The Toast - S3 Ep104: Conjunction Junction, What's Your Function?: Thursday, June 11th, 2020

Episode Date: June 11, 2020

Lisa Vanderpump Speaks Out After 4 Vanderpump Rules Stars Are Fired: 'I Condemn All Forms of Racism' (PEOPLE), Andy Cohen Breaks Silence on Stassi Schroeder & Kristen Doute's Firings From Vanderpump Rules (E! Online) Kendall and Kylie Jenner Celebrate Pride and Their Dad Caitlyn: 'She's Our Hero' (PEOPLE) Lizzo slams body shamers in workout TikTok: 'I am beautiful' (Page Six) Anna Wintour apologizes for race-related 'mistakes' at Vogue (Need 2 Know via AP) Avicii Museum to open in Stockholm in 2021 (Page Six) The Morning Toast with Claudia (@girlwithnojob) and Jackie Oshry (@jackieoproblems) Merch: https://shopmorningtoast.com/ The Morning Toast Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/themorningtoastSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Good morning, millennials. Welcome back to the Morning Toast. Happy Thursday. It is a gloomy Thursday here in New York City, but hey, Claude, how you doing? Good morning, millennials. Welcome back to the Morning Toast. I am doing good. It is, you know, I haven't stepped outside or even opened my window, so I don't know what kind of day it is in New York, but I just know I'll be staying inside. Therefore, it's not important what it is going on outside. It's actually, this is beautiful quarantine weather because it's nothing that tempts you to want to leave your house.

And so when I woke up this morning and I could see through the shades that it was a little gloomy, I got sort of pumped and I had to like rack my brain and make sure I didn't have plans to leave the house today, which I don't. And I'm stoked. Actually, you're coming over later. So you'll be visiting for this later. The whole weather could change by then. So funny. I was having this conversation with Ben last night. Cause like in the beginning of quarantine, like it was unfathomable that we wouldn't be able to leave our houses for so long. And now that we've been in it for a while, I honestly like can't imagine life not in

quarantine. And like, we just started phase one in New York. So I know that it is going to eventually come to an end. Like there's light at the end of the tunnel, but I'm like kind of sad about it. Like I don't want to leave. No, now that there's light at the end of the tunnel, I'm sort of charging these last few weeks in the queue. So I do, I feel you on that, but I'm excited for our plans tonight. That'll be really fun. We're having little GNI. We're doing a vlog, GNI, making a pizza,

drinking wine, playing games, just having a fun night for Patreon and for ourselves because we really need one. We deserve it. We deserve each other. This hat and you. Oh, you don't fucking know that song. I'm always singing this song from Wiccan. You're both so smart. Oh, no, I only know. It's about a hat. It's about a hat. Is it about Mrs. Hat? Yes. And Mr. Hat. It's such a good song. I mean,

it's only one part of the song that's dedicated to the hat. And it goes, you should wear this hat to the party tonight, don't you think? And I'm always telling you guys to wear this hat to the party tonight. And you guys never know what I'm talking about. But some Broadway steens are going to know what I'm talking about. And this one's for you. Well, we have a great show. We are not recapping Real Housewives of Beverly Hills because much to my chagrin, it wasn't on last night and New York is not on tonight either. Like they are on hiatus till July. I don't know. Okay. I mean, I was bummed about Beverly Hills, but I can't say I'm so bummed about New York. Like that means more time for me watching Potomac, seeing the ladies

go to Bermuda. I'm so excited. I ended like right on the episode right before they're going on a trip. So I just have the world is my oyster. Like I'm going to Bermuda today. I don't know about you. Gotta get your coconut Bahama. Come on, pretty mama. We've been like super musical this week. And I think that it's for the best. You know, it's so funny. I was on the phone with Taylor Strecker last night. And I realized like I was doing this thing that I used to do. When I came every summer, like when I was in high school, when I would come back from camp, I like picked up on annoying habits like my bunkmates were doing.

And when I was a super senior, like all the girls on my bunk, just like saying, they were like, pass the towel. And I came home and I was doing it. And like, my friends thought it was so annoying, like my school friends. And now I find myself doing that all the time. I'm like, this is incredible. That's what you and Ben do all the time, everywhere. That's like a you and Ben thing, A hundred percent. And then also what you guys do is like you constantly, we all do this, but you guys take it to another level where you like, you're like, oh, this is a sad chair. It's a stair. Oh yeah. I mean, I can't, I, there are over a million words in the English language. And honestly, like that's too many. Sometimes you just

need to combine words, you know, like, um, you have dish issues. You have a dish, dish issues. No, you have dishes. Like combining, what's it called? Conjunction. Contraction. Right. A contraction is when you do like, what's your song is like, so sexual for, it's like a kid's song to like learn about English and like grammar. It's so sexual. It's like I could see Luann in like a dirty cabaret bar downtown being like,

Conjunction, junction, what's your function? I completely agree. Okay, so it's the act of contraction, though, is the act of decreasing something in size or volume or quantity or scope. So it's being contracted into one word. Therefore it is a contraction. Okay. Well, everyone should do it more because I love- The more you know. It's a sad chair. It's a chair. Yeah. Good times. These are white curtains wortons yeah no you guys just do it with everything and

that's just what you do that's a cool girl what what you do that's what girls guessing the whole day through push all your buttons it true. That's what girls do. Yes, what song, what movie is that from? Something stellar from the 90s. That like genre of like female band 90s movie music. Like, I want to be that girl who has everything. I want to reach that bell, I'm gonna make it ring. I'm gonna fly like a bird and spread

my wings come on come on come on come on give me everything like that play that at my funeral please okay hundred percent when they're bringing in the casket like i want all the pole bearers to be like you want everyone to be that girl who has it like the pole bearers will like arrange a harmony so it's gonna be like maybe a round where they're like, she's going to be that girl, she's going to be that. I mean, it's going to be tasteful, obviously. Yeah, don't worry. I'll head out.

I'll oversee the musical. She'll be the funeral director. Yes, exactly. Can't wait. Cool. Well, we have a great show for you today. As Claudia had said, speaking of other great shows, new episode of The Redheads is up. We are recapping Code Name Helene, which has, I think, I think is my favorite book we've ever read in The Redheads so far. I'm going to go ahead and say it. I loved it. It's a true story of a fabulous, incredible

woman. I know we hate the word like boss bitch but um she was everything of the sort in that way and we are self-hating boss bitches like a hundred percent you could call us boss bitches like we are bosses and we are bitches but please don't please you could but don't please But no, she's an amazing French woman who was a member of the French resistance, like spying and really helped win the war in World War II. It's an amazing story. So if you were on the fence about reading it,

definitely read it, listen to the episode. And now I'm so excited to read our next book, which is I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou. So I hope you guys enjoy the episode if you're partaking this month, but I recommend that you partake if you ever sometimes partake in the Redheads. Yeah, partaking is particularly interesting. Yeah, I do love to partake. Okay, should we dive right in? Yeah, I'm off the deep end. Watch as I dive in to the fast five stories that you need to know before you wake up and take a bite out of your morning toast.

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piggybacking off of the big news from yesterday, but Lisa Vanderpump is speaking out after four Vanderpump rules stars were fired. She said, quote, I condemn all forms of racism. Quote, this is from her statement over the past two weeks, many things have been brought to my attention of which I and many others were previously unaware. It was necessary for me to be quiet until now, until decisions had been made. Now I can speak freely from the heart, she said. She referenced the recent tragedies in the world, including the death of George Floyd while in police custody and the coronavirus pandemic. She said, as we've seen such devastating sadness that has played out globally,

we all have a part to play to create a kinder, more just society. My hope is for this generation to treat each other with respect and humanity and realize that actions have and should have consequences. She talks a little bit about her business and how I think she's addressing some of these claims that, you know, the show is not diverse at all. And she says that she has a lot of different people from different backgrounds that work in her restaurants, but the show focuses on this one group of friends. Okay. Well, like that's not what we asked. We, we don't, we know that your restaurants are quote unquote diverse. Um, honestly, like this is a nice statement, but I feel like it totally missed, um, the mark on what people are upset with her about. And that is one, the lack of diversity on the show. And two, some of the claims that Faith had to say about Lisa Vanderpump.

She had choice words for Lisa and said that at one point Lisa told her to act like NeNe Leakes. Yeah. So she did not address, she did not address that. She just sort of discussed what's been going on in her show and in her world and in the world in general. I think generally speaking, it was a very warm statement. She's not dragging any of the people who used to work for her, but she's also not condoning what they did in any way, shape, or form. Yeah.

I mean, to be honest, the statement was, I didn't learn anything new. And it definitely felt like she had to say something because there's so much conversation being had like around her show and her restaurants. But I don't really feel like it accomplished anything or really gave me any answers in terms of Lisa's involvement. It just seemed like she kind of took herself out of the equation. I think that she's not in the equation at all. No, I mean, but she is. Faith had something to say about her. Yeah. And also she is in the equation, all. No, I mean, but she is. Faith had something to say about her. Yeah, and also she is in the equation, like when she wants someone to be fired, but I guess Kristen

and Stassi never worked at her restaurants, but she fired James when she thought that he needed to be fired, so she does have the power over her restaurants, but not over the show. I think that she definitely has power over the restaurants. I do think she has a lot to say. I think like her voice is heard when it comes to casting, hiring, firing on the restaurants. I do think she has a lot to say. I think like her voice is heard when it comes to casting, hiring, firing on the show. I definitely think she has input. I'm not sure. I'm not totally convinced.

It would make sense if she did, but I could also see how she might not. Additionally, Andy Cohen broke his silence on Stassi and Kristen being fired. He said, quote, there's so much happening in the Bravo universe. I will say this. There's so much to talk about Vanderpump Rules. And then, of course, the reunion ended up airing last night. He said this on his radio show. He said, I will say this about what happened. I

absolutely support Bravo's decision. I think it was the right decision. And I want to remind people because I've been getting so many tweets and messages and whatever about Vanderpump Rules and Southern Charm and other shows. I am not. I don't. I feel like I have to remind people of this all the time. I'm not in charge of programming at Bravo anymore. I am not an executive producer of Vanderpump Rules. I don't have anything to do with the show except I love it and I host the reunions. I don't produce the show. So what I want people to know is that I have no say in hiring and firing. I had completely forgotten that. Like I just associate Bravo with Andy and like that he is the head of Bravo and he's told us so many times that he is no longer but that just like it doesn't make sense to me so I refuse to acknowledge it yeah and sometimes like even if it's not a housewives show like I

know he slaps his name on as an executive producer which I think is just a part of his deal with his production company and Bravo but I do think that was important for people to remind him because Bravo fans especially like the crazy ones on Twitter like they take their pitchforks to Andy's profile when they're unhappy about something. When at the end of the day, like he's actually not the person making these decisions. So I think it was very important for people to, um, for him to remind people of that. Yeah. I needed to be reminded for sure. Because when I think about Bravo making decisions about Stassi and Kristen, like I think Andy's in the room and he it but does Andy like them what does Andy think and it really hasn't Andy is talent just like them yeah and you just

I think that part of the confusion comes from like him also being the host of Watch What Happens Live like he doesn't only have the housewives on Watch What Happens Live he has Southern Charm he has Vanderpump Rules so it is confusing and I and I see why people think of him as like the punching bag no but it's also like he does the reunions like and he started hosting watch what happens live because he was the executive producer at Bravo and the head man in charge is going to talk to all the people on the tv shows it was like a genius idea along the way he stopped being the head man in charge and we just like got the memo but chose not to read it yeah no because it's like business stuff it's in his

book a lot too um because his book is like basically journal entries and he journals around the time where he gets this huge deal with bravo where basically um andy runs uh most talkative production companies which is a production company that puts on a lot of the bravo stuff and so he now i think works at the production company but the production company has an overall deal with Bravo. So he's still very much connected to Bravo, but his office, he's not in 30 Rock anymore. Yeah. It's very, it's so B2B. It's so B2B. It's an internal thing. It's a need to know thing. Yeah. But I guess now we needed to know, and he is sharing that information with us. Well, then that sucks because he's getting the brunt of like everyone's frustrations,

like on social media when he's actually not the man who makes the decisions. Yeah, for sure. Interesting. Interesting. I see you're changing your sheets back there. How's that going? Yes. You know, part of being the host of this show and coming on here every day is, like, people know when, like, the frequency at which I change my sheets. So normally I would go, like, three weeks. But I've been really good, like, on a week-to-week basis. That's really good. But you could always say, like, you change them in the afternoon. Like, you wanted the bed to be made for the show.

And then you were going to, you know, like, you could lie to us if you needed to. Yeah, I could. But you know what? Like, once I start lying, at least for me, it's just, like, a slippery slope to, if you needed to yeah I could but you know what like once I start lying at least for me it's just like a slippery slope to like lying to everyone about everything and I don't want to like start the trend of like lying to the fans on the show you know yeah I feel that I did my sheets yesterday and it was it was nice it was it was nice I mean there's literally nothing better than a fresh sheet it's true last night I slept quite well. Oh my God. I was tossing and turning all fucking night. It was the worst night's sleep. Like I, I don't know what's wrong with me,

but like I've been up all night like thinking, but I'm asleep. Does that make sense? Yeah, that does make sense. I wonder what's- I need to like turn my brain off. Yeah. Maybe you need to drink more water. Maybe you're dehydrated. I sleep like that when I'm dehydrated. Oh, that's interesting. I mean, I have, um. Because I sleep like that when I've been drinking alcohol. Oh, that's interesting.

I mean, I think that I just have like so much on my mind that I don't process during the day because I'm like actively trying to like fight out negative thoughts in my brain. Do you know what I mean? Yes, I do know what you mean. So I actually – Who could it be? I actually have – Theo's little barks.

No, I love them. He has something to say. Well, I have something to say. I actually have my first appointment for therapy next week. Congratulations. Yeah. Thank you. So it's been something –

I feel like once I start talking, like then it'll get out of my brain and I could finally fucking sleep. That's good. I'm proud of you for going. These have been, these past few months have been some of the most mentally trying, I'm sorry, the most mentally trying. I've never experienced something like this in my whole life. And I feel like it's that for everyone. Yes, definitely. And you have to self-care, self-love and you've got to take the necessary steps. I used to be one of the people who thought like therapy was for weak people. I'm like, I'm too strong, but like, I'm not. No, but it's not for weak people. It actually takes a really strong person to like recognize that they could benefit

from talking to someone else. Totally. I think like where my reservation is, I feel like now I'm in a therapy session. I have like all these thoughts in my brain that I'm like kind of embarrassed of. And like, I don't want the therapist to like tell anyone like they're embarrassing. Well, you know what I've learned from meme culture? It's that like we all have the same thoughts and the same weird thoughts and like everything that you think or say that's like weird someone else has thought the same thing or something weirder you know that's a very interesting observation yeah I feel like I wouldn't be a good therapist but I feel like it could be a good I was gonna say life coach but I don't even have my own life together so but I guess I don't

know what steps that I could take yeah I bet you could find a very, a big amount of life coaches who don't have their lives together. That's true. And I feel like you're just like setting yourself up for people to be like. Well, that's like if you're a matchmaker, you have to be married. I don't think that's true. Because when I think of like old school matchmakers, you know, like from the shtetl, it was always just like an older woman in the community. And I don't know that she was always the married one, like in Fiddler on the Roof, you know? Yeah. That's always what I think about when I think of matchmakers. Okay. Are you ready

for our next one? Oh, I'm normal when I think of Patti Stanger. I think of that first and then I'm like, okay, she trademarked it, but like there's a whole matchmaking that happened for centuries before her. In shuttles and kibbutzes everywhere. Yes, exactly. Okay, but our next story is another sweet one. Another like, I guess just piggybacking off of yesterday's story, Caitlyn Jenner's publicist is working overtime this week because Kendall and Kylie Jenner celebrate pride and their dad, Caitlyn. They say, quote, she is our hero. So for Kendall and Kylie, this transition only brought them closer to their dad. Kendall said, when my dad came out as transgender,

our relationship grew. She could finally be honest with me. We could talk about deep emotions she was feeling through that time. Growing up, my dad was not usually one to talk about her feelings, so that was a big step for us. Kendall says she's been a daddy's girl her whole life, and now their relationship grows every day. That is so cute, and Kylie had

similar things to say about her relationship with Caitlyn. Quote, my dad has always been an inspiration to me, from winning the gold medal at the Olympics to getting her pilot's license. However, watching her live out her true self has been the most inspiring of them all. The sisters agree, quote, she's our hero. Wait, that's actually really cute. And I guess it answers some of the questions we had yesterday about where the Kardashians landed in their relationship with Caitlyn. Sounds like it's all Gucci.

The Jenner girls always had Caitlyn's back, and I think they were the most torn. Whereas the Kardashian girls were always team Kris. But I think ultimately everyone wanted what was best for the Jenner girls. And therefore everyone has come together. And whenever I think about this family, I just think about Nobu Malibu for some reason. Yeah, I feel that. And I've just been seeing like pictures on Josh Jarrett and stuff. And they're really like inspiring where like Demi Lovato and her boyfriend are leaving Nobu Malibu. Like, people are going to restaurants.

They're open? I don't know. I don't know. And then did you see the other day, like, Kylie went to a club? Bootsy Bellows. Excuse me? I saw it on Daily Mail. Like, she, I guess her and her, she was with Psy, Kendall's friend.

I think they, like, rented out the whole club and, like, went to the club. Oh, my God. Like, that is the level of wealth I aspire to, and that's exactly how I would spend my fucking money. Like, rent out the hottest club in town during quarantine. Yeah. Oh, my God. I'm, like, so jealous.

How did I miss that? I don't know. It was a very low-key story. I saw it on Daily Mail's Snapchat. I should go there more often. Oh, we were just talking about that. I mean, I don't know. It was a very low-key story. I saw it on Daily Mail's Snapchat. I should go there more often. Oh, we were just talking about that. I mean, I don't have a Snapchat anymore because it's not really the platform I live for anymore.

It used to be. But when they launched that whole Discover page with all these different media outlets, it was so unnecessary, except the Daily Mail story. It's just filled with, first of all, fabulous celebrity photos. So if you're, like, a pop culture enthusiast, you'll get the best paparazzi photos in all the land. And then they have, like, the weirdest stories, like, cult family of 50s found in bunker in Idaho. Like, they have the weirdest shit.

There's weirdness, like, science stories. Like, it's actually just a fabulous roundup of what's going on in the world. Yes, it's actually just a fabulous roundup of what's going on in the world. Yes, it very much is. I use Snapchat from time to time because I do like their camper filter. So I head over that way on my phone. If I've, you know, if spending so much time on TikTok has taught me anything, it's that the youths of our generation are actually still using Snapchat quite frequently. of our generation are actually still using Snapchat quite frequently. Great. I'm happy for them.

Know that I am. Yeah. Okay. You ready for our next story? No. Why not? Because I have something to say. Say it.

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Lizzo is slamming body shamers in her new workout TikTok saying, quote, I am beautiful. The only ideal body type for Lizzo is her own. The 32-year-old singer posted a video of her workout regimen to TikTok Tuesday, telling online body shamers that there's more to one's health than what's featured on the outside. So she posted a montage of her working out and over it, her saying, hey, so I've been working out consistently for the last five years. And it may come as a surprise to some of y'all that I'm not working out to have your ideal

body type. I'm working out to have my ideal body type. And do you know what type that is? None of your fucking business, she said in the voiceover of the clip. If you're not a fat shamer, keep scrolling. Okay, now that all the fat shamers are here. And she continued to say, I am beautiful. I am strong.

I do my job and I stay on my job. I actually saw this TikTok in the brief amount of time I spend on TikTok and I just absolutely loved it. Yeah. You know what? I have, like I said, been spending so much time on TikTok and Lizzo is just a fabulous creator. Like she's on all the trends. Like she duets with her fans. Like she's really, really good at it. But just in my time perusing TikTok, I can't tell you how many fat phobic like videos I see. And so many of them are about Lizzo. It's like so disrespectful. I wish that TikTok would just like implement more like regulations just to like, it's, it's weirdly this platform where young people are so creative and like a lot of them use it to come out. Like a lot of them are using it in these like beautiful creative ways. And then some of them, like I see fat phobic shit once a day, maybe more times a day. Like I don't even know why they're serving it to me. Like why am I getting it?

Why? Because I'm fat. But like it's just, they need to do a better job because so many young people are on this app and they're so influential that like it's just really saying, it's like sending a bad message with how much fat phobic content is on there. I can't believe some of the shit i see yeah wow i haven't seen a lot of that but i imagine that you spend more time there so you've seen more um and that's that ain't right that ain't right but good for lizzo for first of all like standing up to the haters and just doing it in a fabulous way like this is what we

said when we were talking about the bts stans coming for us like you're gonna come for us like you got to be creative and they called us irrelevant uglies which i actually really liked so lizzo is now coming for her haters and she's doing it in a fabulous creative funny smart unique way and that's really all we can ask for from our icons that's all we can ask for and we're getting every every bit of it oh you know what we haven't spoken about Taylor Swift on here in a while but I really want to share something that I saw um on Facebook is that okay yes please share we have not spoken about her in a while and I'm and I think that's I remember there was that week like I think it was maybe um like the Scooter Braun stuff where

we were talking about Taylor Swift every single day. I think like people literally stopped listening because they couldn't take it. Those were the days. Okay. So there has been this like Tumblr Reddit thread going around that someone who claims to be like super close to Taylor, like there's a big secret coming out. I can't, and what she wrote was like, I can't say anymore. This is Taylor's special moment, not mine. Stay alert in the coming weeks. After it happens, the clue I gave will make perfect sense. And this

is the clue. The traditional, the traditional beliefs, customs, and stories of a community pass through the generations by word of mouth. That's the clue. Now everyone had different, um, things to like guess what this meant. Nobody had my guess. And I'm like almost 100% sure that I'm right. So I just wanted to put it on this podcast in case that I'm right. Okay. So that definition, the traditional beliefs, customs, and stories of a community passed through the generations by word of mouth is like the Merriam-Webster definition for folklore,

which is irrelevant. I just thought that I would share. I don't know what that means. No, that's relevant. That seems relevant. What's folklore? The traditional police. So I really think,

and I couldn't believe that nobody else thought this, that is pretty much like a word-for-word description of drag. Do you think? I think that she's going to be on Drag Race. And you think that they would do this much hype oh my god yeah the swifties are like so dramatic okay what do you want to like tpg tpg like people think maybe she's pregnant like i don't know um tbg explained to me how like drag is like the only art form left that you can't go to school for. Like it really needs to be taught. That's why everyone has like drag mothers. They have like

the same last name as people they worked with or people they met. And it, all the customs, like the makeup, all of that is really passed through by word of mouth because there is no like school of drag. So I just, I thought that I might be onto something. And in case that I was. That's a really great guess. Thank you. so I just wanted to put it on the podcast like in case she ends and by the way the new season of RuPaul all-stars started last week so it's not so crazy I'm now I'm like really invested that's a really interesting and good clue you know usually we get like seven palm trees and then we're told five years later that it didn't mean anything. People are saying like an engagement, maybe a pregnancy. I don't think so.

I thought when you first said that, I thought maybe a book. Oh. Word of mouth. So the girl who wrote it said something absolutely major is going to happen shortly. Can't tell you what it is, but it'll be a shocker. Cruel Summer is not being released as a single, according to my sources. Wish I was allowed to say more. So I tell you what it is, but it'll be a shocker. Cruel Summer is not being released as a single, according to my sources.

Wish I was allowed to say more. So I don't think it's about music. I don't think it's about music either, but it does seem like it's something really major, and I don't know if a guest spot on one episode of RuPaul's Drag Race is this.

I agree. That was my only trepidation. It's like, it's not that big of a deal, but to the Swifties, like everything's a big deal every time you see Taylor. Yeah, I agree. Wow. Okay. Now I'm in this. So please keep me posted. I always like, I need to close a circle on stuff. Like I can't just leave these things open-ended, you know, it'll like, I'll wake up in the middle of the night and be like the traditional folklore. the night be like the traditional folklore the traditional customs beliefs and traditional values exactly okay next story Vogue's editor-in-chief Anna Wintour has apologized to her staff for not doing enough to elevate black employees and models and for overseeing spreads that may

have been seen as quote hurtful or intolerant over her 32-year tenure at the glossy magazine Vogue. She wrote a letter to her employees sort of apologizing. There has been a lot of stuff happening within Condé Nast. I just saw last night that now former employees are speaking up about their experiences. The editor-in-chief of Bon Appetit is out. There's an interim editor at the moment but meanwhile harper's bazaar has just appointed samira nasser to the editor-in-chief the first woman of color to hold the prestigious title at the 153 year old publication so that's some good

news with it's like 152 years too late but that that is good news. We are moving forward. In terms of Condé Nast, like honestly, Vogue is like, it's fabulous, of course, but like it's also the pinnacle of like exclusivity. Like the fashion industry like is notoriously non-exclusive to people of color, plus size people. Like this doesn't shock me. Not inclusive. Sorry, you said not exclusive oh sorry it's the pinnacle no I said it's a pinnacle of exclusivity yes and then you said

the fashion industry is notoriously not exclusive to people I think I said I think I said non-inclusive okay I think this is being recorded so I think I said okay we'll find out whatever all I'm saying is that this isn't necessarily like the most shocking thing I've ever heard, but honestly, the fact that Anna Wintour is actually addressing it, that's what shocks me. Yes. I, I agree. Um, it's, I mean, I think that she needed to address it because there's a lot of stuff within like, not just Vogue, but within the company that is unacceptable. And so she wrote a very lengthy letter that was an email that was sent around to everyone where she says she quote, takes full responsibility for those mistakes. You know what? I feel like her time might be up soon.

Yeah. We say that every time that we talk about her on this show, which isn't that frequently. But you know what? Actually, I just downloaded Andre Leon Talley's book. And I remember seeing headlines, but not really reading the articles because I didn't know the backstory. But like, I think there's trauma. They have beef. And so I'm going to read the book this weekend and I'll let you know like what the tea is. I don't know why it is that like I dislike Anna Wintour.

And I honestly like I know nothing about fashion, but I just like know she's not good at her job. I don't know why it is that like I dislike Anna Wintour and I honestly like I know nothing about fashion but I just like know she's not good at her job. I can't explain it. Like I just know it in my bones and I don't know. I just think it's time for like a new frontier. Like she's just so old school and is Meryl Streep's character supposed to be her? Yeah. Yes. Maybe that's why I just inherently don't like her. Yeah. The devil wears Prada making her the devil. But I actually just watched that movie and it's been on every single day. They play it on E every day for the last five years. Like, but I actually don't regard it as one of my favorite movies. It's definitely in the genre of my favorite movies, like that kind of vibe. But I was just

watching it and it's really such a fabulous movie except um what really frustrated me about the movie and it's like you know when you watch things with fresh eyes like you see whole new lies um one of the most frustrating things of the movie is like her group of friends and her boyfriend were just like so not supportive of her career and like they acted like she was just like selling out when she was like just trying to get by so she could do a year at this job and then get a better job like she was she was an entrepreneur she was just like had hustle and she was a hard worker she was ambitious yes and it's like everyone like faulted her for that and to be honest like that's the biggest problem with the movie like her her group of friends were not supportive and she they made her feel guilty for having passion no and like for leaning into

the job that she did have, like, yes, this wasn't the job that she wanted. She's not a runway girl, but you know what? She has to be here for a while and she's going to make the most of it and embrace the workplace. And they just like made her feel like garbage. And I didn't like that either. Yeah. And then I was telling you this. Oh, I was on FaceTime with you. The character who plays, like, the writer for The New Yorker, that blonde guy, Christian, who, like, follows her around art galleries and, like, takes her to eat falafel in Paris. Like, for my whole life, like, up until maybe a year ago,

I thought that that guy was Billy Bush. They look so similar. And I've never been, like, super familiar with Billy Bush's work. I just know he's, like, curly and blonde. And this guy was curly and blonde. And I've never been like super familiar with Billy Bush's work. I just know he's like curly and blonde. And this guy was curly and blonde. And I'm like, oh, how cool. The guy from Access Hollywood got a starring role in a movie. Okay.

Billy Bush is not blonde. I just want to say that. Like he's brunette. He's a brunette. He's 100% blonde. Just do a quick Google. He's brunette for sure. But you actually touch on something quite poignant that their facial structures, like if you, if you buzz both of their heads, twins.

Okay. I just want to say like, sometimes he's brunette and sometimes he's blonde. He definitely like bleaches his hair sometimes. Billy Bush. Okay. Let me look. Images. Oh my God, Claudia. Like that's just not a blonde. Whatever. I just, I can't believe that like, it's like when I was younger, I used to really get confused between Sandra Bullock and Julia Roberts. Like to me, they were never in the same room at the same time. Like they were just the same person. And I thought like all that confusion was behind me until Billy Bush and the guy from Devil Wears Prada. No, that confusion catches up with us all the time. Like, we're constantly mixed

up. So we kind of took a weird tangent, but basically Anna Wintour's terrible at her job. That's what I was trying to say. Yeah. Okay, ready for our fifth and final story? A little interesting museum news? Ooh, a little museum news.

Museum news. Yes, I'm totally ready. I love museums. My favorite. Okay, cool. The Navici Museum is opening in Stockholm in 2021. A new museum dedicated to the life and music of Avicii will open in Stockholm, Sweden next year.

Per a press release, the Avicii experience will bring its visitors closer to the artist Avicii and the person Tim Bergling. The audience will follow Tim's journey from a reclusive music nerd to a celebrated superstar, from his boyhood room where it all began to the LA studio where the biggest hits were created. On display at the museum will be a mix of memorabilia and previously unseen photographs and videos. Exhibits will also offer visitors the chance to, quote, peer inside the creative process and the many collaborations behind the music. When the Avicii Experience opens, it will boast previously unpublished early version of Avicii's breakthrough hit, Levels, as well as troves of previously

unreleased music used to craft the 2019 posthumous album, you know what's so funny is um before he like had his surname he was releasing music under the name tim berg and i'll literally never forget i never felt so stupid in my life like i had found like this when avicii was popular like i had found this old house song on like youtube or something and i showed showed it to Ben. I'm like, do you know the song by Tim Berg? And he's like, that's Avicii. And I like literally felt so stupid. But I feel like not a lot of people know that. No, not a lot of people know that.

I do feel like I've heard that story before, but still feels like the first time. It feels like the first time. You know what? I'm curious if this museum is going to have like a hallway dedicated to the mysterious death of Avicii, you know, because there are many conspiracy theories. There are many conspiracy theories. Did you watch the documentary about him?

Mm-mm. It was so good. I feel like I care so much more about this museum and Avicii and like the incredible talent that he was because I saw that documentary. Like it really gave me perspective into understanding like what a phenomenon he was, but also what he dealt with in his life. And I, I like, I don't have plans to go to Stockholm anytime soon, but I would, if this museum were in New York, I would definitely go to it.

Yeah, I mean, when you think about, like, the arc of, like, music and just, like, where we've come from in the last, like, 20 years, Avicii was, like, the first person playing, like, beats on the radio. Like, now it's, like, popular. Every song has, like, a beat break and, like and like most some songs don't even have lyrics it's just beats but like he was really the first person and I remember when I first heard levels like it was so revolutionary like it was just beats no words like it was really like a game changer and the fact that they played it on the radio was so crazy and it totally changed the landscape of like electronic and pop and like every type of music forever. Yeah, I agree. The song levels like just shifted where we were going in terms of music. Totally. He's one of the greats. His story is just kind of like tragic and sad,

but I'm glad there's going to be a museum that will celebrate his life and his work. Yeah. I love this idea of doing museums for people for people I've not really heard of this but now I'm just like starting to think of other major celebrities or talents that I could like use a museum from Anthony Bourdain Kobe Bryant the Kardashians okay but they're alive I know but like still that way they can like have input yeah I guess I mean it not everyone can do it like you have to have accomplished so much like Avicii had fans like from all over the world like millions and millions like this is actually going to be a popular tourist destination for Stockholm

yeah and now it's reminding me of the Taylor Swift like reputation it wasn't a museum, but it was sort of set up like one. Yeah. And I went to that and it was great. And so I like this, this idea. Yeah. Also the Game of Thrones museum, that was also a pop-up, was fabulous. I sat on the Iron Throne. There's a picture somewhere. Yeah. Fabulous. So those are the past life stories and I feel so that you needed to know them. Oh, okay. Well, I have some TV I want to recap, but before we do, today's episode is brought to you by stamps.com. For all of our sakes, we need to avoid crowds any way we can right now. But what if you need to go to the post office? What if you need postage to send out letters and packages? Don't worry. Stamps.com is here to help. With stamps.com, you can print postage on demand and

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do you teach them about racism? Because this is something they're, you know, sadly going to face. racism because this is something they're you know sadly gonna face and candy was like you know we had such a uncomfortable conversation and like a sad one because their son um who's super young like just dressed up as a cop for career day and she was like trying to explain to my son that like a cop did a bad thing was like it was like his like his whole belief system was like shaken up and like everyone was just like crying at this like, his whole belief system was, like, shaken up. And, like, everyone was just, like, crying at this story. And, like, honestly, I was crying, too. Like, it was so sad. And, like, just such a real, like, those are conversations that, like, Black families, Black parents have to have with their children.

And it was honestly just, like, heartbreaking. Wow. That's really sad. But it was a good episode, actually. Tamron Hall is, like, super cute. And she's, like, funny. And it was a good episode, actually. Tamron Hall is, like, super cute, and she's, like, funny, and it was a good episode. It was, um, they're doing Watched Happens Live from home still,

and Andy's in the Hamptons, and honestly, Andy just, he feels, like, a little checked out. Really? Yeah. Okay, well, I have, I have it recorded, so I will watch, but they didn't recap any TV, did they? No, and I was really watching to see if Andy was going to make a comment on any of the Vanderpump Rules drama or um if Candy was

going to say something because on that Instagram post on the Bravo TV Instagram where they made the announcement about the firing like so many um cast members from different shows were like leaving comments like in support of and Candy was one of them so i was just curious if like anyone was going to bring it up yeah but they didn't they didn't okay well i guess that's why andy brought it up on his radio show um this morning and i guess like andy's just trying to like distance himself as like the decision maker um and if he addresses it then it's like it's on him to address when it's not his decision and it's not his show and then it's on him to address like every time something happens and he's trying to let people know that he's not in that role.

So I guess that makes sense. Where are you at on Potomac? I'm in the, I'm like towards the end of season two, but they're about to go to Bermuda and Giselle and Monique are still like at odds. I hope eventually one day, like right now their beef is just sort of surface. And I feel like they're just not understanding each other from the get go. But I think that they'll come together.

It seems like that happened season one, two that always happens where like a new person comes in and someone's just like standoffish towards them just because. Yeah. And you know what, like Giselle's my favorite, but I don't always like agree with what she does or says. She, I just like love her and I gravitated towards her from the very beginning, but she can be like a little harsh. I totally agree. And that's what I was saying when I said I season one, like she was my favorite, but pretty much every argument she was in, I just wasn't on her side, you know? Yeah.

Which is weird because I'm used to like standing for people who I just like apologize for and agree with like everything they say. But with Giselle, it's like, I just see past it. Like I just love her. You know who I happen to agree with like a lot of the time on the show so far? Ashley Darby. I knew you were going to say that. I just think she is always making sense. Whether she's like fighting with someone or fighting with her husband, she's just fighting with someone or fighting with her husband. She's just constantly, or like talking about her restaurant. Just wait, okay?

You're going to feel dumb for saying that. But okay, but up until this point, like she's constantly making sense. Okay. Well, I actually got a DM from a toaster who lives in Potomac saying that Oz is like out of business. It's been out of business for a while. And like, it was a desert land restaurant when it was up in business,

which is sad because honestly, like I was ready to take a road trip with you. We're just too late. Okay. Um, I could see how that happens. She just did like this rebrand and she added like some flatbreads to the menu and people were excited about it. And I just, I love, I think so far, like my favorite person on the show is Chris Samuels. Um, he is, please don't like say anything there's no no he's good are they okay just tell me are they still together yes she's in another movie okay good okay that's what i thought um okay great i'm excited i by the way i love them as well um and you know what i really i've never been to like a housewife restaurant and actually that's not true you and I had drinks once at

AOA which was that restaurant Ramona pretended to be like an investor in like 10 years ago in Tribeca it's actually a fabulous bar and we've been to Sir and we've been to Pump oh that's true I forgot about that but I honestly really want to go to OLG candies restaurants like they look so good and they all stay open for the most part. And they've been open for quite some time and they, she keeps like opening new franchises. So like, honestly, it looks so good. Ooh. Okay. I'm excited. I'm excited to keep watching. I have a lot of time today and I'm going to hopefully get into season three, but we'll see. There's always like reunions and yeah i have like nothing to

watch i found myself like literally all day yesterday late in bed on my phone i tried again to watch 13 reasons why and i'm still on the first episode like it's just so bad and you know what i think it's because i dislike everyone like cole clay the main character like least favorite human being like he's making bad decisions and like the whole show revolves around him and i'm just done i understand and that's that on that that's that on that i think that's anything else we wanted to talk about today no i think that that is all she wrote my comedy special is available for pre-order um you can find it on itunes claudia ashtray disgraced queen it's also on my instagram I would really appreciate it and that's all we got thank you guys so

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