The Toast - Cardboard Coji: Friday, January 23rd, 2026

Episode Date: January 23, 2026

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It's Jackson, Claude and neighbor show the fast five things you need to know. We'll start your day off, swirly. It's the toast. I sound amazing. Welcome back to The Toast and happy Friday. Yeah, that's right. It's the end of the week. Does feel a little bit undeserved because it was a short week, thanks to Martin Luther King and the wonderful work that he did.

So I'm just thinking for what it is. I just want to acknowledge I got to work that hard for this Friday. Oh, I feel like it feels deserved. Four days is still a lot of days. I mean, you're telling me. Should we talk about your slut strands? Oh yeah, these are Chris Appleton.

Chris Appleton. Now I can finally wear my hair like this, which is one of my favorite hairstyles, especially on a Friday. As you know, my hairstyles do correlate to the day of the week. And now I'm back with my strands. Okay, strizam.

I'm strand berries. Totally. We're both rocking our new Chris Appleton haircuts. I heard somewhere, and please, again, I just hear things in comment sections, so always take what I say with the grain of salt. When she says I heard somewhere,

I learned somewhere I just found out, it's from like a comment section. Apparently if you wanted to book Chris Appleton like for a haircut, it's $100,000. Like, because not anyone could just do it. So if you just, if you want Chris to like come to you like randomly, yeah, it's $100,000. Or you can start a podcast, work really hard for it at eight years,

slay with your sister every single day, never give up, never back down, never give up on your dreams. He will come through on his book tour as a press stop to this podcast you've been working so hard on and you can ask him to cut your hair as a bit for free. Or you could start to go fund me. Or you could pay $100,000. thousand dollars yeah i don't know both are a tall task i just want to say i didn't even style my hair this morning this is still chris's blowout i didn't have any time till i put any heat on it um

it's looking amazing and it does feel like a hundred thousand dollar haircut yeah you look like a hundred thousand dollars thanks which like in this day and age yeah it's not even a million like it's not a compliment like a billion bucks i just feel like i won't truly be happy till i have a billion dollars. I've heard that like the best amount of money like where have you heard this a comment section probably probably or like something like to be super wealthy but not like you know out of touch yeah all more money more problem the environment the sweet spot is 200 million that's what I've heard I don't know I just don't think I would be happy like I really don't I feel like I would because you know me I always worry that money and it's like no I think like 200 I would still be worrying

Yeah, okay. I'm just telling you that's what I've heard. And then I feel like when you have 200 million, you start to run in like really fancy circles of people who have like 500 or a billion and then you just feel poor. Yeah. And I don't want to feel poor. Yeah. But I feel like once you get into the billions, like it's definitely toxic and insane. And so, you know, I've heard that 200 is a really good amount to have. I believe that 200 is a good amount. But I just want to say like I happen to know just a few billionaires. Okay. And they're wonderful. people. They seem happy. But maybe that's just more so like a reflection on me. Like I attract really positive billionaires. Not the negative toxic one. Even though I think that like billionaires is just a term now for like very, very wealthy. And like probably a lot of the very wealthy people that I think are billionaires are just like

multi, multi, multi. Are 200 millionaires. No, like 500. And they're very happy with their 200. And they're good people. You know? They're just people, you guys. Us billionaires, we're just people. We're just like you. Except like happier. We have an amazing show. It's Friday. So I just feel like

the energy is going to be extremely positive. The Traders recap, which now Traders is releasing episodes on a one a week basis, which I do feel like, I didn't know that. I do feel like I can maybe start doing Friday recaps if you're open to that. But for now, I haven't watched on. We'll have to sync up Thursday. Last night I was finishing my homework for the Redheads. I finished the book. We're recording today. So that was my homework last night. But I'm excited to watch Traders. One episode is, it's tough, though, because once I get into it, like I need more. I mean, 100%. Like, whoever, Netflix ruined TV by like giving us the entire season at once. We all became so accustomed to this way of like binging shows.

And now they reverted back to like they'll drop like five episodes of a new season and then one a week, one a week. And now everybody copies what Netflix does. So Netflix just sort of ruined my life with that. And now watching one Traders episode a week. This is not going to work. Yeah. I feel both ways about it.

Like yes, they ruined us and now they're like, you know, subjecting us to withdrawals. Yeah. On the other hand, like, the term binge is never going to be a healthy thing to do in any sense. Yeah, but they started it. And, like, when the whole season comes out, it's like you can't check Twitter at any point in the season until you finish it because, like, there's spoilers everywhere. So I do kind of like, like, like watching with the people. I'm a woman of the people. So am I.

But I just feel like my habits as a consumer changed because of Netflix. And now when things are getting released weekly, the pit, like, I'm in hell. But as like a working mother now, if something was released all at once, I would not have the bandwidth to just like sit and binge it. The last time I did that was secret lives and Mormon wives. And that was because I just had a baby. Right. Like it would be too much pressure. So you know what?

The timing works for me in my life if we go back to one episode a week. Even though I like a little bit more, I'll be okay. Yeah. They keep, they leave you wanting more. That's the point. We also have Queenie and Weenie today. And we have stories. And would you be able to describe those stories for me in perhaps three words?

I can. I could describe it in one word. Okay. Ars. Oh. The stories are ours. So here's three words. It's giving ours.

It's giving ours. The stories are where you make them. Yeah. And it's more so like rounding out the week, putting a button on certain conversations. This really was a crazy week with a lot of developing stories. I honestly could not take on another new story. It's true. Between the Beckums, the Baldonies, and the Blakes.

We're juggling a lot of stories right now. And we're going to set our balls down by the end of the day today. That's the goal for today's episode. That's the intention I'm setting. Okay, so you're kind of being intentional. I'm being intentional in my authenticity, for sure. I don't feel like that's new for you. I think you are constantly showing up here with an intention to be authentic.

I think that's true. It would be so much energy to be anything but. I think we're all authentic. I think we are all authentic on this stage. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. I don't think that's ever really been in question.

No, we get accused of. a lot of things, but being inauthentic is certainly not one of them. No. It wouldn't work for us. We do too much kind and we wouldn't be able to keep our stuff our part. Oh, yeah. For an hour a day. We also played Mahjong yesterday.

We did play Mahjong yesterday. And we went to this like busy card room and everybody was stopping us being like, are those the Omai Mahjong tiles? It's like, is that the Chanel jacket? The Chanel boots, yeah. Yeah, everyone loved our mat and tiles. They're from Omai Mahjong. They're so pargy.

And it was just really fabulous. Neither of us got Mahjong, and we were like 50% of the table. And so like the fact that neither one of us ended up winning was like a poor reflection on our family, I think. I guess so. But like this was my third time playing. Yeah. I'm still learning how to be good, you know, and I'm just, I'm happy to be here. I'm happy to be a part of it. Yeah, I guess it's more a poor reflection on me. I just sat there the whole time talking about like how I've been playing since high school. Meanwhile, I didn't get Mahjong one time. Maybe you should like shut up. I just learned. I just learned yesterday. Yeah, I'm pretty good for someone who just learned. Wow, she's really good. She just learned. Can you believe that? Oh, also, major update in my life. Like, we're officially a playpen household, you know?

I meant to send you a picture this morning because it arrived. Of course, I had to get, like, a collapsible one because I'm not about to, like, sacrifice your living room. It's just not going to work. But, like, in the recent week or two, we've started to move a lot. Moving and grooving. Moving and grooving. Grooven is grooving and moving.

Grooven with roo. And so we would like put up pillows all over the room so we didn't like roll into a table or anything. And I was like, I think it's time for these fools. So I got on Amazon like this collapsible thing that I can like take with me when we go back to New York. And it's parchedy. Are you going to build it up and break it down every day? Of course. That's why I didn't get like the one.

There's like $300 ones that like you set up and you leave. It's like a playroom. Yeah. This one's like a big ass pack and play that you just like, you know, you pull it up and then it goes in some closet. Because yeah, like I may not be home, but I still like. I still care about like clutter, things of that nature. What? I always just think of that clip of that show.

What's that show? I always think of the clip. No idea what you're talking about. The guy, extreme cheap skates. No, but the guy who lives in like an apartment and he won't buy anything. What do you mean? I buy so much. And he sits on the cardboard box on the floor that he.

Think of me. Repurposes. as his table. It's like this one piece of cardboard. And what about this cardboard man reminds you of me? It's just you. Like you're like a swirlier version of that.

But like, oh my God. I've sent you the clip before you were very offended. I don't even remember. So I'm getting reoffended all over again. I have to find it. No, I don't think that you do. And what about me getting a collapsible pack and play play pen item for my son makes me.

extreme cheap skate who lives with one cardboard box. Well, the thing it was, even with this guy, just like you, it's not like just about money. You did mention $300. So it was a little bit about money. It's just about like the having of things and like things in the room. So he just like pushes this cardboard. I'm room to the next. I'm deeply, deeply offended.

Yes, I'm deeply, deeply offended. And I don't relate to this cheap skate. I don't know his name. I don't know him at all. I resent the accusations. I'm an extremely generous person. Here, look. Oh, what is she going to show us?

Is that a new bag? It's a new bag, a new wallet. And yeah, where I keep all my money because I'm not a cheap skate. Is that what? Here, $100. Would a cheap person do that? Even though I just give you $100, like for calling me a nasty name. Take it back.

And give you that money back, bitch. What am I doing rewarding this wench? No, here. Jess? See, just to prove I'm not cheap. I understand. But I'm not giving it to the girl who just called me cardboard box homeless man. No, he has a home.

He has a home. He has an apartment. Like, he just likes his box. He doesn't want to buy furniture. I just like, I just can't fucking stand you. It was at the halving of things. Yeah, so I care about clutter. Like, obviously, you choose to live in a pig side.

That's fine. Different strokes. Of course, I would never make fun of you or compare you to anyone. So derogatorily. just different strokes, you know. And so, yes, I got a play pen. That was my major life update. Just kind of huge things happening in my house.

Well, I'm excited for you. I'm excited for Ray Oven to be Gray Oven. Yeah, he is Gray Oven and May Oven. Me and Ben, like, figured out Ruby's bar mitzvice. The theme, like, a year, not a year ago, because he's not even a year. But, like, three months ago, we've not been able to, like, stop planning it.

Like, I cannot wait for the affair. Obviously, it's going to be disco-themed. And, like, the merch and everything is going to say, Grooven with Rovan. Because Ruby's, like, Hebrew name is Rayuven. His full name. is Ruben. So Grooven with Rubin. Or if you're like from the old country, Grauven with Reuven. I'll be Greuven with Reuven. And I'm looking forward to seeing you

shaking that thing with Reuven. It's going to be very studio 54. Very Victoria Beckham. Yes, exactly. I can't wait to see you inappropriate dance. I can't wait. That is going to be a time. That was Barmitsa season. Barmitsa season. As a parent. Uh-huh. Yeah. Because we thought like we were crazy when we were 12, like in the photo booth. No. No. And I didn't even feel like we were crazy. having fun, but it did feel like illicit. It was like a party. A bar mitzvah is like kind of an interesting time. It is the cusp of manhood and womanhood. But like as a 12 and 13 year old, you can't really like appreciate the party for what it is. No, sweet 16s are much more like age appropriate in terms of being able to appreciate the affair. No, like people like might have like

been like smuggling in like wine coolers to a sweet 16 that really wasn't happening at a bar mitzvah. No, no, no, no, not at all. That would be really. And I'm sure some people like to drink at barman's, so that's insane. When they're 12, you mean? Yeah. No, that's really, that's too young to start drinking. Or 13. How did we get here? Oh, my play pen. So yeah, he's just scarring up so fast. And he's gray even. Gray, Uvin, yeah. Rubell. Um, what's it with you? Not too much. Long night. Long night. Yeah. We had a couple good runs, but it was back. It was back to the three hour window. So that was rough, but we're here. We did it. We did.

I can sleep in tomorrow, so I'm excited about that. And what else? We're recording Redheads Day. So, got to get with my gals. Huge day for the community. And today's the first day of the new format where I'm not. Oh, hands off. Where I'm not doing the whole episode.

So I'm just sort of showing up to this podcast that's being produced for me. I can't wait. Okay. Hopefully it's still good. Yeah. Yeah. But, you know, we're just changing it all a little bit. Listen, change is good.

I agree. I don't. You don't? No, I'm really like an anti-change person. You are. Have you become more or less? Well, my life has changed like by design. Yeah.

And it's been wonderful. So has that made you like more? But I also feel like my life hasn't changed. Do you know what I mean? Like I'm so me. You're still same old cogie. Same old cardboarded cojee. Title.

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I didn't enjoy it. I didn't finish it. What did you think? So it was five minutes long. which I just think it's like a crazy length for a song. He had a long intro. It did. Lots of synth. I just think it's a big length for a song. And if you are going to cross like the four minute mark, these days songs are literally two minutes and 30 seconds.

I hate that. I feel like the sweet spot is like 3.30. If you're going to go above 4.30, it has to be like. All too well, 10 minutes. Like a Hall of Fame type of song. Bohemian. Mhapsody. This is not that.

And I do feel like it's a new sound. And I don't like to make a judgment on like a new sound. I've only listened to it once. Ask me on Monday. That's fair. You can't judge a new sound because it takes a minute to get used to. But also it's like-

You can't break the mold and expect people to get it. It's literally Nickymanage. You're not going to get the song the first time you hear it. And we need people making new sounds. Like that's what a great artist would do. Yeah.

So I will give him runway. I agree with you on that. Yeah. I'm not making any sort of decree as to like it being terrible or being bad. It's different, which is, you know, we should embrace different. But it didn't immediately like

make me feel like that's my jam, turn it up. Especially because like he said it was like a disco album. Like disco does have like a specific sound. Like disco already exists. So it didn't. It was like new disco. I don't know.

I just want to say the thing about disco though, like those songs immediately hit. Hit. So again, I'll leave space for a new sound. Some of the lyrics, it seems he's talking about his lady love perhaps. He said it's best you know what you don't. Aperture. Let's let the light in. Aperture lets the light in.

I didn't even... Which refers to a camera's aperture. Which controls how much of an image is visible to the photographer and affects the brightness and depth of the field of the image. Right. So I didn't even listen to the lyrics because I was just like listening to the sound. But I didn't know that like I wouldn't get it because I don't even know what the word aperture means. So it means an opening hole or gap. Okay, hole.

Do you think it's like sexual? No, it's something about like... Or a space through which light passes in an optical or photographic inshaping. instrument, especially the variable opening by which light enters a camera. It's not sexual. It's drugs. You know? Drugs?

I thought it was like media. Trippy. It's like trippy stuff. Oh, it was giving media. It's giving like Sharun, you know. So it's not giving media? It's giving like light reflection, hallucination. Oh, so you think him and so we were doing drugs?

No, it's just like. Yeah. You know? Sort of. Like that foggy, you can't see. You know. Yeah. And then he also announced a couple of residences, like many residencies.

We knew he was going to be doing. That's so toastcoded. Oh my God. Like, I'm telling you he's craving stability. That was all right. Yeah, exactly. That's actually a really good sign for him and Zoe. Like the fact that he's like touring in this unique and different way so we can spend

more time in one place like with his lady love. And post up. Now, he announced it with a bunch of, it was like a carousel. Poster for London and then a picture of two people kissing. Posture of whatever, Amsterdam and a picture of two people. kissing. And it was like this like, you know, very raw, like, unedited, like, sexy rape. Did you not see them? So I saw some people kissing. I didn't realize, I didn't watch the whole carousel. Yeah. And it was just like new pictures every time. And it was like, I don't know what that,

like, like, aesthetic is called where it's like no airbrush, like sweaty, like, rave makeout. Like, and it was just like, not graphic because it's like everyone's clothed and kissing. It was just like a lot of tongue. Uh, okay, let's see. Harry style. Oh. Yeah. Graphic. Keep going. Oh. I feel safe when I'm on the tour. I just like don't understand.

Yeah, right. Tongue. Safe. I don't really understand, like, the aesthetics so far of this album. Like, it doesn't feel cohesive. Sexual drugs. It's sexual drugs. That's drug and sex.

Those pictures are sexual drugs, yeah. I think it's sex, drugs, and... Harry Stiles. Yeah, and I would say rock and roll, but techno disco. Yeah. Disco tech. Yeah. So like I hate to be negative because like that's my king right there and he's always

welcome, of course, in my home. But like it's not giving like what I was like looking for. But at least it's different, you know? I do respect when people like try new things. The sound is different. No, like everything, you know. The kissing, the up close kissing like, okay. Yeah.

So cool. Wow. I'd love to see your tongue and your sweat. Yeah. Thank you. Yeah. I feel really. But happy for everyone who's going to get shows.

Like they don't have to come. to New York. You know what? Do not come. Like, we don't need all these people coming, you know? We always knew he would, like, do stuff out of New York, but it's also cool that he's, like, posting up in whatever location. Like, it's very toast-coded.

We've always said if we ever did a tour, that's how we would do it. He's also doing, like, a little bit of press, like, very unique choices. Like, he went on, you know, John Mayer has a serious XM show. I think he's on Radio Andy. And so Harry interviewed him. Excuse me, he interviewed Harry, like, talking about music and stuff. And then he went on some, I think it was like BBC Radio. And I was really appreciative.

that this person sort of followed up full circle. I'm asking Harry why he was at the popes. Remember when they announced the new pope and everybody like ran to Madigan? Harry was spotted there. He was like, I was in Rome and I was getting a haircut. And I'm getting my haircut and people start screaming. And they've elected a new pope, but in Italian. Thank you.

And he was saying, La Papa, whatever. Everyone's screaming it. And the hairstyle was screaming it. They finish up his haircut really quickly because a guy wants to go. it's like a historic thing. And Harry was like, well, I was there. And, you know, it was like a big deal. So I went.

Oh, cool. Yeah. I wonder what other shows he'll do. So far the ones that you said seem congruous with someone who's like focused on the music. And then I do feel like if you want to get in the podcast gaming, you're focused on the music. Like you talk to Jake Shane. I know. But he's also, Harry was remote from ever.

Like, Harry's like, I'm telling you, he's really happy in his relationship. He's doing John Mayer. He was sitting on some green couch and he was sitting on the same couch with like wired headphones in like very low budget production for the other radio. show. He's not wanting to move. He's not like thirsting out doing a press store, but I just want to say and I like, I like choosing stability. But like you could go.

Like he could go. Of course, no. Like, he's acting like he's a You're supposed to be a provider. Like get up and go to work. Yeah, like a woman. He's acting like a mom. Who? A new mama. At first I think he said Malala. I'm like, I can leave Malala out of this. Yeah, so he's acting like a new mother.

And so I could say like maybe him and Zoe like are expecting or something, but like you could still go in person. Yeah. No. And it's also like at some point like leave your house. You are a man you are here to provide. He's acting like us. He's acting like us. Yeah. Even the residency thing. Yeah. And we do those things like to be comfortable and like work life balance being near our kids. Like as like new mama's pregnant ladies post-partum. Yeah. We're allowed to do that. Like you kind of like men used to go to war, you know? You could go see John Mayer and person. You could go see John Mayer and person. You could go. I wonder if he'll do like any press outside, like off his couch. I hope so. Yeah. And like, Jake Shane. Maybe he doesn't want to travel.

So if Jake Shane goes abroad, everyone, like, we know why. But maybe he wants to like stay. He's in the UK. But like, there's lots. But I also, Graham Norton. Graham Norton, yeah. I also feel like if he were going to do Jake Shane, like it would kind of be already happening.

Recorded. Maybe it's coming out. Or like this week. You know what I mean? Yeah. We'll see. We shall see. Are you ready for our next?

next story? Yeah. We've done trashing Harry Styles for the day? I think so. I feel good. I feel all set. It feels right. Next, Ryan Reynolds is torched by fans over his cringe email.

He allegedly sent to it ends with us, author Colleen Hoover. There's so, every day we stop recording and there's more. I don't even know which one to pick on a given day, but this just feels like covers a lot of areas. So Ryan Reynolds' correspondences are also being shared. he wrote in email. And I want to say shout out to Dumois. Because there's so much stuff. I'm sorry, I'm not reading court documents. It's just like not what I want to do with my life. I didn't go to law school. Like this is not my plate. But Dumas is finding the relevant media. And she's then making graphics on her Instagram and like transcribing them. And they just feel like the text is bigger. And it's like, I don't know why. It feels more palatable to me. So if you're wanting to be editorialized a little bit. Yes. And I think Dumas is actually doing a very good job. I agree. So let's get into the email. that Ryan Reynolds wrote to Colleen Hoover.

I'm sending you literally every form of congratulations. I see this sky while jumping up and down and rapidly clapping. At one point, I was three feet from you at the after party, but I wasn't able to extricate myself from the Sony Studios chairman's mouth. I'm still in here, and I'm a little shocked I have service. Holy fuckety fuck, you guys really pulled it off.

Like Colleen, this thing is on fire everywhere, and audiences have wrapped both arms around the film. You and B made something gorgeous out of ingredients you didn't ask for, which is what makes you both in this whole post-production team so clutch. I heard you guys got a tummy bug and you're stuck in New York. I can't think of anything worse. Although it might be your body ridding itself of any residual baldoni, I'd rather be puking in a gulag than hijacking performative feminism

while practicing personal growth catchphrases in the mirror. I hope you're taking a moment to enjoy this. I know the road wasn't always easy and clear what a complete fucking win this is. I know we all breathe rare air. I realize how lucky we are, but I also know how genuinely good you and B are. I could literally write you 84 more paragraphs eulogizing what this all means to me. But mainly, I'm just incredibly proud and inspired by U and B. So, like, just in their writing styles, Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds are quite literally made for one another.

Like, there are not two people like more weird, like in their... Verbose. Crangy. I kind of like Drew Barrymore interviews people and, like, touch his faces. like I feel like they're touching faces blankily. Help me with the word. Writtenly. Like what's the word? Transcribally. Yeah. What's the word? Like orally, audibly, but like for writing. Literally. Oh. Yeah, probably. Now, it's very, you know, what Blake and Ryan have been accused of

from the very beginning is like taking over this movie. And I feel like all the media that's been released, text messages, email. screenshots, whatever, like has sort of proved that, right? Like Blake thinks that like this no good first time director was not capable of a movie this size and she took it over. Her edit made the theater. So like they did successfully sort of take it over. And I guess that's bad because like it's mean.

But it's like not a crime. I think the issue was about the second movie. Like they took over this movie and then I think they were going to try and like take the second one from him. Because also his character doesn't really, like, is not... Exist in this. He's like a very subplot. So I think he felt like he had put everything he had, like, buying the rights and producing the movie and they like were going to cut him out of it. Yeah. And now like it's just funny because there will be no second movie. Right. There never could be a second movie. No. And I, if I'm like, if I'm trying to be like, like, see things from Justin

Paldon's perspective, like that sucks. Like this was his idea. He bought the rights from Colleen. Like he saw it before anyone else did. And he like probably was excited to cast. like gladly like this huge star and her and her big time husband like ended up like steamrolling the whole thing. And it just, it could have gone on to be like a huge franchise la Twylae. Yeah. It's this beloved book. The movie was star-studded. There is a sequel. You could keep it going. And like they were taking that from him. This would have been his big payday. Right. Now how that has any legal or criminal bearings. Like I don't know why we're talking about this in court. It just seems like sort of like school yard. Like, okay, yes. And I feel like it has been proven. They stole the movie. They were probably difficult to work with.

the whole thing that got us here is sexual harassment. So I don't really understand, and this is, yeah, I'm not reading the court documents. So maybe if I read every single page, I would understand. I'm not really understanding what them taking over the movie has to do with the allegations of sexual harassment and like onset and inappropriate behavior has to. Because one of those is, that is a crime. Like he is being accused of a crime. I think that he said they took over his movie. And then I think their rebuttal is like, well, you know, in addition to incompetence, there was onset.

inappropriate behavior. So I know what it is, actually. What it is is that, wait. Like, I think they're, they pushed him, they're saying they pushed him out of the movie because he was in, in addition to incompetence, which we see, like inappropriate behavior with Blake, with other people, sexual harassment.

So, yeah, we kind of pushed you out of your movie. And so as far as I know, based on everything I've seen so far, like it hasn't been disproven that he didn't sexually harassed. Well, it hasn't been proven. Well, they deposed his, uh, lively's driver who said like she would he witnessed like a really uncomfortable conversation in Blake's car about um like him having non-consensual sex and he said that he would after that didn't feel comfortable leaving Blake alone with this guy Jenny slate the podcast hosts said lots of red like

there it has not been disproven and allegations have been made by like a couple people now right but I think you have to prove something like it's not about no I think it's the opposite you have to prove that it didn't happen right he's like counter suing you have to He's countersuing. I think, no, but I just think in general you have to prove that, like, the burden of proof is on, like, the person making an allegation. Yeah, but is she making an allegation, like, in court or just, like. In the public or just in the New York Times.

She filed, like, an employment suit. There's a lot. Right. So all I know is, like, I don't know. I'm, no one wants to hear what I have to say, but, like, I'm not, like, where is the, where is the actual proof? that Blake lively wasn't sexually harassed and that she made it up. Like, where's that?

Well, you can't, like, prove a negative. Right, but there is supporting evidence that he did. There's, like, the driver's the witness. Like, that stuff isn't getting blown up. Like, of course, the Taylor Swift thing is getting blown up. But there was a deposition with her driver who said he witnessed, like, definitely an inappropriate conversation. There was a voice memo when he was like,

I'm sure your baby's lying on your breasts right now. Like, weird things you would boss should never say to you. The young girl who said the inappropriate comment about her losing her virginity, Jenny Slate Like so What So how does everybody know Blake lively's making this up?

Like what piece of information Am I missing? I don't like her She's annoying and her and her husband stole the movie Facts, right? That's facts now What does that have to do with sexual harassment? And like

Because she stole a movie She's lying? Like I'm genuinely asking Like it's generally been decided that Blake lively made all this up I don't like that's what the internet believes. Okay, I can't go by the internet

I'm just going like And also like the most strange people have takes on it. I don't like really read stuff by crazy people. So I'm just like going based on what I'm seeing. Mm-hmm. So I think like all of these things happened. Yes.

Stealing a movie isn't a crime. Creatively. And I also would love to know like why the Sony people went with Blake's movie, which was allegedly worse. Also then there's other documents that like show Sony sex like kind of talking shit about. Blake, right. And also I don't know like that, yeah, she's like a big. bigger star.

I don't know if they would like throw a whole movie away to appease this one person. Like if her, if her version was so bad. Well, her version's what you saw. And I thought it was good. So it wasn't so bad. And it was a successful movie.

It was over $100 million. It was a real movie. Right. But it tested worse. And I know those focus groups like are people, you don't live and die by the focus group, I think. Like you're supposed to like take it into account, but it's not like, it's not the end all be y'all.

But yeah, like all this, all these documents like her and Ryan. And Ryan wasn't even hired. Like, girl get out of here. Like they stole the movie. They hated Justin. It seems like they hated Justin because Blake felt like he was, of course, incompetent, but also inappropriate. Yeah, but I will say, like, in these things that we're seeing, like, it's more so about hating him as a person. It's not like I feel so much.

Like, they say it was the nightmare to work with him because he's this fake feminist and he's so obnoxious and whatever. Narcissist. There's not a lot of references to the harassment. Not that there has to be all the time. No, but you're right. It does seem to be more about, like, the personality. clashes. Yes, and her disliking him just for that, not because of... And like the hubris and ego of him.

Yeah, I don't know. Yeah, I don't know. I think everything that everyone said happened, so can we just let it all go? You're all wrong. Yeah, except that like if everything that everybody said happened, happened, they're not the same. Like her and Ryan stealing a movie because they think they're big stars and they're probably insufferable, like, egotist is not the same as like your boss sexually harassing you. So I feel like people are treating both things as equal, and they're not.

Yeah, like inappropriate comments is what we've seen. Yeah, he's being accused of sexual harassment, walking in and her with the boobs out, breastfeeding, like, you know, all those things. Didn't she tell, like. Yeah, but if you tell someone to walk, like, you can come see me breastfeeding one time. That's not a free pass. We know that. Yes, I know that.

And I've only recently realized that because it did happen to me where I was like, someone like saw me breastfeeding once. And then like every time I was breastfeeding, they kept coming in. I'm like, well, no. We know. Yeah. But so, you know, everything is like... No, but so Blake's allowed to feel some type of way about that.

Yeah. But he's allowed to be like, wait, I thought it was okay. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. If that was like the one thing, like, sure. But, like, it seems like there's a lot of uncomfortable situations from this one person. But then again, it's also like a movie about uncomfortable things. And, like, having a man direct to all these women is already like a little... It's like, girl, get out of here.

You're also the star. Like, so it can be uncomfortable no matter what. Yeah. I don't know. I'm just like... I'm not ready to hop. Hop off yet. I'm not ready to like jump down Blake lively's throat.

Like she's annoying. She's cringy. Her and her husband like definitely think that their shit doesn't stink. They could do whatever they want. And they almost got away with it. Yeah. All of those things. Yes.

There's also other stuff that I think is like bigger. Yeah. Yeah. It's just in these filings, at least right now, like what we're seeing. They keep alluding to like the nightmare on. The thing. Working with him was a nightmare. I can't even.

This is all post production. We're not getting a lot of production stuff. Yeah. Maybe that. come in his defense. Like he'll put forth those things as we get closer to trial to defend himself. Like there wasn't, I didn't do anything wrong. But they keep talking about what happened on set without telling us in a big way.

Yeah, just in like a in past tense. Yeah. And maybe I'll feel differently. I just feel like I kind of feel like a little crazy. Like everybody's like hates my takes. And I'm just like, I don't know. I feel like, and I, and I, I watch, like, a lot of TikToks, mostly from people who don't, like, who are team Baldoni.

Yeah. And I don't know, I just don't find it compelling. And I'm not just, like, blind. I'm not just, like, digging. I'm not even like, deeply fan. I'm not a Justin Maldoni fan. Like, I'm not digging my boots in just because, like, I've, this whole time said that I hate Justin Maldoni and, like, I don't want to be wrong.

If I really felt like my opinion changed, I would say it. Like, and it would be, like, a whole thing. thing. I'm not, maybe I'll get there, but like, I don't know, the more I read, I'm like, okay, nothing Blake lively has been accused of, like, is criminal. If being annoying was a crime, she would be in prison, and if being insufferable was a crime, she would be in prison, but, like, those are not crimes. Sexual harassment is. Well, you keep saying she stole a movie, stealing is a crime. No, it's not. Like, creatively stealing, steamrolling over someone is not a crime. And I feel like there's so much

that's come out, and of course, like the big headlines or the Taylor Swift and the cringe text messages, but there are also things like the deposition of her chauffeur that like nobody's talking about because it does sort of support her claim. When was that? When was what? The deposition. It's in all these filings. I don't know when he was deposed.

Yeah. Also, I saw stuff yesterday more about the birthing scene, which has always bothered me. Yeah. Like an uncomfortable set. Actually, whenever I think about like that, I think it's crazy that he said his wife gave birth naked. Like how you can give birth out a bra is insane. And in a hospital, I've never heard of, like, but people who do homebirth and, like, give birth naked,

but I've never heard of in a hospital. So that's just, like, a fun fact. Yeah. It's kind of crazy. Yeah. So that's, like, I don't like that. It's icky and yucky, but, like, not a crime. No, and the movie really does deal with, like, such sensitive topics that there was never going to be a world in which, like, nobody felt uncomfortable at all.

So I do think some of the things you can chalk up. to like it being just a really sensitive movie covering a lot of sensitive topics. But I don't know. Yeah. I just feel like the big storyline about like Blake being annoying and cringe and like a celebrity. What else do you expect from these like egotistical people who have their whole lives been told how amazing they are? Like she's definitely difficult to work with. Why that is a bigger headline than like all of the weird things Justin Baldoni is saying?

Well, I don't think the headlines can keep like there are so many headlines. No, but that's what's, like, that's what I see. Your takeaway? That's what everyone's clipping is the. Well, at least right now it's all her correspondences. So, like, that's what everyone's really focusing on. Plus, with Taylor, like, that's always going to be the biggest. Of course, of course.

No, everyone wants to hear what Taylor said more than the driver. Of course, but, like, the driver's more pertinent to the case than Taylor. But I also imagine that, well, also, like, Taylor was really involved. And by the way, did you see where the correspondence where Blake wrote, you've, like, thank you so much. You were amazing. You saved another movie from the graveyard. This will be the second movie you pulled out of a grave. What's the first? No. And like what? And so when a year ago or whatever, when he said like Taylor and Blake like inspired to take my movie from me. He sounded crazy. He did. And she said I'll release my dragons.

They could be your dragons on my team. Like he's talking about this. Like they kind of did. Yes. Definitely. And that's crazy. And that's just like for me that's tea. Exactly. Like this is like legal. tea though. No, but it's like that's tea. I don't know why you all are in court. Yeah. And I've said this for a while now. They need to meet the two of them. They

are destroying each other and themselves and they need to just say and walk away from this. That's so funny. I don't feel like Justin Baldoni is being destroyed. I think there was a moment in time when she first released in that whole New York Times thing where he

was on the brink of destruction. Like he was basically there. And he fought back to Thindale. And I think it's pretty overwhelmingly bad for Blake. And now, Justin, I feel like he's been vindicated. Okay. That's just how I feel based on public perception. And what ends up happening in court, like might not even change that.

I agree with what you just said. But it proves why he had to fight too thin nail and do all of this. Because like he, when that New York Times thing came out like, goodbye, Justin. Baldonie. No, it's insane how quickly and how drastically it went from one extreme to the other. Yeah. And don't forget, like, the summer of hating Blake lively. Yes. And then, wow, it's been, it's been such a long time because this was last, last summer. It wasn't his past year. Yeah. It was the other. And then in December, she did her big thing and almost, you know, almost one. And he did not give up. And now we're over a year later, not even in court yet. Yeah.

It's been a long time. It's been a long time coming. So yeah. It's a lot. And I understand it's emotional. And if someone could just explain to me how they know Blake lively's lying about the sexual harassment,

like what? It's not that they know that she's lying. It would be someone saying she has yet to prove it. Got it. That's all. I think. Okay. And so we're just not,

we just don't believe. I thought we were believing women. Like I thought that was the party line. Well, it depends. On the one. woman. Who you are. I think it also depends on the woman. Like, okay, the woman's annoying and the women is like... Well, for other, for other, you know, small pea-brained people. Right. But I'm saying in general, like here, like, yes, we shall endeavor to believe women, but you have to prove

something as well. Right. And so because she stole a movie, maybe that makes her a less believable victim. Is that I'm genuinely just trying to understand. I can't get into the mind of a pea brain. No, not even a pea brain. Somebody's smart who, like, is Justin Baldoni believes you don't believe Blake lively was sexually harassed because she stole a movie and she's like a bitch is that why like bitches can't be harassed I'm I can't answer this question I'm just curious on behalf of people that I don't agree with yeah and I don't listen to their takes on tictox so I actually no I do and like the whole thing is like well look look at like look at what's happened this week what that has to do with sexual harassment I'm not sure not a lot has happened to do a sexual

harassment this week though no but it has been proven that her and her husband stole the movie like he was getting involved. It's not his movie. They were using their big A-list money connects powers. Even him saying, look, I was in the mouth of a Sony exec. Everybody in Hollywood up until recently, like ate their ass. So they used all their powers to steal a movie from someone they didn't think was capable of doing it. Yes, that has been proven.

Yeah. I personally would like to focus on like the crimes more so than the movie stealing. Our next story, some memoir news. Hayden Penitier is getting the memoir treatise. She's revealed the cover of her new memoir, not called Memoirs of a Hayden. It is called This Is Me, A Reckoning. Okay. I will never say anything bad about Hayden Penitier.

Like, she deserves all of our love and support. It is a bad memoir name. As somebody who just, like, for a living, criticizes memoir's names. That is the best part of our job. I would say my criticism with this memoir name is that it could be anyone's memoir name. Yeah, right. This is me. a reckoning.

It could be Kala settles. It should be Kala settles. 1,000 percent. But who's the last person that we said was writing their memoirs? Like, it could have been, this is me. So I would have loved something else. Now, getting past because we're not supposed to judge a book by its cover, nor its title, I don't think there's somebody more poised to write a bang-in memoir.

I mean, let alone her, like, prolific child acting career. And she almost made it out of like that trope of child actors. She was doing quite well until she had a baby. And I think that really sent her into like a very rare but but not spoken about like enough case of like true postpartum psychosis. Like postpartum depression. She had to give up custody of her daughter. Like and then she had, you know, terrible things happened in her family separately from that. So it's really sad what's happened to Hayden Panette here.

And I feel like the way everybody feels about like Amanda Bines like where we just like want to like Hayden Panette. doesn't get enough love because she's really not in the public eye. Like she's taken a step back, but like she deserves all the love. Like everybody buy her book, even if you don't know how to read. I will be reading it. It's due this spring. I'm going to read it. I really hope she talks about raising Helen. I hope she talks about Nashville. Okay. So, like, where we're saying has like this TV that has like Samsung TV Plus. I told you that's where I found the Martha Stewart show. And it has the most. Would my frame have San Francisco, Martha Stewart Show? Yeah, but like this TV, whenever you turn on,

just takes you know how like in New York you put on your TV takes you to New York one this takes you to Samsung plus TV or whatever takes me to the weirdest channel but on yes I understand and so they're always playing the most random stuff last night they were playing Nashville and it was I forgot that girl's Scarlett oh she was so annoying oh she was but she was the she was the whole show when I turned it on she was like singing around on some stage and I was like now I remember why I stopped watching this show like she literally ruined it um speaking of Nashville Scarlett and gunner and she like wouldn't take him back even though they were meant to be together Gunner was there too.

Gunner, he's cute. He was sweet. He always comes through our red carpet. There are so many things that Hayden Paneteer, like, needs to touch on. Well, yeah, so she was in Remember the Titans. She was on some soap operas, like One Life to Live. She was on Heroes. Raising Helen.

Scream movie. Wait, one more. Bring it on. Bring it on. Bring it on all or nothing. Where she learned to crump. So, so, so good. So, so good.

spring. Get your TBR's ready. Who's publishing it? Like just. Grand Central publishing and imprint. We all know that word from younger. Yes, I watched Junker. Of Hatchet Book Group.

Okay, let's go. Let's go. Like, I don't think often about Hayden Paneteer. So if you would have asked me, like, who, which celebrity would write the best memoir? She wouldn't even come to mind, but she's really, she's up there with the greats. Yeah. I think this will be a great book.

I think so, too. Our next. And memoirs don't have to be held back by their titles. Like, even if you think of our favorites, like, even if you think of our favorite celebrity memoir. Jessica Simpson, open book. Open book. That could also be anyone.

It's generic. It wasn't like chicken of the books, you know. Tuna of the book. Tuna of the literary aisle. Books of the sea. Did you see like her theme song? No. Because we talked about them doing your partnership, right?

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Scarlett Johansson, Kate Blanchett, and Joseph Gordon-Levitt are among 700 industry backers of a new anti-AI campaign. Okay. More than 700 artists, writers, and creators, including the three people I just named, have united behind a new anti-AI campaign, calling out the tech companies exploiting copyrighted work without permission. While lawmakers on both sides of the Atlantic are weighing new regulations around AI training data, The campaign argues that stealing our work is not innovation. It's not progress. It's theft, plain and simple.

How are they stealing their work? They use, you know, their name and likeness and stuff. And also like sounds and... Well, Scarlett Johansson had that crazy saga where like an AI company that has like a like a Siri type of voice. The sky was using her voice, which is illegal. Yeah, for sure. That's a big one. They were found guilty.

Like, I feel like this is confusing because our, like, like, the law is pretty clear, like, on copyright and stuff. So if any AI companies is using any of these celebrities name and likeness without their consent, like, that is illegal and they are entitled to compensation. I think, so are they taking a stance against AI in general or just AI, like, skirting the law? AI scurting the law in terms of using copyright and material. Like I imagine, like, using, you know, a scene from a film and putting someone else's face on it, like stuff like that.

Like, yes, I remember chat just recently. They had like a, you know, they have like a different, they own a thing called Soma or whatever. Oh, the video one? Yeah. Sora. Sora, right. And they were using, like, a lot of movies and, like, they were using, like, a lot of movies and like getting Jake Paul's face and and yes, that.

So that would be like, I think that's among the things that they're talking about. And I think that they are fighting for like more licensing, basically to get paid for like AI sorts of things as opposed to not using it at all. Got it. So they don't really inherently have an issue with AI. It's more so about. I don't think you can like fight AI happening. Right.

So this is just kind of like a niche issue for them. It's hard for me to personally care about like Scrawlgeman and not getting more money. And but like even though like I believe the chief. right. And like, sorry that happened to you. And like they weren't mad when robots were taking other jobs. Right. Of like coal miners. So like, again, that doesn't mean that their cause is wrong. If only robots could coal the mines. Coal mine. Mine the coals. Agreed. Right. Like, sorry. Agreed. Good luck with that. Yeah. Yeah. C-TYL. You know, everyone's got their own battle to fight. And I just want to say one thing. Open.

flatter's. Effective, question mark? I don't think so. And I think I'm personally open letter fatigued. Yeah, they're so performative. When I see an open letter, even if I agree with what they're saying, I don't agree. Like, it's not that I disagree with writing an open letter. You know, say what you want.

Do what you want. Read by the press. I just. It's really hard for me to care. Like, they're so performative and it's like there's an open letter and then like a bunch celebrity sound like an opposing open letter. And it's like, battle of the open letters. And it's like, you know what?

I prefer the Morgan Letters. I do prefer the Morgan Letters. Yeah. So good luck with that. And it's really just about numbers because they say these three people and then 700 others. And I want to talk about these three people. Obviously, you lead with Scarlett Johnson. It's like, wow.

Who is the second? Cape Blanchet. You know? Then we get to Joseph Gordon-Levitt. And I love Joseph Gordon-Levitt. If 500 days of summer has no fans, I've passed away. But, like, that's the third most famous person on your list. Like, seriously, good luck.

And also some of these open letters, I mean, this is like whatever Hollywood stuff, but some of these open letters will be like 600 scientists said. And it's like someone who's in eighth grade science class. Correct. And it's the eighth grader. They use a lot of big like generalization. Yeah. So, you know, you really have to really look at the list of signatories.

Yeah. And I'm just like. And I don't want to look at the list. No. I'm just over open letter culture. I agree. And I agree. And let me ask you this.

So a closed letter is like the mail? I think a closed letter is like, yes. The public doesn't know that like you sent this letter to the AI companies. Yeah. Why don't people try closed letters? Like I'm just like trying something new.

Yeah. I think people like, you know, an open letter is a great way to get your name out there. It's so true because when they do. It's a great way to like generate press for yourself about a cause. When you send out an open letter, it almost always comes with like a press release. Yeah.

And then like you look cause driven. Your name is in the press and you didn't really have to like do that much. And it looks like you care about something. Slay the house down boots, Scarlett. Yeah. Our fifth and final story, Kyle Cook is addressing potential financial implications in Amanda Patula breakup. This was the weirdest.

It's not a breakup. It's a divorce. Right. And this was also the weirdest you think. Okay, he's being, you know, speaking for the first time on his divorce, 10 years in the making. And it's literally like somebody following him around with a phone. He's on the side of the road.

Yeah. it's not it's not like an airport TMZ or anything it's just like his intern filming oh it's adam glenn yeah okay actually know him yeah who is he he is like a paparazzi who started his own social media um and now he has like he has really good relationships with celebrities reality starts too um because he is like a successful paparazzo he think he's like a paparazo for hire so they all really like him and now he does like a lot of man on the street content i actually see his stuff um everywhere So good for him. He got the scoop.

He got the scoop. So Kyle Cook is addressing online speculation that Amanda could potentially get saddled with some of his debt from lover boy. He said, because he took out personal loans, right, instead of raising more money. He said, I've seen a bunch of videos pop up talking about divorce and the financial implications. I don't think a lot of people really understand the intricacies of my business to begin with. Is their debt? Yeah, I took a small business loan, he said. I actually have no idea he admitted, adding that he and his estranged wife don't really plan to get to that point.

So I guess hopefully they could just like split amicably. I imagine they never really like merged finances or anything, like a very modern marriage before you have kids. Except that she was like very involved in lover boy. Loverboy building, you know, doing the branding building into like helping out where it is. I don't know if she would just like walk away from all of that, but maybe for her piece she would. Yeah.

And I think like I think I said this the other day. There was a time where I do feel like it actually would have been really hard for her to walk away. I think the company at one point was actually worth a lot of money. And now the space is like very saturated. And I don't think they have like a huge market. charity more and I think they did take on a lot of debt. And so now I think it's maybe easier for to walk away. Be like, yeah, maybe this company will sell for a lot of money.

It might not. And like for my piece, I can go. Or maybe he'll give her like a percentage of it. But didn't he say on the show that he had taken out a personal loan? A small business loan would not affect your partner. It affects the business. You take out the loan on the business. Where you get into trouble is where you start to take out personal loans and

you can't, you know, if you defaults on those loans, then like your house gets taken. That's what happens, you know, like a lot of big scandals. So I remember him saying on the show that he had taken out a personal loan. alone. I don't know that. I can't. And if he did, that would be incumbent on Amanda. I also believe Amanda, Amanda, Amanda is personally wealthy, her family. So I just imagine, like, she's not terribly worried. Yeah, I think I hope, I think they'll be able to just, like, both walk away. Like he said, we hope to not get to that point. I think it should be as, like, mess free as a divorce could be, even though they do have this, like, entity between them. Yeah. We'll see.

Well, weiner and weiner. Queener and weiner. Sabrina to weiner. Never. Today is Queenie and Weenie. Our final, excuse me. Segment of the week every Friday. Jackie and I like to do a little segment we call Queenie and Weenie of the Week. Or we deliver two awards, a rose and a thorn, if you will, to a Queenie of the Week, somebody who acted like a Queenie of the Week.

And weenie, somebody who was being major Weeney energy this week. A lot of choices. And if it's okay with you, I'd like to go first with my weenie because I... We know we start with Queenie. That's what I said. Sorry, did I say... You said weenie. Excuse me, I'd like to start with my queenie.

Because I've had my queenie written my notes app since Monday since I saw this video that literally brought me two tears. Bridget from the bar, influencer to the stars and also founder of the bar. She has been publicly battling cancer for the last like two years. She's been documenting the whole thing on social,

just like acting like a queen. She finished her treatment. And she did the whole walk with the bell. And whenever I see like a bell video, like I'm sat and I'm crying. This one just like seriously broke me. She was wearing the cutest outfit. Like she refused to lose her sparkle.

during chemo. She rang the bell her fucking husband. The way I would take a bullet for that man. I have chills. I saw the video, but you describing it. Her fucking husband. Obviously,

I was watching Bridget, but I was watching her husband. Like, he was so overcome with emotion. He wanted to hug her, but he did not want to take, like, it is, first of all, the video is a work of art.

Bridget is a queen. Bridget is, excuse me, Bridget is a queenie. And she happens to be the queenie of my week. I love that. That's a beautiful queenie. Shout out to Bridget. My queenie is Chris Apple.

for coming on the show being such a trooper, giving free haircuts, with our breath-like energy, cutting my hair on his way out the door, down to clown. He was very generous with his product, his time, his skill, and his scissors. Yeah. And he was down to clown, which is really like if you're coming on this show. You have to be, you have to like join us down here. Yeah. So it might not always go.

But, you know, sometimes, but it's just an adventure over here at the toast. And he had such great energy. And everyone really loved yesterday's episode. you got an amazing haircut. I did. I got fresh pieces. Like, he's the queenie of my week. Yeah. And like, you do expect somebody who like, you know, is so, he was literally like the most famous hairstylist. Like he was, you would never know. He was so normal and so cool. Like, how he was on the show is exactly how he was. Literally, we were like running out of his studio because he had like a book tour to do making TikToks. He was so down. Like, he gave us everything.

He left everything on the mic. Agreed. Weenie. So many good options this week. Now, what really took over my week was tell me laws and i know it's like i feel like weenie's not even a big enough term for stephen but like the way he made me feel like was so profound that filming scene like it was really it's like i don't even want to give him weeny because how he behaved was so more than a weenie was diabolical psychopath of the week criminal of the week like seriously jail for you week but he was my meaning of the week like seriously i fucking hate stephen it's actually crazy when a show makes you feel.

That's so you know it's a good show. Like good and bad. Like makes you feel. It's such a good show. And his performance is really, I hope it's a good performance and he's not even remotely like that because he's so believable.

He is fucking awful. I cannot stand that man. Weenie. Also shout out to Colton. My weenies, plural, are Brooklyn and Nicola. Of course. I cannot believe that they did what they did.

Can we talk about a person whose name I swear would never say on this show, but it has to be said. Oh, I just saw that. this morning. Okay, so Alana Hadid. But I saw like, Nicola's ex's sister is talking about how

Nicola always wanted to be famous. I was like, which of her exes has a sister? So Alana Hadid, like the extremely irrelevant awful anti-Semitic sister of the Hadid family, chimed in. And you know what? I actually appreciated it because I had read in a TikTok comment.

Like so it really, that, you know, Nicola dated Anwar Hadid for four years. And I read that at the time he was really estranged from his family, especially his mom. And I was like, well, that's convenient if not true and interesting if true. And then Alana chiming in, basically echoing that sentiment and being like, you know, Team Victoria, while I hate her with every fiber of my being, her perspective is appreciated. Oh. Oh, I thought you were saying that she was a weenie.

Well, she is a weenie. But I just wanted to talk about what she said. Oh, yeah. It seems to just be a pattern. Yeah, which is not good. And so, yeah, I can't believe the two of them wrote that. especially like as we discussed this week, like, no one was talking about it at the moment. Like we weren't looking for an explanation.

The two of you could have ridden off into the sunset and you don't have to like, I'll just never going to side with the person that like publicly trashes their family. When like the family, it seems fine. Yeah, sure. Maybe they're like a little controlling and she danced. And she's posh spice. So like what do you expect? Right.

She shook her hips at the wedding. May I suggest? Like I do feel like the weeniness really weighs heavy on Brooklyn shoulders. Like honestly, Nicholas Slice. your man loves you so much. Like him like throwing your mother to Nicola, Victoria is just like a mother-in-law. To Brooklyn, like that's your mom, dude.

I agree. The onus is more on him, but, you know, they're a unit. They're a unit. And it's like Megan and Harry. Yeah. I know you love to put, you're very consistent in that. Yes. You put all the onus on Harry.

I think, you know, the womanly wiles can't be understated. So true. But the men falling for it cannot be understated. That's our show. for an amazing week. You guys, we're back on Monday with just more swirly energy, hopefully more breath energy. Monday Traders recap. And that's all, that's all we've got for you. Thank you so much for listening to the Tostom Millennium Morning Show where you deliver the fast five stories that you need to know every Monday, the Friday on YouTube. So we're watching us on YouTube.

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