Your Favorite Thing with Wells & Brandi - Hot Damn, Hotty Toddy

Episode Date: January 14, 2026

We’re tugging on your heartstrings this week as Wells introduces us to Maya, the very cute foster pup who may have found a permanent home in the Adams family… just maybe not at Wells’ house. More on that. Brandi joins with freshly washed hair — a rare and celebrated occasion — and opens up about fine-hair problems, greasy recording days, and the humbling return of Pilates. The engagement glow continues too, with a very valid question on the table: why don’t men get engagement rings? Hit us up in the DMs and VMs with your hot takes.Wells recaps a chaotic week that included a trip to Phoenix to watch Ole Miss lose (Hotty Toddy forever), and then it’s all about Traitors, baby — because this season is FIRE. Your hosts do a full cast vibe check, from loving Jonny Weir and Lisa Rinna to embracing Michael Rapaport’s chaos and pitching a Yam Yam / Rapaport spinoff we’d absolutely watch. Fave things round out the episode with rom-com love, vacation movies that hit just right, standout reads like Ready Player One, and TV recs including The Night Manager and 11.22.63. It’s good to be back!Thanks to our awesome sponsors for supporting this episode! Quince: Treat your closet to a little summer glow-up with Quince. Go to Quince.com/yft for free shipping on your order and 365 day returns.Pique Life: Secure 20% off your order and begin your intentional wellness journey today at Piquelife.com/yft.BetterHelp: BetterHelp makes it easy to get matched online with a qualified therapist. Sign up and get 10% off at BetterHelp.com/yft.Don’t forget to rate, review, and follow Your Favorite Podcast! Plus, keep up with us between episodes on our Instagram pages, @yftpodcast @wellsadams and @brandicyrus and be sure to leave us a voicemail with your fave things at 858-630-1856! This podcast is brought to you by Podcast Nation.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

This podcast is brought to you by Podcast Nation. Oh, how's everyone doing? How we live it. We alive? That's good. Me, surviving. A lot of things are happening in my life. I'm fostering a dog right now.

We'll talk more about it in a little bit. Her name is Maya. She does not know that name. That's not her name. Poor thing has been abused. And it's a hard thing to, I don't know if it's a hard thing. It's pretty easy to foster a dog. What's hard is that, like, you realize that someone, like, hurt an animal.

You know, like, you're pained in the grief of what this poor little thing had to deal with. I love this dog. She's so sweet. And I really badly want to adopt this dog. But I can't because, one, my wife was like, if we're any other dog, I want to be there for the beginning of it, which I understand that. I told her, I was like, if you were going to be on Broadway for a long time this year,

I'm really lonely in the house, and I would like to have, like, a dog. And maybe the idea is that I just foster dogs, so I don't feel so lonely. Does that make sense? The other thing is, is that we have, we already have a dog named Boo, who is in New York with Sarah,

who, you know, isn't maybe every other dog's cup of tea. And, like, that needs to be something You know, like that works because obviously it booze our dog and we like, whatever she wants goes. I'm living in this world where I have this poor dog who is so skittish, but like so lovely. And all I want for her to do is to find her home. But I'll tell you what, I'll tell you guys, I'll put you guys on a little secret. My brother and I went and played golf today. And then when I came home, he was like, well, I want to meet the dog.

And I was like, come over. Come over. And my brother is married with a kid. And their dog passed. And he was like, well, I want to come over. See the dog? And I was like, yeah, come on over. Anyways, so we walk in.

I got in first. I let the dog out. And, you know, I got to say, hello, Maya. How are you doing? You didn't go party? What, all that kind of stuff. And then my brother came in and this dog,

as skittish as she is, she went straight to him. And it was snuggling up. And I was like, well, this is your dog. I mean, this dog never done this for me. And I've been the one that's fostering. Super sweet. What ended up happening was he was hanging out here watching some football,

and then he was like, okay, I'm going to go home because I had to record this show. And I was like, take the dog. Why don't you take the dog? Meet the family. Anyway, so the dog is over with the family, and I'm pretty sure. There's no way that this family doesn't adopt this dog. So anyways, if you come across someone who's mean to animals, dude, let's get rid of those people.

Let's get them out of here. You know, this country, we're trying to get rid of people who aren't from this country. How about we do this? If you're mean to animals, you have to leave the country. You got to go somewhere else. That's my rule. Anyways, what do you guys think? Should we call the Brandi?

It's time to call her a bit is time. Let's go. Was it? I just washed my hair for you guys. Oh my God. Even though they can't see me, but you can, Wells. How often do you wash your hair? Is it, well, let me guess.

Okay. All right, you've got pretty fine hair, which means it probably takes a while to get greasy. I'm going to say you wash your hair three times a week. I think it's probably more than that, much to my sadness. Okay. O contrary, fine hair gets greasy. Faster.

Oh, okay. What did I say? You said it would be slower to get greasy because it was fine, but it would, it's actually faster. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Like it's greasy in like two hours, unfortunately. That doesn't stop me from going places with greasy hair, though. Let me tell you.

There's nothing wrong with greasy hair. I mean, it's not cute, but I just don't give a fuck. And it's really not, it's not great to wash your hair every day. It's not good for it. It's not, it's actually, I've been reading that it's not great to shower every day. Did you know that well? It's not great to use soap every day. every day is what I've heard.

And hot water on your skin is not great for you every day. But I think it's okay to rinse off. I rinse off. I mean, it's fine, but they do say like hot water daily, dries out your skin, dries out your hair. Like it's not great. That showering less is actually better. And, you know, I'm just going to use that when Matt tells me I'm a grub

because I don't like to shower every day if I don't have to. But if I go to the barn where I do any sort of exercise, I obviously shower, but I'm definitely not like a big shower girl. Like there are some girls, like my best friend Kirsten, she showers like three times a day, which is fucking crazy and overkill. Talk about dry skin. Oh my gosh. But anyway, I frequently have greasy hair, especially on this show, because I'm like,

it's just you guys. But, you know, there's something to be said for presentation and just, you know, pulling it together and it's still a new. year, even though we talked about it last week. And I'm just, you know, trying to start things off on a good foot here. My brother does this. And I think a lot of people actually out there do this as well. He will take a shower every time he takes a poop. Oh my God. That's Kirsten. Because he feels he's like, I'm dirty now. I have to, I have to go shower. What about wet wipes? What about a bidet? What about a bidet? I mean, that's what that whole thing's for. It just cleans off your

What are we doing here? You don't even do a full shower. No, that's crazy. You're crazy, not us. I agree. I was talking to the YF2 years earlier. You know, I've been fostering a dog, right? Are you sure you can't keep her?

Yes, I am. And so I was telling them why after two years this. So there's a couple reasons why. One, Sarah was like, you don't get to adopt a dog without me. I want to be there for like the beginning of it, which is totally underst. Chanable. Yeah.

We're a team. Sure. We agreed to be a team. And then all of a sudden I'm doing a thing that's like not part of the team. Like I understand it. Because I like sent something to my like family text chain where I was like, I'm not allowed to do it. And she was like, don't maybe be the bad guy here.

If it was the other way around, you'd be like, I want to meet the dog. And I'm like, you're 100% right. I would want to be a part of it. Yeah. That's fair. The other thing is, is that boo, our dog, doesn't do great. with like every dog. Girl and girls tough too.

Yeah. Boo being in New York and this dog being here and then me adopting that dog and then boo coming back and being like what the F is happening might not be the greatest thing. Right? I have to defend my wife and I have to defend myself of being like I can't adopt this dog as much as I want to. Oh my God. Brandy. Okay. This poor dog has been abused.

No. And I know. And I was just telling the Y of tears. Ever you come across a dog like this, you're like, I can't imagine someone was rude. It was mean to you. Like it doesn't make any sense. This poor dog, she's got three legs. Her name's Maya. But I don't think that's her name.

She doesn't respond to it. Yeah. I'm sure the shelter like gave it to her. Yeah. So she is, I think she's a blue tick hound. They found her in Utah. I think she was a hunting dog. I think she got hit by a car.

I think her leg got broken. I think they cut off her leg. I think the owner who was a hunter was like, I can't use this dog for hunting anymore. I think he had one litter with her. And then I think he sent her out. That's so fucking sad. This is my theory.

I don't know what's going on. But she's the sweetest little thing in the world. All she wants to do is like kind of like snuggle into you because she's never had any affection. She doesn't know treat. She doesn't know like up here, up here, get up here. Because I'm like, get in the couch. It's okay.

You can come snuggle with me. We're fine. We're going to watch TV. She doesn't think it's okay. She doesn't think it's okay. She just wants to be outside because I think that they made her be outside as a, you know. So sick. She's such a sweetie.

What a great way to start the new year. What are you doing besides washing your hair? I washed my hair. Today, I organized the cabinets in the laundry room with all my extra sheets and towels and dog blankets. Just been organizing. But in general, I can't remember if I told you guys last week, but I started going back to Pilates. Yeah, you did. You said you were starting Poli.

Okay. Yeah. Well, let me tell you why. Okay. Back story. I used to go to Pilates. This was years ago, though, like when I lived downtown. So I'm talking like six years ago.

I used to go all the time, loved it. I was pretty good at it at one point because I was going so much. You guys, I have never felt older or more unfit in my life than going back to Pilates last week. Yeah. I think I was the youngest person in the room by far the most unfit. Like, by far. So, so embarrassing. Yeah.

This Pilates class had you use weights with some of the stuff, which. Yeah, you know, I'm sure, like, once I gained some fitness back, that will be good for me. But the lightest weights were five pounds. Doesn't sound like a lot. Boy, oh, boy, it was. I couldn't lift my arms for six days. I couldn't go back for six days because I could not lift my arms above shoulder height. They were so sore.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. My ass so sore for days, like, just beyond. And not to mention, I was the sweatiest person in the room. It was a massive wake-up call. I have got to get my health on track. I've got to get back up to my fitness level. I've got to get my stamina up. I've got to get my flexibility back.

I just, you don't really realize how far gone you are until you're that far gone. Yeah. You know what I mean? But I've been three times now, feeling good about it. I paid for three months. So we're going to stick to it for three months at least. I believe in you. Thank you, Wells.

What's it like being engaged? I keep forgetting, to be honest. It's great. but I keep forgetting. Yeah. And I went and got coffee today and somebody was like, you're engaged. And I was like, oh, yeah. Yes, I am.

I am. That's me. Engaged. I forget. So you don't feel different at all. Not really. Is that weird? No.

Not at all. I know that you're in no hurry to get married. But like, is there a world in which you want him to also be wearing a ring? Yeah, probably I think I'm going to make him get one. Yeah. Like, why don't men get engagement ring? I remember when I got engaged. And I was like, I remember this too.

The men deserve some token. It's true. Noddy. I don't even fucking care about that. But I want the girlies to know. Of course. That he's mine. But also, it would be nice to have a token, you know?

Sure, sure. Whether it's a watch or a necklace or whatever it is, it would be nice to get something. It needs to go on the finger. I think a watch also. Yeah. I get you. No, no. I want the girlies to know.

Okay. Okay. Well, then let's go get him a ring. Yeah. Maybe we'll let. He's so particular. I feel like. Okay. Go get yourself a ring. We're going to have to find him a special ring.

He has to be involved in it for sure. He's not the kind of person. He wants to like smelled it and like weld it and like make it. Yeah, he's just very, he's a Virgo. He's very particular about things. Yeah, yeah. Had a crazy week. Did you?

Your boy had a crazy week. That's crazy. I've had a very chill week. It's been very nice. Lovely. Not me. I went to Phoenix. Oh yeah, that's right.

To watch my old Miss Rebels play. And? Heartbreaking. We lost. I don't know if you know that. I didn't. Came down to the final play and it was a questionable one. It might have been positive appearance, but whatever. We had no kind of business being in the game, but we were in the game at the end.

Anyways, I went to Phoenix. Had a lovely time. What was the temp in Phoenix in January? It was kind of rainy. Anyways, I had a lovely time. I met a lot of people. Met some YFTers out there. Sick.

Anyways, we lost and it's fine, but whatever. I'm so sorry for your loss. Can't win them all. And we got to the final four, which is pretty good. You got to look at the bright side of things. I don't really know, but I'll take your word for it. Well, you know, let's say there's a hundred teams.

We were down to the last four. That's pretty good. Yeah, it's not bad. I mean, what do you? What would be better than not bad being one of the other three teams? Yeah. And he won the game. Hurtful.

But we didn't. I think we lost by four and we threw a pass in the end zone with like no time left. The guy could have caught it, but it looked like he was interfered with. So the question was, was he interfered with or was he not? They didn't call in pass interference, which is fine, whatever. That's the game end and we lost by four. Or you could have been the Indiana-Oregon game where Oregon got beat by like 30 points.

Oh, that's embarrassing. What's better? Your team. Our thing, right? Yeah. Hotty-toddy. Give me that. Hottie.

Give me that. What's with the hottie-toddy? That's our, like, our war cry. Really? Oh, have I never taught you the Old Miss chant? I don't think so. Okay. I'm going to do it and you're going to, it's going to be cringy for you.

Oh, God, okay. But I don't care and I'm proud of it. Okay. Wow. All right. Great. So this is how it goes. It starts with someone yelling out.

Are you? And then. To rumble? And then everyone in the stands responds with, hey, haughty, tidy, gosh, mighty. Who the hell are we? Hey, flim, flam, bim, bam, oh, miss by damn. There's so much cussing. Are you ready?

Hell, yeah. Damn right. Hottie, haughty gosh, mighty. Who the hell? The hell are we? Flam, bam, bam, bam, old miss by damn. I mean, hell's the only bad word. Damn.

Damn's a bad word. Oh, yeah. Okay, hell and damn. I wasn't allowed to say that growing up. Anyways. So that's our war chant. So anytime you see anyone wearing like, any old miss stuff, you say hot-a-toddy.

Hot-y-toddy. Yeah. And a hot toddy-toddy basically is just a delicious hot beverage with alcohol. I know what a hot toddy is. It's a hot toddy, yeah. A hot toddy is a tea with a shot of whiskey. Yeah, but that a hot-toddy-toddy is either a hot tea with some whiskey or it's a very attractive lady. Is it?

It'll be a southerner. She's a hot-a-toddy. Interesting. Yeah. You probably are a haughty-toddy. Probably. You're a hot-y-toddy. My gosh, I'm offended.

You're engaged, ma'am, all right? I can still be hot. I know, but I don't know if I can say it. Anyways, yes, you are a hot-y-toddy. Thank you. You're welcome. We should start the show. Go for it.

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Right. It is so good. It's so good. I wish so bad you could have gone back. It's not completely out. How Dyrinda get to go back? Well, Dorenda's Dorend. I mean, she's like one of the biggest housewives.

I know, but. Okay, so here's one thing that I want to present to you. And I want to present it to everyone. Peacock, NBC, they love the people who are on there. things. Of course they do. So Dorinda being a housewife, it makes sense. Everyone who's a traitor

is from the NBC family. I know. I saw TikTok about this today. Oh, you have? Uh-huh. I haven't seen that. Oh, I'm deep. Oh, you're deep into it? Yeah. Yeah. But like it's two housewives and someone from Love Island and you're like, all right, this is just everyone

from NBC. Yeah. I mean, it makes sense. They want their people to have screen time. 100% I totally get it. But that's why I think that like when you're like, why did you not get invited back? But Dorinda did. Well, she's on Bravo. Like, come on.

Right. What are you talking about? Did you watch the first three episodes? Sure did. Did Matt? No. See, I've gotten to watch whatever I want because Matt's out of town. Oh, my God.

Okay. So I guess if you haven't caught up on traders, maybe you should take a four minute break. Yeah. Let's go through it. Okay. The traitors, do you like them? The secret trader, do you like them? The faithfuls.

Who do you like? Who do you hate? Give it to me. I love the three traitors, the ones we know, love them. Didn't at first. I wondered, like, where is Rob going to fit in with these housewives? Like, this might be a very strange dynamic. It's not.

It's fucking genius. Anybody should just know. If you know anything about Lisa Renna, you just know that, like, everything's going to be fabulous. Lisa Rina as a traitor is everything I could have dreamed and more. Like she is just an icon. I would love to know because you know when you're on television, you're not normally allowed to wear sunglasses because they want to see your face. How does she get to wear all the fabulous sunglasses that she's wearing?

That's a good question. She must have gotten put that in her contract. I'll do it if. Yeah, I can wear whatever I want. If I can wear sunglasses. Yeah. No, it's so good. I know nothing about Rob.

seen Love Island, don't know a thing about him, obsessed with him. So is TikTok. Incredible traitor. Love that he's just like finding his step with the fucking housewives and being classic. We love that. I got to say, as much as I kind of love Donna Kelsey as part of the cast, I do not think doing the secret traitor thing worked out for them. No, it didn't. I don't. It just wasn't it. Can I put my producer hat on a little bit here? Please. I think that obviously, she is Tara Swift's mother-in-law or soon-to-be mother-in-law. Huge name. They wanted to elevate her role.

And maybe that's how they sweeten the pot. They were like, we'll let you be a trader or we're going to make this entirely new role for you. I also think that she probably wouldn't be able to excel in the missions because of her age. The one where they were like pulling the rickshaws. the people in the people in it, she's not in that mission. Oh. You can watch it and she's just not there.

Which makes me think that she was like, I can't do all this stuff. And so they're like, all right, we'll figure out a way to do it and we did this. Okay, well, that I didn't even really think about that. Well, then what does the rest of the cast think when she's not there? I think that that's why it was a terrible decision because it's very obvious to everyone.

Same on my season when Boston Rob came back. multiple times. We all were like, this is a little weird. They keep making him be on the show. I'm assuming he's a traitor, right? And I think that's what happened with her. I think they had a lot of like really fun things for the secret traitor.

And I think because they found her out so quickly, it all failed miserably. Yeah, it did. I mean, the problem with this is to like, so many of these people have. have built in alliances because they're all in the same, the same show, like the survivor people, the Love Island kids, like whatever. And she's just kind of besides, is it Ron, is a comedian? Ron? Yeah, Ron Finches. Besides Ron, like, she's kind of the odd one out. She's kind of like,

just doesn't really have a place. And to me, that makes her stand out even more. You know, it's like the others kind of all blend in because they've got like friendships already and she's already an outlier. I don't know. To me, that just kind of puts more of a target on her. For everyone out there, I do a podcast called By Order of the Faithfuls. I'm going to ask thumbs up, thumbs down about some cast members for you, Brandy. Okay. Colton Underwood. I actually love him on this show.

Yeah. Didn't think I would. Kurt Ball. We get it. You're gay. I don't know if I need you to like tell us that seven million times, but. I'm here for it. I live for it.

Let's go. I'm fine with it too. And also all the gays like banding together is very fun. It's so good. to me. Dorinda, are you happy she's back? Eh,

I guess I'm neutral. I can't believe it. Donna Kelsey. I really just wish they had made her a faithful and then I would have loved it, I think. Johnny Weir,

Olympic figure skater. Love him. I know. I'm really excited. I feel like he's going to be great on this show. Yeah. Mora Higgins from Love Island,

UK, beautiful girl that she's like, that she's like, I think everyone thinks I'm dumb, but. I say keep her around for her accent because it's hilarious.

I got to meet her when Sarah was doing Love Island. She's a lovely human being. Okay. Yeah, I like her. Lisa Rana? Obsessed. Obsessed. I mean, that's a fucking star.

Like, the fact that they got her is crazy. I know. It's good. Michael Rappaport. Obsessed. I mean, he's a fucking shit show. Yes. Love it.

He's the worst. You know what's amazing. The worst. I saw this on TikTok. Like, the show does a great job of revitalizing someone's career. Like, Sandival was a good example.

He was scorched earth. And then he went on and then all of a sudden, like he's on, America's got talent and like people are over him being like the bad guy. Michael Rappaport is so

hated that he can go on this show and look worse than he was originally. But he's a great television. A phenomenal reality TV personality. Totally.

And I love that he's like, you know I love the housewife. Like a crazy person. What? Yeah. Monet Exchange went to high school with Sarah. So we got to give a shout out to Monet Exchange. Yeah.

Love. Rob from Love Island, Chef's Kiss. Another curveball. Like another surprise for me. I didn't think. You know. You know, there's two ways you can go about being on reality TV.

You can be really, really noisy a la Michael Rappaport. Or you can be really, really stoic and very hot. And that's what Rob does. Like, he doesn't just say anything. I totally get the producers being like, we're making this guy a traitor immediately. Oh, for sure. Yeah.

The last two that I want to talk to you about that I love. I love Ron Funches. I do too. You know, I feel bad because he put together such a good case. Yeah. He was wrong. But you know what? I know.

He put together a good case and I love him for it. Mm-hmm. And then I love Yam Yam Yam. Yam and Michael Rapaport going at one another. I mean, it's just give me that show. Just give me you two guys having to like travel the world together. Anyways, the show is very good. It's a great cast.

Yeah. There's only a couple that, and they're not getting much screen time, but the top chef host, I just like, obviously don't watch Top Chef, don't really know anything about her. She's just not really, just kind of a filler character to me. I've met her before. She's lovely, but did you see that one scene when she was buttering bread and like doing it poorly? I was like, what are you? You're a chef.

Yeah, they like zoomed in too. Like you're like a James B. award winning Michelin Star Chef and you don't want to butter bread? Yeah. So I hope like we, I hope Tara makes more of a, you know, of a presence because I think like I'd like to see more of her.

Yeah. And I love the idea of her being on this show. So we'll see, I guess. Yeah. I mean, it's a slow burn. We're just three episodes in. But yeah,

that was number one of my things I wanted to talk to you about. So I'm glad you're enjoying it. It's so good. It is very good. I watched the cutest movie on. Netflix called The People We Meet on Vacation. Have you seen this? I don't think so. Well, apparently it was a book that people loved that was turned into a Netflix film.

Listen, is it predictable? Yeah. You know, earth-shattering plot? No. But is it cute? Does it warm your heart? Is it just a nice, fun watch that makes you feel good at the end? Yeah, it is, okay? That's all it matters. That's all it matters. Poppy wants to explore the world and Alex prefers to stay at home with a good book. But somehow, they're the very best of friends.

They live far apart, but for a decade they have spent one week of summer vacation together. Emily Bratter and Tom Blith, Blythe, people we meet on vacation on Netflix. This looks terrible. It's so cute. It is. Okay, this was a bad, that was a bad summary. But that's what it said. It's these two, they meet in college.

I think they're both good. They both go the same college and some other, some mutual friend says, oh, you guys should ride home. They have like an eight hour drive to where they're from for the holiday or some shit. They get put in the same car together and they're strangers who do this road trip. And like they start off like hating each other, like right off the bat. And then they become friends who travel together. And they do all these cool trips and they're just best friends, you know?

And I don't want to bring anything. So I'll just leave it at that. But the whole, and then the whole idea behind it is the girl is like, you know, my whole life being told who I am by, you know, other kids in school that would bully me or XYZ or my parents that wanted this. And you guys, when I'm on vacation, I can be whoever I want to be. Yeah. And I love that idea that they go on these trips once a year and they get to be whoever they

want to be for a week, you know. The cast is pretty good. So you have Emily Bader or Beth. Tom Blythe, and then you have Molly Shannon's in it, Lucas Gage, Jamila Jamil. She did a show with Sarah. Sarah Catherine Hook. Yeah, I mean, listen, this got a good cast.

It's so cute. You love a rom-com. I love a rom-com. Wow, what is it? Who doesn't love a rom-com? I don't care for them. That's crazy. What's funny is that you don't like comedy,

but you like romantic comedy. I do. What was the movie that got you hooked on rom-coms, you think? Oh, geez. I mean, there were so many iconic ones back in the day. I don't even know where to start. I know, but I mean, how to lose the guy in 10 days is like the ultimate rom-com. Do you and Tish the Dish wash rom-coms together?

Like, is this how this started? Like, there's something. Back in the day, of course. There's something that happened early in your childhood. I feel like any. millennial woman grew up on rom-com. I mean, there were just so many. Hey, you know, you know it's a great rom-com?

What's the one with Heath Ledger? Ten things I hit about you. Ten things they hit about you. My God, classic. We grew up on these, you know? How about... She's all that. Great one, Freddie Prince.

Okay, I got one for you. Tell me. Win a date with Ted Hamilton. Fucking great rom-com. Fantastic rom-com. Do you do like rom-coms? And I do like ten things ahead about you. Sweet Home Alabama.

Nah, that one's, whatever. I'm so good. Like the wedding planner. J-Lo. I do like that one. Nice. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Let's look up.

Best rom-coms all time. Best. There's got to be so many. And they're all from like our fucking adolescence. That's true. They're not making them anymore. They're not crazy stupid love. Not an old one, but a great one.

Oh, forgetting Sarah Marshall. Come on. Miss Congenial. Oh my God, that movie was so good. Forgetting Sarah Marshall is not only the best rom-com, but just one of the best movies ever made. You've got mail? How did we forget that one?

What about Sleepless in Seattle, sister? Great movie. And then what about Big, which is another Tom Hanks? The Proposal, another Sandra Bullock classic, one of my faves. Say Anything, John Cusack. Some of these. I'm not, she's the man, Amanda Bines, before it all went downhill. Oh, would you call it a rom-com?

I don't know, but Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. That's not a rom-com. That's a fucking great movie. That's a heartbreaking film. So good. The Princess Bride. Great movie. Is that a rom-com?

I don't know. I think that's a fantasy. How to lose a guy in 10 days? I mean, that one's just about. Clueless. Fucking classic. Sabrina. Classic.

Teen Candles. Four weddings and a funeral. I'd call that a rom-com. That's a good one. Crazy rich Asians. Oh, how could I forget? This one might be the fucking best one. Give it to me.

My best friend's wedding. That's a good one. Oh, it's so fucking good. They don't make them like they used to. My big fat Greek wedding. I never saw that, actually. High fidelity. P.S. I love you.

I don't know if that one is. I don't think I'd call it a rom-com, though. It was too sad. That one. Great movie. 13 going on 30. Knocked up. Knocked up was good.

The wedding singer. Oh, when Harry met Sally. About a boy. Waitress. There were some good ones. She's all that. Oh, that one was one of my faves. Garden State.

Fucking classic. You loved that one. I know it. I mean, it's like the entire musical catalog is the shins. You know, you can't. Serendipity. Great movie. 500 days of summer.

Oh. Oh, that's a good one. Oh, that's a good rom-com. Really good. But it's not a rom-com because it doesn't end. It's similar to the breakup, where it doesn't end the way you want it to. That's true. But it is still a romantic comedy.

It is. 40-year-old version. That's a rom-com. That one was decent. Yeah. There's just so many. Honestly, I'd watch them all over again. I love them all.

Something about Mary. That's a good one. That is a good rom-com. Okay, I'm getting text that, you know, the globes are tonight. Yeah, what's happening? I forgot about that when I scheduled this podcast. Is your sister winning something? She's presenting.

Oh, nice. And I'm being told that photos of them are out. Oh, there's Mile. She's pulling an Elise Renna, and she's got on the Sunnis. Good for her. It's all tizzles there with the Sunnies on. too. Oh yes. It's just they're like Terminators. That's too good. God, Miley's hair looks great. Okay, well, I'll be stalking that later. Some of the dresses are already, I mean, I'm sorry,

I know I've talked about it before. Whatever Britney Snow is doing, I also want to be doing. She looks fucking amazing. She's in this gorgeous white dress on the carpet. It's so chic, but so classic. She looks so good. She looks so natural. It doesn't. It doesn't look like she's been doing anything to her face, but like she's been doing something because she looks so fucking good. Yeah, she looks good. Obsessed. And she was fantastic in The Beast and Me. And the hunting wife, she's been great in so many things.

Yeah. Do you know what I started reading again? What? Guys. You know, some books are better than others. And this one's so good that I read it again. I'm reading it again and I'm so engrossed. Ready Player 1.

is such a phenomenal book. I need my bell. Great book. So the other night I was like, I have like comfort things that I put on like when I want to sleep, you know, like I know the plots. I'm like fine with it.

Martian's one of them. Interstellar is one of them. It's a lot of sci-fi, whatever. And then Ready Player One is one of them. But the one thing that always annoyed me about Ready Player One is it's so much different than the book. But I read it so long ago that I forgot. got what was different about it.

So I was watching it being like, I know that this is not how you get the first key and the first pass through the first gate. But I don't remember how it was in the book. So I was like, you know, I'm going to listen to that again. I started listening to it. There's a lot of books that I'll listen to where I'll like kind of like start thinking about other things

or it won't be paying attention or whatever. This one, I am locked. Wow. This is going to shock you, Brandy. I am so engrossed in this book, a book of which I have read before. And you see the movie. And see the movie.

I actually think I've read it twice. That the other night I was sitting on my couch and I was watching sports and I muted sports and I put on my book and I just was listening to it. And I was like, this is wild. That this is how good this book is. And I know I've talked about it before. But Ready Player 1 is so good.

It is. It's fucking phenomenal. It is great. The other thing that I've been watching is called the night manager, which is not like new, but they have a new season out right now. It's with Tom Hiddleston, of whom I really like a lot. And Olivia Coleman, who is obviously one of the best. A night manager of a Cairo hotel is recruited to infiltrate an arms dealer's inner circle.

The night manager. Tom Hiddleston is the night manager of this Cairo hotel. effectively he's like having to deal with a mistress for an arms dealer but he doesn't know he's an arms dealer she comes in there with like a black eye and has been all messed up and he like gets really protective over her and but come to find out the guy that beat her up and all this stuff is a very very bad man in the Middle East and he shelters her probably showing shouldn't because now he's in danger as long as far as she is as well. It's a very fun, like, thrilling adventure, the night manager.

Very good. And they've got a second season of which I have not started yet. I'm still in the first season, but very, very good if you're into that kind of stuff. Okay. The other thing that is out on Netflix right now that I've watched before and read the book is 112263, which is a Stephen. That's so old. I know.

Stephen King novel, time travel novel about what if you were able to go back and stop the assassination of JFK. The book's fantastic. The show is now on Netflix. It stars James Franco, right? Yes. It's like number two on like the best shows. It's so good. That came out so long ago.

Yeah, but it wasn't on Netflix. That's so crazy. I know. So anyways, I started watching that and I was like, oh, I like this is so fun. That might be the next book. I might go into a world where I go read books that I know I like again. Oh, okay. Yeah.

Until someone suggests another Ready Player 1. Did you read the sequel to Ready Player 1? Yeah, I didn't love as much. Ready Parade 2? I know. Yeah. But it was okay. Did you read the sequel?

Yeah, I didn't. I don't remember liking it as much. Yeah. Have you watched anything else? Yeah, you know what else I didn't like? What, Dallas. Die My Love, Jennifer Lawrence's new movie. Oh, really?

I didn't like it. Why not? I wanted to like it because I really like Robert Pattinson. It's just really fucking sad and depressing and slow. And I don't even think I finished it. I just couldn't end it. I'm trying to think of what it reminded me of. Kind of like Blue Valentine.

Okay. Only I thought Blue Valentine was really good, even though it was sad and depressing. But it's kind of that whole vibe. Grace, a writer and young mother is fully slipping into madness locked away in an old house, in and around Montana. We see her acting increasingly agitated and erratic, leaving her companion Jackson, increasingly worried and helpless, die my love, starring Jennifer Lawrence, Robert Pattinson, Sissy Spacic. Rent Now

On Prime Video. You rented this, huh? I did. Wasn't worth it. Have you watched train dreams yet? No, we almost started that the other night. And now I have to wait for Max. He wants to watch it.

Okay. My most favorite film I've watched this year. I loved it. Well, it's January 11th. Last year. But it is really heartbreaking. So I read this and I'm like, you might not like train dreams. But to me, like,

Like heartbreak doesn't mean bad viewing. No, this one like, it's not really heartbreak. It's just this, these two people are in this relationship and it's just the most fucking depressing relationship that I've ever seen. And it's just, it's just, ooh. Okay. It's just terrible. Well, you got, when is Matt back? Uh, tomorrow.

Okay. Will you watch it? Because I actually really am interested to see like what your guys's thoughts are of the film. Yeah. Because for me, like cinematography-wise, like I don't know if it's one of the better things I've seen. Story-wise, fantastic.

And then also, like, for you, it's so much of it is shot outside in the Pacific Northwest, like this beautiful landscape that I think that you would appreciate. But then the story is really sad. So I'm like, I'm interested to know if like you would like it or not. Okay. Anyways, please watch it.

You know what else I, you know, What else I started that I didn't really like? What's that? Leo's new movie. Oh, one battle after another? Yeah. Oh, I liked it. You did?

Yeah. I don't know. We didn't make it more than 20 minutes. I don't think. We were just like, I don't know. You've got to finish the film. I wasn't grasping me. It's good.

It's very good. And in Benicio del Toro. I know. I mean, I heard everything Chelsea Handler had to say about him at the, um, would she just host critics choice? Yeah. She's so fucking funny.

Yeah, didn't love it. Might give it another shot. Side note, I'm pretty sure. I could be wrong, but I'm pretty sure Miley is sitting next to Leo tonight at the Globes. Oh, really? Yeah, it was just crazy.

I know now it doesn't matter, but if you had told us when Titanic came out that one day she would sit next time with the Golden Globes, we would freak out about that. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Is she freaked out by that? Or is she like, whatever, I don't care. She's being whatever about.

it, but I feel like low-key, she's like fan-girling. Yeah. It's Jack. How could you not? Oh. You know? Also, our favorite movie growing up, like when we were like adolescent, was Romeo and Juliet with him in it. And I just, I just

know that she's fan-girling deep down, but she'll play it cool. There's a new show on Netflix I've been wanting to start, but I'm waiting for Matt. It's with Tessa Thompson. You know what I'm talking about? No. His and hers? Yeah, that's it. John Barrenthal. A journalist in Vesk. a murder in her hometown, clashing with a suspicious detective, two sides to every story.

Someone's lying. His and hers on Netflix. Yep. That one looks good. You know the new season of Bridgerton's coming out soon. Oh, thank the Lord. So excited. Nice.

All right. Well, what do you got coming up? I'm just home for a little while, you know? Yeah. This is usually the only month of the whole year where I get to just be home. So I'm trying to just, you know, do normal things, rest, recover, be a normal person for a second. I don't know, you know, clean out the laundry cabinet and go to Pilates, I guess. This is what people do that don't travel for work, I guess.

Build up your strength for Pilates. Exactly. Yeah. Yeah. Well, I'm hanging out here. Oh, this is the week that if your boyfriends or your husbands or your girlfriends, you know, what I say? Like golf, please watch the golf channel. We are now on the golf channel officially every Wednesday morning, starting at 7 o'clock Pacific or at 10 a.m.

Eastern time. The Vanity Index podcast is airing on the golf channel, please. That's so early. Yeah. You're either in the morning or you're in the afternoon, you know, like, or at night. I don't know. Yeah. I don't know if people are like tuning in to be like, I want to watch a golf show.

at like 7 p.m. That's true. Like that's more of like a morning thing. Okay. Whatever. I'm not complaining about the time slot that I got. Okay. I'm on the golf channel.

I'm on the golf channel. All right. This is as good as it gets. Yeah. It's like you being on like style. The horse channel. You don't care what time you're getting. You're right.

On equestrian central. Yeah. Yeah. All right. Okay. Well, hey, please. If anyone wants to adopt. this three-legged tripod named Maya.

Hit your boy up. Actually hit Wags and Walks up in L.A. Maybe your brother will beaker. I know. But yes. Hopefully. Okay. All right.

Well, love you. See you. Love you. See you. I just need you to shut the fuck up because nobody asks you, bitch. I need you to shut the fuck a bitch. Shut the fuck a bitch. Shut the fuck a bitch.

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