The Toast - Thirty, Flirty and Thriving: Monday, November 7th, 2022

Episode Date: November 7, 2022

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Good morning, Millennials. Welcome back to the toast and happy Monday. Hope everyone had a fabulous, fabulous weekend. Hey, Jax. How you doing? I'm doing good. I personally am one of those who had a fabulous weekend. It was my birthday this weekend.

As most of you know, I was in New York. It was just so incredible. I don't even know where to begin. Yesterday was my actual birthday and I flew home and I don't identify with yesterday as my birthday. Like my birthday was Friday, Saturday, and it was everything and more. No, like I can't lie to you. Waking up yesterday, like the fact that it was your birthday, like was not top of mind for me because it had been your birthday for like four days. Right. And it wasn't top of mind for me either. Like I wasn't looking for anything.

Like I got all my birthday celebrations out. So yesterday was just a travel day. And then I came home and I did get to celebrate with the Shapiros. And that was really special. So that felt like birthday. But it was an amazing weekend, you guys. Like I just had such a ball. I had a ball too.

Like we did so many activities for your B day. Um, of course, Saturday night, like we went to the club, McClurbia went to the club, which isn't crazy, but Jackie O also went to the club. Now I can't lie. She didn't stay the whole time, but she was at the club and the club was not okay. I was at the club. You guys made a shrewd move by choosing a restaurant that is on top of a club like so it really cost me nothing to go plus we went to Acme which plays really good music most of the time so I was in the mood to listen to music do a little dance make a little love you know get down tonight like I wouldn't have wanted to be like at the clubs in Ibiza listening to house music but to listen to some good tunes with some great gals it was a great night I mean dinner was the

highlight of my night and the biggest chunk of my night we went to a fabulous new restaurant called the nines and it was just like it was really a perfect New York City weekend like you did that was a perfect New York City night yeah, I loved the weekend because it was a great combo. My favorite trips are trips where I'm like working and playing because then I feel like I'm not just laying around like a useless person. Stick flesh, aka useless person. So it was so productive. We did toast.

We had the Amazon event. Then we had like so much fun i got to see all my friends we partied down we had so much family time you know it was autumn in new york which is the best season in new york except like it's literally 70 80 degrees here i was just having this conversation like you know it's the first week of november a lot of people are putting up their christmas trees which i totally endorse like Like the second Halloween is over. If I was celebrating Christmas, like my ass would be decorating at midnight. But to put up a Christmas tree and then go outside and it's 75 degrees like is so unnatural to me. It's so fucking hot here.

Like it has to stop. Yeah. Saturday was Saturday was a little warm for me, given that I was looking forward to a New York chill. But I won't complain. No. And NYC to a New York chill, but I won't complain. No, an NYC, a New York chill. NYC, the shimmer of Times Square. Thank you so much for celebrating your birthday here with us. We enjoyed it immensely.

I had a fabulous time. I hope you feel celebrated and I hope you feel 30. You're 30, flirty and thriving. I do. I feel so fulfilled I I want for nothing more for my birthday thank you to everyone okay wait so now um that you're 30 is it everything like Jenna Rink said it would be I definitely feel 30 obviously flirty question mark I don't know no and thriving yes I do but she was a

different sort of 30 like she was 30 flirty and thriving you know she was dating hockey players she was running around town and I just I feel like 30 fulfilled and thriving yeah like in terms of her career Jenna Rink was definitely 30 but in terms of her career, Jenna Rink was definitely 30. But in terms of her social life, she was acting more like a 22-year-old, you know? No, not 22 because like she was acting in a mature way. She was acting like a 26-year-old. Yeah, yeah, I guess.

Truckers for Jenna Rink. Truckers for Jenna Rink are outside. I'm a trucker for Jenna Rink. That's for damn sure. Big time. Big time magazine editor. However, I wanted to say that in addition to obviously spending so much wonderful time with you this weekend, I also consumed a lot of content.

I watched a Selena Gomez documentary. And I know we have a story about Selena. So I'm going to put my thoughts on the documentary in the story. And I just want to say, like, it's not whatever not whatever like I completely disagree with what everyone's saying about this documentary I have some pretty pretty harsh thoughts and you know I'm like a Selena girly now so I'm coming at this from like a place of love I'm looking forward to it and I haven't seen the documentary so I'm not gonna speak on it much. But the vibe that I'm getting from what I've seen is that it's lacking in certain areas. And we'll get into it.

And I do look forward to hearing your thoughts. It might corroborate what I was feeling based on what I've seen. I definitely thought it was lacking in many areas. And I think what people are taking away from the documentary is so wrong. Like they're focusing on the wrong things. So we'll dive into it when we talk about the Francia Raisa stuff which like has it's just a pop culture story that I will never stop being interested in yeah I guess I could ask you the question when we do the story but might as well ask now were they friends before Francia was famous and then like Francia became

like are they home friends or fame friends I believe that they're fame friends but like that makes it even crazier the story then no Selena like fully um like didn't mention her in the documentary which is part of the reason yes but I didn't I'll explain my confusion after I for some reason thought they were home friends And then Francia like became an actress on her own after being a friend of Selina. No, there's really not a lot of like background on how the two know each other. That's why when we all found out that Francia was the one who gave her a kidney, we were all like, what? Yeah. And Francia was in Life Size too.

Was she? Life Size 2. Sorry. Number 2. Oh, not Life Size comma 2. Not Life Size as well. Got it. Okay.

Well, I didn't know that. And I didn't see Life Size 2, so I truly don't care. Big difference. Huge. I also watched Love is Blind. I know you're obsessed. I'm obsessed because, like, it's really such a good show. And I think, like, I lost a lot of faith in the series after season two because it was so fucking bad um but this season like they found just like a

crazy delusional honestly unwell group of people specifically the men and it's making for some wonderful television they are dropping episodes episodically which is like what why really why like we all moved on from episodic drops thanks to Netflix. And now Netflix is bringing it back. And now Hulu's doing it. And it's fucking disrespectful. No, it's messed up. Netflix invented binging.

Like they created addicts. And now they're taking it away when we need it more than ever. Like we don't know how to function without binge watching shows. It affected how we watch shows, you know, Sunday night on ABC. Like that doesn't happen anymore because we're addicts of the binge. And now you just want to bring back healthy habits.

Bring back healthy habits. I don't think so. Healthy habits, not interested. Healthy habits, less than unhealthy habits. Healthy habits. I don't know her. I do want to update everyone just like a quick wellness update.

I'm feeling much better than I was on the episode on Friday. Thank you to everyone who was patient with me, my lack of energy. You know, I do have like a little bit of like a stuffy nose, and now I'm thinking like maybe I was getting sick. I'm fine. It was just like a low energy day. Everyone has them. Not everyone has billions of people watching.

Depending on your energy. Right. That's obviously different, but I'm feeling much better. They're energy dependent. I don't know what got into me on Friday, but I'm feeling much better. It was a Friday. It was a Friday. Ooh, not the Friday.

Because it wasn't a Friday. And it wasn't a striday. And I think that therein lies the problem. Therein heretofore, moving forward, lies the problem. A problem has arisen. Problem. Found. I couldn't keep going.

It's fine. It has to end at some point. Unfortunately, yes, it does. Unfortunately. So we've got a great show. We've got good stories, some sad, some interesting. Lots was happening over the weekend in our personal lives, but also in the lives of others. And we can't wait to dissect it all with you here at the Toast. Also, I don't know if you can see, McClardia, because my computer screen is far away,

but I am wearing your gift. Oh, no, I didn't see. I got Jackie the most smirking. You know how we, like, well, Jackie like found this necklace and I copied her and then I immediately started acting different, made the necklace like my personality and the necklace was like, you know, not real gold or anything. So for her 30th birthday, I was

inspired by that necklace and I decided, you know, let's get the real thing. Let's take it up a notch. Let's take it up a notch. Let's take it up a notch. So I got it from this new like indie boutique store. It's called Channel. I don't know if you guys have heard of it. A lot of people actually mix up their stuff with our merch, which is like I could see why it really looks similar. It's from Chanel and it's so sick and I'm so glad you're wearing it.

It's so sick. But like it's not because Chanel jewelry, it's not real gold. Like it's still like metal. I'm sorry. What? Like you kept saying like it's it's the other necklace wasn't real gold. But this isn't real gold. Sorry to call you out.

OK, first of all, like don't be rude. OK, I'm not trying to be rude. Just don't be fucking rude. You ungrateful wench. And two, what? No, because that's the point of Chanel jewelry. We always say this. I mean, it's so cute.

I mean, I'm obsessed. Take the necklace out of it. I'm obsessed with this necklace. I'm wearing it today. Like, I can't stop. Look how, look how sickening. But the Chanel jewelry is costume. So then why isn't it like a dollar?

Because you're paying for the Chanel name. So what you're saying is that I've been hoodwinked. But you knew that. Remember that time we got earrings at Chanel? Yeah, no, no. They felt like a low price for something Chanel, but it's actually a high price for a piece of plastic. Though this isn't plastic.

This is real stuff. Am I rocking your world or insulting you? I'm past the insult because now I'm just like focused on the price that I paid for metal. But I think it's like gold plated. Plated? Yeah. Great.

I didn't look into it, but I love it so much. I just didn't want like anyone to like go into the store and then be like they said it was real gold yeah they said it on that podcast I listened to and they're always right about everything they've never been wrong they've never been wrong no okay well enjoy your metal necklace I hope you don't wear it to the airport anytime soon no I love. It's literally so sickening and I'm mostly so flattered that you didn't keep it for yourself because it's so you too. So I was literally checking out with this pink wallet that was like so cute and so you and like you could really wear it as like a clutch too. It was like a big wallet. And then I saw the necklace. I'm like, oh, look, something for me.

And then I was thinking like if I want to get it for myself, that means it would make an excellent 30th birthday gift. And you would have liked the wallet and you would have used it. But like, it wasn't that special. I was leaning towards it because it was like half the price and I was just like being cheap. But I feel good. I feel good. I made the right decision.

Thank you so much. No, I truly I love it. Actually, I made out with a big necklace birthday for me. You made out like a bandit with everyone. Yeah, I got really great gifts, but like I got some really great necklaces specifically. Cause you're like a neck, when I think of jewelry,

like you don't really wear a ton of jewelry. You really just wear necklaces. Yeah, that's really the only time I like switch it up. Especially if, I have like my things that I wear every day, but if I'm ever gonna add like an accent piece to like compliment an outfit it's only ever gonna be a necklace oh speaking of I just wanted to like make a PSA to like all the reporters who are watching today's

episode I did forget to wear my wedding ring um things are fine at home I just forgot and you know people are always speculating it's like so exhausting like living can I ask you something like does this have any do you think that this forgetting to wear your ring has anything to do with seeing Tyler C on Thursday night? I mean, I would be remiss to not at least acknowledge like on some subconscious level. Maybe I did, you know, not put on my ring for that reason. But no, actually, I also watched Amy Schumer on SNL and the skits were like actual trash, but her opening monologue was some of the funniest

shit I've ever heard in my life. It was so relatable because she was talking about how like, you know, after she gave birth, her doctor was was like no sex for six weeks like really stressing like no sex till at least six weeks like you gotta hold off and she's like oh okay like what about six years like it's not happening and then she was talking about like marital sex and how it's like kind of weird because like you know in an ideal marriage you like know your partner so well you know everything about them you're so connected they're like family they're like a brother so it's like you're gonna fuck your brother and then she was like you can't even it's like you know each other so well you can't even be like sexy talk because you know your partner's like i'm gonna and it's like no you're not

no you're not like i know you i know you so well you're not gonna fucking do that Jackie me and Ben were cackling it was so funny I actually like really fell off on Amy Schumer like I feel like she just like like wasn't like top of mind for me when it came to female comedians she was so fucking funny oh my god it was it was like brilliant. That is so funny. One and two, you know, Dana's obsessed with Amy Schumer. Um, I called her last night to talk and she was like reciting Amy's jokes. She sees Amy all over town. And when Amy practices her material, some of which she used in the monologue, Dana has heard it five times already. Right. So Dana goes to every single one of Amy shows in New York, but a lot of them are at the comedy cellar. And sometimes she like

pops up at the comedy cellar. Dana goes to the comedy cellar all the shows in New York, but a lot of them are at the Comedy Cellar. And sometimes she like pops up at the Comedy Cellar. Dana goes to the Comedy Cellar all the time in hopes of seeing Amy. And I think, and she's like met her on the, like ran into her on the street a few times. I think she has like two selfies with her. But Dana's always front row at all of her shows. And Amy like knows her face.

And one time Amy was doing her set, which she's like been working on. And she was doing the punchline, which she's done a lot of times in front of Dana. And she actually gave the mic to Dana. And Dana finished the joke for her because she knows her set backwards and forwards. So fucking funny. And when I had my funny bone subway panic attack, vitiligo, what's it called? Yeah, something like that. No, vitiligo. What's it called? Yeah, something like that.

No, Vitiligo. I think that's a skin disease. Whatever. When I like fainted on the train, the same thing happened to Dana. And she was on her way to see Amy Schumer. She's always on her way to see Amy Schumer. No, and you know what? Like, I totally get the hype.

Oh my God. It was so funny. Oh, this is what else I was going to say about what Amy's monologue is about, which I need to watch, but it reminds me of in this book called in five years, which I don't think you've ever read, but it's a snitch's choice. And we read it for the redheads and she's in this like long-term relationship and like things are boring, whatever. And like one time in the bed, like he does something new and it like actually set off

a red flag in her head. Like, where did you learn this? Yes. Where we don't do that you must have gotten me confused with your other girl with some other bitch yeah so that's funny that's the other thing if he says like I'm gonna do this and it's like we don't do that well right no who are you doing that with who are you talking to no it was so funny so kudos and then Dave Chappelle is next week on SNL and that I'm excited about

sweet and who was the musical performer someone I had not heard of who was really stunning and truly truly talented like it was giving rhythm and blues like played guitar and he sang I think his name was Steve Lacey oh cool also it was good stuff switching gears for a second because we've been listening to a lot of Midnights and we had a huge conversation at dinner about our favorite songs. But there's one song on the album. And have people said to you that there's one song that sounds like 100 percent? Yeah, 100 percent. Yes.

Maroon. Yes. Maroon. Jackie, a lot of people have said that to me. Like, I know I sound crazy. No, no, no. You know that one of my special skills is listening to a song and being able to tell you like

what it sounds like references reference what it references or what it sounds like and then if you went and listened to both songs like you would see the similarities and on my own I came to the conclusion that maroon and hundred percent are very sonically similar no I I know like I don't want to keep talking about it because people are going to be like, Claudia, you're literally mentally ill and delusional. By the way, you didn't mention it. You haven't said it on the show. I came to this conclusion on my own. And I got like a thousand DMs from people who listened to Midnight for the first time.

They're like, I swear to God, when Maroon started playing, I thought it was 100%. No, it's like when she finishes the first verse, it's like, it sounds like we're about to say 100%, but instead she says something else 100 percent thank you for bringing that up you're welcome um so we've got a great great great show all throughout the great war well let's quickly talk about what are your favorites for midnights my favorites for midnights now that i've you were playing it a lot while you were here so Well let's quickly talk about What are your favorites From Midnight's My favorites from Midnight's Now that I've You were playing it a lot

While you were here So it got me familiar With some songs And then I listened Intentionally with my headphones To the whole album And these were the ones That I saved

Bigger than the whole sky Yes The Great War So good Mastermind So good Question Yes Even though the chorus Makes me cringe a little bit And makes me feel like I'm in seventh grade Like I'm playing Seven Minutes in Heaven So good. Mastermind. So good. Question.

Yes. Even though the chorus makes me cringe a little bit and makes me feel like I'm in seventh grade, like I'm replaying seven minutes in heaven. Okay. And Midnight Rain. Honorable mention to You're On Your Own Kid. You Like Paris. And Paris.

I'm so in love that I might stop breathing. Drew a map on your bedroom ceiling so good so good so good the album's so good um and we're so good

like you know yeah so now without further a do-do-do-do-do here are the fast five stories that you need to know before you wake up

and take a bite out of your morning toast I dropped my fuck. Hold on. You dropped your fuck. Do it again. Good. Because I messed up too.

Okay. Now without further ado, here are the Fast Five stories that you need to know. I didn't hear it. Stone in. But I'm sure it was good. Hopefully the microphone picked it up. I'm sure the microphone did. Oh no, now I hear it.

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that's actually going to make you full and not eating like junk air. They are far and away my favorite bars. I've been eating them for a few years now. She would always call them Go Macro when I would have them in the office. And now she's had to say them properly because I'm so excited that they are a sponsor. You can get your hands on delicious plant-based protein bars by going to GoMacro.com

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We got to explain what the fuck it is. No, it's so true. The thing about like being a mogul on social media is really figuring out what pertinent information goes into your bio. Yeah. Because I just recently did like a haul, like an overhaul of my bio

because I wanted to include like founder of Spritz, Toast News Network, host of the Morning Toast. But then also like a funny one-liner, you know? So what'd you go with? You know what? I actually don't remember because it wasn't funny and I couldn't think of anything. Oh, not like other girlies.

That's cute. But like the N-Log era is almost over. So I'm going to have to come up with something else. Yeah, let me think for you. I'll sound off in the comments for anyone who has a good idea for what I should make my bio. Like it used to be like talk shit for a living. My Claude with no job bio is Facetune fan page.

And I think that's funny and I'll never change it. But I'm constantly feeling uninspired when it comes to Instagram bios. It's really hard. Yeah. What about McLardia's page? Yeah, that's that's definitely on my on the short list of contenders. I actually was thinking about changing my bio soon, too. What's yours? Big Time Magazine editor. It's so good. Yeah. Now I i'm 30 i have to keep oh literally literally okay our first story some really sad news aaron carter the musician and former child star has died at the age of 34 aaron carter the former child pop star known for his albums aaron's party and love has died people confirms and tmZ was the first to report the news.

He was 34 years old. The musician was found dead Saturday morning at his house in Lancaster, California. A spokesperson for the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department told people that a body was discovered just before 11 a.m. But police initially did not officially identify the victim. A rep for Ahrens has declined to comment, but noted a statement will be released shortly by the family and management at the victim. A rep for Aaron's has declined to comment but noted a statement will be released shortly by the family and management at the time and since then his family members have put out tributes. Nick put out something on Instagram as did Aaron's twin sister Angel and last night the Backstreet Boys had a concert in London where they paid many tributes to Aaron. It was very emotional. It's so sad you know know, I feel like,

especially because I was just like watching and reading a lot about Matthew Perry, who's like a huge advocate for addiction. I just feel like over the last couple of years, we've just like watched Aaron Carter like spiral, like from afar. And in a way, when I heard this, like it's so sad and it's so shocking because he's so young, but knowing he's been dealing with this, it like, wasn't that surprising. Um, and it's just really sad. And I believe that Nick Carter, they also lost a sister to addiction. So, um, and I know that they had a very strained relationship. I think, um, I don't think they've even spoken in many years.

And I think that's the case for a lot of people whose siblings deal with addiction. You don't know how to help them. And they write you off. And you just have to wait for them to come to you. And unfortunately, that wasn't able to happen for Nick and Aaron. And it's really sad. And I saw all the tributes. I did think it was a little bizarre that the Backstreet Boys didn't cancel their concert,

not to be shady. But to each their own. Everyone grieves in their own way. I agree. But maybe given that they hadn't had a relationship in a long time. I know. It's like Nick felt like he could still perform and then like grieve afterwards. Yeah.

I mean, he broke down on stage like many times. Like he was clearly like it's OK to cancel shows. Yeah. So it's just so sad like so sad so young I think so many of us have like a memory like for me it's Aaron's party like that song I still know every single word I think a lot of people like fell in love with him when he was Lizzie McGuire's first kiss and then a lot of people shared um Hilary Duff's statement to Aaron because they like had dated and they were like you know teen icons so we all have like associated like childhood memories with him and it's really sad yeah she had posted I'm deeply sorry that life was so hard and that you had to struggle in front of the whole world you had a charm that was absolutely effervescent boy did my teenage

self love you deeply sending love to your family at this time rest easy I think that's an absolutely beautiful statement um no it's for someone who shared so this time. Rest easy. I think that's an absolutely beautiful statement. Um, no, it's for someone who shared so much history with him. Right. And I think like she, Hillary kind of like speaks for all of us.

Cause like we all wanted to be Lizzie McGuire when her first kiss was in Aaron Carter's dressing room. Like, so I think like, wasn't Aaron Carter, the guy that like came, like was the reason why like Hillary Duff and like Lindsay Lohan they like fought over him oh did they yeah oh that's funny you know I don't remember that but like

it's entirely possible that that was the case um it's just it's really sad it's really sad that's the only thing that you can say um I also didn't know that the Backstreet Boys were still like on currently on a tour. Like I know that they reunite a lot and they're always in Vegas and like doing iHeartRadio stuff, but they're like work. They're a working band. Yeah, no, that's I was actually having that same thought because I'm when I saw all the tributes, I'm like, oh, I guess I didn't realize they were on tour.

And I just then started thinking about how they're like they're pretty much like eternally on like a reunion tour. Do they put, I feel like they put out like singles here and there, but do they put out new albums and stuff? I don't think so. Like I think they play the hits. Like kind of how, what's that band that Donnie Wahlberg is in? New Kids on the Block.

Like they're always doing like cruises and arena tours for like their OG fans. They don't like do, they don't do any more than that. They don't try and get new fans with new music. They just like have this really kind of insane core fan base and they make a great living off of touring all around the world and without like ever doing more.

Yeah. So they play. Yeah. And I was just thinking about them in comparison to NSYNC because that was like the, you know, the division of our childhood was were you an NSYNC because that was like the, you know, the division of our childhood was were you an NSYNC or a Backstreet Boys girly.

And if you would have told me that like, you know, 25 years later, the Backstreet Boys would like still be touring and none of the members of NSYNC would still be talking to one another, like I would cry, you know? Yeah. Also, it reminds me, did you see this weekend that the Spice Girls, four out of five, were reunited for Jerry's birthday? And they were like giving everything. Who wasn't there?

I think it was Mel B. I didn't see her in the pictures. But maybe she was there. I didn't see that many pictures. But Mel B is scary Spice. Mel C is sporty Spice. Yes. Yes.

So maybe she was there. There wasn't that much stuff that came out yet. But there were a few videos. They played Spice Girls on the dance floor and the girls were dancing together singing like giving everything that's so cute I would have assumed Posh wouldn't go no she was this everywhere like giving everything um giving you everything and that was the song that was fine wait that's like iconic she was so in she was so into it and david was on the floor too david was on the floor david was on the dance floor i've got to credit um bitch be with you for highlighting this i love that instagram account

um obsessed also like the beckhams had a big weekend because nicola and brooklyn hosted a party like a very small party at their apartment for her house for Selena Gomez to congratulate her on her documentary. And I was just shook. Like, I don't know how those two know each other. Yes, I was shook to see that, too. Brooklyn like cooked up some stuff. Not him LARPing as a chef again. Nicola said the food was amazing. Of course.

Of course. I actually watched a reel of him making fish and chips recently and he made a funny joke because he really he made like he fried the fish and he made his own french fries for the sandwich like he sliced the potatoes he fried them everything and then he put all of it on two on two slices of bread to make the sandwich and this bread was untoasted and so um he made the caption like the headline Brooklyn uses like can't even toast bread that's funny um i do like when people like play into what people say about them online yeah i would have tried his fish and chips no i really don't fuck with fish and chips

i feel i think i would like it god must have spent a little more time on you is that in sink or backstreet boys thank you claudia that's so nice of you to say was that I spent a little more time on you. Is that NSYNC or Backstreet Boys? Thank you, Claudia. That's so nice of you to say. Was that NSYNC or Backstreet Boys? It was so unexpected. Was that NSYNC or Backstreet Boys?

Backstreet Boys because it's good. Okay, I'm like staring at my camera and I'm like almost 100% sure like I'm hella slanted. There's a chance I am too. We had to rearrange our setups today to go from two to one, unlike when two become one. And it could be, I'm looking at it, it looks fine. This is what I was saying.

The image I see looks fine. The lens is crooked. Yeah. No, I'm just seeing like a crazy visual. But you know what? We'll figure it but you know what we'll figure it out in post we'll figure it out in post so that's what the Spice Girls were up to this weekend and really like sending well wishes to the Carter family I feel like they've been through a lot and that's really sad yeah incredibly sad next story Selina you gotta keep an eye out for selena because she's

hitting back for selena i wonder if she even knows about that lyric a hundred percent she does is it something in popular culture that other people yeah it's a post on tiktok it's a tiktok sound oh amazing like if anybody ever posts like something like their kid has like one eye open people are going to be like oh he's keeping an eye out for selena amazing i love that for everyone selena gomez hits back at francia race's reaction to her taylor swift comment selena hit back at francia after the actress commented interesting quote she said interesting on a post highlighting gomez's statement about about Taylor Swift being her only friend in the industry. Okay, they're like making this confusing.

E! News posted a quote that Selena had said in an interview that like, you know, she's not really made for this life and like so many of the people you meet, yada yada, and really Taylor Swift is like her only true actual friend in the industry. Francia Risa commented and quickly deleted, interesting, being like, like well I'm a celebrity and we're friends friendly enough that I gave you my kidney like whatever interesting

interesting so everyone was all up in arms because then everyone realized that Francia doesn't follow Selena Gomez on Instagram anymore and she hasn't for quite some time but Selena still follows Francia yes then they're like I think someone was recapping this situation. On TikTok. And Selena commented, sorry, I didn't mention every person I know. Okay. So I want to say that the quote from Selena about Taylor Swift, like, really had nothing to do with Francia. Like, I think that it wasn't like an intentional dig at Francia, but like Francia was probably still reeling over the fact that she was completely, completely unmentioned in the documentary.

They glaze over the kidney transplant and they put a picture of like a tabloid that has a picture of Francia and Selena and it says Francia Selena doesn't utter a word about Francia about the fact that her friend was a match um and understandably like that is upsetting to Francia so Francia is like definitely reaching being like this is rude because like she was just making a statement like it's not about you um no but it's the fact that either they're not friends um which is weird if one gave the other a kidney or it's the fact that yes you're trying to say something nice about Taylor but the fact that I didn't it didn't even cross your mind and I am in the industry and I am

your friend I did did give you a kindy also says a lot no but then Selena's response, this comment is so rude and so dismissive and like beyond, in my opinion, like this bitch gave you a motherfucking kidney. She could really say whatever the fuck she wants and you have to oblige like you do. Yeah. And you're not. It's not even like she just said interesting, by the way. Right. No, like Selena really is so wrong for this. And I have long thought there's something so bizarre to me about this kidney situation, like how these two became friends.

Like we only found out they were even friends after the kidney was given. Then they were like never spotted together again. Now this like I have so many questions when it comes to the kidney transfer. And now people like are pulling up like interviews that Francia has done talking about the situation where it's like, she doesn't even seem like all that happy to have done it. You know, she's telling the story of the, she knew she was a match and she didn't tell Selena yet. She like was processing it. And then I guess like the doctor told Selena, which I feel like is like a HIPAA violation and Selena called Francia was like oh my god you're a match and Francia like had known

and was waiting to tell Selena her decision and then felt you know like kind of awkward on the phone um so it doesn't feel like even at the time when they were quote-unquote friends like it was really like a like a good situation. Two things. One, that's literally that episode of Curb where Larry gives his kidney to Richard. Yeah. Two, how and why did,

how did it go where Brian and Sia even got tested for Selenor? Like if they're just like friendly. So the documentary, We know nothing. We literally know nothing. So the ancillary information we know makes no sense. Like how many people got tested for Selenor. Like her close friends and family.

So they were close friends. I guess. And now they are not. I guess. Though a kidney was given. Right. And that raises questions. And here's are not. I guess. Though a kidney was given. Right. And that raises questions.

And here's the thing. This is my issue. A documentary is supposed to answer questions. And from what I'm seeing, a lot of questions haven't been answered. And a lot of situations that were really big have been glazed over or not mentioned at all. And that's just not the point of a documentary. That's going to be like really getting into everything. So that was my general takeaway from the documentary. It was like,

I was expecting to walk away with like clarity and like Selena being like 100% transparent about everything. Cause that's the point. If you're not going to, and celebrities don't owe us their truth. Like they don't. Nope. But if you're putting together a documentary,

no, but if you're putting together a documentary, like I expect're putting together a documentary like I expect the the full the full truth the full Monty um the whole truth and nothing but the truth my general like overall takeaway was I don't feel like this really cleared anything up um not only pertaining to the kidney but to her whole you know crisis in 2016 or 2017 um I didn't feel like I walked away with a clear understanding of what actually went down. And, you know, there have been many rumors about what happened to her during that time. She canceled the revival tour and then like went into hiding and she had some sort of

nervous breakdown. There has never been an actual clear explanation as to what happened. There were a lot of rumors that it had to do with the breakup with Justin. There was a lot of rumors that it had to do with the abuse of alcohol or drugs, allegedly. And then there was also the rumors about her mental health. And she alluded to those rumors. You know, she kept in the documentary putting paparazzi footage of her during that time where she canceled the tour. And there was, you know, paparazzi being like, Selena, are you drinking? Selena, is this about Justin? Selena, are you having a nervous breakdown?

And they never answered those questions. So the documentary did explain that, you know, she had a full mental nervous breakdown, psychosis, during that time and sought treatment. But they didn't explain if any of the other things that people heard going around were true or not did it have to do with justin did it have to do with some sort of addiction none of that was discussed and a lot of the fodder online as it pertains to francia is that part of their friendship dissolution had to do with the fact that francia gave selena a kidney and then sel Selena continued to do some of the behavior that was bad for her kidney, like drinking alcohol. So none of that was cleared up for me.

And everyone is obsessing over Raquel. So Raquel is Selena's friend, who's a huge part of the documentary. She goes with Selena everywhere. I literally assumed she was a paid employee. She's not. Everyone in Selena's life is a paid employee, except for Raquel. Raquel is a friend.

And a lot of people are like, Raquel is toxic. She's such a bad friend. Her and Selena fight a couple times. They have little verbal arguments. And everyone's like, Selena needs to cut Raquel out. She's so toxic, yada, yada. And I'm like really that was not my takeaway my takeaway was that Raquel is literally the only person in Selena's

life who's not on her payroll therefore can have an honest conversation when she thinks Selena's acting in a certain way because that's what friends do um and honestly I was really shocked by the way everyone in Selena's life like coddles her and like they do everything for her like they wake her up in the morning like she really didn't seem like she had any independence um and maybe that's like the best thing for her after her you know struggles with mental health but it just felt like everyone in her life is on the payroll managers assistants makeup artists so everyone is just like telling her what they want to hear and Raquel is the only bitch who like really has nothing to gain other

than just like being a good friend and did she say everything she needed to say in the perfect way no but like that's what friend does I just I didn't think it was like that crazy especially given the fact that like it's a nice balance when everyone else in your life is just telling you what you want to hear right and also everyone else in your life if they are on your payroll they need you to work so yeah they're waking you up which maybe like might be helpful if you're in a hard place mentally to do this and to do that but maybe you shouldn't be doing this and doing that but that doesn't work for them if they need to get paid so it's so important to have people in your life who aren't being paid. I mean, I think that's what most lay people experience, but we see this with celebrities at different degrees. I mean,

the highest degree I think is Britney, you know, it's giving that sort of energy where like everybody needs this person to work and we're not going to listen to her body, to her mind, to her wants and needs because they conflict with what we want and what we need. A hundred percent. And another thing that like I took away, which was like, if this was my documentary and I was like watching the final cut, like I would have asked for like a few scenes to be taken out because I just look rude. Um, like she, she goes to, uh, London and Paris to do promo and she hates doing promo. And I get it. It's like a million interviews in one day being like,

what's your favorite dog? Well, like it's so dumb. And she, no, one word answer. And she's acknowledging like how stupid it is and how it's like, she's putting out meaningful work,

meaningful music, meaningful content. And like, in order to get it seen, she has to go to London and like sit and be like, you know, what color is your childhood toothbrush? Like, I get it. But like the way she's like low key, so rude to like the people that like

are doing the interviews and like work. I just like I would never have kept that in because like I get it. She's she's she's constantly struggling. She's never doing what she wants to do, except when she went to Africa, she was like so happy because she loves doing philanthropy. But any other time, she is upset at what she's doing. She is never doing what she wants to be doing.

And I don't know what she would prefer to be doing, but she doesn't want to do promo. Like she's just always unhappy with what she's doing. And she said like, she hates being famous. So why is she doing it?

Because the people around her are making her? No, because she feels this obligation, having this platform and having been through what she's been through to raise awareness about mental health. Her dream is to have a, in the public school system, have the government have some sort of mental health curriculum as a part of schooling.

And she met with the White House. She's doing that. government have like some sort of public mental health curriculum as a part of schooling and like she met with the white house like she's doing that but in order to do that she has to keep doing the other stuff like music and the idiotic stuff to like put her platform even bigger but you don't think that she's reached a level like she has she's one of the top five most followed people on instagram like you don't just lose that influence when you don't put out a new album or you don't put it like she's there and she's permanent. Like, no,

I agree. But I feel like no one around her will tell her that because they need her to work. Yeah. No, mental health advocacy isn't going to pay their bills. Right. Exactly.

No, it was really like eyeopening, but not in the way I think the documentary intended for it to be. It just left me with like this overall sadness for Selena. Like I think she's deeply unhappy. And I didn't see any time in the documentary except when she was in Africa where she felt happy. And like that's a sad way to live. Yeah.

Okay, I'm going to watch it so that I can there was one additional thoughts I could share them hold on something important oh so the documentary had footage from like 2016 when the revival tour started um and I actually really liked that because I have like I had genuinely forgotten how like in 2016, 2017, like Selena Gomez was that bitch. Like her music was everywhere. It was everything she had. Like like the footage was like really hyping her up. And I just like forgot about that era for her because I feel like she's been so tied to like Justin and Hayley.

Like I forgot that like right out of Disney, like she was this sensation, this pop star. And it was like this iconic tour and she was like fabulous it girl I just forgot about it and the footage was really like reminding me and it was like hyping it up but it just makes me sad because I feel like no one who experiences that like every or most people who experience it like the fall after like it just gets so bad afterwards which just makes me think like that level of sickening and you know fame doing it all like is not natural and that you can't I it's hard to see someone who has all that and also like peace of mind and happy peace of mind and happiness no that's actually because you like think about like Britney and her heyday like i remember watching a concert of her like when i

was a kid and like the way she was dancing and say like she was just like sick girl yeah and it's like maybe it's not supposed to be that way no because it feels like you can't have one without the other no it's so true like yeah no that's really well put no I but I don't know I don't know maybe it could be that way but it's these elements that make it so there are definitely people who reach that level of fame and everyone struggles but they maintain their sanity and they maintain a level as much as you can of like being grounded like I think Taylor Swift is a good example of that but I think that's once in a lifetime I think you have to literally like keep your pre-fame friends and family like so close to you I think it's it's possible but it's very difficult yeah and I wonder what the like differentiating factors are and one of them is being a child star

one because you're stunted at the age that you and like you you don't know anything else you don't know how to revert back to like who you used to be to you don't really have pre-fame friends because you made your friends like throughout your life and you were always famous Taylor Swift even though she got famous pretty young like she went to high school she had friends she had uh Abigail a lot of quote-unquote normal experiences that I think have helped usher her through this like huge fame and I think a lot of quote-unquote normal experiences that I think have helped usher her through this like huge fame and I think a lot of it has to do with your family what is so where is Selena's family with her mom and her stepdad and her cousin she goes back to Grand

Prairie Texas a lot I was thinking that too because oftentimes, being disconnected from your family can, like, if you're spiraling, like, it makes it worse. No, she's super tight with her family. I think what it also boils down to, and I feel like the Kardashians are saying, like, always saying this, like, some people are really made for that life. And some people are really not. And I think Selena can acknowledge, like, she was not meant to be this famous like it's not what she was made to do but also I think the child star element of it is really interesting especially like I think the way Selena grew up and the way Taylor grew up is very different like I think for a long time like after Barney and stuff Selena was the sole um earner in her family like she grew up to a she grew up with a single mom who

was like working a million different jobs and then you know relatively quickly what is she like 13 14 when she starts on Disney she's making the money for the family so that is like a really um complex dynamic to throw in yeah and then people get used to a certain level of living yeah that like you can only reach when you are having those big jobs yeah yeah and then I think it gets really nefarious when so like you have your family and then the family are bad actors and I think that's like Britney so she's a child star she doesn't have people she can trust and the people she should be able to trust are acting nefariously and like that is just but that's not the case at all for selena actually one of the parts that i was like really moved by was you know she was talking about how like when she was really going through it mental health wise

like she would have these like breakdowns and she would say like the most horrible evil shit to her family like her mom and her stepdad and like they never once turned their back like they understood that like this was just par for the course with someone who's going through this um and she still feels like she carries so much guilt and sadness for like the shit that she said um to the people who were closest to her and like who still never turned their backs on her so um I do feel like she has her mom was in the documentary and her cousin, Priscilla. Wow. Okay, I'm going to check it out.

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You're welcome. Next story. An angry Jessica Simpson is clapping back at haters after her Pottery Barn ad video went semi-viral. Jessica Simpson says she's feeling angry and defensive over comments she received on her now viral ad for Pottery Barn. The star posted a video of herself passionately singing along to her song Party of One with an emphasis on the line, I don't give a fuck about you.

So she posted this video of herself singing along to her own song Party of One, which came out alongside Open Book. And she said, I needed to be in my studio today because this is where I ground myself and heal. As much as I've learned to block out destructive noise, people's comments and judgments can still hurt deeply with their incessant nagging, you will never be good enough. She noted that she's five years sober from alcohol and through the journey she learned that she can get through any battle that comes her way no matter what trolls say. Quote, I am capable of pretty much anything I care enough to put my mind to. I am present. I am deeply inspired. I am determined.

I am honest. I care about other people. So let me just say. I did see the Pottery Barn video. And I did raise an eyebrow. Only because I love Jessica. And it was out of genuine concern. I would never comment.

Like what's wrong with her? Like people are so disgusting and moronic. But I love Jessica deeply. And I read her book. And I know about her struggles. So when I saw that, like, of course, it just, it concerned me. That's all. I didn't make a public statement about it because I'm not a freak. But I did just, you know, raise my eyebrows.

Her assuring us that she's doing well, like, great. Great. She doesn't owe us that. But it did kind of put some of my concerns to rest I love Jessica I just want the best for her um and she she just was like looking different in the video and like like slurring a little bit yeah people were concerned about her speech and her weight but like addiction like by the way her weight didn't concern me because she talked about in her book like she is a girl who fluctuates like she struggled like what's more relatable

than that like extremes on both sides so like her weight didn't necessarily um like trigger anything for me because I feel like I know a lot about her and I know that like her weight is something that's constantly changing um it was more so like the slurred talking and like the kind of hazy vision. But, and that's what I learned from Matthew Perry is like even post addiction, your addiction can take a physical toll on you, on how you talk,

on just like how your body functions normally. So that could be it too. I just, I was, you know, concerned. Yeah, I agree. I'm glad she's coming on I I just I was you know concerned yeah I agree I'm glad she's coming on to tell us that you know she's fine she she's fine I think that is what she's saying I think she more so was like coming for the haters because I think people were probably nasty and how they were quote-unquote concerned for her I just hope with all my heart that she's doing well and I love that song that she was playing I love that song so good the songs so she put out songs along with her audiobook for open book you

had to buy the audiobook in order to get access to those songs initially so they never like have any radio moments or anything like that but they're so good yeah no I love that she's like not marketing her music like she's just releasing it. Like it's really like a passion of hers, like a way to express herself. But it's not really even her business anymore. Like her business is being like a lifestyle fashion girly. Yeah. I love that for her.

I have her rollerblades and I actually have like a ton of her shoes. Oh, yeah. We got the rollerblades. They were sick. They were sick. So I like one thing about me, if you ever want to know what's on my mind it's eternal peace and happiness for Jessica Simpson like I just genuinely want the best for her agreed and that's all that is all our next story Bethany Frankel will be revisiting the

housewives in a new rewatch podcast three years after leaving the Real Housewives of New York City the skinny girl mogul is putting the real back in Real Housewives as she says with a new rewatch podcast. Three years after leaving the Real Housewives of New York City, the skinny girl mogul is putting the real back in Real Housewives, as she says, with a new rewatch podcast produced by iHeartMedia. The show will be called Rewives, the first installment of which premieres November 14th. It will see Bethany watching iconic episodes throughout the Bravo franchise's history,

like Scary Island from Roni, the Dinner Party from Hell from Beverly Hills, the Who Gonna Check Me Boo episode of Real Housewives of Atlanta, and the iconic table flip season one finale of the Real Housewives of New Jersey. Each week, Bethany will be joined by unexpected thought leaders and celebrities like Elizabeth Moths, Jerry Springer, Suze Orman, Kevin Nealon, Dave Portnoy, Griffin Johnson, Suze Orman, Kevin Nealon, Dave Portnoy, Griffin Johnson, Maren Morris, and more. So I think conceptually as a podcast, this is a great idea.

Like Housewives podcasts really do perform very well in the podcasting space. And the concept of like rewatching iconic shows with people who you wouldn't expect, but are big Housewives fans, like I think it's great. I just think the selection for Bethany is really um it's losery because I feel like Bethany in the last couple of years has really made her bones off of like being so shady towards Housewives um and then to kind of come back is like it's it's losery I actually think that this is the shadiest thing she can do towards Housewives because it's saying the show is over and now we're going to rewatch the iconic moments. It's like nothing that like you do a rewatch podcast for something that that's ended and you

want to relive it and the fans want to relive it because it's over and we have nothing left. And so her doing this is her saying the show is over so let's go back and enjoy the great moments wow that's interesting I didn't see it that way but I do totally see that now um you know Danny Pellegrino was doing an interview with Luann last week and he like knew that this news was going to come out and so he was like by the time this episode comes out like I think the news will come out that Bethany's hosting like a rewatch show called rewives and he reads the whole thing and he gets Luann's like Luann did not know and he gets Luann's like live reaction and she was like she basically said what I said like you're literally have made a career in the last few years off of like putting all of us down distancing yourself so much like from the housewives like you're too good for it and she's

like I just think it's funny how now you know you're back yeah she said that means she's going to shit on us on her little podcast about the housewives it's pretty sad and pathetic that she has to resort to housewives because of all of her failed pivots since the housewives she's tried everything other than housewives and it doesn't seem to work and now she's going back to housewives i just want to say luanne is not wrong about that except where bethany has had success is in being like a TikTok talking head slash like almost troll. But, you know, she did the big shot with Bethany, never renewed. She did do like a few things afterwards.

And really the only space she's like had success in is social media, like podcasting, TikTok, things like that. So she's not wrong. TikTok, things like that. So she's not wrong. I, I mean, I feel like Bethany exceeds most as a housewife because like she has this big personality that works well, like in this ensemble show, but I feel like on her own, like she's had so much success. Like she still is so relevant. We have a headline every week about like what Bethany is saying about this or what Bethany saying about that. And like she, people love her. She has a huge fan base. I, I would always like for her to come back to Housewives. I don't, I mean, I don't read everything she says.

So maybe at one point she was shitting on Housewives and then she comes back with her tail between her legs. But the idea that she's hosting this rewatch thing, like to go over, like to enjoy and explore the thing that made her famous. Like, I don't think it's so crazy or illusory. I think it's like a little, a little. A little because also she does have a podcast that if it was going great, like you don't need a second.

Right, right. Good call. But she's interesting. I mean, we'll see how it goes. Yeah. Carol also like tweeted her thoughts, which were all negative. Yeah. No, like the I think that's how I actually found out about it.

Because like Carol's tweet had went somewhat viral. Yeah. So interesting. But to me, it's her saying the show's over now. Let's go relive it. Yeah. No, that's that's an interesting way of looking at it for sure. Are you ready for our fifth and final story?

The final story. It's the final story. 30 Flirty flirty and thriving. Thank you. You're welcome. Our fifth and final story is a little unlikely friendship news.

A little unlikely friendship news? A little UFN? UFN with a sprinkle of royal news queen elizabeth and tom cruise became secret friends before her death queen elizabeth okay no was tickled pink to make a new pal in the weeks before her death i sent you a story and i said it was a person i never heard of okay well, well, people have heard. You said this is a backup story. I said it's optional. Optional.

If I need it. And I didn't because I had this. No, seriously. Seriously, no. You don't want to hear about how they had tea together and they had a secret special friendship and that she was a big fan of his, Top Gun girly? No.

No, I know everything. Why? Thank you. Why? Because you've been doing this now. You've been putting a fifth and final story that's royal and you think I'm not going to notice because it's the end of the show. No, but it's like it's this isn't just like the queen's bloomers

are for sale on a Friday when there's no other stories. Like the queen and Tom Cruise sparked up a friendship. Like that's celebrity news. It happens to be royal news, but it's celeb news. You're just being stubborn because you heard the word queen but you're not being open-minded to the fact that it's a suitable story but why don't you tell everyone what your what your optional story was and they can vote Bella Porch from TikTok is getting divorced and it's like nobody even knew she had a husband

question mark now vote sound off in the comments which story would you have liked is getting divorced. And it's like, nobody even knew she had a husband. Question mark. Now vote. Sound off in the comments. Which story would you have liked? What sounds more interesting to you? Let's talk about both then. Okay, I'm happy the queen made a friend. Yeah. And was Tom Cruise your favorite guy?

So he appeared as part of her Platinum Jubilee celebration. And Queenie was plagued by mobility issues and unable to meet him. But she let it be known that she was really disappointed not to have met Tom at the pageant. So he was invited to have a very special tour of Windsor Castle and with everything laid on for him. Afterwards, just the two of them had tea together.

The visit was a success, with Tom given the chance to fire a ceremonial gun. The source said she loved seeing him and they really hit it off, so much so that she invited him back for lunch he was even allowed to fly in by helicopter however they were supposed to continue with their lunch date but it wasn't to be as queen elizabeth passed away on september 8th very sad it's nice unlikely friendship who'd have thought and you know what that's a plus in the tom cruise column for me because we're always unsure how to feel about him. But if he was Queenie approved. No, I feel like I'm pretty sure. I feel like you love Tom Cruise, honestly.

You always fucking say that. That's not true. Do I? No, because you make such a point to like slam him. But I know that like inside. No, because I feel like nobody really like, everyone has separated like Tom Cruise the movie star from Tom Cruise, like the crazy ass Scientologist.

And like I just am here reminding people Cruise, like the crazy ass Scientologist. And like, I just am here reminding people like it's the same person. Okay. All right. Now the fifth and final story, uh, Bella porch. So Tik TOK star Bella porches entire life seems to be on display to her 92

million followers. Yet the fact that she's married is her best kept secret until now anyways, because she is filing for divorce. According to legal documents obtained by TMZ, Denari Porch, which is her real name aka Bella, filed docs in LA County to end her nearly four-year marriage to Tyler Porch. The TikTok star noted the standard irreconcilable differences as the reason that they're calling it quits but what's interesting is that there are no photos or videos of the couple on Bella's TikTok or Instagram and there don't seem to be

any pictures of her wearing a wedding ring the divorce documents say that she and Tyler tied the knot in January 2019 and if social media is any indicator she seemed to be in good spirits two days before getting married posting for a mirror picture on Instagram so for those who don't know Bella Porch like had this one video go viral um it was so dumb like it wasn't anything it was like the sound m to the b m to the b it's m to the b yum like whatever and she like did this like cute little head 92 million followers she's like she walks in the Prada fashion show she does Hugo Boss like it's actually it should be studied because like nobody knows anything about her clearly I mean she's been in a relationship

for four years and nobody fucking knew so the fact that she's married is so weird I remember like people found out that like she was like in the army and not the American army though I'm I don't remember where she's from but like she was in the army for the her home country and people were like shooketh and it's like we're oh and then like for a while her videos were just her face and then we saw her body and she is like covered in tattoos like people were just like we're like she's an ogre sure she's an onion she's layered and now we're learning she's married and it's like what I mean honestly props to her for like not telling the internet anything about her personal life yeah like it's it's admirable that's ideal it's ideal because she's literally she's on those lists she must be making

insane amounts of money so what does she do now after that one video like I don't even know she just like she I think she does like some like twitch like gamer stuff um she's the face of like a million brands she released a song that had like a moment it went like this ain't build a bitch you you don't get to pick and choose wow i really need a life um and then she's just like always doing shit she's like the face of brands like she's just always doing stuff got it every time i open my tiktok it's like more bella porch branded content she's like she's like a Charlie but she's like an international Charlie like global oh cool I'll check her out yeah she must be one of the top maybe 10 or 20 most followed people

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We got one of the weddings. So we know about the fate of one of the couples. And so spoiler alert, if you haven't seen the Raven and SK wedding, I am about to spoil it. So it was actually really interesting. So he is Nigerian. And his family is, like, very Nigerian.

They take the culture very seriously. They wanted a Nigerian wedding. And Raven is, like, this independent girl who, like, everyone thought she was, like, the hottest girl there. And everyone wanted her. And even after the pods, like, guys were being, like, weird and creepy to her, but she really liked SK, and she was very, like, hesitant at first to, like, dive into Nigerian culture, but eventually, like, she really got on board, and they had this beautiful wedding where they merged both the

cultures, and she was, like, this hot thing, and, like, obviously SK was just, like, happy to be with her, you know, and so she really, like, fell in love with his mom and it was really sweet and her family like wanted no part of this like television nonsense so like she was really leaning on his family and they get to the altar and he says no why I don't know and it was so shocking actually his mother went to the bridal suite after the wedding and was like apologizing. Like she was like, I really like you. Like I wish. It was actually very sweet, the connection that his mom and the bride had made.

And I don't know why he said no. I mean, it wasn't ideal. Like he's going to grad school for four years in Berkeley. And this season they did it based in Dallas. So everyone lived in Dallas. And like she's just like this really successful independent girly. And like I don't think she loved the idea of like having a husband who was going to be in the next four years. Like she would have to financially support.

But like she was down and she was like hysterically crying afterwards. And she was like I was going to say yes. Like I couldn't believe he said no. Like I was genuinely shocked. And we didn't really even get a reason why. Is there more to come or you're not going to get a reason? So then like then they moved on to the second wedding but they didn't finish it they left us on a cliffhanger

we know that um nancy and bartice who said yes i think it was nancy which was like not the move on her part like how many like he literally said a thousand times since the pods like like we're not physically connecting like you're not my type like it's so rude and he keeps acting like you would think he's Brad Pitt like he's not like all these so many of the guys this season have been saying to the girls like you're not my physical like type like you know I'm gonna try and make it work because we have an emotional connection like doing them a favor and it's like dude you're fucking ugly like the way these guys they think they're so fucking hot I think that's like a a testament though to like guys of this generation in general like they really think they're something when they're not no but it's also like if you're not capable of forming a connection with someone who doesn't um check off the physical appearance

boxes then you shouldn't go on this show like if you're someone who really you know say physical and and that's fine like really if that's how you are like if say physical is 50 percent and then the emotional connection is 50 percent then then you shouldn't go on the show but if you're someone who can identify like that you really like are looking for a soulmate and you don't even have such a specific type if you did like but it doesn't even really matter what it is then you should go on the show like know yourself no that's a really good point. So let me just make a prediction for what's going to happen with the rest of the couples. I actually do think Nancy and Bartice will get married. And here's why.

I think Bartice is like thirsty. Like, I think he wants to be famous. And I think he's going to do everything he can. And Nancy said yes. And if either one of them should have said no, it should have been Nancy. So I think they will get married. They're trying to make us think that my girl Alexa like Jewish queen who was marrying like a country boy who's like Jackie he'll do anything

for her he was wearing a yarmulke he said a convert like he is obsessed with her they've been problem free like we don't even see them like they're my favorite couple and they've been on the screen for five minutes because they have no fucking problems they're trying to make it seem like he shows up to the wedding like set cold cold feet. No, they're getting married 100 percent. And like I'm obsessed. They're getting married. Cole and Zeneb are not getting married. But I do think that Colleen and I forget his name, Matt, I think they're going to get married, even though like it actually really scares me because I see him as like a walking red flag, a really mean guy. And she's like a really sweet, like nice girl, like who just goes with the flow.

And I think like I think it's a bad relationship. Like he gets drunk and like packs his bags because she went out with her friends, like psychotic, you know, people like that, like fucking psychotic energy. So I don't know all these people. You'd be surprised. They fake it till the end. Like no one could break up in the middle of the show show like they all act like they really like this person like that to me was the biggest thing with like shake and deep tea like the fact that you're right she said no when the whole season she was acting like she didn't know about his the mean things he was

saying because she didn't and but that like she was under his spell and really loved him and like that is you would have thought that it wasn't even a question but then it just turns out they've been acting the whole time because I guess either they can't go home in the middle or then they're out on some episodes no bitch you're so fucking right like the way everyone is acting like you think they're all getting married and yeah and it's like you actually have no idea what's about to happen because they've been lying this whole time no you're right like they lie to us when they live in the apartments like people i think you can go home in the honeymoon like remember shana bounce yeah yeah but nobody goes home in the apartments and i don't know if that's because like the show is like you need to stay and so we have a show or

it's like well that's a few episodes that i wouldn't be in i'll be here you're so right you're so right so it's like of course we think they're gonna get married because they've been making us they've literally been telling us that they are right so it's like if you can actually see that two people wouldn't get married it must be really bad yeah yeah yeah colons and they're not getting married yeah okay um so i think the final wedding episodes come out on wednesday and like literally in this most recent episode and I will be doing this on Wednesday too like fully skipping till they're at the altar because they're they literally spend 20 minutes on each couple replaying shit we've already fucking seen

I it's so annoying so like with Bartisa and Nancy I was literally skipping till to you that's where I go but other than that it's been a good season good season and they all say they have a statement at the beginning that gives no indication of whether they're about to say yes or no yes no they're just like really it's it's like mind fuckery at this point so that's what i was watching um what's on tonight anything I don't think so. No. But I got a lot of catching up to do on other stuff so that we can recap this week. I will try and watch Selina. Yeah.

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