I've Had It - Ordering Nightmare with Karine Jean-Pierre

Episode Date: June 25, 2024

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So are we supposed to start the podcast? Ready? One, two, three. Wow. Wow. I mean, you're on a roll. I am on a roll. That makes me so happy because it's been a day. You know, I always refer to you as America's greatest legal mind. We're teetering on America's greatest clapper. I think it's probably, I'm more comfortable with greatest clapper than legal mind.

Well, the Patriots and I disagree, but I do think there's a new title. I do think you're America's best penis shammer. 100%, and I wear that with pride. Yeah. Yeah, that's a great one. There's been some people that have been kind of hurt in the comment section about you body shaming the penis. So I'm gonna take a step back. Here's what I think of it is. There's a certain type of man that advertises their deficiencies based on behavior, what they're saying, their attitude, the whole thing. It's a whole vibe. It's not just the little penis,

which falls into that. It just all comes full circle and you can identify it without even having to look at the penis. Let me ask you this. Okay. Would you consider yourself to be a size girl? Yes. Yes. All right.

All right. Pumps, what have you had it with? Okay, this I've had it with and I cannot believe I have not brought it to everyone's attention before. When you go to a restaurant with a big group of people and you sit down and you can't talk because the restaurant, and we're talking like a restaurant in the afternoon, not a bar, has the music so loud you are screaming at the people on the other end of the table. I mean I just drives me fucking crazy and I've had it. It may have something to do with my age, but I just cannot reiterate enough.

This was not a bar. This was a restaurant at one o'clock in the afternoon. I don't know that I've had it with that. I would think that... You like to scream at the other people. No, I would think that. You like to scream at the other people. No, I would probably not. If I'm doing a big party like that, I'm mindful about the booking of the venue. I can't reiterate enough what a non-party restaurant this was.

It was just a basic brunch spot. Not even brunch. That makes it sounds like it'd be fun. It was just your basic restaurant. It was completely on them, 100%. If I would have gone to like a party place, it would have been different. But it was so obnoxious, hated it. I'll never go back for that very reason. All right. Well, let me tell you what I've had it with. I have had it with airlines overselling flights. Oh my God, I had this thing. I completely agree.

It is out of control. You and I recently were flying to, I believe it was Chicago, and we're sitting at the gate and they start in, the gate attendant starts in. We regret to inform you this flight has been oversold. So we are now offering a $500 voucher and one drink coupon, and we need four takers. And so then it's crickets.

Nobody says anything. And then they escalate it. Then we're up to a thousand and maybe there's a couple takers. And then he gets back on and he's mad at everybody in the reception area, in the gate, wait, lobby area. And rather sassily, he says, we still have two remaining spots for this oversold flight and we're now offering a thousand dollar voucher and three drink coupons and we will not depart until we have two volunteers.

Like we're the assholes. Like it's our problem. I was incensed. So then they start boarding the flight, delayed, were delayed by 15 minutes because the airline oversold the flight and then they come on. They're still trying to get people off the plane. Then finally they have to up the ante to like, it was like $2,000 hotel and multiple like drinks for live. And a guy gets off the plane and takes it. But since then I've flown several times and every time I get on the app to like

check in and get my boarding pass, it says this flight has been oversold. We are offering a $500 voucher. And I'm like, quit overselling the flights. I don't even understand how that happens. I'm not a mathematician, but on an airplane, there is an assigned seating. There is a finite number of seats. Like, it doesn't change.

You don't pull up and a Boeing 737 has 20 more seats on it this time. They're all the fucking same. Count how many seats there are, sell that many tickets. You get the money regardless if you have an empty seat or not, I don't understand it. It's just, it's wild how they will delay flights and the browbeat that the passengers get

and the threats that we get for not volunteering. And it's like, look, we've packed, we've endured TSA, we've done all of this stuff. We're knee deep in a group activity at an airport. And now you've oversold the flight and you're holding us all hostage until you have volunteers. It is just maddening the way this happens.

Right, and I just sit there and I think, how did this become our problem? Yeah. How does your inability to count seats become our problem? What they do is they oversell it because there's always people that don't show up, you know, that cancel. And so they want to have their flights full. And so it's an economic benefit for them to do it, but they're doing it so frequently

that it's now delaying travel. And then the extra sass from the gate attendant that somehow we're the assholes for not volunteering is just more than I can take. That guy was browbeating. He was browbeating. He was browbeating every, we will not board this plane

until I get four more volunteers. Like we were the assholes. And I'm like, dude, we did exactly what we agreed to do. We bought the ticket. We showed up at the airport. We went through security. We've come, we bought some overpriced food and beverages. And now we're sitting at the gate. How we're in trouble here is beyond me. How did we get in trouble? It was unbelievable. That is, he made it sound like we were in trouble. He did. He made it sound like we were the

assholes and I couldn't, I was just like, this is a United Airlines problem. This isn't a Jennifer and Pumps problem. Right. And the more he came on, I'm like, I'm not giving up my seat. I'm not doing it. We have a place we have to be at a specific time. And they refusing to board the plane. They refuse to board the plane. Yeah, it was bad. It was bad. Welcome to I've Had It.

I'm Jennifer. I'm Angie. She is, as you know, all of the things. Before I kick it to Kylie, I want to tell you something that I don't know that I've shared with you yet, but my husband, Josh has made a discovery. Goop. I like the one with Paltrow deal.

Yeah. Lifestyle blog. Okay. How did you? So I'm in the shower the other day and I have my side of the shower and he has his side of the shower. And we each have these little niches where I have my products on his side, on his niche,

he has his products. Josh always has the good shit, right? Always. So my facial scrub was out and I hadn't ordered any new. So I looked over in his little area and there's all these goop bottles. And I'm like, Josh, did you discover goop? He goes, Oh yeah.

And I'm like, you know, that's like a, you know, like a fluent white woman website where, you know, you can get like shit to spray up your Vagine and all sorts of stuff and he was like oh I love it. So Josh Welch has been over there power shopping on Goop and has all these new products he's got Goop shampoo, Goop cleansers, goop serums. Yeah. I'm just wondering how he found it. I mean, just what prompted? Probably like an internet thing.

You're talking about a person that is like the typical consumer that people in PR firms talk about who they want to reach. Right, Josh is the number one candidate for all of those things. Like if we can just get our product in front of these people, they want to reach. Right, Josh is the number one candidate for all of those things. Like if we can just get our product in front of these people, they'll like it. Josh is false prey to all of that.

All of the gimmicks, all of the stuff, 100% false prey to all of it. He's never satisfied with like, I found this lotion or this cleanser or this shampoo and I really like it. He's always wondering in the back of his head. I wonder if there's something better out there. There might just be something better.

Yeah, I got to keep on it. Yeah, exactly. Oh, that's funny. All right, Kylie, what's going on on the World Wide Web? I've got some reviews for you. This one is five stars and it's called the conservative conversion. Her name is Caitlin and she writes, beautiful ladies in KB, once upon a time

I grew up in a small town, you know the rest. You three have turned me, snapped, crackled, and popped me, if you will, plucked me from my southern hypocrite roots to a blossomed thinker. Five stars for the perfect execution of effortlessly converting me. What a lovely comet. Wow. That's really nice. Wow. That's crazy. You're making a difference. Wow. That's wild. All right. This one is called pity listening. Five star. And they write, one day I accidentally stumbled upon this podcast and gave it a shot.

I was about to dip out when I heard Jessica referred to listener. What a shocking revelation that was. The elderly lesbian and Jessica only have one listener. Obviously, out of extreme pity and guilt, I have to keep listening so that there are two of us. Single-handedly, I have increased their listenership by 100%. Time will tell if these old gals ever get any better. That's funny. It is. It is. That's hilarious.

I like it. Yeah. So a lot of people sometimes in the comment section will say, So a lot of people sometimes in the comment section will say, who's Jessica or her name is Jennifer? And so for those of you new listeners, the Jessica thing is when Kylie was playing voice memos, a woman dead serious is like, I've had it with X, Y, Z and blah, blah, blah and pumps and Jessica and she's dead serious, like totally got my name

wrong. And of course, we love it. Everybody just absolutely loved it. And so from that day forward, in the comment section, you'll see me referred to as Jessica. As Jessica. I saw some people fighting over that in the YouTube comment section. Someone was like, I'm so confused. Her name is Jennifer. Yeah. And someone goes, no, it's Jessica. Okay. I found an article of a study that's been circulating on Gen Z. Okay. And it showed that 26% of Gen Z applicants

bring a parent to their job interview. That cannot be right. Would you ever hire somebody that brought a parent? Here's who I blame for that. The parents, I know. The parents. But I don't even know what to say about that. It is the parents' fault. That is unbelievable. That is one in four.

And of course, no. Oh gosh, it is one in four. I wouldn't hire somebody who brought their parent to a job interview. And I would, as I escorted them out, tell the parent, here's the name and number of my therapist. You need to phone them. This is insanity.

But I totally blame the parents for this. These are the same parents that it all starts with gender reveals, and then this is where it leads. It does. I mean, we whistle blow a lot on things. And I guarantee you the parents probably brought a Stanley cup. I knew. You know they did. I knew at some point. Honey, get your cup all refilled before we go do your job interview.

I had a mom once at my interior design business send me an email asking me if her daughter could do a summer internship for my interior design firm. And I responded, your daughter would have to send me her resume in order for me to consider it. And she responds, I'll get the resume and send it to you. And I responded, I would never hire anyone that can't send their resume to me by themselves. And then she sent a bunch of other and I just ghosted from that.

I mean, it just really like she just couldn't accept the fact that she couldn't do this for her child. And I think the daughter was probably mortified. We're parents of young adults. I have a 21 year old and a 17 year old. And if I was doing something like that for my boys, they would be mortified. Mortified. Listen to this. 7% of those people

said that their parents even answered questions for them during the interview. It's fucking wild. I can't wrap my head around that. I mean, I can't wrap my head around it. I mean, I get that your child's nervous, but you don't go with them. Like, you can't. And what employer, I want to know out of the 27%, how many people got the job? I would almost have to say it's 0%.

Zero. Wouldn't you think? There's no possible way that you could hire somebody. say it's zero percent. Zero. Wouldn't you think? There's no possible way that you could hire somebody who brought their mom or dad with them to the job interview. It can't be done. You cannot do it. Now, the only exception to this, I would say, is if somebody was a minor, 16 years old,

17 years old. I still don't like it because when we were, I remember at 16, driving to a place, filling out an application, getting the job for minimum wage. I remember doing that stuff. That's the only one where I could be like, okay, well maybe the parent was worried or wanted to meet the boss personally or something. I still think it's an overreach. I still think you shouldn't do that. But I think that's wild. But it doesn't surprise me one bit because this is the generation that has had to

celebrate everything. Right. And the parents and we were feral growing up, we were absolutely feral. We ran around all the time we had, you We had no cell phones. It was so easy to skirt the system, tell your parents you were going here. You really went there. There was no tracking device. There was nothing.

And I just think that the parents that don't let their kids leave the nest, or parents that over-involve themselves too much in their children's lives, I think it's really toxic. I just think there's a time when your children in late teenage years and then into their early 20s where you have to let them go out and make mistakes and feel the pain of being an adult. You cannot buffer them. It's part of growing up. And I mean, like, I've done my kids homework. I mean, I'm not perfect on this count. But that is just mind blowing to me. I remember like I had my pediatrician gave me his deal that says so and so is absent today. And so I'd send that for my kid, you know, if they were just fucking off or whatever.

And I remember a friend of my oldest's when we graduated or when they graduated high school, they went to college and she called me randomly and asked if I could give her one of those for her son in college. I'm like, no. Is that crazy? I thought that was crazy to like for a parent to reach out to a college professor. You know, it's like they're on their own. Don't you think that's weird? But then going to a job interview is like a level I don't even understand.

But what are you doing giving your kids? That's what I'm saying. I'm an offender. I'm an offender. But even I have limits on that. Right. I mean, and I'm bad. So I mean, for me to be shocked, it's shocking. Yeah. Yeah. I have always been with my kids, like I don't promote skirting or enable it. Like if you're supposed to be at school, you're supposed to be at school.

Tough tits. I'm not helping you skirt the system. I want to prep you for adulthood. I'm just, I'm not helping you skirt the system. I wanna prep you for adulthood. I'm just- I'm a skirter with my kids. I'm an over mother. That's why I'm so shocked about this. Cause that would never, I would never think of that.

Never. I just think the larger issue here is the over parenting, the over involvement has, we're gonna have a whole generation, this generation already has way more anxiety and depression than previous generations. I think part of it is they were raised by cell phones and their parents. And then their parents, when they do step in and parent, it's this over parenting that they're basically sending their kids messages

all the time by doing everything for them. I don't think you're competent enough to do this on your own. And I think that that exacerbates this generation's anxiety. And I think it's just an abject failure in parenting and over-parenting once they hit an age where they can do a lot of things for themselves. And I think it really harms, I mean, you see the statistics of Gen Z and the mental health

issues with anxiety. A lot of them have debilitating anxiety, ADD, all sorts of things that previous generations didn't have. And I think it's parents, they overdo it. I know for a fact that they overdo it because I'm copied on all of these group me's. Right, I know I am too. Where the moms are up there decorating locker rooms. When I was in high school, the cheerleading squad did that or the pep club did that.

But now you have parents who were up at the school making posters. And my mom was never at my school making posters. And my mom was never at my high school. Never. My mom never. So it doesn't surprise me one bit that the parents that are throwing all of these over the top birthday parties, gender reveal parties up at the school as a homeroom mom, making the best, you know, out baking, out cooking, out doing all that shit with everybody. It doesn't surprise me one bit that these are that these parents are going to job interviews.

It just doesn't surprise me. Yeah, I'm surprised. I'm just surprised. That just seems a bridge too far. All right. Well, let's get off of that. Today's guest is a very well-known face on American television and she is the White House press secretary and we're going to have her on. I've had it. Let's welcome

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I'm doing great. Hello. I'm doing great. Hello. I'm so excited to be on with you all. Thank you. Thank you. We're excited to have you on.

What's it like working in the White House every day? It is. I say this all the time and it is very true. It is an honor and a privilege. Just think about it. I get to walk through the West Wing every day. My office is in the West Wing. If there's a door right behind me, if you open that door, you go to the right, you'll

get to the briefing room. And right before you get to the briefing room, you see the Rose Garden. You go, that's the left part, pardon me. You go to the right and literally the Oval Office is a stone throw away. Like the Oval Office is right there. So I am, my office is in between the Oval Office and the press briefing room. And what is, it has been explained to me is that the, my office connects the president to the press. It's like that connector. So just think about it. I get to sit in the West Wing as someone who is a Black woman, queer immigrant, who was told that I would never make it.

I was a statistic and I would never ever make it. And I get to be the spokesperson, the White House press secretary for the president of the United States. It is an honor and a privilege. And sometimes I get emotional just thinking about that. Because in reality, what I was told is I was never supposed to be where I am today. LESLIE KENDRICK And how great to work for an administration that cherishes voices like yours and sees it as an asset to their team to allow people from different spaces and different places to represent the country at large. Because we live in a deeply red state, abortion ban America, and we see local politicians really trying to institutionalize bigotry around people that are immigrants of color or queers. So I'm so happy, it makes me happy in a deeply red state to see somebody like you represented, embraced and wildly successful in the West Wing.

Thank you both. Look, I also want to say thank you for creating this podcast, this space, so we can have this conversation, so you can highlight and you all you both do that so well. And it is I love your I love your podcast. I love the show. And it is it is really impressive from where you go. And what you all experience in a very red state, as you just stated, to lift up what's happening in this country. And we need that. We need to be able to have those voices out there to tell those stories,

to be able to have a space that while we're going to have a fun conversation and talk about really important things as well. And so thank you for doing that. This is a safe space. This is an important space. So really I'm honored as well to be talking to both of you. so thank you for doing that. This is a safe space. This is an important space. So really, I'm honored as well to be talking to both of you. So thank you, thank you, thank you. And to your point, as you were starting your question, the president believes that diversity is our strength. You see that across the administration,

starting from Vice President Kamala Harris all the way down. And it is important to have that diversity. This is the most diverse administration in modern politics and modern administrations. We need to make sure that we have that representation here in this administration, those voices, so that we can make sure that we have protections for these communities, that we're fighting for these communities. And that's what makes the Biden-Harris fish, I think, so important, so critical in these times, in the times that we're in.

Well, you know, all of these things are great. And we love to talk about very serious things. But, Kareen, we are also incredibly petty. We find it therapeutic to kind of get things off our chest. And I imagine that, you know, you have a high stress job and I'm sure that you have grievances just being a person working around all these stressful situations. Everybody's always asking you a lot of questions. And so we're going to give you this opportunity right now to tell us what you've had it with.

Gosh, get it off my shoulders. All right, let's do it. So I this is one that drives me crazy. So I am also a mom. I am a single mom that co-parents. I have this amazing, brilliant 10 year old. And one of the things that drives me crazy that I have completely had it with is her math homework. I don't, it is, I don't understand this new math. I don't get it. Let me tell you, I was a pre-med major. I taught, when I was in college,

I tutored calculus one, two, and three. I was pretty good at it. And I have to have my 10 year old explain her math to me. And I just have had it. I have had it, had it, had it. I don't understand this new math and I feel very bad for these kids. And I know I'm not the only one.

Many parents, I've had conversations with some of her, from some of her peers and they're like, yeah, we don't know either. And it's just, I've had it, I've had it, I've had it, I've had it, I've had it. No, it's the worst. And I have the exact same experience. I have my oldest child, when he was in fifth grade, he was sick.

And so he had to get his homework done. And I was like, oh, no, you're doing it all wrong. So I think there were like 35 problems. And he did two. And I was like, those are wrong. And he's like, no, Mom, I know that these are right. So I helped him with the other 33 problems. He missed every single one.

And I was like, I can't help you. Like I have to get a tutor. So all the kids when they got in fifth grade, it was like, that's where my math skills are done. Fifth grade. It totally is correct. And it's so funny because you see the math problem, you're like, oh, that's easy. You just do and see. And then they're like, no, actually, you have to draw some circles. You're like, oh, that's easy. You just do and see. And then they're like, no, actually, you have to draw some circles. You got to connect the dots. You got to do this. And I'm like, but why are you doing that? The answer is this. This is it. You just go, you know, whatever, division, you just do it this way and you get the answer. And there is a whole process. There is a whole different process to actually getting the answer. And so I'm like, okay.

is a whole different process to actually getting the answer. And so I'm like, okay. No, that I have a son that when he was in eighth grade, I have two sons, but when my youngest son was in eighth grade, I helped him with a English paper. And I thought I was, you know, doing a pretty good job editing it and saying, I moved this here, your thesis sentence isn't strong enough, blah, blah, blah. And he's a straight A student, my youngest son. And he comes home madder than a hornet one day and he's like, I'm never asking you to help me again. I got a B minus on my paper. You suck. And I'm like, oh God, I kind of do. That's so bad, Roman. I'm so sorry. Yeah, I've done that too. I wrote a paper like by myself, completely did my child's homework. I got a C minus. I was like, I was an English minor. I have a law degree. I do a lot of writing,

C minus. And that was like in middle school. It's a whole new world. It's a whole new world. Well, and speaking of mothers and families and planned families and non-planned families, traditional families, non-traditional families. We hear a lot down here in red states about women's rights and women's access to you know certain care. And today I actually prior to joining you all had my annual OBGYN appointment and we live in Oklahoma City. And as I was leaving the doctor's appointment, I had to go make my appointment for next year. And in the lobby, there was a girl, she was probably 16 or 17. And she looked very distraught, sitting there with her mother waiting to be called back. And I wouldn't have thought that

much of it five years ago, six years ago. But as I started to leave, I thought, God, I wonder if she's pregnant and she can't, she has no options. I wonder if that's what's going on. And for many people in our state, that's what's going on because we have politicians that are very anti choice, very proud about that decision. They're very bold and brazen about it. And it feels so weird that all of this happened. But what feels stranger to me is I feel like it's kind of like it happened and this big thing happened with Dobbs. And then now it's like just, it doesn't seem like there's that much- Snowballing. It's getting worse. Yes. Look, you know, as you mentioned, Dobbs decision happened two years ago, June 24th of this month, obviously is going to be the two year anniversary since DAP's decision happened.

Roe was overturned. It was Roe v. Wade was the law of the land. It was the cost. It was our constitutional right for almost 50 years. And just like that, literally just like that, it was taken away. And if you think about we're talking about our kids moments ago, our kids have less rights than we had. And that is insane to think about in 2024. And since Dopp's decision came to fruition, we have heard and seen, you know, you're talking about the 16 year old girl and we don't know the full story, but we've heard many devastating, horrific

stories of young women, young girls who are trying to just get that all important health care, who are making decisions about that health care, about their health, difficult decisions, hard decisions, heartbreaking decisions that they're making. And we have politicians who are getting in the way, male, primarily male extreme politicians who are getting in the way and telling us what to do with our bodies. And I think that is what's so important for people to realize is that our democracy is at stake and our freedoms are at stake.

And this is where we are in 2024. This is something that the president speaks about all the time. You hear this from both the president and the vice president and all of us here is how important it is to continue to fight for our freedoms. And they're not just stopping us at reproductive rights, right? They're not stopping there. They're saying to us that we cannot make a decision on when we should start or want to

start a family. They're going after IVF. And that is also extreme and insane. Like, there is no line here. There is no line for them. And we are going to continue to fight for women. We're going to continue to fight for Americans. We're going to continue to fight for our freedoms. And you know, this is, you know, this is insane. It's scary. This is very scary. It makes me so mad that these politicians that are not doctors or in the healthcare industry, and it makes me so mad that we live in a state where they want to impose their worldview on all of these women in the state and claim the moral high ground when I don't think their decision making is anything other than

abject control over women. And I don't think it makes women safe. I don't think it makes families safe. But I'll tell you, considering it's Pride Month, where we see them going next, they're going to contraception, but they are also really leaning into a lot of anti-LGBTQ laws. And this makes me so mad and it makes me so sad. And the reason that I love the Biden-Harris administration is y'all are very clear in your language connecting women's rights to LGBTQ plus rights to black and brown rights. All of these marginalized rights are all linked together because once one falls, they all start falling. And we're so much stronger when we all support each other and lift each other up. Pumps, I'm so obsessed with Neurex. Neurex is here to help you make informed choices about your health with care offerings like birth control, anti-aging prescription skin

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Oh, wow. First of all, can I just say I have this, I wanted to be like, happy pride. Yes. Yes, queen. Yes, yes, Queen. I love it. So as you said, I come from a, my parents are immigrants. I am an immigrant and grew up incredibly conservative, went to Catholic school throughout my elementary and also high school, graduated from a Catholic high school. And when I was about 16 years old,

I realized I always knew I was a little different. I always knew something didn't quite click or I didn't quite understand how to even talk about it. And when I was 16, I realized what it was, is that I was gay, was that I liked women. And so I tried to explain that to my mom. She freaked out. It was very difficult for her. It was. It was really, really hard. And it was a journey. It took

some time for her to get there. But I was always honest with her. I was always upfront with her. I never hid my life from her. And I think eventually she just came around. And, and, you know, I talk about this, and I very often and I want to say it here, because your podcast is so important. And I know many people watch, look, we're celebrating Pride Month, we were just talking about how so many of these vulnerable communities are under attack, including the LGBTQ plus community.

You see, we're talking about what we're seeing in states on reproductive health care for women. And what we're also seeing in states is how this community, the LGBTQ plus communities is being attacked. Hundreds and hundreds of pieces of anti-LGBTQ legislation is continuously being introduced and they're attacking the community. They're attacking the trans community.

They're going after parents of trans kids. And it is devastating and hurtful to see. And it is a time that is incredibly scary for that community, a community that I obviously belong to. And what I want to say to every young person that is watching, listening, is that this administration, the Biden-Harris administration sees you, we love you. We will do everything that we can to protect you,

to fight for you. You are exactly who you need to be, where you are right now. You are a shining light. You are a superhero, the person that you are. You are brilliant shining light. You are a superhero. The person that you are, you are brilliant, excellence. And just know that. Just know that.

One of the things that this administration did is we created a hotline 988. And if you go to option three, it is designated for LGBTQ plus. And if anyone out there ever feels that they need someone to talk to and they can't make it, and it is very hard to continue, please, please reach out, please call, but know that President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris

is fighting for you every single day. I am fighting for you every single day. I am fighting for you every single day. I think that is so important because we took our podcasts on the road. And we would be in a state like a city like Atlanta. And we have this kind of meet and greet at the end of our live shows. And there were always at every venue, no matter where we were, some young queer kid or trans kid that drove four hours to come hug us and say thank you for supporting our community. Because there are people in rural areas, and that's what I think a lot lot of voters need to realize is that making legislation doesn't eradicate LGBTQ people. It injures them because you don't have a right to tell somebody who they are. You just told us who

you were and the journey you had to go through with your mother. And I'm sure that there was a lot of pain and you ebbed and flowed with that. But you finally came to a place where look at you now. And so it's an inspiration for people. And I think it's so important that people hear that message that live in these states where your government is bullying you and you hear politicians with this fire and brimstone. Just hate speech. It feels like when I hear it, when I hear these local politicians, they're so cruel about trans kids. And it's, it's painful

to watch. But all right, let's let's start playing a game with you. Okay, okay. We've kind of done this whole thing with you where we've gone serious, and then we try to be funny. And we go serious. And we try to be funny. And we go serious and we try to be funny. That's what we do all the time. Okay, all right, we're gonna play a game with you called Had It or Hit It. Oh my God, welcome to Had It or Hit It. I would hit it.

Had it. Had it. I hit it every day, sometimes twice a day. Okay, Had It or Hit It Drag Queens. Oh, hit that. Look, I grew up in New York City where drag queens was the thing. You would go to drag queen brunches.

It was the thing to do. You were entertained. They were incredibly brilliant, talented. Just recently, I had an opportunity with the RuPaul Drag Race. It was the stars, I think the star series. And it was was for the ninth season they were doing the next that same day. They were doing a premiere of their season of their ninth season. And I got to go to the Little Gate Pub.

I got to see them all was about eight. It was eight contestants and they were fabulous. Just fabulous, darling. Just fabulous. They are. And it is sad. You know, we're just talking about banning and what we see happening in conservative states,

going after drag queen shows, where it is something that's happening. Ridiculous. It's so embarrassing. I'm so embarrassed for them, that that is what they go after. And some of the best guests present company excluded have been these drag queens that we've had on and it is to me all of those things make the world better and if you

don't like drag queens don't go to a drag show don't go to show don't go to show yes don't go to show we've had it i've had it this. I always say these people that bitch about drag shows, they've never been because they're so fun. You cannot have a bad time. It doesn't matter if you're depressed, feel bad, you walk out all smiles having the best time ever. Yeah. And their whole thing is entertaining you

to make you feel good and to have a good time. There's nothing not to love. It's fabulous Okay, we've got one more last one, okay had it or hit it Counter congestors and let me tell you what this is. So you're yes, please do Okay, you're waiting in line to order food. You've been in line You have to order to counter maybe 15 or 20 minutes You know because you've been staring at the menu have to order at a counter maybe 15 or 20 minutes. You know because you've been staring at the menu the whole time. You have your credit card out, you have everything out. But the person in front of you gets up there after they've been in line

just as long as you have and they say, what's on the menu? They don't have their credit card ready and they basically don't even know where they are and it adds an additional 10 to 15 minutes to your day. And there's 20 people behind you and that person, you're kind of like, dude, what have you been doing? We've all been standing here for 20 minutes. The menu is gigantic right in front of you. Also happens at TSA. People aren't ready. They congest it. So let me tell you, I am that person. No, no, no. So I will tell you this. There's a couple of things. I am very, I have a lot of quirks. that person? No, no. So I will tell you this, there's a couple of things. I am very, I have a lot of quirks. One of them is that, you know, I'm always on my phone.

So I'm always distracted. I have two phones, one's a work phone, one's a personal phone. And so I am that person that's like looking up, looking at the phone, looking up, looking at the phone. And then your time comes up and you're just kind of like, Oh, wait, I don't know. Like you're just completely just so distracted. So there's that. And then I'm a vegetarian, but I am a picky vegetarian. So I look at the menu and I'm like, Oh, I don't know. Absolutely. You are an absolute

nightmare. I'd follow you anywhere. But not there. I know, I know. I was picking up everything that you put down until you just threw out the picky vegetarian. I can only imagine what a nightmare you are to order with. I have a nightmare. And then I get to the front and then I've looked at the menu and then I'm like, well, you tell me, what would you recommend? What would you recommend?

I'm that person. What would you like? You're the subject of many of our grievances on this podcast. I am, I'm sorry. If you weren't so damn likable, we'd chew you out. Do you apologize to the person behind you? I'm so sorry.

I do, I am that person, I am so sorry. I do have self-awareness. Hopefully I get points for that. Plus for that, yes, for sure points for that. Well, we cannot thank you enough for joining us. This has been very insightful. And again, thank you on behalf of all of the people that live in red states that are open-minded

and want to live in a free and fair and just society for doing your job and representing marginalized people in the rural areas and in red cities and so we just cannot thank you enough for joining us. It's been a real treat. It's been an honor and a privilege. It has been an honor and a privilege for sure. Thank you both. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you so much. Bye bye. Well, I mean she is incredibly impressive. I can't even tell you.

I can even overlook that one massive snafu about being a picky vegetarian. I thought Josh Welch was a nightmare to order with. And I think the White House press secretary might be a miserable order companion, but I do think she would be a fabulous dinner guest. Here's the deal. I liked her so much, I would probably go to Chipotle with her. Let me ask you this, would you go full veg with her? Yeah, I liked her that much. I mean, she's great. And one thing that cannot be overstated is she's six days younger than you. Like I thought she was 32.

Right. is she six days younger than you. Like I thought she was 32, 33. And I pulled that up and I'm like, Kylie, oh my God. She's so, I mean, not old, cause I'm older, but she is so gorgeous. It's unbelievable that she's 49 years old. Absolutely gorgeous and incredibly impressive. Incredibly impressive. I kind of got teared up when she was saying to,

like directly to people, like you matter. You're perfect. Here's the hotline number. I just was like. It's so important that somebody from government say that because as we've seen when we're on tour, we see these kids that have driven four or five and six hours to see us, just to hug us,

to tell them that we've made an impact in their lives by speaking in support of their community. And it just makes me so mad that so many people want to bully and demean and tell people that there's something wrong with them. It's just the way this is being mainstreamed and normalized is horrific and it's terrifying. But I am so grateful that we have a current administration that is fighting for the rights of those people. And I know that a lot of people out there, you know, might say, I disagree with the Democrats on this or I might disagree with Biden on that. That's normal. What's not normal is your entire personality being devoted to one man. That's freaking weird.

That is a cult. And so I just think that we are literally on the verge of fascism. And I think that this Pride Month is a huge reminder to everybody. The best way to show love and the best way to advocate being a good person, being a moral person, is when you get to the voting booths to vote for the most marginalized members of our society. And I'm looking at you, all of you Christians out there that follow your faith. The most way you could honor your faith is to go in to the voting booth and vote for the most marginalized members of this country and not just vote for your own self-interest.

I don't think that's moral. And I see time and time again, the most religious people I know are the most immoral. And it just grosses me out. And I just hope that people can do better and reach out and love these marginalized people that these governments, these state and local governments are bullying. Absolutely. All right, listen, we're going to continue this on our post show on Patreon. And I think that's all we have.

We will see you next Tuesday or Thursday or both.