Sex, Love, and What Else Matters - Last update of 2024. What a year!

Episode Date: December 21, 2024

Episode 141. In this episode, Kristen and Luke share an update on how their baby girl is doing, what pregnancy has been like lately, and the only thing Kristen has been craving. They discuss the Vanderpump Rules reboot as well as their hopes for Season 2 of The Valley. Kristen also reflects on her time on reality TV, sharing what she’s most proud of. Kristen and Luke talk about their recent trip to Schwartz & Sandy’s for a “last hurrah." Also, Kristen addresses the recent news about a former VPR cast member, as reported by TMZ. In this emotional segment, she shares some vulnerable thoughts and feelings on the situation and specifically why she hasn’t said more… Finally, they weigh in on the TikTok ban and what it could mean for creators. It’s a packed episode with plenty of juicy insights—don’t miss it!   Sponsors: Go to Nutrafol.com and use promo code DOUTE - our listeners get $10 off your first month’s subscription and free shipping Get 20% off + free shipping with the code DOUTE at Manscaped.com. Follow us: @kristendoute @luke__broderick Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Season's greetings, almost new year. Warmest regards. Best wishes. I'm still pregnant. Thank goodness. Another week, another pregnancy week. Baby is almost the size of a mango. She is almost the size of a mango. She is almost the size of a mango.

She's growing fast now. I feel like mangoes are like always the same size. They are not. I mean, when have you ever seen like a really small mango and then like a really big mango, like at the grocery store, like avocados, when it says the baby's an avocado, that can be like a little, hmm,

is it like a small house avocado or is it the extra large one? Is it like the $1.50 avocado or the $3 avocado? Well, there's different kinds of mangoes too. Like there's the little yellow ones and then there's the bigger. I think everyone thinks of the red and green mango that's like really big and that's the size of the baby.

So Luke, do you remember when I said like a week and a half, two weeks ago that, oh my God, the baby doubles in size now. This is super wild. Like the baby goes from like 2.6 inches to like 5.8 inches. Yeah, of course. Well, I was right, but I also was not right. The baby does not necessarily double in size.

The measurement changes. Oh, all right. So it's no longer crown to rump, as they say, but it's crown to heel. Ah, gotcha, that makes more sense. Yeah, I just saw that today on my pregnancy app. I was like, ah, okay. Well, it makes more sense. We can see the feet and hands.

We've seen fingers and toes. Yeah, we saw bones, y'all. Super cool. I posted, if you guys saw, I posted on my story a picture of the ultrasound and I saw, I think Bravo might have picked that up as a story and they said, you can see the baby's head and then it is unsure what you are seeing

in the second photo and I was like, oh, people wouldn't even get that. So in the second photo, which looks like a big blur, and then this kind of like long oval looking skinny thing, and that was her spine, but it wasn't obvious about that. So anyway, that was it. It was her spine. We could see all the bones.

It was pretty cool. So cool. I mean, I don't know, everything's going so well. I'm just, you know, head over heels, cannot wait to meet our little girl. Head over a rump? Head over a rump. I like the word r Lord of the Rump. Head over rump? Head over rump.

I like the word rump. I want to bring the word rump back. Do it. Like instead of saying ass or butt, like the original Rump Shaker. I just played that song for Luke. Do you guys know that song? I remember Rump Shakers from 1992. Actually, I just forgot who it was by.

You know, that was a year after I was born, one, and that is not the music that my parents listened to so I wouldn't have come into that until like high school maybe middle school someone that was playing some oh, it's by Rex in effect Never heard of them either. Okay. Well Goodness gracious. I know when I played the song for you Like all I want to do is a little zoom zoom zoom in a room home to shake it around like you can't check baby Check, baby. What I, it sounds kind of familiar. I probably have heard it at some point, but I've never like listened to it on repeat. It wasn't-

It's fucking iconic. It wasn't played at my prom, you know? It wasn't played at my prom either, but- Okay, fair. I was nine when it came out. I still know that shit. And also I wasn't born when like Fleetwood Mac came out or The Beatles. Of course.

That's what I mean. That's what our parents listen to, right? Yeah. Fleetwood Mac, The Beatles, and they are obviously way bigger than Rex and whatever you said. Rex in effect. I'm going to make your mom a playlist. Okay. That includes Rump Shaker.

When you go home for Christmas, I want you to ask your mom if she knows the song Rump Shaker. I bet she does. Rump Shaker. Okay. I'll put it in my notes. I just found out about Rump Shaker, little known fact, maybe everyone knows this. Pharrell Williams wrote that song.

Really? Yeah, it was the first song he ever wrote, I mean, at least publicly, it's what it said on the internet, on the worldwide web. He was 20 years old. I didn't realize. He wrote that song. I didn't realize Pharrell has been in the industry that long. Yeah. Wow.

92, he was 20. Good for him. I know, I was like, how was he 20 in 92? And I was like, oh, he was born in 72, makes sense. Well, that's easy math. Okay, sometimes the 90s feel like 20 years ago to me. It's 25 years ago to 99, that's 90s. Right, I'm talking like early 90s.

Ah, yeah, yeah. Those feel like 10 years ago sometimes. Yeah, I mean, same. Anyway were like 10 years ago sometimes. Yeah, I mean same. Anyway, thought that was super interesting. I'm just full of anecdotes today. I've been puking all week, which is super fun. And I have this obsession with McDonald's frozen Coke. It used to be Slurpees only, but now when I compare the two, McDonald's frozen Coke wins every time. You know they use more syrup. Like McDonald's Coke is a thing.

You're not the first person to prefer McDonald's Coke. Yeah. So I read an article on Reader's Digest, here's my next anecdote for you, on why the truth behind why McDonald's Coke is so freaking good. It's more than just extra syrup? It is not actually. It is the ratio of syrup to carbonated water, but it's because, according to Reader's Digest, it says that only for McDonald's, it is delivered in stainless steel tanks, rather than in the

plastic bags and the cardboard boxes, which keeps the soda fresher longer, obviously. And then the soda and syrup are pre-chilled before going into the fountain. Rather than going into the fountain, allowing the fountain to bring them to a colder temperature. Wow, okay. So McDonald's for the win. And I know I said last week that I was gonna try to stop emotionally spending

and like being stupid about money, but sometimes I just have to post maids a single McDonald's Coca-Cola. You know, you don't have to. You can ask your fiance over here. Well, at four o'clock in the morning's Coca-Cola. You don't have to. You can ask your fiancé over here. Well, at four o'clock in the morning when I wake up and I don't feel good. Not at four o'clock in the morning. Fair point. But you did the other day when I was here and very capable.

I wish McDonald's had more things I liked. I am not a McDonald's fan. No, me neither. Like, I can do a fry once in a blue moon. But, like, I ordered them last night just because I felt bad for ordering one thing, but I wasn't a fan. Like they came, they weren't hot, and I was like, I'll eat a few of them and then I threw them away. Yeah, honestly, I have passed up on McDonald's when it's the only option

because it's just not my jam. I don't know. I think they have amazing french fries. I'm just not a big fast food kind of gal. Doesn't sit well with me very often. Yeah, no, not typically, but Taco Bell. Okay, T-Ball wins, T-Ball and Subway. Yes, T-Ball. Those are the only things that I really love.

But yeah, that's why I love McDonald's frozen Coke and it is for the win and my pregnancy posse, Meredith Courtney and Brittany, they are also fans of the McDonald's frozen Coke. Well, it's not just me. Hey, it makes sense. Yeah. And it really helped when my mouth was tasting like nail polish. It's just super weird.

I Googled that and it's something about like the keto tones. Keto tones. Keto tones. Oh, keto tones, whatever. The ketones. But then I was reading like what would make me have more ketones and none of it made sense. I guess if you drink a lot, or if you're diabetic, and certain things like that. And I was like, none of those things. Maybe it's just because I was throwing up. I don't know.

Yeah, it was temporary. But my mouth totally tasted like nail polish. My granny apple tasted like metal. I remember that. You had me try it. It tasted normal. And the only thing that tasted good to me was McDonald's Coca-Cola. Yeah, that seems concerning. Did you ask your doctor about that or just Googled it? I just Googled it.

It was just kind of like, don't be too worried. I was like, all right. Google's everyone's backup doctor, right? Exactly. Google's my backup everything. So that's cool. Any whozies? I want to talk about our friends, Nia and Danny Bucco. Shout out.

And they have a podcast, if you guys don't listen to it yet, you should. It's called Hold My Crown. They just had a recent episode and I saw this social clip that they posted called Vandered Dumped in the Valley. And I was like, that is intriguing. Good job guys, I need to know.

And so what they're discussing is what they thought about Vanderpump rules being rebooted and if that would bring more viewership to our show, would it help or would it do the opposite? Would it hinder? Would it steal viewers, right? Right. So what do you think? Because I have thoughts. I don't think it's going to steal any viewers. I think it's a lot of overlap, and they're obviously not going to air them at the same time.

Well, you would hope not. They very well may. We could be their lead-in. I mean, I don't know if they filmed it yet or when they are filming it. I don't see it being really related, because if there's no overlap this way, like the overlap the other direction, Vanderpump, Into the Valley makes sense, but with a whole new cast, I don't see how it makes any sense

when no one works there anymore. No one's really related to that area. The new cast? I think the point is the new cast does work there. No, the new cast does. I'm saying none of the old cast, no one from the valley, like there's no actual tie to it that makes any sense. Oh, I see. You're saying the new cast of Vanderpump Rules does not have any relation to the cast of The Valley.

Yeah, I assume so, because I mean... No, I agree, because I don't know anyone that works there. I don't know anyone that works there. I don't know who the cast is or anything. And I will say, I knew some people who had been spoken to in the past about joining the new show. This is before they announced the reboot even.

I did have some people that I knew that were in talks and in kind of like possibly considering this could be like a thought, right? Which happens I think with a lot of shows. Like they're always like looking down different avenues of like what kind of people and who's friends with who and blah, blah, blah, right? Cause they want it to be authentic.

But from what I have heard through my sources, which I'm not saying this is fact, but from what I've heard, my friends are not a part of it. And that they are like, strictly going, what? No, I'm not talking about Vanderpump people. I'm talking about people that I know that are not, that were never on Vanderpump rules, that have worked for the companies and have been interviewed for the new Vanderpump Rules, that have worked for the companies and have been interviewed for the new Vanderpump Rules.

But from what I'm hearing, they're going this route of like younger, more specific people that work there. Right. I mean, it kind of makes sense. Where the show started was, you know, all this chaos, dating each other, cheating on each other. There's never going to be another us. I completely agree. I don't know. I think. There's never gonna be another us. I completely agree. I don't know, I think the Valley's gonna do great regardless.

We had a good first season, we're gonna have a better second season. Oh, for sure. So my opinion is that, listen, there are some major moments of vulnerability on our season two of The Valley, and then I think our audience will get to know our cast and our friends so much more in depth

as our stories continue on from season one. And so my hope is always that people will watch and relate to us first of all, right? That's what you hope. Right, of course. That they find themselves in us. And of course that they're entertained. And I actually, there's this quote,

I think Kristin Chenoweth posted this on her Instagram the other day, and it like really resonated with me. And it was about acting, but I took it in a way that reminded me of doing like a docu-series. And it's this quote from Julianne Moore that says, I always say about acting,

the audience doesn't come to see you, they come to see themselves. So if you're able to give them an experience where they feel, oh my gosh, that's me, that's my story, they know, then you've done your job. And that is exactly how I've always felt on Banderpump Rules and Now the Valley. Is that people come to watch our show because they see themselves in us.

I mean, that makes total sense as a viewer. It's not something as someone in the, you know, in front of the camera. I don't think about that ever. Right. No, I agree with you. I think it resonates with me because even though we are just like quote unquote, like living our lives,

we also have a story to tell. And that is a part of our job, but it's also a part of our whole crew's job. That's why our crew is so important. And I like that over the years, we've got to stop pretending like the crew wasn't around. Like, you know, like they started making producer voices heard on our show and showing a camera here and there,

because the crew has so much to do with it. And it doesn't, for me, break the magic by any means. I think that it just shows, like, it takes a village to make a show like that. It takes amazing producers to pull that vulnerability out of us. And it takes the editors to help tell our story. Right. There's so much trust involved too.

It's a weird world. I'm still getting used to it. So anyway, that's where I do agree with that Julianne Moore quote, because I think that even though no, we're not acting, so we're not trying to tell a certain story in order to get the audience, right? But we are having to be so vulnerable. And what I have loved about doing this show and shows like this for years and years

is having people come up to me and saying, thank you for being so honest and vulnerable about that. Like Nia with her postpartum last year. Anytime I've gone through a breakup and people being like, thank you for doing, like talking about it because it's not something that's easy to talk about And it got me through mine. And then of course, there's the entertainment aspect of it as well

So anyway, it's just something that I feel like very proud of Something that we've been able to accomplish throughout the years I've been on TV and I think that alone is why people will continue to watch the valley and I agree is I don't think that the new reboot will hinder us in any way. If anything, I hope it will help us because maybe the people who haven't given the Valley a shot yet, they don't have the familiarity of Vanderpump rules anymore. So they're going to want to come over to us. That is exactly what I think. I think that the Vanderpump people last year that didn't want to give the Valley a try for whatever reason,

if they've got, you know, as a viewer, something against you or Jax or Brittany from the past, now... Nobody has anything against Brittany. You're probably right. Yeah, yeah. Like, that is an excuse not to watch it now. They're probably like, all right, fine, I'll give it a chance. Mm-hmm. Give us a chance, you guys. You know, I'm very excited, though.

It was a very raw season. A lot of vulnerability from a lot of different cast members that I think are, it's going to be very, very relatable. I'll say I was more vulnerable than I was first season, that's for sure. Yeah. You shed some tears. You shed some man tears. Maybe.

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Yeah. I think what, it's just the end of the year and then that's it, right? I don't know the exact closing date, but I know that was like kind of their last hurrah as far as... Schwartz said that was the last day he was probably mentally there. Like, fully mentally there.

It was like his mental, emotional, like, goodbye night. Yeah, that makes sense. Schwartz was there, you, me, and Lala, I think were all the cast that showed up. Well, Sandoval showed up. Well, we were there, yeah, we were there because we found out, because Shorts texted us and said

that all of our crew members were gonna be there. Like the Valley crew members, all of the Vanderpump rules, a bunch of those crew members, even from like going back to season one. And they kind of all got together through one of our producers that invited everyone. And so that was why I wanted to go. I'm like, wait, this is so cool.

I don't love being at a bar pregnant. Clearly. It's not the most fun I've ever had. You don't like leaving the house really? I don't. I hope that that changes for me, but right now I just like my bubble. But I did really want to go and I wanted to see everyone.

It was very packed in there. So I was very excited for Tom. Tom had a Polaroid camera. He's like the dad. He's like, come on guys, let's take pictures. He wants to encapsulate all of his memories. So we had a Polaroid and then he had a little pod track, which is what we record our podcast on. And he was carrying that around doing an audio diary and having crew members and friends say a little like a little quick story about Shorts and Sandys or a time they've been there. So I thought that was super cute of him.

It was cool. I mean, Shorts, he really poured his heart and soul. He gave everything he had for that bar. You know, I think it's, you know, got to be bittersweet for them because moving on has to feel good at the same time closing down something they've worked so hard on, put so much money and effort, time. Like they lived this for years and closing it down, end of an era,

but hey, new doors open, it has to be like a weight off their shoulders. Yeah. Well, I was talking to one of my old producers and this is someone I worked with for a very long time, very closely. We didn't always get along. We definitely butted heads at certain points.

And he said that he was talking about me the other day to someone, and that he will always remember me, like in his life throughout his work, because I'm so punk rock. You're so punk rock. He's like, he's like, Kristen Doty, you are so punk rock.

You do not care what anyone thinks. And he's like, I care what people think. You just don't care. And I kind of was like, yeah, you are so punk rock. You do not care what anyone thinks. And he's like, I care what people think. You just don't care. And I kind of was like, yeah, you're right. And I'm like, wait, is that a good thing or a bad thing? And I said, like, well, I'm more, I have more, I have manners, like I've grown up a bit of like being like, damn the man, fuck you kind of mentality,

but he's not wrong. I don't really care what people think. I'm open, I'm very open to hearing opinions and having my opinion changed, but I will stand up and I will fight to the death for what I do believe in. 100%. I mean, I'd imagine anyone listening to this podcast knows that about you.

But it is cool to hear that from somebody that you had kind of... I've never been called punk rock before. It's pretty cool. That smile on your face right now, you freaking love it. I know. Is that going to be a new shirt? It just says punk rock. Oh my God, I'm going to make a onesie that says, I'm so punk rock and she's going to

wear it with our baby is going to wear it with her little pink Doc Martens I bought her. I love it. Yeah. Okay. So I left early from Short and Sandy's obviously. What happened after I left? I stayed, I talked to a lot of people.

I met people I didn't know were part of our production. There's always editors and story editors and story producers that you don't know. And they're like, hi, Luke, I'm so-and-so. I edited episodes three and four last year. And you're like, what? Yeah, I did. I met a few people. They're like, I'm working on five and six. I'm on eight and nine. That was cool. That Tom Sandoval showed up. He was in great spirits.

He had this poster that seven people signed. How did he look? Was he all right? Last time I saw him was on an Instagram live replay and he was looking pretty rough. 6 a.m., somewhere on the East Coast, smoking a cigarette and drinking a beer, eek. I think he looked fine. It looks like he's lost a little weight, but he looks all right.

Yeah. As a former smoker, cigarettes will do that to you. They make you lose weight. Oh, I missed that part of it. Just like what? Kills your appetite, essentially. Yeah. Yeah.

Have you ever heard like a model's diet is diet coke and a cigarette? I thought it was cigarettes and Adderall. Okay. You say Adderall now, I guess, because whatever. But it was, it's like back in the 90s, like all the supermodels, like the big supermodels of the 90s, it was like even Kate Moss, like diet coke and a cigarette. Okay, that makes sense.

It's like all they have. Yeah, maybe a little powder. Anyway, okay. So Sandoval didn't look messy. That's good. No. I always wish everyone well, but dude, you don dude, you can't take your bidness to Instagram Live if you don't want people asking about it and wondering and judging, you know?

Yeah, I mean, I agree. If you're going to put it out there, you're opening yourself to judgment. And all I know is like his girlfriend and I, it's not because I don't follow them on social media, but hello. I have Google alerts on myself and usually if I get a Google alert on myself it's can typically also be about like someone I was in the cast with and I saw that his girlfriend Victoria posted a story like a black page with like white font over it saying something along the lines of like he loves the best friends I'm heartbroken like alluding to that he cheated on her with one of her friends, and she felt so stupid about it.

And then I guess ended up deleting it, which is like, don't you have a friend you can call in times like that so you don't take to social media? But then I read this on Monday morning, maybe around like nine or 10 o'clock, and I guess it's 6 a.m. Monday, like East Coast time. Tom was drinking a beer, smoking a cigarette,

saying he doesn't smoke anymore, he quit smoking. And trying to tell the story of whatever happened between them about some concert. And he never really got to the point of the story, which sounds exactly like Tom. So that's kind of all we ever knew. Yeah, I mean, I did ask him, or I was right next to him when someone asked how things are with him and Victoria, and he said they're fine. So I guess she then took to Instagram again

and said something along the lines of like, that things were fine now, he's the most supportive partner she's ever had. And I don't know if she said it was a misunderstanding, but something like that. I'm like, y'all are fucking messy. Like I used to be messy, but not in my forties messy. Babe, I am so glad that neither you or I take to social media for any of our disagreements.

I mean, we're a real couple. Cause you can't take that back. It's like like you can't put the toothpaste back in the tube. Right. People screenshot and they record stuff. Like, then it's all out there and then changes. You're asking for judgment. Asking for judgment that's more likely going to be more negative than positive. Of course.

Because especially when you're only giving people, and you are on a reality show and blah, blah, blah, but like you're giving people a tiny bit of truth. It's like what I say when, like, when, when I, if I think you're, I don't know, not just you, you or a friend or whatever. And I'm like, if you don't tell me like everything about how you're feeling, I start making things up in my mind. You know what I mean?

Yeah, you definitely do that. I totally do. So it kind of weird comparison, but it's like that when someone like Tom and Victoria go on their social media They give us a little snippet of something and then just and then that's it then ghost us We're kind of like so what the frick happened? What is going on? I don't know. I mean, it's probably best if it doesn't come out Maybe just like lay off the fun bags know you say about boo. Sorry lay off the fun bags. That's not what you say about boobs.

Sorry, lay off the fun stuff and just like be a little keifer a little bit. Speaking of fun bags, you're looking good, baby. Yeah, yeah. Those are the milk bags now. It's all I'm good for. It's all I'm good for these days. Just kidding. Yeah. So what did you say about a poster at Schwartz and Sandy's?

Oh, yeah, yeah. So Tom had a poster, he had people signing, crew, cast, whoever. I saw Ariana's signature on it. And someone commented, that must not have been easy to get, or something like that. I mean, I think, I don't know,

maybe Schwartz asked her for it, or I don't know who, I don't know. I don't know, but Ariana, I think she's civilized. Good for her. Right? Yeah, good for her. Or maybe, I don't know, what are they doing with she's civilized. Good for her. Right? Yeah, good for her. Or maybe, I don't know, what are they doing with it?

Are they giving it to charity or like? I think it's just a memory thing. I would imagine, saying of all, Mike Framon and put it in his house. I don't know. Yeah, no idea. I don't have my signature on it. Why didn't anyone ask me?

I didn't ask where it was going. I did say my signature wasn't on it and Tom's like, oh yeah, right after this. Then I got pulled somewhere else and never happened. They're missing some pretty important signatures. Pretty important, I don't think I'm that important. Well, we wish them well. I'm very, very proud of Tom Schwartz.

He has really given everything he's got, especially, I mean, the whole time the bar has been open, but I will say, especially since they've announced, which had to be so difficult, that they decided to walk away and step away from Shorts and Sandys. Tom Schwartz has been there, like every night he's been on social media every day,

really pushing things, really thanking everyone, being super specific and posting videos of like the fans and the patrons. And Schwartz is just an all around good dude. Yeah, love Schwartz. I hope he joins the Valley. I don't know what I need to do. That's my Christmas wish.

Well, I mean. I mean, he's, everyone kind of knows he'll be a part of season two, as well as like Lala and Sheena are a little bit a part of season two, but I really hope I can just steal Schwartz. Yeah, me too. I mean, I love Schwartz. He's definitely my favorite person from the OG Vanderpump cast

other than you. But yeah, Schwartz is great. Great dude. Yeah, he actually when I was leaving Schwartz and Sandy goes, Luke, I'm hitting you up this week. We're going golfing. All around good, dude. OK, so I want wanna talk about something very briefly. That's gonna start with a very unpopular opinion. Speaking of social media, but I'm sure a lot of you have been keeping up with the James Kennedy news

that I've been fairly quiet about. Oh, my heart's beating so fast as I'm talking about it. So I do not speak to Rachel Raquel-Leviss at all, but I have read some things that she has been speaking out about. I think her rep was the first to speak out, and then she kind of has said some things as well. And again, unpopular opinion,

but I resonate very much with some of the things that Rachel has recently said. But I do want to say that me relating to her experience does not negate the fact that I do not support her lawsuit against Ariana. I still think that's very ridiculous, but two things can be true at the same time. Like, two things can happen at the same time,

and one does not have to do with the other. So I know, again, like I said, very little at this point about the James situation, and it's for good reason. Something that Rachel said was that it is very heavy to re-examine. And I couldn't agree more. It is also very heavy to think about the too many moments that I lived. And it is all very triggering. And I have battled with speaking out to like help with my healing, but then also needing a break to maintain my peace in this pregnancy. So it's like really been a big battle between those two things. So I do have some things to say I

will address it soon. And for just now I want to say James Kennedy, domestic abuse is not a challenging moment. soon. And for just now, I want to say, James Kennedy, domestic abuse is not a challenging moment. Okay? And to Ali, I hope that you have all of the support that you deserve. So that is all. Switching gears.

Switching gears. Switching gears completely. I want to talk about TikTok. I believe you do. I do want to talk about TikTok. So believe you do. I do want to talk about TikTok. So Luke, you're familiar with the ban that is set to take place. Yeah, I didn't know all the specifics. I don't have TikTok personally, so I don't follow it that close,

but I am aware that it's due to be banned soon, like in a month or something. Yeah, January 19th is the date. I'm really fucking bummed out because I am just now starting to understand TikTok. Like I'm not going to lie guys. Zach Wickham has to help me with every single TikTok that I do. I don't completely understand like formatting of it and all the intricacies of posting on TikTok, but I really enjoy it now. And like a year ago, two years ago, I was not the girl that was like, oh, I'm scrolling on TikTok all day long. I scroll on Instagram.

TikTok was confusing as hell to me. And for some reason, my for you page was like real shitty. So I'm like, why would anyone scroll? I hate everything on my for you page. So now I love it and now I'm really bummed. But if you're not familiar with the band update this week, the Supreme Court announced that it will review TikTok's challenge against the ban and oral arguments are set for January 10th. However, from what I read, the ban is still set for January 19th.

So that's going to be a real interesting week. Yeah, I mean, the whole is the whole reason because it's like Chinese owned and they're, they're like harvesting I see that as what lawmakers say It's the tick-tock is a national security risk because it gives China unrestricted access to our data Right, and I mean the updates I don't know. I don't have it obviously, but you know Instagram updates Apple updates You know, I doubt anyone reads all these agreements Do we know what we're agreeing to when we update our TikTok

or whatever it is? I don't know, it's such a weird world. So what originally happened was last spring, I think it was like last April or May, Congress passed a law that TikTok had to be either sold to a non-Chinese company or a band. And so that's kind of where we've been like at a standstill since then.

And I know somewhere, I wanna say, I believe it was still in the spring, somewhere right after there, there were, I believe eight TikTok users who were trying to sue because they were saying it was an infringement on freedom of speech. Yeah, that won't go anywhere. I don't think so either.

No, I mean, national security ranks higher than, I don't think so either. No, I mean, I do. I mean, ranks higher than I mean, how is it there's a million platforms, not a million, but there's a few major platforms. I do agree that it is I think that it's going to hit a lot of people where it hurts financially, because I think economically, it has been very lucrative for a lot of creatives. I agree in the way of and I don't just mean like the Charlie de Milio of creatives in the way of, and I don't just mean like the Charlie D'Amelio of them all

or the people that do the little dances and then they get super famous because they're like young and cute. I'm talking like a chef who like has a cool cookbook and they're really able, they've learned how to make these cool TikToks of like cooking things and then they can sell their cookbook because of their format on or their platform on TikTok.

Things like that, that maybe we wouldn't see normally. And those are the kinds of pages that I really like to follow are the creatives like, oh my God, look how they made this or could they created that. So I do think it's a bummer. Is it enough to help overturn this? I don't know. Yeah, I don't think so. I don't know where it's going to go. I don't know where it's gonna go.

I hope that they can find a happy medium because I really don't want TikTok to go away. Just now getting it guys. I'm sure millions of people will share your view, babe. It's finally fun for me. Please help the old people like me. It just takes us a little bit longer than everyone else, you know?

I don't wanna, because half the Instagram reels that I watch are actually TikToks that people posted on Instagram. You know what TikTok did do is that you cannot save your video anymore without the TikTok watermark. Used to be able to do that. And I was putting them on my Instagram and now it has the TikTok watermark no matter what, which is just, it's fine,

but it's not aesthetically pleasing, you know? Yeah, I mean, that makes sense. I'm sorry, this is, yeah, not my topic here. Here's something I think you are interested in though. Speaking of TikTok though, in my feed, if you guys don't know about this, I saw Google Maps Street View recently caught a man loading what appeared to be a body wrapped in plastic into the trunk of his car in Spain.

This is so interesting. Is this the first time this ever happened? Do you know? Okay. So I did, of course, had to look that up. What I found, and maybe there's more, is that Google technology has helped investigators make breakthroughs in cases before. 2022, an Italian mafia boss who was on the run for decades was arrested after he was spotted on Google Maps. And then in 2019, the remains of a man that was missing for 22 years were finally found because someone zoomed in on his former Florida neighborhood with Google satellite images and noticed a car submerged in a lake. Wow. Yeah, wild, huh? And then there's also just been like really fun and weird things

that have been caught on there. And people have played pranks. Like I saw something. Oh, I know about the pranks. They're so funny. You see the car coming and you. Yeah, there was there was something. And I don't remember what country it was in.

It was a country in Asia and they all had these weird masks on. And they were all like when they were getting ready to see like the Google car or whatever, and they were all just like standing in a row wearing like pig masks or some kind of weird animal masks. That's creepy. Super creepy. Just people being silly. Yeah. But yeah, so this is so crazy. So I guess what happened is this guy who I believe is a Cuban national, he, so this is in Spain in a small town that I probably can't pronounce. He went missing. He was reported missing by a relative in November of 2023.

I don't know exactly when, I guess these images were submitted. I guess when they're taking these images for Google Maps, they have to be submitted to be posted. I'm sure they have to be edited. I mean, they blur people's faces. They have to blur out license plates, have to do these things. So somebody's going through and finishing this, right? Right, it's like a whole process.

So during this time is when they realized this man, at first there was also another image of the same person. It was a silhouette, but it was clearly the same person with a wheelbarrow on the same street, or like down the street, pushing what appears to be a body, what wrapped in white plastic. And then they have all these different angles of the same man loading, clearly a body.

So the guy ended up getting arrested, the man who did this got arrested in, I'm gonna say November 12th, and it was a love triangle. So the man who was deceased, I believe his name was Jorge, his wife and the wife's mister, is that what you call a male mistress? Yeah, that'd be my guess. Sure.

So the wife and the mister, they were plotting to kill the husband and obviously did. And then his remains were found in a cemetery. He was dismembered. Like his torso was found in the cemetery, but they have not found the rest of the remains. So they got caught. And I bet they thought they got away with it. How fucking crazy is that? Also, did you know that you can choose to blur your house out on Google Maps? You know, that makes sense because I've gone on Google Maps sometimes and been looking at

certain areas and there's a house or a whole area sometimes like a property that's just blurred out. You can't see what's there. Yeah. For safety purposes, I guess, to protect from burglars. But I want your opinion on this, okay? Do you think it is a red flag to burglars if your property is blurred out? What do you mean, a red flag to burglars? So, because the reason people do it, right, is that they're like, if there are burglars online,

like looking for images of houses, they're looking for assets worth stealing, security barriers, house layouts, right? That's what these burglars are looking for images of houses. They're looking for assets worth stealing, security barriers, house layouts, right? That's what these burglars are looking for. So if your house is purposefully blurred out, do you think it's a red flag? And I'm asking. A burglar is gonna be like,

ooh, that house must be, they must be popping with some stuff. Like they must have sick cars and like nice things. No, I don't think so. Or do you think a burglar would be like, not worth our time? I think they'd just go next. Okay.

Yeah, there's so many houses. It's just like, unless it was something specific they're already planning on, they already knew there was some stuff in there, then they get on and that's like their confirmation. You know, it's like, okay, they blurred it out. We're right about this one. Yeah.

Maybe, but I don't know. You're trying to get in the mind of a burglar. Would you blur your house out if you were a homeowner? You know, that's- I feel like I would. Wouldn't be high on my list, but if it was- I feel like why not? I agree, yeah, why not?

Why not take your name off of white pages and do those things too, right? Yeah, okay, so for those of you that would like to, all you have to do is go on the website, but not on your mobile app for Google Maps, and you just report a problem on the website. There's like a little thing in the corner. You click the drop down menu and you say, report a problem.

And then you just write to them and say, I would like to blur my house, da da da. They'll get back to you. You give them your address. I guess you probably have to show some sort of proof and then they'll do it for you. What do you think about though, like, paparazzi? If they're like, find out you live on a certain street and they want to be outside and there's only one house on the street, it's blurred out. You think they're gonna check there, you know, hang out there first,

assuming they're looking for a celebrity? Paparazzi show up when they know the address. Or they follow people. Okay, fair. It's pretty easy. Obviously new to the paparazzi world as well. That's either they're following people or they know their address because it's been posted online somewhere.

Fair enough. But I would like to say this last thing that I don't agree with, just in accordance to household burglaries and whatnot. This same article that I was reading said that in 2019, fewer than 1% of households experienced a burglary according to the Department of Justice. I would like to say that that entire 1% lives in the Valley in Los Angeles. Okay, just think about like 1% of,

we're getting close to 400 million. How often do we read that houses in our neighborhood, luckily not super close to us, but like in our general vicinity, are getting burglarized? Every week. All the fucking time. Like it's wild to me. Don't think you're coming for us.

We have, we have all this stuff. I think Sherman Oaks boxed up more. We have lights, we have cameras. We have a German Shepherd who will bite your face off. We also have a security system. I mean, we are secure. You know, a German Shepherd is like the best defense. Yeah.

More than any of the other things. So she might look cute, but she'll bite your fucking face off. Jill, you're a write-off. I don't know if you knew that. That's a good thing. I can't with off. Jill, you're a write-off. I don't know if you knew that. That's a good thing. I can't with you. Jill, you're a write-off. Let's see.

And other news. Oh, one of my absolute favorite shows of all time that I've talked about on this podcast in the past is coming back in early 2025. It is called Undercover Underage. It was previously on Max, AKA HBO Max, I have to call it HBO Max, it's weird. But it was on there, they did not pick it up for another season, like morons. So Undercover Underage is coming back for another season,

they are doing it themselves, and it will be on YouTube. And I'm very excited about this. The nonprofit that runs this show, like that it's kind of like all integrated, it's called Sosa Together, and that's safe from online sex abuse. So the show essentially is about finding these online predators that go after children

and getting them hopefully sent to jail, exposing them, educating, creating awareness to all of us that this is a real thing and how, unfortunately, how simple it is for some of these people to do this. And I cared so much in general, but now I was like a mom-to-be because it's crazy when you, if you guys go back and watch the show, I hope you can still watch it on some kind of platform, like some of these disgusting pedophiles

will literally go after babies, like toddlers. It's absolutely fucking crazy. So as a parent-to-be, I just think what Sosa is doing and the way that they raise awareness with this show that they produce, I think is just fantastic. So I'm really happy and really proud of my friend Ru Powell for doing this and doing it on their own. And I hope everyone watches.

And I think it's really cool. And I think the biggest thing that they really show is like the behavior, like the websites that these predators target, how they find these people. I mean, you can set up your own internet security for your kids, like, okay, we're staying off of this website and this website. It's educational in that way.

Like roadblocks and stuff like that. Yeah, exactly. I think, I don't know, it's really smart to have something like that out there to make yourself aware, to help protect your kids, and to educate your kids on the signs of someone they shouldn't trust. Yeah, exactly. Hell yeah, dude. So I'm very excited about that and other television news. I only have a couple of Christmas movies,

like new ones that I've been watching. I'm struggling, guys, and I will watch Christmas movies until New Year's Day, like for real. So if you have any, please DM me. Please send us an email. Give me a long list. I've probably seen all the major ones, but ones that I have liked recently. There's one called A Snow Globe Christmas that is on Prime.

It only has a 27% in Rotten Tomatoes. I'm gonna have to fight that 27% because I enjoyed it. I haven't seen it. A Snow Globe Christmas is from 2013. It has amazing actors. It has Alicia Witt, it has Donald Faison and Christina Milian, but this is not to be confused with the other Christina Milian movie just called Snow Globe Christmas.

Wait, it's the Snow Globe Christmas? No, it's, wait, there's one called A Snow Globe Christmas, which is the one I'm talking about. The other one is called Snow Globe. Snow Globe, got it. So not to be confused with Snow Globe with also Christina Milian, but Snow Globe Christmas is so good.

And I really enjoyed it, right? Like all the way to the end. You have to watch the ending. It brings it all full circle. Highly recommend. And then also Nutcrackers with Ben Stiller, that is on Hulu. That is also a fantastic Christmas movie.

So that new one, Red One, that came out. Yeah, how did you feel about Red One? Did you make it through as I fell asleep? I fell asleep and then I woke up and rewind it and tried. I don't remember the ending though. Yeah, they lost me. I had a tough time, but I love The Rock. I love him.

I love anything he does. I do kind of like the concept. It seems like something. I hate the concept. Well, for me, I like action. I like that sort of. It's like sci-fi though. That's why I didn't like it.

I like action. I mean, it's a different's like sci-fi though, that's why I didn't like it. I like action. I mean, it's a different, interesting, different take on the whole thing, right? Like Santa Claus is a superhero, essentially. I think it's kind of cool, but it couldn't keep me in it. I mean, I fell asleep, so I haven't finished it, but I guess I got to label it a little disappointing. Yeah, we can try it again, but... If you really want to. Yeah.

Yeah. Yeah. Oh, well, there's other better ones. Yeah, there are. So, babe, do you have any New Year's resolutions? I know you don't usually. I don't. I'm not a resolution kind of gal. I think I make resolutions often throughout the year. So for one to be like, for all of 2025, I just wanna be more at peace,

which is probably not gonna happen with a newborn coming into my life. But I don't wanna let my own head get to me. So it's just like an all around resolution kind of thing. But I'm not, yeah, I'm not a resolution kind of gal. How about you? I like it, more peace in your life, to put it simply. I wanna start a new business.

I mean, California, I still have way more time on my hands. You're way more busy than I am, which when the baby comes in June, I'll be far more busy. Yeah, we're both going to be like, holy shit. Oh, yeah, I'm sure. I don't think anyone's ever ready. But I need to start something else that I can do from home. And I've got a few ideas. So, I love that.

Yeah, I need something else to keep me occupied and productive, you know? Yeah, something else to keep your brain going. Yep, I gotta step it up out there. We like being busy. We're busy bodies. And then for Christmas, as of right now, I hope my family's not listening to this.

As of right now, I have a flight book to go home for the holidays. I'm literally flying in on Christmas Eve with my dog, with Gibson, and going straight from the airport to my grandma's house for Christmas Eve. And then a lot of chilling. I have told a couple of my girlfriends that I will see while I'm there.

The one thing is that I need to move my body. I need to get my steps in. I do not wanna just be like sitting around, watching people drink and eat and be merry. I can't do it. I don't wanna be a blob. Like I'm used to like moving around here so much, but it's cold there.

So, you know, I can't really be doing a lot of walking outside. So I don't know, do I have to mall walk? Do I need to bring my ankle weights? I don't know what the solution is, but I need to move my bod. And of course I have times of craziness where I'm like, I'm not going, I'm canceling my flight.

I want to be home alone in California because pregnancy is hard. Yeah. I mean, I don't really want to, I didn't want to talk about this because I'm torn. I don't feel good about my plans. So I don't know. Well, you need to go home.

You need to go home. You know, you bless your family. You lost your grandmother this year. You want to be there for your dad. I think that is fantastic of you. I mean, it's my dad's first holiday season without either parent. I really feel like I need to be there.

I wasn't able to be as present as I would have liked to be at the funeral. And- Which is understandable. I just, yeah, I feel like I need to be back there. However, I'm still very torn because I feel wrong not being with you on Christmas. Yeah, but you know how I feel about Christmas. Like honestly, it's like what people say about Valentine's Day.

They're like, I feel like Christmas is a fucking homework holiday. It's like a reason to like buy presents for people. I don't look at it the same way that I used to. When I was little, it was like, this is Jesus's birthday. We have a cake for Jesus's birthday and we go to church and like, blah, blah, blah, which is beautiful and wonderful, but it just feels more like,

let's all get together and eat a shit ton and give presents. And I like giving presents. I don't like receiving presents. I don't need anything. I'm trying to get rid of things. You're so hard to buy for. That's why I just get you a bunch of candles. But, no, I mean, that's not how I look at it.

I want to be with family. I want to be with you. I think about it as like the time when everybody sets aside to come back together. It's not about what I get for gifts. I mean, I... But I feel like, see, I feel like the... Just this is just me. I'm not negating what you're saying. I just feel like that can be any time of year. Like we, we actually, for my family, we end up doing that in September every year

for my mom's birthday. Myself, my brother and sister always put my mom first and we're always like, let's go home first in September for mom's birthday. And we're going to go to the Renaissance festival. And we're, to me, that's like my Christmas with that side of my family. Yeah.

Kind of. I mean, that's fair, yeah. And also, I don't like cold weather. Yeah, I guess, I don't know. It's just been ingrained in me, and I don't mind cold weather at all. Actually, I kind of, I like feeling seasons, and I have all the freaking gear for winter,

everything from ice fishing to skiing to hunting to literally anything you can do in the winter, ice skating, I've got the gear. So it's nice to use it once in a while. Maybe if I weren't pregnant, I'd feel differently. But I just feel like it's just not my thing this year. I think you should just do your thing and they'll see you after and like, who cares? Okay. That's just how I feel. Well, I love you. And it's not going to make me feel that much better. I still feel like we should be together and- We're gonna be together every single Christmas

for the rest of our lives after this because we're gonna have a baby. Yeah, I know. Like if I had my way, we would literally be on vacation this year. The dogs would be like at a babysitter. I wouldn't see anyone except for you and a beach. That's if I have my way.

Maybe next year we can do a little close staycation, rent something in like San Diego. No, I'm talking like get the fuck out of California. Okay, fair. That's what I mean. In the future, we will do that. Merry Christmas, everyone. Merry Christmas, happy holidays.

Thanks for listening, everybody. Oh, and we are gonna be on hiatus for the next two weeks because of the holidays. So we love you and we'll be back in 2025. See you next year. Make sure to follow us on social media. You can follow me on all platforms at Kristen Doty and follow Luke on Instagram at Luke double underscore Broderick. Be sure to click the subscribe button so you can stay up to date with new episodes. Thanks for listening. See you next week.