What's Your Truth? with Ben Soffer: Friday December 5, 2025

Summary

The Toast – "What's Your Truth? with Ben Soffer"

Date: December 5, 2025
Hosts: Claudia Oshry & Jackie Oshry (Jackie not present, guest co-host: Ben Soffer)
Special Guest: Ben Soffer ("Boy with No Job")

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Episode Overview

On this Friday episode of The Toast, Claudia is joined by her husband, the ever-elusive Ben Soffer, for a vibrant, laughter-filled catch-up. They banter about their week, their celebrity run-ins, and reflect on personal truths amidst a flurry of pop culture news. Highlights include Ben's meeting with Knicks stars, a comedic deep-dive into public restrooms, and playful marital ribbing. The episode maintains its signature quick-fire, millennial humor, and ends with the cherished segment: Queenie and Weenie of the Week.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Opening Banter: Claudia & Ben's Dynamic

• Timestamps: 00:03–02:20

  • Claudia welcomes listeners with playful jabs at Ben about podcast mic technique, leading to jokes about scoliosis and family back issues.
  • Ben's dry, self-deprecating humor pairs with Claudia's loud, fast-paced delivery.

  Quote:

  • Ben: “Do you want me to be Quasimodo at the mic down like this?” (01:18)

2. Ben's Knicks Origin Story & Manifesting Moment

• Timestamps: 02:30–07:08

  • Ben recounts a favorite story: traveling to a Knicks playoff game in Cleveland with no plan to return. He meets Allie Brunson (Jalen Brunson’s wife), and is serendipitously offered a lift home by fans on a private plane.
  • This tale highlights Ben’s embrace of networking over "manifesting."

  Quote:

  • Ben: “Somebody's gonna fly me back on their private plane…I don't know who. I don't know how. I don't know where. I don't know when.” (03:53)
  • Claudia: “That is Ben’s heroic origin story.” (03:10)

3. Meeting Jalen Brunson & The ‘Soft Hands’ Controversy

• Timestamps: 06:39–08:43

  • Claudia coordinated an introduction between Ben and Jalen Brunson, culminating in a memorable handshake.
  • Ben is amazed by Jalen’s unexpectedly soft hands, sparking jokes about athlete hand care and the phrase “no homo.”

  Quote:

  • Ben: “He had some of the softest hands I’ve ever felt in my life.” (07:33)
  • Claudia: “Does it now make you want to be, like, a guy with soft hands?” (07:57)

4. Reflections: Ben’s “Truth”

• Timestamps: 10:05–12:21

  • Claudia presses Ben to answer: "What's your truth?" After gentle stalling, he shares gratitude for family, health, and life's current phase, eschewing insatiable ambition.

  Quote:

  • Ben: “I wake up every day, not necessarily wanting for more. I love my stage of life. I want more of the same.” (11:34)
  • Claudia: “Normalize not sharing every thought.” (12:14)

5. Pop Culture News & Fast 5 Stories

• Timestamps: 20:44–45:43

a. Netflix Buys Warner Brothers

• (20:44–27:36)

  • Netflix acquires Warner Bros. (including HBO Max) for $82 billion, sending shockwaves through the entertainment industry.
  • Claudia and Ben break down implications, streaming wars, and monopoly concerns.

  Quote:

  • Claudia: “Netflix is buying Warner Brothers... kind of like the streaming war is another big move.” (20:48)
  • Ben: “Is that like…a monopoly?” (22:04)

b. Taylor Swift & Travis Kelce Wedding Date Leak

• (28:31–30:14)

  • Rumors abound regarding the pair’s alleged June 13, 2026 wedding; skepticism reigns over early date release.

  Quote:

  • Ben: “There’s a difference between not getting married in secret and letting people know eight months in advance.” (29:14)

c. Pop Culture Bits: Queenie & Weenie, Glenn Powell Dating News, Wedding Updates

• (32:35–46:13, stylized throughout)

  • Claudia discusses celebrities off the market, including Sammy "Sweetheart" Giancola’s wedding and Glenn Powell’s new relationship.
  • Banter about Camp Rock 3, public bathrooms, and nostalgia for Jersey Shore.

  Memorable Exchanges:

  • Ben: “I was Mitchie Torres [in Camp Rock]. My dad worked in the kitchen.” (38:55)
  • Claudia: “I was a blend of Mitchie… but I have a bit of the attitude of the bully.” (39:09)

d. DJ Khaled’s Ice Cream Freezer & Ice Cream Debate

• (46:06–49:49)

  • Viral DJ Khaled freezer video triggers debate over best ice cream brands and the logistical realities of luxury living.

  Quote:

  • Claudia: “It is the biggest, most highly organized freezer with the most insane inventory.” (48:01)
  • Ben: “Breyers cookies and cream, which I see in the freezer, is amazing.” (48:25)

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Queenie & Weenie of the Week Segment

• Timestamps: 51:18–64:43

Queenie

• Ben’s pick: Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson – for executive producing the new P. Diddy documentary and breaking the silence in the rap community regarding Diddy’s past scandals.

  • Ben: “50 Cent is the only person talking about it in that community.” (58:18)
  • Insight on the infamous CCNY basketball game tragedy and Diddy’s murky early-career dealings.

• Claudia’s picks:

  1. Nurse Jackie (the show) – for bringing joy during the week.
  2. The Toasters (audience) – in recognition of impressive Spotify/YouTube Wrapped statistics and loyalty.

Weenie

• Ben’s pick: Claudia – for telling someone that their baby was woken up by their “farts,” much to Ben’s (and podcast’s) amusement.
  • Ben: “She literally said verbatim that our farts were waking him up in the middle of the night.” (63:34)
  • Claudia defends herself with pediatrician advice, but Ben maintains his version (and the Weenie title).

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Notable Quotes & Moments

• On Networking vs. Manifesting:
  Claudia: “It’s really, like, more networking, but sure.” (03:14)

• On Athlete Hand Care:
  Ben: “He must use, I don't know, a lubricant. It's unbelievable. I've never—pillowy.” (07:52)

• On Streaming Consolidation:
  Ben: “I think YouTube TV will be gone in, like, three years.” (25:31)

• On Home Design & Test Kitchens:
  Ben: “Not enough kitchens allow you to film the burner...Nobody puts their burners on an island.” (27:40)

• On Gender & Restrooms:
  Ben: “The urinals allow for quick service. That’s why you always see at a ball game, the ladies restroom line out the door.” (41:47)

• On Podcast Culture:
  Claudia: “Normalize not sharing every thought.” (12:14)

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Timestamps for Key Segments

• 00:03–02:20: Intro & mic banter
• 02:30–07:08: Ben’s Knicks/manifesting story
• 07:08–08:43: Jalen Brunson handshake & “soft hands”
• 10:05–12:21: “What’s your truth?” segment
• 20:44–27:36: Netflix buys Warner Bros. reaction
• 28:31–30:14: Taylor Swift/Travis Kelce wedding rumors
• 32:35–46:13: Celebrity weddings, Camp Rock 3, restrooms, nostalgia
• 46:06–49:49: DJ Khaled’s freezer/ice cream brands
• 51:18–64:43: Queenie & Weenie of the Week

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Episode Vibe & Takeaways

• The episode channels big Friday energy with irreverent, married-couple humor, pop culture snark, and genuine reflections.
• Ben’s networking tales and “truth” moment provide rare glimpses of sentimentality in a show defined by zippy, memeable banter.
• Pop culture coverage ranges from in-depth (streaming wars) to lighthearted (freezer inventory, Camp Rock legacies).
• Listeners feel welcomed into a chaotic, relatable life — whether the subject is Knicks fandom, family sleep arrangements, or the logistics of setting up WiFi.

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For further engagement:

• Follow Ben’s content at Boy with No Job and his podcast "Good Guys."
• Subscribe to The Toast for more daily Fast Five stories and banter.

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Transcript

[A]

Good morning, girlies. It's the Toast.

It's Jackson Claude and we're your host.

It's your favorite show, the Fast 5 things you need to know. We'll start your day off swirly. It's the Toast. They sound amazing. Welcome back to the Toast and happy Friday. Hope everybody had a pargealicious week. I'm kicking off the partialicious weekend. Somebody extremely pargy. My guest co host today is a sort of elusive, tall, darken.

[B]

Are you okay?

[A]

What did I even say? That was funny.

[B]

That was funny.

[A]

I agree. Let's talk about that.

[B]

You are. You're elusive. I'm elusive.

[A]

It's Ben. Do you know what elusive means?

[B]

We're both elusive.

[A]

Do you know what it means?

[B]

Yeah, like fun. And it's like.

No, just like carefree, like, which is so us.

[A]

That is not.

Elusive means mysterious. You're very like.

[B]

I am.

[A]

You lurk in dark corners. It is my husband, chef celebrity Ben Safer. Hello, Ben. How are you, Dern?

[B]

Hello, darling. I'm doing wonderful.

[A]

Do you want to feel like maybe you want to talk into the microphone?

[B]

I'm in it. What do you mean? It's in front of me.

[A]

Every time we podcast, our levels are so different. I'm so like normal and loud.

[B]

I can't be like this and like, see. See how you're standing up straight and you're talking into the mic when I do that? I'm now over the mic. So what do you want me to do? You want me to be Quasimodo at the mic down like this? No, I can't do that. So I would have to do this. Is this better?

[A]

Bore someone else with the details of your mic?

[B]

No. Maybe I need like a nice book under my microphone. Anybody have a nice book? Anybody have a book? My God, does anybody have a nice book?

[A]

Just. Oh, my God.

[B]

Like, that looks like a good book.

[A]

Okay, we've got books. Smell Rob.

[B]

They're getting books. They're clearing the shelves.

[A]

We got a couple of books ready for this.

[B]

Are you ready? Are you ready for me to talk into the mic? Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. Okay.

[A]

Okay, fine.

[B]

Okay. Oh, yeah.

[A]

You feeling good?

[B]

I feel great because now my spine is arched.

[A]

Okay.

[B]

I don't feel like. I don't know, like there's like some like spine stuff in my family. Like, I just don't.

[A]

There actually is some spine stuff in your family. Your dad had a C shaped spine for many years.

[B]

He's the scoliosis king.

[A]

Yeah. He recently had his back, like, rebuilt.

[B]

Completely rebuilt. He's a robotic man. I think it was 14. And he's looking fantastic.

[A]

So, Ben, welcome to the toast. Thank you. It's been a little bit since you've.

[B]

Been here a couple of weeks.

[A]

What's going on with you?

[B]

We had a wonderful week. We did have a wonderful, very busy week.

[A]

We're just, like, so busy busy.

[B]

I was out on the town, Gary Vaynerchuk, dinner, Mick's game, all this stuff, you know? Wait, I know.

[A]

We have to tell everyone.

[B]

I know.

[A]

Oh, my God. Should we save it for queenie and weenie now? Okay, so kind of like the biggest deal ever happened this week. And I was annoyed.

[B]

Big deal.

[A]

I was annoyed that we weren't doing our regular show.

[B]

Have I told the story on the podcast of Nashi Newman?

[A]

Yes, you told the story.

[B]

Well, that's where I met the great Ali Brunson.

[A]

Okay, so fine. Start from the beginning, just because in case you're new here, this is, like, sort of Ben's heroic, like, origin story.

[B]

This is when I found out that I could manifest this story.

[A]

It's really, like, more networking, but sure.

[B]

What do you mean it's manifesting?

[A]

So, like, what, three years ago?

[B]

Three years ago? Two or three years ago, I think three years ago.

[A]

It really doesn't matter. Just get to the point.

[B]

The Knicks are in the playoffs. They're playing the Cleveland Cavaliers. There's no way game. Knicks are up, I think, like, three one. They have a chance to close it out.

[A]

Game five in Cleveland.

[B]

In Cleveland. My friend Michael texts me. He's like, hey, I have an extra ticket. You want to go to the game? Like, yeah, hell yeah, I want to go to the game. Let's go. Book to flight. He's like, okay, I'm booking a round trip ticket. I. I'm gonna stay there overnight. I'm like, I'm not staying in Cleveland. It's not happening. There are no commercial flights going back. But I just know for sure somebody's gonna fly me back on their private plane.

[A]

Now.

[B]

This isn't rational thought.

[A]

And the fact that you think like that, like, is so insane.

[B]

No, this isn't rational thought.

[A]

And I remember he was like, I'm not booking a flight home. I'm like, so you're gonna come home the next day? He's like, no, no, I'm coming home that night.

[B]

I'm like, well, how somebody's gonna fly me home on their private plane. I don't know who. I don't know how. I don't know where.

[A]

Okay.

[B]

I don't Know when. Okay, Knicks win the game. It's a fantastic game. Sitting next to Allie Brunson, I meet her, Jalen's wife.

[A]

Jalen Brunson is a star player of the Knicks.

[B]

He's the star player of the league.

[A]

He's like you love.

[B]

He's the greatest Knick.

[A]

Ben and his friends have a group chat dedicated to the Brunson boys, to the Knicks called the Brunson boys.

[B]

I mean, we've been knick fans for 30 years and he is the greatest player. Yeah, he's, he's single handedly saved the city.

[A]

Okay, what about Carmelo Anthony?

[B]

Carmelo Anthony did he walked so Jalen could run.

[A]

Beautiful. Okay.

[B]

Carmela was fantastic.

[A]

And what about Lala Anthony?

[B]

She also walked so that Ally Brunson could run.

[A]

Okay, okay.

[B]

So Ali's wife, Ally's wife, we're in Cleveland. I meet her, there's a great game, whatever. I see courtside again, by the way, all these people. Gary Vaynerchuk. My God.

[A]

Gary Vaynerchuk is the thread through this story.

[B]

He's in the story. I see Gary courtside. I go, I say hi to him.

[A]

You also don't know Ben used to work for Gary for many years. I did.

[B]

I worked at Vaynermedia running their influencer department for like five years. No, Gary, great guy. I see Gary courtside after the game. I go up to him like, gary, how are you? We're, we're schmoozing. He's like, by the way, I'd love to fly you home, but unfortunately I don't have any room on my plane. I didn't even ask, by the way. He just offered. He's like, by the way, I'd love to give you a ride home. Because he knew, obviously I'm in Cleveland, but I don't have room on my plane. I'm thinking to myself, ok, that was it. That was my chance, you know, that was the person who was supposed to fly me home. I'm not gonna be flown home.

[A]

So the universe sort of missed.

[B]

Yes, I definitely need to book a hotel room at this point. And I'm leaving the arena, I'm walking up the steps, all of a sudden I get tapped on my shoulder. Nice Hasidic boy.

[A]

Peius peis.

[B]

One had pais, one didn't. Or maybe it was like a group. Maybe both had peis. Yeah, it was a group of Hasidic Jews and black hat. I'm here with my people. Black hat, wow. And they're like, ben, our wives are such big Fans. We're such big fans. We're from Lakewood. Would love to take a picture. I'm like, sure, no problem. Jews from Lakewood in Cleveland. Amazing. We take a picture, all of a sudden, they're like, ben, how are you getting home? I'm like, you're fucking kidding me. You're kidding me. I'm like, I'm probably just, like, flying home in the morning. They're like, no, you're coming with us all on our plane. Let's do it. I'm like, are you serious? Do you have room for my friend Michael?

[A]

Did they?

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

Shout out, Michael.

[B]

So the Hasidic Jews flew us home on their private plane.

[A]

Love that.

[B]

So that's the last time I saw. That's the last time I saw Ali Brunson.

[A]

Oh, right. Okay, then this week, on Wednesday night, Ben's going to the Nick game. Before the Nick game, I had a work event. Yeah, that's right. I hosted an event with Weight Watchers and Emily Oster.

[B]

Yes.

[A]

And who's there? Ali Brunson. I finally get to meet her. Jalen's wife. And I'm like, wait, Ben's going to the game? You should meet up with him. He's going early to, like, watch, shoot around or whatever. And she was like, oh, no way. So I put us all in a chat. Ben comes home that night. I'm like, did you meet Jalen? Guess what, you guys. Ben met Jalen Brunson.

[B]

I literally walk into the arena. I get to the court. Ali's right there. She's like, come sit with me. I'm sitting with Allie. We're talking. She couldn't be nicer. And then at the very end, because it is her husband, he says goodbye to her, and she's like, oh, this is Jaylen. This is my friend Ben. And he says, what's up? I shake his hand, and no homo.

And no homo. He had some of the softest hands I've ever felt in my life.

[A]

I haven't heard no homo in, like, 20 years.

[B]

No homo.

[A]

Yeah, sure, sure. Right.

[B]

Let me tell you, the other times that I've met athletes, he always have very calloused hands.

[A]

Of course. Of course.

[B]

He must use, I don't know, a lubricant. It's unbelievable. I've never pillowy.

[A]

Does it now make you want to be, like, a guy with soft hands? No, because look how you're talking about him. Like, it left an impression. And listen, bang on the table more.

[B]

Do you wish that I had soft hands? Are my hands not that soft.

[A]

They're freezing. They're fine. They're not like, hard. They're not.

[B]

I told you I was cold and you told them to make it colder.

[A]

Yeah, that's why I like recording here. I don't know if you guys noticed, in the beginning of maternity leave, we were bopping around to different studios. We don't bop anymore. The AC in this place is fire.

[B]

Yeah, it's good. It's better recalled than hot.

[A]

And as a nursing woman, it's just. It's what I'm requiring.

[B]

Yeah. I could have softer hands. I should be lotioning more. I do have a propensity to eczema.

[A]

And you have seasonal eczema on one finger.

[B]

Yeah, one finger in my elbow.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

So, yeah, I should lotion more. I should ask Jaylen. I should ask Ali what lotion Jalen uses.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

I'm sure that'll be the end of our friendship.

[A]

Like, really quick, how did we get to this story?

[B]

We were talking about our week. We were talking about Allie Brunson. We were talking about the New York Knicks.

[A]

We were talking about big week for us.

[B]

Big week for us. Big week for the Brunson boys.

[A]

Thank you.

[B]

Big week for the Brunson Boys. I didn't even tell them no.

[A]

Oh, my God. You're withholding from the Brunson boys.

[B]

Because, like, in our chopper. I didn't. No. I didn't want to steal my friend Gabe's thunder. Oh, okay.

[A]

What happened to Gabe? Is it.

[B]

Gabe texted randomly. He's like, I just met Tony Parker.

[A]

Eva Longoria's ex husband.

[B]

I just met Tony Parker. He's like, so cool. He spoke about how Kobe's like, was like a killer. Like, he was amazing. And I just like, wasn't going to like, one up and say, oh, and I met Jalen Brunson.

[A]

Okay.

[B]

Like, like, that wasn't cool, you know?

[A]

Totally agree. And it's funny, I do feel like.

[B]

This was like extenuating circumstances, but.

So, yeah, I couldn't. But now they'll definitely hear through the grapevine.

[A]

Okay.

[B]

Or I'll tell them after this. But yeah, I met Jalen. I also was there because the great Deuce McBride, who is shooting guard, also starter, his agent had texted, come, let's schmooze.

[A]

Really networking his way, starters.

[B]

And let me tell you, Deuce McBride, legend, not only is he so good at basketball, he. He's a five and a half month old daughter. I'm just saying, good for Ruby. And they're just like, so nice and Normal. And is this, like, what a beautiful week.

[A]

Is this your dream? Like you have successfully. I've always said we. We talk about it on the toes. It's like the benefact. You're the greatest networker on the planet and you've loved the Knicks your whole life.

[B]

It's weird. It's like now being here, it doesn't feel like anything.

[A]

That's so crazy. Like, it's like.

[B]

It's like. It's like super cool.

[A]

If little you could see you now.

[B]

I know, but they're really just like. Like nice, cool, regular people. Athletes. They're just like us, except so much better.

[A]

Yeah. Today's stories. Like, I just want to give, like, a brief overview about what's going to go down Friday.

[B]

True, true, true.

[A]

So I have six stories. I might cut it down to five. I might not. We also have Queenie and Weenie.

[B]

We just want to say, I think that we have very strong Queenies and very strong Weenie. I just want you to tell your truth.

[A]

That's very sweet. What is your truth?

[B]

My truth is that I don't know. What kind of a question is that? What is my truth?

[A]

It's a good question.

[B]

Okay, I'll think about it.

[A]

What's your truth, Ben?

[B]

I don't know. I feel like I'm on that Caleb Presley show. Ben.

[A]

I felt like him. What's your truth?

[B]

I felt like him. It's weird. Our brains. Yeah, you know. What's your truth? I don't know. You're, like, setting me up.

[A]

What's your truth?

[B]

Stop. I see. Caleb.

My truth is that.

I love my life. Is that a good truth?

[A]

What about it?

[B]

My family.

[A]

That's beautiful.

[B]

Thankful for my health.

I wake up every day, not necessarily wanting for more.

[A]

Oh, my God.

[B]

I love my stage of life.

[A]

I'm so glad. I push.

[B]

I want more of the same.

[A]

Amen. Amen.

[B]

Which is like, if that Ben could see this Ben now. That is much more powerful than, like, meeting the Knicks. The Knicks and all this stuff. Like, surrounding myself with good people. More of the same.

[A]

So that's.

[B]

More of the same.

[A]

So that's your truth?

[B]

That's my truth. What's your truth?

[A]

I mean, where do I begin? My truth is.

My truth.

[B]

See, it's a hard question. What's your truth?

[A]

I was gonna share my truth, but you know what?

[B]

You should.

[A]

I've decided to keep my truth to myself. How about that? Normalize, like, not sharing every thought.

[B]

You mean you're on a podcast? No.

[A]

You know, not going to Normalize.

[B]

Not speaking. Okay, the podcast is over.

[A]

You're so annoying.

[B]

I don't understand.

[A]

Anything else you want to chitchat about before we dive in? Like, tell me.

[B]

Yes. Your truth.

[A]

No, come on, move on.

What else?

[B]

I don't know.

Your truth.

Do you really want to know what.

[A]

I was gonna say? Yeah, I'm really. I've had enough of the hate. I'm getting so much hate. I don't know if you know that. That's my truth about how, like, all I do is talk about Ozempic and how bad I am, and it's like, well, you would do it too. Okay, like, off. So what I was gonna say is, like, I literally spent all day thinking about when I'm gonna go back on a zombie.

[B]

Who is giving you that hate?

[A]

The comments.

[B]

Okay, well, these comments and these people aren't real.

[A]

Oh, speaking of, did you do your Spotify wrapped?

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

What music do you listen to?

[B]

Oh, wait, no, I didn't do my Spotify wrapped. You want to help me do that? I don't even think. I was locked in. Oh, my God. I got a new phone this week. I'm literally getting calls from a guy. Brian. I'm like, I don't. I don't know a Brian Kelly.

[A]

Yeah, you do.

[B]

Okay, sorry. I don't want to say his full name. Brian H. Something that starts with an H. I don't know this Brian with an H, but it's fully saved in my phone. Hell, are you literally like, I don't know who this guy is? And I'm like, hmm, that actually sounds oddly familiar. And my dad owns a catering company, and as one of his waiters, I recognize the name. I'm like, why the hell do I have this number saved? And it's because when I got a new phone, all of my contacts merged with my dad, and his phone number I accidentally set up on my phone. So all of a sudden, I'm getting all of Bruce's calls.

[A]

It gives me no great joy to see you fail.

[B]

Yeah, I know that's.

[A]

But it does make me feel.

[B]

By the way. No, I thought you said the opposite. Because it gives you great joy. What do you mean it gives you no great joy?

[A]

It gives me no great joy to see you fail. But it is nice to see you do something on your own that I normally would help you with, and you fail. I feel like it cements my importance in your life. You'll never leave me.

[B]

Has anybody ever.

[A]

Cuz I fixed the thing with your contacts kind of.

[B]

Has anybody Ever gotten a new phone and it just was like a seamless transfer over of contacts?

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

Who?

[A]

Me. I sat on my phone like a couple of weeks ago.

[B]

No.

[A]

You were going to say something, though.

[B]

No, I was just, like, sharing that story.

[A]

No, no.

Roll back.

[B]

Okay, Rolling it back.

[A]

How do we get here?

[B]

I don't know.

[A]

How do we get out?

[B]

I don't know.

[A]

Okay. Oh, do you want to dive in? I don't know. I just feel like I'm not ready.

[B]

Okay. So we don't have to dive in yet. We can talk about more.

[A]

Okay. I feel like we should dive in.

[B]

Do you want to tell me your truth?

[A]

I feel like I did. Okay, here's my truth. Ready? I love you.

[B]

I love you more. It's really sweet.

[A]

That's my truth.

[B]

Let's dive in.

[A]

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I know stacked, so it's, it's fantastic.

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[B]

I am, darling.

[A]

So big news of the morning is mergers and acquisitions.

[B]

I saw this. This is.

[A]

It's insane.

[B]

This is nuts.

[A]

Netflix is buying Warner Brothers. Warner Brothers owns HBO Max. So it's kind of like the streaming war is another big move. They have purchased it for $82 billion. So it's in a move that will drastically reshape the entertainment business. Netflix and Warner Brothers Discovery have announced on an agreement on Friday under Netflix under which Netflix will acquire Warner Brothers, including the film and TV studios, which is like huge. Warner Brothers has been around forever. HBO Max, the streaming service, and HBO Max, the network where things air. The deal has a total enterprise value, including debt of approximately 82 billion with an equity value of 72 billion. The company said the announcement of Netflix's deal to buy the Warner Brothers streaming and studios business came after a weeks long bidding war that pitted the streaming giant against Paramount Comcast. Everybody was trying to get a piece. News broke Thursday evening that Netflix had entered into exclusive negotiations with Warner Brothers. On. On a deal for Warner Brothers and hbo. Max. Ted Sarandos said on a call on Friday, I know some of you are surprised that we are making this acquisition. Netflix said it expects to maintain Warner Brothers current operations, build on it and strengthen it.

[B]

It's a huge move. My first question is, I don't know enough about US Monopoly law.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

Is that like.

[A]

So I had thought the same thing too. Although it's not. I think a monopoly is when you own the entire market. There are still Hulu, Disney, espn, that whole. I guess now I feel like we've been talking about the streaming wars for so long.

[B]

So many like Netflix one.

[A]

So no. So many services have, like, come and go. Some have folded into one another. Now I feel like it's really like, if I'm looking at the chessboard, it's going to end up like 10 years when the streaming wars are over. It will be Netflix, Hulu. And Netflix will be, I guess you're right, a huge. Because Hulu has abc, espn, Disney. It's a huge conglomerate already. And now Netflix is building its own conglomerate with hbo. It's really crazy. I feel like now things like Warner.

[B]

Brothers, like, sure, hbo for sure. Harry Potter. No, I know Steven Spielberg. Like, these are like. It's. When you see the number, you're like 86 billion or whatever, 82.

[A]

It's insane.

[B]

But then you think about it and you're like, you're buying the world's most valuable entertainment ip.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

Ever.

[A]

Well, then also, it's interesting that they said Comcast was also trying to bid it, because when I think about what's left on the table of the streaming. Peacock is big. Peacock is owned by NBC. NBC is Comcast. So I guess, like, NBC was trying to make their bones on this deal. But where does Peacock fall into this?

[B]

They probably get folded in to one of them. To one of them?

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

I don't know who.

[A]

What other services am I forgetting? Any.

[B]

Wasn't Saudi Arabia trying to buy Warner Brothers, Were they? I thought, the crown prince. I remembered reading that, like, people were worried. And by the way, I could be totally making this up. I don't think that I am, though, that, like, they were. They were trying to move because already we're not like, making the same movies that we once were in TV shows in America. And they were trying, I think, to outsource. To outsource well, yeah.

[A]

And also when you think about.

[B]

And they have. They have the 86 billion.

[A]

Well, when you think about the types of groups of people who have 82. Bill, I didn't know that there were companies in the US that had that kind of money. Like, it's just.

[B]

So I'd be curious to know how much of it is stock. I would assume a lot of it is stock. It is so much money.

[A]

Yeah. No, and, you know, when I think about the streaming wars, I forgot to mention also Amazon, because Amazon bought MGM Studios, so they have a whole TV studio. They have Prime Video, so there's Amazon.

[B]

So it's nowhere near a monopoly.

[A]

No, there are.

[B]

It's just. They're just well positioned as the lead horse with the best platform, the best infrastructure, and the best idea.

[A]

There's so many. I feel like there was a time where everyone was paying for, like, 11 streaming services. We had HBO, we had Hulu, we had prime, we had Netflix, we had Peacock, we had Discovery Plus. Remember, like, so many. And now I feel like they're slowly folding in to one another. I think Discovery plus got folded into hbo.

So, yeah, I do feel like there'll be, like, two or three big dogs.

[B]

And it's a huge win for the consumer because over time, we're not gonna have to pay as much. I don't know the services, more people are paying that one company.

[A]

No, but the services go up. Netflix. Remember forever Netflix was, like, 7. 99amonth. If you have, like, an account that's, like, a little bit premium and you want to, like, add one family member, it goes up to, like, 20, 30, $40.

[B]

So does it?

[A]

Yes. Now, let's say they do a Ben Safer celebrity documentary.

[B]

Yes.

[A]

What streaming service do you want it to be on?

[B]

Netflix.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

Yeah, I use Netflix. Like, Netflix is when I need a new show to watch. The first place I go is Netflix if I don't see anything new. The second place I go is Hulu if I don't see anything new. Oh, I was talking about YouTube TV, by the way.

[A]

Oh, yeah.

[B]

Okay. YouTube TV. But, yeah, that's where I go. Netflix, Hulu, YouTube TV. I just want to say it's all predicated on live TV.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

And that is a dying medium.

[A]

Yes. So YouTube TV, like, has an expiration date.

[B]

I think YouTube TV will be gone in, like, three years. Like, when you think about it, it.

[A]

Was a great bridge. Yeah. Bridge from cable to streaming.

[B]

Huge bridge. Was fantastic. But in the end of the day, I don't know why Netflix just Wouldn't come out with a live component.

[A]

Right. And they. They started doing live.

[B]

They do the Not Chris Rock comedy live.

[A]

That was terrible.

[B]

But terrible.

[A]

But they have the fights. They started to do some Love is Blind. Remember they did a Love is Blind.

[B]

You just need news.

[A]

They're dabbling.

[B]

They need the toast. Like they need the toast in the morning.

[A]

They also are. I feel like this came out a couple of months ago that in the next few years, Netflix and other streaming services are getting into podcasting.

[B]

Yeah, it makes sense.

[A]

They signed a deal with Spotify.

[B]

I think that's how they get like their live. Their version of daily topical content without going into the YouTube live model.

[A]

And then you think about what role Spotify plays in the streaming wars. Because Spotify is the leading podcast.

[B]

Totally. No, they probably partner with a Netflix.

[A]

Well, they. They just did.

[B]

You see? You see?

[A]

This is just really crazy. Like, I haven't seen.

[B]

It's very interesting.

[A]

A number like 82 bill in quite some time.

[B]

No. 82 billion is a lot of money.

[A]

What would you do?

[B]

My favorite question, what would you do with 82 billion?

[A]

Yep.

[B]

I think I'd buy Warner Brothers.

[A]

Really?

[B]

I think that you can make so much money over the next hundred years. What do I actually do with 82 billion?

[A]

No, Ben, you're like that guy from the Entourage movie, Haley Joel Osman, who's like, rich and his dad buys a movie studio and he just like, goes to Hollywood and like, has sex with.

[B]

All these different women and yells at everyone.

[A]

That's what you would do.

[B]

We have to rewatch Entourage.

[A]

We did start when I was pregnant. It's so good.

[B]

It's so good. What would I do with 82 billion?

[A]

Retire, I guess.

[B]

But like, that's so much money to do so many cool things.

[A]

Yeah. Hopefully, like, you would build a test kitchen and then hire a staff to clean the test kitchen. Like, that's how you would spend your money.

[B]

That's how I would spend 200 grand.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

Of my 82 billion.

[A]

Build a test kitchen. And it needs to be like, near our house and just like, also hire a housekeeper for it so you don't have to do the dishes. Cuz I know. That's like, that's what's stopping you from becoming like the next great food content creator.

[B]

Having a studio and having a cleaning lady.

[A]

Not even the studio, like the cleaning lady to clean up after you every day.

[B]

The studio and the cleaning lady.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

Because unfortunately, this is. Honestly, I have a bone to pick with the people that design kitchens.

[A]

Okay, let's Hear it.

[B]

Not enough kitchens allow you to film the burner. Okay, I'm cooking. Okay. There's a wall.

[A]

Yeah. In front of you there's a wall.

[B]

Nobody puts their burners on an island.

[A]

And actually, I know you're making that about you, but it actually is more of a commentary on women because women are mostly like, you know, historically in the kitchen and they're just sort of siloed like a butler. Right. And that's why when Stanley Chucci was on Ina's show and he was talking about how he redesigned his kitchen to have the burner and the stove on the island facing out towards the living room. And it changed the dynamic of his entire family because he wasn't like cooking.

[B]

Alone looking at a wall. We need to do that. I don't know when, but we need to do that. We need burners on the island. Burners on the island. I'm very passionate about this.

[A]

Really beautiful.

[B]

I'm very passionate about this.

[A]

Our next story is an update in that never ending saga. I feel like we're going to have a story every day for the next year until June about Taylor and Travis's wedding.

[B]

Got it.

[A]

So the story about the girl who got the hotel.

[B]

Was it true?

[A]

Was true. Confirmed. And now they've also revealed their wedding date. So I don't know if any of this is like legitimate, but it was widely reported that they are getting married June 13, 2026. That is the weekend that the girl had her wedding. The weekend would be.

[B]

Why would they tell anyone?

[A]

6 hours, 13 minutes and 26 seconds. Which is so Taylor. 13 plus 2 times 2, 26. Like it's so tailored.

[B]

Isn't she worried?

[A]

The thing is, I don't think she would be able to get married in secret like in the US unless she like got married at the courthouse or on a remote island.

[B]

There's a difference between not getting married in secret and letting people know eight months in advance yet it's just like a lot of preparation. I just like, I don't know, like we think about security on like the smallest level. She's Taylor Swift.

[A]

Yeah. But I also just think there's no way that they could have not or this is all a decoy.

[B]

It must be.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

I mean she needs like Secret service level security.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

Like she needs, I don't know, she needs to be protected.

[A]

She should get taxpayer funded security. Kind of. How? Like when the royal family goes to the uk, like they get.

[B]

By the way, I'm down.

[A]

Totally.

[B]

I'll help her out.

[A]

She does great for like relations.

[B]

She needs our money. Yeah, she does. That's who we should give our money to. Her.

For sure. Fuck the kids.

[A]

Yeah, fuck the kids. Her.

Okay.

[B]

But yeah, I think it's a decoy. I don't think that it doesn't make any sense to me. You're going to release the date so early so that people can plan both positive and negative storming the castle. Which by the way, Are we going to talk about the Diddy documentary or.

[A]

No, of course we are. Okay. It's like I thought that you. We're wanting to talk about it during Queenie and Weenie.

[B]

No, we should. All that I'm gonna say is when I said storming the castle. The stampede.

[A]

No. So we only watched and I fell asleep in the middle of the second episode.

[B]

I finished it. You did, by the way, you can't fall asleep at 8:30. And was it 8:30 and not allow me to finish the last 15 minutes of a 60 minute episode?

[A]

So we were in the middle of the episode.

[B]

I literally went downstairs to walk Romeo and I came upstairs. I literally said as I was leaving, I know, I'm gonna come upstairs and you'll be fucking sleeping. And it's so funny. Whenever I want to go to sleep at 8:30, you literally poke me. Wake up, wake up, wake up. If you don't go to sleep at 10, you're not going to feel good in the morning.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

And then you just go to bed at 8:30. Slept like a rock.

[A]

I did actually. I didn't even tell you. Like I woke up, I was up for a while in the middle of the night. Is that the worst?

[B]

Yeah, but that's because you went to sleep at 8:30.

[A]

Yeah, I know. And then I just wake up in beard. Like it was not. I hate, I hate being up in the night. Like especially when you're not up.

[B]

I know.

[A]

I was kind of like moving around a lot, hoping for you to be like, oh, are you okay?

[B]

I definitely did wake up.

[A]

Oh, you did. But you didn't ask me if I was okay.

[B]

I don't know if I needed to pee or if you woke me. I. It's so funny. I think you wake me all the time and I always think that it's my bladder. Like I'm one. I'm so close to going to the doctor and having them examine my bladder.

[A]

Well, you should go to the doctor, but have them examine your brain.

[B]

Yeah, yeah, sure. Yeah, sure.

[A]

Finish your thought.

[B]

Sure. Have exam. Have them examine my bladder. But really it's just you waking me up in the night. And then I'm like, oh, I could pee, you know, but my bladder isn't waking me up. You are.

[A]

So this is sort of a theme, like a recurring theme with you that.

[B]

Where I blame you.

[A]

We're actively working through, like an issue that you have. Ben will find any excuse to blame me. Yeah, well, he's like, I have a headache. You fucking did. Like, please leave me alone.

[B]

I definitely wouldn't blame you with a headache. I would like to think of an actual example.

[A]

It happened the other day.

[B]

And let's find out if you were to blame or not. What a fun game.

[A]

I hate you.

[B]

Let's see.

Cool.

[A]

What's wrong in your life right now? Let's find the source. Oh, bh, Bh.

[B]

Well, I would have loved to have gotten my coffee this morning.

[A]

You did. It's right there. I literally see it and it's empty.

[B]

Okay, cool.

[A]

So what are you talking about?

[B]

I don't know.

[A]

Sage is trying to blame me for everything in your life. Maybe it's kind of like a self fulfilling prophecy. Okay.

[B]

I feel like you do that to me too.

[A]

Oh my God, Blaine.

[B]

I did it again. I have to stop. I have to stop.

[A]

Ready for our next story?

[B]

Yes.

[A]

Just huge news. A lot of wedding industry news.

[B]

Who? Who?

[A]

She's off the market.

[B]

Who did it?

[A]

Sammy, sweetheart. Giancola. Oh, she has married her man. Also they had a baby a couple months ago. No. Oh my God. God forbid. Shalom. Ronnie. Is.

[B]

Oh, is he a cocksucker? Sorry, like, I didn't mean that. Was he an asshole?

[A]

He doesn't suck cock, but he does.

[B]

Suck period, you know, God, Sucker is really funny. No. Yeah. Was he a jerk?

[A]

Although I will say he really does look like Rani. She definitely has a type. He's a juice head. Of course. Guido juice head. What?

[B]

Juice head. Oh, no, you were Juice box.

[A]

Juice box. Don't get a twist.

[B]

I know that was the nickname you tried to pedal. Juice box.

[A]

Yeah, I've told that story like 10 times on the triple. Did you rewatch Jersey Shore with me, like as an adult? I've rewatched it many times. It's a crazy journey to go on because you see things through a different lens. Like a little bit of a more mature lens. And what's so crazy was the entire country was watching Sammy, sweetheart. In the most abusive relationship of all time. Ronnie Magro is the single worst man on the planet. Yeah, he's actually. And I think people know that now. He's had. I Don't know if he's even still on the show. He got arrested. He had, like, a fight with his baby mama. He's really awful. And when you watch those seasons of him, like, throwing shit, literally, her bed, out the window, like, he was fucking crazy, psychotic. And then the whole gang got back together years later to do Jersey Shore Reunion, and Sammy was not a part of it. And, like, good on her for, like, putting up a boundary. They did.

[B]

She shouldn't have had to lose out.

[A]

They should have kicked out Ronnie a thousand percent. She did eventually come back, I think, after Ronnie left or, like, when she was healed enough. But to see her journey finally come to an end. And, like, I'm sure her man is really nice. I'm really happy for her. And Joey was at the wedding.

[B]

I know.

[A]

I'm so jealous.

[B]

Like, we need the inside scoop. Did you get it?

[A]

Well, he was, like, drunk, and I was, like, texting him about when he could come on the toast next. He, like, wasn't answering me. I was like, oh, I see that you're at this wedding. I'll talk to you later.

[B]

Wedding. Sammy, sweetheart.

[A]

Some. Thank you. Every now and then, like, I forget because I know Joey, like, is just, like, my friend and, like, toast correspondent. But I forget that he's, like, deeply entrenched in Jersey Shore lore. He's been on the show a million times. And I actually just saw this very viral video of Snooki, like, blackout in a club, falling off a table.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

And I'm like, oh, someone goes and helps her. It's Joey.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

It's insane.

[B]

It's insane.

[A]

It's such a cool. Like, that's what I'm jealous of, that.

[B]

You weren't in Jersey Shore, like, Joey.

[A]

Was, you know, like, yeah, you loved it. Oh, my God.

[B]

And people used to call you Snooki, of course. Which is just like. It's like when people would call me. What did they call me? Oh, my God. Who was that?

[A]

John Favreau?

[B]

Morbidly obese John Candy? No, no, that guy. That guy on the Voice. Remember? We were literally at a blackjack table. This is probably, like, six years ago. Somebody comes up to me. There was a morbidly obese man on the Voice with a beautiful voice. Okay. And you happened to wear glasses. What was that, 900?

[A]

I'm not saying his name because you're calling him that.

[B]

Okay, well, somebody came up to me and, like, holy shit, is that. Is that you? The guy's £900. Like. Like, no, no, that wasn't me. Okay, that. That wasn't me.

[A]

Was that the same trip?

[B]

It's like somebody walking up to you and saying, oh, are you one of those thousand pound sisters from tlc?

[A]

Which someone has said to me before.

[B]

Like, no, but in complete seriousness.

[A]

So was that the same trip that on the way there, the flight attendant asked you if you wanted a seatbelt extender?

[B]

That might have been a different trip.

[A]

Okay. The truth is that the other day.

[B]

The truth is that's really. That was really on me. Like, I probably did need, like. Like I'm there, like, trying to jam it in.

[A]

Right.

[B]

Because nobody wants a seatbelt extender.

[A]

No. It's a horrible, horrible.

[B]

But the fact is, I went on a plane recently and I'm 60 pounds less than I was. And, like, the seatbelt's not that loose. Like, these seatbelts are small.

[A]

We had to ask for a seatbelt extender the other day for the car seat. She probably thought it felt different. It felt different.

[B]

It didn't feel as.

[A]

It didn't feel as worse.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

That's so funny.

[B]

I know.

[A]

Oh, sorry. So back to Jersey Shore.

This is just, like, when I see a picture of them, they are, like, so stereotypical Jersey Shore.

[B]

Like, oh, she pregnant.

[A]

They had a baby in May and now they just got married.

[B]

Got it.

[A]

Just doing things in an untraditional way.

[B]

So happy that you said that she was pregnant. How? How can I even ask that?

[A]

Oh, that.

[B]

I look at a woman and I say, like, because maybe she has a belly.

[A]

Are you pregnant? Toxic.

[B]

But she was pregnant.

[A]

I don't know if she was in this photo, but she's clearly.

[B]

She's clearly pregnant. Okay. Otherwise, she's wearing a bodysuit.

[A]

That's so funny. There are people who will, like, talk to a woman who's nine months pregnant going into labor and pretend like they're not pregnant.

[B]

Obviously, she's pregnant.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

And then they'll walk up to just, like, a fat woman and say, are you pregnant? Obviously, she's not fat. Obviously she's not pregnant.

[A]

She's also not fat. Well, how many stories have I.

[B]

Like, we're not blind.

[A]

I've done three. I actually, I'm gonna do six.

[B]

Great.

[A]

Because this one will be quick. The Camp Rock 3 trailer came out and it affected a lot of people. It wasn't really a trailer.

[B]

No.

[A]

But it is setting the scene for what it's gonna be. And I think it was what we thought. The Jonas Brothers aren't, like, starring in the movie. They are in the movie. Sort of how? Like, they Did Full House. You know, like, they passed it on to a younger generation.

[B]

Yeah, which is why I didn't watch Full House.

[A]

Fuller House.

Demi Lovato was not in the trailer, but it said she on the thing where she was an executive producer.

[B]

All I have to say is I'm disinterested in a Camp Rock 3 that doesn't have Demetria, Demi Lovato and the Jonas Brothers.

[A]

So the story picks up when Connect 3, the band, loses their opening act.

[B]

That was their name.

[A]

This is where Connect 3 connected. The story picks up when Connect 3 loses their opening act for a major reunion tour, returning to their beloved Camp Rock to discover the next big thing. As campers vie for the chance to open for their favorite band, tensions rise and friendships are tested, leading to unexpected alliances, revelations, and, of course, romances. Camp Rock's all new campers include bold and determined Sage and her easygoing brother, Desi. Camp boy bad boy Sage. Sage. So this is like Sage, Desi, Fletch, Rosie, Cliff, Callie.

[B]

Cliff.

[A]

Oh, and there's an intimidating influencer, Madison. I feel like that's the girl who's supposed to be totally too cool. Tess.

[B]

Yeah. The one whose dad is, like, head of the music department.

[A]

Yeah, right, right. Yeah.

[B]

That bitch.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

She was so mean to.

[A]

What did you feel represented you? Like, who did you in Camp Rock?

[B]

Yeah, I was. What was Demi Lovato's character's name?

[A]

Mitchie.

[B]

I was Mitchie. I was Mitchie Torres. My dad worked in the kitchen.

[A]

It's true. Your dad's hater.

[B]

I was. I was Mitchie. I was Mitchie Torres.

[A]

So for me, I feel like I definitely was a blend of Mitchie because I obviously have the talent. Sure. But I do have, like, a bit of the attitude of the bully.

[B]

You were 100% tasked and I was Mitchie.

[A]

That's it.

[B]

You just bully me.

[A]

I also felt like I was definitely Millie's. Millie. Mitchie's mom.

[B]

A little Mitchie's mom.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

She's the Wizards of Waverley.

[A]

Wizards of Waverly Place Mom.

[B]

What is her name?

[A]

Mom.

[B]

Legend.

[A]

She's just like, a professional mom.

[B]

She was a legend.

[A]

Yeah. I hope she's in the film.

[B]

I hope she's doing well.

[A]

Maybe she's, like, running the camp now.

[B]

She could be.

[A]

That would be classic.

[B]

Oh, we gotta buy a camp and we have to watch heavyweights again.

[A]

That's what I would do with my 82 bill again.

[B]

All that you need is, like, a million. Yeah, A million of your 82 billion camp. But we could make the most beautiful camp with 82 billion.

[A]

Oh, my God. But I wouldn't want it to be like one of these newfangled camps with like air conditioning. Of course, air conditioning in my bunk. But not for the other kids. Like, you're supposed to rough it a little bit.

[B]

Yeah, but rough it like, creates just like a beautiful environment for kids to go out and just play.

[A]

Let me ask you a question.

[B]

Hang and canoe and canoodle in camp.

[A]

When you went to camp, did your bunks have showers in them or was there like a shower?

[B]

Bunk showers in them. And let me tell you. Oh, my God. Did they smell like piss?

[A]

Yeah. Well, because of boys, I could only.

[B]

We just peed on the floor. Like they had these like standing urinals. And thinking back on it, wait, I ingrained in my brain.

[A]

Wait, wait, wait. You had urinals in your bunk?

[B]

Yeah. Really? Urinals in the bunk and stalls in the bunk.

[A]

Well, and the girls, we had like toilet stalls. But urinals.

[B]

We're boys.

[A]

Yeah, urinals, but a urinal is not required. Like you can pee in a regular toilet. You don't have a urinal in your house.

[B]

You can, but it's actually like harder to clean 12 year old boys who just pee on the seat. Like, I think the urinal was actually a nice thing.

[A]

82. Bill, would you put a urinal in your house? Yeah. Do you wish you had a urinal at home?

[B]

It's interesting. Yeah, I do. I do. A urinal would be really convenient because then you don't have to lift a seat. You don't have to think about it. You don't have to flush. I would have one of those rainfall urinal walls.

[A]

You ever see those where like, water's constantly streaming?

[B]

Constantly streaming.

[A]

What do you think? Joey asked me this question or I asked Joey this question. I thought it was a great question. What is your ideal public restroom? He gave a great answer. The Delta Sky Lounge.

[B]

The Delta Sky Lounge is a beautiful public restroom.

[A]

Right. It doesn't feel public. The doors close at the top and the bottom. Like they're totally sealed. They have great hand soap. They have both paper towels and air dryers.

[B]

I think that would be. I think an airport lounge restroom is definitely my ideal public restroom. That is a great answer. I want nice toilet paper. I want it to smell good in there.

[A]

Can I ask you a question?

[B]

Of course you can.

[A]

Do all men's public restrooms have a urinal?

[B]

Every single one.

[A]

Even if it's a single stall?

[B]

Every single one. Unless these like new gender neutral ones. Family bathrooms, which are just very inconvenient. It just creates lines.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

And it creates long lines. Like, I have to wait for you to take your fat shit while I have to just take, like a really quick piss.

[A]

Okay. Fat shit.

[B]

Like, it's really. It's. It's really inconvenient. And like, we just don't need those lines. Like, men have solved that problem. We're quick. We're in and out. If you have an issue where you need to use the restroom. Cause your tummy is hurting you. No problem. There's a stall for you. But the urinals allow for quick service. That's why you always see at a ball game, the ladies restroom line out the door. Cause you're waiting to get in the same stall that that big woman is shitting in.

[A]

Okay. But to be clear, at a baseball game, there's really no lines in the women's bathroom.

[B]

There is at the ball game.

[A]

Okay. Ball game. What are.

[B]

Okay. Taylor Swift concert.

[A]

Yeah, but that's because there's just exclusive.

[B]

No, it's because there's no urinal. Imagine that. Women could quickly pee. There's no quick. Yeah, you're waiting in the same line.

[A]

It's a layered issue. That's not the only reason.

[B]

It's one.

[A]

Women wear a lot of layers. Women also, like, you know, have tampons. Like, there's a lot of things that you do in the bathroom that you don't do.

[B]

Sure. But I think that if there was.

[A]

Like, women wash their hands.

[B]

What about a squatting urinal with a bidet splash? With a bidet splash. Even if it's deep.

[A]

And I would not use a communal bidet.

[B]

That's disgusting.

[A]

Yeah, I know you would.

[B]

I've never actually used a bidet. And I've dreamed of them. Yeah. I have friends that use bidets. They like them.

[A]

They're very European. And they're onto something.

[B]

It's just the proper way to clean your ass if you're not gonna use a wipe.

[A]

Okay. Clean your ass.

[B]

Right.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

By the way, do they know that I'm the number one ass cleaner? Here's the thing, just so you know.

[A]

Before you say, let me just tell you one thing. Don't listen.

Let's just keep some things to ourselves. Okay?

[B]

Next up, my ass is clean.

[A]

Okay. We know. No. Homo.

[B]

Homo.

[A]

Glenn Powell has a girlfriend. And I feel like everybody's been waiting for who Glen Powell was gonna date. He was rumored with Sydney Sweeney. There's been a lot of rumors he was spotted with Olivia Jade, but it wasn't like a confirmation.

[B]

Do they know that Glen Powell is a family friend?

[A]

Please just stop talking. He's literally not. He has a lady and I don't know who I would have chosen for him, but I love this. It's Michelle Randolph. Now I feel like Michelle Randolph. People know her for a myriad of reasons. Her sister was the Bachelor when she wasn't. That her sister won the Bachelor.

[B]

Yes.

[A]

Which is how, like, people on Instagram knew about her, but she was also just like an actress and she's hustled really hard. And now she's star of Landman.

[B]

Yes.

[A]

Tyler Sheridan.

[B]

Taylor.

[A]

Sheridan, whatever his name is. New show. And Glenn Powell's new girlfriend. So Glenn Powell was at first spotted out in a TikTok at like, a line dancing bar in Austin. He lives in Austin and apparently the girl with him was Michelle Randolph. I saw the video. I didn't notice Michelle Randolph. I didn't recognize her. Then everyone was like, that's Michelle Randolph. And now they are confirmed casually seeing each other. The duo have been an item for almost two months now. According to Us Weekly. Calling the romance very new, the insider added that they started seeing where things could go around October. And they've been trying, trying to keep it under the radar.

Obsessed. Now, Michelle Randolph for many years dated your good friend Greg. So I imagine you have some mixed feelings here.

[B]

No, I mean, I. I met her and she's lovely.

[A]

Lovely.

[B]

And Greg is lovely person. And engaged. Yeah. Either engaged or in a very long. Or in a very long term relationship. And no. And knowing Greg, he wishes Michelle so well. He's like the nicest guy ever.

[A]

I love this pairing. I mean, Glenn is like the king of Austin. Right? He's like the UT guy. He doesn't live in Hollywood. He lives in Austin. He lives in Texas. His whole family's there. He's so Texas. I don't know where she lives, but she's so Texas too, because she's a Landman girl. This is sort of just like. I think it's a perfect southern dream. Yeah.

[B]

It feels pretty good.

[A]

It feels right.

[B]

It does.

[A]

I could see them being together for a long time.

[B]

Me too. I wish them well.

[A]

I also think for both of them, like, career wise, because, you know, obviously romance is beautiful when you're a celebrity. Like, who you date is a part of, like, your rise to fame. I feel like it's perfect for both of them.

[B]

It is.

[A]

I love it.

[B]

Me too. I wish them well.

[A]

Who would you date if you Were you? I love you.

[B]

Who would you date? Me.

[A]

Joe Manchinello. No kidding. Yes. Celebrity chef Ben Soffer.

[B]

There you go.

[A]

Our sixth story is just, like, a little bit of bonus. DJ Khaled made some news, and normally, like, who cares? But he showed the Internet his freezer. People freaked out. I'm gonna make you watch it.

[B]

I love him.

[A]

This. If we had an 82 bill, this is what we would do. You'd love to see somebody using it.

[B]

He knows how to spend his money.

[A]

Press play.

You're gonna be shocked. Like, it's. It's actually not shocking. It's inspiring.

[B]

Oh, my God.

Do you know where that is?

[A]

His house in Miami?

[B]

No, I know where that is.

[A]

What do you mean this is not his house? It says that it's his house.

[B]

No, no, that is Mike Melden's house. Discovery property in the Bahamas.

[A]

Oh, you're kidding. How do you know?

[B]

I've been to that house before.

[A]

Wait, I need to watch it again now.

[B]

I've been to that house. That's not his house. And that's why it's so perfect. That's why that freezer is so perfect, because Discovery is perfect.

[A]

They have, like, staff.

[B]

I still bet that DJ Khaled at his house has wonderful staff and is able to do things like that. But, yeah, that's not DJ Khaled's house.

[A]

Wait, this is so crazy. Okay, exclusive.

[B]

Yeah. That's not DJ Khaled's house. That is the Baker's Bay property in Atlantis.

[A]

I'm so glad I chose this story in Atlantis.

[B]

The Baker's Bay property in the Bahamas.

[A]

I'm trying to see if the article says it. It doesn't. They're saying it's his house.

[B]

I'm 1,000% sure.

[A]

I mean, that freezer's fucking crazy. Yeah, that's if you have 82, Bill. That's how you live.

[B]

And every single celebrity has stayed at that house. They have a book in that house of, like, Michael Jordan. Like, it's crazy.

[A]

So here are the brands, and I think we should talk about the brands of ice cream, because I like the diversity.

[B]

Yes.

[A]

Because I think when it comes to ice cream, everybody's like, Ben and Jerry's. And it's like, yeah, Ben and Jerry are both, like, communists, and their pints are small.

[B]

I was going to say Ben and Jerry's. I don't care how good your ice cream is.

[A]

I'm not buying Ben and Jerry's.

[B]

I keep saying that, and then I buy it, because fish food is delicious.

[A]

But I like that this freezer has, like, an enormous section. I'm sorry. We haven't even told people what's in the freezer. In case you haven't seen the video, it is the biggest, most highly organized freezer with the most insane inventory. It looks like a backstock room at a gourmet groceries of every ice cream brand bar you could ever want. So the top shelf, we have two rows of Breyers, which is such an underrated ice cream.

[B]

It's a nice consistency.

[A]

It's not trendy, and I like that their tubs are enormous. I feel like Ben and Jerry's is, like, single serving.

[B]

It's. It's highly scoopable.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

You know, like Haagen Dazs. It's difficult. You need a warm scooper. Breyers. I feel like you pull it out and all of a sudden you can just. You can just scoop it.

[A]

No, Breyers doesn't get its love.

[B]

Highly scoopable.

[A]

And Breyers cookies and cream, which I see in the freezer, is amazing. Then they have one row of Ben and Jerry's, the small, like, sort of single serving. Underneath, they have a couple of rows of Haagen Dazs.

[B]

Delicious.

[A]

Now I feel conflicted about Haagen Dazs because they're good. They don't have amazing flavors.

[B]

No, but they have the best ice cream.

[A]

I need them to, like, step their up a little bit. Do you know that Haagenaz was started by two Holocaust survivors, one of which was named Reuben?

[B]

I did know that. We need their Dolce de Leche flavor through the roof. If you haven't had it.

[A]

Yeah, they don't do, like, trendy flavors, like Jimmy Fallon.

[B]

No, they don't, because they're a premium brand.

[A]

I know they're a premium brand underneath. Then they have more briars. Then there's three drawers that I can't see inside of, but it looks like frozen food, not ice cream. Oh, no, those are definitely outshine bars. I recognize the silhouette.

[B]

Delicious, delicious. Outshine.

[A]

And then on the door is all, like, the handheld bars.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

So I see Milky Way, I see Snickers. I see fat boys. I'm not a big fat boy gal. I'm just a fat girl.

[B]

I don't know fat boy. I don't know fat boys.

[A]

They're like ice cream sandwiches.

[B]

Oh, I know that. Boys. You're good.

[A]

You do, you do. Let me see what else is in the door. Hold on. I'm just trying to sneak a peek. Dove ice Cream. I don't Love Dove, Milky Way, Klondike, Blue Bunny, Outshine, Popsicle, Dove ice cream.

[B]

The same Dove soap. No, it's different.

[A]

Is that weird?

[B]

That is weird.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

Aren't they, like, the same logo, too? Like, how can you do that?

[A]

Like a bird. Yeah, right. Yeah, but you get someone's infringing on someone 1000%.

[B]

Interesting.

[A]

Are you ready for Queenie and Weenie of the week?

[B]

I am, and I'm quite excited.

[A]

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[B]

So we use it on everything.

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[B]

Honestly, this Graza pack would be fantastic.

[A]

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[B]

The best.

[A]

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[B]

The fact that they use all payment methods. One quick thing. I've recently become a Costco guy. Okay? And let me tell you, do you know how many times I inputted my American Express and they kept saying decline, decline, decline. I'm like, what the fuck is going on here? What is going on here? They don't accept American Express at Costco. They're only Visa and MasterCard or a debit card. I know that's really. Except all major credit cards. The thing is Costco like, they're like, they'll any way that they can save on margins so they can give it back to the customer. They're going to do. And I think there's like credit card processes.

[A]

It's an ethical.

[B]

I understand why they do it, but go square.

[A]

I didn't know that.

[B]

I know.

[A]

When's the last time you've been to Costco?

[B]

More, you know, last week.

[A]

What'd you get?

[B]

What did I get at Costco? I got AG1 stick packs. I got contacts so that I contact them on the floor. I get my contacts from Costco so.

[A]

That you can leave them in my mouth?

[B]

Yes, so that I can leave them on the floor. And I actually got a new tv.

[A]

Okay, Slay?

[B]

Yeah, I did.

[A]

Queenie and Weenie of the Week, everyone. It is Friday. It is our final segment of the week where we like to take a look back at a glance, look at what the week held in store for us. And we give out two awards, Queenie of the Week and Weenie of the Week. And it's pretty self explanatory. If you find yourself Queenie of the Week, you probably did something Queenie worthy And if you find yourself Winnie of the Week, it's not a big deal. It's not, you know, you're not a criminal. It's a seven day title. You know, someone could be Queenie of the Week one week and Winnie of the Week next week. It's never happened, but it could. Don't take it so seriously. So let's start positive, right?

[B]

I think so. We start Queenie.

[A]

Okay.

[B]

You want me to go first?

[A]

Yeah, sure.

[B]

My Queenie of the week is Mr. Curtis Jackson. Some of you know him by 50.

[A]

Cents, his stage name.

[B]

And let me tell you this, man, not only does he not give a fuck. Yeah, okay. But more importantly, by him releasing this, if you guys didn't know, he's the.

[A]

One who's executive producer of the Diddy doc.

[B]

He's the one who did this documentary.

[A]

They have like a long standing beef and 50 cent will never let it go. And of course P. Diddy.

[B]

Do you know the original beef? Like, what's the original beef?

[A]

I have no idea. Maybe they'll get to it in the documentary. We're only on episode two. It's amazing.

[B]

All that I know is that what Diddy did. This is not like even if you haven't watched the documentary, you know, Diddy is a fucking. Is a terrible person.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

And the fact that the entire rap community is silent about everything that he's done from Jay Z to like you pick. And maybe they're not friends. Okay.

[A]

No, I think P. Diddy knows a lot about them. Like he was the biggest, most influential. No, you're right.

[B]

But I'm sure he does.

[A]

50 Cent is the only person.

[B]

But it feels very Epstein filesy and nobody's talking about it in that community except 50 Cent. He literally just came and bought all of this footage. Diddy must have been shooting a documentary for himself.

[A]

He probably.

[B]

And then when he went to prison.

[A]

He wasn't going to get indicted and this was going to be like my. His documentary of like my truth. Look, I've been freed. And no, you're literally in jail.

[B]

And so it's literally a combination of self shot footage of Diddy with past, like an archive. And I'm learning, we're learning so much this stampede.

[A]

Like, yes, a lot of people don't know that Diddy became like famous at first. Like his first brush with fame was really negative. He was like starting out in the hip hop community. People knew him, but like not really. He's not himself like a rapper or a singer. They were joking that he has like Literally no musical talent, which is why he was jealous of everyone.

[B]

No, he's like a. He's like a producer, but also pacemaker.

[A]

Stylist.

[B]

Yeah. And by the way, super talented at doing that stuff.

[A]

Yes, he had.

[B]

And, like. And like, the world's best. Best promoter at the time. Like, if you wanted to bring people to a party, that's who you call. And so he.

[A]

So he had hosted this, like, charity community. Baseball game.

[B]

Basketball.

[A]

Sorry, basketball game at, like, a gymnasium at the ccny. And it was like, a really unruly event. There was, like, no sort of, like, security guardrails in place. He invited everyone. He made the tickets. $12, like. And literally there were so many people there. It was such an unorganized event.

[B]

5,000 people came when I had, like, for like, a thousand people.

[A]

And there was a stampede and nine people died. And nobody was ever held responsible.

[B]

And, like, how have we never heard that story?

[A]

I know. I mean, it was a really long time ago and we're only, like, we still have a lot more to go in the documentary. But this is like the thing that put his name on the scene, and it was really negative. And so how he set up his businesses for the next couple of years were really intentional because he was technically, like, financially responsible to the families of the people who passed away. And so he would, like, put things in his mother's name. He would not put anything. His own name because, like, you know, the victims families could come after it. So just like, really sinister stuff since the very beginning of his time. And we know him for, like, all the things he ended up doing in music and in fashion and in culture. But, like, that's how he got his start in terms of, like, people knowing his name.

[B]

So, yeah. Mr. Curtis Jackson, Mr. 50 Cent, is my Queenie of the Week for putting together a wonderful educational documentary that's also very entertaining.

[A]

It's really good.

[B]

It goes deep on Diddy because people are here, like, in the comments, like, Free Diddy. It's like, are you nuts?

[A]

No. It's really bad. And they have everyone. Like, there are people who started Bad Bunny, like, with Sorry, Bad Boy Records with P. Diddy. Like, they got everyone in this documentary. Victims of his. People have known him since childhood. People who have worked with him up until recently. Like, everyone is singing for their supper in this documentary.

[B]

And we're only through two episodes of four, but, like, his gang affiliations run so crazy. Yeah, they run deep.

[A]

It's a really good documentary, especially if you don't know, like, a lot about the hip hop scene at the time, which I did not. I think they explain it really well.

[B]

It's really good. Really good.

[A]

Who's your Queenie? My Queenie. I have two. Sorry. I have two. Because Ben and I started a show this week that has brought me so much. I haven't even talked about it on the toast we started Nurse Jackie, which is just like so good, like an old show. I don't know why we started it. I. I saw a clip of it on Tick Tock. You know how Tick tock puts like TV shows.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

30 minute TV shows in like 15 minute videos.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

And it looked like interesting. I was like, oh, she does drugs like, and she's a nurse. Haha. So we were just like so desperate and you know when you just like have given up and you just put something on. I'm so glad I did. We have been loving it.

[B]

It's really good.

[A]

It's a great show that we watch every night together and I'm loving it. So shout out to Queen, Queen Nurse Jackie. And then also I would be remiss, devastated and heartbroken if I didn't acknowledge my Queenies of the week as the toasters this week. Because Spotify wrapped came out this week along with YouTube, did their own version. Like YouTube Wrapped. So I saw people tagging us in like, literally how many minutes they watch. And I know we're a daily show, but like people being like, oh, you watch 300 videos this year, a total of 11,000 minutes. Like, that's. That's insane. And I saw so many people tagging us. Like the sheer volume, the amount of time. Listen. The amount of episodes listen. I just didn't want it to go unnotice. It's really like an insane metric. And I saw other people sharing theirs and we're daily, so ours were just like so much bigger. And it's not, you know, a statistic I take for granted, people spending their mornings with us.

[B]

Totally.

[A]

So I just want to shout out to all the toasters, the wrapped up toasters this weekend, who spent the year with us Behavior.

[B]

Yes, it is Queenie behavior.

[A]

Weenie Ben, would you like to.

[B]

Yes. My weenie of the week is you.

[A]

Of course.

[B]

I'm sorry. So we.

[A]

Oh wait, what?

[B]

Yeah, my weenie of the week is you. So we. They know about Mark Schoenwetter and us filming or.

[A]

I haven't told everyone I saw Mark Schoenwetter this week. We do a Hanukkah video every year and we had a video shoot this Week. It'll be coming out soon. I don't want to spoil it, but it's me, Mark and Ben.

[B]

Yeah, it's the three of us. And we're just, like, shooting the shit. We got there, like, a little bit.

[A]

Early with Mark Stone.

[B]

And we're talking to Mark Stone.

[A]

Yeah, I know.

[B]

And we're talking about Ruby.

[A]

And they're asking about his sleep schedule.

[B]

They're asking about his sleep schedule. Yeah. By the way, do you want to. Let me tell.

[A]

Well, because you're going to tell.

[B]

Let me tell. I'm going to tell the truth.

[A]

No, you're not. You're here to tell the truth.

[B]

I'm here to tell the truth. And she asked. She's like, oh, does.

[A]

The daughter asked?

[B]

The daughter asked, oh, does Ruby still sleep with you guys? And Claudia said, no. Like, you know, we were waking him up in the middle of the night farting, and. Are you crazy? She literally said verbatim that our farts were waking him up in the middle of the night. She's like, yeah, you know, like, we were waking him up just, like, farting and.

[A]

Okay, so if you want to.

[B]

That's why you're my weenie.

[A]

If you want to know what actually happened, you're my weenie of the week for how you retell that story. Okay. What happened was they asked, like, how's Ruby? You know, things you ask a new mom, like, how's he sleeping? Is he still in the bassinet next to you? And I was explaining that he was in the bassinet with us for the first couple of months. And when we took him to the pediatrician at three and a half months, she did suggest actually moving him to his own crib.

[B]

Because we were farting?

[A]

No, because at first, a baby's sleeping next to you, they smell you, they hear you. It brings a sense of comfort. They're not, like, freaked out. But as the baby gets a little bit older and a little bit more aware of its surroundings, you actually start interrupting the baby's sleep. Because you don't realize human beings sleep very loudly. You toss, you turn, you cough, you sneeze.

[B]

Agreed.

[A]

You snore.

[B]

Agreed on all those things.

The first thing that you said was fart.

[A]

So when I was telling you, admit.

[B]

That the first thing you said was fart.

[A]

Shut up.

[B]

When I.

[A]

When I was telling the story, I said, you know, we did move it because the pediatrician told us, like, we were actually probably waking him up as farts, becoming aware with, like, our farts. I said, our snoring.

[B]

Farts was first.

[A]

Was it?

[B]

Yes.

[A]

I don't believe you.

[B]

We wake him up with our farts. Was the first thing you said, weenie.

[A]

I didn't say farts. You're weenie. It was a wonderful episode. Me and you.

[B]

It was. This was. I mean, this is five stars. Otherwise. What are you, nuts?

[A]

Thank you guys so much for another great week. Oh, I didn't want to tell everyone next week is our final week of the year. I don't know if We've mentioned that December 12th is our final episode. I've got great guests coming up next week. I don't know if, Ben, this might be your last episode because I kind of don't have space for you next week.

[B]

Who do you have next week? Or wait, you do your video series or. Sorry, your big video series.

[A]

Thank you. Rude.

[B]

Yeah, my bad.

[A]

So if you'd like to say anything to the people who have supported your episodes, you were. You were a beloved co host. Feel free.

[B]

All I want to say is I love the toast. I love the toasters. I love you for having me on. If you want more of me, I have a podcast called the Good guys and it's great. She was saying, oh, it's Spotify rap, blah, blah, blah. Yeah, we were in yours too. That was great. So definitely listen.

[A]

It's great.

[B]

Also watch my beautiful cooking videos at Boy with no job. You know, like, that's where you get all of this. You know, all this. And I guess also like, buy my drinks. It's like the perfect holiday season. It's for this holiday season. The gift. Give the gift of spritz. Spritz society.com. it's the perfect gift. It's a great way. Cozy up by the fire with a little spritz. Yeah.

[A]

Thank you guys so much for listening to the toast of the Millionaire morning show. We deliver the Fast 5 stories and each and every Monday, Friday on YouTube. So you're watching us on YouTube. Please don't forget to subscribe and give us video thumbs up. We're also available as podcast anywhere Podcast. We found Set, Spotify gym, Stitch Republic Radio hour, Cast box, all the places we listen to podcasting. Five star review. What a beautiful, stunning and wicked talented we are. Love ya.

[B]

Bye.