The Toast - Joy, Light & Positivity: Thursday, September 25th, 2025

Episode Date: September 25, 2025

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Good morning, girlies, it's the Toast. It's Jackson Claude and we're your host. It's your favorite show, the fast five things you need to know. We'll start your day off, swirly, it's the toast. I sound amazing. Welcome back to The Toast. Leshanatova ummetzuka. Hope everybody had a delicious and sweet new year.

The toast is back and sweeter than ever. Sweeter than ever, you guys, these are the 10 days in between Rosh Hashanah and Yon Kippur, where we are judged for the rest of the year. So like if Claudia and I seem extra sweet, less shit-talkie, we're trying, like we're on our best behavior. So it never really works.

It never works. We do this every year because, of course, like these are the 10 days where, like, you want to be on your best behavior. These are like two marquee holidays in the Jewish calendar. Like the first is Rosh Hashanah, which is our Happy New Year. And then 10 days later is like a, it's called the Day of Atonement. You're fast and you just like apologize for all your sins.

And so in the 10 days between them, like you've got to be on your best behavior. It's like it's when like you're written into the book of life. Or not. Right. Or other. So like we have to be nice. Like our lives depend on it. And the thing is I can't because let me tell you something.

Everyone's a bitch. Obviously it's hard. Everyone's ugly and stupid. but over the holiday I went to synagogue and like you know you're aware of your own self in synagogue but there's really not much to do in synagogue besides like chat and I literally kept veering into lush and hurrah luschen hurrah is like gossip but like negative gossip which is like a huge sit and you're really not supposed to do it and I kept like leaning over and being like oh my god and I literally had to stop myself I couldn't even stop myself in

synagogue like how are you going to stop yourself when you're literally being paid to do it? when it's your job. Correct. And thus brings on the annual conversation about how gossip is really not a bad thing. It's how people stay informed. It's how we, like, justify ourselves. It's an exchange of information. Everybody knows that.

But I am trying to be positive in these 10 days, think positive thoughts. We went to synagogue this weekend, too, and going to Shul with, like, toddlers is so different. I literally didn't even sit in the sanctuary. We were, like, out in the playground the whole time. They're having a ball. That's so cute. Yeah, it's really cute, and I was just like, got to chill out. Well, something crazy, I didn't even tell you this, happened at my shawl.

Somebody's water broke. Oh, my God. I can see it because when we did have to, when we came in, because all the kids came in for the shofar, we all stood and heard the show far because the tour was out, and it was a lot of standing for a pregnant lady. Oh, my God, I was dying. And, like, my feet were killing me. It was so much standing.

and actually the men and women are seated separately so I wasn't with Ben and a lot of the action happens on the men's side like they take out the Torah they like lead and so I look over at one point and what do I see my husband holding the Torah I was so proud I'm like yeah get in there Ben hold that Torah up oh my goodness what an honor a leader in his community some would say that's so beautiful so it was also UN week general assembly so if you live in Manhattan you know like for a week of the year, like all the UN delegates come to the U.N. They stay in the city, they meet in the city. They cause so much traffic.

So this poor girl who's water broke, she could not get an Uber to take her to the hospital that they called an ambulance, a hutsala, and it was parked outside the shul. I'm pretty sure she gave birth in the ambulance. Oh, my God. That is a nightmare. It's a nightmare. That's a nightmare. UN week is just, it's the reason why I moved.

When people ask, like, why did you leave New York? UN week. I live 51 weeks for one. For two, yeah. Speaking of nightmare, I'm actually actively living through a nightmare scenario. Okay. I have to read you guys this email I got two days ago. Oh, okay. The nonchalant nature of this email. Open the files. Hello. Hi. We are writing to let you know that the building's central air conditioning at blank, blank, blank, blank, your office building will be out of service for the remainder of the year. we understand this is inconvenient sorry for the disruption

wait to help in the interim we can provide portable fans at no cost oh that's so darling do you tell them you already have your own if you'd like the fans delivered please reply with the following information

okay what are you going to do I mean I can hear you've got fans going as much as you can but like so I know I do have a fan on me right now If you hear my little remote clicking, it's just mind your business. Obviously, this won't stand. I am fighting with the company. Like, first of all, like them just being like, oh, by the way, we're setting the building on fire. I hope this isn't inconvenient. Like, where's my discount, first of all, on my rent? Obviously, I can't be here. But like, why can't you fix it till the end of the year? Like, what about next week? What happens in 2026? What about next week or the week after? So I'm now starting to make plans. I will not stay here. Like this is not, but I just built this whole studio. So here's what I'm thinking.

I need to get to the end of the year. Okay. I'm going to be spending time with you, obviously. I'm going to have to go down to Florida. Love that for us. To support my sister. I love that. You're always welcoming.

You're always welcome in my home if this was you, like, saying, you want to come live with me and we're being my ward. I would love that. No, but I will be like spending time down in Florida so I can use your studio. I can use a podcast studio down there. it is also your maternity leave which we haven't really spoken about but Jackie's taking time off from the show

but the show is not on hiatus again we wouldn't do that to you twice in one year so I will be like recording episodes with people so I can do that at different studios in New York maybe I'll like travel abroad you know do it like an LA week A sabbatical Well not a sabbatical

And we love L.A. Sabatical means like you're not working Maybe take a like a semester or abroad. Yeah, exactly. I cannot stay here. Like, this simply won't do. Okay, Turty's going abroad. Yeah, should we do? Actually, I had a dream I went to Florence. Ferenze. What guess would you get? Ferez and Kiara. Kiara. Team Kiara. Team Kiara. Um, well, that's a bummer. I'm sorry. No, no. And I just got this place, like, really, truly decked out, set up. I hung all my artwork. This is fucking crazy. Yeah. Wow. Didn't see that for Q4. No frames. Frameless.

Well, I'll be here with my frames. So everyone's going to be devastated. No frames. We've talked about the frames in a while. They never stood a chance. Today's show is Part Jalicious. Let me tell you why. We've got Dancing with the Stars. We've got Dancing with the Stars recap. Yeah. And that's why it's Part Delicious. That's the only reason. I'm a woman possess. I'm obsessed with Dancing with the Stars. No, but also, it's a Thursday that feels like a Monday, and actually a lot of stuff happened in the few days that we're off.

So, like, we have Parjie stories a lot to talk about. Also, we have a story that's kind of meta. We do. There's a story about us. It kind of involves us. Yeah, it does. Even if it didn't, I would have chosen it because it's a story, but, like, it just, so I hope that, you know, you guys can appreciate our take,

even though we will have to, of course, not be biased because we are involved, but I hope you guys could. still enjoy it. And we're also, it's going to be a part delicious episode because we're trying to be really nice. Oh, I forgot about that. Okay, so we're trying to be really nice. I think we've been so far. Yeah. I don't know if I'm saying anything. We only diss the UN and that's what God would want. Yeah, 1,000 percent. You look beautiful today in the spirit of being nice. You really do. I'm not just saying that because I want to get into heaven. Oh my gosh. Thank you so much. You're looking like really like basketball, you know? Those women who look like they swallow the basketball, they don't even

look pregnant from the back. Oh, wow. Thank you. No, this is like my new state of being. Like, everywhere I sit, it looks like I'm on a peanut ball, like bouncing up and down. Leg spread. Yeah. Just doing what I have to do. Listen, you do you. And of course, it goes without saying if you ever need, like, a day off, take it. I feel like I didn't like take any days off, especially towards the end of my pregnancy. Like, that was so, I took one day off when I had a really bad headache. Like, we're so crazy. We're such hard worker. are so crazy and we are hard workers and it's like I just appreciate the job so much and it's like even if I'm not like feeling my absolute it's like come on let's go you could do it 100% you've got

you can do it you've got this mama you've got this mama yes mama yes but I don't I feel I feel well today um we recorded a patreon yesterday so we actually haven't been like totally off you know we can never actually stop working we just we just can't turn off the hustle never sleeps we recorded a patreon yesterday wedding Q&A's part two and this one got like extra personal the first one was more about like weddings in general this was like about our weddings our engagements and we wound of course it became tag toast at a glance we ended up doing quite possibly the scariest thing on the planet of course we were talking about weddings and we just ended up talking about our cancellation because all roads in life lead back to the time we truly got canceled in 2018 no the question

it wasn't even us being us like the question it's true one of to know the story of our engagements and I happened to be get engaged on the day that we got canceled so we were like in our camera rolls from that day so yeah we were like what if we I haven't done this ever like went back to the day we got canceled in our camera rolls and like saw what was happening ooh it wasn't even then it ended up going like four or five days later and it actually gets worse as we go I had like email screenshots it that I was sharing with oh my god it was such a funny episode it was a great episode if you're like in your bridal era but it took it took a dark turn at the as most things do honestly yeah but i actually we were talking about what our wedding songs were

that was one of the questions like what was your first dance song and we were talking about yours your wedding song which is yours by russell dickerson and i wanted to tell you i had it in my head yesterday and so i was like singing it at bedtime to like charlie and stuff and you should really sing it to rue and really make it a part of your life it's a beautiful song because it also applies to baby i came to life when i first kissed you the best me has his arms or around you you make me better than I was before I like that like it's partialish can I answer your question I hate to be like a toxic mama milestone but like when did your baby start rolling over well well well well you're definitely like in the window of starting I just remember

for me um with Harry I wasn't like really expecting it I remember I was like watching on that I'm like hey I think we got a roll um but then with Charlie I really wanted him to roll because he really like to sleep on his belly so i was like waiting for it and it took forever but like what month i remember we were in dallas so it was march and he was born in august oh okay so i'm fine that's a long time no i was waiting a long time okay because at the doctor they were like is he showing signs i'm like signs i thought that was next year like he's so not showing signs no okay so he's on the charlie um train king and that's like that's my breached king like he just chills he just chills he just horrid yeah and you know what most of his chill like all of it like 99%

of his chillness is like so amazing yeah I'm not complaining so because he's not like getting after it on the rolling you have to take that you have to focus on the good us suffers we're not the most athletic budge it's okay so he'll be a scholar why do you want him to roll like what's that going to do for me it was like because then he could sleep on his belly and like he wasn't sleeping well but no nothing I just don't don't want him to be missing milestones. Like I'm just keeping up with what I'm supposed to be keeping up with. Listen, Rue's going to run in his own race. So true. Like Thu will do it on his own time. And I just know him. He's kind of like his mother. If you

push him and you tell him what to do, he's going to take longer. Pretend like you don't care. You have to pretend like you don't care. That's like how I have to deal with you. If I want you to do something, I have to pretend like I don't care. Oh my God. Okay. I didn't know you were handling me like such a mental patient. Don't watch down to Navi. Don't read. okay I won't like you won't like it um I also forgot to tell you and then we can dive in because like I know we have a busy day but like I just want to tell you and I'm going to be annoying and secret project everyone I'll tell you guys tomorrow but I'm actually doing something crazy tonight okay can now you have to text me okay so I'm meeting someone okay have you told me anything about this I think I have but I can't remember she's meeting someone and I just want to say every time I go to text you I almost text Jack Lechtung like like every single time Ben's best friend the amount of information he's almost and I tell Jackie like sensitive things like all the tea the amount of information he almost always gets he wouldn't even know what to do with it I'm excited who are you like I texted it to you oh cool yeah

exciting it is I'll tell you guys about it tomorrow not what I thought like I don't know what I thought but um cool we can't wait to hear about it tomorrow tomorrow that's always fun yeah i like to sprinkle a little bit of you know let's sprinkle some seeds create a little bit of a hype you know yeah there's major hype i'm kind of a hype beast we both are a hundred percent we're actually not and that's a fault of ours but we are and that's why we'll never be true successes it's true but we are who we are. I'm like, I'm, I'm happy with who I am. Fault and all.

Oh, so am I. I believe it was a great Kesha who once said, we are who we are. Yeah. Well, let's get into the stories, because as we mentioned, we have a lot to discuss. Much too good for children.

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to get 10 free meals and a free item for life. Thank you for Turt. I wish that I could have this item for life. For life. For life. Thank you, hello, Tirt. Our first story, the war on free speech is over. Jimmy Kimmel.

I thought you were saying Dancing with the Stars. I'm like, what did they say on Dancing with the Stars? Jim, four days later, Jimmy Kim was back on the air. His show came back. And I just want to say I never like dunk on everyone.

But like I literally said this was going to happen. Well, yeah. I think like the reaction from people, whether you like thought, whether people were excited that his show ever was like he's canceled. Well, it did say temporary suspension. And so people who were excited about that got ahead of themselves and people who were devastated about it,

got ahead of themselves too. because they said we're just going to take time off to see, you know, the vibes. Some people did not put him back on. So his show was not back 100%. I believe it was back 80%. Those two syndicates, Nextair and Sinclair, they're still not airing. Sinclair. Are you okay?

Nextair and Sinclair. They're not airing the show. They're still preempting it and running other programming. So he's not back 100% of the country. But as far as like ABC and what they can control in terms of like Disney proper forming him or not. But they brought him back. His show is back.

So it was a long and hard four days. But free speech wins. I have a question. Did you see the footage like paparazzi of him leaving his studio and then like packing things up? They have to rebuild his whole set. Why were they taking it down? Like I said, it was a suspension.

It wasn't a firing. I don't know. And I didn't. I saw that like he was filmed like leaving somewhere, but I didn't watch it. So I don't know what they were doing. Did you watch his monologue? I watched what he said when he came back. And in this one, like he was.

was emotional saying that he never was never I thought it was appropriate like I think that like he had a lot to say you know he became the face of like this movement and I thought and I know he didn't want to apologize I think that's what the Hollywood reporter had said um and that's also why it took four days because I think there was a lot of back and forth on what he was like agreeing to say but all and all I think like he got his point across which was like his message but also like he did say like no it's a terrible tragedy and you know one think about Jimmy Kimmel man loves to cry He's going to cry. Went in down, give a tear.

But that was an appropriate time to cry, and I believed it. I thought it was good. Yeah, I thought it was good, too. But also, he didn't, like, out, you know, it wasn't like a groveling apology. Like, I'm so sorry. Bad, Jimmy, bad. It was more of, like, a clarification and, like, just sort of. It wasn't a listen and learn, do better moment.

No, which is interesting. But, yeah, I agree. Like, I think he struck the right tone while also, like, he's not going to say something that he doesn't feel. Which, which, you know what? I do respect, like, people who just, like, say whatever. to get their shows back or like to get back in the good graces like if you don't believe it don't say it yeah yeah um but this was it's been an interesting one and there's been a lot of like comparisons to the way that ABC has handled other things like in the last few years like I'm sorry

I can't help but think of Chris Harrison watching this being like oh my god I forgot about Chris Harrison four days it's been four years what I didn't know was that Jimmy Kimmel got his show because the time slot before it was Jimmy Kimball was a Bill Maher late night show and Bill Maher said something extremely unsavory about 9-11 kind of praising I watched the clip I understood he was saying but like at the time

I could see being like dude what he basically said that like you know Americans are cowards in war zones and at least the people who did 9-11 were brave or something like really crazy and he was immediately taken off the air and that's how Jimmy Kimmel got his show So, yes, it was an interesting couple of days

learning about the history of broadcast. Yeah, and he didn't get his show back. And I guess that's how, what are they like to say? How you get them is how you lose them. But that's not what happened here. I just, I'm thinking of Chris Harrison. I'm sorry. That's an interesting comparison, Chris Harrison.

Yeah, because he said something that was like that people were really offended by. What do you say again? It was about Rachel Kirkconnell. And it wasn't even on the show. Oh, and he was talking to Rachel Lindsay. about it right yeah in an interview off the show and he they were talking about the rachel entertainment tonight photos um the antebellum party and he was making the argument that like uh

oh by the way i'm not saying what this isn't could me it's a job google it yeah yeah yeah he said something you know like uh about a cancellation of one of the contestants just sort of like playing devil's advocate in her favor everyone was coming down on her really hard for the picture she went to like For giving grace and just looking at it through, you know, the lens of a different time. And he got fired. He got fired, never to be seen again. And his, I don't know what he's doing. It's not much.

Like, it was a destabilizing firing for him. Yeah, Jimmy Kimmel's kind of in a pargy spot now, though. Because I feel like we can have the conversation about like late night in general, not as it pertains to politics. But like, it is this sort of old school format that isn't going to be around forever. It is being replaced. Like, Leonardo DiCaprio is doing press for his new movie and he's doing a podcast. Like, it really is kind of phasing out. And I feel like if his show does get canceled,

which I feel like everyone's at some point is going to get canceled. Jimmy is really like a hero now, you know? Yeah, yeah. Also, I think, like, this, he had better ratings on this episode than he did in the last 10 years, like, because, of course, everyone wants to say. All press is good press.

What he has to say. Just like, what a, it's such a blip on the radar, you know? Yeah, like, from this week to last week, technically now like nothing's changed. No, he literally had like three days off of work. Honestly, he was celebrating. Shut up. It was just in time for the holidays.

So he's back and then, yeah, after like this whole talk, I'm just like back to being like, okay, well, like your show's not funny and you're a loser. Right, right. Jackie just like hates. No, I actually, I feel like you've always hated him more than I do. I don't, because I feel like you have to watch his stuff more than I do. Like, I don't ever see his stuff.

So I only like outside of this. I'm not like making a political statement. Outside of this saga, I always compare him to Jimmy Fallon, right? The Jimmy's. And I think Jimmy Fallon is so funny and like such a good host of his show

because he'll really do anything for views. And that's like, I think, I imagine NBC really likes him. And I don't know, Jimmy Kimmel's just always, I never watch his show. It's just like I'm such an NBC girl versus ABC in that sense. Oh, interesting.

Even though everything else is coming up ABC these days. I know it's so true. Dancing with the stars. the bachelorette so true ABC's kind of having a moment they are and you know every network has their moment I feel like NBC has Love Island which is huge every network gets their their moment in the sun

if you will yeah yeah so he's back I told you so I can say that with my whole chest yeah are you ready for our next story didn't see what the stars no that's gonna be fifth and final into a little TV recap that way we don't have to like end it yeah yeah yeah yeah um no this is such great news riana has given birth welcoming baby number three a baby girl with asap rocky so riana posted a picture of her and her new daughter

rocky irish mayors born september 13th 2025 now they named the baby rocky her husband's name is also rocky and what is this giving what is it giving come on Travis and Courtney? No. Naming your baby like the same as your husband. When Theo came home and his original name was Moofy. It's giving Moofy.

If you're new here when our previous dog Theo came home for the first time, his name was not Theo. It was actually Moofy because Ben and I, we used to. Not so much anymore. Actually, Ben still calls me big move, but we used to call each other, um, Moof, Mufon, Moofy. So we thought it was like a cute pet name for our first pet. It got so confusing.

we had to change his name after the first week because I'd be like move and bed was like are you talking to me you're talking to the dog it was so crazy so um I imagine there might be some confusing time ahead for ASAP Rocky it Rocky and Rihanna but what's ASAP Rocky's birth name like it's not ASAP right what do you think she calls him Daniel ASAP rocky yeah it's um Rakeem Athelston Mayors she definitely is not calling him ASAP around the house or she calls him ASAP not Rocky but she definitely calls him Rocky she just call him Rakim well I guess Rocky is short for Rakim. I guess it depends, because there are some, like, annoying-ass

bitches who insist on calling their boyfriends and husbands, like their full name. Like, Zachary, Benjamin. You're literally calling out our sister Olivia. She's always Zachary. She does do that, but it's not the first person who came to mind. That would be like if I was like Benjamin Morgan. Like, I hate when people do that.

Like, they insist on calling, like, everybody in the world calls him 10, right? Right. Theodore! I hate people like that. Sorry, Olivia. Sorry. That's really funny. Who are you thinking of?

I don't want to put her on blast. She's a private citizen. Text it to me. You guys don't know her. She's a private citizen. So like, they wouldn't be interesting to you. But then she would hear it and be like, oh, that's what you think of me. That's interesting.

That's a really random example. Yeah, no, it's just like random. It is a thing people do. And I just find it so annoying. Yeah. now if the person has let me ask you a question if your boyfriend has like a nickname right like tank for i don't know why that just came to mind like everybody calls him tank like even his mother then you're allowed to call him his name daniel i agree but if everybody calls your man ben ben and

you insist on calling him benjamin i have never once in my life called ben benjamin i have never called my husband Zachary. No, I think with Olivia. I think she, like, has him in her phone as Zachary. Like, I think it's like, it's more real for her. Well, I just want to let her know. And I know she listens to the toast because she's a wonderful, supportive sister. Like, when you say that, I hate it.

Like, I love you and I hate it. Well, Mazel Tov to the Rocky family, Rocky, Rocky, what's her last name? I guess they're all going with ours. Yeah, because she has. Rizza and Riot. That's cute. And Rocky. Really cute.

And Rocky's a cute girl's name. Well, so actually, again, not to make quite literally everything about myself. When I think of like future children, I do have one name that I really like that also starts with an R. And I do wonder, like, is it confusing? I feel like, did you grow up in a house where, like, all of you guys had the same first letter of your first name? And if so, did it cause any confusion?

Sound off in the comments. Well, I also feel like Rihanna and Rocky are both ours. when you have that you do it you go all the way but like none of us have the same first letter and you and ben are being seen no i mean growing up all the time when somebody would like shout across the house olivia claudia i never knew if they were talking to me or olivia because the i yeah at the end you only hear like the tail line and someone being like olivia and i was like are you saying claudia or olivia and you know you really can't anticipate confusion like that i'm sorry you had to go through that I mean, I also had to go through a summer birthday with Olivia, and we felt extremely robbed.

You have a lot of things to say to Olivia today. Yeah, maybe because I was talking to her this morning. But you didn't get these things off your chest? No. I understand. Maybe I'll give her a call. Maybe give her a call after this. And tell her all the things that she does that I find it annoying.

Well, anyways, the news here said they had a girl. People didn't know what they were going to have. And I was actually surprised by that. You know, I thought she might go three boy. This is not. When did she do the Super Bowl? This is not the baby that was a new Super Bowl belly. No, no, no.

That was riot. The more I think about that, the more she was so insane for that. I know. So crazy. And the fact that quite literally anyone at the time wanted to critique her performance, whether it was like her dancing or her vocals, like seriously dropped out. Yeah, I remember when like she came out with her belly and like people were like, is she pregnant?

I'm like, you're disgusting. like you're that how dare you that was also a special time because like she was right like it was so confusing it was so good no but anyone who like said that especially around me I'm like you guys are so rude she just had a baby like why you look in her belly like oh so you okay that's funny well it reminded me of when Beyonce announced her first pregnancy at the VMAs after singing love on top but parjiliciously might I add she then opened her blazer and it's like well she didn't really look pregnant so she touched her belly and we were like oh when you touch the belly, it's a confirmation. Yeah. Rihanna did not touch her belly. So when people were like speculating, is she pregnant? I'm like, the woman just gave a performance of a lifetime. Like, of course she's not pregnant.

Like, how could you say that? It would have been really helpful for us if she just touched the belly. Yeah. No, it was. But then she confirmed it like after the performance. But after she was like, yeah, obviously I'm pregnant. We're like, oh, yeah. Obviously.

I just felt really defensive of her. Of course. Yeah. Are you ready for our next story? Mm-hmm. the one that we are involved in. Because Stasi Shorter has officially turned on Megan Markle. She said, this is the last draw.

So I've been seeing this all over the internet. Stasi. Let me tell you my experience. And I want to say, we need to clear up. Because if I was reading these articles, I would assume that you and I have beef with Stasi. Like, they're really making it so. They are including us in every article because she mentioned us.

So, and that was the reason why she's turned on Megan Markle is because of us. So literally someone who works with us sent us this article. And it was like at first from like this reality t.com. Like and I was like, oh my God. Stasi's like kind of being nasty about us on the podcast. I'm like, wait, but we're friends with Tassi, right? That was so like sad. So like, and it was co-hosted with Taylor Strecker.

And I'm like, well, Taylor Shrekker wouldn't say anything weird about us. Yeah. So I'm like, you know what? Let me actually not read the clickbait and go listen to Stasi's podcast episode to get the real story. Now what's being said in the tabloids. is a much dramatized version of what Stasi said. Now, to be clear, Stasi did not say anything mean about us. If anything, she's jealous of us.

And more has, like, she has beef now with Megan Markle. And it literally has nothing to do with us. And also, it illustrates that she's a close listener of The Toast. Right. So it's like, she was like, I sat down to do my makeup and I listened to my favorite podcast, The Toast. And I heard something. Which is an amazing podcast hosted by amazing girls.

Listen, it was so not even remotely. Let's get to the meet. So this is what she said. She said she's officially done with Megan Markle. A little backstory is like Stacey has been Megan Markle's number one fan. Like since Megan joined the royal family. Like she's left the royal family. She's been with her through the whole thing.

She's been with her through the whole thing. Like always just saying glowing things about her. And so she went on tour and like the whole theme of her set was Megan Markle. They had a big framed picture of her. Yeah. Every time Megan does something we're like what would Stasi have to say about this. And she's always like been so positive given so much grace. And that's kind of like the leading public.

figure fan. So Megan has done some PR gifts since she's launched her show, since she's launched her brand. The first round really went to like close friends and like, you know, Montecito girls. Yeah. But then the second round reached the lay people like us, a bunch of influencers got PR. Claudia and I did, which is shocking because we've not been like Stasi. We have questioned her. Right. We haven't been. I think we've actually been really fair of Megan. We're not, neither one of us is huge fans or haters of her at all. Yeah, we just like, we don't just, we just take the temperature of how we're feeling and we say how we feel. It's not always like the nicest or whatever.

Now, to be clear, I cannot say the same about her husband. Like I am an actual hater. Yeah, it just depends on the era that we're talking about. Like, as we're talking about this era, like I have really nothing bad to say. When I think of like, when I zoom out and try and think of like history at a glance and like the British monarchy and like what Queen Elizabeth went through in her dying days, like I'm mad. Right, right. And that's all come through on the show. So what Sassy said was she was like she didn't get PR from this season.

of as ever as ever with love Megan and then she saw that Claudia and I did and she said talk we've talked shit about Megan interest we haven't just been like diehard fans whereas Stasi has been a diehard fan she said I literally have defended her when no one else did I filmed videos about it I've commented on all the things I literally had my fucking PR reach out and this she asked for PR she asked to be included on the next round and they said no. So she's officially done. She said she said Megan cares like more about what her haters think of her than her fans if she's trying to like court people who like don't love her and she's not tending to those who do. And you know what? Then it also reminded me of her sending that

handwritten note to Not Skinny, but not that. When Not Skinny was being like snarky. It wasn't being like actually, you know, protective of Megan. And you know what Stasi's right. Like she does care a lot about like what critics say, not just like, I feel like everyone when they get famous cares about like proving their critics wrong and yada yada. And then eventually like all you end up caring about is your fans and like you just want to feed your fans and nourish that relationship. And Megan is still very much in her proving everyone wrong era. Yeah. And if I get, I also think that Megan doesn't want to, you know, actually, well, we have been canceled. So I feel like Megan maybe would have been like staying away from Stasi because like she was canceled. But no,

we have. Who hasn't been? Literally. If we're only like sending PR to people who have been canceled, then you're sending it to people with three followers. Like, for real. Yeah. You show me a celebrity who hasn't had a cancellation and I'll show you something that's been buried. Stasi series that like Megan is stuck in 2017 and just like associates Stasi with like being a lowly reality star and that's not who she's sending her kids to. I guess. I don't know. I genuinely don't know because when I hear something like this, I'm like, well, maybe Stasi's just not on her team's raider, but like, how is that possible? Then you're, you have a bad team.

Maybe, um, Megan, like, watched Vanderpump rules at the time. And, like, maybe she was team faith, you know? Like, maybe she was not a Stasi fan. Maybe she was a Sheena Shea. Team Sheena is why you're saying. Maybe she was a Sheena Shainator. Megan. Megan.

With love. Megan. Megan. And, can I tell you? Ben ate the entire jar of the as-ever apricot jam. He said it was incredible. Not to rub it in Stacey's face. When he posted that...

So Ben took a picture of this. I put the as-ever jam in my fridge. As if it was just a jam from the store. Right. And I wasn't planning on eating it because I don't like apricot. No shade to Megan. I'm more of like a raspberry girl.

But I figured like someone in my house would eat it. Lo and behold, I see Ben posting on Instagram a picture of the jar being like, I just found this in my fridge. It's delicious. I'm like, you just found this. in your friend. You know how lucky you are to be eating?

There are a million girls that would kill for that jar of jam. A million girls would kill to be gifted that jar of jam. I said, Ben, that's like a million dollar jar of jam. He said it's incredible. He ate the entire thing. It's gone. That's hysterical. I haven't tried my jam yet, but those shortbread cookies are looking me in the face.

Every day I want to make them, but it's just never a good time. So not to rub it into Sassie, but like the jam also was really good. Yeah. Interesting. Interesting. I can't believe Sassie's really moving on from her. but I guess that's what you have to do after you've been snub so many times.

I feel like you're kind of getting to that place with. You know what's funny? That's my association too. And I think of this story. I think of someone who like I've lived. But I'm not kidding. But the thing is I just love her. I love everything she does.

It's not like I ever defend her when I think she doesn't deserve it. But the thing is like she doesn't do anything wrong. She doesn't need defending. If I sever from her, I'm only hurting myself. It's true. And I'll say who it is.

I'll say who it is to just give content. Kelly Clarkson, because she like does a lot of podcasts and she does a lot of press. She's out. Not a lot, but she does press. She's out and about a lot. And she's like never come on the toes,

like never reached out, never sent us anything if she was ever doing anything. We have also, we have formally pitched. Yeah, we have, like we have actually tried and we don't even do that a lot. But I'm just a fan of hers. Not anything reciprocal.

I don't need anything like from her on a personal level. I just want to be, what am I can stop listening to her music. That only heard. to me she doesn't give a fuck. It's so true. Why should you suffer? Yeah. Kelly we would love to have you. Oh yeah but obviously not now like we might have just ruined it especially because like even when we were saying only good things she didn't come on even though I still haven't said anything bad I love her. No no no you didn't say anything bad you're saying like you want it. Yeah but but the fact that

I don't get it like doesn't change how I feel about her at the ban of hers. So it's an even bigger endorsement honestly but like there's literally like she's the least problem that woman on earth. I know, so it's like, well, I defended Kelly Clarkson from one. And like, it's not unpopular to defend her, but like if Stasi, like, always defending. Actually, what did I just say?

Ask me somebody who hasn't been canceled and I'll show you someone with three followers. That's actually, Kelly Clarkson is the exception to that role. I can't think of one scandal she's ever had. She's not had scandals, but she's like been through a lot on the industry side. Ups and downs. Like, yes.

In popularity. In bad deals. Putting out music that she didn't feel strongly about. Like, she's had. different issues. Yes, but not like, yeah, public facing scandal. She didn't have old tweets. Right, right. But like Stasi defended Megan when it was like unpopular too and like took a lot of hits for it. Like that it's, so it's not the same. In the face of adversity like Stasi was there. I defended Kelly Clarkson when no one else did. Okay.

Like defended her against one. Nothing. But what I will see is I've always, I was a fan of hers before everyone any of these bitches it's so true before kelly yokey before kelly clarkson show like in the lulls she's in the lulls i was there place in her career but she will not experience another lull ever again she's kind of reached a level of like icon status but in order to get there she did experience like peaks and valleys and no matter what jacky was always there in the lulls i was there but i didn't do it for anything in return like that's where i wanted to be that's all i'll say we'll leave it at that I'm sorry Stasi that don't meet your heroes don't ask for PR yeah I'm sorry that it hurt you

but I'm not sorry I received the PR but it is curious and I really don't know why um it's definitely an oversight by her team because Stasi's been so good to her Stasi is so popular in a real way like real engagement fans listeners has like evolved past significantly like her big you know crash out of 2020 that like I really don't think it has to do with that or maybe it does. Maybe Megan's just scared, but like everyone. Yeah, three bestselling books. Like, she's like, world tour,

Fandy Fashion Show, please. Mistake. Big mistake. Huge. Huge. I love your mistake, Megan. Our fourth story is actually some interesting Oh, wait. Sorry. Sorry. We're not ready for some interesting news that provides clarity

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She has just gotten some good news. She's been granted a restraining order against the man that she says routinely shows up at her L.A. home and claims that she had his baby. According to court documents submitted Monday and obtained by TMZ, a 45-year-old man named Brian Jason Wagner had been ordered to stay at least 100 yards away from tailored for the next five years. He must stay clear of her LA home, work, vehicle, place of work. And he's barred from contacting Swift during this time. So I think she's been dealing with, and I also saw something else, like, about her stalker.

I think she's having, like, major stalker issues at the moment. So what I had heard was that, like, this OG, like, number one stalker has now gone missing. That's what I can't remember where I read that. Don't know where he is. And obviously that's making her like really anxious. And that's why she was behind that seemingly bulletproof screen. That's why she's not been doing a lot of promo. Maybe that's why she's doing the UK talk show because she does need to promote this album.

And maybe she feels more comfortable doing it publicly in a different country. I don't know if he has the means to travel to the UK. Or if he goes down a plane like he will surface. You know, his name will surface. Oh, maybe it's like an entrapment. Oh, sorry. Didn't want to spoil it. for them. Hopefully he doesn't listen.

Not us cracking the code. And this is something she deals with a lot. And I know she has like a ton of security. But it's so scary. And it must feel better like lying next to this big hunky man at night than like Maddie Healy. You know? Like who is Maddie Healy protecting her from? 1,000%. He also somehow was able to change his address on his driver's license to her house.

What is wrong? This is so DMV. She also claimed that he tried diverting mail from her house and sent her lengthy digital communications using threatening language. He didn't show up to- How was he sending her digital communications? Because I've been trying to get a note to her for a while.

Right. Well, I guess you have to be an actual stalker. Like a freak sociopath. He didn't show up to Tuesday's hearing. And yeah, I guess that also- It's great that she had a restraining order, but like crazy people don't care about a piece of paper. Right.

And if he's like- It does not protect you. unless that a restraining order like comes with a gun like who was that stopping yeah well he's not with the restraining order he's not allowed to own firearms ammunition and body armor during this time and must surrender any that he does have to the police but if they can't find him i like i just don't feel like that's stopping a crazy person yeah right right oh the law said that i can't buy a guy like i just don't i don't see this stopping him especially because this is like a 10 year pursuit and he's obviously mentally ill. Yeah. So I think this would explain a lot as to the mystery surrounding LERD

in the last few weeks. Yes. Yes. Given that the football season has kicked off and she has a new album. Right. Which would be high time for her to be like doing her swirly appearances at the football games because that always garners media attention rising tides for the album. She's probably freaking. That's like such a terrible feeling. Yeah. And did you see the thing about the Justin Baldoni? Someone came to like serve them at Travis's house and like the server was really committed to getting the paper seven and like jumped the fence he got arrested like they didn't know how stupid is he stupid idiot he could like I guess if it was a how do you serve someone like so protected right yeah that's why we see it happen in public a lot when they're like doing a public appearance but she hasn't been in public so then

he went to the house maybe that's why she hasn't been in public so she doesn't get served yeah there's I think there's a lot going on right now yeah And especially if she's on high alert because of the stalker and then someone jumps the fence. A crazy person. I also like for a while really did not believe that her and Blake lively had ended their friendship because it's so inconceivable, right? This was like a bulletproof friendship. And I do need to update everyone like, okay, I feel like maybe they're not friends anymore.

Yeah. And that she's like... Even though a lot of the headlines about her involvement are heavily exaggerated. And like when you read, it's like, yes, she offered up a subpoena. No, she didn't. she's like they subpoenaed her they had said that like she offered all of their text messages like no she didn't i think scott did scott definitely got involved yeah so okay everyone you got me i do think they're not friends anymore my daughter's name out your mouth i'll give you what you

want that's seriously so crazy yeah no it's such a messy situation they're definitely not friends she's not not team baldoni right but and she's not team blake she's not team blake so what did blake not not team baldony what did blake do because a lot of i think a lot of people think that like blake's behavior in this saga is what caused taylor and their friendship to not which i do not think i don't think taylor would like lose a friendship of so many years over like what everyone is saying went down on a movie set that had nothing to do with taylor i think that something happened in evolving Taylor to get her to get to that place. The limited information that we have,

and I think it would have something to do with the fact that Blake almost like blackmailed Taylor into publicly taking her side and like tried to involve her and went about it badly. Do you think that like her, you know, Calisi dragon eggs, like basically Blake lively threatening Justin Baldoni with Taylor Swift also bothered Taylor? Definitely bad taste, not friendship ending Godmother ending.

Right, right. But I think like Blake and Ryan, like might have went to Taylor and been like hey can you come like support us and then Taylor was probably like no and then they got nasty about it that's what I yeah if I'm just like thinking of how humans might behave yeah damn damn are you ready for our fifth and final story that you've been ready for all show dancing with the stars recap two stars went home one had a ham one star has a hamstring tear Oh my God, that picture of Danielle Frankel's leg? I was shook.

Not a cat from the massage. Not the bridal dress. Not the masseuse watching it being like, oh, my bad. That picture hurt me. Physically. Yeah. And then watching her dance. She crushed it.

Knowing that that was what was happening hurt more. And then she did a cartwheel for absolutely no reason only to hurt her leg. She didn't get another point. It's not even like they do like six. Right, like gymnastics, like you get a lift and you get an extra. She wasn't going to go from a seven to a six if she didn't do the cartwheel. So to strain her hamstring, which is a cartwheel is very hamstring heavy. To do that for what?

It hurt me. I felt pain. So let's talk about the eliminations really quickly. It was like a little bit of a letdown in the sense. The show is a cluster fuck. Coming in as an outsider watching your guys' show, the voting process is absurd. Me texting Alex, Alex, Alex, 10 times is a complete waste of my time and energy.

And am I correct? And I know we've talked a lot about the voting system, so I'm sorry if I'm being repetitive. So on your phone, you vote Alex 10 times. Then you can also go barren 10 times? You could vote for every single cast member 10 times. So when Carlton is like, we've just surpassed last week's amount of votes,

that's not really a flex. No, nothing about it is a flex. Because if there's 12 contestants and I can vote 10 times, technically in one episode, I can personally vote 120 times from each device. So if I have a tablet, a computer, and a phone, that's 360 votes. Yeah.

Even if they told me they got a... If they told me they got one billion votes, I would not give a shit. It's not a sleigh. It's not a sleigh. They're definitely like getting kickbacks from Verizon and AT&T for every tech set is sent and like we're paying for it. I got to look at my phone.

bill to make sure I'm not getting charged for these green texts I'm sending I'm roaming all of a sudden I'm roaming to vote for Alex okay like it's preposterous I'm not voting anymore so like me neither it's a fraud uh yeah it's so I feel so stupid when I do it Alex Alex Alex Alex Alex yeah literally me me last week Elaine Elaine Elaine Elaine I thought Elaine Hendrix was so good and you know what I don't vote for a million people in my own weird way I'm making a choice like I would vote last week I voted for Alex Earl because she blew me away the most in terms of what I thought she was going to deliver and what she delivered. This week, I voted for Elaine.

I thought she was insanely good. She reminded me that she's played a cheerleader, not once but twice on TV. Evian. Evian. From Mary Catherine Gallagher, Superstar. And I like to think of, first of all, I had to look up so many people's age. Danielle Fissel is 44. She looks 17.

It's insane. She's like eternally young. And her arms, like she had like teenager arms. I was shook. And then Elaine Hendricks, who's in her 50s, absolutely crushing, oh, Mickey, or so find the jive. She deserved my votes. I'm sorry.

Not everyone gets my vote. No. So the voting I'm done with, you guys want to explain to me how it works. You get to give them like your own score, seven out of ten. Like you get 10. I don't give a show. Oh. No, Claudia.

It's still. Oh, wait. No. No, it's still stupid. Beyond. That makes it better. Got it. So people use it as their own voting system.

So stupid. And then the fact. Oh, that like what? That's like not made clear. The fact. that the elimination happens at the end of the episode so quickly. The last person who dances gets the least amount of votes, of course.

Oh my God, Steve Irwin getting 30 seconds. Oh, no, Scott. Pentatonics. Well, here's the thing. Scott, 30 seconds. Pentatonics is next to go home. Yeah, he is, but like at least give him a shot. Like, it's just not fair. So then he has literally 30 seconds

to get his votes in. Then they rapidly eliminate people. And what also makes no sense about the show is why are all the contestants doing different dances every week? Like, why don't we have Jive Week? and I can assess the jives. Oh, that's interesting. Tango Week, assess the tangos.

Why is the theme, the music? Like, I'm so perplexed by this show. It is the messiest show on Earth. That's a really good call. I like that too. And yeah, because you know what? Voting, and now I understand why everybody's scores are so different because some dances are easier than others.

Like, the jive is fun. It's not that technical. The tango, so boring. And I think way more technical. Yeah, and we should be assessing everyone's tango together. We don't get to see someone's jive and say, oh, that looked amazing. And then someone has a boring-ass tango. And when do they decide and why that they're going to do these dances this week?

They don't give us enough information. Like, do they know they have to do every dance and they try and do some of the harder ones in the beginning? Like, oh, do the producers say, like, hey, Alex and Elaine, you're doing the jive. Like, I think they get told what they have to do that week. I'm so confused. And it really is so crazy how your partner is such an advantage. And then the show was as much about the partners as it is about the stars. And I think that's really good for the show because that way you don't have to care who the stars are every year.

Like you're here for the partners. But like the partners can be such a value ad. And actually she's doing an amazing job. But I- Jen Affleck? Oh, well, she's so been robbed by having a rookie. Yeah, agreed. He stinks.

He got critique. Yeah, he stinks. Claudia, he got, like the judges had a critique for him about something he did. Who were you about to say? I was about to say Alex's. partner thou isn't giving her like they're pretty good the settings like the circus and the dances and even the and by the whatever you're about to say like the deal with test community is gonna come at you for he's like beloved i just she's not getting like the best setups what did

they dance to this week what was the theme the theme was one hit wonders jimumbo number five yeah and it started with him talking i'm like get out of here where's my girl like i just feel like she's not getting the pargyest setups whereas Whitney Carson does the pargyest setups I loved Elaine's hey Mickey like love could you imagine if Alex did that and um whose partner is doing an amazing job is um Whitney's part Mark Ballas apparently he's like the best one he says like the most wins he's crushing it for her like he totally gets her yeah and he has a great mentee model yeah okay let's go through each one in order okay I don't have the exact order, but I have all the names.

Okay. Hilaria. She's really good. I also did not know she had a background in ballroom dance. Like, it's giving not fair. I don't know why they put her in the bottom three, even though it wasn't in any particular order. But it was so obvious because she's with these two geriatrics.

Like, obviously, Hilaria's not going home. No, but I think for one second, they got nervous because Gleb is like so hated right now. And she's obviously controversial. And I think for one second, they thought maybe like the voting. The public opinion. And so I hope that he made a little duty in his. pants and totally did you see

I just started following this I love this account it's called pop culture data and they do a lot of different data but they said week one I'm dancing with the stars here's how many followers everyone got and it was really interesting to see who got the most it wasn't like Alex Earl because she didn't she has the most right

but who got the least he was actually in the negatives Glenn lost 3,000 followers yeah you're welcome who was who was it that got number one I just want to look at and thineater. I have been loving thineater. Next dancer, Danielle Fisiel, who we discussed, powered through with her injury.

Oh, Robert Irwin got the most amount of followers. I see that. And then Danielle Fisiel, then Whitney, then Whitney Carson, and Dylan Ephron. I thought this was really interesting. Feels right. Feels right. Danielle Fisiel dance adorable. She's like perfect dancing with the stars.

Like she's such a star. She's learning. You're, like, decently far. She's, like, good. She can dance. She's getting better. She's taking it seriously. Even in her response, like, Julianne's question about, like, when you hear these

criticism, she's like, I'm here to be a sponge. Like, I'm here to learn. Like, I fucking love her. She's not too bad. She just is, like, literally textbook perfect dancing with the stars person. She's an amazing attitude. She kind of, like, has the attitude that we need to adapt to the next 10 days. Like, joy, light, and positivity.

We'll try. Yeah. Alex Earl, her dance, Mamba. She's so great. She's so right. She is getting better with, like, You could see, like, her learning the techniques more. She also was really mastered because I keep thinking how hard it would be to remember the dance

to do the dance and then not make like a mug the entire time. I'm like, one, two, three, four. She's like, I like smiley Joe. And you know what? It's a real skill. Yeah. Andy Richter, he. He's my winner.

He's saved by the bell. He was probably the third in the, he was probably in the bottom three if they were going by. No, I actually don't think he was because let me tell you, I have seen so many there are like fan edits of him on TikTok. They're obsessed with him. He made me laugh. Me too. He kissed her arm.

I cracked up. When they took off his yellow jacket and he was like, oh, he's very funny. I'm telling you. And he is getting better. People really like him. And I don't think that Dancing with the Stars community knew who he was, especially because it's so TikToky dancing with the Stars. And it's very Gen Z.

They love him. I actually vote for him. I agree. His dances make me laugh. He makes me laugh. I enjoy his presence. I hope that he's getting a lot of votes because he's going to need the vote. because the scores are, of course, not there.

I actually thought his dance this week was, like, technically worse than last week. He did not do it. He just, like, walked around and posed. But we need that. Like, not everyone needs to, like, put their whole. And he has a great partner for him. She totally, like, gets his, what his value is. It's, like, he's funny.

And she gives him, like, a couple of moments in each dance to make us laugh. It's adorable. Their TikToks are so funny. I actually just followed her on TikTok. Obsessed. Yeah. No, I agree. And I hope he doesn't go home next because, yeah,

spoiler alert, Corey Feldman went home and he was bringing me a lot of joy as well. Okay, but he was bringing nothing to the dances. Like, yeah, while Andy Richter is not technically doing great dances, he's bringing like comedy, he's bringing something. I'm sorry, you like Corey Feldman because like he makes you sad.

Like he's not doing anything. No, I just, it is what it is. This is what happens on Dancing with the Stars. Like there was like a piece in page six about how Jenna Johnson is like mad at her partner and Corey Feldman hates her and she hates Corey Feldman.

And then he posted on his Instagram, like a farewell post after he got eliminated, being like, I hate that the media has turned me and Jenna against. I love you, Jenna. It's not true. Oh, sweet. Yeah. Next, Elaine Hendricks, as we stated, amazing.

I love the energy she brings. She's a really good dancer and she's had really good. I don't know what to call them, but like I want to say like set up so far. Like song, set, energy, choreography. Her and her partner's really serving her well, Alan. Yeah, Alan. he's doing a good job, I completely agree. Jordan Childs stepped her pussy up this week.

Oh, she did what she was supposed to do week one. I don't know what happened to week one. Maybe she got nervous. Maybe the dance was bad. What she did amazing. Amazing. She is in this race now. Whereas like, last week I'm like, okay, you're, I'm not keep, you're not one to watch.

Agreed. But no, it was a completely different energy this week and she's one to watch now. Agreed. She's finalist material. Dylan, I'm from. I'm already. board. Yeah. I feel like he's not doing anything wrong or anything bad and the dances are fine. He can actually fine. He can move his hips really well. Yeah. Did you see that TikTok that went viral of him

like doing that. I saw a video of him and his partner like shaking their hips to a TikTok dance. And then that move was in their dance. And I thought, wow, he could really move his hips. I don't know. That kind of gave me the ick. I, um, I'm, maybe because I didn't watch trainers so I didn't like have the opportunity to fall in love with him, but, like, he really does not do it for me. And the first week, I really liked milkshake. Like, I feel like I really got to see his personality. This dance was forgettable. Forgetable.

Whatever it was. Robert Irwin, adorable. Crush, he's, like, he's there with Whitney. Like, leaderboard, just do your thing. But also, like, his success has a lot to do with what Whitney's doing for him. Like, if he were with someone else, I don't know where he'd be. I think Whitney Leavitt, like, would have crushed with any partner, whereas Irwin might not have. Yeah.

Lauren Dragi Skip Skip because I have nothing nice to say about her And it is that time of year where I'm trying to be nice But I will say week one Like she did really good I was like damn I want her to go home Week two was not the same And I don't think people are responding

Because when I was looking at the pop culture data She was like one of the last people She's not getting a lot of followers from it I don't think that she's getting a lot of votes I think she'll be going home soon With Scott Hoying Which If we could talk about him

Scott Hoying. Has been really shocking to me because he is a performer. He's on stage a lot. He doesn't dance, but I don't know why I just would have thought that he would be able to move a lot better than he is. He's so stiff. And it's like, I don't know,

I just was expecting more from like this musical gay guy. Yeah. No, he's so like middle of the pack for me. No, he's so end of the pack. I think he's probably going home next because when you think of like the low-hanging fruit, it's like, well, Andy Richter. Well, everyone's loving Andy Richter.

He's bringing something. Scott really needs to step his pussy up. He's really in danger, I think. Yeah. Then we have Jen Affleck. What she's doing is so amazing. I'm worried about her. Yeah, Jackie has a conspiracy theory that she's not doing well.

I'm just, like, I just putting myself in her shoes, like she's eight weeks postpartum with her third child. So she has two toddlers. She just moved her family out to L.A. To do Dancing with the Stars. Eight weeks postpartum, that is literally nothing. So you have a baby on your breast, but also two toddlers that's completely exhausting.

Yeah. And she's had an incredibly difficult year. Like she was literally got help. Struggling with her mental health. Her marriage almost fell apart. Now they're living in L.A. Like it's just doing dancing with the stars on its own is like, it's a completely all encompassing thing.

Doing it with two kids would be all doing it with three kids. To have a newborn baby and two kids and you already like weren't in the like strongest state in your marriage and in your mental health. Like every time I watch her, I'm just like, oh my gosh. like please sit down like take a break and she's amazing and I don't want to like stop women like and I'm I was the first person to be like this is amazing for women like postpartum but it's just sometimes you need to like just take a break and like take that space and I feel like she got this opportunity and she would have never turned it down because it's an amazing opportunity and you can't

say that next season it would be there like what if things could change secret lives might not and they might go for someone else in the cast who had a big season like this was her time how do you say no to it but thinking of myself with two kids and eight weeks postpartum going on Dancing with the Stars, which is like a full-time job living in a training all day, I am stressed out for her. Me too. And I'm sad for her because her partner sucks. Yeah.

And she's not getting like the best of, and she's also a really good dancer. So she's really easy to work with. He's not like molding her. Like I think if she had a different partner, she would be just dancing so differently. It's not fair that they put her with a first time because of everything. like she has like so much going on she doesn't also need to like watch this person get trained up like she should have a season expert he should have been with like a whitney or a jordan childs like somebody who has or hilaria honestly like someone who doesn't need so much technical training i agree i agree it's not right

whitney la of it crushed oh my god i've watched the dance like five times over her just like whipping her hair and this is where the scores make no fucking sense the scores are so stupid i can I actually can't even pay attention. And why did Derek Huff only get one word? Because like for timing, because it's a live thing. Does that happen every week? That one person gets one word? Yeah.

Like I think when they're trying to like cut time, it's like a thing that they do. And I just want to say, I had this thought. Anytime I've ever watched Dancing with the Stars, which isn't a lot, I fucking hate the judges. They're so desperate for attention. Like they're all just trying to make a moment every time they're giving critique. And then like they move their chairs to get in the background of the camera and like wave while Carl's The messiest show on earth. They are three of the biggest losers I've ever met in my entire life.

Like so desperate, I can't. It's, like, painful to watch. Also, if you don't have enough time for three judges to give their assessment on the dance, might not have two judges. Because last week, it didn't feel rushed. We had two judges and it was fine. People really don't like Carrie Ann. She's always getting booed.

Well, I don't like that either. And I don't even know her. But I'm just saying, like, oh, you don't have time for three criticisms? Let's do two. Right. because we're certainly not making this two-hour show any longer. And then Baron got sent home as well. Yeah, that was like

I feel like he didn't need to go home first but I can't really think of who else. He really did not dazzle. My husband came in when he was on and he was like, what is he doing here? He was pretty good. He just like... I'm like, this is classic. You always have to have a sports legend retired

in the cast. And sometimes Imon Shumpert, he won. Like sometimes they dazzle. And sometimes they're just terrible and you know get out first he made me sad because he really wasn't that bad he definitely wasn't making it past like the third or fourth week i don't know if he needed to go home first i can't think of anybody else who would have though but i love the eliminations like let's go this is a big cast let's weed him out of here yeah and it's you know what for them they probably don't hate it it's a lot of work and like it's yeah it's a lot of pressure yeah i think the the um

pros really hate getting sent home because you get paid per episode and this is their job So it's really devastating for them. But I think, yeah, if you're a star, you're like, great. I got the press. Everybody watch. I got new followers. And now I get to go home and ice my legs. Like, works for me.

Yeah. You know what? It's not all, it's bitter sweet to be sent home. So I'm sure he was, like, mostly happy that it's over and he did it. I am mere moments from peeing my pants. Yeah. Like, it's so time for me to go. It's time.

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