The Toast - Close Your Cheeks To Dublin Portals: Wednesday, May 15th, 2024

Episode Date: May 15, 2024

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Good morning, Millennials! Welcome back to The Toast and happy Wednesday! A gorgeous, excuse me, gorgeous day here at The Toast. Speaking of hump day, let me throw it to a girl who truly I would hump any day of the week. It's Jax! Hi, Turtle Lou. Thank you so much. Speaking of hump day, Bruno's on the show. Speaking of hump day, Bruno's on the show. And I'm very excited

because he took a few days off he said mom I deserve a break I've been working very hard I said Bruno sure sure sure yeah but get back on your sure microphone sure sure how's my swirly your swirly is good I'm excited we've got great show today. We've got Vanderpump Rules recap. Huge news. You know, a programming update. Dear Toaster's got the bump till tomorrow because Jackie and I are caught up on the reunion. Okay? We stan Brock and Sheena.

Yeah. We're going to do that at the end of the show. We've got five great stories. And today's episode is brought to you by Maybelline, which is just fabulous because it's a gorgeous company and we're gorgeous girls. Yeah, it's very apt. It's appropriate, some would say. Some. Apropos.

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You know, in the true spirit of the Beautification Committee, I think moving forward, it would be helpful if Maybelline sponsored all of our episodes. It would. I also just like, you know, Wednesday can sometimes be the hardest day of the week. And I just like starting it with some mental health tips. Just like some tips.

Like, you know, I think another one we didn't mention that would be good is cooking. Yeah. But even though like sometimes cooking can lead you to a dark place, like if things don't go right. Like for me, I just, I'm getting tired of like not being able to truly cook one thing properly. It's like actually annoying.

I feel like for you, you've tried hard enough. Yeah. And I think we can call it. Like I don't think you need to get better at cooking. One, because your husband is a chef and you don't need two chefs in the house. Yeah. And two, like you tried your best. Thank you.

You know what? It's not for you. But like everybody wants to one day like be the mom who can cook. You know how people sit back. Oh, you got to have my mom's cooking. Like my kids are going to be like be the mom who can cook you know how people sit back oh you gotta have my mom's cooking like my kids are gonna be like stay the fuck away from my mom's kitchen it's so true and I also feel like to get to a place where you can make dinner every night with ease you have to train for a long time like it took me a really long time to be able to make dinner and have it not be such a production yeah like now I've got dinner on lock

like I make my main protein and then I customize it for everyone's different dish. You know, for mommy, it's going on a salad for Charlie. It's going in the blender for Zach. It's going over some rice. I am so Zach in that situation. Yeah. So you do kind of have to like start early, but you have been for that. Like, I'm sorry. I don't think that a married couple was meant to have two chefs like I think that's actually your karmic punishment for marrying a good chef is that you are unable to be one so I guess like my kids will be like oh you got to come home and try my dad's cooking yeah and you know how that kills me to see a man in the kitchen but it is what it is that was my lot in life it's almost like it's poetic irony yeah like Hashem was playing some sort of trick on me yeah that is really funny um so yes today we have such a great show obviously

always excited to talk to you about swirly affairs kind of a swirly state of the union every day is a swirly state of the union here at a glance for sure and then we have Vanderpump Rules which I did watch last night let me tell you I was gonna be like such a good wife I was like Ben like don't go to the game like I'll watch let me tell you, I was going to be like such a good wife. I was like, Ben, like, don't go to the game. Like, I'll watch the game with you. And I was thinking, I'm like, okay, I'll watch Vanderpump Rules in the morning. Like, I'll put my journey to the side for you. But he was so adamant on going to the game. So him and his friends went. And then Ben calls me. And I started watching the Knicks game just to see like what was going on before Vanderpump Rules. And he calls me and it's like into the second quarter I'm like oh I wonder what's going on at the game and he calls

me and he goes he's so serious he's like never really serious he's like did you see my Instagram and I was like no and he was like go look and then he hung up and he was like so serious I'm like what the hell happened like somebody like yeah I actually got worried and he's like complaining that he bought fake tickets on StubHub like and he never got to the game and I was like am I supposed to feel bad for you like you left me and that's what karma karma is my boyfriend karma is fake tickets on StubHub coming straight home to me and then coming straight home to me and then what's so weird about Ben is like he just called it so all of his friends like they were all pissed but like of course it's a big game they went to the bar next to Madison

Square Garden we're gonna like eat drink and watch the game and I'm like okay have fun he's like no I'm coming home I'm like why like I had already settled into my evening without you it was such a strange evening for Ben like it was really, almost I want to say at his worst. Damn, he should have used the GameTime app. I know, and he should have used Code Toast, even though I think he even has a code. That's really sad for him. I don't feel bad for him whatsoever.

He goes to every Knick game. Like it's down the street, you know. And by the way. Could have happened to such a worst case. I keep saying to him, I'm like, listen listen you don't have to go like it's really expensive we went to a game like you don't have to go to every single one he like wants to go to Indiana and he just the first time he said it I was like okay that's a fair analogy he was like what if Taylor Swift and I was like okay you know what sure sure sure sure but it's seven games like

so many different rounds he needs to stop using that comparison because it's if Taylor Swift was doing seven games seven shows in my hometown like it would be different the reason why literally so different and I actually I'm gonna play Ben's advocate for a second because he's been a Knicks fan for so long like and they've been losing for so long nothing to cheer for nothing to root for and he like sat and waited and now it's his time and you two are dinks if there was ever a time to go follow the Knicks around it would be right now while they're on a streak which they probably won't be on again for a really long time like I think now it's his time oh wow okay all right noted the next time you have an issue with your husband I'll take his side I noted I know that's coming for me I feel like I know I feel

like I'm very fair about how often I take Ben's side and it's not that often just a few times it's it's incredibly shocking okay that's good to know because I thought we were just like blindly defending one another because that's what I fucking do for you that's not who we are though good to know good not that can't wait to come back over to your house and stir the pot can't wait invite me back I can't wait I'm just trying to bring you peace what about that what about loyalty what about sisterhood you feel like you're supposed to be mad at Ben because what he's doing is dumb a little dumb and selfish but like I'm trying to make you feel better about it because it's going to happen regardless you know what it sounds like you're saying hmm screw sisterhood screw sisterhood

and I don't accept that sometimes you gotta screw your sisterhood but no actually you don't that's what I'm saying no but the thing is you can't see my bigger plan but what I'm doing is all in the name of sisterhood because I want to see my sister happy and thriving and peaceful so you're actually saying in the name of sister in the name of sisterhood I'm arguing with you my sweatshirt today has thumb holes and like you just can't tell me shit you know I'm like so are you going skiing yeah like no oh do you this is like I don't think of skiing when I think of thumb holes I think of like seriously like chewing through my shirts in high school like just to make my own thumb holes and like I just feel like you could go skiing it's giving goth no oh I guess they are into that too but I just think of that's all my ski clothes have that so that the gloves go on seamlessly oh my god I literally

never knew that I think you don't have like a ridge no I feel like oh my god I'm so little like my glove my things are so big like it's going over my hand. Like, oh. What could go over your hand without a thumb hole? Shut the fuck up, okay? Like, you're just jealous because I look so skinny in my sweatshirt today, right? That's why. Yeah, it's a cute sweatshirt. I like the color. Lululemon.

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That's like such a luxury, one item per hanger. And I'm really going to try and keep it good as long as I can. But also, not having to do with Tucker Nock, I finished Demon Copperhead, my book club meets tonight. What are like some good literate takes that I can like bring to the table to stunt on these bitches? Hmm. Well, you know the overall, the book is, you probably, I don't know why you wouldn't know this unless, the book is based on a book called David Copperfield. Yes.

And so you could like draw the comparisons to that. I've never seen that book, but I just know it's a book about like growing up in like immense poverty. Yeah. Yeah. It's like a play on that. You could talk about like, do you like that? Do you like that in general? You know? I mean, I didn't know the other books,

so like I can't really speak to it. But yeah, I hear what you're saying. I will say, I feel like it's one of those books that really changed the way I see the world, you know? Yeah. I agree with that. Like really, you know, I feel like we, I feel like we live in a culture where we're so aware of each other's differences. And I don't often think about, and I feel like a lot of it is race-based, religion-based. Everyone clings to their identity. But really the greatest, I think, divider between us all is the rich and the poor. And they were talking at the end about how you really can't ever be, like why so many people who grew up in the country are so afraid to live in the cities

is because, like, living in the cities being poor versus living in the country being poor is so different. Like, you really can't go that hungry living in the country because you live off the land. But, like, in the city, like, everything is in a, it's all concrete. Like, if you really, if you have no money, like, you cannot survive. Whereas, like, you can survive on less in the country. it's like I forget what they called it it was like land poor and something whatever I loved it yeah no it definitely spotlighted a community that often gets overlooked and that like sent me down a rabbit hole that was then after that I watched

Dope Sick which you have already watched and um I thought she did a great job. Yeah Barbara. Barbara so I'm glad I'm excited to hear how your book club goes. I had the busiest day yesterday I don't want to give away too much but I made my sourdough and I'm gonna leave it at that. She's gonna leave it at that. The entire journey is on Patreon like the way like this was a sourdough uh no it's going up today. Okay. Sourdough documentary I don't want to say how it went because you just have to trust the process and watch the Patreon. And that's all I'm going to say. No, all we're going to say is this. Oregon Trail.

Amongst other things. And we've been talking about the Oregon Trail a lot last week because of your sourdough journey. And I just feel like it's important to remind everyone that the Oregon Trail was created by Kevin O'Leary like just a fun fact about life that I think people know but don't talk about enough I feel like we do our part in letting people know once a year so if we have new toasters this year yeah Oregon Trail was created by Kevin O'Leary and that's why we have no choice but to stand even if we had a choice we still would stand though and like at the beginning of every Shark Tank episode when they give a little like brief on all the the sharks and they say you know he sold his educational company for three billion dollars like Oregon Trail was a huge part of that

educational company yeah yeah amongst the successes of his company and I feel like there are a couple like games or just things from our childhood that I like I I consider it like remember that game Dream Life me and Margo played it a lot it was like a video game about going to the mall yeah yeah yeah and like we were we couldn't play it play it enough and like for Margo's like 18th birthday I got her like one on eBay and we played it and it was so stupid and so disappointing like it kind of ruined the magic of the game like nostalgia is real and I don't ever want to play Oregon Trail no oh my god I think it would be dreadful yeah it was dreadful then no no it's like no it's a game about dread oh well yes everyone's dying of sedentary and dysentery

whatever I'm you're dying of sedentary. I was just going to say that. Or a famine. Like it was low-key sad. Yeah. In a very classic kind of way. You just had a mouthful there. I really did. So you answered my question.

How are the stories? The stories are great. I look forward to talking about them. They're extremely varied. They run all categories all categories okay tell me if this is a story have you been seeing everything about the new york and dublin portal no can you talk about it i'm sorry yes i've been seeing it no it's not a story happy to talk about it so in like an attempt to be sweet in an attempt to be sweet like the the government, I guess, is it paid for? I think it's the government.

I feel like it's private. No, the government. Whatever. Why would they do that? Okay. Yeah. Government, they like give us something nice. You can't even like pick up the garbage.

Somebody, somebody set up a portal in New York and a portal in Dublin. And by portal, I mean, it's just like this big circular round screen with a webcam, but it's like very cool. You can like, serious, like you can stand in front of it. Someone in Dublin can see you and someone in Dublin can stand in front of it and see you and it's like you know it's making the world smaller like it's sweet and I saw like in the beginning like really cute things this girl I follow on TikTok she has like a like a following and she was like does any of my followers want to meet me and they were like passing signs like people were

being cute and it's also just cool to see like you know if you live in Dublin to see a I don't know where it is in the city but it's in like a densely populated part of New York. And it's like, how exciting to see New York. And then someone in New York, how exciting to see Dublin. It was supposed to be sweet, but of course, like we can't have nice things. And a video went super viral. There are two videos, but one of them is going much more viral of an influencer. Of course, God forbid, like any of us ever represented the group well. She goes up and she picks up her shirt and she flashes her titties

and she's like jumping around swirling her titties in the air, okay? So it's not just like a woo. It's like a swirly, swirly, swirly. And then there was another video that got less traction of a guy like pulling his pants down and showing everyone his tushy. Okay, and did you see the guy in Dublin

who put his phone up to the camera with a picture of 9-11? Yes, I did. That's not funny. Yes, I did. And so at first it was the 9-11 thing. And at first it was like people making jokes about like, you know, the other country's culture or whatever. And then, you know, the nudity. And now it's been shut down because of the nudity, mostly because of that girl. Yeah. And I just want to say, like,

I feel as though, know excuse the repetition it is so emblematic of the state of culture I'm like I hate to be such a grandma but like seriously put your titties away like it's disgusting because there could be children around put your titties away like I don't even think that's like a hot take like put your titties away put your ass away I don't know why like it's just so classic but there's ass in the streets all the time and there's kids walking around yeah that's true well that's just a problem that we have here in New York and we need to work on that but like ass in the streets I don't know something about the way I saw it I was like so triggered like I'm like are you fucking kidding me like we can't just

have one nice thing it was so sweet at first like even with the 9-11 thing even with the 9-11 thing, even with the 9-11 thing, like, okay, like that was mean, but like it was like kind of like funny. Okay. But like tushy and booby, like, come on. You don't know who's watching in Dublin. You don't know who's watching around you. Like, and now it's shut down. Like we couldn't even have one nice stupid screen with a camera. Like, and seriously, I just want to say like shame on that influencer.

Yeah, for sure. Yeah. I'm saying it. I'm not freeing the nipple. Boobs should stay in shirts unless you're breastfeeding someone I just don't think it's that great of a loss like okay bye Dublin no I don't think it's that great of a loss either but I think it's really yes I just think it's really like representative of the state of culture that like of course we can't have anything without like somebody ruining it yeah I'm shocked they didn't have like a patrol

officer standing there to make sure people acted right but you can't make sure people act right like what is the officer gonna do when the man said yes they can't even control it like in a court like an actual law officer officer of the law yeah so we just got problems but I do agree that that's like that was a microcosm so many microcosms this week Jackie it's a microcosm it's a microcosm of what's wrong wrong yeah yeah and like maybe that's just me growing up like maybe there would have been a time where I thought it was funny maybe but now seriously I'm like put your titties away close this close your cheeks to Dublin portals yeah close your cheeks to Dublin portals and nobody and I mean nobody wants to see that yeah super funny

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You're welcome. You're welcome. Our first story, major publishing news, Sports Illustrated 2024 covers have arrived, and we have four covers. We have four cover stars. Kate Upton, Chrissy Teigen, Hunter McGrady, and Gayle King have each of their own Sports Illustrated covers. And then there is a group photo, very Jenna Rink sparkle celebration of humanity.

Very Jenna Rink sparkle celebration prom. Yeah, so that's an aside. Let's talk about our four cover stars, Kate, Chrissy, Hunter, Sparkle, Celebration, Prom. Yeah, so that's an aside. Let's talk about our four cover stars, Kate, Chrissy, Hunter, Gayle. No, like, let me tell you, Sports Illustrated is missing, like, not a stone. All boxes are checked.

All boxes are checked. Like, Gayle gets the sort of Martha Stewart from last year, older woman, can be sexy. Kate Upton is like their bread and butter, tried and true, old school, big titties, sexy bikini model. Yeah. Hunter McGrady has got the plus community covered.

Yes. Who was the fourth? Chrissy Teigen. Celebrity? That's an interesting choice. Yeah. Well, I just want to say, I feel like every year we say a version of this,

but now I feel like really certain of this. I hate four covers. I of this I hate four covers I agree I hate three covers I hate two covers I want one cover I want or I would say I want one cover star but I liked the year when there were three on one cover that was a really one cover one physical I want a choice make choices this is like so unexciting to me. Everyone gets a cover. By the way, I actually completely agree. And I think that there was a time when there was one cover. Like if you were the cover star, like it launched a career.

Kate Upton, Hannah Jeter. Like there were so many people. And then Chrissy Teigen. Chrissy Teigen. And we've had like Nina Agdal. We've had like iconic covers since then, but it doesn't hold the power in the sense where like you get on the cover and you are automatically a star and you're a model for life and you will seriously like become a billionaire.

Like that's really not how it works anymore. And so I definitely feel like that's because it's, you're one of six. It just makes these covers so forgettable. Like when there are so many images, pick the one. Like you tell us, like be a tastemaker. But there's something to be said about like Sports Illustrated surviving in this climate. Like they're obviously doing something right

because they're, you know, still around. And when you look at their competitors, like Victoria's Secret announced today, they're bringing the show back. Like nobody fucking cares. Like it's a, when you're like embracing feminine beauty beauty like you can't win these days like it's like you're doing too much or too little or not enough so there is something to be said about the fact that like they're still as a brand successful yeah but I feel like the last few years having all

of these cover stars like I can barely remember who was last for last year and you were Martha Stewart was one of them I don't know I feel like this yes they they've done really well up until this point but I feel like if they keep going this route like it's a decline it's like it's a quick trip to irrelevancy but also like I can't even imagine a world where they pick one person because there would be backlash every year like why didn't you pick an older woman why didn't you pick uh you know plus size like every but every group would have an issue I don't care right well I don't care yeah make a choice stick with it be scrupled introduce us to some new faces it's giving we're all winners here yes that was the other thing I

love now it's just like people we've already heard of it's never someone they're never launching yeah they're never launching a career and I loved that because we know we didn't really know Kate Upton. There was like a little bit of hoopla around her because that video of her dancing the stanky leg or whatever. She wasn't a household name. Nobody had heard of Hannah Jeter until, what by the way, what was her I always call her Hannah Jeter.

What was her maiden name? I don't remember. Hannah Davies or something. Oh. Davis? Yeah, maybe. Yeah, yeah, yeah. even this cover of all the women like if that had been the one cover that would have been so awesome I just I like when people make a choice when they when they set the tone and like are real tastemakers and and influence and not just like pander to everyone no I agree it's giving we're all winners here it's giving you know like like any one of these four women, if they got their own cover, like these are all gorgeous

photos and I would have been like, great. That's awesome. But like, it would have been more impactful if it was just one. No. And I remember like, you know, every year when they would tell the girl that she was the cover star, it was like this big viral surprise moment. Now it's like six videos. I didn't watch any of them except for Gayle King. They told her her live on air she thought she was just in the magazine and then somebody handed it to her it was actually really cute but like those moments now are so far and few between but few and far between and we used to be able to get like you know rely on it every year yeah yeah I agree with you okay thanks also what I thought was cool is wearing a swimsuit by Juliet Porter JMP the label wow I saw that in Juliet's Instagram this morning so is she freaking out yeah congrats grads wait

that's sick yeah well the other thing I was gonna say was that I feel like the first year they did this was the first year they put um what the hell is her name? Ashley Graham on the cover. And it just felt like a consolation. Like you're embracing plus size, but she's one of three. And I honestly feel like ever since then, it's been multiple covers. Yeah, I remember a few years ago, maybe a lot of years ago at this point,

like Kate Upton had three different covers. That's fine. That's fine. Yeah, I'm never gonna be mad when it's Kate Upton. By the way, what's so crazy is I'm like literally Kate Upton's number one fan. I didn't even see her cover. That's how it just like got lost. Her cover is sick.

Let me look at it. Hold on. And I think of all four of the covers, it's the best cover. And it's so sick that like she is a mom. Yeah. She's really so sick looking. She's one of the most literally beautiful people yeah gorgin i think there's so many like cool things they could do with the cover

so many awesome people and it would be nice if they made a choice so yeah and also like this chrissy teigen cover is so not sports illustrated in the sense that it says shot in la looks like it's in her backyard like they always go really tropical it's almost like because there's so many covers everybody's budget's getting cut i mean same for gail king that looks like me on vacation hold on let me see gail king hold on hold on like me saying to my husband like take a picture literally also hunter mcgrady like it could be montauk. She's on a deck. Where does it say? Oh, in Mexico. Like I feel like they used to go like deep into the woods of Nicaragua. Artica.

Freezing cold. In the bikini. Like braving the elements. No, everyone's getting their budget cuts because there's four covers. Everybody gets a 25% of the budget. Yeah. Where was Kate Upton shot?

Can you see that? My zoom is getting blurry she was shot in Mexico again like budget cuts yeah if you put the budget together plus don't forget the budget for the big group shot oh yes yes that as well for it was also their 60th anniversary issue it would have been cool if they had one cover star and she was 60. Like thank you that's a brilliant beyond brilliant idea. I'm available for consulting. I'd love to be a consultant. A consult? I'd love to be a consultant like in general I feel like consulting is a dream job. No and I really have like an extremely hot take like this big group cover photo everyone in ball gowns for Sports Illustrated.

Like seriously, this looks like a low budget Vanity Fair cover shoot. Claudia, and there's three different ones. I don't know why that just registered to me. I've been looking at them. Three different ones with three different people on each. So how many covers? Seven, that's seven.

That's seven covers total. Seven covers, but oh my God. One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20. many how many covers seven that's seven that's seven covers seven covers but oh my god one two three four five six seven eight nine ten eleven twelve thirteen fourteen fifteen sixteen seventeen eighteen nineteen twenty twenty one twenty two twenty three twenty four twenty five twenty six twenty seven twenty eight twenty nine thirty cover stars this year everyone no it's giving participation award i'm a cover star jackie what are they gonna do next put me on the cover no literally i'm a fat i'm actually now offended that I wasn't chosen. Because you chose everyone.

You left me out. Right. It's not very inclusive of you to not put me on the cover. This is very uninclusive. Some would say it's exclusive. Yikes do better. Yikes do better. Y-D-B.

I hope you're listening and learning. I hope you're L-N-L-ing. I hope you're L-N-L-ing. Ellen Elling. I hope you're Ellen Elling. And the thing is, in general, I love Sports Illustrated, and this is all fun. I'm just saying, like, come on. That's my official thought. Come on.

She's just saying, come on. No, I completely agree. But congrats to all the models and cover stars. And the grads. And the grads. I'm congratulating the grads. And the grads. I'm congratulating the grads less and less these days. Every video from every commencement is like more and more frightening. I know.

Fright full. Full of fright. You gave me a fright. Are you ready for our next story, which is really only for you? And yes, we have an audience of millions of people who are going to have to listen to the story, but I only chose it for my swirl. Oh, my God. this means the world but it's like kind of bad news for you okay okay so before you get bad news let me say good news that I literally come I'm like the worst businesswoman in the world as of today I totally forgot my special lean in which

I so appreciate everybody renting and buying and supporting on prime video is now available to watch for free on YouTube so you could just look it up. It's called Lean In, Claudia Asch, right? It's free on YouTube. So yeah, I'm a woman of the people. It's giving calming energy and I'm obsessed. Well, our next story is going to have you feeling sad when you climb into bed. Oh no. No, it's good news, but not for you. Joe Manganiello is seeing someone. Taylor Kinney is married. Oh no I'm really upset. Chicago Fire star marries a model Ashley Krueger after two years of dating. So him and Lady Gaga are not getting back together? No you him and you are not getting together. Okay by the way

not to be like so weird but why would this like I like him obviously. I thought you like you love him. I think you're thinking of Taylor Kitsch from Friday Night Lights we all love him we all love Taylor okay no and I love Taylor Kinney mostly because like I think him and Lady Gaga were truly like wrong right person wrong time um he's just like one of your people that like you cite uh he's actually not like I don't like hold a candle for him or anything like honestly I don't even watch that show that he's on so I'm just like I mean who does I'm genuinely a lot of people no I know a lot of people like one of them I think is your sister Olivia I know a lot of people watch it like those shows Chicago PD med like

the Chicago universe but like who does I feel like it's on for a lot of people and so they watch it but like so you want names no no no I'm saying like like who TiVo's it Olivia fucking Ashrae like she TiVo's everything she TiVo's everything you seriously like the fact that you call it TiVo but you also call Twitter X like I can't keep up with you like TiVo the 90s. I'm an enigma wrapped in a riddle and cash. Let me just say, I learned last week that that quote, the Erika Jaynes tagline, is a Winston Churchill quote. Not the cash part, but the enigma wrapped in a riddle.

Wow. She was citing Winston Churchill, and it went over all of our dumb fucking heads. Wait, speaking of taglines, I watched all of Real Housewives of New Jersey. And I just want to say Margaret's tagline was so funny. While you're taking cheap shots, I'm taking screenshots. Sickening.

So good. All of them were really strong. Even Dolores, like I'm an Italian dating an Irishman playing Sweden I there really wasn't much like that happened in Jersey except the feeling of Jersey coming back on I guess it always comes on right before summer like in our lives but they're airing their summer and they always go to the Jersey Shore and it always makes me really excited for summer like I just remembered I was watching I was like do I need to go to the shore yeah I mean we always feel that way we always like want to go to the shore after watching it's like they make it look so fun yeah they do um and I just want to say like nothing really

monumental happened that I don't think it's like worthy of a full tv recap but I'm like getting really annoyed like I've reached a point where I think Dolores Catania like has so much potential and she really I feel gives the show like 50% because she's so limited in what she can actually do in terms of like stirring the pot and moving the plot line forward because she's so loyal to Teresa. And like, she's such a rational person

and she's like a deeply moral person. And like this fatal flaw of hers, like just being so ride or die for Teresa and like that dinner with her. And now her boyfriend is like ride or die for Louisie I'm like seriously like I can't yeah but I think she has an important role to play like she's really one of the very few bridges and at times the only bridge yeah and the they would be too far apart the two groups but this season doesn't it look insanely good it does and also like plot twist of the season disappointment of the year Jen Fessler I know what the fuck I know like Jackie Goldschneider

like Jackie Judas Goldschneider Jackie Judas Goldschneider clearly comes and like literally sells down the river Melissa and Margaret who were so good to her but you like Jackie's intentions are so clear she was demoted on the show every year she comes on tries to like get her job back like when she was making fun of Danielle's shorts, like being a bitch, like for no reason. She's clearly trying to make a moment so that she can get her job back. And so her now going to Teresa, none of that feels genuine.

Like that's just her seriously playing a part and it like gives desperate energy. And Jen Fessler is like the opposite. Like she was a friend of, but I think the audience liked her so much. It was also organic. She doesn't need to prove anything. Like her herself, not even being a part of the drama her life her personality is

enough like just for her to be on the show so for her to like be staying at Rachel Fuda's house be such good friends with Margaret and then go licking Teresa's balls like it's so lame it's the biggest loser energy on the planet I was shocked because I loved her yeah no and it doesn't look like it gets any better. No. And then I called Margaret after I watched and I was like, seriously, like tell me what's going on. And I got some good tea.

I'll tell you about it later. Oh, please do. But don't spoil the season. No, I love abusing like my platform in situations like that. Yeah. But I'm always so late to it. Yeah.

I also always make you text someone. Like I forget what I was watching when I was watching that show on Netflix Bling Empire I want you to text Dorothy find out what happened with that guy they were so cute it was like two years later I was gonna say it was two years later and I did not text her that's wrong um what was oh Taylor Kinney so can you remind me why you think that I hold this you know special place in my heart for him I just feel like you do okay and if I'm wrong for that you don't want to be right take me away lock me up me to the cross throw away the key lock you oh my god I had a dream I was going to prison Because this book That I'm reading This guy

Like his mom's Going to prison And it's just like The weeks leading up And I had a dream That it was like My last day before prison And like I met the woman

Who was going to be my guard And she hated me so much And I was like Screaming crying You know my biggest fear in life Like I'd rather be dead Than go to prison Like for real

My biggest fear And I feel like maybe Not that I was planning On breaking the law But maybe that dream Was like a message from God Just to like reinvigorate My law abiding side not to start your encampment right right no seriously like even if it's like the drunk tank like not real prison like you know where they

keep you to sober up and then they let you out I seriously like my biggest fear like just know like if I ever I'm like out here committing crime something's seriously wrong with me and like it's on you to get me help okay Okay, so I'll say Screw Sisterhood? Yeah, that is the only time when it's appropriate to say Screw Sisterhood. Okay, are you ready for our next story? Some big news for a lot of different people. Jeopardy is getting a new pop culture trivia spinoff

at Amazon Prime Video. So it's for the Swirly's, it's for the Jeopardy fans, I guess. And it's for everyone. The first Jeopardy spinoff series to be created for a major streaming service is this. It's called Pop Culture Jeopardy. Okay. So many things to say. First of all, for anyone who watches Jeopardy, you know when there is a category that's even remotely pop culture related. I was watching last night and there was a whole category about like EDM DJs. There was like Skrillex, Diplo. I knew every single answer. There's nothing more last night and there was a whole category about like EDM DJs. There was like Skrillex, Diplo.

Like I knew every single answer. There's nothing more thrilling than when there's a category that like appears, you know, like it might reflect your interests. I love this. I want to know who's hosting it because I need to host it. Like obviously I want to be a contestant on it,

but I'm literally Ken Jennings. Like nobody could beat me. So I want to be, I want to be the host. Like is it already cast, the host? A lot of this like sounds like it's in like done like it's happening they have a name right probably haven't started shooting yet but I feel like they have a host and that'll be another had their like up fronts

where they announced all their upcoming projects another big story was the Reese Witherspoon yeah they're doing like a prequel series to Legally Blonde. Of Ellen High School. So cute. It's giving Carrie Diaries. Like I love it. Although like how you're doing this when three years ago you told us there was a Legally Blonde 3. It's giving like we're not going to believe you until it happens now. Yeah. I mean that's with everything.

Don't like get too excited. Would you. I know everyone wants to be on Pop Culture Jeopardy. And some people want to host it. Would you watch it? Yeah. But I'm literally sending a text hold on oh okay no has the Jeopardy pop culture spinoff host been cast yet question mark it's not in this variety article oh are you who are you asking an industry insider an industry insider and then I'm seriously like I'm gonna make a tape I'm gonna send my reel I'm seriously I want to put myself forward okay

and seriously I'm putting a lot of weight on who they cast as hosts like who do you okay besides for us obviously who do you think would be a good host like I don't want too much personality in my host. I know it's such a good call. And especially if we're going in the vein of Jeopardy, like I want a real host, a host that feels like a real host. Honestly, I know we like put him up for every guest. Yeah, it needs to be Justin Sylvester.

Yeah, I agree. Because he is like a professional host, but he's also obsessed with all facets of pop culture and he hosts E! News. Yeah, well, I mean, I guess he could do both. Or they bring Giuliana Rancic out of retirement, you know? Not for this. No, not for this, yeah.

Yeah. Okay, I'll let you know if I find out. I'm so curious. Exciting, swirly trivia news. I love that. Yeah. Are you ready for our next story? Yeah.

Which is some exciting food news um with a little bit of celebrity as well yeah okay yeah it's like krispy kreme knew i'm done talking about free donuts yeah they did this so they started charging people again no so they incorporated dolly parton dolly parton and krispy kreme announced a new southern sweets donuts plus a free treat if you show up dressed like dolllly. By the way they can't give their donuts away fast enough like what how they make a profit is seriously remarkable to me. These donuts are so cute they're so Dolly they're like pink and have butterflies and all this crapola. So cute. And it's called the Dolly Southern Sweets Collection. I can't sing the praises enough of

Krispy Kreme as a brand I feel like the fact that they get spoken about here so much when we don't even like eat them on the reg like they're always doing good work their partnership the last one I feel like they did was Hailey Bieber with the strawberry glazed donut like genius yeah no and this is really genius too plus really cute that if you show up dressed like Dolly you'll get a free donut like that's just encouraging cute vibes it's encouraging cute vibes and also like I said they can't give their donuts away fast enough. They must have like some sort of overproduction issue where like every couple of weeks they need to do some campaign to like, so they don't waste it. No, it's just like brilliant marketing because the donut probably cost them, what, 10 cents?

But it creates this buzz. Like, look, they're talking about on the toast now. Right. Like how many donuts is this really advertisement worth? Like 1 million? They have not cast the host yet. Say any names in the mix? Can I throw my hat in?

I'm putting together a reel. Okay, here's my official reel. Oh, you want to do a little pop culture trivia? Sure. Like this will be my actual. And I'll be the contestant. And also if you get to be the host, I want to be a contestant for one.

Of course, of course. Cool. Okay, ready? Yeah. What's the show called? Jeopard course. Cool. Okay, ready? Yeah. What's the show called? Jeopardy. Jeopardy Pop Culture? Yeah.

Welcome back to Jeopardy. I am your host, Claudia Aschere. Today we are joined by a fabulous contestant from New York City, currently living in Florida. She's got red hair and tits to match. Hey, Jax. How you doing? You lost the job. This is a family show.

No, you're right. Okay, by the way, delete, delete. Okay. Welcome back to Jeopardy. Okay, by the way, delete, delete. Okay. Welcome back to Jeopardy. I am your host, Claudia Aschere. Today, we have three amazing contestants. Let's meet them, shall we? Hi, Jacqueline.

Hi, Claudia. So great to be here. I'm excited. Welcome to the show. Are you feeling nervous? Are you feeling anxious? I'm a little nervous to see what's in store for me, but I love pop culture and I can't wait to get started. And what makes you think that you are the right person to win?

I've just always been really interested in pop culture. I have a pretty good memory and I think I could crush it, Claudia. I do. Okay. Are you ready? I'm ready. Category is Disney princess. Okay. you ready i'm ready category is disney princess okay say like 200 or something oh disney princess for 200 dirty this is kind of hard okay who was the first disney princess snow white common

misconception snow white it's actually persephone okay it's fucking snow white persephone is not a disney princess okay 400 disney princesses for 400 turtle who was the first and so far only disney princess with a tattoo moana no i i knew you were going to say Moana. Think old school. With a tattoo. Can you paint with all the colors of the wind? I maybe would have gotten there, but probably not. Who was Walt Disney's favorite princess? Ooh. I'll give you a clue. Okay.

But they don't give clues. Yeah, I know. I know, okay. This is fucking hard. Okay. I just want to say this website sucks and this is like the worst audition tape for you to be. No, unless they want to save their money, I guess.

Cinderella. Oh, okay. Cute. Give me more. Do more. I'm having fun. I'm having fun. Oh, see, who won for best actor

in the role of the Revenant in 2016? Leonardo DiCaprio. What is the only film to have won a big five Academy Award? Excuse me. What is the only film to have won all big five Academy Awards? Best picture, best director, best actor, best actress, and best screenplay. This is a kind of a deep random cut. Can you like give me like a year?

I'll give you another clue. Yeah. Here's Johnny! What's he eating Gilbert Grape? No. Have you ever seen Silence of the Lambs?

Oh, wait. Sorry. That's from The Shining. Not me literally quoting the wrong movie. Silence of the Lambs is the worst fucking movie on the planet.

Okay, you'll know this one. By the way, I'm cracking up that I literally quote the wrong movie. By the way, what's he eating Gilbert Grape?

Jackie, we absolutely have to delete this footage like we i'm coming off as the world's worst host and you're coming off as like the dumbest contestant no but this is perfect i mean i feel like i'll get the job because then they don't have to pay me i won't make a lot of money what is the highest grossing film of all time not adjusted for inflation? Avatar. Yes. Oh my God. Which actor played the character of Neo in the Matrix trilogy?

I've never seen the Matrix, but I know Keanu Reeves. Yes, yes. Who directed the 2019 film Parasite, which won the Academy Award for Best Picture? You're never going to remember his name. I don't remember his name. Bong Joon-ho. Oh. So that was like the movie one.

This is like, which, okay, you'll know this one. Which TV show is set in the fictional city of Westeros? What is Game of Thrones,

Turteloo? In the TV show The Crown, who plays the character of Queen Elizabeth II in the first two seasons? What, who is Claire Foy? In the TV show The Office,

what is the name of the company that the characters work for? Do you this yeah yeah scranton um the paper uh scranton yeah it's scranton no no um what's the name of their township no they's not scranton paper coat no it is dunder mifflin totally i know that but i would not have guessed like i wouldn't have accessed it in time oh my god i'm literally cracking up oh you won't know this one never mind because you don't watch friends by the way now it's coming back to haunt you yeah wait let me try the tv show friends what is the name of ross and monica's mom i don't know priscilla judy judy geller priscilla they're like jews from long island i just say give it a shot who is the best-selling solo artist of

all time mich Michael Jackson. Elvis Presley. What was the name of Michael Jackson's chimpanzee? I just want to say, these are the types of questions that... I don't think that question would be on it. What's the name of Michael Jackson's chimpanzee? Okay, Bubbles. That was really fun. I hope you guys enjoyed that as much as I did.

Hashtag Donner Rifflin. Hashtag Scranton Paper Co. Yeah. Okay, well, get your free donut. All's to say. Our fifth and final story is one of my favorite categories of stories. Favorite category, favorite subset, subset, subset. Okay.

Category is sports. Subset is Olympics, subset. Okay. Category is sports. Subset is Olympics. I'm obsessed. Subset is Olympic village hanky-panky. All right, who's fucking? No one, if they have it their way. Anti-sex beds have arrived at the Paris Olympics after horny athletes admit to orgies amid the competition.

So in an effort to stop the athletes from banging all day and night, they have made the beds for the athletes this year. Teeny tiny. Why? Like what? By the way, these are consenting adults who gives a fuck.

Yeah, I don't know. I feel like they just wanted to make the bed small. I feel like they were just trying to save money and they, they took this angle of anti-sex beds, which have arrived in Paris ahead of the 2024 Olympic games with their materials in small size allegedly aimed at deterring athletes from getting kinky during the competition the beds twin size means there's no room for the competitors to sit all up together the beds are manufactured by Airweave which also made the

products for the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo I also think the beds are like sustainable like you could break them down the mattress and cardboard frame are 100 recyclable um i don't think this is going to deter anyone from having sex these athletes have worked their whole lives most of them no offense but it's just a fact are not going to place and they're there to have a good fucking time no as they should this is just coming off the heels of our conversation from yesterday like how important sleep, especially when your job is like to be physical and to bring someone to like the peak of their career, like the highest level of competition, and then make it impossible for them to sleep.

Like, yeah, of course, sure, the sex part. But like these are, first of all, huge people. They're all huge. They're tall. They're wide. They're everything. And sleep is such an important part of physical health. And to make the bed so small and made of cardboard,

like seriously, I'd rather sleep on the floor. No, not only will they not be able to lie next to each other because they're like smaller than a twin, but they won't be able to lie on top of each other as the cardboard frames are reportedly designed to collapse under such a weight. Like, I'm sorry, but this is- Disgraceful.

Athlete abuse. Abuse. How abuse how do you have to see the picture of this bed like it looks like actual like a prison I have always thought because I remember in Sochi like it was a whole thing but the Olympic village is always like shitsville now of course like budgets I guess are somewhat limited but they're really not it's the Olympics like the whole world's pitching in why everyone can't have like a queen bed these are grown people to make a grown person not even an athlete who is probably larger than most except for the gymnasts to make a grown person sleep in a twin size bed like seriously smaller than a twin a twin would be like humane like a college like a twin xl what

you had in college like that's perfectly suitable this is insane like this is actually looks like a prison cell anti-sex cardboard beds I see and I agree with you like what's the big deal if they have sex like they're consenting adults I guess one um they give out like 30,000 condoms so maybe they can cut down on their condom budget and two disease but again like that's a part of like having sex anywhere yeah no this isn't like a school trip this isn't sleepaway camp everyone is of consenting age I think actually someone some okay but that's um just because some of the gymnasts are like 16 doesn't mean they like right some olympians like are 16 and seriously there should anyway be a separate building for minors like because they probably have to be there with their parents yeah no this is really just I feel like the it looks by the way it's literally origami yeah I

feel like the this like this the culture and the hookup scene of the olympics like for most of the athletes athletes is one of the best parts yeah they work so hard they've been abstaining for so long they missed out on so much fun. Like let the athletes, let it rip. I agree. This is so lame. This is like the prime of their life. And like, yeah, if somebody wants to get fucked, like that's her business.

And it's literally not going to stop them, these beds. And if anything, maybe they'll just be having more sex in public because they can't do their cardboard bed. Or in the communal showers, which is actually less sanitary for other people. I don't think this is going to result in one less hookup. Not one. You can have sex in a chair.

You can have sex literally anywhere. Especially if you're in peak physical shape. You don't need anything. Yeah. And I don't know why whenever like the Olympics make a change, like it's always like shittier for the athletes. It's always about like the living conditions. Yeah. like it's always like shittier for the athletes. It's always about like the living conditions. Yeah.

Like it's just the village gets smaller. Fuck that. Fuck that. And do you think that like the people competing for France get to like sleep at home? No. Do you think they get better accommodations? Like that's a good way to get a leg up on the competition. Like we're sleeping soundly in our queen size Tempur-Pedics.

You're sleeping like shit on your twin bed made of cardboard. I don't think it's different for them. Me neither. That would, they're definitely like, that's against like international law for sure. International law. Exactly.

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Pump rules aired last night. I didn't know that none of the cast had seen like the last five minutes with that like you know hot mic moment and then Lala's speech and they're all gonna be watching it together really and that they did that one because they can watch it together we can see their reaction they don't have time to really like plan it will be very genuine too because I think if Ariana saw that it would change the way she was talking to Lala. And like, I do want to have an honest conversation about the whole season.

And then things are going to change because everything has changed after that final scene, sort of. So I loved that. And let me just say, Lala can. Like, I am so obsessed. I've always been obsessed. But like, I thought she was on fire last night.

Anyone else? Even James was like, no, you're killing it. I thought she was on fire last night. Anyone else? Even James was like, no, you're killing it. She thought she was making no sense. Cause she had like pregnancy brain, but like fire points, just like fair, reasonable, rational, tough, but fair. I want to say something. I think Ariana Maddox showing up to a reunion, having not seen any of the season, like seriously is unacceptable. How do you think that you can actively participate at your job? This is a job and it requires like doing the work. You can't, you know, hold anyone's feet to the fire for something they said, because you don't know that they said it. And even if everybody had seen the final parts of that final episode, Ariana wouldn't have watched it and she

wouldn't have known the stuff. Like it's almost good that they're showing it because Ariana didn't do the homework. Like I feel like her admitting that, first of all, she shouldn't have done that because it really just makes her look like she has one foot out. And her like, like honestly, when she said that, I was like, well then why, why are you here sitting next to Andy? Like it's, you're not going to participate. You don't know anything. I know more than you. Yes. It didn't bother me. I don't feel that way. At first I was like, oh yeah, but one, she didn't see the confessionals, but she lived the rest of the season and she knows a good amount. And two, like she is still a human being and like that is so painful to watch. And

I also didn't feel like she needed to hear every little thing people were saying about her. Cause like in normal life, people talk about you behind your back and you usually never hear it. And I was kind of glad because then like in that moment, at least like Lala didn't have to answer for everything that she had said and we'll talk about it here and now. And I also like, you have to keep in mind, like Ariana has been through a major trauma. She's trying to move forward and not live in the past.

And like, she needs to be able to do that. I was sort of glad it goes back to what we said yesterday like her you know protecting setting boundaries protecting herself taking care of her mental health but then also being a reality star and like it seems like she's gotten to a place where you really can't do both effectively for sure to me that was a boundary that I didn't think affects her ability overall to to do the show like yeah she could have had more to say and why Lala say this or that I'm sure if there's anything pointed Andy will just bring it up like oh Lala said this about you yeah but it didn't bother me so much and I kind of understood it

and I also feel like yeah you have to do your homework for the reunion but do all of these reality stars just like sit around and watch their own show all the time I know even like Sheena said that she only fast forwards to like her scenes most of the time is it required that they watch their own show I don't know if it's required but I think if you want to like come to a reunion and do what you're supposed to do which is like serve facts and bring things up like you need to know what's being said when you're around and when you're not around yeah and I know that they get because when they this, there was probably like three or four episodes that hadn't come out yet. They get the screeners leading up.

I think it's, it's not said, but I think it's implied, like watch it. Yeah. I could imagine not watching a season that was miserable for a person, like skipping that one. And that doesn't bother, I will give grace. I was shocked we spent so much

of the beginning part of the episode talking about Raquel. I literally forgot about her. And then to hear like Tom Sandoval have such a shift in his like talking about her was really shocking. And I thought the conversation about like whether or not he was a groomer was really interesting. And it's clear he doesn't know what grooming means. He thinks of it as like pedophilia. No one's calling him a pedophilia even though she's like 12 years younger than him. It was like all,

and I think Lala did a good job of explaining and like really not backing down, being like, no, that's not what it means. It's actually, you can say all you want. It's, that's not what grooming means. It's about like a power imbalance, an age difference, her being really impressionable and then him calling himself impressionable.

Like I can't, he's so moronic. Like I actually can't fucking stand him, like for real. And he's just so like ugly I actually can't fucking stand him like for real and he's just so like ugly on the inside yeah I thought it was so interesting that he's dating a new girl who was like on his wall that was kind of crazy that like was a crazy I saw a picture of the two of them like she doesn't watch the show he said she looks like she dated Leo once right and oh how the mighty have fallen no and like he's just like in a relationship now. Interesting.

Yeah. Good for him. And I guess, but Ariana had bought a house. So when they were talking about the house stuff, had that just not happened yet? I feel like it had, but I don't know why it didn't come up. Because I don't know why it didn't come up. Right.

Because the legal, there's also house legal stuff. So yeah, I don't know. So I think the real interesting part of the reunion was this whole thing between Lala and Katie yeah and how a lot of it stemmed from and you know I didn't know this all season long but I guess it was true like how did they get to this place they were so good and we had thought it was because they were just in different places where Katie was holding on to a lot of anger and Lala was sort of entering her soft era. Like a different approach to handling things. Trauma, yeah. But it turns out that like Lala was actually really mad all along

that they were having these conversations off camera and Katie was just being honest about her feelings when it came to Ariana. But then on the show, like, no, like nevermind. Like we're, we love Ariana, we stan. Like she couldn't even bring up a fact that she was probably, I guess, and she had valid reasons to be mad at Ariana for leaving for some project not telling anyone

right away and then like the sandwich shop like what about the sandwich shop yeah and they had said last night that by the time this episode comes out the sandwich shop will be open I checked the Instagram last night nothing has been posted still nothing has been posted it's supposed to open next week there was that's the date like May 22nd or something and it's weird that the Instagram hasn't posted that yeah but yeah it was interesting to see that that's why Lala and Katie like were beefing because Lala felt like Katie wasn't being honest on the show I Lala was just like dropping straight facts like Ariana's the fan favorite you don't want to fuck with that and I thought living in the comments that's really interesting like letting making personal decisions about your life your friends your relationships and like how you're

going to move on the show based off of like what the comments will say and we talk about all the time how like Bravo fandoms especially Pump Rules is like the biggest show on Bravo they can be so toxic and so loud so it's probably especially if you're like an impression like Sheena is such a people pleaser I can see her like really making decisions seriously about her relationship, about a million personal things based on what she thinks people might like say in the comments. And that's such a bad place to live. Like you need to make decisions for your life, like based on what you think is right. Yeah.

I think for her life she does, but I feel like in terms of friendships, like she's struggling between Sandoval, this is a show, I'm doing my job versus like, what are people going to say? Even when she took a picture standing next to him, like she got eviscerated and that really hurt her. So I feel like when she's crying about like being torn, it's a lot of that. Yeah. And it's also then Ariana,

her friend, she doesn't want to hurt her friend and she doesn't want Ariana to drop her. Right. And the thing is like the power imbalance in the group now has shifted so much where Ariana's this like A-list celebrity and then I think in what Lala experiences and I think Sheena probably but Lala's the only one like vocalizing it like yes what Ariana went through was really hard but I think a lot of the girls specifically are having a hard time like seeing her as a victim when you know

she's a New York Times best-selling author all the things Andy the brand deals commercials Bloomingdale's Duracell Dancing with the Stars Broadway so it's really hard to see someone who has all these sort of gifts being bestowed upon them it's hard to like see them and position them as a victim also when each of them have gone through a pretty similar situation like they were either cheated on or a long-term relationship broke up Raquel wasn't their best friend but to a degree of a similar situation and didn't have that outcome. Also from what we know about Tom and Aria's relationship now, like him cheating on her and ending the relationship, like was the biggest favor he could have done for her.

Like it was a miserable relationship. And so not only did she get out of that situation, but she gets to be on such a high, like it's kind of, of course, like you are going to mourn like what you thought was your life in 10 years and person that you thought you were close to, but it's all good. All good things.

I also thought it was interesting that they started out the reunion, referencing last reunion and asking anyone if they thought they went too hard or, you know, regret anything that they they said and everybody really like stood their ground which I thought was interesting because I remember feeling after the last reunion like yeah we hate Raquel but like it was too much we don't want her to we don't want her to kill herself like yeah and it's it really felt like everybody seriously wanted her to slit her wrists like yeah and I thought that was a good question to ask yeah I agree I also thought that they gave her a lot of credit which she deserved

for showing up to the last reunion especially considering she didn't show she didn't since she's not back on the show she didn't have to show up for that reunion it's crazy that she did yeah no but seriously I think it all was a part of the the success she's having now like people looked at how she handled the whole thing really with grace and elegance and then she showed up looking stunning like Like Raquel, it all contribute. Oh, sorry.

I'm saying, are we not talking about Ariana? No, it's not crazy that Ariana showed up to the reunion. Like every, the whole world was on her side, the room full of people like ready to just go to bat for her. I'm sorry.

I misunderstood. All she had to do was sit there in the gorgeous, which she did. Yeah. And she gets like that closure of, you know, getting to yell at the people who have hurt her I'm saying Raquel since Raquel was not on this season she did not have to go to the reunion and the fact

that she did like credit to her she probably didn't know that like for sure she wasn't going to be coming back like I don't think the decision had been made yet but yes I agree that was an extremely brave thing to do yeah I thought also was really interesting when they were talking about if anybody felt bad that they had you know took it too far with you know stuff regards to Sandoval when they found out he was having like suicidal thoughts um and Andy asked Ariana and Ariana is right in that she didn't contribute she wasn't out here doing podcasts, making songs, merch about Sandoval. So she didn't really feel like she had to renege on anything. She pretty much stayed silent the whole time.

It was really like Lala and Sheena, but they were doing it like on Ariana's behalf. Like I had assumed up until this point that they were doing it like, like they were not being pushed, but being encouraged like by Ariana. And like Ariana liked it. I just feel like they weren't discouraged. Like, yeah, I feel like when it it happened everyone could have been kind of quiet and been like we'll let Ariana say her piece but she didn't want to say anything and I actually agree with Ariana like she literally didn't do it like all everything happened to her like Tom can't like hurt her then the world and people react as they do. She like really did nothing other than try and protect her peace

and like not speak to him. Nothing in her reaction, in her own reaction, like can be faulted. Aside from, I guess, the reunion, just like spewing. But like you're allowed to spew for a couple of days. Yeah. After what they did to her. Yeah.

It's two parts or three parts? I feel like it's three. Next week is about, oh, my favorite part. I'm sorry. Like, I know this is so wrong, but my favorite part of the episode was talking about Lala and Schwartz. Like. I know. And by the way, Katie's face, like.

And. I actually could see a world in which, like, if Katie had, like, a normal reaction to it, like, it, maybe years later, like, normal reaction to it like it maybe years later like we would pinpoint it as a moment where like Lala and Schwartz maybe thought like it was something they could do but Katie's so funny because she like hates Tom with all her heart she says she like is so indifferent but anytime it comes up like him being with another woman Joe and then last night with Lala like her face like she seriously I thought she was gonna cry I mean yeah I would cry too because of were just, like, really cute.

But also in that moment, like, Schwartz wasn't saying, he was saying, like, no, it's not flirting. But when she said, like, I would devour you, he said something to the effect of, like, well, I'd like to see.

The thing is, is, like, I think the flirting has been cute and I love Lala and I want happiness for Lala. And, like, seriously, I think there's no man on earth who's a worse partner than Tom Schwartz. Like, I don't want that for Lala. Like, L for Lala. And like seriously, I think there's no man on earth who's a worse partner than Tom Schwartz. Like I don't want that for Lala.

Like Lala deserves better. Schwartz is like an asshole piece of shit loser who won't like defend even his wife. Like seriously, I find him so unattractive because of how he was as a husband. No, no, I know. I just need to think about that and like the idea is kaput.

But like in those sweet moments where they're just being so cute and we said that all season. Like and crazier things have happened on Vanderpump Rules you know of people getting together I mean Tom and Raquel obviously yeah like if the next step were like Lala and Schwartz getting together like it actually wouldn't be the craziest thing no and I feel like Lala's like so mature and like kind of emotionally intelligent that like she wouldn't go about it in a way like Raquel, like sneaking around. Like I think she would seriously like on camera,

sit down with Katie and be like, I'm feeling this way. And like, I want to tell you about it. I feel like the way it would have to happen, I thought about this. It would be Schwartz has to go to Lala and be like, I have feelings for you. I would like to, I would like to explore them.

Like I'm in love with, he would have to say I'm in love with you. It has to be love. But see Schwartz is so incapable of like direct communication. If he did that, if he did that, that would speak to like a newfound maturity that would make him worthy of Lala.

He's not worthy of Lala. And he's certainly not worthy of being like some sort of stepfather to her kids. Like it's so, it's not a possibility, but it's fun to talk about. No, I'm so like,

it was my, I was smiling from ear to ear during that segment. And I know I'm wrong for that. Like, and I know that's wrong to Katie and it's against girl code. And everything in me knows, my head knows that's wrong, but my heart feels that's right. And in the words of Selena Gomez,

the heart wants what it wants. And that's what my heart wants. I love that. Yeah. And then James Kennedy being hysterical pretty quiet he's like him like holding on to this grudge about how they kicked him out of the group for five minutes last season because Raquel was the it girl just so funny to me I love him like I seriously love him so much I love him too and I also thought it was really interesting he also clearly is like

holding this grudge about how he got shit for moving on from Raquel so quickly but nobody gave Ariana shit and it came up she's still dating that guy I know he's so like like blah you know yeah and it's like I just feel like we have no idea what's going on with her like she's been in a one-year long-term relationship and it's like okay what who where yeah even like when she was leaving the finale with that group of people. I'm like, who the hell are these people? Literally. No, and it's like, this is supposed to be about a group of friends and not one castmate was with her. Yeah.

She does sort of feel like she's on this island. Yeah. And that she's not really sharing anything. And I understand like she wants to remove herself from Tom. Like she's not going there. But like, okay, go other places. Yeah. Not just something about her. Oh, my God. god when Lala was like it sounded more like nothing about

her oh my god I was like chills no no it's just like we were all thinking it I'm obsessed like does everyone and by everyone I'm not talking to everyone I don't care I was you like because like I know your heart like were you just obsessed with her last night like she was peak Lala last night to me yeah you texted me you were like oh my god Lala's on fire I actually didn't see that I agreed with everything she said but I didn't feel like she was particularly like on no like if this were like a presidential debate like she was the winner in my view yeah I mean she definitely like ate Katie up and chewed her out at the very end. Like bringing up that phone call. She ate everyone up. And she was crying.

Oh my God. When they were crying about Summer Moon, I was crying about Summer Moon. And about Brock, by the way, them going to Australia and not seeing the kids. Like that's really crazy. Why the fuck do they go to Australia?

Because he probably has friends and family there. But it's still really crazy. No, it is crazy and sad. And like Summer Moon being his second chance at fatherhood. Like I have such a hard time because like. No, I know. And it's like I sometimes watch those scenes like as the ex-wife.

Like Brock's ex-wife watching those scenes. Yikes. Yikes. But yes, Lala, I think at the very end, like she was like serving facts to everyone. Like she's a good, she's a good talker. She's a good fighter. But her bringing up something we didn't know. Which was that like Katie called her before the season.

And was just like complaining about Ariana. When like Katie's been like so loyal to Ariana. Like that was definitely. That was a micro moment. And that also provides a lot of clarity. Because it definitely felt like. What happened between these two? Yeah.

And. Like they were going toe to toe. Because they're both pretty sharp. But when she was like citing these things, Katie just started to like fall apart. And then saying, you don't need a lawyer. You need a therapist,

like bringing up her custody. And like, Katie was just like, I don't think I said it like that. I said like lawyer. I think everybody needs a therapist. You said it. She didn't deny it.

It's like, you said it. I think everybody needs a therapist. That's not what you said. Right. That's not what you said. Yeah. That was just,

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