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No.
Paige? No. I'll tell on you right now.
For?
Singing in the green room, popular.
Okay, look, me and Adele, I've always felt very aligned with her. Adele was saying how musicals aren't usually her thing. She so appreciates musical theater people. She just can't imagine how they do it, blah, blah, blah. That's exactly I feel, the marketing got me. I don't think I made it clear that I was obviously going to see the... I'm going to see it.
No, friends who never post Instagram stories crying are posting Instagram stories crying. So that got me intrigued. But also, I'm that person. I don't want to cry. I'm not paying money for you to make me cry. I'm already teetering. I could cry at any second. I don't want to go there.
See, I love it as a challenge.
Like Ozempic, like going Ozempic and being like, I'm going to eat through it. Charles Barkley was like, I ate right through the Ozempic. So you want to watch Wicked and not cry?
Well, here's the thing. For whatever reason, I feel like I don't cry that much in movies because I can compartmentalize that it's a movie. So I feel like I going into it already. I'm like, I'm not a attached because I know it's a movie. But sometimes there are certain movies that I will tear up. I'm trying to think if I teared up in Barbie. I literally can't remember. I think I did.
I didn't because Des was trying to sleep next to me at a hotel, and he was like, Why are they so high pitch? He kept saying all these comments, and I was like, You're the reason we're having this movie. Anyway, I had one of my delusional moments. I had a delusional moment. Are we well? No. We're not in a good head space, but we're having so much fun on tour. And look, let's be honest, I'm a personality higher. I'm trying to keep the vibes up. We're fighting for our lives for vibes.
We are having fun on tour, but here's the thing. The only part of tour that legitimately sucks is the travel. Waking up day after day and going to the airport, you start to feel like you're going crazy, like you're living the same day over and over. Because our schedule is so the same.
Well, we thought we were crazy today because I'm sitting down, the plane lands in LaGuardia. My water literally falls off. And then I'm spacing out. We touched down. We touched down. I start spacing out. I look outside. We're in the air. We're back up. I think I'm hallucinating or I think I've lost my mind. I'm like, I'm just going to stay quiet. I don't want to freak anyone out. Then you text me, you go, What the fuck was that? And I was like, Oh, no, we're both hallucinating. The guy touched down and then went right back up in the air. I've never had that happen to me. Apparently, it's because the winds, but he didn't even explain it.
No, I've never had that happen to me. And I immediately got scared and looked to the dad that was sitting next to me, and he must have realized I was scared because he was like, We're just going to circle around.
Yeah, it took 25 minutes. But anyway, the reason we're bringing this up is because I don't care how old a meme is. If it's funny, it's funny. And that's part of being a giggler. We don't judge what makes you laugh as long as you're laughing. Yuck, someone's young. So, Paige, this weekend, I don't know what started it. You started doing the Kanye West quote. Can you do it? It's so good.
Got you. Got you.
It's so good. So we're doing that, and then we get on stage, and I say something, I go, Got you. And Paige starts dying laughing. The audience doesn't know what's going on. So So we're like, Okay, it's not even in the zeitgeist, this joke. It really just seems like we're two crazy people. So the plane lands and goes back up. And then Paige just texted me. She goes, What just happened? And I just wrote, Got you.
No, I think here's a very niche part of Giggly Squad Live. There will be times where just me and Hannah are laughing. And I I think that's important to say.
Or I'll say something and no one laughs and you go, That was so funny, Hannah.
Because, okay, guys, we're going to Giggly Squad, too. We also want to have fun. And so sometimes- If we're not giggling, no one's ginkling. Sometimes we You have to throw a very inside joke to just say hey to the other person. It's not that it's not funny. It's just we couldn't give all the context in the moment.
We have PowerPoint, so there's structure to it. But every now and then we'll try to add a tag just to make the other one laugh that we don't normally say. So it's way funnier for us than people who are just watching. Anyway, so before the show, we're all watching Wicked promos, and Cynthia is doing this amazing note, this war cry. And when I tell you I've never seen Wicked, I couldn't tell you the plot. But I hear this note and everyone's freaking out.
See, I could tell you the plot. I've done my research Well, you went.
Even though you slept, you literally went. I didn't see it.
Yeah, so I've never seen it.
I mean, I know it's about witches and it's related to Oz.
I feel like I'm actually going to love it because I love movies with witches, and I love pretty things, and teen- It's fabulous. Yeah, I love shit like that.
I just love things that are successful. I love that people are saying it's really high quality. But the same way how I see a Michelin star chef put together a meal, and I'm like, I could fucking put some different things together and make a little circle with the sauce.
I could do it. You just want to make a circle with green sauce.
And literally, I went to college. I could figure it out. And then they're like, Oh, orange with beef. We've never seen this before. So I, in my head, I'm like, I could hit that note. Like, fully, I'm like, I could hit that note, and I'm going to tell Paige, and I'm going to do it on camera. I'm going to hit this note, and everyone's going to be like, Oh, my God.
Deep down in your soul, you genuinely thought that you could hit that?
I'm not speaking past tense. I still think I can hit it.
I know if you had a little bit of practice.
But I think I could accidentally hit the note. They say a blind squirrel finds a nut every now and then.
Every now and then.
Even a broken clock is right once a day.
Maybe the next time we do something that me and you are trying, maybe we get you a singing lesson, and we give you one hour with a professional vocalist, and we see what she says, if there's any potential there, if she can work with that, and to see if you can hit that note.
So we posted the video. It was a six-minute video. Grace was laughing, which was distracting to me in my vocal cords because they tighten up when I giggle. Also, there was no warm-up. People didn't factor that in. And of course, the sound in the room wasn't great.
Yeah, that was it.
You were pretending to be Glinda and I was Alphaba, and we were holding each other. At one point, you were getting jealous of me because you could tell my potential, and that was negative energy towards my vocal quotes.
No, absolutely. And that's on me. That's on you. And that's on me. Wait, I want to say one other thing about Wicked. I am back in a phase, and I haven't been in phase since 2016, where I am obsessed with Ariana Grande again. Maybe even 2014. I'm back to being obsessed with her.
Well, everyone is.
I know. And I jumped on that train, too. And I'm actually, I'm starting to not even be mad at her hair and makeup.
So someone says something on TikTok that was iconic. They were like, with all the drama and shit going down with Ariana Grande, I remember she was so hated when she dropped Yes, and all that stuff. She's like, it's so iconic that she shut all the haters up just by being so good.
No, that's actually so fucking powerful.
I do have respect. People are separating the artist, for real. I mean, her SNL performance.
What were people mad at her for? Oh, she stole that man's husband.
She did steal a man's husband. I mean, I couldn't believe it, but no, She did not steal a man's husband. She stole a sponge from- She stole that man's husband, or she stole that woman's husband. With a newborn child. What has been cute is seeing... She was talking about how she was on the sweetener tour, and she heard that there might be an audition, and she's like, I would leave the Sweetener tour today to start training for that. And it started to make me realize we don't see the hard work differential of a superstar and just someone who's viral for a couple of years. Respect to Taylor and Ariana and Adele. They're putting insane work in that we don't see because they're not posting it.
If somebody asked me, there was definitely multiple times in the past couple of years that I was like, Where the fuck is Ariana Grande?
She was working.
She was working her ass off.
She was going to leave her tour that was making her millions and millions of dollars to start training for just to get the audition.
I want to love something like that. Well, I do have to say- Actually, I love Giggly Squad like that. I would drop anything to do Giggly Squad.
Yeah, Giggly Squad, Daphné and Butter. It holds us down.
No, truly. You know what I thought today when I left you for a brief few hours. I've spent more time with you than anyone in my life. And I have to say that you feel the same, right? Have you ever I spent more time with someone other than me? But I guess you were on teams.
You were on a lot of teams. I was on teams where you wake up, you see the girls at 6:00 AM, you go to class, you see them again at 3:00. They're your roommates.
You don't care about them anymore, right?
No, I mean, a couple of the girls on the team still follow Gaelic Squad. Shout out Lena, Jojo, and Chupa, and Chapaya.
But do you think I'm up there with them in terms of how many hours we've spent together in the past seven years?
Well, you're my best friend. Okay. You're my best friend, period. Thank you.
I needed to hear that.
No, I love you. Why haven't you asked me to try the note again?
Because, Hannah, it's just I'm supportive in everything you do. And I truly... The way I think of you in my mind is that you can do anything. Here's the thing, though. I do limit those sections in which I put you in. She can do anything. Funny, you can do it. Acting, you can do it. Athletics, you can do it. I would even teeter on cooking because that's basically just reading a recipe. So yeah, she could do it. When it comes to singing, which I think is a real blessing that you have when you're born, look, you don't choose who you're attracted to. And I don't think you choose to be a singer. Okay?
This is one of those things in life where it's the one thing I can't do, I want. I believe that the only thing between me and Cynthia is it's mental.
She wanted it more? No, okay. I think that's toxic.
Wait, I actually feel like I'm so offending the singing community right now.
Wait, a giggler commented, and I was peeing my pants. She goes, This just set back the musical theater. It's 10 years.
Someone was like, Hannah's the confidence of a man that says he could fly a plane.
No, it's... I love it, though.
Can I just try it once for the gigglers?
Hannah, make it quick. Okay.
Because it took time. Okay, wait.
I mean, that was actually better. I'm not going to lie. That was better. But like... It got stuck. I'm going to say something really controversial and mean. You don't have a pretty singing voice. You don't have a nice voice.
My brother said that I sound like a whale.
Like a whale dying. You sound like some type of animal in heat.
No. I thought that I was dead. No. I thought that I've lost it. Absolutely not. The funniest part of this whole thing is my mom is a professional jazz singer.
No, I was just going to say your mom is the actual voice of an angel.
I called her and I was like, What happened to singing lessons? She was like, We brought you, and we were all excited. Then I was like, Yeah. Then afterwards, no one brought it up again. I was like, Was I that bad as eight years old? She was like, You were just so good at other things.
You're bored with it or not? No, I say this all the time. I did not have participation trophy parents. I had parents that were like, Look, you're not good at it. Okay? So if you want to quit, we're not going to be upset with you.
But also, I'm sick of this not quitting culture. If I didn't quit other things, I wouldn't be here right now.
No, I'm so for quitting shit. When I was younger, I begged my mom to play softball. I was like, Mom, if you don't put me in softball, my life is over. You have to.
That's equivalent to me trying to do musical theater. Why did you want to do softball? Your friend was on it?
My friend was on it, and I wanted the uniform. I truly wanted the uniform.
You thought it was chic and preppy?
I thought it was adorable. And so I did one year of softball, and I said, Don't ever put me on a fucking team like that ever again. I hated every minute of that. That was the worst experience of my life. My mom was like, I freaking told you. I knew you weren't going to like it. So normalize quitting.
Mental health moment, though. With sports, it's always like, it's going to be hard. It's going to be difficult. Whoever can push through will be the champion. So you have trouble deciphering, is this just not my path, or do I just have to suck it up more than the person next to me who's running.
You have to really want something.
True. I love wanting something. That's what keeps me alive. Hannah, me too. That's why you actually don't want all your dreams to come true because then...
No, if I'm not working toward anything, I'm so bored, and then that's when I get mischievous.
Are you a cat? And that's when I shit on the rug.
And that's when I push over everything Anything on the table.
That's a thought I recently had about any time that I was obsessed with results like, Oh, I want to win the Big Ten Championship, or, Oh, I want to have the number one, whatever.
Album in the country.
It always made me not actually as good at what I was doing because I put so much pressure on it. When you're only caring about result, you don't have fun either. So you end up not doing well and not having fun. So it's like, find something you really love the chase and you love the journey of it and you love the process. And then you ever see sometimes people get awards and they have that look like, Yeah, I knew it. It's because they were so entrenched in the process that they were like, There's no other way. Instead of just being like, I want to be the best. It's like, No, love what you're doing.
I had to start to feel like that on tour after my panic attack. I had to remember like, Wait, I love to do this.
Yeah. Yeah. Well, sometimes people have to re-fall in love with stuff because you started Giggly Squad because we love talking to each other. And then so much other stuff was going on that you got lost in the sauce, as Italians say.
Absolutely.
And you know what your brain said to you? Got you.
Got you. I just think it's so pertinent for so many different conversations.
It's so important.
That meme is so important to my everyday life. I love it.
Also, the whole thing of We Can't Be Managed. It was from the Kanye West quote, and someone recently sent the tweet and said, Kanye is a giggler.
Oh, like that? He got it from us? Yeah. Wait, that's so good. I feel like if Kanye did listen to a couple of episodes, though, he could potentially be a giggler. Who knows? Yeah.
I do have to say one more thing about our live shows. We are going to Mohegan Sun and Cleveland. I was hanging out with one of the security guards after the show in Tampa. Yeah, wait.
I feel like give more context before just starting out with that sentence. I was hanging out with one of the security guards after the show. No, no, no. You were being walked to your room after the show. It was maybe a 30-second encounter that you had.
You didn't even go to some after. I was vibing, smoking a cigar, talking about life. No, he was dropping me off my room and he was like, By the way, I was scared tonight. And I was like, First of all, I can't hold space for your emotions right now because I don't care. And he was like, No. I was thinking, if one of the girls got out of control and you guys are revving them up, they're so pissed off at men, 40 minutes into the show. And I tried to remove one of them. He's like, I don't know if I could do it. And I was like, And that's on you, babe.
I heard him. He was I'm thinking, okay, there's one of me. There's 2,000 angry girls out there. I have zero chance.
I love the self-awareness. And I was like, That is... He goes, I was laughing. It was really funny, but part of me was like, I don't know what I'm going to do. Because these girls, I told them, even though they get blackout, they are swift. No, they're tricky. They can outsmart any bodyguard.
Yep, absolutely.
And they can't be managed. On this tour, we're sponsored by Nutrigena. So when we were on I fell asleep and Paige pulled out her Nutrigena collagen bank and gave me a facial.
I feel like people aren't understanding that when we're on tour, we're on so many planes, so we're dehydrated, so we need extra moisturizer.
That's why I love the Nutrigena collagen bank. I also put the collagen bank SPF 30 on you earlier today because I just feel like you're a little bit dry, and we're going to be in Florida, so we need the SPF.
Yeah, it's 75 degrees, and SPF is super It's really important. My mom told me.
And the collagen bank just builds on the collagen you already have, which is why I love it, because it's working with what you have. It's plumping your skin. It's making it glow. And also I love things that are fragrance-free, and it works for all skin types. Hannah always is bragging that she has combination skin, and I have sensitive skin, so we can both use it. So go buy Neutrogena's Collagen Bank SPF 30 today.
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No, this was the first time we went to Florida, and actually it was so fun. We went to a... What was that place called?
Crock Encounter.
A Crock Encounter. And let me tell you, we encountered some.
We encountered.
Here's the one thing I will say about Tor that has nothing to do with the live. I love that we've been going and doing stuff in random cities. It truly has made... It's It's made it so much better.
It's crazy to make a memory. No. We just discovered activities, and we're like, Honestly, low-key, underrated. Wait.
Low-key got a high on life, which was nuts.
Well, because the first day we just slept all day in Tampa, and in my head, I'm like, I could go outside. I could go for a walk, but I don't know what's going to happen.
I don't think people understand the trauma bond that me, you, and Grace have from just being together this many days in a row, being together this many hours, dealing with certain situations that are... I mean, we almost died at one point on this tour.
Multiple times.
And so I just feel so connected to you both.
Wait, can I do a quick shout out? Yeah. I recently found out that Amy Poehler is a giggler and listens to Giggly Squad, knows all stories. No. So I feel like we're close to retirement.
Forget about Wicked. The true fairy godmother, which is Amy Poehler, said, I think you guys are funny. And that's- So like... Done See you. Daphné, we're going to bring... Got you. Wait, imagine if she just commented and was like, Got you. Got you. Oh my God. Wait. Speaking of celebs that we love, I mean, I know she's doing press right now, so she's everywhere. But I would lay my life down for Keke Palmer.
I love her. I met her when I was working for Betches back in the day. We had a film with sketch, and she was like, could not be cooler, nicer, chiller, funnier, smarter, and viby, kind, cannot say enough good things.
I had zero clue how old she was. I literally could not even ballpark guess in my mind. I was like, I have no idea. It was one of those moments where I looked up how old she was, and she's 31. She's a year younger than me. And I had a moment where I was like, Oh, my God. I look up to her so much. And even though she's younger than me, we're basically the same age. But I just find her to be so... I don't even know. Mature isn't even a good enough word to describe her.
I feel like she's lived so many lives.
I feel like she's lived so many lives.
Yeah, she's She has this old soul energy, but also so youthful. She's just a crazy aura.
And she can do everything.
Anything. And she's a mom now. She just had a baby.
Everything. I feel like people don't give her enough credit. I know she's promoting a book right now, but she's also an amazing actress and an amazing singer.
Can I add on a celebrity that I'm obsessed with?
Yes.
Rita Moreno.
Who the heck is that?
She's the star of West Side Story.
Oh, you've talked about her before.
You love her. If you go on Delta, there's a documentary about her that's fucking unreal. But she recently was on, I think it was like, Fallon or Seth, one of the late night shows. And she dated for eight years Marlon Brando. You would love Marlon Brando. Do you know who Marlon Brando is?
Wait, let me Google this lady. Who?
What's her name? Rita Moreno. Rita Moreno. R-i-t-a Moreno.
Oh, okay.
Such an icon. Hilarious. She dated Marlon Brando for eight years, and apparently he terrorized her life. He was the hottest, most successful actor.
He's our Brad Pitt.
Yes. He loved her. But she literally was like, my life stopped during those years because I was just obsessed with him. Obsessed with this man. And he was obsessed with me, but I wasn't happy with him. So she tells a story. This is so fucking iconic. She found out that he was cheating on her. She found underwear in his bedroom.
No.
So she leaves.
Wait, I just looked up a picture of him when he was young, and he's so handsome. It actually hurts my brain.
No, he's the guy. So she's all upset and crying because she just found out love for her life is cheating on her again. And she gets a call from the colonel.
The colonel?
He represents Elvis. Okay. And he goes, Hey, Elvis saw you at this restaurant in LA, whatever. He wants to take you to dinner.
What about Priscilla?
He was single at the time. But I like that you're looking out. Thanks. She goes, Actually, yeah.
All these people are dead, though.
I don't think Priscilla is dead.
Priscilla is not, actually.
You went full Martha Stewart. Well, she's dead.
Wait, me and Hannah literally did that in the car today. We were talking about someone, Hannah was like, Well, he's dead. I was like, He's very much alive. She was like, To me, he's dead.
That is the new, I don't know her. We just go, Well, thank God he's dead.
Wait, I've been wanting to do the challenge challenge, the TikTok challenge, where you hold up a saying that you say, but it has nothing to do with the conversation, and you have to guess. The other friend has to guess. We say this when we hate someone. Oh, he's dead.
I actually have it all set up. We'll do that TikTok, add it to the list. So anyway, Reid Moreno went out with Elvis, and Marlon Brando found out. I don't know how they found out in the '40s or '50s or whenever this was. I didn't even they have. Carrier pigeon. How did they communicate a pigeon? So he finds out he's freaking out and through a chair, and she was like, and I was so happy about it. And the crowd went nuts. I'm obsessed. And she's just Iconic. Also, I just want to preference. I know I just threw out some random dates. Anything before 1990, I don't fucking know. When people were like, Oh, in the 1700s, I have no fucking clue. Also, recently, someone was like, When did you start Giggly Squad? And I was like, Five years ago. And they're like, Do you know what month? Who are these people that are like, Oh, yeah, March of 2016? That's crazy to me.
Okay, low-key. I feel like I'm pretty good.
I don't remember when anything was, ever.
I'm not good, but I do know that I know more than you.
I couldn't tell you in summer of 2023. No, I couldn't tell you.
Things that happened in the world or things that happened in your own life?
Both. When people were like, When did you get married? I was like, 2022 in the vicinity, in the summer.
We started Giggly Squad in 2020, right? In June of... No. It's difficult. It's difficult. September of 2020.
You know that game show with Travis Kelsi? How they're like, Are you smarter than a fifth grader? I would just be like, No.
No, I'm not.
Also, it's not... Obviously, the fifth graders are studying wars. I'm not going to beat a fifth grader at their passion. This fifth grader is obsessed with lizards. I'm not going to know more about lizards than this fifth grader. Smartest fifth grader in the world would whip my ass.
I think not a sentence that's brought up enough in this conversation. Okay, well, they're studying, so that's unfair. You're in the process of learning it right now, so that's cheating.
If I don't study anything, I will know anything.
No, dude, I don't know what's going on with me. If I don't write it down, it didn't It's not going to happen.
But again, which is my crazy delusion, I'll literally be like, I would never win against a fifth grader in a quiz. But I'm delusional. I think I could be Taylor Swift level songwriter. I don't think writing songs is hard.
It's rhyming. That's crazy, though.
Okay. As a creative, I used to love writing poems.
Oh, so then maybe you could.
But writing It's not hard. It's not hard. It's not hard. You just express yourself. You're just like, I'm sad because he looked at me that way, and I was hoping you weren't going to say.
I know that I definitely couldn't because I feel like when I got down to doing it, I'd be like, This is way harder than people think. Here's the other thing. Well, you can write. Well, that's one thing. And I don't like doing things that I don't like doing. Here's the thing with me. I'm an extremely, I feel, decisive person when it comes to a lot of aspects in my life. So if I don't like something, I don't like it, and I don't want to do it.
You're like cats. You didn't like it for six years. Then you had a little bit of a mental break. Next, cat was on your lap, and then you're like, You're just like my brother. My brother said he hated chocolate. His whole childhood. That's crazy. No, something happened that ticked him off, and he's like, I don't fuck with it. I think he liked that we were like, You're crazy. You like chocolate. Just taste it. And he's like, No, I don't like it. You and Daniel are the same.
I have to get to things on my own time.
Yeah, eventually he tasted chocolate, and he was like, This is good. How did we get here?
No, how did we get here?
Wait, can we talk about when we in the Uber at 1:00 AM in Orlando.
And we yapped the whole time?
No. And the guy offered us gum or water.
Okay, wait. Let me set the scene. Let me set the scene. We're In Orlando, Florida. We just performed two shows. So it's 12:00. We have to wait for the merch line to be done so we can get the iPad so that we can get in the car to drive to Tampa. So we're waiting around, waiting around. We We finally get in the car at what? 2:00 AM? It was late. Maybe 1:30. We get in the car. It's me, Hannah, and Grace. We say to the driver, We're so sorry, we're late. It's only an hour and a half drive. He's totally fine, whatever. It's not an Uber. It's a car service. I'm building it up.
Give me more detail.
This nice gentleman dressed in a suit, grabs a bag of gum, turns around to the back seat to me and Hannah and goes, Do you want any gum? Can I offer you any gum? Any refreshments? Hannah goes, Oh, I'm good on the gum, sir. I'm really trying to slow down tonight. I go, We're going to first slow... He didn't offer you cocaine.
He goes, Do you want to come more water? I go, Sorry, we're slowing down for the night.
Sorry, we're trying to put ourselves down for the night, and excessive chewing would defeat the purpose.
It's funny because at the time, it was so funny saying it out loud now. I'm like, I don't know.
That's because we've legit been delusional.
When you said He didn't offer us cocaine. That's when I lost it.
And then- Well, because then he started laughing, too. So then I knew we got you.
Actually, when we get the Uber driver to laugh, there's no No, I was just going to say, I'm not trying to be a pick me, girl.
I'm truly not trying to sound pick me. But there is a satisfaction when an older man laughs at your... Now I get why you married does. When an older man laughs at your jokes. I'm sorry, I'm just going to say it, there is another level of like...
Because there's a challenge there. See, dude? There's no reason why he should. There's no universe that he should find us relatable.
If there's When there's an older man in the crowd at Giggly Squad Live, we do become obsessed because that is a challenge for us to get them to laugh. We already know that the gigglers are funny, smart, quick-woded, and get what's going on.
But also when the old man thinks we're great, I'm like, wow, that woman found a gem. This one guy in the front was like, Yeah, I went to therapy. I was like, Yeah, because you're older. And he's like, Yeah. I'm like, Is this your second marriage? And he's like, Yeah. I'm like, Yeah, you were pretrained by your first wife. And I'm like, Okay, was any other guy in Tampa, has he ever gone to therapy besides this guy that was clearly court-ordered? And he starts dying laughing. And my daddy issues were healed.
No, it was so good. Well, here's the other thing. In casinos, which I learned on stage, that the casinos will hold a certain amount of tickets for walk-in people at their casino. So you could be there and be like, Oh, I don't know what Giggly Squad is, but I'm going to go to it. So there were people there that had no idea what was going on.
And you could tell by looking at them.
Yes, and that just threw me off.
The Giggly Squad shows are all the hottest, most stylish, funniest, coolest. I'm a little biased But literally, most successful, smartest women in that city.
No. And truly, they wear the cutest fucking outfits.
So it's very clear when someone's not a giggler in the crowd.
I'm like, Are these the police? What's going on? I Are we being tracked? Who told them we were here? That's how I feel. Who let them in? I feel like we're having a party in our basement in high school, and we're like, who told their freaking parents?
But low-key, I love when just a simple middle-aged couple who looks like they've never even... They don't even know what- Quief is. What a quief is. They've never heard of Lueve. No.
And God bless them.
Or Fuck Boys. And they stay the whole time and they leave smiling. That makes me feel warm.
No, that makes me feel joy.
This special segment presented by Nordstrom and a cast creative. Once my birthday comes, I feel like it's officially Thanksgiving time, which means it's basically holiday season, which means you- The year's over. The year's over. What have we been doing all year?
But we have to celebrate.
You have to celebrate, and it's time to get your holiday shopping. My strategy for holiday shopping, I don't like to go anywhere. I like to do all my online shopping. I like to do it in one place. That's why I love Nordstrom.
They have free shipping, free returns, and free store pickup, which makes it even easier.
I have it shipped to my parents' house so that when I get there, I can wrap all my gifts. I'm really particular about what gift goes to what person, obviously.
Nordstrom opened up in Midtown when I lived there, and it was insane. I got everything for everyone in one trip.
Well, it's easy at Nordstrom because they have gifts under $100. They have top brands. They have Nike, UGGs, Skims, Chanel.
Mac.
They basically have everything for everyone, whether it's kids on your list, your parents, your employees, teacher gifts. My mom was always really big on teacher gifts. Obviously, outside of holiday shopping for everyone that's on your list, there's also a ton of holiday parties. Nordstrom is the perfect place to get your holiday party looks.
What are you wearing for the holidays?
Honestly, I'm very still into the no pants, but tights. I need tights in every single color.
With a large blazer?
Yes, with an oversize blazer or something like that. I just feel like Nordstrom is really good for stuff like that.
It's so good. They have Reformation, Vince, Frame, Favorite Daughter. I love Favorite Daughters, like vest sets. Allison and Olivia. And they have the fancy ones. They have a take of Veneta. I feel like for the holidays, I also like to have fun with cute jackets, maybe a faux fur.
Yeah, they pretty much have everything. So whether you need help finding the perfect gift or the perfect outfit, they've got you covered.
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For the gifting, they have beauty and grooming gifts, like a Dyson or La Mare.
Honestly, I feel like that's great for gifting yourself. There's nothing I love more than when I'm shopping for everyone on my list, and then I also just throw in one thing for me, and it's usually a self-care item.
They also have comfy stuff, like throw blankets or stuff for the home.
Yeah, decorating your apartment or your house is- I'm talking about gifts for other people. Okay, sorry. I'm talking about gifts for my home. My home deserves a gift, and I love decorating it. They have cute little different things at Nordstrom that you don't see everywhere else.
Yeah. Because they curate it in a really tasteful good way to tell you what to get from these brands. Also, if you're just looking for stocking stuffers, they have great stuff like Sugarfina, Charlotte Tilbury, calendars, gift sets, chocolate, leather goods, jewelry. And they even have gift cards if you need something quick or want to give the gift of choice to someone who's usually hard to shop for. They have everything to make it fun.
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I actually have one more mental health moment, and I don't have credit I got it for this. I don't know where I saw it, but it wasn't me who came up with it. You know how people get triggered? Instead of finding your trigger, find your glimmer.
Okay.
Glimmer is the opposite of trigger. So it's like knowing the things that can instantly put you in a better mood and being aware of it.
Could you name two right now?
Let's say you love the smell of... What are those flowers you like?
Peonies. Hot take. I don't think any flowers smell good. Wow.
Got you. Got you.
And that's crazy because for a minute, my brand was sending yourself flowers. I mean, I get flowers every Sunday from my apartment. I fucking love them. But I've never smelt a flower and said, That smells so good.
So you just like how they look?
I like how they look.
Then why don't you just get fake ones?
Because that's tacky.
I actually have fake ones from Amazon, and it's the best thing I've ever done.
Where are they? Yeah, but it depends on where they are. I put them in places that I couldn't have fake flowers.
Yeah. I put a little purple flowers in the middle of my dining room table that just look really- Yeah, that you're not going in there every day. No. And they're not flower flowers. They're little beads, whatever.
In my last apartment, I had a little fake flower set, and my mom walked in and was like, Ewell.
I don't like the smell of any perfume.
Really?
I think it all smells chemical and gets me nauseous.
You don't wear any perfume? No.
And if someone's wearing a lot of perfume, I can't handle. Well, it's like, I can't smoke weed. I'm just really sensitive to stimulants.
No, your body's so sensitive. Wait, I feel like I wear a lot of perfume.
But yours is... You wear sweet I wear different kinds. I like the ones that are like, coconut or vanilla-y. I don't mind that. But some of these fucking crazy perfumes. Once I was at the US Open and the guy in front of me, his hair smelled so strong of whatever spray he put in. I was like, I have to leave.
See, I love a smell.
I like the natural smell of Dez's forehead.
I've slept with some of the ugliest guys because they smelt amazing.
No, but that's literally Old Spice. That's not them.
I'm like, Got you.
They go, Got you. Anyway, we have to find our glimmers, even if it's ugly men that smell good. So it's just reframing your perspective instead of being like, Oh, that's offensive. That's offensive. Being like, that was such a cute moment of that child who smiled at me when we made eye contact. You're like, Sometimes I'm bad at the little things in life. And focusing I'm on your glimmers. I did just see a TikTok about a guy did research. What do you think? Is it better to have more positive thoughts or less negative thoughts?
Christ. It seems like a trick question. Do I want more? No, literally. She's never not funny. Okay, do I want more positive thoughts or less negative thoughts?
What do you think is better for your mental health?
I think I need more positive thoughts. But the answer is less negative thoughts.
And Des was like, what science do they do? Apparently, they did a study, but they said it's better to actually have less negative thoughts. And I didn't listen to the rest of it. Great. But I do think That makes sense because it's a concept of you can't always be happy, but content should be what you want. I'd rather be content than- Okay, what about for the people that aren't having thoughts? They're living the best life ever.
When I think about being anxious, I don't think I actively have negative thoughts about myself, but I don't think I necessarily have active, positive thoughts about myself.
When I'm anxious, I'm in a thought spiral where my brain will not shut up. I literally can't be in the moment because I'm fighting so many... I'm trying to figure out so many problems that I invented in my head.
I I go very worst case scenario. All of my, I would say, negative thoughts are all fear-based of, What if this happens? And what if that happens? And what if I die? And what if... You know.
Yeah. Well, we're all going to die.
Got you. Got you.
Okay, wait. One more mental health thing. Look, we had a weekend.
I also have a funny story about how dumb men are.
Okay, don't forget. I talked to you about this in the car. This girl, Grace McCarrick on TikTok, because I'm going to give credit, was talking about how sometimes, especially with Thanksgiving coming up, we're going to see a lot of our family, how sometimes you could be your worst self around the people closest to you. And she was like, That's really not how it should be. Really try to be your most compassionate, kind, and empathetic side of yourself around the people closest to you. You should not be that with these people who you're not close to every day. Why are you giving your best self to random strangers every day?
Yeah. I feel like I'm guilty of that. I can remember every single prom day that I ever had, and I was so mean to my mom on prom day because I was so stressed out. I love that.
And I still feel bad for it. I love that you go full diva on your prom day. Are you going to do that on your wedding day?
I don't know.
Are you going to be a monster?
I might. No, you are. I I think it will be.
If you're not, that'd be weird. It would be weird if I wasn't. I can just see you being like, Hannah, make sure no one comes in my room right now. And I have to stand outside the door and be like, Sorry, she's not available.
She's not taking appointments right now.
She's not taking appointments right now. Wait, why are men dumb?
Speaking of weddings, perfect segue. I'm on the phone with Craig the other night, and he's telling me about... Right when it happened, I That's the story?
Yeah. That's the end of the story?
That's the end. When it happened, I was like, I got to write this down for my freaking podcast. He is telling me about someone's wedding that he went to. We were talking about someone's wedding, whatever. And he was like, Yeah, it was really nice. They said their own vowels to each other. And I go, What did you say? And he said, Oh, they read their own vowels. And I was like, That's so crazy because a vowel is A-E-I-O-U. And he was like, Yeah, I'm talking about wedding vowels. I go, I don't think those exist.
This is one of those moments where you think, How long has this man been going around this Earth saying vowels? What does he thought when he heard people say vowel? Does he think that's something different?
This is a perfect example of this is a moment where I actually did have a positive thought about myself. I thought, wow. I am so much smarter than a lot of the people I surround myself with.
Where is friends to be like, that's not how you say it. The fact that it went this long, that it got to you is not acceptable.
Hannah, I said you're 36 and a lawyer. You take vows when you are sworn in to be a lawyer I think. I was like, you've definitely heard the word 'vow'.
I would have just kept going and leaned into it.
Well, because I was scared. I got nervous. I go, I can't.
You were like, How bad is it?
I don't think I can hold it down for the both of us. I'm not that strong. I'm not God's strongest. And he knows this.
Wait, this reminds me of a joke. Way back in the day, Aziz Ansari made about 50 Cent. Have you heard that joke? No. He was like, One day, 50 Cent sat next to me at a restaurant, and I told the person I was with, Shut the fuck up. I have to hear everything 50 Cent I was about to say on this dinner date. And how 50 Cent ordered grapefruit juice, and the grapefruit juice came, and he goes, Why isn't this shit purple? And he goes, In that moment, I realized 50 Cent doesn't know what a grapefruit is. And he's like, How many times has he seen a great fruit and been like, That's a big ass orange. So that's Craig with Vowels.
I'm like, Saying Vowels is something What did he do in second grade? That's when Chris DiStefano was pronouncing Tupperware as Tupperware.
Wait, shut up. Chris DiStefano is a giggler. He literally messaged me this week was like, You and Page crack me up. And I was like, Yeah, because we're stupid Italians.
No, that's so funny. He has a clip with someone, and I remember seeing it like years ago and laughing my ass off because he was saying it wrong his whole life. And the men are They're so embarrassing. These are everyday words. Wait, so did he believe you when you said, Vow?
Or did he try to mansplain to be like, You're saying... Because if guys say something really confident, I'll be like, Maybe I'm wrong. Maybe it is Vow.
No, for the first five seconds, he was like, What are you saying? And I go, No, no. I'm sticking to my guns on this one. I was like, No, you're wrong.
I do have to say, though, the grass is always greener because I'm with a guy who's smarter than me, and I have to decide if I need to ruin the flow of the conversation to ask him what a certain word means. You know when most of the time, I don't need to know what this word means. I get the gist. But every now and then, I'm like, I can't continue this conversation without the definition of that word. Because he also uses European words and stuff that throws me. That throws me. But he's really sweet. I'll be like, I'm sorry, what does that word mean? And he gives me a whole definition.
Wait, that's so cute. It's so cute. No man has ever taught me a single thing.
But I do have to say, just a warning out there. When you're with a guy who's smarter than you, you will lose some arguments. And I thought that was illegal. I thought as a wife, it was illegal to lose an argument to your husband, but he will straight up... He's smart. You know when guys are dumb and you're like, Oh, you really want to go there with me because I'm about to fucking...
No, I will file my fucking nails while I eat your up.
We all say something he does, and then he'll double down on something, and I'm like, Okay, how do we get here? So that's just a warning. Decide. Do you want to get smarter or do you want to win fights?
I also wanted to say one last thing about Wicked, and then I truly am done. Ariana Grande posted a clip of her watching it with her grandma.
Oh, my God. I saw.
I just thought that was so freaking sweet. Think about how that grandma feels watching her granddaughter have the career that she's had. And I mean, sky's the limit, obviously. But this is a very pinnacle moment for her.
Not to compare it to myself and my grandpa, but- I actually had a feeling.
I wasn't going to say it because I was like, there's no way.
But that's- So I was thinking Ariana Grande, She has the most incredible songs, but some of her songs like, I bend it all night.
Not bend it. No, I love those ones. I feel like I clubbed to those.
Got me walking side to side. You know her grandma's like, I love her, but something, she's like, the grandma's not like... She's like, Okay, well, that was a little inappropriate.
No way. Because I think- No, I think she loves it.
But I'm just saying when she saw Wicked, she probably was like, Oh, I was raised on musicals. Yeah. And this is beautiful.
She definitely saw the original Wizard of Oz.
Yeah. That's how I felt when I did reality TV and my grandpa was like, I hate that program you're on. But then my grandpa died, and he never saw my Netflix special. But that's the moment we would have had.
I'm trying to think what my grandma said when I first went on reality TV.
I just compared We Right at Dawn to Wicked.
As you should, Hannah. As you should. Guys, thanks for giggling with us today. I'm going to try and work on the problem that I have over in my home here with Hannah and the singing, and I bowed to the gigglers that I will make it stop.
I tried to show Dez the video that we made of me doing it, and he literally goes, I'm going to divorce you. And I'm like, I told them that's what you were going to say.
No, No, because we can't have it, Hannah. Here's the other thing. We are used to you being so good at everything you do. So you also have to think of the people around you. So when you're not at a level that we're- Can you call me an inconsiderate, untalented fuck? So we're just not used to you being like, Hey, I can hit this note, and then clearly not hitting anywhere close to the version of the note, we're thrown off.
Do you know what's freeing? Yeah. Do you know what's freeing? Having zero expectations and just not being good at something. I'm sick of having to be good at things. Can we normalize just doing stuff?
No, Hannah, you're the anchor. You keep us going.
I don't like... What are you fucking talking about? I'm going to take a vowel right now. Take a bowel.
I'm going to take a bow.
I'm going to take a bow right now that I'm going to do things that bring me joy. Okay. No matter how good or bad I am at that.
And I'm going to support them, and I'm going to make as many comments as I see fit and necessary.
And you are really good at making comments, so together it will be success.
Empowering.
We're not even making sense anymore. I just realized I've been traveling from 08:00 AM to 07:00 PM. When we landed, we recorded the pod. I love the fresh off the weekend pods because they're just pure chaos.
I'm not going to lie. I can't wait to get back to being in the studio, recording the pod, not being on tour, getting back to basics.
We actually have some surprises coming. There's a little It's fun change. Nothing that will affect anyone else.
No, nothing crazy. It's honestly... It's about us. It's about us. It's... Yeah.
And also, I think we might be making our own studio. That could be fun. I think it'd be cool to decorate it. My side is Hannah-coated and your side is Paige-coated. Because I was like, How are we going to design it and agree on stuff?
And I'm like, Let's just split it down the middle. Wait, Hannah. Oh, my God. That's literally the smartest The best idea you've ever had.
So we both just go off in our esthetics.
Wait, I'm obsessed.
No, I'm excited. That'll be really fun.
Okay, that'll be really fun. I already have so many ideas. I'm getting a sconce.
You're going to install it yourself with your fucking-Oh, my God.
I'm going to come over with my level. I'm going to get my little mini ladder. Yeah, no, I'm going to have a full work day. What do you call your thing? I was going to say my My gun gun. My nail gun.
You have a stun gun?
No, I don't have a stun gun.
It does seem like a good gift for Christmas for you, though. I feel like you'd love that.
I don't think you can get them in New York. I mean, we could figure it out. Okay.
You pull it out. Got you. Got you. Okay, we have to go. We love you guys so much. Thank you for giggling. Oh, yeah. We didn't even bring up Thanksgiving. Have an amazing Thanksgiving. Oh, my God.
That's because we're real friends.
We're real friends, so we didn't even bring it up.
We didn't bring it up.
We're not going to text you with Happy turkey Day. No, this is real shit. No, it's so weird. No, this is real shit. Real recognize real. Have fun with your family. Look out for the glimmers, and we'll talk to you later. Bye.
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