Transcript of Elmo Is Over Party: Friday, June 5th, 2026 New

Good morning, girlies. It's The Toast.

It's Jackson, Claude, and we're your hosts.

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Welcome back to The Toast, and happy Friday. That's right, we've earned it. Pat yourself on the back, girl. It's Friday. You made it. Things you did that I'm here seated with kind of an iconic host, somebody who is an award-winning author, a true professional, a, a Nobel Peace Prize-winning sister and friend to so many. Host of The Redheads. New episodes just dropped. Hey Jax, how you doing?

I'm doing good. Hey, turd. Or shall I say like dolphins fan?

Yeah. Just wanna say this is Olivia's sweatshirt. Every— I'm wearing this sweatshirt and I think people think it like means something. They're like, ah.

Floridian.

It's Olivia's. I have no clothes here. Like, I thought Olivia was gonna give birth 3 years ago. I've been here for so long.

It's such a cute sweatshirt.

Thanks, Abercrombie. She's wearing Abercrombie, you know?

Well, I think it's a great way to dress for our last show together.

Yeah, I am going home this weekend. TTYL.

This is the last episode of The Toast. Ever.

We'll be reunited for our summer series in the Hamptons. Yes. Starting in July. So I'll see you so soon. I'm not even sad. Yeah.

No, and like, I, I'm excited to use my home studio again. I like, you know, I like to switch switch it up. You know what, right now we're pacing it like every 3 weeks is a new vignette, and that works for me.

I think it makes it difficult for our clips for continuity, but I agree, like, us like shifting studios every couple of weeks adds like a fresh layer. Yeah, it's important to always be fresh.

We need to like rush to death, fresh to fucking death, bitch.

And then like the frames never get stale, and they could never be stale to me. No, but now they really can't because like we're always—

and now you guys miss them, don't you?

I know I do.

I do.

Speaking of frames, We have anointed— first of all, we lost our other frame, so that one was really—

this is a very serious frame.

Well, it's very businessman. Our other frame was like very French Renaissance.

It was very frames of the studio.

Yeah, um, I can't lie, I hate this frame, but it really goes with the esthetic. This is our businessman of the week, and don't be scared, I also thought it was Zoran Mamdani, but it's not. It's Scooter Braun because he gave Ben his courtside seats, um, at the Knicks game this week. So that's just what businessmen should be doing, giving my husband free things so I, Koji, don't have to pay for them.

No, and Ben, I saw him last night, he's on such a high, wasn't he? Yeah, he's—

everyone's like How was it? No one's even mad at him for missing the Briss. Like, no, it's like he's floating through life. I imagine it's like— I'm trying to think of like a comparable whatever. Like, I'm happy for him. So Scooter Braun, businessman of the week.

Thank you, Scooter, for making his dreams come true big time.

Um, today is Friday. It's also Love Island, so we will do a recap.

Yep.

What a terrible episode. What a terrible group of people. I only have negative things to say. So if you're looking for like a positive, fun review, Maybe try Chicks in the Office. Like, this is not going to be it. And that was not shade. I like those girls. I was just like making a joke. And we also have Queenie and Weenie.

They're positive. They're pretty positive.

They are positive.

Like, as girls. Yeah, of course.

No, this is like the most garbage, like, show. Like, we're always just like, you suck, you're ugly, stupid, fat. Yeah. And that's just us like talking to the mirror. So we'll do that. And then before then, what's up with you?

Not too much. You like my cup?

Is it a custom engraved with our logo Yeti cup?

Yes. Uh, but wait, there's more. And it's— so it has our logo, it says The Toast, and the cup itself is like pink sparkly. And then the back says, the place looks great.

It always does. That's really cute.

Isn't that really cute? Like Yeti sent me a bunch of just stuff out of nowhere. All this like Toast branded. I was using a cup yesterday that also had, it was like a camper mug. I look like I'm sitting around. A bonfire.

I did see with your, like, cooler mug.

So if you can't tell, I ran out of my disposable cups. Understood. And I just got this drinkware, you know, everyone sends me drinkware. I guess I'm a big drinker.

I'll say.

I drink a lot. I'm an influential drinker. And so people, like, want to send me the latest and greatest in insulated beverages. Yeah. So the place looks great. This was really thoughtful.

Extremely. I love when there are toasters at high places.

Yeah, this is really insane.

Um, so what are you doing this weekend? Like, we're not gonna be together for it, so like, what's up?

Oh, I actually have a big weekend endeavoring to potty train.

Right, right. And I'm sure you're also like just gonna be like so happy, like I'm making amazing memories without me.

No, it'll definitely be a lot quieter without the co-journalist.

Probably like Saturn worst, right?

Yeah, we're gonna have Shabbat tonight though, which I'm excited about because I'm in the mood. I'm in the mood to cook up a feast. Sorry, not to rub it in.

Oh, oh, she doesn't cook the whole time I'm here and now she's cooking up a feast. Okay.

I actually do cook a lot. I I cuss a little when you're here. Um, I cook a little, but I don't know, I feel like Olivia's been hosting Shabbats and like I wanna make one her life easy and for her. And so I don't know what to make though. I'm, I'm needing like inspiration.

You know what I did actually? I did something crazy last night. Crack?

Crazier. Meth?

Crazier. I like used AI. Okay, so GoPuff has a new feature where you can like talk to like this AI. I think it's Grok. It's like an integration.

It is Grok. And I was like, hey Grok, you know, Grok is in my car, so I know I'm acquainted with Grok.

So I always try, um, I always get my snacks, like whenever it's like Love Island and I need food, like we go to GoPuff and I'm like, I get the same things every time, like flips. And they're good, true, true. Like it's great. But I was just feeling like in a snack rut and I was like, hey AI, can you like, you know my history, like, but I'm looking for like new snacks. Mm-hmm. And they were like describing my, my snack taste back to me and then sent me like a bunch of snacks from brands I mostly had not heard of.

It was like Serene without being sterile.

They know my style. And let me tell you, like people are using AI of course to like go to the moon and like, yeah, let AI choose your snacks. Like, when I tell you, I wish I took pictures because I had never even heard of the brands. Delicious. That's what I was munching on during Love Island.

Well, I love to like let AI build a recipe for me, but I actually— I'm wanting to use that to like build a menu. Like, I have, say, chicken breast. Like, what should I make for dinner?

And then they can send it to you too. You know what I got?

Send it to me.

I got Drizzlelicious cinnamon flavor. Do you know Drizzlelicious?

Of course. Do you know Drizzlelicious?

I do know Drizzlelicious. And can I ask you a question about Drizzlelicious? Like, it's— because I also said to the, the AI chatbot called Go, I was like, I like, you know, bonus points if it's a little bit, you know, better for you. I don't need like big, you know, things of Oreos showing up. I'm on like a weight loss.

She's not breastfeeding anymore.

I'm on a weight loss journey. And so they sent me Drizzlelicious, which I think was like a very good, perfect swap. And I never really, I had Drizzlelicious one time before. Is Drizzlelicious still like better for you when you eat the whole thing? Like the entire package?

Yes. Yes. Because it's better than eating a whole sleeve of Oreos. Okay. It's still better for you.

It was delicious.

No, Drizzlelicious. Is really crazy. I feel like not enough people are talking about it.

Drizzlelicious is like an iconic '90s like ahmed mom brand, right? That's been around forever. No.

Or it's a new brand that's harking back to that era.

Cause it gives like walking into a health store with your mom to get Quest chips.

Yes. Yes. Except an ahmed mom would not like Quest chips. It's like unnecessarily caloric.

Yeah, caloric, but it's protein.

But they weren't about protein. They were just about low calorie. Like I don't care where the calorie comes from.

Correct. Correct.

Um, so I'm gonna get some inspo for Shabbat tonight. I'm excited.

Yeah, well, that sounds fun. Like, love when people are doing fun things without me.

I don't know what I'll be doing, probably at home alone crying. We'll be together again soon. You're always welcome to stay. I know, I have your room all ready for you.

I like to go home—

quit while you're ahead. No, well, of course, leave on a high.

Yes, that as well. I like to go home like before the weekend because I know most people be like, why don't you stay in the weekend? Because then I get to like truly recover by the time Monday rolls around. Like, I'm start— when I get back somewhere on a Sunday night, stressful, that whole week is shot. It's stressful. Yeah, no, it's not only stressful, like, I perform best like when I'm truly settled, when all my clothes are put away, everything's been washed, all my packages are open, and I need 3 days to do that. So yeah, it's weird that like I would go home before the weekend is over, but I'm just— I'm not like other girls. I've been trying to tell you guys this.

Yeah, no, I think we know.

You think?

I do. I do think we know that.

Like, I like beer.

Do you? No.

No. And I really can't hang out with other women. That is true.

Just your sisters.

That is true. Um, I'm just like— I don't know, I just love beer. You're so annoying. And like sometimes, don't you just like, sometimes just want to like have a hot dog and some beer?

I love a hot dog. That's true. You don't even.

No, fun fact about me, I've never even taken a bite of a hot dog.

It's so good.

I fear that if I had taken a bite of it, like I would like it. It's just meat between bread.

Like Twix.

Yeah, like a hamburger.

I actually, I don't know if you would.

It's like an acquired taste.

Yeah, and it's like not in your buckets of taste.

But like kids love it, which is in my buckets of taste.

You know what you would love? Kielbasa.

Ben loves fucking kielbasa.

He bought some kielbasa, it's like still in my fridge.

He buys kielbasa and leaves it in everyone's fridge. It's always something.

He always has like dreams of making kielbasa.

Do you not think it's crazy that I've never had even a bite of a hot dog?

Like even like a mini weenie when they like serve it at weddings, I eat the bread.

Yeah, that—

no, that is more like congruous with who you are than if you ate the hot dog.

But it's crazy that kids— like young Sheldon, he's always eating hot dogs and spaghetti. Like kids love hot dogs.

Hot dogs and spaghetti.

So you think it's like a, like a kid-friendly dish, therefore heir to Turd. Therefore, I would like it.

Perhaps. Do you like applesauce? Yeah. Oh, I don't know, that's a kid-friendly dish.

Who doesn't like applesauce?

It's a little weird.

Oh wow, really?

I actually like it as a condiment.

Well, let me say this, I like applesauce of course like from a jar, but these days I'm like making my own, right? Does not hit the same. Fresh applesauce, yuck. Like, where's the sugar? Yeah, but it's still, it's still decent.

Yeah, yo, little Yolito, my friend.

Olivia said Yolito last night.

We had to— Yolito, mi amiga.

I was telling her, you know what I realized when she always says Yolito? And when I'm asking her a parenting question. So I guess like Yolito is her parenting philosophy, which just tracks with like what I think, what like she is like as a mom. Because I was like, you know, we're getting to this phase where like all the progress we've made with food, like Ruby's not eating anything and he doesn't eat unless you put a blueberry in front of him. He only wants to eat blueberries. I'm like, is that bad? Olivia was like, Yolito.

Well, what I would say, you didn't ask, you didn't even ask.

You weren't there.

Um, the berry phase is very real. So you have entered the berry phase.

Prepare. But we don't like berries besides blue.

Prepare to take out a loan.

Yeah, I'm sensing that, especially if you want to go like farm fresh organic.

Yeah, it's exciting, the berry phase. It really is. It's so healthy.

It's delish. And he smells so good. He always smells like fresh fruit.

So what's wrong? There's nothing wrong with that.

No, but like, like protein, like, are we like not worried about the other parts of the food pyramid? Does food pyramid still like apply?

Yes, it still applies, and you know, always, always give it.

Mhm.

But then that means you have to make it just for it to throw on the ground and Bruno to eat it. Literally. Yeah. I hope Bruno likes these fritters.

Yeah, right. Um, so we have 5 stories.

Yeah, I actually really like the stories today.

Oh wow.

There's a little bit of TPN.

Okay, positive. TPN, Toast Passion News.

It's not like, it's not even my disposition, like the stories are, you know, it's objective. It's not even me, like, like I, even on this day, if I had yesterday's stories, I'd say they're bad.

Toast Passion News. Mm-hmm. Is it about Elmo?

There is a story about Elmo, but that's not TPN.

Okay. Is it about Karen Reed? No. She's suing the state of Massachusetts.

And I actually heard this morning, like, her time's up in terms of cultural caring.

No, no, no, no. People are fucking obsessed.

And like, someone needs to tell Karen Reed about Off Campus. Like, we're not talking about you anymore.

Karen Reed, Garrett Graham. Um, no, but you know, she was appealed, like she got appealed. West Wilson, Wicked Witch, Karen Reed, um, she's suing the, like, the police force. And so all these, like, all this, like, evidence, like voice memos of, like, these corrupt— it was really bad. Like, I heard a bunch of the voice memos this morning, like jail, like literally jail. For whom? For the cops. Like, real, like the stuff you see in movies. Like, you didn't know cops like that existed. Like, real, like, bad cops.

Yeah.

Oh no, she's taking it all the way too. Oh no, go Karen.

That's a blind spot for me, Karen Reed.

So I'm like, bad Karen, good Karen, because she was like technically found guilty of like— no, but I don't know if murder—

I don't know if she was found guilty of what, to whom, if we the people think she did. I really don't know anything about it.

So I'm like, it's a free Karen Reed situation. She was like the main suspect. Her boyfriend was a cop and he was like friends with a bunch of cops, and like literally they were out one night, he like ran back into the house of his cop friends and never came back. And like the police friends, like literally framed her, like 100%. And they're all still like just like cops, and so she's taking them down.

So good Karen.

Good Karen.

Yeah, good Karen.

Justice for Karen. And just— she did appeal and she was totally exonerated.

Oh, so she's not in prison?

No, no, no.

Good Karen.

No.

Okay.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. No, she's a free woman.

Well, let's get into the stories, and you're going to have to wait and see what the TPN is.

Yeah, I'm so curious. Is it about Desperate Housewives?

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You're welcome, my daughter.

Our first story, in, in order of no importance, I would say.

First storter.

My first storter. Florida Georgia Line reunited at CMA Fest last— oh, you didn't watch our sister story.

She had— nobody didn't know it so early.

She had the minute-by-minute update. Oh shit. So CMA Fest was last night, star-studded lineup.

CMA Fest is like a huge country music festival that takes place like all over Nashville, but then at night there's like one big festival lineup.

It's all aired on television.

It's really— oh yeah, they do, they do an ABC special like in a few months.

But Florida Georgia Line reunited, hugging, sang two songs.

That's like a really big deal.

It is a really big deal. Margo was like making me aware of how big of a deal it was, whereas I don't know if I would have like realized if not for a story. She said the stadium was jumping.

Well, we forget now because so much has happened in the world, and especially in country music, that like these two, when they were—

there was nothing bigger.

There was nothing bigger in music, not even in country. They had transcended genres. They were so big. I would say they were just as big as like right now, like Morgan Wallen.

I agree.

They were fucking huge, and every song was like a years-long hit. If it's meant to be, it'll be.

Cruise.

Baby, you a song, you make me wanna roll my window down.

I feel like that was like the biggest song of the decade.

Did they do Holy? Or is that Justin Bieber?

Uh, or is that Justin Bieber?

No, it's Justin Bieber, but like—

It's them, it's them.

Who?

Holy.

You're holy. That's Florida Georgia Line. Like insane fucking records. So this is a really big deal. I don't want to be negative. It does feel too little too late. Like, sorry that you two like couldn't get along enough. I they, they like swear they keep politics— they keep doing press that like— because the rumor was that like one was MAGA and one was lib, and like the wives couldn't get along. They both thought each other was disgusting. Like, so it was actually so disappointing that like politics came between them. They have since gone on to do press saying that like it's not— that rumor is completely false. But I'm sorry, you can't convince me.

Sorry, I don't— like maybe there was something additionally that happened and you're like not lying in that moment because you're talking about the additional thing, but you guys don't like each other to your core. Not the men, I don't think. I think it's a situation where it's like the men would have been fine, but their wives hated each other.

You know what it reminds me of? Taylor and Tommy, like the tennis players.

The, like, boyfriends were friends before, and then the girls came and they couldn't be friends, and they couldn't be friends anymore, but they would like to be friends, and they didn't have an issue with each other, but like the wives couldn't get along.

I also think that they both went out and did solo work. One of them more as a songwriter. Brian from— Brian Kelly is his name. From— what, who's the one with long hair? He was the one who like wrote all the songs, and Tyler was the one who sang all the songs. So they really were a perfect duo. Because then Tyler went out to like to have his own solo career, and like, okay, um, and then Brian, I'm sure, like continued to write music, but like they kind of— they're one half each of a whole partnership. So neither one of them had like insane killer solo careers, and I think that they both thought like they were so big that they could go on to do anything, and that was not the case. Um, I'm curious, I don't think they can like pick back up where they left off. It's been like 5 years.

I think that the music would speak for itself. Like, if they want to produce a song like Cruise or Holy, like, I'm listening.

This is so crazy.

Like, if the music is great, we're back.

Absolutely.

And I think there's no reason why it can't be. Yeah, they looked happy to be together. It like didn't seem awkward. Good. It looks like they like missed the fans and like the spotlight.

They left a gaping hole like in country music, especially in like the CMA ACM Awards circuit. Like every year was like best duo or group, best duo or group.

Like, Dan and Shay is feeling sad today. Oh yeah, cuz they were like working working on a comeback.

They— did you see they released this like big statement like about how like, like they're coming back?

I didn't know they left.

They did.

They've been enjoying these last 5 years.

Yeah, no, and they were like— they coast, but like they were also a huge duo, and I think they were working on getting themselves back to where they once were.

Okay.

And now Florida Georgia Line has entered the conversation, so it's seriously battle of the duos.

And like Brothers Osborne.

But the thing about Brothers Osborne is like they're consistent. They never left us.

Are they a duo or a band?

2 brothers duo.

They get nominated for Best Duo.

It's the same category. It's like Best Duo or Group. Maddie and Tay. Shout out to Maddie.

Yeah, and they always get like the token nominee, even though I believe that they are so talented.

You know, I think Maddie and Tay are separating. I think I saw that.

I don't want to talk about this anymore. It's too upsetting. Like, that's why you could only work with family.

So hard. Can you go blind from crying in the dark? Was it ever really real if he don't I feel like I feel.

That's why you should only work with family. Look at the Jonas Brothers, they can't quit each other.

I wish they would. No, I'm kidding. Like, one thing about me, like, I'm a Jonas Brothers troll. Like, I always make fun of them, but I'm their number one fan. But I'm their number one fan.

That's like— but that is a troll. It's true. Like, and like, you're keeping them in control.

It's like a lot of love.

No, an interest. Yeah. And you're keeping them in business. Yeah. Much like trolls do.

You know, the Hey Jonas podcast, which we did like deeply clown on, has been making a little bit of news.

It's been making headlines. I actually want to read some of them to you because it's like, this is why This is like what happens when you start a podcast, like a corny iHeartRadio podcast. These are the headlines that emerge: Kevin Jonas reveals Michael Bublé is on his sex playlist.

Okay, this is where like, I, like, I feel like Kevin has sort of like a stellar reputation and like the podcast is now hurting him.

Yeah.

And then this is not the type of shit you talk about with your brothers, like your siblings.

No. And like, there are some people who should share what's on their sex playlist. And there are some people who shouldn't, right?

And the thing we love about Kevin Jonas is like, is his stability, is like, he is that father figure. He never left us. He always lives in New Jersey. Like, this is disappointing. What are the other headlines?

I saw that Joe Jonas says his kids have given him purpose again as he praises co-parenting with his ex Sophie Turner.

Well, I didn't see him praising co-parenting. I just saw him saying that like, you know, he has to leave a lot.

People magazine put a nice spin on it.

Yeah, they did. What he said, which was like a nice thing, is like, he works really hard, they leave a lot, they tour a lot, and it makes it easier to do that when you know like you're working for your kids, like for your kids to have a better life. And so when he gets home and like gets a hug, the world's problems just melt away, which was like sweet. He also just did like— he was starting the sentence like just saying like he is a— what he was trying to say was that like he's divorced and has his kids alone sometimes. So he was like, I'm a single parent, which I feel like calling yourself a single parent when like the other parent is alive—

sure, and in the picture—

yeah, um, is a weird thing to say. So he said, I'm a single parent and I co-parent. So you're not a single parent because you have a co-parent?

Yeah, I don't know what the linguistic correctness is because like unless the the other person has zero custody, or like zero involvement, minimal— let's say minimal custody, actually. What if they just have like supervised weekend visits?

They don't financially contribute.

You're still a single parent. Yeah, but you're 50/50 custody. Is that called single parent? Like, I'm not gonna say yes or no because we're—

I don't know. But like, I think like you can say it, but it's misleading.

But for those people who are in these situations, like, please let us know, like, what is the proper single parent?

So he said, I'm a single dad. He said, I'm a single dad. And I co-parent with— I didn't know if he was going to say Sophie, my ex-wife, my children's mother. Yeah, it was like a really like intentional way of saying it.

That's really crazy. I think that's a lot that goes on. Single, comma, dad.

Single person who's also a dad. He's actually not single, he's in a relationship. I think that there's a lot that goes on between him and Sophie.

Like, I would imagine, yeah, I would imagine they have like two young children, they're in each other's lives all the time. Yeah, especially if they're co-parenting, that means like drop-offs every other day.

Yeah, that's a lot of seeing one another.

Yeah. I don't think it's, it's like out of sight, out of mind.

So Florida Georgia Line.

So Florida Georgia Line. I'm, I'm, I'm interested to see what happens next.

Yeah. Like it's hard to get back to the place where like you're at that level where like every song was like, you know, The Middle by Zedd, like the biggest hits of the year. Mm-hmm. That's a hard place to— they left, they left the top.

But I, I think that the culture is ready for it because country music is having a moment. Yeah. It's not like people have moved on.

No.

A lot of artists are like migrating to country and like a lot of the biggest songs on the charts right now are country, like Shaboozy and Ella Young Lee and Morgan Lawlen and Luke Combs. So like everyone's all ears.

We're open. Yeah.

All ears to country.

You know what they say about those rising tides?

They raise all of the shides. Our next story is a perfect segue because Taylor Swift's new song for Tour Story, Tour Story 5 just dropped.

Mm-hmm.

I Knew It, I Knew You. It is a country music song. Did you listen this morning?

I did. It sounds like right off of Folklore. It sounds like Betty.

Like, oh, I think it sounds off of debut.

Oh no, it sounds like very acoustic like that. And it is a Jack Antonoff production, of course. Um, she released this like long Instagram caption all about it.

Let me tell you, when I woke up this morning, it was the first thing I thought about, like the song's here.

Oh, that's so funny. I had no idea. I was scrolling TikTok and I was like, why?

I, I, I was really trying to like identify like, why is this top of mind for me?

It's exciting.

I guess it is exciting cuz it's like another song that I can add to the list of like, they think they're listening to Toy Story and I get to listen to Taylor Swift.

Exactly. I had no idea. I'm scrolling TikTok, someone's using it in a TikTok. I'm like, oh, how'd you get the song?

It's out. So this is what Lorde said about the song, which I listened to once, and it was like giving classic, like, Taylor, like, hard G guitar. For me, it's like when you hear Tim McGraw, that's like the vibe where I was taken to. But you were taken to Betty Folklore. But it's very country. She said writing this— and she posted a video of like her dressed up as Jessie when she was a little young girl— she said writing this song felt like a musical departure and coming home at the same time. That makes sense. Creating something for Jessie was a new challenge and also felt like second nature all at And being a Toy Story kid from the age of 5 till now is an adventure I plan to be on to infinity and beyond.

And that sounds like a pregnancy announcement, like not to be toxic.

Oh, I'm cracking up. I just, I just thought she didn't know how to like end the statement without being like, I love watching Toy Story today.

She's gonna be watching Toy Story forever.

Yeah. She wants a family. Well, she already told us she wants a family on wishlist.

Yeah. Yeah.

Yeah. But I don't, this to me sounds like I want a family, which we knew.

Yeah, of course. Of course.

Thank you to the brilliant Andrew— I guess she didn't have to include that line.

I definitely like—

I'm just looking, and people read into everything.

Uh, yeah, these days I'm looking into like things of this nature as a mother myself, so like, yeah, that's what— that's where my mind went. Sorry, I'm toxic.

Thank you to the brilliant Andrew Stanton for imagining me for this all those years ago when you wrote this newest film. Thank you to the incomparable Randy Newman for the gorgeous sonic tapestry of songs and scores you've meticulously woven over the years. Yes, he has.

She loves to meticulously weave.

You created the Toy Story musical world and we are lucky to get to live in it. By we, I mean myself and my pal Jack Antonoff. So they are not beefing, even though I think that they are. Mm-hmm. We wrote this with so much adoration for these characters that made us laugh and helped us learn lessons and think outside the backyard all throughout our childhoods. I knew it. I knew you from Toy Story 5, available now.

Pardon me. It was like a good song.

Yeah.

Like, I obviously need to listen to it more.

I need to listen to it more too. It's like a lot of, um, It was just like a lot of hoopla.

And like, now, you know, like now it's here and it's like, I can't, I, I can't tell you yet what I think.

And like, we were so excited and now we know how it feels for it to be—

isn't it such an amazing feeling?

Except like, I don't know how it feels yet.

Right.

On this one.

Right.

Because I need to listen to it more. I'm excited to like be in the car with the kids and be like, do you guys wanna hear the new Toy Story song? Jesse wrote a song. Like, thanks, Lrd.

Yeah. Thanks, Lrd.

Like, that's like, you know, Life is a Highway means everything to me.

Right. Because it's technically Lightning McQueen.

It's Lightning McQueen. And when he did the version with Lizzy Hale, that's Mater. Yeah. And that song goes platinum in my car. Matter. No, I think it's made.

I didn't know.

You said matter. I always say matter, but it's made. But it's made. Beautiful. I've tried to like fix myself. You're, you're— my pronunciations have gotten so crazy. The other day I was reading something and like the way I read something out loud or in a book? In someone's caption.

Okay. So in your brain you were reading?

In my brain I was reading it and my brain went to pronounce the word M-E-N-U as Minou.

And I don't think that's a problem per se. I think it really speaks to how you meticulously weave all imagin— like, you're, you're just bursting with imagination. Minou. Minou. And like, who says it's not?

Who says?

Who says?

Who? You know, I was going to say, who says you're not perfect?

No, mine's better. Who says who? You know, I wanted to tell you something. When we were talking earlier in the week about other songs Taylor has written for—

by the way, the list goes on and on.

Now let's just— let's go on. We completely forgot our favorite movie ever, the Hannah Montana movie. She wrote Crazier and You'll Always Find Your Way Back Home, like two of the most important songs on that soundtrack. Her track record when it comes to like writing songs for soundtracks is impeccable.

No, and like, this isn't her big one where she's trying to get an Oscar. Like, she's been doing that forever.

And there was one more that I forgot was, oh, Today Was a Fairy Tale is from Valentine's Day. Valentine's Day.

Insane. Mm-hmm. And I'm sure there's actually more that like we—

that we're not even thinking of.

It sounds like she comes out with like a song a year for a movie.

Keep your eyes open. Doo doo doo. That's also Hunger Games with Save and Sound.

Save and Sound.

But nothing is better than Are You, Are You Sweeter Than Fiction is also a soundtrack song. I don't know what movie it's from, but your eyes wider than distance. This life is sweeter than fiction. It's from some random movie.

Yeah, okay, well, enjoy Toy Story. I knew it, I knew you.

And I did know it, and I do know you.

It's true. Are you ready for our next story?

What number?

3. Yeah, Elmo is getting dragged for—

as he motherfucking should—

as his NBA— for his NBA neutrality. So Elmo's neutral NBA Finals post causes chaos with Knicks fans. So Elmo's official Twitter account, which is actually like a very, um, controversial place—

it is, it's something— there's always drama.

Yeah, and whoever runs it, like like, is it reading it well? Yeah. No, and remember when they started like posting like, I love Adolf Hitler?

Oh my God, yes.

And I love how this gets more outrage than Hitler, than when Elmo went on an anti-Semitic tirade.

Yeah, that was really like low-key crazy of Elmo.

So whoever has the password to Elmo's Twitter, like, he's not doing a good job. Yeah. Um, so Elmo's official Twitter account wrote regarding the NBA Finals, he said, Elmo hopes both teams have fun.

Which would have been like cutesy and fun. Like, you know, we're supposed to be teaching kids sportsmanship, but we're also supposed to be teaching kids about pride. And where the fuck is Elmo from? Astoria, motherfucker. Like, your team is literally playing and you're rooting for both teams. Like, what? Okay, yeah, we need to teach kids sportsmanship, but what about teaching kids about community? What about teaching kids about like having pride for your hometown? He's getting dragged, and rightfully so. Like, seriously, Cancel Elmo.

Yeah, they're saying Elmo—

Elmo is over party.

Elmo, you're from the city, pick a side, man.

Eric Adams got involved.

Oh yeah, he posted a meme. Bruh, Elmo, I don't think you understand what's at stake here.

No, it's true. And it's like, this is a historic moment for your fucking city. You think Sesame Street is— it's in fucking New York City.

You think he just fell out of a coconut tree?

Exactly. No, you— he lives in the context, the context of all in which that came before him, and he's ignoring that context.

Text. It is like you didn't even have to say anything.

It's true. But here you are like disgracing your city. And how do you think this makes Jalen Brunson feel?

Yeah, he did it all for Elmo.

So Jalen Brunson was asked in a press conference, you know, the like the back, the, the last, last row in MSG tickets are going for $7,500. What would you, what show would you want to see that like what would you pay $7,500 for? And he thought about it for a really long time and then he was like, a live Michael Jackson show. And it's just crazy to me, like Michael Jackson, do you know what I mean? I know, I know he's like the greatest performer of all time, but like he also did that shit.

Like, let me tell you something, Jalen Brunson could say anything. He could say a live Adolf Hitler speech. No, he's not.

He would never. His wife is Jewish.

He could say a live Adolf Hitler speech and people would love it. In this moment? Yeah.

What are you gonna do?

Take him off the team?

No, I know. And it just makes me think like about like, they're like, people just really can't quit Michael Jackson. Like he's in the, culture a lot right now because of the movie. And I— well, I don't think the movie was like an enormous success. People weren't like boycotting it or anything.

No, and it wasn't a flop. It wasn't like Snow White.

No, people who saw it loved it. They got dressed up. Like, people can't quit Michael Jackson. Mhm. I never really like started, so like it was not easy. I didn't have to quit.

I haven't quit. I listen sometimes.

Yeah, I cuss a little. Yeah, I listen to a little Michael Jackson.

Which one? Um, Black or White and, um, Rock and Robin.

No, like, the shit's good for sure.

No, it's so good. Yeah. And then, like, am I supposed to quit Jackson 5 as well?

No. Why should other— why should the other members be punished?

Like, I've got to teach my kids the ABCs.

It's true. ABCs is such a good song.

They're all really good.

Wow. Okay, so you're just separating the art from the artist?

Yeah, I think so. Um, I, I don't think about it too hard, and, and if I do, like, I, I wouldn't—

you would stop?

Yeah, yeah. But I just don't really think about it and Yeah, I guess that sort of happened like slowly, you know?

Okay.

I just had a couple songs stuck in my head and like the only way to get them out is like listen to them. Stream.

Yeah. Support.

Do you know that like when you have something stuck in your head, you have to listen to it to get it out in order to move on from it? So yeah, that's what I did.

Okay.

Wow. I got stuck. He's sort of like my number one artist of the year.

I'm scared of your Spotify Wrapped. Maybe my number one artist of the year is 100% going to be Charlie Hope. She can come on Namesake.

Charlie. You know Charlie Hope? Yes.

She just does all those kids' songs. The meadow and the sand and the sun lived in old mother turtle and her little turtle one.

Dig.

The thing is like all those kids' songs are just insufferable. Like the wheel, the ones you have to do, Wheels on the Bus.

Mm-hmm.

And she just puts like a little bonny ver— she's like a really sweet little voice. She has her little guitar and she makes it like really sort of esthetic so much to the point where you don't know that you're 100% listening to those dreadful songs. And then she has her own hits. Over in the Meadow. Um, I love the mountains, and then my favorite, the Rolling Hills.

I love the flowers, I love the daffodils.

And then her best song is, and the green grass grew all around, all around, and the green grass grew all around. Like, slay, Charlie Hope. Thank you for like not being insufferable. Yeah, she's gonna be my number one artist of the year, like 100%. And Imogen Heap. Yeah, although I do think I took Imogen Heap out of my— like, you can block someone from your data.

Oh, interesting, because we have that song on. I feel like that song is blocked on everybody's Spotify. It should be because it never came up when I listened to it all year for Charlie. Charlie. Oh, I also meant to say about Namesake, guess what came through?

About Namesake, guess what came through? I don't know.

My POV gifting.

Okay, you have to film a huge review for TikTok. I mean, for TikTok, for Patreon.

Okay, I will. It's all like makeup primer, right?

Yeah, so it's skincare, but it's not skincare you're supposed to do like before bed or anything. It, it's like serums, creams, uh, lip balms, all to do before your makeup. Let it set. You do like the whole 7-step whatever. Okay. And then you do your makeup as normal.

Okay. They sent me so much. I took like a video of it. I was going to post and like thank my girl as if we're like such good friends.

No, we are definitely like Michaela Nogueira's like most— I guess Charlie Puth also, but like most famous fans for sure.

So I was very excited. Thank you, POV team.

You have to film a review.

Okay, I will, but it will be the next time I do my makeup. So like maybe on Monday. I try and go makeup-free on the weekends.

Yeah, so do I. Yeah, even when I'm like at an event, I'm like, I'm at a wedding but I'm makeup-free, sorry. Oh, your wedding's on Saturday? I can't wear makeup.

No, like it's really important to me to not wear makeup on the weekends.

I agree, I agree. Or like flat iron or like use heat on my hair.

Yeah. Um, are you ready for our next story, which is always a great segue from talking about POV?

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Our next story, Alex Earle is going to be starring in the next Benson Boone music video.

Oh yeah, we were just talking about music videos, like, and how it's kind of like a necessary step for all it girls. I'm surprised Alex Earl hasn't been in one already.

She might have, but maybe not the one that she needs. And I just want to say her Blurred Lines moment.

Yeah, right, because I think that like influencers get tapped a lot for like music videos, especially like the female music videos with like lots of girls and like girl gang. I'm sorry, I'm not talking about that. Like, this— there's a very specific music video girl archetype that I'm talking about. It has to be a male artist, sorry, and the influencer has to be like one of one influencer in the music video, not like a big group of influencers, and she has to be like the romantic lead love interest, and the song has to be amazing. Okay, wow, that's a lot of pressure.

Yeah, so the song is called The Time of My Life. Has it come out yet?

I don't know, like, this is such a slay on Benson Boone's part.

Benson has amazing songs.

He does. They used one of his songs in Love Island last night. Moonbeam ice cream, taking off your blue jeans, dancing to the movies, 'cause it feels so mystical, magical.

And then he also— they used another one, um, Mr. Electric Blue. He's a madman.

And another one, a good hard-working man. But he kept his head down and he keeps just like churning out the hits. And I think he gets clowned on a lot because he makes what people call like like grocery store music.

I don't clown on him.

And I just want to say I like grocery store music because it's good.

Like, if you like Michael Jackson, try Benson Boone. It's true.

No, if you like Freddie Mercury, I think it's like more so what he emulates.

Like, with— I think it's similar—

sparkly jumpsuits and like the mustache. He goes a little on the nose. He borderlines on like being like a Vegas impersonator.

Yeah, but it's like, if, if it ain't broke, don't fix it.

And I just want to say, um, like Mark Zuckerberg like came really close to ruining Benson Boone because he's obviously—

there is like an association that I can't untangle.

Benson Boone And I guess like Mark Zuckerberg's a really— Benson Boone, Wicked Witch, Madame Marble, Wes Wilson, Clara Graham. I love this, by the way. Benson Boone. I, I guess Mark Zuckerberg is like a huge fan. Mm-hmm. And like had him perform at a birthday party and then like he had this like iconic jumpsuit that like Mark Zuckerberg then put on and like did a flip. And like, I just don't wanna share like a favorite artist with Mark Zuckerberg. Like I just know in my bones Mark Zuckerberg is a big time loser and like, I just don't wanna have anything in common with him. Like we, we kind of don't, like I'm, I'm good.

Yeah. I just hope like whatever amount Benson got paid, it was worth it for like the knocks to his reputation that it did. Now he will come back from it, and I'm a big fan of his, but there is an association that I can't untangle. The more hits that come out, the more time that goes by, this is better. This music video helps. This is good. But like, it definitely like took him down a road that he wasn't meant to go down.

Oh, speaking of—

so I hope it was millions of dollars.

So I don't know if you saw Niall Horan on, um, The Voice. Platypus? What's it called?

Therapists.

Therapists. And Jake was like, you know, you performed at my friend's bat mitzvah. And I have to assume he's talking about his friend Alice Grange, who's Ellie Grange's sister, whose dad is like Universal World Music. Yeah.

Like, because he— why do you assume it's her? Because did Niall Horan perform at her bat mitzvah?

Yeah, One Direction did. Oh. And I'm trying to think like, who else would it be? And he was like, well, we only did one bat mitzvah. I was like, I know who you're talking about.

Out.

Um, and it was in London, like it was definitely—

oh yeah, and they're Lundish.

Yeah, yeah, it was definitely— and he was like, wait, what? And he was like, well, we only performed at one moment, so— and it was so fun. They definitely got paid so much. It was such a hilarious— I wonder, I don't think Jake was there, cuz I think they met like later in life.

I wonder how much they got paid. Yeah, maybe $5 million, a million each.

A million each. Yeah, well, maybe at the time it was when there were only 4, Zayn left, so it was only $4 million, and they got them at a discount. It was seriously hilarious, like the way Jake said it. He was like, you know, you performed at my friend's bat mitzvah, and Niall like knew what he was talking about immediately because there was literally only one. I didn't know that 1D had ever done that, getting One Direction to perform at your bas mitzvah.

I should have— yeah, because like a lot of people get performers for their weddings or bat mitzvah, but it's not really someone I want to like hear from.

Yeah, I see sometimes on TikTok like they get, um, like it goes viral, like, you know, like, uh, the performer performed, and it's like, no, I like— I never wish I was there.

No, but like, I wish I was there for Bobby and Caitlin's performance from Rascal Flatts.

Yes, Bobby Bones from Rascal Flatts singing Fast Cars and Freedom.

Like, if I am having a performer at my wedding, I want it to be like one of the 5 artists that I love. Not— I don't want to shade an artist, but like, not a random individual.

Who are you thinking?

Like, like, I don't know, people just get the most random people and they think it's cool that they had a performer.

Yeah, just because—

but I'm like, I would— had a performer, but I would rather hear the DJ play my favorite song.

1,000% the original. No, or just my favorite song by my favorite artist. Yeah, no, like the iTunes version, the original version.

But not even like, would this person's song even play at this party, right, if they weren't the performer, right? So like, I think it should really be like very carefully chosen. Yeah, that's like Harry and Meghan had Ellie Goulding perform.

That's who you would choose?

That's amongst who I would choose. Yeah, Rascal Fats, Ellie Goulding, of course Kelly Clarkson.

Beyoncé like famously performed at like a huge one of those Indian billionaire weddings. Rihanna as well.

Rihanna as Well, um, Andrea Bocelli is a classic.

Taylor has performed at like only the weddings of her friends, like in like an acoustic, very chill way.

Would you want Taylor to perform at your wedding?

Like, obviously. Yeah. I don't even know why I was pretending. Not a trick question. I was gonna be like, well, maybe like the attention would be taken. Yeah, shut up. Um, yeah, of course. Yeah. There are, again, there are, I agree with you. Like there are a couple of people whom, but I'm also like shallow. Like a performer's a performer.

Like, oh really?

Whoever we can get, whoever fits the budget. Like, yeah. Yeah, I'll take—

you don't want it—

someone like—

I'm trying to think. I don't know why I just like don't feel like throwing someone under the bus.

Yeah, I'll take Ben Platt. And I would take Ben Platt.

Like, well, that would be an amazing performance.

He would just have to sing behind a curtain. Like, we don't want to see you, but we want to hear you.

He would be amazing.

I know. And he has like a really beautiful song, Grow As We Go.

But it's like, it's never that sort of performer.

Like, it's— no, I know, it's always just like— I know what you're saying.

Like someone like—

and it's always someone like viral, like an— like a like a TikTok song, like someone like so 20 years ago. Oh, I love that.

So, um, who's performing? What? Where'd we get here?

Alex Earl Benson Boone. He performed at Mark Zuckerberg's.

But anyways, yes, if I'm Mark Zuckerberg, Benson Boone fits the bill. Yeah. Uh, so I'm excited for the music video. Yeah, me too. Our fifth and final story is TPN.

Oh my God, okay, I forgot that this was like— I was waiting for this.

Anna Faris is sharing the celebrity who finally greenlit the movie The House Bunny after she pitched the film 24 times.

Oh, I didn't realize she was like the brains behind it. I thought she was just a star.

So Anna Faris, uh, was just on a podcast, Happy Sad Confused, and she was talking about The House Bunny, her iconic movie where she plays a Playboy bunny who becomes a sorority mother. She said, we pitched that movie 24 times all around LA, and on the 24th time it was Happy Madison, Adam Sandler's company. Oh, that actually tracks.

I didn't know that it was a Happy Madison production.

He was like, all right, we didn't even get to pitch him. She said that he saw her in the waiting room and said, what are you doing here? And she said, I'm here to pitch you a movie. And he said, what's it about? And she said, a Playboy bunny who gets kicked out of the mansion. And he was like, okay, all right, that's pretty funny. And so they walked away and sold it. And she, she said, that was our last chance to get it sold.

Yeah.

There was no one else. Like, it was amazing. And then 6 to 8 weeks later, I was on set in LA with a crew of like 200 people.

Then she went on to say, wait, like, this is such, like, not that he needs any more like good press. This is like a huge, not like, like the check in his column.

It is. She went on to say the film was life-changing for her. She said, it was a life-changing role. Yeah, fundamentally, career stuff aside, playing a character that had so much compassion and lack of judgment, a character who really led with her heart— it sounds really corny, but I think it made me feel like it was easier to make friends in a weird way. She said, that's simplistic, but I loved playing a character who was not competitive with other people and who was really wonderful. That made me want to lead my life with compliments. It felt like kind of a way to combat jealous feelings.

It's actually really true. Like, the character, you forget, like, is this like— she's like a bombshell, obviously, but she's like this kind of not airhead, but like really just sweet, naive young woman who's like never lived in the real world because she always lived in a Playboy mansion. Like, she had butlers and everything done for her. And it's nice to hear that Anna Faris like looks back on the role so fondly and like the whole experience. That's always what you want to hear from your faves.

Yeah, it's really true because it's one of our favorite, most formative movies.

It is like like, first of all, I loop it into a genre of like, like Sydney White, like college, like movies set in college towns that like just aren't like vulgar or like they really shaped us. And it's really, I guess they really all have like a nice moral of the story. Be kind and inclusive.

They're also like romantic coming-of-age comedy.

Yes.

Yes. Romantic coming-of-age comedies.

I would say romantic coming-of-age comedy for sure. Yeah. West, West and Madam Mariposa, Benson Boone, Gary Graham.

There's one.

Karen Reed.

Um, so I thought you would like to hear that.

Anna Faris is doing a lot of press because her movie, um, Scream— Scary Movie— like Scary Movie. And people, like, all a lot of clips of her doing press are like getting taken out of context, being like, she's drunk. It's like, you guys don't know Anna Faris. She's quirky as fuck. Like, she's an OG podcaster. I don't think there's anything wrong with her, honestly. No, I don't think so. It is though just crazy to imagine there was ever a time where she was married to Chris Pratt. Like, two people who could not be less compatible with one another. Mother.

Could not— no, I could see how they got married, but I can understand why they got divorced. Yeah, right. Yeah, so it's always fun to hear from her.

It is, it is.

She's such a fave.

She's such a queen.

Yeah, she really—

uh, What's My Number? Like, her rom-com, her roster— she kind of like picked up the crown where Katherine Heigl left it off.

Like, she— but then she set it down.

Yeah, didn't want it, as most great like rom-com queens do. Kate Hudson, like, you have to set it down. Yeah, you can't, you can't be like a rom-com star forever. Like, there's an era and you have to know when it's time. J.Lo was a rom-com queen. Like, let's talk about Love Island. One of the worst episodes, worst group of people. Like, I hate them all. First of all, I don't have like a positive thing to say about one of them. They all had bad episodes last night. Beia, like, sitting and coaching Charlie's brother Zach into like how to talk to Kenzie, like, and pretty much just like smooth talk her.

Don't mean anything that you say and just say what she wants to hear so you can get out of this hole. Like, that was not a good look for women.

No. And I want to say, like, I hate to use this phrase but not a girl's girl. Like, that was actually low-key evil.

That was like sort of like, you know, I'm a guy, I like beer, and I'm not like other girls. I thought that was a really bad look for her.

I completely agree. It was a bad— the episode was bad for her.

I didn't get a chance to like get on Twitter and like gage perception, but like she should be getting canceled for that, like hate for that. Like, not to send hate, but like, of course it's a hateful show where we hate people. So like, I hated it. That was a bad moment.

But also like bad episode for Kenzie. Like, you're being so fucking dramatic. Like, he was with you for 3 seconds, he got whisked away, and like that's what the show is about. Like, you like refusing to talk to him, you look so immature stupid.

So I imagine it's partially about the heartbreak, but more so about like, first of all, it's embarrassing, like, that someone like literally looked at you and was like, you're not my type, and then moved on and is like so happy to be with someone else. Like, it really is a blow to the self-esteem. And like, if you're—

she's also taking what he said out of context. He was just saying like, yeah, like, I think you're so great, but like, you know, I usually don't go for blonde.

No, I know, but it just like hurts to hear that you're not someone's type and then they've moved on and you're standing there alone. It's just— and for an emotional girl, like, that's just like tough. And I also I also think a lot of them are like so scared of being sent home because it's still early, the followers haven't popped off yet. Like if you get sent home at this first ceremony, like you did not successfully become an influencer during your time on Love Island that you quit your job for. Yeah. So it's, and you know how that island is like a psychological torture chamber and everything just feels like the biggest slight. And so to take like an emotionally fragile person and put them through rejection. Yeah. And jealousy and heartbreak. Like, yeah, I mean, but to watch it, it's like, are you okay? Are you crazy?

It was a bad episode for Melanie. She looked so crazy. But it was also a bad episode for Sincere. Like, first of all, you are not handsome enough to be like playing games like this. Like, you're lucky to be with Melanie, the prettiest girl here. So why don't you just sit down? And, uh, also him like admitting to cheating, like, that was weird. Okay, it was a bad episode for everyone.

Okay, it was a horrible episode for Melanie.

Yes.

Oh yeah, that girl is crazy.

Crazy.

And when she started to say at the beginning of the episode, like, I feel like people get sick of me, I'm like, oh no, stop, you're so sweet. And like, she's like a little bit sick of you because me, but she's like— she broke up with herself.

She's very off-putting.

Yeah, she broke up with herself by like insisting that he wants to go and explore, and then she's like rattling off all these curse words like, you want to explore? I be Dora fucking Explorer. Like, just so crazy.

Was she talking to Kenzie? Like, two crazy bitches telling each other—

exactly. No, and then so rude about Kaden and her name. Kaden's sitting there listening to you, trying to calm you down and tell you it was not anything. Yeah. And then she goes, she doesn't even know her name, and then she says it wrong. Wrong. Like, she's nasty, she's insecure. Yeah, it was such an ugly look. And that's what I mean, you could be the prettiest girl there, but when your insides come out, it doesn't matter what you look like.

Although this kind of is what I wanted in terms of the girls. Like, I feel like in the last season it was like the girls never fought. It was like they were riding for each other so hard, which is like sweet, you know, women supporting women, but that's not really what I want to watch. I want to see like bitches being mean to each other. So like, I do like that there is a little bit of infighting and like they don't all like sisterhood, like ride for you. Um, that is what I asked for. So in that sense—

no, in that sense it's fine. But like, in terms of her being able to be in a relationship, like, she's going to get nowhere. I also like don't think Sincere did anything wrong.

He—

in talking to Kaida, first of all, he obviously was attracted to Kaida, and he still didn't get off his green spot. So it wasn't like he was just like going where his eyes took him. But okay, things are settling in.

It's day 2. The bombshells after they chose red green.

What do you— oh, they just had the kiss.

They only kissed the people that stepped on red, so like they came out after.

Oh, interesting. Okay, so less of a credit to him. Um, it's day 2 though. You are interested in this person, have a conversation. The conversation was not flirty or a betrayal of Melanie at all.

Getting to know—

I know it's painful, but that's literally what we're here to do. If he locks in at day 2 like that, is silly. That's actually— that's what Huda and Jeremiah did, and it was silly. He's done nothing wrong.

Talk.

And then in that challenge, okay, so he texted someone else while he was dating someone. Okay, some of the things that people had—

so very bad episode for Trinity. You gave somebody a blowjob in the car with your mom, like, that's disgusting, and I look at you differently now. And I think this group of people is disgusting.

I think that's crazier than texting, of course, than texting. Like, how— and also, how many people up there have cheated on someone? Like, how many? And yeah, they're young and immature and like horny individuals. Like, they're not like beacons of morality. So So, and just because like he did that in the past, like doesn't mean necessarily that he's gonna do that here with you. Like you have to give someone the benefit of the doubt. When he was like, she's putting all this other shit on me. It's like, he's completely right.

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

He has not acted wrong yet.

No, you have to have those conversations.

She broke up with herself in that conversation. And like, if I'm him, I don't care what you look like. I do not wanna be a part of this. Agreed.

Agreed. It's like not worth the grief.

She spiraled out. I was in shock that someone like could actually conduct that themselves that way.

When I know so many people are watching.

Watching, and they know so many people are watching.

She really thought— giving the Huda Mustafa—

she really thought she was like, had the moral of the card. Yes. And also you could tell at the end of the challenge—

well, because it's like all the other girls like gassing her up, like Kenzie.

No, no, she didn't really need much. Yeah, right. You could tell at the end of the challenge that whatever was read on the last card was going to be sincere because no, he hadn't had it yet.

Yeah.

So she was listening and everyone was joking, is it sincere? Like everyone was being sarcastic because they knew it was him, and she was flipping out that it was him.

Yeah, sorry, I'm still stuck on Trinity.

Like, that— I'm stuck on— like, when I, when I think about, like, the, the most, like, morally egregious things that happened in the challenge, I think it's that.

And, like, the way she, like, talked about the story after, like, she was so proud. It was seriously disgusting. And I just think, like, the episode was so bad for everyone. Like, I now just— my overall opinion of the group is much lower in all regards than it was before I watched last night's episode.

Yeah, I agree.

Um, like, I hate all of them, and I just want to say I like Gabriel and Kenzie.

Oh, and what about Sean and Kenzie? Oh, so Sean and Kenzie, that was insane.

Which part? Okay, that they kissed at breakfast.

Like, hello, everyone's acting like they're married. It's been one day, and that's what I mean about like the breakfast and like all this shtick, and everyone's like— and it's nice that they're like coupling off and actually like trying to make something happen, but like Kenzie and Sean, like, he woke woke up in the morning, like, got into her bed and like, like, gave her a kiss and then made her breakfast. And she like kissed him for breakfast. And it's like, that's what you do when you're like actually— I know, in a couple.

Not to be so prude, but like, I wish like kissing—

it doesn't mean anything.

Yeah, I know, because like when I saw them kiss, I'm like, wait, I'm like, did I miss something?

Claudia, when I saw them kissing or in the bed together in the morning, I'm like, did he get her in her bed in the middle of the night? I rewound to make sure to see what happened. But no, when they woke up in the morning, he went over to like wish her good morning.

Shocking stuff, like genuinely shocking stuff. Um, and I just like— I'm mad at Bia. She was being like so corny last night. So yeah, I want like— and I think she just thinks she's like really hot shit, and like she is, cuz like Gabriel chose her and he's definitely the hottest guy by a mile. Um, but like, yeah, she— he should hook up with Kenzie, just like start some shit. Yeah. So I saw the fun—

also, it seems like B is like with Gabriel but also stringing Sean along, cuz she was like, I didn't know that that meant that it broke up our couple. Yeah, so I just feel like it's the funniest tweet about you.

It's like, Gabriel didn't come here for fame. I don't think he knows this is on TV. He came here to fuck.

Like, he's serious. I saw all these tweets about him.

Like, he's cracking me up.

I saw people like saying that about him, that he's like very erotic. He's like, Gabriel's not here, his steak is here. Where are people getting that?

He's like so sexy. Like, and he is by far the best looking guy, and like he's just making out with people, like, more.

I guess I must have been too— I did a little too much admin. I like—

he's made out with Trinity, he's made out with Béa, he's definitely gonna make out with Kenzie, like, and he just has this, like, very sexy aura to him. He's a very good-looking guy, and people are— and it's like the Brazilian, you know, he's speaking Spanish to Béa.

Yeah, he's laying it on thick. People are starting to say that, like, they see something brewing between Zach and Trinity. Did you see that?

No. I think Zach is so happy to be with Kaitlyn. He can't believe he got one of the prettiest girls on the villa.

Okay.

And the bombshell, it's like— and I do think the bombshell, like, vibe wears off eventually, but, like, in the beginning, like, you have the girl and everyone doesn't know her and she's mysterious. Like, to be with the bombshell until the next bombshell comes is like a very exciting feeling.

Yeah.

And she's very pretty.

She's so pretty. And she seems nice. Yeah. She hasn't—

even though she was giving like a little bit like schoolyard bully when she was watching the fight across. I know they were being crazy, but she was like narrating the fight.

She was being real.

Yeah.

She was be— that's what I'm like, when you said like, I want people to like be mean and honest like that. We're watching a crazy person blow up her relationship for nothing. For no reason. Like, I'm sitting here laughing. Yeah. I agree.

Agreed.

Agreed.

Yeah, I think K doesn't even know that she disrespected her, doesn't know her name, even though she does.

Yeah, yeah. So, um, that's the sort of energy that I am here for.

Yeah. And I kind of need K to like start fucking with Sincere just to make her crazy.

No, she's like— it was so shocking to see cuz she seems so like sweet and, and like happy with Sincere, and like they were the strongest couple and now they're, they're the weakest. Seeing Bryson, Kenzie, and Sean are stronger than them right now.

Yeah, seeing Bryce and Trinity, um, like have to like crawl back to one another. I know. Um, was—

I think everybody, I think everybody loves them.

Yeah. And like the thing is there's really no interest from other people to either of them, so they really are like stuck with one another. So they should just make the best of it and become like, you know, Molly Mae and Tommy.

Yeah. No, I think it's like a really cute like origin story.

Yeah.

And they probably don't realize it, but I think a lot of people are rooting for them now. Yeah, it's hysterical.

Well, so let's head into our final segment of the week, Queenie and Weenie of the Week, where Jackie and I just like to sort of wrap up the show, wrap up the week, take a look back at a glance, and give out two awards. Queenie of the Week and Weenie of the Week is pretty self-explanatory. If you act like a queenie this week, you might be nominated for Queenie of the Week. And if you act like a weenie this week, you might be nominated for Weenie of the Week. It's not that big of a deal, it's a 7-day title. Um, let's start with Queenie. I think we have similar queenies.

I don't think so.

Okay, my—

I, I took a left turn.

Oh, my queenie is Tyler Cameron. I think he's generous of spirit. Of course, he got this huge opportunity to go to the NBA Finals. You know, he has a, a girlfriend. Like, he could have brought anyone and he brought my husband, and just very generous of spirit. Um, he posted this really cute video of Ben. You actually—

so cute.

It was so cute.

And their friendship is so cute. Their friendship is so cute.

He wore the hat.

Do you need a hat?

He wore the hat to the party tonight. And so Tyler Cameron, you are my Queenie of the Week.

He is the Queenie of the Week. But I actually have like a historic Queenie, and I think it's the first time that I can recall of somebody who was previously a weenie. Wow. Yeah. So a couple weeks ago, my weenie was like the SI Swimsuit editorial team for the 4 covers.

Yeah.

And this week they are my queenie for the runway show.

Yeah. And it was huge.

And that was like the, the benchmark of the week. Huge story of the week. It was so cool. I'm excited for the Hulu show. Like they crushed it firing on all cylinders and they're the queenies of the week and the former weenies. That's really beautiful. Yeah.

Write it down.

Yeah. Or someone just remember. Yeah. Remember.

My weenie of the week, um, is of course gonna be Love Island coded. And there were so many people to choose from.

I know.

Like, it's unfortunately— and I do like him, but like, he just— like, there was a moment that was genuinely the definition of being a weenie, which was in like Bryce in the Paradise Cove, like, thought he was gonna have a threesome and he got rejected by Kada. Like, I'm sorry, I feel bad because like I'm seriously piling on, and like it's embarrassing enough to have to like have that moment televised.

Put himself out there.

Like, let's make fun of the girl who put herself out there creatively.

Yeah, no, that to me like wasn't weenie, it was just—

no, I'm sorry, he thought he was having a threesome. Like, that's insane.

You think so?

Yeah. Because he came in, he was like, can I get in there?

Yeah.

And like, that's what you say when you start a threesome. And she was like, oh no, sorry, you're just here.

Like, oh my God. Yeah, that's— I can't think about it too hard.

It's very upsetting. Like, that's someone's son. Like, it's upsetting.

Yeah, there's so many weenies in the Village.

I know, so many weenie villagers.

And so many behind-the-scenes weenies. Like, everyone who's like contributes to this show, it's the most frustrating.

It's ripe for weenies. And the unfortunate part is like, I have not seen one queeny.

Yet.

No one is acting like a queen.

No, I don't even know who's gonna be like a fan favorite or our favorite because Sean— so far the two won't be the same.

Sean is the Jalen. Of course not. Sean is the Jalen. Yeah, maybe Kenzie is the Amaya.

I like Sean.

I like Sean too. I think he's very genuine and earnest.

Yeah, and even though like the mayor's tried to take him down—

weenie of the week, the mayor.

I don't know why I like— like, I like the fact that the mayor is just like keeping Sean on his—

like, and keeping the force—

and like keeping Sean being like— I feel like I'm holding him to a high standard and he's meeting the bar. It's true.

As like a father and a cop, there actually is like a higher standard.

Yeah. And I'm— and like, so I'm appreciative to the mayor for like highlighting that for me because I would have just been like, oh, he's a former cop. I wouldn't have thought about it.

It's true.

But the mayor has like made me realize, okay, he left that behind, which is a, like, a radical thing to do. And you're coming on the show and how are you going to conduct yourself, right?

And you're representing your city, your family and your city.

Yeah. And I think he's conducting himself in a very—

I have no notes. The only person I really don't have notes for yet. Maybe a queenie potential.

Queenie potential. Yeah.

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