The Toast - Objection! Relevance?: Thursday, July 6th 2023

Episode Date: July 6, 2023

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Good morning, Millennials! And welcome back to The Toast. Happy Thursday! Jax and Claude are back in studio. The girls are at it again. The girls are what? They're at it again. And we're gonna make you laugh. Maybe we'll make you cry. I don't know what's gonna happen, but we're gonna have a good time. My kind of improv singing skills, like songwriting on the fly, have really improved since I've been spending so much time with Harry. Yesterday I wrote like a banger for Harry. Yeah that was better than yesterday. Yeah yesterday I was using the Lil Einstein guitar and I just want to say Lil Einstein's an amazing company. Their guitar sucks. No you're wrong. I can't get creative. You're wrong for that. I can't

get creative. You're wrong for that. The guitar is so good. Don't listen to her. She doesn't know. The drums are amazing. Lil Einstein drums. I think the guitar't know no the drums are amazing little einstein drums i think the guitar is better than the drums and at home we have like a little guitar with strings i guess it's like a little ukulele which was always fun but then here we got electric einstein electric guitar we actually have a different electric guitar at home too it's like in the shape of a dog it's it's funny it's unique okay it's fun though this is the best guitar for kids. Little Einstein. I don't agree. It doesn't spark creativity. You're wrong for that.

I'm just saying. You're wrong. It is 1,000 degrees in New York today. It is satanic. It's disgusting. Honestly, had I known it would have been so hot, I would have told you not to come into the studio. I can't even imagine how uncomfortable you are.

I was already uncomfortable just like being me right now. So many different ailments. Now, when you were thinking like me and Zach, we want to try for baby number two, because I think a lot about the timing. Yeah. So tell me when exactly you conceived so I can avoid that month like the fucking plague, because then you are your most uncomfortable in the dead of summer. End of November.

All right, right girls we're waiting we're not getting pregnant in November but like okay if you got pregnant in January you would be like seven eight months in six seven months what month would I have to get pregnant to avoid the summer entirely I want to be September okay because fine I'll be postpartum in the summer okay September September yeah okay like that's it's not going to work for me. Or I need to move to Antarctica. Well, you should move there anyway. I completely agree.

You guys, it's so thick and it smells. Like, this is really truly the worst time to be alive in New York City. Like, it's so hot. My thighs are, even right now, like, the air is on in here. It's not enough. No, the air is barely on in here. We are just two sweaty oafs trying to do our best I'm not sweating right now but like I feel my the air feels thick like it's hard to breathe

but it was already hard to breathe so true well you're a hero seriously uh uh I'm glad I decided to wear my hair up though that was more out of laziness because it was like I was gonna I washed my hair last night I was gonna do it today I'm like why would I do it for one show yeah it takes so much out of me to do my hair right now are you sitting are you standing when you're doing it I've been standing but I think we gotta get you a chair if I were to do it again I would sit but then like I can't see the mirror it's just problematic so bun it is bun it is well you look great you look so cute thanks I'm so happy to be back in studio there's really nothing quite like it there is nothing quite like it and we And we've got a gorgeous show. Yesterday was such a long episode. We didn't even get to Dear Toasters and we had three amazing submissions. So we're going to do

that today. We're going to talk about the stories. Tell me, use three words to define today's stories. Topical. I would hope. Varied. Maybe perhaps layered? We shall see. We shall see. That's to be discovered. The meaning we find behind the stories. If we can find meaning.

Yeah. Random would be the third. And you think we're just going to like sit here and soak up each other's awesomeness, you think? Do we ever do anything else? No. No. So before we dive in, let's talk about ourselves. Like kind of the most important thing going on right now is us. Yeah. So before we dive in, let's talk about ourselves. Like kind of the most important thing going on right now is us. Yeah. And I would say the most important thing going on today, aside from the toast, of course, is the new episode of the Redheads that dropped. Yes,

that's so true. We recorded last night. It is so long because we were loving talking about the book. We also like shared all the other books that we read this month. We were like nearing an hour and a half. It was craziness, but it was a really great episode. I don't want to spoil anything for the redheads. I don't. However, Jax kind of learns a new language. Jax learns a new language. It's true. The book is centered around the deaf community.

Yes. And they teach a little ASL in there. And Jackie's over here spelling Bruno's name. Do it. Sick. I got that one like. Instantly. Yeah, that one one's pretty easy Jackie is taking me a little bit longer but I've also only been practicing Bruno it's just fun yeah no did I do it sort of almost tell us what she spelled yeah yeah ASL is fucking hard it is it's like not what you would

think like oh love heart like no Some things are like me, you. Like, there are some. But some of the gestures are not as obvious as you would think that they could be, you know? Yeah. It's more layered. If you read the book, you learn a lot of gestures. But you also learn a lot about just like ASL, how it's very dynamic. Like, it includes your shoulders, your head tilting, your eyebrows, your facial expressions.

Like, when your eyebrows go up, that's a question asked. Right's kind of like choreography yeah it's it's it's a full body experience and I think that some people are like better storytellers in ASL because they really gesticulate a lot it was reminding me of the clip of the ASL interpreter from the Super Bowl right well that's why like so many like of the bet you could be like a better sign language speaker than others. And that's why the best go to like the Superbowl. Yeah. That's just like, you could be a better order than others,

a better public speaker, just more compelling. That's like anything, any language. It's so exciting that the redheads are back. The redheads are back with a great episode. So definitely check it out. And even if you didn't read the book,

but you want to hear us chat, we do a summary at the top of the show. It gets harder. The more pregnant I get, because I talk for such long. Minutes. Periods of time on the redheads. And by the end, everyone's like, are you okay? Do you have to edit out your heavy breathing?

No, it's not heavy breathing, but it's just like I'm catching my breath all the time. Kind of like Kelly Clarkson. We decided that next month someone else is going to do the summary. And you know what? Like, why not? Let them. Like, why does it have to be me every time? It's a lot of pressure. Speaking of catching my breath, I have finally like now in the last couple of days sat down and really listened front to back to Kelly Clarkson's album, which I hadn't done yet. And that's a shame on me. But I've been realizing tonight Speak Now comes out and I'm going to be listening to that

for the next month. So I need to get all. So I listened weirdly to Miley Cyrus's Endless Summer Vacation a few times. And it's's literally amazing I can't believe I just like literally didn't care and I've been listening to Kelly's it's so good like you can catch me playing cowboy in the wild wild west like it's so good I'm obsessed it's so good I've been listening a lot too while I get ready this morning I did something different I wanted to hear like the new music I also thought it was Friday So Today's giving Friday energy Yesterday was Monday And today's Friday

Like it makes no sense So true I'm just like Is the week over yet Right Because it just feels like It's so short It should be over

But it's not So I was listening To my new music Friday The new Old Dominion album I was listening to Oh I gotta do that I gotta do that And then like

Maybe Web has a new song So good So good It's you know Summer everyone's Releasing bangers Yeah Tonight's like Gonna be so exciting There's so much On the horizon And then like maybe Webb has a new song. So good. So good. It's, you know, summer. Everyone's releasing bangers. Yeah. Tonight's like going to be so exciting.

There's so much on the horizon for the Swifties. Yeah, I guess tomorrow will be all about Speak Now TV. Also Kardashians I'm going to watch today. Me too. I really can't put into words how. How this schedule is not working for me. Inconvenient and annoying. The new, not new, but like ever since they moved to Hulu,

like how they dropped their episodes at midnight. Like, because, you know, all these articles come out about the, um, the episode and like what happened in it because like they send out screeners to like, you know, e-news and everything.

So you really can't even watch it. Like if you have a job, like you go to bed and you wake up, like you can't watch it till literally 24 hours later. Yeah. It's so annoying. Like I really, we never, ever, ever recap Kardashians on Thursdays no how could we right and then by

Friday it feels old I would have to stay up till 1 a.m right and we're not doing that we're little girls that's crazy talk it's so annoying yeah so I'm excited to watch though looks good I think that the sit down between Kourt and Kim is this episode right even though like they made it seem like it wasn't yeah they're kind of dragging it out but yeah I'm lapping it up me too but that's kind of the theme of the new Kardashians on Hulu like dragging things out dragging things out everything's a commercial for their brands which by the way I kind of like that part like I do find especially with like Skims like I feel like not enough people talk about how Skims has become like literally even though I'm like about to get blacklisted,

I have to tell you a story. I told you yesterday, right? Yeah. So I placed an order. I love skims. Like I cannot, I'm wearing a skims bra right now. Oh, and I just want to say like, this isn't like clinical information or anything, but I was having crazy back problems and I literally got bras from skims and I don't want to jinx

it, but it's been like weeks and I haven't had a single back problem. Like I think maybe I've been wearing the wrong bra for years. For sure. But you also have been doing physical therapy. No, I haven't. I literally stopped. You've also been walking more. I have.

I have. There's a lot of things, but sure. Skims. So I placed an order for skims and I, you know what, actually I really don't want to tell the story. It's like long winded and boring. I love that. You ever get that? Yeah.

And you know, I know it's going to be one of those stories where I say the end and no one's going to realize the story's over. And it's like, so yeah. You know? We usually do a good job of, you don't really tell bad stories, but if you did, I don't even think we would notice. I just think that. Because I'm not in the mood to sit through a story about your customer service experience. No, I know.

And I don't really feel like there's anyone worse on the planet than people who use their platform to complain about customer service. Small, everyday everyday mundane customer service things no like if I see someone like on Twitter or on Instagram stories like adding Delta like can't believe my flight was delayed like what are you going to do about this literally unfollow like I just think there's like there's no worse way to use social media than to complain about customer service if you're like a person with a platform yeah I think some you know regular folk will be like at Delta like what's going on and they actually use it for real customer service not to just like complain and try and like shame

a brand because you're an influencer or something right hate that shit hate and I think when it's um lay people who do it sometimes like those things go viral because it's such a crazy thing that they've experienced right uh but influencers are typically just complaining about things that people like just experience every day like nothing's perfect. No brand or service is perfect. And just move on. Just fuck off. I literally hate shit like that. Yeah.

So glad I got that off my chest. I'm glad you did as well. And I guess we could get into the stories and get those off of our chest. I guess. I was going to share that my birthday's coming up. Yeah, I know. It's on Monday, and I am taking the day off

because I'm not the type of person who works on my birthday um but that's not the point of what I brought it up why I brought it up is like you know every year without fail like the week of everyone's like Claudia what are we doing for your birthday I'm like nothing a month before when we were with my friends I think when we had brunch like a month ago they were like Claudia are you doing something for your birthday because like I want to block off that weekend now and you're like no I don't want to do anything they're like you always say that I do and I but I said to them like she's not going to plan if she plans anything it will literally be the day before so do it that way you will yeah and so just major shout out to Jackie and Ben who yesterday were like enough enough and they planned me a little dinner party and I'm

actually really excited about it so I'm really excited too I just want you to know the my the way I came at it was not from like an enough standpoint you actually like wouldn't even you don't even realize that you wouldn't even let us like plan it for you I texted Ben so that he and I could plan something together like for you maybe god forbid a surprise or something I didn't know about oh I didn't know that was an option yeah and then you kind of just like took over planning but that was not my intention like I was trying to plan it for you, make it nice. That's completely fair. And I reached out to Ben,

and I guess he just told you everything I was saying. He did, he did. And he kept saying like, we might go away. I'm like, I know her, she's not going away. Well, I feel like the most important thing here is that like we now have a plan, and I'm excited. And we have a good plan. Yeah, it's gonna be great.

I need to get an outfit, but like now I'm excited about it. Yeah, that's because we were talking about your birthday yesterday on the show. And I was like, she deserves a little soiree. She's not going to plan something for herself, nor should she. Because she hates to be the center of attention. I was like, I think it's on me to do it. No, I love that. Thank you.

Why not me? Why not you? With a sprinkle of Ben Stauffer celebrity. Right. And you know, Ben, one, two, three, got the place booked. Right. That's so bad. Right. So I think, Ben, one, two, three, got the place booked. Right. That's so bad. Right.

So I think we made a really good team. I'm excited about it. But you were not meant to like make your own invitation and stuff. Like I was like trying to do it. No, like I'm good with how we landed. Yeah. I feel good about it. Me too.

That's all that matters. That's true. So. Now without further ado, I keep feeling like this is the last show before your birthday, but it's not. It's not. I'm also like, seriously, I'm so fucking hot. Like, I'm not okay.

Put your hair up. I know. Put your hair up. It's just satanic outside. And it's like, the windows are bringing like the hot air in here. Yeah, it's not much better in here. How does that look? Like, okay.

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So Kiki Palmer's boyfriend and father of her son, Darius Jackson, seemingly shaded her for wearing a sexy outfit to Usher's Las Vegas residency show. He said, it's the outfit though you a mom then he tweeted to explain and clarify and kind of like double down because people were quite like the second he went out people were like what the fuck literally and he said um let me get the full quote one second there excuse me you don't want to find it yeah like it was like it was giving like very toxic masculine yeah okay here's okay he said we live in a generation where a man of the family doesn't want the wife and mother to his kids to

showcase booty cheeks to please others and he gets told how much of a hater he is this is my family and my representation I have standards and morals to what I believe I rest my case listen you can have standards and morals all you fucking want but to go on a public platform especially when you know the girl your girlfriend is like a major celebrity like that's where this is becoming problematic you want to have these conversations behind closed doors whether I think you're right or wrong that's your prerogative, sure. The whole public thing, and I just want to say, I never saw an outfit so fucking cute as to what Kiki Palmer was wearing.

She was wearing basically like a, it was a bodysuit. It was like a strapless bodysuit, black, that really hugged her curves and made her boobs look amazing, with this sheer dress over it. Maxi dress. Maxi dress. It went to the floor, and it was long sleeves. It really wasn't that crazy. No, as far as the crazy things

that people wear, especially celebrities, this is not even that crazy. And then she kind of responded. She posted a series of pictures from the evening saying, I wish I had taken more pictures, but we were running late.

I'm telling y'all right now, if you haven't seen Usher, you must go. He was so fabulous. Everyone's talking about Usher, by the way, like his concert. His residency. I'm sure it is really good.

I think you really forget like how many bangers usher has yeah but we had this conversation a few months ago in florida remember if you really want more sing it up louder these are my confessions yeah so kiki's just being a queen about it to me it's so weird that he posted this on social media it makes me feel like they are not together this is something an ex-boyfriend would do right but then he also called her his wife which she's not right also I just find I was shocked by this whole story because Kiki is such like an outspoken like independent person I feel like she needs to write a book I think she's like been through a lot like when she was a child star and stuff so I just find it shocking that she would be with someone who kind of like minimizes her I found this whole thing so confusing and I didn't I knew she had a boyfriend who like wasn't famous who was because when she got pregnant I was like wait

does she even have a boyfriend so I know that she's in a relationship with like you know somebody less famous than her or not famous at all um but I never thought much about their relationship and now I am and I'm like ew yeah he's giving like like I'm not into it like a red flag that he would take to social media to shame her that's like something that a hater does like you're a mom you're better than that and I agree with you he's entitled to like his opinion whatever what he's entitled to like what he wants in a relationship and from his partner. But like leave us out of it. And like don't. That's so embarrassing for her. I know.

It was. I was shocked. I was in tears. And at the end of the day, like we said, like this outfit actually isn't that crazy. Especially like for a night out in Vegas with your girls. Technically, she's like literally wear her. She's covered from head to toe. The dress goes to her wrists.

It's long sleeve and down to the floor. And it's up to the neck. Yeah. So it's just's just a it's not that crazy of a thing to wear b like why can't anything be private anymore like okay you want to have a fight with your wife sure like why do we have to be here yeah i feel like they can't be in a good place right now if this is what's happening or maybe they're not together i don't know she like just gave birth i really don't know she also is very private about her relationship, which is why I think her pregnancy announcement was so shocking. Yeah. And I think also why her response is just so glazing over the situation. Like she's not going to give this air. Yeah. But you shouldn't be like having to, you know, get in PR crisis mode from your own partner. No. Like when the call is coming

from inside the house, it's a problem. Like being a public figure is hard enough with like all these scandals and people trolling you and backlash, whatever. So for your own partner to be starting stuff, oh, for me, deal breaker. If Ben ever fucking said anything, even remotely trolling, like publicly,

bitch, you're sleeping outside. You're sleeping in the hallway. I'm not talking to you for a month. Yeah, if you like went to Vegas and you were wearing something like- Sexy. Sexy. Trolley like publicly Bitch you're sleeping outside You're sleeping in the hallway I'm not talking to you For a month Yeah If he If you like went to Vegas And you were wearing Something like Sexy

Sexy And he said I'm sorry But you're Theo's mom Yeah I would literally I don't But the thing is

Like Honestly It's so unbelievable That it would be funny It's so unbelievable Because Ben is always like Take your shirt off Like show some skin No It would be like oh ben's being funny yeah like haha

lol no darius isn't being funny though because he doubled down oh with this whole thing about how he has morals and standards is it to say like the rest of us don't kiki doesn't okay now this might be like an incredibly like weird, but what does this remind you of? Naya Rivera. Naya Rivera. It's literally word for word what Naya Rivera said to Kim. I'm sorry, but you're a mom. Yeah.

Like, okay, and? Yeah. Objection. Relevance? What, moms can't be sexy? Look at Jackie O in that jumpsuit, okay? Please. This jumpsuit is the epitome of sexy. It's very revealing, according to Darius.

It's just as revealing as Kiki Palmer's outfit. Maybe not. This was a weird series of events. This was a weird series of events. It wasn't exactly how I expected to learn the name of Kiki Palmer's boyfriend, but here we are. Darius. All the best to them.

Wishing them well, truly. Are you ready for our next story Kind of the big news of the day The BNOTD Yeah Threads Yes All the celebrities

Are already using Meta's Twitter rival Called Threads So the app launched yesterday I guess it was supposed To launch today It's called Threads It's literally Twitter

But a different app The interface looks Exactly the same It's connected through Your Instagram It's really easy to sign up Yes I am on it I actually got early access I was the 2000th person to join threads it's like not a big deal or anything and what do you have to show for that I have about 40,000 followers wow it's all um imported from Instagram so like when I joined

it's like do you want to follow everyone you follow on Instagram I'm like sure so every time one of my followers signs up it's like yeah sure. So it's kind of like easy if you already have a platform, which is why I like it. Like I built my Instagram. Now I'm a threads influencer too, you know, but I do have a lot of thoughts. The interface is exactly the same. It's really the same purpose. And I think, you know, everyone being imported from their real Instagrams makes it more, um, I feel, I forget who I was having this conversation with, but it makes it more like accountable. It's like a real person, you know, it connects to their Instagram. And the thing about Twitter, what makes Twitter great, but also scary is the anonymity of

it all. Like you literally need to provide no information to sign up. And that's where like a lot of like the most hilarious tweets come from, but it's also where like a lot of like the really fucking mean ones and like the doxing culture. But there are also Finstas, like you could have a Finsta and a Fred. Yes, yes, yes. But I think right now it's also where like a lot of like the really fucking mean ones and like the doxing culture but there are also finstas like you could have a finsta and a fred yes yes yes but i think right now it's like everybody who's on it right in this moment everyone's signing up with their real ones but just like anything else it will become polluted with trash so right now it's a little boring like everyone's being like how great is this i'm like no be mean no it's like not only but the thing it's just a cycle it's just twitter 2.0 it's like I feel like just like when people have to just like take to share their thoughts like it kind of just devolves into

meanness sometimes I know and that's how you get yourself canceled no so true I don't know like every like literally everyone joined not me no not Jackie but like when I was on and I got on early there was already like ever JLo like everyone so I think it's just really whenever like a new app launches like kind of like clubhouse or um be real or like lemon lemonade lemon last week yeah it's always exciting like the first week and everybody checks but the real proof is in the longevity so like say what you want about Twitter it's been around forever it really is like the go-to place for updates and news. And also like the people that I follow on Instagram, I don't want to follow them on threads necessarily.

I'm not following them for their amazing thoughts and opinions. Like I'm following because of gorgeous photos and like things that they're creating. So I don't think that it's a, like in the Twitter ecosystem already works because the people who have something to say have the follow like you know always new people can come up but like the people who are influential there are like thought leaders and Instagram influencers are

not necessarily always the thought leader yeah I think it'll take like a while for everyone to like like oh and the platform is like very beta and I saw Adam Mosseri posted a thing today like so excited that you're all excited about threads please keep in mind like this is you know really early version like there's not even a following page like all my timeline is not everyone I follow I'm like what the fuck do I care about these people like I never even heard of these people and there's no um there's a lot of features that aren't there yet so they launched prematurely I know they did launch like 24 hours early but there's still like a lot of features missing.

So I, it might be like one of those cases where people get like fed up where the platform's like so beta. It's like, come on. I don't know what it means for Twitter. There's pros and cons for me. Like I think some of like the most,

you know, people on Twitter who have like a ton of followers are like literally some of the worst people on the fucking planet. So like, I like love that they have to start over, you know? I like that it's connected to Instagram just selfishly. Like I like that I already have to start over you know um I'd like that it's connected to Instagram just selfishly like I like that I already have 40,000 followers and I've literally

posted one thing so there are things that I like about it but then there are things I like roll my eyes are you gonna post it on it yeah like if I have a thought like a funny joke and and threads is gonna be the place where you go you're not gonna make a reel or a tiktok well or post your Instagram story I haven't had a Twitter in years so whenever I've had a funny thought I've made it into a piece of content for Instagram or TikTok and that's really worked well for me so now I need to start factoring in threads into my social media strategy yeah I don't know I'm not sure it's not it's not clear yet whether this is going to be like completely, completely ubiquitous, take over Twitter. You know, everyone's like, Twitter sucks,

ever since Elon bought it. We have a toast Twitter, and I'm always scrolling Twitter just to see what the tea is. It remains completely unchanged. People are like, it's been, like, shitty since Elon. I've had no problems, and I use it every day. I think just people, like, hate Elon, and they just want to rag on it.

It literally is the same. So I don't know. I don't know I don't know very interesting it'll be interesting to see how it develops I feel like the one of the biggest things that people don't like about Elon is like his um stance on like censorship on free speech exactly so I wonder like eventually threads if it's meant to be exactly like Twitter like is gonna have to confront like censorship and meta actually has a pretty strong track record of censoring so then maybe that's the the old twitter wait well maybe it's like maybe maybe now you have two options yeah like maybe both can coexist maybe both maybe it'll be interesting i feel like right now everyone's running to it no one wants to be left behind yeah uh I'm I just don't really care right now and I like well that's why everyone's on it

like everyone's whenever like a new app people always join it just in case it becomes the next TikTok yeah and either it takes off or people just slowly stop using it we don't know yet and also everything now is like hey this is threads cool everyone's like well hi guys this is my threads and then they're posting it like to their instagram i'm like well this needs to stop yeah no i'm not on instagram to see like hey guys what's up your threads yeah it's giving like when they launched status updates well that was like a major flop that we don't talk about enough when instagram did that first week was like what is flop that we don't talk about enough when Instagram did that. And like the first week was like, what is this?

And people, and then people would be like, you know, going to the mall. And like, I will have some days where I have zero status updates from the people I follow. Like there's nothing there. Oh, I've never seen one. Really? Yeah. I'm pretty sure my Instagram, I told you Girl With No Job is like literally always the last person on Instagram to get new.

I never got the status update feature, but I got it on Claude with no job and there's like two people I follow who always have one up yeah it's a weird thing so jury's out yeah we'll have to wait and see what this means for the social stratosphere I don't think it will really mean anything for Twitter in a meaningful way but I do think that it could be its own thing of like and here's where the Instagrammers go to put their thoughts right okay as if there's like not enough places right right so we'll just have to wait and see with this one yeah our next story there's a Barney movie coming out starring Daniel Kaluuya and it will be a play for adults yeah I read something about this so Daniel Kaluuya and it will be a play for adults. Yeah I read something about this.

So Daniel Kaluuya's upcoming Barney movie will not be family friendly. As the release of Barbie which stars Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling nears Mattel Mattel Films is sharing more about its other upcoming projects including the film about everyone's favorite purple dinosaur. In an interview with the New Yorker Kevin McKeonon, an executive for the Toy Focus brand, said that the movie will be surrealistic, comparing it to the films of screenwriter directors Charlie Kaufman and Spike Jonze. So they did Anna Melissa,

I'm Thinking of Ending Things, and her adaptation. Well, Daniel Kaluuya was also Get Out, right? It's like a spooky... But he's an actor. He doesn't really write anything. Yeah, true, true. He also shared that the target demographic

of the Barney film will not be that far in age from the original audience of the dinosaurs hit show Barney and Friends. The kids' program ran from 1992 to 2009. He said, We're leaning into the millennial angst of the property rather than fine-tuning this for kids. It's really a play for adults.

Not that it's R-rated, but it'll focus on some of the trials and tribulations of being 30 something growing up with barney just the level of disenchantment within the generation what the fuck does that like seriously they've told us what the movie's about what is it about like what is it i have not a documentary idea i have no idea honestly it will be surrealistic What does that mean? Let's see At first I thought it was going to be like a horror movie

Where like Barney goes and like murders a bunch of kids in the woods or something No it sounds like I have no idea No it's like very confusing Surrealistic is having a strange dreamlike atmosphere or quality Like that of a surrealist painting Well Merriam-Webster You're not supposed to use the word in the definition but okay not you coming from Miriam sorry this sounds horrible it does

sound horrible um and like don't compare yourself to Barbie you know no but it's Mattel no I get it but like they're obviously using the momentum of Barbie to like make some press for their losery movie don't no don't do it so bizarre I can't. I can't even. I can't even imagine. I can't even fathom what it is. What is it? And the fact that it's like Barney for adults. Is everyone okay?

No, and like the way you've done a whole interview with telling us what the movie is and we still don't get it. That's not a good sign. Yeah. But I do want to say I am like so here

for the resurgence of Barney. You know, we had the Barney doc, you know, the dark side of Barney. Barney was a cultural icon, like a real cornerstone of the zeitgeist. And so for him to be slowly being brought back. That I'm totally here for. Yes. Like Barney is a p-jump. Yeah I think kids these days need Barney. We grew up on Barney. We loved Barney. Oh my god we are obsessed. A few times I've like put on some old Barney on YouTube like for Harry and it still hits. Slaps. Like it slaps. The songs are good. Clean up clean up everybody everywhere. Is that a Barney on YouTube like for Harry and it still hits like it slaps the songs are good

clean up clean up everybody everywhere clean up clean up everybody do your share yeah and it's a good message wow and that's crazy because to me that's like a ubiquitous song like years now what has it been 20 years since Barney I feel like they use that song at every preschool yeah I mean maybe it came from somewhere else but to me and like the way I remember it it's popularized by Barney would love to do okay you know how there's like a Barbie soundtrack yeah I would love to get like It came from somewhere else, but to me and like the way I remember it, it's popularized by Barney. Clean up. I would love to do. Okay. You know how there's like a Barbie soundtrack?

Yeah. I would love to get like maybe Fall Out Boy to do like a punk rock. Clean up. Clean up. Everybody. Like love that. Simple Plan maybe. Yeah.

Panic at the Disco. Even though they're splitting up. Yeah. Like they're done. Ta-ta. TTFN. Ta-ta for now so so i i have no words well we'll just have to wait and see this is kind of the episode of like waiting and seeing waiting and seeing though i will not be seeing this i can tell you no i no like i i'm dying to

see barbie and i probably won't even see it you know like i'm definitely not seeing barney not especially if it's a surrealist for like distressed millennials who are having a hard time being a 30 something. No, honestly, using the and I know we say millennials every morning, but like using millennials in a non-ironic way in the description of this movie is like a surefire way to get me to not see it. No. And catering to something, leaning into millennial angst. What the fuck do millennials have to complain about? I don't know. Are you okay?

No, like I'm just like. Is this story giving you heartburn? I'm just like, no. Yeah, it's going to be a no from us. But you know, good luck on your project. Yeah, behatz l'cha. Are you ready for our next story?

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Oh yeah. You know how people have like music transitions between ads when the show starts? Should we start adding? We should rip some of the Hannah sounds. Yeah. That would be so funny. Iconic. Let's do it.

Let's do it. What are the other ones? I keep seeing the same one. Oh, yeah. Okay. We have one more ad break today, right? Yeah. So we'll put it in this episode for that ad break.

So that's something for you guys to look forward to. Yeah. For you angsty millennials out there. Literally. Our next story, some star-crossed stars. Star-crossed stars. Honey Boo Boo's dad will be checking into lamar odom's rehab facility for prescription drug addiction so is honey boo-boo's dad sugar bear

sugar bear sugar bear hair sugar bear thompson is seeking help for an addiction and he's turning to one of lamar odom's rehab centers for treatment we reported like a few months ago that lamar odom had opened his own rehab centers. Oh, I thought you meant a facility that Lamar went to. I'm like, why do we care? Oh, okay. Now I understand why this story is relevant.

Relevance? Objection. Relevance? Sources close to Sugar Bear Hair tell TMZ that he reached out. It's really hard not to say. Not to say Sugar Bear Hair. I just want to say

I love Sugar Bear. Yeah. it's really hard not to say sugar bear hair i just want to say i love sugar bear yeah he reached out i'm trying to remember he's sugar bear the one who got the show canceled i don't think so i think it was one of mama june's boyfriends yeah who was like acting inappropriately he reached out to lamar over the weekend about going to one of his treatment centers and on thursday evening he will check into a facility in Kansas to focus on his recovery love this TMZ is told Honey Boo Boo's dad is hooked on prescription drugs he started taking as part of his diabetes treatment and he also has severe depression and anxiety the sources say that Sugar Bear first met Lamar last summer through their manager and they've since established a friendship which led him to start rehab at the gold bridge gold bridge treatment center in

lewisburg part of the odom recovery group okay i love this i don't know how these two connected but the fact that they did and like we're able to help each other like find each other i'm like gonna cry this is so sweet it's so sweet i'm glad that sugar bear has someone that he could turn to and i'm also like happy for lamar that he's found his purpose. No, totally. I'm like, this is so unexpected. Right? Star-crossed stars. I know. Like I wouldn't, if you had like said to me, how do these two know each other?

Like I never would have paired these two. But I'm so, you know, sad for Sugar Bear that he's been going through this. And I'm glad that Lamar could be there for him in his time of need. Yeah. And I'm glad that he's getting the help that he needs and has like, you know, turned himself to treatment. Honestly, I think like a Honey Boo Boo family documentary like is like this family has been through a lot. And I don't watch any of their current like shows.

I know they have some shows and they're like all the girls are like rebelling against Mama June. Like there's a lot going on in the Boo Boo universe. And Honey Booboo is not speaking with her dad with sugar bear right now she's they're not on speaking terms he wasn't from at her graduation that's so sad um it the estrangement could be tied to his addiction the sources say that he's hoping that he can mend fences with his daughter once he's completed his rehab stay oh I but this is the family like I genuinely wish the best for if you were there, like, during the TLC years before their show got canceled

because Mama June was dating a predator. But before that, like, it was literally the best show on TV. The fact that it was in English and the whole show had subtitles was, like, one of my favorite parts. Yeah. Because they were talking so fast and so country. Like, you literally could not understand a word that came out of their mouths. Yeah, but I watch everything with subtitles these days. So do I.

I was just having that conversation with a bunch of my friends. Like, that's a part of growing up. Like, you know you're getting old when you officially watch everything with subtitles. Yeah. Like, I can't compute. I can no longer watch and listen at the same time. I don't know. I think it's just because a couple shows that we've watched,

like, you needed subtitles if you want to, like, really get every ounce of information, like Game of Thrones, for example. Yeah, succession. And then it's like, oh, well, this is an elevated experience. Yeah. But then there are some shows I cannot watch subtitles with. Oh, because it's moronic. Like, like, like.

Yes. Like I don't watch Housewives. I don't watch any reality shows with subtitles because they barely say anything of substance. I'm not going to miss anything. Yeah. Also, I do feel like with reality TV, and this just might be like, I might be wrong, but I feel like because it's not scripted,

they don't have the script to plug into the subtitles. And sometimes it's not 100%. Yes. At least with like, you know, succession, it's like they have the script and this is the exact word that was intended. Yeah. But even the succession subtitles were infuriating.

Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, stutters. Oh, oh, oh, thinking oh thinking like it's so unpleasant no but like you know exactly what they're trying to say whereas with reality tv like sometimes they they just misinterpret them yeah and like game of thrones there's so much like dialogue and information in that dialogue you really do need need the subtitles. But there's not, you know, crazy substantial conversations being had on Housewives. And that's why I like it. Yeah.

Agreed. Agreed. Are you ready for our fifth and final story? Some business news that's pertinent to everyone that I hadn't heard yet. What? Bed Bath & Beyond will be bought. Oh.

By Overstock.com. Oh. And Overstock.com will change their website name to Bed Bath & Beyond. You know, I don't become one. I don't think like as a society we really ever spoke about enough how bad of a brand name Overstock was. Yeah. Like how ugly. Like, oh, I love your, uh, your chaise lounge. Where's it from? Overstock. Like it's so disgusting. Not Overstock.com. Right. I couldn't even get myself to the store. What a gorgeous, you know, Persian silk rug you have.

Wherever did you find that? Overstock.com. No, and they actually do have really nice things. Yes. And they, like, it does fit under the umbrella of Bed Bath & Beyond. Right. Bed Bath & Beyond. I feel like we've been talking about the demise of Bed Bath & Beyond for two fucking years.

Like first it was bankruptcy Then it was like They're back And then it was all the stores closing And now they're getting bought Like they're kind of being dramatic Like just figure it out And leave us alone

No but I'm happy that there Will be like a next chapter for them Because I think it's a really great brand Overstock will not be buying The stores though This is just like An e-commerce deal And they're buying

Pretty much the name For 21.5 million dollars Which sounds low But like they're just Buying the name for 21.5 million dollars which sounds low but like they're just buying the name and like the digital assets no I get it but like that definitely sucks because I was like a big Bed Bath & Beyond customer and I've never once placed an order on their website it was always on like I'm going to camp for the summer I'm packing for college I'm moving apartments I'm going to Bed Bath & Beyond and spending at least two thousand dollars like for everything I could

possibly need. But now they're not even having stores. But Overstock has really good online presence. They're all online. And they have good shipping. And Bed Bath & Beyond has really good brand recognition. I actually think this is a love match. Okay.

They're not buying Bye Bye Baby. I'm like upset about Bye Byebye baby going out i feel like so many times i turn to buy my baby like oh i need a stroller i got it from bye-bye baby i feel like bye-bye baby is more relevant and you know successful than bed bath and beyond a couple of bidders have expressed interest in buying the bye-bye baby street i should buy it but it remains unclear if any will be bought no i don't think they need the stores. No, but there's a store in the city. And so many times when I first had Harry,

it was like they could do same-day delivery. And that's where I would go to. I don't know why I would rather buy it from Buy Buy Baby than Amazon. Right. I just felt like if it was in Buy Buy Baby, it was the goods. Yeah, honestly. If it's on Amazon, you could pick from anything. I really feel like Buy Buy Baby should be bought bought by amazon the same way they bought like whole foods oh i guess and you can do like pick up from amazon same day at a whole foods you could buy your stroller and it'll be at your

local bye bye baby in 30 minutes you know please somebody needs to say bye bye baby i know the moms like they need it we do like a store dedicated to baby ting. Because there's like not. No, not. Of course there's like baby boutiques and like whatever. But like something that sells everything you could possibly need for like newborn everything. Yeah, and like every brand pretty much. Like I know Bloomingdale's has the baby floor.

And they have strollers, bassinets, cribs, whatever. But like they have like three of each. Right. No, you need the Amazon for motherhood. And that's buy, buy, baby. And Amazon needs to buy bye bye baby but also we need brick and mortar because sometimes you just want to run to the store that's what i'm saying it's like exactly what amazon did with whole foods they didn't

close down all the whole foods yes and whole foods run very efficiently now yeah i'm telling you free idea jeff free idea bye bye baby's a great brand yeah so anyways we'll see what happens with overstock and bed bath and beyond but now overstock will be called bed bath and beyond so that's like confusing it is but I think it makes sense no and I'm so here for the overstock rebrand like one of the worst names like the fact that they made it that they're so successful and you know what I actually feel like Wayfair kind of eclipsed Overstock Overstock has been around I feel longer than Wayfair but Wayfair like Wayfair's shipping is literally like Amazon level yeah but I don't associate the two as the same like when I'm going to Wayfair for something

it's not like I it's not what I would be going to Overstock for something I'm still furniture but like when I'm going to Wayfair like I know it's going to be like kind of cheap not that great but like Oh I disagree. It's going to solve a problem. I disagree. Overstocked like you could really get nice pieces.

Yeah. But like the thing is are they even overstocked items? Like they're not. It's such a misleading title. No but it makes you feel like you're getting savings. Yes.

Yes. I guess that's true. And I do feel like I'm getting savings. I don't know what savings I've gotten. Right. But it feels that way. Right. Well I just think overstock needs to step their pussy up Yes I guess that's true And I do feel like I'm getting savings I don't know what savings I've gotten Right But it feels that way

Right Well I just think Overstock needs to Step their pussy up And they are They are Because they're losing To the Wayfair's

The all moderns of the world Right But what Overstock Has that Wayfair Does not have Is you know No one's wondering If they're trafficking children

Yeah okay And that's just kind of Like a cloud that hangs Over Wayfair Yeah but the What a lot of people Don't know about Wayfair Is that they're part of like a family of brands.

They're technically the same company as like AllModern.com. And Joss and Maine. Joss and Maine. And they're all different price points, but they're literally all the same crap. Like it's actually really smart how they have like different like websites for different price points, but they're all coming from the same like factory.

So they really have it all. Because I would consider like AllModern on the same level as Overstock. I don it all because i would consider like all modern on the same level as overstock i don't go there i go to wayfair yeah they have it all except for the trafficking but what wayfair does have that nobody else has is kelly clarkson as their spokesperson you see those commercials where she gets in bed with those old people and starts singing uh no but i've seen her associated with wayfair well she has a furniture line on wayfair while also being a spokesperson she's in all their commercials yeah and they're like hey you're kelly clarkson yeah but you could really get anything on wayfair it's crazy no a child no no no that was a joke but like you really can't get anything yeah they

like i get these targeted ads for like some of the more random products that they have especially like for kids and stuff like play water parks. Yeah. You could literally have a water park in your backyard. No I for Mikayla's birthday I got her like the sickest playground from Wayfair. Yeah. She hasn't set it up yet. Rude. All right. Those were the past five. You definitely needed to know them. Topical varied and random. Definitely random. Definitely varied. Definitely varied. Definitely topical. We do what we can.

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All right, ready for Dear Toasters, our advice segment. We'll re-help Toasters in Need every wednesday but today we're doing thursday yeah so if you want to submit our submissions are all anonymous you don't have to worry about it there are two ways to submit you can just simply email your submission to dear toasters at gmail.com or you can head over to our website the toast podcast.com scroll down and there's a dear toaster submission box totally anonymous we'll never know where it came from no worries we've got three really good ones today ready hey girlies i have been married for eight years and I have three kids. Yesterday, my husband decided to tell me he finds me extremely unattractive because of

all the mosquito bites I get on my legs in the summer. He doesn't want to have sex certain ways because of it. Trust me, I'm attractive. So I wasn't offended at first, but now I'm just stewing. I'm a stay-at-home mom. We have a big yard. It's summer. I'm outside with the kids all the time. Things will get me. And I don't want to drown myself in chemicals every day. So am I crazy to think that this is rude? Or anyone have any natural mosquito repellent suggestions so I can have sex in certain positions? Okay. What the fuck? This isn't a thing. There's something else completely going on. Mosquito bites? I mean, first of all, look at my legs. I'm covered in bruise, fake spray, fake tan, and mosquito bites. And literally, I don't think Ben, I could have literally,

my calf could be cut off. And if we're having sex, Ben wouldn't even notice. So this is not a thing. There's something else. I've had mosquito bites that look like welts. So like maybe, let's say it's about the mosquito bites. You know, they're married eight years. Hopefully they can like say how they feel to each other.

I don't know, like turn the fucking lights off if it bothers you like and the fact that he would even vocalize that it's so delusional it's so nuts he needs to be spoken to harshly the thing is like i don't buy you i don't think that you should make any accommodations you shouldn't turn off the lights you shouldn't wear mosquito repellent like turn off the lights no no how about that no but if he had just turned off the lights before he complained about it like we would have never known no but now that you know like you have every right to be offended I don't think you should make any sort of accommodations to make him feel better he seriously he's unwell yeah you need to lay into him and be like I'm with the kids all day every day I have mosquito bites like sorry I'm working so hard to raise our children and like I'm willing to have sex with you oh right you're welcome right and at least it's

summer i'm not sitting in the house letting the kids watch tv 24 7 they're out of school and i'm still challenging them and getting them physical activity fuck all the way off he needs his ass reamed out and then say i don't want to have sex with you because you have a reamed ass yeah okay you need to rip him a new asshole and then you need to be like, your asshole is weird, I'm kind of unattracted to you, so I don't think we should be having sex until you get that fixed. But your asshole is ripped.

Yeah, it's kind of gross. Yikes. This is just stern talking to. No, this screams toxic. Like there's in no way, shape or form was this an even remotely okay thing to say. Yeah, for sure, but like they're married eight years, they have three kids, like this is her husband. They could be honest with one i get it no no that's not what

i'm saying i'm just saying like okay it's it's not a good it's a red flag but like we're past red flags it's not a deal breaker i'm saying but like you need to literally annihilate this man like he needs to be destroyed emotionally he needs to be destroyed like you like you actually you need to make him cry like that's how you need him to make him feel so bad about himself that he's someone that would say such a thing and think such a thing to the mother of his children mother of his children whose crime is running around outside with her kids all day right like if anything those mosquito bites should make him hard as a fucking rock oh yeah that's my wife taking such good care of the kids while i'm out all day running around getting my kids active and fresh

air oh i'm gonna come that's what he should be saying yeah dick oh sick so make him cry that's kind of the that's the the lesson here but this isn't like you know a deal breaker of any sort sometimes men just like really need to be yelled at. Yeah. Sometimes people need to be put in their place. Yeah. Like sometimes people get carried away about one thing or another. Yeah. And sometimes they just like say things without realizing like how deeply hurtful they are. Because they seem like innocuous, you know.

But they're not. This literally happened to me and Ben like literally last week. He said something totally like, it wasn't that big of a deal. But like once I explained like why what he said something totally like it wasn't that big of a deal but like once I explained like why what he said I don't want to say it because like because whatever. It will sound bad. No no no it won't sound bad at all but I don't want to I'll tell you but like whatever it's so stupid I'm like whatever. You're entitled to your privacy. So once I explained it he was like oh my god that was like so fucked up of me to say like they just need to be yelled at.

Yeah yeah no and just like see your pov happens all the time yeah all right next up these next two are like really bizarre hey jackson claude i recently found out that my fiance got a girl pregnant in college it was someone he dated for two years and they decided together to not go through with the pregnancy i know it might not be any of my business giving this given the sensitivities on the topic but i can't believe he never brought this up before i find myself wanting to ask more questions about the girl and the circumstances of the decision,

but I'm not sure how much I can pry. Anyway, love ya. Bye. How did she find out? I don't know. He must have told her, but like... No, but she's saying like she doesn't want... She feels like she can't bring it up. I feel like she found out not from him. No, she said, I can't believe he never brought this up before.

Oh. I don't know. I feel like it's the sort of thing that you tell someone like when the conversation comes up it's not something that like you have to disclose right there hasn't been like a prior conversation about it but it is something that you should have a conversation about and whenever he did bring it up um I feel like you could have asked more questions and even now you could be like you know I've been thinking about what you told me I appreciate you sharing it with me I just like and then ask your questions yeah I know what you're feeling no it's just this weird thing where like you spend your life with someone but there's like 20 years or however old there are

when you meet them like of life that they lived without you and when you find something out like even Ben like every now and then we've been together for 10 years every now and then I will find something out like crazy not crazy or just like random from his childhood or whatever and I'm like it's the weirdest feeling to not know because like you're supposed to know this person better than anyone yeah you really can't know everything about everyone even though this is a big thing this is a big thing they're engaged so it's not like they're you know you're finding out this like secret about your husband like I feel like it's an okay time for it to be coming up and I do feel like you should ask your questions and like circle back to the subject.

And be like have whatever conversation you need to have to feel more comfortable about like the whole thing. Yeah. And you might end up like you know learning things about your partner that make you really like him. Like he was really there for the girl and took care of her and you know whatever. Like maybe he'll end up being the hero of the story you know. Yeah. Or you'll end up just finding things out like you're really proud of him how he handled it you know. whatever. Like, maybe he'll end up being the hero of the story, you know? Yeah. Or you'll end up just finding things out, like, you're really proud of him, how he handled it, you know?

Yeah. You never know. But ask all your questions. I think that's fair to, like, pester with questions. To circle back on it. No, and I wouldn't, like, get, I wouldn't harp on the fact that he didn't tell you. Like, I don't know, fiance, actually.

Whatever. It's not a big deal, you know? I could see if it, like, if the topic had never come up really, how it might have slipped through the cracks in a non-nefarious way yeah yeah because you don't want to be talking about your old partners like in your new relationship right I would let it go but ask all the questions you have but don't be mad yeah don't like and don't have feelings or thoughts about it that you feel like you can't share like let it out and move forward. All right, our third and final Dear Toasters. Hey, Jackson Claude, my husband and I are expecting our first child and we just found out it's a girl. We tried for

about a year and we are over the moon excited. We started discussing names recently and my husband informed me that he wants to name her after his high school girlfriend, First Love, who tragically passed away their senior year. While I understand the sentiment. I do not want to name her that. His mother just told me. To settle with a middle name. But that is still weird to me. What do I do?

That's really hard. I know. But it's. Like. Your. Decision. Yeah. No.

And. If you don't like the. Like. If that doesn't work for you. Whether it's. You don't like the name. Or you don't like the. Meaning. Meaning. Behind it. I don't think the meaning is bad maybe you guys could go with that letter right do you like the name it sounds like no okay um it's a weird feeling to feel like threatened

by a person who's like dead but like I get it I don't feel like it's a threatening thing I think it's like one it would be like a constant reminder to who knows if she has people she wants to name for that. Like now we're naming our first born daughter. Like, like I understand why this is not for you. I do feel like it would be really nice if you could find like a small way to honor her. But at the end of the day, like you're the mother, like it is your call. Don't worry.

Like you can do what you want. Yeah. In the hospital, like they're going to let you sign the paperwork, you know? Yeah. And, like, you're doing all the work. So if you don't like it, er, by the end of all of the, like, by the time, you know, baby's here and everything, like, you're not going to feel bad about whatever decision you made. No.

And, like, I feel like if you want to compromise, this is the perfect example of, like, you know, marriage is a compromise. All right. So let's say her name was Lauren. You don't have to name your baby Laurenuren but why don't you have the baby's middle name be leah you know yeah start with an l that's what i'm saying the first letter but like middle name if you even want to do that it's if it's a firstborn in your family i feel like there's so many people your grandparents aunts uncles whoever like who you want to honor with the name

but it also doesn't sound like that's what it is i mean that would be like a good excuse to have if you have something like that but also I understand like you guys you not wanting this this does sound like something that would happen in like one of my novels you know like he meets a girl and he's so closed off because his first love tragically passed away and you know this new girl slowly prizes open makes him prize him up and makes him believe in love and then they realize they're pregnant and you know they name the baby like yeahides him open, makes him believe in love, and then they realize they're pregnant, and, you know, they name the baby. Yeah, in the epilogue,

but it's like everyone's happy that they have a name. Yeah. But that shit doesn't happen in real life. It doesn't have to be that way. Yeah, no, I don't think you have to do it, like, by any means. Especially if, like, you don't want to, which it sounds like you don't. Yeah, I think that's fine.

But that's awkward. Yeah, it's definitely weird. Yeah. Well, those were Dear Toasters, our weekly advice segment. Please email us, deartoasters at gmail.com or head over to thetoastpodcast.com to submit your anonymous submissions and we'll do our best to help you out through whatever, you know, minefield you found yourself in. And that's our show.

That is our show. Thank you for watching. Thank you for listening. Check out The Redheads and pre-order my children's book, The Camper and the Counselor, available now anywhere you pre-order books. It's not available now. Available now for pre-order anywhere you pre-order books. And when does it come out, Jax? October 10th. And what kind of feelings will I feel when I read this gorgeous novel? You'll feel really warm and fuzzy. Nostalgic. Nostalgic for sure. And emotional. Emotional. Yeah. Well thank you so much for listening to The Toast, the Monday morning show where we deliver the fascinating stories that you need to know every Monday through Friday on day. We'll see you tomorrow for Friday.

Friday. You gotta get down on Friday. Love ya. Bye.