Las Culturistas with Matt Rogers and Bowen Yang - "The Bowen Yang Pokémon Experience" (w/ Matt & Bowen)

Episode Date: June 14, 2023

Edgelords, you will NEVER win. And Matt Rogers and Bowen Yang will NEVER stop talking about pop culture! In fact, this is an episode chock full o' pop cultch talk. The Tony Awards are (sort of) recap...ped! Tears of the Kingdom is reviewed (no spoilers though)! Matt and Bowen get into Pokémon for some reason! Tina Turner is remembered! Mariah at LA Pride is discussed! So, yeah... you could say this episode of Las Cultch is giving EPISODE OF LAS CULTCH. All this, Past Lives, Pink catapulting into the sky, I Love That For You's cancellation and Akbar's carpeting. This episode will make you HARDEN. See you all at the Las Culturistas Culture Awards this Saturday! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Starting point is 00:02:56 Yes. Las Culturistas. Ding dong. Las Culturistas calling. We're edging ever closer to the big night. This is that week between award shows. Between awards night. How are you feeling?
Starting point is 00:03:12 We're half in Tony's mode, half in the Las Culturistas culture awards mode. You know what I'm saying? So many friends of the show were honored. I am very, very, very ecstatic for them. I will say I was bad last night and I skipped out on watching the writerless Tonys to instead go see a film. Oh, and I can't wait to hear all about the film.
Starting point is 00:03:36 I will talk about it. Oh, this is an anticipated film. Very much so. Now, will you tell everyone the honorable people who took home Tony's hardware last week? I think the very first thing we have to do is shout out
Starting point is 00:03:54 Miss Bonnie Milligan, a Tony Award winner, a friend of the show, a performer on last year's Lost Culture Resource Culture Awards. She tore down the house with Natalie Walker to All I Want for Christmas Is You.
Starting point is 00:04:07 Stay tuned on a performance of that tune at this year's ceremony because it has a repeat nominee. That's true. She was on the show this year. We saw Kimberly Akimbo. It's so incredible.
Starting point is 00:04:17 It deserved everything it got, including you, Vicky Clark. Vicky Clark. Janine, David, everyone at Kimberly and Kimbo. Congratulations. I think this has to solidify its status as a frontrunner for best indoor performance,
Starting point is 00:04:32 live performance. I don't know. Is it nominated? It's definitely nominated, but there's tough competition. I don't know. I think, wait, let me just check. It is not nominated.
Starting point is 00:04:43 It has the title for the award. It is not nominated for... Kimberly Akimbo is not nominated for its own award. But that's, in some ways, that's even more iconic. It's almost like I forgot. Wow, that is crazy. Rosalia is nominated for the Rosalia Award. Oh, okay.
Starting point is 00:04:59 But Kimberly Akimbo did not score a nomination for Best Indoor Live Performance. Wow. But I think the real prize there isn't the award itself. It's the namesake. Absolutely. Well, suffice it to say, whether they take home the award this week or not,
Starting point is 00:05:14 they did certainly last weekend. And congrats to all the cast and crew of Kimberly at Kimbo. All the house down. Also Parade. Parade. Michael Arden who said the words I'm a faggot with the Tony I saw. I'm a faggot with the Tony.
Starting point is 00:05:29 And that's a rule of culture. That's a rule of culture number 12. I'm a faggot with the Tony. One better than faggot who sees Adele. Faggot with the Tony. Faggot with the Tony. This was one of the biggest nights of his life. I'm sure faggot with the Tony. Faggot with the Tony is such a huge night in your life. I think you're going to be faggot with the Tony someday, I'm sure. Faggot with a Tony? Faggot with a Tony is such a huge night
Starting point is 00:05:45 in your life. I think you're going to be faggot with a Tony someday. I really do. You just touched my heart. You just reached out and touched my heart, Queen. Preston Burke style. I cut you open and touched your heart. How, Derek, you bring
Starting point is 00:06:01 Preston Burke into this? Grace is back in the zeitgeist. Do we need to talk about this Grace is back in the zeitgeist Ellen Pompeo let's get into it Ellen Pompeo so the biggest cultural news item of the week and by the way we are on yet again
Starting point is 00:06:16 indictment watch we're recording this on Monday June 12th he has to go to the authorities, the Floridian authorities tomorrow. Got him! We got him! He's got to go into the authorities. We got him!
Starting point is 00:06:31 The Katie's Readers Publicist finalists who just came to you screaming, got him again. They didn't know you were edging them. Oh my God. Well, edging is something I love to do. Just kidding. I absolutely have to come all the time. But it's interesting we're even discussing all this. Because speaking of being all the way locked up in jail,
Starting point is 00:06:57 and I did smoke a whole blunt of reefer before I got on this episode, but I absolutely am imprisoned by the charm of Miss Ariana DeBose in this scriptless Tony Awards. So she didn't say a literal word the whole night? No. She said words, but she sort of used her effortless charm
Starting point is 00:07:17 to improvise her way through. She even turned to the prompters, Bowen, and the prompters were blank. That is theater. There was theater right there. You can have theater with a teleprompter. You really can. And cameras.
Starting point is 00:07:30 With no prompter? I mean, with or without a prompter, you can still have theater. That's what I'm saying. Well, yes, absolutely. And also, you know what you got was actors improvising during their presenter copy. Marsha Gay Harden got up there and she said this, Hello, my name is Marsha, and it doesn't matter
Starting point is 00:07:49 where we are, we can always say Gay Harden. And I thought she really left no crumbs with that one. That's really good. When Marsha Gay Harden said you can say gay. Gay Harden. I mean, Harden is the gayest word, I think, besides gay. Harden said you can say gay? Gay Harden? I mean, Harden is the gayest
Starting point is 00:08:06 word, I think, besides gay. Harden, my favorite Pokemon move. Oh my god, Metapod. My Metapod ass. I love to click button Harden. Me as a little one. Harden is kind of annoying. The one time I go, don't.
Starting point is 00:08:22 Stay soft, mama. Period. What's the Pokemon that can do Harden? It's two. It's Metapod and Kakuna. And then a handful of others. Kakuna! There's Cascoon. There's Silcoon.
Starting point is 00:08:32 So in the other generations, they have new Kakuna Pokemon. So Kakuna. Can we just get into Kakuna for a second? What was the risks and rewards of being Kakuna as a fighting Pokemon? Kakuna and Metapod are very similar in that they don't really have a lot of attack moves. Right. If you're seeing a Kakuna or a Metapod in the wild, their only move they know is Harden. But if you evolved a Metapod from a Caterpie or a Kakuna from a Weedle, they can at least know String Shot and Tackle.
Starting point is 00:09:03 Oh my god. It may be a Poison Sting if you're lucky. Does the Kakuna eventually become the bee? can at least know string shot and tackle. Oh my god. And maybe a poison sting if you're lucky. Does the Kakuna eventually become the bee? Yes, Beedrill. Beedrill. Okay, so that's why you want to stick with being Kakuna for a while. So you can eventually become Beedrill and then probably everyone is like
Starting point is 00:09:18 totally powerless. Absolutely. But like, this is how you knew you were gay in the 90s. Tell us about this. If you were like, no, I want Butterfree. I don't want Beedrill. Guess what? 30 years from now, you're going to Horsemeat Disco.
Starting point is 00:09:33 100%. Wow. That's the pipeline. Did I ever tell you? I think I've told you this, but one time I absolutely dominated a game of Yellow Version with a Prime Ape. Oh, that is so you. I don't know how I ended
Starting point is 00:09:51 up with this Prime Ape, but I fucking killed the girls dead with Prime Ape. It was unbelievable. It didn't matter where Pikachu was. No, she got tossed along the way. i don't know how i'm sorry to say pikachu's weakest moment was pokemon yellow because it was a little piece
Starting point is 00:10:11 of shit from the beginning it paid you dust he she they paid you dust in the beginning it was like i don't want to be with you and you're like okay then don't then go yeah i wanted to tell that because you off the entire time. Here's what I'm saying to anyone that wants to be in my life. If it's not a fuck yes to hanging out with me, if it's not a absolutely I'm going to be there, I don't need you. Period. This is how we are moving forward. Okay.
Starting point is 00:10:39 If you could take or leave me, I could only leave you. And that goes to everyone. Show me how important I am to you. I am looking at you and going, who could ever leave you, darling? And who couldn't
Starting point is 00:10:59 stay? Who couldn't stay? The Archer is one of the greatest songs in Taylor Swift's discography. Discuss. 1,000%. She was giving you mid to late aughts. She nailed it.
Starting point is 00:11:14 And you needed The Archer to sort of bridge. You couldn't have had The Archer on 1989. You couldn't have had it on Reputation. It could have only worked on Lover. This was a Lover song. The Archer paved a lot of roads to get to Midnight. That's tea. Also, I'm going to say this.
Starting point is 00:11:36 Even back in the day when I first heard it, I said, this song in a stadium in a big concert is going to slap. And did it not? It did. And then some, especially this little move she does on all the shows. But the camera pans in the most perfect way.
Starting point is 00:11:54 Okay, I'm about to do the move. You know the move I'm going to do? I've been the archer. Yep. I've been the prey. She pulls a bow. So Bowen just basically was giving centaur. Sagittarius. Sagittarian. I might be Sagittarian.
Starting point is 00:12:08 No, I might be an Aquarian. I might be an Aquarian. Now, not Sagittaria. Can I quickly, before we move on, because we were kind of hovering over video games for a second. I want you to discuss primate more a little bit.
Starting point is 00:12:26 So you caught a manky and then you evolved it? At some point, I got a manky. And I think I must have just been impressed with something about what he could do. There must have been something about that girl that I chose to invest in her emotionally. Like I was Alyssa Edwards and she was one of my girls, my dancers.
Starting point is 00:12:45 Your dancers. You are giving, I know your water signed down. If you were a gym leader, do you think your type would be water? Because I'm not sure. No, I think I'm a fighter,
Starting point is 00:12:57 a rock type trainer. Because look at my hair. You know what I mean? If you put me in one of- You're wearing a gray sweater. I really feel like I could give you a Brock. Like if they did want to resurrect Pokemon and do a live action film,
Starting point is 00:13:09 I actually think I could give you a Brock. I would love to tape for Brock. I really would. Maybe I'll even write the Brock biopic. Brock is actually gay. He lives in Rocktown. Rocktown. What's the name of the-
Starting point is 00:13:23 Pewter City. Pewter City. Wow, you really are that girl. Honey, it plays my ass. I can give it to you, Encyclopedia Brown town down. I think Aaron Jackson claims... Didn't he tell us this? We were talking, because Pokemon came up
Starting point is 00:13:39 also when we were in London. Who said they think they could name every Pokemon in order? At least the 151. The original. The OG girls. In order? The Ninnies. I'm sure.
Starting point is 00:13:48 I'm sure. The Kyles. The Ninnies. The Kyles. The Vanderpumps. The Vickys. The trees. I'm sure it was Aaron.
Starting point is 00:13:56 The trees. The Caroline Manzos. Oh, my God. I'm sure it was Aaron. I couldn't name them in order, but I could name all 150. I could do sections of the Poker Rap rap and it would give you a boner. Wow. Electrode, Nidoran, Minky, Vanessa, Protector, Fero, Pidgey, Sea Game,
Starting point is 00:14:13 Dolce & Gabbana, Dragonite, Gasly. Like, look, it's deep. You really are one of the leading artists of our generation. You really are. I look at you and the way you performed the poker rap and I was like, this is really a star. To be a Pokemon master is my destiny. The one man concert I am getting right now
Starting point is 00:14:33 of Bowen performing poker rap. This should be worth Aris Tor money. You could charge dollars and dollars for this. People would come to see you do poker rap. Should I do a Pokémon show? Yes. A live Pokémon show? 100%. Your live show should be
Starting point is 00:14:51 Bowen Yang Pokémon Experience. Bowen Yang Pokémon Experience. Or what if it was like the Bowen Yang Crossover Spectacular? And it's me talking to Goku, talking to Ash, talking to Sailor Moon, talking to all the girls. You need to do a reunion with the girl Pokemons.
Starting point is 00:15:08 Okay. That is inspired. That is... This is actually a major moment. This is an unbreaking of something. An unbreaking of something. And I don't mean disrespect to the podcast, Lost Culture Recess, which we've hosted for close to eight
Starting point is 00:15:23 years. Moments like this I go well Lost Culture is just a stepping stone to something else. To the Bo and Yang Pokemon experience. Which is the title of the app. Well wait. Okay so first of all I want to be like at a restaurant in LA and I want to hear the table
Starting point is 00:15:40 next to me or table like four tables down from me. They don't clock that I'm there but I want to hear two fucking agents go well I heard Matt Rogers is reading for Brock I'm manifesting that and you know what I heard is really
Starting point is 00:15:56 going to shake the table the Bo and Yang Pokemon experience I heard that this is a hot live show this is a hot show well he's been sitting on this idea for like, what, seven years? And he hasn't really done anything with it. This is a huge hit. And also, by the way, producer Anna agrees.
Starting point is 00:16:13 Producer Anna agrees. Okay, really quickly, before we move on, we have huge things to talk about. Matt, we need to sort of take a little bit of time to acknowledge how 2023, one of the biggest if not the biggest year in video games ever.
Starting point is 00:16:30 You've defeated the game and I want to know what the experience was. And by the game we of course mean Tears of the Kingdom. Tears of the Kingdom. Yes. Nominated for the Betty Gilpin Award for Big Sleigh again. I think it might win. I think it might win. I think it might win.
Starting point is 00:16:45 We'll see. I'm excited to see on Saturday night what happens. Let's just say that. Me too. Let's just say that. Hands down the best game I've ever played. The best game anyone will ever play. I was in.
Starting point is 00:16:55 Wow, you're saying that. You're saying that. Confidently, I've had conversations with Raiders, Katie's publicist, finalists. We're all in agreement. The ending is 35 years. In the making. In the making.
Starting point is 00:17:10 It's earned by 35 years of groundwork. And I cannot believe, I thought I was dead inside. I really did for the last several months, Matt, think I'm not consuming art. That's like moving me. And that all changed this week, by the way. But I'm going, Matt, think I'm not consuming art that's moving me. And that all changed
Starting point is 00:17:26 this week, by the way. But I'm going, God, I want to feel something again. There is a fire in you. Well, because, can I share something? Yes. I celebrate that you smoked a little. You consumed a little marijuana. Just a little bit. Just a little bit. Normally, you know I like to be on my girl's level.
Starting point is 00:17:41 But I also have shared with my girl that I need to take a little bit of a break. Love that. Because it just really kind of throws me off. I have taken breaks and they've been hugely beneficial. I am in support. And so have I in the past.
Starting point is 00:17:52 And this is just my new cadence with it. Anyway, I took an edible in London. And I took myself to go see Spider-Man. Spider-Verse. And when, you know, I walked out because I go, I'm too stoned for this there's a lot happening and so far i think this is worse than the first one and i cannot think that and no you had a complete come to jesus moment where you were like this is my mindset i'm removing myself from the
Starting point is 00:18:19 situation i have to give this a chance and i'm not in the position to give this a chance because it looks visually stimulating as fuck. Probably overload when you're that high. It's visual overload. It's informational overload. I mean, the movie opens on Haley Steinfeld's when Stacy world and it is a feast for the fucking senses. But it's all in watercolor and you're like, oh my God god what the fuck am i watching in the best way but when you're stoned when you're a little bit stoned you're like this is i have to remove myself and i
Starting point is 00:18:52 made it past that i was like 45 minutes in and i was like i don't understand a single thing that's happening and normally i do kind of follow this in a decent way and And I was just like, I got to recuse. I left the theater. But anyway, back to Zelda, this ending, Matt, it is one of the most beautiful things I've ever seen. There is a moment
Starting point is 00:19:14 that is full circle. I can't even talk about it because it would spoil and you're being a good friend by engaging with me and reacting. No, but I'm wondering, is it something you are able to spoil? Can you talk about it?
Starting point is 00:19:25 Have enough people gotten to this point yet where you feel like you could share it on this podcast? No, because this is the kind of game that is completely your own adventure. It is a game unlike any other. That sounds incredible. It really is. It really is the best game ever made.
Starting point is 00:19:43 And people are saying this about Breath of the Wild. But it makes Breath of the Wild seem like a proof of concept. Oh. And this game is out of control. And the ending is a visual unlike anything I've seen in film, TV, video games, anything. And there's just something that happens in the end where you have to do something. You have to make up for a failure
Starting point is 00:20:09 in the beginning of the game. Link fails in the beginning of the game. That's all I'll say. And the final moment is not necessarily about beating the bad guy, but it's about redeeming that failure. And that's all I'll say. It's done in the most impactful, epic,
Starting point is 00:20:28 beautiful, touching way. I will never get over it. I will never stop thinking about this moment for the rest of my life. And it's how the game ends. It's how the game ends. It's the last thing you, it's the last button you have to press. It's the most important button
Starting point is 00:20:43 you've ever pressed in your life. I'm telling you. Anyway, so we're doing that. Now I'm thinking about all the important buttons I've pushed. Think about all the buttons you've pushed. Think about all the buttons you've pushed. This is the most important button. Oh my god. When I got into
Starting point is 00:20:59 the elevator at NYU, I pushed up. And girl, that's where I went. The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City are back. I love that. Oh my gosh. Welcome. And last season's drama was just the tip of the iceberg.
Starting point is 00:21:22 You're recording us? I am disgusted. Never in a million years after everything we've been through did I think that you would reach out to our sworn enemy. We were friends. How could you do this to me? I don't trust her. The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City,
Starting point is 00:21:37 Wednesdays 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 had me in a lot of trouble. I encourage delusional dreamers. body image and huge life transformations. accountability for anything in my life. I was the kid that if you asked what happened, I immediately
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Starting point is 00:23:36 Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Presented by Elf Beauty, founding partner of iHeart Women's Sports. 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.
Starting point is 00:24:02 Elian Gonzalez. Elian. Elian. Elian. Elian. Elian. Elian Gonzalez. Elian Gonzalez. Elian. Elian. Elian Gonzalez. At the heart of the story is a young boy and the question of who he belongs with.
Starting point is 00:24:13 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
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Starting point is 00:25:37 Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. I pushed an elevator up at University Hall and that's where I met you no I think we met in the lobby I don't think so we met in the elevator bank were you on the 8th floor? do you remember what floor you were on?
Starting point is 00:25:54 darling I was on the 7th floor and then the 17th floor and so that would have been the 7th floor I was room 707 at U-Haul? yes darling I remember going
Starting point is 00:26:02 it was going to a hammer cat show I was going to meet Shermung and then she was like my formate Matt wants to come and I had seen you post a video to her Facebook wall and you thought who the fuck is this
Starting point is 00:26:19 I was like this man is going after the girl I love and I was like, you must stop. She was the coolest girl. She was... Effortless. Effortless.
Starting point is 00:26:32 Beautiful. She, I remember, so this is the girl that me and Bowen met through in freshman year. Her roommate and I would watch, sometimes watch The Hills together. And I remember, can we say her name?
Starting point is 00:26:43 I don't want to say her name just because i don't know how much she'd want to be talked about on the podcast but she and i were like sort of like trying out being friends and we would like crack up watching the hills but sheer mung would be in the other room and she'd sort of be like over it that we were watching the hills yeah i was like who's this girl and then a few times we interacted and she did have a very sarcastic sense of humor and she i just trusted what she would think was funny because she would also like nag me a lot and she was like i'm going to see the sketch group and my friend bowen is going he's in the improv group and i was just like in the back of my mind i was like i want to figure out what this is because
Starting point is 00:27:16 i might want to do that and then we went and i remember and i remember you giving me a little bit of the stink eye girl because of shermongmung. You were crushing on Shermung. We haven't really fully unpacked this. I don't know how comfortable Shermung would be to hear us talking about her. But she's, look, she's living a groovy life right now. First of all, I think she is the person that brought together Bo and Yang and Matt Rogers. And I think she's an icon. And for other reasons as well.
Starting point is 00:27:42 She's a genius engineer. Yes. She's wonderful. She was the person genius engineer. Yes. She's wonderful. She was the person who brought us together. She definitely did. That is the person who brought us together. She invited us to the same thing. We went together in a group of four, I think.
Starting point is 00:27:54 Yeah. And we watched the Hammercat show. And I do remember you gave me a little bit of stink eye because later you would tell me that you had a quote-unquote crush on Chermong. It was a full-fledged crush. And it wasn't like that for me and Chermong. That wasnged crush. I was. And it wasn't like that for me and Sherman.
Starting point is 00:28:06 I wasn't a threat to you. It just wasn't like that. You were. I thought you were. No, I was fully like giving straight drag. But I think Sherman and I were always friends.
Starting point is 00:28:15 And I also think she is smart enough to look right through me and be like this faggot. I think. Yes, she knew we were gay. Come on.
Starting point is 00:28:22 Yeah, probably. She was too smart for that shit. She knew we were right. Right. Anyway, how do we talk about. Come on. Yeah, probably. She was too smart for that shit. She knew we were gay. Right, right. Anyway, how do we talk about your mom? Oh, the elevator, the button I pressed. Yeah, exactly.
Starting point is 00:28:31 But that is where we met. And then we didn't really hang out again, ever again until I auditioned for the group. And you famously said, hey, mama, heard you're auditioning and you're super funny. Can't wait to see how this one turns out. Cut first round.
Starting point is 00:28:44 I'll never stop talking about it. Hey, mama. I opened with hey, mama. I don't think so. I think I was doing a colloquialism there. We need to get to the bottom. We have not resolved, reconciled these two accounts.
Starting point is 00:28:58 This is the truth of it. And I'm ready to say the truth. I'm ready to say the truth of Bowen and I's first interaction. Honesty Zone. This is Honesty Zone. This is the truth of it. And I'm ready to say the truth. I'm ready to say the truth of Bowen and I's first interaction. This is honesty. This is honesty zone. You came over. I think you probably genuinely were rooting for me and like genuinely were like this would be so fun probably to have another
Starting point is 00:29:15 gay in the group. Maybe Matt is actually funny. We don't know. We weren't out of the closet at the time. No. And so then I was like, when you left, I was like a little bit nervous because I was like, oh, Bowen's on the group. Like you had a little bit of status over me there. So then when I got cut the first round by, I'm going to say it, Emily Schmidt and Aheli
Starting point is 00:29:35 Hepworth, and we love them, but they cut my ass. And I believe Anna Dresden may have been involved. I think Anna wanted to keep you. Then you weren't in my room. And I remember you told me later like, oh, I was so disappointed, but I had literally no say because I wasn't in your audition, and you were just cut. Cut to the next day. The sketch
Starting point is 00:29:53 audition went totally different. But the truth is, Bo and Yang was not rude. I just play into that because I am being honesty zone right now when I say I just like to tease my sister. Okay? But sometimes... There, the truth. And I never want to keep you from teasing your sister.
Starting point is 00:30:11 But some people really do take that narrative and run with that. That they think that you were actually a cunt to me on the day I auditioned for this improv group? Yes. That is not true. People are like, why were you mean to Matt when you met him? That is not true. I promise you I wasn't i know he came over of his own accord he said this is he may have said some some variation of one thing i won't back
Starting point is 00:30:34 down on okay you may have said some variation of i heard you're really funny you may have said some variation of that sure and like me at 18, 19 years old. Yeah. Fuck me. That sucks. But whatever. That is the truth. Okay. That is the truth. Bowen was actually a sweetheart. The truth is Bowen Yang is a sweetheart. And that's actually really culture number 30. The truth
Starting point is 00:30:57 is Bowen Yang is a sweetheart. Well, now you're like overcorrecting into irony and it sounds like. No, no, no, you guys. He's actually so nice. Stupid. Stupid girl. Anyway. So just to put a cap on it,
Starting point is 00:31:13 Zelda, best gaming experience ever, maybe for the rest of my life. Diablo 4 came out. It's a little tough. It's a weird game. The reviews are okay. Blizzard, the company, Activision Blizzard, the company that has made these games since the 90s has been in a lot of weird shit and like the culture
Starting point is 00:31:30 there was, you know, very toxic and people left and people did all these shitty things there. And then you have Final Fantasy 16 coming out Pride Week, which is cruel because that is a fucking faggot game. Yeah. And then Spider-Man 2 comes out in the fall,
Starting point is 00:31:46 which is going to be a slay because the first one was huge. Huge, huge, huge, huge game. This is a great rundown. I have to ask you, did you get back to the theater to see Multiverse? I did not.
Starting point is 00:31:58 I planned to. This is my week of Matt Rogers living where I'm going to watch as much theater as I can. I'm going to watch as much movies as I can. I'm going to watch as much movies as I can. And oh, guess what? We can announce that we're going to be on Watch What Happens
Starting point is 00:32:09 Live. Yes. So excited. On Monday the 19th. A lot happening the next week for your old friends, Matt and Bowen. You have to tell me about past lives. Okay. It is a debut from Celine Song who wrote and directed
Starting point is 00:32:25 Korean Canadian American playwright a lot of parallels to you know like the narrative from like moving to like Canada and then to the US
Starting point is 00:32:34 well I don't know like not parallel but just I'm just saying like it's a film that is and I know like you know the specific is universal
Starting point is 00:32:42 whatever but like it's a film that without you knowing or realizing, by the end, you're like, wow, that evoked something so deep within my own past history of thinking of like the person who like slipped away, you know? It's like, it is, by the the end it is thick wow there are these shots that like you're not
Starting point is 00:33:09 gonna believe it man and all the listeners wait it's just a really spare elegant simple straightforward it's not like a film that like works within like surprise necessarily but it's just like really lovely, delicately handled thing. That's telling a story that like any single person who's like experienced love and maybe has seen it kind of like drift away is going to be affected by. Oh, I'm so excited and happy to hear this.
Starting point is 00:33:44 And Greta Lee. Greta Lee. Oh, I'm so excited and happy to hear this. And Greta Lee. Greta Lee. Yeah. I love this. I mean, this woman is a fucking force. Like, from high maintenance to, like, Russia. She's, like, done... I think her, like, selection of projects
Starting point is 00:34:02 and, like, her range and, like, her whole resume that she's building now and that she's like... She's on my favorite show. She's on The Morning Show. You gotta catch up. I looked into my sister's eyes in London and I said, I'm gonna catch up. I'm gonna watch it with my sister this season. I believe you're gonna get there. Especially now with the added impetus of
Starting point is 00:34:20 the Greta Lee sort of reconnaissance that we're gonna be entering. What a stacked cast. What a stacked cast. Truly a stacked cast. Of the morning show? Yes, yes, yes. I mean, I'm excited for it to come back. Now wait, who's the big get this
Starting point is 00:34:36 season? Is there a big get this season? John Hamm himself. That's right, John. Oh my God. John Hamm. Of course, Julianna Margulies will be returning to the cast. It's such, I cannot wait. I cannot wait. Now,
Starting point is 00:34:50 is this the first season after COVID? So last season, it ended with her basically dying and becoming Joe Rogan. She's dying of COVID and she gets a streaming show and she becomes like a radicalized, you know, talking head and not a newswoman anymore. Jennifer Aniston, this is of course.
Starting point is 00:35:07 And so that's sort of where we left it was like COVID was very much killing the girls. Now we're going to come back and I think it's going to be more in the review mirror if I had to guess. Yes. You don't think the showrunners are like let's just keep COVID in the atmosphere.
Starting point is 00:35:24 Now looking back the way people decided to deal with COVID and just like that think like the showrunners are like let's just keep covet in the atmosphere now looking back like the way people decided to deal with covet like and just like that basically being like yeah and it's over remember that well that was crazy anyway um yeah i saw bird runching and all sitting here it's not a big deal at all well anyway uh what should we talk about you know that's not covet because it's over but you know you know, I respect that in hindsight because the New York that Sex and the City has always presented has been a fantasy.
Starting point is 00:35:52 And that is the version of In Just Like That that is like this perfectly idealized version of New York. It's a Sheena Shea of New York City. A Sheena Shea. Good as gold. Good as gold. Good as gold. I'm literally, well,
Starting point is 00:36:07 and I just turned off the episode because you were talking about it the other day and I had never seen it, but the episode of Sheena's wedding. Can you freak bitch? Oh, the wedding,
Starting point is 00:36:14 the first wedding. The wedding. Wow. That wedding planner really was when you said she was a mess, you did not lie. That was so bad. She is,
Starting point is 00:36:23 we must find her because she will, she, she deserves we must find her because she will she deserves an award actually she deserves a culture award speaking of the awards most incompetent person yeah what Tina Shay is nominated for the Tina Turner Legend Award which by the way was also named that last year okay
Starting point is 00:36:38 we've always had a category called the Tina Turner Legend Award and that just goes to show what a legend she was talk about the legend because we have not touched on a legend she was. Talk about the legend. Because we have not touched on this podcast that she has gone. The legend that is Tina. Rest in peace. I mean, every thread of music that is still woven into everyone today
Starting point is 00:36:58 is fucking made by her. She was at the fucking spinning wheel. Whatever. This metaphor is so... She was at the spinning wheel. Tina was at the fucking spinning wheel, whatever. This metaphor is so... She was at the spinning wheel. Tina was at the spinning wheel, and that's what she looked like culture number five. Tina was at the spinning wheel. You know,
Starting point is 00:37:13 Beyonce, you watch her, you watch old Tina, it's like, you wouldn't have Beyonce without Tina. Tina... I mean, if you watch the Tina documentary, I did an episode of my HBO Max movie podcast about Tina. That woman was really, that was like, that was a total, I was at rock bottom reinvention
Starting point is 00:37:35 that she needed to do. And it was like, to watch her create who she was, she created her own stardom and then occupied that and like it was just unbelievable what she was able to do rewrote the in terms of how low she was right just rewrote the whole like dark past of it like what a what a reclamation what a fucking like i i'm at a loss of what to say just because it's like she seemed so like yeah like someone that would never die I know I know and yet it's like besides the actual tragedy
Starting point is 00:38:10 of like her life like yeah what I loved about the documentary was that like by the end she just seemed like happy and right she was in a loving marriage and like you know yeah she earned that I always say like um yeah I would have really wished to have seen her in concert,
Starting point is 00:38:27 one of those last tours that she did, because one of the things I'm always trying to remind myself is you have to, like, see these icons while you still can. Like, that's why I'm seeing so many shows this year. I have the time. I'm able to go. This fall on Bravo. It's time to turn up. Think you've seen it all? I don't think you've been a good friend to me lately. We're friends right back. Salt Lake City. We don't wear costumes, we wear fashion. And below deck sailing. You broke the rules and now you're here getting upset. Watch all new seasons on Bravo or stream it on City TV+.
Starting point is 00:39:10 Let's have a real good time. 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
Starting point is 00:39:41 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, Apple Podcasts,
Starting point is 00:40:07 or wherever you get your podcasts. Trust me, you won't want to miss this one. I'm Cheryl Swoops, WNBA champ, three-time Olympian, and Basketball Hall of Famer. I'm a mom, and I'm a woman. I'm Tarika Foster-Brasby, journalist, sports reporter, basketball analyst, a wife, and I'm also a woman. I'm Tarika Foster-Brasby, journalist, sports reporter, basketball analyst, a wife, and I'm also a woman. And on our new podcast, we're talking about the real obstacles women face day to day.
Starting point is 00:40:39 See, athlete or not, we all know it takes a lot as women to be at the top of our game. We want to share those stories about balancing work and relationships, motherhood, career shifts, you know, just all the we go through. Because no matter who you are, there are levels to what we experience as women. And T and I, well, we have no problem going there. Listen to levels to this with Cheryl Swoops and Tarika Foster-Brasby and I Heart Women's Sports Production in partnership with Deep Blue Sports and Entertainment. You can find us on the iHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Presented by Elf Beauty, founding partner of iHeart Women's Sports. 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.
Starting point is 00:41:25 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 Gonzalez. Elian.
Starting point is 00:41:35 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. Gonzales wanted to go home and he wanted to take his son with him. Or his relatives in Miami.
Starting point is 00:41:51 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. I'm Julian Edelman. I'm Rob Gronkowski. Guess what, folks? We're teammates again.
Starting point is 00:42:22 And we're going to welcome you guys all to Dudes on Dudes. I'm a dude. You're a dude. And Dudes on Dudes is our brand new show. We're going to highlight players, peers, guys that we played against, legends from the past. And we're just going to sit here and talk about them. And we'll get into the types of dudes.
Starting point is 00:42:39 What kind of types of dudes are there, Grunks? We got studs, wizards. We got freaks. Or dudes, dude. We got dogs. Dogs. We'll break down their games, we'll share some insider stories and determine what kind of dude each of these dudes are.
Starting point is 00:42:54 Is Randy Moss a stud or a freak? Is Tom Brady a dog or a dudes dude? We're gonna find out, Jules. New episodes drop every Thursday during the NFL season. to dudes on dudes on the iHeartRadio app Apple podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts let's just get something out of the way because there are these rumors right that that Beyonce
Starting point is 00:43:19 had like broken her ankle six months ago or like she sustained some injury so that in the beginning of the renaissance tour it looked like to some people like it was a little marked or that it was pulled back which by the way would be fine totally because it's still at such a high level but people were saying it looked like there was an issue i didn't fucking notice any encumberment when I was there live in the flesh. I'll say that it felt like a fucking Beyonce show. It's also a party. So you're not like necessarily needing her to be breaking her ass in half. Like, like just giving you Beyonce 2004 at all times,
Starting point is 00:44:03 like firing off like a machine gun. Like she's got a lot of incredible dancers. Like the visuals are unbelievable. The music is a party. Like get out of here with, she's not giving out of here. Like get out of here. And like, I broke this down and I know people can disagree with me and I'm going to
Starting point is 00:44:22 bring in people where it feels very transparent, but I'm like, people are still asking me like, oh, between like eras and renaissance, like which one was better? I'm like, this is the thing. And then I brought in Gaga into this and then I brought in Ariana
Starting point is 00:44:34 because I'm like, it's okay to get different verticals or different like things out of these different people. Like for Beyonce, she's so clearly influenced by Prince, by Tina, by like these different people. Like, for Beyonce, she's so clearly influenced by Prince, by Tina, by, like, all these people. So, like, I feel like
Starting point is 00:44:50 Beyonce is a student of performance. Fucking galvanized in this. Yes. Taylor is a student of songwriting. Gaga is a student of pop culture. She's giving you jazz standards. She's giving you fucking, like, dance. She's giving you fucking power ballads. Like, she's giving you jazz standards. She's giving you fucking like dance.
Starting point is 00:45:05 She's giving you fucking power ballads. Like she's giving you every little facet of the, of the crystal of pop culture. And then like, if someone like Ariana, who like, she's a student of vocals and she's like, I learned how to riff from Mariah and Whitney and Beyonce.
Starting point is 00:45:20 Like that is how I learned to sing. That is how we learned to perform. It's like any single person is going to have their one beam of light that they like transmit. And that is, I love that. I love that about like the landscape right now. It's actually great that one person isn't everything to everyone. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:45:39 Anyway, I mean, there was this video that I sent you just to speak about like what people do. I sent Bo in a video of Pink is on tour. Okay. Yes. So Pink during So What in her like arena tour gets, I really don't know how to describe it other than to say she gets catapulted into the sky, spinning, twirling, and flying, doing flips successively to the back of the stadium.
Starting point is 00:46:08 From the front, from the stage, to the back of the damn arena. And I'm telling you, it's the rig they put the camera on so they can take aerial videos of the fucking football game, like the
Starting point is 00:46:24 kicks and everything. They put pink in that contraption and shot her into the air. Mama. Katie, can you believe this? Katie, put the baby down. I said, do I have to see pink?
Starting point is 00:46:39 Because if that's happening during, so what? Why is that happening during? So what's happening during so what? Why is that happening during so what's happening during who knew? What's happening during just give me the reason. Just like a pill. Stupid girls. Stupid girls. That is stupid in the best way.
Starting point is 00:46:58 Her fucking trebuchet into the audience and the audience going a little bit silent, being like, oh, is this going to be okay? The person that posted it with the caption, this has me crying and a bunch of consonants. That really added a lot. Some of the replies were like, Pink has no songs in her catalog that would warrant this. Not one. And I disagree.
Starting point is 00:47:27 How do I feel this good sober? Catapulted into the air. If she did that during Razorglass, I would fucking explode. I'd be like, right, right, turn off the light. We're gonna lose our minds tonight. Why so serious?
Starting point is 00:47:44 And then she launches into you yeah like i'm so raise your glass while that plays she's spinning through the skies like i love it oh i'm telling you i need that i mean you but here's the thing you have to imagine that if so what she gets catapulted into the air and i'm saying it again what happens during those other songs? You know what I mean? Like, what happens during Don't Let Me Get Me? This woman has been on the silts swinging around the vines
Starting point is 00:48:14 of every stadium in this country and world of ours. I trust her. She knows what she's doing. She's doing things. I read an article after watching that video where she said that aerial stunts keep her humble and said, quote, why would I stay on the ground if I don't have to?
Starting point is 00:48:30 That is an amazing question, Pink. Why would I stay on the ground if I don't have to? That's actually rollercoaster number 88. Why would I stay on the ground if I don't have to? That's an amazing question, Pink. I don't disagree.
Starting point is 00:48:45 This woman wants to feel weightless. She wants us to feel weightless. The reason that video is getting so much play of her being rocketed into the audience is because not a single singer is going to do that.
Starting point is 00:49:01 Can I be honest with you? I'm going to be really honest with you. I can see one doing it. And her name is Halsey. I can see Halsey getting into an era where she's shooting through the air. Right. But Halsey certainly doesn't have songs
Starting point is 00:49:17 that warrant that either. I would say so what? Hey, listen, Queen. Not yet. Not yet? Oh, no. Halsey is coming back hard. Oh, the last Halsey album was a fucking work of art.
Starting point is 00:49:29 You know that her country song is one of the songs that gets the most play. You should be sad. Yeah, so good. I'm not a woman, I'm a god. So, so, so, so good. But anyway, Pink is back. And the last album got a lot of play I mean
Starting point is 00:49:48 Pink never really left here's the thing Pink is back but she never really left that's a real culture number 50 Pink is back but she never really left wait did Pink win the Tricon award no Pink won Video Vanguard what's a Tricon
Starting point is 00:50:03 Tricon is me on Fire Island. Honey, what does that mean? I don't know. I was just doing like an old gay joke. Tricon. Tricon. Sounds like me on the springs. Yeah, yeah.
Starting point is 00:50:17 In the springs. You know, the springs. Yeah. Disney Springs. Oh my God. Patrick got back from Iceland and said that everywhere is a sauna there. The vibe is sauna. Oh my God.
Starting point is 00:50:37 They said they had the most incredible time and then I thought we must return because you also are one with Iceland. Oh, I love it there. I love it there so much. Should we do Iceland New Year's? 1,000%. I would fucking love that.
Starting point is 00:50:54 Would it be absolutely freezing? Yes, but we'll be fun. They know how to keep... And those people can drink. Yes, bro. This is what I want to do. We could get people on board to do this. We really could. The hotels are really nice.
Starting point is 00:51:08 The spas are stunning. Oh my God. We have to go. We have to go. I mean, I'm so attracted to the idea of constant daylight, but I guess by that time it'll be constant darkness. It'll be constant darkness, but that's kind of a vibe. It's kind of a vibe.
Starting point is 00:51:23 For New Year's Eve, not no, not no. The way we're thinking about it now. We weren't thinking about it before, but we are thinking about it now. Ooh. I would say Matt Rogers is a student of, if any one person is going to occupy everything, it's Matt Rogers.
Starting point is 00:51:43 What are you talking about, occupy everything? You are vocals, performance, comedy, absurdity, stupidity, intelligence, Christmas every other day of the year. You are everything. Mama,
Starting point is 00:51:59 girl, I worship you. You are the star of my world. No, I would kill for you pointing at you diva pointing at you get this screenshot this is the goddamn cover art this time okay they got it
Starting point is 00:52:16 I mean if they didn't get it they're fucking fired can I say if they didn't get that they are so fired Anna says got it yeah by the skin of your teeth damn right fucking A right fucking A right anything else we have to discuss
Starting point is 00:52:31 girl I guess I'll just briefly touch on this or should I do I don't think so honey maybe I'll do I don't think so honey the big news I don't know what you're referring to but well you'll know the second I start saying it this is I don't think so. This is our 60 second segment where we drag, read, go off, and
Starting point is 00:52:47 more in culture. This is Matt Rogers. I don't think Sony's time starts now. I don't think So Honey That I Love That For You is cancelled. This sucks. Bring it back. Someone bring it back. Fucking show time. This deserves a second season.
Starting point is 00:53:03 And I'm not just being selfish about it. It deserves a second season. And I'm not just being selfish about it. No! It deserves a second season because I need it! We love the show. It deserves to go on. This is stupid. It was warmly received
Starting point is 00:53:14 and got a lot more fans as it went. We need revival for I Love That For You. I am calling for it. I am on the show. Publicist now. I'm getting loud. I've been quiet. I'm getting loud. I've been quiet. I'm getting
Starting point is 00:53:26 loud. We need this show still on the air. Do it. Put it on Netflix. Peacock, where are you now? After all the support that I've given you. Peacock. Oh, don't make me storm the halls.
Starting point is 00:53:42 Somebody better get to it. Keep me working. Keep Vanessa slaying. Keep Molly slaying. Keep Jennifer Lewis slaying. I love that for you. I don't think so, honey.
Starting point is 00:53:58 That's one minute. I need to say something right now. Peacock, if you don't pick up, I love that you, I'm never ever, ever shilling for you again. I'm never saying one nice thing about you. You better get it together. Somebody better get it together. Look, if it's not them, I won't be angry at them, but I'm saying somebody better scoop it up
Starting point is 00:54:17 or else it's going to be war. Let me tell you something right now. I am ready to fight. It's war at this point. This is war. And the roots of the grass are firmly planted in this movement. Okay? Do you hear me?
Starting point is 00:54:35 Make noise. Get to the streets. Get your pitchforks lit. Okay? My girl giving you iconography week after week, dressed in the tightest, most well-fitted suits you can possibly see on television. I'm not even going to say no. You're fucking right. Murray Bartlett found dead.
Starting point is 00:54:55 I was iconic in that show. You really were. Look at me. You were iconic on that show. I was iconic in that show. I deserve to do more. Bring it back. You hear my voice?
Starting point is 00:55:07 Don't laugh. Don't laugh. You do deserve to do more. Bring it back. Producer Anastasios, the discourse is toxic. Oh, no, no, no. The discourse isn't toxic enough. We need to make it.
Starting point is 00:55:17 We need to add poison to the well. Because we need to scare these people. Light your pitchfork. You want to cancel I love that for you this is war this is war I'm not taking this one laying down I'm not taking this one
Starting point is 00:55:31 laying down I'm not taking this one laying down like I took game show I'm not taking this one laying down like I took hot dog I'm not taking this one lying down I'm dying for this
Starting point is 00:55:38 one I am throwing myself on the tracks I'm going down with the ship revive it now. Revive it now. Okay, well. Okay, Queen, are you ready? I'm ready. This is the moment you've been waiting for.
Starting point is 00:55:57 This is the moment when Bowen Yang does his I Don't Think So, Honey, and his time starts now. I Don't Think So, Honey carpeted gay clubs. What are you now. I don't think so, honey. Carpeted gay clubs. What are you doing? I had to think to myself. I went, I haven't been back to L.A. in like a year. I wonder why. I guess it's because I've been working in other places.
Starting point is 00:56:16 I guess it's because, you know, my best friend is bi-coastal right now. But then I went, oh, no, I know why. It's because fucking Akbar has carpet. I say no. You can't have a party called Bears in Space and then also have carpet. It's too much
Starting point is 00:56:34 quirky on quirky. You can't do it. I can't handle it. What is this? Who do you think you are? The Tower of Terror? Get the carpet out. 15 seconds. The only reason you should have carpet is if...
Starting point is 00:56:49 You're a grandmother. You're a grandmother. There's neighbors downstairs. Five seconds. Who don't want to hear the footsteps. You know, if you're the Tower of Terror. Which, by the way, is at risk for being destroyed. And that's what...
Starting point is 00:57:03 Is it actually at risk for being destroyed, you that's what... Is it actually at risk for being destroyed, you feel? I feel like it is. I feel like there are movements happening to make sure that it is preserved in Orlando. Listen. I really think it's on the chopping block and some people out there will not have it,
Starting point is 00:57:18 including me and you. We will fight. Like, you're going to cancel the Tower of Terror? Like, you cancel... I love that for you. This is war. This is war. It's actually war. Am I fair
Starting point is 00:57:28 on this? No, here's the thing. I love Ackbar. I actually love Ackbar. Can I just be clear to everyone who has a stake in that place, loves going there, I'm with you. But I go, sometimes I go, why is there carpet? I had so much fun there this weekend and I just have to say that LA
Starting point is 00:57:44 Pride weekend at Ackbar was a moment. Bears in Space was a lot of fun. I love. And I went there after Saturday's LA Pride to debrief Mariah. And that was really fun. The dance floor was actually going off. And that is the part of the place that's not carpeted. So, you know, here's the thing.
Starting point is 00:58:01 I do think that the carpeting at Ackbar adds to its charm. It's sort of like den feel. I feel like the carpeting, it's really helping me with that. I think it's like take one thing off before you leave the house. I think the lighting is A+. The decor
Starting point is 00:58:18 on the wall, A+. Everything about it is perfect. There are things that cling. Cling on the rugs on the carpets it's just a little bit more hygienic of an experience if you just take it out I hear you
Starting point is 00:58:32 that's why I kind of like going during the week sometimes because then it's like we're cozy vibes and we're not noticing that things are spilling but things spill but you notice that things are spilling on the weekend because it happens. It's a rug. When I was growing up, my sister and I thought our heads would get cut off because she was painting her toenails in the bathroom.
Starting point is 00:58:56 And I knocked over the nail polish and it went on the rug. And we had to take bleach and scrub it away before our parents got home. And they still noticed. It is the most stressful situation in the world to have liquid on carpet. And you're inviting that to happen every two minutes. I mean, literally, mother, where I sit and where I look at you week in and week out on this podcast is also where I sit and work. And I am sitting on a couch that is placed on a carpet. Is your apartment a gay bar? No,
Starting point is 00:59:26 I'm not saying that. But I'm saying I'm identifying with the spills on carpets because I have to tell you, I sit here and I sometimes drink coffee. And there was a day I did spill a hot coffee all over this carpet. So I'm sitting on top of a very stained carpet. And I don't like it one bit. Unseemly. Unseemly. And I hope you never have every king in the east side
Starting point is 00:59:51 scene of gay nightlife at your apartment. Because guess what? They're all there at Ackbar looking at stains. So true. I didn't feel at home here.
Starting point is 01:00:05 This is an invitation to all the East Gays of LA. Come over. See my stain. No, I do love Ackbar very dearly. It was so fun this weekend.
Starting point is 01:00:17 I had a blast LA Pride except for having an STI that I'm recovering from. And we need to call them STIs. We need to call them STIs, but I think this is a great outcome because you were worried for a second that you weren't going to be able to go
Starting point is 01:00:28 and partake in the festivities. And I'm really happy that you did. Because I saw in stories, I was like, Matt's out. Good for him. It took me a while to get there, but I got there. And I'm in treatment.
Starting point is 01:00:38 I'm in treatment. I had to enter treatment as a result of my STI. In treatment. Sorry, Uzo. Okay, well. Was I too hard on the Mariah thing of it STI. In treatment. Starring Uzo. Okay. Well. Was I too hard on the Mariah thing of it all?
Starting point is 01:00:48 No. I just wanted to be honest. Good. We need to be honest on the. Yeah. Just looked like she looked nervous. People on the Reddit were commenting on us not commenting on the Maddie Healy of it all. Oh, I'm happy they broke up.
Starting point is 01:01:01 Well, now people are saying that they might not have. And they just kind of tree pain. Just kind of put that out there in order to keep it underground so that people could stop making a big fuss out of it. Hmm. I mean, I gotta say
Starting point is 01:01:11 I don't enjoy him. I just I'm disappointed that like edgelords are winning with this one. You know? Hmm. Edgelords
Starting point is 01:01:20 you'll never win because I have to come. Okay? I'm saying it again. Edgelords will never win because I have to come okay I'm saying it again edgelords will never win because I have to come that's my rule of culture number two edgelords will never win
Starting point is 01:01:34 because I have to come underline the have to also I'm sorry it doesn't matter who you are what gender you are what your occupation is if your thing is like you stick your tongue down people's throats, like strangers, you're fucking corny. That's so stupid. I did that when I was four.
Starting point is 01:01:55 Yeah, it's kind of like loser behavior. You know what I mean? It's kind of like, it's my least favorite sense of humor, which is, you know what I mean? I hate or her, her, her, her humor. Like some some people on Twitter get corny and they get her with their jokes. And I'm just
Starting point is 01:02:14 I'm saying like easy jokes like a stupid shit like, oh, we kissed and it's funny. I mean, it's not or her her more like shut up, shut up, shut up, shut up. Exactly that four times. Guys,
Starting point is 01:02:30 we're so excited for this weekend's Culture Awards. As you can see, we are in dropped-in rare form, ready to host. We're hosting. Lost Coach? We can host. That's not easy humor.
Starting point is 01:02:45 That's as high concept as we can host. That's not easy humor. No. That's as high concept as you can get. And there's more of that coming this weekend. See you there. See you there. And maybe to do our song that we go out with, which we go out with a song every week, we should practice for the opening number.
Starting point is 01:03:04 Remember, you have to all get off book seven days and seven nights yeah see you there See you Saturday It'll be a night to remember I'm Cheryl Swoops And I'm Tarika Foster-Brasby
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