The Toast - Do We Have Free Will?: Monday, July 24th, 2023

Episode Date: July 24, 2023

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Good morning, Millennials! Welcome back to The Toast and happy Monday, y'all. Hope everybody had an amazing girly-swirly-filled weekend. And speaking of girly-swirlies, it's the girliest swirly who ever swirlyed. Hey, Jax. You think I'm the girliest swirly who ever swirlyed? Who is swirlier, me or you? Jackie, it's not even a question.

We know who the swirliest girl on the planet is, but we can't share that story. No, we can't, but it always comes back to that doesn't it and I think it's just kind of that's sort of the lesson here you know yeah which is family family I don't know okay okay that's a really good lesson to start off our weekend on um even though the lesson is. It's not our weekend. It's not the weekend. We'll get there, you guys. We will get to making a good show. No, no. That's for damn sure. We will get to the weekend.

That's like kind of the whole point of today. It's like to get to tomorrow. I was saying we will get to making this podcast episode good. We will. Because we haven't made a lot of sense yet. I couldn't agree less, actually. Everything we're saying is making complete and total sense to me. I'm happy for you.

And I think people will understand where we're coming from. No, because the thing, and you know what? This weekend was kind of just like a reminder for me. I met so many toasters this weekend. And if somebody was listening to our conversation who did not listen to the toast like we were not speaking English the toasters understand what we're saying because even though it might not be you know the language it's our language yeah I agree and maybe you and I are disjointed a little bit because we were apart this weekend and you definitely possible we're kind of like vibing with other sisters and stuff kind of like forsaking me

and I just I think that might be why we need to get on the same page today. So by forsaking you do you mean you know calling you every day and telling you every detail? Yeah that's exactly what I mean. That's exactly what I mean and I'm pretty sure I called you guys I was like stalking you. No I'm pretty sure like we literally were like, we have to call Jackie. Oh, that's so cute. Thanks. Yeah. Well, tell us about your weekend, please.

We left on a cliffhanger. Turdy went to Luke Combs in Boston, which broke my heart. Yeah. And Jackie, unbeknownst to her, put one of her, you know, witchcrafty hexes on my weekend. She was like, I hope you have a terrible time. I hope, you know witchcrafty hexes on my weekend she was like I hope you have a terrible time I hope you know Luke gets laryngitis and while Luke did not get laryngitis bless the heavens um I would be lying if I said I didn't believe in the power of Jackie's witchcraft because she sent us off on like a really kind of toxic negative note and you know

it kind of worked on the way there Jackie took us seven hours to get to Boston it was there was not one minute we were not sitting in traffic like we didn't have freedom is a how we didn't get to cruise until like the last hour we got there so late we literally ran to the hotel put on clothes and ran like it was just so chaotic and we get there and it's raining. And at first it's just drizzling and Luke is not letting that bother him. He's delivering the performance of a lifetime. And then, you know, crazy lightning flashes across the stadium and Luke had to go. Like he was told, you know, it's very unsafe.

Everything is made of metal. You got to go. So what you're saying is rain was driving thunder lightning. Precisely. And then there was like a 30 minute break. So we were like backstage and everyone was just like waiting for the go from the fire marshal. Then he said, you're good to go. Luke started playing again and it was torrential downpour. Like the craziest rain I've ever seen in my life. And at first we were like, you know, back on the side trying to my life and at first we were like you know

back on the side trying to be covered and then we were like fuck it we just like went into the pit and got soaking wet and it was amazing and then Luke was like listen I'm being told I can only do two more songs because of the thunder I mean excuse me the lightning and he really he put his whole pussy in the last two songs he just went for it it. We were living for it. Honestly, it was so fun. What songs did he choose? That's a good one. The Kind of Love We Make. And I think Beer Never Broke My Heart. Yeah, he like totally switched up.

He's like, I'm going to play two bangers because I only got two left. And it was really amazing. I think in the end, he only played maybe 15 out of like 22 songs. So we got like most of the concert. And he really, I feel, did all that he could he I don't think he was even bothered by the rain everyone was living for it it was so sick like my blowout was destroyed which was crippling for me I realized like halfway I was soaking wet and I was like wait my blowout oh crap my hair literally my hair was supposed to carry me through

the whole weekend and then I'm sitting there looking like I just got out of the shower like sopping wet like my clothes were I had to throw away my jean shorts like they were unsalvageable it didn't seem like you liked them anyway I actually didn't they don't like every time you posted your outfit you're like weird outfit but here I am yeah like the shorts were a size too big and like they made me look fat and I just like hated them so So I actually ordered a new pair. I needed to get a new pair anyway because I needed a different size. So I won't be lamenting over the loss of those denim shorts. But me and Margo were like looking at each other.

We're like, this is amazing. But like what kind of powers is our sister capable of? It really felt like it was, you know, sent directly from you. You were trying to ruin our fun. We did not let it ruin our fun. But we did like miss out on like probably, you 25 of the show because of the rain yeah no there was definitely hindrances and obstacles and i did feel bad about my initial hex because luke shouldn't have to get sick and suffer just because like i can't be at his concert so i feel like the rain was a happy medium you know yeah but so we called jackie the next morning and we asked her to undo the witchcraft

because we drove all this way like we wanted a beautiful night we wanted the full show and we were like can you please just like put aside your jealousy and undo whatever curse you put on us and she did she undid it and that night was absolutely gorgeous not a cloud in the sky perfect weather wasn't even that hot. It was perfection. It was, now you can take your headphones out for this because I'm about to like brag so much. It's fine because I just want to say like when I woke up Saturday morning and I FaceTimed you guys and you guys told me how your evening was so treacherous, it didn't make me happy.

Okay. That's good. It didn't. That's why I lifted it. I was like, no, I still want my sisters to have a good time. Like this isn't bringing me joy. So I want to hear about the good times now. So we got there for the whole show.

So there's, like, really, like, a nice lineup. And we were all saying it was giving us, like, a mini stagecoach vibe. Because we started seeing performers at five. And Luke doesn't go on until nine. And he's amazing openers. The first opener is a band called Flatline Cavalry which is like probably the smallest I hadn't heard of them Margot had and they were really good and then Riley Green and Lainey Wilson who are both like major country stars it was really giving like

festival vibes so by the time Luke went on we had like you know danced and drank and it was like really really fun and then I just there are no words for Luke Holmes' performance. I've been trying like all day yesterday to like decide what I'm going to say because it's, it was so magical. And I don't know if it was like an especially good show for Luke or he just does that every night. It was, this is what I'm going to say and I think people are going to freak out. It was just as good as the Eros tour. I believe it. His vocals were on point. The production was amazing. Like, his band was incredible.

And the biggest compliment I can give him is between songs, cumulatively, he probably spoke for four minutes. Like, during the entire show. I hate when artists are, like, talking so much. It's like, great. Please sing. Like, he did not mince motherfucking words. It's like, great, please sing. Like he did not mince motherfucking words. He's like, this next song was my number one hit. Like, thank you for the background. And now we can sing. Yeah. He just, he barely spoke and it was just amazing.

There was like this electricity and everyone, oh my God. Like if I, like it was in terms of the volume of the crowd, it was just as loud as Eris me and margaret were laying in bed that day we were like what do you think is luke's biggest song like what would he end with and we there were literally like eight songs that i think are his biggest songs like beer never broke my heart one too many hurricane crazy beautiful one number away like what what's his biggest song i don't even know um when it rains it pours i think oh when it rains it pours when it rains it pours I think oh when it rains it pours we were just like and and that was so evident like because you I did I did um I think better together what yeah no wait maybe not better together but that was like top five okay right now okay but it's not in chronological order but out of the top five and the streaming numbers it's beautiful crazy okay and then when it rains it pours but like

fast car is up there in top five right now um but it hasn't been out round as long so it's like not really fair to compare by the way did you see that barack obama's listening to fast car by luke holmes no where would i see that you know he does he releases like his summer playlist yeah and it's like such a big deal for artists who get on it and he literally had luke holmes fast car on it oh my god that's amazing i actually i always see the list because he does a book list too and sometimes like a redheads book or two will end up on there and it's pretty cool and it's further proof Barack Obama understands it's never too late and he joined the redheads it's true and speaking of the redheads I read the redheads book this weekend and it's really good and a really quick read but

it's also a Danish choice so it's very literary but easy to read like even snitch breeze through it not to say anything like about snitch well like snitch is dumb that's what you're trying to say that's what it sounded like so you're saying snitch is dumb um no i'm not but you guys if you're a redhead like you know snitch doesn't have patience for books outside her genre that's what I'm with I'm with snitch on that one by the way but it did sound like I said snitches it did no it did um okay so back to the concert so like there was just everyone knew every song like it was so major and it was like you know not to make everything about me but like all of us like like we have known Luke, like since his first song, like we've really been following. And I just felt like this enormous sense of like happiness and pride for him. Like it was so cool. And he's just so regular. Like he's not this diva extraordinaire. Actually, me and Marco were backstage. We went both nights.

And so both nights, like the same staff were working at Gillette. So we kind of became like a family. You know, we kind of knew everyone I met this you know this guy Sean and we were like best friends and he was standing right outside the uh bar like we were just like all it was kind of a camp energy we were literally and we said bye to everyone like Shauna our girl like it really felt like camp um and I was just asking them so many questions because I feel like it's such an interesting job to like work backstage at Gillette you probably see so much and he was like one of the guys was like, I've never seen this many people backstage.

Like usually like it's so many divas or big bands come and there's like four people backstage, you know, only like. But Luke invited like everyone from his record label and friends and family of the band. Like it was really like, he's so, I just fucking love him. Like I was just obsessed with him watching the show. It was the best show ever. Like I cannot recommend.

And you know, he's always doing the most to like make sure every possible seat is sold in the stadium for like a dollar. Like he's not here to make, you know, billions of dollars. He makes a lot of money and he's happy with that. And he just sells, I think like a couple hundred tickets the day of the show for I think $12. So all in it's $25. Um, it was amazing. Like I cannot recommend, even if you know a few songs, like you will know the vibes are immaculate. Like, and it was amazing like I cannot recommend even if you know a few songs like you will know the vibes are immaculate like and it was so toasty I wasn't I don't know if I was expecting it to be that toasty I hadn't thought of it me neither it was toaster central wow how fun it was just amazing I'm sorry I don't want to like keep like saying like it was just incredible

it's like one of the best nights of my life no it was fun to watch your stories the next day I certainly went to his website to see if like he had any tour stops like next year in your bedroom I'm like the best I could hope for is that one of his shows his US shows in the next few weeks gets canceled and gets has to be postponed till next summer and wherever whatever city it's in I will go He's doing his international tour like through the fall. And then there's like one show next summer. I forget what it is. But I need to plan my next pregnancy around Luke's tour. Like this can't keep happening.

No. And he did the cutest thing. Oh my God. There was, right after he sang Fast Car, the band was still playing like the song Fast Car. And he brought out this kid Cooper. I saw. Who had just, he had just beat cancer. And I think his wish was to sing on stage with luke holmes so luke brought him out they had like this tiny little mic stand because he was like three feet

tall it was so cute and he gave us all the backstory and he was like cooper's gonna sing with us please like you know sing as loud as you can this stadium went wild the kid was so cute luke was just beaming smiling smiling, staring at this kid. He was adorable. And everyone was like sobbing. So I was like hysterically crying. It was so cute. So it really had it all. It had, you know, peaks, pits. Like it was just, it was, it was incredible. It was one of the best concerts I've ever been to for real. And I saw him at Madison Square Garden twice, but something about being at a stadium outside a beautiful summer night. Like it's different. It's elevated.

Yeah. I wouldn't know. But I'm sure it was. It was. Okay. Well I survived. Yeah you did. I survived the recap.

Yeah. How was your weekend? My weekend was nice. It was cute. Lots of fun activities. Read a lot. So Harry went to the water park like major. Yeah. He was a park boy. Fun activities. Coloring. Reading. You know the usual. Just no. You have FOMO for my weekend. I have FOMO from yours. Yeah. A lot of art, projects. So creative, that boy. Yeah.

But it was a fun, sweet weekend. Streisand was an angel. What more could you ask for? Nothing. Yeah. Except maybe like a Luke Holmes concert in your living room. Yeah. Well, I had one on my Instagram stories.

That's true. I could not stop posting. Like, I know people probably thought I was, like, so annoying. I'm Miranda Lambert's worst nightmare. But I couldn't stop. It was every song, I'm like, oh, this is, like, his biggest hit. Like, everyone needs to see this. Yeah.

No, I enjoyed it. And, like, people could swipe out. They could swipe out. They could. Because you want to know why? Free will. It's a beautiful thing. And it's a very real thing.

Don't take it for granted. I don't. Some people think we don't have free will it's a beautiful thing and it's a very real thing don't take it for granted i don't some people think we don't have free will oh yeah that like everything is predetermined i feel that like that's possible for sure the way i feel about it is we have free will to make our own choices but god knows what we're gonna choose he didn't He didn't like decide what we're going to choose, but he just like knows what it's going to be. He literally invented us. So like he knows what that dumb bitch is going to do, you know? Right. Like he knows what's coming, but you get to decide which path to take.

Yeah. It's just like he knows. It's an interesting philosophical, you know, quandary. Yeah. What do you guys think? Do we have free will? Sound off in the comments? Do we have free will? Sound off in the comments. Do we have free will? Sound off in the comments. Anyways we have some great stories today that we shall get into. Good stories. You know things in which to talk about that I do need to

talk about. I felt like I was so out of the loop this weekend like I don't even know what went down so you're gonna have to tell me everything. These will all look familiar to you. Got it. Okay. So without further ado. I guess. It's time to dive into the fast five stories that you need to know. And the fast five stories that you need to know are brought to you by eBay Authenticity Guarantee. So Jackie and I love to invest, whether it's purses, clothing, shoes. We're always making sure to shop smart with eBay Authenticity Guarantee. eBay authenticators are there verifying every detail of your purchase. So the eBay Authenticity Guarantee protects buyers from fakes and it gives them the assurance that they're getting the real deal. Because what is worse than spending

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He said, quote, I went through something I thought I would never, ever go through. He informed his followers that he's not blind or paralyzed. I know a lot of people were waiting to hear an update, but to be honest with you, I didn't want you to see me like that, man. I want you to see me laughing, having a good time, partying, cracking a joke, doing a movie or a television show. I didn't want you to see me with tubes running out of me and trying to figure out if I was going to make it through. He didn't disclose his illness, but he said he's finally on the road to recovery. He praised his sister and his daughter for saving his life. said to them to God to a lot of great medical people I'm able to leave you this video I cannot tell you how great it feels

to have your family kick in in such a way and y'all know they kept it airtight they didn't let out nothing they protected me and that's all what I hope that everyone could have in moments like these but I'm coming back and I'm able to work he said that um his eyes are working just fine proving that he's not paralyzed and he wants to say that he has love he loves everybody and loves all the love that he got and he's just very emotional about the whole thing he said he'll be crying on a dime for a while when he expands he's just very thankful for everyone's love and support and did he share what exactly happened to him no hmm so it remains a mystery because for the last few months it's been like uh you know it's been news that Jamie Foxx was in the hospital but it

was also like not really confirmed and then his daughter like did say that he fell ill but still like all very shrouded in mystery um and also his health status like if he was on the road to recovery what was going on he's obviously doing so much better that he's able to put out a video. But still, it's very mysterious what happened. Yeah. I mean, he looked good in the video. I was like happy to see him looking somewhat usual in it. Like what I imagine Jamie Foxx look like.

So scary. So sad. Glad he's doing well. I feel like so he is like when I think of like one of the most like well-connected celebrities. In the sense like he has so many celebrity and like powerful friends. And I feel like everybody was like talking about it. But not saying what it was. I'm still like.

Yeah. Everyone was talking about it. But like didn't have any information. You know. Especially like the media and people. Maybe his friends know what's going on. But no one was sharing. No one is sharing. Well you know what on his own time I hope he's okay. I'm glad he's like doing better.

How scary like to just one day be fine and then one day like you could be paralyzed or blind. Yeah and for months to be in the hospital. Right. That's so sad. Well he probably has access to like you know the best of the best and I hope that whatever it is, they can figure it out. Yeah, I hope so too. So, but that was a positive update because this story has just kind of been like looming. We haven't even spoken about it much because we have no information. Right, right. So it was nice to just like see him on camera doing well and letting everyone know he's doing better.

Totally. Our next story, you guys, finally there is some there's some fire where there's been smoke tom brady and irena shake were spotted getting flirty and touchy feely after a sleepover at his house so tom brady seems to have moved on from his ex-wife giselle the retired nfl star was photographed looking very flirty with another supermodel irena shake over the weekend in photos obtained by page six exclusively. So he picked up Irina from the Hotel Bel Air Friday afternoon and then drove them to his LA home, an eyewitness told Page Six. They're told the duo didn't emerge until 9 30 a.m. the following day when Tom dropped off Irina back at the hotel.

Then he picked her up again Saturdayurday afternoon in his black rolls voice and returned to his house at one point he was seen affection affectionately caressing the russian stunner's face while stopped at a red light and there is photo and video of the caress have you seen the caress i have seen the caress um i was shocked because like i know we spoke about these two like being spotted but then we never heard anything again. I'm like, oh, it's just like people making a big deal that they were at the same party. Yeah, they're in the same room and they are both eligible. And wouldn't that be nice? But that doesn't mean anything.

Yeah. This is just so layered for me. I mean, my first thought was like if I'm Giselle, I'm kind of like loving this because Irina Shayk like really is like a carbon copy of Giselle in the sense that like they have such similar careers that kind of look alike. He clearly has a type. So at least, you know. It's not like he regrets everything. Right, right. I don't know. It's just it would bring me peace, honestly, if I was Giselle.

But I'm not, clearly. The other thought I had. but I'm not clearly the other thought I had really if if you and Ben you know god forbid ever split up would it bring you more peace if he was with someone exactly like you or if he just went in the total opposite direction it's actually a good call right yeah it's like well if you're gonna be with someone just like me like be with me why not me but maybe if Giselle was the one to end things like and Tom was happy with his life then it's like I just want the same as what I had. Right right. I'm trying to replicate it. So I am it just depends on how things ended who ended it. So another thought I had is like of course Irina Shayk is you know linked to Bradley Cooper and what do we know

about Bradley Cooper? He's the biggest Eagles fan. And I feel like there's like such beef between like Eagles and Boston fans. It's like so, you know, New England toxic sports energy. Bradley Cooper is not okay. But it has nothing to do with like Irina Shayk or him being, you know, like, you know, still in love with her. He's like, this is disgusting. You know, like he's, she is essentially, you know, dating the father of her child's like biggest enemy, right?

Sort of. I mean, he doesn't play for the Patriots anymore. And who knows? Maybe they, like, are friends because they go to, like, events together and stuff. But this is really a slay for Irina Shayk. I feel like since she broke up with Bradley Cooper, like, the way I've perceived their breakup, like, hasn't – she didn't win, you know? Yeah. Yeah.

Like, there were always these stories about her, like, trying, like, groveling to get Bradley back. Bradley back she's always like posting stuff to make it seem like they're together when they're clearly not together so true and now she's coming out on top with this even if it was just like one night this is so cool for her yeah no it's a sleigh it's a sleigh it's a sleay and a half that's very true um let's not forget her brief romance with um Kanye right but this is cooler yeah I feel like she's been like trying to like have a moment romantically ever since Bradley Cooper and like she got it and we love to see women in the workplace slaying now I hope that they continue to make each other happy because you know I love love but if all we ever get is this one caress it would be enough for me yeah it is really crazy that like two people you know can't have a sleepover without everyone

knowing like they did it's not like they were spotted out an event and left together like somebody saw him pick her up at like a private hotel and then saw them leave his house like it's kind of like a crazy invasion of privacy. It is, but it's one of those things where, under other circumstances, I would be like, you know, they planned this. They called the paparazzi, or at least, like, one of them did. No, I don't think so. And they wanted to be seen.

But because he picked her up from a hotel, like, maybe paparazzi hang out around that hotel, really, like, figured out what they were seeing, and they staked them out the whole weekend. Like, it just... Wait, where was she staying? Hotel Bel Air? The Hotel of Bel Air, yeah. Okay, I've been there it's like super private it's like gated

and like the entrance isn't like an entrance on the side of the road you like go up this hill it's real and i'm sure paparazzi do stand like down at the bottom of the hill like by the gate but like there's a way you know yeah do you think she called the paparazzi so i i would love to talk about that. Based on like exactly what I just said. Like she needed a win. This looks so good for her. I could definitely see a world in which she did, you know, have her people call Tamsie.

Page six, excuse me. This is a page six exclusive. I could see a world in which. I hate to think that way. know I know me too it really bursts the entire bubble like this fantasy we live in where like we just are being able to spot celebrities in the wild and they're not like trying to show us what they're doing but if it all is true like literally everyone says all the celebrities call paparazzi on themselves like then this

whole thing is just one big charade that we are like engaging in. Yeah because I don't know. The Hotel Bel Air is like such a frequent hot spot for celebrities for a reason. Like it really is that private. What's more private than your own home? These are just two locations. I don't know. I felt like many celebrities go to and from the Bel Air Hotel from their house and get away unscathed you know

I don't know it's definitely making me think yeah but again like if you're Irina and I wonder if this was the first time why do we have this like image of Irina as being like thirsty like why um I do I definitely see her as like thirsty. Thirsty in relationships. Yes. Like because she posted all this stuff with Bradley Cooper like as if they were in a relationship. On the beach. Yeah like they were on vacation I think like for their daughter. And she was like making it look like they were together and they're just like not together.

And even when they were together it didn't like seem great. Wimbledon. Which we know but also, the Lady Gaga stuff. She was just always, like, on the outs. It's so true. And Bradley's also the type of celebrity who doesn't have social media. He doesn't like a publicist who, like, makes statements. So Irina's kind of free to put out whatever narrative she wants

because no one's going to challenge her. And we were just seeing through that. Yeah, yeah. By the way, I completely forgot about the Lady Gaga thing. Yeah, you're right. She's been positioned as, like, By the way, I completely forgot about the Lady Gaga thing. Yeah, you're right. She's been positioned as like a kind of beta. Even though she's like this alpha female, she couldn't be more stunning, more successful. Yet she has this like weird vibe to her image.

Her image has definitely been marred. By that relationship. Yeah, yeah, yeah. So. I'm happy for her because this is a W. I think when you think about the layers of what Tom Brady could mean to her ex-man, I'm not saying he hates Tom Brady, but he definitely like, you know. You know what it is? No. It's kind of the. No, I know what it is. Okay. It's kind of like the Joe Jonas, Gigi Hadid, Sophie Turner thing. It's like, where do you go after Bradley Cooper? Seriously, where does Joe Jonas go after Gigi Hadid? And you know what?

He slayed with Sophie Turner. He went all the way up. We thought he couldn't possibly, especially because he was shorter than Gigi. He was definitely like punching up when he dated Gigi. Yeah. And then it's like, oh, well, that was fun for a minute. And then he'd go back to, you know, he was shorter than Gigi. He was definitely, like, punching up when he dated Gigi. Yeah. And then it's like, oh, well, that was fun for a minute. And then he could go back to, you know, dating a normie. No.

He went to Sophie Turner. And, like, they literally are perfect for each other. And she's, you know, a global international superstar. And she's literally stunning. Where do you go after Bradley Cooper? There's really only one place to go. It's down. Irina Shayk found a way to go up.

And for that, for that we have to absolutely applaud her. Mess with Bradley. Like he watches football every week. Yes. Even if like he doesn't have an issue. Mess with Bradley. Even if he doesn't have an issue with Tom, like maybe they're cool because, you know, you meet big, Tom's the goat.

Like you can put aside your petty squabbles. It's true. He has to like think about Tom Brady all the time. Like he watches ESPN. He watches the sports and they're always talking about him. And's just she got inside his head I think and I'm happy for her no yes but I do wonder if like these photos are gonna ruin whatever relationship has already started because like is Tom not asking himself the same thing did she call the paparazzi Jackie is tom feeling suspicious he should be i would be yeah i feel like also we don't get crazy paparazzi pictures of tom brady like he's yes probably the biggest star in the world but

football's like sports are a little different they don't really get hounded by paparazzi it's not hollywood yeah and mostly because athletes live in like random towns because they live where the you know stadium is kansas city so there's not like big paparazzi culture in you know New England yeah but he has a house in LA I guess his house is everywhere yeah also like here at the bottom of this article that said last month page six exclusively reported that the model had made a beeline for Tom Brady at oh yes at a wedding. And that she scarcely let him out of her sight throughout the weekend-long festivities. She followed him around all weekend.

The insider said she was throwing herself at him. So, like, these stories just don't help. So is it that Irina's thirsty? Or is the media after Irina? I'm sure, like most things, it's a bit of both. Yeah. Yeah. Because, like, just that way of framing it is so mean mean but why are they framing it that way like they don't say that about everyone yeah no that's interesting

that's like honestly brutal like that's humiliating yeah but look she rose above it she rose to the occasion luckily tom brady doesn't read page six yeah but i'm sure he knows that these photos and videos are out there now oh yeah but i don't think he saw that quote that she was making a beeline for him at the wedding. Because what's more of a turn off than that? Yeah. Unless he was making a beeline for her. Unless they misread the whole thing. Yeah.

Like how would they even know that? What's going on in her head. Right. Yeah. We have to give Irina grace. We have to. Let's give Irina grace. Yeah. to. Let's give Irina grace. Yeah.

She deserves it. She does. But you know what? She's doing okay today. She deserves it. She deserves it. She's been through a lot. We all remember those photos at Wimbledon.

Yeah. But she's doing okay today. She had a good weekend. Yeah. Wimbledon's always making news. I know. This year it was Irina. No, this year it was Ariana. In years past it's been Ir Irina in years past it's been Megan and Kate it's kind of this um hotbed of celebrity scandal yeah no it's

like it's a it's an event it's like the Met Gala like yeah what's who's going who's sitting with who who's talking to who right and it And it's kind of like celebrity, like you're observing celebrities for like hours at a time in one place, not just like a red carpet photo and then bounce. Like you have to see them out in the elements, you know? Yeah. Interacting, sitting. It's kind of gorgeous. It's kind of like anthropological.

Yes. If you will. I'm using anthropological. Gorgeous. Yeah. That's our word anthropological gorgeous yeah that's let's use that that's our word of the day let's try and use it one more time okay are you ready for our next story no you're not no our next story is brought to you by masterclass which i'm excited to talk about because i listened to a masterclass um on our road trip it was such a fabulous way of making the time pass so with masterclass you can learn from the best to become your best.

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Kennedy has renamed his and Raquel's dog after the alleged biting streak. So James posted to Instagram this weekend a picture of the dog formerly known as Gram, and he said, hippie heart. He said, we've decided to rename this little beauty Hippie. This is a tribute to my late godfather, George Michael's dog's name. The only dog I saw around the house growing up. Although George and Hippie are in heaven now together, I know that they are watching over me now. A proud doggy papa. So we'll talk about the name change. But also, over the weekend, Raquel's mom spoke out about why she surrendered Graham after he bit her.

So Raquel's mom, Laura, claims she surrendered Graham after the canine bit her, quote, to the bone. She told Entertainment Tonight, Rachel put Graham into behavior classes after breaking up with James because he had bitten several people. When Rachel went into the mental health facility, she asked us to care for Graham, as we have many times before. While caring for him, he bit me to the bone, causing severe damage. She said, I saw two doctors for the wound that suggested he be euthanized, which we absolutely declined, and sought out the best rehabilitation center, California Doodle Rescue, that gave him a trainer with over 40 years of experience. After discussing the matter with Raquel, Laura said she decided putting Graham in the care of California Doodle Rescue was the best option. She said, we made the tough decision to drive Graham on May 20th to California Doodle Rescue so that he wasn't alone and delivered

him directly to the trainer's home with a tearful goodbye. Raquel's mom went on to claim that Graham bit both the trainer and her husband, although the pair was able to get him to a place where he could be adopted. So then he was placed with a new owner and was returned within three days after also biting her. Oh my god. Yep the rescue then reached out to Lisa Vanderpump for financial assistance to hire a different trainer. Lisa offered to adopt Graham and he was picked up by Vanderpump Dogs Rescue on July 13th. Then Raquel's mom said that California Doodle Rescue was given the impression that Vanderpump Dogs would either rehabilitate Graham and place him in a good home or that he could live on the Vanderpump property for the remainder of his life. She said, my daughter nor I ever dumped Graham and want nothing but the best for him.

And then eventually Graham was reunited via Vanderpump Dogs with James who has now renamed him so that's the whole story maybe there's still more but it's much more than we had last week no and you know what I'm glad that we reserved judgment last week because there's far too much detail in that story for Raquel's mom to be lying and Raquel's mom is not like thirsty like she didn't have to speak out like no Raquel's mom is just a regular woman I'm sure the thing and Raquel's not in the facility anymore but maybe not in a place to be like you know speaking to the press or trying to clear her name and like this was like the things people were saying about Raquel for surrendering her dog and it was Graham who we seem like we know and we've never known him to have behavioral issues like it was so out of left field like I'm actually very glad that her mom spoke up and gave context to the story because it seems like this

has been an ongoing saga not just like Raquel woke up one day and was like I can't take care of my dog yeah oh yeah yeah no and the kind of crazy part is like after all that rehabilitation somebody adopted him and returned him three days later right it's very much like Lucy Lucy like you try and do like you take all the right steps but you do have this dog to bite down to the bone. Yeah. You know, like. Multiple times. Yeah, that's really crazy.

It seems like everybody tried to do the right thing. And now, you know, all's well that ends well to end up with James. Yes. Hopefully James can provide an environment for him where he's not biting people but what do you think about James changing his name I'm not here for it um don't get me wrong I changed Theo's name like four days after getting him he was three months old I don't know how old this dog is but I've known the dog for a few years so the dog is at least a few years old. Yeah they adopted Graham I think in 2018. So he's at least five. That's very confusing for a dog especially a dog that's having behavioral issues like you use a dog's name in training so

much and you know dogs don't know a lot but they know their names. Yeah and especially like Graham knows James and Graham knows James as Graham so like then for that person who's always called him Graham to then call him hippie I imagine it's confusing but when people adopt dogs from shelters that weren't their ex-girlfriend's dog before you know yeah yeah do they change their name or do they come with the name that's a good question I feel like they come with the name I actually I don't know I mean if you're adopting like a senior dog, you're not going to be out here changing the dog's name. Yeah.

I guess it depends how old the dog is. And I think you could do whatever you want, really. Yeah, of course, of course. And maybe there are some people who, you know, believe that having a fresh start, a new name, might be like a good thing for the dog. I'm sure there are schools of thought that would say that. Schools of thought.

And other people might say that the familiarity of the name is what it what's in a name Claude what's in a name it's an amazing question yeah I mean I wouldn't have changed the name but I also imagine Allie's probably like like Graham is like Raquel you know what what I mean? Like, I get that. Yeah. Graham. And then, like, you just hear her voice every time you say the dog's name. Yeah. So I get it, but I probably wouldn't have done that. It's confusing for a dog, especially a dog that's clearly been through a lot in the last couple of weeks. Like, multiple different homes, returned, adopted, trainer, back to my dad who I haven't

seen in two years. Like, it's confusing. Yeah. So the one thing a dog has is his name. Right. His mom he hasn't seen in months. Right. It's a period of transition for Graham Hippie.

And why are we making it worse for Graham Hippie? I don't know. I would love to see some research on maybe a tabula rasa being good for Graham Hippie. Perhaps. Now, one thing about me, like, I am going to forget that James Kennedy is George Michael's godkid, godson. I'm going to forget it, for sure. But I'm going to know that he has ties to fancy English people. Yeah. I just think it's, like, convenient. Like, George Michael's not here to rebuke that, you know? Well, George Michael's his godfather, even if, like, he, you know, doesn't want to get drinks with James like that that's facts according to who no like it's

definitely his godfather like according to James's mom and dad yeah I'm sure there's photos and things yeah you're right it's just like it's so inconceivable to me I'm just like I have a hard time believing and not because it's not, just because it's a very, you know, unbelievable thing. Yeah, but it reminds me a lot of Dorit Piquet. Yeah, of course it does. And the other George, what's his name? Boy George. Boy George. Because also we met James and Dorit kind of at the same time. They both have like ties to fancy English people. No, but at least like Boy George is like on the show. Boy George vouches for Dorit and PK. He would go to bat for them. No and I forget who I was just with. Somebody who works um for someone. They work on George like a bunch of tours and George

Michaels tour and I was like have you ever met PK? He's like yeah he's at every show like he actually is boy Georgia's manager you know yeah there's no denying that yeah so we'll see what happens Graham Hippie was on the trip in Tahoe so we'll definitely learn more about this story when we watch VPR yeah it's giving Lucy Lucy Apple Juicy and everybody's like collectively rolling their eyes because that was such a treacherous time. Personally, I loved the Apple, Apple, Juicy, Lucy, Goosey era because that was when, like, it was kind of the reckoning of Lisa Vanderpump. Yeah. I liked that time. Yeah. Like, I don't roll my eyes at it like some people do.

No, no. Me neither, especially not now, like, with so much hindsight. Like, it was very eyes at it like some people do. No, no. Me neither. Especially not now with so much hindsight. It was very pivotal to the whole franchise. Right. Who would have thought that would have been the beginning of the end for Lisa Vanderpump? Yeah. We had all had so much fun that day. We had no idea how terrible things would soon become.

Are you ready for our next story? Yeah. Happy birthday is in order for Selena Gomez. Oh yeah. She is celebrated she celebrated her 31st birthday this weekend with Paris Hilton, Christina Aguilera, a Barbie screening, and a bunch of other celebs. So she marked her 31st birthday with a huge party with friends and shared a series of behind the scenes images from the celebrations on Instagram on Sunday. She just wrote a simple caption, 31, and she showed off her gorgeous outfit. I believe her dress was Valentino, something like that. She looks really beautiful, looks like like a fun party lots of stars.

Some of her best friends were missing like Taylor who's obviously busy. Understandable. Nicola is in San Tropez with her family but posted you know something very sweet for Selena's birthday and it looked like a fun night was had by all. Yeah I feel like Selena like low-key throws like a great birthday every year. And even though she seems like she's not like a thirsty celebrity who's always like out and about with other celebs, she really has so many celebrity friends, like high-profile friends. So her birthdays are always like a fabulous event. Yeah, I don't recall her other birthdays, but. I remember last year.

I'm sure she did something big for her 30th 30th right this was like a little bit more low-key a Barbie screening is really cute yeah very cute and it was cool to see who she is friends with and unexpected by the way Barbie's now been out I know well that's our fifth and final story the numbers are in they are yeah okay well let's keep talking about Selina before we dive into that but i am really curious because i haven't seen the numbers yet yeah no numbers are in you know and reviews are into from both the critics and the lay people and we will talk about it but yeah barbie screening is very cool oh what are your thoughts on like you know because it was barbie opening weekend

people getting like really dressed up to go see barbie there was like a lot of discourse about it on the internet. People were like making fun of other people. I thought it was cute. I will always be into that. I will always be into like people having like finding a reason to like dress nicer than they would have. You know back in the day when people went to see a movie it was like a very exciting affair. And now people dress like complete slobs. Because just that's like the

the culture and that's also the way that the the movies just are now and i i do i do it too like i'm not gonna yeah it's the way like there for a while should be yeah yeah like same with airplanes you know it's like why the fuck would i wear a skirt jeans with a button terrible but it's also because like now we eat so much at the movies so true you know and we have like these huge sodas maybe I'll go see a movie tonight because Ben's gone what should I see you should see Barbie I feel like for the podcast I should see Barbie but like I low-key ever since I read the rose code like my whole personality's changed I kind of want to see Oppenheimer especially Josh Peck is in it I know I want to see Oppenheimer too I'll see honestly whatever theater near me has better times and is playing you know theaters like in New York are like so um like in trouble

they're not like playing a million movies at the same time it's not like it used to be like two two thirty three like it's literally three shows maybe two movies yeah so when something is popular it's actually hard to get a movies yeah so when something is popular it's actually hard to get a ticket yeah my theater like the upstairs is closed all the like all the concessions and the theaters that were upstairs no they can't keep the lights on so it's only the ones downstairs yeah well you know what let's get into our fifth and final story barbenheimer weekend and i want to let you know that today's episode is brought to you by dreamland baby co which is a brand that i am loving as a mama and i can't wait to let you know that today's episode is brought to you by Dreamland Baby Co.,

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so barbenheimer fueled the fourth biggest box office weekend in history over the weekend movie grovers turned out in force for barbie which smashed expectations with $155 million to land the biggest debut of the year. But also Oppenheimer came out good with $80 million in its opening weekend. I think the budget for that was probably not as big. Right. The budget for Barbie was, I think, $150 million. So to get your budget back and then a little bit more in opening weekend is a really, I think, major accomplishment. $150 million including the marketing marketing budget I don't know because you know everyone's

talking about this 100 million dollar marketing budget oh so was it like 250 perhaps you know what let's look how much did Barbie cost to make yeah 145 million not including marketing which we know got ways to go which we know was 100 they've got ways to go but also if you include global sales I think it did uh 182 million globally which made the whole weekend 337 million dollars oh okay so that's misleading yeah unless like it was only 100 million dollar marketing in the u.s and if you go global then the you know the bill goes up anyways hundreds of thousands of ticket buyers refused to choose between the two seemingly different blockbusters with sprawling cast and twin release dates so they opted to attend same day viewings of barbie and oppenheimer

um people said this is an unequivocally great weekend for movie going the movies are complementing each other at the box office not taking audience away from each other the cultural craze known as barbenheimer worked to fuel the biggest collective box office weekend of the pandemic era duh as well as the fourth biggest overall overall weekend in history the other top three weekends were avengers endgame avengers infinity war and Star Wars The Force Awakens. Yeah, I feel like these days movies that aren't like action or DC Marvel like don't make those lists. So this is great for, you know, burgeoning movie genres. It's also just like kind of a perfect storm.

Like these two movies, I don't know how Barbenheimer like got so viral but it's just been like a a marketing dream yeah but it's also worth noting this is like the combined power of two movies versus those other movies were one movie that's true that's true still strong especially in this day and age and it's also the biggest opening for a female director ever Gre Greta. Greta. Not Toon. Not Toon. I don't know how she feels about Barbie. I'm sure she has a problem. Yeah I also don't know if I feel like people are saying this but I don't know if it's necessarily true like I don't really feel like the strike impacted the ability for people to promote the film. It's like the strike happened at the perfect time like everyone was just about to be done promoting. Well the part of the strike where people are no longer allowed to promote

happened like the perfect time but the strike has been going on for weeks and Barbie has been being promoted for weeks and then I'm also seeing on my Instagram so much Barbie promo like from people influencers both like and there's so many brands that are doing doing collabs I'm pretty sure the number was a hundred brands that Barbie worked with collabs. I'm pretty sure the number was 100 brands that Barbie worked with. But I'm getting all these emails in my inbox from brands that I shop at. And they all have a Barbie line. I'm like, were you guys hand selected by Mattel to partner with the movie? Or can anybody now just put the Barbie trademark on stuff?

Oh, that's a good question. I wonder how it worked for collabs. But literally everything. I got Bumsuit Barbie, Barefoot Dreams Barbie, Pinkberry Barbie. I got um cupcakes. Everything is Barbie and then also I'm like so are those brands and you know social media accounts not crossing the picket line by promoting the movie? I'm seeing so much movie promo. That's interesting. Also like influencers who are dressed up as Barbie and I'm also like some of it seems sponsored some of it doesn't it just seems like a you know a gifted or a party or something but I'm like are they crossing the picket line? Right I think it's we Jack and I have been sending each other things back and forth

because I think um it's interesting and I'm admittedly don't fully understand like what's considered crossing the line but I feel like even you can't really not talk about Barbie like it's so in the culture and is talking about it considered promoting it I don't know right and also what's the point of not promoting the movie is it so that people don't see it because wouldn't that hinder the the industry even more like I was thinking that too like if you want to support the strike should you not see the movie right that's what I'm wondering if that's not the case if that doesn't support the strike by not seeing the movie then why does promoting the movie not support the strike no I don't know. I'm not sure.

No, I don't know. But I did see this video of, you know, because people who are in SAG can't and won't go to the premieres. Of course, studios have just, like, widened the net of who can go. And I think it was the one in Milan where it was, like, exclusively, like, content creators and everyone just, like, looked crazy. really funny I don't know I don't know I right and like are those content creators are they the ones that we were talking about last week who it's like influencers you're gonna get opportunities that you never would have gotten but don't take that because you're not standing with the strikers like is that what that what this is so I had gotten a message from a toaster who's

like in SAG and a working actor and she like explained so much of the strike to me um but per the influencer being like scabs conversation she said yes if Universal Netflix Amazon etc pay an influencer to promote a film or a show during the strike and they do it they might not be eligible to join SAG later on so So yes, like the money could be great, but you're closing off future opportunities and closing future doors of opportunities for what might only be a couple months of a strike. Okay, but so I think it's the exchange of money

that makes you crossing the picket line. Got it. Good to know. But if they're joining, if they're working with studios on behalf of like promoting, that doesn't necessarily mean that those influencers want to be actors one day. No, no, but the job of being an influencer brings you so many different opportunities that down the line you actually might get booked on a role that requires you to be in SAG and if you did something years ago, you're closing off that opportunity.

Got it. But it doesn't close off the opportunity for in the future for the that studio to book you again for promotion. No because you don't need to be in SAG to be like paid to film a movie. But I don't know if you just like go to see Barbie and you're not being paid but you like post about it on Instagram. Is that being scab? Not according to what this person told you.

Yeah. I think it's the exchange of money. Got it. So it's all very interesting, and I don't actually think that the strike hindered people going to see the movie. And I'm not sure if you want to support the strike, if you should see the movie or not. I feel like you still should.

I don't know. Yeah, it seems like it would be good to support the industry. Right. If the movie does well, but. And a female director. But do the studios suffer if the movie does poor, like maybe the people who worked on the movies get paid the same regardless. And now if you want the studios to feel the pain, you don't go see the movie. Yeah, that's perhaps if you want to stand with the strike, maybe you don't go see the movie.

But I haven't seen that anywhere. But it just seems like a logical conclusion. Right. Because you don't want people to promote it. Oh, maybe you don't go see the movie. But I haven't seen that anywhere. But it just seems like a logical conclusion. Right. Because you don't want people to promote it. Oh, and you know what else I listened to? I actually, on the car ride, we listened to a Tim Dillon episode. Oh my God, it was so funny. And he's in SAG, but he's also like a comedian.

And he was being really funny about it. But his overall point, which I found so interesting, was like, this strike will come to an end. Everyone will, of course you know agree on something but and one of the major points in the strike is AI and he was like the studio will budge on a lot of things they will not budge on AI like they will give Fran and the writers what they want on a lot of things they'll all meet in the middle but AI is not something that they will budge on because it's he he said, it's unrealistic for

Hollywood to not start automating when literally every industry has done it in history. And like, Hollywood is not this like deeply ethical, moral business. It's a business known to exploit people and, you know, has a very dark history. So to expect like the utmost morality from Hollywood is just unrealistic. So writers in terms of like residuals and royalties, a lot of what they're fighting for is like, you know, shows are going so viral on Netflix or whatever, and a writer or even a star of it is making five cents.

Like he said the royalties, he thinks like a lot of what they're fighting for will change, but the AI, he doesn't think Hollywood will budge on. Yeah, and it makes sense that the business model has to change from like the days of studios and networks to the days of streaming. Like just like how the music industry had to change from the days of you know selling CDs. Yes. And all that stuff to now streaming but I feel like they kind of figured it out. I mean it's still. Well they have it's not great it's it's better like it's conversations being had but I don't think there's unions in music. So there was never like a big strike and a big conversation being had about it it was just you know powerful people like Taylor

Swift speaking out causing change got it very interesting and have you seen this Andrew Schultz tweet that's like gone viral yes theory about the strike yes yes that basically if in order to pay residuals to all these shows on the streamers, the streamers would have to say how many people are watching the shows. But they don't release their numbers. They do release minutes streamed for some of their biggest shows. But what the fuck is minutes streamed? How many people watch a show? Yeah, the analytics that like Netflix and these big streamers put out are like really vague.

And I think in tech it's like very common for people to like inflate their numbers and then their valuation gets inflated and their stock goes up so if they had to be totally transparent about their analytics what Andrew Schultz said is like it would be bad for business. Yeah no he said that their numbers are not what the stock price reflects right now so their stock price would go down and actually ultimately this is his theory and that ultimately it would hurt everyone because if the Netflix stock price goes down they will have less money to spend they will make less shows and there will be less working actors working crew working everything and they'll only keep making those one percent of shows that do amazing but there is so much content on all these streamers. And most of them don't have huge audiences.

Yeah, I actually remember so weirdly. You know, like just one thing like your teacher taught you like actually sticks with you. I took like a media class and it was all it was more about cable. But it was like one in every 10 shows. Sorry, nine in every 10 shows on air lose millions of dollars. But that one show that does well makes enough money to keep all 10 on that's what Mr. Wonderful says about his investments that 10% of investments like pay for the other 90% that fail and then I forget who else told me this but I think I said this on the show

already about mid-September did I say that Friday yeah you did that people will be like the strike the strike will be over by mid-September it will be more industry execs it will be more pertinent to end it than it is right now like we're going into august which is the quietest month of the year yep oh very interesting did you think oppenheimer was going to do better than barbie i don't know why i did even though like barbie's everywhere i just felt like oppenheimer would do better i don't know why i didn't really know anything about oppenheimer like i still don't really know much about Christopher Nolan. But the the people in that article were saying like they expected Oppenheimer to do 50 million because it's like it's like grittier subject matter. You know it's not as lighthearted. But it seemed like there was this

whole huge cult following to the effect that it was Barbenheimer. Like if it was not as big as Barbie like it would have been Barbie's weekend. Yeah but I guess it depends how we're looking at huge cult following to the effect that it was barbenheimer like if it was not as big as barbie like it would have been barbie's weekend yeah but i guess it depends how we're looking at success because like yes barbie made more but barbie also most definitely spent more right so like whose profit is bigger probably oppenheimer i don't know me neither well i'm gonna see it maybe i'll see barbie tonight let me see if anybody wants to go with me. I'm sure Zach would go with you. Oh, my God. Yeah, Zach loves the movies.

Zach loves the movies. Hmm. Okay. Have fun. Great. So those were the past five. And people are saying it's good. Some people are loving it.

Some people are liking it. I've seen a couple hates. But I think that it's actually pretty good, Barbie. Yeah, no, I'll be completely honest when I see it. I feel like I'm not difficult to impress as long as the movie's like under two hours. If it's over two hours, I will hate it, and I'll give you a bunch of reasons, but just know it's because it was over two hours. Yeah, yeah.

Let me look it up, Barbie runtime. But it also includes like credits. Yeah. Oh, hour 54. Gorgeous. No, but then with credits, it also includes like credits. Yeah. Oh, hour 54. Gorgeous. Yikes. No, but then with credits it's probably hour 30. Like if you take out the end. Probably like an hour 45.

No, those credits run forever. They do. Alright, I'm going to see if I can even get tickets. Yeah. Good luck. Well, that's our show. Mm-hmm. Hope everybody has an amazing Monday I hope so too I too hope that

for you you do yeah I do all right well actually I'm gonna come over soon I want to see you and Harry

so I'll see you in a bit that's so sweet thank you guys I need to talk about your week I need to know what's going on with my turdy yeah we need to

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