Transcript of Super Bowl Licks: Monday, February 10th, 2025

Good morning, millennials.

Welcome back to The Toast, and happy Monday. And if there ever was a Monday that felt like a Monday, today is the one. It is the Monday after Super Bowl Sunday. Jackson Turner here. We're back on video. Jackson is back in studio. She's still not feeling well, but she showed up because she knows the Monday after Super Bowl Sunday is seriously our Super Bowl.

Right. As the number one sports podcast among women, I couldn't not show up for the Super Bowl recap episode. And because I was so sick all weekend, last night, I just laid in bed and watched Super Bowl.

Every minute.

I did fall asleep for the first two quarters. That's just on being sick.

That's funny. Not you saying I watched the whole thing. I was asleep for half the game.

Well, the first two quarters are the least important quarters, especially in this game. But then I woke up and I watched the halftime show. And literally, Zack and I were watching till the last player was in the stadium. We were- Oh, that's so funny. He really wanted to see MVP. I'm like, of course, it's Jalen Hertz. They never even gave the ball to Saquon.

Yeah. Even though last night was a big intro for me to Saquan and the Barkley of it all. And let me just say- And the Barkley family. Pjam Energy. Love that he couldn't do what he did last night for our team, the Giants, when they were in New York, but whatever. He's such a cutie. I watched actually a lot of the re-show.

It's that quote that I keep looking for. If anybody knows the quote, it's like, If you're not blooming where you're planted, you need to replant.

Saquon replanted. That's what Saquon did.

He's a beautiful flower who couldn't bloom.

The replanting of Saquon Barkley. We saw We saw all that growth last night. It's so true.

Yeah, he has blossomed in Philadelphia.

So they had all these different pairings. They interviewed Saquon and Jalen Hertz, and then Travis, obviously, and Patrick. And so they had Tom braided interviewing Patrick Mahomes, The Goats. Then they had Gronk interviewing Travis Kelsia. Well, up until Travis Kelsia, Gronk was the greatest tight-end in the league.

Yeah, silly tight-ends.

Then they had Michael Strahan interviewing- Interviewing Saquan on the book. Because Michael Strahan is the greatest giant of all time, and he's like, New York, New York. And so I learned a lot about Saquan. Let me just say P, Jom. Really genuinely happy for him. We're going to dive into the game, obviously, the performances, the commercials, the actual game, the celebrities in attendance. That'll It's a part of the story, so we don't want to- Give it all away. Prematurely ejaculate, right?

Yeah, we'll get into it shortly because I feel like that's the big news of the weekend. But how is your weekend otherwise?

Well, there actually is some other big news of the week for me. I need to get everyone prepared to be sick of me because in a couple of days, I am taking my glucose test, and I just feel like up until that point, I will not stop talking about it.

You're going to make the glucose test your personality?

Well, because... Okay, I actually forgot to tell you this. I found myself in a little bit of TikTok drama a couple of weeks ago, where I made a TikTok when I got back from the doctor and I had told Dr. Fox, Dr. Fox had told me that my next appointment would be my glucose test. So I was just learning about glucose, and he was really like, You could try different things, but you either have it or you don't. Nothing you could do now. It's just you're either born with it or you're not. It's not a big deal. So I made a funny TikTok because it's gestational diabetes. So I made a TikTok being like, I'm taking my glucose text next week. It's only fruit and seltzer from here on out, girls. And it was a joke, obviously. Oh, my God. All these nurse RNs were stitching, being like, This is actually a really common misconception. And apparently fruit actually has a ton of sugar. So if I was, it's going to help. It's going to make it worse. So Olivia was giving me some advice. People do say, There's nothing I could do right now to change whether or not I have it.

But there is something I can do now to change whether or not I fail the first test, in which case I would then have to do the longer, lengthy, really painful one. So they say I should just I decreased sugar and carbs a couple of days before, which would be now. I had a bagel for breakfast. If I'm decreasing sugar and carbs, what else is there to eat?

Protein. That's the correct answer, Alex. What is protein? But I know you're not going to I just sit down with a rotisserie chicken.

What am I on the carnival diet? It's just not happening.

No, I think just be mindful. Don't eat extraneously. Don't go on a bender. But I think if you're eating your usual, just eat your usual.

I did go on a bender last night. What did you eat for the Super Bowl? Ben made me Crunchwrap. Supreme's I had two. And then we ordered Carvel for dessert. I really just went balls to the wall.

What did I eat? Tea with honey and lemon and saltines. Seriously, my Super Bowl was taken from me. I was honestly not even because I was sick, but including the fact that I was sick. It was the worst Super Bowl of all time.

I will say start to finish from all different elements, the game, the commercials, the performances. It was, for me, the least entertaining Super Bowl in my in recent memory.

Yeah. Plus being sick didn't help. I didn't get to eat anything, nachos, hot dogs, nothing. Yeah. I can't even taste. That sucks. Yeah, I could have eat... Zack could have brought me something home, but I can't even taste.

That sucks. I really went hard in the pain. And I figured it's like a sending off to my glucose test because I'll try and eat very balanced for the next couple of days, even though I know it does nothing. I either have it or The chips aren't so bad.

There's some protein there.

Thousand %. And I will say, the fellow Redhead and friend of the toast, originator of the song My Duty, Brown, Dana, she had gestational diabetes. Actually, in hindsight, she tells me now it was one of the better things to happen to her because it really hindered her in the final trimester from overdoing it and gaining so much weight. She actually says by the time she gave birth, she was back at a normal weight.

Yeah, no, she was in that shape of her life.

Because you really can't eat anything but meat and healthy.

She was so slender.

Right. So while it would be a very unenjoyable experience for me, it wouldn't be the worst thing. I don't know how I'm ever going to go back to eating. I can't believe I used to live a healthy lifestyle. I can't believe I ever used to make good choices. I don't remember that girl at all.

That's good. There's different seasons for everything. You're pregnant, eat what you want.

No, I know I will. But at some point, after being pregnant, I'll have to go back.

Yeah, but you will be a changed person. Don't even worry about her. You don't even know her yet. You don't even know her.

I don't.

She's a problem for another day.

But that's a song for another time.

I'm literally sweating sitting here because I have the sweats and the chills. Of fever? I have a heating pad on, which is actually really nice. But I'm like, if you guys see me sweating, just ignore, okay? Yeah. Like, dropping.

Yeah. That's probably one of the worst things about being sick is desperately needing a heating pad for your weeks and things while also dripping sweat.

The temperature control issues of this flu are unlike anything I've experienced. Every time I get out of bed, I'm shivering, freezing cold. It's so crazy. This is the sickest I've been in In years. This flu this season is not to be messed with.

It took Kelsey Ballarini by storm. I don't know if you saw, she canceled her Buffalo show mid-show.

I can understand.

Terrible. Oh my God. I'm just like, really? Not that I have so many big plans, but I'm really saying no to a lot of things because if I get the flu, you guys- No, it's miserable. It'll be bad for everyone.

Yeah.

Yeah, truly. But otherwise, the weekend was very chill. Oh, you know what? I wanted to ask you something. I actually didn't talk to you at all this weekend. And I meant to tell you I was getting so much shit on Instagram yesterday. So I went to Maddie, Ben's Sister, my sister-in-law's bridal shower. It was lovely, and I was posting pictures. And so many people were coming at me being like, so weird that you called Ben's Sister, because I was narrating the events on my Instagram story, and I was like, off to Ben's sister's bridal shower. And I guess a more normal thing to say with my sister-in-law's bridal shower.

I understand why you didn't do that. And ultimately, you're right, because the sister-in-law is a very mature term.

And I wasn't even thinking mature. I was thinking negative. I was thinking it's a... And then I was thinking, even when I talk about Ben's family on the show, I don't say my in-laws, I say Ben's family. I feel like it's a more endearing term. In-laws has such a... Maybe it's the deer tosters in me. It has such a negative connotation. People are like, Jacky, I got so many... So weird that you call her Ben's sister. Why?

It's literally not weird, but I do feel like when someone is younger, they feel less like an in-law, and it's just like Ben's sister. That's true. If you had an older sister, it's very mature. Sister-in-law. But when they're younger, it's like, what if you have a 12-year-old sister? That's a sister-in-law?

Oh, it's such a good point.

I don't think so.

Also, when Ben and I met, Maddie was 14. To me, I know she's a grown-ass woman now, but she's getting Married, but she's still like little sister. A hundred %. That's a good point, too.

They just don't know you, and they don't know her. So much backlash. They don't know her like you do.

They don't know. But then I do realize, even when I was talking last week about how I had dinner with Ben's parents, I exclusively call them Ben's My in-laws, not my in-laws. I don't know why. I think in-laws is a dirty word. No.

But I understand what you mean, that it's more familial to say Ben's parents.

And don't you also feel like it's a little Wazpi, like not Jewish?

To say in-laws, well, you say makhtunam.

Makhtunam, right. But I don't know. I don't know a lot of Jewish people who say my in-laws.

Well, you could start saying makhtunam.

Well, yeah, my makhtunam. And that is a term of endearment.

Yeah, Maha tunam is your in-laws.

But Maha tunam only refers to your spouse's parents. I don't think it includes siblings.

Maha tunam sister.

Maha tunam sister. Totally. That's your Yiddish word of the day. Maha Tuna. Spelling, so unclear. But just Google it. Maha. So unclear. Tuna. Sister. Sister. You were just sick all weekend. Not much to share with the class.

I was sick all weekend, and I didn't even get to watch that much TV because I was that sick. I actually had to Google how to turn the brightness down on my television because I couldn't even look at it. I figured it out, and I'm leaving it that way.

Of course, you got to get the TV remote, not the Apple TV, the actual TV remote, and then you went to menu settings.

I did it on Apple TV. It was this accessibility display, brightness, turned it all down, so I was able to watch a little bit. I watched New Kardashian's episode, but then I also watched a bunch of episodes from last season, so I don't know which one was this week's episode, so I can't really think.

The one with Lamar.

Yeah, I saw the Lamar conversation, but I forget what else happened. To me, Courtney is in Australia with her family.

Got it because you're behind.

Yeah, but now I'm caught up. I really was looking for something mindless because I couldn't pay attention to anything. I watched a little bit of quarterback on Netflix, which wound up being the perfect thing to watch in the lead up to the Super Bowl because they followed three quarterbacks, Patrick Mahones being one of them. I was really getting to know Patty really well right before the Super Bowl, instead of watching the Fox Countdown 2, Red Carpet, I watched quarterback. Right as I'm falling in love with Patrick, he stunk up the joint.

Yes, not a good night for the Chiefs, and specifically Patty over there.

I was so impressed by him learning about his protocols, his training, this and that. I'm like, this guy's got it in the back.

So regimened.

Yeah. Some people are just physically more gifted in the sport. He also trained as a baseball player coming up. He was going to be a baseball player. A lot of his quarterback throws, he throws a baseball, which really helps him. He hits him with that swivel and his head is always stay straight. It just reminds me of how Michael Phelps was born to be the best swimmer.

I was going to say Michael Phelps.

Just built to be a swimmer. Patrick Mahomes is that quarterback. But last night, he was not. But something that was really funny that I wanted to tell you is that they were talking about all their different plays and how they have all these weird names for them, like Catbag, Lion, And they have one play. It's for Travis, and they call it Catching Kelsey.

You're kidding.

He said Travis hates it because that was the show he was on. That is so fucking funny. I love that. So funny. Then they showed a clip of Catching Kelsey where Travis is being just so ridiculous about how he wants to meet someone.

It does make you wonder what documentaries were being filmed last night. Definitely like a Jalen Hertz.

Oh, yeah. I wonder who they are following. Netflix does a lot of sports content.

Across all different sports. They do golf, they do tennis, they do a lot of football. They just did the tight end. Dcc. Dcc. Where was the DCC last night?

Yeah, their absence was glaring. Where? Glaring. The DCC I see... Oh my God, my husband's going to kill me. The DCC remind me of Bring It On when the cheerleaders are just so much better than the football team.

Oh, a thousand %. I was actually thinking at NFL Honors, a great joke for... The soup dog was hosting. Whoever was hosting would have been like, It was a great year for the Dallas Cowboys cheerleaders. Because it really was.

Yeah, it wasn't. They're getting their season 2, and they're keeping the franchise alive.

People literally show up to the games for them.

Yeah. Well, that's great.

Yeah. So I feel like we're just circling the drain. Yeah.

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First story, Super Bowl recap. Let's talk sports first. First. So the Eagles beat the Chiefs at Super Bowl Licks. Final- Blics. Final score, 40 to to in New Orleans.

So it was really crazy. At first, I was not really concerned. Even though they were losing, it was just like- They want to do that. Yes, but also, anytime I've ever watched the Chiefs, they're annoyingly good. It doesn't even matter what the score is. They're just going to get it done. So it wasn't particularly, like, freaked until at the half... Oh, no. Maybe right when they came back from the half, the Ego scored again, and then it was 24 to zero. At some point, you just get to a deficit that's so big. There's not I have time in the game for you to come back from. And we were slowly approaching that, and I was like, I couldn't believe it. I'm like, there's no way. They're trying to be the greatest in the league. I was like, who are these people? It was giving lobotomy. Everybody forgot how to play and do their I was like, Travis, catch. He was like, I don't know. Patrick, throw. I don't know. And I don't know who to blame most, but I definitely hold a lot of space for the... Everybody did a bad job. It's not just one person or one part of the team.

Well, that's good. But specifically, the group of guys whose job it is to make sure Patty has a couple of seconds to throw the ball.

Yeah, the offensive lineman.

I think they ended up breaking a record last night for the most sacks in a Super Bowl. It was really... I don't know how many times Travis I mean, not Travis. Patrick had to tiptoe and just to get away. Your job is... And I was watching, and I'm like, They're just standing there. Everybody stunk, though. I don't even want to just blame them. Travis was bad. All the people who were supposed to catch were bad. But the people who were supposed to protect That's the first line of defense, they were really sticking it up.

Yeah. I guess it's good that there's not blame on one person. One person doesn't feel like they ruined it. And also, sometimes I feel like when the game is so close, it's even more heartbreaking because it's like we were so close to greatness, but they literally didn't have a chance. To me, what's so crazy is the whole weekend is literally a multibillion dollar endeavor. Everyone coming and traveling and all the celebrities and all the entertainment and all the parties leading up to the weekend in the hotel all around this game.

It was literally like- The worst game I've ever seen in my life.

Little League, they were playing. It was so not entertaining. It was like all of the fanfare is for this game, and they couldn't even play football.

I saw the most interesting TikTok because we know that celebrity spend hundreds of thousands of dollars on their sweets and planes. But this person was just going around to people at the Super Bowl, the actual game, and just asking them how much they spent on tickets. And I had seen that the average price of the ticket last night was around $5,000. But just seeing regular folk being interviewed, people being like, We spent 8,000 per ticket. Nobody spent less than $5,000 on a ticket in this video that I saw. And that's why there were a lot of Eagles fans there, because this is the third time. It's actually the sixth time The Chiefs have been. That the Chiefs have been. It's not uncommon for a Chiefs fan to get to go to the Super Bowl. I think they know they'll have an opportunity in the next couple of years. But with other teams, it's not always the case. You have good years, you have bad years. You could tell just by the cheers and the boos that most people in the crowd were Eagles fans.

Yeah, and the reporters had said that, too. I'm glad that most people that were... Imagine being a Chiefs fan and you finally are spending $8,000 spending that much money to see them play like dog shit.

It's so crazy.

It was seriously embarrassing.

Yeah, it was really bad. But everybody kept... Because the commentators were like, some guy and Tom braided. There's a famous Super Bowl where Tom braided came back to beat the Falcons. I think it was 24 to 2. Right. Everybody keeps It was like, Don't worry, Tom braided came back. And they keep saying, Patrick is the second coming of Tom braided. So it was like, Oh, yeah. So it's possible. And I just figured at some point it would happen, and it became increasingly clear as the night went on, it wasn't happening.

No. And what was so weird, it was for the last 10 or 12 12 minutes. The gap was too big to close, really. But they can't celebrate yet. We have to still play 12 more minutes, but we know that they won. It was so anticlimactic because it was like we knew for 12 minutes that the Eagles had won the Super Bowl, but they're still having to play the game. They're on the sidelines dumping Gatorade on with five minutes left.

I want to talk about the Gatorade.

But we can't celebrate yet. Then by the time we had a winner, it was just so anticlimactic.

Yeah, Them pouring the Gatorade on nick Santini. What's his name?

Yeah, the great Santini.

Carla's death. What the hell is his name?

Okay, I'll find out. Egl's Coach.

They poured it on him.

nick Seriani.

Seriani, yes. Sounds like a character from Josie Shore. There was four minutes left. Now, of course, the Chiefs really couldn't have won, but it wasn't impossible. Actually, when they got the ball back, Travis on his first down, not Travis, excuse me, Patrick on his first down, threw a countdown. Now, of course, it was just a small dent in the lead, but you never know. I just thought it was really crazy that they were doing the Gatorade already.

Yeah, that was really crazy. But I guess overall, the final score 40 to 20 or 22- Doesn't sound so bad. It doesn't sound like what we watched, which was- Yeah, but they got to 20 in the last three minutes. I know, but at least they got a respectable-ish score up on the board because the whole game was 37-0. Zero. Zero. A bunch of zeros.

I like to watch. I don't have a particular stake in the game last night. Obviously, the tailor of it all is super interesting, but I don't care who won. I just wanted to be entertained. It was so boring, the game. This is supposed to be the two greats, and I couldn't help but think, you know who wouldn't have lost so badly to the Eagles?

The Bills.

The Bills. I know Josh Allen was watching that game being like, This is bullshit. Let me give the people what they want. I'm sorry, you have a duty to the American people to keep us entertained at the Super Bowl. I don't care if you win or lose. Your job is to keep us on the edge of our seats. And also, I can't help but thinking about the advertisers who definitely pay more for commercials in the fourth quarter because usually, it's the most important part of the game. And I can't even imagine how many people turned off the TV in the fourth quarter because it was late. It's a Sunday night. People have to go to work. It It was useless to watch at some point.

Yeah, I guess. But that's the chance that you take with the Super Bowl and advertising. I don't feel so bad for them in their $8 million commercials.

No, me neither. Although, did you know the first Super Bowl ever? Do you know how much a commercial went for?

I feel like we've done this, but no, tell me.

They showed it on TV last night. They were showing average price of a ticket compared to... It was $20 versus $8,000. Last night, commercials went for $8 million, and the first Super Bowl ever, they went for $40,000.

Oh, wow.

Yeah.

What year was that? Oh, 59, 60 years ago.

Oh, 59, 60 years ago. So the '60s?

So next year would be Super Bowl LX.

Yeah, I was trying to figure out with the numbers. I so don't understand Roman numerals, and I don't understand the Super Bowl's obsession with using them in their logos.

I was actually thinking that I feel like soon they'll stop using Roman numerals, and that will be a sad day. I just want to say.

It will because I think as a country, intellectually, we can no longer handle Roman It's just so sad. Yes, it's a state, but it's also... It's like the metric system. We don't really use them. Why are... It is the only time in... I guess if I meet someone whose name is Chad III, I would use But it is the only time in my year where I'm even thinking of Roman numerals.

I just think we should keep them around.

Do they teach Roman numerals in school?

These days, I don't know. In our day, yes.

Yeah, but up until 20.

Yeah, but You only need so many letters to know because then eventually, you know that- We never got to L or X.

We only got to I and V.

Well, V is five. L is L-I-X.

Is 50. Yeah. And I-X is one minus 10.

I think it's good. I think we need this refresher.

It's a challenge. It's an annual It was a challenge for the American people.

Yeah. So I don't know what happened. Seriously, it was as if they all forgot how to play the sport. It was genuinely an embarrassment to the whole country.

It was dreadful. It was also just crazy to see Travis, Patty, and Taylor to see them lose. They don't lose often. And when they have lost, it's been inconsequential. So it was just seeing a teacher out of school. Felt weird to see them be big losers. Even Travis' postgame interview where He was so upset in his sparkly shirt, and he was like, We can't just blame the O-line. It was everyone. I'm like, Eew. I got the ick. I wonder if Taylor did, too.

It's not like they lost valiantly. Totally. There was no valiance.

No, there was no honor.

It was as if they were body snatched by a bunch. Yes.

It was like we were playing.

Seriously. I have no idea what happened. It was so crazy and so embarrassing. What do you even do after that?

I don't know. We got no Taylor footage because of it, because every time Travis does something good or bad, they show Taylor, and he wasn't doing anything good or bad. Except for those two big drops in the beginning. I was like, Oh, yikes. But he's always... He's messy, but he always pulls it through. That's the thing. I wasn't worried. I'm like, They always pull it together. I'm sure Taylor wasn't worried either. But then it just became increasingly clear. I did find her cast and crew in the suite to be quite interesting. Obviously, her parents were there. The Kelsies were there. Taylor was there. But she brought Haim, who've been laying low. I feel like she hasn't called on them in a while.

Yeah, but they're always there for her.

They're loyal and steadfast. She also brought Ice Spice, which was so random. I thought, Oh, I guess they are still friends. Although a lot of people had pointed out to me that she was at the last Super Bowl that Travis won, and Taylor might have been superstitious, trying to recreate.

Was it Blake there?

By the way, a lot of people were there with her.

Kara.

Kelly Teller.

Were they together at all this weekend?

No. Kelly Teller was at the Super Bowl. Her and Miles are I'm not a huge Eagles fans, which makes sense. Maybe this time they wouldn't be in the same suite, but they were not together at all. Actually, I saw some discourse about this online. Kelly and Miles were hanging out with Zack Brian, which obviously is not a big deal. Zack Brian is a huge Eagles fan, too. But Zack Brian famously wrote that nasty tweet about Kanye being better than Taylor. If that's your friend... I'm sorry, these two are not friends. You can't convince me. They're not.

That's so crazy.

I know.

That's so crazy.

I would love to know what happened.

Yeah, me too.

Anyways, this week- Because sometimes you just fall out of love with people. That's fine. You get like, steadfast in a friendship. Not at that level. But I feel like something bad happened.

And not at their ages. That happens when you have your party friends. Yeah, And your first cousin, second cousin.

Cousins, yeah. It's so true.

But not at their age. They've been friends for so long, and they were so tight to go from- Had they been friends for so long? Yeah. I feel like throughout the years, Kelly had a bunch of stuff I feel like she was friendly with Taylor throughout the years.

No, I feel like it happened really organically. She was a big fan, and then they coordinated Miles being in the I Bet You Think About Me music video, and that was the catalyst, if you will. And then it was a year where they were just inseparable. The ring she bought, remember? It was Taylor's Day to the Emmies. It was burning fast and bright, and that was it.

Yeah, that's really weird.

Yeah. And then with the Zack Bryant thing, it It makes me think that something happened because even if you're not friendly with someone, I feel like it was a move. Something happened. Yeah.

And her suite was a little lackluster.

The guests. I was a guest, but also I thought this about a lot of the sweets because I was seeing a lot of footage of people. Something about the specific- Arena? Arena. I know it's an indoor arena, which is nice because I heard it was so hot and humid and rainy. But everyone's suites were covered. There was a ceiling in front of Do you know what I mean? Usually, your windows are flush. I just looked, honestly, not worth the money. Not to complain, watching from my couch. I was just like, I would have been annoying. So we got all the pictures of Taylor had this just blurry quality to it because of the ceiling.

Got it. And Taylor got booed, which to me, it was just because... I saw it as the whole stadium is Eagles fans, and she's such a chief. Not because everybody hates Taylor. I think it was in the spirit of the game.

I know. And so obviously, I think really getting booed is horrible, and people who do it, seriously, grow the fuck up. You have children, you're booing someone. However, I do think Taylor understood that she was being booed because she's Travis's girlfriend, not because... If they had showed any of Travis's family, I think they would have gotten booed. Maybe not Jason, but I think it had nothing to do with music. Some people thought it was political. No, I don't think so. I don't think it was Travis's girl, and the whole stadium was Eagles fans. Yeah, that's how I read it. I think if they put Donna up there... Well, Donna is also Jason's mom, so people Maybe they wouldn't have been her. No.

If they put Brittany up there.

Oh, yeah. Well, Brittany is a polarizing figure, especially within her own community. They've always given her shit. I don't think it was personal. I think it's inappropriate to boo anyone, especially It's rude. It's like a person. Having said that, given her reaction, I think she understood it was not about her because she gave a funny side eye, like facial expression. It was not about her.

But sports fans boo. That's what they do.

Yeah. They're freaks.

Yeah. They're crazy. That's the game, and that's the ball game, and it was a real stinker.

Big one. Next, we're going to talk about all the entertainment from the evening, including Kendrick Lamar' Half-Time Show.

Let's go in order. Lady Gaga actually opened the show with a touching rendition of Hold My Hand in honor of the New Orleans terrorist attack victims and the LA Fires.

I was so unexpected. Did they announced that she was going to be performing? No. No.

On the pre-show, they kept I was saying Lady Gaga coming up, and I was like, What is she doing?

I was so shocked. It was so many things. The concept is really beautiful. How can we not acknowledge that a mere two months ago, 14 people died in one of the most horrible terror attacks. It was really beautiful. The song Choice, we were just talking about that song. You guys know that's Shagga Nets' favorite fucking song. It's one of Lady Gaga's most underrated, and it's so beautiful. I love that it got its moment. I loved the very low-key nature of everyone, Tom braided, Michael Strahan, just standing around a piano. It In the French Quarter, it was so beautiful, and I loved the way that she looked. The looks from this era have been crazy. I don't know if you saw what she wore to the actual Super Bowl. She looked nuts.

She had different hair.

Yeah, she had black hair, black leather. She looked super crazy. At the Grammys, she looked nuts. I thought she looked so sweet. It was an appropriate look. She wore all white. I really liked the bleached eyebrows. I could not come up with one negative thing to say. It was so unbelievably beautiful. I was really moved by the whole thing. Really, it was spectacular.

Yeah, agreed. Then we had the National Anthem, John Batiste, and America the Beautiful.

Before that, and the Lift Every Voice.

Lydie Cee.

I just want to say, you put a youth choir in my midst, I'm on board. The Youth Choir Slayed the House Down. What I really liked about Lift Every Voice was, and I love those initial songs that do, like the God bless America. Because it's a moment of seriousness before all this fun. It's sports, it's celebrities. It's all supposed to be fun, but it's a real moment of solitude. It's a moment of togetherness. People cry. We have somebody famous. Last year, nick Santini crying. There are so many great moments, and it's a real just somber moment, and I love that. While I love Lauren Dagle, and I actually thought Trombone Shorty was amazing, I wasn't familiar with his work, all through the night, they were trying to represent New Orleans, and I get that New Orleans has this really vibrant culture. And I actually really liked that they chose a lot of homegrown talent, and they really wanted to showcase that Harry Connick Jr.

Thing with all the dancers. I forgot that. There was a whole- That was bad. There was a pre-show.

Yeah, it was colorful. It was very Mardi Gras. So I love that they were like- Marging bands. Yes. Yeah. They were really intent on putting their culture first. I loved that. I did feel like because New Orleans culture is so colorful and bright and fun and loud, they kept infusing it into America the Beautiful and then John Batiste with the anthem. And I just felt like it was not the vibe. It's the opposite of the vibe I personally look for in those songs. I look for moments of solitude, of seriousness. And with the fun elements of the jazz bands, I just felt like it didn't match the energy that I was personally looking for. Yeah.

How was Lauren Dagle and Trombone Shorty? I missed it because it was bed time.

It was good. It wasn't a bad rendition at all.

Which is not Super Bowl caliber.

He played the trombone while she delivered vocals, and then he also did vocals, really beautiful harmonies. But it was just like this, scat, scat. It wasn't a scat, but they added this fusion of New Orleans vibe, which is beautiful, but I didn't think appropriate for what I usually look for in these moments, right before the game starts, all the fun. I just love how serious it always is. I love that we see grown men cry. I love that we see people take their hats off and just they cut to the military. It's very beautiful. And I think New Orleans is a little too close to the They wanted New Orleans everywhere. Yeah. And it was like... And John Matisse did it less, but he still did it. And I happened to think it was a pretty rendition. Not super cool. And you know what? I was actually thinking this last year. I feel like every time we sit, we criticize the music. But then history really will tell how we reflect. And I feel like, I remember when Chris Stapleton did it, I really liked it, but I didn't know if it was going to become historic.

And now I find myself constantly thinking about it, and it's always It goes viral on TikTok. People love it so much. So time will tell. You really can't judge. Even last year with Riva, I think you had said it was so great and so classic that she didn't do anything frilly, anything different, and it might go down as one of the greats, and it doesn't. We don't even talk about it.

I remember she did it last year.

Right. So time will tell. But I don't think John Batiste entered that Hall of Fame last night, but I do think he did a really nice job, and it was very respectful and well done. He didn't flub the words or a note. Stop. No, no, no, no, that's not what I'm saying. I'm saying it wasn't bad by any stretch. I wasn't moved to tears. I don't think a lot of the... We didn't get a moment like that where they zoom in on people's faces. It was a little too fun. And he had this big colorful piano, which I know. I understand it's a part of New Orleans culture, and I love that. It's rare to have a state that really has such individual culture outside of... It's not like American, it's Louisiana. It's cool. And I love that they I thought the big intro pre-show was beautiful. But some moments can be without. I thought that John Batiste... He did a good job. He sounded pretty. I can't explain it. I wasn't moved.

Yeah. I think he did the best job of him. So it's like, if it wasn't for you, then maybe he wasn't the right choice.

No, but he was chosen because he's a New Orleans local, which is so nice. And that would have been enough. They were just pushing New Orleans, I think, a little too much in certain corners. But when the graphics and everything, the logo was all very New Orleans-inspired because it's very colorful, love, love, love. So I liked that, that that was clearly a choice of the design team for the Super Bowl. They did a little too much.

Yeah, I feel that. Then Kendrick Lamar, Half-Time Show. He did a 13-minute performance, and there were guest appearance from Siza. Serena Williams showed up dancing. He a bunch of his songs, and that was the show.

I actually think, and I would love to hear what your husband thought of it, because I don't go to Spotify and listen to Kendrick Lamar. I was really shocked at how little of the music I knew as somebody who just is an active participant in culture. I don't actively seek out a lot of people's music. But you know them and they're familiar. I don't go ever listen to Justin Timberlake, but when he did the Super Bowl, I knew most of his music. I was the first time ever that I can remember in my lifetime where I knew almost none of the music. And that's probably my only critique. I actually think the performance itself, he executed it flawlessly, right? His choreography was on point. I happened to love the dancers, the whole red, white, and blue esthetic, the Uncle Sam. I thought it was really well done. I think he sounded great. I thought I loved his jeans. My only real critique is that I don't think he was the right choice. Only because I, an active participant in a lot of different corners of culture, really did not know I don't think he has enough mainstream hits.

And then I think about the people who watch a Super Bowl, and that's why it's such a specific tier of people, why we're always spending so much time thinking about who could do it, who would be good enough. You need a real discography where at least half the songs on your set lists are worldwide hits, where everybody, no matter age, no matter where they live, where they know those songs. And I feel like he has one of those songs, sit down, be humble. So while I thought the performance was actually flawlessly executed, I thought, I loved how the cameras were following him around. He had a real vision. And when they kept zooming out, I thought the stage was really gorgeous. I just don't think he was the right choice. And I feel like maybe Apple, when they took over, they're changing a little bit of... Because for so long, it was like you had to be a classic performer. You had to have... Katie Perry, you had to have such mainstream success because it's one of the only times of the year where you're going to be reaching almost every single American. So you need to be a very specific type of popular.

That's why I think they often choose people who are like, Maybe not the most creative and different, but they have the biggest hits, and that's what we're here to do.

Yeah, and everyone will enjoy it.

That was really my only critique. I was watching, and I'm like, This is good, but I would love to know a song. Yeah.

I thought the visuals- But for the Kendrick fans, I think it was the most amazing.

Oh, they loved it. He loved it, yeah. Did your husband love it?

He thought that the visuals were amazing, which I totally agree, the stage and the dancers and the different scenarios. But musically, it wasn't probably the best choice for every Everyone, especially because not a lot of people... Not everyone knows all of his songs. Now I am familiar with two.

Not like us.

I feel the same way where it's like, at first, I didn't mind that he was... Not every artist that they pick is going to be my favorite. But it's Jolly Good Show, and it's music, and it's fun.

We're going to know it regardless of who it is.

Yeah. And it's good music. I don't mind hearing a song for the first time, but it just didn't translate for people who aren't huge fans of his music.

And I think when we think about who would be eligible for the Super Bowl, in the past, how we've thought about it, we really think of it, at least I do, as who would have a Vegas residency? Who can go on a tour that's almost like a greatest hits? Who can not ever release new music and still have hours and hours of songs to sing? And that's why I'm always comparing it to people who do Vegas residencies. And that's why even I think I remember last year, I was really surprised at how much of ushers I knew because I I don't actively listened to Usher, maybe since I'm six.

Yeah, I feel like with Usher, it was the opposite issue where it's like the songs and the music were great, the performance wasn't.

Yeah, but I'm talking about in terms of selections. I was like, Oh, I wonder if I'll know. And I knew the whole thing, just from being an active participant.

No, I'm not talking about it. I'm just saying I feel like we had the opposite issue because it didn't hit in the way that it was meant to.

I think to Kendrick's credit, I think it's really hard as a man, a straight man to dazzle without outfits and makeup and dancers and pyrotechnics. And I think the creative of the show was actually really well done because I think you don't get to rely on a lot of the things that some of the girlies do to make it fun and bright and a spectacle. So you have to do different things. And I thought that was a really good part of the show that he really, aside from Sizzle, did the whole thing by himself, just one man and a microphone. That's really hard, and that was really impressive. I thought Sizzle was a real highlight of the show. I thought I thought maybe I would know. I knew her song sounded really familiar to me from TikTok and stuff, but it wasn't as pop and mainstream as my particular interests align with.

And I think a lot of people felt that way. And I think a lot of people, I was seeing a lot of the criticism is falling to Jay-Z because he programs the live entertainment for the Super Bowl. Rock Nation is partnered with NFL and Apple, and he's the one who made this choice. And as you said, it's not entirely the right choice.

Yeah, but that's what I'm saying. I think maybe Apple is shifting how we see Super Bowl performers. Maybe it's no longer this time capsule type of thing, because one of the things that keeps coming to mind, it keeps... Super Bowl performances are getting viral at this time of year. And this is actually one of the Thanksgiving performers, the Creed, Let's go there. It was after 9/11, like Thanksgiving, but today's performance. It was one of the greatest moments in American history. And it's crazy how so many of the Super Bowl performances from 10, 20 years we still watch and are still relevant. That's always been the Super Bowl's vibe. They wanted it to be timeless. And maybe Apple, since they took over, they're looking to be a little bit more edgy, a little bit more topical. Because this was Kendrick's year. He just won all the Grammys. If there was a performer to perform this year, it's Kendrick Lamar. So maybe they're shifting a little bit how they perceive and how they select- The half-time show. The half-time show performers. Because if it's not from this... We look at it so time capsularly, right? Yeah. But maybe they're not.

Maybe they're It's 2025.

Who was- Let's do a cool show. We're on the- That represents the year. Yeah. Yeah, no. And we're just like, cool, and we're doing a cool show.

Yeah. So maybe it's no longer such a... Because when we think about who we're always saying, pink would be great because she has so many hits.

People who would just encompass as many possible people as possible, even though you're never going to get someone who everybody loves or everybody likes even. But someone who can capture as many people as possible.

It also is worth noting every single year, the next day people say, is the worst one I've ever seen. They say that every fucking... Really? Oh my God. Every year they fucking say that shit. It's just one of those things where time will truly tell. When you go back and see some of the most viewed ones of all time, because I was actually watching somebody did a TikTok, the top 10 most viewed. It wasn't what you think. And I think Shaqira and JLo were the number two. And I remember after people were like, Well, it was good.

No, I remember watching it and been like, so good.

It was amazing. It was seriously amazing.

Yes, time will tell, but you also had to give credit to how you felt just watching it in the moment.

In the moment, yeah. I do think it was the type of performance that really could have benefited from a couple of more guest spots. There was a lot of rumors that Beyoncé was going to be there because her whole family was there without her. So it's like, Oh, yeah, of course, she's backstage getting ready. I liked the Serena Williams nod. And then also a lot of it was more of the diss to Drake because the not us is a Drake diss track.

And then there were a bunch of things in there. Even the necklace A is apparently for a minor.

Yeah, because it was a minor A. It was a small lowercase.

Yeah, but on the one hand, I'm like, yes, take this grudge all the way to the Super Bowl. Never let your haters stop.

Stop you from doing your thing.

Never stop hating your haters. But on the other hand, it's so crazy that this whole thing was put together to give an FU to Drake.

I agree. So at the Grammys, I was loving the hatery. I'm like, Yes, keep going. But at some point, you should be there and promote your own self and your own accomplishments. Not this person that you hate. As somebody who believes you It didn't take hate too far. I actually think it was a little far. He had to perform the song, obviously, and the whole stadium being a minor is embarrassing for Drake enough. The necklace, I feel like, make it about you. This is so awesome. You did it by yourself.

Serena Williams was there, and I just assumed it was because she has history with Drake, so it's a fellow Drake enemy. But then also people said that it was because of something with Wimbledon.

Oh.

Yeah, but I do think it had to do...

I'm sorry, it has to do with Drake. Obviously, they were briefly dated on and off. Yeah. She famously did the Crip Walk when she won Wimbledon. It's this iconic moment. And that was the dance that she did. But why were they playing it during Not Like Us? No, I'm telling you, it was about Drake. It has to do with Drake.

It was about Drake.

It was about Drake. It's like, Drake is just a big loser. It's crazy how there was a moment in time where Drake was so famous. Every song, Humming on that Highline Bling. Everything he did was so major, so mega. The McClane. It was all too much. Obviously, that level of fame was not sustainable. But to go from that to big-time loser, where everyone took Kendrick's side, how did that happen?

I don't know. But honestly, Drake would have been a better half-time show.

Just because when you think about hits.

Hits.

Yeah. But Drake's also not American.

Does it have to be American? I was wondering that, too, because I was like, Harry styles, but it's not American.

I was watching-Céline A video, a compilation of people who have said no to the Super Bowl. One of them was Dolly. She said she doesn't think she's famous enough and has enough hits for it, which I thought was so crazy. The other was Adele, and I thought it was like, Oh, because she's British, but she was like, No, nobody wants to hear my songs at the Super Bowl. It's supposed to be fun. We're supposed to be vibing, not crying. I would love it. But I thought it was more so because she's British, even though some people... I don't know, Harry Sals, yes, is British, but his music is so American. It's a part of American culture. I do feel like if Adele got selected, I would be like, This is not the vibe because she's British.

I would immensely enjoy it, but it would not be the vibe.

Of course, but it would be too British, honestly.

Because she's British?

Yeah, that's what I'm saying. The music, I don't think it wouldn't be the vibe not because of the music because she's seriously too British.

Okay, what about Céline Dion?

I think she's too French.

French-canadian?

Honestly, yeah, French-Canadian.

Okay, wow.

But I don't know why. With Harry styles, I'm down.

You don't feel that way.

Yeah, but maybe it's because his music is Super Bowl-appropriate. It's fun.

Yeah. I don't even think he would be like, That's a performance I would enjoy, but I wouldn't even put him on my list of like, This is a great idea.

No, no. I don't know, because I do feel like Apple has shifted a little bit the criteria for who is eligible to be a performer. So I think the list of people we come up with maybe no longer applies.

Yeah. Especially with Jay-Z as the curator.

Right. What is Jay-Z like? I don't know if Jay-Z listens to Pink and Kelly Carson.

No, I don't think Jay-Z is going to put Pink up for the job.

Well, he's so wrong for that, and he should be fired. Okay?

I agree. I think they need an I'm the expert curator, and I don't think that Jay-Z is the expert curator.

Well, so this is only the third Super Bowl Apple has done. And the one before was Usher, and I actually think that was a really good choice.

I thought it was a good choice, too.

And before that was Rihanna, which was also a bomb It's a good choice.

A good choice and a good performance.

And a good execution. Yes.

Two things.

Actually, he has done a good job, except for the whole 13-year-old thing, which I actually can't It took it over.

Yeah.

They were on the TV, they showed him. They were like, Hove in the house. And I was like, Call the police. There's Hove in the house.

You're like, A minor.

You want to talk about it? Oh, my God. Yeah.

It's just such a sick twist it It's too much. You can't hold any of them. None of them are beyond approach.

It's a Spider-Man meme.

It's a Spider-Man meme.

Where they're all just pointing at each other. Right.

That's why if you need an expert curator, Kenny Ortega should do the Super Bowl. I was actually just watching a clip of Michael Jackson's. That's so true. I was watching a clip of Michael Jackson's Super Bowl appearance, and it was probably a part of some documentary because people were speaking on it, like the people that he worked with and Kenny Ortega was talking about. I think he directed Michael Jackson's Super Bowl appearance. He should be the official director of the Super Bowl. You're kidding. Director of the Super Bowl. The choreographer. And we should have a say on who does it because he knows talent.

It should be fan voted. No, because then Taylor Swift would win every year. Some people just have fans who are not chronically online and just go to work.

I'm going to be like, Selena Gomez.

Yeah, right. They would be bot farming.

Those are the Super Bowl stories.

Well, the commercials, just really quickly.

I thought the commercials were so bad. I can't remember one of them.

I can remember one because it was the only one that actually made me laugh and that I hadn't seen before. I was shocked at how... And I didn't even actively seek out commercials. I guess they've been playing them on TV and then also releasing them on social. I had seen all the commercials except for Mountain Dew, where they had seal up on a rock as a seal singing a Kiss from a Rose. That was fucking funny, okay? And Slay. And I hadn't seen it yet. I was so annoyed. I was like, I've seen all these commercials, and I just wanted to give a major shout out to Uber Eats, because I feel like every year Uber Eats spends the most money on celebrities, the most amount of commercials. They have so many placements, and they never dazzle me. And last night was no exception. They had Matthew McConaher and every fucking celebrity with this football was inspired by food commercial. It was so unfunny and so expensive, and they're constantly slaying the Department of wasting money. Remember the year before they reunited Ross and Rachel and friends? They're always doing so much, and it's so not good creative.

Yeah, and you wanted to give them a shout out?

Is that what you said? Yeah, for being the worst. They stood out to me. I'm like, this is another year where I'm constantly rolling my eyes at Uber Eats. They do so much, and it's giving really try-hard That's so funny.

The only commercials I remember are Intuit TurboTax, which actually looks like they were really good. What did they do? No, they just had literally, they were in every single block of commercials just about how you can go for a run and someone's doing your taxes. It looks like a good service.

Popy, the prebiotic soda.

We're going to get into that. Then the only other- They had a Super Bowl commercial, too.

Yes. Alex Earle was in it. Yes.

The other commercial. Do you know these Dunkings commercials? Why does it feel like an inside joke that I'm on the outside of?

Because you are?

No, but what are they doing? They're being like,ools.

And I'm just like, what's with- It's a lot about like, Northeastern Boston culture, which is crazy for a nationally televised game. Right?

Ben Aff and the Dunkings and then Bill Belichick and his girlfriend, what are you guys doing? I feel like such an outsider.

Yeah. No, I get it, too. I don't fully understand the beef and the whole concept, but I think it's like people in- They've just run away with this storyline. It's like people in Boston like Duncan a lot, obviously, but more so because it's no frills. It's not like Starbucks fancy macchado. It's just like coffee in a cup. For the real working man, they like a coffee on the go. I think that's the inspiration, I think.

No, but then there's like rap battles. I just feel like I've missed it. I've missed the quote on Duncan.

You have, but you're not the only one. A lot of us got left behind. I'm not even 100% sure.

Okay, great. Then, yes, POPPY had a commercial with influencers, but they are also getting dragged due to a decision to send $25,000 vending machines to influencers ahead of their Super Bowl commercial.

Yes. As a big PR, a lot of influencers get PR. They get products. Sometimes they get handbags. Some people take it really far. And Polly was like, Hold my beer. They sent these really pargy. They look like the Kylie Cosmetics vending machines. They're like these new wave. It's not your middle school vending machine. It's this really pargy robot It's huge. They had them delivered to a select few influencers' homes.

32 influencers.

And fully stocked with probably 100 cans. And you could just... It's free, so you could just... A lot of influencers left it in their garage. I didn't see any New York City-based influencers getting it because I don't know where the hell you would put it and how you would get it in the elevator. But it immediately started this wave of drama on social media.

You could put it in your lobby for the whole building.

You could. That's a nice idea. It started this whole conversation online And similar to the conversations that were being had about Tart Island and the Tart trip, just basically being like, this is super wasteful. Influencers get everything for free. Give this to a real customer. Why don't you give back to your customers? And that was the thing with Tarte, too. It's like, well, you should take your customers on a trip. Well, no one would want to watch that. That's the problem. No, for real. It's such a nice concept. And actually Tarte does do that. And by the way, I've never seen a picture from it. It's not viral. It doesn't make the brand money. These brands, they're not charities. They're here to create buzz. Buzz equals marketing. Marketing equals money. Customers get influenced by these types of things. And so the response to everything on social media with these brands, especially these more online brands, like POPPY, being like, Well, what if you should just do it for your real customers instead?

Why do you go Bother Walmart.

It's just a dumb concept. What is this free for all?

This is people's jobs. It's true. It's just weird when there's something that's so common place. Everyone does. It's just part of the business. And then people just seek out one One company who's doing it and get mad about it. Some people made the point, why would you... Apparently, it's about $800,000 that they spend sending 32 people these gifts when you could have put the vending machines somewhere with more traffic. Which one influencer means hundreds of POPPs.

Ready? People have to give the vending machines back in a couple of weeks. A lot of them have actually already returned it. I'm sure then poppy will go put them in parks and shit. It's called using a billboard in multiple different ways. I don't understand the backlash. I don't think it's a big deal, especially when you see... Nobody's giving Uber a problem for spending $8 million on one commercial last time. This is what companies at that level do. They spend money. Actually, Maureen from Tart was making a bunch of TikToks being like, Tart will never buy a Super Bowl commercial. We'd rather spend $8 million on a trip. It's literally the same thing. Think about how much we talked about Tart Island. Everybody was talking about it. That That's marketing for Tart. Honestly, I think it's money better spent than being one in 55 commercials last night. You spent $8 million. That's more embarrassing to me than giving a couple of influencers vending machines.

Yeah, and ultimately-For a grand total of $800,000 2000, in which you're getting the vending machines back.

And now, look, we're all talking about poppy. It was successful. Congratulations, you played yourself. Yeah.

I saw Rachel Corkannell got a vending machine, so I saw her video, and I just thought... I didn't even know about this controversy. I just thought that was so cute. Dude. Then she said she had to give it back. I was like, Oh, damn. But I guess, yeah, who needs a thousand cans of poppy? But it was just a fun cute concept. It's called marketing.

Not only that, go poppy. They're a brand that really invests mostly in digital and influencer marketing, and they got a Super Bowl ad last night. That's sick. The fact that they wanted it to be full of Alex Earle, Jake Shane was in it, a lot of influencers, the people who got them there. I love that. I think it's a female-founded brand. Fuck off. It's good. Why Why shouldn't they be up there spending as much money as Matthew McConaher and Uber Eats? Oh, man, I'm on an Uber Eats mission today. I hate them. But even though I'm their number one customer. Where's the energy for Doritos?

Yeah. Doritos has a lot of bad commercials. Leave Papi alone.

The worst. Actually, did they even do commercials last night?

I saw some space orb was stealing the Doritos from a guy on his couch. Womp, womp, womp.

Cool.

The commercials were so bad.

They were... Pete Davidson was doing a lot last night after being relatively quiet for a while. He was actually at the Super Bowl, and I think he was in one or two commercials.

Oh, yeah. It's also funny who gets tapped. I would love to be a fly on the wall. The most random ideas, which are sometimes so good, and here's what I had an idea that was actually good. It was the circle water bottle and Adam Devine.

Yeah.

That was actually a really cute commercial. You know what was a good one? When the person in the room is like, What if we got Adam Devine to call his wife? What?

Wait, you know what was actually a good one that's really appropriate for this conversation? What? Tacobel. What did they do? They were like, We are not going to use big celebrities for our... We're going to give it to our consumers. Oh, look, everyone should be so happy. Right. But then they also... So they put up a million pictures really quickly. They're like, If you're in this, screenshot it. And all their customers from social media, they took pictures of everybody who takes pictures of a taco Bell. It was cute. Then they also had LeBron James and tons of celebrities being like, Wait, we're not in the commercial? And the lights were being turned off on them. So it wasn't enough to have your customers in your commercial because nobody would have been talking about that. But now we're talking about it because LeBron James was in it and being funny, being like, Am I still getting paid for this? So they did have to spend all that money on the commercial and the celebrities, but then put a couple of pictures of their customers in it being like, look, send this to your mom. You're going to talk about commercial.

Oh, my God. That's funny. I think actually a more worthy thing for people to get annoyed about is commercial actors are out of a job from all the celebrities and how How much brands spend on, one, the Super Bowl commercial and then all the celebrities. Some of these brands have so many huge celebrities, and it's like, give that job to working actors who need it.

One thousand %.

That to me, it's like, I hate the celebrities in the commercials. It's so not creative. It looks like a waste of money when they could be doing so many other things using their real customers. I think that people online, instead of getting mad at poppy, a startup business that's working with influencers, should get mad at the big celebrities, how much they get paid for these commercials.

Yeah, no, it's so true. Also, you just reminded me of something. Hold on, I was about to make a fire point. It just escape my brain. Bring it back.

Celebrities, LeBron James.

I was thinking about Flow from Progressive. I was thinking about.

That's the best, by the way. When someone can do a commercial- A regular. A celebrity, and they make a regular person a star.

I remember. There was also no commercials that made me cry. I feel like every year there's one or two really beautiful ones about family or nostalgia or a pet dying. I remember Amazon Prime, Farmer's Dog slayed a couple of years ago.

Yeah, Farmer's Dog slayed.

Where was the tearjerker?

Yeah.

No. There wasn't one last time. No.

I wasn't feeling very moved.

Yeah.

Sad. Sad. So that's Super Bowl Commercials. Are you ready for our next story? A little...

What story are we up to right now?

This is technically number four.

Oh, shoot. No, I'm not ready.

Oh, yeah. No, we're not ready.

Not me forgetting I have a job to do. I know.

I told you it was a mush-mash. Today's episode is- I told you it was a mush-mash.

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Our next story, Brianna's Chicken Fried playing Koy, addressing rumors about a romance with West Wilson from Summerhouse.

I thought his name was West.

So I think his- No T. His name is West, and then his friends call him West.

Got it. Okay. They were both at the Super Bowl.

Or his friends are too lazy to pronounce the T.

Which I feel. I'm into West. T? I don't have time. West T. So these rumors were popping off over the weekend on social media, and I think maybe Maybe it would have died down, except that they confirmed it. West did.

What did West say? Because she was asked by page 6 about West and how they're spending time together, and she said, who, what? And spun around nervously. She said, I haven't really thought about it. I've just been thinking about the Super Bowl, thinking about who's going to win the game, placing my bets. I haven't had time to think about West. No, no. But she did post a picture, a selfie of the two of them partying. I think it's just maybe they were having fun this weekend. Do you think that they knew each other before this weekend?

Maybe they knew of each other, but no, I don't think they personally knew each other. I think there was a small group of internet people who were at the Super Bowl compared to celebrities, and so they probably just stuck together. And I could see them just hooking up. I don't think this is a great love, and I don't think this is either of their next relationships. I think they probably hooked up, had a really good time. I can see them getting along personality-wise. A lot of people are like, Oh, my God, does this mean Brianna on Summerhouse? I don't think so. Although that wouldn't be the worst for both things. I actually Summerhouse could really use somebody young and fresh and relevant like Brianna, and West could use something to distract us from what he did from Sierra. I think it would be good for everyone, but I don't think that's where this is leading. I think they just hooked up and probably had a really fun weekend You forget, they're 25. That's what you do when you're 25.

Yeah. It's just crazy that we know about it. I feel like this is the thing that in a few months, one of them shares on their podcast, and we're like, Oh, my God. But that we know that they were probably together this weekend, it's It's just like, it's so much to know. I do not chip just because we've seen a lot from him. Not my favorite.

Breonna deserves better.

For real. They just want the absolute best for her.

I'm glad she's having fun.

But I know she's having fun, and she is having fun. And fun is very important to her right now, and I think it's good.

By the way, Craig was at the Super Bowl, as was Paige. They were both reading for the Eagles. I saw both of their videos. It appears that they were actually on complete opposite sides of the stadium. Thank God. But just unfortunate.

Why does Craig root for the Eagles.

He didn't. He was with a bunch of people. He was like, Thanks, Eagles, for letting me join your fandom for the weekend. Like, out of the theater. He was just going to go.

And page roots for them because of...

I think that the guy that she's friends with, she said she's not dating, but Well, you could be like...

She said, That guy's not my boyfriend, yeah, because they've probably been dating for a few weeks. That person's not your boyfriend yet.

I also saw a theory that she's good friends with his sister. It could just be that.

I know, but those pictures from that game, that was a date.

There was just one blurry picture. She could have just been sitting next to him. Maybe the sister was on the other side. That's true.

I don't know. Which friend takes you to a game in a box?

Okay, so the theory that I had heard was that she's friends with Page's sister, and Page is friends with her sister, and the sister is a huge Giggly Squad fan. She'd be like, Brother, can you take me and my cool friends to the Zoom roll? Got it. Then maybe like, Paige and him are vibing, and maybe that's how this girl gets her brother to marry Page to Sorbo. But it's an alternate theory. Okay.

I hadn't considered that there was someone else in the mix and that it wasn't a date.

Well, because everybody was freaking out that, I guess the guy was backstage at one of their shows.

With the sister.

With the sister, exactly. And the sister's a huge giggler.

No, I didn't even think about him backstage of the show. I just remember the picture of them in the box, and I was like- Okay, Jackie, but it's just not even a picture.

It's two people sitting next to each other in a box in the most blurry zoom in photo of all time.

Yeah, no, no, no. But I never considered there might be other... That he didn't invite her there.

She could be a plus one.

Yeah, totally.

But she also could be on a date, which is totally fine and normal.

Totally fine and normal. Now, they've been broken up eight weeks.

It's fine. More.

Yeah. What? It's February.

Thank God.

Are you ready for our fifth and final story? Mm-hmm. Little anniversary news. Snl 50 anniversary special will feature Bad Bunny, Sabrina Carpenter, John Mulaney, Tom Hanks, and more.

I'm sorry. I literally completely zoned out. Can you start the story from the beginning?

Snl 50th Anniversary Special.

I started listening when you said Sabrina Carpenter. I'm like, Wait, what's she doing with John Mulaney? I know.

She's performing or contributing to the special. Steve Martin, Sabrina Carpenter, Bad Bunny, John Mulaney, Dave Chappelle, and numerous other stars who've been associated with the show over the years. Scarjo will make an appearance. Of course. It will air on February 16th. It's a three-hour long live telecast honoring SNL's 50th anniversary. You're kidding. It's my 50th anniversary. It's SNL at a glance.

So literally, is this on Saturday night at 11: 30, or is it a different time slot?

Well, February 16th is a Sunday. So it's a Sunday evening broadcast.

Oh, they are just loving to abuse our Sunday evenings. They are. I actually think this will be good. I know everything SNL does is so lame these days, but when you really think about the breadth of talent who's come from SNL, and they all still love and respect Lauren and show up whenever he asks, when you get them all in a room, it's the greatest of our time. Yeah.

And SNL history, there's a lot to pull from. There's so many great moments, performances, people who have come out of it. So when they go into the archives, it's always good.

And I'm sure there'll be tributes to Norm McDonald and Chris Farley, people who've lost.

The current stuff is what's bad, but this is great because it's not current.

The whole point of it is to celebrate the good old days.

Yeah. This has It's making it the makings to be something good.

Love to see Sabrina out here just getting gigs, booking things. Yeah.

Miley will be there- Who is she going to...

Oh, wait, the Barry Keoghan Squarespace commercial was actually good.

Oh, yeah. But it's like, whose idea was that to have Gary Keoghan riding? I just would like to be on the fly on the wall for some of these meetings. It's like, they pick the most random people or even the Ritz Salty, and it was like, Auburn Plaza and the guy- And the other Stankface guy.

Who was that? I forget.

His name is Napoleon and from Nine Perfect Strangers.

Wait, who was it? I can't even remember his face.

I'll tell you his name. You're not going to... Michael Shannon. You have to Google him.

Okay, because I don't know who that is.

You do.

He's like- And I'm blanking on the whole commercial.

He's in so many things.

Oh, yeah. Classic face. Classic. Honestly, that whole commercial was Fabiscianapunam.

It's like, why those two? That's not even who I would think of as salty.

You know who else crushed the commercials? Who? The cast of Schitt's Creek. They were in every fucking commercial because you know Dan Levy is homes. Com. And then Eugene Levy was Little Caesar with the eyebrows flying away. Very funny.

Moira- Katherine O'Hara was in the Michelobaulter commercial.

But did you see... I thought it at the same time, Adam Brody in the Pringles commercial, and he's like, We need more Pringles. They're like, Blow on the can. And then the Pringles mustache flies off. And then all these famous people with mustaches, their mustaches flew away. It was the same exact creative from Little Caesar. It was like, Little Caesar had the eyebrows flying Sparky Polastry. From Eugene Levy. It was Sparky Polastry syndrome.

They used the same agency that only had one idea.

Do you think... Because it looked visually so similar because it was like a mustache with two parts. It looked like a set of eyebrows. I was like, Wait, this is the same commercial I just saw.

I think they got Sparky Polastry.

I think they got... Yeah, I would love to know the drama at the agencies right now. If it was really just parallel thinking, but it's such a random... Sometimes you could see how two people could come to the same conclusion, right? I don't see how to totally separate teams could have come up with the Pringles' mustache flying off and Eugene Levy's eyebrow flying off.

I don't know. Drama.

Drama.

Well, those are the fast five stories that make feel as though you needed to know them.

Did we hit everything? It was literally, I got in bed at four o'clock, and it was over at 11: 00. There was so much. How about it, miss anything?

No, I feel like that was everything. Jalen, one MVP.

Of course. Who else? It's never not the- The quarterback. Quarterback, even though sometimes, what about Saquoia? It's just always the quarterback, unless the quarterback is injured or something. And he deserves it. Even though I often think about my team, the Niners, if they ever won, they came really close these last couple of years. Would it be Brock or would it be Christian McCaffrey? Because Christian McAfree was injured this season, and they didn't even make it to the playoff. So it's Christian's thing.

Yeah. No, they have a lot of other really strong players, and notoriously don't have the strongest quarterback.

Right. Like the franchise guy.

Yeah. That is interesting to think about.

But they're going to Disney World. And I just honestly, if you're a resident of Philadelphia, stay way safe because your team won, and that just means destruction is upon you. So don't go outside, hide your kids, hide your wife, and it'll all blow over soon because the parade is coming to town. I'm sure last night, the city was engulfed in flames.

Yeah, it's already started. But congrats to the Philly fans.

Thank you to our first responders.

To the Philly fans. I'm happy for you.

Me too. It's a nice group. Zealous, but nice.

And they had a great team. They played some beautiful ball, and they deserved it.

And they had a good season, too. And you know what? I really did not think they were going to win. And I do think it's easy to say, well, of course they won. The other team was bad. I think two things can be true. I think they played some of the best football they've ever played while the Chiefs were also bad. They didn't only win because the Chiefs were bad. They were just like, unstable.

Yeah, but it's a shame we'll never really know the Chiefs were just falling over themselves.

Right. Because what I had said, why I thought they weren't going to win is they absolutely crushed the Washington, whatever their name is these days. And I was like, well- The Ross Washington. Yeah. The Ross Washingtons were awful. That doesn't mean you're good just because the other team is bad. And now I'm rethinking. I'm like, maybe they actually were a decent team, Washington.

Yeah.

Perhaps Cheri was wrong. It's rare.

No, I don't think that you were.

Me neither. I never am. Well, that's our show. Super Bowl recap, Sblicks.

Sblicks.

I was saying it all night long.

We'll see you next year. Sblicks. For Sblicks.

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