De-Influenced with Dani + Jordan - Solo Dani: Controversial Opinions & The Really Important Stuff

Episode Date: September 11, 2025

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The following podcast is a dear media production. Hello and welcome back to your favorite podcast, D-influenced. I don't know if you noticed there, but that was just me. There was no partner. Jordan is out of town, you guys. I got sick again. I'm always sick. It's horrible.

But we were actually supposed to go to Nashville this past week. I think Jordan is secretly. trying to plan this like he was trying to plan this like amazing vacation to convince me to move to franklin or nashville and i was excited because i was like you know what it was like a trip like and we get to spend time with our kids monday woke up with the sore throats the congestion all the things and so i said which i i knew was coming because summit was just coughing all over me and sneezing all over me he was sick first at the lake house And so I just knew it's coming.

And I was actually talking earlier. I was like, I think I'm going to start masking up around summit. Like, no judgment. That's the one thing COVID did for us is normalize the masks. I might be wearing a mask in my own house. Because every time I get sick, it starts with my little summit. Because, you know, they don't know. They just like, you just feel the trickle all over your face.

So anyway, I woke up Monday, super sick. And I said, I said, you guys go. I said, go, go have fun without me. So they went Stratt and Stella and Jordan, and they've been having the best time ever, FaceTiming me. They're with Sean Johnson and Andrew East. And they're like, our kids are playing together.

And they're like, move to Nashville. And then I'm getting, he was with Gabe and Jess Conte at church. And he's with the Bethkees. And he's like, oh, my gosh, the community here in Nashville is so insane. Like you would love it. Because Dallas, Dallas actually does have amazing people,

but Dallas does have this like, who's who, what family are you associated with? Like, it's kind of people just want to know. Like, because there's so, there are so many big families here.

Like, it just happens. And so, and in Nashville, it's like, who cares? We just, we take care of our neighbors. There's some really cool creatives,

musicians. but we all are supporting each other. It sounds sweet. Honestly, when he was talking about it, I was like, man, I'm kind of bummed. I miss the trip. But I will say, it was kind of nice, being in my house and myself.

Oh my gosh. It was like, I almost felt guilty. I was like, I miss them, but like I kind of am loving this right now. Like, I kind of felt like I was a single girl again, like living in an apartment. And I could just go to the grocery store. Of course, I have some,

but you know, he's just like a little baby blob. And so they just kind of follow you wherever you. and I'm like hanging out with my, it was like the one time I could hang out with like some of my single friends and we played pickleball whenever we wanted. We had a couple of like movies nights planned and it was just I was living the single college girl life. But I will say I did start to kind of feel a little lonely, you know, towards that. And I was like, okay, I am, I do need a hug.

I need some, some warmth. So I am very excited for them to come. home. But yeah, so that is why I'm doing this solo episode, which I'm so nervous because, like, I have been creating content for, let's say, I mean, 12, 13 years. I have never done something like this where I have talked to myself for 45 minutes. And like, I challenge you to talk to yourself for 45 minutes with no reaction of like anything. Because you say something funny, typically you can see the reaction of Jordan's face or he laughs. But now it's like, it's so vulnerable. Like, it's just me.

And I don't know what's going on on the other side when you all are listening to this. I don't know if you're smiling. If you're like this sounds dumb. Like, it's a little scary. But, you know, I like to try new things. I really do. And, you know, speaking of trying new things, I have to give a shout out to Welbutrin. So I always go through some type of depression when it comes to pregnancy.

And it's so funny because it happens every single time. Every single time that I am either postpartum or I get pregnant, it's either one, not usually both, but one or the other. I am like, oh my gosh. So when I got pregnant, this is to go around. Before I got pregnant, I was feeling, y'all, I was kind of living my best life. I was like, you know, planning all these, like, fun nights with friends. We went to the WNBA game.

I was like running again. I started waking up before Jordan and running again. I was just feeling really good. We got pregnant. I started feeling really sick, started sleeping a lot. But then I got out of my first trimester. And I was still sleeping 12 hours. I was doing a three or four hour nap. The naps were getting longer. I was starting to feel like major headaches. Just like I don't want to get up. What's the point? The lake house wasn't fun. So the kids would all go to like the big pool and see people. And I was like, I don't want to see people. And I had no motivation to like really. I would create some content, but it was just like, you know, it just wasn't, the spark wasn't there. It was like,

everything was just black and white. And every day I was just like, oh, what am I going to feel better? And I just started to dread every day. But it's so funny because I've been through these phases so many times before. But when you're in it, you're like just make so many excuses. You're like, I'm pregnant. I'm tired. I'm taking care of, you know, three children. I'm this. I'm that. You're never like, oh, I'm depressed. I need to go see a psychiatrist and talk about a medication. and you just never do that, you know, and I kept saying the serenity prayer. I kept praying about things, and I'm like, okay, I'm just taking it one day at a time. And then I, whenever Jordan, when I got sick again this second time, I was like, oh, no, I was like, and I'm going to be

myself, like, I need to reach out to my doc. So I had a little Zoom call with her, told her everything. She's like, honey, this is just prenatal depression. It happens. It's very common. All the hormones are changing, whatever. And I was like, yeah, it sounds about right. So, she put me on while Butron, y'all, the next day, I'm back to life. Like, Mama is back. I started doing my makeup again. I started doing my hair again. I started showering again. That's always nice. I started shaving my legs again. Like, there's so many things. Like, even I was getting packages in the mail. Like, brands will send me fun stuff. And I was like, don't care. Like, nothing makes me happy. It was like, you could give me a $10 million. I wouldn't even blink.

Like, I just want to lay in bed all day. I did start watching. I was. I did start watching. down to nappy though that was a good show um and yeah and so then i'm like now i'm like i'm wanting to clean my house i feel so much better when i work out i feel like i have energy again i haven't napped one time since i started this medication not one time because i am in my second trimester so like you should start feeling better um i have seen like so many friends i'm playing picka ball every day i even made it to church by myself like i would like sorry like that's like the one cop out like whenever I'm like my husband's out town I'm going to watch it online like and then I was like no I'm going at church with summit I tried a new church where I was meeting new people I love it it was a really

cool church in Dallas um that Janine actually recommended to me and so man it's so funny because I really was I loved this whole like maha movement of like you know trying to get to the root of things but but I'm always like open to Western medicine type of girly but my thing is it's like I also want to get to the root of it like why is this happening and like what am I deficient in and what because I don't want to just be on medications for the rest of my life you know but I will say like I don't really have time for that right now like I need to be a mom and I need to like like I was getting to the point where it was kind of getting scary you know like it had been maybe two or three months where I was like I don't even know if I can like work anymore

I don't know if I have like it in me like it was like every single little task like getting out of bed to get the remote like kill me like I can't I literally can't I feel like when I get out of bed I have a hundred pound weight on my back I I'm dreading it and it's just like the most silly crazy thoughts and things and so shout out to a well beechin for bringing me back I will say I have had some side effects like oh my gosh the nights sweats are horrible again the dreams I had a dream last night that Gavin Castellano from Jeremiah on the summer I turned pretty was trying to get me to take shots with him. And I was like, Gavin, no. Like I can't. And I was like, also, you're the one. Like, so I met him in real life. And he is like kind of like, he's very, very conservative, like very like. I was like, also, you've changed.

I was like, Hollywood and the summer I turn pretty have changed you. You know, I woke up and it was like, it's like one of those dreams where like you really feel like it's real. And then also like I have a little, I do have, not insomnia because I have been sleeping every night, but it's like when I get in bed, my mind is like racing. And typically when I get in bed, like, y'all, the one thing about being depressed, like, sleep is so good. Like, oh my God, like, when you're depressed, like, you can fall asleep anywhere. And like, you can just, you just put your head down. You just like melt into the mattress and you just sleep for hours and

hours. So now I'm getting in bed. I'm like, I have so many thoughts. I like don't know what to do with it. I'm really not that tired right now, which is kind of more like like me. Like typically, I'm, I always need my eight hours, but I don't need 10 hours. Like, if I get seven hours, like, I'm still functional. But when you're depressed, it's like you can get 12 hours and you're still dead. Like, you're flatlined. And so I am having, now my sleep is not so gradual, comfortable. It's more like I lay down thoughts are going and then it's like a light switch that turns off.

So it's not as like fun to sleep. Like, I don't know. I prefer being awake now, which I guess is a good thing. So, yeah, what else have I experienced? Those are really, my mouth is a little drier. I am really thirsty a lot. I've been doing a lot of my electrolytes. So, yeah, I would say the symptoms are definitely like the benefits are outweighing the negative side effects. You know what I mean? Like, I would rather be a little thirsty and have a light switch sleep than, you know, the alternative. Oh my God, I'm so sorry. My phone is on. So unprofessional. So yeah, this kind of leads me into my Saturday night.

Was it Saturday night? Yeah, when I got a little wild. So I got a little wild because, you know, I was like Saturday night. My husband's gone. I was like, I got to stir some shit up. Sorry, stir some stuff up. So what happened was I actually had plans with my friends. And now that I like you, so one thing about me if you follow me for a long time,

I love doing my makeup. I love it. It is like so therapeutic for me. I love to try new things. And I always look the same. But the way I get there, like I will just do something a little different, like use a different product. I just, I love makeup. So thank God I'm not depressed anymore because like I can have fun doing my makeup. And the perfect timing is, this is such a God wink, is the toast came back. And so I always listen to the toast or Theo Vaughn while I do my makeup. And so Saturday night, I got a babysitter. Actually, no, no, Saturday night I was going to take Summit with me. I didn't get a babysitter until Sunday.

I was going to take Summit with me because my friends are so awesome and they're like, just bring Summit. So I was doing my makeup and oh my gosh, my makeup looked so good that night. Like, you know, like when you just do a make of a full beat and you're like, and my hair looked good and I was like, I just can't wait to be seen, you know. and so, um, uh, so I'm like so excited summit is like napped. I fed him just the right amount so that he wouldn't be hungry when we get there and I plan and staying for an hour and a half. Well then I'm walking out the door and my girlfriend who I was going to her place is pregnant and

she's like, I'm sorry. She's like 10 weeks and she's like, I'm sorry I can't. Like I don't, I don't feel good, which I totally understand. I'm so not offended because the amount of times I've done that to people is out of this world. But then I was like, dang like I have this like full makeup. Like, I can't just waste this, you know? And I was like, I can't really go anywhere because I'm not going to take summit to like a restaurant eat by myself. Like, I mean, I could, but that just seems like such a hassle. And like, it would be better if I just put him to bed. So I put him to bed. And I'm like, maybe I don't, no, I hadn't put him to bed yet. I was like, I'm so sad. I don't want to watch this off. So then I was like, I'm going to film a reel. Because now that I'm not depressed,

I'm going to, I feel good enough to like, uh, create. And I'm, uh, create. And I'm going to, uh, create content again. And that's one thing that I just love whenever I'm back to feeling Danny. It's like a hobby of mine. And I just like love creating content. Like I just know whenever I'm, I'm doing my gig, you know, like working and speak engagements and brand deals, that's like more work. But then there's like times where you just like create and you get to share your life and you have fun with it. So we had a football game that morning. Tammy and Joel came over. And that whole day, I was just like creating content. I was just having the time of my life. So anyway, I was like, I'm going to stir up my Saturday night because I'm a little bored. And I'm going to make a video

with Summit. And, you know, I knew the topic I was going to cover, which was all the things I'd seen all over the news about Tylenol being bad for pregnant women. And I always say pregnant people, because I think I like the alliteration, but then people get mad at me when I say pregnant people. They're like, that's offensive to the women. And I'm like, but aren't you just happy? I'm saying women instead of woman, you know, because that's always been a thing on this podcast. As I say, the pregnant woman. But I think it's because, I think because my dad is from like a small town in Texas, like he has some southern drought. So anyway, because I also say pillow and whatever. So where was I? That's the other thing about podcasting by yourself. It's harder to keep your trade of thought because

Jordan. Okay. So I see these at, or this, um, these news and everything about these Instagram posts about Tylenol is now questionable when it comes to pregnancy. Now, let me tell you why I want to talk about this. I take Tylenol almost daily pregnant. Okay. So this affects me. So I see all this. I see RFK on the news.

I see him talking about it. I'm pissed off because I'm like, we can't do anything as pregnant people, pregnant women. And, you know, I had basically the flu last week. I couldn't take anything. The only thing I take for sore throat can just,

when my back hurts, when I got pink eye, when I twist my ankle, when I have whatever, it's Tylenol. Tylenol is the only answer for everything in pregnancy. And I mean, of course, there's all these like homeopathic, but like, you know what I'm saying. It's like, sometimes you just got to feel good right now. And so I was really bummed. And, but I, of course I understood it was probably a little political because R of K is the one saying it. So like I'm not, but the same time, it's also like medical. And sometimes I feel like some of the health stuff is not so political.

It's like, oh, let's just like have a conversation about it. Like let's not be naive to the conversation, which of course, so there was a part of me that was like a little scared because I was like, oh my gosh, people are going to make this political. But it's really one of those things where if these studies that RFK are coming out with are true, I want to know because like I, it's relevant to me right. now. It might not be relevant to like the majority of people following me, but I share videos about my life. And this is a very big thing going on in my life is I need Tylenol every day.

Like it's, it's, it's, you don't understand how pissed off I was. So, um, RFK basically, he said that he was going to be releasing these reports suggesting that there is a link between prenatal, but taking Tylenol and like ADHD, some other. you know, autism, whatever it is. Now, just because there's a link between something doesn't mean that it causes it. So let's just say like maybe whatever causes ADHD, let's just say whatever causes ADHD, maybe also whatever that is gives you headaches. So it's like there's a link between it. It's like, oh, people that are struggling and need Tylenol also seem to have children that struggle with ADHD, but that doesn't mean that it causes it. Okay. So, but apparently he's going to,

like, release all these studies and I looked up some of these studies that have already been done. And look at me, I even came with like a little notepad. Okay. So, because I'm not depressed anymore and I can actually like read things. Um, so Boston birth bio-maler study. Sorry, I'm sorry, I can't even read this. Also, I, I really, I, I, I, I want to, I make a disclaimer and I really hope that you'll know I'm not giving you any medical advice. Like I am not qualified. I suggest you talk to your doctor. I actually don't know what I'm talking about. But I am trying to like learn because I am pregnant and I take Tylenol every day. So I feel like this is something I should talk about. You know what I mean? Like, but who knows?

Like what am I talking about? He's like, everybody just like go do your own thing. Don't listen to me. So there was a study that happened in 2019, birth biomolar, I just have a really bad handwriting study. And it said high in utero exposure linked with higher ADHD and autism risk when pregnant women took Tylenol. Okay. So that was a Boston study. But then Harvard comes out with a study in Mount Sinai that said there was no causation of, ADHD, autism when taking Tylenol. That was in 2025, which like, that's the study.

I want to, I want to believe that one because I want to take Tylenol. And so the thing is, it's like, then you have RFK saying, okay, because I think RFK, the way he said it, he said it was like there's a link between, not a causation. So if there's not a for sure causation, because we don't, there's no actual proof that Talonaut causes these things. Why would RFK be talking about this on the news? I personally feel it's because he's kind of set himself up. Like he's told everybody like these are his goals during this presidency.

Like he wants to find the cause of autism. He wants it. And maybe he feels a little pressure, you know. And so he wants to give the people something. And so he was like, look, these studies give a link. But, you know, I don't know really. I'm honestly not smart enough to know. know, like, all the political, like, handlings and why they do this and why there's reasons to

this. And why would he attack Tylenol and say, acetamapin? Like, is it money-related? I'm not smart enough to know all of that. But, um, but I will say that so far the studies are saying that there is a link. So that gives me hope because I'm just hoping that there is no causation. So, um, so anyway, I, the other thing, though, I want to talk about this because I want to talk about this because I want to talk about my video that I posted because the comments I mean it was really fun like I had a blast on Saturday night I actually did make myself popcorn and like I was like on my couch like read which I don't typically indulge in like that type of feedback in that but that's what happens when you're alone like you know when you're alone and you got your phone and your kids are sleeping and you've nothing to do

and your makeup's done you're just like I'm just going to scroll And like I typically don't reply to my DMs, but I was like, oh, up there, reply to my DMs. I got a little statsy sometimes. I wasn't mean, but I was like a little satsy, you know. And it was like, it was so, it was just a great night. And so my, my one thing with a lot of the feedback is people were A saying, Danny, this is misinformation. And this is really irresponsible for you to talk about this. And first of all, I don't, the only information I really shared on the real, was that I heard that there was problems. I heard on the news that there were problems with Tylenol and how I was upset about it. So I wasn't saying that there for sure is the causation or this

is a study. You know, I was just like, I'm kind of pissed off that this is happening. And so I really wasn't spreading any misinformation. That would actually be false. I was raising the topic for sure. I was like, you know, but I don't understand sometimes like why we can't talk about these things and why we can't sometimes maybe acknowledged in the past, like, you know, people have been deceived by doctors, like people have been deceived by studies or whatever it is. And so it is kind of like, I knew when I talked about it, I was like, yeah, I do want people to know that this is a conversation being held, but not because I want you to act one way or the other. I just want you to know. And we're just talking about something that's literally all over the news. So if you want to be mad at

somebody for misinformation. It definitely, it wouldn't be me. I was just kind of here. I was just talking about like what was happening. Okay. And so then people were also upset because they're like, why are you listening to RFK or, you know, these studies are not accurate or all these things. and just, you know, immediately wanted to make it political. And I'm going to be honest with you all. I don't know what's true. Like, I don't really know what's true. But here's what I do. know that it's true, is that I went through and I thought about all the times in the past because everybody's like, ask your doctor, ask your doctor. And I respect doctors so much. Like, you have no idea. If you were a doctor watching this, like, I could never do what you do. I'm so thankful for

doctors. They used for my doctor for saving me from depression and prescribing me while Butron. But, you know, there have been, and it's not even doctor's faults, but it's just like as time evolves, we learn new things, right? And so, you know, things every 30 years are going to come out and change. And so maybe like a doctor didn't know, but maybe, like for example, I wrote down to some examples. Like in 1964, okay, doctors suggested using cigarettes for health to help with anxiety or depression. That was 61 years ago. My dad was like 12 years old. That's just like one generation behind us. They also said that pregnant women could smoke and all of these things. And so it's like one of those things. And then they learned, oh, in 1964, doctors finally linked lung cancer to cigarettes. It was something that they learned. And so now they have to evolve and change. And it's just like new information. It's not anybody's fault. It's just like, wow, we learned something new. Arsenic and mercury were replaced by penicillin in the 1940s for syphilis. Like arsenic. You know, they were giving arsenic and mercury. This is not that long ago.

We have other ones. This was a crazy one. Lobotomies. Lobotomies happened in the 1960s. Do you know what a lobotomy is? Okay. So a lobotomy is when it was typically used for mental health. Like if you had depression, it would be me. It would be me. I would have had the lobotomy. Okay. Like if you had meat swings or you were struggling with, you know, having these weird thoughts or whatever, they'd be like, you went to a doctor, okay? And they would be like, you need a lobotomy. This happened to thousands of women, okay? Thousands of people. And because they were trusting doctors. Now, like I said, I don't think it's the doctor's fault. I think the doctors learned this and that's what they thought was best. And I, like, it's not, do you know what I'm saying? So what they would do in the lobotomy is they would literally

cut into your frontal lobe. They would stick while you're conscious, they would drill holes and try to puncture your frontal lobe, which is the part of it. of your brain that controls like your emotions, your decision making, your personality. In the 1940s, they would do it with an ice pick. They would stick it through your eye all the way to your brain while you're conscious. This is what they were doing, y'all, not that long ago. The 1960s, like our parents. This is our parents. Okay. So this was actually a really fun fact. Rosemary Kennedy, who's related obviously to RFK. He is JFK's sister.

In 1941, her dad made her go through a lobotomy because she was having mood swings and tantrums. She was 23 years old. Doctors inserted surgical instruments through her skull and brain while she was awake. They had her sing songs to monitor her brain function and halfway through. She became incoherent and unable to speak. It left her unable to walk and to take. care of herself and to speak for the rest of her life. She literally had to have someone taking care of her for the rest of her life. This is because we're like we he took her and I'm, these is the Kennedys.

Okay. The Kennedys. They took her to a doctor and this is what the doctor said to do. Now I'm not saying that every doctor nowadays you go do something and but like this is a this is a crazy example to me. Okay. Hold on. I got it like recede my little but because I'm like getting little heated. This one's crazy because this is personal. So y'all know about red dye 40. Okay. So that's like a thing that is just now this year being kind of taken care of. It's been caught like there was a cause of thyroid tumors in animals when they took ride die 40. But in humans, ADHD, mood swings, hives, asthma, migraines, especially whenever kids had it. This stuff is in our everyday food, our medications. Like you are as a kid, I can't even.

think about how much red dye 40 I consumed. Like, remember those Kool-Aid bottles that looked like beer and I would sit around the pool and like drink a couple, take a couple of those back with some of my friends. Like, I mean, the amount, because here's the thing, I didn't eat it unless it was colored. You remember the colored ketchup? Like, I am made of Red Die 40. That stuff raised me. Like, food dyes raised me because I was not eating vegetables or anything healthy as a child. Like, let's just be real. Plus, we all did those microwavable plastic meals. What are the? snut what are that sofers or no um i always had the uh uh it was so good chicken alfreda one with broccoli i it was just like i always had the one every night after volleyball practice so just now

in 2025 that is banned okay it's been banned from other countries for a very long time but just now in april 2025 they're also getting rid of like some of the other like food colorings and you know the green 30 green I don't I don't even know so it just to me okay so then okay this is where the story gets crazy so I'm pregnant and um you know every every time you're pregnant and there's some week where you do this like glucose test where I guess I don't even really know what they're talking for I'm guessing it's like gestational diabetes and they're seeing how you process sugar and stuff and um they just need to know and so what they do is they give you this like really sugary drink that you have to drink right

before your appointment and then I think they take your blood I think and they I've done this only like four times or three times but yeah they take your blood and they check and see how like your blood sugars are blood level sugars so I'm going to the doctor and I have my drink and you know I always go for the red one because like I'm a when it comes to like candy flavors and you have that I'm like a cherry watermelon girl like you know cherry especially apple whatever so I'm looking in this drink and it has all the ingredients. You know how when they list ingredients on anything, it's the first ingredient is what's in there the most. And the last ingredient is in what's in there the least. So the first ingredient is red dye 40. Okay. And they're giving this to a pregnant woman.

Women. I did it wrong woman. The one time I need to say woman, a pregnant person that like is going to drink this. Everything I have affects my baby. And they had just, like, banned all this stuff. But my doctor is giving me a glucose test with basically red dye 40. Now, it's just one of those things where it's not the doctor's fault. I'm not blaming my office. Like, I love my office. They're amazing. They're just doing what everybody else is doing. But I do believe that, now, this is not medical advice. Like, I don't know if this is true, but I do believe that our bodies are kind of like thresholds. Okay. And so it's kind of like equivalent to like there is a point where you have too much of something and then it turns into something else. So maybe it turns into

cancer. Maybe it turns into being too inebriated. Maybe it turns into the flu. Like I don't know, but it's like a threshold. And if I was made of red dye 40, then I probably should stop taking red dye 40. Like, you know, if that's what the ingredient that basically raised me, I probably shouldn't have any more that because I probably have already had so much of it. And every single little drop I have these days is probably just pushing me closer and closer to that threshold where I cross it and maybe it turns into something really scary, you know. And so the fact that, you know, a doctor is giving me red dye 40 like that and a pregnant person, I just thought it was kind of crazy. So then you have all these people in my DMs that are like, Danny, do your own research. This has been out for a long time. They have a

test called fresh test. And you can actually order that separate, you know, third party. You order it yourself. It comes to your, comes to your front door. And you can take it to your doctor's office. And a lot of your doctors will, will take that. They're okay with that test. But that takes a lot of, first of all, education. It takes a lot of research. It takes a lot of, you know, being open and being willing to say, oh, you know what? Maybe what my doctor is giving me isn't the best for me. Maybe I should be willing to try something new and be willing to look outside of just the norm. And so many people are just so stuck with the way that things are done. Now, I'm not, this is not me saying that Tylenol, the RFK is right about Tylenol.

Like, I really don't. I'm just, I'm just kind of challenging us as people and as parents and as maybe, you know, consumers of social media to maybe just be like a little more open mind. and a little more willing because there are times in history where what doctors have said and what the norm is with more time, you learn that there's maybe a better option or there's a better way to do things. And maybe that wasn't the best thing to do. And so now when I do my glutechicose test, it's called fresh test, I'm going to order that and I'm going to advocate for myself. And I hate advocating for myself. I want to go to the doctor and I want to trust everything

that they say and I want to just do what they do. Like that's their job. I don't want to stress about what I do. but I'm learning that I kind of have to because there always are alternative, like healthier, safer ways. And so that's all I wanted to talk about with this, with this conversation with Tylenol and pregnancy. Once again, I do, I probably will take Tylenol in my pregnancy. I'm not going to lie to you until I definitely see that link between it. But I'm also going to be what I probably will do is I will probably, like I've started

like I actually have like started really doing my electrolytes. Um, I've been trying to like work out like just do all the things that will prevent me from needing Tylenol. Do you know what I mean? Like actually focusing on the route, like go to my chiropractor and like, so I don't have to take Tylenol every day because my back hurts or stretch and all these things that I want to try to avoid it. Not because there is a link. Just because it's like, it's like, it's like definitely a fact that it's not going to. And there are like, I think it's like definitely a fact that it's not going to. for your liver. So, you know, it's like I try to avoid any medication if I can, but sometimes you just need it.

So I'm appreciative for doctors. I'm appreciative for, you know, Western medicine. I'm so, like, thankful that that is, the epidural is an option. You know, I think about that all the time because I'm like, that, you know, the natural giving birth without epiderm is not for everyone. And honestly, if I didn't struggle with depression or if I didn't struggle with my mental health during postpart I would have gotten the epidural every single time. But there was something chemically that happened in my brain this last pregnancy, this last, and I'm like I said, I'm not telling everybody that they should, but there was something that was different about this birth going unmedicated, whether it was the potosin, whether it was whatever the doctor gave me, or whether it was just maybe all the endorphins and all

of the hormones that were released when I did an unmedicated birth and I felt so good about myself that kept me out of my post-partum depression. whatever it did it worked and so I don't want to change it I'm gonna probably I want to try to do the same God I don't know the other day I was like feeling constipated and I was going potty and I'm like that really hurt and I was like I can't do this again I was like I literally I was like I can't do this I was like this alone is is hell I like and it kind of just gave me some flashbacks because that's what they tell you to do whenever you're up on the table it's just try like it's like kind of act like you're going potty like push push push and I was like oh my god this is like triggering like it was

like a little PTSD and I was like I can't I can't um but yeah so that's my thing is like I want to open the conversation I don't especially when it comes to health like I don't want it to be political and I also don't want to be put in a box because I think you guys would be surprised like when it comes to a lot of people I think that they'll vote for someone but they don't like everything that they do and they you like I like the stuff some of the stuff that RFK is doing and I don't like some of the other stuff he's doing like you just were all so complicated and we're also and and I think it is a little um what's that word that starts with an eye that's really ignorant it's such an offensive word I hate when people will say you're ignorant like I'm like

that is so mean like it's I really can't think of a word that is meaner like I would rather be called mean than ignorant but it is one of those things where it's like it is a little ignorant to act like we know everything and that in the next 30 years there isn't going to be some new information that we're going to want to adapt to. But I understand it is political. I knew exactly what I was doing. Okay. I knew exactly what I was doing.

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Like, she is one of those characters, but honestly, I think it's like even more. But her wealth, you know, they always say money talks, wealth whispers. That's kind of her. Like she, but kind of, because like I do feel like some of the stuff she posts is like, it's just so normal to her to live off of, to wake up and eat off of an Hermes plate. and to have her chef that lives with her to make her dog like what's the little not as cargo but the little um um fish eggs that you put caviar like give their dog caviar and like it's just the way of life for her it's not anything that i feel like she's being really flashy about but it's just very subtle everything she's

wearing like she'll be making a tic-tok and she's like this necklace is $200,000 from and cleaf and then this is it is and she's so soft-spoken but she's also really smart um i think she comes from like an entrepreneurial family in san francisco she's an entrepreneur herself well this last week and she got married in lake como and it was so fun to watch um she got married i don't know if they've ever seen those pictures on instagram where like when they kiss at the end all of like the rainbow smoke comes out it's so cool like um but she got married at villa balbiano i believe people are estimating that her wedding was $6 million, which it seems like with her lifestyle, that's like a drop in the bucket is like literally nothing. Like she kind of walks you through.

Like you're just like watching. She's like, today I'm going to go to lunch and then maybe go shopping. And then she literally buys like eight remez bags while she's, I'm not, I'm not kidding. It's bizarre. Like an ermaz bag like one is, you know, those burkins are like the small ones are like $20,000, $30,000. And she buys like eight. And she's just like, I went shopping today. Here's here's my hall and then the next day she's doing the same thing at louis Vuitton like all these these uh brands are inviting her on these are not like brand trips okay there's like a different type of exclusive trip that like we don't even know about it's like the the trips were like van cleef or louis Vuitton or they plan these trips for like some of their top clients and some of their top shoppers and they just

like send them to italy or switzerland or whatever it's like like not even influencer stuff. It's just like, it's like rich people's stuff, you know. And so that was very, very fun to watch. It's also interesting. This wedding that she had was was, you know, six million. I think she had 60 guests. So like, I wonder if you do the math. Like how much, how many millions per guest is that? Oh, wait. If she had 60 guests, yeah, I can't, sorry my brain. So each guess received like a hundred thousand dollars. experience if you think about it. That's how much each head cost. That is so cool. Like, I want to be friends with her when I go to stay this wedding. But it also is really interesting why she can get

away with it. It's like selective bias or whatever. It's like, why can she get away with it but like other people can't? What does she do so differently that people are like, and people will try to come for her and, you know, they have all these opinions about her. And but why? Why? why does everybody defend her in the comments? But then you see all these other influencers that, you know, are making a lot of money or spending their money, doing outrageous things. And why do we not like them? It's really an interesting question. Like if you really think about it.

I'm going to really think about it for a second. Okay. I think the reason why I liked her was I felt like she was born into it and she didn't know any different. Like it's not her fault maybe. which yeah so it just seems like it just is her way of life so it's like you can't judge that and she's not her fault that she's just so rich like you know but then so why do we judge other people that get rich maybe because we're jealous of them maybe because we want to be them um yeah and and i think too because so it's kind of funny because we're all like okay she's so like

subtle with her wealth, but she's still making videos where she's unboxing like eight Hermes bags. So that's not really whispering. So why are we so okay with her doing it? You'll need to go look her up and just kind of like, and then ask yourself that question. Oh, what do we think? Is she like overly charitable maybe? No. That was my guess. No, it's a great guess. I would say I think I respect her because she also does some videos where she gives like financial advice and entrepreneurship advice or she shares with people like how her parents raised her. And so I liked that part of her. But yeah, so maybe I respect her. Maybe I think like, yeah, she has a lot of money, but she's also smart and she worked hard.

And so maybe that's it. But, you know, I don't feel that way about like some of the royals. I don't feel that way about, I don't know. It's just really interesting. I would like to hear y'all's feedback in the comments. Also, speaking of like millions of dollars, I got to take a sip because this will be able to make my mouth dry. If you've been following me a long time on Instagram,

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I'm sure you listens. allegedly Travis Kelsey got paid $20 million for his Pfizer ads. There's been multiple sources that came out with that, which adds up because it's like Pfizer in Travis Kelsey. You know, he's getting so many, he's so famous right now. He's so brand friendly. Like everybody loves him.

He's the only person that could do a Pfizer ad besides probably Taylor Swift. And everybody's like, I don't care. I love you still, you know. whether like you lean one side or the other. So I thought that was crazy. And it actually was more than his like NFL. I think that year he was assigned to make like 17 million. So actually like was more than his entire salary.

But this is another really interesting question. And I want you guys to just, I want you guys to just be vulnerable for a second. Okay. I want you to think about this question. if you were offered $20 million to do a Pfizer ad, you know, when everything is so political, like, would you do it? Oh, really? Okay, I'm looking at my studio audience. For sure. Okay, Jenny.

20 million. Okay, like you could retire. You're such a life. No, I don't think so. Okay, okay. Chris. Yeah. I think for me it would depend on if I actually support her. well so yeah so i'm a sell-out so if i support it yes okay if i don't support it then i would be able to do it okay

for me it's a moral thing okay so you just don't want to share yes or no on this specific one um I guess I'm going no I need more research I need more facts about vaccines Good luck.

Exactly. I don't think you're going to get it. I'm scared. Nobody come from me in the comments. No matter if I support it or not, I can't take the heat on social media. That's the thing. That's the thing. Whether you support it or not, it's such a political divisive conversation.

It's like, that's so, that's, but yeah, I don't know. So I really thought about it to him. And at first I was like, oh, totally I'd do it. And then, you know, you really, like, think about it. And, like, you talk to your people and you're like, and I was like, I just don't, I don't think I could. I don't think I could. Whether I felt like I was pro it or not,

that one is just so hot topic that I wouldn't want to deal with the backlash for the rest of my life. But gosh, 20 million. I mean, come on. Like maybe I'll just join in the retire. Like, what if you just did it and then you just move to an island?

And like, who cares if people hate you? But why did Travis Kelsey? I feel like he just slid right by it. just because it's Travis Elsie. That's my point. And that's my point is like, here's the thing. I wouldn't slide just past it. And like the average person, even the average celebrity, probably wouldn't.

But I just want to, like, I want you to really close your eyes and think about that. Yeah. But if you think about it, we always say we wouldn't slide past it or anything or like the heats too much, but it all fades eventually. So maybe I would. So he probably has. gotten a lot of heat, but he's kind of just like, well, he's got his 20 mil. Yeah.

So like, he's got 20 mil and I'm sure he's got people handling his Instagram. So maybe. Yeah. We just, the team takes the heat. That's so true. Just, you know, do your thing. See, my issue is I want to run for president one day. So it would probably mess up my, you know, my political stances.

That's right. Interesting. Me and Jenny, first we've ever heard of this. Oh my gosh. Can you imagine that be horrible. We really have to monitor the comments. See what? I'd be like, I'd be like, I'd be like, don't.

Take Tylenol. No, I'm kidding. I like took one this morning. So, yeah, I just, I think that's such an interesting question. At what point will you become a sellout? Like, at what dollar bill? Because, like, I do feel like everyone can be bought, you know? Except for people that have, like, really experienced wealth and, like, realize it's not.

Like, honestly, I've never, like, I've never been paid $20 million for a brand deal. But I honestly feel like I wouldn't because like I just don't. I've realized that that's not the stuff that makes me happy. And even if, especially when I'm depressed, I'm like, even if I had $20 million, I'm like, I don't really want to do anything. What would I do with this? But no, I think I probably wouldn't. I do have like a lot of integrity like when it comes down to it a lot of times. Not every time.

But like I would say when it really matters, I try to have integrity. And I try to live my life like if I was ever, like if everything ever came out, you know, if everything, if people saw everything my every day, like, you know, right from when I wake up and when I go to bed, like, you know, I want to be at peace of it. I don't want to have, you know, I don't know. I don't know. Anyway. Justin Bieber came out with a new album. What do we think about that? Nobody talks about it.

I kind of feel bad for him. I mean, I don't, but like, you know, it's like, yeah, I like it. I like the second album better than the first. Yeah, I do. Yeah, oh, I liked it a lot better. Like, the first, like, four or five songs. Kind of sensual. Yeah, I like that sensuality.

I like that. I liked this. I liked Justin Bieber just like, mm. Yeah, it was interesting. I kind of felt bad. I felt like there would be more hype around it. I kind of want him to grow his hair out. Does everybody else feel that way?

No. He's kind of got the buzz cut and I'm having a hard time. Like, I don't know. I'm just having a hard time. I just, I really need, I feel like we're in the era of like 90s baby boy, like boy.

We got the Conrad. We got the Jeremiah. We're getting all the hair. And I just, I need to see Justin back with his little side suite, you know, just for a little. like a little nostalgia.

I liked his second album, but there really wasn't too much hype about it. It had a lot of songs on it. So yeah, I don't know. Anything else about Justin Bieber? Him and Haley seem to be going strong. No?

No, I don't think Justin's okay. I really don't. I really don't think he's okay, but I think he just like smoking a lot of weed, so I think he's like numbing himself. to like his day every day like I mean you don't think that I don't think he's smoking weed every day no he definitely no 100% yeah no he like post it like he's like holding his baby and there's like a blunt in front of him like yeah so it's I just feel like sometimes when that's happening you like aren't living

like your true life because you're like numbing yourself every day and you're like and so I just feel like there's something that he's running from you know and honestly if I was raised in the spotlight I would have a lot to be running from. I'm running from a lot now. You know, and I wasn't. I'm not Justin Bieber. You know, so it's like I, yeah, I feel for him. Do you all think he's okay?

Well, I had a question. Did you pick up that he put out this album the same day that Haley put Rode in Sephora? And how does that make you feel? Like if you were Haley, how would you feel about that? No, but that's smart. I feel like people are talking about both of them. It's like, I think, Honestly, I would want, it's like a power couple.

It's like all eyes on us. Haley's and Sephora, Justin's second album. Like, everybody talk about me and my baby. Like, it's like, they're power. It's both of them. They both, they own each other. I mean, I don't, they promise signed some pre-ups. But it's like, my wealth is your wealth, baby.

Like, let's both hit this thing and like have the whole world talking about us. But I feel like nobody was really talking about Justin. I don't know. I feel like if, I don't know. I feel like if they were more a united front. always, I would be like, yes, so true. But because they're kind of suss sometimes and like weird tensions and stuff, I'm kind of like, is it supportive? But here's the thing. The reality of the situation is there are huge teams behind both of these people and everything is strategic. And the company

that owns Justin's music and like now the company that owns Haley Beers music, they would never let that happen if it wasn't a healthy, a healthy like transaction on both of their sides. Like it there's just they're not like two people running their own businesses like they're kind of just like you know the faces of the people that own them and so it had to be strategic like for both of them. I don't know and they're supporting each other. They're not fighting like they're like going to events together holding hands and um I did see a video of uh Logan Paul looking like he like he was fighting with Nina his wife and it looked like she tripped him on the way out of his car. Did you see that?

I feel like she was trying to trip him. I think she was tripping. He was tripping. And so she tripped him. And, you know, I try not to resort to violence when I'm upset with my husband. It's just, that never is really the answer. So tripping, my husband has never been one thing I thought about doing. I definitely suggest against it.

It did not. It wasn't a good luck. It kind of made me sad because I feel like they just got married. and if that's the stuff you're seeing already, it's like, man, it only gets harder. Except I do feel like after the seventh year of marriage, you kind of like hit this like, you start gliding, you know. The first seven years are a lot of building, figure.

Like the first year, you're like, who's this person? Why are they in my space? Like, you're like, I, this is weird. Did I? What did I do? I can't go out with my single friends all the time. I can't just like go to movie nights. But then your second, third year, you're like,

oh, it's kind of fun having a best friend. and then your fourth year, you're like, you're building, you're doing cool stuff together. But, you know, fifth, sixth, seventh, you start having kids. Things are just like, it's like you're down, you're back at square one, just rebuilding. And that's at the point when, I would say that's the point when you start to realize that we both have changed so much that we're actually not the same people that got married in a good way. You know, it's like, that's good. You don't want to be the same people.

But then it's like, we're stuck in our old routines, but we're kind of like married to different people so no I have to like redate each other but also raise children together it's just a very complicated challenging time but it's so great when you like work and fight for it because then you come out I would say on the seventh year you come out of it and you're like dang now we're gliding and it's like so much better but I didn't really mean to talk about that um what else oh should we talk about um Taylor Swift's album photos her provocative photos. No? Okay. I just, I didn't get a reaction from my studio audience. Okay. Oh, okay. I'm going to give you like the raw, raw what I'm feeling. Okay. So obviously,

I love Taylor Swift and she came out with her album photos where she is like in this sparkly bra, very burlesque, looking super sexy, doing the sexy faces. she's like an engaged woman. So it's like, it's, I, when I first saw the photos, I loved them. I was like, get it, girl. She looks fabulous. She looks gorgeous. But then, okay, I'm going to be honest.

Okay. So I went to church yesterday. And there was a lady that I met sitting in front of me. and she was so sweet. She was like, Dana, I follow you. I know you're pregnant with your fourth. She's like, I have 10 kids.

And she's like, you can do it. She was just like amazing. I don't know if she was the pastor's wife, but she was sitting on the front row. So maybe. Maybe he or I don't know. And then she was like, you know, they brought up something that was like,

it was something about pop culture. And she was telling me after church, she's like, yeah, you know, I am my daughters. I have so many kids, you know, and she's like, my daughters have been begging me to watch the summer I turn pretty, but I don't know if I want to let them watch it, but I did find comfort that you watched it. And I was like, oh, like, oh, like knife in my heart. Like, I was like, oh my gosh. I'm influencing the way, like, what you're letting your children watch. Like, you know, and it's like, ah, so then I was like, oh, my gosh.

but the summer I turned pretty like isn't bad. I don't think. But it just kind of, it was like a reminder that people are watching me and I do like influence some people sometimes. Like, but because I kind of feel like we're in the era where we can watch people but not be influenced by them.

Do you know what I mean? Like I feel like a lot of times it's like entertainment. It's I see someone doing something and I'm like, I would never do that. Like for example, I watch. somebody with 10 kids. And I'm like, that's so fun to watch. I would never do that. That's why I like watching it. But it's not influencing me to. And I feel like we're kind of at a point where it's, I guess it goes back to the misinformation being spread or like, why are you taking advice from an

influencer, a medical advice from an influencer? I kind of feel like we're in that era of like, we all make our own decisions. We're responsible for our own decisions. We can't blame other people's influence for what we choose to do with our lives. But that one was hard for me because I was like, oh, maybe I should think twice before I post things, you know? Where I want to be honest about how, like I want to be honest that I loved the photos. Okay. I'm just, I want to be honest.

But yeah, would I want my four-year-old daughter to see some of them? Probably not. You know what I'm saying? Like, it's like I probably wouldn't want my daughter to see Taylor Swift like, climbing over the chairs like that or in some of those like really provocative outfits now i'm an adult and i know what my beliefs are so i'm not like influenced by i'm not going to like go put on a bra and start posting on social media for you know wearing like no clothes that's just like it's it's not my vibe but um but i did but yeah i i i get it it's hard it's really hard because i i

I loved those. But yeah, maybe it's, maybe it's like one thing where I'm like, okay, I don't know, I'm kind of out of loss for words. Do you all see what I'm saying, though? It's like kind of hard. So sometimes I just wish that,

I, are going to hate me for saying this because I kind of hate myself for saying it, but sometimes I just wish that everything was like a little bit more PG. Because then we wouldn't even have to go there, you know? It's like, now we're, have to go there. Now I have to even think twice. But, you know, I also say shit sometimes on my

podcast. So I'm guilty of it too. You know, it's like maybe I, if I could just PG everything out, then maybe y'all could listen to me around your children. I don't know. It's definitely making my wheels turn. Okay. So it's a start. Oh, okay. So yeah, speaking of the summer, I turn pretty. I want to end the, this podcast. was saying, I hate that show now. Like I, I loved it so much. And there was so much buildup, not because it was like an amazing show, but they just did really well with the characters and that plot for a little bit. I now despise the show. I honestly don't even know if I want to like, spoiler, spoiler alert, but now she goes to France. She tries to sign up for like a class

or she tries to enroll into a school that she never actually got into. And then her backpack is stolen. She's running out. She meets all these new people. It's such a like side plot and such a, like, I'm like, get to the point. Like this is a love story. We need to know what happens. And like, we want to see Con Brad.

We want to see Connie. And I don't like how people are treating Connie. He just needs a hug so desperately. Like people are just like leaving him and just saying all these horrible things. And I'm just so, I'm sick of the show dragging on and the plot is getting so weird. that episode was so pointless like you literally could just like x that one out and like just keep going like truly it's so silly and so i'm really just disappointed and and then also like oh my gosh because everyone is so me to conrad and then you see jeremiah so heartbroken he's actually like mourning belly

so much like it's so sad that i'm kind of team jeremiah now you know like i'm i'm kind of team jeremiah The way that they're like playing my heartstrings, I feel for him. And he is such a good looking guy. You know, he's just a good looking guy. And also, I will say Chris Briney, that's his name in real life. I feel like right now when you see him like outside of the show, I just feel like he doesn't really look very well. He looks like he hasn't seen the sun in a long time, but not like, you know, it's like,

oh, pale, but like it's like actually like I want you to get vitamin D back into your skin, you know. he just doesn't look very, like, healthy. Like, he's kind of, I feel like he's, he's looking a little skinny, like, he's not eating enough. And so I'm just really worried about Connie maybe all, like, all together. And so I think that's why I'm kind of leaning towards Jeremiah. I'm feeling health from him, you know.

But, you know, I will watch the next episode because I do need to know, but I hope we get back on track. So that's all I had to really say about that. Um, this episode has been great. Thank you for listening to just me. If you like these solo episodes, let me know. They're very challenging for me. So you would have to really like them for me to do this again.

Like, it would have to be really worth it. Because this was new. This was new for me. But thank you guys for listening. And we'll talk to you next week. Bye. Please note that this episode may contain paid endorsements and advertising. for products and services. Individuals on the show may have a direct or indirect financial interest

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