LadyGang - LG Quickie: Is Meredith Marks Okay?

Episode Date: January 15, 2026

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It's time for a quickie. podcast one presents the lady gang the hollywood girl posse with lady gang quickie here's kelty knight becca tobin and jack vanek let's make this quick hello hello hello welcome to lady and quickie i'm back here with jack and kelty hello um first of all can i just ask you one quick question before we get to like the meat the meat of the show. Have you watched Salt Lake, The Grease Trip? Are you guys caught up? I like casually watched it. Yes. What is going on with Meredith? You guys, I don't know. You know that I saw her. Did I tell you guys on the podcast that I saw her

in New York City? No. It was eight o'clock in the morning. She's with her daughter. She's in a miniskirt this short, like a three inch miniskirt and a platform heel. It was a total like walk of shame, but with her daughter and she looked, yeah, she just looked like she had had like a crazy night out and was just walking down. It was, it was so, it was so weird to see this, this transformation feels very reminiscent of Luann because Luann came on the show years ago as the most polished, sophisticated, kind of above the fray person, elegant. And slowly she's become a burlesque star or whatever. And she's eccentric and wild. And I love her. But then I think it's happening with Meredith where it is wild. So now she's a DJ. Now she's the thing. It's just the

weirdest thing to watch because it is like and I think that's what makes it such good TV is it like babe we've got a camera on you so like like it's not even she's like I didn't say that I didn't say that I'm like I watched you say it like you it's so this season of Salt Lake if you haven't watched it there's this whole situation where like I guess Meredith goes nutso on the plane they have no footage of this I think they probably do and they're hiding it and then the rest of the season she's like honestly I'm it's almost like I want to listen I don't want to call someone like bipolar or mentally unstable or something but there is like and I was thinking about it is it a hormonal thing because the the mood swings are so intense where she's like

literally making coffee for everyone and she's like good morning how are you I'm so funny and And then the next second, she's tearing you down. And I'm like, what? See, and people are like, she's bipolar. I'm like, that's not, in my opinion, how bipolar, like bipolar is like too fast. Is it multiple personality disorder? Because like, or like, isn't it like menopause? Like, I don't know enough about it.

Something's going on. And then I'm like, when they're like, you're drinking and the drugs and like, listen, I know from my own personal experiences of the past few years when you drink on some prescription drugs it's not a good it's not a good for yourself it's not maybe that's it so i'm like is she but then wasn't she saying that she like doesn't really drink at the end but like that's the thing it doesn't matter if you even have like three sips of champagne if you're taking one of those meds like it can make i don't know like i don't know what's going on it's hard to watch Do you think maybe it's been hard for her to keep up the mask?

I think so. I think it's really easy your first season to just present as whatever you think you will be most likable as. And then as it goes on, it's impossible to be inauthentic. And so I feel like maybe there's this battle between her real self and then her trying to cover it up and be the thing again she was in the first season I could see I could see how that could happen so I'm hoping it's that and nothing else yeah well Meredith and Lisa are cracking like the facade is not facading you know what I mean so crazy and it's like it's the thing of like you we want our reality stars in general from it doesn't matter if you're a Mormon wife or a bachelor girl you know

like we want you to be so fabulous that we want to be like you we want to dress like you we want to like aspirational aspirational but then we want you to realize that you're a regular person and then come down to earth and i think there's like some not coming down to earth wow jack i'm really disappointed i really felt like you were getting into salt lake i i mean i watched the last episode I just, I, it doesn't suck me in. Like, I kind of watch it casually, but it's just, like, I've tried so many times. It's just not. Well, I get it.

I know what's going on generally. Like, I know the things you're talking about, but. Right. You know. I, it is a little harder for me to get into it this season as well. Oh. Um, I don't know. Maybe it's because you can tell they hate Lisa and Meredith so much that I like it when it's actual friends. I like it when they actually love each other. And there's there's some love there even when they argue, because then when you argue with somebody that you really love, the stakes are higher. But if you're just arguing with somebody that you hate, I don't know. It gets old after two minutes because you're just like there's like nothing redeeming about it. There's nothing redeeming. You don't see anybody trying to save anything. I also cannot understand how Lisa gets her makeup done professionally every single day. That would be torture.

like I I would hate to wake up every morning of my life with all the shit that I have to do in a day and take two hours away from that like I don't care how hot you want to be I cannot believe that that is a priority I would literally never in my life well the thing is I mean I can kind of understand it like even the other day I had to do like a work thing and I just I really hate doing my own makeup and I never feel good when I do it myself just because it's always been done so it's like I had Eileen come over and do me in the morning so I could go to these meetings and like just a very fresh makeup yeah like I guess I'm going into offices for like meetings I'm wearing a blazer like I'm not going on like a bus in Santorini like she's also beautiful like there's

yeah there's no reason for it like you're it's not like you're this ugly beast that like oh my god without make like there's been a couple times they've caught her without makeup and I think she's even prettier. I know. Does she do this every day at home or is it just when she's filming? Allegedly, she has glam everywhere. That's what she says every day she gets her glam done. I can see it for maybe if you're filming, but that is so crazy. I know. Oh, your poor skin. Speaking of skin, I have come across some amazing hot tips for us for 2026 of the trends that we're supposed to be into. And I love them so much that I'm very excited about it. So this is what everyone's going to obsess over for 2026. And I want to get your guys's take. And there's a couple for you,

Jack. Like there's definitely a Becca. There's a Jack. Like it's 2026 is our year. So number one trend is glamorati, which is old mob money, bold 80s luxury, oversized suits, chunky gold accents. Oh. It's Rebecca. Well, I feel like mob wife has been a thing for a little bit, right? I get what she's saying, though. Like, the big suit. The 80s.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. It's like what you were saying on Tuesday about, like, your oversized brown fur and the big bag. I'm literally looking at a picture of that. I love it. It reminds me of Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead and Christina Applegate has to pretend to be a working professional. and those, like, 80s suits with, like, the gold accents. Yeah. I like it.

Okay, I love it, too. Okay, this one's for you, Jack. It's called Solid Jello, a.k.a. Gimme Gummy. ASMR-inspired, squishy sensory visuals from rubberized nails to jelly-like beauty looks. You can, like, look at it. Rubberized nails? Oh, okay.

It's like Lisa Frank. It's like, do you remember when there used to be those rings that you could like pop open and they were like made of plastic and they had like a little lip gloss inside. I want those to come back because I really, really want to be able to wear my lip gloss on a piece of jewelry. I feel like I've seen something like that recently. I'm sure. Bright colors. Very like it's the labubu of 2026. I love a bright color because you know why I was trying to find an outfit for something and I couldn't find anything that wasn't gray or black right now I love a color I wish you guys would do your color analysis I don't want mine telling me

what I don't want to wear yeah I mean I don't really listen to it yeah but it does help narrow it down if I'm shopping really like yeah because then not for everyday stuff everyday stuff I'm like I don't need to look my best I certainly will never look my best no I need to look my am averagist. Right. But if I'm going to be, you know, going to a an event or being in pictures or doing the things I'm like, yeah, sure. Like, help me out. Tell me how I could be a little bit better looking. But like, it's so hard for me to find something I like the shape of that. Like, I can't be looking. I can't not be able to buy it because it's the color. I'm like, it's I'm desperado out there. But Jack said, I want to tell you something, Jack. I've never woken up being like, I can't wait

to be average today she goes i want to be looking my most averagest you know like on a normal day i'm not trying to you know the lady gang okay this is one for me lovely lyrics poet core is a big trend it is cape jackets with a little string here like your shakespeare It's big Shakespearean cuffs and things. It's ties that have like little like, you know, like, oh, no, I don't know. Like a like a ascot. Like Sherlock Holmes? Kind of Sherlock Holmes, but like dress your inner wordsmith with oversized turtlenecks, vintage blazers and messenger bags.

I have my manuscript in my bag because I have this old Proenza. Do you remember when the Proenza messenger bag was like the it bag? It was big. And I never sold mine on the RealReal, even though many times I've needed it to pay a bill. And I was like, I don't know. I just kind of love this bag. I'm bringing it back. OK, there you go.

Good for you. Brooches, pinned and proud. Brooch, brooch, brooch. There's a picture that has a tie. This could be good for you for New York. this has a tie and then the whole tie is covered in brooches i have a tie like that but it's like an emo one it has a bunch of like pins and safety pins and stuff like that i like that i think it's a fun way to broach i love a brooch when i went to new york at christmas i wore three brooches

a chanel and then two really ridiculous ones one that said let dance let's dance because it was at the rocket thing and then like a little ballerina and i felt so cute and brooches are there are so many brooches on Poshmark right now. I went down a Bob Mackie brooch k-hole. There are millions of Bob Mackie brooches for like $30. They're so cute. I just love a brooch. Becca, no. It's not for me. It's not for me. I mean, it's definitely... But I can appreciate it. That's why I'm like the only way I can do it is on a tie and only like a certain type of a brooch. I'm not on the chest. Yeah, I don't like wearing conversation pieces because I don't want anybody to talk to me

about anything specific that I'm wearing. Yeah, yeah, yeah, definitely. I am Ford Tobin. I want you to look at me, but don't look at me. Yeah, I don't want to be perceived. Appreciate me, take me in. Don't even let me know you're doing it. Yeah, thank you very much.

I love a conversation piece. We know. Because I don't have anything to talk about to anyone. Okay, the next one is Circus Vibes, which is very fun. And it's like mostly for home. it's like our houses are meant to look like fun houses fair inspired playfulness using whimsical details um like candy stripes like do you know what i mean like as if you're at the fair i have seen some really freaking cute nursery rooms that are circus themed like i think that there's a way

to do it where you can like pull vintage pieces and make it look very freaking cute like i it's one of my favorite themes for that. Fun. Do you ever think about the circus? Have you been to a circus in like a big top? I, yes, when I was young. And then I had a birthday party there one year when I was really little. But then Cirque du Soleil was my everything. I am a Cirque du Soleil girly. I wanted to be in Cirque du Soleil. I, it was what I, it was a dream of mine that didn't ever make it. But have you been to the shitty circus? Yes. They're awful. That are Like illegal now? Yeah.

Yeah. Where they like, you're like, these animals are not happy. Yeah. And it smells like elephant poop. And it's just like roadie. And they're being like tranquilized. Like these people have not, not showered in like an RV in their lives. Like it is wild.

That is a reality show I would watch. Like Tiger King. I want like a circus show. Or like a traveling freak show. I want to follow a freak show family circus around the country and see how they do it. I know. That's amazing. They're at Bucky's showering.

Or fair people. Fair people. Yeah. Like a Ren Fair. Oh, my God. Could you imagine all the- Just like a carnival. Oh.

Like the people when they put carnivals up. Carnies. Yeah. Carnies. Wow. That would be so good. That's what we need. We need something like that.

I need something that's like fantasy. I've had enough like nap dresses on reality stars like and I love the normal lives and I love all the shows. But like I'm ready for some weird shit outrageous. I need some like trashy and I'm not saying all carnies are trashy. I'm saying it's it's a messy characters. I need some weird like I would say who's been in the orchestra is like one level away from one level. but that's too successful because they're playing arenas. I want people that are literally like, they're like, butch, you better get out there and sell the ring toss. We need to make $25 and we don't have gas to get to the next town. They all like travel around in a school bus. Yes. That's such a good idea. Okay. Okay. Sorry. Next trend. Sorry. Is doilies. We're calling it 2026 is doily days. Lace detailing everywhere.

Ornate feminine touches. So there's like lace tights, lace doily little things. Like a doily. A doily, doily, doily. Doily hat, doily gloves, doily bag. Doily, doily, doily. Not for me, but I do appreciate. Yeah, I'd have to, right?

I need to like do some recon on this and see if there's any way that I could do this. Maybe a sock. I do feel like the doily is... it's not been taken into the modern world. So I'm excited for the doily to have their year. Like doilies are still like on antivirus. What are doilies used for? Aren't they used for like a cup?

Coaster? It's like a coaster and it's like a very fine crochet, you know, you put it, it's a placemat, a doily, you know. Did you guys ever have the doily lady that sat on the back of the toilet that kept the extra roll of toilet paper? In anyone's house? Oh, no, but I know what you're talking about. I know what you're talking about, too.

I haven't thought about that in, wow, 30 years. Do you remember it was like a Barbie, kind of? It was a Barbie, and her little legs went in the middle, and then she had like a doily skirt. Now, that's some circus theme for houses. That's what we're talking about. I think we need to bring back the doily toilet paper girl. Like, you know what? We've been minimalist for so long.

No, bring back the whimsy. Whimsy. I want a trinket. I want a brooch. Look at this. I'm wearing our Lady Gang sweatshirt. Very whimsical. Yes.

Yeah. Okay. This is not good. This is good for Jack. Beauty Bites, like Vampire, Vamp Romantic is back. So like all the dark nails, the smoky eye, a lot of like maroon, brown leather, and like a lot of those like medieval, talking of Ren Faire, it's like romantic goth glamour. Like, you know, like a necklace.

It's giving panic at the disco. Honestly, yes. And we will be skipping that one. Okay. Finally, we are doing pre-IKEA. Pre-IKEA is Neo-Deco, which is modernized deco with geometric glamour. So everything is like squares and Neo-Deco. Are we talking about like homeware? They're talking about home. Okay. Here's a great example. Do you remember in the 80s, everyone had like one wall or one window on their house that was like those ice blocks. Oh, yeah. Square blocks. That's a Neo Deco. Got it. Like we're back to that girl. OK. I'm into it. So so a lot of this is 80s. You know what it reminds me of is the house that like Julia Louis-Dreyfus in Christmas Vacation.

She plays the like next door neighbor, the childless next door neighbors. And they had a house. That's what I'm thinking in my head. Right. And it's like so modern for that time. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Very chic. Yes. And it's, you know, now people are it's everything goes around, comes around. Like people took out those walls. Now we're putting them back in. I have been I have seen people put those walls in in a very cool way. Yeah. Damn, this is tight. I know. Yeah. Everything's hard. Everything that's old. I love a sunken living room. I do. A conversation pit. I die. I love this. conversation pit I don't even want to have anyone over and I don't even want to have a conversation but I want a conversation pit they're so cool there's this one influencer that is renting a house that it's like a 70s house and it has a conversation pit and then she just found out that every inch of the house is covered in mold and she's been sick since she's moved in there I'm like no but the conversation pit was amazing but the conversation pit was is it worth it

I have another friend who just had to move out of her house because her whole family started getting very, very sick, like five people. And they couldn't figure it out. They couldn't figure it out. And then they took out. It's the mold everywhere, all over. That sucks. Mold will fuck you up. Mold will fuck you up. Let's make a shirt. Let's have a shirt that says mold will Mold will fuck you up. I get it. I understand. Okay, well, this was fun.

I can't wait to wear my brooches and have a circus-themed room and a conversation pit. And we were not here for a long time. We were here for a good time. Bye. The oldest time. Bye.

Lady Gang is hosted and produced by Kelty Knight, Becca Tobin, and Jack Vanek with social media support from Kali Carrera, audio and video editing from Jared Monaco, and additional support from Steve Delameter and Podcast One. We'll be right back.