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Good morning, millennials.
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Welcome back to the toast and happy Monday. Hope everybody had a glorious weekend.
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Glarius. Clarity.
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Clarity is feeling.
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Lars, are you feeling glad? That's so good.
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No, but I'm feeling good. I peed, by the way, last night, I peed one time in the night. Slay the house down, Boots. Like, seriously, that's. I'm like, I can't ever pee. Like, not pee in the night. So the fact that I peed once, like. Like, you guys, you could never.
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And that's on being dehydrated.
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No. And I got a new hydro jug. A really cute one.
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So pink in them.
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Yeah, the pinking. So I've been trying to, like, stay on top of my water, and it's been great. But, like, actually, the other night, I peed four times. So I have to find a balance between, like, staying hydrated with my cute little hydro jug. But also, I need to live. I need to sleep. So it's been tough. It's been a challenge. Thank you so much for asking about me.
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Staying hydrated is a tough business. Last week, on Monday, New Year, new me, I drank an entire thermos before the toast. By yesterday, I was first sip of coffee. Like, first sip coffee. But today's a Monday reset. I'm giving the thermos the old college try, but I am on my second. I am on my second cup of coffee. Like, stop it.
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Also, I had heard this statistic. I'm just, like, constantly looking for pregnancy. Like, statistics and studies like that can allow me and encourage me, make me feel good about drinking soda. And so the last one I saw was, like, totally fine to drink soda as long as, like, for equal parts soda, you're also having water. So, like, yesterday, I had a. Flushing it out. Yeah. Yesterday I had, like, a huge soda at lunch, and I got a huge water with it, and I drank both. I'm so sick of it. Water is just sick. Like, I miss the days where I could literally go days without drinking water. Like, without consequence, you know? Now it's. It's not even about me anymore. It's about something else. So I have to do what's right. And I'm just looking forward to being able to, like, treat my body like a. Again, you know? I miss that energy.
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It's true.
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Without the guilt, you know, but just.
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Also take solace in knowing, like, if baby were thirsty, you'd be thirsty. If baby were craving water, you'd be craving water.
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Okay, I have question about baby drinking. Okay. Because the last time I got an Ultrasound, which was somewhat recently. She was, like, doing the thing. She's like, oh, baby's drinking. I'm like, oh, that's so cute. I'm like, but I'm not drinking. How did baby drink? And what the hell is baby drinking?
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Well, also, it's confusing because doesn't the food enter them through the umbilical cord? But, like, their mouth is moving?
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Yeah. No. And, like, are they drinking that fluid? Like amniotic flu? You know, I just. I don't get it.
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I think, like, honestly, it's a call out to the stenographer. Like, and I've heard that too. Like, when they're in there and their mouth is moving, like, oh, baby's drinking. But no, don't they get it all through their belly button?
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And what if baby's, like, you know, experiencing tension in his jaw and he's just, like, you know, grinding his teeth? Like, there's a million things that.
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Million things maybe could be doing.
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Yeah.
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Talking, yawning, crying.
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So, yeah, just, like, added to the list of things I don't understand about this process, but I'm, like, not actually interested enough to learn.
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Yeah, but also, you don't have to be drinking for baby to be drink because, like, the stuff is still in your belly. You know what I mean? Like, it's from previous. It's from earlier.
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And there's always something in my belly. Like, that's one thing you can count on from me. I love using that as an excuse. Like, yeah, usually when I eat, I'm hungry for sure. Sometimes, like, I'm just eating, you know. Well, baby needs reserves. Yeah, it's a great excuse. It is.
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Enjoy it.
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Thank you. I actually will.
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Well, then you go into breastfeeding and, like, you're. You're hungrier than ever.
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Right. Baby needs reserves.
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Yeah.
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So. So let me tell you what I did this weekend. I didn't even tell you this. I have made it a mission to just become, like, an informed podcaster. You know, with awards season coming up, I feel like we're going to be talking about the movies a lot. And I watched two of the movies. The Oscar nominations were delayed because of the fire, so I don't know which are going to be nominated for Best picture and stuff, but I have a.
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General idea from the Globe.
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From the Globes. Based on. Based on that. So I watched Anora this weekend, and I watched the Substance this weekend. Now, the one everyone's talking about is the Substance, and I'm gonna get into that in a minute. Let me just briefly Give you a synopsis of Anora. And it is of my personal opinion you should watch neither of them. Okay.
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Okay.
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To me, and this is gonna be me, like, yes. I'm entering, like, sort of a more traditional, conservative phase of my life. Okay. Like, the film and Nora represents everything that's wrong with the entertainment industry. Like, it was, first of all, a plotless film. It was so over sexualized. And I feel like we've had this conversation, like, more and more. And I think that this was a really perfect example. And I pointed it out to Ben, and he was like, calling me an arc, basically. And then as the movie progressed, he was like, no, wait, you're right. And then we were watching the substance, which wasn't really sexual, but it had a lot of nudity. And he was, like, pointing things out. I'm like, yes, very good. It was tits. Ass, tits, ass, tits, ass, ass, tits. The word motherfucker. The word motherfucker. Motherfucker, motherfucker, motherfucker. Some more tits, ass, sex, prostitution. Like, it was just really. And to what end? I don't know. It wasn't to service the plot. I couldn't. Like, the movie really was about nothing. And there were parts of it that I liked. There were parts of it I really did not like. But all I kept thinking about was the girl who plays Honora. She's like this new up and coming actress. She's super young. She's naked almost the entire movie. She is an exotic dancer turned prostitute turned wife. And all she keeps talking about in her interviews is how there wasn't an intimacy coordinator on set. I'm like, you're fucking kidding me. Like, it really makes. And she keeps talking about how great it was.
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You know, like, vibes were high, Vibes were high.
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She was showing trust with the direct people.
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Like, we're great people.
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And I was like, okay, that's weird, but I wonder what the scenes were like. And there were a lot of scenes. I don't. I don't know if anytime someone's naked, is there an intimacy coordinator? Is it only sex scenes? But she works at a strip club, so there's like a million scenes of her, you know, stripping, and then she's prostituting. So there's a million, you know, scenes of her prostituting. It was so crazy. And all I kept thinking about was, like, this new, you know, hot young actress books this great movie, and there's no intimacy coordinator, right? Such a pit for her the entire movie. Now, the movie had redeeming qualities, mostly Igor and that Final scene. What does it mean? I don't know. But all in all, like, don't waste your time. And certainly don't watch it with, like, an in law or a parent.
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You can't watch anything these days with an in law or parent or like a sibling.
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Yeah, it was really crazy. I will say one thing I did like about it is the particular part of New York that they shot in. I thought they did it beautifully. Like, feel like it's, you know, one of the outer boroughs that doesn't get much love. And it's like a very small subculture. It's very Russian.
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Which borough?
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I thought me and Ben were arguing whether it was Brooklyn or Queens because they spent time in Coney Island. But it's like these big mansions on the water and everyone's Russian. And that's like very Bukharian, very like Jamaica. We weren't exactly sure which borough it was, but it was an outer borough of New York and it was highlighting all the spots. And I thought it was like, yes, where was filming in Manhattan? Give the outer boroughs a moment. So I thought it actually was beautiful. Like, I thought I did good work for the borough. Other than that, I'm really limited in my. Oh, we giggled. Oh, the guy who played Vanya, like, he was funny, but that. That was really it. Don't waste your time now. We need to talk about the substance, because everyone's talking about the substance. And after watching the Golden Globes, that was the one that I was like, most pulled to watch one because Demi won the award to. I'm like, having this renaissance with Margaret Qualley. I'm thinking, like, I just, like, love her.
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She's fab. She's fab.
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And I don't really watch a lot of her work, except I saw Maid and I loved it. I know her, you know, work as a pop culture figure, but not much more than that. And the premise of the movie, I knew, was good. It's just about, like. It's about youth and Hollywood. And that's really all I knew. Let me tell you, this movie was fucking crazy. Now, I wouldn't say that I loved it, but I would say it was an excellent film. Like, I can't say that I loved it. Do you know what I mean?
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But it made you have strong feelings.
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Me and Ben were. We were feeling. Ben could not sit over the movie afterwards. He was like. Couldn't go to bed. Like, we had to watch Curb for two hours. He was like, I'm really feeling on the air.
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It was disturbing.
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Was very disturbing. So the premise of the film is Demi Moore is this, like, aging Hollywood starlet. She was like, this movie star, and then she started a fitness empire. And I think it's supposed to be set in the 80s because she does, like, all these cute, like, step aerobics videos. And Dennis Quaid, who's like the head of the network, who was hysterical, by the way. Like, he was actually so good, he fires her because, you know, he's like a Harvey Weinstein. Like, you're old and ugly and he wants to find, like, a hot new thing. And so Demi Moore is, like, depressed, and she finds out about this thing called the substance, which is essentially what. What you would think. It's like an injection. And at first I thought they were making a statement on Ozempic in the film. And I was, like, ready to tear it apart. But it had, like, I was thinking this injectable drug that's taking over Hollywood. It had nothing to do with those.
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It's like a fountain of youth.
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Yeah. So basically how it works is you inject yourself and, like, your body, like, collapses. And the film is extremely graphic in terms of, like, gory blood needles. So if that icks you out, like, I would highly suggest staying away from it. So Demi Moore basically, like, collapses her body, like, just chills in her bathroom, like, on the floor, unconscious for seven days. And out of her is, like, birthed Margaret Qualley, this younger version of herself. And Margaret Qualley gets seven days, and then she has to inject herself back and Demi has to go seven days. And you have. You're like the same person in your brain, but you have to exist as one for seven days and one for seven days. And. But the world sees you as two different people. So Margaret Qualley, like, she gets up and she goes to audition for the new role of Demi Moore. She gets it. She becomes this huge starlet. And it isn't after long before she doesn't want to give up the seven days. She wasn't want to go back to being Demi Moore, like, so she starts, you know, staying a little bit longer, which you're not supposed to do, because what one giveth, one taketh away. So with each, like, time she steals from Debbie Moore. When Demi Moore comes back, she's much older. Like, her finger turns, like, purple like an old lady. And then one time, Margaret Qualley was going nuts. She came back half of Demi, me, half of Demi. Like, her right side of her body was, like, ancient, and then her left side. So she Gets progressively crazier and crazier looking. Margaret Qualley don't give a fuck. And the two girls, Demi and Margaret, even though they share a brain, they, like, hate each other. And the whole point that they say with the substance, you are one. You are one. You are one. They were not acting as one, you know, So I won't spoil the ending. The ending is crazy. It's not like there's no resolution. And it's. It's really like a sort of campy, almost satirical, like, horror film. And it's, like, silly, but it was very good. It made you think a lot. Because there's a point where Demi Moore is so old looking. She is. And, like, then she starts to look like a mongrel because, like, Margaret quality stealing so much. So she has, like, a boob coming out of the side of, like, she looks crazy. But she's looking at this photo of herself when she was, like, you know, 55, when she had just gotten fired. And she loves the way that she looks, and she would do anything to look like that again. So it really is like this reminder of, like, how you hate how you. How you look now. And then in 50 years, you're gonna be wishing you looked like the way you did now. So it made you think. It made me laugh. The girls were great. Demi 1000% deserve to win. Like, what she did in that movie was fucking crazy. It is the craziest movie I've ever seen.
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Okay.
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And I wouldn't say I loved it. And I enjoyed every minute. I was really uncomfortable.
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Like, it's nobody's favorite movie.
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That's what films are supposed to make you feel uncomfortable.
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Question should make you think, but I thought so. Not all the time. We don't need to be uncomfortable all the time. There can be, like, one movie in the nominations that's like, that's a crazy movie these days. It's like, oh, that's the movie that, you know, the norm, the happy people saw.
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Yeah. No, let me tell you, it's worth the hype. Like, it's really. It was wild. It was truly. I don't know how long the movie was, but, like, it never ended.
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Like, are you gonna watch more Oscar movies?
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I am. So then last night we started to watch the one with Ralph Fiennes about the pope dying. And, like, after a few minutes, it was just extremely clear. Like, that was not going to work. Like, it was just. We tried, like, we girl bossed a little too close to the side. A lot of them are out. Brody One, it's not out yet. Also, the Adrian Brody 1 is 3 1/2 hours.
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But Turdi, you're committed. And also that's the one that looks very good.
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Well, that one's still in theaters, so maybe I'd go to the theater and see that.
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I think that's harder to go to the theater for three hours.
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I just died in theater. I need some, like, pop popcorn.
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There's an intermission. So I just want to be like.
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When I'm like, doling out all the Oscars, like, critiques and stuff, like, I want to be well informed and I will not be watching Amelia Perez.
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Oh, my gosh. The clips that I've seen of Amelia Perez.
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I want to come for Sex Change.
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It's like I need a penis.
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Penis to vagina. Vagina to penis. Like, I honestly, I still don't really even know what the movie's about, but now I'm understanding it's about this, like, drug warlord, like, cartel leader who wants to transition. I don't know if he wants to transition in an earnest way or because he wants to go into hiding.
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I think the transition is earnest. Oh, but then it also, the vibe I'm getting, it's like that. That should absolve him from his crimes. From his, His. Her crimes.
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Right?
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His crimes. They are anymore.
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Oh, yeah. No, I'm not sure on the pronouns, because I haven't seen the film and I'm not going to because it looks like crazy, crazy, crazy, stupid.
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Or the clip of Selena Gomez. I can't even repeat what she said. Like, my jaw hit the floor.
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Yeah, the clips that are coming out, like, seriously make it look like satire.
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And it's so crazy when people put it in perspective. I never expected Wicked to win anything major, but when people are saying this one best musical over Wicked is abs.
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Oh, yeah.
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When you think about it that way. It's a musical.
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Yeah.
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About a sex changing cartel leader.
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No. So the Brutalist and then the Kieran Culkin one, you know, he won the Golden Globe.
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Jesse.
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Jesse Eisenberg. So essentially, I know now I know what it's about. They. I almost watch it. Ben was like, not compelled at all, which I thought was weird because it's like kind of him. They're like these cousins who are like, so different, whatever. But their grandma dies and their grandma, I think is a Holocaust survivor or, like, whatever. She's from Poland. So as like a tribute to, like, learn more about her. They go to Poland and they take this journey to, like, learn more about one Another. And then, you know, kind of beautiful. They, like, learn about the grandma, but they end up learning about the themselves.
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You know, that seems like one of the more innocuous films. It's just like. Yes.
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And it was also 90 minutes, so I. I'll probably watch that one. It's called, I don't know, real something. Real inconvenience.
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Like, real friends. Real pain. Real pain.
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A real pain. Yeah, you're right. You're right. I just. I. I know, like, there are bigger things coming on in the world. So, like, the Oscars did delay, but if they could just give me a list of movies I need to watch. Like, I'm just guessing here.
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No, Golden Globes is a good place to start. And also, like, watch also the things that do look good to you. I'm sure Amelia Prez will be all over the Oscars. Don't watch that.
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I don't know if it'll be all over the Oscars, honestly.
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But it won it. It got this Golden Globes stamp of approval.
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Yeah, but that's the Golden Globes.
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I'm just saying. Also, pick with your heart, because, yeah.
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I do want to watch the Brutalist, but Joe Alwyn is in it. And I've actually never watched anything with Joe Alwyn in it. I started that show that he was in on Hulu, and it was really bad. So I didn't. I don't even know if I got to a scene like that he was in.
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And I have seen Joe Alwyn.
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I feel weird.
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Sure.
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You know, I feel weird watching him. Do you know what I mean?
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Yeah, but he's such an actor that he really should just, like, become the person that he's playing. He's really, like, extra. He's like a classic actor where it's like, you don't know a lot about this person. He's just, like, doing his job. But you know more about him.
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You said, I've seen Joe Owen, you.
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Know, Mary, Queen of Scots. I feel like I always talk. I feel like I talk about it, like, too much every time he comes up.
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You don't talk about it too much. I just want to be clear because I have literally no idea what you're talking about. But maybe that's a reflection on me and not you. I didn't. Yeah, no, but I feel like you and him would cross paths a lot. He does, like, a lot of period pieces.
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British period pieces. Speaking of, I started the Empress last night, season two. I was saving it. I'm just kind of having a hard time getting into it. Because now that I know so much about cece, I read two books on her. Like, this show is fiction.
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You, Girl Boss, Too Close to the Sun.
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The show is fiction. He didn't have a crazy brother that was trying to overthrow the throne. Like, it's all irrelevant.
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Yeah.
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And I'm just being like, what is this fake show that I'm watching? And also something that's really bothering me is I'm watching it dubbed with subtitles.
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And the dubbing is different.
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Does not match the subtitles. I'm watching two different scripts.
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The concept of this, like, the sentence is the same, but the way they word it is different.
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But I also want to say the concept of the sentence is the same, but it's one sort of those translations that could be a huge difference. It's certain sentences. Like, there's major differences in the translation. I'm having those hard times. Britain is working too hard, and it.
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Was pissing me off.
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I want to turn off the subtitles, but I'm also eating and I'm crunching and I can't hear what they're saying.
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Yeah, the crunch, like, adds a whole other layer.
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And I can't lip read because they're saying something else. So my brain is working really hard. And.
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And for what? It's not even true.
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For what? It's not even true. I think I'd rather read a book.
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Okay. Well, it was really good. So if you can, like, suspend disbelief for 45 seconds.
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No, I. Yeah, but I've only. I'm only in the second episode, and I started it this weekend. Like, that's not great, but I'm late.
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That it's so different from what actually happened. If they had taken more of an approach, like the crown, I think that would have. No, and it's better.
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It's the sort of history that is stranger than fiction. You know, you don't have to add things to it. It's a crazy story. She's like, one of the most known historical female figures. Like, you don't have to dig deep. Pull from your imagination.
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Yeah, that's annoying. I also wanted to say we're, like, T minus, like, two weeks from turning. Moving into her new studio. I was there this morning, actually, just checking on things. There's a lot of. I don't want to. I don't want to start filming there until, like, everything's done. And I want to get, like, my wallpaper up. Like, I want to get all my boxes unpacked. So I'm a. Sit here, Sit tight. Until that's done. So just. I don't know if this means anything to anybody but me, but very exciting. We've got WI Fi going in this week. It's going to be huge.
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It is very exciting, as you know, like, Turdi doesn't embrace change.
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She doesn't.
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She doesn't like to move. She doesn't like to call the movers. So I feel like this is a big step, like, for the growth of Turdi, and people aren't understanding that because you think it's like, oh, she's just moving studios. It's so much more than that.
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I want to talk about some accusations I saw about myself on the Internet this weekend.
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Okay.
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People are saying that my new laugh is fake and forced, and I'm, like, literally putting on this new laugh now. It's obviously hurtful to see because I've actually spoken. And my truth is that I love my new laugh so much. It's like, one of the great parts of pregnancy, and let me tell you, there aren't a lot. So I've just sort of been clinging to it as, like, this fun new thing. And every time I laugh, it just reminds me of this beautiful thing that's happening to me, this metamorphosis. So to see accusations of fraud, I'm not shocked, you know, but it's hurtful.
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That is hurtful, especially because you've been so vulnerable in opening up about it and the changes you're experiencing. I have to make a confession of my own.
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You don't hear it.
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I haven't noticed your new laugh. Like, it hasn't struck me at all. Which also, I think goes to prove the authenticity of it.
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And I don't know, I feel like I have reached a level of celebrity, especially as. Because I saw all these rumors on Tik Tok, and I think that just in time for the app to be banned, like, I'm finally, like, rumors are finally being started about me. Like, this is what I've wanted my whole life.
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Told me, like, we were going viral. People are making hilarious sounds with your snow song. Like, we're just kind of the talk of the town.
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No. And there's, like, a special tier of celebrity. I don't know if you know Michaela from Tick Tock.
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Of course I do. You're my sister, Kim Kardashian.
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She has this, like, crazy Boston accent. And, like, there have been rumors for years that her accent is put on and completely fake, like, all. So they found these old, like, videos of her in college where she was like, Making. She was like a college, like, tour guide or whatever. So she's like on this video of her college being like, let's go check out the library. And she's just talking completely normal. Then there are people who have come forward from her hometown being like, you know, we don't talk like that. That's like four hours away from us if you, if you talk like that. So there's been like a lot of speculation, speculation about her voice for years. And she has maintained, like, those videos, she was so embarrassed of her accent. She's like, put on a normal voice, but now she don't give a fuck. And I'm at that tier now. People think I'm faking my laugh. Oh, okay. Yeah, Just me and Michaela with 15 million followers, like, please leave us alone. Always coming for powerful women.
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So true. Ain't that the truth?
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So true. Yeah. And it's also like T minus 4. No. What's today? The 13th? Seven days. One week until potential the media landscape changes forever and TikTok is gone over. I think on Friday they were speaking before the Supreme Court. The talk, they made their case. I don't know if it, you know, move the needle at all. I don't think the Supreme Court is going to intervene. And we kind of have this weird time period where their time is up on January 19, which is the day before inauguration.
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Right. So, like to sit citral Z on January 20th.
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I don't know. And I can't imagine that, like the very first thing Trump's going to do is tick tock. Like, there's a lot of important things going on in the world. Like, I don't know if that takes the cake. Maybe it's like first week material, not first day.
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A
Or maybe first 100 days is sorting it out. The hundred days are very important.
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B
Right. So I think we just gotta hang tight. But I do feel, and I've got a little bit more clarity because while the app will not disappear from your phone, it will disappear from the app store, which means your app can't update. So apps, you know, you probably don't even realize, but they update your Instagram almost every day. Bugs. And if an app never update updates, it will eventually stop. Stop working because bugs can't be fixed, things can't be updated. So while maybe not on the 19th per se, will your TikTok stop working over time? It will.
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A
Okay, well, I'm glad to know that I've curated a really personalized reels algorithm over on Instagram all this time. And perhaps it will serve me. However, I don't think. I think this will get sorted out. Like, I don't think it's the end of Tick Tock. Really, because you would think I'd be happier. Like, good. All of my defiance has paid off, but I just don't. I'm not getting that feeling. But maybe it's because it's like the boy who cried wolf. I've felt that we've been here before.
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B
Yeah. But we've never been this close.
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A
That's what we said last time.
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B
No, last time there was, like, a date, but it wasn't within the next seven days. Like, we're here now. Yeah, it's older than it's ever been.
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A
I'm writing down our countdowns too, because. Okay, I have my book of lists.
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B
Meghan Markle's new show, which has been.
- [22:15]
A
Delayed, which we will discuss. And that countdown just got a bit longer. But, like. Yeah, I just want to keep our eye on the. On the various.
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B
My new studio.
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A
Yep, it's on here. And.
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B
Okay. And Tick Tock. Okay. Anything else coming up? Obviously, like, you know, birth, but we're so.
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A
Oh, Molly May Show. That's my other countdown.
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B
Right, of course.
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A
Molly May Show. Should be any day now. Should be any day.
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B
Well, I feel like we've sufficiently wasted enough time.
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A
Oh, you think? Oh, that was a lot of time.
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B
Right, right, right. Shocking.
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A
I didn't.
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B
I think my substance recap was like 15 minutes.
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A
I didn't even get to myself. I had a lovely weekend. Thanks for.
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B
Oh, good. What happened?
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A
Oh, just, like, a lot. I feel like I really played the weekend well because sometimes I feel like I do too much and it's not relaxing. And then other times I feel like we stay home too much and, like, we go a little stir crazy and, like, time just drags on. So I feel like we really mapped it out well with various errands. We went to the farmer's market purging. And like, I'm kind of struggling because the market, with the fart, with the concept. Like, I bought eggs from, like, a co op, like a local farm co op, and I haven't eaten any of them yet.
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B
Yeah, you gotta see the farm first.
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A
I went to their Instagram and their website and, like, they look legit and they do the whole, like, raw milk, raw dairy. They're one of those. And I. I should be glad as someone who's, you know, a homesteading tradwife, that I found my local farm co op, but I don't know. I'm Having, like. I'm having a hard time kind of, like, jumping in and being the sort of person that's, like, trusting these random fucking eggs off the street. Most of the eggs at the grocery store. But, like, that's sort of where, like, life has.
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B
That's the trad payoff. There is trust involved.
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A
I'm on the precipice of greatness, but, like, I can't crack these eggs. I'm just, like, looking at them. I'm like, where did they come from?
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B
Well, I think you and Zach need to eat them first before you feed them to everyone and then see how it goes. I think they're safe.
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A
I'm sure they're fine. I'm sure there are standards that you have to meet to be in a part of a farmer's market. Like, I do think you need, like, food licensing. I have to look into it because I haven't been to a farmer's market actually, ever in this journey of, like, organic crunchiness. And so I just need to say a lot of it was giving. Like, hey, I made this.
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B
Yeah, no, it's giving neighborly. It's giving. Like, if your neighbor baked you a cake, you would eat it. Like, you wouldn't think.
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A
But, like, there has to be food standards, right?
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B
I don't know.
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A
So I spend a lot of my weekend thinking about these.
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B
Just, like, mulling over the eggs while mulling.
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A
And also, they're farm fresh. I don't have to put them in the fridge. They're just sitting on my counter, like, looking at me.
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B
Yeah, well, it's kind of good if you know someone with a farm, like, personally, because then there's that personal trust. So I don't know if you could get them, but Brian has eggs in his farm. I don't know if you can get them from Pennsylvania. No, no, I've eaten them. I would trust them.
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A
You have to have a local farmer. Where you meet them is at the farmer's market. But I'm just having, like, that trust is very tenuous at the moment.
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B
Okay. What if you took, like, a trip to the farm?
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A
That would help 100%. Yeah.
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B
Okay. Maybe that's next weekend's activity.
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A
That's actually a nice activity.
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B
You're welcome. So without further ado, it is time. Okay.
- [25:20]
A
Yeah, without further ado, I guess you don't want to hear about my Sunday. It is time.
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B
No, you're right, I don't. What happened on Sunday?
- [25:28]
A
No, no, it's fine. I'll save it for another day. Without further spoiler. Alert, clickbait.
- [25:33]
B
And people say we don't click.
- [25:38]
A
Without further ado. To do. To do. Here are the fast five stories that you to do need to know and.
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B
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A
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B
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A
Thank you. Slash chart.
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B
What can I say?
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A
So our first story, and it's worth mentioning before we get into the stories, that obviously the big story of the day and the week is still the fires in la. I would have hoped that by today there would have been like, more containment, but they're still raging. There's so many different threats to the various communities, including people losing their houses, looting, crime, like, it's just, it's so scary out there.
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B
Arson.
- [30:44]
A
More arson. Yeah, it's just, it's devastating. And that's really, like, I was sat this weekend on my phone just like, yeah, watching, reading about everything, like, seeing. But also of course, like, how many people are helping. How many people. Like, you really see the good in people.
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B
It's so true.
- [31:01]
A
But also so much, so much evil too.
- [31:05]
B
Yeah.
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A
Like, I know that you want to focus everyone sharing that, like Mr. Rogers quote, like, find the helpers and like there are so many people doing so many amazing things. But it also shows like the.
- [31:15]
B
It's the best and the worst of humanity. Like, and it's actually really crazy to see both, like where, you know, everyone's people have lost everything. They're running for their lives. And there are people who choose to, like, run towards that danger. And fight. And there are people who choose to run towards that danger and take advantage and steal and like, it's actually so crazy.
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A
Yeah.
- [31:31]
B
Like the complexities of humanity, it, it is very crazy.
- [31:35]
A
So some of our stories is like fire related, but really that's what's going on. And just, we're just thinking of everyone there and hoping everyone is staying safe. Even then you also have to think about like the toxic air now.
- [31:48]
B
Right. You can't even, even the communities that have been like, contained or even the.
- [31:52]
A
People who haven't had to, who don't have to evacuate yet but are nearby. There are just so many different things to consider and we're just thinking about that's really where our minds are today.
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B
Yeah.
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A
However, Meghan Markle has delayed her Netflix debut of With Love Megan amid the LA fires. So Meghan Markle's show was supposed to come out this week, work countdown to With Love Megan. But she's decided to postpone the release date of her new series as wildfires continue to devastate her hometown of la. At their request of Megan with the full support of Netflix, the release of the series, which is a tribute to the beauty of Southern California, has been moved from Its previously announced Jan.15th premiere date to March 4th. Let me just write that down.
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B
Just update your cash out.
- [32:31]
A
Due to the ongoing devastation called caused by the wildfires.
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B
Yeah, I think she has to be really cautious in everything she does. And I think that while I don't know if this was absolutely necessary, like, you know, the world hasn't stopped. You know, there was football games on last night. Like, I, I think, you know, she's really cautious because she's under a lot of scrutiny more than the average person. So this is the right call. Although I don't think it was necessary, even though I guess like the show being tied to la, maybe it's like a little soon.
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A
But it also, I think you could argue both sides really strongly and I actually don't know what the right decision is. But I also think what's easier for her and better for her and ultimately not to think this way, better for their bottom line and viewership is to postpone it because she can't promote the show right now because her and Harry are like on the ground trying to help people. They've opened up their home. It would be tone deaf to promote the show when she is, you know, someone who, sorry, people would call it tone deaf of her to promote the show. And so she can't do that. She probably doesn't want to release it.
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B
Right now, but it's also, like, bad business. The point of a show is for people to watch it. And right now, like, people can't, right?
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A
No, people can watch it, but she can't do everything that she wants to in support of it. Otherwise she would get a lot of backlash. Because I think actually if it is a show about the beauty of Southern California, like, this might actually be the right time for people to watch it, to really appreciate the beauty of the state and. And what's being lost.
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B
Yeah, you can use that argument, but.
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A
Also you can make the argument that, like, now is not the time.
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B
Yeah. The thing is, I'm sure she weighed, like, the risks and the rewards, and honestly, I don't know a real downside of delaying it, but I could see there being a lot of blowback if she didn't. So I think she thinks about things more deeper and more heavily than like, an average person who was launching a show.
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A
I think the downside of her delaying it is like, looking at it.
- [34:25]
B
Using the momentum.
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A
No, just looking at it through the lens of, like, why are you delaying it? Because you can't do all the things that you would want to do for it. But that doesn't mean the show can't come out.
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B
Yeah, but you want the show to be successful. I'm sure Netflix was supportive of that too. Like, if you can't promote something that you spent a year filming and. And Netflix putting all their money towards, like, they wanted to do well.
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A
Yeah.
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B
So she. If the reason why Netflix invests in someone like Megan is because she's Meghan, so she can't be out here, like, putting her name on something and going on Kelly Clarkson show to talk about it. Like, what's the point?
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A
Yeah, no, it's definitely. It's definitely an interesting conversation. One that Megan is not the only one who is a part of. You were sending me some stuff. We were talking about it last night, how people are kind of dragging others, brands, influencers for carrying on business at this time.
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B
So the. The event in question is tripping with Tarte. Tarte Cosmetics did one Tripping with Tarte.
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A
Just for anyone tripping chronically online, they.
- [35:27]
B
Did one of their brand chips. They do them a couple of times a year. And let me tell you, they always make waves. Now, of course, the timing is beyond unfortunate for this one, but every time when they took people to Dubai, there's always a lot of blowback to Tarte for their trips. Now, they're not the only beauty brand that does trips. Most beauty brands do them and they do them really extravagantly. I mean, Caudalie just took people to the south of France, to the lavender fields. Like, do. Really? I. There have been Korean beauty brands that take influencers to Korea and buy them Birkins, like, really crazy. It is the upper echelon, like. And for some reason, there is like a special reserve of backlash and hate for Tarte cosmetics. And I think it's because it's like a pretty accessible beauty brand. It's like, not really high price. It doesn't give, like luxury. It doesn't give drugstore per se. But like, it's. It's every. Every man's sort of beauty company. Like, everybody uses it.
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A
I also think it's because the influencers, who they're. Who they invite are everyone's favorite to go after. Like, I don't even. I didn't even hear about this Caudalie south of Friendship, who went on it, probably influencers that are so big and fancy that they're out of your realm.
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B
Of, like, not really, actually. Like. Like, I saw my girl, like, like Glamzilla. She's like, she's from Canada. She's like a swirly like everybody else. Like, I don't know. She's like, like, no, I'm telling you, a lot of brands take this. They all take the same people. I'm telling you. Like, it's not that Tarte is bringing different people, so I wonder why. Because over the years, they've gotten blowback for a lot of different things. They had been criticized in the past for not having, like, a diverse enough group of influencers. And I feel like they really acted on that. They were criticized for, I guess, like, giving better rooms to people with bigger followings. We had talked about that. Like, there's always drama in the end. I do think, like, net Net, it's really good for the brand. Like, everybody's talking about these. These trips. This one in particular is really crazy because a lot of the girls who came are from la and I mean, the timing could not have been worse. They've been there now for two days. So literally in the midst of a lot of the fire drama. And the only person who actually wasn't able to attend is Tana Mongeau, because she was, like, packed and ready to go and then she had to. She was then asked, forced to evacuate, and so she was never going to make it to the airport on time. Whatever. She was the only one who didn't end up coming. Now it's been Very interesting, because a lot of the girls actually haven't posted. So I was like, are they not there or are they just not wanting blowback? Tarte Cosmetics is posting, like, as normal, but I mean, like, the girls themselves. And so before they all left, they had made an announcement that they were donating $250,000 to Fire First Responders. LA First Responders. And then that they were also making a donation in the names of each of the girls. $10,000 each in the name of, you know, brown chicken fry to various causes. I think they get to maybe choose their cause. And then I know some of the girls, like Remy, is matching that 10,000. So there's a huge philanthropic effort being made here. The trip itself is. All of their trips are extravagant. This might be the most extravagant, perhaps maybe on the same level as their last trip to Dubai, which caused quite a stir. And they cause a stir just because people are like, well, you should be having these trips for your customers, like, not for influencers. And it's like, okay, well, that's maybe a conversation you want to have about, like, marketing in general and all beauty companies, but these conversations, like, they always get taken out on tart. Like, I actually feel bad. But this trip in particular, it's on Necker island, which is Richard Branson's private island in the British Virgin Islands. You know, you can rent it. Paris Hilton famously had her honeymoon there. It's like 150 grand a night. You get the whole island. There's an animal conservatory. There's a. It's like the craziest place. And so it's really extravagant. And it had started about two days ago, and they had, you know, made all the statements before taking off, being like, we know that we're not canceling. And there has been like a huge call on social media for them to have canceled. And how out of touch this and how tone deaf it is. And I actually don't agree. I think that one, they're doing really everything they can. Even like a little above and beyond. They're having, like, beach.
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A
They're like, I saw them, like, all dancing on the beach, like, doing contests for the firefighters.
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B
They're doing contests like they did musical chairs. And the winner got to donate $10,000 to another charity. Like, they're really philanthropic focused. And I don't know what more they could be doing. Like, people are just mad that they didn't cancel it. And, you know, Necker Island, I think it takes like a year and a half to get approved to stay there. Like, the Hoops you have to jump through. I'm sure they spent minimum $1 million on this trip. That was before they even, you know, set foot on the island. Before they brought a concealer to the, to the islands. Like, so I don't know why, like the. And I don't see any sort of energy or movement to have the same sort of conversation about other things that happened this weekend. It's like for some reason like it has fallen on this female founded company. It's literally, she's a, literally a billionaire, Maureen. And people just like, she's also very front facing. So she takes a lot of the heat on behalf of the brand. She's like this woman who started Tarte 25 years ago. She owns the company outright by herself. Like what she's done is so impressive. Like she owns the company, she's able to do this. And for some reason, like this whole conversation about like what should be posted on social media is being taken out on her.
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A
Yeah, that's, it's so.
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B
And I actually just don't agree with it. Like I think that, that two things can be true at once. Like you can acknowledge it's not like they're pretending this isn't going on. That's something I would agree with. Like, that's really problematic.
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A
Pretending like they've actually probably done more charity and give gave away more money like in order to offset what they were about to do than if they just canceled the whole thing. Yeah, totally.
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B
You know, if they had just canceled the whole thing, that's like almost 500 grand that didn't get donated to first responders.
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A
Right.
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B
I actually, I simply don't agree. And I think that you're right. I think a lot of the times like, like, you know, backlash comes for the creators themselves. Like, you know, I feel like Brianna chicken fries having a moment where everything she does, everybody's like, well, that sucks. And so it's like, well, Brianna chicken fries there. Like, so it's kind of this amalgamation of like women who hate other women. It's like this is like a women's issue. By the way.
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A
Yeah.
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B
If I said to Ben, do you know what tripping with Tardis? He would say, no. Like this is a woman's issue.
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A
They're all watching the football that's still on.
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B
Right.
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A
Everyone's promoting and talking about.
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B
They had a moment of silence I saw at one of the games. So nice.
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A
Did you think that the Houston Texans should have let the Chargers win?
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B
No, I didn't even think that's funny.
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A
When they started playing. I was like, oh, L. A will win. Because, like, they need this.
- [41:39]
B
That's actually so funny. I didn't. I didn't, like, put together that. That an L. A team was playing.
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A
It was an L. A team. But then I'm like, it's a playoff. So, like, they can't just give it all away.
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B
They're time.
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A
They've worked all year for this.
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B
No, I mean, think about, like. Because I was thinking about this yesterday. I was watching the Bills game, and they said to Mar Hamlin, and I was like, oh, my God, tomorrow. That, like, literally somebody died on the field. And they continued to play. Like, I don't know.
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A
But I also.
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B
There was, like, no backlash to that. Like, so that's what I'm saying. Like, this is a woman's issue.
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A
Like, but I think it's also because, like, football, they don't give them a lot of leeway in terms of, like, if people were calling for that, they, you know, maybe it's because they're a bigger organization.
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B
They don't give in to backlash.
- [42:17]
A
Yeah, they kind of. Actually, they do a little bit, but, I don't know. So much more immediate with social media, you can, like, reach one person. They will see it. And I just feel like football, it's like, oh, they just keep passing the ball, technically. And also because, like, men don't come after each other. Like women.
- [42:31]
B
No, they don't. And I've seen, like, some, like, actually some of the worst takes I've ever seen about anything in regards to this issue. Like, people saying, it would have been so much better if Tarte had, like, their influencer trip in LA and put all the girls to work, like, you know, volunteering. Like. Yeah. And then you guys. And then you guys would be like, get these influencers out of here.
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A
And then you would be like, well, you only volunteer and take a picture. It's not. And then picture of it to promote it. And you literally can't win.
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B
You can't win. I don't think it should have been delayed. It's not like. It's not like Covid. Remember when, like, the NBA shut down? Remember when. If everything was shutting down and then Tarte was still over here tripping with Tart. Okay, I hear you.
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A
Everybody's like, everyone's going to work. Everybody else is working. Except the influencer shouldn't and Tarte shouldn't do their trip.
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B
It's so. I don't agree with it at all.
- [43:18]
A
No, I don't agree with it either. And I Just that's why I said.
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B
Like even Megan, like she could have, she could have. I personally wouldn't have been offended by it.
- [43:29]
A
Me neither. But you're saying these same tripping with tartars.
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B
Think of how they come for Turt.
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A
They come for Meg and turn being tart. Not turkey tart.
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B
Not.
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Not very confusing.
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I'm having a hard time not saying tripping with chert.
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Sorry it's hard. I've been there, my friend and I.
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Feel like the trip is kind of a bust. Which sucks for this brand that spent like probably $2 million honestly if I really to think about it. Because no one's really posting now. So they've been there for like a full day and a half and now I'm starting to see people posting. Yeah. There are certain influencers who seriously don't give a fuck. Like from the day, that minute they got there, they've been so excited to be there for some of them. Like this is the nicest, first, best brand trip they've ever been on. Like they don't give a fudge and they are posting.
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Right. Also people would have a conversation. Like people who aren't posting, they're not grateful. Like the people who are excited to be there are the most grateful to be there who's never done something and by the way, in their car.
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Also there are people on the trip who are wives of first responders. Like they are. They brought like they invited some of their fans. They do trips now like just for teachers, just for nurses. Like they're doing the most.
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No, they're doing.
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So like it's really. I can't. Like it's. You're right, it's sort of. When you. I don't know if there's anything they could do that would satiate the sort of haterade energy.
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No. Yeah, but that's why like with anything there's always going to be people who have an issue. So you have to do like you have to stay true to yourself.
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Yeah.
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Do what feels right for you.
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And if we wanted to have this like larger conversation about like influencers who, you know are affluent and make a lot of money and how unfair it is that they get free product and free trips, like. Sure, we could talk about that.
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That's a different.
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In a large.
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Any other day.
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That doesn't only happen with tarte.
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No.
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Yeah, that happens from brands at the very top. Louis Vuitton all the way down to Walmart. Like it's, it's happens everywhere. Like it's, it's the industry. If you have a problem with the industry, sure, let's write a thesis about it.
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But that doesn't have something to do with the fires and Tart and Maureen specifically. Yeah. Okay. Well, we shall see. I mean, I do wonder what's gonna happen with awards season. And like, I do think a lot of things are going to continue to be postponed for logistical reasons and also societal sensitivity. Sensitivities. Yeah. But our next story is actually some two faces of this crisis who have emerged and are really a beacon of hope for the country. And that's Heidi. Spencer and Heidi, because I have a.
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Personal anecdote I need to share.
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Heidi Montag has hit number one on iTunes as Spencer Pratt has been asking fans to stream her music for income help after their house burned down. So Spencer and Heidi were among the first to lose their house in the Palisades. And then Spencer also shared that they had been dropped from insurance in the weeks leading up to the fires. So they have lost a lot.
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Everything.
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He has taken to tick tock and social media and is gaining a bit of a following. And now I think they're talking to Hulu about because everyone's saying give them a reality show again to watch them rebuild. They are kind of the faces of this crisis and their amazing tv. It's a no brainer. He said they do have a meeting with Hulu.
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So he has been keeping everyone abreast. He. He probably posts 55 tick tocks a day. It's so entertaining to watch. He's just trying to like rebuild something for his family. And I think it's actually really smart that they have this music that Heidi released years ago. And it really is this sort of evergreen way to make money. It is being streamed everywhere. There's like almost a million tiktoks haven't been made to it. People are just like trying to support. I made one to it. Emily Ratajkowski made one to it. It's really taken off. And then this video went viral being like, we need Pitbull to lay a verse on this song. And Spencer shared this morning he has been in contact with Pitbull's team. Like every time he does something, it really makes waves and reaches the people. And I think people really want to help. And he did this TikTok that was like, like brands. Anybody wants to do a brand deal, you know, make some insensitive content, like, let me know. And I was like, ben, reach out like sports society. Yeah. So I, I actually sent him a message and I was like, I love what you're doing. How do we get you, like, a Spritz brand deal? And he gave me his manager's information, and Ben's talking to his manager right now. You know, we're a small company, so we don't have, like, huge budget, but I think A, would be, like, a great moment for Spritz and B, like, that's actually money you spend on marketing that, you know, is, like, going somewhere good.
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Yeah.
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So we're working on it.
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And what's also really brilliant about the Heidi thing is that it costs no money for people to support them and just stream the song and they're able to generate income. So that's really great. But no, people have been really following closely their story, and.
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And I think what's happening to Spencer is, like, this larger conversation about, like, celebrity, because I think Mandy Moore got, like, some backlash this weekend for sharing a GoFundMe. And it's always this weird place. We talk about it all the time. Like, outside of this major historic fire, when a celebrity shares a GoFundMe on their social media, it's like, well, bitch, you do it. You know?
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Yeah.
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What are you looking at me for? I can barely pay my rent. Like, so it's always been this, like, weird situation, and now it's happening a lot. And Spencer at first was getting, like, a lot of backlash. Like, you're a rich celebrity. Like, leave us alone. There are people who. And Spencer's like, I'm actually not, like, I've been just, like, a working reality star, working influencer, working personality my whole life. And yes, I have had. And he's spoken about how, like, of course, at the height of the hills, they had, you know, really done very well financially. But didn't, you know, he blew it.
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All on Chris response.
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Right. In the most responsible way. So it's this Converse. It's this very, like, interesting inflection point where, like, I think we're seeing, like, a lot of celebrities who maybe aren't as, you know, liquid.
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Yeah.
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As we had thought. And I think that a lot of them had their net worth and their money invested in real estate, and that real estate is gone now. So it's like. Like, it's kind of awkward. So Mandy Moore had, like, posted a GoFundMe and then had to edit her caption being like, of course we personally donated. Like, everyone just f off. Like, it's weird. And I actually don't know. I guess it's like, case by case, because every celebrity's financially, financial situation is different. But like, when Lady Gaga shared that thing about her dad's restaurant, it's like, girl.
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Yeah, no, that's.
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We're not talking about you here.
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No, no. I feel like that Mandy Moore, she's.
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Like a working actress.
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You know, she probably that people. As long as you've Contributed to the GoFundMe, I feel like that's. That's. That's weird. Like, to someone.
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B
Yeah.
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I would expect that anyone who's posting a GoFundMe has. Has contributed because, like, either on the website, they don't feel that strongly if you couldn't even give a dollar.
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Yeah. Yeah.
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But it is a tough line to walk. And we always like Megan Fox's nail artist.
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B
Yeah.
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But it's like, I wouldn't expect her to, like, cover the whole thing.
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Mm. No. And now it's just happening more frequently because there's so many GoFundMes and there's so many people in need. And it's just this funny line that I think celebrities don't know how to handle either.
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Yeah.
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Because even. I mean, every celebrity is posting, like, donate here, donate here. It's like, will you.
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Yeah.
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And like, especially. Especially celebrities that have, like, consumer brands, they're like, we support you. We're always buying your stuff. So it's like. And you're. You're a billionaire now, so, like, why don't you make a donation?
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Yeah.
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And I'm sure that they have. And then it's also like, if they share what they. What they donated, it's like, well, you're just bragging.
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There are so many different conversations in this, and especially in, like, I don't know what it is. Like, it's like Charity gate. There's. There's that. There's also, like, people are donating to the LA public services, which they have the highest. Like Whitney Cummings said, it's so nice that you guys want to donate to our firefighters. That's nice. But, like, that's crazy that you should have to.
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Right. Given what we pay.
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Right.
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Yeah, no, it's definitely a crazy time.
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It's a. It's a crazy time. And it's just. It's ongoing. I feel like there. There are obviously immediate things that need to happen. Even, like, where are the kids going to school?
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I was thinking that too.
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And these are. Some of them are kids who are out two years for Covid. Like, what are.
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Like, did you see that, like, street in the Palisades that's completely burned down and the only thing remaining is a synagogue. And of course, they've opened up their doors to anybody who needs it. But that was, like, really crazy, because then that got me thinking. Like, I'm sure that. Because it was a chabad, I'm sure. I'm like, I'm sure that's also a school.
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Yeah.
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And then I'm like, wait, where does everybody go to school?
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Where does everybody go to school? I've seen.
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No. And I can't think about it, like, too much without having an existential crisis because, like, these are, like, entire communities, entire real estate markets that have been wiped out. So if you want to rebuild, first of all, how many builders are there? Is there a waiting list to get your house rebuilt if you can afford it? And then also, like, if you want to sell, is your value. Is your land worth nothing now, or is it worth a lot now?
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It just depends.
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It's just unprecedented. Like, that an entire economy is gone, wiped out.
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No. And it will just depend what people en masse decide to do. If everyone's rebuilding, then, yeah, if you have a standing house, that might be more attractive, you don't have to wait to build. But I saw the Palisades village, which Rick Caruso had built, was still standing because he had hired private firefighters to defend it. But it's like, who's gonna. Who can shop there? Who's gonna shopping there now?
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B
No.
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A
Right.
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B
There's no community. There's like. There's nothing.
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A
It's crazy to think about. There's no community. The school.
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Like, I genuinely. I can't. I can't wrap my head around how you, like, logistically rebuild.
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A
It will take years.
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B
Right, Right.
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And are people gonna wait? People have to move on with their lives. Are they so mad at.
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No. But I also think, financially, a lot of people can't. Like, they have to sort of stay where they are because, like, all the equity they had built in their lives are in this piece of property.
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A
Yes. And also, do you only get insurance if you rebuild, or do you get it for what you lost and you can spend it how you want?
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I think the second one.
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A
Oh, okay. So then people might take their money.
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Elsewhere, but I think it's going to be, like, years before people get their insurance money. I think there's gonna be, like, a lot of lawsuits. Like, I just don't think it's going to be as simple as. Because it's already. Even if it's not like, even if it didn't happen to your whole community, if you started at accidental fire, your house and your house burned down, and you have Insurance, like. Like, you know me. Hoops you have to jump through just like in a regular situation to get your insurance money, like, and to get exactly what you're owed.
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Yeah. And there are a lot of people, like, offering advice on this particular thing, as.
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B
Which we are obviously not actually.
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No, no. I'm just saying, like, there's so many different things that people are having to deal with now and that people are contributing. Like, there's just so many different ways that you can help, but also so many ways that you can't. You know, if you. It's like a helpless situation. The fire is still going on.
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Correct.
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A
Anyway, switching gears to our next story, which is number three. Okay. Timothy Chalamet is set to host and musical guest snl. Oh, yeah, this is interesting. So Timothy Chalamet has been announced as the host and musical guest of SNL on January 25th. It seems as though that he will be musical guesting, like, as Bob Dylan.
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Bob Dylan. Now, let me say this one. When I was thinking of movies to watch, obviously the Bob Dylan one came across. And I literally said, like, absolutely not. I didn't even think about it. It looks terrible. And I feel like it's such a flop. I don't know why. I've seen nothing about it. I've seen not a review. I've seen not a commercial.
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Like, when you compare it to other big biopics like Elvis, like Bohemian Rhapsody, like, Walk the Line, like, yeah, it's a flop because it's not commercial. But is it. Did it get that big budget or is this a new indie movie? I don't know. I don't really.
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What is the movie called?
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A Complete Unknown, which is also a terrible name for a movie.
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Yes. I would never guess that it's a biopic. Yeah, let's see how it did. First of all, it has a 78 on rotten tomatoes, which, by the way, every movie that I've been, like, watching for Oscar buzz, even though, like, I don't agree with it, it has well, in the 90s for critic, rotten Tomatoes.
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For critic, review or audience? You gotta look at audience. You can't look at.
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Unknown has grossed $50 million worldwide.
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Did it even come out yet?
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B
Maybe it did.
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A
Then why is.
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It's been out for three weeks.
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A
Okay.
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This weekend it brought in another $5 million.
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A
Congrats.
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So it's in total? North American total is $50.8 million, which this website says is impressive.
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A
A couple things about him performing as bomb Dylan on snl. First of all, Bob Dylan is still alive. Right. This is something that I real. I'm reading like all these like headlines about Bob Dylan. How he has like no friends and relatable. Seems as though he's alive.
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B
Yeah, I know. He's 83 years old. Damn.
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A
So maybe he'll join Timothy. How does he feel about this guy? Just out there like being him?
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B
I don't know. It just feels like such a sponsored episode. Right? Like this whole thing would be paid for by a studio and I'm surprised they hadn't done it before. Like I could have seen Elvis doing it. Like that's something we would have wanted. You know, Nobody wants this. Like literally not a, like not one person, not even Club Chalamet. Like she don't want it.
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A
However, I am looking forward to it because I feel like Kylie will go. I feel like Kylie will be in attendance supporting her man's big night.
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B
I don't know. I feel like this is really weird. He'll be good because it's never been done before. And I feel like when SNL is the. The cool thing about SNL is like it's the same every week and anytime they've changed anything. Like when Taylor Swift performed one time a 10 minute song instead of two separate songs, like it was the craziest thing, but it was the most hyped. Everybody wanted it. So for them to change their like standard formula for something nobody wants or like seriously will care about, I think it's really crazy.
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A
I don't know. I actually think Timothy Chalamet will be really good. I think he's really talented. I think it gets overlooked because there's so much like lore around him. But I think he's celebrity. He's really good in these SNL type things of like improv and comedy.
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B
And I think his hosting will be great. I agree.
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A
And I think he's gonna surprise us with the music. Did you see that video of him in his talent show?
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B
Like rapping Little Timmy? Yeah, I.
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A
He's gonna bring. I agree to the snl and he.
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B
Has hosted before and he has. He always makes waves. Remember Yeet skirt. Like that's him. I think where I'm really concerned is this musical performance. Honestly, like, I'm genuinely concerned.
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A
I just wish it was like, I don't think I know a Bob Dylan song. So whether it's good or bad, I won't be able to know. As opposed to like, if it were.
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B
You do know the answer. My friend is blowing in the wind the yawn and does he not sing make you feel my Love the Adele.
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A
Cover in here, Turdy.
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B
Or is that make you feel my love?
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A
He discovered the answer so much is Bob Dylan. He better sing that. And he better bring about. Bring out Adele.
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B
Bring out Adele.
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A
Bob Dylan senior and Kylie on rise or shine. Okay.
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B
Yeah, he does. Okay, so we know two songs.
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A
Okay. No, he only gets two songs on.
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B
Heaven knocking on heaven's door. You know that one.
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A
Okay. I'm gonna make a committed effort to watch this clip on YouTube when it's done. I'm gonna make a committed effort.
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B
You're not gonna stay up past midnight to watch?
- [57:41]
A
No, I could barely stay up past midnight on New Year's Eve, actually, Loki. I stay up really late. I do it in bed, though, so it feels different, but I go to sleep really late.
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B
You're just sleeping with your eyes open, you know?
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A
Yeah, I'm just in bed, but I'm not sleeping.
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B
Yeah.
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Are you ready for our next story?
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Thank you, Slash Turdio.
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You're welcome.
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A
Our next story, a little bit of rumor mills. A Simple favor to directors addressing Blake Lively and Anna Kendrick feud. Rumor is delaying the release of the movie and he is just shutting them down. He slammed speculation that A Simple favor to starring Blake Live and Anna Kendrick has been shelved by Amazon because of, as one user on X claimed, Blake Lively's refusal to promote amid her messy legal battle with Justin Baldoni and growing tensions with Anna Kendrick. Anna is furious. Paul Feig is disappointed. Hollywood is in shock. Paul 5.
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B
So these rumors that kind of came out of nowhere, by the way, there have been rumors about this movie like, like for a while, just in in relation to Blake and Anna not getting along. Way before this Justin Baldoni thing. If you're like into the movie, there's like crazy lore around.
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A
I mean, so much lore that we watched this movie last month after we did out for years. It came and went. No one was talking about it. I, I guess we watched it because we had heard the sequel was coming and because Paul Feig is doing the Housemaid. So this movie just keeps coming up.
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B
And back into the culture.
- [62:01]
A
Such a cult following. And usually when things do like, it's because they're good. The movie was so bad.
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B
It was so stupid. Like, seriously, the biggest waste of time of my life.
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A
Of my life. However, the, the sequels coming out, usually sequels are worse though, so it probably will be bad. But Paul Feig is defending Blake Lively and saying this is total bs. Sorry. The movie is finished and coming out soon. Don't believe anything you read on social media these days.
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B
Right. The movie's like completely filmed, completely ready to go. And people are just saying, like, Amazon has decided not to release it. Like, sorry, you don't spend $100 million on a movie and you don't release it. So I'm sure it's coming out when it's coming out.
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A
Yeah. But this, I feel like, will be another movie. It already has all of these legs of just people drama, having opinions about it. I feel like when it comes out, it's going to be a whole other thing.
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B
Yeah. Because there was, you're right. There was already like some drama there. They had said that, like, just Blake and Anna Kendrick really didn't get along, like so much. So to the point that they couldn't even do press together. And like, if you watch some of their junkets, there's like really awkward tension. Do you think there's never been any confirmation. I could see these two not getting along. Yeah. From a person. And based on, like, what we know about Blake, like, through this process, like we had said, it doesn't seem like she's, like, the most amazing, fun person to work with. I think maybe she has, like, a diva attitude.
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A
Yeah. Well, I guess in the movie.
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B
And I could see Anna Kendrick, like, I could see Blake lively thinking. Anna Kendrick is so annoying.
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A
Yeah.
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B
Because, like, I don't know Anna Kendrick. I know her characters from Pitch Perfect, and then I had seen, like, a bunch of clips of her on Call Her Daddy, and she's definitely like. Like, she definitely. Yeah, yeah. Like, super nice. But I could see someone, like, who has, like, a short temper and, like, is a diva, finding her annoying.
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A
They literally seem like there are two characters in the movie. And that's why when two people are feuding on a movie like this, I'm like, great. Well, that's the movie.
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B
But when it's two characters don't like each other, supposed to be in love.
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A
It ruins the movie because, you know that they don't like each other. It makes it really hard to promote. And we just are all reminded that we're watching a movie. But I actually don't mind the fact if they don't get along. That's actually better for the movie. It's more real.
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B
Yeah. No, it's very true. And I don't know. I don't know how much truth there could be to it, because if you had made a movie that seriously, like, made very few waves and you hated your co star, like, you wouldn't do a sequel.
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A
Yeah.
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B
Like, if it was really that bad. No one was begging for a sequel.
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A
No, there were a handful of people. Not a lot, but a strong handful, but mighty contingency.
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B
Yeah.
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Small.
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B
So I don't know if they did it. It couldn't have been that bad.
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A
I agree.
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B
This is my thought.
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A
Are you ready for our fifth and final story? A little Little Mix news? Because Little Mix alone, Jesse Nelson is announcing her pregnancy with twins. So Jesse from Little Mix, the first to leave the band and thus starting the end, the band of the band is announced that she's pregnant with twins. She said she's eating for three now, so that's very exciting.
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B
Although I do want to say I actually don't consider Jesse Nelson to be the girl that ruined the band, because she, to me, is very much like a Zayn Malik. Not only did the band go on without her, I actually think they did some of their Best work without Zayn and their best work without Jesse.
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A
I don't think they missed her either.
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B
Yeah. She wasn't like a key character.
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A
Agreed.
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B
Vocally or from any standpoint that, like, the band suffered at all with her absence. That's how I feel about Zayn Malik.
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A
I agree with that. But it shows a crack in the surface, you know, and then it's like, oh, we can just leave.
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B
Yes.
- [65:12]
A
What if we just left?
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B
It's like there's two types of bands. Right. And like, there's two types of departures. Like a Camila Cabello Fifth Harmony, a Justin Timberlake NSync. Like, that's crippling for the band. Somebody who's like a load bearing member and then there's sort of like ancillary members that leave and nobody moves. Now, the band could go on to disband for other reasons, but I think that Jesse Nelson is very much of the Zayn Malik variety, not of the camila cabello variety.
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A
1,000%. And it's worth noting, like, Little Mix is coming back. They've said they'll be back. They're just, like, taking a pause for motherhood and such.
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B
Yes. It's hard, though, because, like, Perrie Edwards, like, is releasing bops.
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A
Yeah.
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B
In her solo endeavors. I mean, that. That makes it tough. Like, I think I remember, like, when Harry Styles went and started doing solo music. Like when the music was really good and it really started taking off. Like, it's getting very slowly that, like, this was not a hiatus, it was a break.
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A
No. And like, when I do think about the music that I would want Little Mission Mix to be making, like, I don't want to sound, you know, ageist and misogynist, but it's like, not what they probably want to be making at this stage in their lives. Like, I don't know if the twain shall meet.
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B
Yeah. So I think it's great that they're all progressing in their lives personally, you know, getting married and having kids. And this is great for Jesse. And I do think if Little Mix does choose to reunite, it is without Jesse.
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A
Yes, I agree. Because Jesse also does her own music.
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B
Sort of.
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A
Sort of.
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B
But in. In a way that, like, you know, I do my own music.
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A
I'm just saying, as like the person who loves Little Mix the most, I would actually, I would be very much okay if they don't reunite ever. And, like, the music that they made for us during that time is just a moment in time, lives, and it's just perfection in a bottle.
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B
Well, now let Me ask you a question, because even before Liam Payne passed away, I had always felt like if One Direction got back together, like, there was a chance that it would be all five, not just the four. Like, I don't know why it wasn't clear cut to me that it would be just without Zayn. Now I feel like the band will obviously never get back together. Like, we're even further from. From that possibility. But if they did, it would have to be with Zayn. Right. Because then if not, it's just three of them.
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A
Yeah.
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B
No, and by the way, I'm sorry, they're never.
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A
No, they're never getting out together.
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B
If you really knew the dynamics and, like, the vocal abilities of the band, like, Liam was an extremely strong vocalist and, like, an important. He carried a lot of weight. Like, him. It was really him and Harry vocally.
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A
So. My God. I saw a clip recently of their auditions and someone was like, how did these. Did I send it to you? They're like, how do these people become the biggest boy band in the world? Like, they're horrible.
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B
They can't sing.
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A
They're Even when they say, oh, it's.
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B
What you do to me. So their individual auditions stink because they all audition separately.
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A
And then even when they sang Torn for Simon Cowell.
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B
Yeah.
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A
Like, it's bad.
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B
And they're wearing, like, actual threads, like.
- [67:59]
A
And that was, like, at its time, a cultural shift.
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B
They look like, seriously, like, a bunch of, like, homeless youth. It's actually crazy.
- [68:06]
A
I'm sorry. Extras Unhoused extras in Oliver Twist.
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B
Yeah, yeah, yeah. Like, seriously. It's so confusing. And then I remember at the time, like, when Harry has his solo and he's like, nothing's fine. I'm done. Like, it. It's not good. But at the time, like, literally, hearts were breaking everywhere. Like, people were not fucking. Okay. No, the comparison. And they compared a lot to, like.
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A
Thing is realizing that that was not good.
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B
That none of the original members of One Direction at the time of their creation, like, could carry a tune. Except for Liam and Niall.
- [68:39]
A
Don't forget Niall recently found out that he was the reason.
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B
No, that the band was built, like, around him. But, I mean, vocally, like, he did not possess, really. And I don't even know how they got them to such a good place, because then there was the time when the five of them would sing all together and harmonize with each other, and it was really beautiful.
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A
Yeah, well, that's.
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B
I don't know what sort of training they went through, but you and I need to Go through it.
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A
Vocal coaching, you can make a good voice better even. Look at Ariana.
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B
As long as the person has a little bit of pitch.
- [69:05]
A
Ariana Grande has the best voice, like, of our time period. And growing up, she was probably like always the girl with a really good voice. But now it's on another level, like, due to training. She even said, like, she trained for a year before she auditioned for Wicked. Like, like she doesn't just show up and sing. So on the one hand, it's a.
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B
Skill you have to, like, it's a.
- [69:20]
A
God given talent, but it's also a skill that you can hone and make better.
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B
Yes, but some people are beyond any sort of. Like, if you can't carry a tune, if you have. No, no, even, you know, like, you know when a note is right and wrong, Right? I do.
- [69:32]
A
I can hear it, but I don't know if I can hear it as much in myself.
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B
But you also have a lot of rhythm, like, you know.
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A
No, I'm not. I think some people.
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B
No rhythm. Like, there are people who actually cannot, not even with the best training in the world, could not sing if they wanted to.
- [69:46]
A
Yes. But then. And then even people who have the gift need to work at it.
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B
Yes. Even stars like us, like, you think we just wake up and sing like this? No, you do.
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A
You do.
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B
Yeah.
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A
But I guess what I'm saying is you could be better.
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B
Well, I actually took some vocal training classes in college and they were like some of like the worst experiences of my. My life.
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A
And it's just like when you realize maybe you'll be a podcaster.
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B
Because, like, I went in there and I was like, all right, let's like throw down. Like, it was a great way to earn two credits and it was taught by like a grad student. And it was just like in these music rooms with a piano. And I thought we'd just be like Taylor Swift. Yeah, no, she was making me sing opera.
- [70:23]
A
Raise your voice.
- [70:24]
B
I literally will never forget. We literally the whole semester we did one song and it was like this ready and sings in the morning with waking birds. She sing sings songs of fairy butterflies. Like, the whole thing in head voice. I'm like, this is not helping me at all. And I like, really wanted to audition for X Factor at the time. And I was like, you want me to pull through with this? Like, are you kidding me? But it was like the curriculum she just giving. She was literally like an. Now I realized she was like 19 years old and like a grad student.
- [70:54]
A
She was doing her best.
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B
She was like this. This was something she had to do for credit.
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A
Right.
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B
And, like, I would come in there and be like, can we get the sheet music for, like, Beyonce? And she was like. And sings in the morning, like, some of the worst times in my life.
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A
It's giving Susan Boyle.
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B
Yeah. With waking birds. She sings songs of fairy butterflies, of flowers and timely things. And when she sings, it seems to me no place on earth would lovelier be when sweet Anne sings. Like, the fact that I remember that is crazy.
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A
That is crazy.
- [71:29]
B
I can't even remember, like, your name.
- [71:31]
A
No. It's so crazy. But now I'm thinking about Susan Boyle. That was a cultural shift.
- [71:37]
B
Yeah. She did what no other woman dared to do.
- [71:40]
A
Things she did that. That was seriously so crazy. Where is she now? We should have her on the toast.
- [71:45]
B
I do believe she's, like, you know, a gal about town. I don't think she's, like, completely reclusive.
- [71:49]
A
No, no. I think she, like, you know, lends her voice here and there, but whatever.
- [71:53]
B
That was, like, the platforms and advocacy.
- [71:55]
A
That was when, like, YouTube videos would, like, seriously go viral.
- [71:58]
B
Yeah. Yep, yep, yep, yep.
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A
And that I'll never forget because I.
- [72:02]
B
Was, like, in the UK before you could just, like, know what was going on in the UK. So the fact that the YouTube video made its way across the pond, it was really crazy.
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A
It was really crazy. And that wasn't a song that I knew. I dreamed a dream before she sang it. And then it was like, I knew it from her song.
- [72:17]
B
I dreamed a dream of time gone by.
- [72:20]
A
You know what?
- [72:20]
B
It's so good.
- [72:20]
A
I want to go watch that video and see if it holds up and see if it's, like, as chill inducing as it was back then.
- [72:26]
B
And then if it's not and you're, like, seeking chills from that song, do watch the Glee version with Lea Michelle and Idina Menzel. It's absolutely beautiful.
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A
That's beautiful.
- [72:35]
B
I had a dream my life would be. What is that? Les Mis. Yeah.
- [72:40]
A
Slay Miz. I've never seen it, though I literally should, because it's a historical fiction musical. Like, that's me.
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B
I actually have seen it.
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A
You like it?
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B
In college, I had to take a class called Cinema and Lit, where, like, you would read the book and then watch the movie and, like, talk about it. And of course, I only showed up when we were watching the movies. And then, like, I didn't read the books, so I did see Les Mis, but it was, like, the og it wasn't like, The Anne Hathaway one.
- [73:00]
A
Did you like it? Oh, it wasn't that.
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B
Oh, so it was like Jean Valjean in black and white. It was like kind of dreadful Victor Hugo.
- [73:06]
A
Man.
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B
I saw some of like the worst movies of my life in that class. Death in Venice. Like, wait, what Todio? Like, okay, Death in Venice is literally about a pedophile. Like I don't know if it is, but there's like this man in Venice following around this little boy, Todd Zio and just like staring at him in different corners and it's like tadio like it was.
- [73:26]
A
But then what did he want?
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B
Makes have sex with the kid or something? I actually don't know. That's how that was my takeaway from the.
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A
Oh, okay.
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B
That was like seriously a waste of my time. College in general was a waste of my time. Like really? Do not.
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A
Do not come.
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B
Do not come. Do not.
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A
More than ever.
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B
That's our show.
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A
That is get your education at GSU right?
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B
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