Girls Gotta Eat - And Just Like That, 2021 Comes to a Close

Episode Date: December 20, 2021

It's our last episode of the year and we're packing in a lot! We're talking about our highs and lows and the lessons we learned this year, doing a recap of the best pop culture moments and breakups, spilling some wild tea from our listeners, and sharing never-before-told confessions of our own. We're also dissecting And Just Like That, plus giving more recs. We hope you enjoy and we'll talk to you in 2022! Follow us on Instagram @GirlsGottaEatPodcast, Ashley @AshHess, and Rayna @Rayna.Greenberg. Visit our website for tour dates, merchandise, and to purchase the holiday show to watch until 12/26. Thank you to our partners this week: Jiminy's: To learn more and save 20% on your first purchase, go to jiminys.com/gge + code GGE20 at checkout. The Pill Club: Become a patient at thepillclub.com/gge and a $10 donation will be given to bedsider.org. Pretty Litter: Use promo code GGE for 20% off your first order at prettylitter.com. Feals: Become a member at feals.com/gge and get 40% off your first 3 months + free shipping. Daily Harvest: Get up to $40 off your first box at dailyharvest.com/gge. Helix: Get up to $200 off all mattress orders + 2 free pillows at helixsleep.com/gge. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

I go to put like one of my legs over his shoulder and he goes, do you want to get off there? I was like, yeah, I want to get up there. Welcome back to the Omicron edition of Girls Got to eat. It happened. Do you remember the time that we took one week off and I didn't know what to say? I mean, yeah, we're waiting. This is like the day before the episode comes out because yeah, girls, yeah, COVID.

We'll talk about it. Rain and I are singular girl. Rain and are very far apart. She's all the way across the room. We had to get in here and do this for you guys. So much we love you. I'm in the kitchen. Ashley's on the kitchen.

We're supposed to record this week on Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and we pushed it to Saturday. We canceled all of our other recordings. We canceled. Oh, my God. And we're canceling next week. No, we needed that break. Yeah. We'll talk about it.

Welcome back to the final episode of 2021. I'm just, we'll just get out of the way. I definitely have COVID. but, you know, I wouldn't know for sure because I went to the pop-up tent and got a free test, and they have not told me. I was like, whatever. I started feeling sick. Everybody in New York has COVID right now.

We all know this. It's not a laughing matter, but, you know, we laugh so we don't cry. So we can make jokes. City MD was trending yesterday in Twitter. It was iconic. Like, it's a mess. Everybody has it. I started feeling sick after Chicago.

I'm on the tail end, I think, again, we're recording, but we're sitting really far apart. and I have just felt like shit, but I went to this like pop-up tent, which they're legitimate. It's not like they give you a legit COVID test, but I just have been waiting on results. And I emailed them for the results. And the email they sent me back sound like a spam bot. And it said, your results are not, hello, your results are not ready yet. I cannot tell you exactly when the result will come since it does not depend on me. All right, one job.

I, is this a personal, like, who is this guy? I am doing everything in my power to ensure. that the laboratory knows that your result is subject to urgent processing. Not urgent, just in the timeline you said. Your samples are still being processed and then my favorite line. We will inform you immediately when the news comes out. Like it's a gender reveal. Like you're on TMZ? Like, yes. Jackie goes, did you get a DNA test? Like when the news, the news, when the news comes out. It's funny to me when somebody's like, it's not up to me. It's Like, but it literally is up to you.

Like, it's up to no one else but you. You, it's your only job. It's so funny. I'm working to make sure they know it's urgent. It's not urgent. This, this email I sent you has been 48 hours, which you guys said I was just to get it back in.

So we're on like a day three. I mean, it's pretty obvious. Like, again, everybody, everybody has COVID right now. Not me. No, no, except for Raina. So get your booster. Got that booster shot.

I did not get the booster. I am regretting it. I'm not anti-boaster. I just, um, you didn't have a day to be sick. I didn't have a day to be sick, but looking back, that would have been great. But again, there's no guarantees. But I feel like the people that I know that have gotten the booster either have avoided it in this wave or they're just way less sick.

Yeah. And everybody that we know, I mean, I had to tell my dad that he had COVID because I was just like, he was like, no, I'm fine. I'm just I have a cold and a sore throat. I'm like, dad, you've COVID. I have been diagnosing people all week. And you know, all year. All year. You know, I love to tell people they have COVID.

And not, I don't get off on them being sick. But like, I love being right. That's what it's about. but like a couple people this week, like three people. I was just chatting with them. They weren't feeling well. And they were like, yeah, something's going around. I'm like, yeah, COVID.

And this one guy that I'm friends with, he literally was like, I don't know, it's like a flu or cold. It's not COVID. I go, did you get a test? He was like, no. I'm like, you got COVID. And he was like, listen, I'm going to go get an at home test. To prove you wrong. To prove you right.

He basically, he's nice. He was like, I know you want to be right. So maybe I do. And sure enough. came back. I also gave Ashley a really good you were right moment this week. You know, I like to live my truth, book trips and cancel them. If I told you, you were going to cancel a trip with you.

So I was going to go to Miami. You and I have just, I mean, everybody works hard and everybody has hard jobs and everybody, you know, is overwhelmed. But you and I have worked a lot. These holiday shows were a lot of work. I wanted to take a weekend in Miami. And I woke up Thursday morning and canceled my trip to Miami. Oh, my God. I just, I mean, we woke up and We got like 10 texts from people being like, they have COVID. So I was just like this seems silly.

And I don't want to miss Christmas year family again. So I canceled my trip. I lived my truth. And I'm not going to Miami. You're not doing anything. And I told you, it was like, you don't have to come to Christmas. Like if you'd rather go to Miami, like, you know, but you can't probably do both. Like it's just so crazy.

Like Raina's like, I can't go to dinner with a friend. I'm like, probably not, bitch. It's crazy. I've been trying to go to dinner with a friend. I tried to go last night. And she was like my boyfriend's daughter has COVID. And I'm like, I guess I can't even do that. It's honestly, it's been so crazy. Literally, I had a friend that was like, hey, I'm having to party Friday. And I'm like, yeah, I'm not coming to that. And then literally her next text was, never mind, my husband just got COVID. Like it was, it's been insane. Francis called me. I answer, I go, you got COVID. He goes, yep. And we had to cancel our show. I mean, I canceled five stand-up shows this week. And I mean, I was just like, I think I was so my immune system was like really vulnerable because of how much we've been working and just stressing ourselves out and not sleeping as much. And,

COVID came in and was like, gotcha bitch. It's been nice. I've been like, I've had to, you know, Ashley won't take a break ever. She'll work until midnight, 2 a.m. every night. I had to be like, Ashley, please just relax. You're exhausted. You're up every night. Please just take a day off. It's okay, no one's going to slit their wrists. If we just like take a day off.

It's, you needed COVID to take it down. I know. Listen, I have been, yeah, we'll get to the, we'll get to the, I've just been taking pictures of his old and watching TV. Yeah, it's been great. And I'm just not doing anything, which is my truth. But yeah, this is, like she said, this is our last episode of 2021. Oh, good. So we want to say Merry Christmas to you guys and Happy New Year.

Of course, we're a really exciting episode for you guys today. We're going to unpack Chicago, sex in the city. We're going to do a gossip countdown from the year. We got some tea to spill and obviously our wrap-ups. And in the New Year, we'll do resolutions and stuff like that. But we hope that you guys have like a safe and happy Christmas and New Year's. And we love you guys. Thank you for being here with us.

Rainin doesn't say a happy holidays. She says Merry Christmas. You're Jewish. This is so funny. Like, how come it was forever ago? You love Christmas. I love it. Hanukkah was a long time ago, okay?

Also, happy Hanukkah or whatever. Yeah, guys, this episode is going to be just jam-packed full of, like, a lot of fun stuff. And, you know, let's just do one ask, our gift from you guys. You can leave a review for us, a five-star review. Leave a rating. A rating, that's what I meant. Leave a rating. Keep the reviews to yourself.

Yeah. Text your friend if you hate us. Also, thanks again to the haters, because we know you listen twice. Yeah, we know you do. Okay. And you redline it. Thank you to the haters for all the for all the downloads this year and the money. But we would love it if you guys are, if you listen on iTunes, wherever you listen is fine.

But if you're over on there, just hit the five stars. We would appreciate it. Yes, because we literally do care. We literally do care. And then we announced some new live shows. We'll come to Detroit, Indianapolis, Pittsburgh, Kansas City, and St. Louis. So that's all on sale for you guys. We have a couple tickets left in some other cities.

We've got our website. everything that's sold out is March sold out. But check out everything on our site. And we have also extended the live stream. Yes. So you guys can watch it while you all of COVID. Exactly. I feel like this was a great time to extend it.

We have extended it until next week. I think it'll come down on the 26th at 11.59 p.m. So if you guys did not catch the live stream of the New York holiday show, it is so special. Thank you for all the tags. Your tags have been absolutely incredible. You've been having parties and charcutory boards and snacks. It really like warms my heart. So, thank you guys for all that.

And you can still watch the New York City holiday live stream. What are you laughing at? I'm laughing at this one. And I didn't know if you saw it and I didn't repost it because I was like, yikes. I was like, they are more Ashley's friends. Did you see the cocktails people made? It's not like a dig. But did you see these signature cocktails people made?

I don't think so. I don't know what happened here. Also, like these are snack heads. We love them. This is, we're not dragging anybody. I thought it was very funny because it was like the Ashley. as a cocktail and it was like tequila, lime juice, whatever. And then it was the rain of vodka Sprite.

Dude, I don't drink either of those things. I drink literally the tequila part. That is so rude. A vodka Sprite. Never in my life if I drank either of those things. I'm glad you brought this up because someone else is something very funny. It was a photo of her dog watching the live stream.

And I responded. I was like, oh, that's so cute. whatever, and she goes, I can't believe respond to this. This story is literally more Ashley's friend. Oh my God. Also, now that I'm thinking about it, those girls wanted to drink vodka Sprite. So they just were like, let's drink what we like to drink and we just have to name them after them. So good for them. But it's, yeah, it's really funny. I mean, I have been like really rep in tequila lately. And I'm not even going to say the name on this, on this pocket. I don't get paid by them. You all know what I drink. I just have been giving out free ads. They're

never going to pay me. They don't need it. There's a shortage. We love tequila. Okay, that's what I drink too. So yeah, thank you guys for all that. If you're looking for a last minute holiday gift, obviously our merch, you won't get it by holidays, but buy a gift card, buy somebody a ticket to a live show, buy a live stream ticket, all that at girls' got eat podcasts.com. Yeah, everything's on Girls' Gotty Podcasts.

But if you want to just that direct link to the live show, it's momenthouse.com slash girls got to eat. Okay. You look. I just blacked out. I want to leave a lot to cover. we just wanted to briefly just chat about the Chicago show. It was so special.

It was a dream. I mean, it was like your dream. I mean, it was my dream too. But it's like, I didn't realize. I think, I think I was a little naive about just the like sheer iconicness of the Chicago theater. Like I kind of forgot, this is like so, I hate,

I feel so stupid for saying this. But I kind of forgot that the Chicago theater is like the Chicago sign. Like, it's literally like the thing. Like I couldn't really believe it until I started getting tagged. I'm like, oh, right. It is the most iconic. theater ever and to sell it out in one of our favorite cities one of my absolute favorite cities just can't stress enough it makes me depressed to come back to new york because it's so clean and

nice and it's like this big bustling city that feels so like high energy and then just it's clean it's crazy how do they do it i don't know you should take notes midwestern people are better but anyway you can talk about more i'm getting a little short of breath um no because you've co-bed um no it was my dream. It's all I've ever wanted was for us to sell the Chicago theater. I think we've each had like, you know, the beacon was also really special and important to me, but the Chicago theater was so special and to have like my brother and my dad right there in the front row

watching me get a lap dance. We'll talk about it, but it was incredible and it was really special and I feel like I don't know, I've never suffered from like imposter syndrome. I've always been really excited and I think we're worthy of every stage we take and we work really hard to put on a great show but like I was on that stage feeling like we gave

people the greatest show ever and I was so proud of what we did and I was just like we have worked so hard for this. And I was so proud to like give people what we were able to give them. Yeah. And it was our last show of the year. So it was special. And just to do shows in general this year has been really wonderful. But that was really the cherry on top. It was just a lot of things at once. It was the biggest show we've ever done by a thousand. Like it was the next biggest show was the week before at the beacon. Like it was like this huge career milestone. It was the last show of the year. I just, I love the city so much. Of course I love New York. I live here. It's my favorite city.

but there's just something so special and you and I've been there so many times together. Like it wasn't a city that I went to when I was younger. Like I've been going to Miami my whole life. We've gone there a ton together. But Chicago, I didn't even really start going until I was like friends with you. I'd been one other time for overnight for a work trip when I had a real job. But like you and I've been so many times together and it's just like I'm just love the city.

I can't stress it enough. I know. And it never stops being less special to me. Like meeting all you guys and seeing you and how excited you get and performing with our families. It never like stops when you guys like run up to us and you're like, I love it so much. like it never becomes less special.

It never becomes less special to perform for our parents. Actually, I was at a bar. It was very funny. This girl came up and she was like, I'm so sorry to bother you. I hate people do this. Like when you're with your family, I just want to say hi, blah, blah.

My brother goes, she literally loves it. If you could go away and come back in 10 minutes and do it again. That would be great. I mean, it was just, it was so fun. We had this Chicago Bears drumline. That was one of my favorite show openers. You failed it. Well, I almost fell.

And I literally, five minutes before the show, Ashley surprised me with how I would be entering the show and I was a great sport about it. Listen, Raina is so, so great about this stuff. She just lets me do crazy stuff and she just goes along with it. And I can tell the look on her face. She's like, really? I don't want to do it. I got to do this. I'm like, you're going to be fine. Like, it's just very much like, she's not really grasping what she's going to have to do. And I'm like, no, you'll be good. And then I'll just do this and I'm going to run through the crowd. Terrible idea. I ran through a look at the crowd and almost fell getting up on the stage.

My titty almost popped out, like got on stage in place right in time when the jets went off. Like it was wild. It was the most wild show that the Chicago Bears drumlines drumming. We're dancing. I'm sweating. She made me announce the show from the back of the room and then dance our way down the aisle, singing the song with everybody in front of 4,000 people. I was like, right, you got this.

She's like, are you sure? Every five seconds, I was like, yeah, here it is. We're not going to have to do it. And then now she was like, this is going to be fine. This is going to be fine. This is going to be fine. So, yeah, I did it. Yeah, five minutes before the show.

you're like, you really want to do this. We're going to have to pass by all these people. And I'm like, we got to do it. Yeah, you made me do it. It was really fun. It was a blast. If you guys came, thank you. Ashley hired me a stripper in both cities.

I got crazy laugh dances in both. I was just the first, okay, New York, if you guys saw the live stream, if you didn't, please watch it. But the stripper, like, picked me up. Both of my legs were over his shoulders. But I put, he was like in his face. And also, he was a, he was a 12. He was one of the most attractive men I've ever seen.

and I got to pick him out for you. What a smoke. And then you gifted me a fad stripper. He had a little cushion for the cushion. But he wasn't fat. It wasn't Denver. We'd had fat strippers once. There's nothing wrong with that.

In New York, the guy was so amazing. So like you guys couldn't see it probably from the audience. But he was whispering to me every single move he was about to make. So he was like, you're going to lift your left leg up and put on my shoulder. And I was like, he walked me through the whole thing. It was incredible. In Chicago, the guy like, picked. me up and I was just like around his waist and I go to put like one of my legs over his shoulder and he goes

you want to get up there. I was like yeah I want to get up there. So if you guys saw these three shorts, he's rocking me back and forth like a baby in a cradle trying to get the upper body strength. Raina choreographed her own laugh dance. It was not as smooth. It wasn't. He had to rock me back and forth like six times before he found the upper body strength to put me on his shoulder. Even in the hype video, I mean, I was trying to figure out why it didn't feel as high energy because it's so much slower. It was not tight. It was not smooth. He looked at me like, yo, you really want to do that?

I was like, yeah, put my pussy in front of your face. My dad's film it. He had a whole stick. Like, yeah, your dad was up out of his seat standing filming that part of the show and that part of the show only. And I'll never recover. It was the most Amy Polar, like me and girls' mom in the aisle. My dad was fully standing up blocking people's views filming it. videographer was like, is that like really like, what's your dad's vibe? That's like fucked up.

And I was like, he just sees his kid making people laugh and he doesn't care. Well, I think he, your dad obviously like loves me. He knows that we're a duo. But I think that was this very special moment for you to shine. So he got up. I mean, he was like, he didn't care what it was. He doesn't, I feel like her dad isn't grasping what's happening. You're like, plusies in this dude's face. Um, yeah, it was, it was so great. I've, I've stayed in touch with somebody from the show. We, like, brought this guy on stage. We've been, like, messaging. we couldn't get together because he was here, but we couldn't get together because, you know, Omcron.

He was very cute. So I'm glad you guys stayed in touch. Yeah, I mean, I was thinking, I just feel like we don't really meet a lot of guys at the shows. We're not male comedians where we get off stage. There's a bunch of people trying to fuck us. You know, it's just kind of like a different thing. There's very few single guys anyway that even come.

In a room of 4,000, there was three. You know what I mean? Like, they're rarely even there. Yeah. Which is great. We love it to be like the safe space for, women. We're not encouraging a bunch of like single dudes. We don't want it. Don't come. Yeah, exactly. Just a few you guys can come. Three. Three is great.

We'll do a whole little thing with it. But I do feel like this year has been more where I did get like hit on after a show or something. So hopefully it'll be even more of that in 2022. I'll talk about my goals in a couple weeks. But you know, I still got the guy from Cancun. Like it was more so of feeling like, oh, like, wow, guys are interested. They come to the show, which is always so flattering because like we really, you know, we share a lot. We talk about sex. We're like our true selves at those shows. So if a guy can handle that, I'm like, sign me up. I feel like we'll talk later about like how COVID has like changed the world

this year. But I feel like our show is particularly like, people are just so excited to be entertained. They're excited to be with their friends, but their partners more. So we've never heard so many couples at the show and single guys that I think people's attitudes are just like, I'm just excited to be a part of something. I want to go and laugh and have fun. This seems unique and cool and crazy. So we have a lot of single guys that come with their friends that are just like, all right, I'll go to a comedy show. like that looks wild and fun.

I think people just have like expanded their mind in terms of like what they're willing to do for joy. And like letting more of it in. And the audience I think this year has been like even more fun that it's ever been. So it keeps getting better for me. Yeah. And the shows are just, the shows have gotten so wild and out of control. Like, you know, no offense to like the nutcracker. But like, can you imagine choosing between the two?

I fell asleep in the nutcracker the one time I went. Mom used to take me every year when I was like five six. Imagine like how much you, listen, no shade. How much do you pay to see the Rockettes? Like, it's the same thing. I can't kick my leg up in the air like that, but I'm going to shake my ass. And our show is so much more fun than literally anything else. Also, I would say, like, 90% of things, I'll just catch it on Netflix.

I'll just catch it on the internet. Like, I'll just watch it on TV. Yeah, I mean, and even the live stream, like, we love it. We're proud of it. But it's still not the same to, like, be in the room. Like, comedy is just that. It's like, you got to be in the room, feel the energy, see the craziness, you know, be up close. So come.

I am so excited to unpack this. And I'm going to tell you, we talked about this offline. I was worried that episode three was going to be not terrible. And so we weren't going to be able to register shreds today. Yeah. Because the first two episodes, you and I, like, I watched it. And I was like, is this as bad as I think it is? And then you live tweeted it to me.

Like, every thought and feeling you had for like hours this went on. And I was like, I fucking hate this. As it, like, washed over me. I hate it for a lot of reasons. I'm going to go through all them. But I'm glad that number three was actually bad. because I was worried I wasn't going to be able to pop off so hard. So I'm obsessed with watching it.

We're all going to watch it. I wish I could watch more of it. Like, we're going to watch it. Like, this was a money grab. That's what this was. Everybody in America is watching this. I know. I just,

I can't believe some of the decisions that they made. I mean, I will say that, like, Sex and City is the most important show of my entire life. It's my favorite show of my whole life. So I'm super bummed out by some of the things that they're choosing to do and we'll talk through it. Also, and guys, there's going to be spoilers ahead, just FYI.

Like, the whole world knows what happened at this point. But, like, we are going to be giving spoilers up until at this point, all three episodes. So that being said, I just have to say that you guys know, I talked about Big Dying on our January 17th episode with Tunday, who was the Palaton instructor. I can't even believe it myself. I can't, because people, I was like, what episode did I talk about Big Dine and that that's what I thought should happen and that Carrie should date again and stuff like that. was looking for something else and I was like, oh, there it is. Then I was like, this was with the Peloton instructor. I can't even believe it.

I cannot believe it. I cannot believe the quote. I mean, I tell you guys all the time. Ash is a witch. I am a wish. 100% of that witch. That was fucking crazy. And we've had a couple of people randomly remember that.

Like, we've had a couple listeners DM us about it. It's crazy that you did that. And I think that, yes, I am extra, I don't like, I don't like remakes in general. I think that things that were really special at one point that you can just let them live in the past. Like, I don't need it. And I think that, like, remaking this was a money grab. But I feel like I'm upset because that show was so important to me. It was like that was the example for how I was going to be in my life.

Like when I was younger watching this, I always knew I'd live in New York City. And like this was a show about like the most forward-thinking cosmopolitan women in the world. They have like revolutionary ideas about like when to get married and have kids and what to have sex and how to have sex and friendship. And I just, I thought these women were like the most forward-thinking, interesting women in the most forward-thinking interesting city. and they've turned them all into bumbling idiots. Like every one of these women, I told you, it's like they've been frozen in time since the show ended and they've been re-released into the wild.

None of them has ever been around a minority. All of them have like a token minority. They've been assigned on the show. It's like, you get a minority and you get a lesbian minority. And you get a minority. I just, I feel offended by it. I feel offended by this manufactured wokeness that is being rammed down our throats.

It's like obviously everybody knew that so much stuff from sexicity didn't age well. But it was with the times. It was in the 90s, some of it, in the early 2000. So you cannot compare something from 20 years ago to now. You cannot put it against now. Just like you can't compare something from 1970 to 1990, 1950 to 1950.

You just can't. It's totally different times. The sex and city at its time was ahead of its time. It was not problematic. Stuff didn't age well. Of course. Like everything else made then a lot of things in the movie. So it's like they took everyone's notes of being like

there wasn't enough. Like, also those sexist, I don't know. I mean, yes, it was all white. But, you know, they had gay characters. I mean, it wasn't the most. It wasn't friends. I mean, you know, so it was kind of more forward in its time, but it's like they kind of wanted to make it so much more woke and it feels so forced.

Like, I really think they could have just had more inclusive characters, focus on their storylines and just had it feel more natural overall than the way that they went about it. I mean, I just have so many issues at the show. Like, first of all, Samantha's storyline is such bullshit. Samantha was like a ride or die friend. This whole thing of that line that Carrie was like, I didn't realize I was an ATM to her.

What the fuck? That was so out of character. That wasn't who Samantha was. Like, it's just so dirty that they did her like that. And then Miranda with like this encounter that she had with the black professor. Like Miranda was cooler than that. There's no continuity for me from the previous characters. Yes, yes.

Miranda was a partner in a law from dating a black man. lived in Brooklyn and they have actually acted like she can't function in a room with a black person. It's so, it's so crazy. Like, you have the best example of, like, it feels like they froze them in time and plop them into 2021. And it's like, this is so insulting. And, like, Charlotte, I mean, I don't know. I don't think, you think Charlotte's, like, coming across a little more, like, stupid.

I think Charlotte's kind of the same. She, her character feels the same to me. Carrie is a bigger cut than she even was before. Carrie, Ray and I've decided that no one would be friends with Carrie. Carrie sucks so bad. She's so nasty. Like she, her little remarks, she's like a snarky bitch. And she was before too, but it almost feels like worse now.

And her face looks mean. She just looks mean. She's so mean. I don't love fiction in general. I love reading fiction. And I tend to gravitate towards like documentaries and reality TV series because I don't like characters that are written in a way that they would never behave. And like the way that Carrie acts, it's just like jab, jab, jab.

jab, jab. It's just like, cunty remark, bitchy, cunty judgmental remark. And a lot of her remarks are about judging people's sexuality and what they do in the bedroom. By the way, I went back and rewatched a bunch of sex and sees to make sure how bad the continuity was about it. And I will say, she's always been a judgy bitch.

Yes. She's always been really nasty. But to watch this was like very crazy. And I feel like there was, at the very end of the third episode is a scene that really upset me and bothered me. Because Charlotte's like, hey, I'm really like, I'm worried about our friend. And it's an alcoholic. Yeah. And Carrie was if you're going to do this, I'm going to eat a drink.

No one talks like that. Why aren't we just like writing characters a little bit truer at how human beings act? I know she's a flawed person. She's not supposed to be this like incredibly always likable, wonderful person. But like, I don't know. I don't understand her character. She was supposed to be this like prolific sex writer, this relationship and dating writer. And again, I did go back to make sure she wasn't really actually a sex writer.

And she wasn't, she was really not talking about her sex life that much. And they didn't show her any sex. like the other ones, yeah. They did not. And also, like, there is a scene from the Sex and the City movie where they're all saying how many times they have sex per week with their husbands. And Carrie's like, mm-mm, not doing it, not going there. I fucking hate that scene.

This idea that she would be cast as the co-host of a podcast, this woman who is gender fluid, she's bisexual, she's a minority. And Carrie's sitting there shaming every week of time all masturbating. It's just, there's no continuity for me. It's ridiculous. No one would ever have her on the show. I was so triggered. when she carry this like sex in the city was her column name and she wouldn't talk about

masturbation. I was like, is this Chelsea Handler? I was like, I'm having literal flashbacks from our Chelsea Handler experience, which that's what, I mean, you guys know what happened, but I want to go back to what you said about, I think we're talking about these people, like they're not fictional characters, but I read this thing that was like, I think the writers hate their characters, which was like such an interesting thing. Like, the writers are writing this, you know, like, maybe they're just like the jokes on you. We fucking hate these characters. We, they're all. all like terrible. I mean, I don't know. I think more just so carry. But I read this comment. I was just like reading comments on different articles and stuff like that. And I just, this one stuck out to me.

And this woman said, also why were 50 something year olds portrayed like 90 year olds? You have these beautiful, vibrant actors and they were reduced to stereotypes. Older people can't hear. They don't have sex. They aren't woke. It was strange and unnerving. It made me sad as a 47 year old. Like I'm on the brink of death rather than celebrating a woman. What's the very first thing I said, I said to you. As soon as you started, I was like, they will not stop talking about how old these characters are and it's bizarre. It's like over, the gray hair and the hearing is Steve's 50 and you gave him two hearing aids. Yeah.

You're talking about people that, again, live in one of the most cosmopolitan cities in the world that have money and you're like, all these 55-year-olds are so disconnected from the world. It's the first thing I said to you. It's so weird. It is so weird. And, you know, I think Carrie has always been technologically challenged. Challenge. Like, you know, Carrie didn't have a cell phone. She did a flip phone. Like, she, that's, that is in line with her to be a little bit behind the times. But they were, and also sexually, like, whatever.

I guess I'm kind of like, Carrie's kind of stayed a little more true to her character. I think I'm so offended by Miranda and by the Samantha storyline. Me too. And you, you were so upset about that scene with her and Charlotte. She said to her, she goes, can you stop noticing stuff? Does that thought was the line? Carrie has always been such a bitch to Charlotte. The one of the scenes that sticks out to me the most, I'll never forget it.

I think there's like very like, there's like a dozen of scenes where Carrie was just such a shitty friend. And you guys, the real ones will remember this. But Charlotte was telling them how Trey couldn't get it up on their honeymoon. That's a huge deal. She waited to sleep with them the night before. She just kind of had to go through with the wedding because she was like, maybe it was just a fluke. And Carrie was great. She was like, it's okay, honey.

It happens to everybody. But like, she came back from the honeymoon. And she was, they were all sitting and they were all four there. And then everybody left and it was just Carrie and Charlotte. And Charlotte's like, I want to continue to talk about this, basically. and Carrie goes, what do you want me to say? It was still shakes me to my core. She wants to talk to you about it at length.

This is your husband can't fuck you. Sit here for hours and talk about it. You and I would sit there for hours. Carrie had to go shopping. It was like the way she said it to Charlotte, I think that she has, my God, I can't stress enough. These are fictional characters.

I don't care. I feel personally offended by all of them. Has always disrespected Charlotte, I think. I think she has always held more respect for Miranda and Samantha. and it just has become more glaring. And they do make Charlotte just seem like she's like a bumbling idiot sometimes, you know. And she's just a sweet woman. Mm-hmm.

Like she's a sweet, caring woman, you know? Like she's trying to navigate this thing with her daughter. Like, I did carry such a bitch to her. And also maybe that's not your vibe. Like maybe you're like, I need friends that are edgier. I need friends that are like a little bit like cooler. Like then don't be friends with her. But like, yeah, no one to behave like this.

No one would tolerate it. Like I would never like kick a friend that was like that. That was like so nice and kind. The alcoholism thing really bothered me that they even wrote it like that. I know Carrie's supposed to be a bitch, but like no one would behave like that. It's like really bizarre to me. Yeah. But I agree with you

and the Samantha thing, I mean, I think that like that character was such a badass and such a loyal friend and nobody is so small and petty that they, what, lose a friend and they leave the continent and then ice everybody. That just doesn't exist. And it wasn't who Samantha was like

wanted, wasn't she one of the, she was the first one to offer up money to Carrie when Carrie couldn't afford her down payment on her apartment or whatever. Like she just, it wasn't who she was. So it just feels like, yes, like we have totally lost who these people were. Like, I mean, yeah, of course we're going to watch the show. I just, I don't understand what happened here. I really don't get it. And I'm like just bummed out because this was like such a wonderful opportunity to portray women in their 50s in such a way that they have just decided not to do. I totally agree. And I actually love we're in a storyline of Steve and I've been together for years.

We don't have sex. Like, this is just my good friend. I don't know where that sort of leaves me. And I think that's really interesting. I think a lot of couples can relate to that. And a lot of couples can relate to like, how did we get here? And is this enough? But they have to also make her this person that like can't, again,

function a room around a black person. And the whole thing with Brady, the least believable thing is Ginger Brady is getting rode like a cowboy porn star in his parents' house. She's coming all over the place. And they're just like, let him get ridden. It's so weird. I mean, Miranda is going to hook up with Chey or something's going to happen.

which Remy, Remy has been dissecting it, Remy Casimir, which I like watching her, which, her commentary. And she's like, but is she going to cheat on Steve?

Like, is that how we want Miranda's coming out to be with cheating? Like, that's not great. So we'll see. And then Jenny, I just want to talk about predictions. Jenny had said,

she thinks Carrie is going to hook up with the producer, the podcast producer. And I think that, maybe what their goal is, is that they wanted to start them out episode one, to as like these really confused not with the times ladies and they're going to just they're going to transform by the end of it. But I still don't respect it because it's still not realistic. Like they would have been more modern and woke in general in 2021. These women would have been. So I don't like that like

you said, they like took them out of the time capsule plopped them down. Now they're going to evolve as the season goes on. I don't love it. But I think that's what's going to happen. Miranda, you know, who couldn't not bring up this woman's braids. Now she's. She's going to sleep with this non-binary person. You know, like, whatever. Like, I think they're going to try to do that. Carrie's going to start fucking. She's going to fuck one of those bakery dudes at Anthony's bakery.

You know, like, I think they're going to make them evolve, but I don't like how they kicked it off. It wasn't necessary. I agree. And I can't really move on. I love the listener DM that you read because I think that they, like, really did women in their 50s a disservice by acting like this. It's, like, really weird. There's no reason to do it, and they can't stop doing it. It's very bizarre.

I also, when I'm wondering when you think about this, I know that again, Carrie's supposed to be like a little inseparable, but this whole storyline that she like doesn't seem to care that he died, it's like very weird that all three episodes that like, I guess like they're building towards some like psychotic meltdown she's going to have eventually where she like leans in and she cries. Maybe she like gets on the peloton and rides off. That's what I was going to say.

They're going to like turn around with this peloton story. Carrie's going to get on it. She's going to get on it. She's going to cry and she has a breakthrough. But like, I don't know. Like she doesn't care about her husband dying. Like it's so weird to me. Well, he was a rapist, so, no, I'm kidding.

But I can't, I don't want to go without saying that we've seen. Sorry, I'm not laughing at the shock of what Ashley said to me, not the rape stuff. I know, because the name is like, now we know I carry it, call 911. No, you guys, we're not taking it lately. I don't want to talk about this without not addressing that we know all the allegations against Chris Noth. Yeah, yeah, I mean, it's horrific. You know, our heart goes out to anybody that's a victim of that. Yes, of course.

But in general, I think that it's weird that they act like she doesn't also shouldn't save him from dying. It's not hot take. Like he just was like, he looked like he just had like an upset stomach and some gas. Well, they were saying that like they love the way that the producers did it or like they had this moment that they share where they knew it was over. I'm like, all right. This is stupid. Like what I just, it was very weird. I mean, I guess they're like the show.

I was watching another show too where this woman's husband died and she just kind of went on with her life. She had a meltdown later, which I know. People react to grief differently. But I guess they just can't show her fucking laying on the floor crying because like that's, that was the whole. The first Sex and the City movie. That's true. She was more upset in Mexico. She was more upset than she got embarrassed at her wedding than she was when he actually died.

She was totally different energy in Mexico. Totally did. The energy in Mexico was your husband died. Yeah. Yeah. A hundred percent. I rewatch that recently. Like it was just on TV and I still love the movie.

The first one. The second one we pretend doesn't happen. But the... She never even like thanked them for dropping their lives and going to Mexico with her. The way she acted, shut the blinds, all of them. I'm not eating. Like, she acted like they were a burden on her. Like, if that was me, like, when you guys surrounded me after Dewey died, like, yes, I was

like a crying mess, but all I could do was be like, thank you so much for being here. Thank you so much for being here. You don't have to be here. Thank you for everything. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.

Like, I'm so grateful. I'm so lucky to have you guys. Like, her energy was like, I can't believe they're here with me on this Mexico trip. Like, it was like, I couldn't get over it rewatching it. Just what a self-absorbed brat. she really is. I mean, her character. I mean, again, I try to like manage them like, who was this character supposed to be? She wasn't supposed to be that likable. She was flawed.

But like, this person was the beacon for me of like, everybody in my age moved to New York City because they want to be a writer like Carrie and they want to date they're big. Like, everybody at my age moved here to have the Carrie experience. And it's like, no one should want to be like that. She's a shitty fucking friend. And she was with a narcissist, probably sociopath, asshole fuck boy. And all of us, go back on the star episode. fuck you carry Bradshaw. It still carries through today. I just,

I hate that that was my panicle of like what I was supposed to be like. And I'm like, I literally hate you. I know, I know. I know. It's just so crazy.

Like, we just didn't totally realize just how nasty she was. Anyway, all right, are we good? We feel like we wrapped it up. I think that we may do a bonus.

Listen, no promises. But I feel like we should probably do a bonus after it ends. So that'll be like early February and just like see if we were right. Yeah. Chris Noth will be in jail.

We'll still hate it. Yeah, but Chris Noth will definitely be in jail. As he should be. That was crazy. Peloton was like, let's turn this around and get them in a commercial. And they're like, oh, shit. They were bragging so hard they turned around in 48 hours. Now they're like, whoops, maybe we should have given it a week.

The Peloton memes, like everything about the Peloton, their stock plummeted. We're not like we don't stop talking about it. Yeah, I couldn't stop talking about it. People probably thought I hated the brand. I'm like, no one loves a brand more than me. I'm staring at the bike. I'm sitting on the bike. I literally sit eye level with the seat where you're a sweaty vagina sits.

Every day on it, every day I just sit there. I was thinking about that today. I don't know why I said that. I don't know why I said that. I don't want mine down. We didn't talk about our other wrecks. We just seemed to kind of like blow through them. Oh, my gosh.

This is a long episode. But we both watched the sex lives of college girls on HBO and just were obsessed with it. We're obsessed with it. We knew we would be. Everybody recommended it. said to you is I think that that show actually accomplished what sex in the city was trying to accomplish. And you brought up a good point, which is that naturally people that are 30 years younger than those women, 40 years younger in some cases, are just going to have an easier time talking about homosexuality,

bisexuality, being non-binary, et cetera. But I love what they did. All four characters are great and unique and they feel like normal girls. And I feel like they really talk about all kinds of themes throughout this about coming out to your family, about whatever it is, exploring yourself in college in a way they feels natural and normal to me. And I loved it. I loved it so much. The character development is so wonderful. You really feel like each of these girls has her own story and you're getting to know them. I mean, I love Bella, who is the comedian, obviously, and she's so, I'm like laughing a loud at the show. I think it's so funny. I think she is so funny. When she's talking about that guy wanted to fuck her, she calls him a chuckle fucker. Like,

I love that. I've heard that term before. I'm sure that I've experienced it. I've been a chuckle fucker. It is a chuckle fucker. I do. I see. guys on stage being funny and I want to fuck that. But I just, I love all the characters and their unique storylines and how these girls are coming together and I'm such a fan of the show. We can't recommend enough. You guys, that was, that was in a while that's been the most where people told us to watch it. And like, we knew we would. I just, you know, I had to get COVID to sit down and watch it. Well, I also, the name was deterrent to me because I don't love shows about high school and

college kids as much as you do. Also, Bella told us to watch it, our assistant ballot, the character. And she was like, and I said to her like, listen, am I going to relate to this? your mom. But I really related to it. I thought it was so special. I love it. And it's the campus is beautiful. It was filmed at Vassar, which is in Poughkeepsie. I had to ask you where it was filmed. It was really beautiful. I mean, I just Googled it. I googled it too, but I also asked you first. And then I watched Maid on Netflix. I'm just blown through the shows this week. Maid, man, it is the most emotional roller coaster I've ever been on. It just brings you up and

drops you right back down. It is just heartbreak after heartbreak after heartbreak. I don't even know that I can say I like love it. I've definitely recommended it. I enjoyed watching it. It's heavy. It's like domestic violence. It's alcoholism. There's some infertility. It's just it tackles a lot of heavier subjects. And there's this female protagonist who you're rooting for the whole time. But it just feels a little dark because she lives in poverty. So it's like I feel like the queen's gambit kind of same thing. She comes up. Then she comes down. She comes up. She comes out of nowhere and kind of knocks her off for game and you're like rooting for her, but it didn't feel as dark. The Queen's Gamb, it didn't feel as dark as made to me. Um, but it, it, um, I think it's worth the watch.

You're not going to leave feeling really depressed. I'm not going to like give any spoilers away, but I felt really emotional about it. An insanely good character development. You just get so emotionally invest in these characters and you're like, wait, are they good? Are they bad? Oh my gosh. Are they, are they a redeemable character? Oh, no, they're bad again. Like, it's just, it's a wild ride. It's like just when you think things are going to be okay. You, like just get knocked out from under you, which is what living in poverty is like. And so I just think of this really well done look at the life of like a single mom living that way and just how like the system fucks you over and over and over. I mean, it's just like a really

sobering view of like our system too here in America. So I do recommend it. If you're feeling like you don't want to watch something about that, but then maybe it's not the time for you. Or if those themes kind of like apply to your life. Like if you have, you know, some of the alcoholism stuff spoke to me and just experiences I've had with friends and family members in my life where I was like, oh, like it kind of, it's just, they did a good job in like really depicting this type of thing. But I was at points where I was like texting my mom because my mom watched it. I'm like, do I like this? I don't even know. I feel sad. That's why I've sort of, I've avoided it because I haven't been ready for a sad show. But I will say I put on my Instagram story a couple weeks ago,

like what shows should I watch? And probably like top three, we're like, like that Ted Lasso, dope sick, and like a couple other things. I haven't watched Ted Lasso. No shade. They say that's the most feel-good show. Yeah, that's true. Maid and Ted Lasso, maybe if you watch Maid, you just do a palette cleanse with Ted Lasso. Yeah. I don't know. And then I just have to recommend the four seasons total landscape. You mean documentary. You watched it. I watched it. I think it was MSNBC, but I watched it on YouTube TV. You can find it. You guys can Google it. But the funniest thing about it was the Philly accents. It is a documentary

about Philly accents. It is just you don't watch a lot of Philly is, the Philly accent's so specific and it's not so widespread. It's different than Pittsburgh. It's different than Pittsburgh. I'm so excited that you brought this up and watched this tonight. You're watching it. It's easy. Yeah. I mean, I want to tell me what to watch because everybody's COVID now. They're going to be home with their families

and being bored and shit. Those are my wrecks. The Succession Season finale came out this week. People asked me to talk about this time you talk about. It's a phenomenal show. It's amazing. I'm not going to give any spoilers. Watch the show. Ashley and I continue. you to watch Insecure and Curb every week. They never disappoint. I'm obsessed. I love it. Those are our wrecks.

All right, what do we do next? Okay, let's talk about what we've learned this year. Okay. I'm going to start by saying, I'm going to declare this the year of the breakup. Not just my breakup, not just every celebrity breakup. We're going to pour out a little liquor later for the couples that broke off this year. But this is the year that people broke up with their not relationships only, but jobs. People just had like a mass exodus from shit I don't want to do anymore. And I have loved watching it.

I have like, I think like come June, we're at this turning point. Everybody was like, I get to do life again. I get to do the world again. And I think like you and I did that, you know, why is everybody breaking up episode in like October, about a week before my breakup? And I feel like we're like, why is this happening? But I feel like this whole year has just been about like,

okay, the world really actually could end next week. My parents could die next week. I could lose my life or my spouse or whatever. And it's like, shouldn't I spend the rest of my life doing a thing that makes me happy. And so we saw so many people like walk away from jobs and friendships that were making them happy and relationships. And I feel like for me, I just, not that I ever wasn't happy, but I feel like you and I have

like built more things into our lives. Like we hired people to help us finally. And I feel like our job has been better. And I feel like our friendship has been better. I feel like I'm proud that I've started to actually tell people how I feel about things when I never did before. And, you know, I was in a relationship with somebody that I really cared about that was wonderful and that ended and I can walk away from that saying to myself, I'm at least proud of

myself that I picked a nice person. And that's growth. And that's wonderful. And I just, I feel like this was everybody's year of like, I'm not doing shit. I don't like anymore. I'm not doing a job. I don't like anymore. And I don't know. It's just, it's strengthened my relationships and how I feel about myself because I just, I feel really proud of the things that I've leaned into that I like and walked away from things that I don't want that don't really, they're not valuable to me. I love that and I think that is totally accurate. I think it's, you're right. Like, it's like if you really deduce all these things, the breakups, the jobs,

it all boils down to that like shit I don't like. And it's like, I don't have the time for it. Like we kind of, it took 2020, we learned like life is short, life is valuable, spend times with the ones you love. And then I feel like it was, you're right in 2021. It just was like, fuck this. Like 2020, we were just really all trying to survive. And then we'll be kind of when the smoke cleared a little bit,

even though we're back where we are, it was just like everybody had a wake-up call. And people have said to me a lot, like, how have you, like, you seem fine about the breakup. You seem fine. And like, I don't know. I'm fine because, like, I, that was a nice person and I loved him and we cared about each other. But I realized this wasn't right for me and I moved on with my life. And, you know, I just, I think that hopefully we're all getting better at just evaluating something and saying, like, that's not right for me and walking away from it.

You don't have to hate somebody or hate yourself for being a part of something. But, like, we can change and we can pivot. and we can make things better and we don't have to like regret them and miss those things so much. I love that. This year was like kind of, I just, I look back in this year. I'm like, man, it was just, it was so many highs and so many lows. I think you and I, I cried more this year than ever before. Like, I know 2020 was 2020.

Like, don't get twisted. But like something about this year, just a lot of shit went down, but also we had crazy highs. Like we are starting this whole other venture. Like we did the biggest show we've ever done. Like we've had a lot of highs, but there's been a lot of lows. Not really, I mean, you and I, we had a, you know, a friendship come to Jesus in late summer. But like, we've been strong. We've had each other's back.

We always will. I'm so thankful for our friendship. But it just felt like a lot of shit went down. Like I started the year with grief eight days into the year, like a Dewey died. And I just, I feel like that I don't need to, I don't need to recap what I learned about. We did a whole episode on it. You guys go listen to it from February. But like, I think it kind of dovetails into the other stuff that I want to talk about that I've learned this year.

I think I've really like, I think I've really like learned not so much lean on friends and family. I'm not a person that's like, I don't need anybody. You know, like, we always have said like let people help you lean on friends and family. But for some reason this year, I feel like I've learned to like trust people more like to help me. Like that your friends know what's best for you. I have like so many examples. Like I just think of like you just telling me like you need to keep this dog like whether you see it or not. Like I felt so clouded.

And I just felt like when Dewey died like Kate was like. come to L.A., just do it. Come to L.A., I'm going to take care of you the entire week. I have our dinners plan out. You know, L.A. was closed, but she was like, I had this plan out. Like, I remember thinking of, like, wondering if I should go to Dewey to look at that house I went to buy. And my dad goes, just come, just come.

Like, there's been these times where I've been, like, trying to make a decision and I can't make it on my own. And I've, like, let people, like, step in for me. And I think I've always been a kind of person that's like, I got this. I got this. Everybody knows I got this. My parents have said since I was a kid. You can't tell Ashley what to do.

she's going to do what she's going to do. So it's not that, like, I don't listen to advice or anything like that. Like, I'm not that kind of person. Like, I hold my friends and family in such high regard and, like, the things that they help me work through. But just this year more than ever, I feel like sometimes I just couldn't, like, trust my gut and I needed the people that were closest to me to, like, really give me clarity. And I feel like I've been less afraid to admit that I'm overwhelmed or I can't do this

and I need help. And I think that flows into, like, us hiring. people to help us. Like I, you know, I've always been hesitant to kind of like let somebody in to our life and this thing that we built. And I have never been someone's boss. But I mean, I think ultimately like we made this higher. And it's just like it's helped me like release a little control. And like, Jen, not feeling like I have to be in control all the time and like let people help. It just will improve your life professionally, your mental health, all the things. I mean, at least that's my experience, our experience in this past year. So I just feel like that was

such a valuable lesson, being able to let go, trusting a little bit more, and just like take a break. And like, the world's not going to fall apart if you take a day off and like take care of yourself and health is so important. I've been more sick this year than I've ever been in my entire life. I feel like I can't even brag about this immune system anymore. I started the year I got a yeast infection. And then I got those two crazy colds. I was down and out for a week with my nose. Like now I've COVID. Like it's just kind of like I have learned to value that and just like leaning on people and letting them help you. And everything I've reflected on, like, I feel my stand-up has changed drastically.

I've learned to let go of the jokes and do more crowdwork. I had this like hard to heart with Julia at your birthday where he was like, Ashley, you're so funny. Just be yourself. You don't have to like be a slave to your jokes. Just do, you know,

you're so funny in conversation. Like, just do more crowd work. And like, it meant so much to me. And like, I let that go. Like,

I have gone up on stage and done stand-up when I just didn't even have a plan. I used to have a tight plan. I used to know exactly what I was doing. I barely strayed from it. Like, I've learned to like trust myself even a little bit more. Like,

A lot of it, it just all kind of goes into this letting go of the control, trusting other people that they know what's best for you, don't have to hold everything so tight, I guess. You feel, to me, you feel lighter and happier than any time I've ever known you. You just, you feel like you just, not take things on the chin more. I don't know what the wording is I'm looking for, but you just,

you feel a little bit lighter. And you and I both are people who are like painfully self-sufficient. Like, I didn't have parents that did everything for me either. Like, I had parents that helped me. Our parents love us. But, like, I have always been somebody who just, like, I depend on me. I make all the decisions and I help myself. And so it's really hard for me to, like, agree to hire an assistant and to hire other people

and to let other people be a proxy for us. Like, that is so scary for me. And, like, it's crazy because, like, we finally let go and did that. And, like, I think we're just both happier. I think our relationship's better with each other. I think that our business is better. I think that, like, I used to get offstage sometime with you. And, like, you and I don't even know, like, if you and all,

like if you knowledge this or realize this, but you and I would like walk off stage all the time and be like, I didn't like this thing, I didn't like this thing. And like, I could have said this thing better. And now I feel like we walk off stage and we're just like happy. We're just like so excited to have done it. Bella's there. She makes the show so great.

Like I think we've just like let happiness in a little more. And I mean, I wouldn't have thought of it is that we've like let other people help us. But yeah, we've like accepted help and it's just, it's made everything better. I mean, and I've just, yeah, it's like I just release the grip a little bit. Like again, sometimes it happens where you literally get to a breaking point. we were like, I don't care, I can't do it anymore, so someone else has to do it. And like, you know, this isn't a conversation all about Bella, but it really, it was, it was huge for me to like let someone in in that way.

I've, like, been learned to be more patient, like, learning that, like, you really can, like, give someone the keys and let them fly. And like, yes, they're terrible, lazy, stupid people that you shouldn't trust with your business. Like, don't get a twisted. Rain and I put trust in people and they fuck us. Like, that's why we say merch is a journey. We have fired multiple merch companies.

Like, we do actually let people handle part of the business. business and they fuck us up. So this isn't a like let anyone help you. Like you know, but we did find the right person. And, you know, I think that with a smart, hardworking, like savvy person, if you can let go and trust them to make your life easier and improve your parts of your business, it's just been such a joy. And I'm just so thankful. And we hired someone else too. Her name's Ashley. She works for us. Like it's, it just all kind of comes together. Like I've always been super type A in control person. And I'm just like slowly letting go. And it's just made me happier too. And a lot of that I just feel like.

happened this year. You, I mean, you are even more so than me, like the most self-sufficient person. Like, you just, you got it. Like, you're creative. You know how to make decisions. You're the only person that I would ever let be a proxy for me wholly completely. Like, I would just be like, talked to Ashley, she's got it, other than the people that work for us now at this point. But you do seem happier and lighter. And it's just, it's nice. I've always loved you and I've loved our friendship. But yeah, you seem lighter and you still know that your vision's going to be executed. But like, hiring assistant was tough for me. And I didn't know how that was going to go. Also, it's hard for me to like spend money and like it stresses me out. But I like watched Bella like

walk into the last two shows and just like handle it. And I'm just like you and I can go do something else. And I'm so impressed by it. Like you said like you give somebody the keys a little bit and like a little bit of rope to hang themselves. And they can learn and be amazing. Well, and that's a thing. Like, this is all about Bella. Like we'll have her on one day. Don't worry you guys. She could not have done that day one. Like and I've always been a kind of person like whatever. I'll just do it myself. Like I'm impatient. I know I can do something the best way that it can be done. So you have to teach people.

You have to let them, you know, learn. But I've always been a person like, I don't time for that. I'll just do it myself, which is like not really the way to be if you find the right person to do it. Because her growth since June is insane. Like what she did at the beacon was I could cry thinking about it. Like she runs the show. She's in charge. We ask her what's going on.

And she, we did that. Like we taught her and then let her fly. Yeah, it would have been really scary for me to do that. Like a year ago, I think that, I mean, our business manager said us a couple days ago, they were like, you have the leanest crew of anybody that we manage. And they manage dozens and dozens of people in the entertainment world. And they were just like, you guys don't hire anybody. And we're like, I know we're working on it.

But I am really proud of it. I feel like this has been a good year. I hate when people are like, it's been the best year. I was like, we're in a pandemic. I go, okay, relax. But it has been a really good year. And it's just, I feel like even more support from our audience. than I ever have.

And I just, I love reading your eyes as messages. I've, like, never felt so supported by people. Like, when I went through my breakup, I got, like, hundreds of messages from women just, like, sharing their stories.

And we just, we love you guys if you, like, stuck with us through all this. I mean, thank God for you. And we, like, love you so much. I know. And lastly, I learned to not have sex on the floor.

A hardwood. If you want, if you could fuck on a carpet, but I said it at the live stream and I shared my experience. So if you, if you know, you know,

Don't do it. Also, what else happens here? I got an IUD, which is great. Oh my God. I'm thrilled with it. I'm going to get new boobs in 2022, which I'm also thrilled about. So 2022 over the year of new titties of 2021

was the last year of the titties. Last year of the titties. We do. We have to have a goodbye party. Are we ready for our year in review? I'm so excited because last year was so fun and you did it. So I did a roundup of the gossip of the year, but I'm going to let you go through yours first because it's so funny.

And then if I miss, if you missed any. Okay. So I just wanted to breeze through 2020 just for reference. So you guys know kind of the vibe we're going for. So 2020, the best 10 moments 2020, we started with Love is Blind. Then we have banana bread movement and zucchini gate. Oh my God. Then we had normal people.

Then we had Wop, Taylor Swift's two albums, Claire and Dale. Clare and Dale made my list this year too. Oh, my God. We had Michelle Obama's DNC speech. We had chart throb, John King, and the rest of the CNN's daddies. We had the fly. And then we had four seasons total landscaping. So 2020 was a lot of more like political-based stuff.

2021, I mean, listen, I know that you guys are going to be like, you forgot about this. I don't care. I know everything that happened. I went through it. And I only did nine because I was like, there are a bunch of stuff that like kind of all go together for me. I'm not going to bring up Kim Kardashian and Pete Davis. I'm not doing it. Like I chose what I chose, and this is personal to me.

And if you don't like it, I don't care. So without further ado, 2021 started hot with Bridgerton. It changed the world. It changed the world. You ever think that you would masturbate to Reggie Jean-Page? That's what I'm saying. To a Duke. People didn't even know what a Viscount was until that show gave out.

That show really was so unique and so special. And that's how we started the year. Next up, Bernie's. mittens. Ah, okay. This is such a joy for me to relive this with you. I feel like that was the most memeable thing in the year, and it happened so early in the year.

So some people kind of forget. Next was sex life on Netflix and what it did to me. And it made me call a stranger to come over because I thought I was going to fuck in a hot tub. Like, it just, it fucked me up. Okay. In a good way, I don't even know how to say it. That show just changed me. And it was the best full frontal scene of 20,

21, which no one can deny. Freeing Brittany, obviously. Goes out saying. Free Britney. It obviously all culminated this year. The Free Britney movement was like more intense than ever and then she got freed. Crazy. When you work hard on something, it happens. Yeah, work hard.

Olivia Rodriguez's driver's license and the whole album, it just turned us all into like emo teens. I remember when you told me about it and you're like, you got to listen to as I was standing in my bathroom. Remember the first time I was. Number one song of the year. I listened to it on repeat. All right. the next one.

What? On my list I have, we found out that the royal family is kind of racist and no one is surprised. Yeah, jump in if they go together. No, except for Oprah. I know. So one of the biggest moments of the year on like all the roundups because I read a few were like that interview, but I'm like, there's one part of the interview that was the best.

That's it. I knew you were going to bring it up. Ashley and I say it all the time. Okay. Next up. Kanye living in the Georgia Dome. There's so much. We don't talk about this enough.

There's so much like Kardashian stuff. I'm like, no, I have one thing that pertains the Kardashian family, and that's Kanye living in the Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta. That is so amazing. I have one, too, and it's going to shock everybody. That is so funny. Kanye really popped off this year. He leaned in to how crazy he is.

I know. Next is just whatever. It is and just like that because we started the year talking about it. We're ending the year talking about it, of course. And then lastly, is just the vaccine, Vax and Shock Girl Summer, those two weeks of mask-free freedom in July. and then all the memes and then as of now,

CitiMD, Twitter is lit. I love this. Oh my God, I can't wait to do this every year. Like, recap what happened last year? I love this. I knew you were going to have what on there? And Georgia Dome got me. I know.

There's always one last year. They might have been Clarendale. Like, I like the one that you don't see coming. My Kardashian one was this year, Courtney Kardashian actually became the most interesting to look at. Oh, my God. Does you know came out at her? She said you're the least interesting.

Of course I know that. You were out on the Kardashians for a little while. No, you were out for a little while. Everybody knows that reference. I mean, that, yes, Courtney and Travis, I feel like, and Machineon Kelly and. Everything just went in this, like, 90s retro thing. Fashion did. Yeah.

Aunt Becky went to jail. Oh, yeah. So I have that. I have freed Britney. The whole Cuomo family just got taken down. We learned that Chrissy Tegan is a cyber bully. Wait, Christy Teigen actually got to get canceled. Like after all these years, she actually, I unfollowed her.

I just, I felt like I've been such a fan. Let's just talk about this. I mean, I was a fan fan. Chrissy Diedn't used to tweak because she submitted her dad for fashion dads. Like, I was a Chrissy Teagan stand. I know. And I just started to feel like she's not a nice person. I know.

I know. I just, there's no excuse for what she did. So she got canceled and they complained about it a lot. We love when rich famous people complained. I feel like everybody should have, you know, their chance at redemption. But the thing that made me unfollow her was like that post on Instagram. And it was like her and her house. It was like a picture of her legs, like her laying on the couch.

And she was like, is this what it's like to be canceled? And she was basically like complaining about being canceled. But like had been in Italy the week before or something. Like you're, it was just, it felt so tone deaf. And like I just, again, like whatever. This is, I'm not dragging her. I just, I and followed her. And she decided to drag other people.

She deserved it. Yeah. Okay. Chris Harrison exits the Bachelor franchise. That was huge. Yeah. That was huge. All kinds of stuff happened with the Bachelor franchise this year.

Kind of the wildest year for that. You're right. Yes. Crazy breakups. Crazy things happened. Coulin Underwood came out of the closet. I mean, so much happened to the Bachelor franchise.

I'm here for the re-ignition of Benefer. You're right. Benefer, they were an honorable mention on my list. I mean, it's crazy that that happened. I still feel like it's fake. I still can't believe it. I can't believe it.

But then like when I, so I thought it was like a publicity stunt. because I was like, yeah, of course, like you're going to, like, jet off. But when you think about it, like, somebody at that level can only date another person at that level. I'm like, who is she going to date? Yeah. She's the most famous woman alive. Yeah. Alex Reyes is the most famous athlete alive, except for, like, Michael Jordan and Tiger Woods.

Well, LeBron. And also LeBron. But I liked all the couple news. I thought that Ben Affleck breaking up with Anna Day Armist was crazy. I thought it was crazy that Madison LaCroy ruined the Arod and J-Lo thing. But I'm like, really, I'm glad because I really like the return of Benifor. I do, too. my favorite couple of the year

I think this is still I think this was real I think it's still going was Channing Tatum and Zoe Kravitz Is that still happening I think so I went through a huge list

for today for all of the couples that broke up and that was not one of them I think we also saw just the return of like the obsessive over the top couple this year

like people that are just like cannot keep their hands off of each other obsessed and I love it you see so many photos of Ben and Jen like that and Courtney and Travis and Megan and Michigan

and Heather Young Terrick. Yeah, like, you're right. It was like the year of the PDA. Like, Hickees are back. Did Hickies make a comment? I don't know. I feel like, probably.

What was it recently that I was watching? And she was like, he left a Hickey on my boob. And she was like, me too. Oh, it was sex lives of college girls. Yeah, sex live of college girls. Yeah. I haven't had Hickey since probably college, but I'm not against it. Yeah, I feel like they're coming back.

I feel like one of the, Nick Courtney or Megan, somebody had one, which is just like makes sense. I feel like we have not seen the likes of this since, like, Angelina Jolie and Billy Bob Thornton. Oh my God. A clip resurfaced of them from the red carpet years ago. She just used to just be licking him on the red carpet. Yeah.

And she was like, she was carrying his blood and a vial around her neck. It was crazy. They were, I've had that level of obsession. I'm here for it. It's back. That's going to be 2022.

It's going to be me. On a red carpet just like in someone's face. I'm like, I got antibodies. I don't. You're so long. I love your roundup. That was so funny.

So we lost a lot of couples this. year. I did a lot of research about this. There's so many, it's too many to, to mention all of them, but obviously we lost Kim and Kanye, J-Lo and A-Rod, Bill and Melinda Gates. Oh my God. Joe Exotic and Dylan Passages. What? Pete Davidson and probably 17 other people. Half of the cast of the Bachelor. Obviously, honorable mention for Claire and Dale. Half of the cast of my unorthodox life. Chase Stokes and Madeline Klein, I really liked them a lot from Outer, from Outer Banks. Okay. We lost Zane and Gigi.

Oh, right. Elon Musk and Grimes. Here's one. No one ever saw coming. Scott Dissick and Amelia Hamilton. Oh, my God. I have four more. Tiffany Haddish, you common. Oh, don't remind me.

Here's a couple I don't care at all about, and there was so much news about them. I didn't even know how to say his name, Kai Gerber and Jacob Ellort. Elardy? Oh. You don't care either. I don't know who that is. You knew Kai Gerber. Of course.

Yeah. Her boyfriend. I think that like her and Pete broke up and he was the person after that. People like went crazy about this breakup. I literally don't care. Camilla Cabello and Sean Mendez. What's that about it? Yeah.

That's it. I mean, we don't. Yeah, sure. So that's it. That's what I have. That's my breakup. That's my breakup. That's my breakup.

Oh, and then me and Kane. Right. Pour out a little world linger for my breakup. Yeah. I'm laughing at him. I'd never break up because if you're not in a relationship, you get him a breakup. Yay! Did I date anybody this year?

No. No. I'll blame it on COVID. All right. Should we wrap it up with confessions of the year? Yes. I actually have to say, I picked a favorite moment of the year this year, one of my favorite moments that made me really laugh. One of my favorite moments this year was when I was having phone sex at 4 o'clock in the afternoon walking down the street for no reason at all in New York City.

and one of our fans, I was like, I was like rounding the corner to like, I'm going to suck the come out of your dick. And one of our fans and her mom ran up to us and wanted to take a selfie. And that was one of my maybe most favorite moments of 2021. That was a good moment. Other than getting the vaccine and stuff like that. Yeah, yeah, yeah. But I just wanted to say that. That was one of my favorite moments of the year.

Okay. So what we're going to do is we're going to spill the tea on, we basically were like, do you want to confess anything to us before the end of the year? And you guys did not disappoint. Wow. All right. I'm going to read the first few. Okay.

Again, these are crazy. You guys told us these from your own personal Instagram accounts. This is wild. Right. Like, we know who you are. We're not going to share it. But we know who you are. A lot of you are cheating.

Overwhelming amount of you. Or on the precipice. Yes. A lot. Okay. I have an arrangement set up with my sugar daddy to give one blow job for $15,000 a week. One blow job. Wow.

Go off. Can you give me his number? Right. That's crazy, really. I mean, good for her. That's a lot. That is crazy. I would $15,000 a week, I'd do a lot of stuff.

That's crazy. Suck a dick. Yeah, I'd do it for free all the time. Okay, per his request, I send my boyfriend videos of myself peeing in the shower while wearing lingerie. Okay, like, she's wet. The laundry is wet? Yeah, I guess so. Okay.

He wants, like, a whole vibe. He wants to wear a laundry and pee, and she gets in the shower and peeves on yourself sends in videos. Okay. This is the craziest one of all of them. My Sugar Daddy is my. my boyfriend's dad and they both have no idea of my relationship with the other one. Do you think that's true? It sounds like she just wanted to say something crazy. That's the

craziest thing that we got. Ashley like, Ashley and I like to play the game, are you lying? Because like that feels like what's the craziest thing I can say? She, I mean, it sounds like she may be just kind of young, but that's a crazy thing for the dad. Who do you think she met first? Oh, but they both have no idea. Oh, so this is just all on her. It's all in her. Her boyfriend's dad doesn't know his son's girlfriend. I never met Kane's dad. I'm calling bullshit. Okay. All right. Ashley thinks you're lying.

Okay. Whatever. Okay. I used to be a nanny. Last winter I ran into the dad and I fucked him. I was so hot. I can't stop sending nudes to my ex even though I have a boyfriend. Okay, and I'll do it with my last one. I read my boyfriend's

journal cover to cover. Your boyfriend is a journal. He should be. put a lock on it on his diary. I had a lock on mine. It was a 90210.10. Journal and there was a lock. Oh my God. So embarrassing. That's like, sounds pretty baller. Also, I just don't know like if I found my boyfriend's journal that I would want to read it. Do you know what I mean? Like if you could listen to your friends talk shit on you, would you listen? No, no, no, people have private thoughts about you that aren't meant to be

shared. We all think shitty things about other people. I don't want to read that stuff. Yeah, I mean, it takes a lot of self-control. I mean, I think some of that comes with age, but like, I'm not reading it unless I am ready for the relationship to be over because you can Never unread it. It will change probably the course of your relationship. We always say, everyone always says, like if you go snooping, you're going to find something you don't like. You just will. I lived with my ex-fiance for almost three and a half years, almost the entire time we were together. I had access to every single thing of his, his cell phone, his computer, everything, everything. I did not ever read his text messages until he came home and said, I'm not in love with you.

And then he went to work and I got his iPad and I read all his text messages. Yeah. Our relationship was over. Oh, no. Yeah. But we're happy. No, I'm not snooping on you. Same. Me too. I just, I don't. I don't need it in my brain space. Okay. Okay. I hang out with all my exes best friends in secret. They all like me more than they like him.

I love that. So funny to do it in secret. I'm fucking my best friend's brother. Oh, man. Every time one of my friends gets a new boyfriend, I want them so bad. What is wrong with me? Damn. That feels like that's something with her friend.

Like, she's, I wonder if she's, like, acting on it, like, if she's flirting with them or something. I don't know. It's, I mean, it feels like an insecurity thing to me. and we all separate from that. Like, we always have that. We all have that friend where we're like,

can't leave her around my boyfriend, you know? Like, what's wrong with you is you're probably a little insecure. Well, her friend also might just be like some chick that just lands like the hottest,

baddest dude. So, okay, I fucked a 5-2 short king with the biggest dick I've ever seen. I love that this is the T. She's like, don't tell anybody. I love that this is a 5-2 person.

Screaming from the rooftops, girl. I literally don't care when my friends become pregnant. Oof. I felt that. No, I do care.

I do care. Remember that meme? You'll say it more eloquently than me. That was like, I'm at the age when, like, I can no longer say, like, when I friends tell me they're pregnant, that I'm like, what are you going to do about it? I know. Like, it's always on purpose. I sign all my work emails. Fuck you very much in white font. I love that. I don't want to see any more close-up photos of my friends kids. Shock me with new content, please. That's how I feel about dog photos. Oh, Rina. I know. At my office, I didn't have a condom. So instead, we fucked using the plastic bag that holds the styrofoam coffee cups. That's unreal. it took me a few minutes because it filled up like three different question bubbles and I was like what is going on here? Well, thank you for taking the time to transcribe it. I mean, good for them for being safe, but I don't know if that. That shit's thin.

You know, office styrofoam cup plastic. It's thin. Right. You could blow air on it and it would rip. Okay, this next one is she's like that her next tea is I'm pregnant now by this dude at work. She's like, but I double bagged it. It's like it doesn't count if it was that thin. I love this one.

I sucked my boyfriend's nephew's dick two years ago. Also, I left a cult. Oh my God. I haven't had sex in over two years. I know who sent that. She's our friend. That was a different person. It's me.

I hate my stepkids. I'm a lot of people. Yeah. Okay. I'm engaged and I'm actually in love with someone else. This is me sad. We got a lot of these, to be honest. We got a lot of these, like, I've been with somebody for years, and I know they're not the one.

Or, like, I know this is temporary or short. term. And I mean, I honestly feel like I hope like this sounds like so cheesy, but like I hope you find peace in that. Like walk away from something. Don't get married. Yeah. I'm telling you right now. Like if you're, if you were like, I am having doubts and I don't know that I should marry this person and I'm going to put this on Girls Got to Eat's Instagram little question box and look for a sign. Here's your sign. Don't marry this person. You're in love with somebody else. Yeah. Ashley and I like never tell anybody what to do because, you know, there's so many layers to everything. You know, your age, your socioeconomic status, your education, et cetera.

Like, there's a million reasons why people do what they do. We would never say, like, don't do this thing. But yeah, if you're genuinely not in love with somebody, don't marry them. Right. You're right. You're right. Like, well, maybe there's some crazy situation. This is, like, helping her get out of a bad situation.

I don't know what that would be. I feel like it's not the smartest thing to tether yourself to somebody. But normal circumstances, nothing else extenuating, don't marry somebody if you're in love with somebody else. Yeah. Don't put your own situations you don't want to be in. Don't marry somebody. Don't date somebody you don't want to be with.

It's bad for you. it's fucking bad for them too. We all deserve to be with somebody that we're in love with. Okay. I made dick molds of my ex and my husband and I compare them with her with their knowing or she like doing molds and mill the night. I feel like it was probably like a Christmas present like a couple years ago. Like Remy gave me a present that was like mold your pussy or something. Okay. So maybe it's just like her thing.

She gets like everybody she dates to mold their dicks. That is so funny. This one I, I absolutely can't relate to this one. I hate blow jobs. I have a small mouth and I gag. I'm all right I'll just do one more

I know only had sex with a Trump supporter who hunts and eats squirrels Of course he does Okay Knowingly I don't want to marry my boyfriend We've been dating and living together For three and a half years

Again if you're able to get out of this Take care of yourself Make sure you got somewhere to go I mean just get out of this What are you doing? Yeah That's okay It's a new year

I think people think of it as like A failure if you end a relationship It's not It's nice to have a relationship For three and a half years And it's also nice to walk away and find something else you like. Yeah.

My boyfriend has come in his pants while we were making out fully clothed five times. Oh. Listen, good for you for being so hot that he can't even get his pants on. I'm having an emotional affair with my married ex.

Yikes. No shame. Literally 50% of you are cheating on the person. You all told us. And I said it because I was like, I can see it. We've been there. No, I mean, all right. My ex ghosted me, so now I send him letters full of glitter at work.

You are not sure if this was funny. I'm like, do you are, is this washing over you at work? She sends mail full of glitter. Glitter bombs. And you can also do those with like tiny dicks, like, those like glitter dicks. You can also do it with animal poop. I don't know if that's still a thing, but you used to be able to like guerrilla. You feel like we were not doing that post-COVID.

Like that animal feces. Yeah. Like, you know what I mean? Like they're like ever since the whole bat thing, we're just not selling. That's true. I hide a bat. I hid a bag of hard-boiled eggs in my roommate's room when I left. She had it coming.

Yikes. That is a crazy prank to play on somebody. It's funny. Let's like fish or hard-boiled eggs. You just hide it in the ceiling. People can't find it. Eggs will smell like that. Hard-boiled eggs.

She took the shell off, I guess. Yeah. Ashley's like, can you break down the semantics of this for me, please? All right, do you want to finish it? Because you like this next one. Okay. Once I bit myself and blamed it on my sister because I wanted her to get in trouble. I would do that.

I would do that. I would tell it to my brother. My parents love Ireland so much more than me. I would absolutely do it. Although Arland did acknowledge this week that I've leveled up a lot. My parents like me just as much as him, almost. Okay. I'm glad I lost so many friends during COVID. Bye cunts. I'm assuming she means they didn't die. They just parted ways, you know. 100%. I read that and I was like, that's dark. And then I was like, now I think she just. Bye cunts made me. I just, I think that we all just sort of learn. We don't have to fuck with people that we don't fuck with. It goes back to what you were saying, 100%. Yep. And I really hate my boyfriend's family with a passion. I mean, who doesn't? Unless you're dating Ashley,

you probably hate your significant other's family. Do you have tea? You want to spill? I didn't know this at the time of tea. What? I have two teas. Oh my God. My, what movie is it? She's like, my medium baggage is, oh, it's in girls. It's in girls, the show girls, which is one of my favorite shows. She's like, my, probably my happiest baggage is I'm a virgin. Okay, so my lightest baggage is that pretty much until this year, I thought there was 53 weeks in a year. Did I ever tell you that? No.

Oh my God. What? And listen, I didn't notice the time I came to my attention after the fact. I had sex with an anti-vaxxer. Recently? Well, I had sex with two people this year. No, Raina.

Ew! I knew I hated him. It's not him. I didn't have sex with him this year. The last time we had sex with December 31st. Who were you talking about? Guys, we just had a meeting offline. and it is not who I thought it was.

No! Oh my God. He was like kind of a COVID denier and an anti-vaxxer. I don't know. You're thinking. Oh, my God. I mean, the dick was, and it was, it was all right. It was all right.

That's my tea. I had sexed with an anti-vaxxer, wasn't K, and it was the other person I had sexed with this year. Oh, my God. Marina is still COVID-free. I'm trying to think of, so I have one thing to share about. So I have a huge problem with like companies that are anti-customer. Truly. Like, what are you doing? Why are you treating your customers like shit? I don't think everybody should be Houston's and comp every table that makes a complaint. And I don't think the customer is always right. But I do think you should generally value people that are spending money because those of people are going to spend more money, especially the people that have spent a lot of money. And I just can't stand some of these. policies and like I had a situation earlier in the year where I'm not going to name the name, but I was dealing with the company that they were charging me. I was not using their service and a lot of money. Pretty expensive. And I swear I canceled. I swear I did it. I couldn't find the email.

I don't know if I did it over the phone. When I would have canceled, Dewey was really sick. Like it was just it's what it was. It was a stressful time. They continue to charge me. They're just really shady and that they want you to know you're not being. They don't want you to know you're be in charge. I think their whole business model is like let's debit these people every month and whatever. And I went in to try to cancel it and I couldn't find the email and I was like, I know I fucking canceled this. And like also I haven't used the service. Can you please refund me? Also look back at the thousands of dollars I spent with you thousands, truly over the years. You guys can probably take your guesses. And they just wouldn't do it. And they wouldn't even do anything. They wouldn't even be like,

Ms. Heseltine, we see that you're a value customer. We see that we charged you a lot of money for the past three months. You know what? Why don't we just like take one of those months off? You can use it towards another month. Like, why would you not do something to try to keep me around? Like, I'm a valuable customer. So I was just, I couldn't let it go. I couldn't let it go. I was like, I hate this fucking company. I know people that worked for the company that were mistreated. I'm like, I hate this fucking company. I'm done with them. And so I did make a fake email and I put a date on it that would have said when I canceled it and I copied and paste it and I did it perfectly. I checked with Rob if they could ever really see if it was fake. And I did like basically look like I forwarded

that email from like December whatever of 2020 and was like, please see the email below where I did cancel it. And they were like, oh my gosh, we're so sorry. And they refunded me the three months. I'm so proud of you. And I have never done that before. I was sweating. You know, I'm not a dishonest person. I'm not either. I was double down a lie. Fuck you. I, it's also a huge national company. I don't know. Yes. Oh my God. I would never do this like a small business. Yeah. Absolutely. That is so funny. My tea is I fucked an anti-vaccone. You're like, I made up this fake email. I didn't want to tell anybody about it. I don't like doing stuff like that. I don't either.

I don't like lying. If it works, I'm like, I can't believe it. I couldn't believe it worked. I was, but I was, when it worked and they were like, we're so sorry, I was just like, fuck you. You guys are idiots. And then, you know what else? Let me just give the final icing on the cake.

They reached out to me to work with them on a sponsored post like a few months ago. And I told Ashley, who manages our social media, I said, tell them no. And tell them, I said, fuck you. And she's like, I'm not going to tell them that. And I was like, tell them I'm declining because I had a terrible customer service experience with them and I refuse to work with them. She's like, I'll try to say something like that. It's funny. It came full circle. Also, she's such a bitch. She probably wanted to. She's just, she managed us really well. That is so funny.

Well, listen, I'm glad that it worked out for you. And they deserve to get scammed. And like you said, I worked for Danny Meyer and Shake Shack for a very long time. Everything there is just, it's not like the customer's always right. It's just like, let's treat people with dignity and respect. And they'll come back to this business. Yes, that's the thing. Like, I'll tell you what, you know who we love. I hate saying it revolves. I'll give Revolve a free ad. I don't care because I've been burned and I am willing. Like, listen, Revolve, don't love that every model is the skinniest, the biggest looking person you've ever seen. They are pastime or service. Unparalleled.

Unbelievable. They let me buy so much stuff and send back 90% of it. They're like, here's a return label. Can we make this any use your free? What is going on at Revolve? I don't know. Two-day shipping, return label in the box, as it should be, quick on the email. Because like I'll sometimes I'll pre-order stuff and then like for example for the holiday shows I pre-ordered a couple things

that we're supposed to come in time then I got an email we're not going to have it for you in time understandable supply chain right back all I do do do to respond hey can you cancel this absolutely like they are so quick

two days easy returns pro customer 60 day return policy if you guys are still here thank you I'm RHP this episode yeah my final musings of this year. I love you and I love our business and I'm so proud of it. I think about

this audience. I could like cry every single day. We're coming into four years of this show and there's a million podcast duos of two girls, just a million shows to talk about relationships and dating. But I am so proud of this audience that stays here with us week after week. You guys are the coolest, funniest, smartest. We cannot believe it. Like being able to get back on the road with you and just like look people in the face and see how much they want to participate, laugh, share their lives with us. Thank you guys so much. We're coming up on four years of this show. It's been a tough couple years and we just, we love having you here with us. We're so honored that you give us your time and we will continue to give you our time and, you know, we just, we love you. Thank you guys for being here.

And obviously, I love you and you're wonderful and Azul. Oh my God, we didn't even bring him up. Azul was a huge part of this year. We talked about him. No, you talked about getting him. All right. You're right. No, I know. I mean, I just feel, the thing I feel luckiest the most is like our friendship and just like I feel like I really needed to like lean on you a lot this year and same with you and like with the breakup and everything and we just really like leaned on each other and we, you know, had it out when we need to and we are like in this wholeheartedly. And, you know, there's been moments last couple weeks where we have been like so stressed and so irritated with everyone but each other. And we've just had to be like, thank God for you. You know what I mean?

Like we get to be in this together. This is not something I would want to do alone. It's just, it's a dream job. And we have you guys to thank. We are. We, we, we, don't have this without you. We have the talent, I guess, but we don't have the podcast. We don't have the live shows without you guys listening and coming and buying tickets and just supporting us. So I can't thank you enough. It's just, it's been such a wild ride. And we both learned a lot and we've just like grown so much. And I attribute it to having this, creating this and my friendship with you. So I love you. I love you guys. Happy holidays. Happy New Year. We are so thankful. It's the thing I'm the most thankful for,

other than my friends and families, you guys. So thank you for being here. We are going to take a week off. Yes. We are very fucking excited for 2022. We got lots of cool stuff coming for you guys. We're going to launch a whole new business.

We're excited. Oh my gosh. Yes, we are. You guys will know about it. And again, like we said, just throw us a five-star rating. If you have enjoyed this, you guys can find everything you need at

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