The Toast - Those Who Can't Read, Watch with Taylor Strecker: Thursday, April 20th, 2023

Episode Date: April 20, 2023

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Good morning, Millennials. Welcome back to The Toast. Happy Thursday. I am humbled and honored to be joined by one of, I say this about everyone, but I really mean it with you, my favorite guest co-host, Jackie is out today, and my queen, Taylor Strecker. Hey, girl.

Hey. Stunning. Thank you. Oh, my God. I'm so happy to be back. The FOMO I felt last week. I just want everyone to know I was invited but I was away yes okay I knew you were gonna say that Taylor is always one of my first it's like literally Ben

Margo and Taylor it's like family thank you and Taylor was unavailable last week but it was good we got to get some other people on the couch but you're back now I was jealous you were jealous I love all the people I know I'm not saying it's okay to be jealous jealousy is like such a normalized jealousy let's normalize jealousy I'm a jealous girl there's not one thing that goes on on the internet that I'm not jealous of like I see people hanging out I'm jealous I see people working with brands jealous I see people getting opportunities jealous I am jealous I'm a fiercely like competitive and jealous person me too and I'm psychotic with my wife I had the worst dream last night that she cheated on me okay again you know we've been friends now I was trying to do the math for like

eight years and I only recently learned that you are like a crazy, psychotic, jealous wife. And by the way, I'm a jealous person, like crazy. But when it comes to Ben, I'm actually like not at all. You know, I envy that because like, and this is the thing is Tay gets so personally insulted. Right. She's like, what do you think of me? Yeah. But it's, I think it's because I'm so, and not that you're not obsessed with Ben,

but you know what it is? I know what it is. Okay. I truly feel like I'm a lessee only for Tay. Right. But I'm so deep in it now that what would I do? I know. You know what?

I feel like you need some sort of reality check, Taylor. You are a lesbian. It's okay. It's cool. It's good. I know. You're in denial. I know. I'm aware aware I don't know I just like I just don't know what I would do well you don't have to do anything she loves you very much

she loves you she's not going anywhere like you're okay maybe it's because because I was divorced I'm like marriage means shit you have trauma for sure you carry around with you I have firing trauma you do I have divorce trauma I have cancellation trauma it's okay we all have our things yes it's gonna be okay I love you I'm so excited that you're here you weren't here last week but it's not because you were just like dilly-dallying getting drunk I mean I'm sure you were getting drunk but you were working you were out all week last week you were on tour you were opening for Stassi Schroeder everyone here loves stassi on her tour tell me about that it's so great so last week was our first like leg is that what we call them legs so like on any given tour you have like

x amount of shows so we i think have i think we're up to like 27 shows at this point we keep adding new dates good stassi's gonna work up until her third trimester right so thank god she's pregnant otherwise she wouldn't stop there would be no end in sight right and I love her and I love working with her but like it is road life is exhausting it's not fabulous like people think it is I mean and Stassi even is quite bougie yeah very nice hotels you you can't even enjoy it you're you're in you're out, you're in, you're out. No, and when you're there before the show, like you're having terrible anxiety,

so you can't even enjoy like the beautiful hotel. Nope. And then once you're there, you're done, and you want to celebrate, you got to move on to the next show. Yeah, you can't even, but your adrenaline is like kicking in. Yeah.

So Stassi's like a very good check, some balance for me and Bo, because we'll stay up till like three in the morning. I know, you will. Drinking, and she's like, bitch, get out of my room. I have been telling you, like I really have been wanting you to get into stand up because I feel like it's definitely a skill that not everyone has.

And I think that you really could do it. You know, first of all, it means the world. Second of all, I'm like lagging myself. Believe you. No, I really I don't say things just to be nice. I literally know you don't know. Like I'm not. I'll tell you when you do bad.

Like, you know, tell everybody what you said to me okay okay so we go on tour we started in minneapolis vibe had no idea two nights in chicago incredible and then two nights in royal i'm sorry two shows in royal oak a matinee right and then a night show matinees are brutal but the audience was fantastic we were just dying because we were so tired. We did five. Royal Oak was great too. Five shows in four days. Psychotic.

So on the first night, like I felt so invested in your journey. You were so sweet. I just, I wanted to be there so bad because I felt like we went through over your material a lot and I felt like I was a part of it. Like I really wanted to know how it went. So Taylor recorded her first set and sent me it as a voice note afterwards and I was like I was prepared to give you like like bad notes like what were you thinking like for real real so I've never seen you perform yeah um and my first kind

of intro into seeing you do any sort of like live performance slash stand-up was when we were in Lisbon Portugal for Brian's birthday on the final night of his big party he rented out a club and we did the roast of Brian Kelly and Brian asked a bunch of on the final night of his big party. He rented out a club and we did the roast of Brian Kelly. And Brian asked a bunch of people from different parts of his life to roast him. And I said no. You did say no. And I wanted you to do it. Like, I pushed you.

You did. I said Brian wants you to do it, even though Brian was okay with you canceling. I hate you. I wanted you to push yourself. Like, I know that you can do it. Like, I really can. But? So.

In Lisbon, Taylor was not great and I would never have said anything I told you you did great what's the point of making someone like feel like shit it's over I know but like I embarrassed myself in front of all of our friends you didn't embarrass yourself at all I was the worst you were um I was the worst I was the worst you I was the worst. You weren't the worst. But whatever. So honestly, I was like, oh, damn. Maybe I saw something in her that wasn't there. Maybe I was just seeing things. And then she sent me her voice memo from her first performance.

And you were just amazing. I love you. I was so shocked. You sounded so confident. You sounded like a comic who's been doing this for 40 years. Really? And maybe it was just like your smoker's cough that gave you that sort of edge. But you were incredible. You were so confident and you were so funny. And like, I knew what you were, you know, memorized to say, and I know that you were adding stuff and you didn't seem nervous

at all. And then I felt comfortable telling you that you stunk it up in Lisbon because that didn't really matter. That wasn't a paid gig or anything. It didn't. I will say this. I was out of my element in Lisbon because I'm not good at roast I'm good at making fun of me yes I'm very bad at making fun of other people I hate it such a fair fair critique because same my whole brand of comedy is just making fun of myself because you know what everyone's so sensitive so so if I'm making fun of myself nobody can be mad and Brian's like Brian can hang he's fun he's tough but like I feel like Brian like if you cross a line it could be like random like you made a joke about the river and even afterwards like

weeks after he was like but you really not like the river I know he's very connected to the Delaware River I know so I almost ran up to you in Lisbon and said cut me and I knew that we had somebody that added that night so I was like the space is filled I honestly regret not doing that really but I feel like moments like that are what like build character in a performer and I feel like you maybe wouldn't have crushed as hard as you did last week if you didn't flop in Lisbon it was a really good trial run and it like got me get to get my shit together because the whole time I was getting ready for tour was like you don't want to be like Lisbon where it was last minute and you were freaking out no and you don't want it to be such a long period of time since you've been in front of a crowd.

So true. So you know what? I feel like I made the right choice. Well, thank you for the feedback. I mean, all of it. You were incredible. I'm going to go to your show. You guys are playing Town Hall in New York.

I'm totally coming. Oh, 100%. I've already moved my flight because I'm going to Dallas, but I'm coming home early to see it. Angel. I'm so excited. It's going to be so fun. That's going to be a nerve-wracking show, though.

That and LA. Because then it's like... People you know in the audience. Angel. I'm so excited. It's going to be so fun. That's going to be a nerve-wracking show though. That and LA because then it's like people you know in the audience. Exactly. And like, I mean, by the time we get there, I think I'll know it's so inside and out.

It won't matter. But New York and LA are interesting because they're industry towns. Yeah. And industry is like too cool for school. Yep.

So a lot of people in the audience, especially when it's like a lot of comps that are like agents and managers and shit like that, you don't get great laughs and great audience interaction so it can be scary I will say um on

tour I would say probably my worst performing myself like I did the worst in LA I was so panicked Ben invited like so many celebrities you know Ben he's like wheeling and dealing of course I have this whole thing in my show about Twilight and like literally I'm looking at Taylor Lautner. Like it was horrible. Too much. It was horrible. Too hard. It was horrible. Before we, I want to talk to you about what we did last night, but I just wanted to remind everyone our first merch launch since our rebrand happened this morning. If you go to toastmerch.com, we have new crew necks, new phone cases, new mugs.

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um last night we're gonna dive into the fast five but I want to talk about what we did last night because I was floored were you let me tell you a fun fact about me and I don't even know if you know this I and it's so crazy because I'm such a show tunes girl do you hate I hate going to the theater like I with the exception of funny girl which I most recently saw of course and before that you couldn't get me to the theater for years I saw Dear Evan Hansen, which was incredible It was Did you see Hamilton?

No Get out! I know I saw it twice I just low-key don't like going to the theater I know, that's so crazy No, I'm with you actually Because, well, first of all

Like, the seats are so fucking small Was your ass killing you last night? Killing And, like, we were in dope seat. Brian of course brought front row tickets. Which is a wild experience and very valuable given what we do for a living because like you never really know what it's like for people in the front row. I am. It's a lot. It's a lot and I felt like my face like I wanted to be smiling the whole time for them. I didn't want to give negative energy. Right. Like when I'm enjoying something my mouth

is just closed and I just look like I'm miserable but I'm enjoying it but I'm not smiling you know but as performers we know what that feels like on stage yeah so I know I was like I mean I was getting it up for those performers I had sat front row in a Broadway show once like many many many years ago me and Ben saw um Matilda why I don't know um and the the kid actors were wearing microphones but the microphones were taped to their yes down their hairline and then dangled over their forehead and it looked like this little ball sack it was like this little flesh colored ball and me and ben didn't know what it was we're like what do all these kids have like growths on their forehead it was so bizarre now last night they were just wearing mic strap to their cheeks,

which is much more normal. And so just precursor saying that I just like the theater. Like I love show tunes and I have a lot of respect, but just as an experience, I don't like sitting in a theater. No, I'm actually with you too. It gives me a lot of anxiety. Like especially if I'm sitting in the middle, I'm worried about peeing. I get a lot of anxiety.

I feel you. And I find that, like, almost every single Broadway show is 30 minutes too long. Agreed. I think a lot of shows could deal with no intermission and just doing one 90-minute show instead of two and a half hours. And let's cut all the slow songs. I completely agree. So having said that, I was definitely like, you know, let's get through this. I was not, like, overjoyed uh-huh to

be going to the theater we saw and Juliet which is like a very modern adaptation of Romeo and Juliet but it's told through the lens of like what would have happened if actually Juliet didn't die and then she goes on this journey of self-discovery yes and the music it's not an original score it is set to the music the the catalog of music of legendary pop producer Max Martin and I'm sure a lot of you guys have never heard of him but every song you've ever liked in your life yes max martin backstreet boys ariana grande britney spears in sync it's from the early 1990s up until most recently the weekend taylor he was the main producer on 1989 by taylor swift oh my god he is so you will know every single song i knew knew every single song. And there was even some like deep cuts in there, like Domino by Jessie J.

Like that's not a, I was obsessed. Obsessed. So I knew I was going to like the music and I was just, I was blown away. I, it was amazing. It was incredible. And also like the actress kept spinning on me, which I loved. Yeah. Usually I would which I loved. Yeah. Usually I would not like that.

Yeah. But because they were so talented, I thought maybe they'd spittle talent onto me. It was, Juliet was insane. So a major shout out to the actress who played Juliet and who played William Shakespeare's wife named Anne Hathaway,

who knew that. She was, and you know what I was thinking the whole time? I was thinking this like show reminds me weirdly And just kind of like A lot of the jokes Reminds me of Schitt's Creek I know that sounds random

And then I was looking At their Instagram today And the person who wrote the show Is the writer of Schitt's Creek No shit Isn't that crazy Not to say like I have like You know like some sort of

Like talent for like You know whatever But I was like Especially the Anne Hathaway character She reminded me so much Of Jocelyn from Schitt's Creek Yep

And the way she spoke And I was like Oh it's just giving Schitt's Creek energy and then I was shocked to see that it was incredible I can't recommend it enough like it felt like fun Hamilton it was fun yes it was hysterical hysterical the vocals on Juliet that's saying that is genuinely like what I think I sound like when I sing like and it was nice to hear someone like actually sound like that you know like that's what I think I'm like doing all these runs on Celine Dion like that's what I think I sound like when I sing. Like, and it was nice to hear someone like actually sound like that, you know? Like, that's what I think. I'm like doing all these runs on Celine Dion. Like, that's what I think I sound like.

I don't, but that's what I think I do. She sang one song that at the end on that note. Oh my God. Katy Perry roar was like this moment at the end when Juliet like gets to be herself or whatever. And she gets on this floating terrace that like floats through the theater. Oh my God. Unbelievable. I will say this too. I feel like there's not a bad seat in the theater so get tickets uh you don't

have to be front row to enjoy it no but we take it to stand up at the end and dance yeah everyone was like giving me shit they're like you were filming at a broadway show and it was the final song they asked everyone to get up on their feet like it was a film friendly and sorry i wanted to post and support the arts god people Broadway like um etiquette like enforcers fuck off yep I'm not like one of those people who like falls asleep and is on their phone the whole time like I have respect for the theater um also what is your take on singing along to the songs because here's the thing everyone knows the songs you were like I was in but like you were like quiet whispers. I was.

That's actually a good point. I was conscious of my volume for sure. Not the lady next to me. Was she? Like there was like three of them. I think they must have like swapped seats during intermission. I saw that. Yes.

And they were freaks. And they were like singing loud. I wanted to be like, shut the fuck up. I didn't come here to listen to you fucking sing. Oh, that is annoying. Annoying. Especially in the front row. That's probably like a little disruptive to the performers.

Right? For sure. I know. I did not love. I got the eye of the tiger fighter dancing through the. Oh my God. It was so good, you guys. And like, I just want to say like, I am not a person who gives out compliments to Broadway

shows. Like I'm very particular. Really? Like the last one the shows I've seen in the last probably 10 years are this yep funny girl which you die for and Dear Evan Hansen which are like obviously two of the biggest shows like of the last decade so I have a high bar and so if I recommend it it's good recommended recommended very much so oh it was my birthday present from Brian oh right and Claudette crashed because she was gonna kill us

well Claudette crashed because I've been saying I want to see this show. And then Taylor's like, oh, Brian got me tickets for my birthday. I'm like, oh, what show? And Juliette, are you fucking kidding? No, I said something, Juliette. Oh, you didn't even know. You didn't even know. You don't support the arts, Taylor.

You don't support the arts. So before we start, I do want to say today is theo's birthday happy birthday thank you it's tough you know being a dog mom is not like a celebratory thing when your dog has a birthday how old is he six that's getting up there shut the fuck up you're a bitch you're a bitch get out of my studio me and ben cried last night before bed yeah it's just like oh my god honestly i don't want to talk about it because i feel like myself i'm starting to no Me and Ben cried last night before bed. Yeah. It's just like, oh my God, honestly,

I don't want to talk about it. Cause I feel like myself. I'm starting to cry. No, no, I'm old. Theo's old. It's,

it's, it's fine. You like old people. That's true. I am drawn towards like more wise, older people. He's like me. He's over the hill,

but you are a fucking bitch. Get out, but still kicking. That's my point. You better shut the fuck up. I'm over the hill. Over the hill. I'm over the hill. Theo. i'm over the hill theo oh my

god this is disgusting toaster is get her please god leave hate comments on her instagram at taylor strecker bitch i was just trying to relate to him you can Okay. Because he's a dog and you're a human. Okay? Okay. So I guess without further ado, it's time to dive into the past five stories. If we must.

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the week so i don't know if you've been keeping up with the coachella drama a little bit i'm not really a coachella girl i'm aware yeah never mind but frank ocean was the headliner there's two weekends of coachella one was last weekend one was this weekend right he was the big headliner final act on sunday night he stunk up the place he cut his set short he literally was like sorry it's curfew i gotta go no he stood there like with his music playing on an aux cord and like didn't even sing there was like dancers standing right in front of him people couldn't see him what it was very people were really upset because he's like a lot of big a lot of huge fans and he hasn't performed live in many years and this was supposed

to be like a big deal i guess this is why i guess this is why and now he has dropped out for weekend too that's psychotic first of all contractually can he even do that he will be losing a ton of money i don't even know if now they have to pay him for the first one that's crazy i mean think about this like how much money is on the table? Millions, tens of millions. So I think last I heard headliners get paid like $6 million for two performances. Wow, man,

just go out there and like make fart noises. Just do it. Just do it. I can't. What? Think about what would be going on that you were like, I simply cannot, unless it was like a death in the family.

Like you just go or like a medical emergency, but like, don't you think that they would say that it was? No, in the family. Right. You just go. Or like a medical emergency. But like, don't you think that they would say that it was? No, but and that's what I was saying last week. Like even some sort of like medical emergency, like Beyonce, she had a broken leg. She would do it. Abso-fucking-lutely. You know?

So not only has he dropped out, which is a kind of a crazy historic thing that hasn't really happened. They have replaced Frank Ocean with Blink-182. Oh, don't tell Ben and Tay. I know. They're literally going to get flights just to go. They're going to drag us there. Well, so Blink-182 actually performed at Coachella last weekend as not a headliner. Like, during the day.

So I don't know. I mean, I think they're an equal replacement. Like, I think the people who go to Coachella will love Blink-182. But I wouldn't be surprised if people, like, demand refunds. Because I think a lot of people bought tickets just for Frank Ocean and if you're like a major Frank Ocean fan,

I don't think there's a lot of crossover between Blink-182. I would go to all the shows and then I would demand a refund. Yeah, of course. Of course, of course, of course. By the way, and I saw Blink-182's

performance at Coachella and like they're very good and it's Travis Barker. Yeah, but like it doesn't give me headliner vibes. I know. It gives me headliner vibes for like a 90s festival. Yes. Not for Coachelli. No. I was really shocked to see that he um he so his reasoning for not performing so he said after suffering suffering an injury to

his leg on the festival grounds in the week leading up to the show Frank Ocean was uneatable to perform the intended show last weekend, but was still intent on performing for the second weekend. But in 72 hours, the show was reworked out of necessity. So the doctor's advice is that the artist is not able to perform weekend two

due to two fractures and a sprain in his left leg. Wimp. So that's the line they're going with. A sprain? Yeah. So this is, Frank Ocean added a statement saying it was chaotic there is some beauty and chaos it isn't what i intended to show but i did enjoy being out

there and i'll see you all soon so he's admitting that he kind of flopped and he's blaming the leg that's weak sauce yeah and also it doesn't like really bode well for the future of his career i just don't know if a lot of people are going to feel confident booking him for for festivals I have a confession I don't think I know one Frank Ocean song you're not alone really I don't think I know one either I don't even think I know what he looks like I do he's extremely handsome and cute and in that case I take back everything I said and I've by the way I've heard him perform like songs and he is in him like I get he's hyped up for a reason like he heard him perform like songs and he is in a like I get he's hyped up for a reason like he has an incredible singing voice and he's an extremely

talented songwriter um and this there's a reason why after six years people are like dying and there's a very high bar when when you've waited that long you know I think I understand now why he bailed out he has pretty privilege we know what that's like because we have pretty privilege too. We're two beautiful women who are constantly just being given opportunities just because of our looks and not because of our talent.

I feel like he was like, he's not used to failing because he's so beautiful. Yeah. And he's not used to people telling him that he like sucked. Right. Like the way that you told me

I sucked in Lisbon. Like he couldn't handle that. He just sucked. I just, what did I say? Stunk up the place. Stunk up the place stunk up the place i feel like that's an accurate representation i'm sorry so yeah would you ever go to coachella

literally never you're like the antithesis of coachella in my mind me too sounds like hell although i do love a jam band not that coachella is that but like i was once upon a time a festival girly you were yeah I slept in tents I went to Moe Down what I did the drugs what's Moe Down I don't know I was invited and I was at a festival yeah it's a I think it's a band called Moe and it was like a town just Moe and it was a festival with like other bands it's like it gives like fish vibes got it got it got it got it yeah okay tell me about you camping not well I have my period so let's not even I feel like Leah McSweeney on Real Housewives Ultimate Girls Trip

no but you know what that's an important fact for like why you didn't have a good time horrible camping with your period a bear would come and eat your vagina literally well luckily I was protected by piles of poop so it was fine it was a nightmare oh there was like the port-a-potties were overflowing right people were on like so messed up on drugs they were just taking shits wherever they pleased. Woodstock energy. I brought my Taylor guitar. My mom bought me for Christmas.

How old were you? I was like 18 or 19. Oh, okay. Okay. Because like I could not see any version of you that I currently know even thinking about doing this. So like freshman year of college, I like had a lot of identities and this is one of them. It was my hippie girl identity and it did not survive.

I literally left there and I was like, everybody I just came with, I absolutely hate them. Never wanna see again. Never again. Can I ask you a question that might be a little personal? I'm just curious, cause I've never asked you and you know I love to ask you like invasive questions about you and Tay. Yes.

When you were in college, did you ever have an experimental phase? Never. Really? I never even kissed a girl before Tay. Like seriously, I kissed my friend Leah, senior year, no junior year of college for Pita Pit, cause we were so hungry

and we were so broke we had no money left and the boys that we hung out with were like if you guys kiss we'll buy a pita pit for you which is very problematic

looking back my boys are so deeply disgusting and unwell so we did it and did you get the pita I got the pita pit I got extra feta

I got extra pita are you for real I don't know it's the greatest thing on the face of the planet what is it it's just pita with shit inside, but it's so good late night. Is pita pit the name of the institution?

Yes, pita pit. And then you get the pita and it's like, you just like create your own, build your own. I get it. It's like Israeli food. But pita pit is the name of the restaurant by your college. Yes. So why the fuck would I know that? Well, it's a chain.

Oh, it's a chain. Yes. Yes. Do they have one in the city? Should we go? I don't think it exists anymore. Damn. But we should try to find one

We could drive to Upstate New York Nah My personal college experience Similar was called University Pita Okay And it was like

It wasn't even a restaurant It was literally a window In the wall Like you would It's on the street Like you literally walk On the street And you look to your right

And the man is standing In the window And it was like This hole in the wall There was nowhere to sit And you would just get the most amazing schnitzel shawarma lafa pita and it was kosher so like we ate that shit and they closed shortly after like my freshman or sophomore year and it was devastating for the community rest in peace bring back university Bring back University PETA. And for short, we would call it UPETA. Oh my God, so cool. You just felt so cool when you said that.

I just wanted you to know what the cool NYU kids were doing at the time. Were you cool in college? No, no. I literally lived at home the last three years of college. I recently learned this. Yes, my college experience was, I don't even like to call it college, you my freshman year like I tried I lived in the dorms I tried but the thing is like I went to college with so many of my friends from high school because I went to high school in the city so like Abe who you know my best friends from college were just my best friends from high

school but I did make one friend Margo Fish um she was a college friend but she like she went to a Jewish high school in New Jersey like it really wasn't that crazy and I didn't really go out I didn't like have a lot of college and then I met Ben so my last three years of college I went to at home and just hung out with Ben honestly though you were building like a brand right the way I'm so jealous of your college experience being like oncology well see it's both because I feel like I don't think I would be at the place I'm at now in terms of career if I didn't like just waste away those last three years of college, like building a brand instead of like going out. Yes.

But now I'm very much like living my college years in terms of partying. Like I don't, I didn't party at all in college. So when I got out of college and I was like hanging out with Jackie and Jackie's friends and you and Brian, like that's when I became like, I act like a college freshman when I go out. Yeah. But throwing up. But I did the college thing and I'm still acting like it.

Yeah, well, you're deeply problematic. Facts. Nobody on this planet can hold their liquor better than you. It's beyond impressive. Well, lately I've been a little bit more of like a wimp when it comes to my drinking. In a good way. I'm embracing it. Last night I had a martini.

Did I finish it? No. The answer is no. I had a glass of Sunsera. Did I finish that? Yes. The answer is yes. And then Brian ordered me a vodka. I had three martini. Did I finish it? No. The answer is no. I had a glass of Sunsair. Did I finish that? Yes. The answer is yes. And then Brian ordered me like a vodka.

I had like three sips. And then at the thing, I got- A scotch and soda. A scotch and soda. Double. But I didn't finish it. Baby steps. Also, at the Broadway show last night, Taylor was very generous to be the one to get drinks

during intermission. Yes. And she brought me a tequila soda that was made with poison. And I took one sip and I was like, I don't think I can do this. And then I'm like watching the show and I'm getting fucking itchy i look down i have hives on my arm i know and my are they still there my throat was really scratchy i went home and took a benadryl i was like i should kind of freaked out i don't know what the tequila brand was but it was definitely like jose cuervo it was just giving me like hives isn't that crazy awful i'm sorry well i would go

camping with you by the way i think that would be Only if we could like vlog it I'm so in Let's go like Someplace fabulous though Like a glamp Yeah But glamping is still camping If you have to like

Leave a Squat Tent And go Even to a like bathroom That has plumbing But you have to walk outside Yeah

That's dangerous We should go Let's do it But one night only Okay fine We can go up to Ithaca They have glamping. And we can get pita pit.

And we can get pita pit. I also just like camping because I really weirdly like the food that goes along with camping. Hot dogs. Like s'mores and like grilling. Yes. I like a hamburger. What really do you eat? Yeah, no.

Like I just like the smells of camping. Does that make sense? Yes, it does. And I love nature. I would love to like look at the stars with you. Okay, I'm in. Okay. Let's do it. All Yes, it does. And I love nature. I would love to look at the stars with you. Okay, I'm in. Okay. Let's do it.

All right, next up. And I just realized I don't know this about you. So are you a Twilight girl at all? I actually am. Again, I feel like I'm a little aged out of the obsessiveness. Yes, that's fair. But I was working at Sirius, I think, when it came out. And so I was in it because because it was like Twilight Mania.

Right. So I get it. And I didn't hate the movies. No, I was absolutely head over heels in love. Like literally can't watch them enough times. Successed. Would quite literally do anything to spend one night with Robert Pattinson. Okay.

So we're different in that way. Well, because you're a lesbian. No. Why? Are you Jacob? No, I'm not like sexually attracted to any of the vampires or werewolves. What about Carlisle? He's a nice like older gentleman.

No, I just it's maybe Kristen Stewart. That makes sense. Okay. Well, there is a Twilight TV series that now is in the works. The Twilight Saga is getting the television treatment at sources tell the Hollywood Reporter that a series version of the author's bestselling book series is in early development at Lionsgate. So why? I don't know. They have great people attached to it, like the writer of Tell Me Lies, The Walking Dead, but they're working with Lionsgate to determine what the specific take on Twilight will be and if it

will be a remake of Stephanie Meyers' original books or a different offshoot. So they don't know what they're doing, but they're trying to make a TV show that's somehow loosely associated with Twilight. Well, listen, they made The Last of Us based off of a friggin' video game. Oh, did they? It was the best thing ever. I didn't watch it.

Oh, I love it. And I'm not really into apocalyptic zombie things. Neither am I. Like, I never watched The Walking Dead. I was really into it. Give it a shot. The first episode kind of will have you be like, meh, and then it gets good. Well so this TV show like this news must have just gotten

leaked because it doesn't have a network or a platform yet or apparently any sort of creative concept. But a lot of people are like well why the fuck do we need a TV show about Twilight when there's five books and five movies. Like this just seems like a money grab. Because we can never get enough of shit. I know and it's like Twilightilight is perfect the movies were perfect i wouldn't touch a hair on their head you know i'm also concerned about the tell me lies uh writer you didn't like it i mean i watched it and i was obsessed with it but it's shit it's terrible oh i love me jackie loved yeah but love in like this is bad no no and we and there is no writing and i facts um and it was also a book so it's like what did you write what did they write but i loved it like i was obsessed not in a bad way

no i was obsessed but it was like a little bit of like a rant at the end well it was a big shocker too and there's another season well i'm in i'm gonna watch the second yeah it was so like you know this show sex lives yeah like that season i was so into did you watch the second season. Yeah, it was so good. You know the show Sex Lives? Yeah. Like that season I was so into. Did you watch the second season? I had to stop. I felt like I was taking acid. I was humiliated to be watching it. Was it okay?

I was watching it. Oh, I watched it on the plane to Lisbon. Oh my God. You watched it on the plane? I had to literally hide my iPad because it's quite literally porn. And the first season was porn, but like it had a heart

and it had like good stories and good writing. This was humiliating. Like I was embarrassed to be watching it. And all I could think was the season's such a, like a stinker. And like she blew her entire life up. The lead. Yeah.

To be with the male lead. And by the way, do you know who she was married to before? Yes. But I'm forgetting. Steve Howie from Reba. He's also from Shameless, but I know him from Reba. Yes. I love him. I love him. I't think he's so hot so hot she

blew it and yeah this guy adam's cute and like maybe if that dick was prosthetic or not like he has a big penis like who fucking cares no and like they have like a family like everything i know and i feel like i understand like working with somebody and having this like chemistry chemistry and then also the show was like this massive success and you're like we're gonna be the it couple forever. It's exciting. Like, wait till season two to like pull the zip line. Are they still together? I think so. I think so too.

She has to be together with him forever. I don't know. After this season, it was like Geely level. Steve Howey's so hot. I am available, dude. No, and he gets like better looking with age. Oh, I'm obsessed with him. Me too.

My God, he's a big, burly man. Yeah, yeah, yeah yeah speaking of big burly men yeah oh my god jen fessler real houses of new jersey i'm not caught up but continue having sex with tony soprano wait do you know the way wait james gandolfini you got it yep years ago she was a talent agent and by the way i'm obsessed with jen fessler and she should be first of all jackie goldschrider keeps getting so much screen time and she's in fucking sufferable. And Jen Fessler deserves the screen time. Continue. I mean, do you know that Tony Soprano is my number one? No, I didn't know that. If I had a hall pass, I mean, I should probably use it to

someone who's alive. Right. But my God, the jealousy that was like seething out of my pores when she said that. And she's up with him More than once We reported this yesterday Teddy Mellencamp said She revealed that she Had a one night stand With Matt Damon I know So that brings up

I was trying to think Other housewives have said Carol Radswell had sex With George Clooney Or she went on a date with him I can't remember which one I'm dead Now we have Jen Fessler

And Tony Soprano And we have Matt Damon And Teddy Mellencamp Yes That's pretty good I'm really proud of our housewives But James Gandolfini Is like your Big burly man of choice.

Number one. I would go with like Jason Momoa in terms of big burly men. Honestly, I feel like you might like him because he kind of looks like a woman with his long hair. You know who is his doppelganger? It pains me to admit because he's so hot. Sheena's husband, Brock. Sheena's husband, Brock is cute, but you know he cut his hair. No, that was his best

feature well actually that brings me that's a good oh no i don't have a vanderpump role story i thought i did i mean we didn't watch last night because we were out at the theater it's on it doesn't come out today thursday yesterday wednesdays i'm such an idiot damn it no it's okay yeah i got my days mixed up um but back to this twilight thing i just wanted to say really quickly like i take twilight really seriously Kind of like how Ariana Maddox takes sketch comedy really seriously. Oh my God, I'm dead. And I feel like the legacy of Twilight is so protected

and so many people make movies out of books and it's crap and it like ruins. It is perfect and it need not be touched. Yes. I don't even want a reunion between the cast. I want nothing. I get it. I understand it.

Like just keep it sacred. And I'm protective over it because it's weirdly like a franchise that means a lot to me and I will read the books one day but I I need everyone to stop okay and I'm happy for Stephanie Meyer because like she just wrote these weird books and ended up a billionaire and I love that for her yes she got to be in the fifth movie she was like a wedding guest and everyone was like oh my god it's Stephanie but she needs to stop yeah enough's enough enough's enough like just be happy with what you have.

Or write something new. Stop milking it. She did, by the way. And what she did write was, it was kind of like a prequel told from the perspective. The whole book is told from the POV of Bella. Right.

But now she wrote like a prequel from the POV of Edward and people loved it. So maybe do something with that. But like leave the books alone. It sounds like Aunt Juliet. It sounds like Aunt Juliet. Today's episode is brought to you by Lululemon. Their new Align collection, which I am very proudly wearing today, the mini high rise flare pant, is everything of the sort. So Lululemon is known for their fabulous clothing and this Align

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I am. Okay, I know your wife is obsessed, so I don't know if you were. Khloe Kardashian is considering going on Love is Blind with her single sisters I'm done so Khloe Kardashian joked about wanting her and her single sisters to go on the Netflix dating show love is blind she posted an Instagram I guess she had like a good American event and Alexa from last season the Israeli queen obsessed to marry her country cowboy yep and I just like did an Instagram stock of them just to make sure they were still happy and they are um so she posted like a carousel it was kind of crazy she did an in-feed carousel of just three pictures with Alexa. No other people, no other promo for the event.

Just gave Alexa like her own time to shine. Fangirl. And she wrote, I think some of us single K-sisters should go on LIB. What do you think? Yes. In, oh my God, it would be incredible. But that would have to be its own entire spinoff. I know.

It would fuck it up. No. Because their voices are so recognizable. Totally. But like conceptually, and I think they would never, but like to do a dating show where they get to do like the love is blind thing, but nobody knows they're famous and they get to like really see people for who they are. What if they did like a spinoff where they did like love is blind and voice boxes?

Well, Ben has the funniest idea that they should do the opposite of love is blind called love is shallow called love is shallow where you just like look at someone through a window and like you can't hear them and you just like try to communicate and you just pick someone based off their looks without them ever opening their mouth honestly I feel like it might work I think it will be brilliant and Netflix is always coming up with these like dumb dating shows you know oh love is blind is everything this season hands down like if you haven't watched love is blind like this is the one to get into no the first season is I think the best it'll ever be because nobody knew what the show was and there were definitely people who came on the show to get famous

Zach and like they're using the platform for what it is but this was like nobody knew what the fuck it was everybody on that first season barely any of them are famous like except for the couples that got married and they were not thirsty they were just regular people like doing this weird love experiment. When you say Zach, do you mean season four Zach or do you mean season four Zach? No, how dare you? He said for love is blind. What?

Bliss, they're perfect. No, he just got lucky because they were both so desperate for love. Like they, sorry, I'm not gonna argue with it. Zach would have gone with anyone and Bliss like was like, all right, sure. Bliss is an angel sent from God for him. But they're both incredibly desperate people.

Yes, yes. That's why it worked. Yes, yes. And I think they have a very happy life together. And I don't mean that in a negative way. Yeah. But they only got together because they were desperate. Because I think a lot of other girls would have been too proud to go with somebody who

chose someone else. Absolutely. And some people would not have the shame that Zach had, the balls, to go, yeah, I chose the wrong girl. But you want to get married? Oh, Zach. Oh, I have a special place in my heart. And Zach is over here, like accusing Irina of wanting to go on the show for famous. And Zach is calling TNZ on himself in the airport and posting the clips on his Instagram.

Stop. He does give homicidal vibes to say the least. Like when I read it through, you know, it was like, I'm not saying I was like scared. I was like, just say it. He's freaky. He gives you murder vibes. It's okay. It's okay. I think he's okay's okay he's nice i don't think he'll murder bliss well we'll just have to wait i hope not you know they say when a woman is murdered the first almost primary suspect is always the husband i don't know he gives me more like sneak out in

the middle of the night and like like be a serial killer kill dogs on the side yeah i think it was a safe pet but that's until he escalates to people i really do like him i really don't actually i think like he was playing such the victim card to the point where he became the villain like he was loving being the victim because irena was mean to him and it's like she was mean for sure so what about micah and paul? Like, I couldn't figure out. Me neither. I don't really care. He hates her.

I know. I kind of like Micah. I think I like Micah too. I hated her at the beginning with the whole Irina thing. Me too. But I also like Paul, by the way. I don't really take a side. I think it's fair for like Paul to not have wanted to marry her because she didn't have

certain qualities that he was looking for. And he didn't have to say that to her because it would have been mean. I know. I think it's fine. Yeah, but then if he wasn't going to say that to her because it would have been mean like I know I think it's fine yeah but then if he wasn't gonna say to her in person that he shouldn't say it at the reunion well Vanessa like literally was forcing him she was what are your thoughts there's this petition going around it has like 30,000 signatures now about like people are hating Nick and Vanessa so Nick needs to just Nick you're gone like Vanessa was in control the whole time and she has been for four seasons straight yeah so just like he

like he is offering nothing. No, he brings absolutely nothing to the table. I'm Nick Lachey, obviously. Remember season one when he said that? Yep. Dude,

you don't even say three words. Right. Vanessa. Okay. First of all, stop giving her teleprompter with cheesy ass lines. Having been in a hosting position where there's a script half the time. Painful.

It can kill your soul. Yep. I don't think that that's her fault necessarily but she's not like funny and when she tries to be funny it makes her not likable and she laughs at her own jokes and nobody else does oh my god I do that no I do that too but like we're funny you know but I liked like two-thirds in because Tay was watching the plane she um was texting me like, this is painful. And I was like, just get through the first third and then the second,

like two thirds in, like it's going to be great. Yeah. Vanessa was asking really good questions. Was she biased? Yeah, but like, fuck it. She's a fan. She's also a part of the show.

Like she has opinions. I liked her own questions when she was not on teleprompter. Okay, that's fair. Yeah. I thought like the reunion was really terrible, but not because of Vanessa

because it was live. Yes. I thought like the reunion was really terrible, but not because of Vanessa. Because it was live. Yes. So these people who are just beyond average were not edited. And like, my God, were they long-winded Marshall and Zach? Like they were just, they're average people

and that's what makes a show great. But that's why they need to be edited. They're not, you know, brilliant thinkers. Why did Netflix think to go live? Just like do a reunion. They're just trying this new thing live. Like they had the live Chris Rock special, which was, brilliant thinkers. Why did Netflix think to go live? Just like do a reunion. They're just trying this new thing live. Like they had the live Chris Rock special, which was actually pretty great.

They're coming for cable. Like they're literally, Jackie was saying, it's so smart. They're reverting back to cable. That's psychotic. Now they're live. They ruined cable. They ruined cable. Now they're streaming and now they want to go back to cable.

Right, because they don't even drop full seasons anymore. They drop two episodes, two episodes, two episodes. Right. They're literally reverting back to their. No. Yeah, it can't do this no it's terrible okay um so who is like your favorite couple from love is blind ever i mean everyone says like uh cameron and lauren and i agree but alexa and brendan from last season who chloe posted with like i'm obsessed with um cowboy and israeli i am they're my favorite i agree she is such a vibe she was so cool and i just love that she was like so unapologetically herself yeah she's like yeah

i'm really bougie like this is how i am like we're gonna have to live like this and brendan just like brendan was like a character out of a book like he was like okay whatever you want like what like he'll just get it done i'm obsessed her confidence like she is my role model i love her i love her agreed um all right a little Katy Perry news Katy Perry has been acting like an absolute animal on American Idol and like it doesn't go unnoticed she's been like making contestants cry oh and Katy Perry was booed this week on American Idol because she criticized a contestant's outfit so a top 26 contestant named Nutza was performing a Grace Potter song in a sparkly silver dress. And Katy Perry, who judges the competition show,

told her that she needed to lay off of her signature glittery look. She said, Nutsa, every time you take the stage, it's like you glitter bomb the stage. Listen, one thing I would like to see from you is not one piece of glitter the next time on stage. I know that's going to be hard for you. Once the crowd at Disney's resort in Hawaii let out loud boos, Lionel Richie and Luke Bryan, the other hosts,

stood up and they were shocked at the audience reaction. They were like, oh my God, Katie got booed. It's the first time in six seasons. Katie then responded, what I'm saying is I'd like to see you flip the script.

I think we want to be pulled in by our hearts too. I'd love to see that and America might too. It just feels like Katy Perry, like this girl did a good job and I haven't seen the performance. It feels like the girl did a good job

and Katie needed to critique her on something. And so it was like, you need a new outfit, which is just like a low blow is she trying to be Simon Cowell it's giving Simon Cowell energy well you know like the last thing she was criticized for there was a contestant who I think she had like um I think she had a lot of kids or something and Katie mentioned something about her you know spending a lot of time on her back like it was really kind of crazy she's been saying some out-of-pocket shit so here's the tea on kt tell us i interviewed her at serious years ago when she was like just

starting but big big big big and she had such a toot on her really she came in and it was for cosmo radio and so my co-host was a man and she was like what's this penis doing in here oh god and i think she thought she was being funny but she was being rude yeah and then she was like she came for me i cannot remember what it was but she was like she was just be oh she was making fun of my voice the quality of my voice but like not in like in a fun way like Nelly Furtado was like I like the girl with the crazy voice yeah yeah but like Katie was like how many how many packs of cigarettes you smoke a day and at the time how many packs of cigarettes three and a half three and a half and so but like she was just like, abrasive is the only word I can use.

And I don't think she meant to be malicious, but she just like sucked. Yeah. And she left and we were like, oh, never again. So I feel like she has that energy. She's kind of like a nerdy show off. Where she like thinks she's being funny, but she's actually being mean. Precisely. And I think actually I can understand that because I feel like a lot of my comedy is

like I poke fun at people and I poke fun at myself. Yes. But you have to know like when you've crossed line and when she's in like such a position of power in these American Idol things where it's like you criticizing a young girl's outfit when you're probably like one of these young girls role models. Truly. And whatever she was trying to say, maybe it's like this girl does the same thing every week.

Maybe you could say it without just being so explicit. Like maybe next week I'd love to see you more stripped down, you know, like in a simple outfit with a simple song that we could just like there's a way to say whatever she was trying to say but it sounds like she just wanted to have like something original and creative to say she ended up going for the girl's outfit well also like the voice which is their number one competition I can assume they're nice yeah the voice is so good and I like it I think we used to live in a time where like being an asshole was actually like encouraged I mean I was encouraged to be one I felt it serious now, and like you actually have inspired me

to be like a way softer and nicer. Oh my God. And more of a fangirl. Because like being a fan is cool. Yeah. It used to be cool to like rip. Be too cool. Exactly.

Yeah. So maybe Katy Perry's like living in the past. Katy Perry's definitely having some sort of identity crisis. I think we can all agree. I feel like she has been like since birth. But she also went through like a really rough time with the pixie cut. And she's definitely, she's back. Blame the haircut.

I blame the haircut. I think everyone does now. Everyone, when Anne Hathaway went through her like terrible period, she had a pixie cut. Wow. I never realized. There is a correlation between like being universally disliked and having a pixie cut. And you cannot convince me otherwise. Ready for our fifth and final story?

Yes, I am. It's a little book news. Taylor, are you a reader? No, right? What do you think? No. No. Why not?

I can't read good. Okay. Well, I guess you won't be reading this. Serena Williams is allegedly writing a memoir post-retirement. Yeah, I won't. The retired tennis great is shopping a memoir. Sources tell Page Six that she could be offered a hit beyond $10 million, I won't. The retired tennis great is shopping a memoir. Sources tell Page Six that she could be offered

a hit beyond $10 million, like an advance. Jeez. A publishing insider said that the book world is buzzing that Serena is selling a memoir via power agent

Suzanne Gluck at WME. And they speculate that there is about an eight-figure deal on the table. A second source shares that a deal may have already closed

and that Williams' team was initially looking at offers for multiple books. Reps for Serena Williams did not get back to them. She has previously published a book in 2009 called My Life, Queen of the Court. She wrote that with a ghostwriter. Since the book came out, she's hit numerous new professional highs. Like she married Alexis Ohanian. She became a mom and she battled health issues. So on Monday, Williams launched a multimedia production company called 926 Productions which reportedly already has a first look tv deal so she created a production studio that will then adapt her own book into a tv series for Amazon Studios she's a very smart businesswoman now that

I'm into I love Serena Williams I would totally read her book I will read excerpts when it is written about you will read the articles on page page six that give you the yes the highlights. But I love her. Another one I interviewed is serious and so wonderful. Really? Then wonderful. I just met her once and I got a photo with her and it's so sad because I've told this story before. It's the probably on in the history of photos I've ever taken the ugliest photo I've ever. Oh that's the worst. It's really really bad. That's the worst. I'll show it to you later. I and I've spoken about it on the toast It's really Really bad That's the worst I'll show it to you later I've spoken about it On the toast

And people want to see The photo Have you never shared I posted it with an emoji Over my face Like I can't Come on No Taylor

You can do it No I can't It is How bad can it be I'll show you And then you'll understand Okay fine I'll show you after the show

Having said that She was a doll And I love her And I wrote my Everyone is like Claudia we've heard this story I'm being you after the show um having said that she was a doll and I love her and I wrote my everyone is like Claudia we've heard the story I'm being you like I'm saying the story repetitive Rita I wrote my college dissertation on Serena Williams like I know everything about her and I really love her like she's so I'm really excited for this book um the movie that came out Will Smith I'm blanking um uh King Richard King Richard it was the I literally I've never said this before

I was watching with Tay And I was like I hope this movie never ends I just want to keep Watching it Because like I love the girls And I love their relationship

With their dad I If I was going to read a book This would be the one Got it Very interesting And I love a celebrity memoir People go so deep

And I feel like Serena is Probably Like in a She's in a very elite Level of celebrity She's very I wouldn't even say A-list she's above that because she's like with the Obamas you know she's a totally very upper echelon

and she's notoriously private and I feel like she runs in fab I mean her wedding was like crazy star studded yeah Meghan Markle Beyonce so I feel like we'll get a lot of good stuff in this book because otherwise why would she write a book right and then there's also just so much about her coming up Venus and her dad and, you know, competition stuff that's beyond interesting. But now she's like

for the last several years, she has been launched into a category of celebrity. I wouldn't even know what to call it. She's in the she's like I'm in another stratosphere. And I'm also excited

for the series because, you know, if you can't read, you can watch. If you can't read those who can't read, watch. Yes.

Put it on my gravestone. I think that this is my dream is to people say to me like write a book about your life and I don't I mean considering I don't read I have why would I want to write a book right but I'd write it if I could then turn it into some sort of like series well you know what I was writing a book and only then got like I started to get into reading once I started to write that makes sense I was very anti-reading Jackie used to come on here and be like I read this I read that I'm like shut the fuck up nobody cares no way yeah and then I was like I really wanted to write a book and I'm like well I don't really feel like I can write a book if I don't read right and I've always been into celebrity memoirs so like I used to read a bunch of celebrity

memoirs but I wasn't just a big reader at all and I fell in love with reading like it's my favorite I'll read now before I watch tv you know I used to read maybe I'll get back into it I'm my life missing it because Jackie convinced me she was like you have to and I was like no no no no no and it has changed my life because a it's just time spent off your phone which is like just so bad for your anxiety I know and at night it's good if you want to fall asleep yes and it has really changed my life and so I'm always trying to convince other people like I got Abe into reading he's obsessed now and he's in my book club like uh I'm trying to get Remy to read because I know Remy has like a lot of anxiety yeah like her phone and social media she bought a

kindle and she hasn't made any progress yet but I feel like and also being on tour there's so many hours on planes trains automobiles oh true just sitting in dressing rooms. On tour, I read 50 books. Okay. Last year when I was on tour, I read 60 books. What should I start with? Oh, okay. Well, tell me what our interests are. What are you looking for?

The last like books I remember reading. Oh, guys, Taylor has to read The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo. That will be the book that will get you into. Is it like, I like thriller vibes. I don't want to spoil a single thing for you, but just. I like sexiness. Will you trust me that you will love this book? I will thriller vibes. I don't want to spoil a single thing for you, but just- I like sexiness. Will you trust me that you will love this book? I will trust you.

You guys, write in the comments and tell Taylor, knowing what you know about Taylor, how much- And by the way, it is- What's a lesbian book? No. No. No. No. Say it one more time. No.

It is a book. It is glamorous. It is old Hollywood. You will- No, no. No. No. No. Trust me. You will. No, no. No. No. Trust me.

Trust me. Like Marilyn Monroe? No. You will be sobbing by the end of this book. No. Taylor. You guys, will you leave a comment? And don't spoil it.

Just be like, Taylor, trust Claudia on this. You will love this book. If you've read the book. It has also been adapted for a film. Okay. So when it comes out, you could be like, I read the book. Okay. I love that moment.

Moral high ground. I will say this. The last book I ever read genuinely front to end was this book called Everyone Worth Knowing. It's by the same author who wrote Devil Wears Prada. Oh, I've read a bunch of her books. And I love her. But it's like about a PR girl who goes to live in Ibiza.

It's trash and I loved it. Okay, so I read When Life Gives You Lululemon by that same author. That just made a noise. Jackie was like, just get past the title because it was so cringy. It's about these rich women who wear Lululemon in Connecticut. Love. It was amazing. And she married a senator who leaves her.

It's so good. I love her shit. I'm telling you, you will like reading. I know, I know. Okay, you've convinced me. I'm going to get you a senator who leaves her. It's so good. I love her shit. I'm telling you like you will like reading. I know. I know. Okay. You've convinced me. I'm going to get you a copy of this book.

Just try. Ben and I are in a club together. Women Against Literacy. Yep. But Ben actually during Yom Kippur when we couldn't like read or when we couldn't watch TV or be on our phones. Right. He picked up a book and he loved it but he just never finished it.

But he loved the book. He gets it. He just like is too busy. Okay. I I'm gonna get you a copy of the book okay I'm in guys right leave a comment telling Taylor she will love this book please and that's our show hi thank you for being here I love you I love you you know I'm always available guys Taylor hosts um she's a weekly podcast called Taste of Taylor so if you love the Smoker's Cough and can't get enough of it it's a free podcast called Taste of Taylor I'm on it a bunch

Brian's on it Stassi's on it she gets great guests she does pop culture and she also does a daily show just like the toast she does an hour a day

it's a Patreon show so it's $6.95 every month for an episode every single day every single day you have different co-hosts your wife comes on

yep it's really fabulous I'm actually a Patreon member myself I listen to some episodes because I like a lot of your co-hosts Your wife comes on Yep It's really fabulous I'm actually a Patreon member myself I listen to some episodes Because I like a lot of your co-hosts Thank you I love Andrea Lopez I know

I know I told her she's so excited So it's patreon.com Slash the Taylor Strecker show So the free podcast Is called Taste of Taylor And then the Patreon show Is called the Taylor Strecker show

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