LadyGang - Ladyworld Review QUICKIE

Episode Date: October 16, 2025

Buckle up, because we’re taking you behind the glitter curtain for a full inside look at LadyWorld—and trust us, it’s as chaotic, emotional, and iconic as you imagined. 💖We’re spilling everything: our boyband backstage stories (yes, there was synchronized dancing), festival breakdowns, and our collective love affair with Chris Knight. Add in a little karaoke, some painting therapy, a Taylor Swift beach sing-along, and the kind of delirious fun that only happens when you mix too little sleep with too much tequila. 🎤🎨☀️It’s the post-festival debrief you didn’t know you needed—equal parts confession, chaos, and celebration—from the three women who lived it, cried through it, and still somehow made it to the stage.We have fall deals for YOU!!Willie's: Try Willie Nelson's THC Infused Social Tonic! Order at DrinkWillies.com and use code LG for 20% off of your first order! PLUS free shipping on orders over $95!Origins: Discover the butter way to cleanse with Origins Youthtopia™ Apple Butter Cleansing Balm! Available now at Origins.com and ULTA!Apretude: Prevent HIV! Talk to your doctor and learn more at Apretude.com or call 1-888-240-0340See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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Hello, hello, hello. Welcome to Lady Gang Quickie. I am Becky here with Jack and Kelty. Hello. We are in the middle of our a little bit of a lady world recap. there's so much to get through and we had to talk about taylor swift on tuesday so like welcome back it's very important um and then okay so what i wanted to say sorry hello we had lady world thank you for coming i just have so many things to say i was just so happy to be there

and the joy and i think i've been trying to think about when we think about lady world and even with the lady gang, like how does our joy, like what caused all of that joy at Lady World? Like I know people with their friends and their solo and yes, we planned it perfectly because we're amazing, but like what is the joy? And I think it was because there are so few things that we do in life without the male gaze. I know this is like a very strange thing to bring up, but even at lady gang shows people do bring their boyfriends and their husbands so there's always some guys in the audience now i made chris knight um host the husband hangout and i can tell you that the only people there were i think bill uh my dad my brother chris and one guy so like they're just so

funny no nobody brought their husband or very few women different like and and if they did sometimes like we met the girl in the coffee shop i was like oh we'll see you at the show and he's like no, I'm not coming in. I'm just like staying at the hotel. So it was different than anything we've done before. And I think it was so freeing because it was like, you know, those girls trips when you go to Vegas and you guys are on the hotel room at three in the morning and you're just in your sweatpants and like your old mascara and you're just like being real and you don't have to worry. There was like, there was no worry about what you looked cute because you want to look cute for your own pictures or whatever. But like there was no male gaze. I know. Is that like super

feminist no no it makes literally it's like a it's like a sleepover it's how like girlies feel when they're having a sleepover like period also like when the boy band is playing you're dancing like a maniac because you're not worried about what guys are gonna see you dancing like or you're not worried about you're just not worried about appearing quote attractive because even as a married woman, if I'm at a concert and I want to act like an absolute psycho, I'm not because I don't want the guys in there to be like, who's this old crazy bitch? You know, it's, I just want to feel free the way that you do at your sleepovers. Yeah. And it was like, I didn't care what I was in the pit. If I had BO, I didn't care. Like if I, I literally at one point was running

around in a fab black dress onesie and a pair of like flip flops. And I was just like, I don't care right now. I mean, it was just so freeing. And the thing that made me so proud is that in so much of the feedback we got, the word people used was safe. And they were just like, I felt really safe. I felt really safe. I'm like, we were in a giant field in a strange city. We had people from 39 States, four countries flying. It was like thousands of strangers. And the fact that everyone felt safe. And then I was like, I got kind of introspective about it. And I was like, what does that say about our regular life? Like, and what we deal with on a daily basis at work in our lives and our marriages and our relationships that like, like everyone was like, I haven't had

this much fun in years. I'm like, what the are we doing with our lives? I think a lot of it is that too, or it's like, I mean, the world is dark right now. Shit's hard. Everybody is going through something. And it was like, I think everybody went into that weekend with the same mindset of like, I need this. I need girlhood. I need to be around other female energy. And I just want to have a good time. Like, and that just emanated through every single thing that we did. It was so, I still am mind blown. And you know, I like, I like ruminate over like any big life thing that happens to me. Like, I can't stop thinking about my wedding without being like, I want to change this and this and that, like every single thing like that. And I ended Lady World and I'm like,

flawless, like no notes. Even like, it just was so weird. I just, I'm still trying to wrap my head around it. Like why? I mean, I have some notes, but it's because we're never doing it again. So we don't have to think about what we would have changed. Yeah, exactly. I want to do it again, but that's just me. You do not. You do? Yes, I do. How can we never feel like that again? It's so crazy to be like, to have that experience and create that experience for thousands of women and be like no thanks like let's not even try to like make that a thing again the only way I would ever do it again is if we put it on sale and we sold enough tickets off the bat to make to know we were gonna be able to pay for what we wanted to create and not have to worry about the ticket

sales because that, that was the hardest part for me. Like, because we had a level of tickets we needed to sell in order to be able to afford the tent and the things on the beach and the sound systems and all that stuff. And then, you know, the sponsors and all that stuff. And it was just so much pressure to sell, sell, sell, sell that it took a lot of the joy out of it, even though, you know, and like, you know, that, that to me was like so much pressure that if we could put it on sale and have everyone be like, okay, I'm signing up. Like, you know how when, when the Tesla went on sale, everyone put themselves on the wait list and you're like, we don't have all the information. We're not exactly sure when, but like put your deposit down that you want to make

this happen. And knowing that some people would probably have to pull out if it ended up on a day of the wedding or a wedding or something like that. But like something like that, where you could be like, okay, these are the 2000 people that are coming and we know they're coming. then I think that would be different. But like, I just, I, yeah, anyway, we're not, we're never doing it. Um, uh, Becca, what was your like moment of the weekend where you were like, Oh yeah. In a, uh, in a green room, taking my hair extensions out. I was overstimulated at that point. Okay. Oh, that was when I was like, you know, I was so excited for them to go out and I could still hear them from the green room

that I was in. But I went out to the pit for like 30 seconds and I just was like, I can't, I've literally maxed out of my energy and my ability to be around other people. And so I went and I sat and I just took out my hair extensions. They were not clip-ins by the way.

They were fully taped in. They were taped in, glued in, sewn in? Taped in and sewn in. Oh my gosh, Chelsea. jesse jesse so for for those of you who didn't go and didn't see it on instagram the mormon housewife jesse who we love so much she came with her family and they were so lovely the nicest people ever the whole family came because she had a booth there and she was selling that's why her she's so that's why she's so sweet because she does a family yeah yeah um she put in

these gorgeous extensions uh in my hair that should still be in like they would have lasted for weeks, but I just, you know, when you just get to that point, I was ready to disrobe, dismantle, and you're ready to take that back at Tobin off and just go through what you had to go through. Yeah. The life of the show girl was show over. Yeah. Show over. But I would say Friday or maybe Saturday because I had a little anxiety about seeing podcasts in that space and stand up and anything other than music in such a big open field is such a different vibe. And I was worried that people weren't going to want to pay attention because it's weird. But when I saw everybody locked in on like Stassi's thing and then with Hannah and with Justin and Rachel like

the way that Justin and Rachel brought that energy up in that crowd was wild and I just at that point was able to breathe a sigh of relief thinking these girls are here to have fun and enjoy whatever programming we have to offer I didn't have to worry about us not having learned all of choreography from Backstreet's Back and dressing up. You know, we had a lot of gimmicks. That's my biggest regret is that I did not have time. Thank God. If we do it again, Jack, that is the caveat.

We will be performing Backstreet's Back. I mean, I'll be standing there. You know, I refuse to dance. I know. But that was it for me. Just hearing people enjoy themselves because I didn't think that they were going to. I love that. Jack, you got five.

What are yours? no mine was definitely my paint and sip classes like i went into that and this is again i think with how that went i think i felt so good about it is i kind of just went in i'm like i'm gonna wing it and you know i never wing anything i usually like replay things in my head i'm like how am i gonna do this and this and that and i sort of went in and i'm like i'm just gonna see it see where the vibe takes me and number one so i did three classes 250 people signed up for each one there wasn't an empty seat in any of those classes girls showed up to every single one even on Sunday when you're hungover and you don't want to get out of bed like those girls showed up and

it was just the coolest experience ever I told my mom I'm like I think I'm gonna bring you on stage to just like paint yours so you can kind of show everybody like how you're doing but then we ended up chatting my mom and I and just about how you know she's brought art into her life recently and like what it means for her. And, you know, the messaging was kind of like, it's never too late to kind of dive into something that makes you happy. It was honestly very beautiful. And I didn't rehearse it with my mom and she's such a good public speaker that I never knew about. And it was just amazing seeing all of the girls, every, we drew this really cute sign and everybody's different variations of it. And like, everybody really felt like an artist afterwards. And it's

just honestly exactly what I want to put out in the universe. And it went like, just exceeded my expectations like it was so it was so wonderful no no it's again and michael's just the best i mean wow talk about a spot a partnership from the like just made in the stars i know and the michael's girls were there and they were so sweet and so the the head girl at michael's that uh we were talking to her sister was getting married that weekend so she couldn't come but they were she was walking down the aisle to a main song, which is so crazy, full circle moment. So Jared made her a video, like congratulating them on their wedding and stuff. So it was just so beautiful. I remember when we went on the stage with the main, and then that was another one when Kelty

and I, well, so John told me before they went on, he's like, I need to pull Kelty up on stage for girls do what they want. They always pull like somebody from the audience to sing along. And I was like, okay, so you probably didn't even notice, but I was like following you around like a hawk I thought you just want to be my friend I'm like she I can't lose sight of her when it's time to go so then they started the song and I don't think John saw us no and you were like he pulled I think her name was Anna or Anna another one of the ladies because he couldn't find us he's like okay you come up and I'm like John we're right here we're right in the front and then he how dare you not see this fabletics green onesie pulls Kelty on stage and then I'm

like cool I did it and John's like no you're coming on stage too and I was like god damn it And you could hear him saying, he's like, this is Jack's worst nightmare. Jack, this is your nightmare. Welcome to your nightmare. And then I went on the drums and people were like, Jack afterwards goes, I didn't know you'd be good at drums. I was like, obviously I'm great at everything. Yeah, you did.

I did. Or someone did. Yeah, it was amazing. I have rhythm. I was a tap dancer, like five, six, seven, eight. Okay. It was actually shocking. it was shocking that you took to the drums

like out of all you know I would think you would just grab the microphone I'm the Travis Barker of this that is very true the coolest vibiest one the lady gang are we gonna address Kelty's kilt down that she

did have Friday night because I think I think I had a kilt down each night because of the rain? I don't know Saturday did you have a countdown? I mean, I was counting down all over the place, but maybe I was trying to hide it from you. No, you actually cried. You only cried one day of sadness, the rain, right? Oh yeah. Talk about, let's talk about it. So the rain starts and it's just, um, we all have different ways of dealing with our stress and emotions, right? I pretty much just go silent

and do nothing because there is nothing to be done or do or whatever. Jack is also sort of in the same boat where maybe you're a little more active in your anxiety about what's happening. We're all like the levels. And then Kelty is sobbing. Like there has been a death. Like when that rain came down, it was hyperventilation. Chris is consoling you. You're pacing, you're pacing you're looking for someone to be mad at but unfortunately there was no one to be mad yeah there was no one to blame except for god himself yeah you were like and you were i mean it and reina and ashley were standing there because they were next up and they were like is she okay and i go this is totally normal this was expected this was the forecast of this was

accurate you know so it was it was so funny but then you really got to see Chris we've always known Chris is the perfect man for you we've always known that like really he brings something to the table that you always need it's that grounding force the calmness but we really got to experience it because he was in charge of a lot of this weekend especially during the show and he was on the side of the stage that you're melting down and he handled it so well he was so he was sweet but he was also like this is what it is we're gonna everything's gonna be okay like he didn't make you feel silly he definitely it was very it was cute to watch and there's a really cute picture of him like patting you on your alligator head and then like I tried to walk

to the back and look out over the back so that no one would see me cry but then I was just standing there and it was like out of a rom-com you're like are you okay and I'll be like yes but then I've turned my snout in the rain. Oh God. I think it was the release of it, like it all. And you know, I hadn't slept because E ended our last E, it was emotional. E ended Wednesday night. I got on the red eye. I thought I was going to sleep on the red eye. I was too nervous. I couldn't, I got there. I thought, Oh, I'm going to nap for a few hours and we'll meet at noon and start working. We started working at 8am. We didn't finish until 8pm. Then I thought, Oh, I'll get a good night's sleep before lady world three o'clock in the morning jack and i on instagram

being like i'm up and she's like i'm up too and i'm like well i guess i just woke up in the middle of the night and just started my day like i haven't slept in like two days so it was like a release exhaustion exhaustion craziness um but like man oh man it was really cool i also um on sunday caitlyn performing i well first of all i love that i love how funny gina was um you guys got to hear her on last week's podcast like i'm so glad we did that because her set is incredible chicks in the office were so good and they're so good at doing live shows i'm like oh you guys really are so much better than us but watching caitlyn like sing on stage and was so nervous she did such a good job and everyone was so supportive and everyone was like you can do it

I was like this is like the best talent show of all time but my moment of the weekend was definitely Saturday night I had danced my ass off in the pit to all the boy bands and I was exhausted like I didn't know how I was going to even walk into our townhouse and Chris was driving me home in the golf cart i have like 700 bags of costumes and shit and we drive by the whale's tail and i can see that the taylor swift sing-along is happening and i really wanted this whole time we planned it i wanted to go emily bass was there singing and i was like i really want to go to the taylor swift sing-along but like i knew it'd be a shit show but also like i was so tired i was like i have to sleep i've got a manifesting class at 8 a.m you know and i was like the lights were going and i

could hear them sing. I was like, Chris, you have to stop. And he's like, do you need to see it? I was like, I need to see it. So you're like, pulls a U-turn. We like pull into whale's tail. I'm in my Spice Girls costume. I run to the beach. And then like, there were so many people. I was like, how do people still have energy? How are people still awake? There was probably 500 people in a circle. They were all singing and they were, it was like girlhood at its finest. She was singing lover. I stepped on the stage. We're all singing. And then my phone, I was so excited. I wanted to take some content and whatever. And I went to just watch Emily and I sat in the front row with these girls. My phone was full. When's the last time your iPhone's ever been full? I took so many

pictures and videos at Lady World that my iPhone wouldn't take anymore. And I was like, oh. So I turned, I was like, I just really want some of this. And I literally was giving my phone number out to people being like, can you text me that video? It was just so cool. And that was one of one of those things that was crowdsourced by the lady gang. It was like four weeks ago, a girl wrote me on Instagram was like, Hey, I was just at this party and this girl was doing a Taylor Swift singalong and she was so good. And she lives in Destin. You should get her. And that's how we reached out to Emily. So it was actually like a lady gangers idea. She was so sweet and so cool. And like, Oh, I just loved it. I thought that was so cool. That's the thing about if we

ever did it again, it was like, how do we even recreate these moments? Because they were just so special it's like what karaoke song do we possibly sing that could be better than torn like it's impossible to even think your choices for karaoke were interesting because i feel like there were better choices for sure for sure wait i need to can we talk about pop 2k because i have like three stories that were mind-blowing to me so obviously we met everybody backstage before and which was like the best moment of my life because we like had to get pictures with them Yeah. We're like, we hired you. So come on. I mean, we didn't have to, those pictures are going nowhere. Well, they did go on eOnline, but you know. So we're like taking pictures with everybody

and there's three things that of note, number one, Chris Kirkpatrick is like the sweetest guy in the world. And when I was talking to him, I'm like, this dude knows what you want to hear. and that is like exclusive stories so we're like talking about i don't know being in an airport or something like that and he's like oh you know this reminds me of he's like back in like 1998 we were on our first tour ever i just went forward we're like what tell me more he's like back in like 1998 we're on our first tour and guess who we ran into at the airport five british young girls on their first tour we were both on like undiscovered at the same and he does this whole story about how NSYNC and the Spice Girls met for the first time remember that story yes

it was before either of them blew up yeah and he's like telling us this story and I'm like we are just I don't even remember what the question was you're like in pop culture lore yeah I'm like oh and then he did something else too where it's like maybe he said something about Justin or he's like he knows that you want like some inside scoop which is not inside scoop because he probably says it to like everybody but like it makes you feel like you're really you're getting like these exclusive stories and I'm like that guy knows what he's doing and he's so nice so nice so sweet um the second story was so after the show uh Jared or no Ryan Cabrera was like just kind of getting all of his stuff together and we're walking and he stops Jared he's like oh hey man

um I just wanted to say thank you so much for like all of your help tonight yada yada yada and Jared goes, I'm not the guy that you think I am. Because there was like an AV guy that was working lady role that had long, like strawberry blonde hair. He looked like he could be Jared's brother. And he was like, oh, my God, I'm so sorry, blah, blah, blah, blah. And then they just ended up getting to talking. And we're like throwing down for like a half an hour. Jared and his band like loved this random deep cut Ryan Cabrera song.

and they played it over and over again like 10 years ago when they were working on one of their records and so jared was like spilling his guts to ryan about this song and then they ended up exchanging numbers ryan invited us to his show like it was like a whole to do and i thought it was he's so sweet everybody's so nice um and then the last thing that happened is i chowed down with mark mcgrath he is like my best friend now um i think he might be my favorite person in the world what kelsey i'm jealous it's jealousy on my face no he is so funny again a guy that knows exactly what you want to hear like you could tell when he was when he was uh performing at lady world he was just so funny he's like he's like yeah welcome this people's sexiest man of 1997 to the

stage and then he kept being like are you guys ready for another number one hit from 1998 he's so funny. But anyways, um, we ended up exchanging information and, um, I'm here to say that Mark McGrath has, Becky, you'll like this, an AOL email address. Wow. It's not just you. No, I, I, wow. What a star. I knew it. Such a treat. It was incredible. I, my best friend Katie was there from school and I like looked at her and we just like, could not believe our luck. I was like, this is what our high school us thinking right now, like in the pizza parlor, listening to Sugar Ray, like what? It was crazy. But here's, I, first of all, I think they really had a good time because the energy was amazing. But now I find myself, I don't know if this is like a normal,

if anyone else is feeling this way. So Pop 2K is like the tour and it's all these guys and they tour around and they do this like a hundred times a year. But I felt like our show was special and I felt like they were really into it and they were hot and they're sweaty and O-Town was like really dancing. And I was like, I really thought that they loved us and it was the most special show they've ever done. And then I'm watching them on Instagram and they like doing the show all the time. They're like, thank you, Washington. And I was like, you were jealous. I'm jealous of the other pop to cake. And I'm like, well, they're lying. There's no way that they liked Washington as much as they liked us. Like they probably did like us a lot more because what

other audiences are all women i don't think the events they're getting hired for are all female events what what all female events even are there i mean their concert i don't think i mean because they just do their own show like it'll be like a pop 2k tour so it is probably mostly i guess you're right i was just thinking of when they get hired for a really special event i know i did get a note from their manager and they were like they were so sweet and they were like this was so well run. And we weren't, it was kind of a backhanded compliment. He was like, we knew it was a first year festival. So we're expecting it to be kind of a shit show. And it wasn't basically. And he was like, it was incredibly well done. And you're used like, and I was like, thank you. That is

so lovely. So anyway, I will say too, that nobody works harder than O-Town. O-Town, like Pop 2K, they are Pop 2K. They carry everything. They are dancing at a hundred percent. They're singing at 100 so sexual they're giving their all like they held that night on their backs is LFO the ones that have three dead members two so Devin was there oh my god it was such so sweet too so emotional they do this so I guess that they do it more at their own shows so he comes out and performs his couple songs but he was the guy that was like the rapper in LFO like he wasn't a singer um and so i know because i told him his voice was so amazing after the show and he was like you're not talking about me and i was like no i just watched you it was incredible but it was

the otown guy does it no yeah so the otown guys like fill in the parts but when he comes out he brings this uh microphone and it has like two pairs of shoes on it like representing his other members and it was like it was an emotional experience and i think when they do their tour he kind of like gives a little bit of a speech about it more of a we didn't have time for that we had Mark McGrath. We had Mark McGrath. It was, but it was very, we got a la carte Mark McGrath. Anyway, it was the best of all time. And here's what we need you to do. Lady gang, I have a big favor to ask. We focused so hard this year on Lady World. We have done it. We are back to our podcasting roots and I need your marketing help. You guys can leave if you want,

if you're embarrassed, we are ready to dive into our next 10 years of lady gang. And I need you to remind your friends, I need you to take this episode or post or a me Monday or whatever, and be like, here's the link. Listen to this episode because we want to continue to be the best podcast of all time. And we have the best community. I don't know what I'm saying. I'm just saying like, we spent a lot of time hawking tickets to lady world. And now that that's over, I just want to continue to build the podcast and like really get our community out there. Cause I think it's so special.

I don't really know how to do that. So let us know. I don't either. Same. I think people just sharing episodes. I mean, not this one, cause it's very inside baseball, but if there's an episode you love or someone's like, what podcast do you listen to or whatever, like help us out. Like word of mouth is like the most powerful thing, you know?

Yeah, it's true. Or if you have friends that stopped listening for one reason or another, let us know the reason. We probably have already changed it. Yeah. We're constantly evolving. I've changed my whole personality. And then you can say, don't worry.

You can come back and listen. They don't do that anymore. Yeah. They don't eat on the podcast anymore. They don't even snack. I did last week, but that's okay. Just one off. Just one bite.

One tiny bite. One bite. Tiny bite. Okay. We, oh shit. Okay. The last thing. We have a new outro.

Okay. Okay. So basically we did know about for regular episodes, I thought for a regular episode. So we'll do it next week. But should we tell them when they hear it next week, what it is? When you hear it next week,

basically for allegedly what's happening, Cardi B got interviewed by Gayle King. And she said, do you subscribe to when they go low, we go high. And Cardi said, no, I go to hell.

We're the lava at, and it is now our new sign off. So it's like, how are we doing it? I'm not sure, but like I don't know if we need this we need a new sign off for sure see you next Tuesday I don't want to do anymore too many people use it I know should we crowdsource what we need to do yeah what is our new sign off I do like where the lava at but then it's like it makes no sense if you don't

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