Transcript of Positive Affable Swans: Thursday, February 5th, 2026

Good morning, girlies. It's The Toast. It's Jackson Claude, and we're your hosts. It's your favorite show, the fast five things you need to know. We'll start your day off swirly, it's The Toast.

They sound amazing.

Welcome back to The Toast, and happy Thursday. Yeah, that's what happens when you're just not paying attention. It's Thursday.

Yeah, when you're chugging along, you're keeping your head down, you're working hard, what you do in the dark shows in the light.

When you keep your finger on the pulse, Thursday arrives.

The pulse fingers you.

That's really beautiful. Thank you, Jackie, for joining me here today. Hey, Jack, how are you doing?

I'm doing good. Happy to be in Cojourner's corner. Speaking Cojourner's truth.

Don't you feel like it's cozy in Cojourner's Cozy Corner?

It is. It's always cozy wherever we are. We bring the cozy.

We bring the co-sweet. We bring the co-sweet. That's what we do. We bring the co-ge.

We bring the coach to you.

We bring the coach. We bring the coach to everyone. We bring the co-ge. Your favorite daughter and...

Jacks. You know you're sitting in the same seat that the great...

The great big AJ. No.

Justice. No.

Aj. I get them so confused.

Yeah. You would think the father's big justice. Right. The child.

Yeah, no. Pardon me. My bad.

Yeah, he sat there.

I want to become a person who says pardon? So whenever Dorit says it on the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, I'm like, That's so fucking glassy.

I had a friend in college who would say pardon when she was confused. Who? My friend Lisa. She's very elegant.

Lisa, that's who's fake ID Margot used, right? Sorry to put Lisa on blast, but she looked just like our sister Margot. So when Lisa turned 21, it was Margot's great fortune.

Margot turned 21. What fake ID did you use as a redhead? I was always getting some backdoor, My friend's sister is a redhead. Some a bunch of girls hooked it up, and then I paid it forward as a redhead.

Would you give it to?

You know them. Well, I don't want to... This is very illegal what we're saying. Just whisper. Yes. Okay. And also...

You did?

Do you know who that is? She's much younger. The crime is getting worse and worse. She's like, I don't want to say, but...

Yeah. Yeah, from high school. Yeah, I was such a nice girl. Oh, that's fabulous.

I I feel like I'm willing to be my grave here. I didn't even know those girls about because they were so much younger than me. I think Margot facilitated it. But that's what you have to do as a redhead.

That's so interesting. You have to pay it for. That's so interesting because I didn't pass it on, and I was just blessed. I feel like when it came time to get fake IDs in high school, oh my God, everybody hit the ground running. For me, I had Olivia, and she was turning 21. What is she? Like three years older than me? Yeah. Just when I needed it. I had the most amazing fake ID. Me and Olivia are twins, and we really looked like twins in her license photo. I never once had an issue. It was that. That's why it's important to have siblings. What did only children do?

Are people still doing this? It's like, yeah, right?

For sure. Well, there was actually a drama. So when I was in high school, I'm not going to say the girl's name, but her brother worked at the Connecticut DMV, and it was like, we had real licenses. It was insane. What? Yes. So the first batch of fake IDs that we got, me and my friends, we had- I don't think you should say this. I know. We had the sickest, sickest fake IDs. Then, of course, mine got confiscated one time. I don't know who, what, when, where, why, how. It was devastating because all my friends, we never had issues.

There goes your social life.

Literally. I couldn't participate in activities where boss fly at my nose. Nobody had a problem. This was not a thing. Our friend group, we just had these amazing licenses. I got mine confiscated, I forget. It really was devastating. I remember having to wait four or five months for Olivia to turn 21 in order for her to pass her permit onto me. Then once she did, I was able to bounce back. But it was almost unrecoverable those four months, because all my friends, we were operating at a level like most teenagers were not operating on.

Well, also, you were in college at NYU. So in order to have a social life, you're going to bars and clubs.

Right. It wasn't like, you don't need a fake idea to get into a frat party. It was everything to me. And also, I remember on my first date with Ben, we went to a bar for drinks, and Ben was 21, but I was not.

And I was like, Oh, so stressful going on a date. I wasn't even stressed about anything beyond what if they turned me away?

I will die of humiliations.

I'm sorry. That stress is so real.

When I tell you the way I unclenched when first of all, we walked into the bar, which I don't believe is any longer with us, Penny Farthing. We walked into the bar, they checked the idea at the door, and then we got a table, and it was never a question again. The way I was, probably the most relaxed I'd ever been. I was so much tension building up.

That's why you could see the real cojourner.

Yes. And I remember... Things come back to it. I haven't thought about me and Ben's first date in so long, but it was my first date ever. And I was like, Do I pay? Obviously, I'm not that type of girl, but I don't want to be like a-Schneurer.

Right.

Being like expecting things. So you always have to do the reach. And I remember doing the reach, and I don't even think I had a wallet in my bag. I had no money at the time. And I was like, Oh, do you want me to... And he was like, No, but I really appreciate you even asking. It's nice when people ask. And I'm like, Well, on all the dates- What do you mean nice on all these dates. Yeah, well, all the dates that I've been on, I always offer.

And I was like- That's not a flex, though. For Ben?

For you. Well, let me tell you, Ben has been on three dates. I don't know what the hell he was talking about.

I can't remember.

If I were to dating now, I wouldn't flinch.

I would not reach.

No, but you're a young girl. And back in the day, I was like, Yeah, I'm an independent woman. It was the- Girl boss. It was the- Spoiler alert, she wasn't an independent woman.

It was the girl boss generation.

Yes, but not enough to actually pay. No, no, no.

Just the flinch. You want to be seen as the woman who's down to pay. But now, no, you don't. In hindsight, no, you don't.

In hindsight- No, I don't.

You do whatever you want, dear reader.

This is a hot button issue. For me, I ain't moving. Ice Queen. You're going to get that? Oh, they brought the check. It's for you. I'm not even mincing words. I'm still eating. I'm like, Are you going to eat that? You're going to pay for that? I know. Actually, they brought the bill. Sorry, can we actually get another side of fries? Another round. I'm going to bring back? Yeah. We didn't eat actually on our date.

Oh, you just drank?

We just drank, yeah. And I remember, what did I get? I was like- You definitely got something like- So weird.

I need to ask- Like a Cosmo.

No, or wine spritzer, trying to be mature. Because now I feel like Ben and I are very similar. We live at our similar ages. When you're in college, someone's three years older than you. So I feel like I thought out with my friends what we're going to order.

Maybe a wine.

It was either a wine or a vodka soda.

Okay, that's fine. That's not weird.

What was your first date?

My first date?

My first period.

My first date.

Like at a facility? I had a facility. Because you went to a college where it's like, go to a date party. It's not a date, sorry.

No, it's not. And even going on a date in a college town. Is it crazy? It's not real when you are able to use your gate card.

Your campus ID, you mean?

Yeah, you know what I mean?

Yeah, of course. You know what I mean? At NYU, it was like, you can't use your N number on a date.

No, it doesn't count as a date. And also, Colgate was not a big dating school. So I think I went on... I remember one date that I went on. I'm going to say I went on two just because- In the whole time? In the whole time because to use my street cred. Where'd you go? Like the Mexican restaurant in town. Remember that place?

No, I don't think I'd ever been. Oh, yeah. We pretty much stayed on... We used the gate card when coaches came to town. Some of my best memories of my whole life were visiting you at college. I think I did it four times, once every year. Ben came the last time, and that's when I knew we were getting married because it was the best time I ever had in my whole life. Then I feel like I visited you more than the other sisters, right?

Olivia visited a good amount, and then Margaret was younger.

Margaret was so young. Yeah, but I came every year. I stayed in that dorm with that girl the first year.

Yeah, and your friend came in, too.

Yes, of course, Rachel, of course. Then second year, where were you living?

Second year, I was still in a dorm. Oh, you came to the townhouse? No, that was junior. Spring, you came. It was like an '80s party. I remember a picture of us that we took in my dorm. You were there.

Okay, in your dorm, who were you living with?

I had a single in a three with Rebecca and Katie.

I have no memory of this.

Yeah, but I remember it. I remember it. You came in the spring.

And then third year, you were in the townhouse? Yeah. I came in the townhouse. That's probably my least favorite trip, if I'm just being honest, it was too cold.

Not the one that you don't remember?

No, I didn't remember. It was obviously because I had a blast.

Sophomere year, I think you came Halloween for parents' weekend, and that's when you guys got caught in the snowstorm.

That was devastating. And then fourth, I came with the whole- The golf party.

The golf party. And you also came in the spring. For graduation. No, and you came to a random spring. It was so fun.

In hindsight, I should have been coming every... I did a keg stand. I wore a blue sweater. In hindsight, I should have been coming every fucking weekend. I didn't know what at the time, but that was going to be the most fun I ever had. Yeah. Oh, so fun.

So much fun.

And a lot of... Oh, that's why I lost my fake ID. No. Yes. Oh, my God. On the way back, Jackie went to Colgate, which is a five-hour drive or a 45-minute flight to Syracuse, and then an hour long drive. Fuck, I remember. I was flying home, and I was 17. And we grew up in the city, we both didn't have licenses. So when you were traveling, it was annoying because they would always ask you for ID. And I'm like, I actually don't own a form of identification. I wasn't bringing my passport.

But we had passport cards.

I didn't. No, I never had one.

That's always what I had.

So I remember being like, they're like, boarding pass an ID. I'm like, Here's my boarding pass. I literally don't own an ID. In hindsight, it was so crazy to travel without identification. But I was a minor, so I was like, No, I don't have an ID. I'm like, young and youthful. Sorry. And he was like, Really? And they made it a whole thing. And it was like, I had done it a few times and nobody ever made it a big deal. But this particular trip at this particular airport, people were being assholes. And I was like, I don't have. Sorry. They're like, Okay. So I go through security and they take my purse and they're going through my wallet, which is like, there's not a bomb in there. Get out there. And they're like, my fake ID because it was so good. It was a Connecticut license with a fake address and my picture. So it was really legit. And they were like, I thought you said you didn't have an ID. And I'm like, I got so nervous. I was like, well, it's fake. I didn't even try. And they were like, okay. They brought the female cop out.

And then they also ran other tests where I got like, they touched my boobs. Like, really, so unnecessary. I now know in hindsight, they were trying to scare me and sufficiently scared. They wiped my hands. I remember we got manicairs in town, and they were like, You came back, Pest positive for explosives. I'm like, No, I got a manicair. Like, that's what it is. So they have this female cop. They made a whole ordeal about it. They were never actually... I don't know if it's illegal. They couldn't prove whatever. But they were just trying to scare me.

But it is illegal to be traveling with a fake idea. I know you only see it through the lens of like, Oh, no, sir. I'm just trying to drink. But you could also be smuggling.

Right. Trafficking. Yeah, of course.

You could have been smuggled.

I was like, I got a flight to catch what's going on here. And they were like, the female cop, I remember her.

It is a crime. It's they didn't call the police.

Yeah. I was more worried about calling my mom and getting me in trouble. So she was like, Listen, we're going to let you go. And I'm just going to trust that you're going to tell your parents about this. And I said, I'm running to call them now. Thank you so much, ma'am. And I ran for my life. So even when I got my IT taken away, I was more so relieved that I didn't get arrested. So only a month later was I really realizing how inconvenient it Up until that point, I was just grateful to not be killed.

To have stayed out of trouble.

Yeah. And it definitely put a dent, I remember, on the weekend. Yeah.

No, it's a crazy game that you play. But I guess people must still be doing it. I wonder what the kids do these days. I feel like you still take from an elder and you cross your fingers.

Yes. Shout out. That's why Olivia is such a real one. I don't know what Olivia did.

So glad to no longer have that on my mind. Oh, my God.

I remember what a relief it was to turn 21. Because it was the thrill of it is over. It was just at that point, inconvenient. Yeah. So that's just our illegal background. Yeah.

We've admitted to a lot here today, all of it, fictional. We made it up because we like to embellish stories for our podcast. For the art. This is art. We can be interesting for our listeners. This is art. We just make shit up. Yeah. That was fun. Yeah.

Tripped on memory lane.

With my swirl.

If I could buy a house on memory lane, I wouldn't have to wonder if you You know what? So I go through eras where I'm hyper fixating.

I'm like, John Ham.

Okay. So I see that trend made it to reels.

We should do a reel. When Claudia sings on the toast. Whenever you're singing, I'm always... Jackie. I'm in my flow state.

Yeah, let's write that down.

I'm always in my flow state.

No, you're not in your flow state. You enter a flow state. So... I said, oh, come on, baby, turn the light on. That's Friends and Neighbors, right? Yeah. I saw a trailer for Friends and Neighbors just dropped. I saw. James Morsten.

I saw Brian Peck. I love James Morsten. Oh, I forgot. Why did you have to ruin it? I know because it's ruined for me. I can't let you go on.

James Morsten wrote a- A letter in defense of Brian Peck when like, Drake Bell was in court with him.

Oh, shit. And he was just like one of the names. And it's just in Congress with the James that I know.

Corny Collins would never, by the way.

Even if James knew him, and I'm sure there's a lot of other context. I'll try and give a little bit of grace. But even if James knew him to be a good guy, and he never did that to James' self, and all he saw was good. What he was being accused of, maybe just sit back and hear it out. Yeah.

I forgot. Thank you so much for ruining that. Yeah, James Marston. I love James Marston. Me, too. Courtney Collins, of course. And Courtney Collins had worked with children, so he should know better.

Yeah. And I think James is probably a good... I actually don't know anything about him as a person. He just has great... I actually met him once. He has a great picker for roles. He's a great agent. What if he's a fucking nightmare? No, no.

James Marson has a great agent, a great team around him.

Yes and no.

Yeah, because like- He could be bigger. I know, but I feel like- He's very niche. I don't know if he wants to be bigger, but it's such a great level of Fame.

He's a great... He's a great... He's like a great actor. He has great roles.

What do you think is his greatest role?

Of Courtney Collins stands out, but I also loved him in Enchanted.

The Notebook?

Yeah, Enchanted. Oh, The Notebook. That's so basic.

Yeah. No, I was never going to say it. I think Enchanted. Courtney Collins, for sure. Balls of More Sound. Oh, every afternoon when the clock strikes four. A crazy bunch of kids crash through that door. Yeah. They throw off their coats and leave the squares behind, and you should shake it, shake it, shake it like you're losing your mind. You better come on down and meet the nicest kids in town. Road call. Like, When the time comes for us to redo our theme song, which we are not there yet. I love our theme song, but if we ever... The person who wrote... That's the exact... That's my mood board. It's just like, Well, every afternoon when the clock strikes twelve. Happy birthday, oh, Jackson. We should just licensed that song and rewrite the lyrics. That's my personal esthetic.

I agree. You know what's becoming my personal esthetic? My new favorite artist. I feel like you could guess it if you really think about it.

Give me a second.

It's not a reach. Just someone I've been talking about a lot who I'm really into.

Olivia Dean.

No. Alex Warren.

I saw you posted a reel about him.

I'm obsessed. And his music has been coming up more on my commute, and I've been discovering new songs, and I just think he's so amazing.

I completely agree. I'm here for the supermarket music rebrand into just, Oh, good music. I think Alex Warren is making really good music, and I have no problem with it, much like...

I'm a really big fan of Alex Warren. Okay. He has a new song coming out that he's been teasing that actually sounds like it could be the greatest song of all time. Yeah.

Do you know that other song of his that I think you would like about a house?

The one with Joe Jonas?

Yes. Well, no, he released it by himself and then Joe Jonas.

I know it. It's a good one. It's on my like.

Oh, okay. So you're familiar. Cool.

I'm becoming more familiar.

Today's episode is the opposite of yesterday. Not Pulsey, really. There was no TV on last night. Again, I need the TV. Oh, we need to talk about something.

The Vials?

No, we'll talk about them in a minute. E is no longer a part of NBC Universal. We have been talking extensively about this new spinoff show of the OG Housewives going to the E-Network and how it's a big deal, but not really, because it's still a part of the same family. I had no idea that the E-Network was spun off of the NBC. First of all, where did they go? That's so crazy. They've been a part of NBC forever. They're not a part of the Peacock Bravo Con family. This is a really big deal that they left.

It's a really big deal that the women left.

Yeah. I'm assuming that they gave Bravo a first right of refusal, and Bravo didn't want the show, and they had nowhere else to go. I love that for them. I'm so curious how this affects future BravoCon appearances, future WatchWealth Live appearances because it's not- They do WatchWeb andLive because people from other networks do WatchWeb andLive, but BravoCon- But it's not this big synergy.

Yeah, it's not this big synergy.

But Luanne is still very much in the Bravo. She's on an ultimate girls trip, actively.

What ultimate? They still do that?

I think that there's one coming out. The whole Morocco sexual scandal did derail it temporarily. But they can't keep a good housewife down. Then there's that road trip we just covered.

The housewives like- I think there's a New York housewife.

I think that's what Lou-Anne's on. It's just confusing. We needed to majorly issue a correction from that. But no, we were not really pulsing today because there was no TV on last night. I was just hoping that the people who release TV can shake up the schedule a little bit. Three of my shows all come out on Thursdays, The Pit, Traitors, and Real Housewives of Beverly Hills. I've got nothing on Wednesdays and nothing on Mondays. Shake it up, Chicago. What if the Real Housewives were on a Monday? That's a great way to start the week. That is. Summer House is on Tuesday. Tell Me Lies is on Tuesday. It's It's stag.

We could stagger our recap, though. We could have watched Tell Me Lies on Wednesdays.

No, I don't want to. How about that? But- They really come out on Monday night.

Yeah, but not everyone watches me. I think people would understand.

Also, I can't decide. I feel like we get into eras where we watch so much TV. We keep up with TV. We recap it the next day, and we get hate being like, Well, I don't listen to watch that show. I'd rather you do pop culture stories. Then when we're not watching stuff being like, You call yourself a pop culture podcast and you're not watching Love Island.

I think like anything else, it's a balance. And at the end of the day, it's up to what Jackson turd are interested in. You know what I mean? We can't be watching shows that we don't enjoy. We'll sit here and just be hateful. So right now I'm enjoying everything that we're watching, and I think it's a value add for the show, and I'm committed to that journey. That's beautiful. But I can't say it will always be like this.

No. Yeah.

Agreed. I'm not going to watch every Real Housewives again.

Oh, no. Don't get it twisted.

Yeah. We are in our Mike TV era.

Okay. Mike TV. Oh, Mike TV.

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Okay. Our first story, a bit of an update in Savannah Guthrie's, The Disappearance of Her Mother. She posted a video with her siblings pleading for her mom's safe return in this emotional video to the purported captor.

I couldn't believe what I was watching. You know what I mean? Yeah. This is someone who we only know on TV. Sorry, I'm doing that thing. We don't let you finish the story. Sorry, go. Oh, that's okay. Yeah, sorry. Taking It's constructive criticism. I can do it.

It doesn't bother me, but I imagine as a listener, it's like, if you haven't heard- What's the story? Right, right, right.

Like, Shut up, bitch.

Let's get the story, and then let's get TT.

The amazing commentary. Yeah.

Savannah Guthrie and her siblings Annie and Cameron are begging for their- No kidding. Mother Safe return after her mysterious disappearance. Bring her home, she captioned an Instagram video shared on Wednesday night. She said, We want to thank all of you for the prayers for our beloved mom, Nancy. We feel them and we continue to believe that she feels them, too. So they believe and have faith that she is still alive. They said, Our mom is a kind, faithful, loyal, fiercely loving woman of goodness and light. She's funny, spunky, and clever. She has grandchildren that adore her and crowd around her and cuddle her with kisses. So she's begging for them to return her mother.

Well, the point of the video was like, we know that there's been ransom notes sent and we'll play your game, but we need to know for sure that our mom is alive. And I think often in hostage situations, they'll take a picture with a newspaper. Savannah was like, We need signs of life. And And then, sure, whatever you want. They're not going to do it, though, unless they know. So this video was not so much for the public, but for her captors. And I just like, first of all, I was watching the video and I was like, this is so crazy that we're seeing this. We're very used to seeing Savannah Guthrie on TV. Like, very morning news, perfect hair. And this was just so raw and so emotional. And I just need people on the internet to #dobetter. So much of the commentary was like, Does anyone else feel like this is a weird video? There's something they're not telling us. Stop it. Just stop.

That's really crazy.

I know. It's just so...

There's no really right way.

To make a hostage negotiator video. Right. This is so crazy. And they also were talking about her health issues being like, she's a very fragile woman with lots of different health issues. Is that day by day needing her medication? So it was a desperate plea for some signs of life. I imagine the person who took her is not interested in holding onto this woman forever. They want their money. So Savannah is like, great. I'll give you your money. We need to know she's alive and well. Yeah. There was also some drama with another reporter. I didn't really get into it on TikTok, but there was a reporter on TikTok who just said that Savannah's brother-in-law is a person of interest. And as far as we know, he's not actively a person of interest. And now starting all these theories and stuff, which, if not true, is so not cool. And I think a lot of people who know a lot of journalism are saying she jumped the gun.

Yeah. And even if he's a person of interest, once you share that, it marks that person. And it could be true that he is a person of interest, but that might no longer be interesting at a certain point. It might be cleared, but still he has that mark.

Mark on him. Right.

That's really uncool if it turns out to be untrue.

Yeah. So there is drama in this tragedy, and it's just like another day. What was this on Sunday? Now it's Thursday. That's a long time. Yeah. For no real updates. As far as we know. As far as we know.

I'm holding out hope.

Yeah, of course.

That, yeah, someone's holding her for ransom. And there must be a good enough reason why Savannah made this video that she really believes that that's what it's for.

Well, I think it's because the Bitcoin information that they sent to the news stations was a real account. So it's not like woo- woo.

Yeah.

There's a way out if she's alive.

If that person who sent the messages is the one that took her. So we'll hopefully know more soon. Our next story, some drama with Ms. Mccree. Tate McCree.

Oh, my God. I hadn't heard about this until Jackie was telling me before the show. I'm sorry, this is hysterical.

Tate McCree is responding to backlash over her appearance in Winter Olympics ad with Team USA athletes. So Tate McCree posted a video to her Instagram, in promotion of the 2026 US Olympics.

Which start tomorrow?

Tomorrow's opening ceremony.

Is it tomorrow? Yeah.

Oh, that's exciting. Okay.

My weekend just like, blew wide open.

So she is in a snow suit on the slopes And there's an owl next to her, and the owl is like, who? And she's- Oh, that's very untrend.

Do you know the owl trend? No. Okay. This is my impersonation of an owl if he was from Long Island. Hell. People keep doing that. This is my impersonation of an owl if he was related to Theresa Giudice. Who's my daughter? I'm not doing good examples.

No, I understand. Okay. You've successfully explained. Okay. I'm glad everyone's using their time very thoughtfully.

Yes. It's one of my favorite trends.

So So the owl said, who? And she said, Tate McRay. And he's like, who? And she's like, I'm nobody. Nobody's girl, that is. I just want to say it was just weird.

Commercial sounds so dumb.

I don't get it. To get to the point, she said, I'm trying to get to Milan for an amazing opening ceremony and meet Team USA. Then it's the weekend with America's best skating for gold and Lindsay Vons' epic comeback. Then come back to the States for the big game, Super Bowl LX. And there's a montage of Olympic athletes. And then she says, Forget it. I'll just ask someone else. So it's just this little bit of promo for the Winter Olympics, and she's getting backlash because she's from Canada.

Now, an important distinction needs to be made. Is she making a commercial in support of the Olympics or in support of Team USA?

So it's both. I think it's for the Olympics. Watch the Olympics on Peacock, but there's only American athlete. She said she's going to support America Lindsay Von, whatever. And then people are like, But you're from Canada, which you can move to America and be like, America proud. That's true. And be rooting for America.

But she's Canada proud.

But then she posted She posted an Instagram story of her as a little girl with a Canadian flag saying, You all know I'm Canada down.

Oh, so she was getting hate at first from Canada being like, Hey, girl, you're with us. Why are you making a commercial for Team USA? So she was like, Yeah, look, everyone, I'm with Canada. And then it's like, Well, bitch, why do we just pay you all this money to be in our Team USA commercial? I just want to say, I think the hate is really warranted here. This makes no fucking sense.

It's fineless. It's like, Oh, you got in trouble for... You can support Marga also. She's dating an ice hockey player who's playing for USA. You can root for USA. Also, I'm pretty sure she lives here. It's okay to root for the country that you live in, but then don't be wishy-washy like, Oh, no, I'm Canada.

Yeah, I just feel like anyone could have been in this commercial, honestly. I don't know what the Olympics or winter sports have anything to do with Tate McRay. So when it comes to young hot things, they could have poached. Maybe if they were doing a Team America one, they could have chosen someone American and just avoided all this.

Yeah, but then she also said she's going for the opening ceremony, and then she's coming back for the Super Bowl. Is she going to be in the opening ceremony?

It's in Milan? Yeah. Is she Milanese?

She's Canadian.

French-canadian?

Still not Milanese, not Italian-Canadian.

Wait, sorry, Milanese. Is in Italy, of course.

She could still be French-Canadian.

And that would be irrelevant because Milan is in Italy.

She's an international woman. However, and usually it's like, we were for everyone. But I feel like with the Olympics- No, we have borders and stuff.

We have a border. Now, I want to Google something really quick because I remember in the French Olympics in Paris, they had all their famous Parisians, and it turns out there's actually not a lot.

It was very French proud.

Right. And I was like, who are these people on a global scale- But who Who knows?

Milan might take a different approach. They might make it a more international ceremony.

Who are famous Italians? No, it's usually like it's a huge honor to have the Olympics in your town and you pride up local heroes. Oh, of course, Leonardo da Vinci, who could forget? I need to change who are famous Italians. Living. Alive. Dadello Gallanari, of course. Donatella Versace. Andrea Bocelli. That's good.

Do you think he'll perform? Does anyone know who's performing at the opening ceremony, or is it a surprise?

I think it's a surprise. Mainskin or Monaskin.

For sure, they'll be there.

Isabella Rosalini. They got a lot of people. Donatella Versace.

Donatella Versace has passed.

No, she hasn't. Are you okay? Donatella Versace.

She has not passed.

Are you okay? Who are you confusing her with? No. Valentino just passed away.

No, but someone previously. It'll make sense.

Mutia Prada. Okay, I don't think she's alive. They've got people in all categories.

Mainskin will 1,000% be there.

Mainskin goes to everything. So I imagine.

They'll go to this.

Oh, Galileo.

Galileo.

Galileo Galile.

Yeah.

He's a big one.

I wouldn't be opposed to them throwing in some other artists. I want the best opening ceremony. They could be singing Italian songs.

You know who's so famous Italian is going to be there. Maria Montessori of the Montessori school system. Enzo Ferrari. Okay, these people are dead. Rip. I think that they've got lots to choose from between Andrea Bocelli and Mainskin.

I think also it could be about things other than just music.

Oh, he is performing, confirmed. Who? Andrea Bocelli.

Well, thank God for that. That's really all you need.

I had my wedding in Italy. Oh, you're not on TikTok?

No. It's like when Céline Dion performed in France and saved the whole thing.

Béan saved the... She's French-Canadian. That's where I got confused, by the way.

So Andrea, I actually don't care what else happens.

Yeah, agreed. Everyone, go home. Just leave us with Andrea. Yeah.

Leave Andrea to it with a little opening from Mainskin.

Mainskin featuring Andrea.

So yeah, all in all, really not a big deal. And she can be taking that NBC money promoting the Winter Olympics, and it is on Peacock, and people watching in America on Peacock are rooting for USA.

No, this happens all the time. I feel like whenever we're watching the Olympics and they talk about how there are Americans competing for the Philippines just because that's their ancestry and they're proud of it. Or opposite. I feel like actually it happens a lot where a lot of athletes train, live everything in the US, but then go on to compete for other countries. Right. So it's borderless, actually. Yeah.

No. I feel like when we talk about that, the people who grew up here and play here and learn here and then go back to their other countries, it's like...

No, because if you're proud of where you're from, or sometimes some people don't qualify.

You can't make the team.

They don't qualify for Team USA, but they can qualify for Team Germany. Right.

It's case by case. It's a loophole, but then it's just a bunch of Americans competing against each other.

Correct. That is what the Olympics is. There's Americans everywhere. We're so annoying. Yeah. Because I feel like we take it more seriously. Now China is obsessed, too, and low-key Russia, even though I can't remember if they're allowed. I don't know if they're in it. For a while, we were the only people taking it seriously, and that's why we were the most honored. And now China is like, okay, well- China takes it very seriously.

For a while, Russia was taking it very seriously. Right.

And again, are they in?

They weren't in the summer, right? Or they don't get a flag.

They don't get a flag, right. And that happens in tennis, too. Yeah.

And also they could go compete for another country, right? Right.

How Americans go compete for every other country.

Anyways, I guess it's a good way to get good athletes in there. Also, people are excited because Lindsay Vaugh is competing with a torn ACL.

Yeah, which is the type of toxic athleticism we shouldn't be encouraging. But here she is, queen.

Yeah.

Things that hurt.

So yeah, Tate McCree stepped in Good luck stepping out of it.

I just feel like she needed this. Do you know what I mean? Her career feels like a little stale. A very harmless scandal. It's just what she needs.

No, it's just funny. I'm not mad at her.

No, of course not.

Not over this.

No.

Our next story. I'm not mad at her at all. It sounded like I'm mad at her. It did.

I was like, Well, what are you mad at her for?

She's not bothered me in any way. Me neither. I think she's a talented young lady, and I hope she is performing at the Olympic ceremony. I think you know what this is. Maybe she'll sing Fast Car. What's her car about? A speed car? Sports car. Sports car, like with a Ferrari because Ferrari- Ferrari.

That's beautiful synergy.

Ferrari.

I just want to say, if Italy has performers singing from Canada and America, that's a major loser.

I'm sorry. If you have Tate McCree singing Fast Car in a Ferrari, slay.

They're not going to.

Why else was she talking about the opening ceremony? What else is she doing there?

Well, that's true. Why was she tapped for this particular commercial?

And then she said she's coming back for the Super Bowl. Are you performing? What are you doing in the Super Bowl?

Yeah. I think she was more so sharing that on the- Travel plan? On the Super Bowl this weekend, there's a lot of sports.

Yeah.

Oh, and the Super Bowl is this weekend. On the Super Bowl.

On the Super Bowl. On the Super Bowl. Yeah. Licks. No, I. Licks.

Oh, sorry.

Our next story, a little literary news. Gossip Girl author Cécile Von Ziegasar will be penning a Blaire Waldorf standalone sequel novel. So Gossip Girl fan favorite, Blaire Waldorf's Manhattan exploits are set to continue in a new standalone novel titled Blaire, from the original series author, Cécile Von Ziegasar. So if you're a millennial, all these players are very familiar to you. Maybe everyone remembers Gossip Girl, the TV show more than the books, but we all read the books. For a minute- We all know Cécile.

Those books- Those books race us. With the faces cut off. I would love to know where those models are now. Their faces were everything. That was all we had.

I think one of them worked in the White House. Do you remember that? You're She was on the cover of...

Yeah, I think- Gossip Girl, Model, White House.

She was on cover of It Girl. Okay. Hope Hicks, yeah. And then she worked in the White House.

Oh, so she was on the cover of It Girl.

It Girl, but that's also Cécile. Let me see. That was when Jenny Humphrey went to boarding school.

I don't think I read the It Girl ones.

Oh, they were slay.

Oh my, this girl's gorgeous. Hope Hicks. I'm dying. I feel like I've heard of her.

They went on to do great things.

I'm sorry. But the faceless ones with the eyes- No, but I'm talking about the faceless- I know.

But how would we know who they They gave us one face.

I just wonder if they know what they meant to a generation, those faceless, nameless people.

I think that they do.

Okay, so a blare- And it was always like when the show was coming, and also you would look at them and you're like, Which one's Blaire Which one's Serena? Of course, you would try to guess.

But they were like, everyone.

They were blurry, faceless and aimless.

And then when the show was coming out, it's like, Is it going to be these girls?

Right. Now, a lot of people are excited about this, not because they plan on reading the book, but because it will late in return, Because it's a Blair book set 20 years in the future. So Layton Meester could reprise her role if this were to ever get adapted. I feel like based on what we know, Layton doesn't hate Blair, but she doesn't lean in like that. When she gets to ask questions about it. She tolerates it, but she certainly doesn't live for it. There's literally no shot in hell she would ever.

I just feel like if she wouldn't, why isn't Cécile writing Serena or Jennifer?

I don't think anybody wants Serena right now.

No, but first of all, that's exactly what she needs.

She should be paying Cécile to write the book.

I feel like you have to think a couple steps ahead.

It's because the show, which has regained popularity with a new generation, the obsession is Blaire. Everyone's takeaway is like, Serena sucks. Jenny's a freak. Don't get us started on Vanessa. Of course, rest in peace to Georgina. Right? Yeah. And Blaire is like the crown jewel of that show. So if there were ever going to be an interest in a new book, it was going to always be Blaire.

Yeah, I guess so. I will 1,000% be reading this. Because it sounds like it's for us. Yeah, it's like mom drama. So Blaire is- Yeah, it's giving by Baby.

By, by, baby.

She's in her 40s. These details about the novel are still under wraps, but it's expected to follow the former NYC socialite as she returns to the Big Apple to climb her way back to the top of the upper side food chain.

Where'd she go? It sounds really good.

Where's she been, Serena?

And who am I?

That's one secret I'll never tell.

Yeah. Yeah. So in terms of for the book, people, I think this is going to be so fun and huge because the girls who read Gossip Girl are in their 30s and 40s, and they're having babies.

And this is the type of book that they read. The type of book we're looking for. We will be reading this for the Redheads.

When people are fantasizing now about a series, I just want them to be careful. I don't think it's going to be what you want it to be.

But maybe Minka Kelly would do it. And we could just pretend like nothing happened.

Although, while Gossip Girl- Or maybe Mikaela from Salt Lake City. Is available. While Gossip Girl is regarded as this teen drama, if you are to watch it, it is an exercise in perfection when it comes to acting, Blaire Waldorf. The character that she was given and the character that she created, it is a masterpiece Minga Kelly could never. Sorry.

Yeah. Also, she brought Blaire off the page. The Blaire in the books was like... Just a bitch. … Queeny, but she's so much more in the show.

She's iconic because of Layton. Yeah. So Honestly, if Layton can't do it, don't make it.

Don't make the show, but do make the book.

Of course, of course.

Do make the book, please. Our fourth story. Are you ready for our fourth story?

Should I not be? I don't know.

You're giving me- I don't think that you're ready. Okay. I'm looking at you. Is it our- It's not giving ready.

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Thank you, use this Our next story, nick Vial and Natalie Joy Vial are pregnant. They shared yesterday that they are expecting twins. So the name on everybody's lips this week is the Vials. We were talking about them yesterday, and then I was so excited to see after the show that they announced that they are pregnant. They are expecting twins. She spoke to E-News and said, It's surreal. It's a dream come true. I can't believe I even get to say the words out loud that I'm pregnant and that I'm this far along and that I'm having twins. It's crazy to me. It feels like a fever dream. So they have a two-year-old daughter, River Rose, in the magical lalibi. And they also have shared and been very open about the challenges they faced while trying to grow their family. They experienced three previous miscarriages, and now they're expecting two babies, and they're just over the moon, thrilled.

I was shocked.

I was shocked. I'm so happy for them.

I am, too. I know that they've been getting a lot of scrutiny recently, and it just gives me such a pit that she's been in the throes of first trimester nausea while, I'm assuming.

No, and also you don't need anxiety.

No, I know. I know.

I hope she's not looking at anything.

Yeah. Because it's such a- Hope she didn't even hear. Precocious time. How far along is she? Because she said she's so excited to be this far along.

Well, far enough along to share. Right. So I don't know when they are due, but she's Out of the first trimester. Huge.

Probably. I'm truly wishing her a very safe, quiet, uneventful pregnancy. Yeah.

And I hope that she's just not online and has no idea. Didn't even hear yesterday, even though we went back and watch the clip.

Oh, thank you. So I found the episode. I thought it was a recent one. It was right after she got back from The Toast. The two of them could not have been more lovely or complementary of the show. I hate that I almost fell for that click bait clip. She was basically saying she got herself into trouble with her age gap, whatever. It had nothing to do with us. Nick was like, I'm so proud of my wife making it on The Toast. They're such great girls. I love those girls. Like, Pargie.

Nothing's going to come between us. I'm so glad I didn't take the bait. And then I'm glad that you listened. And it's so taken out of context. It's from literally the day after.

Yeah, And they were talking about it like it was this huge accomplishment for Natalie. They were so proud. She missed Jeremiah on Vial files, but she didn't even care. It was good. Yeah. Jeremiah. I know.

Those were the days.

Oh, my God. Sometimes I think about that Love Island saga. And we weren't doing The Toast, right?

You were on maternity leave.

Right.

I was doing it with co- But we were also in the Hamptons. Oh, and then we weren't doing the toast. But the first month of Love Island was with guest co-hosts. Got it.

Okay.

So I would talk about it the person that day had watched, which Natalie had. Got it. Okay. Yeah. And she was aligned. Okay.

That was such a crazy time.

That was a crazy time, but I'm so happy for them.

Me too. It's really a wonderful ending, hopefully, to their story.

A new beginning. Are you ready for our fifth and final story?

Liz woods is also pregnant. Just huge news.

Oh, huge news for the Swirly. For the Toaster Community. It's like, yeah, I saw that she announced yesterday. I did know.

Yeah, but we've known.

So it's like when someone tells me something- I wanted to comment like, so glad we could finally share.

Like, just everybody now like, Yeah, I knew first.

I wasn't trying to say, I knew first. I was just trying to say, When someone tells me something in confidence before it's public knowledge- Did you just get a pit that I said it out loud? No, it's just like, I never turn the switch of we can talk about this now. Like, Massinger, which leads into our fifth and final story. A little Massinger news. Another unmasking last night. Teddy Melen camp.

I just want to say I'm so sad for this season. Now I need to know.

Who everyone is.

I was like, trolling reddit.

You need to know who Pug Casa is.

I will not know peace. And now people are saying that Pug Caso is Philip Phillips.

Well, wouldn't that be kismet?

And I just want to say, if I lost to Philip... I still believe it to be Cordova Street. I don't think it's Matthew Marci, and I don't think it's Anthony Ramos.

I think it's Anthony Ramos. I know.

And you have no proof. You just want it to be Anthony Ramos.

No, he played baseball. They made a big to do about his baseball.

I think that it's Cordova Street, but now I need to listen to it again.

I don't think it's Cordova Street.

Do you think it's Philip Phillips?

I think more Philip Phillips than Then Chord. I think I'll tie Philip and Anthony for number one. Actually, for me, Anthony is number one.

If I was standing across from Philip Phillips and I didn't, I would like, I will die. I am Philip Phillips, the number one fan.

We know and we agree.

I'm going to make this place your home.

Oh, I need to listen.

I recently relistened to Philip Phillips's debut album. It is up there with...

One Republic.

Thank you. Kolby Kale. Yeah. The Greats. Let me I'll just tell you because you're not going to remember this, gone, gone, gone. Yeah. I recently had a Philip Renaissance.

Interesting.

With that album. It's called The World from the Side of the Moon. Of course, Home, Gone, Gone, Gone.

Coming, Dance.

Get up, get down, get a little bit closer than me, see. So good.

There's a song like Dance in the title.

There's not actually.

There's not? Yeah.

Man on the Moon. Yeah. So good.

There's not Dance.

Gone, Gone, Gone. No, there's not Dance. Sorry. Do you want me to read them to you and see? Oh, actually, sorry. It's literally right here. A fool stands. Sorry. I guess. I got to get it.

You guess the fuck out of you. You gaslit the fuck out of me. My dad. My dad.

Last night, there was a reveal. I was watching and I was also trolling about it because they pretty much figured it out. I was trying to avoid all the posts about me because it's not a kind place. Everyone did guess this, and it was obvious.

Yeah. Teddy Mela came and unmasks herself as Calla Lily. She had performed fight song, which is a battle cry.

A battle cry for cancer patients.

Cancer Patients. Cancer Patients and Survivors. And then she also performed Jack and Diane by John Melenkamp. There were a lot of clues that she had a famous family member who sings. She had a diamond house key.

Oh, Real Housewives. Yeah.

And then last night she was sent home. She said, What did she say? She said, I'm not a singer by trade, clearly. And so that part was challenging for me. Also, a big part of my memory has been excused since my brain surgery, so I was a little bit nervous, but I was excited to push myself out of my comfort zone and try something new, and it felt like it gave me a little bit of life. Queen. Yeah.

Honestly, queen. Now, I don't know if because we know it's so obvious that it was her, I imagine it's actually the hardest job to be a judge. Yes, but I also- I'd like to think I would be good at it, but I don't know. No.

And I feel like some people are easier to guess. I do feel like with housewives and her, there's a lot of lore. But like- Athletes. Athletes, I think are really hard.

People who don't sing professionally at at all.

Athletes, I think, there are just so many famous people. I know. And they cast a wide net. They cast such a wide net. It could be thousands of people. It's true. And I don't know thousands of people. I know my people. And these clues like, It's Anthony Ramos. And to be clear, I don't know who Anthony Ramos is.

If Anthony Ramos came up to you and said, I love the toes, you would say, Thanks, sir. Have a good day.

Thank you, random fan. Right.

Male fan.

I saw somebody guess Anthony Ramos on X, and it just really stuck with me because I thought it was a good guess, based on his clues and his experience.

And of course, based on gender. Based on gender.

Well, that's another thing.

It's like, how do we even know these- I imagine there have been times where people thought a man was a woman and a woman was a man. Some women have very feminine, very masculine voices, singing-wise. And a lot of men have feminine voices.

But I feel like in the packages, they're like, She, you know what I mean? I don't think they try and obscure the gender. Yeah.

No, I don't think they do either. But sometimes, maybe it's confusing.

Yeah. And if they had like a non-finite- I just want to let you know, if I ever performed and then the judges started guessing a man, I just want to let you know, I would take my mask off in that moment and quit. Well, you were Queen Corky, so you didn't have to worry about it. Yes, thank God. And like, hub, taso is dressed like a man, right? Right.

But these days... Kala Lilley, she was wearing a dress.

These days people can be androgynous. That doesn't mean anything. A hundred %. Menswear for men's shirts, short skirts.

Correct. It makes you think.

It would be interesting to have a non-binary contest on the show.

And how they would navigate that.

And the packages, what would they say?

And also they might- Then that would give it away if the package was like, they this and they that. No, no, no.

They would have to script it so it was like, Calla always done. You know?

Yeah. A challenge for the math singer. Free idea.

As if it's not hard enough.

Yeah, right. To guess. Now we're just obfuscating pronouns.

Yeah. Those are the best five stories. Wow.

I feel good. I feel really... I feel like that was a strong- A strong performance from Queen Corgi. Do you ever put pressure on yourself? Every day, we have to Excel in this one thing. And it's over before you know it. Do you put any pressure on yourself to perform well on the episode?

Couple of things that's interesting that you said that. One, I was in the car on the phone with Zack, and we were talking just about something unfun. We were talking about it for a while, and we were done talking, but we talked about it some more. I was like, You know what? I got to go. I'm going to want to listen to music. I don't want to feel tense before the show. I was having to get into my show. Good mood. I was thinking about that. Then right before we started, our producer said, Have a great show. And I was like, Wow, yeah. We have to put on a show right now, and there's no guarantee of how it will go.

I know. And I feel like that's the harder part about doing this show pregnant. I remember, especially in the mornings when I was pregnant, I was so uncomfortable and angry about quite literally nothing. And then I'm like, Fajji, gajji, lajji. And it's like, so vague.

No, but I don't ever think that it is fake.

No, it does. The toast washes over you.

It does. And I think that's how the listeners I feel listening to it. But I definitely think for us, we come in, it's the morning, and then this show is a transformation, whereas by the end, we are ready for lunch.

We're beautiful swans, too. We are beautiful. We are the swan.

We are. We come in as ugly ducklings internally. Always beautiful. Always. And we leave these positive, affable swans. Yeah.

Who are ready for lunch. We started the week as accidental monarchs.

Matriarchs.

Thank you. Also monarchs of a small country. We're ending the week. What did you just say? Affable.

Positive Affable Swans.

The affable swan title.

I love that.

It's not our best, but maybe it's a working title.

I think that's the thing about a title.

The work never ends, Jackie.

No, it doesn't. But anyways, I do think we had a- But this show does. I think we had a Jolly Good show, all's to say. But I do think about that sometimes. It's like, this show isn't guaranteed. No.

It's the mountain I have to climb every day to slay once.

One giant slay.

One small slay for Toast Kind?

No, no. One small slay for Koji, one giant slay for Toast Kind. We love you dearly.

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