Is It Just Me? - #92: TV Fails

Episode Date: November 29, 2021

In this episode:Bouldering & Sound Baths (03:34)That annoying friend that forces you to watch shit on their phone (09:12)Windscreen wiper etiquette (10:47)Tinder Fairytales & Fizzers - Round 2... (15:10)TV Tingz - Matt Doran’s Adele Interview FAIL (26:13)Top 5 Awkward TV Interviews (32:43)Our “Secret Segment” ADDebrief (51:11)Follow us @coupleofmitchesSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Starting point is 00:00:00 People do some weird shit. Television legend Kerri-Ann Kennelly fell several metres from a trapeze while performing in the musical Pippet. Oh no. Some things make more sense than others. Ring Pike's Nurseries. What nursery? Pike's. P-Y-K-E-S. P-Y-A.
Starting point is 00:00:23 K as in kill. P-Y-A. K as in kill. P-Y-E. K! Brace yourself for the rude shocks of young adulthood. Why is being alive so expensive? I'm not even having a good time. This is Is It Just Me? Hosted by a couple of Mitches.
Starting point is 00:00:41 What about me? Don't forget Kenner. Who? Now here's Mitch Chooley of Mitches. What about me? Don't forget Kenner. Who? Now, here's Mitch Chooley and Mitchell. Oh, for 92, who? Welcome. It's me, darling. Don't you remember?
Starting point is 00:00:52 Sorry, I had a brain moment. That's you. I thought it was Mariska Hargit. You're sitting opposite me with that long ponytail. Oh, thank you. Looking gorgeous. It's actually been a while since you've had to give me a heads up and say, I'm having a bad brain day, FYI.
Starting point is 00:01:04 Yeah. Have you been having good brain days? No, I just told you once and it never ended. Oh, you're still, oh, okay. Perpetual brain day. No, I've been good, actually. I'm on vitamins and I've been walking and I find that helps. Sleep helps.
Starting point is 00:01:16 Yes, of course. Like, when I get good sleep, my memory's good. But, yeah, I've been good. I had a beautiful night's sleep last night. That's why I feel so good today. Really? How weird. It's actually because my new antidepressants,
Starting point is 00:01:25 I don't take it in the morning, I take it at night, and they're basically, they sedate you. Oh, does it make you drowsy? Yeah, it knocks me the fuck out, quite frankly. And then what, you just wake up non-depressed? Yeah. Oh. It works overnight.
Starting point is 00:01:37 And it's got everything. Like miners and bakers and shit. Yeah, right, right. Shift workers. Do you use your penis gets hard? Sorry? Your penis gets hard. Because the last pills had the issue, the side effect.
Starting point is 00:01:49 Our third wheel prize keeper, Jenna, is here as always. Hello, Jenna, how are you? Hello. Are you interested, Jenna? It's very out of nowhere to ask me such a question. Does your dick still get hard? No, we did a whole episode, more series of episodes about your broken penis. I am a bit curious.
Starting point is 00:02:04 Yeah, I'm curious too. Especially after coming in your bladder last week. Oh, yeah. Hello to all our new listeners. Hi, everyone. I swear to God I'm not riddled with groin issues, despite what they suggest. No, it all works. I've seen this.
Starting point is 00:02:15 But no, that's not a side effect of this antidepressant. Yay! Yay! Celebration. Fantastic news. Yet to put it into practice, though. Well, we won't be putting it anywhere, really. Okay, so welcome to the show.
Starting point is 00:02:28 If it's your first time listening, this is Is It Just Me? We start the show the same way every week with two Is It Just Me's. We call them IJMs. I-I-J-M. Is It Just Me? Yeah, two IJMs every week. Mitch doesn't know mine. I don't know Mitch's.
Starting point is 00:02:41 We're actually going to do a listener-based one very soon in the show later on. Is It Just You, if you will? That's right. Also, Tinder, fairy tales and fizzes is returning. We have not only more fizzes, but of course our favourites, fairy tales. We can't get enough of this. Keep your dating horror stories coming. I want to know how you've embarrassed yourself on a date at some point.
Starting point is 00:03:01 Yeah, yeah. We want the embarrassing story and stuff that you've done. Everyone's going, well, he was bad because of this. Own up to your own shit. And I'll tell my embarrassing stories only if others do. Oh, now he's got a working penis. It'll be fantastic. We also have some Tinder gold memberships to give away.
Starting point is 00:03:15 So that's all later in the show. Shall we kick things off? Should I go first? Should we go first? Shoddy. Okay. I'll go first. Remember Shoddy? Punchbaggy yellow! Punchbaggy! I forgot that ever existed. Is it just me? Thatoddy. Okay. I'll go first. Remember Shoddy? Punch Buggy Yellow. Punch Buggy. I forgot that ever existed.
Starting point is 00:03:28 Is it just me? That's mine. It's done. Oh, yep. Yep. What's yours? Now go on. I'll do mine properly.
Starting point is 00:03:33 Start the show. Is it just me or? When the hell did bouldering become a thing? Oh, is that that rock climbing thing? Yeah. Oh, that. So I'm sure it's become a thing? Oh, is that that rock climbing thing? Yeah. Oh, that. So I'm sure it's been a thing for a while, but I feel like it's only just starting to become like the new health craze
Starting point is 00:03:51 that everyone's giving a crack. It's basically rock climbing, but you don't have any harnesses or any safety strapping stuff. Like you just climb up, but they don't go too high, and then there's mats to fall on. Yeah, right. And I'd never heard of this. Hayden boulders.
Starting point is 00:04:05 Oh, of course he does. There you go. There you go. With his straight friends. And he goes, babe, I'm bouldering. He has straight friends. Yeah, yeah, with his heterosexual friends from uni. He's got a lot of straight friends.
Starting point is 00:04:15 I know what straight means. I'm still shocked. He has more straight friends than I do. Yeah, he goes bouldering all the time with them. And he comes home and I go to hug him and he doesn't want to touch me because he's got calluses on his hand. Oh, God. It reminds me of when I had to put the weird sticky him. He comes home and I go to hug him and he doesn't want to touch me because he's got calluses on his hand. Oh, God. It reminds me of when I had to put the weird sticky thing on your hand
Starting point is 00:04:28 before I did pole dancing. It makes your hands all clay-like. Oh, yeah. I remember that. But I'd never heard of this crap. And I found out because I used to go to Pilates every Tuesday. Yes, of course. With my friend Nina.
Starting point is 00:04:38 We made a thing of it. Sometimes go get a shindig at the RSL after Pilates. It was a beautiful Tuesday night tradition. When lockdown finished in Sydney, I said, hello, Nina, would you like to go back to Pilates again? And she goes, oh, no, sorry, I'm going to start doing bouldering. I'm going to give it a go, as though I knew what that is and it's something that everyone will eventually give a go.
Starting point is 00:04:57 I don't think I will be. Yeah. It doesn't sound up my alley at all. Not high on my priority list. And I always go, oh, are you going bouldering, babe, again tonight? He goes, oh, well, we normally go to the Pagewood one, but we're you going bouldering babe again tonight? He goes, oh well we normally go to the Pagewood one but we're also going to go to the Coggerall one but I do want to try the Rockdale one. Like how many
Starting point is 00:05:09 fucking bouldering joints can there be? I feel like you'd actually get bored of the one bouldering joint after a while because the rocks are in the same place. Good point. A lot of people say that they like it because it's like a puzzle which is all the more reason as to why I think it's stupid. I hate puzzles. It doesn't sound like fun.
Starting point is 00:05:25 And also back in my day, rock climbing was rock climbing. Of course, bouldering now. Get out to Katoomba, climb the Blue Mountains, do it properly. That's right. Back in my day, there were four sisters. Now there's only three because someone clobbered all the way over one. What about you, Jenna? Would you ever give bouldering a crack?
Starting point is 00:05:41 You look like the type that would just, you know, give it a go. With these nails. Oh, God. Oh, it actually might. Yeah, you might have a good a crack? You look like the type that would just, you know, give it a go. With these nails? Oh, God. Oh, it actually might. Yeah, you might have a good grip. Her cat claws. No, that would not help. No, I couldn't do it.
Starting point is 00:05:51 No. You know what? I'm going to be giving a go soon. What? You might like this, actually, Jenna. You know what fitness class I've signed up to? Oh, my God. I'm going tonight, actually, so we need to keep this show fucking tight.
Starting point is 00:06:00 Sound bath. Excuse me? Yeah. Sound bath. What's that? So it's like, you know, they bang pots and gongs and stuff and you just lie there on your mat and apparently it's doing nice. Sound bath.
Starting point is 00:06:14 Sound bath. So you're not in a bath? No. It's there on the yoga mat. And it's like sound therapy. I guess. And it's fitness. Well, I mean.
Starting point is 00:06:25 For the mind? I mean, if you really had to break it down, probably. And it's fitness. Well, I mean. For the mind? I mean, if you really had to break it down, probably doesn't count as fitness. It's the same Pilates studio I go to that are doing it. And I'm like, yeah, well, it's basically exercise if you ask me. I'm Googling. Sound bath. Is that a real thing? Well, I'll report back and let you know.
Starting point is 00:06:41 Well, he's doing it. So what type of music? Is it like a Tree of Life vibe? Like real chimes and... I assume so. So it's just like gongs and bowls and shit. And then you just kind of absorb it. And the vibrations are meant to be real relaxing and whatever.
Starting point is 00:06:55 What's it called? Sound bath. Bad brain day. Yes. No, no, no. Oh, a three hour sound bath, 4K, no talking, audio reel. That YouTube video is for three hours, okay? I'm sure this will give you some idea if we just play a bit.
Starting point is 00:07:09 Yeah, let's get it up. Hold on. Just imagine me lying there on your mat, just absorbing this. I love exercise. Close my eyes. Hold on. Ooh. Oh, it's scratching something. He's like rubbing the paddle in the bowl after hitting it.
Starting point is 00:07:43 So it makes that noise. Imagine if I get carried away and start harmonising with it. Try. You guys ruined it, I know that. God, I think it's opening my third eye. My third eye's open. Is that what the smell is? Sorry.
Starting point is 00:08:03 Yeah, that's pretty much just this. Wow, that goes for three hours. Let me skip ahead. Well, I'm not doing a three-hour class. No, of course. Maybe they bring out the drums in an hour. Oh, yeah, we've skipped an hour in. It's very much the same thing.
Starting point is 00:08:14 Let's skip to the final and third hour. Oh, it's a deeper tone. Well, this changes everything. What's the benefit, Mitch? Where'd this come from? It changes everything. I don't know. It just sounded like it would be nice.
Starting point is 00:08:28 Are you going with your friend Nina? By yourself? Yeah. Did you get hooked by a pamphlet or a TikTok? No, it's the same place that I do Pilates at, so I got an email. New class alert. I was like, shit, yes, I'm Mia. I'm very excited for you. I feel that Jenna should come along one time.
Starting point is 00:08:44 I am really into this. Right? I'd never heard of it. I feel that Jenna should come along one time. I am really into this. Right? I'd never heard of it. I like it too. I might come. Let's all do it. Nah, you couldn't handle the silence, Mitchell. Oh, yeah, true.
Starting point is 00:08:55 You'd be trying to make banter with the bitch with the bowls. Can I have a hit? I want some cereal in that. I'll have that for breakfast. All right. Well, enjoy your crystal singing, your bath. Thanks. Your sound bath.
Starting point is 00:09:07 Hurry up and tell me what your is it just me is this week. I've got to go to this fucking sound bath. Okay, sorry. Here's mine. All right, let's go. Is it just me or? Is there nothing worse in life than having someone hand you their phone and go, watch this.
Starting point is 00:09:23 You'll love it. Oh, do people not like that? No. I'm that person. I know. I hate to bring it up like this. Oh, no. Oh, I do that a lot.
Starting point is 00:09:32 Yeah. The moment that I thought of it, I thought, that's what you do. Oh, no. I sometimes take it one step further and I whack it on the Apple TV. I'm like, everyone, I've got a presentation. I saw a TikTok today. Mitchell, stop a party just to show it. You're actually now that TikTok came out, you've shown me so many TikToks that everyone, I've got a presentation. I saw a TikTok today. Mitch will stop a party just to show it. You're actually now that TikTok came out, you've shown me so many TikToks
Starting point is 00:09:48 that A, I've already seen. I go, I think I've already watched it. Okay, I'll watch it. No, actually, I will stop you there. I'm self-aware enough to know that if they've already seen it, I'll just go, how good is it? And just put my phone back. I don't make them suffer through it if they've already seen it. Yeah, but sometimes Mitch will go to the next step and hand me the phone, then leave the room.
Starting point is 00:10:05 Like, you'll go, here's the thing. You'll go make your smoothie or something. I'll go, fuck, I have to keep. He's going to quiz me when he gets back. What do I say? And I dread that you go, what was your best part? I don't know. As if I would do that.
Starting point is 00:10:16 Even if I sat through the whole video, I'm thinking about the dread, not the video. Oh, well, forget about it. Next time I see something that might bring you joy, I'm going to say, no, not showing you. No, I appreciate it. Most of my friends aren't good liars like you, and so I've never picked up on any indication that they're not actually
Starting point is 00:10:33 appreciating when I show them. They trust my cooked taste. They're like, if Mitchell finds it funny, this is going to slap. But you lie to my face. No, no, no, I'm not doing it. Yeah, I am. Yeah, I am. Yeah, I am. Is it just me?
Starting point is 00:10:49 Make sure you leave a review on your podcast app. If you don't, you're a little bitch. All right, later on we're going to be doing another round of TV tings, talking about the most awkward TV interviews. But right now I believe Tess has sent in, and is it just you on Instagram? Shall we hear it? Is it just me or do you get embarrassed about the speed of your windscreen wipers?
Starting point is 00:11:10 Like if it's raining outside, I have to match my speed of the windscreen wipers with everyone else because I feel like if mine are going too fast, I'm overreacting. Okay, no, I don't get it to that extent. No, I never ever compare my wipers to others. Sorry, Tess. Okay, no, I don't get it to that extent. No. I never, ever compare my wipers to others. Sorry, Tess. Tess, if you're worried about the speed of someone else's wipers while you're driving through a potential rainstorm, look inwards.
Starting point is 00:11:35 Oh, I feel like now I'm going to start paying attention to that now. One thing I do hate, I noticed this the other day, is when it's just kind of sprinkling. Yeah. And it's enough drops to obscure your vision, and yet when you turn on the blades, it's just kind of sprinkling. Yeah. And it's enough drops to obscure your vision, and yet when you turn on the blades, it's clearly not wet enough, so it just goes. It's like I need to turn them on, but there's not a heavy shower, so I'm not really getting rid of much.
Starting point is 00:11:56 You know, mine actually have a factory issue that I need to get checked. My max speed doesn't work. Oh, dear. So the fastest mine, because they're auto, they automatically go on. So I remember driving, I'm like, oh, the auto sensor's not picking up, but it's hurricaning inside. But I tried to manually do it and it doesn't go fast.
Starting point is 00:12:14 My max speed is... Oh, no. Oh, with the pause. Yes, I don't have the... I don't have that. Well, I've got two variations of that. Oh, really? Tell them, explain them. Well, I've got the same of that. Oh, really? Go on, explain them. Well, I've got the same thing you do where it's...
Starting point is 00:12:27 Yeah, the pause, yeah. Pause for a bit. Let a few drops accumulate. But then I've got another one that goes... And then I've got one that goes... Like it really goes to town with that shit. Well, you've got to hold them. That's an Aussie car.
Starting point is 00:12:40 That knows the reins. Yeah, he knows this. What's your car? Oh, my Hyundai. Japanese car. They're not used to the rain. Just knows the Australian rains. Oh, my Hyundai, Japanese car. They're not used to the rain. Just smog. Acid rain.
Starting point is 00:12:47 Acid rain. What? Yeah, acid rain. That happens in Japan. Again, I need you to elaborate on absurd claims like that. What do you mean it rains acid in Japan? Because there's so much smog that the rain falls through it and then the water is toxic because of the smog.
Starting point is 00:13:01 Oh, yuck. It happens in places in Canada as well. Does it really? Yes. Okay, learn something new every day on this in Canada as well. Does it really? Yes. Okay, learn something new every day on this podcast. Don't say we don't teach you nothing, dog. No, but you are so right. When the little bit of rain accumulates in between the wipers,
Starting point is 00:13:12 I love that moment. It's like, there it is, and it's gone. I don't. I'm like, shoo. Oh, you want to get rid of it? Go away, yes. Nothing more useless in this life than the back windscreen wiper. Are you kidding?
Starting point is 00:13:23 I hate it. I never use it. I love it. Get out. No. When for? When there's rain on my back windscreen wiper. Are you kidding? I hate it. I never use it. I love it. Get out. No. When for? When there's rain on my back windscreen. It's actually quite self-explanatory.
Starting point is 00:13:31 They come in handy because I didn't used to have one and it was really quite a problem. Couldn't see behind me. Really? I don't like mine. It's like the pinky toenail. It's like nothing. Well, you get rid of your pinky toenail and let me know how that feels.
Starting point is 00:13:43 No. And then you can take that back. There you go, Tess. It really is just you on this one. Sorry. Some people just drive, though, and don't really use windscreen wipers. My housemate gave me a lift the other day, and I was biting my tongue for at least 15 minutes. Then I'm like, can I turn the fucking wipers on?
Starting point is 00:13:57 Like, I can't see anything, and I'm the passenger. And he goes, oh, I can see fine. The screen was covered in droplets. Yeah, windscreen wipers aren't like air con. You're not saving any petrol by not turning them on. Yeah, some people just don't notice them as much. I hate when the car in front of you is indicating but clearly has no intention of turning.
Starting point is 00:14:14 Drives me insane. Your blinkers on, you idiot! I feel like today's the day that Mitch finally realises that he hates me as a person because I also do that. I just sometimes forget. Oh, you leave it on? I go to merge and then the bitch doesn't actually let me in and then I go, oh, okay, never mind, and then I'm still indicating for a few kilometres.
Starting point is 00:14:31 Stuck with the blinker on. Yeah. Nothing worse than cutting someone off and making such an effort, burning so much petrol to get in front of someone and then the lights go red and you just end up next to each other. It's like, hi. How awkward. Jenna, shut up.
Starting point is 00:14:43 You can't relate. Yeah, Jenna, you've got no idea. As a passenger, yes. When are we going to do this L-plate thing with Jenna? We were saying a while ago that we're going to teach her to drive on the podcast. When do you want to do it, Jenna? You have to do Mitch's car. Why? Why? Do you not trust me? In case it's raining. My windscreen
Starting point is 00:14:57 whoppers don't get a max setting. Alright, Mitchell. One of our newest segments, which we're very excited for. We've had such send-ins. The listeners are dying for Tinder fairy tales and fizzes. Yep, let's not muck around. Let's get into it. Is It Just Me presents Tinder fairy tales and fizzes.
Starting point is 00:15:18 Yeah, we launched this last week. All thanks to Tinder. If you've got a fairy tale or a fizzer you want to share with us on the show, hit us up on Instagram at couple of mitches. Which is exactly what Kayla has done. Kayla, welcome to the podcast, darling. Hi, Kayla. Hey, Kayla.
Starting point is 00:15:32 Hi, guys. Now, listen, we want to hear fizzers and fairy tales. Bad dates, happy endings. I'm guessing you've got a fizzer to tell us. Love them. I do have a fizzer to tell you. Go for it. Hit us.
Starting point is 00:15:44 Okay, so it's happened a few months ago. It was a second date and I offered to drive him home because he didn't even drive. No offence, Jenna. I was going to say. Is that a turn off for you guys that don't drive? Yeah, majorly. Why is that? I feel like as an adult, it's just something you should do.
Starting point is 00:16:02 I get it. If you can't drive a car, you can't drive my underparts. You know what I mean? Exactly. Yeah, I get it. If you can't drive a car, you can't drive my underparts. You know what I mean? Exactly. The mechanics are very similar. Yes. Okay. Alright, alright. Keep going. What happened then? So I dropped him home. I got out of the car and walked up to his door and he went in
Starting point is 00:16:17 for a hug, but I wasn't really feeling it and he could tell, so he switched the last second to a handshake. Oh, that's quite nice. Yeah, the thing is, I didn't react in time, so I switched the last second to a handshake. That's polite. Handshake of the hand. Cute, cute, cute. Yeah, the thing is, I didn't react in time, so I was still going in for that awkward hug,
Starting point is 00:16:32 and he slipped and got my boobs. And once he realised he had a nice graph on it, he committed to the handshake and just shook my boobs. Oh, no. Oh, so he went in for the handshake, you didn't put your hand out in time, and he shook your tit. Yeah, pretty much. Oh, fizzle. So he actually in for the handshake, you didn't put your hand out in time, and he shook your tit. Yeah, pretty much. Oh, fizzle. So he actually shook it, like a hand.
Starting point is 00:16:50 He's like, I'm here now. I may as well be polite. It's the courteous thing to do. And how did you react? I shook his, because I love to react. So you shook his tit, that's nice. A tit for a tit, really, is how life should be. Are you still single, Kayla? That's the important question. Yes, I am. That's nice. A tit for a tit, really, is how life should be. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Are you still single, Kayla?
Starting point is 00:17:05 That's the important question. Yes, I am. Oh, fabulous. Congratulations, Kayla. We're going to hit you up with a Tinder Gold membership. We'll send that out. Oh, cool. What does that mean?
Starting point is 00:17:15 You're welcome. Oh, let me tell you. You've already got Tinder, obviously, but this is like neck level Tinder. Okay? So you don't have to waste any time being like, oh, I hope they match me back. Because it gives you a list of everyone that's already liked you. So you don't have to waste any time being like, oh, I hope they match me back because it gives you a list of everyone that's already liked you. So you can just like take your pick.
Starting point is 00:17:29 It's like a menu. What do I want to know? It gives you so much power, Kayla. It also gives you that rewind button if you change your mind because you've said no to someone and then you're like, oh, wait, wait, wait. Oh, no. So you can rewind and you get all the Tinder perks basically. Passport, unlimited likes, super likes boosting.
Starting point is 00:17:44 So watch out, fellas. She's going to be a Tinder pro after this. Taylor's on the prow. Well done. Enjoy that. Thank you so much, guys. You're welcome. That's what we do.
Starting point is 00:17:53 All right, Ashley. She's up next. Ashley, hello. Welcome to the show. Hi, Ashley. Hi, Ashley. Hi, how are you? We are good.
Starting point is 00:17:59 We are good. Now, what do you have for us? A fairy tale or a fizzer? Oh, it's a fizzer. It's 100% a fizzer. Another fizzer. Okay. What happened?
Starting point is 00:18:10 So we decided that we were going to go down and have a bit of a romantic getaway at the Gold Coast. When you say romantic getaway in the Gold Coast, sorry, that's a bit of a juxtaposition in itself. Is the Gold Coast romantic or is the Gold Coast a bit skanky? I don't know. No, I'm going to go with a bit of a juxtaposition in itself. Is the Gold Coast romantic or is the Gold Coast a bit skanky? I don't know. No, I'm going to go with a bit skanky. I wasn't going down there to make life plans.
Starting point is 00:18:30 I was going down there for a good time. Smart. Good on you. Nothing romantic about SeaWorld, is there? Absolutely not. So he's like, oh, my family are having a bit of a lunch. Would you mind if you come over and meet my family? I really want you to meet them. Everyone's going to be there. It's going to be a lunch. of a lunch. Would you mind if you come over and meet my family? I really want you to meet them.
Starting point is 00:18:45 Everyone's going to be there. It's going to be a lunch. Meeting the family. I've never gotten to that stage when I'm dating someone. Is it daunting meeting the family? Oh, it's huge, right? Ashley, it's a big moment. Well, I thought I was in.
Starting point is 00:18:57 I thought this was good signs. I thought he was just the bee's knees. I really thought this was going great. Got it. Okay, good, good. So he picks me up, and I wore, like, a really nice white floral dress. It showed a bit of cleavage, but not too much. And it was short, but short enough that I could still meet your mother in it.
Starting point is 00:19:16 We started driving down the street, and I'm, like, thinking, gee, there's a lot of cars here. Big family gathering. Right, right, right. Mitch Cherry is quite partial to a big family gathering. Yeah, I'm thinking this sounds great to me. Was I in the Gold Coast at this time? Anyway.
Starting point is 00:19:31 So then we get out of the car and he opens the door and right in front of me is this grandmother sobbing, like sobbing, sobbing, holding this photo frame. Right. We've walked in. He disappears to mingle with his family. And this lovely lady puts her arm around me and goes, by the way, I'm really sorry for the loss of Michael.
Starting point is 00:19:55 Who the fuck's Michael, you're thinking? Yeah, I was at Uncle Michael's wake. No! Yep, you were. And so this guy told you that he was going to take you to meet the family Uncle Michael's wake. No! Yep. Yep, you were. And so this guy told you that he was going to take you to meet the family at a humble little family barbecue or something, and it was a freaking wake. And then he just ditched you at the wake.
Starting point is 00:20:16 Yep, yep. So I took annual leave for this, might I add. Oh, no. I spent the afternoon walking around with a plate of sandwiches, filling up Aunty and Uncle's drinks. I didn't know what to do. I was at a waste. Yeah, heads up would have been nice, bucko.
Starting point is 00:20:33 Yeah, there'll be a corpse at this lunch. That's ridiculous. Oh, my God. Oh. All right, well, the most important question, Ash, is are you still single? Yeah. No, I'm married. Oh, well, forget about it.
Starting point is 00:20:44 We're keeping your voucher. We're going to give you a tin of gold, but all right. Yeah, well, forget about it. We're keeping your voucher. We're going to give you Tinder gold, but no, all right. Yeah, Jenna's got it. You had your fairy tale. Get off my show. Thanks, Ashley. Thanks, Ashley. Congratulations.
Starting point is 00:20:54 Look at her go. Married now. What a success. Let's hear a fairy tale, shall we? Hi, Michelle. Hi. Oh, she already sounds like she's got a fairy tale story. She sounds like she's got her life together.
Starting point is 00:21:04 Do you hear that? That's a satisfied woman. Hi. She basically she already sounds like she's got a fairy tale story. She sounds like she's got her life together. That's a satisfied woman. Hi. She basically sang it, Michelle. Hey, welcome to the show. Tell us about your fairy tale, your Tinder fairy tale. Yes. Well, about eight years ago, I actually went back onto Tinder to delete my profile.
Starting point is 00:21:22 And this was the day before Valentine's Day. So I had this message on there and I thought hmm I'm gonna read up and it was a really sweet message like I just thought oh my god this guy is so nice what did he say yeah what was it oh so he just said I know that I'm not in Australia and we live like thousands of miles away but I'm actually learning to speak English and I was just wondering you know if we could be friends and I could, you know, I can practice my English. And I went, okay, then that's fine, you know.
Starting point is 00:21:51 How do you reckon you matched him in the first place if he's not local? Did you have that Tinder passport thing or was he in Australia at one point? No, no. So we had the passport thing and I didn't even know where Croatia was. I actually had to Google Croatia to find out where it was. Europe, right? Is it Europe? I think it is, near a body of water.
Starting point is 00:22:09 Yeah, it is Europe. Yeah, so it used to be, yeah. So I Googled and then we arranged to talk that night. So we gave each other our Skype addresses and then that night we talked. And how did that go? Because it already sounds like he was trying to friend zone you at first. He says, can we be friends? But was there something more?
Starting point is 00:22:26 I don't know. Like, we just clicked. Like, we talked for about nine hours. Wow. And we just didn't stop talking. We just kept talking and talking. And then every day we just talked for hours and hours and hours. And this went on for about four months.
Starting point is 00:22:41 And you reckon his English was pretty decent for someone who claims he needs help? Oh, no, no, no, no, it wasn't. So, like, all the things he said were pretty hilarious. Instead of calling me a filthy animal, he called me a filthy livestock. Filthy livestock. I hate to wonder what the context was. Yeah. I wasn't calling you that, but anyway.
Starting point is 00:22:59 Goodness me. Over Skype as well. And then probably after about two weeks of chatting, we just clicked. And then he just said, oh my God, I really like you. And I went, oh my God, I really like you. How are we going to do this? What's his name? His name's Jasmine. Okay. All right. And so how did it go? What happened? And then after about four months of chatting, he just said, you know, I really wish, I don't know how we're going to do this, but how are we going to meet? Like we have to meet. And I went, I don't know. we're going to do this, but how are we going to meet? Like, we have to meet. And I went, I don't know.
Starting point is 00:23:26 And so I thought, no, damn it. I'm going to go get a plane ticket and go over. Really? No way. Yep. Wow. God, you must have felt really strongly if you were willing to do that. I was terrified.
Starting point is 00:23:39 Like, my family thought I was going to be human trafficked. Oh, God, no. Well, clearly not the case. And I said, no, I'll be fine. I'm going to book into a hotel for a few days just to make sure I'm safe. So I got on a plane and went over there. He met me at the airport. What was the first
Starting point is 00:23:55 meeting like? Oh, it was really good. He came running up to me at the airport, hugged me, kissed me, and I went, and it just felt right. Like, I just melted in his arms. It was just like... Oh, you know what? That is right there. I just melted in his arms. Oh, you know what that is right there. That's a Tinder fairy tale, Michelle. Isn't it just? Oh, I'm just picturing it. Sounds like it's in a movie. I know. God bless you. And so what happened? Did you stay in Croatia with him? So I had a three-month air ticket. Three months
Starting point is 00:24:20 you were staying there? Yeah. So I thought I'd stay for a few nights in a hotel just to make sure that I was going to be safe and not, you know, trafficked all over Europe. Yeah, yeah, yeah. You did think you were livestock after all. I can't believe your family took this beautiful love story and then put that thought in the back of your head. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:24:35 I know. So after a few days in the hotel and meeting his family, I moved into his house. His family just loved me. And I thought, oh my God, all these people are just so nice to me. They've made me feel so welcome. Then we went out and he proposed to me. Oh my God. Oh my God.
Starting point is 00:24:57 That is what we call a Tinder fairy tale. That is. And so I'm guessing, because you're on the show talking about your fairy tale, that it all ended well. You got married. Yes. So before I left, we got married. And so after I got married, I had to come back home to Australia. I packed up everything and moved over there for good. Wow.
Starting point is 00:25:17 How beautiful. Yeah, well, he's the nicest person. I'm so blessed to have met him. Oh, that's beautiful. And it's been eight years? Yeah. Was it? Yeah, eight years.
Starting point is 00:25:27 All right, Michelle. I think that's one of our best yet. What a brilliant Tinder fairy tale. I love that. Thanks, Michelle. Thank you. We'll give you a buzz back if we ever do Tinder divorces. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:25:36 Or Tinder true crime. Okay, thank you. Anytime, Michelle. Bye. See ya. Bye. What a superstar Michelle is. All right, we're going to be doing this again next week.
Starting point is 00:25:46 Yes, yes, yes. One last time, Tinder fairy tales and fizzes. So let us know if you've embarrassed yourself or if you've got a fairy tale to share as well. I'm getting all gushy. I know, me too. Hit us up on Instagram. Couple of mitches and we'll sieve through the best. We'll get them on as well as win yourself a Tinder gold membership.
Starting point is 00:26:00 Imagine being on Skype for that long. I know. Yeah. Fly to Croatia for someone. She must have felt real strongly to sit through a frigging Skype call. I can't imagine. Worked out for her in the end. Yes, it did.
Starting point is 00:26:10 Good on you, Michelle. All right, now let's get into TV tings, shall we? Let's do it. Now, there was a big story in TV World last week. You might have seen it already. Matt Doran, are you across this? Oh, I've heard bits and pieces, but I haven't read the full article. Oh, really? Yeah,
Starting point is 00:26:28 I don't know the ins and outs of it. All I know is that he fucking stupidly bungled an interview with Adele, of all people. Oh, well, you wait till you hear the bungle, because this is kind of like a red flag for you, and then a warning of what not to do as an interviewer yourself. Yeah, as I do for a day job. So, Matt Doran, if you don't know, he's the host of Weekend Sunrise, and I think
Starting point is 00:26:44 he might fill in for Koshi every Friday or something. But basically, Channel 7, he floats around. You probably would have seen him. He flew to London earlier this month. It's only just come out now, though. But he flew to London to interview Adele. Apparently, the deal with Channel 7 and the record label was worth $1 million. Channel 7 paid that?
Starting point is 00:27:01 Yeah, to make it happen. And so he flew there. Yeah. Channel 7 paid that. Yeah, to make it happen. And so he flew there. Yeah. And apparently in the interview, Adele asked him what he thought of the new album.
Starting point is 00:27:13 And at that point he admitted, I have not listened, Adele. Do you have a new album? I have not. And that did not go down well because now they're refusing to hand over the footage that they filmed. They're basically saying, well, you're not getting your interview. Your interviewer did not prepare properly. Oh, my God. Yeah. So he got suspended from Sunrise for two weeks, which, as the weekend Sunrise hosts, is four days off.
Starting point is 00:27:33 It sounds way more dramatic when you say two weeks off. But do you know how many people would have killed for that opportunity? Oh, my God. And would have taken it so seriously. Imagine how well Angela Bishop would have done, for example. Oh, God. She would have taken it so seriously. Imagine how well Angela Bishop would have done, for example. Oh, God. She would have been perfect. She wouldn't have risked pissing Adele off because, I don't know,
Starting point is 00:27:50 maybe he thought he could just wing it because he is on Sunrise. Usually their interviews are like, what, three to seven minutes, maybe five minutes or so. Yeah. And so he's probably used to being able to get away with just, you know, winging it. I mean, do you do that a lot? No, I mean, classically, the king of winging it.
Starting point is 00:28:07 Not for big interviews. Like, if I have a doer or if I can help John or Ilana sex, I'll prep, I'll prepare. That's what I mean. Like, you can get away with it. Oh, yeah. If it's something like that. But this was a 20 to 30-minute sit-down that Matt Doran
Starting point is 00:28:19 was supposed to be doing. So how many people in the world have done that with Adele? Oh, my God. Like, not many people have done that. So this is a big opportunity. And apparently this is what he's come out and said he uh missed the email i flew to london to interview adele an unspeakable privilege and what was to be one of the highlights of my career i made the terrible mistake of assuming we weren't to be given a preview copy of this album because our interview was airing before it was released
Starting point is 00:28:45 and Adele's album was the industry's most prized secret. The day after, after we landed in London, an email came through from Sony. It didn't mention Adele, but it did contain a link to her album. The genuine, dead set, hand on heart truth is that I missed it. By an absurdly long margin the most important email I've ever missed in my life
Starting point is 00:29:09 didn't see the email the problem is he is a political reporter he is not an entertainment reporter I did think it was a weird choice to send him to do it I guess it's not working Monday to Friday so we can do that reports on crimes and court cases not Adele's latest album.
Starting point is 00:29:25 Yeah, but I'm sorry, the excuse that you didn't see the email, I'm not, I don't believe that. Yeah, I mean, he wasn't like, oh, whatever. He was pretty mortified about it, as he would be. But someone from Pedestrian has done the maths, and because he flew direct from London, that's around a 23-hour flight. Jenna and I have done that. It's hell.
Starting point is 00:29:42 You run out of movies to watch, you're desperate for something to listen to. So had he not missed the email during that 23-hour flight, he could have listened to the album, which is around 15 minutes in length, 23 and a half times. So a lot of people on Facebook pissed off. This comment said, Matt Doran's probable toxic masculinity prevented him from listening. He probably believes that as a small-time Australian hack, he's on par with the world-famous, extremely talented artist because said artist is female.
Starting point is 00:30:11 He's the personification of a privileged white man. So that's the sort of backlash he's getting. Listen, you know what the worst part about this is? It was a face-to-face. Sometimes I can wing an interview on Zoom because they don't see that off webcam, I've got the press release in front of me and I'm reading things word for word. But you've done a face-to-face with Lizzo, right?
Starting point is 00:30:30 Oh, my, yes. You wouldn't have dared, just had no idea who she was. No way. I would have shat myself. I would have been so terrified. And your interview didn't go for 20 to 30 minutes. No, I had eight minutes with Lizzo and I was still going, fucking hell.
Starting point is 00:30:42 So there's really no excuse. Speaking of which, Kate Langbrook's coming on the podcast soon, not sure when, maybe next week. A couple of weeks. Have you read her book, Ciao Bella? Oh, I've seen snippets. We talk. We talk.
Starting point is 00:30:52 So she's mentioned things. Yeah, we talk. Imagine if she went full Adele on it. No, no, we text. We text. I think Kate will either be the type, because we have, what, probably 10, 15 minutes with Kate that might blow out or it might be super tight.
Starting point is 00:31:03 Yeah. It's harder to shut her up, actually. That's what I love about it. Same. It's harder to shut her up, actually. That's what I love about it. Same. What do you think the situation was? Do you think Adele got to the end of the interview and went, all right, we're done now?
Starting point is 00:31:14 But he was fucking shit. Let me ask him. Yeah, apparently it was right towards the end of the interview. And some people claimed that she stormed out, which doesn't sound like her to me. No, she doesn't. Matt's come out and said that's not the case. Throughout the 29 minutes, Adele was profound. She was funny.
Starting point is 00:31:30 She was raw. And then she was honest, honest enough to describe her depression as end-of-the-world stuff. But all that doesn't matter because by missing the album link, however I might try to justify it, I've insulted Adele. To Adele, I say, I'd never have knowingly disrespected you by deliberately not listening to your work. I am so sorry. I also apologise to Adele's Australian fans and to you, our viewers,
Starting point is 00:31:59 who through my error have been denied this interview and the insight into her character. Poor Channel 7, because they also bought the rights to the CBS special. You know how she did the- The Oprah one. Yeah, the Oprah one. They paid for that. That was part of the deal. Yeah, they were going to air that.
Starting point is 00:32:14 Then air the interview. It was going to be this whole exclusive Channel 7 thing. So he really fucked their whole rollout. And to make it worse for Channel 7, they had to air the whole Oprah thing a week after the US. So most of us had already seen snippets of it. And as a result, Lego Masters beat it. Ha! Oh, my God.
Starting point is 00:32:33 I did not know that. That's brilliant. But anyway, Jenna, Mitch and I thought in light of poor old Matt Doran, we would do a top five awkward TV interviews. We've got them ready. We've got them ready. We've got them ready to go. Let's start with number five. I'm sure you would have seen this. It's a classic.
Starting point is 00:32:52 Kourtney Kardashian was on Today Extra. You know that one that comes on mid-morning after the Today Show? Is that David Campbell and Sonia Kruger? Sonia's not there anymore, but at the time, yes, it was David and Sonia. So she was chatting with David and Sonia, and it was around the same time. Remember how armed robbers broke into Kim Kardashian? In Paris? Yeah, they broke David and Sonia. So she was chatting with David and Sonia. And it was around the same time. Remember how armed robbers broke into Kim Kardashian? In Paris. Yeah, they broke into her hotel room.
Starting point is 00:33:10 Apparently, Today Show were told, don't bring that up. And they did. And then you can hear some rat publicist in the background telling Kourtney, no, don't answer that. So she's just kind of left flailing on air. Everyone thought that she was just choosing to ignore them or like pretending she couldn't hear them. But it was the rat publicist that was standing there
Starting point is 00:33:26 saying, don't say anything. Yeah, she put Courtney in a really tricky spot. Yeah, apparently, from what I've heard, publicists overseas, they have a lot more power than in Australia. Like, what the publicist says goes. Anyway, this is what happened. People of Australia and of our show, we were very empathetic about what happened
Starting point is 00:33:44 and very sort of horrified. And so we were wondering, how is everyone going? How's Kim doing? Um, what? Okay. I'm sorry, is there someone talking to you? Yes, sorry. Sorry about that. So I just was wondering how everyone's doing. Hello, Courtney, have we lost you?
Starting point is 00:34:19 I'm stopping it because they're now asking about Tim. Mm-hmm. All right. It looks like Courtney doesn't really want to go there with that question. I think she's breaking. Oh. That's horrible. See, I actually feel bad for Courtney in that situation because I think all the headlines afterwards were,
Starting point is 00:34:34 oh, Courtney snubs Aussie hosts, or they thought that she was just being rude by shutting down, not saying anything. But it was the rat publicist, I'm telling you. Also, if you've been brief not to ask a question, you don't ask the question, especially something that big. Maybe they missed the email. Yeah. Seems to you. Yeah. Also, if you've been brief not to ask a question, you don't ask the question, especially something that big. Maybe they missed the email. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:34:48 Seems to happen. Maybe. All right, what's next? Number four. Number four, Dakota Johnson on Ellen. The start of the end of Ellen DeGeneres. Yeah, so when Ellen was getting cancelled last year, this interview was resurfaced a lot as an example of the fact that,
Starting point is 00:35:03 hey, maybe Ellen's not as lovely and kind as she likes to preach. Yes. This is what happened. Happy belated birthday. When was your birthday? It was October 4th. October 4th. How was the party?
Starting point is 00:35:16 I wasn't invited. Actually, no, that's not the truth, Ellen. You were invited. No, last time I was on the show, last year, you gave me a bunch of s*** about not inviting you, but I didn't even know you wanted to were invited. No, last time I was on the show, last year, you gave me a bunch of about not inviting you. But I didn't even know you wanted to be invited. Well, who doesn't want to be invited to a party? Well, I didn't even know you liked me.
Starting point is 00:35:34 Of course I like you. You knew I liked you. You've been on the show many times. And don't I show like? You do. Yeah. But I did invite you, and you didn't come. Are you sure? Yeah. How do you know? I don't I show like? Yeah. But I did invite you and you didn't come. Are you sure? Yeah. How do you know?
Starting point is 00:35:47 I don't think so. Ask everybody. Ask Jonathan, your producer. Who said you were? I was invited. Why didn't I go? I don't know. Was it, was it? Oh yeah, I had that thing. Um.
Starting point is 00:36:07 You can hear the rage in Ellen's voice. She does not like or is used to being called out. I know. And I feel like with all these, we need to decide who's the bitch of the piece. Yeah. This one, I'm not sure who the bitch of the piece is because I feel bad that Ellen was put on the spot like that.
Starting point is 00:36:22 I don't think Dakota went in there planning to do that, but she brought it up. Ellen brought it up. But also I know people like Mitchell Turi who famously don't, actually you too, Jenna, fuck me, who don't show up to things that they're invited to and it doesn't make them an evil person. No.
Starting point is 00:36:38 So I think everyone's using this against Ellen and she was kind of put on the spot. It wasn't a good scenario. Yeah, but I would never say to you, oh, you never invite me because I know that I don't turn up. So Ellen was asking for it. That's true. But maybe she missed the email.
Starting point is 00:36:51 Yeah, maybe. Dakota texted her saying, Elle, want to come to me birthday bash? I'm turning 30. It would have gone through people who might not even pass it on because they saw that Ellen was already out of town. Bring Portia. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:37:02 But the reason that Ellen got double the backlash is someone went digging and realised that that was the same weekend that Ellen was photographed with George W. Bush. Oh, is that it? Oh, really? And everyone's like, you could have been at Dakota's birthday, but you were hanging out with a Republican who opposes gay marriage. Really, Ellen?
Starting point is 00:37:17 I remember that because that in itself got negative press. Yes. And, oh, my God, I didn't realise that. They put two and two together. That was the same weekend. So that's why she was out of town. Wow. All right. Let, I didn't realise that. I didn't know that. They put two and two together. That was the same weekend. So that's why she was out of town. Wow. All right.
Starting point is 00:37:27 Let's do number three. What do we have? So this one is Cara Delevingne. You know her? Model? Yes. Yep. The model.
Starting point is 00:37:33 And she's in movies and stuff. She was promoting Paper Towns. Oh, I didn't see it. And it's critically who the bitch of the piece in this audio is, right? So she was doing an interview with some morning show in the US. And for some reason, those hosts convinced themselves that she was in a bad mood, even though she wasn't. And they're basically trying to call her out. And she's quite confused, being like, wait, what am I doing wrong?
Starting point is 00:37:53 Oh, no. It was quite awkward. Oh, no. Here it is. Here it is. I saw you in London talking a couple of weeks ago on TV, and you seemed a lot more excited about it than you do right now. Are you just exhausted? Oh, no. I mean mean i'm still very excited i'm you know the premiere was last night it was an emotional it was an emotional
Starting point is 00:38:12 night it felt like the end of an era but i'm not any less excited than i was a couple of weeks ago maybe i had a bit more energy it's the morning you seem you do seem a bit a bit. Perhaps it's just us. No, I think it's just you. I think it probably is us. Well, then on that note. We figured as much. We figured as much.
Starting point is 00:38:33 We'll let you go then. How about that? We'll let you go take a little nap, maybe get a Red Bull. I love that. Cara Delevingne, thank you so much for your time. She was in a mood. For me. No, she wasn't in a mood.
Starting point is 00:38:47 See what I mean? Like, that was just so unnecessary. I bet in that moment they thought that they were being funny, but I was just like, what the hell? That is so rude. Those kinds of American gossip reporters are a dime a dozen. Like, you've got TMZ, you've got E, you've got Extra, you've got all these ridiculous channels, PopSugar, all this shit.
Starting point is 00:39:01 They all think they're fucking somebody. Yeah, and they're probably used to fellow Americans who scream everything. But Kara's just like, what's up? Here's my movie. Apparently they thought she was being really sarcastic the whole time, but that's just her. Like at one point they said, oh, you know, Paper Towns is a movie now that you're in and it was a book.
Starting point is 00:39:18 Have you ever read the book? And she goes, no, I've never read the book. I've never read the script either. No, just kidding. It's like, that's just her. Yeah. That's just her. I get that all the time. People think I'm furious, but I've just got that book. I've never read the script either. No, just kidding. It's like, that's just her. Yeah. That's just her. I get that all the time.
Starting point is 00:39:26 People think I'm furious, but I've just got that face. Go take a nap. But you know what? To their defence, maybe they missed the email. Oh, of course. Maybe they missed the email. Heads up. Cara's a bit sour in general.
Starting point is 00:39:40 That's just her. Tara's a subject. Tara needs nap. FYI. Cara. Cara. Sorry. I saw the next one. Yeah, that's why Tara is a subject. Tara needs now. FYI. Kara. Kara. Sorry. I saw the next one.
Starting point is 00:39:47 Yeah, that's why. This is Tara. So number two. This is my favourite of all time. Really? Yes. This was one that Mitch put forward. I'd never heard this.
Starting point is 00:39:54 That's good. Tara Reid, you know, from American Pie. Yep, yep. She was once again on Today Extra and she was munted, to put it frankly. That's it. That's just it. Her speech was all slurred. She kept fumbling over a sentence.
Starting point is 00:40:07 Here it is. Tara, great to see you again. Great to see you. How are you guys doing? We're great. Well, it's a good feeling for us because it's Sharknado time and here we are, the final entry, so they say,
Starting point is 00:40:19 of the Sharknado series. I mean, who knows? In a couple of years, they might want to make another one. Maybe the Sharknados come to Australia. I don't know. Yes, I've been begging you for years. You guys will really like this one. It's hilarious. I was surprised you never
Starting point is 00:40:32 shot in Australia, honestly. Never seen that where, but I really wanted us to shoot there. It's one of my favorite places, but, oh my god, to shoot in Australia. You guys have the sharks. It would be amazing. Well we have some real sharks here that we could
Starting point is 00:40:47 some good stunt sharks. We could definitely give you a run for your money. Yeah, real sharks. And is it true Tara that you really did? I remember one time when I was there you guys We've got the delay here causing problems here but is it true here that you really did? Yeah of course I think it works.
Starting point is 00:41:07 Oh, my God. God, I hate those satellite delay things. It's so bad. You'd think that they would have figured out how to fix that problem over the years. But, no, it's actually gotten worse now. Everyone just does Zoom. The quality is getting worse in TV interviews.
Starting point is 00:41:20 Tara also didn't get it. There were three points where they spoke over each other and also how many times did she have to mention sharks in australia yeah she loves sharks apparently isn't that it's also just the cherry on top that she was doing press for shark nato i know that's so random but apparently after that everyone was like oh god she's drinking again because she said like a history of drinking does she actually yeah but she put out a statement after that, basically addressing the interview,
Starting point is 00:41:46 but very vaguely didn't really address it. She didn't give a yes or no. She just says, oh, I've noticed all this attention happening around negative press, blah, blah, blah. I'm in good health. I'm happy or something. Good for her. She didn't really say whether she was fucked up or not.
Starting point is 00:42:02 I mean, I feel that she was. That's not normal. No, she was very drunk. That's morning television. Although I guess it was night time in not. Yeah. I mean, I feel that she was. That's not normal. No, she was very drunk. That's morning television. Although I guess it was night time in LA. I don't know. She probably didn't get the email about time differences. She wouldn't have got it.
Starting point is 00:42:12 All right, up to number one. Now this final one. This is not really a celeb interview, but I'll just take any excuse to play this. We were talking about it recently. Belle Gibson. Oh, Belle. I've never seen it.
Starting point is 00:42:23 On 60 Minutes with Tyra Brown. You mentioned 60 Minutes the other week, and I said this is the best 60 Minutes interview of all time. Now, who is, we know who Tyra Brown is, but who is Belle Gibson? So, in a nutshell, she faked having cancer. Oh. And she told everyone that she had four months to live, chemo and radiation weren't working,
Starting point is 00:42:42 and then she wrote a book claiming that she'd healed herself with natural remedies. And all these people who actually had cancer sort of looked up to her. She came a bit of an influencer in that world. And when it all came unstuck, Tara Brown was not having a bar of her bullshit, let me tell you. This is what happened. The woman who pretended to have cancer and to this day
Starting point is 00:43:03 still won't tell the truth that she knew she didn't. Her struggle with terminal brain cancer won the sympathy of hundreds of thousands of followers on social media here and overseas, which she then parlayed into a nice learner, a wellness app, a cookbook and celebrity appearances. But well before she became famous, Belle established a habit of astonishing fabrications.
Starting point is 00:43:25 You won't believe the diseases she's had. I mean, 2009 was a really bad year for you, wasn't it? Mm-hm. You had three heart operations, you suffered two cardiac arrests, you died twice on the operating table, you had a stroke, and you were diagnosed with inoperable brain tumour and given four months to live. Correct.
Starting point is 00:43:45 I mean, you go into extraordinary details. I had surgery about seven hours ago. The doctor comes in and tells me the draining failed and I went into cardiac arrest and died for just under three minutes. I had the most intense bruising from the paddles when they electrocuted me back to consciousness. Anyway, the procedure failed and I died. See, I haven't read back through all of that. But I also think when you're young and have
Starting point is 00:44:13 gone through the situation I had just gone through, you are melodramatic. I don't have... Melodramatic now? I mean, they're straight out lies. You weren't in hospital. You're claiming you were. You claimed you died hospital. You're claiming you were. You claimed you died twice. You didn't. I didn't. You claimed you had two cardiac arrests. You didn't. That's not melodramatic.
Starting point is 00:44:30 That's straight-out lying. It is. Extraordinary lies. And your whole trade was on these poor people, that you inspired them, that they felt sorry for you, that you showed them a path. I mean, you profited from that. You gained from that in reputation and in income. I didn't trade in my story or in other
Starting point is 00:44:53 people's lives. You did trade in your story. Belle, it's all here. It is there. It is all here. You know, you go on Instagram in 2013. I have been healing a severe and malignant brain cancer for the past few years with natural medicine, Gerson therapy and foods. It's working for me. It is. Except you didn't have brain cancer. No, I didn't.
Starting point is 00:45:20 No. But when I was writing that, I thought that I did. You were absolutely misleading, weren't you? You said a doctor gave you this terrible prognosis in his office. And you've just admitted that you didn't say it was at your home and it wasn't with a real doctor because you thought people would be disappointed in you. No, I believed he was a real doctor. So did you lie to be believed is the question?
Starting point is 00:45:42 I didn't see him in his doctor's office in Perth. You didn't see him in his doctor's office ever because he doesn't have an office does he? No. Right. You claimed also in your book that you underwent chemotherapy and radiotherapy for two months. True or false? At the time True or false? True. Because at the time I believed I was having radiotherapy. So false. I love how Tara's got the receipts.
Starting point is 00:46:10 Now that's a well-researched interviewer. Every time Belle claimed bullshit, she'd be like, well. Yeah. In 2009. Oh, it was brilliant. That's someone who not only got the email but printed it. Pretty clear who the bitch of the piece is there. Oh, yeah.
Starting point is 00:46:24 The bad bitch is Tara. So she lied about everything. She made up all these illnesses. And made money from it. So it would be funny if it weren't for the fact that she's actually giving advice to people who are actually in that scenario where it's terminal cancer
Starting point is 00:46:39 and she was giving people hope. But anyway, she came unstuck and it's well worth the YouTube, by the way. It's like a 40-minute interview. But this by far was my favourite part. She couldn't even answer the simplest of questions when Tara asked her how old she was. You're 23, right? Well, actually, how old are you?
Starting point is 00:46:58 I've always been raised as being currently a 26-year-old. How old are you? Well, I live knowing, as I've always known, that I would be 26. Okay, Bill. This is a really, really simple question. How old are you? I believe that I'm 26. I have two birth certificates and I've had my name changed four times.
Starting point is 00:47:27 The identity crisis there is big, but that was my normal when I was growing up, Tara, that... What do you know the truth to be now? That's probably a question that we'll have to keep digging for. Truth, Bill, truth. Tara, I'm trying to draw on information. No, no, don't draw on information. Just be honest.
Starting point is 00:47:48 I am being honest with you. Oh, my God. She got out of it pretty well. Remind me never to wrong Tara Brown. Yeah. It's so good. Do you also find that for some reason when she was talking about not quite knowing her age, it's giving Jenna vibes to me?
Starting point is 00:48:04 I know. I was thinking of myself throughout that last part. Yeah. I was like, we've had this conversation. Yeah. While you're Googling things, you just fill with, well, I am, well, me. Yep. Did I tell you that I bumped into Tara Brown in the elevators at Channel 9?
Starting point is 00:48:19 I think you did, no. Oh, my God. Yeah, I'm at Channel 9 every week for the Love Island after party. Yeah. And I got in the lift The other day And Tara Brown Standing in the lift Being briefed
Starting point is 00:48:28 By a producer Like we were watching Morning Wars They were briefing her On I don't know Probably an interview She was about to do Wow
Starting point is 00:48:34 We rode to the Level 9 together Because ironically Channel 9 is on level 9 It's very funny Is it? Yeah Are there other levels
Starting point is 00:48:40 On that building That aren't Channel 9? Oh god there's like A hundred levels on it They only have three of them Oh really? Yeah Oh so they don't have Their own building No no no They've just got a couple levels Very that building than Art Channel 9? Oh, God, there's like a hundred levels on it and they only have three of them. Oh, really? Yeah. Oh, so they don't have their own building?
Starting point is 00:48:47 No, no, no. They've just got a couple levels. Very big building, though. Oh, okay. That makes sense. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Anyway, great top five. Well done.
Starting point is 00:48:53 I enjoyed that. Of course. And what a great episode. Thank you to those who shared their fairy tales and their fizzes. We enjoyed them. We loved them.
Starting point is 00:49:00 If you do have one, hit us up. Get on the show for next week for the finale of Tinder Fairy Tale and Fizzes. A couple of mitches. You can reach out to us. But otherwise, thank you for listening to the show us up. Get on the show for next week for the finale of Tinder Fairytale. This is a couple of minutes. You can reach out to us. But otherwise, thank you for listening to the show, guys.
Starting point is 00:49:08 My pleasure. Yeah. By the way, about 15 minutes ago, I got an email. Sound bath is cancelled. Oh, shit. No. Sound bath is cancelled. Oh, no.
Starting point is 00:49:18 Look, listen. I can turn the... It's still playing. It's been playing this whole time, by the way. It's not the same. Oh, fuck this. I even bought a change of clothes. My yoga mat's in the boot. I'm so ready.
Starting point is 00:49:27 What did the email say? Dearest thermal soul. It is with salutations. Salutations. Deeper sympathies that we manifest. Tonight's copulation has been destroyed. Oh, what's the reason? Is there a reason?
Starting point is 00:49:46 Hi, all. Oh. Apologies. Tonight's sound bath will be rescheduled to the 12th of December. What? That's not for ages. I'm not going to be calm until the 12th. Are you kidding?
Starting point is 00:49:57 Yeah, shit. Get me a bowl. I'll do it and calm you down if it means that. Fabulous idea, Jenna. Can you look into that? Grab me a Maxwell Williams from the kitchen. No, I meant like an actual, a real bowl. You could be good at that for all you know.
Starting point is 00:50:09 What, a jade egg bowl? It's a jade egg bowl. Like a crystal, like a jade. It's like a stone. Oh. Like one of those bowls. Yeah, one of those bowls. Like a crystal bowl.
Starting point is 00:50:19 Yeah, right. It has to be a particular one. Yeah, I'll have to go through that. I don't think Jenna's going to do it. No, I'm not. I would have said, can you look into that? And she didn't respond, which usually is signed for absolutely not. Actually, you know what?
Starting point is 00:50:28 I'm going to. She doesn't even bring her laptop anymore. She doesn't even pretend to be available to us for Googling. No. Her phone's plugged in outside. Anyway. Doesn't matter. I'll catch you guys next week.
Starting point is 00:50:38 See you. Yeah, we'll see you then. About a week's time. See you guys. Goodbye. Love you, mate. Bye. Is it just me?
Starting point is 00:50:45 A podcast by a couple of mitches. Make sure you've hit follow on your podcast app. Welcome to ADD Brief. This is our segment on the end. No focusing required from us, really. We don't plan anything. We just talk shit. Yeah, no. Wherever our mind wanders.
Starting point is 00:51:20 I was zoned out. Twice. I was looking forward to zoning out on the map. Oh, no. Literally, it is still here. It has not fucking stopped. Is that three-hour loop still going? Yeah, what are we in?
Starting point is 00:51:33 Yeah, a couple of hours in. It's got five million views. Yeah, maybe Sound Bath is going to take off like bouldering. Bouldering, why do they call it that? It sounds like you're throwing huge boulders. That's what I thought it was at first. Why do they revolutionise very simple things that don't need to be touched? Rock climbing is a tried and true classic and bouldering adds nothing.
Starting point is 00:51:54 No. Well, I just think you don't have to climb as high because there's no risk of you dying if you only climb a little bit. That's why they save money on the harnesses and all that shit. That's no fun. In 15 years, are we all going to be bone cleaning instead of teeth brushing? Are we going to change that? Yeah, it's like the same shit.
Starting point is 00:52:11 Let's play kickball. No. That's soccer. Let's play ball hoop. No, that's basketball. Have you noticed around Halloween time that all the costume names have really generic things like that because they probably don't have the rights?
Starting point is 00:52:27 They can. Sexy, slutty nurse. Yeah, or like a Harry Potter costume will be called Small Wizard Boy. Yes. Because they can't call it Harry Potter. They'd have to pay royalty. Really?
Starting point is 00:52:35 It's quite clearly a Harry Potter report, but they can't call it that. Big Talking Dog and Stoner for Scooby-Doo. I thought you were going to say Clifford. He doesn't talk, does he? No, he doesn't smoke weed. Yeah, no, of course not. Also, thinking back to Clifford, he was abnormal,
Starting point is 00:52:51 and if it was in the real world, they would have put him down. But he's a big, he's too big. Yeah, put him down. I can't remember what context it was, but we've definitely spoken about this before. Have we? I think we were talking about how to take nice, wholesome things and make them sound really fucked up.
Starting point is 00:53:09 Like Clifford the Big Red Dog becomes deformed. Like a sunburnt animal. I can't remember. Deformed, overgrown. Blood red hound. I have no idea why that came up, but it just flashed into my brain. I'm like, yeah, we've done this. God, kids shows are so mind numbing.
Starting point is 00:53:24 I, for some reason, I think I was at the doctor's the other day and Blue's Clues was on and that stupid man was asking the audience for clues and they leave such a stupid pause. Where's my notebook? Is it behind me? Okay. Who is he talking to, the audience? Yeah, the audience.
Starting point is 00:53:44 They do it at the door in the Explorer as well. Yeah, I hate that shit. Yeah, the door to the audience yeah the audience they do adoran the explorer as well should i go over the bridge or should i jump in this river full of crocodiles jump dog you think i should go through the bridge no no she'll say something generic like that's a great idea yeah thanks boots a talking monkey put that down Thanks, boots. A talking monkey. Put that down. Unnatural.
Starting point is 00:54:08 Manning who. As we have developed into the fourth stage of our podcast success, multi-millions, six-figure numbered salary. We have got a new round. And that's not including our offshore account. Whoa! We have started a whole new marketing scheme, and we're getting airtime on Kiss FM, on the radio stations that iHeartRadio is affiliated with, right?
Starting point is 00:54:28 So they're playing our ads on the air. Oh, right. Okay. I was like, what are you talking about? They're just playing ads for our podcast on the radio for those who didn't keep up with that long-ass explanation. They're also playing it on the air, Joe Phillips. Are they?
Starting point is 00:54:40 We have a deep urban fan base. Anyway, I was doing my radio show the other night and one played. During your own show? Yeah, and I went, what the fuck is playing? Turned the volume up, went to the system and it was IDGM. Oh, really? And I'm like, what the fuck is Idljum? Idljum?
Starting point is 00:54:58 I still haven't heard it yet. Have you got it? Yeah. The ad that's playing for us? It says IDGM. Yeah, I can get it. These have been on the air for about a month now. I Heart Podcasts.
Starting point is 00:55:09 Mitch here. And I'm also Mitch. We host a comedy podcast called Is It Just Me? It's all about how much it sucks being an adult. And one of our listeners left this glowing review. G'day. I'm a tradie on the Gold Coast. The missus kept playing Is It Just Me in the car.
Starting point is 00:55:22 Eventually I thought, yeah, this podcast is actually all right. They chat about relatable stuff. A bit stupid, but I like that. Yeah, if you want to join us, the podcast is called Is It Just Me? Get it now on the free iHeartRadio app and listen to your heart's content. Yeah, right. Yeah, I like that. He was nice.
Starting point is 00:55:37 Then that's not our usual demographic. That's the type of person that would gay bash us on Oxford Street. Oh, don't be ridiculous. No, he was very sweet and a real listener. Yes. Not a paid actor. We have a lot of, I don't be ridiculous. No, he was very sweet. And a real listener. Yes. Not a paid actor. We have a lot of, I don't know what you'd call this demographic, but our key demographic or a lot of our listeners are boyfriend converted listeners from their girlfriends.
Starting point is 00:55:54 Yeah, I know. We've got a few people that say their boyfriend listened with them and they just suffer through it and then we grow on them. Maybe they should do a bit of word of mouth. Hey, bro, when they're, you know, on the work side or something. Yeah. You've got to check this out. Suffer through it. Yeah. And then it'll just grow on you if you thought this wet concrete was soft
Starting point is 00:56:08 you need to listen to a couple of minutes you know what i've started watching i'm obsessed with succession new show alert oh you don't need to talk to me about succession i'm ahead of the pack are you watching succession yeah now it makes sense what pr pack did you get sent because i'm so jealous of it now They sent you something really cool right? Yeah it's on my Instagram still They sent like all this food and shit Oh
Starting point is 00:56:31 It was basically meant to be a fancy feast Because it's all about a highfalutin family That runs the media business I feel like you've run out of Morning Wars to watch Now you're doing this Because it kind of tickles your fucking media nerd fancy But it's not like Morning Wars at all, really. And you know what?
Starting point is 00:56:47 Back to Morning Wars. Fucking hell, I watched that show because we're in a very similar industry. I want to relate to it. I want to peek behind the curtain and go, yep, ooh, yep, yep. I'm getting no TV drama. Yeah, it was less about the behind-the-scenes drama and, like, what's going on in their actual life. I think you might have seen Bradley and Alex, as in Jennifer Aniston, Reese Witherspoon.
Starting point is 00:57:09 Yes. At the desk together doing the news broadcast. I think you only saw them together like once. Yeah. Jenna, Mitch and I have spoken about it. We were texting about it the other night. I think, we both think, that there must have been a scheduling conflict. Because the only scenes they're in together are on Zoom or on the phone.
Starting point is 00:57:23 Yeah. They basically just call each other. So I'm like, hmm, there was some COVID shit going on. And they're in together are on Zoom or on the phone. Yeah, they basically just call each other. So I'm like, hmm, there was some COVID shit going on. And they're the big stars. I'll tell you what freaks me out about that show. Yeah. They stay up very late and then they have to get up very early. Yeah, good point.
Starting point is 00:57:35 I'm always thinking, I'm like, go to bed, bitch. You don't have to deal with this now. Yes, very late and I get very stressed about it. Yeah, and whenever they wake up, like, you always have those shots of them in their bedroom with their curtains wide open, like the city light. Yes. Like, that would never fucking happen.
Starting point is 00:57:48 No. No way. You'd have lavender oils on, you'd have curtains closed, eye mask on, anyway, and they wake up looking so refreshed at 3am. That's not the case. And they never seem to need a nap. No, ever. Never.
Starting point is 00:58:00 Yeah, they're always in their dressing room after the show gossiping and then Bradley's at fucking rehab with her brother. I always get nervous talking about TV shows or watching on the podcast because anyone who isn't is going to be like, what? No, because it hooks people in. It makes them think, I'm going to watch if my Mitch is watching. It's quite a hassle. Yeah, and you know what my drama is?
Starting point is 00:58:17 I don't fucking subscribe because I can't be fucked. Hayden does. So I watch it on the Apple TV in the living room and then I go to bed and go to watch it on my iPad, but I can't because I don't have his Apple ID. Right. Oh, so I can only watch it on the apple tv in the living room and i go to bed and go to watch it on my ipad but i can't because i don't have his apple id right oh so i can only watch i'm tethered to the tv like it's 1999 heaven forbid yeah i was a bit pissed off because you meant to get a free year of apple tv plus with any new apple yes you are this macbook was bought in fucking march was it not i should have my free apple tv Plus currently active if it's in here. Because my mum got an iPad and I've been using her Apple TV Plus
Starting point is 00:58:50 and it's now three months. Oh, that's just scabby. Jenna, have you started using my Disney Plus? Are you still using it? I have it on my phone but I haven't used it. I'm very scared. Are you in the same predicament as me? What?
Starting point is 00:59:06 I've got Disney Plus and I'm paying for it. No bastard seems to use it. I'm like everyone have my login. Everyone. Everyone. And I'm like I'm trying to give back because I leech off others for the other platforms. So this is literally the only one I pay for. Disney Plus. But no one uses it. Yeah and I get it for free. That's why I gave it to Jenna. Oh well fuck I'll just shut my mouth.
Starting point is 00:59:22 It's not the same problem at all. I want to connect it to my Amazon Prime Fire thing. Oh, you're dongle sick. Yes. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Your Firefox is the worst. Oh, you've lost me. Why did you get free Disney Plus?
Starting point is 00:59:36 Oh, I'm on the Disney Love Me for some reason. I don't know why. I get sent every PR box for Disney. Beats me. I don't know why they love you either. Maybe I don't think I look like Dumbo. They think they're emailing their key talent. But no, just me. Like, hi Dumbo,
Starting point is 00:59:48 here's the latest PR box. It's just Mitch Chury. Anyway, when Hayden and I bought our smart TV, we brought it off Gumtree for the new house. Oh, that's risky. I know. It's brilliant. It works. But the accounts are still all logged in. So we
Starting point is 01:00:04 had to log out of Stan. We had to log, because we already have them and we want It works. But the accounts are still all logged in. So we had to log out of Stan. We had to log, because we already have them and we want our shows. But Amazon Prime, which we've never touched, never gone near, is still logged in and we have full access and they've turned on the function where you don't need to enter your pin every time you want to buy a movie. So it's like super snappy. So we're buying movies. On their credit card?
Starting point is 01:00:20 Yeah. Oh, Mitchell. You can't buy movies. It's one thing to leech off their account if they're already paying the bill, but extra charges on their card, that's actually illegal, I feel. Is it? Yeah. I think it is. Well, that's on them.
Starting point is 01:00:33 I don't know, because he just admitted it publicly. I feel it might not be. No, because I didn't realise that it was on theirs. I thought it was free. I thought it was free, and then it happened. When you clicked buy now for $19.99, you thought it was free. Is that right? No, I think I knew it when it said good morning, Joe. I bought the whole season of Handmaid's Tale.
Starting point is 01:00:52 That's what I mean. If you have to buy it, it's definitely, if it's not already on there for streaming, if you have to buy it, it's definitely being charged somewhere. If you want to put your card details in, it's probably them. By the time you're hearing this, I've already paid them back because we were pre-records. Why don't you just sneakily add your card details to their payment methods? Yeah. Then they'll start buying mine and we don't want that. I might add it to that.
Starting point is 01:01:10 I'm a kiddie. It can all go towards the podcast money. Don't think so. No. Anyway. What else happened in celebrity gossip news this week? Britney Spears is free. Good for her.
Starting point is 01:01:21 That's old news. Is it old? Yeah, a couple of weeks. Not a couple of weeks. Yes, it is. It's two weeks. What else is breaking news? Burt Newton, I know you crossed that.
Starting point is 01:01:30 Yeah, we covered that. We covered that news. You heard it here first. Yeah, yeah. We broke it. Yeah. Our pre-recorded program did break it. When we were recording Trash Alley the other day, we were in the middle of recording and
Starting point is 01:01:41 it just came out that Camilla and Sean broke up and we were like, oh, we better talk about that. And then obviously forgot that the episode doesn't come out for ages. So it was like in the moment, it felt like, oh, my God, breaking news. You heard it here first. And then I was like, oh, wait. Wasn't that stupid, the notes app? I hate the notes app stuff. Did you notice that it's the exact same statement, but different fonts?
Starting point is 01:02:03 And Sean chose the most faggy font he could have possibly chosen. And Camilla went for a butch typewriter font. Did she? Yeah. Really not helping those rumours, are they? No, not at all. I don't even know they were Camilla rumours. Also, Sean's was written on a Kiki K notepad, so that's not exactly helping the rumours.
Starting point is 01:02:21 It was not. No, it wasn't. But, you know. You know what they say. Kiki K. It was not. No, it wasn't. But, you know. You know what they say. Kiki K. Kiki K. That was their tagline for years. What's Kiki K?
Starting point is 01:02:31 Kiki K. Stationary. That's like adult smiggle. Oh. No, I'm not across that. Oh, they've gone into liquidation. If they've got to do this, I'll be there. Kiki K is fantastic.
Starting point is 01:02:40 Good quality notepads. Thick. Mm-hmm. Big inky pens. Mm-hmm. What do you need notepads for?ick. Mm-hmm. Big inky pens. Mm-hmm. What do you need notepads for? When I used to do an actual job, I used to write a notepad. Really?
Starting point is 01:02:51 Yeah. Actually, it might be in the market again. Hayden and I bought a standing desk for the new house. Ooh. Oh, you'll get over that so quickly. I know. And guess what? It's fucking loud.
Starting point is 01:02:59 It's mechanical. So you've got the normal desk, and then you've got two buttons on the side, up and down. So you hold it up normal desk and then you've got two buttons on the side, up and down. So you hold it up and it goes... Goes up one millimetre a month, it seems. And then it finally gets to the top and then you can stand up. And then to go down... Oh, that's shit. Yeah, I know.
Starting point is 01:03:22 And I broke because Hayden has a kettle on his desk. Like an actual kettle. That's risky. And, I know. And I broke because Hayden has a kettle on his desk, like an actual kettle. That's risky. And he drinks boiling water all day, every day. But he has it right next to his laptop. Yeah. Oh, my God, what a fool. You're asking for trouble.
Starting point is 01:03:35 Well, especially for me because it was plugged into the wall. Then I went up and it pulled the kettle off. Oh, God. Why don't you just leave it up if it's a standing desk? That's his preference. Because you stand up for a bit and you go down. You go down. It's, you know, up and down with the moods. Nah, that sounds terrible. It's a lot of effort. It's a standing desk. That's his preference. Because you stand up for a bit then you go down. You go down. It's, you know, up and down with the moods.
Starting point is 01:03:48 Nah, that sounds terrible. It's a lot of effort. It's a lot of effort. I'm in the market for a new desk. Mine wobbles. It does my head in. The red one? I like the red one.
Starting point is 01:03:56 Yeah, that's the predicament I'm in, darling. It's cute as fuck but it's not practical. It jiggles. Even when you've got those scotch tape things to put on the bottom. Yeah.
Starting point is 01:04:02 Didn't help. You can afford one. Probably. Go to Officeworks, grab yourself a new desk. Do you have a home set up, Jenna? I do. It's an Ikea desk, so it's a bit wobbly. Yeah.
Starting point is 01:04:14 You know what? I actually can afford one. I just realised because today I bought this electric blanket online and when it arrived, I noticed that it didn't have timers on them, so you just have to leave it on. And I'm like, no, I like to fall asleep. I put the timer on for like three hours and then I'll go to bed nice and warm and then during the night it'll turn off to not fry me.
Starting point is 01:04:33 And I emailed them. I was like, yo, can I return this? And they said, due to hygiene reasons, you cannot return it. However, we will refund you. And I was like, oh, well, how's that fucking fair? I don't want this blanket. They're like, well, we've processed the refund so what's the problem? And I was like, I'm stuck with your's that fucking fair? I don't want this blanket. Yeah. They're like, well, we've processed the refund, so what's the problem? And I was like, I'm stuck with your blanket.
Starting point is 01:04:48 Yeah. What do I do with the bastard? But also, how is that good for your business model, guys? I offered to send it back. Anyway, if you leave us a five-star review on Apple Podcasts, you'll get a free electric blanket. Not used. Can't turn it off, but.
Starting point is 01:04:59 Oh! Yeah, once it's on, it's on. Oh, sorry. What? My girdle was delivered. Your what? My girdle. Huh? My men's girdle, it's on. Oh, sorry. What? My girdle was delivered. Your what? My girdle. Huh?
Starting point is 01:05:06 My men's girdle. How's that? Oh, thank God. So tomorrow I've got the arias, and I didn't want to include it in my idjim, because last time I did, I was ripped to shreds. You were accused of being unrelated. I had a touch. Anyway, so as I prepared for my $10,000 salary from the arias,
Starting point is 01:05:25 I bought a tuxedo. But it's COVID. They asked me, but I said I needed an extra zero on the end of that. Yeah, yeah. And it's at Taronga Zoo, so they thought, well, you know. Anyway, what is this? A girdle? A girdle.
Starting point is 01:05:38 So it's a Nancy Gance. It's male Spanx. Oh, my God. I told you that they are never a good idea. Anyway, so what happened was I got the suit and I tried it on. I went a bit pudgy. And I have always been big, so I'm fine being bigger in a suit. But in a suit, you've got layers and you've got buttoned up.
Starting point is 01:05:54 I'm on TV, so I want to wear them. But that's the thing. You don't have to worry because the suit covers it all. It's only if you're wearing something tight you want Spanx. I know. I know. No offence. I don't think you're going to even notice a difference.
Starting point is 01:06:02 Really? Yeah. Yeah, because you've got a huge-ass jacket on. The only difference you're going to realise is it's so uncomfortable. Yeah. Well, here's the problem. So I get the suit. I go, brilliant, got it.
Starting point is 01:06:12 It went a bit pudgy. So I go to David Jones and I go to the women's section. I go, hi. Real classic David Jones worker. She'd make a killer cup of tea, this woman picture her. And I go, hi. I'm looking for Spanx. And she went, went oh the male
Starting point is 01:06:25 section's downstairs i said that i don't have any spanx um i need to buy women's i know it's very awkward but i just want like a black piece of lycra like think a condom with both ends cut off and just slip it on me and she went oh i've never done this before i'll have to look i'm like a bit of material love well you'll be fine so then she goes and she goes do you want tan do you want black i go ultra black so she gives me black she goes do you want growing in area and i'm it won't work that will be eaten up like stephen hawking will come back from the dead there'll be a new black hole on earth so i go i'll just take this go to the change rooms and she's well you have to use the the men change rooms you're not allowed to use the female change rooms
Starting point is 01:07:00 yeah i'm not love that's fine i know i like, I'm the prerequisite. I get it. So I go to the men's change rooms and, oh, my God, I didn't know how to get them on. Like, I was an idiot and thought, I'll go head first. What? No. Because I thought I want it for my chest and my tummy so head's closer and easier. No, because you can't pull a condom down past your shoulders.
Starting point is 01:07:22 You get trapped like you're in a straitjacket. I think you might have actually gotten confused about the function of Spanx. Like, it can't make fat physically disappear. No, I know. It basically just makes you less, like, bumpy, a bit smoother. Yeah. But you've got a fuck-off jacket on. They're not going to see any lumps.
Starting point is 01:07:37 It's not clinging to you in any way. No, it's because I've got a tucked-in shirt and a belt and it's got the tummy, so I just wanted to make it all flatter, you know, so I don't have lumps and blumps. Anyway, so i just wanted to to make it all flatter you know right so i don't have lumps and blumps anyway i put it on i rip it in half um the seam snaps on the nancy gans so i tuck that away in the corner and don't tell you then i get the next one out and i go i'm gonna use my feet train doors darling don't forget so my two feet well it's a podcast so my two feet go in anyway get it up i'm naked i'm in underpants. And it goes up and it fits like a glove.
Starting point is 01:08:06 And I get a knock on the door. She's like, hello, how's it going? Is it working? I'm like, yeah, it's working. She went, do you want to take a look? I was like, no, no, I want you to take a look. Absolutely not. A look.
Starting point is 01:08:15 It looks like when you drop a sausage and you pick it up too hard and you squeeze it and then the middle's all thin and the tops are really heavy. Awful. I could taste my liver. Take it off. Hide the fake one. Buy it. But I bought Amazon Ones just in case. Well, I've spent $350
Starting point is 01:08:28 on girdles. What's the difference between a girdle and Spanx? That was my question. Spanx is just like it's got the little legs in it. It's like a big pair of undies. Yeah, I know what they are. What are these? A girdle is your chest. It's like a singlet. Oh, it's like a singlet that sucks you in. Oh my god.
Starting point is 01:08:44 It's like an arm. That does not look fun. Yeah, and it goes under a singlet. It's like a singlet that sucks you in. Oh, my God. It's like an army. That does not look fun. Yeah, and it goes under a suit jacket. Yeah, wow, okay. Yeah, it's a lot. I mean, I'm a bit of a hypocrite because I came on this podcast after I went to that event and I wore Spanx and I vowed to never do it again. But then they scheduled our photo shoot for the next season's artworks.
Starting point is 01:09:02 They're already done. They scheduled that for the fucking week we came out of lockdown. So I was feeling real flabby. Yeah. Because we had to get them done for Trash Alley. And I said, oi, Mitch, just come with me and get out of town while we're there. Because I only get pretty once a year. It's today.
Starting point is 01:09:14 And so I was like, oh, feeling a bit flabby after lockdown. I might have to get some Spanx. And they had size 12, which were actually too big. Like they didn't do anything. And size 8. I thought, oh, fuck me. I really feel that I'm a size 10 but I'm just going to have to squeeze into an 8.
Starting point is 01:09:30 And yeah, they're not good, are they? No, they hurt. Because the last ones I wore were at least like a pair of shorts. Like they kind of went halfway down to my knee. These ones were like the undie type. And I said to Mitch, I was like, do I put my underwear on before or after these? Do I want spank on junk action or do I want underwear?
Starting point is 01:09:48 Anyway, I ended up just putting them directly on. They went on first. They're yours though, right? You get to keep them? Oh, yeah. Yeah. They were like 12 bucks. I'm not giving them back.
Starting point is 01:09:57 Mine was so expensive. My Nancy Gans were 99. I feel that mine did the trick. Here, I'll show you the photo, Jenna. Okay. When did we come out of lockdown? Ah, here we go. Let's see.
Starting point is 01:10:09 Absolutely no bumps on that gunt. Oh, that is very, very, very nice. Oh, yeah, that's gunt-free. Yeah, you should have seen me after. I was like, let it all out. All comes out. Let it all dangle. David Jones had to put a wet bucket on the ground, gentlemen.
Starting point is 01:10:24 Oh, not another bucket. The change room that I left. My God, it was wet. I took them off for the trash alley ones because it was already a corset. So I was like, you know what? We've got a bit of illusion happening already. We're good. We did well getting that two birds with one stone. Ijeom and trash alley photo shoot on one day. What? We did well doing both photo shoots on
Starting point is 01:10:40 one day. Long ass day. They already had the wide angle lens outfit, Matt. So I thought I'll go too. Oh my God. What? Okay, at least lens outfit, Matt, so I thought I'll go too. Oh, my God. What? Okay, at least you threw yourself in there. I thought you were just going to slag him off. No, I would never slag off a friend.
Starting point is 01:10:53 Yeah. A new friend. I was on the rocks for a bit. Well, you were a tinder fizzer, huh? Yeah, that's right. Jesus Christ. Oh, yeah. Me and Matt, that was terrible. Should I call him back and just say...
Starting point is 01:11:08 Can they hang up? Let's do it. If you really want. Yeah, I do. I will, I will. Have you got his number? Yeah, of course. I'm the best friend.
Starting point is 01:11:19 Do you really? No, it's under Nemesis. Do you have his number? Yeah. That's weird. Why? We text. I've got close friends that I don't even his number? Yeah. That's weird. Why? We text. I've got close friends that I don't even have their numbers anymore.
Starting point is 01:11:27 We were talking about this the other day. I was like, I don't think I have anyone's number in this room. We're all hanging out. Yeah. And we're like, no, we don't really need to, do we? Yeah, that's true, actually. The only reason they saved him on contacts is so I remember their address. He's going to be the type that doesn't answer private calls.
Starting point is 01:11:45 Hello? Hi, it's Mitch Turi. Oh, doesn't answer private calls. Hello? Hi, it's Mitch Turi. Hi, Joe. How are you? Sorry, Donald. He's gone. I feel much better. Still going, by the way.
Starting point is 01:11:59 Oh, my God. Check in. I'm meant to be there in 15 minutes. Thank God I didn't actually end up going, because I definitely would have been running late. Yeah, there's about 20 minutes left. We can never shut up. No, we really can't.
Starting point is 01:12:09 We should probably go, though. Thank you for listening, everyone. Episode 92. Yep. We hope your root chakras are aligned. Your core is reset. Hey, how long are you going to keep doing that rhyming thing? That's out of every episode.
Starting point is 01:12:23 92 who? I was like, I don't know what to say to that. Well, 93. Makes it very difficult to banter. Got to do it way. No, because I'm very good. I go, 92 who? Hello, Mitchell.
Starting point is 01:12:34 Oh, it's Mitchell Coombs. You know, I throw to you. Ah. I'm a good host. Yeah. The Arias and whatnot. All right, everyone. Let's go.
Starting point is 01:12:45 We'll see you next week. We hope this podcast made you feel at least 3% better today. That's all we ask for, 3%. That's all we aim for as well. Jenna, thanks for being here. Thank you. And when's Jenna going to panel our show? Because we don't have many shows left of the year.
Starting point is 01:12:58 Jenna's got to panel one. What for? Remember for her fill-in show, we said Jenna will panel a whole show, i.e. press all the buttons and sound effects and turn the mics on, in preparation for her fill-in show. But there's a problem. I don't know how to do any of that. Yeah, I feel like the gag will get old real quick
Starting point is 01:13:18 if we have to deal with that the whole episode. She'd panel a segment. I don't know how, but I'll give it a go. Yeah, give it a go. I also came up with Jenna's fill-in show name. I forgot to tell you. I know we're rapping. Yeah.
Starting point is 01:13:31 It's called The Jenna Side Show. Because we're the main show. That's the side show. It's a fucking brilliant pun. Oh, like Jenna Side Show. Yeah, yeah, that's it. I'm warming up to it. But it's actually a side show.
Starting point is 01:13:43 Yeah, it's a side show. Okay, I mean, well, I did vow that I wanted no part in producing this, so really you can call me. Yeah, I'm EP, Jen. All right, set. Okay. Congratulations. I like that, actually.
Starting point is 01:13:52 That's fine. The genocide show. Genocide. How are you going with bringing that together? We've only got a few weeks left. I'm executive producing it. I'll figure that out in a week. Yeah, people have
Starting point is 01:14:05 been writing in with suggestions because we asked the listeners to come up with games and stuff to banter with you about. The first episode
Starting point is 01:14:12 is essentially planned. Yep. How many are we doing? I think we'll do three or four. We don't need to do one for every week we're off.
Starting point is 01:14:20 Oh, I thought that was the plan. Oh, we can. Because the idea is that your Fever Celeb Podcast is coming through when they normally don't.
Starting point is 01:14:25 All right, well, once we try to sign on. Jenna doesn't get a holiday from the holiday show. She doesn't until we're back. We will be doing it weekly. Weekly. Okay, weekly. And do you know what? All of a sudden I feel like I deserve 11 weeks off.
Starting point is 01:14:36 Yeah. That's how many you do. I could actually go with 12. Get thinking, Jenna. Well, the genocide show is coming soon. See you next week, everyone. Goodbye. Thank you for listening. is coming soon. See you next week, everyone. Goodbye. Thank you for listening.
Starting point is 01:14:46 Catch you soon. Love you. Bye. Bye. Is it just me? A podcast by a couple of mitches. Make sure you've hit follow on your podcast app.

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