The Toast - Textbook Toast with Shannon Ford: Wednesday, June 11th, 2025

Episode Date: June 11, 2025

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Good morning, girlies, it's the Toast. It's Jackson Claude and we're your hosts. It's your favorite show, the best five things you need to know. We'll start your day off swirly, it's the Toast. I sound amazing. Welcome back to the toast. Happy hump day and I am sitting down with of course someone I would love to hump But you and I've got a couple of humps ourselves. It's shannon ford. It's so true

There's been so many humps this week and we're taking them like champs But they're humps. I'm in our bellies. I mean and we're taking them like champs, but they're humps nonetheless. I meant our bellies. I meant our bellies and our breasts. Like I just meant we have humps. We've got lady lumps. Oh my, you're so right. And from someone speaking that never had lady lumps or humps, it's kind of crazy. Do you like it? Or do you finally understand why we've been complaining this whole time? Like big boobs stink, big bellies not my favorite, big butts not my favorite. Big butt is not my favorite.

Well, my butt is somehow inverting itself. So I haven't experienced that. But do you know that when I got my boobs really early on in pregnancy, which Taylor was like, that's crazy. Like mine didn't come till I got milk. I was like, slay these titties. I think it lasted a week, like maybe truly a week before I was like, I wanna slice these off my body and everything the big titty community has said is correct. And I feel so bad because I've always been like, oh, poor you, you have big gorgeous tits. And now I'm like, oh no, your life is hindered.

Your life is hindered. I'm so glad that you've seen both sides. You've seen like both sides of the coin and you can agree with us that like it is not what it's cracked up to be. No. It is not my favorite one. And with the big belly and toe as well, they just rest on my stomach like an orangutan and I just feel I just hate it. I hate it. I hope they go back to the itty bitties that they were. I know it'll be a while. Well, I look forward to seeing how big they get when you breastfeed, like,

or when your milk comes in. I don't know if you're gonna breastfeed. I'm not gonna, like, put it on you. Yeah, I'm hoping to exclusively breastfeed. That would be amazing. And so I fear. I have nothing but fear. Well, I'm excited because then you'll really, like, we really need to give you a big dose of big titty so that you will never again tell us we're wrong for complaining. You're right. You're right. I always do this.

Like you haven't had, you haven't experienced enough yet. Make them bigger. Make them bigger? Oh my gosh. Shutter to think when people say stuff like, oh my gosh, if I could give you half of mine, I'd be like, okay, bring it on. Or they say stuff like swimsuits.

I started saying stuff about, I was buying swimsuits and I don't need to go up in too many sizes. So I've just been trying to kind of like wear what I have. And I used to roll my eyes and people would be like, what is this thing? This wouldn't even fit over my nipple. I'd be like, okay. Now I say things like that.

Like Taylor would be like, you can borrow this. And I'm like, this little thing, this wouldn't fit over a nipple. Like it's crazy. It's a natural cycle. Yeah.. And I'm like, this little thing, this wouldn't fit over a nipple. Like, it's crazy. It's a natural cycle. Yeah. Well, I'm glad we'd convinced you. You look part delicious today.

You always do. Thank you. You literally look like Andy Anderson from How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days, Pregnant Edition. Yellow is new for me. I'm really trying to channel my inner Jackie and wear more colors as a redhead, like, you know, pale pinks and yellows.

Like this color did not exist in my closet. And I'm trying to branch out because it actually does suit us so nicely, which I should have known by looking at you. But it does. Well, people would think that like pinks and redheads don't go. And maybe if I got my colors done, someone would be like, no, this color is not suiting you. But like, it's just become a part of me that like I wouldn't even be able to recognize if it does. There certain shades of pink even though when I wore yesterday it's not like my go-to shade of pink but it's just a cute top but I love pale pink what were your used to be go-to colors you love like a a forest green yeah I'm a big green blue purple white and black jewel tones yeah that's it I'm pastel tones but that's actually not my color wheel my color wheel is like pastel tones. But that's actually not my color wheel. My color wheel is like pastel tones. And so I'm trying to migrate.

And when I look at myself, I says, you look great. You look great. You look great. You do look great. How are you feeling? We know you've been sick. You've been through it. Yeah, I've really, as James would say,

I don't know if this is like a British name, but they always say, oh, God, you're going through the walls. You've been through the walls. The wars. I figured. Yeah. Then I realized, unless you were going through the walls, you've been through the walls. The wars. I figured. Yeah. But then I realized- Unless you were going through the walls.

Walls, it kind of sounded like walls actually. Yeah, there's just been so many ailments, but you know, that would happen anytime I'm supposed to be podcasting in person with you, which I would have loved to been in Florida right now with you. Oh yeah, we had such big plans this week. People don't even know Shannon was supposed to come

down to Florida. She was gonna stay in my house. We were also gonna do like a little hotel staycation. And we were going to podcast for a number of days together, just like living the life of pargy. Yeah. And G podcasting in person was the plan while pregnant while pregnant and Shannon fell ill and so she couldn't fly. So that's why also this week has been, it's actually been a really great week and everything's totally worked out and you know what, and I'm never gonna push a pregnant mama.

I'm never gonna be like Shannon, you said you'd be, like Edward, Shannon, you stay home. You've been magnificent. It's mostly a sinus thing, which if you guys are just like, gosh, your co-host sounds like Donald Duck. It's just sinuses during pregnancy, I didn't realize how elevated they can really get.

And it just got to a point where I was like, if I fly, my eardrum will burst. Like if I fly, this would just be crazy. And you know what? You've had some partualicious guests that I have thoroughly enjoyed really to my core. So it all worked out for the best. I'm here virtually for a lovely day

and we're gonna crush it. It's gonna be partualicious. It is, it's gonna be incredibly steamy and toasty because we will do pop culture and I know you care about pop culture. So like hopefully the meat of the pop culture, like sometimes there's more meat on the bone. Sometimes there's less, it just really depends on the guest.

So I think you're gonna get like typical elk of toast here today. But I make no promises. Cause one thing about me and you, we are chatty. And one thing about me, like I'm interested in conversation with friends. Like if the convo is a flowing, we ain't doing the fast-

We ain't slowing. No, it's true. And then we will also get to have two podcast hosts at the same time who might speak through frogs in their throats. So everyone will be just like so jazzed. And they're pregnant and they're redheads. We talk about a lot how we're both redheads

and like growing up we could have never been friends because like I couldn't be seen next to another redhead. Isn't that crazy? Like diabolical, like there was like, you know, one other redhead that went to my high school and she was gorgeous and I was like, ugh. Like it was like- But weren't you gorgeous?

Like you were Miss Teen USA. I wouldn't say like, I wouldn't say people would look back at me in high school and be like, that girl was gorgeous. I think I did pageants and I won a lot of personality points. And whenever I had my hair and makeup professionally done at 17, but even when I won Miss South Carolina Teen, like if you looked at the lineup, the girls were prettier.

I just had the personality, honey. And when you're a teen, they kind of care about that kind of stuff. Personality hire. A personality hire. They care more about your personality and being cute and And when you're a teen, they kind of care about that kind of stuff. A personality hire. A personality hire. They care more about your personality and being cute and fun when you're a teen versus like when you were like a miss,

they're like, who the fuck is the hottest? And also it's kind of smart, but like who's hot? Yeah, I guess that makes sense. When I think back to like elementary school, high school, like anyone in my class who was like a model, like a child model, they were like totally nice looking, but they weren't like the most gorgeous person in the class. Like they just like were doing modeling, you know,

but then they were nice looking. But it was just like, that didn't automatically make them like the most beautiful. I don't know. Yeah, yeah, I agree. Do you think- Because I was the most beautiful. Because I was the most beautiful.

Do you think they still do, you know superlatives, did you guys have that at your Jewish high school? We did, I think. Okay, I know you guys are obsessed with high school like culture. And so obviously I went to like a very classic high school. Like movie. Yeah, like totally.

And the superlatives, I think back, I'm like, I think they're all too woke to do the stuff we did. We had best looking. Like we had like someone won best looking. What were you? Not that, but I did, I will say I won, I won two superlatives and they reached out to me

and said, you're only like, we can only give you one. Which one would you prefer? And it was best dressed or most likely to end up on TV one day. And I chose best dressed because I thought I'd put a lot more work into that. That's good. Yeah. That's good.

And you also were the best dress and you were the most likely to end up on TV one day because life took you to reality television. And then to podcasting. Yes, that's true. People don't, I feel like not enough people know that Shannon Ford's breakout role was on Very Cavaliery. Not enough people now?

Not enough people. I genuinely forget that about you. Wait, really? I thought you were being sarcastic. Yes. No, I watched the show too when it was live. Wow. I'm like, let's not find those episodes because I don't want to know what he said about you.

No, no. It's, you know, they still play reruns and people are all the time like reruns, get that check queen. I'm like, I don't make residuals from this shit. Like they paid us $1,500 an episode back then, which obviously, you know, it was a springboard to the current life I have. So I'm forever grateful, but it's just crazy because I feel like that's really, that's a marker of success. If people remember you as something else other than like the girl that was

on Barry Cavalieri, but I actually feel like everyone is always like, you were on that Kirsten Cavalieri show. No, and what's so funny is like, we talk about Kristen a lot on this show. I'm actually like a big fan of hers, but then I have to like be like, wait, my best friend's got beef. Like, I know, but like from the show, like she fired you.

So I'm like, wait, maybe I can't stand so hard. No, like we'll stand a little less. No, no, no. It's, it's, it's, um. Stand a little less. It's great. We're It's, it's, it's, um. Stand a little less. It's great. We're, we're, we're very cordial. It's fine.

I know I figured, and also it is like TV and it was very much, you know. So long ago too. Dramatized. For sure. But sometimes I remember that. We were really beefing. You, you were.

Yeah, we were really beefing. Cause you weren't doing a good job as a social media manager. No, I was doing a very, very, very bad job. And now that I'm doing a bad job on purpose, like, why were you doing a bad job? Shannon, you're a hard worker. Sometimes I was doing a bad job to play it up on TV. Like, oops, I forgot to do this.

But like I would say if you had to put a percentage to it, 85 to 90 percent of the time, I was just doing a bad job. I just I had all the crux to have like the ideas and the creative but I actually didn't have the like like sit down and do it. Yeah, yeah. So hard worker I think when it's something to do with me and I really she was spot on I mean at the end when she fired me she was like she cares more about her own shit than my shit. And I was like, true. Like, yeah. Yeah. But you know, I was 22.

Not that that's an excuse. You should all like do your job at 22 that you're hired to do and paid to do. But I look back at that now and I'm like, oh, come on. Yeah, I'm a great story to tell. I'm like a cautionary tale. Like if you don't do your job at 22, like you could get really fucking fired. But you're also an inspiring tale because you, I think you were then set off in the right direction

to work on shine things. Yeah. And like, I do love one, like the only bit of shade that I will always throw that I'm like, ha ha, is like one of like her big like punch up lines at the end when I got fired. She was like, and you know what? Good luck with your next boss, Shannon, cause I'm sure you're going to have the same problems.

And I'm always like, never had another boss. You guys. Ttn. And I can say we don't have the same problem. Shannon is a very hard worker. She's always doing episodes, even though she's like always like sick and the world is working against her and she always crushes it. Yeah, I've got to get I've been speaking to you guys about getting a Jewish evil eye necklace or bracelet or something. I need I've been speaking to you guys about getting a Jewish evil eye necklace or bracelet or something.

I need some protection in my life. Yeah, I love that. Well, I'm wishing you well in all of your various ailments, but you would never know it today and you sound great and I just want you to be well and have common peace. How are you feeling in this stage of pregnancy and life? You know, I don't wanna jinx it, but my pregnancy has been great.

I really wasn't super. I was very nauseous in the beginning. I cracked up when you posted like, oh my God, I posted my Crunchwrap Supreme and then everyone was tagging me in their Crunchwrap Supremes and I wanted to die. No, that's how I felt. Like I had a very big aversion to like meat related things and just like people were posting their foods and I was like, go to jail, like go to hell. Anyone posting their food, which is so ironic

because I post my food all the time. And no one was even posting particularly nasty things. They were just posting, you know, their meat and threes. And I was like, disgusting. But that kind of really alleviated the second I got to like my 13, 14 week, whatever week it was, I saw the light at the end of the tunnel. And then I got there and all of a sudden I woke up and I was like, I can drink my coffee again. I want to steak

and potatoes. I love chicken. Like everything kind of just alleviated. And I never was actually throwing up, which was nice. That is nice. I made steak last night, which is like kind of major. I barely didn't call that. Well, I saw that you were just eating meat and I was like, wow, I was eating meat because also like our meals for the week are kind of dictated by what kosher meat they have at Publix that day. Yeah. Cause sometimes most of the time they just have chicken

fries, but like they had these pepper steaks and Zach bought them. So I was like, okay, it looks like we're having pepper steak and onion. Cause what else do you think with that? Yeah. It's very fajita vibes. Right. Fajita vibes.

And now I want to make that with chicken. That's our favorite tonight. That would be great. Also fajita. That's Clubby's favorite meal. We call it chicken rocks in our house. I didn't realize it was just chicken steak and onion. Why do y'all call that chicken rocks? Because chicken rocks or it's like the chicken looks like rocks. Chicken looks like rocks. Okay. I've been I'm not kidding. I've been really wondering.

It's like what we've called it since like our brains could only form the words like chicken rocks. Okay. Since we were wee little. Yeah. Yeah. But now chicken rocks. But chicken rocks, man. Chicken rocks. Rock on. Poultry. Yeah, I've been good other than just like sinus stuff and like, I don't know, like random rashes. Things are just elevated. Being a ginger and being pregnant, but other than that, I feel good. My coccidinia comes and goes, you know, I'm standing in solidarity with Turdi there, was diagnosed with coccidinia.

And sometimes I'm like, oh, that doesn't exist. And that's made up and it's fake. And then sometimes I'm literally like, my coccidinia, like it's like so bad. I'm glad that they gave you guys like a big name to accompany the elements so you can feel validated in your pain. Yeah, I know you believe more in the sciatica of it all, which is fine. I have sciatica and because I ran out of like my magnesium, something like I've got to the bottom of the jar and then I was in New York, so I didn't order a new one. So I probably went without

magnesium for like a week and a half, two weeks. And so I'm in a not great spot. Oh yeah, you fell off the wagon. You gotta get back on. I've gotta get back on. And I know it's like, you know, I'm privileged that I've never experienced coccidinia. The fishes are crazy.

And actually some toasters, cause we said like, if you had coxedinia and sciatica, like which one's worse? And they said sciatica, but Claudia in her pregnancy, like got sciatica too. And she said coxedinia is way worse. But of course she's gonna say that.

But she would say that, but you know what? I think coxedinia kind of like hits you out of no, isn't sciatica more of like a radiating, like constant pain? Yes. But it also was like really bad when I like try and get up from my seat. You might have coccidinia. I might.

I don't think that I do because like literally, and it's so weird, Claudia and I both had tushy problems at the same time. They came about at this stage in our lives and we're like describing our pain and it's not the same thing. Yeah. When I described it to Claudia, because I think she wanted to really make sure that I was allowed to join the club of coccidinia. And she was like-

She gate keeps, for sure. She was like, that's my ailment. But she was like, that's coccidinia. And I was like, well, here we are. But on the other hand, I do think like you're good for the movement. I think you're good for the cause because you raise a lot of awareness.

Right. You're very charitable. Yeah. And I would want you on the board of my element as well. Thank you so much. Yeah, it's been fun to be pregnant at the same time as you guys, although you and I both spoke about how

we don't really feel like we were pregnant with Claudia, but she was like a really fun cheat code for me because her and I are very honest with each other. So I would text her, probably annoy the fuck out of her and just ask so many questions because she had already experienced them. And she was on a really nice timeline ahead of me so that she really, she hadn't like just experienced,

she had like some timeframe with it and she was able to tell me that kind of stuff versus it's hard for me to compare with my best friend. People would be like, what about your best friend who has three kids? Yeah, what about Taylor, three kids? But she has HG when she's pregnant, which is horrible if you guys know what that is.

You're just, you're violently, violently ill for the entire nine months. So it's really hard, cause I'll ask her stuff and then I'll be like, why am I even asking her? She's gonna be like, I don't know, I was dying. Right, right. It's not a good Richter scale. It's not apples to apples. Understood.

Okay, well I'm always here for you if you need me. I feel like we've had like similar, similar elk of pregnancy symptoms. 100%. Thank you for being here for me. I'm always here for you, Shani. Shani, we were gonna have so much fun this week. That's what the kids call her, Shani.

When she stayed with us, you stayed with us recently with James. Yeah. You said he sounded like Paddington. Yes, he sounded like Paddington. Oh my gosh, the boys, I really was looking forward to seeing the boys.'s we would have just had the best of times but no It's it's for the best that I'm here and I miss the boys. They'll only just miss me more

It's true. They will and then you'll have to come back one day with bebe and well Do you think your child will have a little bit of an accent? Is that how that works? No way I mean, it's gonna be growing up in the South. It's probably gonna sound more Southern than me. You know? Oh, true. Like it just, it's your environment. Like it might have, it might say different words. Like it might randomly call the trash the bin

and people would be like, what are you talking about? But it's not gonna have a British accent. Like you are a product. It's gonna have a Southern accent using British words. Be like, you've been through the wars. Yeah. Excuse me. No, it's so funny because it is going to like say these things and your inflection will really start to change. Yeah. People call me out on it, but I'm like around James 24 seven, but I'll be like, should we go

to the store? And people were like, you just said that British. And I'm like, no, I didn't. But the inflection in my voice said it British. Wow. So do you have more sympathy now for people like Dorit Kemsley and Meghan Markle and like Madonna, who sort of shape shift in their vernacular. And people say they're like putting on or like Lindsay Lohan when she was like living internationally and speaking differently.

I don't think anyone has ever thought to me like, girl, you're literally trying to sound British. I just, my really close friend. No, I don't actually have sympathy for them. I feel like they're like putting things on a little bit. I truly just, it's sometimes my inflection and I always catch it. I'm always like, oh shit, that just sounded like, it's they go up when we go down. We'd be like, do you want to go to the movies? And they'd be like, do you want to go to the movies? It's like that. Okay, I understand.

I feel like it would be so hard not to pick up on that. I pick up on everything everyone around me says. Like even my children, I speak like them. That is not my favorite one. Like I was trying to have a call yesterday with someone and say I didn't like that something was not to my liking. And I was like, all that could come out of my mouth is that's not my favorite one.

You would love it. That's like, I have to like not. It's's not my favorite one. You would love it. That's like, I have to like not. It's either not my favorite one or you would love it. I don't like you. Like I have to like not say things. So those are just toasty-isms. Like I was not there when that child said that. But like it's really hard for me not to use those verbiage in everyday life where it's

like, I don't know, not appropriate. You're like in a corporate meeting and I'm like, I don't like you. You would love it. Even the way Zach and I talk to each other, like the way Harry says I did or I did. Zach, I'll be like Zach to get you the dishes. I did. I did. Taylor's kids, well, one of them particularly always goes, I'm scared if she's scared of anything. And so now anytime we would say like, I'm scared, like if I was just like, I don't know, I'm scared, but I'd be like, you know, I'm scared.

Sometimes Zach and I will be having like a serious conversation or even like a fight. And like one of us was slipping to talking, I did. I was like, he actually like diffuses. It's a great, yeah, I was gonna say. We're like just laughing. We're like, okay, that's a great diffuser. What are the stories like today?

Are they good? Are they bad? Do we come with some like heat or what? The stories are good. Some of them are like ongoing stories from like what we've been discussing. So I look forward to getting Shani's thoughts. I didn't want to cheat. I was going to text you and I'm not trying to rush through the fast five banter, but

I was curious and then I was like, don't ask her. Let this be your true moment as a toasty cohost. Okay. Well, a little behind the scenes tea moment as a Toasty co-host, okay? Well, a little behind the scenes tea is when I do have a co-host, I will give them the story. Some people ask for them like immediately. Sure. They're like, I wanna know what we're talking about.

They wanna be prepared and they get like a little worried. And then sometimes I just like, when I sit down with the person, I'm like, by the way, these are the stories, they're like great, especially if they do pop culture. Nothing about today's stories is surprising or controversial and you're a professional. So I thought it would be fun to do the Claudia where it's like, you don't know what the stories are.

Of course. And you know what? I really try. We're doing a textbook toast today. Even like the cadence, if we slip into the stories soon, like it's getting textbook toast. It's giving turties replacement. No, never. Relax. I really genuinely try not to abuse my like friendship privileges with you guys because I really enjoy being a toaster. Like I could have texted, I didn't know when the birth story was coming out and I was like, I'll find out on Patreon with the rest of them.

Like I am such a fan of the toast, such a fan of you guys, but also the caveats were real life friends. So I try to like, you know, not, not abuse my, my friendship privileges and just let the toast happen. No, but like a major perk is like if we say something on the show or it's like one of those situations where we're texting each other on the show and being annoying and secretive, like you text us and you're like, what was this? Who the fuck were y'all talking about? 100%. Yeah. And like we always will tell you and that must be nice. That's really nice. That's a nice little

perk. Yeah. And I'm sorry for the rest of you that you don't get it. I wish I could tell everyone all of our secrets. And I don't have to really dive deep for lore. If I didn't understand the, you would love it. I didn't know the origin story of that. So I just shot you a text, where does your love it come from? And Claudia's like, oh, that's cause la la la. And I didn't have to really go through

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Yes, this is a big one. This one like we might've called for an emergency episode of the toast, but not exactly. Tarek El Moussa cited the battery following a heated physical altercation in the Las Vegas casino. Tareoussa cited the battery following a heated physical altercation in the Las Vegas casino. Tariq was cited for battery after he allegedly knocked a man out in Las Vegas last week.

The HGTV star and another male were involved in an altercation at the Palazzo at the Venetian Resort in Sin City on June 5th. The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department confirmed to Page Six yesterday. Witnesses alleged to TMZ, who was the first to report the news, that they saw Tarek deliver a knee to the man's head, which knocked him out cold. God. An onlooker claimed to the outlet

that the incident was bad, adding that the guy looked seriously hurt. The alleged victim reportedly refused medical attention. A source told page six that Tarek was protecting his elderly father after the man allegedly got out of line with Tarek's dad. Okay, so that's Tarek's side. Cops arrived at the scene around 11 p.m. and took a crime report.

Though they declined to arrest Tarek, he was cited for battery. Now, I will say, and I am very deeply sorry that Claudia is not here to speak on this. In the beginning of the story, I was like, this guy is so violent. Oh, my God. In the beginning of the story, I was like, this guy is so violent. Oh my god But the fact that the other guy isn't pressing charges does make me what like wonder if there's like casino footage where he's like Oh shit I was really dogging on this elderly man and it was self-defense and I'm gonna get screwed if I press charges But also maybe Tark was like in a casino pulled out a fat wad of cash and was like keep your mouth closed right, I feel like Maybe Tarek was like in a casino, pulled out a fat wad of cash and was like, keep your mouth closed. Right.

I feel like it's not a good look for Tarek, especially because he did the hike with the gun. He did the hike with the gun and then things got really quiet and he's moved on in his life and you could say like, okay, that was a one-off thing and like don't judge him by the gun and the hike. Not if you're Claudia, you could not say that. Right. But like it was the more time we moved on from that

without incident from Tariq, like the more it just seemed like Tariq had a bad moment. Yeah. So when Tariq is involved in a situation like this, where it's violent and there's a knee to the head, which like, that's fucking crazy. That's so aggressive. Like knee, how do you even get that position?

Knee to head is crazy. Gun hike Tariq comes out. And so you see like, okay, that person is there. Now, if this was someone else in the story is like that they were berating the elderly father, like, good, knock them out. Yeah. But I don't know, I feel like with Tark, it's like just it's sort of something that you have to keep in mind. Like does he just have this like violence inside of him? Yeah, it feels like something deep rooted that kind of just like makes itself known publicly.

Or there's two situations where Tariq, like the misunderstanding of Tariq El Moussa, like he said he went on the hike and he took his gun because of mountain lions. Okay. And then if he's protecting his father, like once again, like is someone framing Tariq? And is it us?

I don't think so. I also just think it's interesting that these things keep happening so publicly. Like it does lend my brain to wonder, is he violent and behind closed doors? Like, what are we not seeing happen? Are there knees to heads that aren't in casinos? Who knows? Yeah.

Right, because everything in the casino is on camera. And I do agree with you. Like the fact that he wasn't arrested does, is a check in his column, but he was cited for battery. So it's not totally innocent. Yeah, I like there's no more details. I want the person to come forward, but maybe they won't because they're like guilty as well. Yeah, like what they're coming after an old man. Also not cool. I think I think if someone would love nothing more than to press charges against a famous guy that has a lot of money

For kneeing him in the head and knocking him out cold. So the fact that the guy's like i'm not pressing charges does lend me to think like Maybe he was also at fault Yeah, I agree. It's not like the smoking gun Against tarik. It's just like unfortunate and I guess we'll see what happens next if anything happens next like if all And I guess we'll see what happens next. If anything happens next, like if all is quiet. It's weirdly better than the hike. Like it's oddly better because like no mountain lion could come forward and be like, yeah, I saw him with a gun and I was out of there.

Like we do have this other version of like he didn't press charges. So. So are we giving him a pass? Are we giving grace? Claudia wouldn't. I'll say, had he punched him, I would give him a little grace. Knee to head is crazy to give grace on. Like that is crazy.

I agree. It's like a long journey from knee to head. Yeah. Like when you watch like any kind of like violent fight scene, once I see, obviously they're all fake on movies or whatever, but like I was just watching the Lincoln lawyer and they like get him on the ground and then they start kicking him. And I'm like, when they start kicking, I'm like, oh my God. Like that's just crazy. That is such a different level than like paint punching. Then a punch, which is sort of like a reflex sometimes, right? As opposed to, okay, let me bring your head to my knee. Knee to head feels like very like jujitsu vibes. Like, oh, like you were thinking like you bring your head to my knee. Knee to head feels like very like jujitsu vibes. Like, oh, like you were thinking,

like you've been wanting to do that. Yeah, but I just want to say, if this were someone else, like I could read the story entirely differently. Like say it was a P-Jom man. Say it was Glenn Powell and he needs someone in the head who he said was like, up a rating his elderly father. That would be like so attractive. We would be like team Glenn.

Yeah, go Glenn Coco 100%. We would say that. But Glenn didn't go in the mountains with a gun and get caught. Maybe he did, but he didn't get caught. Right. And then he didn't like see the helicopter and said it's me, Tariq. Weirdly, if Glenn Powell was like caught tripsing through the woods with a gun, I'd be like hot. Right. And if he was like, I'm looking out for mountain lions, I'd be like, he's protecting all of us. Like. I completely agree. I think there's some anti-Taric bias

that we need to like explore. We should look inward. But I do think like exploring that without Claudia here like is fruitless because she's always gonna bring us back to being anti-Taric. No, no, and I would go there for her, I really would. She'd get me back there. Yeah, me too.

Just you can't forget Tarik's armed hike. You can't. I saw her post or I saw Ben hold up the phone yesterday and I was cracking up but I kind of forgot about it being a story but that's really funny. Yeah, major, major news. It's also funny that like, if you were walking

around the woods in a different state with a gun, people would be like, hell yeah, brother. But like, in Florida, people probably go to Publix with their guns, but. Right, right, but they were in California, I think, so it's like a big deal if you're just. Big deal that you're hiking around with a gun, but like, again, situationally.

By the way, after an argument in the woods, like there's just more to this. No, I agree, I agree. Yeah. Are you ready for our next story, which is a confirmation from a story that we talked about yesterday, which is that Aaron Rogers is confirming

he got married a couple months ago in a surprise wedding. So Aaron was spotted with a wedding ring on his finger. People are like, is he married? And yeah, he is. He said that he was dating a woman named Brittany and later they sparked marriage rumors and now he's confirming those rumors that the wedding took place a few months ago,

but he did not share any other details. He was so blase in the interview too. He's like, they're like, what's that ring? Is that like an aura ring or is that like, you know, a wedding ring? And he goes, yeah, it's a wedding ring. And I was like, God, I don't know how to explain that if like I was his wife, I'd be like, like, yeah, it's a wedding ring. And I was like, God, I don't know how to explain that if I was his wife, I'd be like,

bleh, like, yeah, it's a wedding ring. And they were like, how long have you been married? And he's like, a few months. Like, I'm like, bleh. Like, I just, he gives me, bleh. But I just thought he was never gonna get married. Cause if you didn't marry Shailene, Olivia or Danica. I know.

Isn't it crazy how recently, I feel like I always do, the news cycle gets a little old, so maybe they like repurpose stories, but I feel like I still always, at least like once bi-monthly or once a quarter, you see another article come out about one of those women being like, it was a horrible relationship and like I'm scarred.

Yeah, I think he's tough to take. Not for Brittany. In a personal relationship. That's what I was always say about him that like, I enjoy like following him as a celebrity, but I couldn't have a conversation with him. Right. But you watched his documentary and you said you felt differently about him, right? Yeah, I had like more understanding of him and I think he's just like an interesting

guy and he's very serious and he takes himself very seriously and he's very committed to what he does. And so I think he's an interesting figure, but I would not want to sit down and have a conversation with him while he tells me about what he saw on his ayahuasca trip. Like I'm good on that. I'm good on that. Right. Ayahuasca. It's so crazy to think when you guys were talking about yesterday's episode with Jared

and you were like, I'm scared to lose those 10 pounds, Jared said, because he's like, what if I'm not me anymore? I think about that stuff with like really transformative drugs, because I'm someone that like will try any drug once. Obviously not while I'm pregnant, but- Have you tried ayahuasca? No, because I'm so afraid that it would like awaken a different version of me that would be like boring.

Like, what if I just like lost me? You know, like I woke up and was like, wait, I should stop interrupting people. I should really just try to be quiet more often and listen rather than speak. Like, what the fuck? Like that would scare me so bad, you know? Oh, interesting. I feel like for you and maybe for me, like I would have the experience

of being like, I didn't feel anything like, oh, really? I would just be all American. Jake took his dad and his girlfriend, Utah Queen, to an Ayahuasca retreat. She was like, she's all in and she was like really excited to do it with him and be transformed. And she was like, I didn't see anything. Do you know why I think that is for her though? I think she's like a hard bitch. Like I think she's a bad ass bitch who's like literally like stone. Like she's so sporty. She's so all these things. Like she's like a brick wall of just like she could do anything and like get past anything in her life.

So like it didn't even like, maybe they should have given her more, you know? I don't know. I think me, I would just like puke for three days and then also be like, I saw like crazy shit. I would 1000% puke and I would not like it. It would not be my favorite one. Yeah.

I don't think anything positive would come out of an Ayahuasca trip for me personally. I don't want to do anything that I have to sit in a hut for. Like I know you have to like really take it seriously. Like you have to like have to drink that water that makes you throw up. You have to have like a shaman and you have to be like really like sweaty and like it just doesn't seem like something for me. Like I would like to do like drugs of the luxury category and just like fun settings like Ibiza like looking cute not like um you know also this is not you know a pro drug forum guys on the toast but I'm just saying ayahuasca wouldn't be for me. Okay and have you taken any hallucinogenics? No I've never done the amount of mushrooms you would do to see stuff. You know what I kind of

do draw the line at hallucinogenics because I'm just kind of afraid of them. Like, I've never done acid. I've never done anything that would make me really like shape shift because I think that would like, I'm too much of a thinker. I'd be like, oh my God. Yeah.

That would be like a bit much. So yeah, it's not on my journey. Okay. Watch, wait and see. We'll see. Maybe that's like what's next, you know? For us together. Like yeah, just for like in our circle,

like in our journeys, like first it's sourdough. Right. And then it's ayahuasca. Imagine you and I just one day are like, you know what me and Jackie should do this weekend? We should do ayahuasca together. Yeah, I highly doubt it, but like I never thought I'd be making my own bread

that's fermenting in my cupboard. Like, I never thought that. And sourdough, they do say is the gateway drug to ayahuasca, so. Are you still doing sourdough? I haven't, I've fallen off the wagon. I get in it and then I'm in the thick of it because you know, it's something that you really have

to stay on top of. Like, yeah, like if you want bread tomorrow, you need it to start yesterday. Yeah, and I, like my starter was producing the exact amount. It was Pargy starter I got from one of my neighbors. It was really strong and wonderful, but it was producing the exact amount to make a loaf. And then I wasn't able to have enough

to like just keep a lot of it. It would be discard. And then I get a bit intimidated by reintroducing discard as starter and like refeeding it. And then I would just bit intimidated by reintroducing discard as starter and like refeeding it. And then I would just be like, this is too much. I'm just like, I don't feel like doing this today. I'm trying to get like the nursery done. I'm trying to do so much. But it is easy. If you can time it right, maybe I know this sounds like a crazy concept, but maybe after I have my baby, I'll be on such a routine schedule that I can insert the sourdough back in there at a time

that makes sense for me. But right now it feels like I don't have enough time to do it. So I don't know why having a kid would make that easier. Nobody puts you on a schedule. Like every day, like things, little things change, but like my overall structure of my day is the same. So when I'm doing sourdough,

like I know when I clean up the kitchen at night that that's when I'm gonna feed my starter. And then I know I'm gonna start my bread the next morning, like while the boys are having breakfast. And then when I'm cleaning up dinner is when I do my shapings. Like we just like, but every day is the same like that.

Yeah. And it's the temperature of it all got really like chemical and like confusing to me because we would let, I would do mine overnight where you would let it, what's the word, not rise, but. Bulk ferment. Yeah, bulk ferment overnight. But James and I sleep, our bedroom is downstairs, it's the only bedroom downstairs and we sleep, he's insane.

I honestly do kind of like it, but we sleep with the house at 64 or 65 degrees. That's really cold for bread. And so my kitchen would be that temperature as well. And so I know some people are like, I keep my bread like upstairs in a closet. I'm like, oh, this is just getting too much. Like I just like, that's it. And then I don't see the stairs. My sourdough upstairs in its own room. Like it's already bread that takes 36 hours. I can't walk upstairs. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. So I want to get back into it. I honestly was like pretty good at it.

I learned how to make a sandwich loaf, which is a lot easier. We were going through sandwich loaves like crazy because it's so nice and easy to eat. Like you really. So a sourdough sandwich loaf, like do you use yeast? It was the same. It was the same concept.

I use all the same ingredients, but added honey and like salt and and oil and then obviously like folded it different, put it in a different pan, but it was so much easier to use. Like sourdough is like a very chewy bread. No, you need to get that saw out, start chopping sourdough. Yeah. And so maybe I'll get back into the sandwich bread. We'll see.

We'll see. Our next story, Glenn Powell's ex is speaking out on the actor leaning into the Sydney Sweeney romance rumors to boost the anyone but you publicity. Yeah. So Glenn's ex, Gigi Paris, who he was dating when anyone but you came out, when he was rumored to be with Sydney Sweeney,

she was sort of like, well, what about Gigi? It was kind of like Bradley Cooper, Lady Gaga, and Irene Sheen. Right. These two are pretending to be in love, and it's like, wait, but you literally have a lady in love. And she was engaged. Yes. So she said on a podcast that I just wanted to,

I just wanted respect, especially if it's gonna be in the public. She said, like, don't make an ass out of me. Like, just don't make a fool out of someone you've been with for over three years talking about forever with. Just have some decency, you know? And at the end of the day, it was like,

well, work comes first. And if that's the case, power to you, that's your priority. I gotta walk away. What sucked was how it was handled. I felt like I was just fed to the dogs. It wasn't gas lighting. It was just, this is what I have to do for my job. Yikes, that's a bad look for Gwen.

Cause what she's, Glenn, cause what she's saying is like, Glenn basically said to her, like I need to pretend to date Sydney Sweeney and pretend to be in love with her to promote my movie. And like that's part of my job and you need to be okay with that. Yucky.

This is when I'm like, actors are freaks. I know. It really does paint a different light on someone that you think is like this, like Hollywood heartthrob. That's also such a good guy. Like, you know, like he can carry a gun in the woods. I don't care.

He's protecting all of us. Like it really makes him look like, like very Leo of him, like very like yucky. I don't like that. Like, oh, he's just like the rest of them. And you kind of put Glenn Powell in a different category, you know, like, yes. And basically what she was saying is that like he was leading all of us on. They were messing with us to convince us to watch their movie, like sort of manipulating the audience as opposed to like, if you were on it to think about the whole situation in a more naive way, it's like, well him and Sydney

just have this natural chemistry from the movie. We gotta see the movie to see more of it. And now it's like, no, he's going home telling his girlfriend, like I have to go pretend to date the hottest girl in the world to sell movie tickets and you have to be okay with it. And all of this is staged.

Yeah, and it's very much like, I don't, correct me if I'm wrong, but Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper never came out and was like, yeah, we got you. That's what we were doing on purpose. We and it's very much like, I don't, correct me if I'm wrong, but Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper never came out and was like, "'Yeah, we got you, that's what we were doing on purpose.'" We were all kind of just like, it was one of those things where it's like, you guys, that's where y'all's brain is going

because we're just such good actors. Like, it's not our fault that we're such good actors. And they could have done that, but I looked into this yesterday when I saw the story, I tapped a little link. And I didn't realize that both Sydney and Glenn on separate occasions admitted like, yeah, that's what we were doing. Glenn said like, yeah, Sydney knew what she was doing.

She's a genius. Like the best way to get someone to watch your rom-com is to make you think what's happening on screen is also happening off screen. And I will say when all of this was happening, the only thing I remember was that Sydney Sweeney was engaged. And I was like, isn't she fucking engaged? But I didn't really realize he had a long term girlfriend. I remember him having like a girlfriend and it's just like, oh, okay, girlfriend. Like if he loves Sydney, he loves Sydney. I just thought it was, I'm such a double standard kind of person. Like that's just one thing about me. And when Sydney was doing it, I was like, fuck her fiance. But knowing that Glenn was doing it to a girl, I'm like, fuck him.

That is so wrong. Like for Sydney's husband or fiance at the time, I was like, he can get over it. It's her job. She has to do what she has to do. But like with Glenn, knowing he was doing that to like a girl he was dating for three years, it's just like yucky.

Yeah, it is different. Like it's okay if like a woman does it, especially like if she's engaged or like in a long-term relationship. I just feel like you can count on women to be committed. Right. More so than like a man, if he's like seriously flirting with the hottest girl in the world, like he's just a man.

Yeah, he's, and I really, everything she said in the article I agreed with, she was like, I just had to walk away because like that's just like not my standards, so. Yeah, but good for her because it's Glenn Powell. Hard to walk away. I feel like most girls would be like, whatever you say, like I'm happy to be here.

Oh, I would literally be like, and my man's an actor, he's gotta do what he's gotta do. Like I, yeah, catch me not. You'd be telling all your friends, like yeah, they're so cute together. I'm so cool with it, like, eh, no, it's fine. Like, yeah, yeah, yeah, I love it. I amp it up, I tell them do more. Like that would be me.

No, I guess that's on having self-respect. And that's on having self-respect that I don't have if I was dating Glenn Powell. But it's, but like, I don't think for you, like I think for most people it would be like a lack of self-respect, like whatever Glenn needs, this is Glenn's process. He's the big star and I'm just like so lucky to be in his presence. But I do I think that you do have self-respect so maybe there's another angle. You know I also she said all I wanted was him to say is like no like I'm obviously not cheating on my girlfriend like and she was like he wouldn't say that. She's like that's all I wanted. I just wanted him to be like of course

I'm not cheating on my girlfriend and she's like he could not say that and that was what I had to dip and I think yeah maybe if it got to that level I'd be like okay of course, I'm not cheating on my girlfriend. And she's like, he could not say that. And that was when I had to dip. And I think, yeah, maybe if it got to that level, I'd be like, OK, this is kind of crazy. Because at some point, you look stupid. The next logical question is, like, did they ever hook up off camera? I think for sure. Like, I don't know why they wouldn't have. Yeah, I think for sure.

Like, I just really to my bones or I'm like, yeah. But I always wonder that when I watch movies where there's sex scenes or whatever, especially if there are two cast members who are single, I do wonder like method acting if they're like, should we just go bang one out really quick just to make sure this is like really, really good on camera for the sex scene?

Like, I wonder if I- I wonder, like, I don't think that they need to like practice hooking up, but I'm like, if you're both single and you're both attractive and you're on the same level of attractiveness to be in this movie, like, why wouldn't you explore something between the two of you? Yeah, that, yeah, I think not,

but sometimes I feel like people are like, we're definitely not right to date each other, but like, let's really make sure that this sex scene is so fucking good. Like let's, you know, hit one out in the trailer and just really get it like down pat. Yeah. And maybe alleviate some of the awkwardness.

That's so funny. Anyways, that's what I would do. That's what you would do? Yeah, and then I'd get like, I'd get kicked off the set because the actor would be like, she's literally trying to bang me in the trailer. That is inappropriate. I'd be like, I'd get kicked off the set because the actor would be like, she's literally trying to bang me in the trailer. That is inappropriate. I'd be like, what?

I'm a girl. You're a dude. I could say that to you, right? No, and like no intimacy coordinator, Shannon. Yeah, I would be like, I'd be like Jennifer Aniston. I'd be like, I'm a hundred years old. They'd be like, you're 28. I'm 31.

But like, you know, I'd be like, I don't need you guys here. This is ridiculous. I'm 31. But like, like, you know, I'd be like, I don't need you guys here. This is ridiculous. Let's fuck. Camera's up. Are you ready for our next story? I am. It is our fourth story and it's a little bit of rumor, which I hate to give credence to rumors, but I saw it a couple of places this morning. Everyone's just saying that Katy Perry and Orlando Bloom's relationship is on the rocks.

And everyone's just like reporting that as fact. Yeah, there are rumors bubbling that Katy and Orlando's relationship is on rocky ground. One source told page six it's over. They're waiting till her tour is over before they split. Her tour is over in December 7th. So I guess we'll know by then. This is kind of surprise.

It's like, it's surprising cause they've been together for a long time and like he loves her through all of her craziness. And so I would think if you can get like to however long they've been together that you would stay together. But everyone's reporting this fact and it reminds me of like when like Kim and Kanye

were divorcing or like Lala and Randall splitting up. I'm like, no, they're not, they love each other. And then like literally the next day it's like go fuck yourself. I would think that if a man could stick through you saying, I'm going to put the ass in astronaut, why couldn't he stick through the tour? Well, maybe he couldn't. But have you seen videos from the tour? Yes, some, but of course only the worst ones. Right. I'm sure there's some lovely pargy moments on the tour, but like what I've been seen,

like you really like that, like a man has to like love you to your core to like really. But like she's always been this way. I feel like, yeah, so I feel like he loves her to her core. What do you think it is then? I don't know. I don't know. That's why this confounds me a little bit. I'm having a hard time believing it because like neither one of them has changed.

She's always been this person. How long have they been together? They have been together a while. They like broke up once in 2017. They had their daughter in 2020. They got engaged in 2019. But they split once in 2017. But they've been together at least since 2016, 17. Yeah, yeah. Okay, that's a long time. I mean, yeah. That's a long time. And she's been through a lot of career lulls in that time.

So it's not just like, oh, she's sort of flopping and Orlando's jumping ship. Like, that's why I'm confused. Yeah, I can't pinpoint this one because I guess I don't know the lore enough of Katy Perry. And I thought just like recently she's got, maybe because I really saw her during her career high and I was always like, slay, Katy slay. Like I kissed a girl and like all the teenage dream where she was like on the top of the

world and like lately I've just been watching the flop after flop after flop and I'm like, yikes. Yeah, but he wasn't there for any of that teenage dream. That was Russell Brand. Right. All those years. And then he was around for like, witness. So like, bone appatee. Yikes, bikes, don't forget.

Right. And then like, Harley's in Hawaii. But then she had her baby. So that opened up a new side to her that he was like, wow. Yeah, they had their child and she wasn't working as much. And then her first body of work is one, four, three. That's like the first thing in a few years. And now, so it's like, he's not new to her

being not the most popular. So right. Maybe he's, she's just gone all the time in space, on tour. And he's like, enough is enough. Yeah, maybe it was cause she went to space. Yeah. And it was just too far. Maybe he runs the Wendy's account. and he's like, leave her there.

Maybe he does. Maybe he loves Wendy's and she was like, it's me or Wendy's. 100%. And it's Wendy's. Well, I do hope that this isn't true as much as I clown on her. Like I'm rooting for her and- Well, they have a kid. Breakups are sad. I'm also rooting for her and. Well, they have a kid.

I'm also family splitting are sad, so I hope this isn't true, but like I'm getting the feeling I don't know where there's smoke, there's fire because I'm always like this isn't true. This is a rumor and I'm always wrong. I'm just trying something new by believing it. Yeah, but I'm always in agreeance with you on the toast whenever you say like, I'm team stay together because you guys have children. Like obviously I never want someone to be together

in a very toxic situation. But if it's something just like we're Orlando Bloom, like finally got the ick, I'd be like, okay, come on, stick it out. Or like we're growing apart, grow in a different direction. Yeah, stay home more. Try harder.

Agreed. Yeah, if it's like not a toxic, like violent situation, it's just like personality clashes and stuff like that. Like I think it's worth trying more. Does he have a kid with Miranda Kerr as well? I believe so. Yeah. Okay.

Yeah. So maybe he's just used to leaving. Oh, damn. Damn, no. No. It's just sad. Because then he'll just be like the old guy that's like dating new like models and stuff.

And I'm just like, no, I don't really know. It's kind of like Leo, but at least like he does give them almost 10 years children, marriage. That's true. A life. True. Yeah. True.

Okay. Oh, I would like, I would actually like to see them stay together. Yeah, me too. So hopefully if I think that they're not, that will mean that they are. Just like I'm trying to like- Reverse psychology.

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Oh, the Passy fairy. Like the Passy fairy came, we're like 11 days sober here. Wow, that's a really big. You really did it. Taylor's little girl just did it. And they say like after three days, like that's when they, you know, like they finally feel clean from it.

But it was so funny because one of the little neighbor boys. How old is she? Which girl? Lola and she is three. It was hard because Novi, they're so close in age. And so like she had little sister also having Passy's, which it's just like harder. I feel like when you have a sibling that also has them, you almost have to do it at the same time

because Passy Fairy can't take Passy's from Lola and then not take them from Novi, you know? And so anyways, I remember there was this sweet, precious kid in the neighborhood and the mom was very aware that like Lola had, you know, she was still itching for her Pasi, right? She's still tweaking. She's still yearning.

And so we walked over to the neighbor's house. It was so cute. And she was like, I made sure that, you know, Beck didn't have his Pasi today so that Lola wouldn't see it. And Beck walks down. Beck is even younger than Lolo. He's two, he has no awareness of this. He doesn't know the Passy fairy came, right? It was so funny, the timing, he comes down

and he has like six Passies in his hands and he's like, Passies, we're like, what are you a dealer? Like, what is this? This is crazy. And it's the worst timing ever because Lolo was like, Passies. And we're like, no, no, no, stay strong. Like, don't like you got your token for three days.

So from the passie, it's brutal out here, but the passie frame makes it so fun for the kids and. Yeah, it really wasn't so bad. They were addicted like. Oh yeah. Beyond I've never, I mean, I'm sure everybody feels that way. Like we can never get rid of these things. And then when we were in New York last month,

like, and everything was just like harder because it was like rainy and you know, we're in like not our space and they just like want pasties all the time. And I just, we had gotten to a decent place of like just using them when they're sleeping, napping or like in the car, but then it's like, or at the table.

Right, right, right. It's a Passy. It's a, it's a soother. So after New York, like we were in a rough spot in the night we got home from New York was like the night the Passy fairy came. And we've been clean ever since. It can be done. And I just, we did it together at the same time. It would not have been fair for one of them to have a Passy. Yeah. Do you know what I literally said yesterday because I got a gorgeous PR package with a

bunch of Passys and Taylor's like, hide those. And I was like, oh yeah. And I was like, what do you do with your passes? I was like, when the passy fairy, hopefully no children are listening to this right now. When the passy fairy takes them, what do you do with them? You just put them in the attic or whatever for, and she goes, what? Shannon, we throw them away. And I was like, oh my God, in my brain, I'm like, mom's hand me down so cute. You've got more kids. And I was like, oh my God, like in my brain, I'm like, mom's hand me down so cute, you've got more kids. So, and she was like, no, no, no, they're chewed on Passy. So I was like, oh wait, ew.

And she's like, in the attic, no, we would, for the next kid, we'd buy new Passys. I'm like, man, that is such a like, never had a kid thing to say. Like, what do you do with them anyways? Put them in the attic for the next kid? She's like, no. Well, what's so funny is Zach orchestrated the Passy fairy, like delivery and removal

service. And then I was in the utility closet in the laundry room. I was in the laundry room like a few days ago and I found the bag of Passies. I'm like, why did, like, I forgot to ask him, like, why didn't he throw them in the garbage? I think because he was like worried that they might like slip and have like a meltdown would break loose. I mean, wouldn't have one. Right. But like we need to get rid of them. Yeah. Yeah. It's like a true addict. It's like keeping a stash like just in case flush them. They're getting a cool car to ride around the backyard. That's very cool. Thanks TaskRabbit for assembling it. Shouts out TaskRabbit. Our fifth and final story, a little book news. This is like some of my favorite kind of news.

Gemma Chan is joining Five Star Weekend series at Peacock. So Five Star Weekend is a book by, why is her name escaping? Ellen Hildebrand. She is the queen of summer beach reads. Everything is pretty much set in Nantucket. I actually haven't read Five Star Weekend yet, but now I will.

But everything else Ellen Hildebrand writes is part-a-lish. I don't think I've read any of her stuff. Name some of her heavy hitters. Name some of her heavy hitters. Like the one Hotel Nantucket, Golden Girl. No, are they, when I read books, I want someone to die or get fucked. Like I like, so no murder mystery, no smut.

Like it- Okay, read Golden Girl because there is a bit of a mystery. Okay. Not a lot of fucking. That's fine. She really sets a parodgy scene. And I think that even though it's not your typical vibe, like I think everybody can like an Ellen Hildebrand.

Okay. The perfect couple which was made into a show on Netflix. Oh, I still never read that but I know that ended up being a show on Netflix so maybe I could go in. That was bad. It was a bad show. I did hear that which is why I haven't watched it but it's um. But that one now read the perfect couple. I think people are dying and getting fucked. Wow okay I'm in. The book is so good and the show was not but the book was so good. Okay. I could, I could get into that. Yeah. Then you don't, I'm not like smut only. Like I, you know, I'm like a really weird freak that loves Alex Cross. You are Alex Cross. No. So that's really-

You read like James Patterson and Poutine Coons? No, I don't. Like that, I wouldn't go that far. That's like my least favorite quality about myself that I'm like obsessed with James Patterson books. It's just like, it's a fatal flaw that I have because like yucky male authors. And then also- Who writes Alex Cross? James Patterson. Yeah, since-

Did you ever read the book that James Patterson wrote with Dolly Parton? No, I don't. I'm not interested in anything else James Patterson writes. I just got hooked- Other than Alex Cross? I got hooked on this one series, this one like not series book, not trilogy.

What would you call them? Series? There's 35 books. There's like 35, he's been writing them since 1991 before I was born. So like I, it's also really cool because you see the progression of stuff like in the 1991 books,

they're talking about beepers and stuff, you know? And then I remember the first book I got to where they talked about like an iPod. And I was like, ooh, now he's talking about iPods and stuff. And I don't know, I just loved it and I got hooked. And then after you read 14, why not get to 35, you know? Like, but they came out with a show, which forever ago they came out with a movie.

Sorry, I'm digressing from the Fast Five topic, but. I mean, that's textbook shows. Okay. They came out with a show, which I know that Alex Cross had a movie forever, Denzel Washington played Alex Cross. I still haven't ever watched it. My parents were like, oh, yeah, we remember that came out in the early 2000s.

Like we watched we watched it in the movie theaters. So I watched that. But they came out with a show and I was like, oh, here we go. Like this is going to flop so hard and they're not going to do it justice. And it's just going to gonna, when I tell you, I watched it last year during our honeymoon. It is the best show ever. It's on prime or Peacock.

I don't know. There's two seasons out. It is so good. The actors are Alex cross. It's about the serial killers and the books and everything. The actor that plays him, oh my God, he's incredible. All the actors. I've never seen them before. Really any of them except for the one like white guy that's like a serial killer. The actors are incredible. They're all so hot. They're all such

good actors. I'm like shook to my core. All of it's just beyond, beyond, beyond good. And they did it such justice. Cannot wait for the next season to come out. It comes out in June. I need to actually follow up on that, but I cannot recommend it enough, even if you haven't read the books. It's an incredible series. Okay. Okay.

Thanks for the rec. You're welcome. I need to tell Olivia she's into stuff like that. What can I say? Except you're welcome. Okay, so this show is gonna be made from the book, Five Star Weekend. The Five Star Weekend, which I'm gonna read the book.

I think this summer I'll have a little bit more time on my hands and I hope to read. The show will be at T. Peacock as a series. Previously announced cast members will be Jennifer Gardner, Regina Hall, and Chloe Sevigny. And now Jemma Chan. And I feel like, even though the other actors aren't legit actors, and so it's obviously a legit project,

like Jemma Chan is incredibly legit and I like everything that she's obviously a legit project like Gemma Chan is incredibly legit and I like everything that she's in I just like watching her yeah so I think this bodes well I think this is great too and usually whenever I'm like let's see as soon as they start to throw some like legit actors in there I'm like okay it's probably gonna be good however it wasn't the perfect couple Nicole Kidman yeah we have we have Schreiber. Oh, wow. Liev. And it's just stunk up the house. Sully with his name, stunk up the house.

Well, was Nicole good at it? Or was it like a script thing or like an actor? Like what was the badness about it? Because I didn't watch it. I can't remember. Cheesy. It was definitely like script and acting and setting was like, you could tell,

it's supposed to be set on Nantucket. You could tell they only really had access to film in this one house. And it wasn't Nantucket, I think it was like Cape Cod. And like, it was just giving like, there was no setting. It was just the same house, same view. Like, I don't know. I can't remember what exactly was not good,

but it was just like not hitting. And yeah, and then the detectives were like doing like serious community theater. Like it was community theater. Okay, well let's hope they're the better, better men of this. But read the book, you'll love the book. Maybe they took notes from the perfect couple and they're like, we can't do that again.

Was, sorry, was the perfect couple the one that they had the dance? Da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da. Where they were like the dance at the end and Nicole Kidman was like, I am not doing that. They played that song on Love Island last night. That's a good song. Okay. Shouts out Meghan Trainor. Meghan Trainor, she does always have a hit coming up out of her sleeve. Yeah, she does. Are you watching Love Island?

I'm not. I've never watched a single episode of Love Island. The only thing that I did get into via Love Island was the Molly May and Tommy Fury of it all. And it was because of you and Liz Woods. Liz Woods posted when they broke up. We're sisters in Molly Maydom. Yeah, I mean, Liz Woods, it's such a good follow. If you guys don't follow her, she's incredible.

But I was, she had posted something when they broke up like, love is dead, but in a really serious way, not like a love is dead. She was seriously very upset and you were too. I was like, okay. And I think one thing about Liz is she really does pull things out of my brain. The next slide was like, if you just watched that and rolled your eyes at love is dead, might I suggest you watch this four minute clip of them and like it will change your mind I was like okay well I literally did just think that so I'll watch this and I was I remember where I was

I was in an airport and I was watching it and I started crying because like I can't remember I was pregnant or not um I started crying last summer okay then I wasn't even pregnant and I started crying because I was just so moved by their like relationship and how they met and like how they stayed together and all this stuff on it was all these clips from Love Island like when she walks back in and she's like no no yeah because she thought Ellie Bell was off the bed because she thought he made room for some thoughts yeah yeah and she's like no and he's like it's always been you and I was like oh my god I'm like getting really emotional and I got it like it's always been you. And I was like, oh my God, I'm getting really emotional. And I got it.

I understood it. So then I watched the documentary and I started looking into it more. And I fell in love with it. But I'm also very aware that, and you guys spoke with this yesterday with Jared, that's like a peak season, right? So, but I loved all the clips and all the stuff that we got from last season, Love Island. Now you're sending three home. I loved that. Is that the last year's Love Island? I don't know that sound, but you probably.

You don't? I mean, I guess it's really on TikTok. Who was the main girl with the dark hair that everyone loved? From Leah. Leah, yeah. She's like making fun of Kendall, the guy. Okay.

Who was like doing like shady stuff to her. The good looking guy that was like the like shady stuff to her. The good looking guy that was like the main character that they were dating at first. Was it Cordell? No, you watched Love Island. You should know this, right? Not last season. Oh, you didn't watch last season. Yeah, that's like, yeah. The one season I don't watch is like a mega global success.

They're doing a spin-off show. Yes, yes. The main guy. I don't know who these people are. The good looking guy. I said I know there's someone named K. Lor. K. Lor. Right. K. Lor. And the two blondes, they're like best friends and stuff. But the guy that has the snake tattoo who was like the main like fuck boy on the

show, but he is really good looking. She, Leo was like so iconic, always making fun of him. She was like mocking him. She's like, Oh, now you send it three home. And like it just became this viral sound because it was just like so iconic. So when I see seasons like that and clips like that I'm like I should watch Love Island but it's much like you and Jared it's every day and Margot said who has the time? No who has the time. I was watching last night and I really realized like it's much more passive viewing like they pretty much put a camera on them

show their conversations throughout the day every like other day is a challenge and then every other day a new bombshells come and every other day is a challenge, and then every other day a new bombshell's come, and every other day is an elimination. So it's just like, you watch five episodes for 10 minutes of something big happening, but that big thing usually is so big that it justifies all the time that you just spend. So I'm all caught up, actually. I have been getting into a cadence of watching it,

and it's still not good, but I'm like entertained and I'm starting to have some faves and some non-faves. Let me know whenever I should, if you're like, you need to watch this and then I love a binge, I can sit around and binge something. Yeah, yeah. What was your pregnancy comfort show?

When I was pregnant? Yeah, what was yours? Claudia had an inversion to Gilmore Girls, what was pregnancy comfort show? When I was pregnant? Yeah, like what was yours? Like Claudia had an inversion to Gilmore Girls. What was your like comfort show? When I was pregnant with Harry, I watched a lot. Like that's when I watched Downton. I watched, this was more like in my pregnancy, but yeah, I watched Bridger,

like Bridgerton got me into Downton Abbey and then like Poldark tried to watch Outlander, but I was very much like in historical. I need you, I heard the toast the other day. I need you to give Outlander another chance. I'm an Outlander stan, like to the point that I could like, I won't, I won't, I will not bore the crowd. You have got to watch Outlander again.

I watched so much of it. How much? I was in season two. Really? So, and I, yeah. Like, and I didn't like hate it, but I just like didn't love it enough to keep watching it. Was it getting too whimsical for you? No, I forget what my issue like hate it, but I just like didn't love it enough to keep watching it. Was it getting too whimsical for you?

No, I forget what my issue was with it, but I just, it never like gripped me. That's shocking to me. You are of the elk to love Outlander. It's historical, it's sexy, it's fun, it's great acting. Like I'm shocked. Yeah. And then when I was pregnant with Charlie,

I don't get to watch a ton of TV when I'm pregnant because like I'm still like doing a lot of stuff. I have more so have like postpartum shows, cause then I'm like sat up in bed with a baby. That's what I meant, I guess. Yeah. And we're watching the telly. The telly, what was it with Charlie?

Well with Harry, it was Ladies of London. Nice. You know, that's my favorite. Have you ever watched it? No, but you've got me wanting to. You should, because it'll make you like even more excited to be married to a British person. And now I understand stuff. Even when I hear new songs and new shows or sorry, things that I'd heard previously, I'm like, oh, now I

know what they're talking about. Like, like even Taylor Swift being like Oxford Street and all this. I'm like, oh yeah, now I know what she's talking about. Yeah. And then for Charlie was Love Island season five UK. Maybe that's what you should do. Molly and Tommy season. Maybe I should. It was so good. Oh, that's great you should do. Molly and Tommy season even though it's all like, okay, but it was so good. Oh, that's great. I've been watching Suits nonstop. Like I'm like really getting through it. And it's one of those shows where like I could watch it,

I couldn't watch it. I'm not like, what happens next? But it's just there for me. That's good, it's comfort. Yeah, it's just comfort. It's there for me and there's nine like seasons to crunch my way through. So it's a meaty one, you know, like I'm on season five

and I've got plenty left to go. Well, I love that. Well, speaking of someone who's been there for me, Shannon, thank you for being here for me today. Thank you for being here for the toasters. Of course. Where can everyone follow you and get more Shannon all the time?

More Shannon coming to you hot on Instagram at Probably Shannon, on TikTok at probably Shannon and I will have my comedy special coming out soon and I'm not sure where you can find that yet. Most likely YouTube possibly patreon, but it'll be it'll be really funny. I swear You're especially so good your comedy set that I came to see you in Florida you were amazing like serious. I always think so highly of you. I probably would like anything that you do, but I was blown away by you.

It was amazing. Like seriously, like your persona on stage is just like crushed it. That means so much to me for you to think I'm funny is like the highest of all compliments. So thank you. Like I always think you're funny. I know that you could do it not many things that, but being like standup funny is just a highest of all compliments. So thank you. Like I always think you're funny. And nothing you could do not maybe think that,

but being like stand up funny is just a whole nother level. And I've never seen you in that sphere. So I didn't know what to expect. And you like completely blew me away. So I'm so excited for anyone who didn't get a chance to see you in person to see your show. And of course you have your podcast, probably a podcast. So if you want to hear more Shani on the mic.

Shani on the mic, probably podcast. I took my mic flag off because this is the toast today, but probably podcast. And my mic flag is off because I left them at the studio. Claudia's gonna be pissed. Well, now we're, if it, cause we're not like twinning. Right. It's like not a big deal.

Yeah, true. Okay. But in case you were confused, this is the toast. This is the toast. And you can find me every Tuesday at Probably Podcast, except for when I'm on my maternity leave. Well, thank you so much for being here. We love you dearly and we love ya. Bye.

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