
Transcript of Love is Bland: The Toast, Wednesday, February 19th, 2025
The ToastGood morning, millennials. Welcome back to the Chosen Happy Wednesday. It is Hump Day. Don't forget to Hump someone you love. And speaking of people that I love, it's Jackie and it's Claudi. And we are in a brand new studio. As promised, we are doing the Lord's work and trying out all the podcast studios this area has to offer today.
Some people try out all the pizza, some people try out all the bagels, coffee. We are trying out all the podcast studios, and I feel like Goldy Rocks because this one- Goldy Rocks.
Goldy Rocks.
This one feels just right.
I know. I'm loving. We do say that everywhere we go. I know. We did love yesterday's. We love today's, too. The thing is, it's really beautiful to see the business of podcasting booming in such a way and having so many options for studios. It's really beautiful. I'm loving today's set up. You know I love sitting behind a desk. I am still feeling like not my most beautiful self. I've been blowing out my hair while I'm here. So the sunglasses today, they may come off, but they're on for now.
She's on vacation time. She's on island time.
On island time. And we have such an exciting episode. So it's Wednesday, which means the vibes are high. We're humping someone you love. Don't forget to get your pillow humping saddle and do just that. But we also are going to be doing a little bit of a TV recap.
Jackie and I- Endeavored.
Unfortunately committed ourselves last night to watching the first two episodes of the new season of Love is Blind, which is something that doesn't sound so crazy, right?
Yeah, we do it all the time.
And I don't know why it was the hardest thing I've ever done in my life. It's a show that I absolutely love. And I was actually excited for Minnesoda. I thought we'd really get to know.
The Elk of Minnesotans.
And unfortunately, I think we did. And I think it's not a good elk because, oh my God, so dreadful. We will be doing... So Jack and I both watched the first two episodes, although I did watch the first five minutes of the third episode because we finally got a deal.
And I also did see a clip of a woman. It's definitely a spoiler for later in the season, but it's what's happening. And I'll talk about what I saw.
So that'll be at the end of the show. But in case you haven't seen it yet, we'll have time in the podcast description, and the Love is Blind first two episode season recap is at the end of today's episode during the TV recap section. It was truly one of the worst experiences of my life, just so you know. I hate to always be so negative, but that is the energy.
I hate to always be so truthful.
I hate to always be forced to speak my truth.
Yeah, but there's no other way around it. It was really bad. Apparently, it's six episodes of pods of nonsense about these people who really think that both liking taco Bell means that you should spend your life with someone.
No, it's almost like you asked AI to generate a season of Love is Blind that is giving like, Chuggy Millennial. Everything was like, Oh my God, I'm such a foodie. Like, okay, who isn't?
I was bullied, too. My dad also makes really good steak.
Yeah, it was so bland. I love Christmas. So vanilla. And every time they agreed on something that was so basic, being like, I love oxygen.
The things that they agree on do not make a relationship, and they're not having deep enough conversations or I hope they're having deep conversations and we're not seeing them, but they're literally showing us every time someone farts.
Oh my God, I don't remember this much conversation.
I think a couple of things. I think it's hard to get into the later episodes of the show when we don't know why they had such established connections in the first place. So I feel like Netflix is like, We want you guys to see how these people connected. That way, when they are engaged or whatever, there's just more. Because I felt like in some of the other seasons, I'm like, We never saw them talk. What do they have in common?
Netflix knows that people don't tune in for the pod episodes. It's everything that happens after that, that's more interesting. So I feel like in recent years, they've given us two pod episodes, and it's actually really not enough for us to understand these people. So there is a perfect balance between amount of pod time we're seeing while also retaining entertainment value, and they have so taken it too far this time.
And then it's also about dollars and cents watch time. They're just trying to beef up these episodes. They have more streaming hours. I'm trying to beef it up in Mexico.
I fucking love Mexico.
I'm going to Honduras. I love Honduras.
When they all meet in person- When they're on island time. And they have to sleep in the same bed as an actual stranger.
And when they meet their fellow cast mates and they're looking them up and down and talking- Best part. Best part. More honeymoon.
Less pods. But I understand that the pods are the foundation of the show. There is a way to do it. They're not doing it well. So we'll get into the TV recap.
Yeah, that wasn't it. We will get into it. And then other than that, it's just another great morning commuting with my girl, going to work. Something really funny happened this morning.
You guys. Okay, so I thought we were recording at 10: 30, not 10 o'clock. So I I got here super early, and I got a pargy parking spot right out front, and it was a spot right in front of me. So I wasn't holding it. But if anybody came by, I would have been like, Seats taken. My sister is really special. Please, she needs this spot.
She would have said, Seats taken.
So Jackie arrives. I'm like, Pargy, and she hesitates. She looks at the spot, she's like, I don't know, in a parallel park, it's a little small. And as she's hesitating, somebody in actually the same exact car as you- White Model Y. White Model Y Tesla comes and takes the spot. So this thing that I work so much- I still would have had to turn around.
I was on the wrong side of the street. So even if I didn't hesitate, he still would have gotten the spot. And I'm happy for him. He hesitates his loss. I love to see a Model Y thriving in this world.
He crushed that parking, by the way. He didn't even have to readjust the parallel. That's really crazy.
So then I drive a little bit more down the street, and there's a beautiful spot, Pargy spot, just across the way from Coja's.
I think... Let me tell you my POV, okay? Because I'm on FaceTime, I'm fixing my makeup. I'm just making... I knew you were going to take a while to park wherever you went. And I'm like, damn, she's really taking a long time. So he looked at my rear view mirror and I see you're standing in the street behind me and your car is parking itself. And I'm like, damn, these new cars are really sick. And the car is moving and twisting and turning and getting into the spot. I'm like, that is really cool to see in action. I know that there are cars that park themselves.
You've heard about such things?
I've never seen it. I'm like, that's my sister, the ingenue, picking herself up by her bootstraps and using the self-parking. And I'm still watching. And then I see somebody's hands on the wheel, and you're standing out on the curb. I'm like, Wait, I think there's a person in her car.
There was a person in my car. Let me tell you what happened. So I found a cute parking spot perfect for me, right in front of the office. And I've never parallel parked by myself before, so I had no clue what I was doing. And I was like, Beep, boop, beep, boop. Like, really struggling to get into this parking spot. There was a woman on the curb with her two kids, and at a certain point, she sees me struggling, and she's trying to give me like, she's like, pull up here. Okay. And And she went behind my car. She's like, drive back here. And I really wasn't making any headway. And then she comes around to the door. She's like, Get out of the car. And she got in my car and she parked it. And of course, I'm like, Wait, is this woman going to steal my car? But she left her kids on the side. She left her kids. So I think it was fair collateral. I'm watching the kids. You have my car. She's parking the car. She parked my car, and they moved on with my day. It was a little scary when she was in there.
And then she pulled up when we were coming in from the back, I'm like, She's driving away.
Literally.
But no, she did the damn thing.
No, it was mother's helping mothers.
Women supporting women.
I love to see it.
Yeah. I told her it's my first time parallel parking, like, duh. And her kid was like, when she was done, she was like, Good job trying to drive. She said that to you, the kid? That's what the kid said to me. Good job trying to drive.
By the way, kids are one thing, and it's honest. And you did try. And she's actually being nice saying good job because she didn't even do it. Sweet girl. It should have been bad job trying to drive.
Well, tell her I had a commute. I did a good job all this way.
She doesn't know you're a commuter.
Yeah. So I'm going to learn how to parallel park. My car does have a parking assistance feature. I've never used it. Maybe that's tomorrow.
My car does have it as well, my car at home. And what does that do?
Does it be bop-bop in?
It parallel parks. And having said that the one time I tried to use it, it said feature not available, so I don't know why.
Classic feature not available. Also, these new cars have 360-degree wheels, like the Hummer that you rented. So the wheels can just turn towards the curb and you can in.
That's the car I need. I never really understood why wheels couldn't go perpendicular to the car.
Yeah, they just did it with luggage. And look, we're all rolling through the airport. You're right.
What a way suitcase did for the 360-degree wheel, somebody needs to do, GM needs to do for the car.
I saw a video of a bunch of Mercedeses doing donuts in Vegas with their 360 Degrees wheels. I think the Hummer does it. I think maybe the cyber truck does it. Maybe I should call Jerry and say, Gerald.
What if you just call Jerry up?
Every time something happens in my life, I'm like, Jerry, I think we need a I'm in a truck.
And they don't pay Jerry enough for that.
No, they don't. Jerry is also my therapist.
Jerry, Jerry, Jerry.
I haven't heard from him in a while, I feel like.
I always, for some reason, the fact that Jerry Springer passed away is a fact that doesn't stick in my brain, and I find myself constantly being reminded of it and getting sad all over again. That's hard. And I'm sorry that his Netflix documentary didn't take off. I saw it on the homepage, and I was like, Well, if everybody starts talking about it, I'll watch it.
I didn't hear a word. Not everyone can be Martha.
Jerry deserves more than that.
But I also feel like with Jerry, Jerry is who meets the eye. There's not a subplot. There's not all these things that you need to know about Jerry. We thought he's a good guy. I think he is a good guy. There's not all this stuff that we don't know. I hate to be so obnoxious.
Every time We went to the Jerry Springer Show. Every time we talk about a celebrity, I'm like, Oh, yeah, I just ran into him. I saw Connor Kennedy and his military mates at Zero Bond. But I did meet Jerry Springer. But not at Zero Bond. Not at Zero Bond, at the Jerry Springer show.
That's what makes this story unlike any other story.
Yeah, but I know it I was like, well, Claudia, anybody could just go to the Jerry Springer Show. Why are you special? And that's true. Anybody can. But not everybody gets invited back to Jerry's office because the social media manager listens to our podcast. And Jerry was so nice. He talked to me and my friends. You forget because he plays this character. He's just this old Jewish guy. He gives very much like Kat Steiner energy. And he said, Congrats on all your success. I hope I never see you on my show. Have a good day. And I said, Thank you, Jerry.
And you honored that wish.
Look at me, thriving.
You Now it's too late. They need to rip. You couldn't even go on his show.
You know how they keep old franchises alive with new mind's sea crest on? Now, I guess it's called the Jerry Springer Show, so I don't know who else could do it besides Jerry, but I would love to see a millennial.
Maybe Jerry O'Neill, and they call it Jerry. Wait.
That's a brilliant idea.
They don't ask me enough for my thoughts.
I feel like the networks are always looking for where to put Jerry O'Kunal.
Yeah. No, he's ready, willing, and able to be on television. Rwa. And no one asked me because I would just tell them that straight up.
People don't want to hear hard truths, Jackie.
No, and nobody wants to ask for help. They just think they know what the viewers want to see, and they don't. And that's why we got six episodes of pods.
It pretty much comes back to the six episodes of pods. I will say I'm having a lot of trouble sleeping at the stage of my pregnancy. Last time, I threw up in my sleep and woke up choking on my own vomit. Acid reflux. I also woke up three times to pee. I woke up with heartburn. It was just a never-ending evening. But I did want to thank Love is because the first few hours of sleep were truly dreamless, peaceful, wonderful, because they gave me nothing. You were so bored.
You were lulled into a deep sleep.
A dreamless sleep. They didn't stimulate my brain at all.
No, that's sometimes what happens. If I'm reading a book or I'm watching a TV show, when I am sleeping, I am in whatever that is.
But when it's a good TV show.
When it's anything remotely engaging and stimulating. But yeah, with this, and then the next morning, it's the first thing I'm thinking about. With this, I'm like, What did I do last night?
No, I have this terrible feeling that something awful happened to me last night. And when I woke up, I was like, Why is there this heaviness on my chest? It was because I spent three hours watching the worst television I've ever watched, and then I have to wake up and talk about it.
Yeah, I spent legit four hours, and I got through an episode and a half. Feel free to spoil anything. I could give a rip.
I know. The best part of Love is Blind is catching up and then going on social media and reading the funny tweets. And people were being so funny on Twitter. Usually, I don't do that until I'm fully caught up, but I actually don't care.
No, I don't care.
Yeah. Good luck getting me to remember anyone's names. I did write it down because I was like, Short guy is Daniel. Of course.
Love him. Ben Platt.
Wait, who's Ben Platt? Alex? No. Yeah, Alex.
Who was bullied? Yeah.
He was bullied for not being Ben Platt. That's actually such a good call.
He was literally Ben Platt.
Oh, man, that's funny.
I think they all have little monikers, and there's ways to remember them. The girls, it's a little tough.
Really, I think the guys is harder.
I don't know. The girls, who's the girl? David Who's a teacher who's trying to get with that guy who's an asshole. It's like, The teacher and the asshole do not go together. I wrote her name down. Then she's always wearing with her breasts, a V- neck. She's always wearing cleavage.
Okay, so Dave is talking to Molly and Lauren.
Lauren is her name. Okay. Her name is Lauren. That's hard to remember.
Oh, and nobody has a special name. It's like Laura, Ashley, Sarah.
I didn't remember Molly's name, but of course, she's the red head with the bings.
I like when people look different. Madison and the other blonde. They all look the same.
Then there was the girl who's laying there in the jeans. With blonde hair? Sarah. Maybe a Sarah.
Sarah, blonde girl. She's talking to Ben, who's very religious, and her sister's gay?
Yes, her sister is gay. That's a good way to remember her.
No, it's like, nobody has anything individualistic about them.
Then there's the girl who's a dancer, not a singer.
The NBA dancer? Yeah.
I don't know her name, but she's a dancer.
Yeah, I said, these are my notes.
That's memorable.
Devon likes Britanni.
Britanni is not the dancer. No.
Britanni is a former basketball player.
And Britanni is also B. Dot.
Yes. And Devon is also D. Buck. Devin likes the other girl who's an NBA dancer. I didn't write down her name.
But this is not the Love is Blind recap.
No, no, no. Okay. So let's just... We have like, shit to do, right?
We have shit to do. We have stories to get to. So I think without further ado, do, do, do. Yeah, I'm done. It is time for the fast five stories that you need to know.
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Yeah, turt. Our first story, some legal news. Asap Rocky jumps into tearful Rihanna's arms after being found not guilty in his shooting trial.
I just want to say this is just another reason why all states should legally allow you to film courtrooms.
Are there some states where you're not allowed to even film with your phone?
Yeah, of course. No media allowed, and that's why we get court cartoons.
It depends on the state. But media is different than just a proud mom with her phone.
Oh, sorry. No one is allowed to proud mom with their phone. But media cameras are allowed into certain states. Got it. Johnny Depp, the whole thing being televised. I think New York is a state where you are not allowed to do that. This was in LA, so I'm assuming California is a pro-media state.
So he was overwhelmed with excitement after receiving his not guilty verdict in his shooting trial on Tuesday as he He was seen jumping into long-time girlfriend Rihanna's arms upon hearing the news. Yeah, he literally jumped over the banister. It was a crazy video. To give Riri a hug. I mean, it's very exciting news. It's huge. To be a free man versus he was looking at 24 years in prison.
No, and it was pretty serious charges, two shootings. Right. And he was found not guilty on both counts.
There was a lot to celebrate.
His lawyers looked really pleased with themselves. The first person he hugged was actually his lawyer, but I think she was just in the way to Rihanna.
I saw a woman that he hugged. I thought it was a mother.
Oh, no. So all his friends and family were behind this banister, and then his big ass legal team was in front of the banister at the desk. So on his way to Rihanna, and I think maybe his mother, there was a blonde lady who was totally like a clerk, like a lawyer. And she got the first hug, technically. But that's just because of where she was. She was a victim of circumstance.
Yeah. So now this goes back to the question, like the NFL players who hug their girlfriends and their wives. I think the order of how it went was appropriate. They're not married, but they might as well be their long term partners. They have two kids together. That's his wife.
I'm not going to nitpick. That's your partner for life. You have two kids together. They're extremely supportive of one another in good times and in bad. And I'm really happy for them. I never doubted him for a second. I don't know a single detail about the case, but I never doubted him.
I didn't have an opportunity to doubt him or believe him because I don't know a single detail about the case.
Yeah, I feel like this is a big celebrity case. We're all talking about it.
Who got you? But by the way, we're literally not We're talking about it.
No, we're talking about the verdict, and we're talking about the fact that Rihanna has been coming in and out.
We talked about the Girardi of it all, and then the verdict. And seriously, in the time in between, on a grand scale, this was not headline news.
No, it wasn't. But mostly Any time it was, was because of Rihanna. She showed up in a look every day to court. She brought her son one day, which there's a lot of conversation about whether that was appropriate or not. Was it a strategic legal move? Like, look, he's a father. I thought it was fine.
Yeah. To be honest, I see these photos now, but this was not headline news.
Not as big as it should have been. Yeah. But that's also because ASAP Rocky is literally on his own. I know he's accomplished, but he's really not famous these days for anything other than being Rihanna's partner.
Yes, but the Rihanna of it all makes it huge. Makes it huge, yet it wasn't. Yet it wasn't. Which I think was also probably good for the case because then it's like, sometimes when it gets so big, the judge feels like he has to make an example. And people start.
So I think- Operating under the radar is good. Yeah. The way you just said good, you sounded like, camera. I don't think he's good for you. What did I say? You said, I think it's good. You just said good, weird.
Oh, okay. So can I- I don't think he's good for you. Can I breathe or no? No. No.
No. No.
So happy for the Rocky family.
I'm glad this chapter is over for them. I wasn't into this.
It's very stressful.
Yeah. And just as somebody who looks like a fan of them as a couple and a family, this is not an era I was particularly into. It wasn't fabulous. It wasn't fun. It wasn't fresh. It was sad. Somebody got shot. I'm very much looking forward to them putting this behind them, and I'm sure they feel the same way.
Yeah. Our next story is some more legal news.
Big day for the courts.
Big day for the Claudias.
Well, big day for people who have just been waiting for Blake Lively to respond.
To do something and to- Instead of looking guilty and hiding.
And that's why I liked the SNL thing, because it's like, finally, even if people didn't like it, people like people who fight back and defend themselves. She did that in the public way at SNL, and now she's doing it in the courts.
So Blake Lively has filed an amended complaint against Justin Baldoni, saying it wasn't just me who felt uncomfortable. Blake lively, says Justin Baldoni not only sexually harassed her, but he also made two other women feel uncomfortable on the set of It Ends With Us, and both are willing to testify against him at trial, according to a new court filing. Last night, Blake filed an amended complaint to her original lawsuit against Justin, which lays out new allegations that paint him in a negative light. In the 141-page document, she says she was not alone in complaining about Baldony and raising concerns about his behavior during their work together on the movie produced by Sonia and Wayfarer, starting in 2023. She says he, quote, acknowledged the complaints in writing at the time, which runs contrary to his current narrative that he has, quote, invented. Blake says Justin knew that women other than Ms. Lively were also uncomfortable and had complained about his behavior.
Now, the Hollywood reporter states that the two actresses who had complained about Justin's behavior. They said unconfirmed, but sources are saying that it's Jenny Slate and that young blonde girl Isabella who played young Lily.
Yes. There aren't many other women in the movie. That's true. It could have been an extra. It could have been extras. But when it comes to leading female actresses who were working with Justin on an everyday basis, there really aren't that many.
That's actually such a good point. I guess by default, it has to be them.
Who else could it be in a leading role? And I'm just going back to the book.
Did It didn't say leading?
No, it didn't, but in a way that more than an extra. Not the waitress had a restaurant, even though that was Atlas. Lily's mom. That's literally the only woman in the book other than these three.
Well, I think also it's easy to We know Jenny Slate has beef. Correct. She unfollowed him. She's been very distant. She's vocally supported Blake Lively. So I think that if we had to guess, I would have guessed her.
It's a good guess.
It's a good guess. So the thing is, I feel like as somebody who is up until this point, definitely not been on team Justin, it's nice to see Blake defending herself. But at the end of the day, I do feel like she's lost already. And I don't know what she could say, what she could prove, what she could file that would change people's minds, honestly.
Well, this definitely helps her case.
I know, but people don't believe that she was sexually harassed.
It doesn't matter what people believe. I mean, yes, it does, but her case.
No, by the way, and I'm very curious to see what the law says, but right now we're in the streets. We're in the media. When they did the SNL thing, there was literally 100 articles the next day that were all negative about Blake. She's losing.
If people don't believe that she was sexually harassed, not if, people don't believe that, period. If there are two other women on set who come forward and say that they experienced sexual sexual harassment as well, that is a major check in her column and corroborating her story. That just is. So if that happened, that changes things.
If people refuse to see it or believe it, then that's on them.
But that changes the story because then it's not just Blake's perception or her experience. It's a pattern. And there's literally only three young women on the set.
Right. One of whom is 23, and it's her first time in Hollywood, her first big gig, traumatizing. Allegedly. Allegedly, of course.
Frog got you throat? Classic Jacks.
Take a sip of coffee. No, I'm seriously choking on all my own... Fluids. Fluids these days. My own food, my own saliva, my own vomit. It's really just been an amazing time. Being a woman is amazing.
Take a sip of something, perhaps. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Perchance, I think someone's bringing you a water also because I know you don't like the coffee today. I'm okay.
Thank you so much. I'm in so much drama.
So much drama.
As somebody who has just been waiting for Blake Lively to do something, I'm extremely grateful that she just stepped her post up.
This is definitely a big check for team Blake, that she is responding, that it seems like there's more where this comes from.
Yeah, and the thing is the whole time to me is that people have been going back and forth on everybody's personalities, but something that you really couldn't deny because it was both in her claim and then his lawsuit was agreeing that this meeting had happened after the Sagafstras strike, being like, before we come back to work, we all need to agree that these things need to stop happening. And he agreed to it. So to me, is it that an admission that Blake was telling the truth?
Not necessarily. I feel like I could see different ways that that could happen, assuming she's a liar, which I'm not saying that she is, but let's say this person's a liar. They might have had a meeting. Justin just wants to get this movie done. Right.
So he just agrees to stuff.
I'm like, Girl, agree, whatever. Your, just do your job. There's a million things that could have happened. To me, that's not... Like a confirmation. No, not anymore. No. Okay.
To me, it was. I'm very curious if this at all moves the needle for people who thought Blively was lying about being sexually harassed?
I think that we're back in the game. We've got a match now. You think so? Yeah.
But have you seen it change the rhetoric online?
I read rhetoric online, and I don't know if I'm in my own echo chamber or I only follow people who are of sound mind. I don't get a bunch of idiots and their opinions because I don't give a shit. Your algorithm knows better. My algorithm knows better. I'm not following the ping-pong match of public opinion, but as someone in my own... I was very much... Not very much. I'm not very much anything on this. I was moving over here, now I'm moving. Now I think we've got ourselves a match when it was looking very uneven at this- You represent the undecided contingency, and so you think that this, at least a little of it is momentum in Blake's? Yeah. Got it. Okay. For me, I'm like, Okay, Blake's back in the game.
I also just think it's a big deal.
Not that it's a game. This is very serious allocation. It's a metaphor.
I do think it's a big deal that these two girls would agree to testify, because honestly, after watching this whole thing, who the fuck would want to get involved?
Yes, but that's where principles come in. Scruples. It's nice when people are scrupled and they're like, I can't see this go down this way. What's unfortunate is it's Hollywood and there aren't any scruples. There's not a scruple to be found. And it's like, oh, I don't care if Blake goes down. I'm not going down with her. I got my career to think about. Yeah, I've got movies to shoot. So I think that sometimes it's like when you see something wrong happening, you can't help but speak up.
And it doesn't- Especially if you are a victim yourself.
Yeah.
Yeah.
As opposed to just bearing it down, maybe like a studio will be like, if you don't, we got you here.
I don't know why I just think so low of people in Hollywood. I think that speaking your truth is admirable.
Yes, but I also sometimes find, sometimes you have to speak up. It'll kill It doesn't matter. Yeah. I feel like sometimes that happens to people.
You're only as sick as your secrets. It's literally what Lisa... I think about what Lisa Arena said all the time.
What did she say?
She randomly... And people were like, She's so crazy. If I don't say this thing, she's like, It's going to give me cancer. It was dumb what she I'm not talking about, but things like that make you physically ill.
Yeah. No. I feel that way sometimes where it's like, I don't care what this means. I'm going to say it because it's so wrong not to.
You feel compelled by just your ethics.
Your conscience, yeah. I think Conscience is a powerful thing. It is when you have one.
Correct.
So we'll see what happens next.
Yeah, I am curious. I mean, this was only filed this morning, so there hasn't been enough time for opinions to change or just rhetoric to change. I am really curious. To me, the most interesting part, and this is not interesting, obviously, it's like a tragedy. But the most interesting part of this whole saga is seeing how it plays out on social media, especially with the allegations of astro-turfing or whatever. I'd be very curious to see if this at all moves the needle. And I was having this conversation with somebody yesterday about how this entire It ends with us drama is a woman's issue. It was women who read the book and made it popular. It was women who went and saw the movie. It's women who are sitting around having these conversations. I don't know what two straight guys who are talking about. Did you see the counterclaim that Blake lively dropped? This is very much a women's issue about an issue that affects mostly women, sexual harassment, domestic violence, things like that. It has been wildly interesting to see conversations being had about it all by women and how Blake wasn't really universally believed.
Whereas up until this point, it was believe women and things of that nature, and that's not the case here. It's just been a social experiment to watch.
Yeah, I guess things are changing in that sense, but I do think this blanket believe women. Women could lie. So that doesn't really work and probably never did. And they could also be telling the truth, but just you got to back it up. Our next story, Mindy Kaling got a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. She brought B. J. Novak with her.
Alleged Baby Daddy Novak.
Well, they call him the godfather.
The B. D. Novak.
He's her children's godfather. She has not shared who her children's father is. So of course, people think.
I just want to say as like, Mindy Kaling I was number one fan. I actually don't think that B. J. Novak is her baby's father. One, because if he was, you wouldn't make him the godfather. Two, it's a little complicated.
No, you would make him the godfather. You want him to have a role in your kid's lives. He's obviously not working on the role of father because he doesn't want to... Or else you'd be a family. Not everyone who gives their sperm wants to be a full-time dad, but wants to help out a friend in need and procreate.
Yeah, I just think a lot of women- I think godfather is exactly what you'd call him. Just to cover it up.
No, not even cover it up, but give that person a role in your children's life. But then it's also just like, Uncle B.
J. It doesn't need to be so official. I don't know.
Those titles are transient, uncle. If he's the godfather, he's always the godfather.
There were also rumors a few years ago that they had stopped being friends. So I feel like it's such an unnecessary complication. If you're a woman of a certain age and certain success who wants to have children on her own, there's so many options for you as opposed to... And they're good options, where you can get really vetted sperm and things like that. To go the route of somebody you know personally adds a real layer of complications that some people don't have the luxury of... It's expensive to do it the other way. Yeah. Mindy Kaling has that option.
You don't think a trusted friend is preferred?
Well, a trusted friend in Hollywood, everybody's a snake. They did have a brief period where they I'm not speaking. I just think Mindy Kaling is a little smarter than that. I really don't think that he's the father. You are not the father.
I don't know enough to say, but I think he would be a great choice for her. A trusted friend would be preferred to Anonymous, right?
Yeah, but anonymous sperm, when you go through the proper channel, it's technically a stranger, but it's super vetted. It's really- Yes, it's a beautiful thing. It's a good option.
So is a trusted friend.
Yeah, but it's a good option, sorry, with no potential complication. Patients. I do always wonder, 23 and me, how that affects sperm donors. Yeah, no.
It affects them all the time. You don't see all these stories. Man, had baby kids. They all got together for a reunion. They're all best friends.
It's literally a documentary on Hulu.
It's also a movie with Vince Vawn.
Yes, it is.
That's people's favorite trope is the sperm donor in college who has 100 kids. I feel like we do talk about it enough.
Okay. Well, I guess the point of the story is not who her dad is.
And between Deer Toaster. Also, I want to say there has been a lot of I've seen a lot of chatter that like, Deer Toaster is- Is an industry plant. No, is fabricated. Either we make them up or other people make them up. I need to say we've never made up a Deer Toaster in our lives. Now, if people are writing in with fake stories, we could smell out. There are some that are so stupid. We have some that are stupid. We don't choose them. I've never, ever thought that. Everything that we read, I'm like, That's a tough situation.
1,000 % I've never thought that... By the way, on, swear, give me a Bible. We have We never, ever made up a submission. Never.
If we weren't getting submissions, we would just not do it. We'd say there's no demand, problem solved.
Also, I do want to say that this is a great opportunity that last week there was a Deer Toaster about a girl who read through her husband's text with his mother, and he was being really weird about their sex life. And it didn't occur to either of us, but so many people in the comments were like, Girls, it's probably not his mom that he's texting. It's a girl, a hooker, and he's put her name in as mom because no one's going to read that text being like, Oh, he's cheating on me with his mother. I thought that was a good call. I didn't think of it as a potential.
He was talking about his wife. He was talking about...
Sex with his wife.
Yeah, so maybe it was a sex therapist that he wrote mom because he didn't want her to know. But I don't think it was... That's not how you talk to your mistress.
I'm just saying. It was a good theory.
It's not. It's devoid of facts. He was talking about his wife.
Yeah, but people are freaks.
I think if anything, it was like a little mother's helper.
That's That's what we thought. Normal people.
Or maybe a hooker that is helping you through a tough time get more intimate with your wife. It's all in service to the wife. It's not just an affair. It's not as cut and dry.
It's pretty woman.
No.
Yeah, because at first it was just an exchange, but then it's true love.
No, it's like nothing I've ever seen.
No, you know what it is? You ever see that movie with Helen Hunt? She plays a sex therapist.
Okay.
For parapolegics or people who are physically unable. Yeah, it's called The Sessions.
That sounds like what it's Yes.
Her name is Sheryl Green. She's a sex surrogate. It's actually based on a true story. I forget her patient is parapolegic or something. And of course, they end up falling in love. It's very beautiful. So it's like that.
That's really beautiful. Okay. Well, we'll just have to wait for the update.
A love story for the ages.
Also, just check the phone number of the contact mom. It's very simple stuff.
Give it a ring. The story at hand is that Mindy Kaylen got a...
Star on the Walk of Fame, earned.
Oh, earned beyond. I can't believe she didn't even have one. If not just for her self as an actress, when you think about mini project, the office, what she's contributed to modern television, Sex Lives of College Girls.
She's doing Lily Bon, too, if it ever comes out.
Three. Three. I agree. And never have I ever on Netflix. Like, true, true queen. Yeah.
So it's her time. And of course, she should already have one, but she has to get one. Everyone has their time.
And the process of the Hollywood Walk of Fame is so weird. It's not like what you would think. And the people who get it, it's always so delayed. I think they have a really high bar, which I appreciate.
Yeah, no, I think you have to be extremely established to the point where it's like, how did they not have one already?
Right. Unignorable.
Yeah. And so I think that's good. There's no one that's just a flash in the pan, even the 10-year flash. Yeah, yeah. I want a 20-year flash.
Where are the Oscars?
Don't you feel like- They were postponed.
Because of the fires?
Yeah.
I just feel like I've stopped caring.
I feel like they're typically in March, and it's still February. That feels right. Yeah. You can't stop carrying. You watched all those bad movies.
I know. For what? I watched Amelia Perez and Love is Blind. Netflix cut me a check for the time that I have wasted losing brain cells with your content. Yeah. Penis to vagina, vagina to penis. That was such a good song. Should we stream it?
If you want.
Do you know what the song is called? Like the title of the song?
You're going to be shocked. Labiaplasty.
Very close. La vaginoplasty.
Oh, so it's just the Spanish version of labiaplasty.
Excuse me. La vagino plastia. The feminine plastia. Stream it.
Oh, you're going to play it. Can I not? You're going to wind up paying Netflix. Oh, you think we'll get- After they should be paying you.
Okay, so I'll forget it. I got in trouble.
Let's get to our next story. You're just feeling bold because you have a computer.
I feel different. I'm wearing my sunglasses.
You're like Jamie on Joe Rogan, just looking things up.
I'm literally like Tim Dylan, and you are... What does this assistant seem? Like Ben?
Yeah, for sure, Ben.
Something about sunglasses and podcasting is a special, but he actually spoke to Tim Dylan this morning because he said it was funny that I looked like him. And I get why he does it. You definitely feel like a different person. You could say shit because your eyes are covered.
You have a layer of protection. Can't see the haters.
It also feels like anonymous. People who tell you to kill yourself and anonymously comment it. I understand them right now because I have this sheet over me.
You have anonymity. Yeah.
My name is Claudia Hosh.
And I'm wearing sunglasses.
Yeah. So if it feels like I'm acting different, that's why. Should I take them off and see if my vibe changes?
Sure. And they'd like to see those beautiful eyes.
I'm like the nerd who takes off his glasses and everybody realizes he's handsome.
It's true.
A princess. How do I look? Smile. Don't smile.
Taking off your sunglasses.
Don't take off your sunglasses. What should I do? I know, like if I... Now, when I go back and watch the episode, whatever I do, I'm going to be like, I should have kept them on or I should have taken them off.
Should we plug in the monitor? No, no. Even though we never look at the monitor. No, no, no. Okay. I'll move on to the next story. So just like, leave them on. I'll make the decision. That way, if you regret it, you could blame me.
What's the number story? Four. Parch.
Nike teams up with Kim Kardashian's Shapewear brand, Skims, as it looks to reach more women. So Nike and Skims have signed a serious partnership, a long-term partnership, to launch a new brand called Nike Skims.
I just feel like they really could have workshopped the name.
I agree. It's one word, capital N, lowercase Ike, capital Skims. Nike Skims.
It should be called like, Psyche or Nims.
Yeah.
I don't know. It's not a good name.
I don't know. They love a name like this, though. This is so Nike Skims.
There's too many Ks.
There's two Ks.
It's a bumpy word, Nike Skims.
It's weird.
It doesn't roll off the tongue.
Especially if you were to lowercase everything, it's like, Nikeskims.
Nikeskims. If we were to pronounce things the way they should be pronounced.
Nikeskims. That's why they had to do all this capitalization. Otherwise, it's Nikeskims.
What about It's not an X, like Nike X Skims. That also is a chunky.
It's not really an X at this point because it's- It's its own company. Yeah, it's not a short term collaboration. It's a new brand. The new brand will include a collection of apparel, footwear, and accessories that will debut this spring with a global rollout planned for 2026. Now, I think this is really great for Kim's wallet. For Kim's self. And also for the customers when they... They just did a collab with North Face. I know Marga Washington got some things, but it sells out in two seconds. Nike is great for distribution. They have a million stores. They have a A lot of product. Whatever they make, people will be able to get it. I think it will be top quality fabric. I think this really just makes a lot of sense. It's so great for Nike because Skims is so cool, and it's so great for Skims because Nike is so legit.
Skims has been doing a couple of things that really are moving them out of just the women's underwear space and into all different things. They're the official underwear of the NBA. If you watch any NBA game, their logo is literally on the court. It's so crazy. This is just adding an air of legitimacy to Skims while also further entering this sports world for some reason, that's where they're going. Performance wear. Performance, yeah. The name is so terrible, but the concept is not a bad idea, although I don't understand what they're making.
What business you in? Socks? Apparel, footwear. Oh, sneakers. Nike makes sneakers.
Oh, okay.
And maybe they'll have a cool... They're comparing this to Jordan. She is the Michael Jordan of women... I mean, it could be men's, too, but I think when you think of it for women, Michael Jordan is to Nike, is to men, what Kim Kardashian be to Nike to women.
Hopefully.
I think that feels right.
And in an age where everybody's really pushing women's sports, Kaitlyn Clarke, the WNBA, things of that nature, Simone Biles. It's a good time. Lots of momentum for the... Who do we think is going to be the face?
I mean, it should be Kim because to me, the Kaitlyn Clarke, she has her own shoe. This isn't that. To me, this competes with Allo and women's athlete leisure. That's what it feels like to me.
I mean, that space is huge. Like, Alo Lululemon.
Yeah. Because Kaitlyn Clarke has her own shoe. This isn't for... I mean, maybe they'll have women's athletes a part of it, but this feels different.
Okay. That's actually a good point. I see it. Now I understand what you're saying. The name really needs to be better because She is the face.
She is the Jordan. Yeah. Ali U. I want to see a logo of her.
And she's so like, fit, sports, workout.
Yeah.
But the name is really bad. Now that I'm understanding what it is, and if you are competing in that, like wellness, women's wear, athletes, which is so big. Nike Skims is such a harsh, ugly name, whereas like, Allo, Louis Le Mans.
It's not a bad name because it's like, straight facts. It's Nike and Skims, whatever. But it doesn't roll off the tongue.
It's not Pargy. It's not Pargy. And when you're not Pargy, you're Largie. You're Nargie. Yeah. It's not good. Yeah. It makes me sad.
But who knows? Maybe in meetings, they'll start to call it a nickname, then it'll rebrand.
What do you think is the opposite, the antonym of Pargy? Nargie? Nargie.
I guess.
We need to workshop. It's on off in the comments, you guys. What's the opposite? Yucky. The antonym. Com of pargy. I guess it would be yucky. I just wanted it to rhyme.
Yeah, but I feel like if it rhyms, then it's part of the Pargy world. Everything that rhyms with Pargy is Pargy. Gargi. Gargi, Pargy. Marchy-marchy.
So it inherently needs to not rhyme. It's yucky.
I think in Toastalingo, it's yucky.
Now, before we dive into the fifth and final story, and of course, a TV recap that we haven't even begun to get into yet. Oh my God. Holy shit. Are you okay?
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That would really enhance my vibe.
Are you vaping again?
No. Oh, my gosh. Yucky.
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Our fifth and final story story, a little flirtatious news. Who knows what it means, but Glenn Powell and Lily James.
I saw. Lily James. I loved Lily James in Downton Abbey.
You did?
No, actually.
I don't know if she was right for the role.
Her role, specifically, the annoying and her cousin was so fucking annoying. I take it back. You're right. She was dreadful.
Glenn Powell and Lily James, though, break into a fit of giggles as they leave a BAFTA's party together. So Glenn Powell and Lily James were photographed in a car in the back of an SUV together leaving the BAFTAs. They walked out at the same time, but separately. So we don't have photos of them walking together, but she's wearing his jacket. They get into the same car and they're laughing. So they're in love.
There has been a lot of speculation about who Glenn Powell is going to date because on his rise to Fame, he was in a relationship for a pretty long time. So he never was able to use his celebrity and his dating life to catapult him to another life, because that's always how it happens. And he really is this big-time Hollywood movie star, really one of the most eligible young men. There was those rumors about him and Sydney Sweeni, but he wasn't dating her. That was fake. We've never really seen him in a celebrity relationship. This is the first time.
If it's a relationship.
Let's operate like it is. Let's talk like it is.
I don't think that it is. I think that they were at the same party. They got along and they're going to the next place together. Where it goes I don't know.
I didn't consider that there would be another party after this party. I just figured they were going home.
Or like, Nightcap, we're going to someone's place.
That's very sexy, Nightcap.
In the moment, they're like, This is good for both of us. Let's get in the same car. Why should we not? Even if this goes nowhere and they just either hooked up or whatever, this is good. This is good.
Well, okay. So you're being a little critical, which is important. Which is important.
Me saying this is good is critical.
Sorry, you're thinking critically.
Cynical?
No, you're thinking critically. Okay. You're saying it wasn't this world in romance, but I want to talk about it like it is. Okay. Let's say these two are together or even just like, casually dating. I love it so much because I've been waiting for Glenn Powell to do something like this, and I like that he didn't... We I thought so... Even the Sydney-Sweeney thing, I'm like, It's so obvious. Two hot young people. Lily James is very much an accomplished actress, and I think that Glenn Powell really wants to be taken seriously as one day an Oscar-level actor. And I think that him swimming in the same pool BAFTA, London, Lily James. It's Pargie. It's well thought out. I like it.
I actually, the more I think about this, I think it's nothing. I think Glenn Powell likes to be seen with talking to Gracie Abrams, We're going to Sydney Sweeney. I forgot about that. I love him as an actor, but I just feel like he loves these moments, and they mean nothing to him. And I don't know what he's actually up to.
Wow. So you hate Glenn Powell? That sounds like what you're saying. You think low of Glen Powell.
No, because what he actually might be up to might be something amazing.
That he's not sharing with us?
Yeah. Or not. Or like he's using these young women for a cloud.
Glenn would never.
Cloud chaser.
No, Jackie, let me tell you something.
Clotty, you know I love him. I know.
I'm really shocked to hear you say this.
No, no. I'm just like... Until he's really with someone, I'm seeing a lot of this. Partying, having fun. I like being spotted with you. It's like a good moment on du moi.
That's fair, and I that for him. What only girls can do that? You'd love to see men in women dominated fields. This is fun. Yeah. This is fun. And as he should. I like when people use their dating life to catapult their career. I think that's really an interesting way of getting famous and of rising your star. And Glenn has the roles. He has the looks. But he needs a Hollywood starlet.
And he needs a personal life that we can all get invested in because I don't know what Glenn does. That's what I'm saying.
Where does Glenn even- This is him getting us invested. We talked about crazy Abrams very briefly. This is something new. We have a picture now. He is He's actually taking us with him. You don't see it. You don't understand Glenn like I do.
I don't see the vision. Where does Glenn even live? What does Glenn even do?
I think Glenn lives in Austin. I think he's like a local hometown hero. In terms of what he does, I know he loves his family. All he does is hang out with his mom and his friends, and he still gets up each other's awesomeness. That's what I think.
I think he's stressed out.
Wow. And it's important that we not read into this too much.
I think he's cultivated this perfect image. Life, yeah. No, image. He's so perfect. I love him. He's so perfect. It must be so hard to live up to that. What if Glenn Powell is imperfect?
And does Glenn have a bad day?
I'm sure Glenn has bad days, and he's not allowed. I'm sure he's one of these actors where his team is like, Glenn, get up.
Yeah. Even though I could also see Glenn having a really good team around him.
I don't know. I could see him really getting stuck into a toxic Whirlpool.
I just feel like you want something sinister to be going on here with Glenn, and I can almost tell you for certain that there's He's not. He's just like a guy.
He's just laughing after the bath. This is what you're saying?
He's catching a ride home, okay?
With a pretty girl?
Pretty girls need to get home, too. Or it's just being a gentleman taking her home.
Maybe her car got lost or whatever. I mean, the jacket. They're telling us something.
Yeah, by the way, the The jacket? Okay, not you turning me into a hater, but the jacket is giving staged. It's a little, yeah.
Especially because-Not to say that they don't get along and that they're not going to have a fun night together, but they want us to know that.
Let's talk about the jacket because actually, there's no way she needed the jacket inside the party. Parties are often been really warm. And so, okay, she needed the jacket to walk from the curb to the car, where the car obviously has heat if it's cold in London right now.
And look at the girl behind her, shivering. I didn't give her a jacket.
Okay, so it was cold. That looks like I literally thought it was.
Yeah, and it's February in London.
So it's cold. Let me see the pictures. Pass the iPad. Go ahead. Because you know me, I love to...
What are you thinking now?
Let me just give me a minute because a picture says a thousand words, and there's 11 pictures.
So we have 11,000 words.
Le'n Pawell is so hot. That's the first thing I'm thinking. The party was inside, so there's no way she needed the jacket inside. And also, to be clear, she's wearing a blazer, so it's two jackets.
But it's a crop top, so her belly might have been cold. Belly is not the right word.
She reminds me and looks like, I'm sure we've said this before, who is her celebrity doppelganger?
She has one.
Grace Van Patten. Yeah. They look a lot alike. I see them playing like sisters in a film or something.
In a twisted film where one goes missing and the other is pretending to be her. Correct. They should make that movie. They did make that movie. A Simple Favorite. Yeah, we just watched it. We just watched it.
Yeah, I don't know. So they first met in 2018. They played a married couple in something called the Guernesey Literary and potato Peel Society.
Wait, I was about the Guernesey Literary and potato Peel Society. It's based on a book, and I was going to read it. It's on my one to read. Oh, man, I'm cracking it. It's a historical fiction book. Yeah. So they have- Wait, now I have to read it and watch the movie, starring the two of them.
So they could also just be friends. They worked together in 2018. The Guernesey Literary and potato Peel Pie Society. That's far too long of a name for a film, and that's why it wasn't successful.
It's quirky and No, I think it was a very popular book. Oh, this looks so good. It's a historical fiction book. I think it's World War II, and you know how the potato peel society was affected by probably rations and lack of potatoes. How does that affect a society? It's given Kitchen Front. If you're a redhead, that means something to you.
And if you're not, it's time for the Love is Blind recap, where Jackie and I are going- If you're not reading.
Right.
You're watching the most dreadful season of a show that once was good. And I feel like, obviously, we talk about this all the time. Some seasons are really amazing, and some are fine. There's never been one that's unwatchable.
I just want to say, though, the seasons being amazing happens after the pod. One of my favorite seasons is Jimmy and Chelsea and Jessica. And it didn't get amazing until all that stuff happened back in North Carolina at the Lake and the Honey Moon.
Yeah, but I don't remember the pod episodes feeling like teeth being pulled.
But they're always not the most interesting. Now, it's unfortunate they have so many pod episodes It is what it is. But whether this season will be good or not, we can't say. I will say, though, that the trailer for this season, someone saw me on Instagram and he knew what I looked like, and that's the clip that I'm seeing. Do you want me to tell you who it is? Does it even matter? Because this already happened. Don't tell me. Okay, One of the girls- No, I said, Don't tell me. No, but I'm not going to tell you who. Oh, yeah. Okay. One of the girls is talking to camera. They obviously got together and she's in one of the apartments. And she was like, when I saw him, I knew that he actually followed me on Instagram a few months ago or whatever. I remember seeing his profile, I remember seeing a photo of him in front of a Christmas tree or something. So she remembered what he looked like. And she was like, and all this stuff is in my Instagram bio about things that I like. I think that he knew who I was and what I looked like and maybe tailored all of his answers.
It's so romantic. However, nothing that's in your Instagram bio should be enough for someone to convince you that you're in love with them.
How long is your bio?
No, but it's like when you're going to get married to someone based on conversations, it should be about more than like, I like pizza, too. Right. So he shouldn't have even been able to really get you by just that. So I feel like she'll probably break up with him because she's obviously like, she said, My God, I have to trust my God. But I'm sorry, if you fell for that, you It fell for it.
Well, in the first two episodes, we only get one engagement. And then the first reveal happens in the first couple of minutes of the third episode, which I did watch. Who is it? Joey, who is the long hair gold retriever.
Oh, they're perfect for each other.
And Monica. And Monica. They are perfect for each other. The reveal was butt-clenchingly cringe, but because they're matching each other's level of freaky. It all went well. It's not cringe for anything bad. I actually think they are a good couple.
I just want to say the first reveal is always the strongest Yes.
And I think that's coming through.
They had actually good conversations about things that a couple should talk about, and they are physically matched.
Now, I had an actual physical reaction to something one of the girls said. She's definitely my least favorite person on the show because every time she talks, it's exactly what you and I were saying at the top of this show. You say something really bland and boring, and you act like it's a revolutionary conversation. And it's the girl who said she listened to Joe Rogan and the Ant Farm.
Yeah.
And she was like, And maybe natural disasters are just somebody shaking- Or superior beings. Superior beings, and somebody shaking up our Ant Farm. And then she left it silent for him to be like, Whoa. And I was like, Are you fucking dumb? It was seriously like... She was like, I have a lot of high, sober thoughts. I'm sober, but I think like a high person. I'm like, Oh, you're so crazy.
Yeah. If someone said those things to me, I'd say, Have a good day, sir. And I'd walk out of there. Not a match. My question is, he's down. He's like, Yeah, you're on Anne Farme.
Totally.
Are two people who are both Ant Farm people. Should they be together or no? I feel like opposites attract. It's nice to have common interests, but at what point are you just dating yourself and you're not supposed to do that?
I don't know if there's room in a relationship for two Ant Farm people. But I don't know if somebody who's not an Anne Farme person can sleep next to somebody who is. It's a really good question you ask. I I don't know. These are bottom of the barrel conversations that we're having about these people. They have given us nothing. Now, I know we're only two episodes in, and I would like to ask permission from our audience. Please let us stop watching this. It's genuine psychological torture. It's uninteresting people. There's no drama. Now, there are people who are having mutual connections. So Dave, who's this guy who's like an asshole, but then was really nice.
There's always a Dave, a guy who doesn't think... Yeah, but Leo was super transparent and almost funny. Remember that guy? Who was it that got with him? Shade. No. Shade? Ad was talking to this guy. The boy she ended up- No, not the one she ended up with. Okay. Matthew. Yeah, of course. He's a Matthew where it's like, he thinks he's too good to be on the show, but he's going through the experiment, but it will not work out for him because ultimately he thinks it's stupid.
Meanwhile, he has two connections. One Molly, who's honestly a cutie.
Matthew had two connections as well. Right.
He's a cutie, and then he's also connected interacting with Lauren, who was the girl who took a year off. She was a teacher. She wasn't making a livable wage. She is vibing with Dave, and she, at the end of the episode, too, finds out that Molly is, too. It's like, oh, my God. It's almost like that's the concept of this fucking show. And when somebody's like, I feel like Molly says to her, I feel like we don't have the same connection, so I can tell you I'm really vibing with Dave. Meanwhile, she's literally talking to the other woman. Her face, she's so backdress. I can't be here. I can't be here. That's the whole point of the show.
Yeah. Who do you think he should pick and who do you think he will pick?
I don't think you should pick either of them. I don't think that either of them are well suited because I don't think the person we're seeing is really who he is. I think we got little glimpses. I work in medical esthetics. I'm around a lot of Botox. Who the fuck says that? And also, what does that mean? People are having very vague jobs. I work in medical esthetics. Do you engineer Botox? Are you the receptionist at a med spa?
And then his description says medical sales. So I think he sells parts for cosmetology.
And Then the NBA dancer, she says she has a doctorate in healthcare administration. She's like, People are really surprised when they find out I work in a hospital, and then I'm a doctor. Well, a doctor who works in a hospital is different than somebody with a doctorate. I just feel like everybody's very misleading about their jobs. But I do really like Devon.
That's who's talking to?
Brittany and NBA dancer. He loves his job. He loves kids. He loves basketball. He just wants everybody to love basketball and the kids as much. He's a youth sports. I really like him. I think he's like a P-jump. He's just really young, and all the women he's talking to are much older.
Oh, yeah. He went to the same high school.
She was like, Five years later. It's not that many years.
Yeah, but that's crazy. But also good because they don't know each other. Yeah.
It's annoying.
I guess that's what happens if you go to a smaller town to do this. People know each other.
No.
We need to talk about- But I also like the small town elements because there's a lot of common ground, and sometimes people want to stay where they are and meet someone where they are. So not everything has to be like Chicago or LA.
But we need to talk about the implications of a small town on the personalities that come on this show.
On the entertainment value for the show.
We always talk about how important it is, the city that they're in. And some of the best seasons are just like these urban metropolises with people from all different walks of life. Most recently, DC was not a good season because people in DC are weird. And so I think where you're from. But then a really good season where people are really weird was the Portland, Oregon, Seattle area. It was a good season. The people were freaks.
It was an okay season. It was a good season. At the time, it wasn't the best season. But now that we've had so much worse, we look back fondly, and they weirdly have a couple couples.
Chelsea and Kwame. That was Jimmy and Chelsea, no?
No, that was North Carolina.
Okay. North Carolina was a good city, too. So the city- City. Whatever. The city means a lot. And I was actually really looking forward to Minnesota. I mean, that guy, Joey, his accent is fucking crazy. I don't even know what Minnesota people talk like, but he is a walking cliché. Nobody else really has that terrible of an accent. He must be really local or from a specific start part of Minnesota, because most of them live in Saint Paul, downtown. I fear it's not giving a good look for people from Minnesota, and I don't want to paint with a broad brush, but it's so vanilla I think it's more the editing.
They trend vanilla, and you gave us six episodes of pods, whereas other cities are a little more interesting, and there was only two. I didn't hear about your dad's steak. I didn't hear about all these really... I like your dad's steak. Paco B. I didn't hear about every fucking tattoo that everyone has.
Oh my God, what's with the tattoos?
Who cares? They're operating at a disadvantage because they're not the most interesting and they're filling the most air time. So it's a combination. And I don't think you can blame the Midwest. I think the Midwest has a wonderful elk That's fair. That we just are not being packaged properly.
Where are the crazy people? You need to sprinkle them in. In addition to the serious people who are taking the experiment seriously, you need to have the assholes, the people who are clearly there to get famous, the people who have really nutty personalities. There's none of that. Everybody is so normal to the point of bored to tears.
But I will be curious to see if it yields good relationships. They're all so normal. They can all work with each other. Are we going to have a lot of marriages? That'll be interesting. As far as continuing to watch, of course, last night was really hard, but I do think the best is yet to come, and you put in the hard work for the payoff.
But six episodes of pods is waterboarding.
There might be some fast forwarding that has to happen. Also, we'll see how people are talking about it. Some seasons, it's like, I mean, that Chelsea season, the Megan Fox. It was everywhere before I started watching. If it's really gaining steam, we can continue to watch and we'll see what happens.
Whoever's idea was to have people in the pods do a date night where they're doing silent discos and we're obviously not listening to what they're listening to because then they put on their generic music and we're watching them bop it to selling sunset pop music. Seriously, stop. But seriously.
The funniest was Monica showing Joey how her dad dances and she's describing and he's doing something completely different because he can't see her. And that made me chuckle.
Also, Madison Mason twerking with the golf club?
I haven't gotten there, unfortunately. Was she doing it with Ben Platt?
She was doing it? No, with Mason, the cinematographer. She's like, Oh, we're both artists.
Should two artists be together? I feel like no.
Well, who's going to pay the bills?
But you really have to think opposites attract.
Yeah. Okay. So she's getting... It's obviously a late night date, and she's horning, and she's being really weird and sexually suggestive, telling him that her nipples are pierced. And he's like, I love mini-skirts. And she was like, Oh, then you would have loved my micro mini the other day. He was like, I was talking to you and you were wearing a micro mini skirt. Why did you tell me? Then they're also doing put-put as their date. She holds both hands on the golf club and shakes her ass in a mini skirt towards the wall that divides them. He obviously can't see it. She's like, Oh, by the way, I just twerked. He goes, You know how to twerk? As if she tied a cherry. She just shook her ass. Actually, she didn't twerk. She just like...
By the textbook definition.
Textbooks, she actually did not twerk. She just did a hip dip.
Understood. It was painful. I just want to say, I do feel like some people might have pod sex. They should talk about sex and...
They're definitely having pod sex.
Two sexual beings. But because there's not usually six pod episodes, we don't see it. I do think people should be able to have pod sets. Private moments. And then not film it. I feel like this probably happens a lot, and it's unfortunate that we're seeing it because it had to be there.
Yeah. It's really been so unenjoyable thus far. Sound off in the comments. Honestly, it sounds amazing. We are funny. By the way, each episode is a little over an hour. So I watch almost two and a half hours.
It's about dollars and cents. It's about time spent streaming. I'm just letting you know Netflix, it's bad business because I'm not going to watch a show. However, we have to make it to Honeymoons because that's when you can decide. We watched G-C till Honeymoons, and it was still bad. But that is the best time And maybe we'll get there slowly. Yeah. Maybe half an episode a night.
I hope Netflix learns from this, though. Yeah. Because they definitely in the past have made the pod too short, where you really don't understand the people, and it's hard to get really invested. So it's always dreadful. It's always a little hard because you're learning all these people's names.
And I just want to say, I don't mind not understanding the people and not knowing why they connected. I'm just going to trust you, okay? I don't trust the process. Now give me the juice.
Now go to Guatemala. We're in Honduras, sorry. Get your ass to Duras.
Get on island time. Show me the reveals. Start sleeping in the same bed. So they made the reveals a little too long, where they now sit and chat.
They put a bench. I'd say in chat, but I don't want to say in chat. The bench is probably the worst thing to happen to this show because the best part of the reveals is how awkward it is that they have to stand and be fully in gowns and meet someone new for the first time. The fact that they say it lets them get a little bit more comfortable, and I don't like it. I want them to be weird.
Then it goes on longer. You guys to see each other, initial thoughts, first We'll see you on Honeymoons.
Agreed. It's too much. We need to check in with them back in Honduras.
It's just too much, and it's too weird. I clocked. I saw what they saw.
I've seen what I needed to see.
Move it along.
Correct. All Great. Well, that's our show, you guys. We crushed it.
Classic us.
Classic us. Anything else you want to say before we wrap?
I'm actually starting to get worried how I'm going to get my car out of the spot now. I'll help you. Okay, thank you. It was crazy that you didn't come and help me. Oh, you couldn't help me. Okay.
I literally thought the car was driving itself.
Did you see me for- Every day, you're always like, I parked today.
I thought you knew how to park.
Who doesn't know how to park? I don't know how to parallel park.
I'm not going to lie.
What's the point? Everywhere you go has a massive fucking parking lot.
I know how to parallel park. It will take me 15 minutes, but I can do it.
I was on minute seven before she got in the car.
Unless it's on the left side of the street. Was the parking spot to your left or to your right?
To my right.
Okay. That I can do in 10 minutes.
I can't do it at a moment. I actually think getting out is easier. I'll back up onto the curb and then just drive straight. Yeah.
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