Giggling about bodyguards, breakdancing, and Italian bread
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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.
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
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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:
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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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