The Toast - Elite Employees: Thursday, March 28th, 2024

Episode Date: March 28, 2024

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Good morning, Millennials. Welcome back to the Toast, you dirty little whores. Hope everybody's having an amazing Thursday. I am. We did it. It's Thursday. What we were wishing for yesterday is here today, so we must acknowledge the space that we're in. Things we did. That. Things we did. Made it to Thursday.

That's right. Hope everybody's having an amazing day thus far. I didn't mean that you were dirty little whores, even though I'm sure some of you are. And you know what? That's perfectly fine. And you know who is one? You. You. Why? You just are. Is it because I'm wearing a quarter zip and like the zipper is like a little bit low on my breasts? The zipper couldn't be lower. You have your hair covering your neck. Like you are literally covered. Head to toe. Neck to toe. As am I. We're very modest women.

I don't know if you Today you look particularly modest. You're looking very woman on the beach of her, you know, on the porch of her beachfront cottage

wrapping her cardigan around her body contemplating divorce. Well, this is a, well, I'm not. I just like, I don't want to put it out there.

I don't want other rumors. I mean, already people are speculating that I'm on Ozempic. I don't want all these rumors swirling about me. Jackie meant what she said. Swirling about the swirly. She's tired of rumors swirling. She's sick of being twirling. I'm not sick of being twirling.

No, that's the thing. She never will be. But no, this is actually one thing. Oh, it's a sweater and, oh, oh, I like it. It's an illusion. It was a perfect illusion. I thought you're singing a different song. You're singing Bad Romance now.

No, no, no. I'm doing Bad Romance moves. To the perfect illusion. Okay, okay. Okay, Joanne. It's kind of just like Lady Gaga signature okay Joanne I'm a little monster are you you are by the way totally I love Lady Gaga um so today's Thursday as we already stated not to be repetitive but it bears repeating you know yeah and holding

space for the fact that it's Thursday sitting in it and acknowledging our present Jackie what am I doing sitting in space and holding it exactly I didn't see you holding though I just saw you sitting I feel as though holding is a mental um not a physical thing not a physical okay okay but I want everyone to know if you're not watching on YouTube she was sitting in the space. And holding it. Don't forget the holding. So we have such a great show. It's so great to be back with my squirreling.

It's like footballing when you get called for holding. Number two? Maybe they're just holding space. Right, right. And who are we to stop them from holding? That's messed up that that would be a penalty, holding. It's disgusting. Fucking rude.

Like, seriously? Evolve. Evolve. We're holding space now. Didn't you get the memo? Right. It's necessary roughness because we're working through things. Okay?

This is a sports podcast. This is a sports podcast. This is a sports podcast. I so miss our football era. And you know what? Like not to be such a man. Things haven't been the same. No. And the way that we, I really do when I take a look at the year at a glance,

I look forward to the end of summer because it's the best weather. And then you tumble into autumnal Thanksgiving, Christmas vibes. And I think another thing that we can add on to us getting so excited about the end of the year not just holiday season but it's also football season yeah September yeah man maybe we should get into hockey okay Bob Dylan booyah kasha booyah what's who i don't know i just say it again booyakasha you guys stand up in the comments have you ever heard that i haven't okay childhood like i'm not gonna say like that's a thing maybe i don't know maybe it's something in my brain but i feel like people will know it. It's giving Israeli like. It is. Maybe you just like were brought up around like a big Israeli culture. You were brought up right next to me. Honestly like I feel that. How many songs can we sing in one episode of The Toast? I think we're

up to four and it's been not even four minutes. And I've literally sang one of them. Like I just want credit where credit is due. I'm learning, I'm listening, and I'm learning. I'm listening, but I'm not learning. I am not listening or learning. You're certainly not listening. I think we can all agree.

We are in the throes of Toastiversary party planning. Such an exciting time. We have such a busy April, actually, you know? I can actually thank Toastiversary party planning for my sweater today because I bought it in my haul for dresses for the big party. And I think I should wear this hat to the party tonight. I think we should wear hats to the Toastiversary party. But like my hair is my best asset.

But like as an ode to that quote that we love. Actually, I think you should wear a hat to the party tonight because you invented that. Like you are like that's a toast phrase because of you. That's not one I championed. You know, you put that one on your back. And, you know, I feel like you said it for a while before it really caught on. It's really sharp don't you think you know black is this year's pink like i said you deserve each other this hat and you you're both so smart it's really weird part of this and by the way it's like a show tune jackie is not a show tune queen. Like, yes, this is an inherent contradiction within me. I love musicals, but I don't love shows. I love show tunes and I hate going to Broadway.

Like that's I don't. Yeah, I don't like Broadway. I love movie musicals. Love, love, love, love, love, love. So but I did have to see Wicked on Broadway of course Broadway and because the movie hasn't come out yet yeah should I get you tickets for when you come to New York in forever from now sure so Toastiversary is underway very excited we've got a big April you know it's Passover which is such an important holiday and I think we might be together for that

which is fabulous um it's Ben's birthday but like who cares. Also Ben did hear what I said about his haircut so thanks to the assholes who snitched on me because he wouldn't have heard it. Stop. Stop. You're not girls girls. Yeah if we created and protected the space then maybe he wouldn't have found out but he did because you guys are assholes but you know what

he needed to hear it so it's fine. How come these girls aren't girls girls? And I'm sure it's the same people that would accuse us of not being girls girls it's your cues and I just want to say for the record and I know nobody thought that I was I am not a girl's girl but still you wouldn't do something like that no but I just like I wouldn't not do something because it's a girl like is it the right thing to do or is it the wrong thing to do I don't give a fuck who I'm doing it to you know feel like sisterhood? You say, screw sisterhood?

Much like the men who came before me. Professor Callahan. Victor Garber. I said, screw sisterhood! Damn, that hurts. How's your sister? Yeah. The thing is, I feel like I'm getting repetitive at this point. I judge people based on who they are, not

their gender. You want to know something crazy always there is definitely one person listening to the show today probably a newer listener who does not know yet that we're sisters oh my god I was just having this conversation with someone like someone we're working with and they were like wait you guys are really sisters I'm like totally Claudia and I are sisters, 100% full sisters, same parents. Not just like sisterhood. No, no, Jackie, we're sisters 100%. Don't let them forget. And I feel like if you're new to the show, you might not know the song that we're currently singing

is an original song that I released. I have two. And they're both available to stream wherever you stream music. Yeah. Which one do you like better? Toast. Yeah. Like that was just a moment in time. it was a cultural shift it was a summer pop anthem it was and will always be like the greatest thing I've ever done for sure but what's actually crazy is that for a sophomore follow-up song

100 is really strong I agree it could have been your lead single. I agree. And it was like because I invested more money in like finding a producer. It was a better produced song. And if I had given like all that energy and resources to Toast, like what would it have been? Maybe you wouldn't be sitting here right now because you'd be a traveling pop star. Exactly.

But it was meant to be this way. You know, it's good. I have no regrets. But back to April, I was like getting to like a big announcement. Back to April. Yeah. You know, it's good. I have no regrets. But back to April, I was getting to a big announcement. Back to April, yeah. So we have Toast Diversity. We have Ben's birthday. Who cares?

Everybody told him about his haircut. And I'm taking a trip. That's right. I am headed. Okay, political correspondent to the Middle East. That's right. I will be in Israel for about a week. I will be gone from Toast.

Israel. Israel. Yeah, that's how my people say it. Just in case gone from the toast. Israel. Israel. Yeah, that's how my people say it. Just in case someone didn't know what you're saying. You throw out. I'm going to Israel for a week. I will be off from the toast. Jax is going to be holding it down.

Guest co-host, you know, maybe a solo episode. No, I've got some things planned. So I will be reaching out to my network. Oh, she's connected. She's networking. It's giving networking while I'm gone. So major kudos to Jax for holding it down. Major kudos to me for like,

um, like one, like saying I'm going to do something and then actually do it. Like I'm always saying stuff and I've been saying that I'm going to plan a trip to Israel like since January, but you know, I'm going to go volunteer, going to meet some peeps.

I'm really excited. A little nervous. I'm not going to lie, but it's going to plan a trip to Israel like since January. But, you know, I'm going to go volunteer. Going to meet some peeps. I'm really excited. A little nervous. I'm not going to lie. But it's going to be great. And that's what's on deck. And you'll bring back everything that you've learned. Of course. And that's what's on deck for April.

So I just want people to prepare themselves. Like your squirrely is going to be gone for a whole week on the toast. Like try not to cry. I will be back. Don't worry, guys. I'll help you through it. I'll be here for you. A shoulder to cry on.

It sounds like maybe in April you're going to be employee of the month. I feel be back. Don't worry, guys. I'll help you through it. I'll be here for you. A shoulder to cry on. It sounds like maybe in April you're going to be employee of the month. I feel like maybe. It's giving elite employee. Yeah. Let's see. I got to start booking.

You have to confirm your dates with me. I did. You had to hit me with the confirmation. No, no, no. It's confirmed. I gave you the dates. Okay, I got to reach out to my network then oh okay Hurley employees

get to work I need to make a TikTok me reaching out to my network to co-host the toast with me so now I can fill you in now that you know this like running joke on TikTok I can fill you in on this joke I had um when Ben came on the Patreon and then when I went on Taylor Strecker's podcast so the whole time we were in St. Bart's like like I was just obsessed with L-A-M-I. And so remember when I went to Abercrombie, you were there with me and I bought Ben a shirt. Yeah. I bought Ben a shirt at Abercrombie

because I thought it was so cute for St. Bart's. It was like this knitted, and Ben wore it in St. Bart's. I could tell he didn't like love it. Like I think he was just wearing it to appease me. And by the way, it was the best he looked the entire trip. So one, one night in St. Barts, we're in the back of a cab, like going home, you know, I'd had some cocktails and this island is so small. And we kept seeing Jason Tarnik on the island. He was on the island the same time that

we were. And we're literally driving past Bagatelle, like on our way home. And we see Jason Tarnik and we like pull over and we're talking and he's wearing the Abercrombie shirt that I bought for Ben. So I'm like kind of drunk and like by kind of, I mean like very drunk in the back of the cab and I'm like trying to point out, I don't know why I thought nobody else was noticing that he's wearing the Abercrombie shirt that I've, that Ben wore the night before. And I'm in the back, and Ben said the next morning, I was talking like the lady from Elite Employee. I was in the back of the cab like, Aber, he's wearing Abercrombie. Ben said I was being so weird and so annoying. And I was, I remember talking normally. I was just like, Abercrombie, Abercrombie. Ben said I was being so weird and so annoying. And I was, I remember talking normally.

I was just like, Abercrombie, Abercrombie. Ben said I was in the back. You sound like her still. You are wearing Abercrombie. I believe Ben. They were making fun of me like the entire week for that. He's wearing Abercrombie. I believe it.

I can hear it. And now I'm so glad that you like are degenerates like us and you can get in on the joke. I've known elite employees for a while. Oh, okay. Yeah, but I did post a really fire reel to the redheads. You guys, you've got to be checking on the redheads, guys. I have to say your commitment to the growth of your passion project is giving employee of the month. Definitely redhead of the month like no offense

the others slackers yeah i mean your face like is at the front of the logo so like you should be doing more of the work well i mean if someone wanted to like step up pitch in they could even change the logo change the they could it could be a coup a rue a redhead's cue no the thing is about the redheads it's a delicate balance and every one of us and in our roles is incredibly necessary to the harmony of the redheads so true and the little that they do is also important not the little that they do yeah like the like the absolute way in which snitch could give a rip. Is so important to the ecosystem. Is important to the ecosystem and to the brand. Like it's hysterical.

I wouldn't want her to change. Okay, that's so good. Even though she did make me a piece of content for the IG. So stay tuned. Yeah, she made me content for the gram. You know, I feel like some of the passion that you have for your passion project. While I admire it. Like, you know, you could give it like to the show passion that you have for your passion project while I admire it like you

know you could give it like to the show social if you wanted to I feel like not as creatively free is that a dig at me like I'm stifling your creativity stifler oh please oh if you ever came with a content idea I'd be like please do it there's a stifler in our midst no no by the way why don't you feel free to spend some of your creative energy on the toast we are a little we are a little stalled at 311,000 followers totally but you have up until now been very committed to the grid that's fine by the way like I feel there's this fabulous feature that I feel like we've been utilizing a lot where you can remove content from grid. But not for still images. No, no, I'm not suggesting you take a selfie and post it.

So you're only giving me like clearance to do half. Again, creative juices are being stifled. That's all I'm saying. Now you guys, you've seen it in action. You've seen the stifling. I don't know what I'm about to tell you. You are not one of my elite employees. And you are not acting like one of my elite employees right now.

And you maybe, maybe, are not an elite employer oh I think everyone would disagree with that but by the way feel free to have like your dumb thoughts not true I'm an extremely elite employer everyone saw the stifling in action I rest my case okay just for shits and giggles Jackie's gonna post a selfie of herself on the toast Instagram today the thing is I would never do that to you yeah because you know how hard i work on my my grid yeah and yeah no i i don't think it's a joke thank you because it's not we're supposed to be making jokes like that's what we do let's go back to making jokes um he was wearing ab Abercrombie and you're wearing a cardigan slash shirt. From Stodd.

Yeah, I'm fancy. That is fancy. Just casual Stodd on a Thursday. I'm just cracking myself up today. Say it. Stodd going up on a Thursday. Oh, she's crazy. She's literally crazy.

I think that's where like I can call it now. Jackie, when do you think the next time oh my god my favorite tiktokers just announced that they're pregnant I was watching this video this morning and Ben came in and was like are you crying it's a couple yeah it's like a husband and wife duo Alex and John I guess that's what you say they're pregnant you know oh no I'm sorry I take it back they are not pregnant she's pregnant yeah they are having a baby but they're like a family are having a baby But they're like A family channel Not a family channel They do like

And you know what I'm like kind of upset Because their content Was so relatable to me Because they were like A couple in their like Late 20s early 30s Like who didn't have kids yet

And like who made content Still about like You know drinking So I definitely feel like I'm like being left behind But I'm really happy for them That one's a tough one To swallow

That by the way It is Every time somebody Has a baby jacket Comes to me She's like Is that a tough one For you to swallow I'm like happy for them. That one's a tough one to swallow. That, by the way, it is. Every time somebody has a baby jacket comes to me, she's like, is that a tough one for you to swallow? I'm like, yeah.

Is this like really... Moving my needle? Yeah. Or like hard for you to get your head around? Sometimes it's like not and you explain why. I'm like, oh, yeah, it makes sense. Alex and John, honestly, is a tough loss. So what were you going to say about them?

Nothing. What was I saying before? That they are pregnant. No no then right before that because you said it's gonna be a while before after I said stug going up on a Thursday start oh what do you think the next time you're gonna be in a club is you know what I mean and when was the last time you were in a club? Was it the one year toast anniversary party? Yes. No, it was my birthday last year. Yes, that was so fun. We went to Acme.

Yeah. So it could happen. Like even we're going to go out GNO in a few weeks. It wouldn't be like crazy. Because also where we're going is club like perhaps where we're going. So now these days the lines are blurred. It's true. Lounge.

You go to dinner at a restaurant, and all of a sudden, it's a club. I love that. You go down the hall. You go down the stairs. Blurred lines. Yeah. We're going to get Jax to a club. That's the goal for 2024.

OK. And dream a little bigger, honestly. Oh, OK, Oscar. We're going to get an Oscar. For what? I don't know. For being bad bitches. Or for our documentary that's forthcoming. Right. We're documenting our road to Toastiversary party. It's going to be groundbreaking. Yeah. Oscar worthy. Yeah. Okay. So tell me about the stories today. We have, you know, a regular show. No, no segment today.

Really good stories. I think I might even have some whittling to do in the ad break. You know what? If you feel compelled to just, just throw in the extra story. I mean, we are negative one because last Friday we did four. It's true. And I feel like that way, if I do six on days where it begets six, that way, like, I could do four on days where it begets four.

It begets four. Today it begets six. I love that. I really do. Do what feels right, Jax. Thank you for the permission. Sorry, I didn't mean to stifle your creativity. No, I was giving you a compliment.

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I'm actually not, but Robin Hood is. God, my God, did you take crack today? I just cracked myself up. I feel like you have a case of the cracks. For sure. When you just make yourself giggle. And to be honest, there's nothing better than having that case. But then if you're with someone or talking to someone who's kind of bringing you down,

and I hope I'm not doing that, am I? No, I wouldn't say you're bringing me down. Because I'm still here. What? No, no, no. You're still here. You have to be. No, I'm still in Crackville.

So you haven't brought me out of it. Crackville, population, one. Population, cracky. What you sipping on? So I really love my protein shakes. This is like not sponsored. And I happen to like this one particular brand. And they like come in like cardboard bottles,

which is weird, but I enjoyed it. And now they've switched to plastic and like the formula is not the same. Are you against plastic usage? No. You're kind of anti-class no I'm not it's giving sustainable you guys she's so sustainable she's so cracky you are you ready for our first story I'm trying to think like what's a big story of the day

nothing is the big story of the day, but like six interesting stories. Genuinely interesting. Okay. The first one is a little bit of an update on the Diddy saga because 50 Cent, who's just been sort of like living for this takedown. 50 Cent every now and then gets a big case of schadenfreude. Yeah. And it happened with Randall Emmett and it's happening with P. Diddy. And he saw that his ex, 50 Cent's ex, Daphne Joy,

has been accused of being Diddy's alleged sex worker in a lawsuit. So Diddy has a child with this woman, Daphne Joy, and a son that was born in 2012. They were together for a year. And now, according to court documents obtained by Page Six, Daphne was accused of being a sex worker involved in the rapper's alleged sex trafficking ring she was allegedly one of three women that Diddy bragged about paying a monthly stipend for their sex work she has not

publicly addressed the allegation and did not respond to a request for comment but Diddy of course has taken to Instagram to say no you mean 50 not Diddy sorry 50 um he posted a picture of himself smoking a cigar in the rain saying I didn't know you was a sex worker you little sex worker lol yo this shit is a movie it by the way is he okay you know who he gives me um like the same energy as like Dave Port portnoy like any you know dave porter has like this wall of enemies and anytime they like self-destruct he like opens a bottle of champagne yeah this is what 50 cent reminds me of it's funny but i don't understand how her being a sex worker makes her like culpable in the lawsuit right, wouldn't that make her like a victim? Well, no,

I don't know. And also like sex work has become like, sex work is illegal on both for both parties. Okay. But it's like, if you're a sex worker, like people who make content on only fans call themselves sex workers. So like,

yeah, I don't know. Like prostitute. Yeah. Prostitute. Yeah. Prostitution is illegal. Prostitution has been rebranded.

As sex work. But sex work is also like. There are legal forms of sex work. Right, so I find it confusing because standing on the corner with your thumb in the air is prostitution and that is illegal. Yeah. Which I never really understood. Like, if everyone's consenting and and like this is how I want to pay my bills like why is that anybody's business like why should that be illegal it's that would be like

making it illegal to be you know like a traveling salesman no but it it would be like making it illegal to be a surrogate how like because it's your use of your body yeah selling your body in a way that you want oh I like that comparison much better than my dumb ass traveling salesman one but you know what I meant I just meant like illegal to be a cashier like it's a job like how I choose to make my income I don't know how you would file your taxes but I guess it's illegal because it's a cash-only business but like let's legalize it would it wouldn't be cash only if it were legal it's cash only because it's illegal oh so true but like let's get you know the sex workers set up on you know h&r block like why I don't get it there is a big like debate about this and there are people who do feel this way

maybe I don't know enough because I would love to hear someone's like anti-sex work. I think there are strong arguments against as well. For sure. But I don't need to hear like a moral. But it's getting like my body, my choice. Yeah. I don't need to hear like a moral argument against prostitution. Like you think it's immoral? You don't have to do it.

But like I don't know. I need to hear more. Yeah. But I think also it's right for people being taken advantage of. Of course. And also I don't think a lot of the times it would be someone's like first choice at a job. It's I feel more often than not a last resort and therefore

ripe for you know predators. Yeah. No I don't know enough about the conversation. I think we've waded into an interesting debate turdy that's been raging before long before us oh it has okay okay i don't really like you know like hence why like i think one step in in that is calling prostitution sex work but it's confusing because people call themselves sex workers and they're just like content creators do you know what i mean yeah i don that. Anyways, now Diddy has a personal interest and like he is personally involved now.

Jackie, 50. Listen, two syllables. What can I do? You're best. Two syllables mixed up. You're best. Okay, you know what I realized today while I was reading these stories?

That Sean Diddy Combs has the same last name as Luke Combs. They're cousins. Really? You know that? Yeah. Are you messing with me? Of course I am, because you're a grandma. No, they're not related, but yeah.

But I don't consider Sean Combs like a Combs because his name is P. Diddy right right but I just thought that was funny it's like when I read a story about someone named Jackie and I'm like oh my god that's my name well Beyonce and former president Jimmy Carter have the same last name too you know that's Jay-Z and former president well they're married and she's Beyonce Knowles Carter yeah oh Cowboy Carter album that's a story oh actually you want to should i bring it up yeah yeah i'll bring it up move it on up beyonce um announced her track list for act two cowboy carter including a cover of dolly parton's jolene which there had been rumors about yes so we had

said there was going to be some big country collabs. It seems like her covering Jolene is one of them. But also there's a sticker that says Smoke Hour Willie Nelson. So that's giving collab. Yeah, I have to say, I feel like Beyonce kind of like teased us a little bit too hard with like big collabs. And there's one, which is fine. And I feel like country music fans don't like me because I don't like know or enjoy Willie Nelson's music I'm sure the song is good I mean his collab with Casey Musgraves on pageant material yeah the album you hookers know nothing about was beautiful

I don't know I just it's not my vibe you know the pigtails in the pot like that's not my that's not my country music do you know what mean? My country music is like red solo cup beer, you know? Yeah, yeah. And his is very, even his collab with Casey Musgraves, which was so sweet. Someday we'll find it, the rainbow connection. And that's a cover. The lovers, the dreamers and me.

Very, you know, he's very Woodstock country. Yeah, so. And I like more stagecoach country she posted what seems to be the song titles but I feel like there still could be other collabs in here why why would Willie Nelson get like I don't know for hype and because it's Willie Willie Nilly. So the other songs, I guess these are all songs, are called American Requiem, Blackbird, 16 Carriages, Protector, My Rose, Smoke Hour, Willie Nelson, Texas Hold'em, Bodyguard.

Then there's a sticker that says Dolly P. And then another sticker that says Jolene. Oh. Then Daughter, then Spaghetti, then Allolene. Oh. Then daughter, then spaghetti, then alligator tears. Wait, wait, wait. Did you say bodyguard? Yeah. I feel like maybe this isn't the track list.

Really? I feel like it's giving like Easter egg like something because I know this sounds so crazy, like so stupid. But the bodyguard is the movie where Whitney Houston covers Dolly Parton's I Will Always Love You. And now Beyonce is going to be covering Dolly Parton's Jolene. I don't know. I feel like maybe this is more of a roadmap than a track list. I would like that.

I think it's been confirmed that it is a track list, but I like to have fun with things. Or she just has a song named Bodyguard, but I feel like it would be just kind of a coincidence now. Yeah, no, it's an interesting theory. I feel like this could be a track list and a roadmap. Because I don't see Beyonce

having a song called Spaghetti. Yeah, also Alligator Tears, Smoke Hour 2, Just For Fun. Okay, also every time there's like an eye. Smoke Hour and Smoke Hour two are two different songs so no no sorry it's just smoke hour two but every time there's an eye it's two eyes like it's misspelled but also because it's like cowboy act two right right it might just be a branding thing so it's like i most wanted but it's I I most wanted leave I I's jeans

no let me tell you I'm like hyped for this I I hands I I heaven I'm curious if I hands to heaven she's doing a big genre change I feel like this is like a really big deal and I'm curious because I'm not a member of the Bayhive are Are they like is this exciting for them? Are they like eye rolling it? I think they're really excited. I'm like so excited especially if the first two songs are any indication of what's to expect. This is an album I will be like rooting for at the Grammys I assume.

Well it comes out tomorrow. Oh my god no way! Okay that's so good because I've kind of been like in an album drought. I've been listening to Ariana a lot and I really like it but I've weirdly spent like the last 72 hours exclusively listening to Chemistry, Kelly Clarkson's slept on album. And it's like amazing. It's perfect actually. Things Kelly did that. Yeah. It's like funny. If you listen to the lyrics, I hate love and the notebook lied.

And it's like, I forget, I'm going to botch how it's sung, but it's like life's more like it's complicated. You can keep Ryan Gosling and I'll take Steve Martin. Like Kelly's funny. She is. Oh, okay. Are you going to cry?

Yeah, it's just after all these years, people finally seeing. Is that something you feel like, and you don't talk about it a lot, and in our family we're like so annoyingly obsessed with credit, like I invented Kacey Musgraves and Luke Combs. You 1,000% invented Kelly. No, and I just never set her down.

I feel like for a while, everyone knew Kelly, she won American Idol. I couldn't have invented her. But everyone left Kelly when times got tough. It's true. But not this girl. No, it's true. And you like, you saw her perform where?

Somewhere turn? I've seen her a couple times. Radio City. She loves a Radio City. No, where did you see her? It was like a weird place. You like, you and Margot took a trip. Did we?

Yeah. Satchel. Good times. I don't remember. Like that's definitely a point in your column. For sure. Like before Kelly Clarkson show, like before this like resurgence of Kelly, it wasn't cool to be a Kelly fan.

No, not at all. I remember we did a Morning Breath Live. Remember this? Yeah. And someone asked us like, who are your dream breath guests? You have always said. And I like racked my brain and you said Andy Cohen, I think. And I was like, for me, Kelly Clarkson.

Everyone was like, what? And by the way, that's like how steadfast you are because now I would not say Andy Cohen. And that answer would still be true for me. Right. Who else do you feel like you're like a OG? Like so many people are like bandwagoners to different things. Like I'm definitely becoming like a Beyonce bandwagon. Like that's me um like I feel like I am OG Taylor who do you feel like

you've been there for through thick and thin besides Elon no I was gonna say like Luke Holmes I'm OG yeah yeah I'm Luke but I feel like but it's easy to be a Luke fan like it's just hit after hit the amount of years like to be an OG Luke fan. Like it's just. Hit after hit. The amount of years. Like. To be an OG Luke fan. Is like shorter. Kelly's had a more long.

For long. Oh. So. Going back. Rascal Flats. Yes. You really have been. I'm OG.

I'm still OG. I'm still waiting for the tour. That was. Cancelled by COVID. Like, you really have been. I'm OG. I'm still OG. I'm still waiting for the tour that was canceled by COVID. Like so unfortunate. The farewell tour. Of all the things COVID took from us, the farewell Rascal Flats tour might be the most egregious. And the Kelly Clarkson Las Vegas residency tickets. That we literally had front row.

We had VIP bottle service. We literally spent like so much money. We're like, this is going to be the trip of our lives lives and she never rescheduled that no she did it's happening now but like now yeah should we go oh i'm so down i don't know when the next one is but yeah no she she made it happen but by then we were at different places in our lives okay but like if there was one in the next couple of months like would you leave your kids for the weekend or no to go to vegas vegas is kid friendly oh my god i love your kids for the weekend or no? To go to Vegas? Vegas is kid friendly. Oh my God. I love your kids

more than anything. Like I seriously would lay my life out on the line for them time and time again. But like they can't come. Okay. As long as we can stack it.

Like I could do Kelly, Adele. Sure, sure. No, we'll have like a full. Carrie Underwood. She's another one. I'm always by her side. Yes.

Yeah, but she hasn't been through anything tough. You know, she's always kind of been like a country darling. I don't know. She went like MIA for a while. Yeah, and then like the facial reconstruction thing. Yeah.

I think she's been through more than you think. Yeah, she's very private. And now she's a homesteading trad wife. She makes her own true fruit. With a Las Vegas residency. I love that. Goals. Get you a squirrely who could do both.

Goals. Oh my God, I ran into a toaster on the street today and she was like no I'm freaking out I literally moved here yesterday and I was like the day I moved here

I want to meet Turney and like she met me the day after she moved here that's so funny I was grocery shopping yesterday and I ran into a woman who was like

are you the sister that talks I was like yes she's like no I'm the sister who never talks literally no but that's literally how she said it to me I meant to like text you and say like she was like, yes. She's like, no, I'm the sister who never talks. Literally. No, but that's literally how she said it to me. I meant to like text you and say like,

she was like, my daughter just told me to start listening to your podcast. I just started listening. Like, I can't believe I'm seeing you. Isn't it so funny how people refer to you? Are you the, for me, it's always the job girl. Oh, stop. I've never gotten, are you the sister that talks?

By the way, I love that. Love. You are the sister that talks. You the way, I love that. Love. You are the sister that talks. You talk to your sister. I'm a sister and I talk. That's it. I don't need it more than that. I love that.

Yeah, it was really funny and cute. Are you ready for our next story? We absolutely, like this is technically a story number three out of six. Okay, sorry. So excited for Beyonce. Oh, yes. We'll talk to you guys tomorrow, sorry. So excited for Beyonce. Oh, yeah. Oh, yes. We'll talk to you guys tomorrow about it.

So it's like just pause on that. I might wait up till midnight. Like I'm excited. Ooh, crazy. Kenan Thompson has broken his silence on Quiet On Set documentary Revelations. So Kenan says he had a tough time watching the Quiet On Set documentary.

He addressed the series for the first time on the Tamron Hall show on Wednesday. Nearly two weeks after the March 17th release made headlines. You know Tamron is always getting headlines. She like nobody works harder than the Tamron Hall production team. Yeah he claimed he quote wasn't really aware of a lot of the documentary's revelations. Which included Drake Bell's alleged sexual abuse. And Dan Schneider's alleged inappropriate behavior.

He said because quote these things happened after I left. However, he urged the network to investigate more. He said, it's supposed to be a safe place, you know, it's supposed to be a safe place for kids. And to hear all about that, it's just like, how dare you? He added that his heart went out to anybody else that's been victimized as well as their family members. He said, quote, I think it's a good thing that the doc is out and putting things on display that need to be, stories that need to be told for accountability's sake. But it's definitely tough to watch because I have fond memories of that place. I have fond memories of my co-stars and stuff like that. So to hear that they've gone

through terrible things like that, it's just tough. It's really tough. He went on to then address the allegations about Dan Schneider. He said, quote, Dan wasn't really on Kenan and Kel like that. I mean, he got accredited by credit, but it was a different showrunner. So our worlds weren't overly overlapping like that outside of all that necessarily. It's tough for me because I can't really speak on things that I've never witnessed. So I read Kenan's book and he spends a lot of it talking about his time at Nickelodeon. And he was a little bit older. And he and I little bit older.

And I feel like the documentary does a good job of explaining that like Kenan's time on Nickelodeon, Kenan and Kel Goodberger, was kind of setting the foundation for Dan Schneider to become the powerful boss that he was. He wasn't the boss back then, but he had success. He's in the Goodberger movie. He has like a cameo. He was always putting himself in shit.

Yeah, he was in all that too. You said he was an actor previously. Yeah, that's what they said in the documentary and that's I was like okay ew um so I believe Keenan and also I read his book and he looks back on that time so fondly because it was just like you know he made such good friends and they would spend all day you know acting and being funny and then they would get to go to Universal Studios for as long like it was like the best time of his life um and you know and this is something I think of like a thread we keep talking about he had a very very very smart mother and both of his parents like very very smart dad worked so hard but his mom was really involved um almost to the point

that I think like it bothered Keaton because he was a teenager just wanting to run around with his friends so if there was nefarious behavior going on um I don't know if a predator would have would have looked at his mom and been like that's someone I can you know take down because she was really really tough yeah yeah so that's probably a lot for him to wrap his head around like this place that he he had the best experience and yeah it was so good for him was not that for other people but when you're a kid like there's no way to know these things and so it's just really sad it is we had been saying last week like wanting there are people we want to hear from yeah honestly like and everybody I didn't really feel like I wanted to hear from Kenan maybe because I read his book and I knew that he was not there during like the Dan years. He predates that.

Everyone was like yelling at Josh Peck wanting to hear from him. I, like if there's anyone who I really would love to hear from, it's Ariana Grande. She was a, first of all, she's by far the most famous person to come from Nickelodeon ever, period.

Two, she was a huge subject of the documentary and a lot of the, a huge topic of conversation was the inappropriate content being put out on the victorious YouTube channel on the tv shows that now in hindsight as adults we look back on and realize like oh is that a cum shot like is that a hand job like really disgusting and she was a part of a lot of it so if there's really anyone i would like love to hear from it's ariana but i think ariana maintains like that that was a great time in her life too

yeah no she's never said anything to the opposite effect and even if she has things that she wanted But I think Ariana maintains like that that was a great time in her life too. Yeah. No, she's never said anything to the opposite effect. And even if she has things that she wants to like stories that she could tell, I don't think she will. And no, and a lot of people, there's like a conspiracy theory on the internet that if you're like a super famous actor now, like Keaton, Ariana, Josh, and you don't speak out or you don't have anything negative to say, it's because you took hush money. That's what, and like that money, look at you now you're famous. Like you signed a deal with the devil. Like that's what people think. And it's just not true. Like it's not. It doesn't surprise me that people think that I've not heard that. I've never even

thought that. Yeah. It's like a dumb conspiracy theory that needs to be debunked. Yeah. So yeah, Kenan is speaking out and. And what about his Uber driver? Did his Uber driver say anything? No, but his Uber driver does corroborate that Kenan is a very good guy. Oh, good, good, good. Yeah. I love Kenan. Like I need to meet Kenan just for like the story. That would be like a good dream guest for you. Yeah. Especially even though like I feel like he would never come on because I read his book and I maintain and I stand by what I said. But it was really bad. Like I would not recommend it to anyone. I think I gave it like two stars.

And you know I love celebrity memoirs. From the way you talk about it though, we'd never know that. Like the way you talk about it now. You're always referencing it to reference or not reference. Well, it's enormously helpful when we're talking about stories like this. Yeah. Are you ready for our next story ariana maddox is replacing sarah hyland as the love island usa host says a report so according

to tmz sarah hyland is out for the love island usa hosting gig and ariana maddox is in now sarah hyland just did confirm that she is not coming back. She posted to her Instagram. Well, just got a text, which is, you know, funny Love Island joke. I got a text. I'm disappointed the news had to break this way, but it is in fact true that I will not be returning to the island this summer. I have committed to an exciting project that will be announced soon that conflicts directly with the shooting dates for Love Island USA. While I'm sad I can't return,

I hope to see lots of love this summer on Peacock this upcoming season. So it sounds like it's all good. Like she wasn't fired or pushed out. It sounds like she signed on to another project and they needed someone. Yeah. And then it's like, okay, who do we bring in as the host? Ariana did make a cameo last season. Oh, yeah.

In those Scandaval episodes when she was fighting with Tom and she was like, you never like watch Love Island with me on the couch. Right. And then Love Island got involved. So she's tapped to be the next host. on the couch. Right, right. And then Love Island got involved. So she's tapped to be the next host. It's funny. I like it.

At the end of the day, hosting is a skill. And I think this is like a good marketing thing. But you got to be able to read the teleprompter. Like I hope she does a good job. For sure. Love Island though, the host only shows up every few days, every few episodes. Like you forget that there's a host. And then literally six episodes later, it's like Ariana's here. And it just means there's going to be like a breakup ceremony who was the oh what about

that girl ariel yeah ariel i don't know what happened i thought she was good i thought she was good too i feel like they change it a lot to make it buzzy like who's of the moment you know but i think i prefer like a stalwart chris. One host. But it doesn't have to be someone so serious. Just consistency. Like I like that. Yeah, I agree. Maybe they wanted that too with Sarah Hyland, but it's not working out. But I just feel like.

But Live Island USA is also just like a shit show. And it's like not popular. For sure. But they've started to really put everything they've got towards it. As they should. There's literally no reason why the UK version should be so much better. There shouldn't be that big. I know it's better because of UK culture,

so it might always be better, but there's no reason the disparity should be so large. Yeah. Also, Maura Higgins had been the digital correspondent for Love Island USA. I wonder why she's not a contender for host. Even from the first American season I feel like there are a bunch of like girls who are pretty decently influential and have big platforms who would be good hosts too yeah but I guess Ariana has this pre-existing Love Island tie-in yeah yeah it's good yeah it's good it hasn't been confirmed though but it seems

to be that's the way it's going I I don't know why she wouldn't do it. It's a dream. Imagine like being a huge fan of a show and then getting to be the host. Where do they film US? In Hawaii? No, I think like Fiji. Oh, it's not even in the US?

No. Well, the one season I watched, one of them was in Vegas, but that's because it was COVID. Okay, the season I watched that like we recapped and we had Shannon and Josh on. Remember them? Yeah.

I feel like that was in like Maui. I don't think it has to be in the U.S. Because I know the U.K. one is not in the U.K. I think it was in like Portugal. Oh. The one I watched. What did you say? They've all been in different locations.

Okay. Well, that's exciting. Yeah. Are you ready for our next story? So Bethany Frankel says that she was randomly attacked amid an insane New York City punching trend. So two things. One, there's this trend in New York City that young women are getting punched in the face at random. Yeah. A couple of days ago, this one big TikToker like posted video that went so viral because it was so crazy. But also she had this welt on her head, looked like literally under her skin. There was a golf ball.

And she was like, oh my God. She was like on the verge of tears. She's like, I have no idea what just happened. I was literally just walking. I was on my phone and somebody just clocked me and I fell to the ground and I lost consciousness for a second. And everyone was like keeping up with the story. It was so crazy. And then like two other videos that day, other women telling

the same exact story. They were walking on their phones and some guy came over and just punched them in the face. Yeah. And so for the first creator, she said that she like blacked out and fell and then just like freaked out, came home home and the other girls also had like bruises but then one video a tiktoker posted a video by she's a fashion student who said that she was walking home when a random man punched her and then bethany commented on the video and said this is insane because this happened to me a few months ago but i was embarrassed to say i was on the upper west side insane i was taking video of a bakery her comment was later deleted but it's there it was there that's weird yeah I mean people were being like nasty to her for like trying to

make this thing about her I don't think like hop on a trend I don't think that's what it was she didn't like make a video about it she just commented honestly ever since I saw this a couple days ago my phone has been lodged in my pocket I I'm like so alert. It's not like it's in one area of town. It's all over. Upper West, Flatiron. It's been everywhere. What the, and by the way, I don't know if it's all one person

or if it's this trend of like, you know, savages doing this. Yeah. But the original girl who had the golf ball on her forehead posted a video update that she worked with the police and the guy has been arrested. How did they find who it was she um surveillance footage they like cctv you know there's cameras everywhere big brother's always watching and in instances like this it's actually

immensely helpful so they were able to like follow him to where or like get a photo of him got it and maybe he had like a previous record and they could probably facial recognition and it's so scary and so if it's if I don't think it was this one guy doing this to all these women because if that was the case great they got him and it's over I think it's like a thing people do now and it's disgusting and they're targeting young women specifically young women on their phone do not walk with your head down on your phone like that's making you vulnerable. And what's so moronic is like, great, they got this guy,

but like bail reform in New York, like he's probably sleeping at his house now. Yeah. Like arresting someone means nothing these days in New York. It's so, so crazy. And like someone like this, like who like absolutely needs to go to prison. Like it's so, if you just, you harp, like you act on every instinct you have,

you're a savage. Like I see people I want to punch in the face. I don't cause I'm civilized. Yeah. Like there's a difference. And so if you're going to be an animal, like you can't be here with us. You can't be among civilized people.

No, you can't. You can't. You have to go. Yeah. So upsetting. Like what the fuck? And so if you are even walking right now and listening to this podcast,

this is the only time we're ever going to say this, turn it off. Take your headphones off. Put your phone down. Yeah, headphones is like... You have to just be like eyes in the back of your head. No, it's so nutty. Yeah.

We're living in nutty times. We are living in nutty times. Very upsetting. And really be careful. Do not, at the bare minimum, look forward when you walk and just be aware of your surroundings yeah are you ready for a fifth and final story sorry sixth and final oh we're ready at six yeah we're ready at six crush this today it's a little random media news

rmn i feel like you might have not heard this yet because i hadn't heard it till this morning but carly klaus revealed that she's relaunching Life Magazine with her husband, Josh Kushner, more than 20 years after it was shut down by Time. Wait, I'm kind of obsessed. So her and her husband have a company called Bedford Media. That's like a new media company. And they've acquired Life Magazine,

which was first published in 1883, but it was shut down more than two decades ago by Time Inc. And they said in a statement, they will relaunch the brand as a print magazine with a digital and video presence. Quote, we see life as an uplifting and unifying voice in a chaotic media landscape. Wait, I'm surprised they were able to so easily acquire it

because even though it's not valuable like monetarily, it's historic. And there are so many like famous life magazine covers i'm surprised time inc would be so willing to give it up i'm sure that came with a price tag for the name for sure i don't know why i just found that shocking like and i feel like time inc revamping life magazine is something i could see them doing yeah but this also makes sense they could have started their own new magazine but i think to buy like a storied name is a better move. No, this is kind of really smart.

I look forward to seeing what they do with it. Even though like, I don't know how many like fake digital magazines we need. Every celebrity on the cover of Couch Magazine, like every celebrity makes up like fake ass magazines. And they're on the cover of Wonderwall. But that's why this is different. Because it's like, oh, someone's going to be like, I'm on the cover of Life magazine. Oh, shit.

OK, let me check it out. Yeah. It's like most likely like not going to have like insane circulation and readership. Let's see what they do with it. Yeah. No, I'll be watching. Yeah. Also, like low key, I didn't know life wasn't in circulation anymore.

I did. But that's because life gives time energy. They're the same. You don't need both. Yeah. But now. Same red logo. Yeah.

It'll be interesting to see what they do with it. Because it used to be just, like, the pictures. Like, do you get a cover of life? Or it's, like, an amazing photo? Coming in? Like, it's not like Vogue where there get a cover of life or it's like an amazing photo. Coming in? Like it's not like Vogue where it's like there's a cover star, right? No, it's like a cover story. Yeah.

Giving Huberman. It all comes back to Huberman. They could also do whatever the hell they want, you know? Right. Do you think Carly will be on the inaugural cover? That would be kind of nutty. Yeah, but also like why not? Why not me?

Why not buy life magazine just put myself on the cover i'm gonna say it before anybody else does like my current word of the moment is nutty it's a good word i like it too because like things are nutty everybody's nuts lots of things are nutty things in which you're not right so keep you posted. That's interesting. It is. And that's what's going on, guys. And that's the way the cookie crumbles. That's our show. And what's so exciting

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