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Giggling about bodyguards, breakdancing, and Italian bread

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Giggling about bodyguards, breakdancing, and Italian bread

The speaker shares a vivid, reflective journey from Venice to a deep dive into modern cultural dynamics, blending personal experiences with sharp social commentary. After a trip to Venice where she was accompanied by a bodyguard, she laments the overwhelming attractiveness of men in Italy and contrasts it with a perceived lack of strong male representation in American media. She critiques reality television, especially *Love Island*, for toxic language and gendered hostility, while highlighting a surprising moment when comedian Keenan Thompson name-drops the "Giggly Squad," which becomes a lens for discussing male acknowledgment of women’s talent and value. The conversation explores broader gender dynamics in comedy and pop culture, where men often dominate criticism of women’s content, and underscores the importance of self-worth and mental health, shifting from fear of judgment to recognizing positive, unseen support. A powerful documentary about an Australian breakdancer is celebrated for its portrayal of resilience and passion amid systemic failure, emphasizing that talent and authenticity survive even when ridiculed. The speaker also shares personal reflections on digital overload, emotional fatigue, and the emotional relief of decluttering, tying these to mental well-being. Ultimately, the narrative centers on community, authenticity, and the quiet strength found in connection—whether through shared dreams, digital simplicity, or the courage to pursue one’s passion despite odds.

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what's up gigglers gary fix the wi-fi manifest that shit we can't be managed i mean the day just got away from me hello my gaggle of gigglers page is still in italia i literally just got home from the venice film festival ciao como se dice i had a bodyguard tonight you love having a bodyguard yeah i loved it you love i'm normally your bodyguard i said georgio come on we're walking um well armani really had a bodyguard and then like they just like sent him with me but at one point he was like sorry like my english isn't that good and i was like it's actually so good it's better than my italian and he was like what other languages do you speak i said i don't know i'm american oh europeans are so cool i only speak they're like i dream in spanish and i and i sing in french was he hot here's the thing georgio was a good looking man yes but here's the thing about italy i just like it's actually infuriating specifically venice all the men are so good looking and i'm like how did we have rat boy summer you know like when there's these like like my favorite guy my michelle marone they all look like that he's a dime a dozen here yeah i'm a freaking dozen okay i'm like what's where are all the hot people in america specifically the men i haven't seen a hot male actor other than like maybe the love story guy recently there's something in the bread maybe it's got to be the gluten it really has to be people need gluten it's actually infuriating i looked at one guy i was like okay so your job is to drive boats around like no come to america you could be you could drive every girl around you could be anything you could be anything you wanted you love having a man just like paddle you around that's where you should be well you want to know what every time stairs were presented to me georgio would put his arm out and i was like yeah okay ariana grande yeah this is what i need georgio yeah take my arm he's holding you and you like put your head back just like at the end of romeo juliet it's like what if you carried me onto the boat hold me close whenever i have a bodyguard which is very rare because i look i look like a bodyguard myself we start chatting yeah they don't need to be there like i'm not no i was like no one knows who i am in italy i was like this is gonna be the easiest job we've ever had buddy but also i'm like look the gigglers chill as fuck look sometimes they get drunk they get a little laugh and then they get drunk and then they get drunk and then they get drunk and yeah i'm loud we can handle that i'm like will they outsmart you yes but that's funny for me to watch speaking of outsmarting good segue watch the love island reunion well i had it on in the background and i was on my phone i'm not a scholar my my my college is done someone disagree my college they said we're out okay i hate to sound like a boomer but gen z is really they have to just stop they were on there talking and like saying their points but every saying like common saying they were getting wrong like one girl goes okay well if the shoe was on the other hand obsessed obsessed see that's the thing my job on this podcast is to defend gen z and make their existence known because i love you all and one thing about me can't get a saying right for life another girl goes and if you want to die on that bed then that's your prerogative i looked i literally looked up from my phone i i go even i didn't think of that one that's a beautiful thing about language and americans yeah we can't speak other languages but we also will make up our own i was like i couldn't do it honestly i didn't really even finish it because they started to the girls started to like really fight with each other and i was like guys all these men suck i can't believe you guys are even fighting with each other every single one of your partners is a loser i heard that like one of the girls people liked in the first edit but then the reunion happened and everyone was like wait we don't fuck with her which is so unfortunate because he almost got away with it game of reality tv baby wait keenan thompson wait keenan wait wait what's the show that he was it was all that but like what's what's the show he had like with keenan keenan and cal yeah like who's keenan who's cal in this group you're i'm keenan i yeah you're definitely keenan i'm definitely because cal was like sassier i feel like cal was an idiot wait so tell them what happened we like here on amy puller's podcast she asks keenan like what is making you laugh right now and he said he loves watching like his friends succeed and his friends work and he thanked amy puller for putting on page and hannah he said it's my name he didn't say like giggly squad he said page and hannah it was crazy i didn't say hannah and page but yes he said page and hannah and you know what's funny he name dropped us no no no no he said our name so casually like as if he's like you know page and hannah yeah like i saw them last week and the funny thing is that like we've never met him i've never met him but you want to know what at las culturistas two years ago he was sitting in the front row and i got up to win cool girl award and him and i locked eyes at one point oh and i felt a way back with keenan i felt i said i think keenan and i just locked eyes you're long lost friends with keenan because my thing is just speaking broadly too about the comedy community it is still a boys club no matter how successful you are as a woman a bunch of boys will come together and still talk shit about your comedy and then anything you post online all the men who love good good are going to comment about how you suck and how all you do is talk about sex and then when a guy posts a sex video people are like this was an incredible bit and i love how he thought a lot so for keenan to be a male comic who's also on snl which is considered gold standard and like pretty prestigious not to mention he's been on tv for 300 years and he's only 28 yeah he's been on tv for like three decades i don't think he even knows and maybe he does just like how beautiful that is for him to do for women in the arts and women in stem like because it takes one man to just like say something nice about a woman and it makes everything more beautiful well because men are inherently followers where women are leader no seriously yeah men love taking orders from other men men love being on sports teams where they're listening to another man and then they hug other men like they love following we like leading so yeah it takes one man to be like actually i think those girls are okay and then all of a sudden all the other men are like oh okay and but one thing i wanted to say though is you don't like name dropping is such a thing but you don't know when you're being name dropped i feel it in my bones you ever just have a twitch middle of the night you're like oh yeah i actually i actually know that there's some motherfuckers out there name dropping me that i that would make me vomit did you ever see a photo of like people hanging out on instagram and you're like i know they talked about me every day of my life you're like i know that i took up at least 30 minutes this hang this hang was 30 minutes and the powerpoint was me that's when my ears rang i go what one of you fucking bitches why don't you text me but you know what i would argue and this keenan thing made me realize that sometimes i'll get in my head because you think people hate you or they're talking bad about you like you're you know you'll wake up and you're like is everyone mad at me yeah but what if you shifted that perspective mental health moment of the week and you said what if there's people i don't even know who are talking good about me right now that's nice isn't that nice and keenan in that room he was and there was you guys we didn't bribe him we've literally like page made accidental eye contact yeah that's just i heard also like because i know people who know him that he is like the sweetest ever he seems it like a literal angel he really i loved all that when i was little but specifically his skits like i always was so for pierre escargot like i always thought that was the funniest skit of the whole show so shout out to keenan we love you so much yeah that was really nice also adding one more thing about women because i don't feel like we talk about women at all on the pod um you mean all we do is talk about women i was being sarcastic glorious steinem died i was gonna say glorious steinem has passed away when the most incredible feminists of our time yeah and hopefully she's having a drink with dolly right now sorry my lips look so good right now i'm literally talking about sorry third-way feminism right now and they'd also agree that my lip liner is superb they also would agree you do look really fucking good um she had one quote that i thought was really interesting that i want to read to you right now sorry i feel like you're in a college professor course on zoom and you're like don't want to listen i'm about to go camera off for that's the energy that i'm giving you too i'm like i'm gonna need you to focus for the next 10 seconds okay it's gloria steinem said any woman who chooses to behave like a full human being should be warned that the armies of the status quo will treat her as something of a dirty joke that is really true i was just gonna say it reminds me of my firing which we we barely speak about every episode you're firing my firing and how i said i wanted to do something else and be something else and everyone really laughed at me i actually can't wait for the morgan stewart pod to come out because like i talked about you so much because like what else do i have going on other than you're my friend and she like didn't know that you got fired and so like i told her you have to explain it she was like she was like so then did you leave after and you're like that's another thing i go i stayed for four more seasons i had to get more revenge for my girl i did it for my friend and i had work to do um i saw a quote recently because this used to be my kryptonite when i was like in my teens and 20s like if i wanted to break up with a guy i would be like okay but the next girl he dates like he's gonna treat her so much better and my mom would get so mad at me because she'd be like okay that's like not a thing like no he's not this guy's a loser and so i keep seeing on tiktok people being like so what if he treats the next girl well what if your next guy buys you a yacht and names it after you it's so true like you can't worry about like when you want to break up with someone you have to remind yourself you know them you know who they are and if you don't want to be with them you have to go that's why i hate having a dream about an ex you've ever dreamed about an ex and it like puts them in such a good light and then you wake up and you're like no i i couldn't get food to go down when i was around him i haven't dreamt about an ex in a really long time oh another thing they kept doing on love island instead of saying taken they kept saying took in and that really pissed me that's where we're gonna have to put the foot down the literacy crisis is really it's not good took in wait i love how one person said it and everyone was like oh i love that word i'm gonna keep using it no i can't i couldn't take it anymore did you notice you can rearrange your grid on instagram yes but that's way too much admin for me like i don't want that many options are you really happy about it have you scheduled an organizing day no i haven't stopped the minute i post something new and it has a new color and i go well what if we brought this picture up from the archives it's actually taken over my whole life no that's my word i'm not touching it you know i don't delve into grid aesthetic and it's so easy to switch them around well what do you think about instagram changing their font i don't really care about that because there was a day where like we had a home button and then one day we just didn't things change wow look at you you used to be very bad with change and now you're just this water sign just flowing through the world now i'm like get it out i don't care actually josephine me and josephine have had such a lovely time together josephine said um she was like do you ever feel like if you do something wrong do you ever feel like you're back in middle school and you're like getting in trouble which i used to feel like that all the time like i never wanted people to be mad at me because i'd be like oh my god am i in trouble same and i was like it wasn't until my 30s that i had to like reiterate in my brain you're not in charge no one is in charge of me you want to yell at me for what like you can't fire me you can't what are you gonna do call my dad like okay and so i literally said to her i was like josephine there's no one on this planet that can yell at you but me oh well that's the thing and this one girl didn't yell at me because i was like josephine you're not in charge of me did like a video about it how we were talking about how our assistants are just so much more than assistants yeah assistants are real and it's a very important job but like our girls because they've been with us for so long like josephine's more than an assistant grace is the ceo and when people see grace they're like is that your assistant i'm like gun to there i'm like how would you call her would you call her one day josephine texted me she was like hey do you mind if i change my title to this and i was like yeah oh yeah she was like creative and inspirational project manager stylist i have to find what it is because it's there was a millennial time where everyone was like ceo of adventure creative operations director for page to sorbo and i was like fuck yeah josephine but that is she is like josephine does all my creative like i think you should do this i think you should stand here what if you wore this like she really is my gen z can i just say something about giggly squad and i'm not talking about daphne like i feel like daphne it's still small but you've like you have a built-out company gig squad you guys it's three people when i tell you it's me page and grace and grace hasn't slept in years okay and we will do grace with people grace tried to take one vacation this summer one she goes guys i haven't taken a vacation this is my one vacation please leave me alone for this week and we said um okay what if something happens no grace had a family emergency she was like are you guys okay she's like hey i'm gonna be off my phone for a couple hours make sure you stay alive we talk to people and they're like okay so who's your like ceo who's your head of operations who's your they start naming all these things i'm like call grace you're when they're like can i speak to the manager i'm like you're looking at her okay talk to me talk to her talk to her but i honestly think you're going to be okay i'm going to be okay i'm going to be okay i'm going to be okay the reason why giggly squad hasn't evolved at all in a good way is because i think we've evolved 2020 i hope we've evolved a smidge we haven't like changed is because i don't want to hire some random person and like teach them how to do what we do like we are no i think sometimes people try to build their businesses too fast and this is not just in like creator i think in general and they hire a bunch of people they try to grow and then you lose quality over quantity and that's our entrepreneur section of the week it's so exhausting getting to know someone oh actually we can't do interviews that's why we've never done anything i don't want to meet someone i can't i don't want to get to know any new hi thank you thank you for i think hi nice to meet you because also josephine knows like little things about her like she's like she's like she's like tells about me that no one else would know like you would pick up on it grace would pick up on it and my mom like i can't reteach that to someone this we're going on six years if you told me i could get an app which is basically like having a personal trainer i would have laughed but honestly ladder is the closest thing i found to actually having a personal trainer and not having to go anywhere ladder is an expert strength training plan not a content library these aren't influencer workouts or challenges it's real people real progressive programming and it's not just a programming designed by certified coaches your progress is tracked automatically and the app remembers your weights reps and sets so you can see yourself getting stronger over time and it costs less than one dollar a day that's elite level personal training for a fraction of what you'd pay in person ladder now also includes nutrition tracking at no extra cost there's also real community behind it your team has a group chat where your coach answers questions and members motivate each other it's so much better than pretending you actually know what you're doing when you're watching workouts and you're just trying to figure out what you're doing to mimic it i like actually talking to a trainer but not having to go anywhere or seeing anyone remove the guesswork with ladder and get a real coach in your ear telling you exactly what to do for every workout no thinking everything is planned for you and if you have an iphone head to ladder.fit slash giggly and take a quick quiz to find your perfect ladder plan use our link to get a free seven-day trial with no credit card and ten dollars off your first month if you join wait you would have been so proud of des who i have to give a shout out because he is a silent partner of giggly squad as in like he doesn't know what's going on but we bring him in when necessary yeah and i had an outfit i was supposed to wear and i put it on and we had a photographer and des in the apartment and des was like you're not fucking wearing that and i'm like okay um why because you thought it was ugly well deep down i knew it was a risk and like my risks don't always work out and deep down i actually didn't love it but i also like was kind of told i had to wear it and i'm like des like i know and he's like uh that's not you like it doesn't look right like and i was like loving that he was so passionate about my image even though he's a straight man so you have to question it but like he was like talking from his heart and then the photographer who is a gagler was like i said stop let me talk to him and he looked at him and he goes your husband's actually so right and i'm so happy that he spoke up and like he really cares about you and protects you oh my god that is so nice and then afterwards he was like Like, I really fuck with Des because of, like, how he spoke up about. And I'm like, we were actually going to The U.S. Open. Whenever my mom says something diabolical to me, I am always thankful because I'm like, if you don't tell me, who's going to tell me? Exactly. I want yes men in my life. So Des calls my ass out. And I think that's so important. And yeah, does it hurt my ego sometimes? Yes. But is humility the most important thing in this world? Yeah. Maybe. Maybe. I've been watching shit while you've been in Venice. We've had very different experiences. While you're on the gondola, I've been on the sectional. Horizontal. Okay. Pastor's Wife. Yeah. One of the best documentaries I've seen in a while. Yeah, for sure. And I didn't see the last episode yet. But if there's a pastor involved, I'm watching. Oh, sorry. I'm getting FaceTime from Lois, who, by the way, is blowing up on TikTok. Have you seen? No. She just told a story about stuff Lois has said. And the Gigglers found the video. And now, like. She's an icon. And Jeannie was like, I love the Giggly Squad community. They're the nicest girls in the world. And I'm like, I know. It's crazy. So anyway, Pastor's Wife. Where do I begin? Uh-huh. There is a certain culture, like, it's like to date the quarterback. Like, to date the famous guy. Like, to date the guy who makes a lot of money. There's a community where, like, dating the pastor means you're, like, you're that girl. Yeah. Like, being the pastor's wife. Like, you walk in church and you're like, oh, my God, paparazzi. Like, the pastor's wife is an it girl that everyone wants to be. In another world, you were a pastor's wife. Totally. Totally. It's like being the first lady. What's it called? The first lady. Yeah. The first lady of the church. And some of these churches, it's, like, 50 people and it's a made-up name and some narcissistic guy just yelling random thoughts that he has, but that's their community, okay? But they're oddly all very sexual. Every single sermon that they were showing, this guy was like, your man is going to want to fuck everything and it's your job to never say no to him and he's going to have demons and he's going to want to fuck. And I'm like, I'm just here on a Monday trying to learn about. I'm like, I don't know. Every guy I've met after 37 can't really get it up anymore. And they have issues. And what was crazy is, you know what we always say, like, when you can't eat, when your hair starts falling out, like that, when you start having panic attacks, that's your body being like, I don't trust your mind anymore because it's clearly brainwashed. We're telling you, you need to go. And this pastor's wife, by the way, she married a sweet man in the beginning. Yeah. Her first boyfriend was this sweet guy she met at church. Everything was great. And then she looked identical. To the pastor's wife. Yeah. Except much younger. Underage. And they start hooking up and they get married and he's insane. No, he's one of the scariest people I've seen in a documentary in a while. And I think what makes it even scarier is that he's like living like around town. Like he just lives his normal, like nothing. There's no charges. There's nothing. He is one of the most dangerous men because not only is he like stereotypically good looking, so people already are giving him the benefit of the doubt, but he also has charisma and power. And there's so many men you see like that in Hollywood, in comedy, and everyone fucking loves them because of what they're showing to the world when realistically they're, how do you say it in French? Monsters. Monsters. Monsters. Monsters. So she. I don't know the ending. It's really sad. The ending is very, it's one of those docu, documentaries where you get to the end and you're like, and then what? Like, and then what the fuck did everyone do about it? And it's like, we couldn't do anything. Also, like there's sex addiction is like a real thing. And like, it's not like, oh, my boyfriend looks at porn. Like this guy had a real sex addiction problem. Yeah. Wait, what is up with like people being like, I feel like it's also even in like Gen Z. Did you see that there's like, there was like a whole study about how Gen Z does not want to see sex scenes? Wait, so when people kiss, they put their hands over their eyes. They're like, no, I will watch a movie just because I know there is a sex scene and I want to see it. Millennials had a website where it would tell you when the boobs would come in every single movie. It was like. It was like a website that said the where to see tits. I think it's really weird if you don't watch porn. I personally would never get upset if my man was watching porn. If I was like, hey, can we have sex? And he said, no, I'd rather watch porn. That's a problem. That's a problem. But like, if he's away for the weekend and happened to watch porn and jerked off. Jerking, honey. My man is healthy. My man is healthy. He's going. Call me. Like 30 seconds when you're done. Like, I don't mean they're not. You think they're sitting on there for two hours? No. Also, I would argue you guys should, too. Listening at home. It's healthy. It's healthy. Understand your body. Also, watch some porn to understand, like, what are some moves pull out? You know, just like a little karate or like have a it's I think it's really healthy to have a moment with yourself. I don't understand people like I would never let my boyfriend watch porn. I'm like. I will say I will say there I don't want to watching blonde porn. I don't want to watch it. Blonde porn. OK, I draw the fucking line somewhere. Yeah. I have to say that's divorce. There have been times where, like, I've asked boyfriends, like, when are you watching it, though? Yeah, because that's fascinating. Where am I? Am I in the house? I've never seen a man jerk off, but you guys claim you do it all day long. Hannah, why have I never walked in on? A man jerking off? That is my I would love that. I like you. Sorry. How are they so good at hiding that? You know what I think they're doing? I think they're doing it. And take a poll at home, ladies, because I think they're doing it in the shower. OK, I think they're doing it when they shower because it's easy. Clean. There's no cleanup. Oh, smart. It's loud. Like, no one's coming in. Yeah. And that's when I think they're doing it. Do I think they're laying in bed lighting a candle, like having a night? No. Yeah, no. The way we're jerking off is different. I think that this pastor who was like making her have sex four times a day, I'd be like, hey, hey, do it yourself. He made her get on testosterone. I feel like that alone should be illegal. No, that's fully illegal. Do you feel like there's like a real divide on TikTok right now with like men and women like this documentary, the court case happening, the good, good. The good commercial. Like, I just feel like there's a lot of things recently where people are very split and it's men and women. There's a lot of tension. And I thought my hand on the street videos was going to bring everyone together. But I guess it didn't work. Why? What were your hand on the street videos going to be? When I was asking men about like tampons and pee, I just thought we could like laugh and like understand each other and like call each other out, but in a silly way. Yeah. And that's what I try to do on my stand up shows, like making fun of the men, but being like, and it's OK. It's OK to be bad, to be stupid. Also, recently, did you see Tom Brady like jumped off a yacht, but he was like holding his nose. He like pinched his nose and everyone was like, we lose respect when I do it. I'm protecting my nostrils when he does it. I'm like, take your Super Bowl rings and throw them in there, too. There's no male celebrities right now that are like impressive to me. I could name one. Male celebrity that like I genuinely love. Jonathan Bailey. OK, he's gay. Jonathan Bailey. Number one. Nicole Byer was like all these leading men nowadays. She's like soft. Whatever happened to Russell Crowe? She's like, we had Russell fucking Crowe. Now we have. Wait, this is so bad. I mean, Stephanie, we're texting about this because Stephanie and I, like when we were in high school, would connect on like shows that we loved and she was like massive One Tree Hill fan. And I loved Gilmore Girls and like so we would like the guys in that show. And so we were texting recently about the new Amazon show and she was like, maybe it's just because we're getting older, but like the guys are just like not that hot. And I was like, Stephanie, I felt the same way. Like when we were in high school and middle school, our leading men in TV shows, I feel like were you were like, that guy's not in high school. He's so fucking hot. Well, also back then. Like, what did they just cast more like actual men, like not like 21 year olds? Because like, you know, like Viggo Mortensen, he's always been like 42. Who? Viggo Mortensen. I don't know who's hot. Who the fuck is that? OK, I'll send that to you. You can have a fun night. Jason Statham. I think they used to cast older. Yeah, because I remember being like, that's a grown ass man. Yeah, because typically people that are playing high school kids are like 25. But even like Joaquin Phoenix. January craig like these are like hot men sorry i'm looking at lists right now name a man the james name a man yeah but like johnny depp he fixed me out yeah i mean obviously but like back then that was like a just like a beautiful hot man you know what it is nowadays they don't they've never been look smaxing harder but they've never been look smaxing weaker no they've never been trying harder don't get me started you just alba don't get me started denzel these are men these are men denzel is a is a legitimate he's god like i feel like if something happened and denzel was like look guys actually i am god i'd be like yeah could have called that colin farrell um ewan mcgregor yeah like there's no um there's no bad boys like colin farrell was like a bet like i feel like he was like like mark walberg he was yeah with robert downey junior yeah like where are the drug problem the closest we have is barry keyogan and he was like the internet was mean to me and he stopped posting they're soft these days the men i did watch however the ray gun documentary it's out did that cross your desk no what what is it on amazon it's out on amazon no netflix oh i'll watch that tonight it's fucking incredible now my two cents is first of all you love her look she's quirky she's quirky every time i watch i was like i thought it was myself dressed up in the outfit i really look like weirdly you love someone that beats to their own drum i do but i do have to say maybe similar to me she has a confidence to her that i i was like okay the best part pinpoint it i was like is this what people think about me when oh isn't that the worst feeling when you see someone do something you're like i think people think i'm like that like that is really the worst i go wait a second but the best part of the documentary that no one knew about her is she has the most adorable husband that i would argue is a bit of an enabler where he's like he's australian i can't do australian accent but he's like she's doing high art like she's incredible like i was like would it be insane if she made this like australian he's like it's like every second he's like she's amazing but he was the original b-boy and then she's just like an academic who fell in love with it and she did it for a long time but not full time and there was a legit qualification and she did it and she legitimately won it but like her style is like it's weird it's a weird kind of style and then she started she was like they're like you're going to the olympics and she's never been in a gym before she like doesn't have a coach she has like a year to prepare for it and she just like doesn't know what to do and she's at the australian olympic gym just like standing there with all these other like full-time athletes and what's crazy about her story is that she started getting like panic attacks because she like knew something bad was going to happen because she felt like something was off and she started to do a couple tournaments and she was like scoring really badly so it's not like this wasn't a surprise like she knew that she was not going to do well okay and but what happened is it was the third round in the olympics so the first and second round i guess she did horribly but like not she didn't embarrass her whole country like with a viral meme and she told her therapist she was like what's the worst that can happen like the whole country the whole country the whole world and she's like that's not going to happen so her husband was like you got to end down a band you got to do something crazy pull out those like random moves we practiced and it was like to reflect upon like the culture of australia she did like a swimming motion like there were like even the sprinklers apparently invented in australia there was like nuance to it that is not important she said she gets off the last round she lost all of them nine zero oh the press the press people were like hey do you want to take a break or do you want to like go to press and she's like i'm on like dopamine let's go let's just like do the press and someone's like by the way there's like some videos going around she's like it's all good whatever and she kept thinking it was going to die down and it just like got stronger but it started very fun like started people being like this is hilarious this girl's hilarious this is funny but then it started to take a dark turn where people started researching into it being like that her husband was part of the um like qualifying committee which apparently was actually false but it went around and everyone talked about it joe rogan talked about it and they were like she's a scam artist so she's like then shit started to get scary because i was getting accused of like fraud oh my god like the husband's like i'm not a part of the committee and i'm not a part of the committee and i'm not a part of the committee and like this is not a thing but people just ran with it it's kind of like the the cold play people like that lady came out and was like we're both single yeah this is insane like i'm separated like we're all separated what i love about these documentaries is it reminds you that like people aren't just a hashtag like she's a human and she had to like disappear and like hide for a long time and look i don't think she's a particularly gifted breakdancing artist i'm just gonna be blunt yeah just be honest but you love her passion even her parents were laughing at like they never thought she'd be an olympian they never even thought she'd be a dancer well she's not i at the end she's oh i got chills she's like in taipei and she's like i'm gonna dance for the first time since the olympics and it shows her like get back with a community and like with these like artistic kind of dancers and she's and i was really just so impressed by her i love seeing people who get like taken down and then are able to be like in spite of all that i'm gonna do what i want to do do i think she probably has other things that she'd be really good at yes and maybe she should explore them however like she loves dancing and i think she hopefully can be able to like turn this into a positive america loves a comeback story because the truth is she didn't do anything wrong right like i didn't realize that she caught like i didn't realize she went through the obstacles and won and then was sent to the olympics like okay so where's the committee that was like yeah you're good enough to go i also think with these random sports they haven't figured that out so like she was a um victim of the system that wasn't prepared for like stuff like this to happen which is for the talent to have such a wide range i didn't realize that you can just like lobby to get new sports into the olympics yeah who are you calling yeah like how do you even go about that like who who wreck who says okay pickle ball pickle balls now in the olympics yeah like what qualifies it and like does every country have to agree like is there a committee that they bring it to and you have to like plead your case on why you think this sport should be in the olympics and then does every country get to try out for it honestly break dancing is cool it is an art though so it's like super subjective but it's so cool i feel like any type of dancing is sport like dancers are oh my god do you ever like come across the ballet dancers on tiktok i saw black swan holy shit those girls are working well then i argue should competitive cheerleaders be in the olympics but then this is a bigger problem with the olympics because we're sports podcast so we'll talk about it she's told she has to train for a year but she doesn't have money so she has to like work during the day her husband had to work two jobs for her to be able to like be in the gym enough because like there's no money behind it right it's just for like endorsements for pride for country pride but yeah one of the the b girls justice justice and world peace one of the b girls was like my i got really mad when she did the sprinkler i thought it was fucking disrespectful to what we do and she like called her out she was like how the fuck could you do the sprinkler at the olympics and her and ray gun literally looks at her and was like do you know that it was invented in australia and i was doing it to like bring talk what's the word like bring love to australia this sounds like an snl skit that keenan wrote bring out the dancing lobsters truly i've been on reality tv i've heard some of the most ridiculous arguments in my time this is by far the craziest thing i've ever heard how dare you do the shopping cart at the olympics you're embarrassing us but then she told the b girl like i wanted to what is a b girl it's a break dancer girl sorry you would know if you were in with the breakdancer community which i am from watching the netflix documentary sorry i but also then the b girl you're like say b girl one more time beat or b b dash girl the letter b you're so jealous you're not a b girl you're so don't fucking well i just feel like that is actually a very cool name and i'm not thinking breakdancing girl b girl also they have b boys no i don't like that and what i love about the b girls is it feels like stand-up where it's this like male dominated thing and they'd be like can girls even dance can girls even do power moves and then obviously the girls could fucking dance not us some girls there are girls out there who can not and but but the b girl at the end was like i looked it up and she was right the sprinkler was created in australia and i realized i didn't fully understand what she was trying to do so they tried to make it then like that she actually was like kind of an artistic genius but and that didn't truly hit with me but the truth is she's fucking human and like gloria steinem said women should be able to be human beings how old is she i think in her 30s yeah like think about how many things men just do and we like do badly and we just accept yeah i don't know like our whole all the systems every name a system they tried it they suck at it all of them they're so bad i also i love someone who like gets passionate about something like imagine yeah like being like wow breakdancing is cool i'm gonna like become it like that's so cool of her hannah you did that with stand-up comedy and i did that with wearing dresses outfits wait i met kendall jenner tonight how did we wait so long to bring this up well we had important topics did she say anything about me and hailey we didn't talk about you guys we really we had our own we had like our own thing happening and she had so you bring me up in front of everyone except kendall jenner cool it's looking strategic she had a side part i had a side part is it hailey we're not sisters we're twins she was so she was lovely i mean we were at an armani beauty event for venice festival and we did like a little video together and she was just like a normal ass girl she's tall though right she's i felt like a pipsqueak she's so beautiful she's so tall she's just so nice it's so funny because like i just feel like society is so her and vittoria you know leonardo dicaprio's girlfriend she's famous model she's like does all like the dolce and gabbana perfume ads people are like you would see these girls and like the majority of society would be like i bet they're so mean and then you meet them and you're like you might be one of the nicest people i've met like she truly was so nice and down to earth honestly everyone i met this weekend was so lovely like nina dobrev so nice it's funny we we've never crossed paths with her and i feel like well now she's in her single era so she's like socializing well she said that to me she goes we and i was like we actually haven't and she was like no i feel like we've met and then she looked at me and she goes we look like sisters and i was like i didn't want to say anything but i also think that we resemble each other a little bit she was like no we really do and so she was really lovely too i mean vampire diaries was a big part of my life and she's shooting stuff right now where she had to go blonde or something she just filmed a movie um and i think it's set in like the 70s she was talking about like the wardrobe i don't know she didn't say she had to go blonde but she just wrapped she said like a week ago you socialized a lot no honey i socialized honey how many days do you need off now labor day weekend is page de sorbo weekend okay kitty has no idea what she's in for she's gonna be locked in the bedroom she's gonna be so happy okay speaking of kitty yeah i love to i was scrolling instagram and i saw this guy who spray painted people's pets and i was like well this is exactly what i need right now spray paint oh on a piece of paper i thought there was a man running about town finding your pets on the street spray painting them i go that's gotta be illegal it's gonna be some type of crime painting on like clothes so i was like hey i have three cats well there's more but let's start with three i said it's butter daphne and boots and i need you um to make these for us like let me know how much and let's make it happen his name is um rex rabbit and he sent us the most amazing did you see it or are you sleeping i think i saw people do people know that grace has an adorable kitty named boots oh you have it i just saw it on instagram oh i you have you own it wait i just thought he made wait hannah we're so connected because a girl on tiktok made like a ceramic bowl that said daphne's name on it and i saw that and i and i dm i go i need it you guys anything you make anything you make we will contact you and buy it and upcharge us okay wait what are the chances that me and you did that in the same week we gotta stop hannah we're weird stuff recently wait we did something the other day and i was like hannah i did that too what was it we had the same dream one night which is fucking crazy wait this is actually i need a psychic to weigh in on this hannah texted me the other day and she goes i had the craziest dream about your wedding and i go hannah i had a dream about my wedding last night you weren't in my dream though like i went like you weren't involved in my wedding you weren't involved in my wedding you weren't involved in my dream but in my dream i was at my wedding is it like wait is it like reality tv where like you had your own storyline at the wedding but i was doing it from my storyline i think so um also like were we in like the same realm in our sleep like we both were or we're in like different timelines of the same like i it's not like it's one thing if i always dream about your wedding but i haven't dreamt about your wedding really and i just never dream like i never remember my dream you know when it's like it's the like the movie of the night like sometimes you have like a lot of little dreams this was like the whole premiere was your wedding so i woke up just like thinking about your wedding that's crazy no that was weird creepy and weird creepy and weird someone let us know what that means yeah that's gotta be something like like we should call mystic or oh angel yeah i really need to someone literally told me they saw angel and they were like angel said that i was depressed and i was like welcome to a meeting with angel yeah talk about someone who's not a yes person that we need to get on our team like on our actual payroll oh you want someone to make it up to you she's not telling she's telling it like it is you don't want yes man on your team call angel truly i've been feeling really good though because i know i didn't clean my room but i had like a little bit of an episode where like you know when your computer just like isn't working right but like you know it's your fault because like i have every single app well you also probably have 800 tabs open 800 tabs on multiple and i said you know what i'm killing the whole family and i'm not restoring the tabs oh no i just was like whatever tabs these were not important i deleted all of them i felt like i took the best poop of my life i felt i felt free i felt light i felt open i now feel like i can like do things i couldn't do before i went to the gym this morning decluttering decluttering anything truly is like a mental health thing like i never have tabs open like right now my email is at 97 and i could i could lose it like i i've never got let it go i've never let it go i've never let it go i've never let it go yes page i've never i've rarely let it get the highest i let it get to like and this is once in a blue moon is like 50 page do you know my gmail is that no i can't i can't know do you want to guess yeah she's like send it to me well you know what because you'd probably don't delete any of your promotional emails oh you have thousands and also like i just move like i just don't click on the ones i don't want to click on no i'm i respond immediately when i need to you do you respond faster than i do okay you're gonna die not to brag 72 800 emails 72 000 let me get in there let me get in there clean that thing off but like i've responded to everything i need to like i i know i'm not behind on anything okay so say you're in your email inbox and you get an email like from zara and they're like new in this week you just Keep it not open. you never yeah i just don't open it and if it's something that like i can't respond to right now i'll put a star next to it yeah i like put it immediately in my to-do list i love a star stars in my email are really important to me also i have a trillion apps on my phone yeah and that needs that's the second thing we have to hit because one thing about me if it's free i love downloading an app well sometimes i'll get emails and it's like your payments process i'm like for what though for what app is that and meditation apps and like learn a new word every day apps i've downloaded and you know what i'm paying eleven dollars a month to a lot of bullshit well i don't think they're even our sponsor but rocket money helps with yeah they know seriously they'll clean it up they'll clean it right up for you shout out rocket money clean it out and we need that for people in our lives sometimes um when are you flying home the game is on we just need to know tomorrow i i can't wait okay we can't do this long distance thing any longer it's really stressing me out i'm so excited i'm i miss my kitty so much the kitty's been hanging out with the dog while i'm gone okay and they're doing okay and i set up a furbo in like one specific room because kitty always goes in there and i set up the furbo i get a little notification and it's kitty walking into the room and i'm like she's so cute and then i love how she gets an entry they're like she's coming she's like kitty's walking in and so i'm watching kitty walk in and then all of the sudden there's a dog behind her kitty goes finds her spot where she wants to lay lays down the dog watches where she's like going sees her lay down and then he lays in front of her like to guard her she is a security guard then she rolled over on her stomach i go you little slut she loves she like loves him now it's crazy to watch them like to get i'm like how is this my life she's so your cat though because she tested him for like eight months like she made his life a living hell for eight months she warmed up to this dog last week she's like i still don't trust you no that is actually a part of my personality that is bad i will test you at any moment i love you i'm like let's just see what he says like sometimes you get bored have a little fun no sometimes you have to do you have to run experiments in your own home have a little whimsy yeah you have to see you have to see like what could the possible outcome be also i hate i hate teasing but i think it's just fun i still let you the gigglers know we're always cooking up something and my favorite thing to do with the gigglers is to do something that they don't expect like remember when we wrote a book and everyone thought it was a bit like i don't know i don't know i don't they're really very funny there's no possible way so we have stuff we're doing that will be coming out shortly that i think i'm so excited for the gigglers to be like i never thought that they would do this wait what are we talking about this is a you project okay please don't lump me into this i'm just going along with it contractually okay this has been a labor of love that you have been involved in every now and then page just lets me go and she lets me have my fun and um anyway have an amazing weekend you guys we love you so much and talk to you later bye

Podcast Summary

Key Points:

  1. The speaker reflects on their recent visit to Venice, where they were accompanied by a bodyguard and observed the overwhelming physical appeal of men, contrasting it with a perceived lack of attractive male actors in American media.
  2. They highlight the absurdity and toxicity of online reality TV culture, especially *Love Island*, criticizing the use of incorrect language (“took” vs. “took”) and the harsh treatment of women in competitive settings.
  3. A key moment involves Keenan Thompson, a comedian who casually name-drops the "Giggly Squad," leading the speaker to reflect on the rarity and value of men acknowledging and appreciating women in comedy and media.
  4. The conversation critiques the gendered dynamics in comedy and pop culture, where men often dominate criticism of women’s content and only praise when it aligns with male norms.
  5. The speaker emphasizes the importance of self-worth and mental health, shifting from fear of being judged to recognizing that people may be praising her in ways she doesn’t see.
  6. A powerful documentary about a breakdancer in Australia is praised for showcasing resilience, passion, and the damaging societal systems that fail to support unique talent.
  7. The discussion touches on generational shifts in media representation, noting a decline in the presence of strong, charismatic male leads in popular TV, contrasting past eras with current softness and lack of authenticity.
  8. The group shares personal anecdotes about daily struggles with digital clutter, mental fatigue, and emotional well-being, while celebrating the strength of genuine human connection and community.

Summary:

The speaker shares a vivid, reflective journey from Venice to a deep dive into modern cultural dynamics, blending personal experiences with sharp social commentary. After a trip to Venice where she was accompanied by a bodyguard, she laments the overwhelming attractiveness of men in Italy and contrasts it with a perceived lack of strong male representation in American media. She critiques reality television, especially *Love Island*, for toxic language and gendered hostility, while highlighting a surprising moment when comedian Keenan Thompson name-drops the "Giggly Squad," which becomes a lens for discussing male acknowledgment of women’s talent and value.

The conversation explores broader gender dynamics in comedy and pop culture, where men often dominate criticism of women’s content, and underscores the importance of self-worth and mental health, shifting from fear of judgment to recognizing positive, unseen support. A powerful documentary about an Australian breakdancer is celebrated for its portrayal of resilience and passion amid systemic failure, emphasizing that talent and authenticity survive even when ridiculed. The speaker also shares personal reflections on digital overload, emotional fatigue, and the emotional relief of decluttering, tying these to mental well-being.

Ultimately, the narrative centers on community, authenticity, and the quiet strength found in connection—whether through shared dreams, digital simplicity, or the courage to pursue one’s passion despite odds.

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The speaker finds the men in Venice to be exceptionally attractive, describing them as 'dime a dozen' and 'infuriatingly good-looking,' which contrasts with her perception of men in America, where she feels there are fewer attractive male actors.

She criticizes the show for using 'took in' instead of 'taken,' calling it a linguistic error that reflects a broader issue of poor language use in media, which she sees as a sign of a 'literacy crisis.'

She describes it as romantic and comforting, with the bodyguard physically holding her arm, reminiscent of scenes from 'Romeo and Juliet,' and notes it's a rare experience because she often looks like a bodyguard herself.

She defends Gen Z by pointing out they often use creative, made-up language and expressions, and argues that their presence in pop culture is underappreciated, while also noting how they express themselves in ways that differ from previous generations.

She finds the documentary revealing and disturbing, showing how a woman is subjected to a predatory and controlling relationship, and how societal systems fail to protect her, ultimately highlighting the dangers of sex addiction and power imbalances.

She observes that men often hide their emotions and actions, such as watching porn or jerking off, and notes that these behaviors are not openly discussed, suggesting a cultural pattern of emotional suppression.

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