The Toast - Talking Cents and Making Sense: Thursday, July 20th, 2023

Episode Date: July 20, 2023

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Good morning, Millennials! Welcome back to The Toast. Happy Thursday. Hope everybody's having a gorgeous day thus far. Hello, Jacqueline. How are you? I'm good. I'm using your government name. My government French name. Jacqueline.

It's very French. You're kind of like Jacqueline Follet. I kind of am. Yeah, except you would never do what Jacqueline Follet did. What'd she do? Take the job that was given to her? That was rightfully hers. No, she like, you know, she was fraudulent and she was a part of a scheme that, you know,

undid Stanley Tucci's lifelong work. Oh, right. Stanley suffered. Not cool. Right. And you like, you have this kind of deep connection to Stanley Tucci since that one time you claimed you sat next to him on a six-hour flight home from L.A. even though he was sitting in coach. It was comfort.

And it was the day after the Oscars. Oscars. So seats were hard to come by. So I understood why Stanley had to slum it with the likes of me. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I agree. But no, I would never take Stanley's job. So no, it is not in my character.

Hmm. So you're not Jacqueline Follet is kind of the message here. I guess not. No. Does literally anyone in your life call you Jacqueline? No. No one. No.

I legitimately forgot it was your name. Yeah. It's just like my serious name. So underrated. Like you have like a nickname, you know? Yeah. No, it is really underrated. You're just like one of those girls with like a shortened, like with a government name. Yeah. With just like an official name. How exciting. Yeah. It's pretty cool. I'm very multifaceted. You are. I feel like there's so many layers we're constantly peeling

back. Well, we actually peeled back some layers yesterday on the Patreon because we did a general Q&A part two, taking all of your questions from across the board. We talked a lot about fashion. We talked about each other's wardrobes, like what we love about each other's wardrobes, what we don't like. That was funny. We did a bunch on like New York City hotspots. We really, you know, ran the gamut on all topics. Also something that we never talked about, our

favorite scents. Yeah, we talked a lot about scents. S-C-E-N-T-S. Because we're always talking about C-E-N-T-S and how we can get them. And we're always making S-C-N-C-E. S-C-N-S-E. S-C-N-S-E. We are always making S-C-N-S-E.-E-N-S-E We are always We are always making S-E-N-S-E Yes Yeah Because one thing we're going to do Is we're going to make sense Yeah

So if you want to learn more about us Check out the Patreon And also on the Patreon episode We were kind of tossing around this idea Of mukbang Today Right, so we One of our kind of most critically acclaimed

Vlogs we've ever done is our mukbang from what was that now, like two years ago? Yes, that's a very good perception of time, Claudia. Thank you so much. And we talked about perhaps doing a second one, hitting up some fast food chains we haven't actually been to. And yesterday, you know, we did the work, we routed what could be our potential mukbang route. And if all goes according to plan today Jackie's gonna see my car for the first time first of all and I'm gonna scoop her up and we're gonna head to some kind of tier two chains not tier I don't know I don't think they like compete with like the McDonald's is no tier two yeah because last time we did McDonald's Burger King Wendy's Wendy's the the you know the trifecta. Yeah so this time we're

kind of doing more niche fast food options. Tier two. I think it's three places that we've never been. I've never been to any of these places. I can't remember the third place but the two that I'm thinking of I've never been to. Oh sorry the third I have been to. So have you. What is it? Oh I've been there? Definitely. It's a part of the human experience. I already know what I'm ordering. Me too.

So I'm like not eating a lot. I didn't have breakfast this morning. Like I'm leaving my belly full for the mukbang we're about to film. Literally right after today's episode goes up. Yeah, I'm very excited about that. So join the Patreon so you don't miss it. I did have a bagel this morning because our girls got gotta eat but don't worry I have room left now can I ask you a question about today's stories sure do we have anything about the strike no okay because I've been sitting on a thought and it might be like an extremely extraordinarily hot take and maybe I'm just

misunderstanding because again I'm not like well versed in you know unions and the picket line. Yeah. But then I saw this other video yesterday and it really kind of I don't know it's making me think and I think maybe we should talk about it okay. I would love to talk about things in a hot way. Did you see this other video on TikTok? Which? Oh yes I saw it yes it yes okay and it was from SAG you know SAG has social media accounts and they are you know um posting pictures and videos with celebrities and you know just talking about you know why we should care about the strike and it's all pretty you know it's good content and I'd seen this conversation being had before about influencers and then I saw it come directly from SAG and I was like okay that's interesting what are they saying so I had seen this girl that

I follow who I love um and she was just like she had never made me think about it she was like content creators I think she put it on like her close friends version on TikTok she was a content creators like be really careful now that the strike is happening you might get opportunities that you probably wouldn't have gotten because you know none of the celebrities or the actors in the films can promote the movie so now you know studios are looking towards other ways of promotion that aren't reliant on the actors who are in unions and who are now currently striking so she was just basically like by the way like watch out like I know it might seem you know tantalizing and exciting but just know like you'd be crossing the picket line and I think they call a person who does that a scab it's like

like a deplorable thing to cross the picket line even if you're not a member of the union right so I was like oh that's so interesting I wonder you know how content creators and influencers play in this whole thing and then I saw SAG put up a video yesterday of them outside 30 Rock one of their I think someone who works for SAG with Bowen Yang. And it was like a message to influencers and creators being like, you know, you guys, you know, might be getting reached out for opportunities that you never would have gotten, but just know like, you know, stand with the union. And, you know, a lot of influencers are in SAG, but a lot aren't. They were saying they have like an influencer contract. So some influencers are eligible for SAG um most I would argue are not in SAG and it was just kind

of reiterating the point like stand with the union um we know you might be getting opportunities that are exciting and um new for you but just keep in mind like you know we're all in this together and it really made me think like why are we all in this together? Like, no, no, I'm genuinely trying to understand. Like, this is not, I'm really trying to understand. So an influencer who's, like, running a business who, just due to circumstances completely outside of this influencer's control, a situation that has nothing to do with a random influencer,

gets a work opportunity, whether it be money or opportunity or, you know, just like a potential new exciting venture. And they are being told like to stand with a union that really has nothing to do with them. And I'm not encouraging influencers, but it's like kind of this conversation. It's like influencers, you know, remember, don't cross the picket line. And it's like, is it considering crossing the picket line when the whole situation has really nothing to do with you or your line of work? Well, I guess, yes, it's considered crossing the picket line. And it's like, is it considering crossing the picket line when the whole situation has really nothing to do with you or your line of work?

Well, I guess, yes, it's considered crossing the picket line. But when you ask, like, why are we all in this together? I think that's just like, you know, a blanket statement. It's like, just stand with the strikers because in their purview, it's the right thing to do. Right. But I don't know if you've never been a member of SAG if you wouldn't have gotten opportunities before and like SAG wasn't giving you opportunities. Right. It's every man for himself honestly. Right that's it's just like a conversation that I'm seeing being had and I'm

like I like I guess but what's you know everyone in SAG right now is trying to do what's best for them and their family get themselves you know the best sort of situation the best setup the best royalty deal so that they can continue to work make a livable wage I totally understand it so isn't that influencer and just content creators in general just also trying to do the same thing for themselves yeah and they're not in SAG their cause just doesn't seem as noble right right no I thought it was like so interesting and I'm like I I wonder if anyone else is thinking this or am I completely wrong like is there an element of this I'm not understanding no I feel like you're understanding it but it's just like you know

harsh truths right okay um and also if someone who's not affiliated with sad like an influencer does cross the picket line like and they're a scab right well then what happens like I do believe that you are then banned for life from ever joining SAG oh no I don't know if it's like that with SAG I know it's definitely like that with WGA the writers union okay yeah so it's like there are consequences for um for not standing with a union you are not affiliated with whatsoever like that to me I just I'm I'm really not understanding no okay so you can't join SAG okay no but I think for a lot of content creators influencers there are opportunities for them in their future if they grow that you have to be a SAG member for like you could get booked for a role they want you know

content creator Ashley to play something in SVU or whatever you cannot take most like Hollywood roles if you are not a member of SAG it's like a requirement to be in the union interesting so it's it's layered it is layered I think everyone just has to make the best decisions for themselves much like the writers and actors are doing right you know but if it's an opportunity of a lifetime, like if they want to put you as the star of a feature film. Right, because nobody else is available. Like, I'm sorry, but you got to do it. But first of all, that's actually not the opportunities people are going to be getting. No, promotional. Promotional, yeah, being paid.

And I think to be paid by a movie studio is like one of the top, most prestigious, like coveted types of brand partnerships for influencers and they're very few and far between so I can see you know an influencer who might not have the following that usually is required to get those sorts of deals to be on the you know on the list of of promoters now I could see that being very you know um tempting yeah I think just like anything else you have to measure the risk reward. What's the opportunity being presented to you? Is it worth muddying the waters with SAG and maybe jeopardizing potential opportunities? Or is this like, you know, is this the opportunity that you never

would have gotten even if you play by all the rules? Right. You have to weigh it for yourself. And like how important is being a member of SAG to you, dear influencer? Now let me ask you a question. What about reality TV? There was just this Love Island promotional trip. And they're promoting the streamer, Peacock. Reality TV. I read SAG posted this whole big carousel of things,

like what you're currently allowed to do during a strike like what you're currently allowed to do during a strike and what you're not allowed to do during a strike. Reality TV is a non-SAG, most reality TV, I think, is a non-SAG production. Reality TV will continue to be, filming is continuing, promotion is fine.

It's totally, weirdly separate. But a lot of reality stars get opportunities after becoming famous reality stars that require them to be in SAG, which is like when we were talking about Lala Kent not going to the MTV Movie Awards. I'm pretty sure, like to film that Uber One commercial with Sheena, you have to be SAG. So I'm sure they've all been SAG for a while, having nothing to do with filming Vanderpump Rules. Got it, because they are filming Vanderpump Rules and that is a story today.

Great. Okay, well, I hope that the strike is able to able to oh and I would argue that in the next coming weeks and months more reality shows will go into production because studios aren't making new content that's scripted and they need content to film all their streaming services so I would argue we're going to be getting a lot more you know selling sunset Tallahassee yeah yeah like it's giving COVID you know we're gonna get spring house fall house right we're more you know selling sunset Tallahassee yeah yeah like it's giving COVID you know we're gonna get spring house fall house right we're doing you know we're they're doing the best that they can with given the current situation and I also spoke to some industry folk the other day

and they said that the strike is expected to um conclude you know sometime mid-September and what happens in mid-September that concludes the strike? Nobody like is like hustling right now to like make, this was just what I heard, to make amends. It's summer. You know, people of extraordinary means are not, you know, pounding the pavement, trying to, you know, put dinner on the table for their families. Like everyone's summering in Italy. And by the time everybody comes back late August is when everybody gets back to work. And once everybody's like on board to like, you know, start making money again, it'll take a few weeks and they'll figure out what the deal is, you know? Got it. Now, I think somebody could argue back to what I'm saying about influencers is like what they're fighting for in SAG is like

certain things are kind of universal. Like AI is a big topic of conversation. And I saw that, like, what the studios want to do with the renegotiation is, like, pay a background actor. Because these negotiations really aren't for the A-listers. Like, they're well compensated. And sure, could it be better? Yeah. But, like, they're making hundreds of millions of dollars.

Yeah. It's really for working actors who don't have, you know, big TV royalties coming in to set them up for the future. It's people who do small roles, like background actors, and they want to use AI to like hire a background actor. Like let's say MTV wants to hire a background actor. They have them come in for like one day of work, film a bunch of different stuff, and then use AI to take this person's likeness and put them in literally an unlimited amount of background work, which would give them one day's worth of pay for like a lifetime of content, which is totally unfair. And so I think like a argument is like, well, stand with SAG because whatever happens with

SAG and AI could happen to your job and AI. And it's this conversation about like computers and robots taking over for human jobs, which I feel like has been happening for a very long time. I feel like Amazon's a great example of that, you know? No, I mean, factory workers, yeah. Right. Have been replaced by machines for years. People have been replaced by machines.

So was there a call out for the influencers to stand with the factory workers? Not that I recall. So I just think it's a question. Yeah. Also, I mean, it seems like that's something that they couldn't figure out it's like as much as you use my likeness you pay me for my likeness yeah AI can make me do whatever

you want but if you're gonna use it's less it's less you know yeah physical work for me but they do have to iron out the logistics of that and that's new yeah so I understand why it's gonna take a minute but I feel like there's a way to make that work yeah even though I saw a video today for Andresha calling what's his name Bob Iger a new word she's been using kind of she's been getting her thesaurus out she called him an ignoramus oh no she's kind of choosing like the best words like I'm keeping a list of all the insults for Andresha has been slinging and I'm using them the next time I get into a fight with one of my friends repugnant ignoramus it's just it's giving sandbox like she's calling him these things because she has a crush on him

no it's it's happily ever after it is like the more she goes in like the more the payoff is going to be like we're 30 through the book they still hate each other he's an ignoramus but they're 70 like don't worry they will get steamy in the boardroom where the payoff's going to be. Like, we're 30% through the book. They still hate each other. He's an ignoramus. But they're 70%. Like, don't worry. They will get steamy in the boardroom. It's so true. Also, the one concern that I had seen, but I haven't been keeping,

you're really, like, kind of a SAG-AFTRA... Kind of. ...officinado in terms of how much you know about the strike, but also that, like, AI could write scripts. And that's what the writers started. That was one of like the writers for scripts. Now the actors are a part of it, standing with the writers and the background actors

and their likenesses and such. But AI could write a movie script. Okay, but like I doubt it would be nearly, like in order to write a perfect movie, you need things that AI does not possess, like heart, feelings, you know what I mean like AI is learning heart and feelings no still if I had like if I had to invest you know in a movie I'm a producer and I had to give you know my hundred million dollars I want a movie that

was written by a person not AI like I'm just I trust AI for a lot of things honestly like that picture of William with hair perfection um i don't trust him to make to write scripts like about the human experience you can't you literally can't you can't know what that's like they're learning i agree with you and i don't understand how they could learn emotion feelings like i literally don't understand ai but like everyone just keeps saying like they're learning and they're gonna learn well But you know what they'll never fucking learn? Our sisterly bond and our sisterly ways. A hundred percent. Yeah.

So. I feel good, you know, job security wise. Yeah. And you know, if AI wants to create a version of The Toast, that's another great podcast, like hosted by two robot sisters. Okay. I would listen to that. A hundred percent. Maybe we could take a few

weeks off you know we could use AI toast for maternity leave for maternity leave for like our holiday break if any either one of us gets sick you know yeah like some days we're in studio some days it's audio only some days it's an AI episode AI just like throw it into the rotation audio only video only AI this is kind of awesome yeah as long as the episodes don't stink it up Just like throw it into the rotation. Audio only. Video only. AI. This is kind of awesome. Yeah. As long as the episodes don't stink it up. Yeah.

But then if they do then we also like don't have to worry about AI. You know it's kind of a win-win. AI coming for our jobs. Yep. It's kind of a win-win. Either they help us or they hurt us. Mm-hmm. Yep. Damn AI.

Big moral dilemma. I heard it's going to be bigger than the industrial revolution really yeah i was reading a think piece on how the whole world's going to change more than we've ever like a giant leap for you know not me but those of us who might not be familiar with what the industrial revolution is do you maybe want to get like a little um okay the industrial revolution pretty much like took us like for hundreds of years we had like the same means of tech not we didn't have technology but the same means of like transportation like how long were people on horses and horseback for like literally thousands of

years uh-huh and then there was like a revolution with the industrial revolution all of a sudden with steel and trains and then we have cars and electricity and all of this happened like it was a giant leap within 50 years like the whole way of living completely changed and like how many years were the industrial revolution taking place well we could see when it started and i i don't know when it would like finish must have been such an exciting time to be alive it occurred during the period from around 1760 to 18 18 20 18 40 so okay 60 80 years all right it was a period of global transition of human economy towards more efficient and stable manufacturing processes that succeeded

the agricultural revolution so that was the last revolution so i guess this next one is the ai revolution right well we our kids will be reading about that in textbooks right but i also feel like the internet was a revolution definitely i don't know if that one's like called something the digital revolution the digital revolution yeah it's crazy to go so like we're so back to back with our revolutions like it feels like digital just happened now we're going into ai to artificial the artificial revolution damn if not me i'm real much like simon van kampen i am real. And I'm intelligent. Extremely. These are my affirmations.

I'm real. I am artificial. I am real. I am intelligent. Keep telling yourself that, girl. Keep telling yourself that. Okay, should we dive into the stories? We should.

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All right. Okay, our first story, a little Vanderpump Rules news, a little twofold because the cast is filming and they have taken a cast trip to Lake Tahoe. The gang really is all there. Sheena Shea, her husband Brock, James Kennedy, Allie Luber, Tom Schwartz, and Lala jetted off to Lake Tahoe for a summer getaway. It also looked that Sandoval was there.

Sandoval was there. A fan, I was reading Twitter this morning because this photo of everyone who's on the trip, including Sandoval, like arms around each other smiling. He's like not on the end of the group photo, like he's in the middle. So everyone was like quaking and Sheena responded because someone was like, looks like you're getting really chummy with Sandoval. And Sheena was like, actually,

like a fan of the show came up and found us and asked us all for a picture so we're not going to like all look miserable for this fan. We were just like, you know, putting on smiles.

Which is actually a pretty good explanation because I was like, damn, everybody's looking real chummy. The fact that he's even on the trip is just questionable. Well, Ariana and Katie

are notably not. True. And I guess this answers the question of what is the vibe like for the next season going to be because it felt like not a single person would film with Sandoval yet here we are. Yet here we are. Also a little Vanderpump news is that Raquel's dog Graham is back with James and now his girlfriend Allie. They posted a celebratory snap kissing the dog Graham Cracker and Allie and James. He said, look who made his way back home, back into my life. I'll take care of you forever and I love you. That's so, you know, sweet and must be really nice for James but it does you know beg the question of Raquel's mental state if she can't you know take care of her dog yeah at first I was like

well maybe she's not home and like maybe she's still in the facility so it's good if the dog she's back she is back and she's also like holding out on negotiations waiting for more money. So I'm confused as like why now does he have Graham? Yeah that's what I'm saying. Like if this whole time Graham was not with James while she was like away. The exact time you would need someone to watch your dog while you're not home. When she returns the dog is then given to James. It makes me think like she can barely take care of herself in the state that she's in. Let alone a dog.

I don't know what. I don't think think that but I don't have a better answer so we could go with that I can't think of anything else literally the day we see paparazzi photos of Raquel for the first time in weeks after being in a treatment facility she's out in LA she's I guess back is the same day James posts that he starts watching Graham yeah but isn't a having a dog and the most support and companionship like a mentally healthy thing to do very true it could be very good for your mental health yeah or sometimes you're in such a depression you can barely get out of bed to take a shower let alone take care of another living being that needs to be fed and walked but the dog forces you to get up and get out. But maybe it wasn't.

Maybe it wasn't. Maybe. But that's really dark then. I know. Well, I'm happy for James that he gets to spend some time with Graham. Yeah. Like, you know, Raquel has a lot of family. Yeah, and Raquel has, like has a lot of family yeah and Raquel has like a lot of family so the fact that um she opted to leave the dog with James as opposed to like a sister or her parents

um I actually think it's sweet you know yes I agree so and I think the dog will be happy and the dog's you know well-being is of utmost importance as well so it seems good but it just begs the question like why can't Raquel yeah what's going on with Raquel it's so funny like there was such little interest in banner pump rules prior to this scandal and like after the peak of the show like we never used to like really get this much social media footage of what was going on during filming like it would all genuinely just be a surprise when we started watching the show no and now it's kind of like it's kind of like Beverly Hills you know there was so much news you know before Lisa Rinna left so much news coming out while they were filming that we would know what to expect

yeah like the way I would never have cared about where Raquel and James's dog was living before that would not have signaled anything to me. But no, they're really like a top-tier reality show now. Yeah. Emmy-nominated. Emmy-nominated. Speaking of Bravo, our next story. Andy Cohen tells flirty, rony star Brynn Whitfield

that Mauricio Umansky is available. Andy informed Brynn that Kyle Richards' recently estranged husband Mauricio Umansky is available. Andy informed Bryn that Kyle Richards recently estranged husband Mauricio is on the market. While on the red carpet of last week's Roni premiere he was asked by a Marie Claire reporter which house husband he thinks is the hottest. He let out a prolonged um but then he turned to Bryn who was doing her own interview and she said Mauricio with a smile and he shouted back he's available okay but he's not like I literally just saw an interview with Erica Jade and she was asked about it and she actually had the most like political perfect response she was like I'm not gonna speak on it because it's

like not my business and I want Kyle to be able to like tell her side of the story but like they are together and Kyle told paparazzi she's like I'm not single like they're together so I don't know what Andy's talking about okay so why put out this statement that they're having a hard time like that they're because it came out like in a people magazine and then everybody started reporting that they're getting divorced like as if it was 100 factual she's like we're actually not but if you must know like we've been having trouble yeah she was I think she was provoked like she didn't do that unprovoked like she might have even kept it from everyone if it didn't come out in every single magazine

that they were hardcore 100% getting divorced. Got it. Well then Kyle's not going to be happy with Andy about this. Now it begs the question Jackie who do you think is the most the hottest house husband? Frank Catania. 100% but I would actually say either Mauricio or Evan Goldschneider. And I don't know if that's only because they're both like the Jewish kings and that's just what I'm attracted to. But they really are both like the most handsome. Yeah, no, they're both incredibly handsome. I think those would be like classic popular answers.

Yeah, Evan Goldschneider I feel like is a little underrated because Jackie got demoted. Yeah, and because he hasn't been on the show for like a million years yeah but that's a good one honestly all the jersey husbands are yeah so great but let me just make sure i'm not missing any other husbands i mean i'm sure you know someone done around a hottest husband's housewife like who are we forgetting somebody like so obvious it's always Mauricio people say oh people say Harry Hamlin oh I don't think he's hot people say um Harry Hamlin okay they also say Jeremy Locke who is Deandra Simmons's husband and I actually agree he was very hot 1000 percent

Eddie Judge okay oh Denise Richards husband Aaron was cute, but his personality ruined it. It's hard when it's, like, someone who hasn't been on for that long. Like, I don't know them enough, you know? But, like, we know Mauricio. We know Frank. Of course, Joe Gorga. Todd Tucker, who's Candy's husband. Oh, Juan Dixon is on this list.

I don't disagree. I mean, I don't agree. Harry Hamlin. I do not find Harry Hamlin sexy, and everyone's like, he's so hot. Oh, Mario Singer. You know, later in life, he's actually gotten very good-looking in the beginning. No, he's a good-looking man. It's hard to, like, look at him just with your eyes because there's so much, like, that

is going on with, like, him and Ramona. Croy Bierman is on this list. Yeah. I said Eddie Judge, right? Yes. Mauricio yes Mauricio Mario yeah it's the same people oh Apollo Apollo is hot yeah Deidre's ex-husband yeah all these lists are saying the same people Todd Tucker Harry Hamlin Wanda Dixon's on these lists I'm sorry I'm not who's Todd Candy's husband okay okay and Edwin yeah I don't think Edwin is cute Edwin is cute they're all good looking guys like but then it's also becomes a little bit like everything else like about what's

on the inside yeah because if we're talking about like what's on the inside you know Shane Simpson is the hottest no but that's why for me Frank Tang is the hottest because it's what I'm like it's what's on the inside and the outside. And, like, their contributions to the show, truly. Yeah. Like, I would rather – I don't – like, this is going to be such an unpopular opinion. But, like, I don't love – So unlike you. I don't care for, like, Mauricio's scenes.

Like, when other people are, like, dying over him. Oh, that is unpopular. I do. When other people are, like, dying over him, like, being high and funny. Like, I'm just – it doesn't do it for me. But like when Frank is having boys night. Oh, you know who I think you would consider the hottest house husband?

Like if insides counted. Joe Benigno. Oh, well, sorry. Joe Benigno is actually extremely handsome inside and out, but no, PK. Oh yeah, PK is hysterical. Jackie's favorite. Yeah.

He's one of my favorites. I thought about him. But he like yeah. He's in there. He's in the mix. Yeah. I just feel like any of the husbands who are still around as husbands are likely good husbands and have been married for a long time.

Like they're good guys. Yeah. You know what I mean? Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. So they're all pretty lovable. And we know them for so many years like we feel like we love them yeah are there any husbands on the new roni reboot yeah are they married most of

the girls are married except for Brynn and Jenna Lyons is married no I don't think she is in a relationship currently but I'm not sure. Okay. And what are their husbands like? Are they like young? Are they hot? Are they rich? Oh yeah. Yeah. I'm trying to remember everyone's husband. Aaron's husband is nice looking. Cy's husband is nice looking. Oh, Uba is not married. Not if she is, we have we were in her apartment we didn't see a husband. Was her apartment nice? Yeah Brynn is obviously not married either. Oh and

Uba is cousins with Chanel I think her name is from Real Housewives of Dubai. I never watched Real Housewives of Dubai. Oh no way. Yes they kept calling each other cousin and I was like is that like a colloquial term or are you actually cousins and I believe they are actually cousins. Oh, that's cool.

Yeah. Huh. So, yeah, it's a good, it's a married mix on new Roni. That's good. Yeah. Anyways, Brynn's got her, well, I mean, I feel like also answering Mauricio is just like kind of the go-to answer. Obvious, yeah. If it means that she actually has a crush on him.

If I've learned anything about Brynn just based on like social media, it's that she's like doing the most, trying the hardest. And so she wants to like appeal to the fans. Like Mauricio is like such a, you know, basic answer. Yeah, I think. But it's also the truth. It's also the truth. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

But Andy like made it a bigger deal than it is now. Yeah, yeah. And now we've said it. Are you ready for our next story? Yeah. Kim Kardashian's skims soars to a $4 billion valuation, which would give Kim a $500 million windfall. The curvy reality TV star turned business mogul shapewear brand Skims.

Whoa, that's a mouthful. business mogul shapewear brand Skims. Whoa, that's mouthful. What about just Skims, raked in $270 million in its most recent funding round to lift the company's valuation to $4 billion, Kim said on Wednesday. Skims' largest shareholder is Kim. She has 35% stake in the company, according to Forbes. That means that this would be about half a billion dollars worth for her bringing her net worth to 1.7 billion dollars. Skims' new valuation makes the company she co-founded twice as valuable as legacy retailer Victoria's Secret which saw sales drop six percent last year and has a market cap of 1.6 billion dollars. When you think of Skims is like number one competitor do you think victoria secret no but that is a very good comparison and to me feels more analogous than spanks see i don't i

always consider skims and spanks to be like the two we know yeah you're always what is spanks each other no i just want to see spanks valuation. But you know what Skims was reminding me of? Because I've been shopping a lot at this brand. Okay, yeah, but it just, Spanx's valuation is $1.2 billion. Oh, wow. But Spanx is one, no, it's not just one category. Never mind. No, they have clothes, swim.

Skims reminds me a lot of Norma Kamali. In terms of what? Like, just in terms of the breadth of what they do and also the fabrics and like it's like it's fashion but it's also basics and like simple things because I've been shopping a lot at Norma Kamali for um pregnancy stuff and I'm like I feel like this is stuff that I should also or could be getting at Skims Skims should also really do a maternity collection like all the like bump suits and stuff they do have a maternity tab on the site. I have one of their their little rompers but it's like not my favorite thing.

Got it. Okay. Very interesting. I think the journey and like the skyrocket to fame of Skims is so impressive especially when when you think about, you know, the beginning kimono. Yeah. No, especially when you think about everyone else, like who's trying to like turn a product line from what they're famous for. It's so hard. And even if you can launch, have a successful launch and product and you send it to everyone, everyone wants to try, you know, what your new thing is. But like to have returning customers who like literally integrate it into their lives every single day it's a really massive no for sure and I think it's also a lesson to like anybody who wants to launch a brand like Kim had a few flops before she like really emoji yeah like

when she was just selling things that were so like inauthentic to her brand and then she like really leaned in like shapewear her curves that's what she's known for like her style her body and like how she looks the way she does in clothing like it was really a perfect um representation of who she was and up until that point it felt like some of the things she was doing were like a little bit inauthentic yeah also there's talk that maybe they'll take the company public so that would be like a lot of money for Kim. Should we buy some Skims stock? I think I would. I would too. Well, you can't buy stock if it's not public, right?

No, until. So once it goes public, you could buy the stock. Interesting. No, it's so impressive. Uh-huh. And I love Skims. Like I'm literally, I've been wearing the Skims bra for like a week. And I own a lot of stuff from there.

And it's really, it is that bitch's really it is that bitch like it is yeah it is and I actually do think the Victoria's Secret comparison is a very good one and there was a gap in the market then no yeah and it's like I feel like we all bought skims you know to support Kim and just to be like oh Kim has it I have it and then we all kept buying it because it's excellent it's excellent agreed and the cream rises are you ready for a little more biz news? Is it a little bit more biz news that's brought to you by Fashion Pass? Yes. We've been Fashion Pass girlies for years now. And if there was ever a time to sign up for Fashion Pass, this is it.

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Our next story, Netflix has gained almost 6 million new subscribers since cracking down on password sharing. This irks me. I'm going to tell you why. Netflix's recent earning report revealed the streamer gained a whopping 5.8 million subscribers in the second quarter of the year. Variety reports this boost in users brings their global subscriber total to 238 million, marking an 8% increase in subscribers year over year.

So as we all know, password Netflix is narking on all of us. And I'm really struggling with this because I'm not home right now. And I can't use Netflix because they think I'm just like password sharing. I already said, no, it's me. I'm on vacation. They gave me three weeks and now my vacation is up, they said. And I can't do a vacation again no it's a faulty fucking program because yes I understand like they're running a business and for so many years everyone there was like a 35 people on one account okay I get it you need to crack down in some way sure but this is full of flaws like first of all I travel with a Roku in my um suitcase at all times so when I'm on vacation and I'm at a hotel that doesn't have, I just plug it into the HDMI. And this is going to create a huge problem for me, for people who travel for work.

A lot of hotels have Netflix and you just like log in. Or what about Airbnbs, VRBO? Like everybody is always logging into their streaming services at hotels and any, you know, rental home that has an Apple TV or a Roku. This creates a problem. This creates a problem. People vacation for more than three weeks. People travel for vacation for more than three weeks. People travel for work for more than three weeks. Like, what is going on? Yeah, and, like, the thing is, my Netflix profile, like, is me. I'm a paying customer.

We have a big family plan, and, like, we're all connected through a lot of TVs, but, like, we are the people who are the customers. Like, it's not like, you know, I got somebody's Netflix password 10 years ago and I've been holding on to it. Like, and also, I feel like I can verify. No, it's like even for someone who's following the rules. If I can verify that I got the code that you sent, like, then I should be able to get into my Netflix account.

Yeah, if it's, yeah. Okay, so people who are annoyed, who are trying to scheme the system can't, fine. But paying customers, even having trouble, unacceptable. Yeah, they cracked down too hard that yeah they cracked a little too close to the sun and like you you log in in so many places now you log in you have like tvs in your house log in tablet ipad log in on computer logging on your phone plus if you have a family plan it's like maybe they should let us know what the exact

number of logins per profile you can have and And then maybe I would tighten my belt a little bit. Her strings. Yeah, no. I think about how many places I'm logged in. Right now I have my iPad when I travel. I have my TV here. I have my TV in the living room. I think of all the places I've never logged out of my Netflix from, you know, like random

Airbnbs and stuff. It's really annoying. It's really annoying. I guess it kind of illustrates, though, that there's nothing on Netflix that I'm desperate to watch because I'm just living without Netflix and no and now with this strike it's not like there's going to be new content anytime soon I guess it's not great timing if there was something I really wanted to watch and I really want I needed Netflix I might like make a new profile which is so crazy which is what they want you to do which is why I'm not part

of the 5.8 million who joined this quarter no and I think that this um timing really couldn't be worse like begging people forcing them to make you know more profiles spend more money knowing in the coming weeks and months they're going to have no content because of the strike so true so what are we paying for silence so true I'll just listen to a podcast or something yeah maybe I'll watch the toast I'll read yeah I'll knit your favorite hobby yep I'll do a mukbang I'll do literally anything except spend money no it's not about the money it's about the principle because i i subscribe it's not about the money money money we don't need your money my money my money i subscribe to every yeah streamer i'm happy to like i want to support and i'm a cord cutter so that's why i cut my

cord so that i would have the budget to subscribe to every streamer to spread the seed but not if you're going to treat me like this no not if you're going to treat me like this. No, not if you're going to treat your customer like some sort of piggy bank. Like some common criminal. Yes. Common criminal. Not just a girly

on bed rest who had to relocate and is just trying to watch Selling Sunset for Christ's sakes. For crying out loud. Are you ready for our fifth

and final story? I really, truly, honestly, desperately am. This story is really crazy. It's a little crime news. Is it? It's taken the country by storm. Carly Russell?

It's Carly Russell. Damn. This story is wild. So last week, I'm sure everyone has seen this story. Carly Russell was a missing person last week. She was on the phone on the highway. She pulled over on the side of the road because she saw a toddler just like walking along the highway. And she got out of her car to help the toddler and she went

missing yeah and it was just like the saddest craziest thing ever you know I think some of her belongings were on the ground next to the car and she was never to be heard from again then this weekend Carly turned up at her house like a few, I don't know, maybe it was three days after she initially went missing. And now cops are saying that there's no proof to her abduction story. Yeah. So I think when she just like showed up at her parents' house, like the immediate feeling was relief. Oh, my God. I called you.

I was like, we had been talking about the story. I was like, oh, my, like, they found her. And, but also, like, the toddler, you know? There was, like, kind of this missing piece. Yeah. And it's like, okay, we're so relieved. And then, I feel like it took everybody a second to get past, like, the relief phase to be like, okay, so what happened? You know, she just, like, showed up. I don't think she needed medical attention and everyone was like okay who's gonna say it like this is a little weird you know like there's no explanation for anything yeah and then other stuff has started to come out now about her like google searches and searches leading up to

her quote-unquote abduction she searched the movie taken looked for one-way bus tickets to Nashville I think she literally searched how to abduct yourself yeah no she literally searched like how to go missing without anyone knowing like it was you know quite incriminating evidence and the police did a press conference last night being like this is a hoax and everyone was like what yeah they revealed at the press conference that there's no proof to her story they stopped short of accusing her of maliciously lying instead questioning her mental state but said that they were eager to speak to her again however she's not participating in further interrogation her parents are said to be shielding her from the interrogation they said we have asked to interview carly a second time but have not been granted that request as you can see there are many questions left to be answered but

only carly can provide those answers the family stays with us right now in her mental state because of trauma. She's not ready to talk. That's what we've been told. Well, if this is in fact a hoax, which the police believe it to be, I'm sorry, there are consequences for wasting police resources and time for people who actually need it. And then, of course, you know, the larger issue, which is like it's so hard to get attention when someone goes missing. So many people go missing all the time. You had this national news coverage and you were lying. Like the implications of that, you know, there's not a, you know, you can't, you can't be arrested for that.

No. But like you should be. And there are, like you are a disgrace. Yeah. but like you should be and they're like you are a disgrace yeah and it definitely you know will probably make other people question other things in the future which it should not right but unfortunately it might but do you know how many women go missing and don't get the coverage like that yeah especially black women like girly come on it's so it was such a weird story and you know what it's it kind of reminded me and I have to credit um Heather McDonald called her Carly Smollett yeah I've been seeing comparisons

because when Juicy Smollett had this thing happen there was like a brief period where nobody wanted to say it but they were like something's not adding up here. And no one was going to be the first person to say it. Because like you know. Okay but I never felt that way about this case. No. When she came home. Okay. And there was just nothing.

I think everyone had that moment. They're like well this is bizarre. Because like what happened? Like there was this you know we found out the second she got home and it's like okay what happened and then nothing silence yeah so everyone's like okay who's gonna be the first to say it the police had said like there's no toddler at risk well thank god you know but doesn't make it better yeah and i feel like you know human trafficking is such a topic of conversation these days.

And so. This really struck a chord with people, this story. And it's like you could see, you know, it's horrible. Like anytime someone goes missing, but like this woman was trying to help like a toddler. A toddler. And all these other cars hadn't stopped. Right. And then you see pictures of her and she's like this really young, beautiful girl. And then you see pictures of her and she's like this really young, beautiful girl.

And every element of this story was like really designed to like hit home for a lot of people for whatever reason. And it became huge news and it was fraudulent. Yeah. I really would like to understand what she was trying to do. Yeah. Well, I assume there will be a documentary about this. I know. I'm sure it's already in the works I know but she needs like she needs to shed some light on the situation just out of like

sheer curiosity because like if you want to like leave town you could always leave yeah what were you trying to do right like maybe she has demons she's running from like I don't know yeah it's been a crazy roller coaster, this journey. Yeah. And then why come home? She kind of successfully abducted herself. Yes. Yes. That's true.

Like, nobody was thinking anything until she showed up. Right. Hmm. I don't know. It's just, this story is crazy to me. No, it is. And I'm so confused. Yeah.

So, you know what? I just, I'll wait for the documentary, because hopefully it is and I'm so confused. Yeah. So I you know what I just I'll wait for the documentary because I hopefully it'll answer some of my questions. Also how can she just like decline to be interrogated again? Like. I know like it's not really like optional girl. Like get back in there. Yeah no didn't she has committed a crime? I think if they open up like an official like if they press charges against her for like wasting police resources then i do believe she doesn't have a choice got it but you can i guess you can plead the fifth it's your right to remain silent yes yes but you still have to go down to the station yeah then they can like try and persuade you they said that she declined to be interviewed

again right like as if it's um you know, an interview for The New Yorker. It's not optional. Yeah, no comment. Right. All right, well, I guess we'll see what happens. I'm sure more stuff will come out. Yeah. So those are the past five stories.

Feel as though you needed to know them. Our second to last episode of the week, tomorrow's episode, will be recorded right before I – excuse me, am gonna throw right before you burp right before I head to Boston for Luke Holmes I'm so excited like literally I've been so like thinking about it all week like this is gonna be so much fun I'm so sorry that you won't be joining us I'll stop talking about it sorry I realized what I did there it's fine I'massociating. So if you want to keep talking, I'm not here. No, it's okay. I'm not here. Okay.

It's okay. So I can come back now? You can come back. Yeah, Jax. Come on back. Okay. Okay. That was a great episode.

Love you, Jax. Love you, third. I'll see you soon. I'm going to put on like a little bit of a face for the mukbang. For the mukbang. Yeah, of course. Yeah.

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