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- Testing, testing. - Is this thing on? - Hey, I can't remember you. - Hello, hello. - What? - Remember we did that whole thing on that Bradley Cooper movie, is this thing on? (laughs) - Yes. - Wow, Deep God, I'm proud about that. - We did like a segment on our sport show about is this thing on, which has-- - I don't even think the movie podcast did that. - Nope, just us. - All right, well, we like the movie. Let's see on this center. All right. (upbeat music) - Hi, Charlotte. - Madeleine, good day. We're back with another episode of the sports gossip show presented by eBay Live. (singing in foreign language) - You know what I remind of me of is like a PBS kids' jingle. That one, yes, yes. That was a PBS kid. Yesterday, or when was that? - Tuesdays was Disney Channel, that was PBS. Yes. - Just switching it up. Sorry, I have to move my-- Okay, there we are. - Did you watch PBS as a child? Or was that too? - Well, I don't know, you didn't like animate. You didn't like things that weren't real. - No, I mean, I watched a lot of masterpiece classics documentaries, but no, I did watch PBS Kits. I did watch PBS Kits, yes, yes. - I wasn't that strange. - Well, I would argue that those of us who did grow up watching PBS Kits have a little something special going on in here. - Well, and I mean that both of us. - Yes, and we do. - And we sure do. And I think it's a high compliment to PBS Kits. - Yes, I think so too. - We have a fabulous episode for you all today. We have a lot of World Cup drama to get to. We are obviously going to talk about Argentina's crazy comeback against Egypt, absurd, a couple other previews of what's to come in the World Cup. We're also going to talk about Norway Star Early in Holland. We have a bit of a deep dive, a Lord deep dive. - I like that, yeah. - Would you say, call it a Lord deep dive? - Well, I just realized that we've talked about him, but then it's funny 'cause I'll see things on the internet and I'm like, oh my God, that's crazy. Why isn't anyone talking about that? And then I remember that we have a podcast. And so it occurred to me. Well, we could talk about it. - We do have two microphones. - We do have two microphones and a whole lot of heart. - Exactly. And then of course we're going to get into some sports gossip show classics, a couple compressed flour. Are they compressed or not engagements? And that's to come on the sports gossip show back after the break. All of that in more. (laughs) - It's like a Rebecca Lowe on. - Nevermind, nevermind, I just tweeted. Sorry. I loved it. - Sorry. - Whatever you were going to do, I was into whatever it was going to be. - Thank you for your unending support. - You're so old. - You are a co-host of my dreams. Okay, let's start with the World Cup. Why not? That's a big deal these days. - Oh my God. We have to talk about Argentina's comeback. They beat Egypt 32, which if you just looked at the score, you'd be like, all right, they just won. Okay. But if you watched the match and the timing of the goals, it did not seem like Argentina was going to win this match. We're going to almost see entire match up until the 78th minute. - Yeah, it was really insane. And Egypt was playing so well, they scored a goal. It was taken away by VAR. And then the same guy scored like the same exact goal. - Yeah. - Which is always sort of fun when he's like, okay, fine, I'll just do it again. Yeah, so Egypt was dominating. And then Argentina just was like, you know what? I don't think we want to go home yet. - No, they said no, thank you. And Christian Romero scored the first goal in the 78th minute. The crowd went berserk, but he was very measured. His reaction to score in the goal was like, well, yeah, he scored a goal, but there's really not that much time left in this match. So I don't know if we're going to win. - Well, right. And I think that that's the appropriate reaction because, you know, I just, soccer is, it's so fun that anybody can even it out. Like, this was what makes soccer so the tension just builds and builds and builds until you're all, you're like, okay, all of a sudden it's 2-1. And then in the 83rd minute, what happened? Just five minutes later, messy scores, the equalizing goal. And in a contrasting celebration, I have not seen messy celebrate that intensely the entire tournament, I think. He leaped in the air like he won a billion dollars, which he probably has a lot of money already. But it looked like just elation, all the emotions I feel like that had been built up inside of him, the entire tournament so far came out in that celebration because I feel like at that point, he knew like, okay, we can turn this around and we can win. - Totally. If it's 2-2, essentially 0-0, you're just like, oh, okay, so we have a chance here, which is kind of all you can ask for. And then in the 90 second minute, so it was 90 minutes, it was with seven minutes of extra time. - I believe you put that in here. - Thank you, that's correct. - Enzo Fernandez scored a goal to make it 3-2. - Yeah, and that was that. And that's all she wrote. - And that was that. - I mean, it really, I think says, I mean, I will say, it says a lot about Argentina for not giving up, they won the last roll cup, they're trying to come back again and win a second World Cup, which is very challenging to do really in any sport to come back and win the championship. It's difficult, as we know, Oklahoma City eliminated early and then be a playoffs. - It's very hard. - It's very hard. Very hard to give a score to that one. - But I also think it says a lot about Egypt because they kind of crap the bed on this one. They were up 2-0, was 78 minutes left. - I mean, even with that first goal, you're like, okay, you guys better get it together. But I feel like maybe spiritually they knew in their soul just the power the sports gods are on messy side and just knew like it's over for us. Egypt knew in their soul their heart of hearts, those sports gods or goddesses wherever they are in the universe were just on messy side. Once Christian Romero scored that first goal, I feel like they just knew the vibes have shifted. And also, there's something about playing in Atlanta and Mercedes-Benz Charlotte. What other famous comeback happened at Mercedes-Benz Stadium? Yes, there's something in the water in Mercedes-Benz because that was also when the New England Patriots came back after being down 20 to three against the Atlanta Falcons to win the Super Bowl helmed by our men, Tom Brady. And I think he might have had something to say about this comeback too. He did, he tweeted, quote, yeah, so that might top 28 to three with the emoji with the head exploding. Which, listen, if Tom Brady's saying that about his own comeback, maybe he's right. I kind of feel like soccer, I mean, soccer is a harder sport to swing the momentum. It's not like people are scoring 12 goals. And so it doesn't happen for a reason, even if you have messy on your team. So I do feel like in some ways, maybe it was a harder comeback. And that's interesting. Yeah, no, I mean, if you think about it, the, you know, in football, if you have the ball and you execute, there is a clear path. And I guess you could say the same thing about soccer except that the, you know, in football, it's like you are on offense. So you have, you have the opportunity to score the other team doesn't. In soccer, anyone can score it any time. So yeah, maybe it is more impressive. I also think though, if we think back to our sociological and historical deep dive on Tom Brady and his social media, we know that this man loves to be self deprecating. This man loves to put himself second in his social media voice. So this kind of provided him with a very, with a great excuse to, to say that something might top something he did. That's true. He does love doing that. So this could have just been like a pitch from his social media manager. And he's like, yeah, I love it. This makes me seem humble. That's why he's like, he's like, let's rock and roll. Let's do it so funny. So yeah, that was absurd. Yeah, I just really, I don't even know what else to say. It was so shocking. It's really wild. That's probably the craziest game yet. I love the World Cup so much. We are recording this on Wednesday. So by the time it's kept out, again, a couple of things will be decided. France plays Morocco today. But that's the only game that we won't know what happened about. We haven't recorded since the US lost and we bumped out of the tournament. We have not. Oh boy. I mean, in some ways, it was kind of a poetic start and end to the tournament for this men's team. They lost for one to Belgium after they won for one against Paraguay to open the tournament. I know, I sort of feel like it felt like we've said everything we needed to say because even before we recorded our Tuesday episode before they played, and we were kind of just like, this isn't, well, this isn't going to happen. And, you know, we touched on the FIFA corruption, how the US has to do more corruptions before they can win a World Cup. But I do think the fact that they haven't, the men haven't made the round of 16 since 2002 and the women have just been winning World Cups, it's like, what are you guys doing wrong? I know. I know. What are you doing wrong? This is absurd. Also, the only reason they've even made it this far is because they got a lot of people who don't spend a lot of time in America. Right. Right. Yeah. Right. Exactly. No, it's true. I don't know. Doesn't seem good. No. It's not great. I'm just like, again, I don't work for the US Soccer Federation. I mean, maybe it's like, again, it probably starts at the youth level. I think a lot about our conversation, though with Abby Womback and Julie Fadi, just about the professionalization of youth sports and just like how complicated it is now, like to get kids to wanna play soccer and then continue playing it's so expensive, like, and kids, I guess are, I don't have the stats, but I would imagine this means that young male athletes are playing other sports soccer. I mean, basketball or tennis or football, who knows? I don't know. But it clearly, I mean, it starts from the youth level because these European teams, I mean, these kids are playing in these club, like basically club level from a young age and not saying that that's not also a professionalization of youth sports. But I think it's just treated very differently, so I don't know. This is, it's not something that can really be solved at like the adult level. It kind of starts at the kid level in a lot of ways. No, I totally agree. And I think this is a great segue into talking about Norway and Irling Holland because Norway's youth sports program is the model. A, they won, we've talked about this already, they've won more, they won more Winter Olympic medals than anybody. They're doing extremely well in the World Cup. They have a youth sports program where you don't keep score until you're 13. So you are building skills based on teamwork and process rather than outcome, which as we talk about it, for any organization, for any, it kind of trains people to be good teammates. It trains people to realize that the only way you can win eventually is if you have the foundational building blocks of a healthy workplace and a healthy relationship with the other people you work with and for and manage because look how well Norway's doing. And it's, it's completely deprofessionalized, which I think just shows sports are about being human at the most fundamental physical level, but also at the most fundamental like organizational level. Yeah. No, it's true. You've changed how the system operates. I don't, sorry to the US men's team, but I don't think they're making it further than they did this World Cup in the next World Cup. I mean, I was saying to cut our, my husband that it, it feels like it's a generate, like, it needs to be the next generation of players. Like this is not like, oh, and for you, I mean, listen, anything could happen, of course, but I just don't think in four years time, something's going to have dramatically shifted in the way the US men's national team is running that they are going to be able to go on to defeat his France, Argentina, Belgium in this sense. You know, I just, I think they made it as far as they possibly could have. I think you're right. And I think that, yeah, I think what's depressing about it on the men's side is I feel like we've, that's been true for multiple generations now where you're kind of like, well, guess we got to start over with the next, next crop of kids, right? And it just keeps happening. So I don't know. But anyway, should, should we talk about, about a Norway's star Viking man? Yes. Let's talk about one last thing, though, just another final match is Spain, Belgium. So since Belgium won their plane, Spain on Friday. So we won't obviously be talking about those results until next week. But okay. That's the other match to look out for. But yes, let's talk about Norway and Mr. Erling Holland. He is, I mean, this guy, I think has won the World Cup so far, even if Norway doesn't win the World Cup. Right? I think so. He is the winner of the World Cup. Yes. He's going to get the golden boot even the vibes based golden boot vibes golden boot. This man's vibes are off the charts. You put in something great here about his friendship with the English player, Jude Bellingham. But before we get to that, let's, let's just do a little bit of his lore because, yes. This man, I mean, his, his, his level of popularity right now is insane. He was invited on the tonight show with Jimmy Fallon, which he's not going to be able to do because he has to play soccer, which is his main job. He plays for Manchester City as his club team. He's 25 years old. And Holland has seven goals in this World Cup. So does Killian Imbape, Messi is ahead of them only by one goal. And Harry Kane is behind Imbape and Holland with, with six. So there is a chance that this man, we talked about it on Tuesday. He's like a shark in the water, just circling. And he had a great quote, Madeline. He said, my dream is to touch the ball five times and score five goals. Stop. That's what he said. He was like, yeah, because people criticize him for like not touching the ball enough or not being there. But if you watch him, he's so effective. So I like that he, he was like, this is my playing style. No, I really love it. The fact that he's so good. I will also say related to your stat about the number of goals he's star players have scored. It is really amazing. And I do feel like sometimes rare to see the best players actually play their best. Yes. Like the top players are the top players in the world in this World Cup, which sometimes I feel like you see a player just kind of like crap the bed at the ice of crap twice a second. Oh my God. I don't know if I've ever heard you say crap in our time together. I don't think I've ever said it on this show. I don't know why I've said it twice. I don't even think I've heard you say crap like it's like I'm, I'm teaching a pre-square class or something. Nobody says crap to pre-schoolers. What are you talking about? I don't know. I'm saying sorry, Mike, I love that shit, the bed, to bleed that up. You know you're going to cry. I'm sure they're going to say that to pre-schoolers either. That's what I mean. I'm like, what, pre-school, you know, if a pre-schooler I guess crap during nap time, that's possible. You can say, wow, David, you really crap to the bed. I've never been a pre-school teacher so I have no, I have been a nanny, but I've never had that experience. Listen, listen, you know what we could say? What? We could say the, the star players are not phoning it in. They're not phoning it in. No, no, no, no. That's family friendly. No, that's the pre-schoolers learned about phones. Well, here's what it is actually. Outside of the commercials with Christian Polisik, who did, I would argue, kind of crap the bed. He's turned it off. And he was an a lot of commercials. All the other players who are in a lot of commercials are the best players and they're living up to the money that they're being paid to be in all of these commercials. You know, sometimes there's a player in a commercial and you're like, oh, God, they're doing terrible. We keep seeing their, but you know, and I feel like these three players including Erling Holland are in so many commercials and they're living up to their, their worth, their monetary value. They're living up to the value that a capitalistic society has subscribed to them, which is always just nice to see. Of course. You know, where we see that a lot with athletes who are not doing well, being in commercials is the Olympics. Yes. Oh, yes. Yes. Yes. Where you're like, it's like the fifth Gillette commercial with, you know, John Doe and you're like, ooh, John Doe. He didn't do so great. He's not. And you just are reminded of it every time you see him and you know that he's like a little embarrassed that he keeps popping up, even though he's making a lot of money. So he's not. Yeah. Yeah. He's like, I'm getting that bag. Yeah. Exactly. Well, Erling Holland has been, he has been living up to, to the hype. He was born in a small town in Norway called Brian. And he and his girlfriend, Isabel Hogg, saying Johansson, if I'm not butchering that, they met playing soccer as kids. And then she also played for Brian or Brynn. I forgive me. Again, I don't speak Norwegian. Brynn FK's women's team went holland played for the men's team. Oh my God. I know. And once he moved to Germany to the Bundesliga and he's now, you know, in the Premier League, but once he moved to Germany, she slid into his DMs and he was like, she, he said she was the one who checked me out. I wasn't the, I, I wasn't the one who checked me out, which is also like, he said, I love that quote. I wasn't the one who checked me out. She thought I was great. So I guess I'm great. Yes. It's like when, um, it's like when Marisa Pochettino, the coach of the US men's team, did you see his interview after they were knocked out of the tournament? He goes, his English isn't the best. He's Argentinian. And he goes, uh, the responsibility is myself. And I was like, Amen, dude. We've all been there. We got it. We get what you're putting down. It is some, it was himself, it was himself, it was himself, um, but he, what's interesting Madeline is that this guy, when he came to Manchester City, um, according to, um, some "A Great Piece" by Sam Lee in the athletic, he sort of had a reputation of being a very serious guy early on. I think he was also known for being rude because he gave an interview with just like a string of one word to answers. But actually he has, he's like a real goofy guy, and you can really see this on his YouTube channel and his Snapchat, which I think he and his team did intentionally to be like, he's not serious. Like he sort of wanted to be like, he wanted his public persona to match who he was. And that's why social media for athletes can be such a powerful tool. No, it's true. I also feel like this could have come across as inauthentic being so funny and silly on the internet. Like sometimes it just, you read it, you read some posts and you're like, this doesn't feel like who they actually are. But these Snapchat, the copy he puts on some of these snapshots and captions are so funny. One of my favorites was, I think he was on a plane. And I don't remember exactly what it said. I don't know if you saw this one Charlotte. It was like, I just, um, raw dog this flight, like, I did this flight without any music or anything. I just sat and looked at the flight. I got to put weight. Now I got to pull it up because he's just in there. Yeah, hold on. Let me pull it up. Was that during the trend of men like going on flights without looking at anything? He said, just raw dog to seven hour flight, no phone, no sleep, no water, no food, only map, only map, only map. It's like, it's amazing. I mean, that is unbelievable. Also you and I are big time only map playing people. Oh, we love the map. We love the map. We, well, I mean, our way that we start cooking on a plane is the map plus crocheting. I mean, is there any more locked in than when that's happening? No, when you've got the map on multi view, so it switches, you know, where sometimes you're seeing the curvature of the earth, sometimes you're seeing where you're going, sometimes you're seeing where you came from. Sometimes on Delta, shout out, Delta, they do little like facts about the town you're passing over in the air. That's new. That is new. And that is an eye and we love it. We love it. It's always a weird, it's always like the kind of place that you would have gone on a field trip. It'll be like in Virginia and they're like, Destiny's Forge was a small wood cabin built by, and you're like, what? This is what I'm highlighting. And and I love it. I'm into it. I'm into it. No, I love his snapshots and I agree. I think it shows off his personality and it gave people another side of him that maybe they wouldn't have known. And they've also gone really viral now. And a lot of them have been resurfacing some of these old ones. And I think we were like, wait, who is this guy in America at least? A lot of people in America not saying globally. Yes, he's one of those famous soccer players in the world for the record. But right. My favorite one that he ever posted was a selfie of him, like a picture as if he's taking a selfie with Shrek. It's clearly like a Snapchat filter. And the text he put on it was selfie with my twin stop. Just him and Shrek, it's right there. You can click it in that duck. Oh, that is unbelievable. And that's my that's my guy right there. He also had one where he has long blonde hair. And so he gets apparently he gets a lot of people asking him, are you a boy or a girl? Like, this is something that has come up. He has answered multiple times the same question from different people unlike it asked me anything. Oh my God. And he gave the best answer I have ever heard. The question was, are you a boy or a girl? And he wrote, my mom is a girl and my dad is a boy. So I am both XX. Perfect answer. Perfect answer. I'm sorry. We're also going to never come up with that answer. Yeah, we're both that's him. That's who he is to give that answer. That's a perfect answer. It's a perfect answer. His team is also really smart because three hours after they, um, advanced from the round of 32 in Dallas, they went, uh, cowboy hat and cowboy boot shopping in Dallas. Those photos are so good. I'm like, I need to see a early in Holland on a trip across America. Yes. You know what he's I'm like, give him a road trip show with I'm trying to think who would be a good American sports counterpart for him to take him on a road trip. Oh, that's interesting. Um, Anthony Edwards. Oh, yes. Oh my god. The NBA. Yes. That would be so amazing. I, yes. Yes. There's no other person. I think that could do a good job. It would be him. I'm sure Josh Hart also could probably do it. I could see that good job. I could see that. Yeah. Or like Sydney Colson actually, um, in the W. She's very funny. Yeah. I mean, there, there's some options, but I think we need it. Yeah. No. I think I think we need this to happen. So streamers, if you're listening, which idea? Another thing I like about him is his collection of Berkins. He has an unbelievable collection of Hermes Berkin handbags, which yes, did not know that he had. And I'm, I mean, he has some very rare backs. He does not have just like a Berkin 25 that's black with palladium hardware. If you know, you know, that's pretty standard Berkin. But I'm like, he's got some rare collectible ones. My favorite one, he has appears to be like a seascape made out of different colors of leather. Have you seen that one? No. Oh my god. I should have put a link in. You can Google it. I sorry. I didn't put that in there, but it's like, let's see. Absolutely gorgeous. It's sort of a. Oh, yeah. Oh my god. You know, that with the sea with a pan painted one. Yes. Oh my god. Well, according to this Instagram post, it's maybe reportedly worth $55,000. I mean, I would say quite literally, quite literally. Do you think that's why people? No, people started saying it because it was a bag of cash. I think it was because it's a bag of cash, but it could be a Berkin. That's true. That's true. Oh, I just thought of a riddle. What? Are you ready? Yeah. What is full of cash, but always empty? I have no idea. A Berkin. Because the thing itself is worth so much. Oh, this kind of reminds me of my reaction when you said World Cup date. And I was like, what are you talking about? But that's on me. This is all on me, because no, no, no, it should really be. It should really be what has a lot of money in it, but it's always empty. Yeah. What has a lot of money in it, but has your water bottle in it? Do you think you think the majority of people carrying Berkins are pretty water bottles in that thing? Well, they should just stay hydrated. Just because they also, I mean, you shouldn't drink water. Also, we've talked about this. This is our second Berkin rant. If you have an Arama's bag, beat it up and use it. Don't be a little. Don't put it on the bed. Use it early in Holland's using his Berkins that are clearly look hand-painted. Some of them. So he's using them. Okay. This just occurred to me. If there are any listeners out there who have a Berkin and live in the New York City area and want to just live a little, take a little risk, have a little fun, I would love to hand-paint your Berkin. It can be a small little design. I am taking commissions. Wow. Okay. Charles, take a commission, people. I didn't know that this is where we were going to end up when we planned this show, Madeline. Me neither. Me neither. Wow. Well, I love it. One last thing I want to talk about about Erling Holland before we move on is his friendship with England star Jude Bellingham who he is set to play against on Saturday in Norway. He's playing against his pal and former teammate. So they played together for two seasons in the German league that you mentioned. He moved to Germany to play soccer and they have been friends for quite some time and some of my favorite highlights of their friendship was one time in a post-match interview after Erling Holland won when they won a Champions League game match on this German team. Jude interrupted the interview and I need you to click the link, Charlotte, to see what he does and then I'll describe it for listeners. He interrupts. He interrupts the interview by giving him a little kiss on the cheek, which I love. Oh, if that's not healthy masculinity, I don't know what is. That's what I'm saying. And then one time in an interview Erling said about Jude, quote, I think we have the same banter together. So we get on really well together and we have a really good connection on the pitch. So they have good vibes, power of male friendship and they also they joke around. They participated in the silly Valentine's Day video a couple of years ago where they're reading each other cheesy pickup lines. And then when Norway didn't qualify for the World Cup in 2022, he still supported his pal Jude when England was eliminated from the World Cup. So it's very sweet and I feel like we'll get a little bit of interactions between the two of them on Saturday, at least for a second. I am so glad you told me that because this is what our show is about. our show is about giving you the information you need to know so that when people, about people off the pitch in this case, so that when they're on it, you can be looking for the interactions. It's like when it makes everything that much more fun. The whole purpose of our show is so that you can be watching and be like to the people you're sitting with. Have you heard about Erling Hall and Spurkins? Did you know that he and Jude Bellingham are really good friends? It's just like it makes everything so much more. It's the reality show within the reality show. Exactly. That's what we're here for and we hope we're giving you the information that you didn't know and that you needed. So we sure do. We sure do here. Well, one last thing about Erling Hall and real quick, he did a rap in 2016 when he was a child. He's 25 now, so he was 15. Oh my God. And this YouTube rap, it's, it's, it has Timothy Schallmay vibes where it's like you're going to be really famous, but you, and you kind of know it, but you don't necessarily know it. And it's just so interesting that that kid growing up like that YouTube generation has now gone back to that to using that to being like, this was a silly thing we used to do for fun. Now this is a key part of my professional brand. So just a fun little tidbit. So he's creative. He's a creative guy. He's got lots of talents. I'm into it. Lots of talents. Lots of talents. Um, a little bit of a segue here, but related to Erling Holland today, we have our fun eBay live fashion mailbag segment. And I have my bank here. Heresy of eBay live. Thank you so much. And our question today is related to Erling Holland. If you like Erling Holland, collected Berkins or war cowboy hats, etc, what specialty item would you want to purchase on eBay from the United States if you were coming here as like a souvenir that you could only probably find on eBay? Oh, this is great. I mean, you know what I like about it too, is you can pretend that you're really rich because Erling Holland has, you know, he has his Berkins. I'm sure he spent a lot of money on the good cowboy hats. I think cowboy hat and cowboy boots is a really good one. When I was doing the college football show for Fox Sports, I bought and if I'm being honest, expense a set of cowboy hat and cowboy boots. I mean, I wore them in the shoot. No, no, no, no. No, I needed it. The feeling of going cowboy boot shopping or searching online for like that perfect pair. But I kind of think I might want like the perfect well-preserved bowling jacket. Oh, okay. Yes, I'm into this. You know, from like Michigan or Wisconsin or like a curling jacket, something that's very niche, but is a cool design and has someone's name that's like Gary or Tonya on it, you know? Yes. Okay. I'm into this. I love that. I think for me and I feel like I maybe have said this, but I don't think so correct me if I'm wrong. The first thing that came to mind is if I was coming to America, I would want an original pair of like orange tab Levi 501 Levi's, you know, like the original ones do that they're they're really expensive. Yeah, that just fit you perfectly. Not that you can't get that of course abroad, but I do feel like there's something about getting that a pair of good old American original Levi's in America from eBay. That's I think that's what I would go with. I think that's an amazing answer. There's nothing few things more American than just like Blue Jeans, baby. Exactly. So thanks to our mailbag sponsor, eBay live, can't miss live streams, heart-pounding auctions, iconic fashion and collectibles, whatever you're into, you can bring it home right now. Don't miss another second at eBay.com/EbayLive. Boom. All right. Well, it's time for a sports gossip stable, Madeline. Please take it away. We have two proposal flowers to analyze that were both submitted by shareholders and they're both wide receivers in the NFL. Oh, yes. You know, you know why I like this too is because we were talking about the equivalent of a striker when we had Hannah on the show last week. A wide receiver is the football equivalent of a soccer striker. Yes, it's true. It is. Up first is Lyon's wide receiver Amon Ross St. Brown proposed to his now fiance Brooklyn Adams. So Charlotte, I would like for you to click the link. I'm clicking it. Look at these. I'm clicking around. Why is it so large? Hold on, I have to make it small. There. Okay. There we go. All right. Oh. Oh my goodness. Well, these are compressed. You know, I think I think they're compressed. I do think that structurally, they like the ones on the kind of tip of the boat look very compressed. But then if you scroll, let me see how many photos in. I think it might be the last second to last the video. Those flowers on the boat, they look like a little bit more Lucy Goosey than the ones that he proposed to follow. Do you know what I mean? Oh my god, wait, they're friends and family or someone other people are just on a boat sailing by cheering for them. That's okay. I, yes. I mean, here's the thing. These are definitely compressed. There are a lot of white flowers, but they are very varied. Like they have hydrangeas. They have orchids. They have roses. They have, I don't know if that's a mystery. I can't, I don't think it is, but, you know, a taller stock. So I guess energetically, it feels compressed because it is sort of two hedge-like structures and there are letters, you know, like metal letters that say misses or whatever kind of, I can't read the full thing. But I actually, I think they're compressed, but I think they have a nice variation to them. They don't, they don't offend me as compressed flowers. No, I wouldn't say they're like textbook compressed flowers. I would actually say what's maybe distracting me is the sign. I think we got to move on from the signs, guys. I think that is not helping the cause. I feel like the signs are spiritually connected to the compressed flowers and the more, it's like they're making you think that they're more compressed because there's sign behind them. I can't explain it, but that's just how I feel. Yeah. If you've got three bubble letters that say MRS, also, just because you're getting married, doesn't mean you're going to take the guy's name. Yeah, we don't know unless she's already told them, I guess. Neither of us did. No, maybe she is and and you know, you're like, right? Oh, right. Oh, they could have communicated possible. Yes, possible. Yes. So yeah, I congrats to them. Anyways, onto the next proposal. Falcons wide receiver Drake London proposed to his girlfriend, Sophia Rose Gabbay. If I'm pronounced Gabbay, if I'm pronounced Gabbay. Now this is a first. Oh, I have never seen a floral chandelier structure in my life. This is okay. Can I describe this for audio listeners? Yes. Sorry, this is, I think one of the crazier ones I've ever seen. It's a, it's a tall post. It's probably 12 feet tall, shaped like a candy cane. And at the end of the hook, there is a full chandelier lit with either real or fake candles. So it looks like a street light that got tired. Yes. You know what? It's covered with flowers. It reminds me of something that would have been in beauty in the beast or some sort of Disney movie like as a set piece. Yes. Right? Yes. This is, this is from Beauty in the Beast. It also reminds me of the cake in Sleeping Beauty when they try to make that cake. It's awesome. I'm just like waiting for someone to go be our guest, be our guest, that, that, whatever that's like. No, do you know why? Because it looks like this lamp post is about to come to life and like straighten itself up. Yes. Yes. It really does. I've never seen anything like this before ever. This is, this, this, this, this lamp post has feelings. This is a sentient floral lamp post. This is, this is crazy. It's like one of those robots, you know, those robot delivery, like one of Charlotte knows which one I'm talking about. I did type phone, but there's something about. Oh, not the car, not the car thing, but you know, I'm talking about the rope or like they have little eyes and you're like, oh, my little baby. That's kind of I feel like I want a different feelings about the robots. The robots freak me out and I don't like it when they come here. You say there's my little friend. It's my little friend. No, I, I think though what I will say, I don't know if these flowers are actually compressed. I think this is just original. I've never seen this before. This, I'm still only looking at the first one close. So stunned. Um, I, oh, and they, he proposed a Taco Bell hot which I'm sure that's. Well, I love, I, I, I hope that's what it is. And I hope it's not undisclosed spawn con. Ooh, I don't think it's fine. I don't think it's like some, they did the date, you know, whatever, say something to them. Yeah, because if you look at the other photos of the flowers. If you swipe through, there's like bushes with flowers. It seemed like those were there. Maybe they weren't. But do you know what I'm talking about? Like it's the yeah. To last photo. It's not that any of this is compressed. It's just that it is a pioneer in it in there. They're pioneers in their field. Yes. Yes. I need this category. I think we this is like cinematic, cinematic, not compression, but eat something. You know what it kind of looks like? What? Kind of looks like something from an old Hollywood movie from like singing in the rain. Yes. Like a Hollywood set piece where then they burst into song and dance. It's like fantasy flowers. Yeah. Something. We'll come up with something. Many shareholders have any ideas. Let us know drop them in the comments. I like fantasy flowers. Fantasy. Yeah. I'm kind of into it. It's freaky. I'm into it. Same. Same. Oh no. None of what we just said is is derogatory, by the way. No. Because I mean, this is I mean, this is surely on I guess someone's Pinterest board, but I've never seen this before ever. I am never going to be able to stop thinking about this. Yeah. I know. Same. Well, anyways, congratulations to the two happy couples. Can't wait to see your wedding flowers. We'll be on it. Yes. Wow. Wow. Well, I think that's it. I think that's our show. What a what a what a treat to do it. What a treat to do it. As always, please rate review. Like and subscribe. It makes a huge difference. You can follow us on Instagram at sports gossip and TikTok at sports gossip show and you can subscribe to our subsac at sports gossip show dot subsac dot com. Boom. Boom. Yay. Um, okay. Okay. Bye. Bye.