The Toast - Throwing The Rule Book Out The Window with Ben Soffer: Friday, March 7th, 2025

Episode Date: March 7, 2025

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Good morning, girlies, it's the Toast. It's Jackson, Claude, and we're your hosts. It's your favorite show, the fast five things you need to know. We'll start your day off swirly, it's the Toast. They sound amazing. Welcome back to the Toast Happy Fry Dairies. Today is a very exciting day. I would say it's a little bittersweet because my girl, Coach, is sick.

However, on the bright side, her wonderful husband, Bungalish, Ben Sopper, is stepping up to the plate. Hey Bung, how you doing? Hi, darling, I'm doing not so great either. Like, we're a sick household. Oh, you're one of those. You're pretty sick too. Yeah, yeah, like, I'm not feeling as sick as her. I'm certainly on the mend, day three of amoxicillin.

Oh, so you gave it to her. I think that there's only, considering I'm like one of the only people she's seen in the last seven months, like, I don't know how else she could have gotten it, but I didn't think that sinus infections were contagious, Jackie. I was unaware of this, but perhaps they are.

Well, to add you up a little bit, she keeps us abreast of her schedule here at the Toast, and like she did go out to dinner this week, right? She went out to dinner, she also had a couple of friends over, so. Perhaps it was the friends. It's possible that somebody brought this virus into the home and it attacked me as well.

Interesting, Jacque's. I really don't know. And before like people jumped down my back for not wearing shoes, I want everybody to know that I was instructed not to wear shoes by my wife, okay? She said- She would not wear your shoes on the new rugs.

She said, it's a new rug, I don't want your shoes staining it, so please remove them. I said, but people are gonna comment that my dogs are out to play, and I don't want that kind of slander. So I'm just setting the record straight before we start. While I am more comfortable like this,

this was not my doing. Well, lucky for me, at this this angle I can't see your feet. Okay. So I just want to make sure that. Cool. What I do see is you are wearing socks. So it's not a raw dog. Not a raw dog.

No. And it is a bit of a dirty sock. Is it? Well, see this is, this is the thing. The rug is dirty then then the rug is dirty. These are clean socks. I just put them on. I see your whole footprint. These are clean socks. I just put them on. I see your whole footprint.

Oh man, yeah, I see it too. Well. They're gonna love that. All right. What can we do? Well, that's a special treat for you guys today. We don't always give you something so exciting, but you do have Ben's foot.

And you do. I feel like you always have Ben's foot. This is what I'm saying. No, there are only so many certainties in life. Death, taxes, and always have Ben's foot. This is what I'm saying. No, there are only so many certainties in life. Death, taxes, and Ben showing us his foot. And Ben's foot, yeah, yeah, Ben's foot. But yeah, how are you? How are you?

I'm good, thanks. What's going on? I'm excited for the weekend. You know, I've got a fun, relaxing weekend planned. Nothing too much, I'm just looking forward to some time off. But Claudia being off today just really shook up the week. But I'm very much embracing the Bungie-licious definition on the show. I tailored the stories to you as much as I could

while also talking about what's relevant. And I'm excited to co-host with you because we haven't done a Bungie and Sponges spectacular. No, no, in some time. And you haven't been in the new studio, what are your thoughts? In some time. I saw this studio be built from rubble.

So I knew what it looked like. I haven't sat in this slightly warm chair, but it is slightly warm. It is gorgeous. That is certainly true. The lighting is pristine. It looks like at least a million dollars was spent in here. The show must be doing well.

And yeah, you know, it's a gorgeous, gorgeous, swirly vibe and I'm excited to be in the swirly vibe. It's a GSV, it's a gorgeous, swirly vibe. And what are your thoughts on the frames? I've been told by my publicist that I can't talk about the frames. Oh, no comment? Yeah, like if you can like lift the publicist,

like I think like they're like fine. You can speak about the frames if you have something positive to say. I love them. That's what my publicist told me to say. I love the frames. Do you not like them? I don't know.

I think they're fine. Interesting. Have you told Claudia this? Yes, that she's my publicist and she told me not to talk about the frames. Did she really? No frames.

Yeah, but like I mentioned this like when you guys were building the studio that I was just like fine on frames but like I didn't need them. That's all, nothing negative or positive. I'm neutral on frames, truthfully, neutral. But this chair, this is the most comfortable chair I've ever sat in, Jackie. This chair is parchy.

This is, you could, if you have like a fight with Zach, you could sleep in this chair. No, it's so true. You could put, like, if I wanna co-host it with someone in my house, like, we could both sit on the chair. Jackie, I could literally crisscross. I'm enormous, and I can crisscross and sit in this chair.

Like, are you kidding me? This is the king's chair. It lends itself to relaxation and comfortability, which are great when you're trying to podcast and be yourself. Yes, yes. It allows you to lounge. It's very Pesach adjacent.

Yeah, lean. We lean. We lean. How's your podcast going? Crushing. Great. Yay. Amongst the slander.

Yay. No, it's really great. I love it. Josh and I have a lot of fun. If you don't listen to good guys, like what the hell are you doing? What are you nuts? You should. We actually are recording with like such an unbelievably cool guest later today.

Like we're done with the guest episodes for the most part. Because like sometimes they're good. Like we prefer just to do solos. Like, and the people prefer solos. So we try and keep guests to a minimum these days. We used to do like four guests a month. Now it's like max two guests a month. Okay.

But we have like an unbelievable guests that we're recording with later that I don't think I can tell everybody, but like I'll tell you. Will you text me it? Sorry guys. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Is your phone like not everybody but like I'll tell you will you text me it sorry guys. Yeah Yeah, yeah, yeah, I'll tell like not yeah I'll text it to you my phone over here It better be good. Will I care or is it more your note? You're gonna care and everyone's gonna care

Okay. Also, I don't really know if we can hear you because your mic is separate But you're gonna care and everyone's gonna care. I just texted it to you. Okay, I see that you texted it to me. Take a peek, Jax. Take a peek. Take a peek. Oh, wow. Yeah. Newsworthy. Yeah, yeah, it's a huge, it's probably, we've had some big guests.

Like we've had Hilary Duff, who was like amazing. We've had Miranda Cosgrove, who was amazing. John Stamos, we've gotten like really cool guests. I would say that this is, in my opinion, the best guest we've gotten. Yeah, let me ask you, who has been, or have been, it could be multiple people, like your favorite guests?

Well, you and Claude, every time you come on, honestly, like, and I mean this honestly, I love it, but also like, but also like, your numbers, yours and Claude's numbers, like pull as hard as like a literal John Stamos or a Taylor Lautner, just so you know. I think that the best episode we've ever done,

numbers wise, was Hillary Duff. Yeah, but what was your personal favorite person to talk to? My personal favorite to talk to was a comedian named Miss Pat. She's on BET, she's on BET, she's literally like the queen of my life. I'm obsessed with her, obsessed. She would be such a good guest co-host for the toast. You would have so much fun with her.

Oh my gosh, pencil it in for Coders Maternity Leave. She's hysterical. Okay, I've gotta pencil it in. You know I have a notebook now, so if you need me to write anything down, just let me know. Got it, got it. So yeah, the comedian Miss Pat, she's amazing.

Loved having her on. And we just had, do you know who the Queen of Melrose is? No. Okay, so the Queen of Melrose is a queen on Melrose. She's like a fat, she- No, I'm sorry, like you're not speaking English. Okay, she's a queen, like in the definition of queen, like gay queen.

Like a queen. A drag queen? I don't know if you call her a drag queen, but she's a queen. Okay. And she's like a fashion designer on Melrose Place, has multiple stores, like designs for the stars, but also is from like an Italian family in Queens, mob adjacent, smokes two packs of Marlboros a day,

like loved having her on, she was unbelievable. Oh, okay, great. Oh my gosh, maybe I need to get caught up on my GGs. Yeah, those are fun. And also a lot of some other news out of Good Guys, which is very sweet is that you and Josh are both expecting fathers. How has that changed the tone and tenor of the show?

Even though he already has two kids. It's just nice because like I can contribute to the conversation in a meaningful way now, you know? But yeah, we are having kids, we just spoke about this within six weeks of each other. Wow. Like underrated, I didn't realize that it was that, I didn't realize that it was that close and-

So Sympotico, are you guys, what's the paternity leave policy at Good Guys? Because we pre-batch for the most part, we don't have to. I don't think we're gonna take any time. We're just gonna record. The hardest working men in podcasting. We're just gonna record a little extra early,

and let her rip, let her rip. We'll be giving birth and we'll be talking about something that happened two months earlier. Claudia, you gave birth, we're talking about the Oscars. That is really funny. No, we try not to be too topical because it's annoying. And like I, and honestly, like I prefer in, like toast wise, I love talking topics,

cause it's daily. But like for us, we love talking about like anything and everything. It doesn't have to be topical. Just conversation. Just conversation. Just conversation. Just conversation. Yeah. Okay, well I look forward to you bring that conversationalism to our show today. We've got a

great show for you because we've got Fast Five Stories, a little bit Southern Charm recap, you know I would never miss an episode, and Queenie and Weenie of the Week and you will be submitting your Queenie and Weenie. Yes, I have a Queenie and I have a Weenie. I'm very excited to hear who yours are. I kind of have to. Do you mind if I quickly cough? Ahem, cool. Cool. Now you may start.

Now you may begin. Thank you for that. Now you may begin. It's not a real bunch episode. No. Until we can hear. No, it's crazy. This cough, it moved from my sinuses down into my chest. I think I now have like full blown bronchitis. Have you ever had bronchitis, Jackie?

No. It's bronchial, it's tough. Okay, what do you do about it? It's tough out here. Amoxicillin, honey, lemon, here's actually, this is something that I'm struggling with, Jackie, maybe you can help me. As a holistic man, I love Eastern medicine.

As a holistic man who's currently Eastern medicine. I wake up at- As a holistic man who's currently in a cycle of amoxicillin. For the first time in a year, I had no choice. I was sick for like six weeks. I had no choice, I didn't want it. I actually wonder about this. Like what does the holistic community say?

Like if you have an infection, or say you have an ear infection where you like have an antibiotic, but they don't really do antibiotics, what's the protocol? Yes, so in the holistic community that I am in, we do our absolute best to cure the problem and if it persists for too long,

like I'm not gonna lose an ear just to not have Western medicine. I understand, but that's you, because I feel like you are, you know, as much as we joke, you are very much a blend of Eastern and Western. I'm a moderate holistic man, a moderate. You're a central medicine kind of guy.

But what- Central? But someone who's fully Eastern, what would they do? I think that they would just rather die than take something that might save their lives. It's very possible. I don't know. I don't know. I haven't spoken to enough of the community,

but in my community, Jackie, in the central medicine community, we do our best to get to the root of the problem before it becomes too big. And unfortunately, I waited a little bit too long. I had it for about a month. I was taking all my stuff, Jackie. Quick defense by Gaia Herbs.

If the toasters aren't on it, they gotta be on it. We're talking elderberry. We're talking echinacea. This stuff gets straight into the source. It makes you feel much better. Ten pills a day, four days. Normally I have you stocked with it. I have Olivia stocked with it. I have everybody stocked with it. I take turmeric every day. I know that's triggering for you because you're allergic to turmeric. But if you're not allergic to turmeric, it's a fantastic Fantastic pill to take I just had a reaction it caused a lot of them Dermatitis was the word gave me like really bad itchy red skin, which I have so it's just worse. That's strange. That's strange But it's a great answer early. Listen can't go by me. It's a great anti-inflammatory really great So I took that and then it just like wasn't working.

So yeah, amoxicillin it is, but also all of those things. You ever make an immunity juice? So I made immunity tea, Jackie, and the problem is my immunity tea, which was just lemon, honey and water, also turned into a shitting tea. So while up here I was cleansed, I was also cleansing my bowels simultaneously. Sounds pargy. What's the problem?

It was a win-win I guess. I don't know. Just like the amoxicillin hit me, the juice, the tea hit me. I was being hit from all sides. And yes, I've had immunity juice. I had your immunity juice. It was too viscous. It wasn't for me. I didn't want a Bloody Mary. I want something thinner Okay Okay thinner. Sorry. I'm just saying it wasn't really a juice. It was more like an immunity pudding It's like yeah, I mean you do strain it. It's made by Melissa's recipe So I'm not taking offense and the times that I have done it You just had me throw her under the bus. Now I love it. I love it.

I know you work with her. I'm like, what'd you think of it? I don't even work. I like not work. Like we're just buddies. Like, okay, it was great. Like we should've strained it. Does she not strain it?

She does and I didn't. But you need some of that pulp. It was too much pulp. I almost choked on a ginger root. It was too much pulp. I know you guys are collaborators. We are we are we're we're collaborators in the culinary community. And how are things going in the kitchen? You know they're great. I honestly was thinking yesterday like I need to like

cook a little bit more. I've definitely slowed. You haven't been cooking a lot. I've been slow I've slowed down. It's crazy that over the summer you did a video and cooked something every single day. And now we barely hear from you. You're kind of like off the grid. I know, I know. I almost lost my family in that process. So like I had to like rebuild.

I had to like rebuild to like a normal schedule. And like, yeah, I love it. I love it. I just sometimes, yeah, no, I gotta get back. I gotta get back. I gotta get back. I gotta get back to the collabs. And I just need to. I feel like in this season of like March,

it's hard to find inspiration. Like what are we eating right now? You know, it's not like. I don't know. It's not cozy fall, cozy winter, but it's also not like spring yet. And it's hard to know what the vibe is. So blame it on the season. And like, I also just don't always wanna show

what I'm making for me because it's not always interesting. Like, I'm like an easy Ezekiel bread in the toaster, little turkey, mayo, mustard, avocado, mandolin, red onion kind of guy. And how many times can I show that sandwich, you know, Jack's like, I can't show it that much or too much, so. I understand. And how are things with Alex Gornaschelli?

Alex Gornaschelli and I have taken a beat at the moment. No, we're, no, like we're, we're, we haven't, we haven't communicated in the last month, but we're friends. She's the best. She is the best. What a queen. Wait, and I have to ask you, have you watched with Love, Megan

as a cooking content connoisseur? Yes, I did last night. I did. How much did you watch? What'd you watch? I watched the episode with Mindy Kaling. Okay, that's the best one. Oh, well then, this is a terrible show.

You know what? We're actually talking about Mindy Kaling later in the show. So let's table the conversation for then, so that we can get into everything. Now that my 20 questions are up, I think I'll let you off. Actually, I have one'll let you off. Actually, I have one more question. How's Spritz?

Spritz is great. We have some really, really exciting news coming in April. Like, you know the news, and it's like mind blowing that we've been able to do collectively what we're about to do. We'll drop it then, but like huge news coming. And it's been really great and it's been really great. It's been really great.

And you have an event coming up. Do you want to share with everyone? Oh yes, you are so good at helping me plug. Yes, we have a first spritz on us where you can come and meet me and say, Baruch Hashem, because that's what literally everybody, Jewish, non-Jewish, it's a running thing on GoodGuys. Anytime I talk about anything, I say, BH, BH, BH, and when I tell you, Jackie, these like non-Jewish toasters and spritzers

will come up to me and say, Ben BH, and that is my legacy, okay? That and Celebrity Chef is my legacy. But we are doing a first spritz on us. You come, I buy you a spritz in St. Pete, which is Tampa, and we're gonna have a great time this Thursday. St. Pete is Tampa, thank you for clarifying that. Yes, it is Tampa, it's by the beach, it's gorgeous.

It's pargy out there. Pargy out there, like near Clearwater. It is beautiful. Near C.S. DeKee. Yes, so come say hi this Thursday. I wanna say it's the 14th of March. 13th? 13th is Thursday, I want to say it's the 14th of March. 13th? 13th is Thursday, yeah.

Okay, the 13th. Come say hi, come say hi, it's really fun. And yeah, I guess that's really it. Okay. That's really it. But things are great. Glad to hear it. Now I feel like without further ado-da-doo-da-doo, here are the Fast Five stories that you need to know. And I beat the crunch. We've let

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It is not me. Why would it be me? I was just curious. Oh, no. I'll put the rumors to bed. It is not me. Okay. But Post Malone was apparently engaged recently and not only has he called off

his engagement to his ex, but he has a new lady that he was just spotted with. So apparently Posty and his ex separated toward the end of last year. And he and his new boo, whose name is Christie Lee have been seeing each other at least since the beginning of this year in a recent TikTok video, they were all about the PDA. They couldn't have looked more smitten as her hand was wrapped tightly around his arm

on the upper level of a bar while he was spotted by a fan below and gave a friendly wave. The couple was also spotted strolling in Rome in January going out to dinner at the famed Muscogne Hotel. You ever been there? Famed? No, Muscogne? How can it be famed with a name like that? You know I've obviously pronounced it wrong.

The famed miscogamy hotel? Not a whole lot is known about Christy, but a quick peek at her LinkedIn reveals that she's a design student based in New York City. So she's not like a famous girl. She's just a girl working hard in the city. Well, has Claudia told you, I'm sure she has, about our relationship with Post Malone.

Not in a long time, so we have a lot of new listeners. No, like seriously, not in a very long time. So can you share your relationship? Yeah, so first of all, we have no relationship. Let me just like say that. But we could have had a really, we could be best friends right now. This is like, it was an incredibly fumbled ball on our collective

parts, but we could have been besties. Think about, I don't know, Jackie, maybe it was 2014. White Iverson had just come on the scene. White Iverson. White Iverson. Ever since I was young. White Iverson came on the scene Post Malone chopping the chopping top and the shot in the charts chopping the tarts and we get a message from Post Malone's manager that he and she are sorolies and they want us to meet post and hang out and if we wanted to Post Malone was doing a private concert at Tau Downtown.

And if we wanted to come on a table with them and hang out, they'd love to have us. So Claudia and I, we're in our club in Arrow. We go downtown and we're on a table. Me, Claudia, Post Malone, managers, agents, he's literally, he's next to us, he's singing, he's performing, we're hanging out. Goes well, next day, we're all chatting, it's all good. They then invited us to something else

he was performing at, like some music festival. Yeah, I remember. We said, yes, we're gonna be there, we're gonna go, we went, we had a great time, and then, I don't know what happened, yes, we're gonna be there. We're gonna go. We went, we had a great time. And then, I don't know what happened, Jackie, but the fun times just abruptly stopped. These fun times, we stopped getting the invite. We don't know what happened, but all I-

Was it something you said? It's entirely possible. I say a lot of things. I do, I do. Especially you get a little alcohol in me and you never know what I could say Maybe I offended him. I doubt it though. I'm honestly I'm a I'm a really nice guy Yeah, I feel like cause of Claudia would have clocked that she'd be like, oh, you know

She would have had a pit about something that you said even if yeah You know what I mean? Like I feel like she'd be like for that. No. No, I don't know what it was, but yeah So time it was just a moment in time us post Malone and now he has a new lover, and we wish them well. I don't know if we'll be invited to the wedding. I think that like that's like 50-50 due to our relationship these days, but yeah, we wish him well,

and I'd send him a gift if we had his address, but we don't. Yeah, he's not engaged. He doesn't require a gift. He's just dating a new girl. Yeah, but you never know. Like things move quickly, you know? Especially if she's not in Hollywood Jackie

and somebody's talking about her. It's true. I don't know why we talk about Post Malone all the time. He's so fabulous. He's so fantastic. He's like really the greatest right now. Like he does everything, like love him. We never think about him as like an eligible bachelor

He's not even on our list of singles like I'm never like oh he should go out with so-and-so I don't know why I that just doesn't come to mind for me me, too No, I don't I don't sit around and think about Post Malone's potential love life I don't ever think about like who he's dating but maybe that's also because I just assumed that he's someone who's just always like with The million girls. It's possible. But then he's also so down to earth and like as Taylor said like so respectful and has such manners and I feel like a man like that wouldn't you know be I don't want to use a derogatory term. Out on the town I understand. You know so who is Post Malone? I would have thought honestly that Post Malone

was still with his like high school girlfriend and that they might have been quietly married. I didn't know that he wasn't married. I didn't know that he was single. I didn't know any of this. I feel like he had a long-term girlfriend for a, didn't he have like a high school sweetheart? I don't know what happened, but I feel like he did.

I don't know, but he has a daughter with- Oh, okay, there you go with his ex That's why I'm 22. So that's why I thought that I think yeah, they were together for a while I think they were together for a while and Yeah, he he seems lovely Incredibly eligible bachelor. He does incredibly eligible I want to put him now on the list of eligible's but like he does have a girlfriend But I do think you don't come off the list until I wonder how Claudia will feel about me tinkering with the lists when she's

Not here, but I do think she would approve of this Who's who's the top five on the list right now? I'll read the whole list you want to hear men. Yes Jason Momoa Michael B Jordan Trevor Noah Shaquille O'Neal, Shawn Mendes, Bill Hader, even though he is in a relationship, he should actually come up the list. Josh Groban, Kenan Thompson, Tom Brady, Taylor Kinney, Harry Styles, Devin Booker, Jeremy Allen White, Joe Manganiello, Joe Jonas, Hugh Jackman, Elon Musk, Glenn Powell, and now Post Malone. I love the list, except for one name, Jackie.

Am I allowed to remove somebody from the list? Okay, yeah, because you just helped me put someone on. Trevor Noah? What are you, nuts? Claudia loves talking about Trevor Noah. I'm sure she does, and how unbelievably annoying he is when he hosts an award show. Like, I-

No, this isn't a list of people that we like. It's just like, people who- You have to like somebody for them to be eligible. No, it's like people who always find themselves in celebrity relationships. We also have a list of women and then we like to like put these people together. Fine, if it's up to me, I remove Trevor Noah.

Let me hear the women's list and I'll see if I'll remove anybody. Trevor Noah is like weirdly kind of germane to the list. He's always dating a swirly. The women, Chloe Kardashian, Aza Gonzalez. I do think she just got married. Selena Gomez, time to take her off. Lori Harvey, Minka Kelly, Kim Kardashian, Florence Pugh,

Kelsey Ballerini, Giselle. Okay, it's time to take her off. Cami Morrone, Kendall Jenner, Stassi Baby, Ariana Grande, Sofia Vergara, Sophie Turner, Kristen Cavallari, Kacey Musgraves, Kim Kardashian again. And Chris. And Kristen Cavallari again. Okay, so this is a horrible list.

50% are taken, 50% are duplicates. This is a horrible list. When we go through the list, we're like, this is horrible and so uninspired. Like I don't feel no I don't feel like I want to set any of these people up no so uninspired and like I don't even know if I don't know if anybody on that list is he is anybody on that list even looking for true love like uh like I don't know maybe that's still that's still single like for Selena Gomez, I don't know if you guys talk about them, her and Benny

Blanco, I love them. You love them? Yeah, I think that this is real love. I see it and I'm like this is real love. This is real love. I just, I have to, like I call it as I see it Jackie. I call it as I see it. You think they are OTP?

I actually don't have an issue like with them choosing each other. Yes, I like I like I like them together a lot. I do. Yeah. Okay. That's it. That's it. Just sharing. I when Claudia comes back, maybe it's time to update the list. Just like a couple breaks up. It's like when we're sad, we console ourselves by being like, Oh, well, now there are two great people who can both go on the list, like Sophie Turner and Joe Jonas. Even though like, are they two good people

for the list anymore? These, like, could they be more? Was she dating her aristocrat? I didn't even know that. Pell and who do you know? I'm just saying, if you don't cross Ben South's celebrities page, like if I don't see you, then you're not that popular.

You know, like. It's not about, it's not like an A-list thing. It's just more of a, like an interesting thing. Like who we would like, like even when Kaia Gerber and Austin Butler broke up, then they head to the list. Who can we put Austin with next? Interesting. You know what I mean? Interesting.

I do, I do, I do. Okay, all right. It's just a fun exercise and it allows us not to have to grieve relationships when they end. So you guys will be re-tinkering the list and then once you have it you can send it to me and I'll give you my comment then. But yeah, the female list is not ready for publishing. No. No. No. We're not inking it. We're not inking it. Are you ready for our next story? Please. I'm not sure how familiar you are with this person, but it's pretty big news in the Bravo sphere because Teddy Mellencamp, do you know?

I do. Okay. Yes, I do. She says that doctors have found five more tumors in her body amid her cancer battle. So Teddy Mellencamp shared an update with fans as she has been going through it the last few weeks. We hadn't really heard from her

because she had found brain tumors after having had skin cancer. And she said that doctors discovered five more tumors in her body after they previously removed four from her brain last month. She said, update for my scans today. I have three more tumors in my brain and two tumors on my legs.

These are all a direct result of my melanoma. So yeah, when we first reported this, we were like shocked at how someone could be going through so many of these things, like what are the odds? But apparently they are connected, the melanoma and the tumors. So people had explained that to us and now she's also explaining it.

Despite the news, she said that she's feeling positive about her outcome, adding that her doctors are hopeful that immunotherapy and radiation will effectively treat them she said she's feeling positive that she'll win this battle that she got this wig she said I'd like the short hair just not the bald spots and then I can remember the name of all of Angelina's kids that's funny I'm sorry. That stinks. Yeah. That stinks. Very, very scary.

Very scary. I don't have anything like great to say, but like it's 2025. Like, thank God we're so advanced, right? I have a feeling that like your chances of beating something like that have never been better, right? Like, like, if this was a different point in time, you would be really worried. I have to think even though I'm an Eastern man, I'm sure there's some Eastern techniques that the Western takes over when you have

cancer. And I, God willing, she's she's fine. But I believe the word is metastasized is what's happening with her, where you get it and it metastasizes, it spreads throughout. I know that because of Theo, not to compare Teddy and Theo. Teddy and there it's the same name. Yeah, but Theo, when he got cancer, they were like, yeah, you could remove it from his pelvis, but it's everywhere. It just like, it just starts to spread. It sounds like she caught it. She's monitoring it.

And there are like those, I don't know the name of them, but like there are those like full body scans that I don't want to do because I'm way too much of like a hypochondriac. Something like that. Nuvo something. I'm way too much of a hypochondriac. I don't want to know what's going on in my body like that. Nuvo something. I'm way too much of a hypochondriac. I don't wanna know what's going on in my body like that. Yeah. But.

It's really like early detection. Yes. Yeah, yeah. No, I see that. It sounds like she caught it early, so. Yeah, and she's hopeful and there's treatment ahead of her and so just really praying for her, hoping for the best. How do you know Teddy Mellencamp?

It's funny, I only know Teddy Mellencamp because Michael and Lauren had her on him and hers and sent me a picture of the three of them saying Teddy loves Spritz Society Pink Lemonade. Can you send her some? So we sent her some like a couple months ago. That's the only reason I know Teddy. Oh, that's so funny.

But you did have a housewives era. This morning when I was talking to Ben, we were planning for the show. I was like, is there anything that you like want to talk about? I'm gonna cater the stories to you except for this one and he was like I want to talk about Desperate Housewives So I feel like this would be a good time for you. I'm just obsessed with Desperate Housewives in terms in terms of like real Housewives, I'm just stuck in a different era like On Lisa Rinna, even though I did do

Yeah, you're still on Lisa Rinna. Even though I did do Aaron and Abe Lickie are coming out with a new podcast and I actually did their podcast last night. I'm one of their first episodes that comes out in April. Oh, do people know that they're starting a podcast? Is that like embargoed information? No clue, not anymore. No clue.

But all press is good press, fingers crossed. Nobody told me not to say anything, so I don't know. But I'm an early guest, and so that's who I know from the new season. And besides that, I'm stuck in old OG New York and New Jersey, like Bethany, Sonia, Ramona, Luann. The greats. The greats, I'm stuck in the greats. Yeah.

I don't know these new people for like, actually Jersey I know a little bit, like Margaret Joseph's dear friend of ours, et cetera, and Joe, but yeah, Desperate Housewives, I'm sorry, I'm just gonna say it, Desperate Housewives, like'm sorry, I'm just gonna say it, Desperate Housewives, like Real Housewives does not hold, is it hold a candle, is that the expression?

Two Desperate Housewives, literally the greatest fucking show ever made. I'm watching these episodes. They're very different, like one is drama series, scripted, and others, reality TV. But they both have Housewives, so that's why I'm comparing them. Well, the Desperate Housewives was the inspiration both have housewives. That's why I'm comparing them like well the desperate housewives was the

Inspiration behind real house. It's just like the OC was in Bration behind Laguna Beach like where they know fictional show was so popular and they're like, let's show the real people that makes sense Well the fig the fictional Desperate housewives, I'm sure every single toaster has seen desperate housewives But if you haven't seen it within the last, I don't know, six years, you forgot everything, it's worth a re-watch, and it's so good. I'm obsessed.

Okay. That's it. We know, Claudia's been sharing updates with us. It is so good. Okay, she has. It's so good, and like, I think Brie, it's just Brie. It's Brie all day. Brie all day. I'm Brie, you're Brie. We're both Bree, it's just Bree. It's Bree all day. Bree all day. I'm Bree, you're Bree.

We're both like, we're both like different sides of the coin of Bree. Yeah. Like, but Bree, yeah, together we are Bree. That's funny. Do you have a little bit of anyone else in you? Like I think I'm a Bree Lynette. Interesting, okay.

I think that I am a Brie... No, the rest of it is a Brie Mrs. McCluskey. I think you're a Brie Carlos. By the way, I'll take it. Even though he's nuts. Mrs. McCluskey. I love Mrs. McCluskey. And rest in peace, Ida Roth. I don't know why they killed the only Jew. This old woman, maybe. Mrs. McCluskey. I love Mrs. McCluskey and rest in peace Ida Roth.

I don't know why they killed the only Jew. This old woman, they killed her. Like they didn't have to kill her. Yeah, it's not much of a spoiler. She's like such a minor character anyways, but like yeah, Mrs. McCluskey, she's great. Love that woman so much. Yeah.

Just like a tough broad. She would have been in the league of their own. You ever see that movie? Like probably once. Yeah, like she was a professional softball player, Mrs. McCluskey. So like tough broad. Yeah, they don't make them like that anymore.

No, honestly, they don't, like we don't use the word broad enough. Tough broad. Yeah. Right? Okay, what else? Are you ready for our next story? Yes. Because Mindy Kaling is reacting to all of the fanfare around her appearance on Meghan Markle's Netflix show. So I'm sure you've seen the clips of Mindy on With Love Meghan and that moment

where Meghan and the Sussex of it all. You've seen that? I didn't see any clips. I saw the episode though. Oh, you haven't seen. I didn't see any clips, I saw the episode though. Oh you haven't seen, I feel like I've been inundated with this one moment and like so many like think pieces about when Mindy would call her Megan Markle and she's like, you're Sussex now, don't you know? Yeah, that was weird, we'll talk about it. It's weird that Megan said that.

It's just unnecessary. Yeah, when we first talked about it, I was like, well yeah, Sussex is their little family name. I've since learned that, no, Sussex is not their last name, like that's inaccurate about it, I was like, well, yeah Sussex is their little family name I've since learned that no Sussex is not their last name like that's inaccurate like it's not like yeah It's not like Kate is like Kate Wales It's just like when the kids go to school in the royal family They give them that as a last name just to like make them normal But that it's just really for school like it's not family name. Their last name is Mountbatten Windsor.

That is Harry's last name. I think that's what's on her kids' birth certificates unless like- What's the last name? Mountbatten-Windsor. Mountbatten-Windsor, okay. Yeah. Even if like my problem wasn't with Sussex,

my problem would have also been with Mountbatten-Windsor. It's just like such an unnecessary thing to correct Mindy Kaling in that setting. Like if somebody in, if you're, if you're doing a cooking reel with Mindy Kaling and she calls you Jackie Asher, are you saying no it's Jackie Weiner? Like no, that doesn't cross your mind for six seconds. Unless you have such a chip on your shoulder, which is what that showed me. Yeah, no, but her name is Meghan Markle to all of us.

Like colloquially, she is Meghan Markle. On the show, then I started to notice the credits, it says like starring Meghan, comma, Duchess of Sussex, which sounds nice, but like, what's your last name? 1000%. And also it's like, one, what do you go by? Like say, you know, for paperwork and stuff. And also what's your legal last name?

Did you change your last name when you got married? Before this, I didn't care the answer because like Royals and last names are weird, but now it's a conversation. There's so much discourse around it. I am very curious. Like, what does your driver's license say? Yeah, what's your last name?

I would love to know that too. I am very curious. Like, what does your driver's license say? Yeah, what's your last name? I would love to know that too. I'm definitely curious. But yeah, what were your thoughts on the show in general? Oh, I shared them on this show so I don't wanna bore people. I was very excited for this show because this is the kind of content that I crave right now. Like, I do really like cooking shows

and just like how to enhance your life and things that will inspire me to cook clean. Not craft, I'm not a crafter, but you know, better myself. And it just like really lacked purpose. Like each episode was so unstructured. It's not that I need structure, but I do need a point. And like she starts with the basalts, then we're putting snacks in a bag, then we're making candles and like all of these things. It's like I want more information from her on like why she like all of these things. It's like, I want more information from her

on like why she's passionate about these things. Like even the cooking, she talks about how she didn't cook much growing up and now she like loves to cook. But I just like would love to know how she learned to cook. Like when did she learn to cook? Just like more personal anecdotes. And then also the point of the show of like,

if you're not an expert chef, like what are we doing? Are we trying new recipes together? Are you teaching us something? It's just, it's kind of a mess. I feel like they took on too much and they just thought that her doing pretty things in her kitchen would be enough. And as I watch more episodes, it's like, it's weight.

The first few were light and sweet, but now in the subsequent one, she's doing the same things and just putting flour sprinkles on everything it's like ridiculous at this point and it's it's not really strong at the moment what did you think? So we like to consume the same type of content like I could literally I could sit and watch unfortunately I've watched all of them so I can again but like I could watch Barefoot Contessa for 40 straight hours to your point,

because I'm learning something from somebody who I know is incredibly knowledgeable and if I go to make that, it's gonna be great. My issue with Megan's show, and I only watched the Mindy Kaling episode, so I didn't even know about the crafts and this, I just know about the cooking. And my problem with it is, if you're not an expert chef, which like again, me, I'm not,

but my angle or at least the angle that I try to portray is that I try and make it funny. Like you have to make it entertaining. But also there are shows like we said, Selena and Chef, where she was learning how to cook with expert chefs and so we're all learning together. That works for me. A thousand percent. I'm saying that if you're not an expert chef, you need something else. Like it's not, I'm not watching her and thinking,

I'm gonna make that frittata that you just dumped everything bagel seasoning on. Like that's weird as hell. Like, like, like. No, it's, it's just like, I just don't get it. Like I, I didn't understand it. No, it's just like, I just don't get it. Like, I didn't understand it. And like, it felt very dry. It felt very like trying to be like Martha Stewart,

but Martha is so incredibly credible. Like, you can't be Martha Stewart without the credibility of Martha Stewart. You can be Meghan Markle in your own way to your point of you know, I now have this new title, Duchess of Sussex, and you know, I needed to learn how to cook, so I sort of self-taught myself, and here are my favorite recipes

that I wanna share with you. And you need to learn how to cook. Or that, or that, or that. I have two kids, I'm cooking all the time. And I think that's really what it is for her, which is something that I seriously relate to. That's exactly my same experience. And I find none of it really relatable, which it should be.

Yeah, agree. And she's also trying to be like the whole aesthetic. Like it's not like it's she's making things that she's in the kitchen is like trying to inspire us to do things and making, trying to make things relatable. So the fact that it's not as a miss. If she was, if she, like there are things about Martha Stewart that are not relatable.

I just want to watch like an incredible person do an incredible thing. Yeah, who is so unbelievably aspirational. I don't aspire for one minute, sorry, to be Meghan Markle or to be in that kitchen and replace her. I want Martha. I want everything that Martha has. Like I watch an episode of anything Martha does.

I'm like, I want her Hampton's house. I want her garden. I want her brain around her ability to just cultivate a vibe. Like that's one thing, at least for me, that I know is missing. I definitely know my way around the kitchen I do wish that I knew how to throw everything together like how to just like Meticulously plan the perfect dinner would be something that I would love to know how to do like Claudia always sets the table

Claudia is so good at that. She knows how to like bring things together, but like Martha does a to Z with purpose and perfection. Yeah. And like I love watching that because I love to learn that stuff. Yeah. Megan's also seems to be very passionate about gardening. Which like I would I would I want to learn how to garden like no one will teach me. Can she teach me? I feel like that's something that she knows how to

do. There's not a lot. She's just like picking from her garden but like what about seeds? There are so many people better suited to teach you about how to make a garden. This is the problem. Yeah, but like she's the one who got a TV show, so get to work, you know? Yeah, but so she should have her gardener on

to explain to us how to make a garden. Yeah, well she had her beekeeper on. Got it, okay. But I don't want bees. That's pretty cool. Yeah. So she had her beekeeper on. Got it, okay. But I don't want bees. That's pretty cool. Yeah. So she has bees and she makes her own honey? She makes her own honey and now she sells it too.

I also think the product, she launched the product webpage, it'll be available in a few months, like I think she should have waited. I think she should have waited because it looks silly. She should have done the show, like built up demand, like, oh, everybody wants flower sprinkles, honey, and my preserves, here you go. As opposed to just like assuming that everyone would,

cause it looks just so self-promotional. And of course at the end of the day, it is because this is a business and you want to sell things, but there's ways of making it look more organic, I think. I did not realize that she was launching products, but that makes- She's selling these motherfucking flower sprinkles that in the first episode I was like, oh that's-

What's a flower sprinkle? It's like flower petals, like really small flower petals that you sprinkle on top of the food. They are edible. They only provide- Got it. Like prettiness, nothing else. Like a sprinkle. Understood.

But like you wouldn't put sprinkles on like every, she made avocado toast with a fried egg and put on top flower sprinkles. Yeah. Not necessary. But like, nobody needs to see how you made avocado toast with a fried egg and put on top flour sprinkles. Yeah. Not necessary. But but like you're like nobody needs to see how you make avocado toast. Well she was like no it was it was like she was starting off the show but she was hungry hadn't had breakfast so she made her and her um producer like just a little whipped up a little something which is actually the kind of stuff I I like to see because that's like real life just like whipping up an avocado toast with an egg and.

Sure. You know? Yeah, I just don't need that on TV. Okay. Personally, personally, I don't need it. I need to watch Ina Garten show me that if you take puff pastry and roll it into a hot dog, like that's what I, that's what I need, Jackie.

That's what I need. Do you ever watch Joanna Gaines' show? I have a little bit, but not enough. It is what Megan's show wants to be, and I think that was, I think between that and apparently the Pamela Anderson cooking show, like that's the template. Joanna Gaines', this is so good.

Have you ever watched Master Class? No, I haven't. Do you know what that is? Master Class. Not the app. Yeah, so I've only seen it on the plane. Like whenever I'm on a plane. But it's like an app. But they have a, like. They seen it on the plane. Like whenever I'm on a plane. But it's like an app.

But they have a, like. They have it on the plane? I guess they must show episodes as like an ad to download Master Class. Yeah, so it's on the plane. And so like I will watch. Master Class is a sponsor here. Yes, yes.

We love Master Class. I will watch 10 episodes of an Italian chef on how to make like 10 dishes. But like it's so unbelievably interesting because they are making things from scratch that you've never heard of, never thought of. That like you should watch those. They're so good. Have you ever made your own tomato sauce? I have made my own tomato sauce. I've always made it accidentally a little bit too sugary. Um, because like I like sweet sauce. I gotta send you this recipe. I gotta send you this recipe.

My life has changed Ben. I can't eat rados anymore. Can you imagine? What's in it? Onions caramelized like for 20 minutes of like slow stir. Okay. Crushed tomatoes from the jar. Basil oregano, dried,

little bit butter. Delish. Delish. Yeah, love, love. Oh my gosh, I like my, Sam and Ben made it for me when they came over, they've ruined me, and then I saw another recipe for tomato sauce on real sauce and I wanted to try it.

I've actually made, if you want to go back and look at it, the first real I ever made with Miss Alex garnashelli was fresh pasta and fresh tomato sauce fresh pasta I think is what's next for me. It's not hard at all. You do need the pasta maker. The thing like the for the kitchen aid. Yeah for the kitchen aid the attachments so that you can make it nice and thin. But it really it's not hard one thing just to be aware of it cooks like that. Yeah. But it really, it's not hard. One thing just to be aware of, it cooks like that. Yeah.

Like it's not, it's literally, it's a minute. Yeah. Like a minute and it's cooked. Dried pasta takes eight to 10 minutes. Fresh pasta cooks immediately. One day. So don't overdo it. I think I'm gonna make a challah today.

Yum. Yeah. Love it. I find making challah really hard. I don't bake. Like rolling out the strands. They're never the right size. I don't bake.

If I start making unhealthy things, like I'm already like on monjaro and can't lose weight. Like if I start baking, I'm done. I once read somewhere that literally ruined me. I read this like a few months ago that was like like you can eat whatever you want if you make it yourself Which I think it's actually like a good premise like if you make like cookies from scratch like you can eat them, you know, cuz It's healthier one and I don't know too and like the time all the calories you burn making them I was gonna say or like pasta and all those things

But I do think like she didn't have us in mind when the person said that. No, she also didn't have weight loss or weight maintenance in mind. Like yes, you can eat whatever you want as long as you make it and be a healthy person. Are you going to be a skinny person doing that? No. No.

But I think you will be healthy because you're eating like healthy ingredients and home food. For sure. You're gonna be a fat, healthy person. You're gonna be fat and healthy. But also like because you're eating like healthy ingredients in home. For sure, you're gonna be a fat healthy person. If you, but also like if you're a person who eats a lot, like you're not gonna lose weight that way. 100%, this is my current problem. I'm eating so much good stuff.

Yeah, same. That's my current problem. But I'm eating, but I'm just overeating. Same. I'm just overeating. Yeah. Yeah. It's hard, it's hard. It's hard. It's hard. I eat because I'm unhappy. I'm unhappy over eating. Yeah, it's hard, it's hard. It's hard. I eat because I'm unhappy.

I'm unhappy because I eat. This is me. This is me. That's the best quote ever. It's me. That's that bastard. I am that quote. To quote the source.

Yeah, I didn't eat any corn. So good. Anyways, to go back to the story, and I actually don't wanna go back to talking about Megan, but what Mindy Kaling did say about like the fact that this clip has gone so viral, she said, you know, I had a great time. I've noticed that whenever I do something,

anything related to Megan, it becomes big news. She said, we were making sandwiches and then they'll push in on my face on TikTok and they'll be like, look at this emotion you felt. And I honestly didn't even remember it because we shot it like nine months ago. She said, I loved my time with Meghan. I'm also like, let her promote her show.

It was great and really fascinating seeing the reaction. So she's coming to her defense a bit. I was gonna say, all that I take away is that Mindy Kaling is a good friend. Yeah, she is a good friend. I also love Mindy Kaling. I love the Mindy Project. I thought it was very strange that all they spoke about was the office like no Mindy project

like I think of I I know Mindy Kaling was on the office, but like Mindy project is is in the Hall of Fame So good. I have so good. What you haven't seen the Mindy project No, and I just had this conversation with Claudia, so I don't want to bore people. OK, I'm just stunned because like it's great. She said I would love it. It's great. And you love it. That's all. OK, we won't bore people. We won't bore people. I'll I have a list of like things I want to watch in my notebook. And I'm in the project.

Mindy projects. It sounds good. Yeah, Mindy project is a good one. OK, are you ready for our next story? I am. I am. Actually, something really funny, because CW's Powerpuff Girls live action reboot footage has leaked. So CW was set to reboot Powerpuff Girls,

like an adult-centric version starring Dove Cameron, Chloe Bennett, and Yana Peralt, and Donald Faison from Scrubs and Clueless. And the reboot was like canceled and now footage from the show which they did film and they put together a trailer for. The trailer leaked. It's hard to find because they keep taking it down from everywhere that puts it up, but Ben and I got to watch it and it's seriously a train wreck. Bubbles is drunk, Buttercup hates gender normative costumes and the other one is what was

the other one? I don't remember it was a hot mess. Oh should the other one was constantly stressed. So they canceled it, they filmed it, paid these people and then canned it. Yeah it didn't get green lit. Wow. That's how bad it was. And you can see from the trailer, it's like AI's version of what they think they should be making these days

that just turned out so bad. And you know I loved of Cameron, Descendants for Life, and I really enjoy watching stuff that she's in. This really would have been a stain. It's funny, I definitely would have watched it because I'm a big CW guy. I don't know if you know this, but I had a real- I mean, after Dale, of course, we were all there. Exactly, Riverdale, and then after Riverdale,

I went in, Claudia didn't even watch this, I watched the reboot of Sabrina. Oh. With, I forget her name. So, Kiernan. Yes, I loved that shit. It wasn that? What's that? Yes. I love that shit. It wasn't like a good show, but I loved it.

Like I love that. I love that stuff. So like, I feel like I would have given this show a chance. I'm just happy that I didn't have the chance to give it a chance because you get enough from the trailer that this would have been so bad. So bad. So bad.

Like would have ruined Powerpuff Girls for everyone and like Powerpuff Girls are for kids and so to make an adult version of like a kid's thing is always just weird to me and has to really be done perfectly. It has to be funny. Like the only way to do that is humor. Like bad Santa, right?

Like if you're gonna take Santa Claus and make him like an angry drunk, it better be funny. Like humor's the only way that you get an exception to ruining something. If you're ruining it seriously and like making Powerpuff Girls have anxiety and alcoholism, it's just nuts. No, it's nuts.

Seriously, one of the worst ideas I've ever heard. I'm shocked that the people who approved the idea were also smart enough to be like, you know what, this can't see the light of day. Yes, yeah. I'm sure that the person who approved it didn't also can it. I'm sure those are two different people

and the person who approved it probably no longer works at the company. Yeah. Cause it looks like they spent a lot of money Jackie, between talent, like it wasn't poorly filmed. Definitely for talent, but then like it was was weird I mean it's only a trailer but it was just like this one house and they keep like filming the outside of the house.

It still felt like they spent millions. It's taken down on YouTube we were able to find it on X but like every post I was sending Ben it was like still coming down but just search Powerpuff Girls trailer and like try and watch it because it's really painful. I'm sure that you can find it on TikTok because nothing's removed from TikTok. Oh yeah look on TikTok and just know that we were saved. We were saved. We were saved. It was no good. No bueno. No bueno.

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Hi. Hi. Hi. What movie is that from? What do you think of when you hear Hia? Hi, yeah Hi, hi Hi, what movie is that from I have no idea heavyweights I don't have this it's how they greet Jerry Stiller and his wife in the camp hi hi hi That's really funny, and it's not seared into my memory is Josh and heavyweight No, it's one of the big misses of his career. The problem is he was a little, he was too young. He was also, we actually recently spoke about this on Good Guys, like you guys are fucking missing out if you're not listening to Good Guys.

We spoke about how like Mighty Ducks is also just such an unbelievable franchise. And he also just missed Mighty Ducks because he's just a little too young, but like the way that he was born for heavyweights and for Mighty Ducks, like he would have been so good in those movies. Let me ask you something, as a friend and fan of Josh,

like what project of his, like are you most obsessed with, is like most a core part of your childhood? Like he's gonna absolutely hate my answer Drake and Josh because also this is in the middle of an ad break a lot of people here. Okay. Okay. Well, yeah He's probably skipping it. No, not high though. Okay. Uh, yeah, Drake and Josh was my favorite show of all time like It's just because like it's not not like a newly acclaimed work. You know? Got it.

Got it. It's not Oppenheimer. He was so great in Oppenheimer. Drake and Josh was my favorite show ever. I just watched with my whole family. My favorite Josh role is something I only put together recently that it was him in my favorite part of this movie.

You know The Wedding Ringer? Yes. I love that movie. Do you know that he's in it? He plays like the groom who gives that really bad speech who like rips up his speech when they go to see a sample wedding And he starts he gets so like panicked he starts supporting Hitler. I have to watch that again. That's our boy Josh Okay. Wow. No, he's so versatile. He's so good. He does it all he does it all he's so good He does it all he does it all he's so good

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know she really wanted to be on Dancing with the Stars. And she also does sing. So her being on the Masked Singer is really pargy for her. She was revealed to be the latest celebrity on Wednesday's Episode of Fox's hit music competition series the mass singer She was unmasked as the bat during the show's voices of Olympus unmasking of the gods themed night I do not understand the show or what they do or what the fuck I'm saying

For bat though. No one got it, right? Everyone so the judges got to guess Robin Thicke said Bethany Frankel, Jenny McCarthy-Walberg went with Larsa Pippen, Rita Ora thought Heidi Montag, then went with Bethany as well. Ken Jeong thought it was Lisa Rinna. Turned out it was Sheener, Marie Shea, and then she's saying espresso for the crowd.

Wow, tough song. Why didn't she sing it? Wait, why didn't she sing an original? Why didn't she sing it? Wait, why didn't she sing an original? Why didn't she sing what? One of her originals. No, because this show is like people doing covers. Like celebrities with pretty decent voices. Like they mask who they are.

People have to try and guess who it is. And then you get eliminated like based on performance. And I'm also just gleaning based on everything I've seen. And then you reveal yourself. You know my manifestation abilities are like through the roof right? Like you're aware of this? Like if I like want something like I'm gonna get it? No I didn't know that. What you want to be a Masked Singer? No I want Claudia to be on Masked Singer. Oh yeah we've said this she would be really great. Yeah but like she

like probably didn't manifest it like it's gonna happen like I don't know why she wouldn't. Her voice is so unbelievably good. Yeah she'd be great. And and she would be really great. Yeah, but like she like probably didn't manifest it. Like it's gonna happen. Like, I don't know why she wouldn't. Her voice is so unbelievably good. Yeah, she'd be great. And she would be so good. Yeah. Okay, we're gonna do it. We're gonna do it. Well, those are the Fast Five stories for you.

Now it is time for our Southern Charm recap. The crew, last episode in the Bahamas last night is just a mess. Shep and Sienna, I don't know if you like that, if you know what's going on with Shep and Sienna, but basically he's like been dating this girl or he thought he was dating this girl in the Bahamas for the last few weeks.

They took a cast trip down there, went to at least they went to a pargy destination. They went to the Rosewood, I believe in the Bahamas. And so that like she could be with them and you know, meet everyone and blah, blah, blah. And she literally won't give him the time of day and it's like breaking up with him. And it's really, really weird to watch him

just not get a clue. And the fact that she stayed at the dinner after she had broken up with him, when like nobody really wanted her there because she'd ruined their trip because Shep was like so upset by everything. And they're all there for her. They could have gone anywhere else. and they're just like, okay

If you guys aren't even together like why you're at the dinner table and because she was at the dinner table they were kind of grilling her with questions which also wasn't fair because it's like listen you guys are all friends this girl's like coming on to this show and It's just like not right. It just was uncomfortable for everyone and thankfully she left and that was the right thing for everyone involved but Craig and Austin made up, which was very exciting as Craig and Austin fans. They finally had a breakthrough in this fight that they have kept having, where like Austin just thinks that Craig, you know, doesn't want to hang out with him and is kind of blowing him off and that he just wants to be home in his garden.

And Craig finally understood like what Austin was trying to say and where he was coming from. And so he opened up that he'd actually been struggling with addiction and like not doing the things that he used to do with Austin. Like he needed to not do those things in order to stay on the straight and narrow. And Austin had said, like, he felt like Craig doesn't go out

because he wants to protect this like image that he's portrayed, you know, this like very clean image and that he's trying to convince other people of this image. And Craig was like, no, I, that image is what I aspire to be. Like that image helps me stay in line. I'm trying to convince myself to be that person. I felt like that was a really good distinction

and help them like see each other. And like Craig was able to see what Austin had been thinking of him. And Austin was able to understand what Craig's actually been doing and how it's not coming from a place of like, I'm better than you and I'm just going to stay home and I'm boring now, but like really trying to better himself. And I'm so glad that they had that breakthrough because I think that things will be going up from here.

But I think for Craig, this was obviously a big moment. And I think since he broke up with Paige, people have been alluding to the fact that Paige helped him through a really tough time and she'd always been there for him. And I think forgave some stuff. And then coupled with this episode, you do seem to understand. And it was sad because he talked about

how Paige was so there for him. And he's never been so connected with another person through everything that they've been through and how grateful he is that she like saw him and even when he wasn't at his best, like she saw that there was a person there and like it just was like, oh, sucks that they're not together.

Yeah. Craig's your boy. That was a wonderful recap. Honestly, they're all of those guys are friends. Craig and I obviously are very close and he's the best, but having spent a lot of time with Austin, he's also really great, and having spent a lot of time with Shep,

he's also really great. So I have- And you've spent time with them, like would you say, when's the most time you've spent with them? Like since, because this was filmed in June. So like before June or after? Both, both.

So whenever I go to South Carolina- Do you feel a difference in their friendship before this breakthrough conversation versus after? Do they seem closer now? I think that based on what you're telling me, it seems like they're closer now. Yeah, yeah. But I never noticed them not being close.

That didn't affect guy time? No, like we would play golf together and have a good time. And yeah, no, it didn't. And they're all great. And all that I'll say on the Craig addiction stuff, just because I want to talk about it, is he came on Good Guys 14 months ago and basically spoke about this. And so the fact that this is like now new news that people are talking about,

I know that it's in the storyline, but like we've known for a while that I like hard alcohol is something that doesn't agree with Craig, which is actually why he loves Spritz Society because it's a low alcohol wine-based product. Like you'll see, he drinks beer, he drinks wine. Like these lower ABV products he drinks, the higher stuff, it just doesn't agree with him. Yeah, I think that like Austin had said, I feel like, yes, maybe he had talked about it before,

but I think the depth of how much it affected him was something that not a lot of people knew. And he talked about addiction before but I think the depth of how much it affected him was something that not a lot Of people knew and he talked about addiction before even in his books He talked about his previous Adderall addiction, which we saw play out on the show. Yeah But I think just like being really honest about that. Maybe he had it. Maybe he was more honest on good guys Maybe I'll miss that episode. Yeah all I know you don't listen to good guys I know which like I don't know what you people are doing But it's like weird watching like you don't listen to good guys. I know, which like, I don't know what you people are doing. But it's like weird watching, like I don't watch

Southern Charm because when I do, it's just weird. I can't explain it. It's weird because he's your friend. It's just weird because I know all of the guys. Like really know them and to like see, not that the drama is by any means fake, it's just like, I just like, I can't relate to it. Like, I don't know.

Like I, they're just all really nice guys. At least in my experience. Having interviewed them, I totally agree. And having had them on the show. Also, Craig also has bees. Have you met his bees? No, I have not met Craig's bees. But like Craig, like back to Meghan Markle, like Craig

really like in terms of like gardening, in terms of beekeeping, in terms of like I would rather learn from Craig how to do all of those Martha Stewart-esque things than Meghan. I think Craig- Especially because like he's a recent student and so I find that so relatable when someone's like, they don't have this in their blood. They weren't doing this since they could talk. They learned recently and then they're sharing that now. I feel like that's more how I would relate to someone.

It's like, oh, you learned to see where you go and you're an expert now? Like Pargy, I feel inspired. Yeah, I'm gonna talk about it because it's never gonna actually happen, but like I wanted to pitch a show with Craig called Straight Guys Throwing Dinner Parties where Craig does everything as it relates to the tablescape

and I do everything in the kitchen. And I don't know more than that what it is, but it's like a straight guy's version of Queer Eye. And I thought it could have been really fun. I thought it could have been really fun. And thought it could have been really fun and I just think that he with showing down south and just everything that he's accomplished seeing like a behind the scenes look at Craig he worked so unbelievably hard has such a great team and like really is just like a great businessman entrepreneur and is like a trusted source in the home making sector.

Yeah. Like I would watch it. Even if I wasn't on it. Even if they were like, okay, Ben, we like your idea, but we don't have a need for you. Yeah, probably. You'd still watch it. I know. I know. Yeah, I'd still watch it.

I'd still watch it. I do think they have a need for you. I'd be a little sour. Yeah. What? You're gonna get cast instead of me? I don't think so. No, probably not. Like, you never know. Probably not.

Okay, well that's the Southern Charm recap. Oh my god, except next week, like seriously looks crazy because they're back in Charleston. And, do you know who JT is? I met JT at a party. I don't know. Oh my god, you're like literally how are you spending all this time in Charleston? Because we have all this Spritz stuff to do. I know but it's like that you go in the parties with JT? No no no no no the the party was in New York at Carriage House for the season 10 opening of or a premier party for Southern Charm that

Spirit Society sponsored. That's when I met JT. It was a quick drive-by. Okay also I need to mention something that I saw this week that I wanted to mention when we talked about Southern Charm which is Vinita. So she shared that basically she had a conversation with JT before they went to the Bahamas where she was like I'm ready to tell him how I feel about him I'm making him Branzino I know he feels the same way like I'm ready to like take this went to the Bahamas where she was like, I'm ready to tell him how I feel about him. I'm making him Branzino. I know he feels the same way. Like I'm ready to like take this thing to the next level. They're really good friends, but they've been flirting all season. So she lays it on thick and, you know, unabashedly is like, I like you. Like

I'm ready to go. Let's go. And JT, who's literally flirting with her and leading her on this entire time says that he has a girlfriend. Damn. Okay. She's like crestfallen and upset about this. Then they go to the Bahamas and the whole time in the Bahamas, she's kind of like throwing herself at him, flirting with him, going up to his room when he's sad. Apparently she like mounted him and he had to like push her off of him. And we're like, what are you doing?

Not only is that wrong because he has a girlfriend, it's just like embarrassing and what are you doing? She posted on her Instagram that the conversation with the brand Zeno happened after the Bahamas. The editors did her dirty looking like she knew that he already had a girlfriend and she's still trying to get with him. So I feel like everybody needs to know that,

that even though, I mean, I don't know why she's like so obsessed with JT, that's a whole other story and he's sending her these like paragraphs and it's just all weird. That conversation happened after the Bahamas. So when she went up to his room, she had no idea he had a girlfriend and justice for Vita because that's wrong.

Wrong. Next week, Leva is having coffee with JT and she says, you go to the same barber as Ryan. And the barber told Ryan that you said cut and something crazy. I don't know what he said, but it's Vita barber. And I just have to say shout out to Ryan because I was watching last night's episode and I was like, who is Ryan in this world and why is he on the show and why is he on this trip? I thought he was Rodrigo's husband, but then everyone said

that he's not. I have no idea who he is, but now I'm feeling really grateful to Ryan and I look forward to hearing what the barber said, the JC said. Yes. Yes. That Southern charm recap. You give a great recap. Thank you. Really good concise, not too concise, pretty long winded. The Craig of it all. Yeah. Let me clarify. You give a great long winded recap. Okay. Thank you. Now it's time for Queenie and we need of the week. It's would you like me to? Yeah. Would you like me to our Queenie and Weenie of the Week. It's- Would you like me to go first? You wanna go first?

Yeah, Claudia usually introduces what the segment is. But I feel like most people really know, it's pretty self-explanatory. Queenie of the Week, someone who behaved in a Queenie-like way. Weenie, someone who believed in a Weenie-like way. I will hold the title for the next seven days, and it's not that serious.

Who is your Queenie this week? My Queenie is and will always be my wife. Oh my god, I really knew you were gonna say that. No, but like watching her be pregnant, like she's doing such a good job, it's so hard, you know how hard it is, but like she's doing so good and she has so many great days and like even when she's not having a great day, like she's willing herself to have a better day. Like she really is just the best and doing amazing things and growing a child inside of her and that's like really, really wild. So she's my Queenie and then my Weenie has to be me because I got my pregnant wife sick. Like that's just like not acceptable.

Oh, I thought we established that maybe you didn't. No, I don't know. So then maybe my Weenie is her friends. It's whoever got her sick. Okay, let me, I just like. But like I'm sick, Jackie. How is it not her? How is it not me?

That's true. It has to be. Even though like I don't think sinus infections are contagious, but like it's either me, it's whoever got my pregnant wife sick is a weenie. That's what I wrote. That's what I wrote. Okay, I think that's really good. Usually we both like do Queenie and then we both do weenie, but it's fine.

Oh, so sorry. We're switching up. There's no rules on this Fry Dairies. My Queenie of the week are the people who have brought me the most joy this week and that's Rascal Flatts in announcing their refueled duets album. Like, let me just tell you,

this has given me such a joie de vivre and a pep in my step and I love Rascal Flatts and I do hope that they give us a discount on their private concert rate because we really want to have them come out for Claudia's birthday to our house in the Hamptons. Love! Yeah but now I'm seeing it's like uh kind of like a million dollars. Yeah it's a little it's much. More or less um so we've been priced out. How much is Papa Roach? How, I don't know, can't you do a Google? Apparently you guys did this on Good Guys. Yeah, we did, we did.

A lot of them are what you think they'd be and a lot of them are actually much cheaper. So you just gotta find, like who's like a little bit down on their luck? Like, you know, but like still has like three great songs. Yeah. you know, but like still has like three great songs. Yeah. Like I think unfortunately like Gen Z took a choke hold of Teenage Dirtbag, but like Weedus should have been cheap.

And like I should have been able to get Weedus for like 25 grand, but because Gen Z loves that song, they're probably like 500 grand. But what songs do they have besides Teenage Dirtbag, Jackie? It's just Weedus. you're seriously asking the wrong person Okay, these questions are being asked towards the wrong person. I thought I thought you were a rocker Thought I guess I guess I thought wrong. Yeah, I think I think so I guess I weenie of the week It's always so tough, isn't it? I

Think my weenie of the week is gonna be Mmm, I don't know. I was gonna go Mark Zuckerberg with the Benson Boone performance, but like I don't know, he was having fun. Yeah. Doesn't that like make me a weenie for clowning on someone for having fun? A little bit. So I'll go Oscars. Yeah. The whole night. Piece of shite. Yeah, yeah. It was shite. Yeah. Yeah. It was definitely bad. I'm sure you guys like did this at Nausium, but like I'll just say like one quick comment, which is you can't be, you can't capitalize off of the Holocaust and be free Palestine.

Oh, well that's for damn sure. You're more than welcome to, and I mean this wholeheartedly, like you can be free Palestine. I can't control you. You can do whatever you want. You can have your own opinions. You can have your own thoughts. I'll have mine, but you cannot capitalize off of the death of Jews and then be free Palestine. One or the other. That feels right. One or the other guy. One of the other guy Pierce. One of the other. One or the other. Pick and choose. Before we go, I also have one more story

Or we were going right? Yeah. Yeah, that's the end of the show. So it's say whatever you'd like Okay, I want to tell you one quick story because I think that you'll laugh Claudia Claudia tell you the story about my dad And airline miles no or no, okay So my dad I get a call for my dad sometime and I know it's always gonna be something random like hi Can you literally order stuffed cabbage or gefilte fish for your mom on uber eats? Like those are the types of calls that I get. He calls me, he's like, your mom and I want to go to Israel in July. One of my cousins is

in the Maccabee games for hockey, go him. I have like a million miles on JetBlue. I'm like, you have a million miles on JetBlue. First of all, JetBlue doesn't fly there, so that doesn't help you. But how do you have a million miles? I'm like, can you go and check? Like, just go check quickly. Like, how many miles do you have?

Let's see. He logs in Jackie. He has 19,000 miles. He's like, where can that take me? I'm like, dad, that can get you a one-way ticket to Buffalo So this is so that's that well, you know when you round up When you round up your twenty thousand and you can hear more stories like that on the good guys podcast That's what we talk about

my Michigan appearance, so My god you the sugar parents so. The good guys, not the great guys. Oh my God, you guys, like you literally heard that we had a great theme song and you made a theme song that is so good. It is so good. Like, start your day off swirly, it's the toast. What I wanna do, I wanna make like a 15 minute sitcom that like starts with that

cause it's obviously what it is. Like if you just put the Hannah Montana laugh track at the end of that, even though I love your line, I sound so good, but like if it went from start your day off swirly, it's the toes, ha ha ha ha, da na na na na na na na na, and then you walk in and all of a sudden it's just like, like somebody left the sprinkler on

and all of my shit is ruined. We should do that in our spare time. And like, guys should collaborate with Gabby Barrett for a version of her song Good Ones instead called Good Guys. You're one of the good guys. I love you like you should like you wrote the book one, you know that love it. Of course I wonder what you guys should have her on the pod. I'm in I'm in we should do it. We should do it We're just musicians. I mean we have music just flowing out of we're such musicians. It's so true

We can't stop the beat. Can't stop the beat. Is that it? You can't stop. Or is that we got the beat? We got the beat. We got the beat. We got the beat.

Got the beat. Yeah, is that a commercial? Or is that a song? It's a song. Okay, cool. We got the beat. But it's probably also been used. The go-gos? Yeah Yeah maybe. That sounds right. I love it. That sounds right. Okay maybe we should end the show before the cards run out. So thank you so much for listening to The

Toes, the greatest show on the planet. Eons ahead of the good guys. That's what I hear. Love you so much and we will see you on Mundari's. I hope everyone has a great weekend. Make sure to follow Ben at Boy With No Job, follow Spritz at Spritz, and we will see you on the next one. Love ya, bye. Love ya. No, now we do it on our own because.

Gotta, gotta, gotta, gotta, gotta. Love, love ya, bye. Bye. Love ya bye. Why won't we let this episode end? I don't know. One more? Okay, good. Okay, good?