Las Culturistas with Matt Rogers and Bowen Yang - "Huge Skulls Chat" (w/ Michelle Collins)
Episode Date: April 10, 2024Matt & Bow are thrilled to welcome Michelle Collins back to Las Cultch and deeply thankful their relationship recovered from the loss of the Amsterdam live show audio. Thanks be to God, as we now ...have this episode, wherein the girls discuss developing immunity to hot people in Amsterdam, Vegas, The View, Nicholas Galitzine, and "what's in my bag?" culture. All this, Drag Race BTS, current Bravo thoughts, and a discussion on what Miami is all about. Go get tickets to see Michelle's BIG NATURAL tour! Portland! Talking to you...See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Look, man.
Oh, I see.
Wow.
Bowen, look over there. Wow. Is that culture? Yes. Oh, I see. Wow. Bowen, look over there.
Wow.
Is that culture?
Yes.
Oh, my goodness.
Wow.
Las Culturistas.
Ding dong.
Las Culturistas calling.
Well, another episode.
Can we just quickly mention, and I would love to know more about your time on RuPaul's Drag
Race.
Oh, this semifinal episode, which is, I guess, what we're calling it now.
We've never called it that before, except now.
This is the BTS tea.
So Joel Kim Booster had guest judged like a week and a half before me.
And then literally I was recording my album in L.A.
And they reach out and they're like, can Matt come literally tomorrow to do something?
And I was like, OK, maybe they had a guest judge come out.
They said, it's not judging.
It is something else, but it's a big part of the episode.
So I said to Joel, I was like,
how many girls were there when you were there?
He was like seven.
So I was like, oh, that feels like
there might be very few girls there.
So I get there.
I'm essentially doing the Tic Tac lunch.
I was going to say,
which is such a huge supplanting
of such an iconic thing.
But I think this is my girl
being so undeniably good
and talented and charming.
I didn't miss it.
I didn't miss the Tic Tac lunch.
This is why it works as a thing
that's not the TikTok lunch,
because with Rue or Michelle, there's a guard up,
whereas I got immediately that they were talking to me like one of the girls.
And so I sat down and literally it was so funny.
I get there and I go to my trailer and there's probably about 90 minutes to go before we tape.
And they go, OK, here are their books And here's an info sheet about all of them.
And I was like, what?
They're books.
What did you read?
Because you seemed pretty up to speed,
but how much did they write and how much did you read?
So they each wrote like two essays each.
The materials that they gave me,
what I was surmising was that they had to write two,
I guess, contrasting essays that said something about them.
What it seemed like was write one funny one and one more vulnerable one.
Great.
It was all like that, except for Plain Jane's, who kind of were both more...
Sardonic.
Karma comedy forward.
Yeah.
And so it was a lot, though.
I was excited and it felt like I had homework, but in a fun way.
So get to the runway do the four
interviews i will say what you saw on tv was pretty much the way it felt in the rooms
great outside of the fact that i'm surprised that play and jane got such negative critiques
and if i had something to say about all four of them it was just like
safira's star quality is like through the roof the roof. Like, she has so much, like, gravitas,
and she so clearly knows herself,
and I was so impressed with her.
Nymphaea, I walked away, and the producers were literally like,
she's never even used that tone of voice before.
This was huge.
Like, she never opens up.
She's goofy.
As we can see on the show, that's kind of been true.
Plane felt like...
One of the girls?
One of our friends.
Like, yeah, it was just kind of, like, very normal felt like one of the girls, one of our friends. Like, yeah,
it was just kind of like very normal.
And then Q was great.
But the fact that there's the top three that there is,
I'm not surprised.
Oh,
it had nothing really to do with Q.
It just had to do with the three of them feeling like the three.
And I was really happy with how it went.
And I'm so happy that it was positive and everyone looked really great
coming out of it.
And it was so fun.
And you were just so good at facilitating that. Yeah. It seems like maybe in the edit, they had
you set a trap for Jane when you move for plane, when you didn't really, that wasn't the plan.
I would like to clear this up. That is not a, there was no traps being set for plane. I was
having a lot of fun with plane and we actually had probably the most
casual conversation out of the four of us because we had a lot of back and
forth planes.
Essay was called being a bitch can be an act of kindness.
So I asked a pretty simple question off that,
which is how have you been a bitch as an act of kindness in the competition?
It's not a trap.
If it was the name of her essay,
you know what I mean?
Like totally. And I think that I had tons of positive things to say about my time with plane, competition. It's not a trap if it was the name of her essay. You know what I mean? Like, and I
think that I had tons of positive things to say about my time with plane, but the clip they showed
was if an interviewer asks you to be shady, you don't have to be shady, which is true. It's
something that everyone's had to learn. Like anyone that does any interviewing or, you know,
any like, you know, pop culture discussion or talk about other people on a platform,
there's always going to be the opportunity
to say something uncouth.
You just can't take the opportunity all the time,
which maybe is useful for playing to learn.
You know what I mean?
Sure.
She's on a journey of self-discovery,
as we can tell,
and we wish her the best.
We wish all top three queens the best
as they head into the grand finale.
But, oh, we also wanted to say, or I didn't tell you about this, Beau, but I feel like we should announce this.
So readers, Katie's publicist finalists will remember that we have upcoming our big 400th episode.
It's where we will have the iconic 400, the iconic 400 people of culture.
It will be one of our biggest episodes yet.
Maybe the biggest episode yet.
Here's the thing.
We are well past our 400th episode.
We forgot.
We missed it.
We, I think on episode like 407 or 408, 409,
we missed it.
We did not do it, but we will.
We missed it, but we will.
And we will get to 2013.
We've just had a lot of culture
and a lot of business to take care of.
Please listen when we say that we are designating
the iconic 400 episodes, plural,
because it will be multiple episodes.
Hear that.
That will be the time to celebrate
400 episodes of Lost Cult.
Yes, it's coming.
The nominations for the Culture Awards
are coming. It's a big time
in Lost Culture lore. It really is.
It's a big time in Lost Culture lore. I mean, Lost Culture was on
Drag Race. Like, they said the words
Lost Culture reached us on Drag Race.
Hello. Hello. I was
gagged. We've sold out our show.
You know what I mean? Like, the Culture Awards
are sold out. Thank you all so much for being so
excited. Thank you for being excited.
We are looking into a live stream
option. We really want to make sure
everyone can watch this.
We're so sorry if that
process was stressful for anyone,
but we're so excited to see you all there
in any capacity, virtually,
spatially. It'll be great.
Speaking of a big time in Lost Culture lore,
speaking of Lost Culture lore in general.
Yes, there are some things.
Our guest is deeply woven into that tapestry.
100%.
This is a figure in Lost Culture,
in the larger picture that is Lost Culture.
Like, you know what I mean?
Like, I think when the aliens in decades to come
find the
artifact that is last coach they're gonna be like this was a podcast hosted by michelle collins
and if they find a huge skull if they open the trunk and it's my skull i'm gonna be so mad
it's just a huge skull they're like it's mish what are you talking about huge skull and they're gonna go stop it now so
basically what had happened was we went to amsterdam and literally one of the only reasons
why we even did a show in amsterdam was because our guest today lives there and we thought what
a fun opportunity to do a great live show with our guest and get it on tape and bring it back
to the States.
That did not happen.
That did not happen because I'm just going to say the venue lost the audio.
And then our guest didn't
believe us and thought there was a conspiracy.
No, Michelle, we can show
you the emails. We were like, what are you talking
about? And this is like a pretty, this is a great
storied venue.
And they somehow
didn't get their stuff together to like record like live
audio,
which no problem.
It's,
it's hard.
It's things happen.
It's things happen.
We're not,
we're a little bit peeved because it was a great episode.
It was the funniest I've ever been,
but it's completely fine.
You know,
I'll never reach those heights again,
but it's fine.
It's okay.
Afterwards.
I was like, Michelle thinks that we thought she was funnier than us.
And so we tossed the episode.
Not at all.
I was like, maybe she thinks because you didn't.
I don't think so, honey.
That was controversial, to say the least.
Yeah.
And then I thought I think she thinks we quote unquote lost the audio because we didn't want that on there.
But now we're setting you free.
We want you to do whatever you want to do.
Let me tell you, since the honeymooners,
I don't think an episode has been lost of anything.
Okay.
The last lost episode was the fucking honeymooners
and now lost culture recess.
And I had my worst ASOS dress on.
I was feeling cute.
Actually, just the other day,
I was walking with friends of mine
and most of my listeners, because I have a show, just the other day, I was walking with friends of mine.
And, you know, most of my listeners, because I have a show, the Michelle Collins show.
I'll plug away.
It's fine.
And this is Michelle Collins, by the way.
But welcome to the pod.
Michelle Collins.
Fine.
Lose that too.
Who cares?
Cut that out.
Cut the name.
Bleed my name. This whole thing is going.
This is already marked for deletion.
I was walking through like town with my friends and the two
coolest Dutch people I've ever laid eyes
on they were so dressed
so cool they were young like Gen Zers
and they went Dutch
they went Michelle and my friends
thought they knew like that we were friends
I would never have such cool friends no offense to them
but I was like yes and they go oh we're
fans could not have said it in a bigger throwaway way, yes. And they go, oh, we're fans. Could not
have said it in a bigger throwaway way, but like I
loved it. They're like, yeah, we're fans. We saw you at
Las Culturistas. And I thought, oh, two people
who witnessed the famed
Las Culturistas, right?
So anyway,
but I had the best time with you. Thank you for asking me.
Listen, it was so much fun. Who cares?
We had a blast. We had a blast.
And then we had a lovely
boat ride
the next day, the day before. That was so fun.
Remember the boat? Remember our sea
captain who looked like they scraped him off
of the side of one of the wooden posts?
He was so
weathered and hot. Wait, why do I remember
him being hot though? He was very
weathered. Remember?
That'll do. Yeah, yeah, yeah. No, I'm saying
he was like a... Yeah.
When a Dutch man is
rugged, it's
a complex flavor
profile. Do you know what I mean?
Sometimes you don't expect these
Dutch guys to be
sort of dressed down, not really giving a fuck.
I don't know. He was cool
but he was Dutch hot in a way that
I am not accustomed to. That's my thing.
This is the problem, having lived
here a year, is that when I
first moved here, my eyes
were shining with how hot
the people here were. It was upsetting.
You know, coming from New York, where you feel
physically sick looking at
people after, what, 15, 20 minutes? Do you want to
throw up? I got here and i
was like i thought oh my god i these are the best looking slim fit they and they all dress down
that's the thing that there's no there are no gown shops in town if actually i'm going to send
you the instagram account of this woman who sells like high-end clothes who genuinely looks like tan
mom and she's the most elegant woman in the Netherlands. Like I can't even tell you,
but after being here a year,
my eyes are basically, how do I put it?
It's like, you know, the Eddie Murphy joke
where when you eat Ritz every day,
you grow accustomed to it.
Like I'm so used to how hot the people here are.
Right.
I'm like immune to it in a way.
And then now I'm also starting to see the ugliness as well
because I've been here so long that,
you know, I always liken people
to kind of like animals so there are like
a lot of frog faces here
a lot of like wide set
pug eyes anyway they love
me I'm a huge hit and I can't wait for the government
to hear this when my visa renewal is up
anyway
the government of Amsterdam
the government of Amsterdam is that the one it is
I guess the Netherlands
the government of Amsterdam the Amsterdam that the one it is? I guess the Netherlands. The government of Amsterdam.
The Amsterdam government is coming for us all.
The only reason why I did my I don't think so, honey,
about this very lovable personality
is because I've never heard anyone, rightfully so,
say a bad word about her.
And she is.
And of course, I adore her too,
the most talented person on earth.
So it felt fun and really dangerous.
After someone from the audience, I'm not going to say who and really dangerous after someone from the audience.
I'm not going to say who everyone knows someone from the audience screamed
her name out and Matt refused to do it.
And then I scrapped my plan and I thought I'm going to do it.
Cause that's just funny.
In the meantime,
since that she's looks incredible.
Her show is like number one.
I mean,
it's just,
I think it's because of me.
I think that I,
so basically Michelle,
do you want to say what your
I Don't Think So Honey was about?
Yeah, I do.
And I hope she hears this
because I'm a fan.
I wanted to know
and I'm happy that we lost the episode.
It was about Kelly Clarkson.
A moment like this is Kelly Clarkson.
You know, my whole thing,
which I'll say here
and I'll say to her face,
is you're already the most talented singer.
Why are you stealing food out of my mouth
in the daytime talk show circuit?
You know, there's only like seven chairs open.
That I'll stick to.
That's the same with Jennifer Hudson.
All these singers that they're-
Andrew Barrymore too.
What do you make of Sherry?
Because Sherry was technically sort of in that,
you know, milieu for a little bit
and then kind of re-returned.
Well, I don't have any opinions
about any former Vue co-hosts personally.
So I wish her the best.
I don't really know Sherry well.
Her training jumped out.
Hold on, hold on a second.
Michelle, I marvel at the fact that you are so,
and can I just say like classy
and you have been so respectful about commenting on The View.
From where I see it, it seems like you have such restraint.
And I feel like, and please don't take this the wrong way,
what we love about you is that you can just talk and talk and talk.
You have the gift of gab.
You are unfiltered.
So I find it so interesting and complex and beautiful
that you have really...
I'm not asking.
I'm not teasing anything out of you.
No, I'll say something.
I'm just saying that's amazing.
Oh, tease it.
I've got tickets to a tour to sell.
It's called the Big Natural Tour.
You can buy tickets.
I may bring the view up on stage.
And I'll say this about it.
And maybe this is like a good teaser to get people
to buy tickets by the way I sing in the show
I love it
I really hope you guys can come if you have the chance but
I'll say this
I have bitten my tongue
about a lot of the things that went on there
I think partially
due to light PTSD
and then just also being raised
in a family home
where we took the high road.
It was just not, you know,
I find it ugly.
And frankly, you know,
it took me a long time
to kind of come to terms
with the fact that it was
and still is the biggest thing
I've really ever done
and allowed me the opportunity
to gain fans.
I had the serious show,
you know, all these things
happened because of that.
So I can't spit,
you know, where I came from.
But I'll add that it does frustrate me a hair that i have behaved so well and then this show has absolutely never invited me back they've never they have a podcast they've never asked me
back and matt i know you were so sweet about me on that show and that meant the world to me by the
way i always go out of my way to say you're one of the lost great hosts of that show.
You are. Another lost thing.
No, I just mean
that you
were this great host on it
and it feels like what you said,
it feels like that era
kind of gets lost. You know what I mean?
Me and Raven and Candice.
I mean, I love them,
but what frustrates me is like, okay,
I'm playing the game and
Kelly. Oh, who
was on? It was, oh no, Paula. I don't even remember.
There were like 17 people, but it bothers
me that I played the game right and then I'm
not rewarded a little bit.
You know what I mean? They asked me,
I'll tell this much, for the 25th anniversary
season, they did reach out to me. It was the first
time I had heard from them. Are you getting a little gossip?
See,
it's fun.
I got to sell tickets,
people.
I'm telling you,
Michelle Collins,
live,
the big natural tour,
big natural tour,
singular,
because it's big natural.
So one big one,
25th anniversary,
they reached out to me.
I was very open to it.
You know,
the negative feelings or what have you,
which one day I'll write about in a book after they have me on,
I have buried. So I thought,
okay, they said, hey, can you do an intro?
We're going to do all the hosts in the 25th
anniversary intro. So this is, by the way,
one of the worst stories ever because I sound horrible,
but I was in Paris. The lights
go out. It's lost again.
And my friend,
I said, this is so fabulous. We're at the Eiffel
Tower. I know. It's like a wonder they lost it again.
That's so weird, Michelle.
We can't reschedule.
I'm like, it's amazing you don't have me back on.
I'm in an ermine coat.
I have a crown on.
I'm like, I don't know why they won't have me back.
No, but anyway, there was an Eiffel Tower behind me.
An Eiffel Tower.
The Eiffel Tower.
And there was one of them. You've been. An Eiffel Tower, the Eiffel Tower. And there was one of them.
You've been.
An Eiffel Tower.
You've been.
You know how it is.
Don't tell anyone.
And I was like, oh, this is fabulous.
And so we shot for like an hour of me going,
walk into the, you know, whatever the thing was
that they wanted me to say.
And I really wanted to look good in it, et cetera.
Send it in.
And you know, I don't watch the show. To be fair, I didn't watch it before I was on it I always say I watched
it when I was literally on it like on so anyway uh then the show the premiere comes out and I
swear they put me in I'm trying to think what's the tiniest three by three pixel square on an HDTV
you couldn't see it looked like I was in front of an antenna in Schenectady.
Tiny Skull.
Oh, finally.
That's the one gift.
That's the tour name.
Tiny Skull.
And I was like, okay, you know, whatever.
I wasn't bitter about it.
Because what are they going to do, feature me?
I was on the show for like six months, you know?
So fine.
But then that whole season, I thought, you know what?
It's shitty.
And I'll just say it.
It isn't nice. It's like, listen, I exist, you know, and I've played the game, thought you know what it's shitty and i'll just say it it is it isn't nice it's like listen i exist you know and i've played the game but now
i guess i don't have to anymore so that's exciting thanks no now now it's now it's it's off to the
races now that you're getting dangerous now they're gonna want you back because the show
lacks danger now i will say that yeah the show since the show has become, we're five moderate women.
You know what I mean?
It's just kind of like, it lacks a little bit of that energy.
You know who tries to start mess is Sunny.
But because she's the only one trying to start mess,
and also it's kind of just funny when she does,
because you can see her rev up and deliver,
and it's just like, you don't believe this.
You know what I mean?
Like she was like,
well,
I think a woman should be able to kill her husband if she cheats.
And we're like,
no,
you don't.
Oh my God.
And then all of a sudden,
like Alyssa,
Alyssa Farrah Griffin on the show,
like suddenly turned a corner and is like life likable queen.
And you're like,
wait,
what?
Hold on one second.
They were all,
they were all so sweet when I went there,
but there is an element of,
let's call it that quality that the view has
where it can get dangerous when you're watching it,
which is missing,
which I can't tell if I miss or whatever.
But like you said, you don't watch it.
I really don't.
I watch Price is Right every damn day.
My brother gave me his direct TV.
Another host I'm not crazy about, Drew Carey, but we'll take it. I love my games. I love my games. I can't help it. No, I don't watch it. But you know what? Listen, if I reached out to my friend who works there being like, hey, I'm in town next week to do some promotion, you know, but I think that they really do want to forget about Candace Raven and I.
And, you know, they never talk about Rosie Perez.
She was on the season before me
and we crossed over a little bit.
But yeah, they never,
remember there's just a couple of people
that it's like, you know, we were on,
we were on the,
you had a confetti cannon go off when I got hired.
Do you remember?
You know?
Do you think it's like that time politically
was so,
like,
it feels so foreign
like Trump just
starting out
or like,
like the beginning
of all of that
feels so far away
that there's like
the distance is,
is the focal point
is so like
fucked up
and all over the place.
Maybe that's it.
I don't think it's on you guys.
Oh no.
Listen, I personally think that there were so many things
going on behind the scenes with the producers
that we were just sort
of, what's the
word in war?
There's a word for when people just die.
Casualties. Friendly fire.
Unfriendly fire.
We were just, the collateral maybe
is the word I'm looking for. They didn't care. It okay next we gotta bring other people in so it's fine you know listen
i'm grateful i rented you know when i moved up back from l.a to new york to do the show
i was so sure that this was like my longtime big break that i rented the nicest apartment my joke
is that i came back in the coming to america limos like I was just like, I'm so rich now. I'm on ABC and I rented a two bedroom,
huge apartment at Columbus Circle.
Like who do I think I am?
A two year lease.
You thought you were a corporate media girly.
CMG.
And now I wear threadbare dresses with hot pink bras on.
Okay, this is what happens.
Anyway, that's a lesson to you kids out there.
When you get hired for daytime TV, get a studio.
What were you going to say?
Get a studio.
It's the Big Natural Tour.
Thank you for sharing that.
The Real Housewives of New York City are back for another bite of the Big Apple.
Look who it is.
Joined by elite new friends.
Rebecca Minkoff.
Have you ever heard of her?
But things could change in a New York Minute.
She had this wild night
and ended up getting pregnant by some other guy.
What?
You told her?
Not today, Satan.
Not today.
The Real Housewives of New York City.
All new Tuesdays at 9 on Bravo
or stream it on City TV+.
Hey, I'm Jay Shetty and I'm the host of On Purpose.
My latest episode is with Jelly Roll.
This episode is one of the most honest and raw interviews I've ever had.
We go deep into Jelly Roll's life story from being in and out of prison from the age of 13 to being one of today's biggest artists.
We talk about guilt, shame,
body image, and huge life transformations. I was a desperate delusional dreamer and the
desperate part got me in a lot of trouble. I encourage delusional dreamers. Be a delusional
dreamer. Just don't be a desperate delusional dreamer. I just had such an anger. I was just
so mad at life. Everything that wasn't right was everybody's fault but mine. I had such a victim
mentality. I took zero accountability for anything in my life. I was the kid that if you asked what
happened, I immediately started with everything but me. It took years for me to break that,
like years of work. Listen to On Purpose with Jay Shetty on the iHeartRadio app,
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On Thanksgiving Day, 1999, a five-year-old boy floated alone in the ocean.
He had lost his mother trying to reach Florida from Cuba.
He looked like a little angel. I mean, he looked so fresh.
And his name, Elian Gonzalez, will make headlines everywhere.
Elian Gonzalez.
Elian.
Elian.
Elian.
Elian.
Elian.
Elian Gonzalez.
At the heart of the story is a young boy and the question of who he belongs with.
His father in Cuba.
Mr. Gonzalez wanted to go home and he wanted to take his son with him.
Or his relatives in Miami.
Imagine that your mother died trying to get you to freedom.
At the heart of it all is still this painful family separation.
Something that as a Cuban, I know all too well.
Listen to Chess Peace, the Elian Gonzalez story,
as part of the My Cultura podcast network,
available on the iHeartRadio app,
Apple Podcasts,
or wherever you get your podcasts.
You said something before we started recording
that you had, one, had a day
and two, were just in Germany
and that you're not the same.
So tell us what happened.
Tell us what happened today
and tell us what happened in Germany.
Today, I just worked all day
and that alone was traumatizing for me
because that never happens.
Like when I'm working from like 8 a.m. until 4 p.m.
I don't remember the last time that's happened.
So I really worked hard.
I went to Frankfurt last week.
Thanks, Bobo.
You were so great on the show, by the way.
The two of you were just,
can I say how proud I am of the two of you?
Is that, I really mean it.
I sound like your mom.
But I just am like, look at my boys thrive and it's the of you? Is that, I really mean it. I sound like your mom, but I just am like,
look at my boys thrive.
And it's the best feeling in the world.
I really mean it. You know, you're our favorite.
It means everything to our face.
Honestly, I will say it, it truly was like,
there was only so many ways to communicate.
The episode was truly lost.
And the fact that you, for even one second,
thought that we would like ever not use
even a second of time we would like ever not use a even a second
of time we had with you was like i just wanted you to know like that that was legitimately what
happened and it was very embarrassing and like so anyway listen i don't even remember that night
was so fun it felt like a fever we had a blast it was just we went on vacation with you and we loved
it by the way i'm going to greece in June. Please come because right now it's just me, which
if you know Mykonos, it's not the vibe.
It might be
the vibe though. You might
be the queen. It could happen
actually. Well, I went
last week. I don't know if you know the
podcaster, Laura Shane Hall. She does the
Sexy Unique podcast. Very, very funny.
Yes, of course. She's great.
She and her family friend
were in germany and i thought oh all because i live in amsterdam let me go to germany i figured
what's the worst that can happen i just watched zone of interest by the way anyway i got on a
train to listen it was supposed to be did you watch it have you seen it i can't no wait yeah i i did i
did i just it was hard yeah Yeah. Very hard. Everyone said,
everyone who told me to see you in a theater are my enemies.
And by the way,
this is,
no,
because if I had sat in a theater
with those sound effects going off.
I know.
One way ticket to the loony bin for me.
I don't think you know how sensitive I am.
Because they usually give a round trip.
There's all this material and more in the lost episode again my funniest show ever
you really were tearing it up this was like it's not that good um i got a one-way ticket to
frankfurt four hours it actually relates to zone of interest hear me out four hours from amsterdam
to i'm telling you i can make that
joke amsterdam to frankfurt get on the train at 8 a.m looking good i woke up i like to wake up
early and pack in the morning do my makeup i really never know i'm always in first class on
the train because it's like an extra ten dollars but then you can like kick dirt in people's faces
i'm kidding i'm kidding you know you can speed past people like i love doing that
so anyway already there was an issue with the train we had to take a connecting okay no problem I'm kidding. You know, you can speed past people. Like I love doing that. So anyway,
already there was an issue with the train.
We had to take a connecting.
Okay, no problem.
Get on a new track.
We're on the train for about an hour.
I'm doing work for the show,
believe it or not.
And we come to a halt,
a grinding halt.
We're stopped for about an hour to two hours.
And in German,
they keep coming over the loudspeaker,
which again,
not a safe feeling for me.
And they're like,
uh,
uh,
hello.
Um, we have some power lines on the track. We are going
to try. It's a safety issue.
We cannot do anything about it. We have
buses going to take you to Dusseldorf.
I was supposed to be in Frankfurt by now.
I'm going to fast forward. I now am
sitting on the floor of a bus. I have pictures
with the road next to me. Hold on.
Now they take us to
Dusseldorf to get a train.
Get on that train.
I actually meet some very lovely Dutch people.
We're like all kibitzing about the stress of it all, right?
And train comes to a stop again
and I'm looking on my phone on the app
and I'm like, this is weird.
It says it's not stopping in Cologne.
Do you want to know why?
The one day that I decide,
I swear on my life to go to Germany.
Do you know what they found on right near the train station?
A world war two aerial bomb that hadn't been detonated.
Please listen to me.
They found a world.
They unearthed.
They're like,
Oh,
Michelle's here.
Perfect.
Unearthed.
Oh,
big skull. OBS. Perfect. They unearthed old big skull OBS.
Perfect. They unearthed
a torpedo or some shit
and they couldn't have the trains go by because
they're afraid that the vibration of the train is
going to set off this bomb.
So it wasn't a power line issue.
It was. It was two things.
First the power line, then the bomb.
End of story. I ended up with my big ass bag.
You know, I always take a lot of shit with me in a place called
Koblenz, which I was rotting in this
piss stinking train station for two
hours. And then right as I'm getting on the
train, I see a guy with the most beautiful TK
Maxx bag and I missed it. I didn't get
to go. This is not a good story. Anyway, it took me
11 hours to get into town. I'm just
saying next time I go to Germany, they're still finding bombs
on the ground. Jesus Christ.
Isn't that wild? It's not funny,
but interesting.
And it did relate to Zone of Interest.
How do we use it?
You were like, it relates to Zone of Interest,
I promise. It's a World War II bomb.
Yeah, it's a bomb. It's Zone of Interest.
That's unbelievable.
I know.
We went to Berlin right after
Amsterdam. We saw you. Did we go from Amsterdam to Berlin right after Amsterdam We saw you
Did we go from Amsterdam to Berlin?
Was Berlin our last stop, Beau?
We did Berlin
It doesn't matter
Anyway, it's very somber
The first time you go, there it is
There's this very intense feeling you have to get over
The wall, there's an energy
Once you get over it, you're fine
And then it's a fun, lovely, great city.
We had an amazing time.
We went and smoked weed on the floor with peaches at a bar.
It was incredible.
That's like it.
But like there's a heaviness at first.
Gravitas.
There's a gravitas.
But you're right.
There is a feeling when you get into a town like that.
And it is depressing.
The worst place where I feel and it's actually for the opposite reason.
Have you ever been to Vienna, Austria?
No, it's actually for the opposite reason. Have you ever been to Vienna, Austria? No.
It's too pretty?
Exactly.
Vienna has the opposite thing
where it's so pristine and so beautiful.
There was not an overlook or a balcony in that town
where I couldn't see you-know-who giving a major speech.
Every balcony, I'm going,
well, it was like my mind was like AI-ing him
into every little nook and cranny in Vienna.
So I might just need help.
But yeah, it's, listen, I love Germany.
I actually like Germany.
Munich, I love.
If you've ever been, it's a beautiful place.
You know.
Well, again, funniest episode.
Similar of the year.
You have to bring this stuff up in the 400.
Clip this part.
But you're so nice to have me back I really appreciate it people still talk
about someone spilled sauce
I was just gonna say that's one of our most famous
most notable episodes of all time
when Michelle told the story about
getting into an elevator and
spilling I guess ponzu sauce all over
the floor and Leah Michelle
walked in
and Michelle told her spilling, I guess, ponzu sauce all over the floor and Leah Michelle walked in. At the BevMo.
Yep. And Leah Michelle walked in
and Michelle told her
someone spilled sauce.
It was me. But she gave me
such a dirty look that
I didn't know what, her boyfriend was very friendly and then
she looked at me so dirty. But you have to understand that that
elevator, just want to make it known because anyone who's
been to LA needs to know that it's
where the crazy rock and sushi is. That's their
house sauce. It's ponzu really mixed
with some sesame oil if we're going to go there, but
there's a Target, a
BevMo. That same elevator
and I think I told this on your show as
well, was where one time I was by myself
going to Target and a guy who had
white out contacts with flops
came up to me. Are you scared?
What'd he say?
Are you going to cry? oh are you gonna cry so i had that haunted elevator for me it's one of the reasons i left la i'm not even joking like
right unfortunately the state of the world is shit yeah so it's just a reflection of kind of
what's happening all over it's happening in miami i mean it's happening everywhere uh cost of living
being insane.
I just, I mean, Bowen, you, what about the girls
getting punched? Well, you know, they think that that was like a
Reddit conspiracy with those punching ladies.
Yeah, because they never found the guy, right?
Well, they think it was more than one guy.
And that it was like
a Reddit thread where they said, go in this area
and punch these ladies. But somehow,
amazingly, Bethany got herself involved,
which is a really good gift.
I mean, she had to figure out.
So how did that happen?
Because I heard about Bethany getting in the mix,
but I didn't bother finding out how.
I mean, she just was like, I got punched.
You know, something like some tics.
She said, but it was months ago.
And I'm thinking that tracks, she probably did,
but I don't think it's related to this.
Right, right, right. think it's related to this.
Right, right, right.
I just keep my head down.
I don't know if that's, I don't know if that's like, I don't know what that means.
But I just kind of like go to the train, take it to work.
I thankfully, the train pulls right into my office.
I don't have to step back outside in order to go inside another building. So I feel like I have a pretty myopic view and scope of the city,
but I I'm,
I'm having an okay time here.
The weather's getting nice.
Do you go to the restaurants below Rockefeller center?
Are you in town?
No,
they're nice.
They're nice.
We're going to Del Frisco's baby.
Come on.
Hold on.
Can we,
I'm about to,
I don't think so.
Honey,
Del Frisco's, which one? The grill? Cause there's two Del Frisco's. Oh, Come on. Hold on. Can we, I'm about to, I don't think so, honey. Del Frisco's.
Which one?
The grill?
No.
Because there's two Del Frisco's.
Oh, all I don't think.
Which one?
The one that's by Rock Center
or the one that's by Sirius?
There's the Del Frisco's.
Oh, the one by Sirius.
No, there's the one by Sirius,
which is.
I never go.
You never go.
No.
People from the office get delivery
from Del Frisco's at Rock Center all the time.
There's a place called Jupiter.
That's great.
We go to Rock sometimes.
I can tell Matt's.
They have these like cheeseburger egg rolls.
Oh my God.
I know.
Tell you something about Del Fresco's.
When I work at Sirius, I used to go there.
I used to go there.
There's a bartender who works there.
You probably know him. He kind of has like a skeletor energy he's like a
bald big Irishman
the skeleton and skull imagery
on this episode
is out of bounds
he's very like hot squidward
no because he's bald but he has like
the dents on the side you know he's like a slimmer
guy Irish
I've never I don't know if anyone on this planet hates me more than this man I've never had because he's bald, but he has like the dents on the side. You know, he's like a slimmer guy. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Irish.
I've never, I don't know if anyone on this planet hates me more than this man.
I've never had someone be so mean to me when I show up.
Like the water always smells like dog.
But the only reason why I used to go there
is because they had a seared tuna sashimi salad
that I loved.
And it was like $37.
It was three chunks of sashims,
some, you know, wonton strips you know like
real dumb bitch food like dumb yeah and i loved it and i went there last time with my friend lucas
and we sat at the bar which i love to sit at the bar anywhere i go i love a bar i want to be in the
mix love to look at everyone yeah cool girl vibes the ultimate cool girl vibes. I'm at the bar. You can talk to me. I'm watching.
I'm watching people.
It's the best. And also as a tall person
I can like stretch my legs out.
You know, it just gives me room to breathe.
Anyway, I open the menu.
Guess what? No
sashimi tuna salad on the menu any longer.
And I called
Tristan, I don't know his name, over.
And I said, I said, Trist, I don't know his name, over. And I said,
I said,
Trist,
what's with the,
what's with the lack of the sesame salad?
My favorite item's not on the menu.
My number one item isn't on the menu.
And he said they were bought
by another restaurant group
ever since they sold us to fill in the blank.
I don't know who it was.
He's like,
so they've made some decisions and they took the salad off the menu and we left and we went instead we laughed i'm not
eating fucking cheeseburger egg rolls no offense so we laughed i can barely squeeze into my ribbed
dress as it is and we went to uh oceania what is that place? That's another Jesus. Ocean Prime? No. No, it's the one also in
Sirius building. Yeah, yeah. And we went there
and I had like a $97
like scrimp. I don't
even know. The whole town is upside down. I had
to leave. Right.
This was the last time you were in New York? Or no?
This was a while ago. This was a month
and a half ago. A month and a half ago.
Yeah. And so you're like, oh, this city
is in the toilet. That's
when I decided to leave. When I saw that the tuna
salad was off the menu,
that's when I found out. You were like, this isn't my city anymore.
I don't recognize this place.
I just want to make it clear to everyone
as well, now that we're airing our,
like, doing our, like, ombudsman segment,
I left New York not because
of the crime, but because I
had a bathroom that wouldn't not be brown.
The grout, the tiling.
This was my breaking point moment.
I had two.
One was I got stuck in the elevator at the Clark Street stop
on the 23 train.
You had a huge famous stop.
One of the great stops.
No, that's a terrible stop.
It's horrible.
One of the great stops.
There's no stairway to get up.
And I got in that elevator and I swear to God,
it was like the casting team from the bus from Speed
had put everyone on that elevator.
It was like unorthodox Jew,
like a guy with a whale spear.
I was like, what is happening?
The casting team from the bus from Speed.
It was like everyone motherfucker was on it.
And I looked around me like, okay, this town still has it.
And then it got stuck and we were stuck on that elevator.
And I had an anxiety attack seriously where I was like, of course,
I had never had claustrophobia in my life.
And you're in an elevator and you're underground.
Like that's underground hell with genuinely with central casting.
And I thought, okay, not city's not for me
and then i was away for a bit in a very nice modern bathroom came back to my uptown apartment
and i had a very lovely apartment i had a great deal on it even though i think there was mold in
the ceiling and i was seeing stars every morning when i woke up great deal it was definitely like
mold there was 100 mold in the ceiling in this apartment.
I don't want to shout out the address, but anyway, my bathroom.
First of all, I had that coffin shaped tub, which I hate.
You know, they have, why did they do that?
Why do they shave some tubs like coffins?
The shape of the middle.
Fill your fantasy.
Wait, that's funny.
And then the tile was so old, Tylee Minogue.
And I looked up and I saw the grout
and it didn't matter.
I could get on my hands and knees
scrubbing it with a toothbrush and toothpaste
and it was not going to not be brown.
And the brown grout,
how now brown grout,
is what got me out of that.
Okay, so that's where you're at with New York.
What about Miami?
What about Florida in general
as having grown up there?
Funny you bring it up
because truth be told,
if I do end up moving back to the US,
now listen, I say this about New York.
It would be Miami.
So many people are doing Miami.
I know.
Yeah, yeah.
I would move back to New York
for the right job,
you know, obviously network TV
in a second,
but Miami's fine.
Listen, great shopping.
If a single person is debating moving there,
if you're a straight woman,
you have to really be comfortable
with the idea of dating Pitbull.
If that is something that you're a fan of,
and he's the best smelling celebrity
I've ever met for the record.
No one smells better than Pitbull.
Oh, I believe it.
And lovely, sweet as pie.
But the styling of Pitbull,
that whole, that kind of a vibe,
that has to be your thing if you're going to move there.
We're going to call it a Miami aesthetic.
Yeah.
A flow, literally a flow rider man.
Yep.
Florida man is actually flow rider man.
A flow rider man.
That's actually a big distinction
because you can have Florida man
walking around really any part of the country, but a flow rider man is all over. A flow rider man is Florida specific. That's actually a big distinction. Because you can have Florida man walking around really any part of the country.
But a flowrider man is all over.
Flowrider man is Florida specific.
Yes.
Specific.
Yeah, I probably would.
Do you guys ever go down there?
We should do a little trip.
We went down there for New Year's.
Two New Year's ago.
And it was fun.
We were just like all over the place and so I need to go back
there and we were like in an Airbnb
and I think Miami is a place
where you gotta be in a nice
swanky hotel
I think I've been to Miami for the last time
really? stop
why?
I don't enjoy
here's the thing it lives in
a thing for me where it's like,
it feels like you can go and you want to be relaxing,
but also be like turned on if you want to,
like in terms of the nightlife,
it's just a little too much of both.
It's a little too,
it's just the energy is too high for me.
Even if you're relaxing, quote unquote,
you still have to dial into it in such a crazy way.
I don't know.
It's just,
there comes a point at night where things turn in Miami and it just goes,
I think I've not outgrown it,
but like,
it's just not the way I would choose to vacation.
And if I'm ever going to Miami,
it would be that.
So I don't know.
I have something to say.
Go ahead.
Much like we are stereotyping Los Angeles and New York,
you have seen, and by the
way, I left Miami when I just turned 17
because I hated it. So understand, I'm not
some God knows what Miami person, but
I know that the Miami that you've seen
is a very specific part. You've been
to South Beach, I'm assuming, downtown,
maybe Design District.
There is, you know, you're not
wrong. It's a very flashy town.
Money is king. Everybody wants to have the most money
and look the most expensive.
It is a lot.
No question about it.
But within the town,
you can still find pockets of like good restaurants.
Now, especially like a lot of New Yorkers
are down there, like Northeast people.
I think it's gotten a little bit better,
but that is a very touristic thing.
Did you drive when you were there
or you were there or
you were just taking ubers everywhere we were taking ubers i think i think it would have been
a totally different vibe had we been there for longer than it was and it wasn't new year's and
we weren't like doing a certain thing you know our best friend jared who's like your biggest fan
is also from miami oh no kidding yeah hook us up because i always need more friends down there but
every time i come on your show i beg for for friends. What is that? That happened also at the Amsterdam show.
Let's unpack that.
Forget my name.
I'm always like, I need friends.
Fabulous.
Let's talk.
Let's do it.
You have such cool friends though.
You have cool friends.
When we, speaking of Chaconis, we sat with some swanky, swanky friends.
Here I am saying swanky again.
What am I?
But then we had a great time with your friends.
Also, those Gen Zers who stopped you in the street could have been your friends.
We got to start building more bridges.
I was attracted to your one.
I was hitting it off with your one friend.
Kevin.
I felt that there was a vibe
between us.
I had a good time talking to Ben, right?
You guys, come back.
Look at me. Come back.
And just in case the listener is wondering
yes i was sitting alone no i'm joking you know it's literally in the middle of
you bring two gays to the show we're like bye bitch
i'm sitting with my legs crossed on the ground i don't even have a seat you're like sit there dog
i'm like okay i sit on the ground i'm like it's it's fine. I don't mind it. No, they're the best.
I do have very lovely friends here. I'm joking about that.
Miami, come back to Miami when it's not New
Year's. Here's the thing though, and just
on the topic of New Year's, no
city that you don't live in,
if you're visiting a city on New Year's,
you will have a bad time. Period.
That's right. It doesn't matter where it is.
Correct. New York is not better.
Except this last New Year's where we were in New York, I loved it. We were home matter where it is. Correct. New York is not better. Except this last New Year's
where we were in New York, I loved it.
We were home. We were working.
We were working, but we were just like,
it was so, there was no
packing within two
days. There was no like, okay,
where should we go now?
What reservation should we make? There was none of
that. There was no itinerary. It was just
like, we're home. Everyone come over
to my apartment. And we went
to Mexico City a couple years ago. I would
love to visit Mexico City when it's not New Year's.
Becca Ramos,
producer Becca says, New Year's Eve house
party is the best way to go. Period.
I do want to say, however, that I had
one of my best New Year's in Las Vegas
many years ago.
Vegas is actually fun in New Year's because what I love many years ago. Oh, my friend and I,
Vegas is actually fun in New Year's because what I love about Vegas,
many people hate it.
It's whatever you want it to be.
I say,
so if you want to be like a dumb slut,
great.
If you want to just gamble,
drink,
have a good dinner somewhere,
see a nice show.
It is what you want,
which is nice. Yeah.
We had the best fucking time in Vegas.
We met people.
We had,
um,
big martinis at the Petrosian Bar
in the Bellagio Hotel. We saw Celine Dion.
So Celine, God bless her. We saw Celine.
Then we went and watched fireworks
over the strip and I bought these like $2
light up Minnie Mouse ears
that when I put them on my scalp, it felt like
my entire body was getting electrocuted. Anyone
you know this feeling? Anyway, it was
fabulous, fabulous.
So Vegas actually can be well
because vegas can't turn up more than it's already turned up you know what i mean so it's like it's
already operating at a new year's eve energy literally 365 days a year 366 on the leap
and so on like any given day you can have that experience and so it doesn't feel like you have
to like adjust to anything because you're just like, this is
Vegas. Right. Yeah. I've never been to Mexico
City, though. We should all go do a live show there.
We should all go.
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Hey, I'm Jay Shetty and I'm the host of On Purpose. My latest episode is with Jelly Roll.
This episode is one of the most honest and raw interviews I've ever had. We go deep into Jelly
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in a lot of trouble. I encourage delusional dreamers. Be a delusional dreamer. Just don't
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On Thanksgiving Day, 1999, a five-year-old boy floated alone in the ocean.
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He looked like a little angel. I mean, he looked so fresh.
And his name, Elian Gonzalez, will make headlines everywhere.
At the heart of the story is a young boy and the question of who he belongs with.
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Imagine that your mother died trying to
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Michelle, what are your hopes and dreams for the summer?
Besides Greece, are you going to Greece?
So I have a lot coming up, actually.
So, okay, tour first,
even though it's not technically summer.
Where are you touring and when is it?
Okay, big natural tour.
So it starts on April 23rd.
We're doing Atlanta, Town Hall in New York,
the Savant Theater in Los Angeles,
Portland, Oregon in a big theater,
the Aladdin Theater,
then Philly, Pittsburgh, and Chicago.
And Boston is sold out already.
Where are you playing in Chicago?
City Winery.
Oh, fun.
Cute, cute venue.
Should be fun.
But yeah, if you live in LA or New York, definitely, definitely get a ticket. The other
shows are like nearly sold out, but LA and New York are
the big venues and Portland, Oregon. So
we have special guests, Brian Soffie,
Daniel Schneider, Mamrie Hart. Yes.
I don't know if you'll let me say, but Kat Cohen in New York
is going to be there. Oh, great. Yes.
It's going to be fun. Perfect.
Wait, I wanted to say, I played at the
Aladdin Theater in Portland
it's such a funny vibe because you get there and it looks
like a high school auditorium
and you're like there's no way
my agent had been like yeah this venue
is great man they're gonna love you man
and then I was like I get there and I'm like huh
it's like very Portland vibes
that venue turns all the way up
like it fills up
and you're like,
oh my God.
Like I remember before I got on stage,
it was one vibe.
And then I got on stage and I was like,
hold on, wait, this is one of the fun shows.
Like it really, really, really was great.
I really liked that theater.
I happen to love Portland.
You're going to have a fun time there.
Brian Safi is coming with me to that show.
And I'll add,
I just need people to buy tickets for that show
because I think I know like
seven people there. They're so sleepy there.
Portland sales are slow but they will come.
When Matt and I did
I Don't Think So Honey as a tour there
in Portland, that was the first show and it was
I think one of my favorite shows.
It was. It was great.
And then I remember I got such a bad taste in my mouth
about Seattle going forward because we performed the very first time that Bowen and I toured for I Don't Think So Honey.
We took it around the country.
This was a whole different era.
We went to Seattle and we played at an all ages, no alcohol venue.
And Discovery Zone.
What was it?
We were opening a Discovery Zone what was it we were opening a Discovery Zone
but then I was like it was the most
silent I think it was the most silent
comedy show I've ever
but did you redeem it
with have you heard of Christmas though
one of my favorite cities by far
to perform in Seattle
having heard of Christmas
I did
the Moore Theater by far to perform in Seattle. Having heard of Christmas, I did
the Moore
Theater last time, which is a little bit bigger.
And then before that, I did the Neptune, which I'm
going back to this year. Spoiler alert.
Such good energy. Seattle fucking
rocks. I love Seattle.
You know, I've never been to Seattle and I have a friend
here who's from there who was like, you need to perform
because of the best crowds. Literally just last
week, we were talking about it.
I should add one last thing which is also a
spoiler because I'm also doing Five Nights in London
at the end of June.
At the Soho Theater.
The best.
Tickets will be on sale this week.
We're going to announce it officially but I'll give you the
scoop that's happening I think June 25th
through the 29th. Oh that's so great.
I'm excited. The best area, best theater, June 25th through the 29th. Oh, that's so great. Yeah, I'm excited.
There's just the best area, best theater, best vibes.
Oh, man, that's so great.
I'm really excited.
I hope you can come for it.
Then we're all going to Greece, the three of us, to Mykonos.
I don't know what I'm doing this summer.
I want to like go, you know,
I went on a cruise last summer with my parents
because again, like the friends are just knocking the door down.
So I went to Iceland and to Norway with my parents.
And I have to tell you,
I feel like I'm coming off as the worst version of myself.
Like I love Vegas.
I had a great time on a cruise,
but genuinely I had fun on that cruise.
And I won't do it again.
Just saying.
The people watching,
you are basically on an insane asylum at sea.
So everyone is drunk.
Everyone's just like horrible in their own kind of ways.
Some people are fun. You can sometimes meet fun people wait we saw there was a singer on the
boat who this is a really funny quick story that you'll die so we there is a singer that they build
as like being the most not michael crawford but he was like the second most performing phantom of
all time in phantom of the opera i don't remember his name. And so we love Phantom. So my parents and I,
we go,
we hobble down to the theater to see this guy
and he gets up
and he sings two songs
from Phantom of the Opera
to the sequel.
And then he spent the rest
of the show singing
like Queen songs.
So I have video,
which I actually am going
to show in my show
of my mother
just fuming in her seat.
She's like so pissed.
She can't stand him.
The next day,
elevator doors open. Who walks up?
But this guy, he's like, I think Welsh and he's got
this big stomach and he walks out.
And my mom goes, oh, I'm so sorry. Are you the
singer from the show?
Oh no. Oh no.
You're dying.
I'm at this point,
honey, I shrunk the kids. It's the witches.
There's green smoke coming out of my jacket.
I'm not even alive
it's just
I'm a little rat in like a dress
and she goes are you the singer
from last night and he goes
why yes I am you know very proud of himself
I am ready to receive a compliment
yeah and she goes
just wondering why you
chose to sing
Phantom of the Opera 2 when they're billing you as phantom 1
and also you sang like he sang a song from oliver which is i guess is like my dad's favorite
musical but he sang like one of the worst songs from oliver that had my dad's seething so then
she goes and why of all the songs in oliver that you could have chosen? Why did you? I mean, I'm like this. It was like
the Jack Nicholson movie.
It was shining.
It was shining.
It was the shining.
As good as it gets.
She was in the back wearing glasses and
my mom was Greg Kinnear and then I
was the dog.
My mom was Greg Kinnear.
Second time you've designated yourself as a dog
for this episode.
Really? I was that little
Brussels Griffon or whatever the fuck
they're called. Anyway, so that was that.
I had the best time on that boat. If that guy
is listening, I'm so sorry. I'm not proud of her behavior.
She's a monster. Anyway, she'll be one of the shows.
Talk about your mom because I want
to know about her takes recently because
I know she always has pop culture takes like you sometimes post the emails you get from her i
just want to know like what's up what's what's mom thinking doing saying lately mom is upset you know
i do a weekly episode because i have a patreon with the show and once a week my mom and i do an
hour for the highest bidder uh at patreon.com slash mish call. It sounds like an old defense, but no.
No to the people who pay the most.
But she's really big on Deal or No Deal Island.
Like this is her new favorite show. Oh yeah, this is like taking over.
Yeah.
Yeah.
It's on NBC too, I think they're showing it there.
She loves the traitors like everyone does.
You know what she's obsessed with,
which I haven't watched yet?
Survivor Australia.
She found- Oh, it's the best. 100%.
How do you watch it? Because she watches it on something called SouthHemmyTV.com.
But if I have to hear her say this again, I'm going to like end it all.
She's like, well, my SouthHemmyTV.com. I'm like, stop.
They did have it at one point on Paramount Plus.
And they don't anymore.
But there was one iconic season that they had of Survivor Australia.
It was like, I guess maybe it was season four or something.
I don't even want to say who won it because I would like people to find it.
But someone that's on Australian Traders season two was also on this season of Survivor.
By the way, I want to say,
Australian Traders Season 1
is, I'm going to call it the pinnacle of reality television.
I think it is the single greatest reality TV season of all time
in a competitive sense.
Australian Traders Season 2
The worst.
is the worst thing you could ever watch.
It honestly becomes more of a comedy. So bad that they canceled it. And the worst thing you could ever watch. It honestly becomes more of a comedy.
So bad that they cancelled it.
And the whole thing was cancelled.
Did they? Yeah. The Australian version?
No kidding because I watched that too. One
was very good. Unreal.
Is the guy you're talking about that hot as shit
giant guy with a beard? Luke.
I had to look him up.
There's a guy who was on Survivor Australia
who was like, I think we're Instagram friends. It was a guy who was on Survivor Australia who was like, I think
we're Instagram friends. It doesn't matter.
Anyway, it doesn't matter.
But yeah, he was, I think, on one of these
other reality shows. Anyway.
The cast of Australian Survivor
at any given time is it is a collection of the
hottest people in the world.
And I can't say that about the American version.
But this Survivor,
by the way, I'm sorry, this season is really sucking.
I watched Survivor, you know that.
It sucks. It's not good.
It's a sit. It's a sit.
What's sit? It's long.
They're long episodes. You gotta sit for
them. I'll say this. Last
season was excellent
and it also really only got
really good around episode 6, 7.
We're at that point now where they've merged in this season, and I feel like it's going to get more interesting.
But I will say the boogers that they cast that you had to get through in the beginning, it's actually some of the worst gameplay I've seen in decades on the show. like I'm 90 years old and it feels like there hasn't been
this level of A
super fan and B
horse shit gameplay at the same time
to where I'm like we gotta stop
with the toxic positivity and casting here
there is a casting issue
and like I
understand if people are excited but there was a
do you remember Banu
do I remember Banu he's's here. He's on his knees
here.
He said, your dog's sick.
That was a low point
in reality television.
There was a second where I thought Banu was hot,
but then it got too much.
He was photogenic and handsome.
Yeah.
But then it got to be a lot.
Mish, what does mom think about the Kate Middleton stuff does she have an opinion
oh man there was a moment where I was
worried for myself not her because
I knew that I had joined like
K-Anon like whatever the
QAnon version of the Kate Middleton conspiracy
theories I'm one of the few people still on X
and I feel
it being very a really slippery slope with things like this because people are still very funny on X and I feel it being very, a really slippery slope with things like this because
people are still very funny on X. Like the tweets are hilarious and then they're engaging. And so
when people are pointing at all these conspiracy theories, it's fun. You're like, wow, this was
before the video. But then even with that video, people saying her eyelid is, you know, glitching
out and her shark teeth and the ring and all this stuff and it's tough to not watch it back and be
like are they right am i you know i don't know i think that they could have avoided all of this
by just being a little bit more transparent in the beginning because something that happened
that i think to be honest with you i don't think they hated was the fact that there was all of this
like craziness online and that went on for a very long time. And of course, like she is deserving of her privacy
and also deserving of the time it takes to figure out what really is going on. Because, you know,
when you get a diagnosis like that, or you think you're getting a diagnosis like that, you also
want to make sure that you have all the information and that you have a plan and stuff. But the fact
is like, we can't act like she's not one of the most famous people in the world.
You know what I mean?
And so especially when you doctor a photo and when you do all these things, it's like they didn't help themselves there.
And I will stand and say they have the worst PR in the world.
And I think that the if there was any inappropriateness that went on in terms of the discourse about what she was going through,
they did not help themselves there.
And I'm not talking about William and Kate.
I'm talking about the machine around them that did not create a positive,
healthy space for her.
And I also say that taking accountability for the way everyone talked about it,
but then only to be chastised after the video comes out.
It's like,
well,
you kind of ginned up this fervor around
it that didn't have
to exist. I would agree.
My thing is that hot guy, Thomas,
I forget his last name, who
died, that young guy,
who died supposedly from,
I mean, it supposedly was a
gunshot wound, I guess. It kind of never fully,
I guess, came out what did it. But then when they said the rifle, it supposedly was a gunshot wound, I guess. It kind of never fully, I guess, came out what did it.
But then when they said the rifle,
it sounded like one of the Looney Tunes rifles.
Something about it also was off to me.
And people think that he had like a sharp implement
or like that he was bludgeoned,
which is a word I love to say.
But there's something with that too.
And that's where I started getting into the weeds about
was Kate having an affair and what's
going on and it just seemed suspicious
that all of this was happening at the same time.
What can we do to tell you to get off of X?
Thomas Kingston. Me?
I need a job.
Honestly, outside of what I do, I need to work.
I know. Are you off of it? You deleted it?
We're off. I mean, I have
a porn old. I have
one where I just like follow porn. I have one where I just like follow porn accounts
I have one where I follow porn stars and rollercoaster
construction
my feed is wild
you're giving me shit about deleting it why can't I enjoy
the things I like if you're enjoying what you like
I don't understand why I have to be shamed
because I'm not watching like guys
jerking off is that okay I mean
honestly the tweets or whatever you want
to call them I'm not on threads. Every time it's accidentally
opens the seats, the seats. I still love it. People are funnier than ever. I'm sorry. And
yes, I do see a lot of horrific things as well. And I immediately block anytime I see something
that I'm like crosses a line, they're gone, but it's, it's it's endless unfortunately it's endless no problem no problem
at all i feel like i love you the thing is like i feel like i of course want to be on there and
laugh and laugh and laugh and laugh but i think because there's that context is removed like i
can't even engage because people can jerk off to it yeah for'm just saying i can jerk off to lots but you
have so many it's like there are only so many things that are funny these days and that's where
i find laughter you can jerk off to anything you can go anywhere and find porn so it's funny that
that's the thing that you still are giving them your business with i mean wow is tv comedy that
bad like we have to be on x to laugh like nothing out there for day-to-day
stuff yeah because we have no blogs anymore you know i'm 100 actually we have no there's nowhere
else to go for like hot takes and quick news quick rapid things i don't know i miss gawker every day
me too in the interest of like uh you know it's quick takes before we get to i don't think so
honey do you have any bravo or housewives takes you have to get off your chest what do you feel about all the recent
stuff we're talking
what like Summer House I'm watching
I'm liking it whatever
we don't so whatever I don't even
know what I don't even know what Carl and Lindsay
is oh I actually don't you know
I watch it again just for there to be
sound in my house I don't know how else to put it
ASMR Vanderpump is
fine I'm not loving this season I don't know how else to put it. ASMR. Vanderpump is fine. I'm not loving
this season. I don't find joy watching
it. Really, I'm kind of in a bit of
a rut at the moment because
Potomac is over. Potomac
wasn't great this season. We all know that.
What else is on? Jersey starting. I might have
to start watching Jersey. I stopped for a while.
I'm excited for Jersey.
I guess, you know what I've been re-watching
is like season 10 of OC, the Vicky
and Brooks of it all. That was the
golden age right there.
I don't even really
know why I asked because we're kind of
in the dead zone, but I hope
it gets fun again.
You're right. There's nothing on.
What do you think about the New York casting?
Have they finalized it?
I think it's pretty finalized.
It's just all the women returning, right?
No additions?
No additions.
Everyone's coming back.
They haven't even said any friends of.
It's just the six of them coming back,
which I think is the right move.
Sure.
But that promo of them,
like split screen on a vertical video,
like, is it there?
I like, people have already commented on this
like weeks ago, but like it's, is it there is not enough of a commented on this like weeks ago but like it's
is it there is not enough of a thing
for that promo to have made sense
and
what's her face Aaron doesn't
know what the hell was going on
and continues to suck
and as decide like
I'm like I looked at that grid and I was
like oh I don't really care about
most of these people that's how I feel I want oh, I don't really care about most of these people. That's how I feel.
I want to say, I like Erin.
Erin is a great vibe in person.
I'm sure she's a great vibe in the room.
Yeah, but we're not-
And she sent me a great bottle of mezcal.
My loyalty can be bought.
No, just kidding.
By the way, she doesn't bother me
to the extent that some people hate her like
by the end like aaron at first i had goodwill towards all of them actually and by the end aaron
really fucked herself i was like okay and i love how i say like i'm not excited for it i will be
drooling for the first episode like i can't wait for it to start so but i did their bravo con panel and i i really so the
only one i didn't meet was jenna lyons because she wasn't even at bravo con she didn't step foot
into the arena i guess yeah i don't know for whatever reason but the five of them i really
enjoyed actually a lot and it seemed like they were a very cohesive cast and i will say the
bravo con audience was going fucking crazy for them.
I think that show was a bigger
hit than
you were supposed to moderate? I was supposed to go
to moderate the OC panel.
That would have been fun. I booked
my travel. It cost me. I felt like
the Monopoly man on the United website.
I was like, let's go for it. It was so expensive.
And then they were like, oh, we'll reimburse you.
And then when I said, hey, because I'm coming from so far away to Vegas, it just didn't work out with the money. They were like, let's go for it. Like it was so expensive. And then they were like, oh, we'll reimburse you. And then when I said, hey, cause I'm coming from so far away to Vegas.
It just didn't work out with like the money.
They were like, we'll pay for two nights hotel.
I was like, and then what am I sleeping
in the Bellagio fountain?
Like on the top of the center spout.
Like, where am I going after that?
Oh, they come on.
They could have ponied up for more to get you out there.
They could have ponied and they didn't.
So I thought, you know what?
And I went to Milan instead because again,
I'm relatable.
Good for you.
Please come to my show.
I won't bring up Milan one time.
Michelle Collins.
Live.
Talking about it really well.
MichelleCollinsLive.com.
I'm excited for the show.
I'm going to sing.
I wrote a new parody song for it.
I love it.
Wait.
All right.
Well,
you know where to get tickets.
We should do Vegas.
That's hopefully an easy trip
for us, right?
100%. I love Vegas. I will go this easy trip for us, right? A hundred percent.
I love Vegas.
I will go this summer.
The summer sucks.
I'll go in the fall.
I'm addicted to Vegas.
I literally, I fucking love Vegas.
I turn up.
You sit in that Bellagio bar, that Petrosian bar.
They all know me.
I made my first name.
And one martini is like $37.
They're huge.
You see, when I say every walk of life in that lobby under the
truly glass
every person every alien
every specimen
somehow walks rolls their
way through and it is the best to
me there is no better people watching
on the planet than right there
especially during BravoCon by the way
the best during BravoCon was like,
I stayed at, I forget
what I said, Cosmopolitan.
And the best was running into
the Gorgas and the Foodas.
Oh.
Just roaring through the lobby.
I loved it.
Joe Gorga and John Fuda
both stand 4'6".
Their wives are 19 feet tall.
And just gorgeous and stunning.
And just watching them walk through.
It's like BravoCon was the best because it was just like mascots everywhere.
I was describing it as like you watch Mickey and Donald Duck walk around,
but they actually never take off the masks.
You know what I mean?
That's just them.
Shannon Storm Spador coming up to me saying she's a fan. I'm like, Shannon, you're too never take off the masks. You know what I mean? That's just them. Shannon Storm Spador coming up to me
saying she's a fan. I'm like, Shannon,
you're too good. That's fun.
I was going to ask if Joe Gorga took a picture in the
big high heel in the Cosmopolitan lobby.
You know, they have that big high heel you can sit in.
That would have been fun.
I would have enjoyed that. Cosmo's fun.
Listen, it's cheesy. I'm not cheesy like that.
I hate fleur-de-lis famously.
I don't like swirls. Like there are certain design
elements I don't love and that's very
Vegas all of those things. It's very Grand Lux
Cafe but I do really lean into
that's the Miami Suburban girl in me though.
I love things like that. Yeah I mean
we connect on that.
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Okay, it's time for I Don't Think So Honey.
Wouldn't you say, Bo and Yang?
I would say so.
Let's do it.
All right.
So this, of course, is the segment that we do famously on this podcast every single time.
And we even do it on Lost episodes.
You know, somewhere out there, there exists an I Don't Think So Honey Kelly Clarkson by Michelle Collins.
And it will be repeated.
We don't know.
Maybe she has new takes.
We'll see.
But I certainly have a new take.
It's as a result of watching and consuming culture
and I'm noticing someone is
really, really present in the culture
right now and I just want to point it out.
Okay. This is Matt Rogers. I don't think so,
honey. His time starts now. I don't think so,
honey. Nicholas Galatzine
logistically. This
actor is in
every single
thing and I don't understand how it actually happens.
I am not, I don't think, so honeying him as a talent.
I really liked him in Bottoms.
I respect his straight ass being in Red, White, and Royal Blue.
I think we need more amazing, talented, straight actors to bring gay sex to the screen.
I want to see your takes.
But what I really, really don't understand is just logistically how he is the lead in all of
these things.
All of a sudden it would suggest a couple of things to me.
One,
that there are no other actors in his demographic and two,
that he is AI.
I am here to pitch.
I think that Nicholas Galitzine is the first AI actor.
I don't actually know any sighting of him in real life. So I am pitching to pitch. I think that Nicholas Galatine is the first AI actor. I don't actually know any sighting of him in real life.
So I am pitching this.
Nicholas Galatine is AI.
If anyone can disprove this, please come forward.
But I think we have to watch out for AI Nicholas Galatine.
It's the only explanation for his ubiquity.
And that's one minute.
The letters are in his name.
Listen, you are correct, sir.
I don't know.
I don't know.
I'm like Russell Crowe in what?
A Beautiful Mind.
A Beautiful Mind.
You're like pop culture Russell Crowe.
You're like Russell Crowe in L.A. Confidential.
Love that movie, by the way.
Am I wrong?
This person is suddenly A-list in a way where I'm like,
where did this get?
What happened to,
whatever happened to it takes 10 years
for an overnight success?
Yeah.
Because I think now it takes one night
for an overnight success.
It literally is an overnight success.
I don't know this person.
Okay, you do though.
He's very talented.
You've seen him.
No, he's, here's the thing.
He's good.
He's good. And he's also cute. here's the thing he's good he's good and he's also cute but the thing is like
it has now become a situation where i don't think anyone else books that's so interesting
he's the lead in a romantic comedy with anne hathaway just like straight away you know what
i mean like he's like starring opposite jul opposite Julianne Moore in this huge Mary and George
series. These aren't little things.
These are him opposite
these Oscar-winning actresses
in these projects that they're doing,
and it's not the first time.
There was no on-ramping.
It was just straight
shot up into the sky.
I think even if it was
Red, White, and royal blue, that to me
logistically doesn't seem like it could have been
the thing because that wasn't
that long ago when all these products have
become concurrent. It's just like if you look at
any given time over the past
year and a half, he's been starring
in something major.
That it can't have just taken a couple
weeks to shoot. You know what I'm saying?
So it's just like, logistically,
I think he has to be artificial intelligence.
Because show me him outside of a movie.
He's Simone, I'm telling you.
Simone.
Simone.
I feel like I just looked at him.
I'm excited for that Anne Hathaway movie,
but I feel like this happens with a lot of actresses too,
where all of a sudden
I'm being subjected
to these young people in general
who I've never laid eyes on.
I assume they're like TikTok people
because I don't know where else
people are discovered these days,
but-
Industry plant.
Industry plant.
That's what I'm saying.
I agree.
I actually believe deeply
in the idea of industry plants.
You got one right here.
I'm one right here.
Oh, you're so lucky.
How did I become
an industry plant?
I know.
I just want to be planted.
That's great.
People don't suspect a thing.
I know.
They would if I made it.
They'd be like,
okay,
someone planted her,
I guess.
The seed finally grew.
Put my stone in dirt.
The seed finally grew.
No, at this point, at this point for us, they repot us. Go. Yeah. The best is when you do here. I don't know what I'm saying.
At this point,
for us, they repot us. Go.
The best is when you do an interview and the comments are like,
they really are trying to make them happen, huh?
Like, oh, God.
I don't know. Like, they.
It's just so funny.
It's just impossible. I mean,
this goes back to Matt's whole
premise that he made years ago,
which is there should be new famous people every, let's say, 10 years.
10, 15 years.
Because now what's happening is there is no way for new people to be famous,
except if you're a Nicholas Galatine, I guess.
But then I also reject that notion a little bit because I'm like,
we still have stars.
They're just a little bit.
It feels
like there's more chaff
to sift through. Well, go watch
the movie Dune 2. All the movies,
literally every new
movie star is in that movie.
It's Zendaya, Timmy, Florence,
and Austin Butler.
The four of them. And then I would say outside of that
there's like Tom Holland. Like that generation,
and Sidney Sweeney. That generation, we definitely do have movie stars.
It's done.
We're locked.
We're there.
And Nicholas Galatstein now.
I just didn't see the progression with him.
It just felt like it came out of nowhere.
Right, right.
And I was like, whoa, whoa, whoa.
Because you can sort of track everyone else.
He arrived in these huge projects out of nowhere.
It's funny.
Well,
he's gorgeous.
Beautiful kid.
And he's,
and by the way,
chock full of talent.
I've never seen him in anything.
What a talent,
you know?
Well,
I was watching an interview with Anne Hathaway and she was like,
well,
thank God we have Nick.
And I was like,
Oh wow.
Really?
You didn't know who this person was.
I didn't know who this was. Um, I would say the other guy in rare white and real blue, like, oh, wow. Really? You didn't know who this person was. I didn't know who this was.
I would say the other guy in Rare White and Muriel Blue, he, he, I've seen the, the cobblestones laid out for him.
You know, like he like took the big, the bit parts and like worked his way up.
Yeah.
You know who we should ask?
Because he was in Bottoms.
We should just flat out ask Rachel Sennett and Ayo if he's AI.
Because they can answer it.
Because they worked with the AI creation in the film
if this is
true or they could confirm or deny he
is a living breathing flesh
person. Rachel, Ayo, reach out to us
and look it's a totally
acceptable answer if you're like he
is AI but he's so good he's so
sweet we're like yeah totally
we just have to get to the bottom of like his
existential nature you know what I mean?
Listen, we're just two industry plants reaching
out to two other industry plants to let us
know about this other industry plant.
Let us know, girls.
Oh, to be planted.
Boys, what a blessing on both
of your lives, honestly. Seriously.
Anyways, so Bo and Yang,
so my phone famously died
this morning. No. And I almost overslept so I
don't have it with me. You want me to time?
Yeah of course. This is good you've earned
you've earned this you're now a legendary guest
so you can even do the whole
thing as a former judge of the
culture pageant we'll call it
okay so let me figure out how my
timer works it's a stopwatch correct?
Oh Jesus. You know what? You know what?
Hey, hey, plant one.
Keep it down.
I got it.
Okay.
I am not plant one.
Let's be clear.
Whatever.
You're looking at plant one over there.
They said, I guess.
I can use the second one.
Is that going to be a problem
for the recording?
Hold on.
We're back.
Nothing.
You know, I use one of these things.
I don't want to talk about it.
Cut that out.
Here we go.
Bowen Yang.
I don't think so, honey. I'm one of these things. I don't want to talk about it. Cut that out. Here we go. Bowen Yang. I don't think so, honey.
I'm going to start now.
I don't think so, honey.
British Vogue.
I need more videos of what's in my bag from actresses.
I think I don't need to watch any more TV or play any more video games or read any more books.
All I need to do for the rest of my life is watch What's In My Bag videos.
What is it about these videos that is so soothing?
It reveals so much about these people.
It makes them relatable.
If we all did a What's In My Bag video,
it doesn't matter for what platform,
we would have 1 million new fans.
These are very effective marketing tools
that make me all of a sudden care
for fucking Daisy daisy edgar jones that make me
think you know maybe maybe emma what's her face maybe hermione is emma watson is a compelling i
can't even remember her name maybe emma watson is a compelling celebrity it makes me really enjoy
these people no matter what charlie XCX has an amazing one.
Pamela Anderson has such a good one.
This is the best media we could ever have come up with in the history of time.
And I need more of them.
And there's a stoppage.
They've stopped making them.
Yeah.
And that's one minute.
Listen, I think that there is something about the fact that,
and tell me if this is true because you do like a product,
you know what I'm saying? It's like you,
I'm sort of like,
there's like one thing in all of those bags where I'm like,
I could buy that thing.
You know what I mean?
Like,
and I retail therapy famously works.
And that's why those things have started to work on me personally is because
I'm like,
Oh,
that's an attainable thing I could do. And if, and essentially they're being sold to us, that's why those things have started to work on me personally is because I'm like, oh, that's an attainable thing I
could do. And essentially they're being sold to
us. That's really what that shit is. It's like
QVC. I don't know. I don't think
so, honey. Like Wirecutter doesn't really
get it right all the time. And what is
actually more reliable is these What's In My Bag videos
where you have someone being like, no, I live and
swear by this. This should be
the only endorsement that matters. And you
believe them because, you know,
I've just changed once again,
my I don't think so, honey, based on both of yours.
I always do that.
Like I have one in mind and I've just changed.
I'm going to do a whole new one now
because you've inspired me.
But I'm going to give kind of an opposite take of you
because I guess I'm,
no, I'm not trying to veer away from what you're saying.
I just, I'm like a little more skeptical,
but maybe because I've been burned.
Yes. Okay. It's happened. Oh, I'm like a little more skeptical, but maybe because I've been burned? Yes, okay.
It's happened. Oh, I can't wait to hear this.
Well,
can I also add that I broke
when I was going to Frankfurt, Germany
the day they found that bomb.
I have a ring
cam in my house that the wire was like
around this big vase and as I
was like running out the door, I tripped on the
wire. No. The vase came crashing down. I vacuumed it like running out the door, I tripped on the wire.
The vase came crashing down.
I vacuumed it up.
There's no question.
I have ceramic shards on my feet right now.
And just keep in mind,
there's no question for the past like 20 minutes. I'm like, oh, when I get up,
there's just going to be like Wilson blood prints
across the floor.
Thanks guys.
You get up with a stumpy foot.
Like, ah.
We turn and ban ice cream
anyway
this is so fun
we'll see you in Vegas
we'll talk
we gotta go do the cruise
you get up
and like fall over
cause your
foot is a bloody stump
what if my
I don't think so honey
was about Forrest Gump
I'm like Forrest Gump
I like
back to the forefront
fuck that
no
to the forefront
okay
this is Michelle
by the way Michelle you look amazing.
Do I?
You look radiant.
Oh my God, that's really nice.
But always.
You're so sweet.
Wait, can I, I might even just do all three things I wanted to, I don't think so honey,
in one.
Yes, please, please, please.
I think I can get it in.
Do whatever, and there's no time limit for you, honestly, but I'll hold this up.
No, that's the fun of it.
That's the fun of it.
I have an immediate anxiety attack.
I'm in the elevator and then it's Clark Street.
Okay.
No, let's do it. Take it away.
I'm ready.
Central casting from speed.
The people on the bus from speed.
This is Michelle Collins. I don't think so, honey.
Her time starts now.
Okay. Initially, I don't think so, honey.
Theater tickets, aka cabaret
tickets. I'm coming to New York for three
nights. I decide I'm going to be
chic. I saw it in London. It was fantastic.
I said,
I'm going to see it again in New York.
Cause I love it.
And I love the music and the story.
And I went on their website and one ticket is 390.
Not most expensive ticket.
The most expensive is over 600 for one ticket.
It was 399 for like limited view.
I want to see for $500 with the fees.
I want to see red main head to toe.
Sorry.
That's how I was really pissed me off. So if anyone's listening in his connections now, but then what I wanted to change for $500 with the fees. I want to see Redmayne head to toe. Sorry. That's how I was really pissed me off.
So if anyone's listening in his connections now,
but then what I wanted to change it to say,
I feel crazy right now.
Micro machines is Bethany Frankel suggestions in her,
her influencing because I fell for it.
Okay.
Well,
don't nag me in my own.
I'm going to think so,
honey.
I fell for it.
I thought I will not stand for it.
I fell for it because I thought I will not stand for it. And I'm having five seconds.
I fell for it because of exactly what you said,
that she had something attainable.
I'm going to continue.
She had something attainable that I thought,
I want that.
She had Hermes lip oil.
Listen to the dumbest bitch in the world.
That would be me.
And I'm watching her with her jigsaw face,
lathering the lip up with this oil.
I said, I need the Hermes lip oil.
Only thing I can afford.
I go into Hermes in Amsterdam with no makeup on.
I look like Trunchbull.
Okay.
I walk in.
I swear to God, I look like, I don't even know.
I don't even want to insult myself, but it was not a good look for me.
And I come inside and they were like, can we help?
Yeah.
Like all rude.
First it started where I tried on a pair of shoes that were a little tight a size 42
ladies and the woman there was like oh they're tight what size are they and i went she went
she went that's the biggest size we made that happened to me i went you don't think i know that
you fucking bitch please okay that was the first neg at aires. Anyway, so that bothered me. And then she did apologize to me
because I didn't handle it well.
I like walked away silently.
You didn't handle it well.
I was like, she was like, I'm only a size 36.
I said, well, you're five and a half feet fucking tall.
What do you think?
You know, I'm big.
Leave me out of it.
Anyway, I went to buy the lip oil.
Hold on.
I'm getting fired up.
And it was 60 euros.
And I thought, all right, it's like one Uber Eats. I'll starve tonight and I'll eat my lip oil hold on i'm getting fired up and it was 60 euros and i thought all right it's like one
uber eats i'll starve tonight and i'll eat my lip oil and i got a table for one that's how much i
eat size 42 anyway i get the lip oil cola it was called cola flavor i don't whatever it's like a
pink color who knows i put it on first of all packaging this is really and i don't think so
honey air mess packaging i'm giving it a three First of all, packaging. This is really an, I don't think so. Honey,
Hermes packaging.
I'm giving it a three out of 10.
Horrible.
Worse than wet and wild from fucking Dwayne Reed.
Number one,
number two,
horrendous packaging.
Like the,
first of all,
it's a glass tube.
So anytime you put it down,
it's like rolling left and right.
All it's,
I'm telling you,
I'm the captain in Titanic trying to keep it on the table.
That's first.
Second of all,
just follow along.
How many more minutes do I have left? That's a joke. Oh girl. I open it up. Please trying to keep it on the table. That's first. Second of all, just follow along. How many more minutes do I
have left? That's a joke. Oh, girl.
I open it up. Please. I open it up.
I'll kill you. I'll have you killed.
Headed it down.
Listen, you deleted the first one
that I did. No, you have to keep going.
You deleted the first brilliant thing.
She still doesn't believe it.
You deleted it, she said.
She's still trying to fucking
No, no. We are exonerated. She still doesn't believe it. You deleted it, she said. She's still trying to fucking...
No, no.
We are exonerated.
Listen, you are, I know.
So wait, so I come home.
Second thing.
I take this hard, they call it a,
it's like a doe foot applicator.
That's what they, that's what Bethany calls it.
A doe foot, who knows?
Anyway, I take the applicator.
It's hard as a rock with this oil.
I'm going, huh?
I put it on my lips.
Y'all, it tasted like hard peppercorns.
Listen to me.
This is lip oil.
My joke is like cacio e pepe.
Like I put it on.
I'm going, what is this?
You know, you want to taste cherry, floral, something kind of delicious minty.
It was Szechuan peppercorn oil.
It was Szechuan General Cho's lip oil.
I put it on.
That's why Bethany was like,
yum, probably your first meal all day.
Leave that in.
Anyway, so I put it on.
And then
it tasted
so bad. I never use it. Of course,
I can't return it. So I got fucked out of like
$70. That's an eighth
of my cabaret. And humiliated.
Oh my God. So not only
can't I afford cabaret tickets, I have
an Hermes lip oil I can't even use
and I was humiliated about my big fucking
feet at that store by that little bitch.
And that's my, I don't think so honey. I was going to talk about my
manicure which looks like dentures but no.
This is better. I love manicure.
And that is four minutes and
27 seconds.
I'm leaving in.
Every word of it.
Every word was perfect.
Oh my God.
But I will say, this is not a nag.
I do think Bethany on TikTok doing product reviews
is a different thing.
Why?
It is not editorial.
What I like about the British Vogue videos,
even if it is like,
oh, this person clearly has a deal with Valentino or whatever,
I still like watching these people.
It doesn't matter that I know them.
I just like watching anybody talk.
I have gone down a rabbit hole on YouTube
of just any old vlogger talking about what's in her bag.
I'm like, there's something so soothing and comforting about this.
But Bethany reviewing tuna from cans, I'm like, she's something so soothing and comforting about this. But Bethany, like reviewing tuna from cans,
I'm like, she's out of her fucking mind.
Listen, anytime she mashes something down with a fork,
I'm sick.
Anytime she's like the rice cake,
she's like, you gotta mash it.
She always is using a fork.
I've never seen a knife in her house.
And there's just, she's a very hard person to watch eat.
But there is, yeah, genuinely,
there is something very,
I think I may have just recently unfollowed her.
There is just something inherently watchable about her.
Much like that Bellagio lobby where it's,
you know,
it's just like,
wow,
I can't believe someone is just doing this shit.
And truth be told,
I do like some of her opinions sometimes on makeup and things like that.
I like watching her put the stuff on,
what have you.
But when she went to that TJ Maxx in the Hamptons
to give out her used makeup,
that for me was,
that was really a new low in culture and society.
I could not.
And I'm generous.
It wasn't about,
it's just the fact that it was used.
You want to give them something, you're rich,
go to fucking Sephora, buy them gift cards.
Don't bring them some half eaten peppercorn lip oil.
Right.
I mean, like it's
it's like
Bethany's reached that point now
where it's like broken clock is
right twice a day yeah it's like
we can totally appreciate
specific things about her still
but it's like but I mean I'm like
that's not to say that she can't come out of that phase
because I feel like now I am personally
even though we know what we're getting now with Azalea Banks,
it's like,
I can totally disagree with her on so many things,
but I can,
I can agree with her on other things.
And what I love about new is about Azalea Banks is newest takes on cowboy
Carter,
which she doesn't like for whatever,
for all her reasons is we've now found out that she is a huge KT Tunstall fan.
She stans KT Tunstall.
It's unreal.
And it's hilarious.
It's amazing.
I am obsessed.
The Black Horse and the Cherry Tree was a movement, not a moment.
Suddenly I see-
That's a rule of culture number eight.
Black Horse and the Cherry Tree was a movement, not a moment.
Not a moment.
Azalea Banks over here talking about how the melody in Suddenly I See
is one of the best pop music
melodies ever. I'm like, she's not wrong.
She's not wrong.
It's crazy to single out that song
with Black Horse and the Cherry Tree right there.
Even if it weren't by the same artist.
Her face is an apple.
Suddenly I see.
It's literally not even better
than Texas Hold'em's melody.
He's right. you're both right i
love azalea banks because she's one of the few people now that we don't have poor wendy williams
speaking her truth she's one of the only people that is allowed to be truthful does not care about
the remonstrations of quote-unquote getting canceled or people not liking her or not getting
hired for things she is a free spirit And that to me is so admirable.
And we need more of that is the truth.
We need to be able to allow people to say shit
without having their throat slit.
Totally.
And what she's saying about Tyler, the creator,
and Lil Nas, I don't totally disagree with either.
About how like there is this trope,
there is this trope within like gay celebrity culture
where it is like, oh, you got to date some like fucking a specific kind of person.
Anyway,
that's all.
Oh,
that's interesting.
I love her.
I think,
I think the fact is like some of her opinions,
like,
like even if they seem wild,
she will,
she will bring out the PowerPoint presentation.
You know what I mean?
She never just says anything.
She's always like, this is why I think this.
This is the experience I'm bringing to this.
It might be wild.
You might not agree with it, but this is my experience.
And I think the fact that we are all so up in arms
about someone being like no holds barred in what they think
is kind of actually a problem with us and not her.
Yes.
And she's funny as shit though.
She's so goddamn funny.
She is a linguist.
The words that she chooses,
the rhymes, the things, the puns.
My friend Dave and I,
we just DM her shit to each other all day
and like shoot tears of laughter.
I think she's one of the great poets.
No, she's one of the great poets.
She's genuinely one of the best lyricists
of her generation. She has one of the great poets. Genuinely. Genuinely one of the best lyricists of her generation.
She has one of the best Burns roasts,
whatever you want to call it,
of calling Grimes,
of saying that Grimes looks like she smells like a roll of nickels.
That is the funniest insult that's ever been written.
Yeah.
Ever.
Anyway.
No, she's, anyway.
And one of our best minds is right here with us
it's Michelle Collins
it's just a full round of applause
industry number three
boys I first of all
thank you so much for having me back on the show
after the horrific
loss
after we deleted
the last episode
can you imagine me being so up in arms,
but I don't think it's funny.
Delete it.
That's my allegiance to celebrity is that delete the episode.
How dare she?
I don't know.
I mean,
listen,
it was fun,
but I just,
I drew you both.
Nobody makes me laugh like you two.
And I know,
I hope one of you can come to one of my damn shows.
You're working so much.
You're coming.
I want to come to,
in fact,
I'm going to be... When are you
in New York? When is that happening?
New York show is May 6th is Town Hall
and then LA is April 25th.
May 6th?
I'm not going to be able to make that.
May 6th could happen for me too. It's within the realm.
This is really...
Don't say it if you don't mean it.
So don't say for sure. Let me know. Don't buy tickets.
Well, I already said it, Michelle.
So what am I supposed to do?
Go back in fucking time?
I said it.
I'm going to try to be there.
Listen, I wanted you on stage, but I'm not going to put that pressure on you.
You come in the audience.
We'll come.
Now I'm like, yeah.
Look at me.
Look at me.
If you want to get on stage, we'll talk.
If you can do it.
I am going to try.
I am dying to get back to New York sooner than later.
And I'll pay you. I'll pay you if you get on that stage.
Listen, we'll take all this
business off mic.
Seven lip oils. That's it.
Okay, great.
Take the business off mic. Leave the sin.
Leave the sin I want to hold these
boys accountable to the fans.
I love you both. Thank you for having me.
We love you so much. What do you say. Thank you for having me. Love you, Michelle, so much.
What do you say, Bowen?
We end every episode
with a song.
What song?
I need you like water
Like rain
I need you like water
From heaven You changed keys in the middle of that. I need you like water from heaven
You changed keys in the middle of that.
There's a feeling in your eyes
That tells me the truth
I need you
No, that wasn't even the right words,
but Bowen just literally plucked out of obscurity
I Need You by Leigh-Anne Rimes,
which is a Christian song.
No problem.
And we love it.
And we love it.
Bye.
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