The Toast - A Fetish For Normies: Thursday, March 30th, 2023

Episode Date: March 30, 2023

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Good morning, Millennials! Welcome back to the Toast. Happy Thursday. Thursday. That's right, latter half of the week. Congratulations. Hey, Jax. Jax.

How are you? I'm good, Claudia. Is there a reason for your somber tone in asking me? Should I not be well? It's not a somberity. It is a genuine... Curiosity? Thank you. I'm doing well thank you mostly because i know that tonight my turdy will be less than a mile apart i'll be in your arms you will be and

that brings me comfort solace joy and this is our last show of the week. So it feels like the week is, you know, slowly winding down. We have a very busy day tomorrow, but it will be different than all other days. Like why is tomorrow different from all other tomorrows? I have such a busy 36 hours. I am going to an event tonight, then heading straight to the airport,

flying to my family tomorrow. There is no show. Jackie and I have a busy day. And then we're going to celebrate Ben's birthday. And then it's Passover. It's just like kind of crazy. It's like meetings, meetings, meetings, birthdays, birthdays, birthdays. For me today, it's podcast, podcast, podcast. And today after the show, I am sitting down with Ben Soffer celebrity

I kind of want to give him the I feel like we've been talking a lot about him A lot of crap and I'm gonna give him a platform to offer a rebuttal It'll be our patreon episode our last one of the month that'll go up tomorrow So if you're in desperate need of a Friday episode, you'll have one on patreon and it'll be a video and audio Kind of Expose if you will, with Ben Soffer's celebrity, also known as Bean Soffer's celebrity. Yes, it will be eye-opening, I think.

But I also think it will be eye-opening in that we might get some context around some of this behavior of his. Yeah, like what's really going on? Yeah, and maybe we'll, I don't know, see him in a different light and be able to make sense of some of these things that he's been doing. I don't know what context could make it okay

to leave an open can of jar of beans in the cupboard for a week, but you never know what was going through Ben's mind. Did anybody ask? How's Ben doing? What's Ben thinking? What was Ben going through Ben's mind. Did anybody ask? How's Ben doing? What's Ben thinking? What was Ben going through? Right.

So amongst other things, that will be a big topic of conversation for you and Ben. Obviously, him being Ben's offer celebrity. Yeah. And by the way, I do want to update everyone because I think it's important to highlight the good when you're also highlighting the bad. This morning, me and Ben are both leaving tonight for Florida at 9 a.m. Our flight is until 9 p.m. Literally, he said he walks into the bedroom.

He said, you know what? Maybe I should pack now so I don't get overwhelmed later. Is he OK? I know. I was like, yes. I said, yes, that's very good. You should pack now so you don't get overwhelmed later. It's a little too good. I know I was like yes I said yes that's very good you should pack now so you don't get overwhelmed later it's a little too good

I know I mean I packed yesterday but my bar like I'm so up here with preparedness organization you can't compare to me yeah no that's that's really good so are you saying that we're making strides

I think some of the public shame is working, honestly. The public flogging? Shame. Shame. Us, you know, virtually throwing shit at him. I'm excited for your episode. I'm excited to hear from him. Also like Spritz updates, Ben updates, life updates.

Yeah, it'll be all of that. But I do think we'll spend a good chunk of time giving him the floor to defend himself yeah because there's been a lot slung at him a lot to defend yeah his behavior is defenseless but sure sure sure it's also his birthday coming up so maybe a tabula rasa for this new year yes tabula rasa um So it's a great Thursday. It's the latter half of the week. We're so close to the weekend. Congrats, everyone. We've got a great show for you guys today.

Period. You mean it? How can you be so certain, Turd? If you speak it, it will be. Yeah, plus we've never not had a great show. Even like, there are obviously some that are better than others, but we've never had a bad show. No, we've never not had a great show. Even like, there are obviously some that are better than others, but we've never had a bad show. No, we've never really had a bad show.

We've had a couple like good shows. Sometimes after we've been like podcasting without a day off or a mini vacation, like it gets a little. Monotonous. Yes, but it's still a good show. I do think though. It's a jolly good show. I feel as the purveyor of the stories today, I can say it's going to be a great show. I do think it's a jolly good show. I feel as the purveyor of the stories today, I can say it's going to be a great show because we have some really interesting stories today. Dynamic,

dynamic, dynamic, dynamic, dynamic, dynamic, dynamic, dynamic. Jackie, that's beautiful. Thank you, Turtle Lou. What did I want to update everyone on yesterday? Oh, we watched Vanderpump Rules, so we do have a TV recap. Yep. Not like a ton to discuss. It wasn't.

No, I pushed myself to stay up for it so that we could recap it today. Yeah, welcome. And it was a nothing of an episode, which I'm kind of grateful for because I didn't have the energy to get all fired up. So true. Like two weeks ago when we had the car scene, like in the galaxy lights, like I was getting fired up. I had to like parse all my emotions, like comb through the narratives to see how I truly felt about it.

But last night, there's no hot takes or anything. It was just gearing up for Sheener's wedding. And the big cliffhanger, you know, about a scene that we didn't even see. The cliff, oh my gosh, I'm shook. I'm dangling off of it. Oh, help. So we will do a TV recap of Vanderpump Rules. And we're just going to have, like I said, a jolly good show.

We shall. I think we should jump right in without further dilly-dallying. One thing about me is I'm a girl who's up for anything. I'm down. You want to dilly-dally? Sure. You want to dive in? Let's dive.

You want to talk about Arby's? You want to talk about Gyro's? Sure. Not Arby's. Commenting on our Instagram yesterday. What did they say? The thing is, and what did they say the thing is and what I love about our job is like there are so many toasters in high places like I know that

there is a toaster responsible who just selected my special for Delta like a lot of people thought that was like a big partnership with Delta no literally I know there's a toaster who's head of programming and she's like oh this looks good let me throw Claudia a bone love you girl send me a message I have another special coming out soon um and there are so many toasters who are social media managers like I'm pretty like the social media manager it's a red bull it's such a toasty job because it obviously requires like a wide knowledge of culture social media you know what's going on in the world so maybe on today's podcast Instagram announcement all the social media managers for the different brands comment from the brand accounts like i want to see every single brand

that is run by a toaster yeah well you won't see every single one because some of them can't comment it's like not brand safe but hulu hulu but you'll see a good amount i hope because we've got friends in high places. Me too. You know what's so funny about that song? Do you know what I'm going to say? Something about Country Strong. Yes. So it's like this OG classic.

Every country music fan in the world knows that song. And we're like big country music fans. And I only know that song because Leighton Meester covered it in Country Strong. Yeah, me too. Cause I don't know other Garth songs really well I know Baton Rouge and like after Leighton Meester introduced me to that song then I you know went down to Garth but Garth isn't on Spotify you couldn't even because when the movie came out Garth isn't on Spotify Garth isn't on iTunes so how were you to go down a rabbit hole that's why it's the only Garth song I know right that like scene where you know Layton Meester is trying to cover a song on stage but

she gets like nerd stage fright and then Garrett Hedlund comes in from the back blame it all on my roots I showed up in boots is probably one of the greatest cinematic achievements of our time is probably one of the greatest cinematic achievements of our time. Not to be dramatic. No lies being told. It is good. I mean, the movie as a whole is wonderful. If you haven't seen it, it's part of required toast programming.

It is required programming. That and She's the Man and Sleepover. Because we talk about them all the time. There are some movies that like if you want to understand this show, you have to do your homework and educate yourself. Sleepover really is one of them. Country Strong is another. Julie? Julie Corky?

No, you guys. If you haven't watched Sleepover, like actually I never say this. Turn off the toast. Go watch Sleepover. Come back and resume with fresh eyes. Literally. I'd say another one is morning glory agreed and of course they're the big ones you know that but we know you've seen them that's these are the ones mean

girls these are the ones that we're worried you have not seen they're a little bit more niche yeah but they're so germane to this show and and our personalities like we would not be the people that we are this would not be the show that it is without these movies it's so true because we're kind of like film buffs like obviously we like the mainstream but we like also indie more you know less known films we like you know just films that weren't popular but should have been that's really what it is I don't know that they were indie I just think that they were flops undeservedly so no I actually don't think I don't think sleepover and she's the man are considered flops no I'm not talking about she's the man but morning glory morning glory is not as successful as it should have been I would say country strong is

not as yes big as it should have been yeah it's so funny like I often think like if I ever got the opportunity to interview like Harrison Ford you know anyone would want to ask him about Indiana Jones his illustrious career I would say tell me about your experience filming Morning Glory from start to when the script was thrown across your desk to the cast wrap party just go tell me all about it and then I'm going to tell you what that film means to me. And you're going to listen, Harry. Yeah. Harry. Oh, my God.

Not me putting together that Harry and Harrison Ford have the same name. Yeah. He was named after him. He's a good man to be named after. No, he was like a good, when I was choosing the name Harrison, like he was a Harrison who I felt really good about being in the same pool as my son. Yeah. That's fair.

Yeah. I was like, oh, that is a strong name if it's Harrison Ford. He's a strong male lead. He's handsome. He's a stand-up guy. Good role model. He's timeless. Timeless.

You're timeless to me. I was thinking the same thing. What's that from? Wait, let me think. Let me think. You're timeless to me. I have no idea. Ted, that intro song. Ted is on the list and yes Ted is on the list it's so popular I don't think it's as popular as

it should be I completely agree and that I think is the impetus behind a lot of our favorite movies like they're so good and we just feel so strongly about them that they should be as good as we want them to be. Yeah, like Ted should be like as big as The Hangover. I agree. Like comedy legend. Legend. Like playing on e-movies we love all the time. I recently watched Ted on United. They had it.

And it was such a delight. He is a delight, that Ted. He's so cute. And you know, one of my favorite stories. Is that Claudia has met Ted the inanimate object and Ted the man who voices him and wrote him that's true yes I forgot the latter part because I think the former is more interesting I have physically held Ted like the Ted that was from the movie that was used like for thegi yeah was it different than other teddy bears i never asked

like was it just a teddy bear no no was there things inside of him no no i mean i guess in terms of his chemical makeup yes it was the same as if that bear were like sitting in harry's room would i notice there's anything different about it definitely the the bear had a spirit no aside from the intangible no no no no it's the same it's a fucking stuffed animal it's a bear yeah it's like really it's a sebastian bear mclard it's really stuffed because like the bear can technically like stand on its own you gotta steal it i completely agree and like when my actually it's in my my friend's house and when he showed it to me i I was like guffawed.

And I don't think if he really showed anyone, they would have given a shit. And I keep expecting like on my birthday for it to be given to me as a gift. Like I don't think it means that much to him. Like it means a lot to me. Oh my God. That would be too cool. Too cool. Too cool.

Yeah, I'm too cool to know you. Yeah, keep dreaming, Turdy Lou, but I would love that for you too. And would you say, like, Ted is bigger than the average bear? Yes. Or taller? Everything. But not huge. He's kind of the size of a child.

Yes, smaller. A small child. Smaller than Harry. Smaller than Harry. Smaller than Harry. But Harry's big. I don't know. I have to do the math. Yeah.

So that's just like an interesting fact about me that I haven't brought up in like a couple of months. So let me just remind you all. She hasn't brought up in three to four months. Literally. And then you met the man behind Ted. The genius. I did. I did.

Lovely fella. Lovely fella. I actually went to his birthday party. you read my book you would know that yeah um it was like a it's a whole story I won't spoil it because it's in my book but um and because we've we've heard it I went as a plus one with my friend Cade who is the owner of the bear that's the connection got it yeah so you're just surrounded by Ted Herstory it's like it's very much like you know claudia celebrity claudia celebrity in her circle of teddies it's really like claudia actually celebrity adjacent let's be real celebrity plus one hanger on her yeah no like yeah still count whatever that's like not an important part of the story you know like yeah it's not like a pertinent fact let's go back to the part where you are in the center of things

yeah yeah yeah we're there you right ted they let you touch it right of course i did i picked him up and i was like holding like i was giving as much care and attention like as when i pick up harry like it's really like of course a precious being a precious being, a precious being. That's beautiful. Steal it next time for Harry. What kind of aunt are you? For Harry. For Harry. For me.

Well, I guess we did Dilly Dally instead of dive in. We did after all. Now we're going to dive in because I want to get into this fast five stories that you need to know today. And I don't say that lightly. You guys know I actually never say it. So you need to know. The fast five stories that you need to know, and she doesn't say that lightly, you actually do need to know, is sponsored by BetterHelp. Getting to know yourself can be a lifelong process, especially because we're always growing

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Visit betterhelp.com slash toast to get 10% off your first month. That's betterhelp, H-E-L-P dot com slash toast, betterhelp.com slash T-O-A-S-T. Thank you, Claudia. You're welcome, Jacqueline. Okay, our first story in like kind of no order of importance. Okay. Just like up and down, up and down.

In no particular order. And I'm just going to say, Ruthie, if you're listening, you might want to just skip ahead right now. Jonah Hill's girlfriend, Olivia Millar, unveils a pregnancy bump and sparks engagement rumors by wearing a diamond ring on her engagement ring finger so engaged it appears as though congratulations are in order for two-time Oscar nominee Jonah Hill and his girlfriend Olivia Millar on Monday the actor's latest love interest seemed to be showing a noticeable baby bump from while shopping at

the Real Real in Borough and Santa Monica. Okay, this feels sponsored. Not far from his $6.7 million three-bedroom Southern Colonial home, which we did do a full analysis on. Yes. And all the rooms that Ruthie would have really, truly adored. Jonah and Olivia also are sparking engagement rumors as she was rocking a large square-cut diamond ring on her left ring finger

while she was looking pregnant doing errands so jonah hill is expecting and he's on fianced so you know this is nice you know i would love to see somebody settling down having children it's beautiful of course the mind wanders to you know how many children would Ruthie have had for Jonah right now and right by now it would have been at least three I I think so it could have been at least three also we like to report on Jonah's new girlfriends every time there is a new one and not to like girlfriend shame him because I think he's just been like in his process of trying to find love but like yeah he's had a lot of girlfriends recently and like he kind of has like a fetish with normies don't you find normies yes okay so it was my understanding that he was still with that girl I think she was like a nurse like regular girl Sarah no yeah there was a Sarah but there was also uh Brooke Glazer, Erin Galpern,

Isabel McNally and of course Gianna Santos. Gianna not Gemma yeah I knew it was like an Italian. Gianna is the most memorable one. I forget why. I think that was the one that cut the deepest. But then he, remember he took that picture with that blonde girl and he was like the happiest he'd ever been in his whole life. Sarah Brady.

That was the one. She's a surfer. She's a surfer. Yes, that was like the one. After Gianna. So you're right. And after Ruthie. Such a good call. he has a fetish for

Normies like he's actually I don't think ever dated somebody in the spotlight or somebody in the industry and even though this is what we advocate for all the time like people should celebrities should be with people outside of the industry like it's just I think bodes better better for a relationship it's really healthy there's something like weird about this yeah no it's like what are you running from jonah so i'm happy though that it seems to be like it's this normie yeah this time right but what separates this normie from all the other normies why now why this normie exactly but it is thisie, so congratulations are definitely in order. And even though I'd rather see Ruthie up there shaking that ring,

I'm going to accept this. I'd rather see Ruthie out there shaking that rang. That's what I said. And I'm never going to stop fighting for justice for Ruthie. I'm not because it was such an unjust thing that happened to her. I'm never going to stop fighting for Ruthie like I'm not because it was such an unjust thing that happened to her I'm never gonna stop fighting for Ruthie's rights and by the way if you're new here which we are feel like we have so many new toasters and you don't know what the fuck we're talking about just ask a

toaster I can't get into it right now it's honestly too emotionally scarring and we've explained it on like so many episodes but it's that's also a really important like thing you need to know a piece of toast history all right let's just dive in okay like thing you need to know. A piece of toast history. All right. Let's just dive in. Okay. Oh, to the story? To Ruthie.

Okay. Yeah. To Ruthie. I'll do the abridged version. You'll do the abridged version. Okay. But I will add color. Okay.

So Ruthie was a toaster. We're not sure if she's still a toaster, but this was back. I want to say around 2018. That feels right. was back I want to say around 2018 that feels right and what you need to know about toast culture in 2018 is that we have never been more toxic like we had not Claudia and I not Claudia no we've always just had these girls we just had a fan base that like I don't know what it was about us that attracted like the most mentally ill people to our podcast like we had the like just a really toxic like like fan base honestly I don't

know what it was I think a lot of it had to do with this Facebook group that we started with you know positive intentions just to like have a community for all of our listeners to come and talk about pop culture get advice like really it was just for anything um and very slowly I think it was a lot to do with the culture of Facebook and like who that attracts um and just like the Facebook group in general just like group group culture group culture was toxic so that it's just important that you know like we don't really have listeners like that anymore like listeners our listeners now are so you know healthy and balanced and they're doing really well and I I'm actually so glad that was a really conscious choice Jackie and I made we were like we have to get out of this like what are we doing that's attracting these type of people like we can't so we really made like a pivot in the last couple of

years and I feel like we've gotten to such a good place and I'm so grateful but so just so you know like what it is now is not what it was during the Ruthie years okay and I'm not by the way Ruthie was not one of the bad ones she was not a bad egg Ruthie is the victim here okay so I just like you needed to know like the color yeah thank you for that backstory so it's about 2018 the Facebook groups for the morning toast were popping off toasters you know if you had a celebrity spotting you would share it in the group like it was really the group was a cool place to go for celeb news people would comment on celeb news so Ruthie was a toaster and she actually had an IRL quick like meet cute encounter with Jonah Hill.

And now that we know he loves normies, it's not shocking. None of this is shocking. And from there, she DM'd him and was like, oh, I just ran into you. I'm bleaker. I'm bleaker, whatever it was. And he responded to her like he he remembered from two seconds ago when he bumped into her and he saw her DM and he responded. And so she was so bumped into her and he saw her dm and he responded and so she was so excited and also like unsure of what to do and how to handle it that she

took it to the facebook group being like oh my god you guys I ran into Jonah Hill and I messaged him and now we're dming like what do I say what do I do she was not sharing it in a nefarious way she really came to what she thought was a sisterhood a safe place for guidance and it was not a safe space for Ruthie because while some people were so excited to help healthy and we were all really invested on Ruthie and Jonah's journey and like their love story really there always has to be someone who ruins everything for everyone and why we can't have nice things and why we can't have Ruthie and Jonah and one this is why this is you know us referencing the aforementioned unwell toasters one toaster screenshotted Ruthie's posts in the Facebook group

DM them to them to Jonah Hill and said by the way this girl that you're talking to is sharing everything in a Facebook group here you go and Jonah was done in that moment like he shut down completely he shut down he wrote ruthie off he just like assumed she was sharing you know in a nefarious way it's it but it was as if she was sharing with like a group chat you know but but that's kind of the what the problem was with the group it's like on the one hand oh that's so nice you feel like it's your group chat but you have to remember like you don't know these people and who they're like who lurkers who lurks in the darkness so so every it's done with ruthie all of their promise their future vanquished and we've just been left kind of holding the bag all these years and we never heard from ruthie i think she was so scarred i wouldn't be surprised if she stopped listening ruthie entered the witness protection

program i wouldn't be surprised if she stopped listening because honestly like it was our community that did her wrong and if she holds it against us against us honestly I can't blame her no me neither but it's hard for us now to just like report on the comings and goings of Jonah Hill like knowing what we know and knowing what could have been like Ruthie was this girl she was Ruthie was the one for him and it's clear that in all these years he's been trying to replace the hole that Ruthie that Ruthie sized hole in his heart he's been chasing something that he can't get without Ruthie no but I think that he's got it now I hope so I'm really happy for him and a girl named Olivia is always a fabulous girl I never met like an ugly loser named Olivia Olivia's are always just

fabulous I live for you I long for you Olivia I can't talk about how upset I am but like I'm actually in a family with somebody named Olivia so like it's entirely possible my name maybe could have been Olivia like maybe you know for Olivia they ended up going with something else and then like oh when I was born oh maybe we'll use that name we liked Olivia the way that there are so many songs named Olivia I could vomit especially by people that I adore One Direction I live for you I long for you Olivia hey hey uh John Mayer I'm thinking something like Olivia could keep me through the night or like if I could have been named Caroline. Oh, oh, Caroline. There's just like no songs about Claudia. Singing Claudia.

It's Gloria. Gloria. Claudia. And by the way, that song is sung by a woman. I think I got you. Like I don't want that. Like I want a big hot man. And so do you.

I'm thinking something like Claudia could. And then like I go to John Mayer concerts. It's the same amount of syllables and it rhymes the same so why can it be no it's not for you it's not oh my claudia my claudia it's not because it's olivia's four syllables which you don't think about that it's such a short d uh three it's a short looking name olivia but it has four syllables even my name jacqueline is only three syllables right and i think that's why it's so good for songwriting. Like the syllabic, you know, pentameter works with it. I love the syllabic pentameter. No, it makes me so upset.

And I feel like I've been to so many John Mayer concerts where he actually sings something like Olivia. And all I'm thinking about is my fucking sister. Like I should be thinking about me. At least Olivia is a person that you love and not like some horrible. My nemesis. And she got all the songs.

Yeah, that's true. You know, at least it's not. I'm going to start. I'm not going to say this person's name. Okay. Even though the twisters would have no idea who I'm talking about. Oh, okay.

Who's my nemesis? The starts with an f f you gotta go back yes yes my middle school nemeses yeah that's true at least i'm not confronted daily yeah in music where it's supposed to be like a place of solace. I'm confronted by a nemesis. That's true. A name that's triggering. It can always be worse, Turdy Lou, and it's important to remember that. Perspective is everything.

But you know who it couldn't be worse for today? Ruthie. True. Ruthie, I don't know where you are if you're hearing this, but if you are, just know we stand with you. We're here for you, and you'll get through this. And your story lives on with us. Your story lives on with us your story lives on with us someone needs to write a song about Ruthie it's such a cute name by the

way and also about this story like because I feel like the story has been memorialized because we never stopped telling it and Jonah Hill like literally can't fart without us bringing up Ruthie oh Jonah Hill has a new movie has Ruthieie seen it? What does Ruthie think? You know what's weird? I was just thinking like about other songs that like have names like written by like hot men and so actually One Direction has another one.

It's kind of a weird name. Diana, let me be the one to. Like Diana's like kind of like a like an older name. But they're British and it's a big name. Oh, true. Princess.

Yeah. So why don't you like step outside the boundaries of your own culture? Nah. One thing about me, I fucking love being an American. Like when I travel abroad, I'm even more certain like I was put on this earth to live in America. To be an American. Like I say this every time I come back, like Diet Coke, air conditioning, portions,

luxuries that we take for granted here in this country. There's another song for you. I want to be in America. By the way, literally. Literally. No, born in the USA. That's me. Yeah, that is you.

But I just don't feel like it speaks to your love of like residing in the USA. Yeah, but that's why honestly I probably love country because country is all about like land and freedom. Yeah. This land is your land. This land is my land. You know who has the most beautiful rendition of that song you're not sam hunt sam hunt yeah he does you're gonna have to like forgive him i want to forgive him and i want to forget him like you're gonna have to bury the acts that you have with sam hunt because he's

literally so talented he puts out amazing songs and you're missing out. But that's a problem for another day. Let's move on to story number two. One thing at a time. Okay. Are you ready for our next story? Yeah. Which is some serious news because M Radda's ex, Sebastian Bear McClard has been accused of sexual misconduct in a very large

way. So Sebastian Bear McClard is being accused of sexual misconduct in a very large way. So Sebastian Bear McClard is being accused of sexual misconduct and inappropriate behavior with teen girls in an explosive new report. A young woman who is now 24 claimed in an expose published by Variety on Wednesday that the film producer reached out to her when she was just 17 years old via Instagram. They then allegedly met up at a loft in New York City and the meeting resulted in a small role in his film, Good Time. The unidentified woman said when she arrived on set,

she expected to film with the movie's star, Robert Pattinson, but instead she shot a scene in the nude with an actor who had recently been released from prison. In a statement obtained by Variety, the then teen felt utterly stunned and terrified. She said, My distress only worsened when out of nowhere an actor whispered in my ear if he could stick it in while the cameras rolled I said no shortly after the filming incident the young woman allegedly began having sex with Sebastian per Variety's

report and they allegedly continued a consensual relationship for two years I believe the legal age of consent in New York is 17 and she was 17. Aside from that woman's account, another unnamed individual claims she met the New York based filmmaker when she was 18 and he allegedly began, quote, grooming her on Instagram by making career promises. She claims Sebastian and I started kissing. Things escalated and then without asking for my consent, Sebastian inserted himself inside me without using a condom. The woman also alleged other

disturbing behavior including claims that he called her the r word and the k word oh yep and which is the k word the jewish one yeah oh my god and would track her through an app on her phone he also this woman also alleged that she once found Sebastian messaging a 15-year-old girl. And when confronted, he allegedly appeared pleased with himself and laughed at the comment. He did not deny any accusations. The second woman's alleged involvement with Sebastian reportedly took place while he was already married to Emrata. Also, so he was a producer on Uncut Gems because he was working with the Safdie brothers. I always thought like he was unemployed and I didn't know that any work that he did was of note whatsoever.

But they they cut ties with him there. So they released a statement through a spokesperson and said the Alara team were made aware of Sebastian McClard's behavior in July 2022. They took immediate action and terminated him. So I, they had recently found out about this. I think there's like lawsuit ongoing, obviously between Emrad and Sebastian about like their divorce, but also between Sebastian and the Safdie brothers,

a 24, like these production companies. And so all of this is now coming to light. I mean, I'm it's always the producers Randall Emmett it's like these talentless hacks being a producer it's like a fake job it's not you're not a director you don't have like a cinematic eye you're just like a producer you're like you're a people connector it's like it's like a job for grifters honestly yeah and it's always these like

slimy disgusting talentless hacks who do shit like this this is fucking disgusting I literally hate this man and what what the like ew yeah I hate him he's been like I've never heard a really good any good thing about him even when they were together it was like he wasn't paying his rent or something he was like yeah squatting in his apartment that was both of them like they were trying to make a political statement about like rent shut up yeah and pay your bills like you pay your bills uh then it's like he cheated on emrata while they were married and now it's like he's grooming 17 18 15 year old girls abusing his power, having like unsigned, like the 17 year old girl who appeared in this short film. And by the way, her scene was cut.

Like he found her on Instagram. So she doesn't know how the industry works and that like she doesn't have to film a nude scene, you know, or do anything that would make her uncomfortable. And she doesn't have an agent or anyone there representing her. So he's like taking advantage of vulnerable young people um and he's fucking disgusting so he's fucking disgusting yeah oh my god ew ew i literally like i hate this man hate so that's what's going on with him bye been going on bye are you ready for our

next story which is so much needed lighter fare thank you baby shark's big movie casting has been announced i didn't know they were making a baby shark movie wow that's gonna be a billion dollar franchise so they're making a baby shark movie it Wow, that's going to be a billion dollar franchise. So they're making a Baby Shark movie. It's called Baby Shark's Big Movie. And it's important to know that Baby Shark is already a series on Paramount Plus, which I didn't know. So they already have like series regulars who play Baby Shark and Baby Shark's best friend and Mommy Shark, Daddy Shark, Grandma Shark.

But they got to throw some celebs in there. Of course. So those people from Paramount Plus will be keeping their roles. But some big names have been signed. Ashley Tisdale, Aparna Nancherla, Ego Nuotam, Chloe Fineman, Anne Hypen, and Lance Bass will all lend their voices to the first ever feature-length original animated movie based on the preschool hit.

The movie will follow Baby Shark and his family as they move to Chomp City, the big city of sharks. So cute. Not only will Baby Shark be forced to adjust to life without his best friend William nearby, but he'll also encounter an evil pop starfish who plans to steal his gift of song in order to dominate all underwater music.

Baby Shark has to embark on a mission to break her spell to restore harmony to the seas so who's the manipulative rising pop star ashley tisdale star rihanna oh my god she literally is being put in a box again like sharpay underwater oh i actually watched high school musical yesterday one and three i heard i was so in the mood like for just good fucking music I hear you and that's exactly what I got that third movie is unreal they who gave them permission to go so fucking hard so hard so deep it was so well done so big budget that opening scene where they're playing the basketball game and they're like losing and then they go to the halftime and they sing but now i can hardly breathe oh you can do

it just know that i believe and he is like so handsome there and she is so beautiful like they really like are coming into their own it's so And honestly, I will never not watch that final scene and cry. I want the rest of my life to feel just like a high school musical. Also, like, Zach and Vanessa are peak gorgeousness. In love. Their peak relationship in love. Like the movie, it feels like they're not even acting, you know? And it's like all the problems we had in the first and second movie,

like the first being, you know, the status quo, the second being Sharpay, all those problems dissolve. It's like everyone's friends, Sharpay and Zeke, the baker, are getting along. It's like all the groups have melded. There's no status quo problem. Sharpay is no longer like the villain to Troy and Gabriella and they're just trying to figure out their lives it's kind of like a relaxing film almost it is but then it's you makes you realize

like the big life questions that can get in the way of high school romance basketball or drama and it kind of makes you miss the dumb shit we used to fight about. The simplicity of life. Yeah. Yeah. It's really stunning. And I hope that Baby Shark can follow in their lead in some way. Big shoes to fill.

I will say, though, I feel like for these big blockbuster animated films, you need like a big name. And I want to see like a big name. Sorry, the big name here is that someone who guest starred on the Paramount Plus series will also be guest starring in the movie and that is Cardi B and Offset. Oh, okay.

Who are returning to reprise their characters, Sharky B and Offshark, along with their two kids who voiced two characters on the, well, one of them voiced two characters on the, well, one of them voiced a character on the show and then the younger one will get a role in the movie. So cute. Yeah, you need like a big name

and then like a bunch of like, you know, B-listers, which it sounded like. But the big name here is Baby Shark. So true. Like Baby Shark is the name on everyone's lips. Baby Shark is the song on everyone's lips. So true. Baby Shark is the name on everyone's lips. Baby Shark is the song on everyone's lips. So true. Baby Shark.

Well, is Harry going to see it? Is Harry into Baby Shark? Not yet. But Kayla is. Yeah, she is. So she'll be seeing his big movie. Maybe Auntie Quia could take her. I would literally love nothing more than to take Michaela to a movie.

Though I'm sure it'll be on at Paramount Plus. So you could just stream it. Oh, but then we don't get to get popcorn and M&Ms. I'll make it for you. I make a nice popcorn. Okay. Cute. Cute.

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Our next story, there's a bit of a mystery afoot at the U.S. Treasury. A mystery afoot at the U.S. Treasury. Ooh, a mystery afoot at the U.S. Treasury. So the U.S. Treasury has revealed that it received a $7 billion tax payment in estate and gift receipts, which would mean that an American billionaire, one of the richest people in America, has passed away without anyone noticing. Yeah, it would mean that someone with a fortune of up to $35 billion has passed away. Because there's a few ways that a gift like this could wind up in the treasury. And some economist has debunked them all and come up with the fact that

some billionaire in the world's richest has passed away. Well, not world's, just America. Sorry, America. Well, it actually, it could be a non-US citizen who had to pay US taxes. But the best working theory is that it was an American billionaire who passed away. $7 billion in estate taxes went to the US Treasury and we don't know who it is.

So we are looking for a billionaire who has about what? $35 billion. Okay. Yeah. Based on, you know, if they were into, if they used all the tax laws to their advantage, if they didn't, it would have been someone worth $17.5 billion. No, no.

Billionaires know what they're doing. They're not stupid. Yeah. They're not giving that shit away. Okay. All right. Here's a good kid well not good kid hopefully he's alive but Len Blavatnik and Stephen Schwartzman they are worth 36 billion dollars and they made their money from music and chemicals they were born in Ukraine but he made a

fortune selling his stake in a Russian oil company and then purchased Warner Music. So Len Blavatnik has a net worth of $36 billion and he's 64 years old. Has anyone seen him recently? I don't know. Another potential is Stephen Schwartzman, who is 74. He only has a philanthropy score of two. Wow, Forbes is so shady. They give everyone a philanthropy score. And he is the son of a dry goods store owner um and he founded a private equity oh he's the founder of blackstone well that would be crazy because the market is already you know dark economic times ahead yeah so forbes has a list of billionaires like who died in 2022 but it would have meant that they missed someone well these two people are still currently on the list and by the way they are the only two people because the list then goes to Michael Dell who has 50 billion dollars which is too much according to to this

so I'm going with Len Klovotnik it could be someone with less and who just like didn't take advantage of all tax laws Jackie billionaires like literally don't do that there's not a single billionaire who does wow so I mean because this Daily Mail article doesn't you know speculate on who might have died like they're not as crazy as Turdy. Oh is that crazy? No no but I think now we need to get the paparazzi like to. I need a wellness check on Lee Blavatnik and Stephen Schwartzman. Yeah so the huge transfer of money was first spotted by John Rico who's an economist at Wharton who believed it must have been an error because I guess like the treasury department like just has it listed, like what money that's coming in. I mean, that's how you know

the government has too much money. Like they didn't even realize they got $7 billion. No, the government knew, but like the government knew. Oh, so the government knows who it's from. Yeah, but that's private. Government hiding secrets. A Treasury Department spokesperson

confirmed it did not make a reporting mistake. And an IRS spokesman said that it was unlikely the result of a backlog, which would mean that it was someone who passed away in 2022 and wasn't widely reported because a billionaire, one of the richest people in America dying, like, would typically be news. I don't know. Like, Lee Blavatnik and Stephen Schwartzman, like, aren't super famous.

No, but, like, Forbes, there are people who care about these things. Yeah. Sorry that they're not,artzman, like aren't super famous. No, but like Forbes, there are people who care about these things. Yeah. Sorry that they're not, you know, the Kardashians, but right here. There's somewhat Claudia there. They're Kardashians to someone.

It's so true. And you know what? They both had amazing careers and I, they both should rest in peace. If it's one of them, though, it might not be. Yeah.

That's interesting spooky spooky spooky right yeah i mean who knows if it's like you know a company that's just like it would be bad for their stock for them to have lost their ceo or just like a deeply private person and nobody noticed yeah or like just a really not famous billionaire yeah but even still like when a billionaire not famous billionaire. Yeah. But even still, like when a billionaire is typically like on the board of something. So then like a board member, there's always, you know, a thing that goes out. Yeah.

There are really no untethered billionaires. No. Because then they wouldn't be billionaires. So it seems a little bit like they're keeping on the DL. Yeah. Just something to think about. Interesting. Can't wait to see what they do with the $7 billion. Probably a whole lot of fuckingL. Yeah. Just something to think about. Interesting. Can't wait to see what they do

with the $7 billion. Probably a whole lot of fucking nothing. Totally. Are you ready for our fifth and final story that's going to lead into our TV recap?

Yes. Sheena Shea is seen leaving court as absent. Raquel Levis drops restraining order. Vanderpump Real stars Sheena Shea

was photographed leaving an L.A. courthouse on Wednesday morning following Raquel's request to drop her restraining order. Vanderpump Real star Sheena Shea was photographed leaving an L.A. courthouse on Wednesday morning following Raquel's request to drop her restraining order against her. Shea appeared straight faced as she walked alongside her legal team while holding onto a black umbrella with her right hand and waving with her left arm. The good as gold singer kept her look courthouse chic in a black crew neck with a burnt orange blazer and matching trousers.

This was truly a slay for Ms. Sheena Shea. It was. TMZ caught her walking out. She gave a statement as she was walking. The umbrella, the trench coat, the sunglasses. Like, she really looked so chic. It looked like Jackie Kennedy Onassis. Like, it was so stunning.

And she gave a really, she was very well-spoken. She was like, this was such an abuse of the court system. There are so many people who actually need these services. There are so many people who are actual victims of violence and who need this kind of attention. This was such a waste of everyone's time. It was just like, it was a sit as a fucking sleigh.

Yeah. So we had said last week, like Raquel's violating the restraining order. Oh my God. I'm not allowed to flood my words. That's okay. Sorry. Sorry.

A to Claudie. A to Claudie. Raquel filing the restraining order was a power move by her because it kind of shut Sheena out of the reunion. It was a way to get back at her for whatever transpired between them. But chess move. Sheena's coming out on top today because she's looking good she's slamming Raquel and her abuse of the justice system which is just way harsh tie

and that's really like something yeah no facts yeah sure and TMZ asked like do you think you guys could ever get past this like get back to where you were Sheena said never literally never the only critique if I may uh is the phone chain i knew by the way i completely agree like get a purse please yeah like the phone charm that like is like a bracelet wristlet no no no like you're not at the mall with your friends like please you ruin the look a little bit but still i agree i'm gonna i'm still giving her a 10 out of 10 just because it was like so unexpected tens across the board yeah like get a purse um and so last night's episode of Vanderpump Girls was like kind of uneventful um we had her even though there was

like a few things that I found really interesting that conversation between Brock Lala and Sheena where they were just sitting and crying like I was so like moved by that and I totally see Brock in a brand new light like the way he I didn't even and I know that him her and Sheena are really close but the way that like he's kind of stepped up and like been there for Lala like I didn't even think about how she doesn't have a partner and she is doing this all on her own I was like like really moved by that no I know and I've seen a lot on social media of all of them always hanging out um and with the kids and everything like so knowing that they get together but now knowing like how deep that runs and how serious it is,

like that they've even talked about all living together, which is pretty unconventional, but you know, do what you gotta do. I thought it was really nice. And also like we were introduced to Brock and all, you know, from the jump, he was on the back foot because he has this domestic violence thing.

He hasn't seen his kids in four years. Like it doesn't look good for Brock. But now knowing all of that has been squared away and like that cloud has lifted from him i'm looking at brock and i'm like what a catch sheena and by the way at the reunion he cut off his ponytail he has like a buzz cut now and he looks like really hot the ponytail never even bothered me he didn't bother me either he's always been really good looking but it's like all this stuff that all this baggage like it was like oh sheena but now i'm like look at sheena great husband great father yep go sheena and to see lala acknowledge how like you know she had all these preconceived notions of brock and now she's going through her own legal battle and she knows

it's not just like what it says on the paper like it's so much deeper than that to see her like actually be remorseful and like introspective and sorry and like actually like to the point where she cried that made me have a lot of respect for her because it feels like in past episodes like and recently in general like she's just incapable of like seeing herself sometimes so I I thought that was a very good moment for Lala no I actually do think when once Lala understands that she was wrong about something, like she is extremely humble, even in like her relationship with Katie, like all those years, all the terrible things that her and James used to say,

like, but I guess the difference here being that like those times were when she was drinking. And like, so she just can group everything together while she was drinking. And it's like, I'm sorry for all of it. And this was something that was like,

she was completely sober. And maybe she felt like a little misguided in her attempts to get Brock to answer for his sins um but I did think the whole thing was really nice and also like when you come on a reality show like someone's gonna bring it up skeletons yeah and I'm sure Lala's just like I just wish it wasn't me yeah right like she has to live with that now yeah but it all turned out okay as Brock said the mother and him are great and him and Sheena are married and I'm happy for Sheena and even though like I have issues with Sheena she didn't bother me in this episode

at all not at all and you know what she there was like a few moments where I feel like she could have said something like when Tom was like, by the way, I'm going to go to dinner with Katie tonight instead of the welcome dinner for Sheena's wedding. Like, bitch, no, it's my fucking wedding. No, she was like, no, tonight's the night. Everyone's kind of doing their own thing. Yeah, go.

And Christina Kelly showing up to her welcome dinner. I would have literally lost my shit. Is Christina Kelly not embarrassed? I know. It's like embarrassing. It would have been less embarrassing for her to have room service delivered to her hotel room we wouldn't have even like thought where's Christina Kelly then for her to go uninvited to Sheena's welcome dinner when all these years you know

Sheena's been so beneath her yep yep yep yep like it was it was a really bad look for Christina Kelly and for Lala like why are you bringing her yeah it's weird how close Sheena is Lala is with Katie and Sheena she's deeply close with both of them and it's just inherently conflicting no and like literally them checking into the hotel and like the whole wedding being in the lobby and like Katie's it's a bit it's such a this whole trip is such a bad look for Katie I don't know what she's doing agreed and knowing that like she is winding up on the balcony spying on sheena's wedding talking shit like it's such a bad look it's it's real mean girl energy yeah um and i feel like now we're at a point where raquel and tom are probably starting their affair and to be honest i see no clues like i don't see them like i don't

no there was nothing in last night's episode. They were barely in the same conversation or same room. She's going a little bit harder with Tom Schwartz. You really think, do you think that when she made out with Tom Schwartz, she had even made out with Sandoval yet? It's August 2022. Is that when Sheena got married? Yes, I believe so. But do look at the date because then Jax had cited Labor Day party

as somewhere Tom and Raquel were together. Sandoval and Raquel. It's the end of August right now. It's August 23rd. That's Sheena's wedding? Yeah. Okay, now Google Labor Day 2022. September 5th.

So 10 days. Okay, I still think. I feel like you don't start your affair and go to a party like you know what i mean like you have an affair you know what i mean yeah or like you start getting inappropriately close you go go to a party together when like you shouldn't and then you start then you jump into the bed like it's not you know what i mean like it was maybe more gradual i have no idea because I'm not someone who could do something like this so I really can't conceive of how it's done also uh explain to me why Lisa is Lisa Vanderpump involved in something about her

no not in an official capacity so why would she know that they got the space before they know because they're using Lisa's broker. So? Yeah, I know. Like that doesn't mean like Lisa has to be on every call. Like you give a broker suggestion all the time. And then explain to me why Lisa thought the best way to share good news would be, you know, sometimes in business things don't work out

and you have to just really prepare yourself for that. So, so glad it's not one of those times. You got it. Because even though she's having her redemptive moments, she's still Lisa and she likes to, i don't know make people suffer i just thought it was so weird that she was on that call period and that she knew the information before yeah yeah isn't there like you know real estate client investor confidentiality yeah Yeah, I think it's probably just really a storyline. Like if Lisa's involved in something about her,

it's one more thing for Lisa to be involved in as the cast moves out of working in the restaurants. Right, right. She's got to stay involved. She has to stay as an advisor to them and to the Schwartz and Sandys and everything. I can't hear that word one more time. I know, it's really bad. Sandy's and everything. I can't hear that word one more time. I know.

It's really bad. It's moronic. They just have this space that they keep spending money on. Even like the fact that they said that they bought all the liquor for Brock and Sheena's after party. It's like, why? That was like when Tom Sandoval paid for James's engagement. Like, stop.

I have no idea. And like, I still don't care about Greg. I don't care about this restaurant. It is like I so don't care about Greg I don't care about this restaurant it is ugly I don't care about what's going on the menu like I don't care yeah I and I I just I mean I would care if like there was something happening but like to watch like knowing a thousand dollars a day are being spent like that's painful yeah why was it so awkward when Greg's wife showed up um with that girl yeah why was it so awkward when greg's wife showed up um with that girl with the niece why was it so awkward because she's just like a young hot thing i don't know like you felt that too you gotta look out for that niece but i would say gretchen i would say the most butt clenching

moment of the episode oh good as gold good as gold the like the mob coming out to good and it wasn't even like a big mob so it was like weird nobody knows the song besides good as gold except ariana's real friend because she actually like knew the melody they like attacked her with that it was hard to watch why didn't they just play the song on a speaker i don't know or like it was really hard to watch no i'm sorry i totally forgot about that i'm so glad you brought it up thank you so much no i'm grateful what was that i'm grateful to this article because they called her the good as gold singer and i actually reminded you i might have already repressed it from my memory if they didn't remind me and they were all kind of like bending their knees and like squatting it was like a mob it was like gaston like and his mom like

attacking her with this song it was like it was hurtful it felt like they would weaponize the song the song they needed pitchforks what what is that? Like that. And did they plan to like shuffle up? To shuffle up to her? And they were all bending their knees like, like a football player. Like, like blue 42. Yeah.

It was so fucking weird. And like, it was a lot. like it was just a lot it was so weird i couldn't believe that like everybody participated in that like i kind of want to watch it back and like watch each person you have to watch every frame yeah to see each person to be to be like, are they feeling how I feel? I watched both Ariana and Raquel. And Ariana, I will say out of all them, like she gave it her all.

It was clearly her idea. And Raquel like was so lost. It was just. I was looking for Lala because I was like. She would never participate in. No, she was in there there but she was like too in the mix of people too far into the mob for me to see her that's probably for the best for her it was humiliating it was no just how about a good old-fashioned surprise yeah oh whatever happened to hello how are you and like you also are trying to show

her that this is a surprise party like if i saw if i was confronted with this song like i would think it was an intervention i would think it was a flash mob i don't know i don't know what I would think, honestly. I would think I need some new friends. Well, it was a boring episode, but a great recap. So that's all that matters. Yeah. And at least, you know, it was boring except for that. As we predicted, this was a great episode of The Toast. As predicted.

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