny because if Bryce wasn't there, like being 30 years old, then everyone's big milestone is exclusive and Zach would look like a good guy. Zach up his whole season when he told Kada that he wanted to close off and then took it back after she made out with Caleb when he was the bombshell.
B
Also when he told her that he loved her and said he was joking. Also when he went to the Hideaway, came back and just wanted to reaffirm that they were still open to exploring other people. People. It's like, yeah, you can still be export. You have to close off just yet. But like, you're bringing it up like, right, your dick is still inside of her. Like, he is actually fucking crazy.
A
Yeah. And then he wonders why, like people don't like him.
B
Yeah, he's very unlikable. Even when he woke up without the girls and they were just remarking how it's like less crazy to be like, you know, it's more peaceful. I knew what they were saying. He took it too far. He was like, has the sky always been that blue?
A
I know now we just see him through that light. But I understood what he was saying.
B
I understood what they were all saying. We're not like rushing to work in a diner and making bake breakfast, like too far. Like, he's just. I really can't stand him.
A
I don't. I can stand him.
B
It's all because of namesake.
A
You think Charlie, But Zach too.
B
Oh, yeah.
A
I like him. And Kaden, I, I, I, they, I think that they're a good couple. Like, I think he just is like commitment averse and. But they're young too.
B
Like, they need to start casting older, more mature people. That's why Love is Blind was so good. And when they went to casting 25 year olds, sorry, these people aren't getting engaged on TV.
A
Like not even 25.
B
Like 20, 22, like, bring me some 20. Look at Bryce. He's like, the most well adjusted. He's 30. Bring me 27 to 35.
A
Yeah, they're not.
B
People act like. Like, once you turn 26, you're, like, unattractive.
A
That's not who the show's for. So then you have to think of, like, true, like, the Gen Z and they.
B
I think I'm watching a show.
A
There's no issue that, like, oh, they didn't close off soon enough. They're not taking the relationship seriously. They're like, go twerk at the challenge.
B
Right? We're twice 21 year.
A
Can't twerk.
B
I guess. Yeah. Well, that's the sound of mine advice from that's the sound of Mine recap
A
versus millennial women watching the wrong show. The show is not wrong. We are watching.
B
Yeah.
A
Yeah.
B
All right, well, we'll see you on the recap on Thursday. Finally, we get tonight off. What should we do?
A
I'm dreading family episodes.
B
Same.
A
I'm dreading the baby episode. Oh, I forgot. I actually don't think I can watch it.
B
Maybe we'll just come back for the fifth and final.
A
I'm not gonna watch the baby episod. The crying. It's offensive to us as mothers. It's triggering.
B
Yeah.
A
And the family episode. Like, I don't really like you guys,
B
let alone your families. Oh, my God. Melanie talking about her mother in the hideaway. First of all, that's weird. And her saying, my mom would forgive you. It's like, well, no wonder you are the way that you are. Like, what are you even talking about? If I'm her mom, I'm so mad. Like, not you telling everyone I'm weak.
A
Yeah.
B
What the. Like, seriously, get these people off my screen. I never want to see them again. Thank you guys so much for listening to the Toast and Melanie morning show, where we Deliver the Fast 5 stories that you need to know every Monday through Friday. And you YouTube. So you're watching us on YouTube. Please feel free to subscribe and give this video a big old thumbs up. We're also available as podcasts anywhere. Podcasts to be found. So it's Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and YouTube. Wherever you listen to podcasts, find us to see five star review about a beautiful, stunning, and wickedly talented. We are. Hope you guys have an amazing day and we'll see you tomorrow.
A
Love ya. Bye.
Episode Title: The Decade of No
Date: Wednesday, July 8th, 2026
Hosts: Jackie & Claudia Oshry
In this lively, humor-packed episode of The Toast, Jackie and Claudia Oshry riff on the realities of “the decade of no,” reflecting on personal boundaries, social obligations, and the diminishing allure of attending events. With their signature blend of pop culture commentary and personal anecdotes, they dissect recent Love Island USA drama, discuss notable celebrity news (including the rumored Margaret Qualley/Jack Antonoff split), celebrate new power-friend sightings at Wimbledon, and react to fresh “Shark Tank” guest shark announcements. The episode also weaves in nostalgia for simpler, pre-smartphone times, plus plenty of relatable content about cohabitation, online shopping, and modern social dynamics.
The hosts open with banter about summer in the Hamptons and living together, sharing how it affects their on-air chemistry and daily updates.
PFFB Segment: They reflect on the segment’s origin and how physical closeness (living together) dulls its intrigue since they're experiencing the same things daily.
“For the health of the show, like, we need to start spending some time apart.” (Jackie, 06:47)
Anecdotes about meal mishaps and split routines lead to joking about needing “time apart” for the sake of both friendship and the podcast.
"I actually could not muster up one ounce of respect for a single person on this island. Except Ian, of course." (Claudia, 01:20) "That's the whole theme of the whole season. Everybody being like, my man, my man this, my man that... It's just been painful." (Claudia, 01:46)
Timestamps:
The podcast takes a detour into historical trivia:
"Benjamin Franklin… would wake up every morning and, like, stand in the nude with the windows open for like 30 to 60 minutes. And that's how he would get clean." (Claudia, 09:25) “Back in the day, families would take a bath once a year… bathe in order of birth, oldest to youngest… by the time the baby went in the water, it was black.” (Jackie, 11:00)
Gratitude for modern amenities—air conditioning, regular showers, food delivery—contrasted with how “untrue” some of our current beliefs may seem one day.
Timestamps:
The core reflection of this episode is on saying no and redefining boundaries in adulthood.
Both hosts muse about being less socially active, missing events (weddings, parties) and shifting priorities—especially compared to more extroverted spouses/friends.
"I feel like I'm in my decade of no. And like, knowing that is powerful." (Claudia, 18:00)
They juxtapose personalities: Ben (Claudia’s husband) as forever a “yes man,” while Claudia is deep in her “decade of no.”
Discussion about attending weddings as a “low-level celebrity” and the pressure (and reluctance) that comes with it.
“People just invite me places because Ben is really friendly with a lot of people… I have to go with Ben… but most of the time, I don’t go because it’s like a long affair.” (Claudia, 15:14) “I wouldn’t be the girl I am today without my year of yes. Absolutely… I feel like I’m in my decade of no.” (Claudia, 18:00)
The hosts dissect social media clues and “evidence” suggesting the celeb couple are done.
“I am giddy about this. One thing about me, I love, love Margaret Qualley… fun fact, I hate Jack Antonoff. He just gives me the worst vibes.” (Claudia, 29:22)
Discussion on why the pairing never made sense (Claudia), plus a riff on celebrity breakups and friendship dynamics.
“Stephen Bartlett… that guy gives me, like, grifter vibes, but continue.” (Claudia, 40:16) “I liked when they were introducing us to, like, rando business people. Not, like, celebrities.” (Claudia, 41:04)
"She's so beloved. I wouldn't be surprised if...she has a new management or new strategy...Let's take Mariska to the next level...She could be a billionaire. Seriously." (Jackie, 49:42)
Timestamp: Shopping Segment: 08:13
For the full effect, listen for the hosts' chemistry, quick-witted asides, and their uniquely Millennial take on embracing boundaries and enjoying the “decade of no.”