MESS with Sydnee Washington & Marie Faustin - "The Greek Expert" with George Civeris
Episode Date: November 23, 2018We're taking a trip to Greece with this week's Unofficial Greek Expert, George Civeris!Here are a few things Sydnee and Marie know about Greece: 1) Hercules was set in Greece, 2) Taziki Sauce is Greek..., and 3) Eric Bana looks Greek. But that's about it, so thank god George is here! He talks about living in Athens, speaking sexy Greek, as well as social media fights, Rihanna, and being single.----Listen to The Unofficial Expert Ad-Free on Forever Dog Plus:https://foreverdogpodcasts.com/plus----BONUS EPISODES AVAILABLE NOW ON PATREON:www.patreon.com/TheUnofficialExpertBUY UNOFFICIAL EXPERT MERCH:https://www.teepublic.com/stores/the-unofficial-expert-podcastFOLLOW THE UNOFFICIAL EXPERT:https://www.instagram.com/UnofficialExpertFOLLOW SYDNEE:https://www.instagram.com/JustSYDbwhttps://twitter.com/justsydnycFOLLOW MARIE:https://www.instagram.com/Reeezyhttps://twitter.com/MsReeezyFOLLOW ANDREW:https://www.instagram.com/mcgui_guyTHE UNOFFICIAL EXPERT IS A FOREVER DOG PODCASThttps://foreverdogpodcasts.com/podcasts/the-unofficial-expertSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Hello, hello, good morning, good evening, good afternoon.
Hi, y'all.
Happy new moon.
Wow, you're doing a lot, Marie.
Red moon.
Why are you being so professional right now?
I'm doing a lot because you're being unprofessional, you're on your phone.
So that's why I was doing that.
So that you would stop Facebooking and look up and be like, we're in the studio.
Look at us.
Look at that.
Molly Austin is FaceTiming us right now.
Okay, we don't have time.
Sydney, honestly, put your phone on Do Not Disturb
and set it over there.
Like, you know you can't be trusted with a cell phone
because you can't do two things at the same time.
Oh, look at that.
Call me out.
Tell them why you mad, son.
Tell them why you're mad.
How you doing, Marie?
I'm okay.
You know, have you tried this happy light?
I have.
Is it working for you?
I see the potential, so I'm going to stay with it.
Well, let's tell people what we're talking about.
Okay.
so there are these lights uh called happy lights or vitamin d lamps that are supposed to help people
who are depressed um and help people who uh are not motivated are not are yeah right it's supposed
to like help you you know like get up and go do some stuff yeah um so i got one uh shout out to
patreon i got one and then i got one for sydney so technically y'all got them for us um and uh
I don't know
I be plugging mine in
but I feel like
it's not really
it wakes me up
for sure
cause I feel like
groggy
and like my eyes
will be heavy
and then you'll sit
in front of the light
and then I'll sit
and then you know
it'll give me
that little pop
that like
ooh
I think I can do
my makeup now
type
in front of the light
yeah
I do my makeup
in front of the happy light
I just want my cat eye
just like a happier
you know
yeah you want it to swoop
up
and not over
yeah I want it to be like
just do it
you know
I like that a Nike swoosh swoosh. I'm here for it. Yeah, so it's it's going I'm I'm using it every day and just hoping that you know, by December, I'll feel better. You know, I mean, it's a it's an alternative medicine. You know, it is it is because you know, I can't afford the real meds at the moment. I can't afford therapy, unless you're going to the Patreon and you know, give us a little bit more to find out.
Maybe I can get a new therapist.
It's up to y'all.
Do you want Sydney happy?
Do you want me to unpack some things?
Go to the Patreon.
Donate some more.
We got videos on there now.
We're doing videos on Patreon.
It's very embarrassing for Sydney.
It's so bad.
But I love it.
Paul love it.
Marie, what were you an expert in this week?
So, you know, I am officially an influencer now.
uh you know people people are reaching out they're like we want you to come to our event
because you're an influencer and i'm like are you gonna send me some stuff and they're like yes we
are and so uh this brand sent me some stuff well they said we got to pick two things right and i
was like oh i'm gonna get something that i would never buy for myself and i ordered a full a faux
fur like pink like mink jacket and um and some boots and sydney ordered one of them like fashion
over bras that like every messy housewife of atlanta has had you know what fashion over bra
the amber rose one where it just like sits on your boobs and you pull the shoelace and it like
oh i don't know what i was going through and then i got some dress that was like sequin that was
like oh you're going to atlantic city this weekend or oh is it new year's it was just a lot and it
was like why would you do that when there's so many other items on literally 15 000 things you
could have chosen from and you picked a bra and a dress i was overwhelmed and i'm not i actually
i'm not that great with fashion i i pick things that are like basic but look uh more expensive
on me because i have the body but no one's gonna see the process i wanted to just the bra is just
basic. I just wanted to create content
and use one of those things
and have like a video. I mean you've had the bra for like a cool week
sis and you have not posted a picture of your
a video of your tittay. My soul won't let me.
No boomerang of your boobs on the gram.
I should do it right. You should absolutely
boomerang your boobs. I should do it and then
like a Snickers come out. I'm like actually it's
great to hold treats. Snickers. Okay you know what
this is why.
Anyway
so then after that I went to this event
I got my free stuff and then I
everyone was like oh Sydney was like oh I sent them
a thank you and I was like oh I wasn't even gonna thank
them for inviting me mind you ate
all the food like they had impossible
burgers there I tore those up they had Korean
fried chicken like all the food that I like they had
yeah and then
I was like oh I'm gonna send them a thank you also
but then ask them to dress
us for our show
for the New York Comedy Festival she's so smart
I invited them to the show and everything
but I didn't even think about like hey if you wanna
dress us for some more stuff
you can you know send it our way and it's just
there's no shame in my body I was like
hey come to the show it'd be
amazing if you can dress us for the
our thing and they were like
of course just send us more links
and tell us what you want and we'll send them to you
and Marie is doing the lord's work
and she ordered a velvet tuxedo
I ordered a velvet tuxedo
a green velvet
tuxedo that's what my aesthetic
is going to be until I die
bury me in that tuxedo
beautiful my bridesmaids are going to
have on green tuxedos
and i got a i got a better atlantic city dress oh my god it has sleeves so proud of you so i
can actually do something with it you know what you call that friend a breakthrough oh look at
that i'm so proud of myself uh what were you an expert in this week um being fake as fuck you know
you gotta be fake sometimes you'll be running into people you just don't like and you're like
you know what it takes me more energy to like shade you than to just be like hey how you doing
But you know what takes no energy?
Ignoring them.
Legit, you just be like,
put your headphones in, you're like,
do-do-do-do-do.
You ignore them.
Yeah, but I feel like in comedy,
there's situations where you just, you can't.
You gotta, you could be hosting a show
and you gotta bring them up.
It's just like, it's just, you gotta be fake sometimes.
Okay.
That's just how it is.
Like, you don't always have to be as honest as you want to,
especially in a workplace.
You just can't.
Like, if we on the street, bitch, I didn't see you.
We on the same car.
I'm putting my head down and acting like I don't see nobody.
I'm putting my shades on extra tint.
But if you're in a comedy show, it's just, and you see somebody that you don't like,
it's like, I could just fucking pay you dirt or be like, hey, what's up?
You know, it's, I wonder who you're talking about.
See, I'm so fake that you don't even know.
It could literally could be anybody.
It could be me.
Yeah.
you know i mean i feel like the comedy scene is like high school except in high school people
were very bold and like i don't fucking like you i'm gonna be a bully but yeah let's get back to
that yeah but in comedy people won't like you but they'll dm you like hey i would love to do your
show and then they'll show up to your show and sit in the back and just be like but we don't like
each other why do you want to be on my fucking show because your show is good y'all ain't got
y'all they ain't got no shame yeah so i won't be doing that i won't be doing i'm not showing up to
somebody i don't like show to get on their show you said this week you were an expert at being
fake oh yeah i i mean if i'm hosting a show and i didn't book the show okay and you're on the show
then you'll say hello to that person yeah why not hey how you doing what's up sydney i feel like i
know at your core you are a
Regina George okay
and because you I've seen you be mean to people
but like I feel
like people in the room people in the room you're gonna
let her drag me like they don't they don't know
you I know you sis I've seen you
be there I've seen you
I've seen you sis that's a lie
I've seen you be mean to people
is what I'm saying when where
oh sis let's talk about it
bring out the receipts let's take it back to summer
2000 what year is it
2016 that's so long ago but i'm saying i can go back it's not a race it's still clear as day in
my terrible memory remember how many times you've been mean because you are mean consistently okay
i'm consistent i'm an expert at consistency i'm not an actor i'm consistent yeah but i'm saying
i've seen you be mean to people so why are we don't say no you be mean to me by saying no i've
seeing you be mean to people so why are we why are you wasting energy pretending that you are okay
with somebody isn't it easy to just be like well we're not cool so we don't talk and now we see
each other and we're cordial it's not nasty or spiteful but like i don't like you so i'm not
talking to you i i think sometimes in workplaces you can't do that sis we're comedians the way you
act like we're in an office and it's cubicles and a xerox machine and a fat like if you're not cool
with somebody why exert that energy it's not exerting because deep down inside i am a nice
person i love people yes yes deep down that's your core you nice to people i'm that's why it
takes me more energy to be rude and like pay you dirt like that's too much for me i don't need
that energy i want to well i don't want to one of us got to be bad cop so i guess i'll be that
oh you don't guess that's what you are since you're also bad cop so it's it's bad cop worst
cop and you're like
I'm nice to everybody okay
you know what speaking of nice to everybody
yeah you are
a nice person genuinely at your
core yes it's light and
like ash right
like ashiness and light
I would throw this whole bottle of water at you
bitch but I'm just saying you don't have to be nice
to everybody because that means you're being mean to yourself
ooh look at that self-care
okay self-care that's what the white people
call it
self-care I don't like you so self-care
Bootleg Zoloft, just not exerting that energy.
Sis, self-care.
Our guest today, very funny comedian.
You're going to love him.
He is our Greek expert.
It's George Severus.
Hello.
Hey, George.
Hi.
Wait, Marie, I love that you,
after various inconsistent attempts
to define what Sydney is,
whether she's nice or mean,
you really brought it back when you said,
no, no, when you just said,
if you're nice to everyone else
you're mean to yourself as though that was your
the message all along
message when I tell you that bitch got
gems she got a little bit of gems
she throw it in there listen
throw it in a circle throw it in a circle
George when you're being nice to people
you don't really like you're being mean to yourself
that's what you think George because you are
you're a nice person you're yeah
I could tell how clean like
shaving you are and how like nicer
your hair you got like no no no no
I mean this week I was on George's
facebook and he named a name of somebody i did wait wait wait you know what though i would you
say that's out of character for me though no i feel like that feels like oh this is george at
at his like in his prime maybe that's like interpersonally i feel like i can be honest
with people within comedy yeah but i i never get involved in comedy drama like on social media and
stuff and this was like the first and i had like i hadn't posted on facebook at all in like
five months and the first thing you posted something shady what happened well i'm not
gonna we can you know what's going on you know what's going on someone we know yes went on a
podcast yes oh okay i don't know what drama yeah yeah okay so she walked off and then now there
she walked off and now it's a whole thing and she's getting harassed for it and then this one
person and the situation was being i thought very dishonest yes about and so and frankly like
so i just did a comedy festival in rhode island not to brag
and she hosted one of the shows i did and she was like super nice and normal and i actually
had like a great time with her um and i and i think it was just i was so shocked that someone
could be so cruel it's like the opposite of what we're talking about like being fake in person and
then being like super mean online which in my mind it's like so obvious that it should be the
other way around right don't be mean online because i'm gonna see you in person yeah and
you're gonna have to be mean to my face that's true be disrespectful when you see me i mean i'm
not gonna do anything but like we're gonna have some words i respect that one time i was um i was
talking to sam taggart and uh has he been a guest yes our hit maker okay there you go hit maker oh
that's good yeah he is a hit maker um and i was talking to him and this was like well sydney
knows this i recently was going through a very hard time personally so i was just like all over
the place and i like showed up to this party started talking to sam and i just like could
not form a sentence like he was like how are you and i just was like oh i've been i just i've been
feeling kind of like crazy lately yeah and then and then we were just like trying to have a
conversation sam just turns to me and goes this is hard the conversation just having a conversation
yeah and i was like i respect that like i would actually rather you point that out yeah then try
to make small talk for another 20 minutes when i'm clearly struggling able to communicate yeah
he's your friend he was yeah sure but it's just like and i saw him recently and i was like trying
to drag him for and i was like that you know whatever and he was like well you were being
really weird yeah so anyway but i mean i why is it though that we feel like we have to like we
don't everybody doesn't need to know our business they don't need to know what we're going through
specifically but like if i'm having a hard time and i i mean i guess i could have stayed home
instead of coming to this party but like i wanted to be outside and like be around people maybe
distract myself from what i'm dealing with and you ask me how i'm doing and i'm like
good uh somebody asked me the other day and i said good and then i was like actually i'm just okay
yeah okay yeah i can't it's funny that sydney you were talking about being fake because i feel like
the older i get the less able i am to right which i feel like is the opposite of what should happen
is you should be like more attuned to social situations the more experiences you have and
then you should be able to like act accordingly based on where you are but i also feel like
comedy encourages you to kind of like prolong your adolescence in a way where i yeah it's like
what you're saying that it's like high school like i almost feel like after i graduated college
i actually like started acting like more of an adult and then when i started doing comedy i
regressed and now it's like well i think this is what happens the older you get the less patience
you have in your body yeah for stuff that doesn't benefit you or like you i don't want to waste my
time yeah i already waste my time by myself i procrastinate my balls off right so much so that
I no longer have balls, but I'm just like, it's the opposite for me.
I just, I feel like the older that I get, I mean, I've always not really cared that
much about what people think, but like the older that I've been getting, the less time
I have to waste my time with other people.
Yeah.
But I've, I've seen people be really nasty to people in person when it's like unnecessary
and it's like, okay, I know you don't like that, but it's not.
Yeah.
But I'm not saying that you have to be nasty.
if i don't like you and and you rub me the wrong way then i don't have to come like when we bump
into each other in public i'm not gonna be like hey you good like i'm just like i'm not gonna
talk to you no absolutely but i'm saying if we're if we're on a like a gig if we had a show if we're
like same we're booked for the same commercial or something like that i'm not gonna be icing you
because that's weird energy in the room that you don't need so say hi to everybody and then sit
ass down you know what though okay i'm like i'm like i'm like talking a big game but ultimately
it's like if anyone moderately more successful than me says anything nice i'm like oh do you
want me to wash your feet i drive him with my hair george let's talk about who you are and where
you're from what you're doing yes um whoa wait that's a big question okay no let's talk to us
about who you are yeah where you're from you just moved down to new york i did well it's been over
a year can you believe it uh no can you believe that we met last last summer summer yeah maria
and i were in montreal together yeah it was like summer camp we went to camp uh yeah that's where
we met and then you moved to new york like a couple months later yeah like a month later and
yeah so i was uh i've been in new york for a little over a year before that i was in boston
and before that I was in San Francisco
and then growing up
my family moved back and forth between here
and Greece so I
like lived in Athens
Greece until I was in second grade then
we lived in get ready for this
New Jersey
everything up to this point has
been like fine
so I lived in like and not
the type of New Jersey that it was was like
white republic it was like connecticut basically it was like connecticut new jersey it was like
people that were like commuting to manhattan and like living in the suburbs yeah oh harford
you know what i sure like whatever yeah um just like very uh republican so how did your family
go from athens to new jersey well so money yeah that's what happened yeah yeah yeah my dad my dad
uh both my parents have phds in engineering and they're like it's a whole yeah am i and they were
both probably gonna end up being like professors or something but then when my dad was graduating
that's when like wall street was recruiting like engineers because they needed people to do math
oh so he like got recruit he just like started working in finance oh wow so your parents got
money that's a big leap it is yeah well it yeah because they were like so i didn't have an
engineering degree and work on wall street yeah because they just need people to like
write algorithms oh and like do math and steal from people okay okay let's get into it
george you get your turn in red is that what you're doing well no it's funny because i don't
Well, OK, so that was like for a very brief period of time.
And now my dad works in like a small European bank that isn't like, you know, it's like
it was never my dad is like a nerdy math guy who has like a thick Greek accent and is like
very just like, I don't know, like personally has good politics.
It's it's like he's a good person.
he is like not the state he like i feel like there was like a certain generation of people
that were just kind of like nerdy math and computer science people that like got recruited
um because at the time that was like the hot new thing it was like before that it was like
ai like artificial intelligence like and then like in the 90s like the you know like everyone
was going into finance i don't know i'm talking on my ass um the point is he i he is an ethical
person you're saying my dad is a good person well let's talk about what we know about greece
right sydney let's let's back and forth just to say things that you know about greece uh
was hercules set in greece yes the move the disney movie wow yeah okay so i know that that i saw that
movie uh the cartoon uh greece i love me a cute ass gyro right yep gyro is it gyro gyro with the
with the tzatziki tzatziki yeah white sauce um i what else do i know about greece in my mind
when i think of men that are greek they're like big and hairy and dark hair they look like eric
bano oh yeah uh but then i met a greek i went on a date with a greek dude when i was in vegas
in september and he was short and bald and i was like yeah we have those as well i was like both
your parents is great
this is what you
it's inconsistent
I would say like
in terms of
Greek men
being attractive
we run the gamut
like
I know
Mykonos is beautiful
Mykonos
yes
I gotta forget about Mykonos
it's gorgeous
I know that Lindsay Lohan
is there
have you been to Mykonos
I've never been to Mykonos
I've never been but
apparently
have you ever been to Greece
this was the year of Mykonos
because all my
Instagram bloggers
and whatnot
were there
taking pictures
and amongst white walls and blue skies.
They were auditioning for Lindsay Lohan's new reality show.
Yeah, yeah.
Well, yeah, and they were looking for...
Listen, I went to Mykonos for the first time when I was 12.
Okay.
And then I went there again when I was 18.
Okay.
After I graduated high school.
So talk to us about what Mykonos looks like,
what's happening there.
Yeah, well, okay.
So Mykonos was like, I would say like a generation ago,
It was like very seedy and like just dirty.
And that's why all the gay people went there.
Because it was like, this is, we're going to like.
They're like, it's disgusting.
No, just like.
It's disgusting.
Let's make it nice.
I mean, it's like how all, I don't want, we don't have to get into this, but it's like the general kind of dynamics of gentrification.
It's like, you know, artistic and like gay people will move into like.
in this case they weren't
driving out any locals
like it was an island
locals were like we're out
it's not like yeah they're not like driven into the ocean
but so
then it became this like gay
mecca without being
like trendy it was just like where gay Greek
people would go because they were like not wanted
elsewhere and then I would
say like in the I guess
2000s it became
like super bougie and now
Yeah, because somebody opened up a cafe or something.
Yeah.
Because, you know, where there are gays, there's going to be boutiques.
Yeah.
Oh, my gosh.
And where there are boutiques, there will be bougie white women that are like, oh, God, yeah.
And they'll be bringing their dogs.
And then all of a sudden, it's a nightclub.
And you're like, oh, my God, is David Guetta here?
Wait, do you want to hear something insane?
Yes.
When I was in high school, one of my classmates, this is David Guetta, remind me of this.
one so i went to this high school that was i mean obviously athens is a very small city compared to
like new york or something right um so i went to a high school that had a lot of like prominent
greek people in it okay and one of the uh kids who lived there had like parents that were like
politicians and his mom worked on like the athens olympics blah blah anyway so he had a birthday
party and i went there and they rented out an entire club and then the dj came out and it was
tiesto oh and that was like in the peak of big deal it was a big deal back then especially in
europe yeah definitely big deal anyway um how much does how much do you think i have no idea
oh they're getting thousand thousands upon thousand thousand yeah but for this was a
i think i heard a rumor that it was like a hundred thousand i believe yeah yeah to just be like
and it sounds like the same song yeah over and over it sounds like you're listening to the same
song for like four hours yeah when i was in high school a big well first of all there's no drinking
age in greece so i could go into a bar and order drinks when i was 13 um and then were you yeah it
was why not yeah um but don't stop me but it was like during the era of like edm that kind of like
euro edm music being everywhere so it was just like we were literally like 14 going into clubs
and thinking we looked so cool and i had not like started shaving yet but i feel like at that like
euros are kind of cool like they're they're ahead of their head of their their time because they get
to be older and not have like these restrictions yeah yeah well i think you go through your
embarrassing phase earlier on so like if you look at photos of me from high school first of all i
was just like i didn't have like a graceful puberty which is fine you know but i was also
like i just my ideas of what was cool was based on like the euro looks that i was seeing right so
it was like me being like a short very overweight teenager wearing like oversized mark jacobs like
glasses and then i was like oh yeah like um d squared jeans like okay come on
and then you're at lunchtime at school you're drinking like a red cap you're drinking a
cabernet you're smoking a cigarette oh my god smoke yeah capri you're drinking you're smoking
a capri cigarette yeah uh you are a fat kid yeah really that's like a whole other thing yeah so i
was like i taught i i'm trying to think if you've seen me talk about this on stage but i i used to
be very fat in high school and the reason i think was because i when we moved back to greece i there
was so much it took me so long to kind of like catch up academically with everyone because i
suddenly was in a greek-speaking high school like i went from being in an english-speaking school to
doing everything in greek right which like the language is already a problem but like even just
like doing science and math in the greek language it was like a whole new thing so basically i just
gave up any kind of physical activity like when i was in middle school i would like swim and like
walk to places and like i played sport i don't know i just like i was never good at sports but
i was just like as active as any other kid it was freeing you could just do and i literally stopped
moving like i would like go to school and then i would like go to some kind of after school like
you know the equivalent for greek like es you know like greek it wasn't it wasn't my second
language but it was like greek gsl yeah greek is a second language so and i would do that then i
would like have a hard time with my homework blah blah and then you'd be struggling yeah and i just
like super put on i mean within two years i don't know how much i weighed but i remember my junior
year of high school my pant size was 40 which like to give content like right now i'm i don't know
i'm probably like a 31 or something but like oh yeah 40 yeah and you're very slender well thank
you yeah i mean i mean you learn i mean not that you learned the greek you started uh uh cleansing
you did a cleanse how did you lose the weight my mom your mom was like oh my son is fat this is
literally well my mom so it's like whatever like greek food is all like like grilled i know healthy
and like it's like seafood but i was not eating dominoes yeah i was i didn't start eating vegetables
until college or i feel you on that though george no don't high five on that like my mom would put
out like a nice meal and it would be like a salad chicken and like a side and i would
have like only chicken and then i would have i would like go and buy ice cream
chicken and ice cream not together fried chicken because fried chicken and ice cream sounds like
fried chicken fried ice cream and then it was just like a whole thing in my family that that
i mean i no one told you you were fat no no everyone did like greek people are not like
are not embarrassed to talk about that stuff so i would like walk into a room and my grandma would
be like oh we're still gaining weight huh wait does she say it in greek yeah oh say it too
oh that don't even sound nice oh that sounds nice to me no say it one more time one more time in
slow okay okay i feel close it's great i'm like real my mic is real close to this face it's a
triggering memory for me wait wait say it one more time so what i'm saying slow what i'm literally
saying is you're still fat i see which yes okay a coma a coma jodros jodros ise ise vlepo vlepo
yeah vlepo is fat no vlepo is i see i see i see vlepo well honestly that would that would sound
hot during sex oh yes yeah i mean to this day i make everyone tell me i look fat during sex
if somebody said that to me
when I was having sex with them
I'd be like wow
you must be talking
about my pussy
that's not what I would say
no
it's not
so then my pastor
listens to this
I love it
Greek is such a sexy language
is it?
I think
you know what
I'm gonna agree with you
it is a sexy language
it sounds kind of
like Spanish a little bit
yeah it does
it's the same accent
right
but it's not like
it's not like harsh
like German
yeah it's not
I do think that I've
Like, I will sometimes intentionally, like, pick up the phone if a family member is calling
in front of, like, a guy that I like, just so he can hear me speak Greek.
And I'll be like, my God, sorry, so embarrassing.
Like, that was my mom.
So sorry.
How do you pick up when your mom calls?
What do you mean?
How?
Yeah, like, what are you going to say?
Like, if your mom's on the phone.
Do you want me to just keep speaking Greek?
Yes.
Ring, ring, ring.
Okay, so let's say the phone rings.
I'll pick up and be like,
that's not like you ordered something i'm gonna get a matikani
can i get a matikani uh but no ice no ice
i love it okay so now when we think of greek people we think of i don't know
was that was he greek uh what what's uh we talked about the girls already like what else
are y'all eating there like what's oh okay so i have two greek grandmothers both of whom are
extremely good cooks obviously um but you didn't bring us nothing though i know well because
they're in fucking greek yogurt no desserts or whatnot nothing so like okay for me a huge thing
is like spanakopita which is like a spinach and cheese oh yeah joe's got that those are good so
here's the thing if you buy them at trader joe's or like wherever else they'll be made with like
store-bought phyllo
and the secret is
Is it like the flake?
Yeah, the flake.
But the secret is
that you have to make
your own phyllo dough
and then it's really good.
Do you make that?
I have in the past.
Ah, fuck.
You know the way you said it.
I'm like,
you don't put no love in it.
No, thanks.
No, thanks.
No, because the Greek things
that I do make are like,
now I'm like trying to eat healthy
and the Greek things I do make
are like all the healthy stuff
which is like not exciting.
What the fuck are you making?
Cucumbers and sea salt?
It's literally like,
like you're not gonna be
impressed with anything.
What are you making?
Like, there is this one Greek dish called, like, briyami, which is, like, almost like a ratatouille.
It's, like, potatoes and, like, vegetables and, like, a tomato sauce.
And you'll eat it with, like, feta.
Yes.
No, it's good.
But it's not, like, you know, moussaka, which my grandmother makes, which is literally, like, it's, like, eggplant and potatoes and then bechamel sauce on top.
And then, like, it's just, like, a, how would you describe bechamel sauce?
It's, like, a.
Like a red sauce?
No, no.
it's like a white
but like buttery
creamy thing
yeah
like an alfredo
there's like a heavy
cream in it
and then you
god I'm so hungry
yo can you give me
your grandma's digits
can we facetime her
and like she can teach us
how to make some of this stuff
oh my god she
can we go live
with Nana
she does
she has like a
she has fig trees
and she makes fig jam
every year
oh I love fig jam
yeah and it's
And one time I brought some friends,
some friends were visiting Greece
and they like came over
and she like did like a fig jam
making like seminar for all of us.
And everybody was like,
wow, this is amazing.
We canned it and everything.
I'm here for all of this.
I would date you.
I would date you just off this right here.
You got culture.
You got a nana.
Like what's good?
Two nanas.
Two nanas.
You're single.
Do you want to talk about it?
Sure.
Well, it's funny.
I walked in and Sydney was like,
I was thinking you could be
our long-term relationship expert
knowing that i just broke up with someone that i did it for six years i was like sydney they're
not together no more that's the guy i know and sydney knows the story which i don't think i can
this exactly this is more of sydney like no but i'm happy well you know what i would like to talk
about sure is like i don't know how to be single okay let's get into it because i wintertime is
coming i started dating my ex in during my senior year of college and then we were together for six
years so i was in the same right there yeah you missed it you missed all your glorious
horrors looking back i get it
george george looking back it's like i mean yeah you're happy in the moment yeah yeah yeah for
sure six years is a long time to be with somebody like right out of college yeah but after college
you don't even know what like like real love is no you don't know what you don't know what
living is until a couple years after college yeah because then you're like oh this is what
the real world is it's like this weird thing where like we both i mean you change so much from the
this is you know from the ages like 21 to 27 right so like you change so much during that time and
the one thing that remained constant was the relationship and now do you know what i mean
like boring it's not even necessarily that it's boring it's just that like you're growing because
you're not even an adult really when you get out of college you're like a dumb ass 21 year old yeah
no it felt like we like grew up together right you don't know how to like you don't know how to fold
laundry properly you don't know nothing right yeah well i mean you he still does not anyway but
so how did you meet so how did you meet um how did we meet well actually this goes back to like
one of the topics i suggested we met when you were both living in a 25 person cooperative house
which is a that's not like a brothel my man my guy my guy so it's like 25 people were living
in this house how many bedrooms is this place it's like is it a building or a house it is
it's like a i would say it like looks like a really large mansion like a victorian that was
like converted that's what you say listen let's let us see photos yeah it looks like a mansion
yeah it's a shack it's a shanty you're living in a ranch you were living in a mobile home
so 25 people lived there
how many bathrooms
well so here's the thing
so I lived in co-ops
for three years
the first one I lived in
which was actually
like
queer themed
so on top of everything else
everybody was
queer
the theme is
seashells
the theme is ducks
okay wait
this is the house
everything is covered in ducks
Sydney wear your shoes
what's happening friend
I'm sorry
we're talking to a classy guest
about
about sharing a bathroom
with 25 people
a bathroom with 90 exactly like let me just put my foot on the table oh my god people don't see
this when we do the podcast but sydney is gross oh shit that's oh there's some greenwich connecticut
shit right yeah it looks good actually you're right you know what it looks plantation yeah
it looks like a like a frat house like a less threatening frat house yeah it's actually
okay so you were saying here how does one get into a cooperative queer living space right so
this one was not the crew this is is this even interesting okay i can just talk about i can
start being funny whatever you want didn't even cover her mouth this is the regina george i was
talking about she's like oh that's nice that's the ugliest house i've ever seen i mean a color
they could have done a paint job on that
yeah
okay so you're living in this
space so I started living in the queer one I lived
and that was 35 people
how many bathrooms
are y'all sharing is it a bath
real questions Marie I'm asking real questions
how many bathrooms okay so
there were maybe four
bathrooms that's not enough bathrooms
that many people know 35 people taking
dumps in four bathrooms and you know
two of them were half half baths
okay okay
I didn't even feel bad.
It was two and a half, two.
It's a closet with a toilet in there.
Okay.
Who's cleaning the house?
Y'all getting the cleaning lady?
Right, so, no.
So, there's, like, a schedule.
It's, like, there's, like, a house manager, which is a student.
An RA.
There's a house manager and an RA, two kitchen managers who are in charge of, like, ordering
food and, like, assigning dinners and stuff.
And a social manager who's in charge of throwing parties.
Sounds like a lot of managers.
Right.
Well, you need that with that many people.
I applied to be on staff two years and never got it.
And they were like, mm-mm.
Wait, how do you not get accepted as that?
I did not.
Like, how?
Because the year's previous staff selects the next year's staff.
Oh, and they were like.
So it's also awkward because it's like your friends that you lived with.
And they just were like, nah.
And I'm like, we like you.
You can live here, but you can't manage.
I went into the interview and I just like, I was like, yeah, like.
That's why you didn't get it, George.
As everyone knows, like, I'm, you know.
You're like, yeah.
You came in there with a button down and you had a blazer.
And you're like, yeah, I just want to be the manager here.
And I'm out of here, dude.
So they were like, fuck off.
They're like, take your briefcase and get the fuck out of here.
It's a not.
Oh, God.
I was offended, too.
And the guy they chose.
Who was the guy?
He was like another gay.
This is not the Queer Cop.
So it's not everyone's gay.
It was another gay guy.
But it was another gay guy.
So I was like, oh, I see.
Yeah, he was bringing poppers.
he was the fun guy
yeah he was
that's true
he was on cocaine
after the interview
do you know what
he was a
gymnast
who is now an alternate
oh he was fucking everybody
yeah he was like
he came in backwards
he crab walked in
yeah
he like exorcist
like down the stairs
yeah he exorcist in
yeah
and he was like
he did a PA with his dick
I think he might be an alternative
on the Olympics
team
on the US Olympics team
oh word
good for him
oh as a gymnast
yeah no as a
as a kitchen manager
yes drag him
come through George
be me
yes this is George
I want
come on
come on
kitchen manager
so you did that
that's where you met
the year
so I lived in the queer one
for one year
then the other one
for two years
and then the second one
is where I met my ex
and we were
so we like
are y'all paying rent
in this house
you pay less
than you would
if you were living
in the dorms
how much
if it's 35 people
in that bitch
my rent should be $12
$5
and that should include
my money for the food
well I can't remember
because I mean
the way like
financial aid
and all of that
it like
it was all part of one bill
so I don't know
how much was housing
and how much was tuition
yeah so
I live in a
I think it was in a group home
it was a halfway house
it's so funny
because I was like
wow it's like so cool
that I get to live in this house
that has all this like culture
instead of living in a boring dorm
and then everyone
was living in a dorm
was like
yeah we have showers
yeah
they were like
we
it's the same thing
yeah
literally
you had an RA also
and also someone cleans our
anyway so
so yeah like you
wait what was the question
yeah we met there
when I was
you met him there
yeah
and then dated for six years
yeah so we dated
so it's funny
because when we met
we were literally living
in the same house
and then we went from that
to living
you know at least
in the same city
we were both living
in the Bay Area
and then we did long distance
for two years
where
after I moved from
I know I know
listen
you really liked him
I'm so tired
I'm glad for you to be free man
I'm excited for you
It's funny because there's so many
I do ultimately like
You know we're on good terms
But are you George?
Because the way you just rolled over that
Do you want to know something?
I'm having drinks with him tonight
And it's my first time seeing him
So you got your good draws on?
Wait wait wait
He got his good boxer briefs on
He don't know how tonight's going to go, so that's why he's like, I don't want to say too much.
No, yeah, yeah, yeah.
I see what you're doing there, George.
And I feel like we're having drinks tonight.
No, no, no.
You're right.
George, okay, you manscaped?
Did I?
I did not.
You manscaped?
Or no?
He's going to get this Forrest Whitaker situation down here.
Wait, what?
I know what you're saying.
What?
I know what you're saying.
Okay.
What I think Forrest Whitaker, I think he has that one slow eye.
so you're saying
George has a one
I have one slow ball
that's what I meant
thank you George
save for the layup
high five
y'all are
this is too much
I mean listen
so yeah having drinks
tonight
who initiated that
oh George
you reached out
I know
no
he did
he was the one
who reached out
what did he say
let's read into it
we want to see
what's happening
okay so here's
what happened
so we
you're gonna
this is gonna get worse
okay are you ready
well I'm comfortable
let's take my shoes off
do you need an alias
do we need to change
the name up top
let everyone
who knows me
knows who
everyone's like
oh this might be
also you know what
when I moved to New York
it was very much
because everyone
I was like
oh where are you living
who are you living with
and I would always be
and I hate other people
like this
but I would always be like
oh yeah I'm actually
living with my boyfriend
have you met my boyfriend
like this is my boyfriend
and then
and it was just kind of like
have you met
George's boyfriend
oh he's so sweet
boyfriend
and then
whatever
and then he like
met a lot of my comedian friends
whatever
and then
it's just like embarrassing
to have that be like
such a big part of like
oh yeah
I moved to New York
to live with him
and then like
a year later
after a six year relationship
you break up
and I was talking to Matt
oh god I'm like dragging
I was talking to Matt Rogers
but this is what you need
you needed that
this is your therapy right now
yeah
talk to S&M
and let us tell you
what you need to do
and we're not even charging you boo
okay
there's no fee
you didn't bring no foot
no what is it
Svetlana
you didn't bring no food
you didn't bring no spinach
no meat and potatoes
you didn't bring no cornucopias
rude
because when I met you last summer
you were like oh I'm moving to New York
to live with my boyfriend and I was like
and now whenever I see George I'm like
how's your boyfriend doing but this is what you needed
like this was the test this was the real
world road rules challenge
the gauntlet
and I'm like cause
yeah so we went from long distance to living together
and I'm not
that's when people break up
exactly
is after the long distance relationship
because I was in a long distance relationship
and when I moved to New York
I was like
alright I'm done with you
because when you're
when you're long distance
you're like
well we've put so much effort
into this
so we owe it to ourselves
to like
to see what happens
to see what happens
I don't owe shit to myself
I owe the government
I don't owe nothing to myself
Sydney how much
do you owe the government
in 2018
oh honey
ciao
boo boo
what's the final tally sis
oh my god
I don't even want to talk about it
thousands upon thousands on thousands upon thousands okay so yeah you're sitting home
it's raining you're like let me text this guy see if he wants to get a drink with me on tuesday
september or whatever day today no he texted me oh yeah marie said that but what did he say
well okay here's what happened so all right this is the embarrassing thing i was going to talk
about so um the context okay is that we broke up like maybe in like may or june okay but then
we wrote out the lease together that's a very new york yeah until the end of august so in fact even
though this isn't like super new i've only been i've only been moved and like if we're being honest
like when we were still living together it's like yeah i was still bad you know what i mean yeah
I want to sleep on the bed I don't want to sleep on the couch
it's also like what am I going to do bring
someone home
I pay half the rent
did you not watch
Insecure
Daniel was bringing people home
but he was also paying all of the rent
Issa was sleeping on the couch
I guess I gotta hear him wearing somebody else out
this season
nothing happened this season
and I have to say last season
I loved yeah this season
I felt like the finale I was
like is this the last episode of the
season I know I was pretty annoyed but
the only good episode of Insecure this season was the
Mali episode I loved that so much
when they did Mali at Coachella
oh my god I should have been the Coachella expert I went
twice when I was in college I mean
we got a couple times you went to Coachella twice
all that money you were saving living on that
I know exactly yeah for sure
for sure who performed when you
went okay so the big ones were
okay so
i was really into frank ocean like before channel orange no but that's great that's great though
i love it yeah i love before people get famous that's when you like really and you know who
else was that that year the two people that i felt very cool about knowing before they were
famous were frank ocean and the weekend oh yeah because the weekend was like it was like when he
released like the what that like it was like four it was like four or five tracks or something on
yeah i can't remember what it was did he have the dirty hair or not like the homeless he didn't have
the dirty it wasn't like yeah it wasn't that yeah it wasn't clumpy yeah because you know what people
with dreads they start to like let the dreads turn into super dreads yeah just take over he
didn't look like a sour patch kid no oh wait the other thing which i mean you've heard me talk
about but um i was there when the tupac hologram came out oh you were there for two did it look
good in real life i thought well i again i have a joke about this but i was on molly and thought
it was the I thought that I legitimately
was like well you know I've heard
rumors for a while
the rumors are true
and I was like oh this actually like
makes so much sense like he would make his
comeback at Kucho
so Molly does
pair well with an outdoor
dusty festival in a desert that's what it's
for that's when you're supposed to do it I thought Molly
was for like raves
at inside
places when I think of Molly I think
inside not outside oh interesting
well yeah i mean you could do it either but i just feel like i mean it's almost like that's
the stereotype is like basic people at coachella that are all on molly and there's like strobe
lights and they're all like strobe lights this is how you do molly okay tell us coach you do molly
in a house like you do it in a house you do it at a house party you do it at a rave like
you got to get you got to get it going before you could do it outside because your face start
making weird ass your eyes start rolling yeah but no one sees you if you're in a house then
people can see your face whereas if you're low it's low it's dim yeah well it's dark molly during
the day i'm like wow you're a professional at this right because coachella is an all-day thing
it is that's true but i we would do it at night during the day you'll like on shoes no no well
actually some people do do that but i i no thanks i would like freak i just can't really shrooms is
not for you no it is but not at coach like i would i have to be like sitting still on a
mountain you gotta be sitting near a cactus yeah to do you did a little bit of shrooms this weekend
i did no oh look at that i was like no you were so quick to say i was like girl no you had like
a little teaspoon i had a little baby but i didn't take enough to for it to affect me but
i read an article it's all about um taking less than you think you have to i think no i i didn't
hit me i think you should do say that with any drug take less than you think you need sure and
then because a lot of us will be like oh i took a whole thing and then it's like no but but you
wasn't ready then you turned into like the fucking oscar the grouch you look crazy your face is
making all these faces and you're no i'm just i think with edibles mainly that's the thing where
you're like i should take more of these edibles and then like half an hour later you're like
yeah that was too much yeah but the best stories come from when you do too much of anything
is that true no that's not my truth i mean that must be sydney's truth when i lost my job it's
because i had 15 shots i mean that was great was it best story you was all the way unemployed
you were all the way unemployed yo i woke i walked in that bitch like i'm getting fired tonight
okay do you know what weirdly was the one thing that i had too much of during um that coachella
it was i someone just gave me a blunt see i already don't like the way this story sounds
someone just gave you who was the it was my friend but it was like okay so i i it's california so
everything weed is stronger there right um and we were at james blake okay um which yeah i had sex
to him and i cried oh i would too to a song but you said i had sex to him and it sounded like you
we're trying to have sex with him i had sex with him and i cried yeah i don't know about my life
that was the era yeah oh my god that's the song marie oh my god cindy you lost your virginity
to james blake i don't know about your dreaming anymore okay oh my god so you um no it's whatever
then i just started freaking out he brought out rizza and then rizza was like rizza and james
blake yeah i think they have a song together yeah that's some coachella shit it was very
you know what um okay uh someone i want to say david guetta brought out rihanna but i was too
far back and thought that it was just a recording and i just like couldn't see and i was like i
don't even want i don't even care about david guetta i'm gonna leave and i left while rihanna
was on stage and i just didn't know that's how underwhelming she is life no stop that's how
underwhelmed. Rihanna was also
on Mali and she was on stage.
But Rihanna likes to perform high.
You know?
You know when people don't really have the
choreography or the live vocals.
It's like, sis, you gotta pick one.
We don't have to get into it.
I disagree. I think that she has
I think maybe that was true
six years ago. Which thing do you think she has?
I think she now has the vocals and the choreography.
He raised an eyebrow when he said
the vocals and the choreography.
I'm definitely gonna disagree on both.
Okay, wow.
Live.
No.
George?
First of all, she's wearing like one of those gaucho boots.
Like the boots are too big.
No, no, the boots that come up to the pants, that make pants.
Yeah.
I can't.
I will say that the last two MTV performances that she's done at the VMAs are entertaining
to watch.
Okay, what about-
And she got 50 people on stage.
What about-
But she's putting on a show.
Like she's fun to watch.
She was fun to watch in those videos, but like an hour long Rihanna concert.
No, thank you.
like I'm not
she not gonna give us
the same energy
for the whole
like
I don't know
I went to the tour
for Unapologetic
okay
what songs
what's that era
what songs
she unapologetically
gave you
a whack ass concert
she unapologetically
did not hit
the eight count
I cannot believe
I'm being attacked
George
okay Unapologetic tour
what are the songs
the songs for Unapologetic
were
fuck
see
okay no no
Diamonds was the lead single
which is not a great song
but whatever
it's not
but it's like
it wasn't even about the songs in that album she was doing all the hits it was like she did like
we found love and like uh you know umbrella like all the bit whatever we found love what is
rihanna's voice doing at the lot like where where does it crack because i feel like it's gonna crack
have you seen the snl performance of stay no it's really good okay and it's like a full-on
ballad that like requires yes but was she i will not back down or was she won't back down forever
dog run that back run the tapes back we want it i need to see yeah because i don't believe you
should play how do we feel about so rihanna is your number one or one listen i'm not gonna say
rihanna is my number one in terms of it sounds like it because you're ready to go toe for toe
i would say she's my number one i think she's the most interesting pop star because i think
she does interesting things interesting is a good word but that doesn't mean live she's i agree i
I'm not trying to pay money to see that.
Beyonce will have a simulation of rain
and then be in the rain
and then dance in the rain.
Rihanna will just have it raining
and she'll be on the side of the rain like,
look at the rain, y'all.
In a Timbaland booth.
Yeah, that's it.
She won't even get in the water.
Rihanna will be vaping on stage.
She'll be lighting the blunt on stage
while the dancers are dancing, I feel like.
But isn't that kind of-
And the track will be playing
and she's not singing.
and then the song will play one more time it'll be on repeat but i do feel like rihanna is fun
like i feel like she engages with people you know like she's having fun also like okay anti as an
album for example is like in my opinion more you got to give me the songs on the on the i don't
know okay you know what i hate you i know it's a little baby it's the baby belly with the crown
but like what's the songs on that okay work yeah work so this is like the this is her most recent
album no desperado it is her most recent album yeah yeah the fact that y'all can't even fucking
list what's on the damn album that's how trash it is they're like work is on it meanwhile beyonce
is dangerously in love i've got like danger okay yeah let's talk about beyonce and jay-z
okay baby boy i don't know what like i can name i can name what's on that interesting can you name
what's on the album that she released with jay-z this year because i can't art art pop
what's the one where she's in the loo
no it's actually cheek to cheek
what's the one when she's in the loo
yeah yeah monkey
there we go
I knew it was two words
I was gonna say monkey business
no George don't you dare
ape shit
monkey business is black eyed peas
Sydney calm down okay
calm your balls
so
i'm just i'm confused because this is beyonce as a person is boring but as a performer is giving
you entertainment yeah i would agree i guess as a person is entertaining but i feel like as a
performer i don't want to see none of that okay so i'm gonna this is my final word on this okay
rihanna i agree is better as a person than as a performer i would say live performance aside i
really enjoy listening to a Rihanna album
just like with headphones.
Yes, with headphones you're like,
because you're on the train, you're hitting the notes with her.
And often I enjoy that more
than other
pop stars who are maybe like
better vocalists.
Like Ariana Grande?
Sure, yeah.
Ariana Grande?
Can we talk about how she only wears sweaters with
thigh-high boots? Is there a stylist here?
Because she doesn't have a long torso, that's why.
She got a short mug
So she can wear
A sweater as a dress
But I mean
She can't hit
Like an A-line
No
Or like a low rise pant
No
So then she gotta put
The thigh high boots on
To make you feel like
She elongates
No I think this is her
Trying to look older
Because she still looks
Like she's 12
Wait you think wearing
Only an oversized hoodie
Makes you look older
No
I feel like she's trying
To sex herself
Oh totally
She's like
Instead of putting on
Like some jeans
Right right right
Cause have we ever seen
Ariana Grande
in some jeans no no i see selena gomez in some jeans and she also looks 12 yeah but i was like
okay look at that grown young girl look at that 14 year old yeah selena gomez another person where
i happily will listen to an album but cannot just cannot sing i have never heard it uh selena
gomez what's her song i can't name it yeah i can't name a single i think they played her song one
time in the check cashing place when they was about to close what's uh what's uh what's her
biggest song of all time we think
same old love
I know the Demi Lovato
skyscraper song
that came on on my Spotify shuffle
if you really
come and get it
so I know that song but I don't know
I didn't even realize that was Selena Gomez
I thought that was Fifth Harmony
gun to my head
and that is her charm
is that she is an empty vessel
an empty vessel but a lot of them are empty vessels
it's some Fifth Harmony songs that I like
hmm okay i like that i like their song like mariah what's the one where they're like uh
you ain't gotta go to work work oh work we love that song well no it's a stupid song because it's
like nigga you gotta go to work no but i love the song you have to go you ain't gotta go to work but
you gotta go to work yeah i'm gonna get you fired no you gotta go to work and you gotta work well
now who do we have so camilla cabello cabello whatever her name is she's got that i mean i
don't really like is there longevity here i don't think so no because her and selena and all these
other pop stars they're like the same person who are who's like someone who's young and like
interested like little utsy little uts or whatever little chips whatever my friends are dead that
shit is great yo go hard yes but what's another song of his can you name another song of his
because i can't all i know is that all his friends are dead is like that song was like
from like two years ago
you see
it's everlasting
I'm still thinking
about that song
is it though friend
I don't know
but I like
I saw
Normani's performance
with the
I love her
oh she was great
people were like
that's the next Beyonce
nah
I mean
we ought to think
Beyonce
you know
she not gonna be
around family
no she gonna keep it going
Beyonce's gonna
she gonna fade soon
no
I don't see it
I feel like
we gonna give Beyonce
what another 20 years
of doing what she's doing
yes if Janet
could come back
but can Janet come back
did Janet come back she did
but Janet is not a vocalist
no she's not Janet is whisper
singing she's an experience
she's been whisper singing since
1999
George I appreciate you going toe to toe with us
with this Rihanna thing you really tried to
come through with some like receipts
but you failed and it's fine no no no no George
I listen we'll do a follow up episode
because I want to know what happens with your drinks
tonight so we do need to do a follow up episode
maybe come do a bonus episode at the house
are you going to make anything that's Greek and bring
it to the meet up
tonight? yeah tonight
absolutely not
can you imagine me
you showed up at the bar
with some Tupperware
a Pyrex
just like he still has the gloves on
and he's like careful it's hot
I made a stew
you know
I made a stew
George just pops up
with like a
like a sizzling
fajita plate
if you bring a brisket
like the Marvelous Maisel
yeah
bring a fucking brisket
are you watching
the Marvelous Maisel
well
you know what
I'm not
meanwhile you go to
a Rihanna concert
and snore the whole time
but you don't want to watch that
okay
Mrs. Marvelous Maisel
I just don't
do you watch it
I've watched it
the first season was good
was it
yeah
I watched the pilot
and I was
there are too many shows
to watch okay so what are you watching what's what's on your like what what are you well i mean
i guess it's over now but i insecure is a big one right but this season was a it was a snooze fest
yes and i feel like we have to by the way i went to college with isa ray um did she stay in the
she did not live in a co-op and she's now successful interesting interesting and here
you are on the podcast with us so you're just sounds like you're winning
who's the winner here you or isa you uh okay so so insecure okay let's see um
i'm like what am i watching yeah you got hbo go i'm waiting for game of thrones to come back
oh interesting are you doing no no interesting i don't watch it do you know what i just watched
succession i don't know what that is okay do you know what it is sydney nope is that one of these
like royal family exactly no no not right it's like a family that runs like a right-wing media
Empire and the dad is like
getting old so it's like he's passing down
the company to one of his kids
it's power right
it's about power oh sorry Empire
no it's power I said Empire
Empire and power is the same I haven't watched Empire
since season one me me also
me yeah I watched a lot of
shows for the first season then I don't come back
not because the shows aren't good I just don't feel like
I need a second season don't you think Taraji P. Henson
just like deserves like
like an Oscar movie
like a full on
she does
she's an awesome actress
and
she took that L
with that proud Mary
or whatever
that's something
that movie that she did
and I was like
I don't know what that is
but she's doing like
what men want
oh okay
she's doing the
what women
the gender flopped
female yeah
yeah gender flopped
female version
I mean I hope it comes out right
I'm praying
because it's just like
I don't
I be seeing these movies
and I'm like
oh come on
who do you need
to get on here
to make it better
yeah but you know what they're cutting the check she goes in she auditions to get some money
that's it you know what i mean like i feel like a lot of actors do bad movies regularly like i've
never like certain like what's a good owen wilson movie you know like marley and me that was the
best owen wilson what's a good vince vaughn movie what's a good katherine heigl movie like a lot of
people do crappy movies yeah but all those people are not as talented as traji pianza right but
Taraji P. Henson is a black woman
and that's the difference
is like Hollywood
is not gonna give her
as many opportunities
as they will
to make those type of
as a
they're not gonna give her
as many opportunities
as a Bradley Cooper
yeah
like Bradley Cooper
was making
has consistently
made crappy movies
right can you imagine
if like
yeah it's like
his movies are
consistently trash
but
did you
like A Star is Born
I haven't seen it yet
okay
it feels too sad to me
did you like it
I
it was like so
yeah I liked it
we're not putting
a gun to your head dude
no I just feel like
it was
there was so much
hype around it
that when I finally
saw it I was like
oh
well that's what
happens when anything
it's the gays
the gays were all
on board
because they love
Lady Gaga
and they pushing
for her
and they pulling
for her
it's just like
we could have
done without Bradley
he didn't really
need to be in the movie
did you see the movie
no but I just know
he didn't need to be there
he could have done
without him
but did Lady Gaga
need to be in the movie
yes
she gives you
she gives you art
she gives you
she was giving you art
you are so confident
for someone who has not
seen this movie
I saw her documentary
but did you see the movie
that bitch was giving me
drama in her documentary
no I believe in her
she's very good
I see her
she was in
America Horror Story
yeah
she's great
I know that she gets
Cindy your volume
can we turn Cindy's
microphone down
because my ears hurt
she loud
she loud and raw
she's great
she's giving us
drama and looks it's like sis did you see this film that we're talking about we didn't need
marie that's new merch
i just remembered jay-z and beyonce's art pop
oh my god do we learn anything about greece oh god i'm sorry this is my bad no no no no this is
the this is the perfect listen i can't help it if i'm like too interesting no no no it was good
I wanted to talk
I like talking about
Pop stars with you
We brought up Lady Gaga
How do you feel about her
You know what
I'm gonna introduce you
To Greek pop stars
It's a whole other world
Okay I'm here for that
How do you feel about
Lady Gaga as a performer
As an artiste
I love Lady Gaga
But I think she needs
Another hit album
Oh what was her last
Well wasn't she doing
Like the duet with the
Right that's the thing
I don't
She was doing like
Classics
I understand why
She did that
I don't understand
Why she did that
why does she do that
because it's like
I feel like her whole project
is like
kind of
putting her own spin
on various like
pop cultural
things
slash pop music tropes
you know what I mean
and like
she bored
I get why she did
but I just like
I know this is so
cliche
but I do want
just like
another like
fame monster
yeah like a pop album
yeah like this
this is why we
subscribe to you
she said I ain't
putting meat on my
body no more
she's like I don't
want to wear those
fucking costumes
I want to do
something different
She's still kind of wearing them costumes.
You saw that giant Marc Jacobs suit she had on?
Oh, I love that.
But she could still go to work in that, though.
She ain't got to go to work.
It's a real men's...
Work, work, work.
She gave me real men's warehouse.
Like, they suits like that.
It don't fit.
It ain't tailored.
You're going to like the way she looks.
I guarantee it.
I don't know.
You know, sometimes you do something for a while.
You want to switch it up.
But you got to remember that your core fans liked you for the thing that you used to do.
yeah that's those unofficial expert fans we try and do something different y'all we in a studio
now yeah but we're doing the same the same exact terrible thing i feel like we're trying to give
more informative uh podcast talk now are you this was very informative i thought i think we learned
a lot george we know that you got plans after this yeah we know that how do you say that you
were getting you're still fat i see wait what you're still fat i see oh oh oh i thought i was
like okay george was like damn i'm working through something we heard about that yeah you got two
nanas yeah that's right we learned about greek food we learned about living in a commune and
also not being hired for the thing that you thought you could do at the house you wanted
to be a manager of the fucking house and they were like nah friend they were like that's another gay
coming like let's start you with a bathroom clean i'm here for all of it and we learned uh a selena
Gomez song we did yeah yeah didn't know that we knew it and we already knew that Rihanna
we're not trying to watch her right I learned that I guess not everyone loves Rihanna we love
no I stand me a Rihanna but I'm not going that don't sound like you stand for Rihanna at all
since the fact that you just said that I'm like oh I didn't even realize Sydney liked Rihanna
I'm not going to her concert I'm not gonna see her in a desert I'm not gonna see her at Coachella
like I know that's not gonna be a good show from her yeah from her I don't have enough iron in my
body to like stay up and just
be there like
how long was Beyonce's performance two
hours like imagine
she didn't take a single sip of water
I feel like Rihanna for two hours is just
sipping water
I feel like Rihanna would pick up the phone in the middle
of her performance ah hello
let me call you back
it's Beyonce's Rihanna
umbrella
and I already know
Ariana Grande can't stand in
them shoes for two hours
yeah anyway thank you for being here oh my god thank you for having me you know we fuck what
you heavy what's the what's the best time of the year to go to greece yeah oh um okay so i would
say maybe this is now not uh not what most people would say but i would say maybe like early
september because it's after the summer rush and it's a little bit cheaper but people are still
there so it's not like you're like alone on the beach okay well i would say late august we're
going to Mykonos for my birthday next year. Yay. Bye, guys. Forever Dog. This has been a Forever
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