The Toast - S4 Ep31: Joie De Vivre: Tuesday, February 16th, 2021

Episode Date: February 16, 2021

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Good morning, Millennials! Welcome back to the Morning Toast. Happy Tuesday. That feels like a Monday, but it is actually a Tuesday. Thank you President's Day for giving us the day off. We are so grateful and internally indebted to you. Thank you so much. What a beautiful long weekend. What a beautiful short week. We actually have such an exciting week here at the Toast. We do. We just have so much excitement going on aside from the fact that it's a short week, which is always just a beautiful thing. It's so stunning and I don't want to jinx it, but we've been having quite a few long weeks,

short weeks recently because we had MLK Day. We had President's Day. We had to quarantine. So we ended up like working from home. We had the snow day. The snow day. And then we also had to quarantine for like two days, like a few weeks ago.

So like they've just been like sneaking in on us into our lifestyle. And I'm so grateful. I'm so happy to have them. So happy that they're here, but also so happy to be back at the show because I feel like we have so much to talk about. We actually have some really great stories today and just the beautiful long weekend just gave me so much

joie de vivre. The joie de vivre is so real. It's through the roof. I mean, honestly, you guys, we, you know, in the interest of being transparent, this is our second time starting the show this morning. Right. There's some crazy ass construction going on outside. I actually went downstairs and just, you know, surveilled the block. And I think we saw Dorinda, by the way,

when we were outside. I forgot to tell you. No way. I'm almost 100% sure I saw Dorinda. And I asked the lovely gentleman when they were going to be done. And they said about 20 minutes.

And they didn't lie. Yes. It seems so far so good. But it was so loud. We were in a wind turbine. And we just couldn't do that to you. So we had to start the show over. But don't worry. they didn't lie yes it seems so far so good but it was so loud we were in a wind turbine and we just couldn't do that to you so we had to start the show over um but don't worry you didn't miss that much Claude was just sharing her fabulous indoor dining experience well yes because I was

saying how Sunday um having Valentine's Day on a Sunday with Monday being President's Day was such a premium experience it was like the best Valentine's Day I think I've ever had because it was just so relaxed and me and Ben obviously were the last people on earth to make dinner reservations. So the only time we could get at Mastro's was 545, which also ended up being just like blessings on blessings. Like such a lovely time to eat dinner. We were out of there by like 8. That's a long ass dinner. No, like 730.

That's an LAD. Sorry, 730. And it was just like the whole world was in front of us. And we went over to Zack and Liv's and we like drank and played Jeopardy. I saw. It was just so premium like I think that we should try and have Valentine's Day be on a Sunday all the time. Okay I mean it doesn't work that way but I like where your head's at. And it was my first experience indoor dining by the way since they closed the restaurants in New York. They just opened them in time for Valentine's Day and it was an experience like it was. So are you now reinvigorated like do

you have plans every night this week well I did too I've never been to the Mastro's here in the city I've been to one in Arizona and I just remember being swept away by their butter cake and their bread basket and I had an amazing time and I said to Ben like why don't we come here all the time it's so nice it was and you know it was a great vibe too like there was just like elegant and cool people all around and I felt like this is where I was meant to be and there you were being being and of course I got like so many not you know let me not be dramatic like four messages like you are the reason my COVID still exists you are COVID and I'm like because I'm eating at a restaurant that's legally open talk to Cuomo if you have a problem with that.

Like, leave me alone. I'm just a law-abiding citizen over here. That's literally crazy. People are still sending those messages. I know. I just want to make sure everybody, like, my Instagram feed is so post-pandemic. I just want to make sure everyone's getting those messages. Oh, yeah.

No, I mean, we definitely get, like, crazy-ass messages because we have crazy-ass stalker freak fans. Well, who used to be fans but they're fans they literally watch everything that we do some of them even pay for patreon like to see what we're doing yeah no it's like sweetie you're a fan it's okay um no and we have like a crazy level of like hater fans um so i know we get like above average messages but like we're doing the least like i'm literally going to a restaurant wearing a mask and just sitting at a restaurant and i see like so many influencers like doing the most going to St.

Bart's like all these things do they get messages too because like I want to be left alone I have to imagine that they do just they're just pretending that they don't which is a move that's what I gotta do which is a move yeah I haven't got any messages um I also spent so much of my weekend on clubhouse I'm just obsessed with clubhouse. I saw you were clubbing here. You were clubbing there. I did some clubhouses. But don't you get like nervous that you're in a chat and your mic's on and you don't know?

Well, I'm pretty good about my mic, but you never know who they're going to invite up to the stage. No, no, no. Not that. Not when you're in a chat and you're muting and unmuting. Like that you opened your clubhouse and then you happened to like be in a chat. But that's not how it works. No, but, like, I'm just, it makes me nervous sometimes that, like, I'm accidentally, like, talking. Well, yeah, like, I turned,

I left a room last night to go to bed. It was, like, a Jersey Shore-themed room. A reality TV. Oh, I saw you in it, but I couldn't join because I had my nightguards in, and I would have had a lisp. But so, then, like, I put it down, and me and Ben were, like, you know, just talking you know just talking and like you know talking turns into talking shit and I'm like wait let me just check

my clubhouse that's what I'm saying yeah no the the whole concept of like recording it's weird but I I enjoyed so much I also joined a toaster event last night it was toasters with no job and it was like 200 toasters just like talking about how much they love the toast and then I joined and it was like amazing oh my god they posted in toast after dark that they were doing it I saw that there was something but I just I couldn't get my stuff together it was really fun wow that really sounds amazing I'll have to join the next one we did some other clubhouses this week and we did karaoke which was really funny that was probably my favorite one that I did this weekend hosted by Cody Co and his girlfriend Kelsey who is a toaster and Lauren was in there me and you and it was just

hysterical I actually really liked that concept he did had people come up onto the stage for one second sing their heart out and then kick them off it was really funny it was really funny that was really fun I'm loving the app I feel like the toasters are getting into it too I think that there's unlimited potential I'm loving the app yeah like it's so fun very cool space I've been trying to like enter like other clubhouses where they're having like interesting meaningful conversations I haven't stumbled on the right one yet oh I've stumbled on two so far let me tell you one I saw because Kelty was on one so she had found it I need to follow her yes because she's great at finding rooms and it was all just about

podcasting and like me and Kelty like ran that shit you know like you know I'm saying like that's cool too but like also just to be an audience member and like like you know listening to some business minds no not to be annoying but like every time I join like someone invites me up and sometimes and this is what I was going to say I wanted to say this on the toast today if there is a person who works at clubhouse and just wants some like really good user feedback I have a lot of ideas I do think you should be able to watch like on dark mode no one can see that you're in there but you're listening agreed because I wanted to do that last night with your chat but you know I would have invited you up 100% me and my night guards yeah so it's just I think there should be like an invisible way of interacting and I also think that you should be able to block people

because where is that feature no I think that you can I went to go block someone and I couldn't oh I heard that you could maybe I couldn't figure it out. You should keep looking. Okay. But I do have ideas. So, like, get back to me. Because the toasters are a great, like, beta testing group. Yeah. Yeah, I think they're doing some beta testing.

I think that they, like, have their stuff together. Yeah, no, I just have ideas. But because also the thing with Night Mode is you could be lurking. So I think they want accountability. Yeah, which I also like. Right. Another conversation I joined was, like, with all these Italians. Vinny, I keep getting invited because of Vinny.

And it was, like, the conversation is New York City dead. And there's people from all different parts of the city, the Bronx, Staten Island, just conversing about, like, what it's been like in New York. And that was actually a really interesting conversation. What was the consensus? Well, I was, you know, the token pessimist. But I'm also a realist. And I'm just, like, a lot of people were saying, you know, like,

so many people gave up on New York, like moving to Florida. And I'm like, I just don't think it's fair for you to like say someone's giving up on New York. Like they have families and like lives and jobs and they're just doing what's best for them. And like, it's been so hard to live in New York this past year. New York hasn't been, New York hasn't given anything to us. So I don't blame people who left.

And I actually really think I changed a lot of minds. Nice. Yeah. Nice. But it was just fun. And like, I felt like real Italian. And it's really think I changed a lot of minds. Nice. Yeah. Nice. But it was just fun. And like, I felt like real Italian. And it's like, okay, they gave up on New York, but they're living happy, full lives in Florida while New York unhappy people are like, you gave up.

Like, okay. I want to say something really, really, really controversial. Go ahead. Being like, you know, in love with New York and like New York strong, like all this stuff. Like that is not a personality trait I said it like it's just not like you can be a cool person and like admit like New York is deeply flawed yes but I just feel like there's like a it's like the Carrie Bradshaw thing but New York like those types of people like not a personality trait yeah I think that's a fair

assessment thank you so other than that it was a great weekend, yeah? Yeah, it was. You know what I did this weekend? Oh, I did a number of things that just, you know, it was a domino effect of how it affected my weekend. But I went to a Barnes & Noble and it was sensational. Did I not say that? You had said it and it was true.

And I was just like feeling so RDH because I wanted to buy every single book. It just, everything looked so stunning, delectable. And, but of course I read on my Kindle. So I wound up buying two books that I didn't already have on my kindle because I had to I had to participate yeah I bought Firefly Lane I read it all weekend that was really like my whole weekend because of the new show on Netflix and the book was really good by the end I was getting kind of over it it kind of dragged out but overall really good I gave it four stars and then I was gonna watch the show but so many people who read the book said do not watch the show it's completely different from the book they changed so

many things about the storyline that will bother you and so I'm here to say I won't be watching the show until the book has left my mind like maybe in a year I'll watch it um because my personal opinion from reading the book was like I hated Tully this doesn't mean anything to you yet. Is this Katherine Heigl? Yes. I hated her character. Like so, so horribly selfish, like irredeemable.

And apparently with the changes in the show, like we like her. And that's just not what I'm wanting to watch right now. Interesting. Well, I watched the third installment of To All the Boys I Loved Before. It just came out. How was? And I just have to say, like, it wasn't amazing, but it's just so pleasant to watch. And I know I've gone into my whole you know theory on To All the Boys I

Loved Before versus The Kissing Booth a million times, but even though it wasn't like the best movie I'd ever seen, and it was like very cliche like college what are we gonna do? It was I just loved them. Like and I loved I loved the setting. I loved John Corbett. I loved Lana Condor. I loved Noah. I just think like everything about it works so well. And it's just such a pleasant thing to watch. And I love the kids. And by the end I was like literally getting choked up. That's so beautiful. Was it better than two? Yes. I was not into the whole you know love triangle in number two. Yeah. But at the end of the day like the movie is well done. The music is so good. I just love like all like of you know um Lara Jean's like room. Like it's just so well put together. Yeah. That it's well done the music is so good i just love like all like of you know um lara jean's like room like it's just so well put together yeah that it's just like a fun thing to watch mindlessly

okay i have to add that to my plate i've really gotten back into reading i have one thing to say what two they did lara jean dirty in this movie with some of her wardrobe choices her prom dress atrocious okay and part of the reason why I loved her character so much in the beginning was she was such an interesting style. Yes. They did her dirty Lara Jean of movie one. Would never have worn Lara Jean of movie three's prom dress. I have to see it now.

And the other thing was the first, this was the first movie where I really felt like her and Noah, Noah Moore, were a little too old to be high school seniors. Like, yeah. But other than that, it was just like really fun and fresh. And if you're looking for something just to like watch mindlessly it's excellent okay good to know yeah i'm gonna put that on my contemplate i think bruno will really like it and then speaking of watching bruno can watch three even though he didn't see one and two yes it's they they kind of give you

backstory in the beginning he'll be he'll be john corbett has like a bigger role than ever and i just love him because he's getting married oh okay yeah it was in the trailer sorry I don't know if I just spoiled that for you it's okay um and then also speaking of watching this is our third week of doing Toast Movie of the Week in honor of Black History Month and I am so excited we literally planned this out two weeks ago because we knew that the version of Cinderella Rodgers and Hammerstein's version with Whitney Houston and Brandy would be going on to Disney Plus February 12th so it is now on Disney Plus and that is what we are watching this week I haven't seen it in forever I've seen it once when like we used to live in Long Island like so long ago yeah and I've heard I've listened

to the soundtrack a million times I'm just so excited I heard it's been restored renewed for the big screen and I cannot wait wow I can't wait that's gonna be so fun to watch wow that's exciting it's a good it's a good choice it's a great content week yes so it's streaming for free on Disney plus and we'll chat about it on Friday on Friday love it that was our mini tv recap we obviously have the bachelor recap at the end of today's show yes and shall we get into today's show we have so many great stories like so much to discuss so much about anything else so much so many things i'm looking to get your opinion on yes one more thing i need to um i need to update people on because as you know the warehouse has been extremely sick and they've actually medical update medical update they've taken a turn for the worse because these sweaters just came in

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two are a toggler, I would just go with the one up just because I like the extra room. Yeah, but they're really warm. If you're in Dallas right now in that ice storm, you need one of these. You do. You really do. And also, I hope everyone's doing okay in Dallas. Yeah. That was crazy. Your in-laws, your grandma lost power, right?

Yes. Very crazy. And it's all over Texas. I saw people in Austin were also. I saw crazy videos on TikTok. I know. I saw people in Austin were also. I saw crazy videos on TikTok. I know. I saw from people in Instagram stories. I guess I follow a lot of people who are in the Texas area.

But these winter storms, they're coming fast and they're coming hard. So make sure you're hunkered down and you have everything that you need. Yeah, seriously. Stay safe. Stay safe out there. Because I saw a terrible video of that car pileup. Oh, my God. Oh, my God.

It was crazy. That was so crazy. On I-35 in fort worth there was a hundred car pile up i saw the cars were just flying it was so sad and so scary because each time a car couldn't stop so it's just going and going and couldn't and couldn't stop it was so so scary so sending a lot of love to the heartland is that texas i don't think so. Chula, Texas. Sorry. Yeah. Okay. Well, also there is like big storms like in the surrounding area. The Heartland. Heartland adjacent?

Yeah. The Heartland. Okay. Are you ready to dive 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 would be remiss. I would be devastated and I would even be heartbroken if I didn't let you guys know that today's episode is brought to you by FabFitFun. FabFitFun's spring box is centered around the theme, Grow Forth, supporting self-care and self-growth in the new season ahead. FabFitFun, I'm on like my third box now and it just really is a premium experience every time I unbox because you get so many full-size

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I did not know that Archie Harrison was birthday buddies with the snitch. So first of all, I loved their announcement. I thought this photo was so gorgeous, so elegant, so royal. So stunning, so happy. When I look at this photo, the song Happiness by Taylor Swift plays in the background. Or Pharrell. Cause I'm happy. Well, I saw an interesting factoid about this photo. Why? It's historic. Please share. So this baby will be born in America, most likely. But because his father, he will also be eighth in line to the throne. So this is the first human being ever who could potentially be president of the United States and king or queen of England.

Wow. So just something to think about when you are thinking about your history. That is a really interesting factoid, one in which I did not know. Yeah. I mean, and that's assuming that the child will be born in the States. I assume. I assume the child will be born in the states I assume I assume the child will be as they've taken up residence here right but I feel like this is like I wasn't expecting them to make I wasn't I just I like I'm like they have their child like I wasn't expecting

another baby announcement I don't know why and this was just a great wonderful weekend happy news yes very happy they announced their pregnancy with the stunning black and white photo that was taken remotely via ipad by their friend and longtime photographer, Misan Harriman. Wow. The smiling and barefoot Harry looks lovingly at Megan, who cradles her bump as she rests in her lap. It's really a really beautifully stunning picture.

It'll be in textbooks. It was taken on an iPad, just like this one. That's crazy. Take one of me and Theo like that. Theo, look up at me. I don't know. After this, we should do a shoot of you guys lying like that that's beautiful um just warning you guys the construction is back hopefully you can't hear it but just try and ignore it because you know this is New York everyone loves

it loves it greatest city on earth I'm really happy for Megan and Harry I feel like they're when I saw this picture I'm like this is the happy ending after Megxit like this is what all that was for right but also she had announced that she had a miscarriage over the summer and so this is just a very happy even happier news for them than Rainbow Baby and I'm very happy for them me too this is great and a sickening they're like just they make amazing photos like that photo we always talk about the blue uh dress and the rain and the umbrella the latest photo on our Instagram because Claudia posted I'm obsessed with it they just have great photo ops they really do they have great Kodak blue dress and the rain and the umbrella. If you don't know, it's the latest photo on our Instagram because Claudia posted it. I'm obsessed with it.

They just have great photo ops. They really do. They have great Kodak moments. They do. They do. Well, we also have a little more Meghan and Harry news because Oprah is going to sit down for an interview with Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, a 90-minute special on CBS that airs on Sunday, March 7th.

It is being trumpeted as an intimate conversation with the former royals. The statement reads that Oprah will speak with Meghan the Duchess of Sussex. In a wide-ranging interview covering everything from stepping into life as a royal. Marriage, motherhood, philanthropic work. To how she is handling life under intense public pressure. Later the two will be joined by Prince Harry. As they speak about their move to the U.S. And their future hopes and dreams for their expanding family.

Well, if anyone could do it, it's Oprah. And this will be really interesting. I feel like. No, I'm done. Yeah, given that with this news, it's actually crazy that we haven't had this sooner. I was just going to say, I feel like the story is played out, but they actually literally have not spoken. No, it's just everyone else speaking for them. And even when they do speak, it's about other subjects, whether it's their podcast, they're sharing other people's stories. Like, I think it's going to be really great to hear from them. 90 Minutes, CBS, see you March 7th. You know, I will certainly be tuning in. Yeah. So that's, that's your royal update for the day. Yeah. Also a little Bebe news. I don't know if you chose it but um junie cortez and megan trainer had their baby no i didn't choose it that's so happy so happy for

them but our next story is a little more bebe news because brandi redmond has given birth to her third daughter i didn't even know she was pregnant i saw this on twitter i know that's part of why i chose this story obviously i'm so happy for her and her growing family. But the timing of this pregnancy is like kind of perfect for her because she is not pregnant yet on Real Housewives of Dallas. Maybe we find out during this season that she is. And now what's the headline? She's given birth. She's given birth to her third daughter.

But I'm like, she's four kids. She has four children now. Well, they had another daughter. Yes. That's crazy. Is she redheaded? Yes, of course she is. Her name is Brie Lynn Mary Redmond.

And they made the announcement via People over the weekend. Brandi said, we are overjoyed with love and beyond blessed to be welcoming our little miracle. Brie Lynn shares a birthday with her late grandmother, who we honor and miss very much. In case you forgot um brandy's mother-in-law died in a car crash in october 2020 where her daughter brinkley was also in the car but she was unharmed it was a very scary story oh my that's crazy yeah and they're they do the b names brian brandy brooklyn bruin yeah it's cute bruno it's cute so this is a baby oh so cute red hair that's those are crazy genes they bothbe. Oh, so cute. Red hair. Those are crazy genes.

They both have red hair. All their kids have red hair. And they're a sweet family. And I loved watching them adopt Bruin. And now they have another bebe. Yeah. And so by the time they film the reunion, she won't even be pregnant anymore.

Like, she will have already given birth. Right, I don't know. But we also, it's just an interesting timeline. And one in which I think works out for her, that she didn't have to work so much't know. But we also, it's just an interesting timeline and one in which I think works out for her that she didn't have to work so much. Yeah, well also I find it so interesting how like the women of Dallas, the housewives are just all skewed so much younger

because like in certain franchises like nobody's had a baby like on Beverly Hills. Oh, Teddy. But we were, when Teddy was pregnant, that's what, it's funny. We had this conversation, but I was saying like nobody really has, it gets pregnant on housewives and you were like rattling off all these different no but i meant like in atlanta too but i meant no they have like porsche candy

no i'm saying in atlanta they have recent pregnancies yeah i just feel like the women of dallas are so much younger than the women of beverly hills atlanta and new york like we've we've never had a pregnant new y York housewife yeah so but all the women of Dallas are so young I feel like Brandy won't be the last one to be pregnant like it's possible because they're all super young and like still growing their families yes but I'm happy for her I'm happy for her too speaking of someone else I'm happy for I'm excited for this story for you vegan TikTok star Tabitha Brown is writing an inspirational book and a cookbook. Oh we'll be purchasing the inspirational book. I'm not vegan but. The inspirational book is called Feeding the

Soul Because It's My Business. Oh that's so funny. People can reveal exclusively the new book will be published by William Morrow on September 28th and her own cookbook will follow. She also uh needs a food network show like I don't know what everyone is doing. Yes. Like taking their damn time. She also needs a Food Network show. Like I don't know what everyone is doing. Yes. Like taking their damn time. She's such a queen. But this is such great book news which we love to see. We love to see news that makes sense and also digital stars foraying into the traditional world in a way that is seamless. Yeah I agree. She's a star. I love her. She's just one of those people who radiates positivity on her platform. And those are the people we should be lifting up and giving opportunities to. And I just love her and I'm so

happy for her. She's hysterical. Yes. She said, I literally wake up and pinch myself at the thought of my life today versus four years ago. Then I hear my daddy's voice in my ear saying, you only live once, but if you live it right, once is enough. She says, I couldn't agree more. Living in my truth is enough and it's the best feeling ever. Sharing that with the world in my ear saying you only live once but if you live it right once is enough she says I couldn't agree more living in my truth is enough and it's the best feeling ever sharing that with the world in my book is such a blessing and my hope is that readers will take the same feeling away after reading it yeah no I think a self-help book from her obviously the cookbook is like the natural you know next step but I'm not vegan so and I don't really use cookbooks but I would definitely read a self-help book or just like an inspirational. Inspirational is what it's being touted as.

So I don't know if it categorizes as self-help. Sorry, I thought you said self-help. Inspirational. But that's just great because she really is an inspiration and I love her. Yes, I love that. And some more digital news that I'm looking forward to getting your opinion on. Rebecca Minkoff is joining OnlyFans for New York Fashion Week engagement. She is planning to use OnlyFans to interact with her consumers during New York Fashion Week. The subscription-based platform, which allows content

creators to directly connect with their audience, has become quite notorious for its democratization of the sex work industry, though its use extends far beyond. The fashion designer will use her OnlyFans profile to share exclusive style content ahead of her New York Fashion Week show on February 16th. Fashion Week is still happening, who knew? Now available to follow, Minkoff's profile features never-before-seen video content of past Fashion Week events and allows a glimpse into the life of the designer. She will also use the platform to share her entrepreneurial journey with her audience, expressing her story as a female founder within the fashion industry.

So she's using OnlyFans, you know, as the subscription-based content platform that it is, you know, and I think what people would say is an interesting use of the platform for a traditional mainstream fashion designer. Yeah, I mean, like part, like I just want to roll my eyes at this story because I feel like when Rebecca Minkoff is making news it's because I feel like she's she's really smart and she has like a young smart team around her and they're always looking for forward-thinking ways to elevate their brand but they're never gonna do that like with their clothes like you know what I mean like it's just like at this point it's like clickbaity type news things like cool

like is any does anyone care? No I don't care. I do think it's interesting like, at this point, it's like clickbaity type news things. Like, cool. Does anyone care? No. I don't care. I do think it's interesting. I wonder if it's the sort of thing where it's like, this is the first of many brands that now take to OnlyFans. Just like, you know, when Snapchat came on the scene and then brands went to Snapchat. And I don't know if it's going to happen that way.

But I think it's interesting for OnlyFans, which has become, like, whose growth has just been exponential. Yeah, no. And there definitely is a space out there on OnlyFans for content that isn't, you know, sexual. But that's what people are going to the platform for. And I don't see it becoming like a Patreon for people who would just have any type of content.

Like it's just been marketed too well as what it is you know yeah no it does remind me of patreon and then i was like should we be on only fans no and then i'm just like why everyone who's trying to like start an only fans just get on patreon it's such a great platform yeah i guess the difference is one the way that it's branded but also only fans is just photos and videos so like we do audio and therefore we actually couldn't do what we do on only fans got it because i thought about it i was like should we be on OnlyFans? Right. I mean I could start an OnlyFans and make literally four million dollars a month with these titties but I'll save that for my husband. Nice. And Theo. Oh do. Are you ready for our fifth and final story?

A little business. Yeah, yeah, business. Bumble's 31-year-old CEO becomes a female billionaire. A company catering to women and led by women has made its 31-year-old female founder a billionaire. Whitney Wolf Hurd's stake in Bumble is now valued at $1.5 billion after its IPO last week. She, I saw, so. They went public. They went public. This is big news because she's one of the rare female billionaires.

According to Forbes, she's the youngest self-made female billionaire, you know, which is a jab at Kylie. Kylie, right. Even though they're the ones hung up on this word self-made. They gave that to her. They gave it to Kylie, then they took it away and they gave it to an e and it's like all these articles I'm reading about it's like no one else is hung up on self-made except for Forbes right no like these to calm down it's like abstract two young female billionaires and we're gonna pit them against

each other it's sick disgusting disgusting I just do think it's a big deal that a dating app went public you know yeah well Bumble Has become obviously You know We all know Just this huge Even like media company At this point And they went public They actually The shares performed

Even like better Than what they started at And I think it was like Valued at like I don't want to get it wrong But multiple billions That's great I mean

We love female founded Entrepreneurship billionaires And here's to you know The next two female billionaires. Yes. And Bumble is one of three female-founded firms to IPO in the past year. Oh, wow. Making it, you know, an even bigger deal.

Well, that's fabulous. I'm so happy for them. Congratulations to everyone. And it's a great day to be a woman. A female businesswoman. Let's get into our TV recap segment before this construction makes me literally go outside and kill someone. And the Bachelor segment is brought to you by Noom. Theo, you okay?

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A hundred percent. It's weird. Like last week, we were like, Heather, what are you doing here? Like we were all so hard on Heather. And then this week's episode started and all of a sudden I'm team Heather within one minute. Yeah.

The way that the women treated her was so disgusting. And it's like they've learned nothing. You either die the hero or you live long enough to see yourself become the villain. And that is all of these women. Yep. And you know what? Made me extremely turnt on every single one of them. Me too.

But let me just say, we were talking last week about how some of the girls are definitely, when they did this whole like exposing of the bullies some of the girls got away with like being hardcore bullies and not getting you know sent home like anna and victoria and that was serena and that was also kit i know everyone likes her and i did too but she was a bully in the beginning and then in last night's episode she was like just go home bitch and i'm like oh my god, she said that. No, I know. It's a crazy thing to say.

And Serena, again, was, like, being so insecure. And Serena was being such an extra bitch. By the way, and we have to be clear. We're talking about Serena C. Because, yeah. Serena C, like, wouldn't even look at Heather when she spoke to her. She was turned towards the girls and talking shit. At least say it to someone's face. no she was being so insecure they all were

and you know who else who i really liked it and the second she started being mean to heather i'm like oh my god you're so lame piper piper oh my god she was acting so insecure yes and it was i mean all of them were acting in a way that made me dislike all of them and just completely think of them differently because in any situation where there me dislike all of them and just completely think of them differently. Because in any situation where there's bullying, there's always going to be like the vocal bullies, obviously. And those people, you know, in the past, it was Anna, Victoria, even Serena C. And it's like, they're obviously the worst.

But then there's also the people who laugh. Yeah. And then there's also the people who don't do anything, do nothing. Yeah. And they are all bullies in my book. There was not one Katie who said I was missing her and it's very clear that Heather M is a nervous shy sweet person and I feel like I understand someone came in and you're pissed but when she came up to you guys couldn't have been

like sweeter more polite and started crying and and nervous like let it go and then Serena says can you go away and cry in your interview? That was so mean. I don't know how you could literally let someone cry in front of you. And at the end of the day, I empathize. Like, it is frustrating to be in this journey and then someone else comes. But trust Matt. Matt was never letting this girl stay.

They're going to hometowns next week. It wasn't even in the realm of possibility. So before you get all verklempt and bent out of shape, why don't you see what Matt does first? You know who was so mean and I was so upset with her? Who? Jesenia. Oh, yes! It didn't work out on Colton season, so now you're trying this?

No, Jesenia, my respect for Jesenia went all the way down. And I really realized last night, you know, she had already served her purpose. And that was to have the confrontation with MJ. And her presence was no longer needed because her and Matt were literal strangers. they were sitting on a date I'm like these two people have never met each other in their entire lives and she was she ruined all the credibility I gave to her for standing up to the bullies and like holding her ground I have lost all respect for now I'm like maybe MJ was right hundred percent I was so disappointed I was so disappointed like where did these girls get off and also so a couple of the girls who were being mean

were the ones who were bullied as for being the new girls. Yep. So it's like, don't you know how it feels? It's so lame. And I was just like really hating every single person on television last night. I can't remember a season of The Bachelor where the mean girl like bullying was this flagrant This bad

Widespread Widespread Like it really Like I don't care What happens Like these girls I'm mean girls I'm writing them off

And they're Like the girls We're talking about Are not even real Like I feel like The girls who could win Are not even involved In this drama

Like we haven't even Brought up Brie Yeah of course It's the girls Who are most insecure In their relationship With Matt Who are most threatened

By Heather Now I want to say Maybe it's just because i'm already convinced that rachel kirkconnell wins but i felt like last night was the first episode where i saw matt treat one girl differently than the other like he made it more clear that he had feelings for rachel than he did for anyone else yeah and i think first of all i love aloe black and i love that song and that was just like an amazing like extra date yes um but i and i was just like an amazing like extra date. Yes. But I'm just like convinced that Rachel wins given everything that went on this week and how the franchise like weirdly protected her.

It's weird to watch last night's episode when so much went on in the Bachelor world this past week. Yes. And it's clear that not one edit was made to the show. Not that it necessarily should have been, but it's like it's really these shows can't keep up with the pace of the world around them. And that was so apparent last night. Like every like there's this whole conversation we know so much

now yeah and there was just there was nothing addressed yeah but not but how what could they have even really done i'm not even sure what i was looking for other than the fact that like it just felt like whenever this was filmed was so long ago compared to the how many things happened this week yeah i'm gonna make it a story but there was a huge update in Bachelor Nation where after apologizing once I think people were still really upset with Chris Harrison um based on his interview with Rachel Lindsay and not only did Rachel Lindsay announce on her podcast Higher Learning that she will not be renewing her contract with the Bachelor franchise I watched it it was really um she just said like I'm exhausted and I feel like that's what everyone thinks like Rachel Lindsay must be so tired and she is yeah so what was she doing with Bachelor

franchise just that podcast podcast and then I think you have a contract like you if they like for the if the next Bachelorette they need someone to come talk like got it once you're in contract like you do things with them you show up at after the final rose there are all these weird things so she's not gonna be doing Bachelor happy hour I don't think so wow and she just said and I love the platform that it's given me like she she said I have so much respect and I appreciate so much like all the opportunities I've been given after going on the bachelor and I know that like I've kind of bared this burden and as much as I want to continue to like educate it's exhausting and like I'm just she said she's tired and I totally respected that and then after

that Chris Harrison released another statement saying he's going to be taking some time away from the franchise and will not be filming after the final rose to me it really seemed like he'll literally be back next season he just won't do after the final rose which I know a lot of people were calling for him to like be canceled and like fired but this is like kind of cowardly like the whole after the final rose special there's going to be a huge segment on Rachel and on this conversation like Chris should be there and have that conversation because he said he's committed to you know getting more educated on a profound level and I actually feel like being there for this conversation with Rachel could be helpful to you in that process of education but he did also say he doesn't want to overshadow

like it's Rachel and Matt's story I think I don't know yes but he did also say he doesn't want to overshadow like it's rachel and matt's story i think i don't know yes but he also can't be the one to have the conversation with another host to interview rachel and to interview chris yes and they definitely need another host to do like you know the after the final rose duties which is like you know happy couple update and it's a really huge job hosting the teleprompter we've been there like it is a production the clapping it's not anything just like an average podcaster can do because a lot of people are suggesting like people from the franchise like mike johnson and well i love mike johnson you have to be a trained host like we have been to one of those uh after the final rose and

they are like a legit television clap stand teleprompter it's a lot of work and it's not just anything anyone from the franchise can do. No. And I don't even know if it makes sense to have like someone who is like a former contestant. I feel like maybe ABC should tap into their hosting. Like they have a million shows. Yeah.

And they have hosts on staff. Yeah. Oh, The View is on ABC, but I don't think any of those women are interested in talking to The Bachelor. Yeah but you know I think I don't know what the plan is. It'll be interesting to see but I think that finding a host who can have this conversation like it's just something that ABC should have in there. Yeah I mean I do think that Chris Harrison will be fine. Like I don't think he's going to be fired. I think he's very, very close with Mike Fleiss. And this is just, I do think it's like PR.

And I think he's probably relieved to not have to have this uncomfortable conversation with Rachel and Matt. Because if Rachel is the winner, and I really believe that she is, not only is there so much to talk to her about, but her being engaged to a black man, adds a whole other level of conversation.

And so I can just, I feel like Chris Harrison like took like it's a cop out I really feel that way you don't think that it's also in for the people who are calling for him to not yeah no I mean I don't believe in cancel culture like I don't believe in like someone like I don't know I don't know I just think like if he like he released two statements but why don't you go on TV and let's talk? Like, it's just kind of, like, late. But he might still do that.

I don't know what he has planned, but he could still do that and it just not be after the final rose. That's true. That's true. After the final rose, he's meant to be the host. And at this point, like, he can't host this season impartially when he's so much a part of the conversation. Yeah, you're right.

You're right. But, yeah, yeah, yeah. That's fair. So. But back to the episode episode a million people went home six more people kit went home abigail got sent home a lot of people were up in arms about it um and as much as i'd like to abigail i don't think matt did her wrong in any way they literally haven't spent more than five minutes together since the first night right but she held on to that yeah no but like it's this season more than ever and also given like everything that's happening off the show I'm just like these producers like it's

just exposing them like she got the first impression rose why did she never get a one-on-one date can someone answer me that it's so inconsistent and we know that the producers choose the dates they choose everything like really yeah I mean and people were upset because they loved her but I don't really feel like I ever saw a connection between her and Matt even when she got the one-on-one rose I don't think I'm sorry not one-on-one the first impression rose I don't think it was because Matt was so you know in love with her immediately and they had a connection I think it was because he really respected how much she opened up to him more so than anyone and that made her stand out so I never thought she was a real contender for his

heart I don't but she never got a chance to be right because she never had a date like yeah I forgot about her the night one no one there's not that much that's gonna happen but the person who gets the first date all of a sudden becomes a real contender for his heart everyone who gets a date is a real they just never gave her a chance yeah and Serena had a one-on-one and it went fine even though she was like uncomfortable with the tantric thing and I do feel like as a society where we are beyond those types of dates I agree and again it was like on the producers like why are these dates like this is that's very intimate for like a new couple and I can imagine it's funny and it's not it's not I can imagine it's uncomfortable it was like it even with Claire's season when we had all of those

inappropriate dates it's like it's a reflection on the show yeah and it's like. It was like, even with Claire's season, when we had all of those inappropriate dates, it's like, it's a reflection on the show. Yeah. And it's like, you guys, do you not even see what you're doing? What you're doing. It's so awkward. And it's just like, read the room. It's 2021. Like, we're not doing that anymore.

Yeah. But she got the rose. Jesenia did not get the rose. She went home. Kit decided to send herself home. She had enough. She got her Instagram followers. She didn't want to go home and meet Cynthia Rowley.

Her mom was like, you can go on this show, but I want nothing to do with it. You know, I'm not filming. So like, she- Do what you need to do followers She didn't want to go home And meet Cynthia Rowley Her mom was like You can go on this show But I want nothing to do You know I'm not filming So like Do what you need to do She couldn't have done hometown So like The second she realized Oh shit I might be making it to hometown

I was like Gotta go I'm a long term investment She tried first to like Do her long term investment He was like I'll invest Yeah no he was like

No I'm down I was like oh shit And then she was like I'm shorting the stock But of all the people I was interested in seeing Their life back home Kit was the only one

Well we're not seeing Anyone's life back home The families are coming To Nima Coleman Oh right You know Right right right right Right yes

Just like last season too Right Okay so six people went home Jesenia Kit Two from the rose ceremony Chelsea and Serena I was sad to see Chelsea go

Yeah I think her and Matt Had a real connection Serena and matt never spoke he was like you're still here bye she went um and then towards the end oh the piper went home yes which was shocking because they just had a great date yeah and um when it was between him and michelle was all Piper sorry Piper and Michelle it was the only Michelle was the only girl left who was from the second wave right yes but she had the first date no I know but like she's just known Matt for so much less time I thought for sure Piper was gonna get it I was actually really shocked Matt and Michelle have a really great connection I think that she even might win. Yeah.

If this week hadn't happened the way that it did, I would think that Michelle could potentially win. Yeah, no, I mean, Rachel is so obviously the winner, which makes me really sad because, and we haven't even brought her up, that's how irrelevant she is, but like Brie is the queen of my heart. Like I, when she was standing at the rose ceremony,

just like, I never saw someone so beautiful in my entire life. Like I was shocked, her shocked her skin her hair like it was just stunning and I'm like how is this girl not the winner and I know she hasn't gotten a lot of air time and I think she's kind of quiet but like brief her bachelorette I know well I think out of the four women I think we'll get our bachelorette from one of these four one women. Well, they know it's not Rachel. I think it could be Michelle. So who's left? Serena P. Oh, yeah.

I forgot about her. Brie, Michelle, Rachel. I think Michelle could be our Bachelorette. I think she could, too. But I love Brie. Because people are also saying, like, Abigail for Bachelorette, Katie for Bachelorette. No. But I think that if they were going to be, it would have already been announced to, like,

drum up some excitement for the next season and in order to be the Bachelorette from a previous season like you had to have your heart broken and like Matt didn't know Abigail and Matt didn't know Katie like there was no love story there they're not heartbroken really like they were just girls on The Bachelor crying do you know what I mean yeah no I think there's no redemption story there I think Katie has a chance I think she's in the running i don't think they've made their decisions yet i think they want to see how the rest of the season plays out who becomes like a fan favorite you know every time someone gets eliminated everyone on twitter is like blank for bachelorette yeah that's so true these people haven't been eliminated yet so there's no rallying

cry for them to there's no campaign yes that's interesting yeah but i was glad like because things have moved so slow. Last night we literally went from 11 girls to four. Like I was so grateful. When they were talking about like hometowns, hometowns. I'm like, what are you guys talking about? There's so many of you. There's a thousand of you.

Right. No, I was really grateful for all the girls who went home. There's always that one episode in the season where it's like they just clean house. Yeah. Like guillotine. Like and like a clean break. And I was grateful like to be whittled down to four yes like I think he has really a strong group I think that it'll be an interesting rest of the season I don't

know I mean it seems silly almost to be like giving a shit about this stuff when so much more interesting conversations are being had in real time about Chris Harrison Rachel Corconnell and when And when they both came on screen, I like felt so awkward. I'm like, I know so much about you. Like, why are you talking to me about something random? Like, let's talk about something real. You know? Yeah. So I'm actually looking forward to the aftermath of the season. After the final rose, the finale. Maybe they'll, maybe they're filming now. Filming. Rachel and Matt. I don't know. Like for the, for the after the final rose. Oh, maybe. I don't know. Like, I'm just curious. There's a lot of different roads they could take Rachel and Matt I don't know like for for the after the final rose I don't know like I'm just curious there's a lot of different roads they could take I hope they

don't like chop the ball yeah I I it'll be interesting to see what they do they have their work cut out for them yeah but other than that it was fine everything's boring and I was just like so bored all the time so bored truly and And we just had The Bachelorette. Now we have The Bachelor. When do we get the break again? Like I'm really needing the break. Because now every time in the calendar year, we get like three seasons of The Bachelor.

And at one point I get fed up and I'm like actually reaching that point. Yeah, I'm there. It's just like not a good show. No, it's not a good show at all. I think a lot of people are really reaching that point. Okay. But it always feels like every year I'm like this is it.

This is when everyone's going to stop watching. And I'm like nobody stops. I know. We should all stop together. Yeah we tried that. We honestly did. We had a season where we didn't recap it. Becca.

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