The Toast - S3 Ep70: The One Where Theo Turns 21: Monday, April 20th, 2020
Episode Date: April 20, 2020Taylor Swift cancels 2020 tour dates due to coronavirus crisis (NY Post) Global concert raises more than $127M for WHO emergency response fund (CNN) Andy Grammer's Wife Aijia Details 'Powerf...ul' Home Birth with Baby No. 2 After Previous C-Section (PEOPLE) Cole Sprouse Fires Back at "Baseless" Claims Amid Kaia Gerber Romance Rumors (E! News) Exclusive: Neiman Marcus to file for bankruptcy as soon as this week - sources (Reuters) Toast Series of The Week: Outer Banks I Still Believe Recap 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.
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Good morning, Millennials. Welcome back to the Morning Toast. Happy Monday. It is a semi-beautiful
day here in New York, but, you know, every day is the same when you're staying inside.
So true. Hi, Jax. Thanks for having me here today on your web show. I'm really excited
to be here. It is Monday on what hopes to be a very short, nice, and uneventful week
here in New York. It is kind of an important day because it's 420,
which- Oh my God, yeah, 420, light up. For the Green Toasters, it's like a major holiday,
but for the Ostrich family and Trusteins, it's an even bigger holiday because it's Theo's birthday.
Yeah. Wow. Our boy. And I brought him here for a world-class interview. Is that okay?
Oh my God, I would love that. How old is he in human years? I think he's turned three or four.
Hi, Theodora. How old are you?
It is Theo's 21st birthday. Therefore, his third dog birthday, 21st human,
so he can officially drink. And his next birthday, he'll be older than us.
Oh my God. Happy birthday, Theo. You don't
look older than 15, angel muffin boy. I have a very long Instagram caption headed your guys' way
because there's just so much love in my heart for Theo and I'm just like excited to celebrate him
even though like every birthday is the most depressing day of my life. Oh, of course,
because it's, you know, like a morbid reminder of the sad reality
that is life. Oh God. I don't know if anyone just saw me accidentally drop Theo, but Peta is going
to be over here in five fucking minutes. Oh my God. Well, happy birthday, Theo. I wish we were
all celebrating together. We'll do a Zoom happy hour for him. Damn. Every time it's Theo's birthday,
I just feel like it marks like a big chapter like I remember
the first birthday that we celebrated it celebrated at the new studio with Theo it's just
I don't remember that I if I show you a picture you'll remember someone edited him to have a
little bogey oh yes time is flying that's for sure I that. And then I think I remember that was his second birthday, I think, Jackie.
Yeah, for sure.
Yeah, second birthday.
Okay. Well, happy birthday, Tiggs. I wish we could be there. That's all I can say.
It's a sad and joyous day. It's what the folks call bittersweet.
Totally bittersweet. I wonder if he knows it's his birthday.
No, we threw him a little party last night, cheering, and all he wanted to do was go to bed.
Cheering. I can't. Wow. Okay. Well, how was your weekend?
Not great. I'm not going to lie. I'm sure a lot of people are tuning in just to hear me speak on
this, and I wanted to get it out right in the beginning so no one has
to scroll through a podcast looking for it. I really had a bad weekend. I was like in such a
lull because I got myself into like a major mess on Friday night. And then I just couldn't stop
thinking about the mess the whole weekend and like what a moron I am. And for those who don't know,
I posted something on my Instagram story. I was recapping one tree hill um and not that it matters but context is relevant and i was uh talking about
season four when peyton has that guy posing as her brother and he ends up like being a stalker
and breaking into her house and um i just i posted something so dumb i was just saying like
what did peyton think was gonna happen she had had like a 24 hour webcam in her room. Like, and then she got a stalker. Like
I obviously, I was just recapping a TV show, like not realizing like real life. And so in my mind,
when I posted that, like it made sense, but then I got like a DMS immediately from people being
like, what the fuck did you just say? And once I started reading those DMS, this like light bulb
went off in my head and I was like, shit. And I immediately took it down. Like I realized what that Instagram story meant in real life,
like outside of tree Hill. Right. Do you know? And it was not good. No, it was not good. It was
victim shaming for like a woman who was a victim of violence. Like, I don't even know what I thought
I was doing. It was so weird. And like, I feel so disassociated from it now. Cause like, I don't
even believe that. Like, why was I posting that?
I was just like looking for something funny to say on Instagram.
And like, that's not even funny.
So I got a bunch of DMs about it.
And then a bunch of the toasters in the Facebook group were expressing their disappointment.
And I obviously immediately took it down.
Like the second I realized what it actually meant.
And then I also apologized in the Facebook group because I hate letting people down, but I
wanted to come on here on the podcast and apologize one more time because I feel like I owe that to
everyone. People saw it and they were really triggered by it, people who are survivors or
victims of abuse. And I don't know why I posted that and I wanted to come on the podcast and let
anyone know who saw it and who was triggered by it or who was upset by me. Like you totally are entitled to do that. And I'm totally wrong and I'm owning it. And I realize how dumb it was
to post. And I really am genuinely sorry. Like, and I'm not, I'm not apologizing because people
are mad at me or like there was backlash. Like I'm apologizing because I genuinely like realized
the gravity of my words. And I know that I was wrong. And I say this all the time on the show,
like people aren't human. We talk about cancel culture a lot. And like, as long as you're willing to own your mistake, like, and, and
understand why it was problematic. Like we have no choice, but to understand that. And I always
handle things like as a, as a influencer, whatever I am. And then also as like a consumer, like I
love people in pop culture and they fuck up all the time. And I always handle things how I think
I would want my favorite podcaster YouTuber to handle it. So I'm trying just to, to own it as best I can. And you know, we come on
the show every day and like we hold other people accountable for like their messes and like things
they say and do. And I'm no better. I have to do the same. I probably, um, have to do it even more
loudly because I call other people out. I have an obligation to do better because of the platform
that we have. And I really fucked up this weekend and I'm really sorry. Like I genuinely like in my
soul, I'm sorry. And I know that people like it ruined their weekends too. Like they saw it on
Friday and they had a pit all Friday because of what they went through. Like I just, why am I
giving people pits? Like, so that's not my job. It's the opposite. Like just shut the fuck up,
Claudia. Yeah. Well, it's good of you to apologize. And you know, that's all we can do is
try and be better moving forward. Yeah. And I understand that there are people who are just
upset with me and don't want to hear what I have to say. And I respect that too. But I feel like
for my own soul, like I can sleep at night knowing that I apologize. Like that's all I can do. I
really, I genuinely am really, really sorry. Like I fucked up and I know why it was wrong. And I
know that that's like a really fucked up way of thinking.
Like I don't even believe in victim shaming.
I don't know why I said that.
It's like you get so disassociated from yourself and like from reality when you're recapping
a TV show and like you say things about people in the TV show you would never say about like
your friends or people you know.
Yeah.
No.
And we've gotten like so caught up in talking about old shows and, you know, just being
super critical
of them um and so it happened but your apology is very heartfelt and i try i try i know i let
people down and some people just don't want to hear from me but i didn't want to come like we
we have found ourselves a few times before like in situations
like this and I genuinely try and handle it like like I would want someone I like to handle it and
so I just wanted to be open and honest it's like when we talk about real housewives like everyone's
entitled to make mistakes but if you don't own it then like what's the point yeah and I think
we are forgiving towards other people I I think most people are forgiving.
So that's all you can do at this point is just let everyone know how sorry you are.
And you are very, very sorry.
I am.
Agreed.
But I don't want to like damper on Theo's birthday.
So I just wanted to get that out.
I hope everyone can move past it in their own time with me and dive into the past.
And if it takes people time,
then it takes people time.
You know,
I am very sympathetic.
Yeah.
No,
this weekend was just a rough one.
I don't know if like it was just for us or for everyone.
I just felt like this was like a turning point in the weekend where I'm just
sort of like giving up,
you know?
Yeah.
Yeah.
Like we have a whole nother month.
I think this morning it was the mayor of New York
just canceled events through June.
And I don't know what that means
for like getting back to normal society,
but it doesn't look good.
You know, I think this last week made it very clear,
especially in New York,
that we are not going to be returning to normalcy
really anytime soon or anytime that anybody thought. I'm still holding out hopes for June 1st to be like the start of
something new, but that does seem to be getting like further and further away.
Yeah, I would agree with that. And I actually had hope for June 1st also until today when it's like
gay pride is canceled, Concerts in June
are canceled. So what are, are we going to be able to go to restaurants, clubs? I mean, that's
interesting. I do feel like canceling those events in June, like might be the right call because we
might just be returning to normalcy and to really, really flatten the curve. Like why should, you
know, a hundred thousand people get together for pride? Like if it is a health hazard. So I do see like we could go back to normal life at a lesser level.
Yeah.
And also those events require a lot of planning.
So if there is, you know, the possibility that it's not going to happen, I feel like
even the event organizers would want to know like either to postpone or like 2021 is going
to be the biggest pride we've ever seen.
Totally. Sweet. Okay. Well, we have the Fast Five stories for you today.
We've got some good stuff. I think it rounded out pretty nicely, you know?
Well, we did have a weekend. So we had the fortunate break in three days where it's like
when you have to do a show day after day and there's barely news on Monday, like what's to
say there's going to be news on Tuesday, but at least we haven't reported
the news since Friday. Yeah. Um, this weekend for me though, like was the first weekend where I
legit spent the whole 48 hours in bed. Um, like I only watch TV. I actually watched some good stuff.
I'm excited to share with the class at the end of this episode. So I was barely even on my phone. So
looking at the news today, I'm like, oh, wow, here's what's going on. So are you ready to get
into the fast five stories that you need to know before you wake up and take a bite out of your
morning toast? I am, but I do have a question for you before we get started. And this is not a setup
for an ad. I was just curious if you got hung over on Sunday because I didn't speak to you.
This is not a setup for an ad.
I was just curious if you got hung over on Sunday because I didn't speak to you.
Oh, so, okay.
I was hung over.
So we did a Zoom happy hour, except it's not happy hour for us because we started at like 830.
We did a Zoom.
Oh, Saturday night Zoom.
It's a party on Saturday night.
And I drank pretty much like a whole bottle of wine by myself.
And I was hung over as I was sleeping.
Like I woke up at 6 a.m., like hungover.
I woke up like every hour hungover.
When I woke up one time in the morning, I took one of my migraine pills because I had a headache.
And by the time I woke up at like 12,
physically, I felt okay.
Mentally, spiritually, emotionally, I was not okay.
And it reminded me why I do not drink.
That feeling is the worst feeling in the entire world.
I will go out of my way for the rest of my life to avoid it.
So you will not see me drink again for another six months.
Oh my God.
Everyone was so excited on the Zoom that you were drinking.
And I had so much fun,
but it just wasn't worth that feeling yesterday of like,
wow, I'm a worthless piece of garbage.
I don't know why alcohol just makes me feel that way. But can we work through that thought process? Because what would make
you be a piece of shit? I don't know. Just like everything, it just like hangs over me.
And I also like I wasn't feeling great physically. I didn't get out of bed. I didn't Peloton. And
then I'm just like having a worthless day, being a worthless person. But that's what quarantine is.
Worthless people doing worthless things.
No, this was like the first weekend in quarantine where I was truly worthless.
Like I've been working really hard to like stay above that line.
I posted my Patreon day in the life video.
And even though it's so boring and depressing, like you see a girl who's trying to make the
best out of her situation.
Totally.
Like I watched that video and I was like, this bitch does a million things in a day. Like I don't do anything. And people were like, Claudia, you do one. And
like, I actually can't, like if I recorded today, like it would be the toast and then bed.
So I'm not, I'll have to come up with another funny video concept because I can't do of a day
in the life log. No, it was, it was really hard to do. I hope people in somehow enjoyed it. I mean,
it's just real. Like that's really what I'm doing.
But I feel like for the last month, I have made a conscience effort every day to keep
some semblance of normalcy, be a little productive, feel okay about myself, do one thing every
day that I don't really want to be doing, but I'm going to do it, whether it's Peloton-ing
or starting a new book, whatever.
But this weekend was the first time where I was like,
I'm giving up. And I don't know if it was the alcohol. I don't know if it was the extra month
tacked onto quarantine. I don't know. But like, I don't want to be that person. So if not drinking
means I won't be that girl and I can keep with my, what's it called? Like arbitrary activities,
then that's what I'm going to choose to do.
Okay. Well, I do have another question for you. Totally unrelated. I know you said that you wanted to dive into the fast five and I totally respect your feelings. Like, you know, you're my sister
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is a little sad news. It's mostly for you. It came out literally Friday right after we finished
doing the toast, but Taylor Swift has canceled her 2020 tour dates due to the coronavirus crisis.
Taylor Swift has canceled her 2020 tour dates, including her lover fests. Due to the coronavirus
pandemic, her planned U.S. shows will instead take place in 2021. Quote, I'm so sad I won't be able to see
you guys in concert this year, but I know this is the right decision, she tweeted on Friday.
Please, please stay healthy and safe. I'll see you on stage as soon as I can. But right now,
what's important is committing to this quarantine for the sake of all of us.
You know, we love a role model setting a good example. To be honest, I didn't have Loverfest tickets yet
and it was like such a clusterfuck to get them.
I can't believe people are gonna have to go through
that whole Ticketmaster process again.
Like it was traumatic enough the first time,
but like I always think of things selfishly at first.
You know, like I didn't have tickets yet.
Like I was probably gonna go.
So now I'm just going next year.
Like I didn't really, it wasn't really real for me.
Like it wasn't tangible
because I was like hypothetically going, you know? Yeah. Yeah.
It wasn't like Kelly Clarkson opening night in Las Vegas. Like we had this fabulous booth,
like with these seven tickets that we paid a lot of money for and we didn't even get a refund.
I know. And we all get to go to have that experience and those memories, but it just
means that when we were able to go, we're going to have an even better time. Imagine how insane Loverfest is going to be or Coachella, Stagecoach, now that everyone who is
biding their time, six months, all they're thinking about is how excited they are. And
the energy is just going to be on another level. I'm really looking forward to the post-corona
energy. That's true. I think everyone is going to put forth the Sini vibes that we've been talking
about for so long, like licking the subway, you know, hugging strangers.
Like that's the energy I'm really, really looking for.
No, I think that after this,
like people are actually going to stop licking the subway and stop hugging
strangers. Like, I think that's going to be a permanent change.
You know,
that guy in Washington square park who runs around like NYU campus with a
sign that says free hugs?
Maybe. I don't know. I didn't go there.
I do believe he is officially out of business.
Yeah, but maybe he could say free peace signs.
Yeah. Or free advice.
He looks like wise.
I'm sure. I'll sign. I'm sure he's seen a lot in that park.
like wise i'm sure i'll sign i'm sure he's seen a lot in that park jackie also you should just literally like sit your ass down in the park with a chair and like a table and give free advice
because you give great advice but you should charge people thank you no i'll give it for free
but like i guess that's like dear toasters but then when we do dear toasters i don't feel like
i'm giving great advice no and sometimes we're really harsh harsh oh yeah i once saw a comment
that i didn't disagree with where the person was like,
anytime there's a deer toaster, you guys roast the person who's writing in.
Yeah, because you and I both really pride ourselves on being devil's advocate,
but then I play devil's advocate and then I start to agree with the devil.
No.
I really pride myself on the fact that I think people are really incapable of seeing any perspective but the one that they're in.
And even if you end up being right, it's important to just try and see it from someone else's
perspective because it might look so different.
I think perspective is everything.
We always say that on the toast.
It is truly everything.
And I just want to say we are harsh, but sometimes we're totally right.
Like last week, someone posted a tipsy toaster. It's like, hi, my boyfriend of five years literally just broke up
with me for no reason. What are we drinking? And then in the comment section, she was like,
I should have listened to Jackie and Claudia over a year ago in our pink studio. She had written in
and she only clipped like the last five minutes. But what we said was like, this guy doesn't sound
like husband material, like get rid of him. Wow. Wow. I love to see that. Well, I'm sorry about the breakup, but no,
I love to be right, but I'm sorry that your feelings are now like her and that your boyfriend
broke up with you, but now you feel like you'll trust us going forward. Maybe, maybe sadly what
we need is trial and error. Sadly. Okay. Next story. Um One World Global Concert raised more than $127 million
for the WHO Emergency Response Fund.
Okay, Saturday night, the One World Global Concert for WHO
took place on the television, literally everywhere.
Every network, every streaming platform, like wherever you,
except for on our Zoom.
Like, I'm surprised there wasn't a little.
They should have allowed you to add the concert to your Zoom and then we could all watch together. Yeah. Well, it went down on Saturday
night. Some of the biggest, I mean, the biggest names in music participated. I want to get your
thoughts on some of the performances. I caught a few of them, not all of them. It was a very long,
but for me, the highlights were Kacey Musgraves singing Rainbow. Like, there's no more pertinent song.
Lady Gaga singing Smile.
There's no more pertinent song.
And those were the two highlights of things that I saw.
I thought that everyone's song selections were really, really interesting.
Like, obviously, my favorite was Taylor Swift just because I absolutely love her.
But she performed Soon You'll Get Better, which is a song from her album that's about her mom's journey with um cancer she's been diagnosed
with cancer I think twice definitely more than once I'm not entirely sure because she's very
private about it um and she has said when she was promoting her album and doing interviews that like
she'll probably never perform that song it's just like deeply painful and very very personal
um and then she just went on this telecast and performed it because it's so pertinent.
Like you could listen to the lyrics and it can literally.
It's so pertinent.
Like it is what is going on right now.
And you listen to the lyrics and you're like,
is this about coronavirus?
Like it actually feels like she wrote it about.
So I'm glad that she performed it and that like,
she didn't have to do it on stage.
Like she was able to do it in her house.
She kept looking over her piano.
I feel like her mom was standing there um so i just loved the bravery
and i love her and i love lady gaga like live streaming on instagram herself watching the
entire broadcast like literally sobbing when taylor swift was on like i just love queens
respecting queens yes uh lady gaga was also crying when billy joel armstrong sang uh wake me up when
september ends did ben catch that performance no Ben has his head like permanently up. Like he doesn't even know what goes on in the
world. Like he's just literally in two months, he'll be like, by the way, did you see this Billy
Joel Armstrong thing? Oh my God, that's so funny. Is it Billy Joe or Billy Joel Armstrong?
I put in the silent L just in case. I had the same thought as I was about to say it.
And then I was like, let me say
it so that it's in a way, if you think it's
Joe, it sounds like Joe. And if you think it's
Joel, you can make a Joel out of it.
That's what I did.
It's definitely not Joel because
we're just saying Billy Joel.
Oh, it's Billy Joe.
Joe.
Oh my God.
If we had to have just placed it that i would have said joel
no i would have said joe for sure joel is a funny name
it is like it's not it's not a bad name by any means but there's something about the way your
mouth has to contort when you say it. Joel.
There's, you know what?
It's so funny.
We were having this conversation on our Zoom, like, about how names, like, it's hard to think of a name arbitrarily without thinking of the name of the person that you know with
that name.
So we were talking all about, like, our future baby names, and we were just saying, like,
how one person can ruin a good name.
Yeah.
And that's just something to think about.
But then it's, like, one person can save a name. Like, Stormy Web just something to think about. But then it's like one person can save a name,
like Stormy Webster, Stormy Danger.
What was her name?
Stormy Daniels.
Daniels, Daniels, yeah.
Yeah, I agree with that.
One person can change the world.
Just one thing I did want to say about one...
Go ahead.
About the performance.
Zoom is fundamentally so hard for us because Zoom will not allow you to talk over one another.
So, like, honestly, maybe this is the exact exercise we needed in order to perfect our show, you know, and have that separation of Jackie and Claudia.
Please continue.
Oh, how about that's good.
Like, when you're done talking, say, what do you think, Jackie? Or, like, what do you think, Claudia? Now I know why news anchors are so wonky. Back to you,
Claudia, in the field. Thanks, Jackie. What I was going to say quickly before we move on from this
concert story is two things. I've been seeing like the number of money reported everywhere,
127.9, and I just don't know why they don't say 128 million. Well, that's kind of like how in my,
um, in my Patreon day in the life video, I show my Peloton, uh, lifetime, like history of since
I've gotten a Peloton. Cause I was like, you guys all know I got it during quarantine. This is how
much I've done. And I had done 16 hours and 59 minutes. And I said I did 16 hours.
And like, it bothers me.
Like, why didn't I just take that minute?
Why didn't I take that win?
That's weird.
I know.
But it's because I saw like the first number first and I just went with it.
And you would rather be someone who's like, oh, we actually made a little bit more than
what I said than, oh, no, you didn't actually hit that number.
That's definitely true.
You know,
the other thing you'd rather be modest than a liar. Yeah, of course. And when you over exaggerate,
like people stop believing you. Like I'm going through that right now where I think everyone,
like my close personal friends, like know that I've started to exaggerate so much that they just don't believe anything I say is true. Yeah. Sometimes I, I, I find myself in that situation with you. Yeah. No, I know that you like, don't believe anything I say is true. Yeah, sometimes I find myself in that situation with you.
Yeah, no, I know that you, like, don't believe anything I say.
Like, if I tell you something, like, you will fact check it.
Yeah, well, there's a few different things.
One, you're an exaggerator.
Two, like, you're a jokester.
You might just, like, be pulling one on me.
So if you're saying a truth, I have to vet it first.
Okay.
So that's that on that. The other note i had was the little mix performance
from this concert did you see it no and you know i'm their number one fan they were my number one
most listened to artist in 2010 decade so they were fabulous like they sang all their four-part
harmonies totally separate i loved seeing little like bits of their houses um because they're all
just like such glamorous girls.
But I did believe their song selection was kind of strange because it was touch, which at first I understood like we can't touch people, but it's a very sexual song.
Yeah.
Every time I'm with you, I go into the zone.
I remember all the places you want to go.
Oh, yeah.
It's like an orgasm.
Take me all the places you want to go. Oh yeah, it's like an orgasm. Take me all the way.
Just a touch of your love is enough to knock me off of my feet, baby.
Maybe I was singing Touch by Ariana Grande then. Yeah, I wasn't really familiar with the song that you were singing, but I thought maybe it was a part of the song I didn't know. It goes like,
just a touch of your love is enough to knock me off of my feet all week. Oh, I was singing Touch It by Ariana Grande.
Just to touch your love, just to touch your love is enough to make me numb.
It's just like a sexual song.
It's like, you and I are nobody else.
Regardless of that, like, we're not supposed to touch right now.
They have so many good, empowering songs.
You know what? I'm just going to make a little suggestion, just in case we're in quarantine to touch right now. They have so many good empowering songs. You know what?
I'm just going to make a little suggestion just in case we're in quarantine
for a lot longer.
Wings.
Wings is inspiring.
Wings is so inspiring.
Salute is inspiring.
Yes.
We salute our healthcare workers.
Yes.
Oh, Power is inspiring.
Yeah. Maybe that was the easiest one for them to perform separately, like with four different harmonies.
But I just thought it was a weird song selection, and I love them.
Yeah, I would agree with that.
Okay, well, I'm still going to check it out because I love them so much.
Like each one individually more than the next, I can't even.
I don't know if you follow them from the toast, but I follow them on Twitter. And it's just a great place to like constantly just know what they're up to.
I follow them on my personal Instagram. And the group Instagram, the Little Mix Instagram,
does a good job of like sharing the highlights from their personals, you know? So I feel like
I only really need to follow. And I might follow Perry because like her and her boyfriend are everything.
Have you seen their TikToks?
Yes, I have.
The one with the stairs.
I can swear.
I can joke.
I can joke.
I say what's on my mind.
If I drink, if I smoke, I keep up with the times.
And you see me looking now.
Yeah.
It's so good.
And it's just the craziest part is that
she was engaged to Zane. Oh, I don't know if this is a story. Um, but Liam Payne was on Instagram
live with Alessa. Was it a story? It was, it got bumped at the last minute. So let me just make
note of it for the one direction stands who are looking for some sort of update.
Liam Payne was on Instagram Live with Alesto and they were just chatting and he basically
said like in a recent interview he said way
too much about the One Direction reunion like Harry
Styles was yelling at him so he has to tone it down.
But he was like Alesso you can join
us and fill in for Zayn. So Zayn is
not coming.
Wow. Wow.
But they gave him the respect of following him. A One Direction XZ, I mean,
Alesso collab is everything. Yeah. I love Alesso. I do too. Like all of his songs are truly bangers.
Yeah, they are. They are. I think we've seen him in Vegas. Yeah, I think that we've seen everyone in Vegas at this point that's a DJ.
Except Kelly Clarkson.
Except Kelly Clarkson.
Are you ready for our next story?
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Okay, next story, really sweet. Andy Grammer, friend of the
toast, like one of our favorite artists of all time. And it's crazy when you get an artist who's
both of those things, you know, um, his wife Asia details, powerful home birth with baby number two
after previous C-section delivering her second child was a once in a lifetime experience for
Andy Grammer's wife, Asia, the new mother of two shared a photograph of herself with two week old
daughter,
Izzy to her Instagram feed over the weekend,
revealing that she had given birth at home after previously having a
cesarean section with a couple's now two and a half year old daughter,
my God,
daughter,
Louisiana,
Louie K.
Oh my God.
Those are cute names,
Louie and Izzy.
And Izzy is short for Israel.
She was scared to do a home birth
because she thought something was wrong with her
since her first labor with Louie had gone sideways.
It ended with all the interventions
plus ultimately a C-section.
She began in the caption of the sweet photo.
Then you hear once a C-section, always a C-section, right?
I thought maybe I wasn't capable of this second birth
without an epidural plus a lot of the comforts
and reassurance of a hospital. Our culture sometimes tells women that we aren't able to give birth easily or safely on
our own. She went on to recall her struggle with hypermesis gravidarum, an extreme form of morning
sickness in pregnancy, saying that the idea that she would need hospital assistance was perhaps
set in for me by the extraordinary amount of medical attention that my pregnancy required.
Anyway, she wound up delivering from home.
And happy mom, happy bebe.
That's so crazy.
Like, I think that the women who don't get an epidural are like the bravest, most strongest, most inspiring women on the planet.
And they all deserve a Nobel Peace Prize.
Because in no world would I ever give up drugs. Like, I need the drugs not that, I'm not that strong-willed. I'm not that powerful,
but there are women who are, and they are my heroes. Yeah, no, it is, it is so brave and so
strong. And like, imagine just then you can say that like, yeah, no, I said to Olivia, I'm like,
are you going to do a drug-free? Like, are you going to, she's like, are you kidding me? Like
Olivia, Olivia is the strongest person I know. And like, she of course is going to get the drugs, you know?
Yeah. If anyone could forego, it would be her. And if anyone couldn't, it would be you.
I have a very low tolerance for pain and I love drugs.
But you do know that actually like medically, biologically speaking, redheads have
the lowest tolerance for pain. You know that, right? So like you think you have the lowest
threshold, but I actually do. And I just like, I just trucker. I just want that credit. No,
no. There's no proof that you have that redhead gene. It just could be. No, no, there's proof.
No proof. But like you,
anytime I talk about my low tolerance for pain, like you bring up the fact that like
you are genetically predisposed to like possibly being a low tolerance for pain,
but it's like, no, it's not possible. But you don't have a low tolerance for pain. Like you
get waxes more than anyone I know. No, but it's painful, but I just suffer through the pain. I'm
constantly suffering through pain, but I just like, but I just suffer through the pain. I'm constantly suffering
through pain, but I just like- Sure. And I suffer through like a good amount of pain,
but there's certain things like I can't suffer through. Therefore, I have a lower tolerance for
pain. Okay. Okay. Sure. I just like to remind you, it's like while you're out here complaining,
like some of us are suffering. No, I appreciate the heads up. It's like, I just don't want you to think like I ever forgot
from the last time you told me. No, no, I actually did think that you forgot,
but I'm glad to know that you're listening. I did not forget.
Great. Thank you for remembering. Are you ready for our next story? Because it's like some teenage
drama that I didn't see before I saw it on E! News. And I'm like here for this love triangle
between, well, it's for this love triangle between,
well, it's not a love triangle, according to Cole Sprouse,
but rumors are flying that are, quote,
baseless that Cole Sprouse is involved with Kaia Gerber.
Okay, you guys.
Yeah.
The Riverdale star, Cole Sprouse, could be confusing
because Lily Reinhart is also a Riverdale star.
But Cole Sprouse took to his Instagram story overnight
to address rumors involving his relationship status with Kaia Gerber. As fans will know, 27-year-old Sprouse
has been in an on-and-off romance with 23-year-old co-star Lily Reinhart for the past few years.
In recent weeks, however, claims have been made on social media about Sprouse's possible
involvement with 18-year-old model Gerber. After seeing the speculation, he took to his Instagram
story to set the record straight. Quote, I tolerate a lot of rumors and slander from people online claiming to be my fans,
fans who feel entitled to my privacy precisely because I never indulge them. But attacking my
friends, baseless accusations, leaking my address, and sending death threats are all qualities of
insanity and fantasism. He wrote, choose humanity, stop being clown emoji. I think what he's saying is,
don't worry, be monkey. That is what I gathered from this Instagram story personally, but I
actually don't know what I gathered because I wasn't sure what he was trying to say, but because
he's so private and he like has been forced to acknowledge his relationship publicly because
he's dating a co-star, but I don't think- Because he's a celebrity actually is why he's been forced to acknowledge his relationship publicly because he's dating a co-star. But I don't think –
Because he's a celebrity, actually, is why he's been forced.
No, but some people, like, go about their celebrity lives,
like, never really, like, giving details on their personal life.
But he's dating his co-star.
Like, he can't deny it.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
It's both.
But, like, even if –
Like, he's really the teenage heartthrob right now.
Like, KJ Apa.
If KJ Apa was dating, you know, some girl from his hometown, like, we would all want to know because he's a celebrity and we love him.
Yeah.
Yeah, no, totally.
And I feel very in the middle here, like, because celebrities do deserve fans to respect their privacy and whatever those boundaries are.
But at the same time, like, it is part of your job. So he just withholds so much. And I think that makes people crazy
and people want to know. But because he withholds so much, I think we don't know if he's ever going
to tell us if him and Lily break up. They might have already broken up.
No, but then they still, we went through this a few months back, remember? There was speculation
they broke up, but then there were a lot of posts of them together.
I think they're still together.
I agree.
I think anytime we get information, it might be like months after it happens.
Have you seen rumors about him and Kaia Gerber, though?
No, but I believe there was a photo.
Oh.
Well, I haven't seen anything.
And so then him addressing it now, it's like, ooh, what's going on with Kaya Gerber? And what's crazy to me is that like these people all seem
the same age, but he's actually 10 years older than Kaya Gerber. That's wild.
That is wild. And for someone who's really private, I feel like he's always releasing
statements and like speaking to the fans. Yeah. And like really big words, you know?
Yeah. And it's like these Riverdale fans,
like I could barely like understand
what he was trying to say in this Instagram story,
like let alone teenagers who watch Riverdale,
even though they're probably smarter than me,
but like still.
This is what he wrote.
When I first stepped into a public relationship,
this was one of the foreseeable consequences.
And while I truly never intended to indulge
any part of my life to the ravenous horde,
it's clear my restraint in updating
them has allowed them to push their own agenda onto my habits and lifestyle. So in conclusion,
please eat my delectable, please eat my delectable, sorry. Oh my God. Please eat my delectable plump ass he wrote i'm pretty sure he's saying
grab a spoon in in different words i would agree he said making me post a goddamn white
font insta story like a divorced mother of three wow he's really out for blood like he's being a
little nuts no no for sure he's just like one of
those celebrities that and you know because he was a child star maybe he didn't have a choice
in becoming a celebrity like maybe his parents just decided like they had these two beautiful
twins like you guys are going to be stars and he's just one of these celebrities who does not
like being a celebrity and he's gonna let us know someone should set him up with Kourtney Kardashian. Yeah, I honestly think that they would get along.
Do you know what it looks like?
What?
It appears as though Cole Sprouse has cracked.
I mean, join the club.
I think what we're seeing is the remnants of a cracking.
I wonder if him and Lily are quarantined together.
Well, so she was posting about her, the dog getting attacked
in her apartment. And it did really seem like she was alone, even though that was just a vibe that
I got. It was like quiet and there wasn't anyone around. You know, who might know the deets,
this is natural. We'll have to, we'll have to check in with her. Maybe like Lily and Cole don't
live far from one another. So they're able to quarantine and visit each other. And they don't
have that pressure on their relationship of being stuck in one apartment for a month.
Like maybe Lily was like walking her dog over to Cole's house when the attack happened.
Perhaps.
Speculation.
Speculation.
We'll find out from the snitch.
And I wonder, does Lily still live with Cammie?
Because I know that they were living together.
But maybe that was just in Vancouver when they were filming.
But now they're all back in LA.
I thought that they were living together in LA,
not in Vancouver.
I thought LA too, but that sounds like too good to be true.
Could they really be such best friends?
I don't know.
Like the Riverdale cast,
I believe that this is a trend in Hollywood.
Like when you all get really successful
on a TV show at a young age,
you start off like loving each other.
Like you're all in this together,
graduating class of 2020, and then you start to hate each other. Like you're all in this together, graduating class of 2020.
And then you start to hate each other.
I don't know if they're there yet.
What is it?
Season three or season four?
Season four.
Sounds like they're getting there yet.
Yeah.
But I think they are actually still friends.
I hope so.
Okay.
Fifth and final story.
A little biz news.
Also, just one thing.
I do think that when you're filming a show in another land, like Vancouver,
not like New York, LA, Atlanta,
you are bound to stay friends with your co-stars a little bit longer than normal
because it's just you guys out there.
Like, there's no one else for you to hang out with.
Yeah, I would agree with that.
Okay, are you ready for our biz news?
I'm sorry, did you say biz news?
Yeah, but it's actually sad biz news, SBN.
I know, I'm sorry.
But Neiman Marcus is to file for bankruptcy
as soon as this week, sources say, at Reuters.
Neiman Marcus Group is preparing to seek bankruptcy protection
as soon as this week,
becoming the first major U.S. department store operator to succumb to the economic fallout
from the coronavirus outbreak, people familiar with the matter said. The debt-laden Dallas-based
company has been left with few options after the pandemic forced it to temporarily shut
all 43 of its Neiman Marcus locations, roughly two dozen last call stores, and its two Bergdorf
women's stores in New York. Neiman Marcus is in the final stages of negotiating a loan with its
creditors, totaling hundreds of millions of dollars, which would sustain some of its operations
during bankruptcy proceedings, according to the sources. It has also furloughed many of its 14,000
employees. The bankruptcy filing could come within days, though the timing could slip, the source has said.
Neiman Marcus skipped millions of dollars
in debt payments last week,
including one that only gave the company
a few days to avoid a default.
Damn.
I have two things to say.
One, there's two Bergdorfs.
Yeah, well, maybe they mean Bergdorfs
and then Goodmans across the street, which is men's.
The men's?
I don't know.
Because is there one in LA?
No, I thought that was just New York.
Yeah, I was thinking of Barney's for a second.
There's one downtown.
They probably mean because it is two separate buildings.
So they do have two buildings that require rent and they're across the street from one
another.
So let's go with that.
Now, this is a devastating story for a million reasons, but it's also misleading because when you hear companies filing for
bankruptcy, you're like, oh, it's over. No, that's just actually a normal part. Not a normal, but
it's not a crazy thing to do as a company. It offers you protection in a lot of ways,
and it doesn't mean you're done. It doesn't mean that your local New York market is no longer going
to be there in a month. So yes, I agree. It is kind of misleading. Bankruptcy doesn't mean that your local Neiman Marcus is no longer going to be there in a month.
So yes, I agree.
It is kind of misleading.
Bankruptcy doesn't mean that it's going out of business shutting our doors.
Right.
Like plenty of very successful companies have at one point filed for bankruptcy.
Yeah.
But it's just sad that this is the effect that it's had on this major company, all those
people who don't have jobs right now.
Terrible. It's just really have jobs right now. Terrible.
It's just really sad.
Terrible.
Terrible.
That's like the one thing,
like I like,
I like Shadily like love quarantine.
Like I love being home
and I love that everyone's home.
Like I don't have to have FOMO
from like other things.
Like there are certain things
about what's going on right now.
Like I don't hate,
I'm not going to lie.
And I'm starting to love
like drinking in my house,
like doing a bunch of puzzles.
Like I'm getting used to it. But what I find like so devastating is like people losing
their job, their work, not being able to make ends meet. Like to me, like that's why all of
this has to end like now. No, it literally, if I think about it, I start to cry like every day,
the new unemployment number going up, like it's so sad. Yeah. And that's where it's like not funny anymore.
No, not that any of this was ever funny, but I think that we, most, especially people our age
are trying to make the most out of our situations, you know, learning, taking the time to learn a new
hobby. And like you saying that you've gotten, you started enjoying drinking your house and
doing puzzles. It's like, I know you would rather be at One Oak, you know?
All my love, baby.
So it's not like you're loving quarantine.
You're just finding ways to cope.
Yeah.
And it's just, the whole situation is so sad.
And I think that's just the cloud that hangs above everyone.
It's like, yeah, in our own apartments,
we're struggling with our own demons
and trying to make it through.
But then even when you just take a step back and think about what other people might
be going through and it's so much worse, it just makes you feel deeply, deeply sad.
Oh, and then not to mention the other cloud of people who have coronavirus are sick, are
losing loved ones.
Like there's also that, like the actual disease, like taking people having to die alone, like
not being able to say goodbye to their loved ones.
Like that's awful.
Awful. And like just all the healthcare workers working so hard, putting their lives on the line.
It's just, it's so everything, every angle perspective, it's so sad. And I just, I think
what we're doing is really helping flattening the curve. I think in New York, you know, we reached
peak and it's going down. I just hope this ends as swiftly and
with as many healthy people as possible. Amen. Okay. Let's talk about, did you watch anything
this weekend? Because I think we watched the same thing and we need to talk about it.
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especially right now. I think there are so many people who would totally appreciate that. And
I got one for my husband and he thinks it's the dopest thing ever. I mean, if I got, when mine
comes, I haven't gotten it yet. When it comes, I'm going to leave it on Ben's nightstand. And
then every morning, like put up a picture of that guy. That's been going around that Instagram guy who's like,
has like the penis, you know, like that's what I'm going to do.
Ben would love that.
I don't think there's anyone else he'd rather wake up to every morning.
Sorry. I forgot to give this as my weekend update, but I'm,
the man I married became a monster over the weekend.
Oh my God. What did he do?
So Ben has been really churning out content during this quarantine and he's been releasing these really, really funny, the man I married became a monster over the weekend. Oh my God. What did he do? So we,
Ben has been,
um,
really churning out content during this quarantine and he's been releasing
these really,
really funny,
um,
videos.
Like he is always singing and making up songs and he's not really
channeling his energy into premium content,
like writing songs about quarantine.
And on Friday he wrote a song about,
um,
duty.
And,
um,
he did it to the tune of the simple plan song.
Uh,
I'm just a kid, which is like one of Ben's favorite songs and just an all-around great song
and the lead singer of Simple Plan posted it
and DM'd Ben and followed Ben
and was like, they were talking about how fun he is
and Ben is like a lover of punk,
like 90s punk, early 2000s, like that is Ben.
Like he is just obsessed.
Like we had that 90s Ben play at his birthday party
and ever since this guy posted Ben,
like he's been out of control, like thinking he's like a star and he like he gave me his rider
for the bedroom. It's crazy. Oh my God. That is so crazy. His songs are really though, like he's
kind of a star. Those songs are so good. I know it's hard for me to like share.
Does he feel some type of way since like obviously Luke Holmes came in and sort of did what Ben's been doing but like on a better level?
In like an earnest and sincere way.
You know, Ben is the type of songwriter who really lifts up his other songwriters.
So when I was in the kitchen on Thursday like making dinner, I like heard something and I go into the living room and Ben is listening to Six Feet Apart by Luke Holmes.
And Ben has like really been missing his parents.. He's very, very attached to his parents.
He sees them multiple times a week and it's been really hard for him and it's been even harder for
them. So I think he was going to cry if I hadn't come in. That song is really speaking to him. And
he's a lyricist who appreciates lyrics, even if they're not his. He's a songwriter who supports
other songwriters is what you're saying. He literally started the Songwriters Support
Foundation of America.
It's like a really big SSFA.
It's like a huge organization.
That's great.
And maybe he'll get inspired.
Like maybe he will write an emotional one that's not just about, you know, eating moldy
cheese.
I mean, you know, it's my dream.
Like if only Ben could have like become a rock star and like my life would be like on
the road with a rock star.
Like that's all I want.
That's why I like I'm so like jealous of the lives of like music's biggest,
biggest spouses.
Oh,
I completely agree.
They are living the life of Riley.
Living the life.
Like all I want to do is I want to die tomorrow.
God forbid.
And come back as Nicole Hawking.
Like her life is amazing.
No,
her life is amazing.
And also it's like,
so I think just being a music spouse,
even if you don't like love your husband's work, like I'm sure it's just, I'm sure it's just fun to be the spouse of
a rock star.
But imagine being the spouse of someone so deeply talented who just at the drop of a
hat could just make you feel every emotion in the book and like make you cry.
And you look at this person and you're like, you're sent from God.
Like you just have this like other world in your head. Like what a talent you are.
Imagine that. Yeah. And then like when, when you're one of those rock stars and you spend a
lot of time on tour, um, if your spouse is with you, first of all, like how fun is that? And second
of all, like life on the road, like I think as a musician, like your whole life is basically like
on the label. Like you're just like, you can just buy dresses and stuff, like, and just go shopping
on the label's dime. Oh yeah, for sure. I feel like you definitely
get to that point where it's like, oh, the label stylist, you know? Right, right. Yeah. Good times.
If you could trade places with any musician spouse, why would it be Nicole Hawking?
Oh, it would be Nicole Hawking because I'm like their backyard just looks so phenomenal. I think Luke Holmes is the most talented singer and songwriter of everyone who I enjoy.
Like I am so moved by his work.
And so to like have that person next to me every single day, like I don't know what I
would do myself.
Like I would just, I would just cry all the time.
Yeah.
Oh, and like Luke Holmes, like not that it matters, but like he is so successful.
So like to be able to go on a tour, like of stadiums, it not the same as going on, like, a club tour, which is good, too.
But all I'm saying is, like, if I'm choosing someone, like, I want someone playing arenas.
Like, I don't want someone playing, like, theaters, you know?
Yeah, definitely.
I mean, I could definitely think of some other options, too, like, and even, like, single options, you know, because, like, Brett Eldridge.
Oh, yeah.
Josh Groban.
That I feel is like a sad tour.
No, I think Josh Groban is like the most eligible bachelor in the entire world.
He's so talented.
He's so talented.
He like he he's like Andrea Bocelli Jr.
And he's handsome and he's so talented he like he he's like Andrea Bocelli Jr. and he's handsome and he's funny
okay he's handsome in like a dorky way but okay I know he's handsome he's handsome I know I agree
he's totally handsome another one that's like so perfect and I feel like we really got to see like
how good it is to be the life like the wife of a rock star is with the Jonas Brothers like they
all were having so much fun they had that plane plane. Like they went on a crazy tour.
Yeah.
That must be a good one also.
And they're all, them and all their spouses are like young and fun and they drink and
they jewel.
Like they're just like kids living the life.
Yeah, totally.
I would agree with that.
I would take really just.
No, I mean, if Ben wants to go on a tour of our block, like I'm coming.
Oh my God. No, that's why you should really encourage this. Like tour of our block, like, I'm coming. Oh, my God.
No, that's why you should really encourage this.
Like, you never know where it could take him.
That's true.
So I actually am a big fan of Ben's work right now.
Like, it makes me laugh out loud.
And you know who's Ben's number one fan, actually?
Who?
My husband.
Oh, that's cute.
He's, like, always, like, laughing so hard at Ben's Instagram videos.
And, like, I think Ben, like, will send him some content, like, early to, like, see Zach's take. He's like always like laughing so hard at Ben's Instagram videos. And like, I think Ben like will send him some content like early to like see Zach's take.
Yeah.
They have like a collaborative relationship.
And I think like don't, I mean, he'll never see this, but I know he really likes it.
He doesn't even watch the good show.
Yeah.
No, like he's not watching our Zoom happy hour.
Also really quickly, just it's important to note that, like, when we talk about, like, where this could take Ben, his dream, like, his icon in this whole thing is Weird Al Yankovic.
So it's like he's not becoming, like, Luke Ryan anytime soon, but he could become the next Weird Al Yankovic.
You know what?
Like, I actually see – I see the correlation.
Me too.
Okay. Can we get into things that we watched this weekend?
Because I watched two bits of things. The first one, I think you watched too, because our little
sister has been bullying everyone into watching it. It's a show on Netflix called Outer Banks,
and it is the content that we have been waiting for. When we said we need a new show, oh wait,
Claudia either has to sneeze or has to say something. I only watched the first three episodes, so I wanted to recap it tomorrow or the next day.
So just, you could say whatever you want, but like, please don't spoil anything.
Okay. That's so fair. I think that's actually perfect because let's give the toasters. Like
I watched it all day yesterday and I finished it in one day, but there's actually a lot of
episodes and they're really long. So let's give it a few days and then we can recap the plot.
But I just want to say like when we were talking about how we need a new show that's fabulous this that like for quarantine this was
the show like someone at Netflix slipped like pushed up the Outer Banks release date because
this is the show you guys this is the show we've been waiting for it's teen drama beautiful setting
it has everything that you could look for great cast like Deacon Claiborne from Nashville is in
it um and then the young people I don't know them they're they're up-and-comers and i i love that um and i think
it's a really great show i think it's very toasty and snitch was right on the money thank you snitch
so let's make it the official toast series of the weekend i mean of the day and maybe we'll
recap it tomorrow or wednesday depending on when i finish it i you know i have a lot to do today
so we'll see um we'll get like a vibe from the toasters as to, like, how much time they
need. So it might be, like, a few days long activity, but it's, it's what we've been waiting
for. Yeah, I feel like it's fabulous. Yeah, it's, it's really good, and it's not what you, it's not
so, I mean, it's, like, obviously a little stupid, because everything is, but it's good stupid.
Yeah, and I don't think a show is actually good unless it's stupid
in some way no for me personally like i'm not interested in things that aren't stupid
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Now we can talk about what Jackie wants to talk about.
Can I guess?
Is it I Still Believe?
Yes.
Okay, so this movie is based on the true story
of the Christian singer Jeremy Camp.
And I saw like previews for it a really long time ago,
starring KJ Apa and Britt Robertson and Shania Twain and Gary Sinise.
And I'm like, that is my dream team.
And I was so excited to see it when it came out.
But of course it came out like the week of quarantine
and Snitch and I had like big plans to see it, but we couldn't.
But they wound up releasing it early, like on Apple iTunes.
So you can rent it. It's expensive though, because it's like buying a ticket. You know, it's couldn't. But they wound up releasing it early, like, on Apple iTunes,
so you can rent it. It's expensive, though, because it's, like, buying a ticket. You know,
it's $15. How much? $15 to rent the movie. Yeah. Yeah. But that's, like, instead of going to see it in theaters. And I watched it, and, like, I'm not, I don't want to say anything negative,
because I loved it so much and like the
story is so beautiful there were moments that were just some things didn't add up to me um but it was
so good it just got me in my feelings I would I don't think it's possible to watch it and not cry
so if you're looking for a good cry um that's the movie you have to be in the mood for a cry like a
cry movie like if you're not expecting it, can really ruin your day.
Yeah. Or sometimes you watch a cry movie and you're like not really into it enough that you don't cry. And then you're like, wait, is there something wrong with me?
Yeah. I mean, what movie has made you cry like the most ever?
Oh, The Pursuit of Happiness, I think. That was like the earliest time I remember like
sobbing uncontrollably. But then there was a time a few years ago where I watched the last song and I was wailing I'd already seen it like a million times
and it just like hit me sideways I was wailing like until I fell asleep it was like when Zach
and I were dating and I think he was like is this bitch okay Ted that I cried at first was remember
a little princess oh it's like that weird Disney movie where, like, a girl's dad, like, goes missing in war,
and then she goes to an orphanage, and they're really mean to her,
but then, like, the dad ends up finding her.
It's horrible.
When he ends up finding her in the orphanage, like,
and they were so terrible to her in the orphanage
because she was, like, this beautiful, rich young girl,
and then when her dad died, she was-
She was a little princess.
Right, but then when her dad died, she couldn't pay for, like, the proper orphanage,
so she was, like, a part of the orphanage, like the kids who like were also staff.
And like her life was just like so miserable.
The girls were so mean to her, bullying her.
She lost all of her like favorite prized possessions.
And then one day like her dad just shows up in the rain.
And it's like, not to spoil it, but like when her dad finds her, like he, first of all,
we thought he was dead.
Second of all, he's about to rescue her from this, like, life of misery with these mean,
mean girls.
And they just, like, embrace in the rain.
And I just, I remember crying and never having cried from a movie before and, like, being
shocked that I could be impacted emotionally from something that's, like, not real.
And it was really, like, I remember it.
And I remember nothing.
Like, I have the worst memory.
But I remember it so vividly.
Yeah.
Wow.
It's such a good, I think that was like a very formative movie for everyone.
Yeah.
Where is that?
That girl, the actress who played the young Sarah
was phenomenal.
Yeah, she really was.
I think that movie is on Disney Plus.
I can't watch it.
It's literally so heavy.
Like there are certain movies I get huge pits about.
Like you need to see it,
like Schindler's List, of course you need to see it like Schindler's list.
Of course you need to see it,
but I never want to see it again.
Like certain movies have such like pit worthy plots and like they put you in
such a bad place emotionally.
Like you need to see them just for the sake of seeing them that I never want
to see it again.
That's how I felt about pursuit of happiness.
I saw it and I never saw it again.
Oh my God.
I guess ultimately though,
it's a hat,
like it has a happy ending.
I guess all of those movies do though, but the way like going through it, it was just, it was so sad.
Did you ever see that Jacob Tremblay movie where he's like has the birth defect wonder? Oh my God. I could not see that.
I saw it. I was crying, but I knew what I was like when you see the trailer, you know what you can expect, but I was just like crying.
Like when you see the trailer, you know what you can expect.
But I was just like crying.
I mean, I don't know how to explain why I was crying.
It was so sad.
It was horrible.
Me and Ben were like going to go to the movies and we went online to look at tickets and we watched the trailer for Wonder and I literally started hysterically crying from the trailer.
Like I couldn't get over it all day and I never saw it because I just couldn't.
Yeah, no, that was a tough one.
It's also weird when you're crying in the movie theater, you know
Yeah, it's like you feel embarrassed. Oh and does your husband do this thing ben does this thing that drives me insane
We'll be like watching something sad
And like if I start to cry like he'll turn his head and look at me and like watch me cry
And it makes me so angry that like I literally will stop watching stuff with him
We were watching I want to say it was even like one tree hill in the very watch me cry. And it makes me so angry that like, I literally will stop watching stuff with him.
We were watching, I want to say it was even like One Tree Hill in the very early seasons,
like something terrible happened. And I was like getting emotional. Like I was getting choked up over this like soap opera. And Ben starts looking at me and I literally pause the TV. I'm like,
get out. Like, I just, what do you look at me? Watch TV. Like, what are you looking at me for?
Like, it just, it drives me nuts. And I I'm like embarrassed that I'm that I'm like crying over a TV show but like I don't know if like crying is he crying too
or he's just like making fun of me I don't know I feel so like vulnerable I'm like get out of my
room it's so vulnerable I can't like yeah and when I'm watching with someone else like I will do
everything in my power not to cry it's like you're not gonna know yeah you're not gonna know that I
was upset or I'll
like put my pillow strategically so that like I am crying but you have no idea I'm crying
wow um anyways I still believe was really good um but a little expensive
yeah so like if you had seen it in theaters do you think you would have been like pleased
I do I think I because I wouldn't have been on my phone and stuff I would have been like really involved and I just loved everyone who
was in it there were some like the writing wasn't like the best but it was really good it's a really
sweet story and the music is really good because it's all about like Christian music it's very
also it's very very like faith heavy so if you're into that like I think you'll love it and if you're
not into that I just wouldn't recommend it for you.
I feel like Tanya Rad should watch it.
I feel like she would love it.
Oh my God.
I need to text her.
I should ask her if she's watched it.
Yeah.
I feel like it's like literally she should have been in it.
A hundred percent.
I'm going to text her after this.
That's so funny.
I actually spoke to her the other day.
She's literally the funniest person ever.
And you know,
she,
she's like very well connected,
but she's like not braggy about it.
You know, she'll just like, she'll drop somethinged, but she's, like, not braggy about it, you know?
A hundred percent.
So she'll just, like,
she'll drop something
in the conversation.
I'm like,
did you just say
that person?
She said, yeah.
Love to see it.
Is there anything else
we need to discuss today?
This was a nice,
long episode.
It's only Monday.
Oh, my God,
I can't even.
I'm out of puzzles.
I need to go get some more.
I was saying this
on my Patreon day in the life,
which you should definitely check out, like, if you're interested in, like, what I do.
But I was saying, like, I was in such a terrible mood yesterday
and this morning leading up until the show.
And, like, the show just, like, turned my day around.
And if this is the, like, impact that it has on other people, like,
I'm so grateful that we get to do this.
Like, I'm going to have a much different day now than I would have if we didn't do the toast. Yeah. Yeah. To be honest, it also
makes me feel good to know that like you also had a terrible weekend. Not that I'm happy you had a
bad weekend, but there was something in the air this weekend. Like when me and Ben got into bed,
we were like, this was a terrible weekend. And part of it was my own doing. Like I put myself
in the work, like I had anxiety the whole weekend and I had anxiety this morning. I won't feel like
satisfied until people hear what I have to say. And it's just, it makes me like a little happy
to know that like everyone had a bad weekend. It just makes me feel less alone. We're just on the
Ramona coaster that is quarantine. And I think that there's a lot of, a lot of downs, but the
toast is just one of those highs. And I think that's why we feel so,
so much responsibility towards, you know, the toasters. And we just, and we want to make you
guys happy and cheerful. And we hate when we do the opposite. Hey, like it's, that's the whole
point of like why I get so emotionally invested in like when people are upset with me, it's because
like, I just can't believe like I've somehow become this like controversial person when like
all I've ever wanted to do is like be funny make people laugh
like I've always wanted to be this like and as someone who just absolutely craves like universal
likeness like all I want is for everyone to like me and like I actually have the opposite like
I don't know how I got to this place and I'm so like disappointed in myself and that's why like
I always like I don't people like like thrive on controversy and they love it. There's no such thing as bad press where I wholeheartedly disagree.
And I value our platform so much and I value the fans and the followers who gave us this platform.
I just don't want to fuck that up.
And I find myself fucking it up recently and I need to stop.
Yeah, but I mean, you live and you learn.
And all you can do is change how you are going forward,
you know?
So that's that on that, everyone.
That's that on that.
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