The Philip DeFranco Show - PDS 10.18 This Disturbing Adele & Lizzo "Problem" Exposes A Lot, Hooters Scandal, Horror in Philadelphia, &

Episode Date: October 18, 2021

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Sup you beautiful bastards! Welcome back to the Philip DeFranco Show. I'm very excited to kick off another week of ruining each and every one of your days by highlighting what's happening in the world and what a dark way to open the show, but that's very on brand for me. So hey, hit that like button, otherwise I will punch others and social media. I lied, but also I didn't because some of this stuff today is heavy, but here we go. As a body image and the conversation happening about it on social media has recently gotten a lot of attention. This is because in the last week, we've had a number of celebrities speaking on it. Actor Jonah Hill on Instagram Wednesday, playing with fans saying,

"'I know you mean well, but I kindly ask "'that you not comment on my body, good or bad. "'I want to politely let you know it's not helpful "'and doesn't feel good. Much respect." With his comments coming just a few months after he previously opened up about his childhood and security saying that at that time they were exacerbated

by years of public mockery about his body, by press and interviewers. You've also got Rebel Wilson making headlines today like, "'Rebel Wilson' opened up about the frustrating public obsession with her body rather than her career." Saying, "'In 2019, I had like four movies come out, two of which I produced and one, "'Jojo Rabbit,

which was nominated for an Academy Award for best picture. Yet I get more press the following year when I do nothing except lose weight. With Wilson, while yes, seemingly frustrated because she's the focus of it, kind of also understanding why the public feels this way. Saying people are so obsessed with weight, but I get it. Oprah is one of my heroes.

She certainly struggled with eating issues, and I would always watch her episodes when she spoke about that. Also, personally, I will say as someone who, as an adult, and having my same frame has been 260 as well as 180, I love what she said. I think what's been really interesting is how other people treat you.

Sometimes being bigger, people didn't necessarily look twice at you. And adding, now that I'm in good shape, people offer to carry my groceries to the car and hold doors open for you. Honestly, if you're looking for a reason to hate people, if you're a large person, lose some weight and then really see the difference in how people treat you.

It's something. And then finally, and I think the person that's kind of gotten the most spotlight from this issue, I think, is Adele. She's had a massive transformation, revealing in 2020 that she had lost a ton of weight, which sparked a ton of conversation, debate, and controversy.

And in a recent interview in Vogue, we saw Adele claiming that this isn't actually new, saying, my body's been objectified my entire career. It's not just now. But also adding regarding this new change, I understand why it's a shock. I understand why some women especially were hurt. Visually, I represented a lot of women,

but I'm still the same person. And with that adding, the worst part of the whole thing was that the most brutal conversations were being had by other women about my body. I was very disappointed with that. That hurt my feelings. And hitting at home with, you don't need to be overweight to be body positive.

You can be any shape or size. I personally believe that that last note that adele hit on is incredibly important right when i say no matter your weight you are a human being deserving of love and decency i think most everyone agrees with that but also unfortunately many people treat that as a one way street right it's usually in reference to people that are larger and sometimes with some people that turns into like a glorification of living an unhealthy lifestyle, so much so that when then larger people who are like, "'Hey, accept me for who I am, "'no matter what my body looks like,'

"'when they try and get healthy, "'they get massive waves of backlash, right?' "'We've seen it with, yes, Rebel Wilson and Adele, "'but another notable figure is probably Lizzo.'" Like if you wanna criticize Lizzo over something like the video that recently came out where she's gushing over, hugging up on and telling famed woman abuser Chris Brown, you're my favorite person, we gotta get a picture.

That makes sense, but her trying to live a healthy lifestyle, why? And yes, I understand that when we look to certain celebrities, we might relate to them, we might see ourselves in them, and so when there's a drastic change, maybe it's a little jarring, but we don't own that person. People see celebs' personal journeys

as personal attacks on them. Yeah, for me, that's the story. Some of my morning thoughts is the first story of the day. And so I want to pass the question off to you. What do you feel about any aspect of the story, whether it be a specific celebs or just the conversation in general? Also in other news about the showcasing of bodies

to the public, we should talk about what's happening with the restaurant chain Hooters right now. With the chain being no stranger to controversy in recent years being hit with several lawsuits for things like weight, racial and gender discrimination, constantly getting backlash for its sexualization of women. And so when recently headlines came out that Hooters waitresses were getting new outfits,

people were like, okay, what are they gonna do to change with the times? And it's not what you maybe would be thinking. With numerous female employees showcasing the old shorts and then highlighting the new shorts, which I don't know if we can call those shorts. It kind of looks more like a thong that gets wide at the hips.

Right, so there have been a number of employees basically saying their underwear, I don't like this. Some even saying they've considered quitting because of the change, but also understand it's not just one thing. There are other employees saying they're fine with the change saying that they actually made more money because of it. So what we've seen is after a number of these TikToks

have gone viral, a spokesperson for Hooters said the decision was part of a collaboration with Hooters Girls in Texas, where they say the uniforms have received overwhelmingly favorable reviews from both Hooters Girls and customers. Also claiming that the uniform change was rolled out to select locations in Texas before expanding

to other stores owned by Hooters of America, LLC. But also after growing complaints, the company released a different statement saying that they appreciated the feedback and added, "'As we continue to listen and update the image "'of the Hooters girls, we are clarifying that they have the option to choose from traditional uniforms or the new ones.'"

It's one of the employees who went viral after speaking out, even saying the CEO of Hooters contacted her directly to tell her that workers could continue wearing the old shorts. And in her post about the news, she wrote, "'Couldn't have done it without all of you.'" Then, well, that makes no fucking sense. And let me explain why news.

A private school in Florida is now requiring that all students who get vaccinated have to now stay at home in quarantine for 30 days. This because according to a local Miami outlet, the school, Centner Academy, wrote a letter to parents describing the vaccines as experimental and saying, "'If you're considering the vaccine for your student,

"'we ask that you hold off until the summer "'when there will be time for the potential transmission "'or shedding onto others to decrease.'" And adding, "'Because of the potential impact "'on other students in our school community, "'vaccinated students will need to stay at home for 30 days post-vaccination for each dose and booster they receive

and may return to school after 30 days as long as the student is healthy and symptom-free. Now, to be clear, and it's incredibly unfortunate I'm having to say this about a place that is supposed to be educating children, what they're talking about here is based on anti-vax misinformation. It's bogus, it's been debunked, right?

This idea that the COVID vaccine can shed or release any other components. Agencies like the CDC noting that the so-called vaccine shedding can only occur when a vaccine contains a weakened version of the virus. And if a lot of these people that say they need to do more research actually did it, they would know, none of the authorized COVID-19 vaccines

in the United States contain the live virus that causes COVID-19. That means that a COVID-19 vaccine cannot make you sick with COVID-19. In fact, early research has suggested that vaccinated people are less likely to spread the virus than unvaccinated people. And beyond that, unvaccinated people

are more likely to spread the virus in general because they're much more likely to get the virus than vaccinated people. In fact, according to recently published CDC data as of August, unvaccinated people were six times more likely to get COVID than vaccinated people and 11 times more likely to die from the virus. Just on a personal note,

I think this is an incredibly important thing to remember. I think a lot of you understand this. You think, hey, this is common sense. But I mean, one of the most common things we've seen from people peddling vaccine misinformation to their massive audiences is, hey, if you get the vaccine, you can still get the virus, you can still spread it.

Yeah, but it's about dampening the numbers, making it so the big numbers aren't so big anymore, they're smaller. Right, big number is bad, small number is good. But common sense doesn't appear to matter to the leaders of Centner Academy. Co-founder David Centner doubling down and repeating even more debunked bullshit

in a statement to the Washington Post saying that the policy is a precautionary measure based on numerous anecdotal cases that have been in circulation. And adding the school is not opining as to whether unexplained phenomena have a basis in fact. However, we prefer to err on the side of caution when making decisions that impact the health

of the school community. And if any of this seems like it's ringing a bell, it sounds somewhat familiar. It's because back in April, the school made headlines when its leadership told vaccinated school employees that they were not allowed to be in contact with any students until more information was known. And they encouraged their employees to wait

until the summer to get the shot. And according to the New York Times, about a week after that, a math and science teacher allegedly told students not to hug their vaccinated parents for more than five seconds. Also reporting that the school's other co-founder, Layla Centner, discouraged masking, but when state health officials showed up,

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And as far as the specifics here, a spokesman for the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority said that the assault went on for around eight minutes with no one doing a thing until a transit employee boarded the train, called 911 with police arriving and arresting the man in the act.

With court records now showing that the man has been charged with rape, sexual assault, and aggravated indecent assault without consent among other crimes. With Timothy Bernhardt, the superintendent of the Upper Darby Township Police Department confirming yesterday that several passengers were in the train car, though investigators

were still trying to determine exactly how many were. With him going on to say that the video surveillance from the event made it absolutely clear that the passengers had the opportunity to stop the attack and didn't. Adding, I'm appalled by those who did nothing to help this woman. It's disturbing, I'm shocked, I have no words for it.

I just can't imagine seeing what you were seeing through your own eyes and seeing what this woman was going through that no one would step in and help her. And if you thought this story could not get worse, it does. Because Bernhardt said that investigators had received reports that some of the passengers who refused to help or even just call 911 recorded the attack on their phones.

And while this is still developing, police have not yet confirmed those reports. Bernhardt did know that the bystanders who failed to intervene could be criminally charged for filming the attack. But for now, that's where we are. We're gonna have to wait to see what happens. And I want to pass the question off to you here. What are your thoughts regarding the bystanders here, whether it be morally or legally?

I'd really love to hear from you. Then in, well, that's mildly horrifying news, we should talk about China. And that's because according to the Financial Times, it's now been learned that back in August, China launched a nuclear capable hypersonic missile. They're saying that it went around the Earth in low orbit and then it nearly hit a target. And if you're like, Phil, that sounds concerning. Well, it is, but maybe not for the reason that you might think it is. Or because it's not the speed.

Hypersonic missiles fly at around five times the speed of sound. But that is actually slower than a ballistic missile. What makes this mildly horrifying is that, unlike a ballistic missile, which is kind of locked in on its flight path, these can actually be maneuvered. And so there's this belief and concern

that China could just bypass the US's current defense systems and pretty much nuke anybody. And according to the Financial Times, it appears that this caught US intelligence officials off guard with one source reportedly telling them, "'We have no idea how they did this.'" Now, all of that said, for their part, China has denied this with China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs saying

that this was a spacecraft, not a missile, saying what separated from the spacecraft before returning was the supporting equipment of the spacecraft, which was burned and disintegrated in the process of falling into the atmosphere and landed on the high seas. So that is what they're saying publicly. But as the BBC noted, you have people like Michael Shoebridge, the director of defense strategy and national security

at the Australian Strategic Policy Institute saying, if a hypersonic missile had been tested, it would fit a pattern of escalation in nuclear and other strike weapons. It's a pattern of increasing capability without transparency. Plus, it should be noted that China's not the only one trying to figure out hypersonic weapons. According to reports, yes, you have China, the US, Russia, at least five other countries.

Yeah, I guess the main point of this story is do not worry. Whether it's true now or not, eventually we will be able to figure out a way to kill ourselves. If there's anything that human beings can do together, this is it. And then the final thing that we should talk about today are the supply chain and inflation issues

that we're seeing in the US. I know it does not sound sexy, but it's very important. Right, if you've checked the news out over the past week, you've probably seen something touching on this, but what is it? How is it actually affecting everyday people? Well, to start right now, US companies are having a very hard time

stocking their shelves with some products, right? It's not just PS5s. This is largely in part to several factors, all of which were induced by the pandemic. The first and most basic is that last year, you had a ton of consumer spending grinding to a halt with lockdowns alongside that. We saw production scaling back,

but now with more and more people coming back outside, a lot of businesses haven't been able to ramp up production to meet this increased demand. And then in addition to production issues, you've also got transportation issues. For example, we've talked multiple times about how businesses are finding themselves unable to fill open positions.

Currently, trucking is no different. In fact, the country is so stressed for drivers to haul freight that we're now seeing at least one high school in California launching a program to train seniors to drive big rigs. Meanwhile, Walmart, UPS, and FedEx have all now made 24-7 transportation commitments.

But the supply chain issues don't just stop with ground transportation. I mean, one of the most headline-grabbing situations that we've seen so far involves problems at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach in California. And for good reason, container ships are backed up. For reference here, pre-pandemic, it was pretty unusual for any cargo ship

to be seen waiting off the coast to get into one of the two ports, which processed 40% of all shipping containers entering the US. However, now you reportedly have dozens of ships waiting weeks to get in. So this isn't a small issue. This is a major bottleneck since tons of ships

need to pass through a single checkpoint. And then even once they unload, there's another major backlog involving shipping containers at the ports. So because of that, we've seen Long Beach extending its operational hours. Also this past Wednesday, we saw President Biden announcing that LA's port is now quote,

"'Operating around the clock 24 seven as part of a 90 day sprint to clear a path for cargo.'" All of that then in turn has led to a lot of places having to hike up their prices. Well, I understand why some outlets for fear and or clicks have framed this around Christmas, headlines like Christmas at risk, a supply chain disaster only gets worse.

To be clear, the consequences of this are so much more than that and they're already being felt. For example, we're seeing reports like some Colorado schools don't have enough milk for their students because of unprecedented supply shortages. Those schools urging students to bring refillable water bottles.

Meanwhile, other schools are struggling to find meats like turkey and chicken, orange juice, meal trays, plastic spoons and forks, right? This runs the gamut. The issues also extend to the housing market, right? Both labor and supply issues have led to an operational backlog for renovations and closings. With that, yesterday you had Zillow announcing

that it would stop buying up homes at least through December. With that leading to panic and investors pulling out of the company this morning, the stock plunging 11% as of recording. Understand, this isn't gonna be something that's figured out like next week or the end of the month. Analysts expect these bottlenecks to continue well past December. Some economists calling the factors leading to the situation a perfect storm. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg also echoing that on CNN yesterday. Yeah, main thing, this is the current reality.

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