Is It Just Me? - #120: Tracy Grimshaw's Top 5 Moments

Episode Date: September 12, 2022

In this episode:Open caskets (05:42)How good’s a 4 star rating (11:49)Mercury in retrograde is ‘a bit fucky’ (17:42) Tracy Grimshaw’s Top 5 moments (24:17)Lea Michele’s latest saga (45:37)Our “Secret Segment” ADDebrief (56:07)Get yourself a Season 4 mug: SHOP HEREHit us up @coupleofmitchesSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

People do some weird shit. Would you like to try a vape? Why would you take up something that is going to be addictive and expensive? I think for people. I'll tell you why. Yeah. Because you're young and stupid. Some things make more sense than others.

You mentioned that your goal was to be healthy, and I just don't know how you figure that's going to happen when you're ordering a chocolate mousse. No. You know, I had it in the car on the way home, and I didn't have a spoon. So I was like an armadillo trying to get ants out of a hole. Brace yourself for the rude shocks of young adulthood.

Being fingered is an awful sensation. You haven't been fingered by the right person. Goodness me. This is Is It Just Me? Hosted by a couple of bitches. Hi, it's Jenna. Please don't forget to include my name in the opener this season. I'm sorry.

Ta-da! Now, here's Mitch Julie and Mitchell Coombs. Hello, everyone. Hello, Mitchell Coombs. Great to see you. We're here, and God, there is a weird energy in the air today. I know, and you almost picked it. Mercury in retrograde?

I don't know Mercury's in retrograde until you tell me. You're my benchmark for when it's happening. And the world, since our last episode, a lot has changed in a week. I was not referring to that. I was referring to the fact that at the time of record, today is the day that Queen Elizabeth passed away. And you know what? It's raining. I know.

And you know what? I'm actually sad. way and you know what it's raining i know and i'm you know what i'm actually sad i i wouldn't call myself a monarchist but i love the queen and she served her country for 70 years she's a gorgeous little thing and i'm i'm genuinely upset by it it's so sad i mean we all knew that it was coming in a way but yeah it's still just a very weird thing to happen i can't believe it i've never known life without the queen you know people our age know. And all the changes that are going to have to happen. I was reading an article, right? Because King Charles is now, his reign has officially started. All the bank notes will change. All the coins will have to change. Oh, really? Yeah, it all has to change. I mean,

not immediately. The mint's not going to, you know, start going into meltdown and melting all the old queens. But my mum said to me, go to Westpac and you want to get five fives two twenties ten tens because they've all got the queen on them and she's like in 10 years they'll be worth millions it's not a bad idea really you know i hadn't thought about that no i it is it's so sad and did you see that photo of her a couple days ago when she was in balmoral castle swearing in the new pm i know like she looked so frail, alarmingly frail, but she also looked very present and happy. You know what I mean? So it was kind of like she was just serving until the very end, which is nice in a way. You know how they always say you never forget where you were when X, Y, Z happened, you know, when Princess Diana died, 9-11, things like that. People always say you'll never forget where you were when the Queen died, and I certainly won't. I was hanging out with my friend Andrew, who's a news reporter, as you know. And so when that announcement came out saying they're concerned for her health and she's under medical supervision, oh, he just had to spring into action as a reporter. He's on the phone booking accommodation in Balmoral. He's like, where's my black tie? We just dropped

everything when this news came out. And I was like, oh my God, there was just this weird energy in there that was like, okay, this is it. Because she's probably been sick on and off plenty of times, but for them to actually announce it, it was like, yeah, this is it. Also, the journalist in the BBC, when they announced that, that she was under medical supervision, changed to black suits, black tie. Is Andrew going over?

Is he flying over there to Balmoral? No, he was booking accommodation for all the, you know, Europe correspondents and stuff because they were travelling to be there ASAP. So he was having to just, you know, take one for the team, calling all these places in Balmoral saying, hello, do you have accommodation available? And they're like, this is the fourth biggest call

we've had today. It was instant. Instant. And this is like moments after it came out. He should have called me. Dot should have called. Dot, she was born in Edinburgh, so she has connections. But anyway, that's for the next head of state's passing.

It feels weird, I have to say, doing the podcast today, because obviously we're idiots, and it's hard to talk about the Queen dying and not be distasteful about it. But, you know, we're just going to do our thing today. We've always been a bit of a light escape for people. We're not going to do heavy world news. We're just going to soldier on as normal. But, no, it's definitely a weird vibe at the moment.

Yeah, and we know Princess Beatrice is a fan of the show and she listens to the podcast. So we're sending our love to you, Beatrice, and thank you for the support. She just bought a season three mug. She sent me a photo in Balmoral. The yellow really matched the custard that's in the house everywhere. So thank you, Beatrice. Thinking of the of the Royal family. It really is. It's a crazy day.

Anyway, we should power through, do the show. If it is your first time listening, what a first show. Imagine this being the first show, the death of Queen Elizabeth. We start the show the same way every single week too. Is it just me? Something we've noticed, something we hate or appreciate. Mitch doesn't know mine i don't know mitch's and we we see we see where we land mine is um mine is something that does relate to this show but again it's food related essentially it's food related of course it is it's always linked to food with me at the end of the day well i know i said that oh we're gonna carry on and do business as usual not dwell on the queen's death too much but my is it just me is kind of related to that so maybe i should go first. Yeah, you start.

You start. Before we do that, there is also a TV Tings coming up because we lost another Queen this week. I know. An Australian TV legend. I know that we said that last week it was possibly our worst episode. I might be jumping the gun, but we're doing the top five Tracy Grimshaw moments

so it could easily be our best episode. I think it will. She's an icon. You know, I've never told a Tracy Grimshaw moments, so it could easily be our best episode. I think it will. She's an icon. You know, I've never told a Tracy Grimshaw story. I've had one run-in with Tracy Grimshaw, two run-ins with Tracy Grimshaw. Have you? And it was one of the best, like, celebrity interactions I've ever had.

So I'll tell you about that coming up because she's so sweet. I have one too, but we'll get to that later on. All right, let's start. You go first. Let's get yours out of the way with your region. All right, hit it, Bradley. Is it just me or? Have you never seen an open casket?

Oh, goodness. I haven't. I've had the opportunity to and I turned it down. I said, no, I haven't. No, have you? No, I've never had the option. I actually haven't been to many funerals, to be honest, which is a good thing, touch wood.

That's a good thing, yeah. And so who was it that you could have seen okay so gonzo who's my grandfather we called him gonzo because he had a big nose like the sesame street character um he died my grandfather died it was tragic the first big death in my life we loved him so much and when he died um died of natural causes his body was fine didn't he say that he died of cankles yes that's the one that i told say that he died of cankles? Yes, that's the one that I told him. Yeah, he died of cankles. You were a confused little child, clearly. It was awful.

It was awful. And they offered to show the family the body because he died in a hospital. Oh, so it wasn't like at the funeral, like a formal viewing of him in the coffin. It was just at the hospital. No, this was at the funeral home. So obviously they take them, they clean them up and they put him in a suit. They went to Nan's house and they picked out his favorite suit and they do make they do hair and makeup and they make you look gorgeous and they look make you look like you're asleep that's the goal because that's what

mom and dad said they go it'll look like he's sleeping do you want to come and say goodbye because we didn't get to have a goodbye and i said no and a lot of the other cousins said yes they all went anyway they all came back and yeah my mom said that it was she regrets doing it because it was very confronting. Yeah, I feel like I wouldn't want people to see me like that. I'd want them to have fond memories of me looking fucking hot. Like, I don't trust someone else to do my hair and makeup beyond the grave. Like, they'll do it all wrong.

And I'll be like, no, I wouldn't want to look like that. Why don't we have a vow that if you ever were to die young, I will come in and give you like a little wing tip, like a beauty tip, eyeliner. And I could do a bit of rouge on. I know your skincare routine down pat. I know what you use, the Clinique. Well, I certainly don't wear eyeliner and shit like that. So, no, I don't think I do trust you with this. You know what?

Do not trust me. But anyway, the reason I bring it up is because not long ago, Liz Hayes did a TV special all about Operation London Bridge, which is what happens immediately after Queen Elizabeth passes away. And apparently the Queen was quite hands-on in deciding how they handle that. And it was all a well-oiled machine in the following 10 minutes. So her secretary calls the Prime Minister and says, London Bridge is down. And then from there, Prince Charles gets his brother and sister to kiss his hand,

which is like a symbol that he's pretty much king immediately. And then the national chorus is what they called it. The national chorus becomes, the queen is dead, long live the king. And then they've got 10 minutes to get the flags down and all the ambassadors and prime ministers and the Commonwealth are told. And then the news spreads from there. But the queen's funeral isn't for another 10 days. But before the funeral, she has three days where she is available for public viewings.

Yeah, she lies in state. God, I can't imagine that. Like I think that is very unusual. I don't believe any royal's done that before but apparently the Queen's all for it. She wants to be available for public viewing. In a way that's her way of continuing to serve the people even beyond the grave. I think Diana lied in state.

Yeah, no. Oh, here we go. Diana's coffin was lying in state for days. What does in state mean? In state means it's for viewing. You can go and look at it. Right. Yeah, Diana's coffin lied in state at St. James Chapel.

September 6th. Oh, my God. It's the same time. Oh, that's not far apart. Yeah, it was the anniversary of Diana's death the other day. Oh, isn't that eerie? That's really weird. I know.

I find that stuff weird. That is very eerie. Yeah, she lied at state. Oh, yeah. So maybe the queen will be in a coffin. Maybe I'm wrong. I don't know. But if you said her body's on display, she's the queen.

She's very different to Diana. Maybe you will be able to see her body. That's so sad. Yeah, no, it's a very odd situation that she's available for public viewings. I've never seen an open casket. I do understand that for some people and certainly in some cultures, it's a comfort thing and sort of a closure thing. And it is tradition for many people.

But yeah, I feel like if I was like you and I was given the option, I'd be like, I'm good. Yeah, no, no. But although if it was me, I'd kind of want you to do it and take a selfie, like put it on Be Real or something, put a filter on me and animate my mouth. I'd want there to be fun. I don't want my death to be sad. No, but what if you're not happy with the pose that your corpse is in?

Oh, yeah, I'm all about angles. You'd want your hands to be covering the bodice, you know, your classic cheery pose. Oh, my God. I'm in the coffin with my hands, like, you know, just resting on top of each other. And you go, Michelle, Mark, this is not how he would have lied. And you put my hands in the clap.

You're doing the clapping hands. And they'll be like, oh, yes, we want him to look like he's sleeping. And I'm like, no, he wants to look like he's laughing. His mouth needs to be agape. Oh, my God. Imagine. That's fucked. I just found this, Mitch.

So the last member of the royal family to lie in state was Queen Mother, so the Queen's mum. 200,000 people queued up to view her coffin. That's like the Olympics. Okay, so now I'm confused because viewing the coffin is one thing, but I was of the understanding, based off this Liz Hayes thing, that it was an open casket. And so maybe this is the first time the open casket has been done,

or maybe they've changed the plans because apparently this Operation London Bridge, how they handle the Queen's death, it was constantly being revised and updated. Like there were weekly meetings almost. So maybe she's not doing the open casket. But last I heard that was the plan. And I'm like, oh, I don't know if I'd want to see that. No.

And the whole thing, like I'm reading this BBC article. You're right. Everything is mapped out, even down to the direction the hearse will drive leaving Buckingham Palace going to the chapel. Like everything is planned out. Do you think that was morbid for poor Lizzie? What do you mean the direction? Wouldn't you just drive in the correct direction, like to the fucking chapel?

Well, I guess they'd have to cut the traffic. There wouldn't be able to be cars in case someone, you know, you've got idiots. Everything is mapped out. Can you just outright Google will there be an open casket? Because maybe I'm way off because that's what I heard based off the Liz Hayes special, but maybe it is just the coffin. I think it's the coffin. I don't think it's an open casket.

God, that's the last time I ever trust Liz Hayes research. Shall we do my agem? Shall I jump in? Something a bit more light? Sure, let's do it. Is it just me or? Do you respect a four-star review more than you do a five-star? No.

I do. In what scenario? Here we go. Not podcast. Leave us a five-star review. Always and forever. I was about to say. I pre-thought this because I knew you'd be like, you fucking idiot people.

No, no. Not in the podcast world. You're right. It's very particular. It's very specific. So podcasts, no. It's got to be one or five. Most preferably five, please.

In the podcast world, if you've got got some feedback please just hit up the hosts hit us up and say i didn't like this xyz yeah but anyway what are you referring to hotels say you want to go to a hotel you want to book the let's say for example you want to go to the the qt big famous hotel five star reviews are too biased it's there's too much positivity there is too much great bed great tv great buffet where you go to a four-star review, you go down just one star, you get the real nitty-gritty. You get what might not have been perfect. Oh, the waffles were a bit cold.

That's the information you need when you're booking a hotel. Yes, because I actually like it. I think it's also a dog act to leave a four-star review, but no comment. But if you're leaving a four-star review and you're elaborating on why it was not five, I am curious because sometimes you read why they left a four star and you're like, I can deal with that. The four star might say the bed lemon's a bit itchy and it's like, okay, can I deal with that? Maybe yes, I can because everything else is amazing. I just want to know why they left the four stars. Yeah. If they justify it, of course it's fair. But for a consumer,

it helps you so much knowing what exactly you didn't like or what was wrong. Five star, hell, it's like that person, right? And I used to be this person. You just, it's like you're yes man everything and you're too positive all the time and it just drains people and it doesn't help society move along. You need a little bit of criticism. You need some things you can fix and work on. Otherwise, life isn't all rainbows and butterflies and five-star reviews. Sorry. Why? Are you going on a trip or something? Have you been hotel scouting?

No, Hayden and I were going to go get pancakes on the rocks the other night at about 11 o'clock at night. I wanted to check the reviews and they were all five-star and it made me not go. This is true because I go, it can't all be five-star and Google, the algorithm must, I'm pretty sure you can pay the Google algorithm to bump your five star. Exactly. So it's biased.

That is exactly why I want a good five, a good four star review. It just, it just hits the clit. Four star reviews hit the clit. What is it about too much positivity that always throws me off? The other night I went and saw Six, the musical, and I'd only heard rave reviews. So I went in there possibly with a bit of a cynical attitude because it was fantastic, don't get me wrong. It was great.

But because it had been overhyped so much, in a way I didn't enjoy it as much. Whereas something like Jagger Little Pill or 9 to 5, the musical, I went in blind and I had no idea what to expect and I was blown away. So in a way, rave reviews, it's a bit of a catch-22 because you don't know whether to believe it.

Here we go. I've got my local baker's delight up, right? And I'm going to give you an example. Well, after last week's scone fiasco, I won't be leaving a five-star fucking review. After scone gate. So G.U. Yikwin has given them a five-star review. He says, awesome baked goods

fucking helps nobody absolutely that helps no one then you go to the next one mark diaz has left a four star review on my local baker's delight oh that helps well i wonder why he says i miss some more chocolate in my scones the things that were being shown looked really delicious but lacked filling the bread was great. I'm Spanish, so I am really high when it comes to bread quality. See? That tells me everything I need to know. Oh, he's fucking bang on with the scones.

Yes, bang on. And he's got – he is a local guide. People have thumbed up this review. It's so much more helpful than baked goods were good. 100%. Give me a break. Do you know what I noticed? I was recently online shopping for my Dyson Airwrap, you know, that hairstyling tool that's like

kind of sought after. It's a bit bougie, this Dyson Airwrap. And I was like, do I want to spend the money and treat myself on this Dyson Airwrap? I did. And I absolutely love it. But when I was reading the reviews, I noticed that on different websites, so like, for example, I might have gone to Sephora website, my website, Dyson website. Yeah. All three websites had the exact same five-star reviews, word for word, copy and pasted. So I feel like there must be some sort of service out there that pays people to do false reviews. You know what I think we should start bringing into the world?

Five-star reviews of people. You know, when you're trying to describe a person, you go,'d love my friend james he's he's oh what i mean no you kind of have you said you can't do it so i could just say oh you love my james he's a four star you really love him he's four and a half you'd really get along you'd have to explain why james only got four like oh he's only red flag is true good point oh good hookups like oh my god i got dick down and it was a five it was a five star and you'd go oh my god well i know you're embellishing a bit but a good four star route oh sign me up well you know how i'm seeing someone at the moment yes i oh i do i said to him i wonder

if you'll ever get to meet mitch churi and i said to him oh no he's exactly what he's like on the podcast like what you see is what you get it It's a four star though, because when he first meets someone, he's a bit yelly. But as per my own rules, I'll take it. I love that. You're getting yelly now. Imagine what it's like when you first meet someone. I do get yelly. It's not yelly.

I get so excited. I'm like a Labrador at times. Let's just pretend that I'm introducing him to you now. This is Mitch. Hello. Oh, long time no see. Your reputation precedes you. How are you?

No, give me a hug. Don't shake hands. Because you're thin. Yeah, see, you come in a bit hot. I've given him the heads up. It's fine. I do. I do.

How embarrassing. Is it just me? That's enough of these two. Now let's hear,. Is it just me? That's enough of these two. Now let's hear, and is it just you? Yep, this is your chance to get on the show, win a prize. If you're featured, you need to message us, slide into the DMs. Prizekeeper Jenna will sort you out, will get you something fun. This is your chance for something you've noticed you hate or appreciate.

Right, Mitch? Mm-hmm. Megan's on the line today from the Central Coast. Hello, darling. Hi, Megan. How's it going? Oh, we're just swell, darling. Are we saying your name correctly, Megan?

Yeah, that's it. Perfect. I want to say it with an Irish accent. Is it Irish? Like, Megan. Oh, you know, my name is Megan Fagan. It's actually Welsh, if you can do that one. Oh, shit.

Oh, Megan. What is Welsh? What's a Welsh accent? It's the one I don't shit. Oh, Megan. What is Welsh? What's a Welsh accent? It's the one I don't know. I'm not even going to try. Give it a crack. Nah. That's a hard no. I love someone that can

stand their ground. Alright, Megan. Hit us up. Something you've noticed. Something you hate or appreciate. Bradley will count you in. You good? Yeah, let's go. Is it just me or Is Mercury retrograde totally real?

Oh my god, it's real as all fuck, Megan. I'm a believer. Yeah, I wasn't and I'm one of those people that don't follow along but you know at the moment this is my month, like this is Libra's month, like all my moons yeah to be aligned because i'm a libran and yeah you and me we're the september 30 baby oh my

god that's you oh happy birthday yeah it's me thank you birthday twins i love that so how has mercury and retrograde fucked you up in the past i'm guessing you sound like you've been scorned before yeah for sure where do do I begin, really? Probably the big one is my parents told us they were separating. Oh, they dropped the news that they were separating while Mercury's in retrograde. Well, they do say that Mercury in retrograde affects people's relationships and interactions and their emotions. It really does. Yeah, because I had a breakup after that.

It happened in Mercury retrograde. Oh my God, at the same time, like when your parents announced you were separating not long after during that mercury and retrograde period you also had a breakup no so it was a different one it was the following year oh but it strikes again yeah my partner and i tend to have our fights and things yeah see as well so i also think like think like, is it a bit of placebo? I'm the first to admit that a placebo works on me. If someone says this is going to affect you, it will affect me. So do you think there is a bit of column A, a bit of column B?

Yeah, I actually do agree with you. I went back through my messages to see when I've been talking about it in the past. And it's always just me attributing everything to it. No, no, totally totally i think that it is a bit of placebo but this is the thing sometimes i've noticed things you know going awry my technology failing me my emotions being a little bit whack and i wasn't aware that mercury was in retrograde and then someone pointed it out to me and i was like oh that's why and so i don't go into it that's what i do as well if everything everything's going wrong, I'll just look it up.

Yeah. And so I didn't even know that that was the reason. So it couldn't have been placebo. Yeah. No, I've had the same. It was like, everyone feels a bit fucky and then I'll Google it. Is it mostly retrograde? And it is.

Did you just say everyone seems a bit fucky? Yeah. Everything seems a bit fucky. Like car, technology, relationships. Like everything's just wrong. I've never heard that word. I love it. That is my favourite.

Mitch Coombs, this is perfect for you. I think it's a bit fucky. This is very your language. It's so much more cute than saying fucked. Oh, everything's a bit fucky. That's what all the royals are saying. God, it's a fucky day. This is all fucky.

Right? And is that not a coincidence as well that Liz has gone on Mercury retrograde? I know, right? No, I was saying, actually, I don't want to make the connection that Queen Elizabeth died the same day Mercury went into retrograde. But it can't be a coincidence. No, no, it truly can't. And she was a famed astrologer. She really believed in the star signs.

She loved a crystal. Wait, I want to know, Megan, September 30th, you're a Libra. Are you really impatient? Really impatient? Yeah, but I also have ADHD, so which is which? Yeah, true. Yeah, yeah, you're preaching to the choir here. What about indecisiveness?

Are you indecisive? Totally. And I'm very people-ple people pleasing and earnest so i feel like there's a typical libra mitchell that's me right to a t so what do you mean when you say earnest i don't know people would say that um libra is always like hype people up and yeah they simp for people for want of a better way of explaining it yeah i feel like that's a bit of me yeah right because i always thought Yeah. So I feel like that's a bit of me. Yeah, right. Because I always thought that the word earnest meant like a bit fucking dull and humorless

and you just take everything too seriously. I was going to say that doesn't sound like you, Megan, and that's not you, Mitch. No. No, that's not my understanding of the word, but I could have it wrong. Are you a bit of a simp though? Like when you're in relationships, do you fall hard? Yeah. Maybe not now.

I feel like when I was younger, but yeah. Yeah, me too. I used to be a lot worse at that when I was young. I fall in love with characters that I've never met and then also their characters. People have written about them. Like, it's ridiculous. These aren't even real humans.

I've stopped, like, Instagramming the actors that play characters so I don't, like, ruin the illusion. I had to do that too. And they're all like married and with kids. I'm like, fuck, why am I falling for this character? Or they're just an asshole and you're like, oh. Yeah. Or they're dead.

That's happened to me before. Yeah. And so how else has Mercury in Retrograde fucked you up or made your life a bit fucky? Well, once I got a speeding fine in Mercury Retrograde, that was really annoying. Was it your first speeding fine? Yeah. And oh, Mercury in Retrograde affects people's scheduling, so maybe you were running late when normally that's out of character and then you got a speeding fine. Oh no, I'm always running late. Again, ADHD. Oh, ADHD, darling, yep.

Oh, Megan. Alright, well, make sure you slide into the DMs, claim. Oh, ADHD, darling. Yep. Oh, Megan. All right. Well, make sure you slide into the DMs. Claim your prize, okay? Get something fun for coming on the show. I will do. I love you. Thanks for listening. I'll chat to you.

Mercury Retrograde ends October 2, Megan. I'm wishing you all the best. Thank you, guys. No worries, Megan. If she's given us anything, it's the word fucky. That's brilliant. What a superstar listener. Oh, my God.

That has just made my day. If you want to get in touch and be featured on the show, have a chat, have a chimwag, and if you've got a Is It Just You, hit us up. Slide into the DMs. Is It Just Me? Or a couple of Mitch's, actually. That's the handle.

Right now, Mitchell, it is time for a TV tink. Now, there was some very big news in the Aussie TV world last week. Tracey Grimshaw, the iconic host of A Current Affair, she's been doing the role for 17 years. Out of nowhere, at the end of A Current Affair one night, she just dropped a bombshell. This was it. I have some news that I wanted you to hear from me

before you hear it from anyone else. I've decided to finish up with A Current Affair this year. It's been a big decision, huge actually, and before the gossip websites start telling you rubbish, I want you to know it's been my decision alone and I'm not being shoved out the door by the boys club because I'm too old. I'm not too old, I'm just a bit tired. Same bitch. And for the record, both the boys and the girls have asked me to stay. But I've basically been a shift worker for 26 years now, driving to work before dawn for nine years on the Today Show

and the past 17 years driving home after dark here on A Current Affair. And it's time for less of that daily obligation. Oh, God, that hits me deep and you deep, I can imagine. I know. And, like, we have not been doing our jobs for 17 years, so I can only imagine how she's feeling. Oh, the hits me deep and you deep, I can imagine. I know. And, like, we have not been doing our jobs for 17 years, so I can only imagine how she's feeling. Oh, the poor thing. You know what?

I forget. Our generation, like people of our age, only know her as the current affair host. And for the international listeners, current affair is like it's the – it's kind of bordering news and trashy. Like the stories they cover are local hooligans, old ladies that have been scammed by Facebook bots, stuff like that.

And when a current affair covers serious news, they go hard. And so, Shaz has a good reputation as being an amazing journalist, amazing interviewer. She's got a lot of trust from the audience and also the people that she interviews. However,

a current affair in itself is a bit of a fucking meme. Like they cover the ridiculous things. It's like, oh, dodgy builders giving miracle diet pills to the neighbour from hell. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I've just Googled this quickly. The top 10 best A Current Affair stories. The ham scam in 2008.

That was over the Christmas ham debacle. ACA called upon a ham expert. That was absolutely ridiculous. Whacked out at Macca's about a bikey who was whacked at Maccas. Reverse racism, which I don't think we need to discuss. Dog Street Siege, which is iconic. I think we've played that on the show, The Dog Man. Oh, my God.

I'm going to find that audio right now. Hold on. I can't wait for you. So this guy was telling the reporters about some dog situation and he did an impression of them barking, but he really committed and his wife standing next to him just looked so fed up. Please Google ACA vicious dog man.

This is what you'll find. How is it that these two are roaming their neighbourhood, frightening the locals and the council isn't stopping it? Yesterday morning, I came out into the front yard and the dogs were across the boat. And as soon as they saw me, they came bounding over. Ah! Ah!

Ah! That is insane. Oh, my God. Yeah, you really need the visual as well. Like, his wife standing next to him and his face. Like, he just really... Something switched in his brain and he just became a dog. It was wild. Yeah, it's a great show. Kind of trashy, but we in his brain and he just became a dog. It was wild.

Yeah. It's a great show. Kind of trashy, but we love it. And we love Tracy for it. Who do you reckon is going to replace her? Oh, I haven't heard of any rumour. Is the rumour mill already swirling? I haven't heard anyone. There's a few rumours floating around about someone like Deborah Knight, who she currently hosts A Current Affair on Friday and Saturday night. So it would be an easy fit just to bump her onto the weekday show. But I feel like the best thing about Tracy is that she's very warm and endearing, but also you don't want to be on her bad side. Imagine living with yourself knowing that Tracy is unhappy with you,

whereas I don't think that Deb Knight has that fear factor. No, she doesn't have the gravitas. No, the only other person that has that is Sandra Sully. I've had an awkward run-in with her at a business class lounge and she is magnetic. She's terrifying. Really? No, she'd be a good fit.

I'd like to see someone like Samantha Armitage do it because she's very opinionated, a very good presenter, and she's not afraid to really go hard on someone if she needs to grill them. And she would have that fear factor because she left Sunrise a while ago saying she'd never do breakfast TV again. But a current affair, you know, half an hour every weeknight,

that's not as much of a commitment. You know what? To add some truth to this, I interviewed Samantha Armitage this week because she's hosting Farmer Wants a Wife and she said to me, word for word, people think I'm retired. I'm not retiring.

I actually want to'm not retiring I actually want to work so I think that's a good pick I think you could do it there you go but you know what no one will ever I mean whoever gets the job will just do it in the shadow of Tracy Grimshaw because she is so iconic do you have a quick Tracy Grimshaw story because we both said at the start of the show that we did oh mine was that she came into KISS when I was working for Kyle and Jackie O she was going on air with them, about to do their interview. Yeah. And I had to film a quick thing beforehand, just saying,

Hi, I'm Tracy Grimshaw. I'm about to go on with Kyle and Jackie O, just for the Instagram story. Yeah. And I had my little beauty light in my hand just to, you know, add a bit of light to the face. And she goes, why are you holding it up there? I work in television. You need a down light for these sorts of things.

She goes, here, I'll show you. Grabs my hand, puts the beauty light that I was holding at a low angle. And then I didn't have the heart to correct her, but she looked fucking demonic. And she goes, hello, I'm Tracy Grimshaw. I'm coming up with Kyle and Jackie O. And I couldn't post it because she had this bright light holding it under her chin. Can you imagine what that looked like? It was like holding a torch under your face.

Yeah. Look at, oh God. No, no, no, no. I'm doing an impression now. It was so bad. And I would just, I was like, okay, you're the boss. I can't correct you. It's like, are you afraid of the dark?

The only run in I ever had with her was at the Logies. The year she was nominated for the gold Logie. Oh yeah. And I was hosting like the Kiss Radio Logie special. Yeah. And I was really nervous. They flew me up to the Gold Coast. And you were there, Mitch.

You were doing digital stuff. And it was my first time on the Logies red carpet. So I was anxious. And she could tell. And she stopped me off. I'm like, Tracy, give me my high-pitched voice. Tracy's nominated. And she went like, she didn't say take a breath.

But she said something to the effect of, just stop. Start again. You've got this. You look so great. Oh, I love – like she compliment sandwiched me to make me feel good. Oh, I love that. And just gave me a soft restart, and I knew what she was doing, that maternal, babe, it's okay.

Oh, she does have that sort of presence about her, doesn't she? Yes, yes. And isn't there a good story? Did you tell me this? Or she was a pizza delivery girl for Domino's or Pizza Hut. I've never heard this. Yeah, and delivered pizza to Eddie Maguire's house back before she was famous and then met him and tried to ask for a job.

There's something in that. I'm butchering that story. But she's come on my show many times and she told me that story. And, you know, I think good on her. Hang on, she's come on your show. Why the fuck have you never thrown the podcast about? And I'd love to have Tracy on. I'm sorry. I've had her on a couple of times. I don't even know what for. thrown the podcast to bone? I'd love to have Tracy on. I'm sorry.

I've had her on a couple of times. I don't even know what for. What is there to promote? I don't know. I don't know. Anyway, I love Tracy Grimshaw. So what are we doing? Her best moments?

That's right. Because we're such little Tracy Grimshaw fanboys, I've decided today I'm doing the top five Tracy Grimshaw moment. I'm so excited for this. So coming in at number five, this was an odd moment during 2020. And do you remember when COVID just started to become a thing and I'd kind of buried my head in the sand because I was still going to work like normal.

I was like, oh, I hadn't really accepted that COVID and this global pandemic was happening. I was like, whatever, this will pass soon. But the moment that I was like, fuck me, we really are in unprecedented times, was when Tracey Grimshaw was hosting a current affair, working from home in front of her fucking LG flat screen in a bedroom. So this is what happened when Tracey Grimshaw worked from home. Hello, I'm Tracey Grimshaw.

Welcome to A Current Affair. Tonight, we're coming to you from my bedroom and there's something I never thought I'd say. It's a spare room and in the interests of staying home, we'll be here for a while. I have a small crew here for the first night, which is allowed because they're, of course, at work. As you can see, it is a little bit cramped, but we have to do it.

We begin with the government's monster effort to save the Australian economy. Oh, my God. There is just something about that whole situation that I'm like, this is gold. I know. Tracy Grimshaw working in her bedroom. And do you remember that there were tech issues?

Like, she was in the middle of an interview with some politician, and the plasma behind her just accidentally switched from the A Current Affair logo to Channel 7, like an episode of RBT. The competition. You're right. Like it's the news. We should be able to trust the news to be professional and be correct and be from a

studio and have the facts. But it was in some woman's bedroom in Sydney. There is something so Australian about that as well. I know. But also I feel like they were doing it to be like, yeah, we're leading by example. If Tracy can work from home, you can. But it was just so funny. And do you remember like-

Wasn't there a dog? Didn't a dog walk in? Yes. So there was a video on her Instagram where it was like the dog's running into the studio and she's like, sit down, all that stuff. Yeah. And do you remember two days later, she was back at work in the studio like normal and everyone's kind of like, I thought you were working from home now, leading by example. COVID's not over, babe. Why are you back at the studio like normal and everyone's kind of like, I thought you were working from home now, leading by example.

COVID's not over, babe. Why are you back at the studio? And it was actually our very own Prizekeeper Jenna that gave us a little bit of a scoop as to why Tracy had to stop working from home. Do you remember this? Apparently somebody was stalking Tracy. They were following the Channel 9 van to her house,

which is why they had to move back to the studio. Oh, no. So they knew where her palatial mansion was. Did you see the video of her dogs running into her home studio? No. I never knew Tracy Grimshaw was so butch. She's literally like, sit down. Fido.

Fifi. I can't remember their names. Exactly. And now they know the names of her dogs. They've been calling out for them. Oh, right, because of that video. Oh, you're kidding me. And you'll notice that she did upload it to her own Instagram,

but now it's gone. Wow, Tracy Grimshaw has stalkers. Wow, the Grimshaw Knights. I know. I don't know how accurate that information Jenna gave us was because we never saw any information about that. But I do love a good rumour. Oh, same.

No, I feel like that checks out because why else would they set up a studio in her bedroom only to then pull it down two days later? There's truth to that. I love it. I know. But it was such an iconic moment. Anyway, coming in at number four, we played this not long ago, but it will always be iconic to me.

This was when our mate Carla from Bankstown was on A Current Affair and they aired the interview with Carla and when it finished, it cut back to Tracey sitting at the A Current Affair desk and this is what Tracey had to say. A Current Affair introduced you to the social media sensation and the man behind the character earlier this month. I enjoy bringing people that happiness and making them smile. She's made it, Gronks.

Of course, Carla's catchphrase is Gronks. Do you think that was ad-libbed or do you think that was in the teleprompter? No, I reckon that a producer would have said to Tracy, hey, you know what would be really iconic is if you use the word Gronks off the back of that. And that producer was bang on because I don't reckon Tracy would have thought of that. But Tracy was just like, yeah, right. I'll say it.

Hearing her say gronks is so good. Oh, that's so funny. And you know what? Not all journalists would do that. No. Peter Overton wouldn't say gronks. That would compromise his journalistic integrity. So I'm so glad Tracy did.

100%. All right. Coming in at number three. This is one of Tracy's stuff ups, if you like, because, you know, she's an absolutely flawless journalist, one of the most trusted in the country, but, you know, we all have stuff-ups occasionally. So, this happened five years ago, and, oh, fuck, actually. What? What?

I just realised that this is a bit weird to play this now. What's happened? I planned this top five before the Queen died. So this seems a bit weird, but oh, well, we'll do it. What is it? What is it? What is it? One afternoon, Australian time, there was a statement that came out that said there's going to be a major royal announcement, but we didn't know what it was. And a few hours later, Tracy was on air when the news broke, but she jumped the gun and got the announcement wrong. So she actually announced the wrong thing. This is what happened.

It seems to be that something significant is emerging from the palace, but what it is, we just need to wait and see at this stage. I think I'm hearing something about a... I'm hearing that... Right. Sorry, what... I'm sorry. that, right, sorry, I'm sorry. Okay, Michael, I am hearing that there is a royal announcement, there has been an announcement that the Queen is stepping down from public life, and that is very significant.

Now, have we got, someone is in my ear, have we got confirmation of that or is that speculation? We have confirmation. I think it's Prince Philip. We got confirmation of that or is that speculation? We have confirmation. I think it's Prince Philip. We have confirmation of a statement from the palace. Prince Philip is stepping down from public life. Yes. I'm just reading that now.

There are reports here that I understand that Prince Philip is stepping down from royal duties. Oh, God, what a mess. That's a mess. I know. So that was when Prince Philip was retiring. And you could tell that someone was talking in Tracy's earpiece and said, yep, the Queen's retiring. We've got it.

And she's like, do we have confirmation? Yes, we do. Oh, wouldn't she be livid? Like she would have just gotten off air, walked into the control room, been like, hey, babe, can we have a chat? That can't happen again. I'm Tracy motherfucking Grimshaw. Don't you ever fuck with me like that, you work experience prick. I'll make sure you never work in this industry again.

That wasn't that bad, though. She didn't go, it's confirmed. The queen is stepping. Like, it wasn't that bad. She did. Didn't you hear her? She goes, do we have confirmation? Yes, we have confirmation.

You're right. She did. Yeah, she did. That's not ideal. Like just getting the news close, but not quite right. Like imagine someone being like, oh, yes, Chappelle Corby was caught smuggling drugs into Bali with a pool noodle. Close, but not quite right.

Yeah, good point. Oh, Tracy. So she had to go on and apologize after that? I don't think they ever acknowledged it. Smart. Yeah, that's good. They just brushed it under the carpet because the reporter was like, no, it's Philip. It's Philip.

Okay. What do we have at number two? Well, the next one is an iconic interview of hers because Tracy is a renowned interviewer. That is her inner element. Yeah. And this is when Tracy basically made Pauline Hanson have a breakdown on television. Do you remember this? No, I don't think I do. There's been so many Pauline Hanson have a breakdown on television. Do you remember this? No, I don't think I do.

There's been so many Pauline Hanson moments. She's like a right-wing racist politician here in Australia that we do not love. Oh, no, but this is like Pauline Hanson like you've never seen her before. She broke because there was some strip club scandal with one of the guys in her One Nation party at the time. And she didn't interview with Tracy basically while she was in damage control. And Pauline just broke. This is what happened. Pauline, thanks for talking to me.

I came here thinking that I was going to listen to you and ask you a few questions, but I think you're cranky. So I'm going to let you start. What do you have to say? I'm so upset, Tracey. I've worked for this for 23 years since I was first elected to Parliament in 1996. Do you think I'm going to stop fighting for the Australian people that I see... I see farmers that have been forced off their lands, kids with no hope of a future.

And people are hoping and praying that I'm going to be the voice for them and I couple this shit all the time I'm sick of it absolutely sick of it let's get Pauline hands and kicking the guts why are you still in it why are you still in it look at at you. Why don't you walk? Look at what it's doing to you. Tracy, I've made a change out there for people. I've stuck with this because I believe in making a change for the people. Oh, God. Cry me a fucking river.

No, but, like, that's the first time ever that someone like Pauline Hanson, who is quite problematic, that's the first time I've thought, oh, I kind of want to give you a hug. Like that is, I reckon that's kind of a testament to Tracy because it takes a lot for someone like Pauline Hanson to just kind of let her guard down. And if it wasn't for Tracy who made her feel comfortable, I reckon she wouldn't do that. Good on her, though. And, like, the fact that she made Pauline that comfortable, I loved it. Why? Why do it, babe? Look at you.

You're a mess. I love that. I know. It just sounded like two ladies having, like, a catch-up. Just leave, babe. Look what it's doing to you. Yeah, yeah. They're at Jamaica Blue on a Thursday, like, midday, having a toasty and a coffee.

Babe, look at you. You're a mess. Come on. Come on. Let's go to Lincraft. We'll get some material and we'll go home. But, you know, Tracy's done a lot of iconic interviews over the years with, like, Don Burke, Matty Johns,

and there's big controversies at the time. And I think those people only want to talk to Tracy because it's fucking Tracy. She's going to go hard, but she's going to feel like a supportive aunt at the same time. Well, it's either that or you go on the project with Wally Darley. I mean, I think I'd know who I'd rather go on, you know? Oh, my God. Well, that's the same time. Well, it's either that or you go on the project with Wally Darley. I mean, I think I'd know who I'd rather go on, you know? Oh, my God.

Well, that's the other thing. Tracy does these interviews about touchy subjects and people feel like they can trust her, but then she doesn't get on stage at the Logies and fucking brag about it and sabotage the court proceedings like Lisa fucking Wilkinson. Oh, my God, good point. Tracy has never been embroiled in any sort of drama.

Props to her for that. Well, coming in at number one, I guess this kind of counts as a bit of drama. I spoke to her. But we're team Tracy in this drama because she hit back. So she had a fallout with Gordon Ramsay, the chef. All people. I know. Do you not know about this?

No, I don't know this list, everyone. I've never heard these grabs and I do not know about the Gordon Ramsay drama, no. Oh, my God. This is brilliant. So Gordon was in Australia. He did an interview with Tracy on A Current Affair and on the weekend he was doing some live cooking demonstration. So there were like people in the crowd watching him cook and it was almost a little bit stand

up comedy as well. And he was making jokes about Tracy, made jokes about her being a pig, saying that she's a lesbian. And someone in the crowd must have leaked it because it blew up. And obviously, Tracy caught wind of what Gordon was saying about her. And then she went on air on Monday to retaliate. I have no idea what prompted his outburst. Gordon Ramsay has always had fair and generous treatment on this program. But despite what his publicist said in Damage Control,

we do not have a great relationship. We have no relationship at all. I've played along with him in interviews because it's entertaining and that's my job. And I walk away afterwards and I don't think about him again. On Saturday, he launched a series of unprovoked public attacks against me. I'm not going to pretend that his comments didn't hurt. I was absolutely miserable when I found out late Saturday afternoon. Truly, I wonder how many people would laugh

if they were effectively described as an old, ugly pig. How is that funny, exactly? And worse, it's not even witty. And I'm not going to sit meekly and let some arrogant narcissist bully me. And just finally, Gordon Ramsay made me promise not to ask on Friday about his private life. He then got on stage on Saturday and made some very clear and uninformed insinuations about mine. Obviously, Gordon thinks that any woman who doesn't find him attractive must be gay. For the record, I don't and I'm not.

Burn! Mic drop! Multiple mics. Go, Tracy, in that situation. Team Tracy all the way. Oh, they don't and I'm not. I don't know why I laugh when she says the word pig. That's just another thing that I never thought I'd hear come out of her mouth.

Yeah, journalists. How many people would find it funny being described as an old, ugly pig? Yes, because we're used to that voice telling us about interest rates, you know, and train closures. And here she is going, pig. It doesn't make sense. But you know what? Fuck off, Gordon Ramsay. So what?

She interviewed him before his live show. To promote them, yeah. To promote them. So she was helping him. And what? He just had no gear that night and went, I'm just going to lowest dangling fruit? Well, in the interview, he was making fun of a mole on her face and kind of ribbing her. And she just laughed it off, played along.

And then when he actually got to the shows, I think he might have put like a photo of a pig up on stage and said, that's Tracy Grimshaw. I don't know exactly. I wasn't there. But basically the insinuation was that she's a pig and he said that she's a lesbian. I get his shtick is to be the mean chef, you know, he's a bit aggressive, but that is she's a national icon.

Don't fuck with Tracy. Well, exactly. I do love that someone at the show obviously leaked what happened and then Australia put their foot down and said, mate, say what you want about anyone but don't you come for our Tracy. And have you seen Gordon Ramsay? He looks like one of those burnt pancakes. You know when you make your first pancakes always fucked

because the pan's too hot and you put too much butter in it, it crumples like you try to flip it. You know when you flip a pancake too early and it creases? That's what his fucking forehead looks like. Piece of shit. Raw pancake face. Hey, my dad always says two wrongs don't make a right. No, true. Well, he's not my dad. My dad says fuck them. That's what

Mark Turi says. Is it just me? Listening on Spotify, don't forget to leave a five star rating. You're listening to Is It Just Me? Now, did you see that last week there was all this

chat about Lea Michele? She was trending on Twitter. I did and I Hayden is obsessed with Lea Michele, laughing at Lea Michele and I didn't know the Lea Michele drama. I've not seen Glee. I'm not, Lea Michele isn't a celebrity in my world, but I'm caught up to speed and I enjoy laughing too at her expense. Yeah, I'm not, Lea Michele isn't a celebrity in my world, but I'm caught up to speed and I

enjoy laughing too at her expense. Yeah. I think everyone, like no one's a Lea Michele diehard fan. Everyone just kind of hate watches, which is awful to say. But yeah, ever since she left Glee, it's become very clear that she was not a pleasant person to work with. And basically playing the character of Rachel Berry wasn't that much of a stretch for her acting wise because she's quite a punish herself. Yeah, I know. And did you see, a complete sidebar, but did you see the interview with Jamie Lee Curtis and Lea Michele about the whole Oscars thing of the winning Emmys? And then Jamie Lee Curtis, like, should I just play the audio? It's so hilarious.

Okay, here it is. And was the show nominated also? We won eight Tony Awards. Yes, you did. But you didn't, Leah. So good. It's so savage. People hate her.

That just shows that other celebrities also hate her. Yeah. She doesn't have the best name in the industry, but it was announced not long ago that she was going to be joining Funny Girl on Broadway. And anyone who has watched her on Glee would know that that is just so bloody typical for Lea Michele to do that role because you didn't watch Glee, did you? Never seen it. I should have.

It's very me, but I haven't seen it. Right. Well, basically, she's now playing Fanny Bryce in Funny Girl, which is a role made famous by Barbara Streisand. And she has that song, Don't Ran In My Parade. And that is one of the iconic songs that Lea Michele did in Glee. And it was a constant storyline on Glee that she was obsessed with Barbara Streisand, wanted to be in Funny Girl, wanted to play Fanny Bryce.

So it was like life imitating art. It was just so typical that Lea Michele was getting this role. That's quite cool. I like it when that happens. That's fun. But the thing is, there was someone already doing that role, and she announced that she was leaving and it was her decision, but it very much seemed like she was being ousted in favour of Lea Michele

doing this role because- Yeah, Beanie Feldstein. Yeah, yeah. Beanie Feldstein is very funny. She is Seth Rogen's sister. No one really knows that. They've got different names. Isn't it Jonah Hill's sister?

Is it Jonah Hill? Yeah, no, you're definitely right. Yeah, she's Jonah Hill's sister. Isn't that crazy? Yeah, no, you're definitely right. Yeah, she's Jonah Hill's sister. Isn't that crazy? Yeah, well, she was doing that gig originally and everyone thought, yeah, great pick, you know, a Jewish character played by a proudly Jewish woman. But the reviews for her were a little bit meh.

Like she wasn't necessarily a bad singer, but she just didn't have that belt that is required for that role and particularly that song. And so they went in a different direction and they brought in Lea Michele. But for me, the funny part was that Jane Lynch, who was, you know, on Glee with Lea Michele, she was originally in Funny Girl the musical. And when they announced they were bringing Lea Michele on, coincidentally, she was like, no, I'm out.

So she left. Oh my God. I know. Isn't that hilarious? I mean, there's no rumors at this out. So she left. Oh, my God. I know. Isn't that hilarious? I mean, there's no rumors at this point. She's an awful person to work with, right? People don't like Lea Michele. No.

And this is why I was quite surprised because, like I said, she was trending on Twitter. And I'm a bit like Hayden where I like to hate watch. Yeah. And overwhelmingly, it was quite positive because the reason she was trending was because she finally had her opening night doing funny girl on broadway yeah and to her credit there were a lot of bootleg recordings like people just forgot theater etiquette you know how they always say strictly no recording at this production people were posting her singing don't random i pray people were even outside the theater right at the stage door just trying to listen to her posting videos

of what they could overhear and so to to her credit, like that, that's pretty powerful. People really huddling outside the theatre, just trying to hear your opening night. So first I'm going to play you her singing Don't Rain On My Parade, which like I said, is the iconic song that she did in Glee. It's the iconic song from this musical. So this was the big moment everyone was waiting for. One shot, one gunshot, and bam!

So everyone's doing a standing ovation. She hasn't finished the song yet. Oh, this is mid-performance. That's big. Yeah. Oh, wow. And she's just standing in the middle of the stage, just mopping it up. She's nailing it.

I used to love this song. I had it on my MP3 player, the Glee version. And it was her singing it too. That's cute. Yeah. Oh, they're standing up. Standing ovation. Apparently she got multiple standing ovations and that's why I was like, oh, this is kind of nice because we all love to hate her.

But overwhelmingly what I saw on Twitter, people were like, okay, she's a pain, but God, she can sing. Yeah, she fucking nailed that. I'll give it to her. That was a really good performance. That was great. Now, here's where it gets a bit funny. You know how there's that ridiculous rumor that she is illiterate?

I've seen it on TikTok. It's that she can't read, right? She doesn't know how to read. It's this stupid conspiracy theory that surfaced on TikTok. I might actually play that tiktok this is all the evidence as to why people believe that she's secretly illiterate leah michelle can't read so she just has her lines read to her because she was a child actor on broadway and she just never had time to go to school four years michelle did spring awakening because she only had to memorize the show once. Michelle would also pair on Scream Queens in addition to Glee, and that's because Ryan Murphy knows her secret and

he would read her lines to her. For Glee, she never had to read the song's lyrics. They were pre-recorded on demo. In addition, she mainly sang well-known standards by Barbra Streisand and Celine Dion. Lea Michele never uses her own phone. Her assistants use it for her. In her Instagram captions, if it's just an emoji, it is done by Michele herself. If there's words with no emoji, it was written by somebody else. If it is words with an emoji, it's been written by somebody else, but she can pick the emojis.

There were two appearances on The Ellen Show. The first one, they're playing cards against humanity. Everyone else is shuffling through their cards meanwhile leah is not because someone apparently picked them for her she wins a round and chris colfer congratulates her for getting a word game right yep and so because of that everyone's just chosen to believe that she's illiterate it's just it's just ridiculous and it's kind of fun to go along with i see so many memes about her not being able to read oh it's hilarious because it's funny because a we're not laughing at her because she clearly can read she's an actress she's got to read scripts for a living like she definitely no of course she can i saw another one because she debunked this thing she came out and read a children's book right but the poor thing

had her hair covering one of her ears and everyone was saying that she had an earpiece in being read the words i mean that's a stretch so funny or she just memorized it like she would memorize the script it's probably bullshit but it's just so funny oh it's absolutely hilarious and i don't think there's any truth to it at all and so the reason i bring this up is because there was a funny moment on her opening night of Funny Girl where her character, there's a bit of dialogue where she says, I haven't read so many books. And people in the audience audibly laughed. And I'm like, that poor bitch having to deal with that. I'll play it. Someone once again did a bootleg recording.

Here it is. You're like a character out of a book and I haven't read so many books. And I have a resume. It looks so good. It's yours, my friend. Imagine being up on stage and you know, you hear the audience. You know they're laughing at you. I know.

And if I was in that audience, I would have been trying not to laugh. But if I heard other people laugh, I just would have cracked too. Like, it's just so dumb. I love this rumour. Do you think she hates it backstage? She'd be the type, based on rumours rumors that would storm off and give it to her management or give it to the fucking ushers i don't know like she seems like a diva and a half based on the rumors i think she needs to not be so precious about it she needs to address it in a funny way yes i was just gonna say that

she needs to lean into it she needs to film a sketch or something or on a video address of the situation and the teleprompter needs to break mid thing or she needs to be reading off a script or she needs to release a statement and it's riddled with spelling errors yeah that'd be funny or even just lean into it and like make it a running joke like she'll do an instagram live and be like uh oh sorry i can't read the comments i don't know what you guys are saying totally but you know it just shows that she's like got such an ego that she can't read the comments. I don't know what you guys are saying. Totally. But, you know, it just shows that she's got such an ego that she can't let herself do that. Yeah.

Well, Kyle and Jackie O have said that whenever they get asked who's your worst ever interview, they always say her. Really? Because she was just apparently such a diva and such a punish and tried to get them blacklisted. And they're like, blacklisted from Glee interviews? We're okay with that. They're all dead anyway.

Sorry. They are. The Glee curse. Yeah, that is very unfortunate. Anyway're all dead anyway. Sorry. They are. The Glee Curse. Yeah, that is very unfortunate. Anyway, we better get out of here, guys. Thanks for listening to another episode of Is It Just Me? Yeah, thank you, guys. Please leave us a five-star review. We're not a goddamn baker's delight. We don't want four. That only applies

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Is It Just Me? A podcast by a couple of mitches. Make sure you've hit follow on your podcast app. Welcome to ADD Brief. This is our secret segment on the end. Hi. We pretend the show's over and then we keep talking shit. Nothing's planned in this section of the show.

We just go rogue. Just wherever our ADD brains take us. Oh, now how are you? How's your boy? Are we allowed to talk about your boy? I don't know. We don't talk about the boy. What is that? Because you've got to glow about you.

You're in a great – you're glowing. I think I've just got nice moisturizer because I feel like shit at the moment. I don't want to bitch about feeling sick because apparently that was an issue. Someone wrote in our Facebook group, oh, take a sip every time one of the Mitches mentions that they're sick. We're fucking sick. After last week's episode. We're sick, people.

And you know what? We also got messages saying that was the best episode ever because you guys were low energy and we've never had you low energy. So there you go, bitches. I feel like I'm always a little bit low energy. No, no. If anything, my sporadic high ADHD energy brings you up. Yeah, no, it definitely does.

But no, it's nice and chill. I like it. Although I have to say something really put things in perspective for me this week because I was at home on Monday. I couldn't do our interview with Beverly Kills for Drag Race Debrief, our bonus episodes, because I was vocal resting. And I thought, God, the fucking sacrifices I have to make for my job, the toll that my line of work takes on my body, the physical toll. Oh, my voice. It's just so hard. And then it really put things in perspective when my brother sent a photo to our family

group chat because he's a builder and he had a nail through his chin. Oh! Yeah. Self-inflicted? No. So it was like some freak accident. Like one of the other guys, one of the other builders there with him was using the nail gun and somehow it ricocheted and just went through his face. It entered right

under the lip and then he tried to pull it out, but he could feel his whole chin detaching when he did that. So we had to go to hospital and have it surgically removed. Oh my God. That is so lucky. That could have got him in the head. Well, it did get him in the head. Look. Oh my God. Wait, wait, wait. Holy shit. I'll send you that video because it did get him in the head. Look. Oh, my God. Wait, wait, wait. Holy shit. I'll send you that video because it did get him in the head. But thank God it just went in the chin because if it had been any higher, I could have gotten his fucking brain. Yeah, it could have killed him.

God, that's awful. And he was just so blasé about the fact that he got shot in the face with a nail that day. He's like, oh, yeah, I'll go back to work after I've got it removed. And here you are. Oh, my HelloFresh box fell on my toe and I'm on bed rest. No, that's not why. It's because I've got no fucking voice for a second week in a row. I know.

Oh, you sent me the photo. Oh, my God. Look at him. Your brother's very handsome. Well, obviously, it runs in the family. Yeah, it's a family thing. I'm sure he's nailing more things in his chin. Well, send him my love and send him my regards, please.

We should call him just for fun. Yeah, okay. Should we call him? Yeah, I'll send you his number. Yeah. I'll send him a quick text to make sure he answers. Ta. Could also be on the job site.

Should Dot Wiggins make a building inquiry? Yeah, okay. Hello, Mark's begging. Hello, Mark. My name is Dot Wiggins. I'm a local pensioner. How are you, sweetheart? I'm well.

How are you doing? Good, thank you. Listen, I need new grout lines in my en-suite. It's very embarrassing to say, but I'm incontinent, darling. I shit myself. Often. Yeah. I clean it up. I clean the majority of it up. I shit myself often. I clean it up. I clean the majority of it. I can't bend, so I clean up

80% of the fickle matter, but there's stained grout, darling. This is fucking a joke. Excuse me? Mitchell? You're a joke. I'm calling you. There's voices in my head. Who is this? Every time you do prank calls, you've got to change the voice because I've seen them all.

Who? I recognise it. Oh, he knows! We were just checking in about how the nail in the face is going. How's the nail? Yeah, it's still there. I'll get it removed soon. It's still there? Yeah. No, I just left it in. No, it's not. He had to get it surgically removed. I told you it's been blasé about the whole thing. Oh, my God. I was telling Mitchell, you probably nail people in the face every weekend,

but it is a different kind of one for you, you know? Oh, dear. Oh, dear. He has a loving, committed girlfriend, Mitchell. Do you have a girlfriend? I didn't know that. What's her name? Shout her out.

I'm sure she listens. Sasha. Hi, Sasha. Big fan of the show. Let's get Sasha a mug, a signed mug. Let's send one out to her. I'm sure she'll. Sasha. Hi, Sasha. Big fan of the show. Let's get Sasha a mug, a signed mug. Let's send one out to her. I'm sure she'll like it. Yeah, let's do that.

So what happened? Did they have to knock you out to remove this nail? No, no. We just rifted out pliers. No, Mark. Answer seriously, idiot. What did they have to do? Yeah, no, they knocked me out and then did something.

Pulled it out, I suppose. I've got the nail, actually. They put it in a little container for me. Oh, oh, oh, give that to Sasha and she can put it in the mug and the nail can sit in the is-it-just-me mug. Yeah, yeah, sure. Oh, good on you, Cobber. All right, back to the job site.

And so how did it actually happen? Because I was trying to explain how the ricochet occurred. Oh no, wait, wait. Fucking arsehole. Be sorry, tunnel us. Call him back. Isn't he dopey as? So dopey, but I love him so much. He's so fun.

Hello? Now, the reason we called was because I wanted you to explain how the nail got in your mouth It's so fun. Hello. Now, the reason we called was because I wanted you to explain how the nail got in your mouth in the first place. Because I don't know how to explain the ricochet situation. Oh, I didn't shoot it. Yeah, who did? Someone else had the gun and they shot a nail into a bit of timber and it went straight through which it doesn't usually do and I was on the other side about a metre away and it went straight into my face. Oh my god.

So it wasn't even a ricochet, it just like went through. Yeah, it was very unlucky. That could have killed you. Yes, yes. It could have got me eye or something. Oh, but Sasha just was so shaken. Yes, she was. Maybe the mug will cheer her up.

Yeah, you'll have to pay for that mug, but we'll talk off the air. We'll sort it out. Okay, no worries. You'll have to transfer it. I know how much you make. Yeah, I mean, those trades, they pay so well. Well, not much because you're ringing me and you hold me up. Don't say rimming.

That's disgusting. Just because we're gay doesn't mean we like rimming, Mark. What a stereotype. I don't even know if he knows what rimming. That's disgusting. Just because we're gay doesn't mean we like rimming, Mark. What a stereotype. I don't even know if he knows what rimming is. I said ringing. Oh, he said ringing. I thought you said rimming. Sorry. I said you're ringing me. I'm not making money because you're holding me up.

Oh, well, you'd have to be held up if you've been rimmed. Anyway, Mark, great to have you on the show. A pleasure as always. Yeah, it was a pleasure. Mark Coombs, Mitchell Coombs baby Brother Yeah He had a brush with death this week

So we just wanted to get the Make sure you all go follow Coombs Carpentry underscore On Instagram Keep up with the Keep up with the flats At Birmingham Gardens Yeah

If you need grouting done I have never seen A straighter grout line Than a Mark Coombs grout line There is something In that wrist of yours It is And lucky Sasha

Truthfully Anyway great Mark As have you on. We'll talk soon, okay? All right, thank you. All right, hoo-roo, hoo-roo, hoo-roo. What a good man. I'm trying to connect to him, you know. I think it works.

They all talk about sex and hoo-roo, and I think he likes me, to be honest. No, I don't think Mark does talk about sex and stuff like that. He gets really awkward every time I make any sex jokes like that. Yeah, I actually don't think he knows what rimming is because he didn't laugh. And if it was awkward, he would have awkwardly laughed, but he just sort of brushed it off. No, we better call him back. Should I call him back and just with a YouTube video of how to rim and just play the audio? No, just ask him, do you know what rimming is? And if he doesn't, we'll let him know.

Okay. Calling rim. Calling rim. Calling Mark. I'm going to put a voice decoder on. If you want. Okay. Hello. This is... Mark, we wanted to just... One last thing. One last thing.

Do you know what RIMing is? Sorry? Do you... Do you know what RIMing is? Do you know what rimming is? Sorry? Do you? Do you know what rimming is? Do you know what rimming is? Yes. Okay, just checking. Just checking.

I don't want to think about it anymore. No. Wow, don't be homophobic. I don't want to think about what you do in the bedroom either. Gross. No. Oh, dear. Right, this has gone too far now.

See you, mate. Bye. See you, mate. See you, mate. Yeah, he didn't want to part of it. Oh, God. See what I mean? It gets awkward when we talk about sex. And rightly so, mate. Bye. See you, mate. See you, mate. Yeah, he didn't want to barf it. Oh, God. See what I mean? It gets awkward when we talk about sex.

And rightly so, to be honest. Oh, by the way, is your phone on off silent? Because I could hear your motivation app notification on when you were on the phone to Mark. Oh, my God, it was. I was like, I recognise that. What's your quote today? Live life like the queen. Oh, that's bad taste.

Did they actually say that? No. It says, if the plan doesn't work, change the plan, but never the goal. I've got two, actually. One at 8am I missed. The best feeling in the world is knowing that you actually mean something to someone. That's quite true, actually. I got one from Eleanor Roosevelt.

Do one thing every day that scares you. What? All right. I'll fuck one woman per day. Order from beggars delight. What the fuck? Everything keeps going off. I'm going to lose it.

Yeah, we better go. I'm on Do Not Disturb and everything, and it's being pushed through. You're on my push through, by the way. That's where you know you're really close in someone's life when you can come through my Do Not Disturb call list. I didn't know you could do that's where you know, you're in, you're really close in someone's life when you're in my, you can come through my do not disturb call list. I didn't know you could do that. Yeah. Yeah. I've got my,

all my family, Hayden, one of my work bosses, not the big boss. Cause fuck that. But my like everyday boss, how do you do that? How do you put them on the,

uh, the push through? You just go to settings, do not disturb. And you put them on the push to, and they can call through the, uh, do not disturb.

Oh, Jenna's not fuck her. Speaking of Jenna, two weeks in a row that she just hasn't rocked up. And this week she didn't even give an explanation. She just said, I can't. Yeah, she didn't give an explanation. And we didn't want to talk about it.

Do you reckon she's on the out? Do you think, Janet? Oh, my God. Are we going to have to replace Jenna? I don't know. Are we? Like, I hope that's not the case. But like, you know, the writing's on the wall when you suddenly give less of a fuck. Oh, my God.

When we lose Jenna on this show, we'll do a Buckingham Palace-style press release. The house of a couple of midges announces today. Jenna is stepping down from public life. I fucking can't wait for that day. No, Jenna hasn't been here, so who knows when we'll get her back. Should we call her too? Yeah, let's see what she's doing.

I'm going to call Jenna. I'll do the same thing. I'll message her and say, answer your phone. I'll just FaceTime audio her. There we go. Hi, Jenna. Hi. Where are you? I'm at work. She's working, Mitchell. Hi. Where are you?

I'm at work. She's working, Mitchell. Can you hear her? We were just doing a welfare check because we know that you couldn't record today, but there was never a reason why. Yes, I had an appointment, which I then rescheduled because of the Queen's death. Oh, yes, of course. Of course, because, Jenna, not many people know this, she wants to keep it private, is the Queen's corgi breeder and Jenna sources corgis for

the Queen. True. Yeah, so big news day for you, huh? Heartbreaking. How many tears did Amanda Keller shed? Three hours worth. Wow. I'm not even exaggerating. And so what was the appointment for? It was for my therapy appointment. Oh, fair enough. Yeah, fair enough. Oh, postponing therapy, that's quite a sacrifice. It's awful.

I know. Well, Jenna, we've had many messages saying, where's Jenna, where's Jenna, is this the end of Jenna? Has she stepped down from public duty? Absolutely not. So you're back next week? I am back next week. All right. We'll catch you then, Chuck.

Wow. Well, Jenna, we just wanted to let you know that we have a message for you from an anonymous listener. His name is Steve. Hi, Jenna. My name is Steve. I have a massive throbby for you and I really want to sleep with you. Will you accept a date with me?

Thank you, Steve. That was Steve. will you accept a date with me? Thank you, Steve. That was Steve. Do you accept? You know what? Yeah, okay. Wow. Wow. He has a nice voice. Yeah, and a great voice. He's very wealthy too. Alright, thank you, Jenna.

Thank you and see you next week. That's the Jenna catchphrase sound. All right, let's go, Mitchell. Let's get out of here. I'm going to urinate. Yeah, we better go. We hope this podcast made you feel at least 2% better today.

That's all. So we do. So we do. So we do. Thank you, Mitchell. Great episode. I'll see you next week, everybody. Thanks for listening.

We love you. Love you, idiots. Bye-bye. Is it just me? A podcast by a couple of Mitches. everybody. Thanks for listening. We love you. Love you idiot. Bye bye.