Owning Your History + Bald Guys

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this every day well do you remember that story where it was like kim kardashian's publicist like her ex-publicist i assume i'm not sure if you remember that story i'm not sure if you remember unless she like really stuck with someone who domed her but she tells the story of like the publicist being like you need to have realistic goals you'll never be on the cover of a magazine and i'm like dying for someone to talk to me like that in a way i just don't know the scorpio in me would be like watch me what are you gaining from it gonna knock out going for the noth and it won't stop so i'm on stop now you know when l woods buys the laptop yes of course i will walk into a store one day and just buy a fresh laptop and that will be my new era but in a playboy bunny costume yeah well of course i just don't know what you're gaining from like telling someone that he said they were in a in a fight and he yeah he really ethered her but she got on the cover so here's my other thing yeah what is it never to tell anyone that that happened no exactly so my thing would probably be to just never tell anyone there was something today that i thought that i did that i thought no one would see ever again and that would be kind of just with me and i could just be embarrassed every night before i go to bed but what they don't tell you about releasing a tv show is people will look through their camera rolls and find images of you from a time you couldn't even imagine but wait this is your ride don't this is what i'm saying this is all i'm saying it's just owning your history so i think in a way justin was kind of owning his history and it's not all good and he did apologize no and he was like yeah i wanted to talk about a fight that edward and i once had which i have gotten permission from him to talk about oh good remind me to talk about the brits in a second oh yeah well actually okay before i get into the fight i guess we have a bunch of stuff to talk about yeah actually yes there there was an interaction at your house a few weeks ago where you couldn't remember the name of a restaurant i well i go what's that this sorry this is one of those things where i thought about it in duty free recently because all i do is i'm at duty free i swear to god it's the only place i am if you're buying if you're browsing i'm always browsing and then i let them down because i'm kind of late for my flight sometimes and then i'm like oh my god i can't even buy the fragrance and then i've like let down everything and then i'm like oh my god i can't even buy the fragrance and then i've like let down everyone there but i was thinking about it and i started laughing to myself and i think about the people who watch me giggle to myself like i wonder how many people have seen me go with my little airpods in or mouthing pink pantherous it's kind of one of the other i was on my couch and i was trying to find a place to take a friend to breakfast and he has a very specific palette and i and i thought i was like what's that place in la that has like the griddle cakes and it's quiet for i'm not gonna five seconds and then marybeth goes i know you didn't just ask me what restaurant has griddle cakes what the a griddle cake i was in bed i think it's important for everyone to know that i was still in bed i wasn't on the couch with you oh yeah oh my god you were in the other room i shouted griddle cake at you you go what's so true in l.a which first of all i'm starting behind the eight ball there because i don't know restaurants in l.a and then for you to say griddle cakes i'm like go out throw a rock and hit someone and ask them before you ask where the griddle cake restaurant is in l.a you remembered what it was i found it it's um for anyone wanting to know the best griddle cake in los angeles in my opinion is salt's cure it that's what it's a pancake that's just like it's just different and it's it's a pancake that very much is there to make trouble and art in a way right your fight with edward well first i want to say this gets me into another topic which i we're just we're hopping around today which i love do you want to go to ben d.a first or where do you want to go let's do it let's do ben d.a so right now we're sort of reminiscing on some things that happened before we had started recording the podcast and we wrote them down we said we have to talk about that remember we had to do this with season two because ellen they tried to cancel me was the day after we stopped recording season one so we were like you know we're always thinking about you guys of course i know what i have to reveal here so if i could set the scene quickly of course so you were auditioning if we're talking about scene welcome to yet another like you are going to see us in we want every single video episode this year to be in a different place we will show you every podcast studio across america and maybe abroad i'm serious we will stop at nothing and then you at the end of the season you guys can pick which one you with the most and we'll go there i'm serious i will not stop until we've seen every interior i'm crying me too this is such a confusing start but in a good way we just there's so much to say so this is ben d.a okay so there's this spendy a okay so ghastly can't even say it okay so so so okay ben you had to do finding you had to do a self tape i read for euphoria you read for euphoria which famously you have to sign ndas before you audition for euphoria yeah the thing with signing an nda before an audition that's so funny to me is that you have to read it with someone else they have to read the other lines so it's like at the bare minimum i'm at least showing one other person yeah due to the job description of what we do as actors and maybe that's in the fine print but it is funny it's like you will not share this with a soul 10 seconds later i'm like marybeth you hand me the phone with the lines on it yeah like i text it to you so i think i said something like i'm telling sam levinson you broke your nda yeah and you were getting ready you were putting your little makeup on your blush and your concealer and you just go i didn't have a stitch on for this you just go my name is ben d.a it's one of those things that you say and i know that you guys aren't going to get it on the first time and maybe not even the second but you'll start to think my name is spendy a it's very turf hogwarts not ron not hermione you nda and i was abroad recently i was in london and very much was giving ben d.a but basically we started laughing so hard and we were like let's explain it to terry and just see if we're if we're totally off the mark here and we explained it and he was crying too so we just figured that there was a gas leak somewhere in the house well he had three drinks recently so i mean he was toasted he was toast to the first one of my favorite lines from overcompensating oh thank you so much to the first my favorite lately of yours is after peter and you were writing awful things about a bunch of students you go this is fun and give him a kiss that felt like so real you've done that you know what i mean yes so oh not me getting asked about your relationship status on the peabody awards carpet we'll talk about that maybe next episode we're actually not going to talk about that yeah my name that's what i said back to her my name is benny drama's crashing out i guess this all got to him my name is ben d.a so i'm sorry you guys you'll lock in and you'll it'll be ben d.a era but we call it gas league era because it's not funny but yet we're laughing in the notes dog it says it says ben d.a in parentheses gas leak yeah it's like wait actually no it says gas leak in parentheses ben d.i yeah sorry that's the era it's we've completely lost our minds and have no jokes left no so it's just ben's the eye so my name sorry i'll stop it's ben d.i but terry was drunk recently he had three drinks and i didn't know what he was going to say it's very murph at the end of interstellar when matthew mcconaughey walks in and he was like my name is ben d.a and i'm like that better be your last words to me before he dies and then we get to watch lost and glee exactly i thought he was going to say you're losing me but no he said my name is ben d.a which some of you have messaged me that you have done that to people that you're with and i apparently it is not landing at all and that couldn't make me happier they're like i'm you're what you know a britishism that i once heard is it went down like a lead balloon so think about that 99 balloons very bendy today sorry me too so british gay guys british gay guys i have this like huge take. This is my big subway take. I just I'm obsessed with British gays. So I just had this party for overcompensating. Well, we had this party. I did truly nothing. I just showed up at this place called House Party in London. And I just had the best night. It's just like a bunch of British gays and and girlies. And it was like pure joy. British gays just have they have that je ne sais quoi. They have love. And there's something about them very bright. I don't know. I had the time of my life with these crazy UK lads and shout out all the UK lads out there and the girlies I met. But it was really fun to go to the UK. And let me tell you, they speak well on you over there, girl. They freaking better. They got Ben D.A. They wanted M.D.A. I'm sure they did want M.D.A. Yeah. Oh, and I think they were on M.D.A. Speaking of British lads, I just want to call out my shirt. Of course, we live in a beautiful world. Coldplay. And speaking of American women, I'm in the row. Thank you, Mary Kate and Ashley. But yeah, shout out British gays. I just we love doing shows for you over there. And I know why. Like, I don't know. It's nothing against American gays. I just think British gays. It feels more like lights. It's communal. It's way more communal. I think it's it's less like read you down. You know what I mean? Yeah. I think people there just want to have fun. Exactly. And that's all part of the culture. And they're like they're drinking beers and stuff. And it's just that's cool to see. It's really cool. I wasn't. But it was cool to see something that I've found really fun lately to do. If you're with a couple is just ask them, like, what's your biggest fight? Yeah, that's definitely a fun thing to do. They go. Yeah. How deep they go. Sometimes they'll hit you. They can rattle it off instantly. And they go, well, that was our biggest fight. And that's cool. And they've they've agreed upon that being their biggest fight. Of course. But then sometimes, like, they have different perceptions of what they think is their biggest fight. And sometimes it's really deep. And that can then lead to the biggest fight. Yeah. So I just think it's fun to do that. And I wanted to bring up a fight that I had with Edward once. So his housemate was hooking up with someone. And I personally probably met them. You probably met them. You probably met the housemate. And let's just be honest, the girl. This was three years ago. Edward was Edward was at the party. I was at the party. I just want to shout out that as you guys saw, it's love. He's right. Heritage. Right. Heritage. There's nothing. He's still a friend of the pod. He's a friend of the podcast first before anything. And I said that to him. Second, he's my ex-boyfriend. He's the best. We've showered together. So it just kind of only makes sense. It was it's like nothing but love. Yeah, it's all love. It's like, have you ever shared a room with three people on a podcast tour and you have to shower before and he's in there and it's just kind of like, well, it's my lady Jane now, King. Like, here I am. And like, let's do this. And there's nothing weird about that. Well, no, it's just UK lads. It's UK lads. They're just here for a good time. I don't know. And they're comfortable being naked around each other. I will say that. Yeah. For better or worse. Yeah. Oh, God. Scary. Hey, better. I'll say in this instance, better. Better. Eddie. Eddie Obama. We love you, kid. Have we talked about Eddie Obama? Yeah. Someone commented Eddie Obama. Oh, good. So they know. Yeah. My favorite thing about Edward before you get into your big spat is that on a press tour, he wore Louboutins like he had red bottoms and people commented, walk a mile on these Louboutins. And I couldn't stop thinking about it because culture is full circle time. They say time is a circle. I think culture is a circle. Culture is a circle. And it's constantly the snake eating its tail. Exactly. So his housemate was hooking up with someone who I was convinced was like a scammer. Basically, they were never be on the cover of. I can say that with with a lot of confidence, but no shade to her. She just was giving. So could Justin when he said it. She was giving scammer to me. But the whole thing was like, oh, she's minted. She's minted, which is how British people say that someone's rich. So I was like, I don't think she's minted. And Edward was like, she is. And I was like, she had a fake Fendi bag, her Fendi bag. Instead of having the F and then the F, it had an F and an L, you know, because fake bags just have the wrong letter sometimes. Yeah. Well, bad fakes. It's bad. Yeah, it was a bad fake. So he was like, sometimes people like to buy fake things so that they don't seem rich. And I was just like, maybe that's the case. But like, none of these sounds fake to me. That's fake. None of the UK gays were talking to me about this. I know. It's weird. They never got. Yeah, this never got. It was a huge fight for us. We we really, really fought over whether we thought this girl was actually rich or not. And that was one of our biggest fights. We had many big fights, but that was one of them. But that has to be the biggest. No, no, there were bigger ones. But it was just like he just didn't have a real Fendi bag. This reminds me of kind of an early fight with Terry. I had where I would point out plastic surgery to him and he'd be like, no, no, no, that's not it. And I'm like, oh, OK. So you think just someone looks completely different a week later? Like describe this to me then. Explain the science there. Yeah. Like that's just not that person's nose anymore. So how do you explain? He's like, no, that's it's just. And I'm like, I love where your heart is. I just I have to be realistic. Like I'm not judging her for having a fake Fendi bag. Not at all. I'm just saying, like, to me, the context clues are there that she is not rich. It's like if you guys are going to say she's minted. Well, then. Well, then I want to, like, look at the data. I'm oh, I'm so data driven. You know that about me. Well, of course. So I'm absorbing everything I'm seeing. I shouldn't get into too many specifics, but that was what happened. And so sometimes when you're with someone, you you will just fight about stuff like that. And that can be really hard, but ultimately rewarding because then you break up eventually and you can talk about it on a podcast. Hey, and what could be better than that? We love you. I broke the fourth wall just now. You did the bag of me. I'm in my UK era. It is what it is. Should we talk about get into what we write? What we write? Yeah, we have a few more things. We could do that on the next episode. Yeah, great. I feel like we really hit some good stuff today. We definitely did. And just to reiterate, I will never be on the cover of Oak. My name is Ben. Yeah. So here's I keep looking at the camera. I know. I'm not. It's weird because on set we don't look at the camera either. So I'm wondering where you're getting this bad habit from. I'm just kind of like those are our kids and I just want to talk. They're not in there. They're in there. I'll just turn. I just I guess it's just me getting a lay of the land of yet another podcast studio. What are you writing for? I haven't looked to my left or right the whole time you've been here. I'm just looking at you, kid. No, I don't know. I don't know what the wallpaper is or anything. You are so Andrew Scott. What was that? It'll pass. Don't say it'll pass to me. What are you writing? No, you can't say it'll pass to me. I will be writing for owning your history. And this week I am writing for bald guys. Let's get into it. So here's the thing. Last week when I was doing crap, I wear ads by myself. 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I've never watched something back that you've made and thought it wasn't funny. That's just really sweet. Personally, I did see one this week that someone reposted and I was like, not my best. And then someone posted Annie and I'll just say it. Annie really slaps. I really, I love this work and there's only like one or two, but those are good ones. But yeah, as I said earlier, you know, when you do something very public, like overcompensating, some people will say very sweet things and it's, we love it. And they'll dip to their archive to just kind of shout out the show. I have seen some of the most grotesque images of myself in a way that I are so bone chilling. So I'm, I'm going through my mentions because a lot of it's just like people reacting to the show, which is so, thank you so much. I just did it again. Thank you. Thank you so much. But thank you. Literally, it's like heaven. This is why Mary Beth and I don't sleep lately. I can call you at like 3am and I'm awake. Yeah. And pinky is ears back. She's like, Oh, there he is. She's part of the conversation. So this image comes across my desk. I can't, sorry. I'm like already thinking of it. It's making me laugh. So I have been overcompensating my entire life. Clearly we know this. And I think also when I first came out or anything, I thought I needed to do like full character costumes, full, just everything. If there was any theme, I was like, I have to be majorly in theme or like just things like that. It's just like doing so much, which like, I'm, I'm glad that's who I am. Like, I am proud of it to an extent. So Petra Collins, who we love so much. She came out with this book with Alexa to me. I think it was called, was it called fair? Oh, it's fairy tales. This book, fairy tales. So she has a release party for it. And Terry and I are going on the invite. It says like dress as a fairy or something like that. Like it wanted you to do that. So I was like, Oh yeah, no, for sure. So I, I got like ears and Terry and I wore ears. And I was like, but then prosthetic, not like from party city. No, I got the, I got like Amazon ones. Okay. Cause they look really professionally done. Hey, thanks. I'm looking for this photo. I am listening. I just really want to find it. Cause I have it in my phone. I think it's going to add to the experience, but there's more to your aesthetic. So don't leave anything out. Fuck you. That was so you'll never be on the cover of your history. I'm saying let's get into it. I'm owning it. I'm owning it. Okay. So then I did fake freckles across my cheeks. I did like a Pat McGrath sparkle on my eyes. And then I had this white mascara and I put it on my lashes and in my eyebrows. And this guy was very sweet. I posted this week, this image of me, and it brought it all back because at this party, just to be clear, no one, including Petra and Alexa had ears on or anything of theme of fairy. We were the only people there who, and Terry could easily just take off his ears. I have white. Brows. I am full. Your brows were white. I'm Fern Gully. Yeah, you were, it was very fun. You go in literally young. It doesn't look like you, the young me who went to the fricking Tyler, the creator concert in London would have had to unfortunately end it all because Tyler, the creator was at this party and he goes, he comes up to me and he's like, you did the ears, man. And I was like, I, I don't know what to do. I just told Terry, I go, we have to go. But how cool is it to be acknowledged? Not cool. Not like that, but he was really sweet. But I was just like, this is the worst thing that's ever happened to me. But now that I think back to it, I saw that boy, I saw that image and I thought that's so sweet that I tried so hard. And I thought like I needed to do that. And I remember everyone being kind of nice about it, but just, I think back to it and it's just like, it makes me so, I think I got COVID that night too. Rightly so. I deserved it. Yeah. You were asking for it. Whenever someone tells me they got COVID, I say, well, what were you wearing? Yeah, exactly. Well, I mean, come on, come on. I mean, be for real. Oh, you're really the victim here. But here's the thing in seeing it. I thought that's amazing. I didn't reshare it. Cause like, I just, I think enough people, we're going to put it, we're going to overlay it on this video. You're going to see it. And I'm so proud of this kid. I think he, he just wanted to be loved and that's just me and to do the most. And, and my history, you know, I also, someone posted like an old Jenny thing where I was Jenny at a meet and greet at a Mac. And I said, he took a period dump. I, yeah, I, there are some lines in some videos and, and some outfits I've worn and I, um, I'm proud of them all. I think we're here and how lucky am I for that? We're all so lucky we got to witness it. And I think the image is, it doesn't look like you at all, which I think is really, you're such a chameleon. Yeah. That's, oh, that's definitely the chameleon. I'm a character I think this really also it's, it's like parallel to when I at ride live went through my old head shots from when I did the international model and talent association Barbizon Barbizon Barbizon graduate, some of the worst images, not only of me, but that have ever been taken in the history of photography and history of modeling and the history of, of humankind. And those photos haunted me for so many years and I knew they were bad when they were happening. So then to be able to like, take the power back and take control of the narrative and be like, no, I'm owning this thing that I did that there is photographic evidence of, and it's okay. And it's like, it made me the person that I am. It made me walk away from the industry for a decade. And if I hadn't done that, I wouldn't be here right now. We say, come right back to us. Come as you aren't. The steampunk community is waiting. They, they found me in London. They would like to know when their queen is going to show up for work. When will our queen rise? When will our queen acknowledge us? I'm working on it. I have a I know, but yeah, that's just one of many things that I've done that I was like, I just, I did so much, but in the end, I'm so proud of, of where it got me. And I think we all have to own our history. I think that's what overcompensating is in a huge way. It's like owning all these things we did and just being like, you know what? I know the kid that did that. And I know the hurt kid that did that. And I think it's funny. And I think it's beautiful. I think Tyler, the creator saw me that night and he thought that's sweet. Poor kid. That kid's going to go on to do great things. I think that's what he thought. Exactly. Also part of owning my history too, is like reflecting on like mistakes that I've made and being like, I learned so much from those mistakes and they had to happen when they happened in order for me to be the person that I am now. Like things that are embarrassing or like, you know, I don't know. I, I keep a list because I always want to be doing mental self-harm. I'll return to the list of things I've done wrong. I see this image of me as the fairy right before I fall asleep into a deep slumber. That is not my dreams have been interesting. Hey, nightmare. Nightmare or nothing. I saw bring her back with court and he was like, you're going to have nightmares about this tonight. And I was like, I kind of hope I do because what I have been dreaming about is so much worse. So, so much fun to kind of shake it up. Yeah. Minor like, oh yeah. I don't want to get into that. Let's not get into that. Let's agree to never talk about our dreams on the podcast specifically. We can talk about them in a broad sense. I think specifically talking about dreams. It's just criminal. It's like when someone shows you them as a baby and you didn't know, it's like, yeah, it's really cute. It is cute. But like everyone was like, I'm like, I see it. No. Oh, oh, I totally see it. You know, what's funny with mine. Sometimes people are like, you don't look. Yeah. You changed a lot. I've really changed. I've really grown into my bones. If only that kid could see you in fairy ears and white brows. Oh girl. He'd be disappointed. It's interesting. Bummer. So this doesn't go right. This totally goes off the rails. You know, think about that all the time of course rascal flats rascal flats those fuckers I wonder what they've been saying lately. I know, I'm scared. I almost made my caption the other day, life is a highway, but I thought I haven't really kept up with their political affiliations. Which is crazy. I feel like you would be like the first to know that. I know. And maybe they're not making headlines because they've just stayed quiet, but like speak up, it's challenge. You might be complicit. I'm realizing in this moment, we haven't even talked about you being back to Blair. Oh my God. You've left your Serena era. So I'm in, I have brown hair. Yeah. I'm back on my bullshit. Rachel Bilson and you're back. And I'm back. I felt so inspired. I dyed my hair on my birthday. It felt like the right time. I wanted to be blonde for a lot of the press for overcompensating when it came out. Wait, owning my history, Terry and I make out in the Alaska video. Whoa. Yeah, isn't that crazy? That's pretty cool. That was really fun. It was really fun. They were like, we need someone to make out. Maybe some gay guys? It's very, you are beautiful. No matter what they say. Oh my God. 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Those that have a full head of hair and decide to shave it and do a buzz cut because it's sexy. It won't be on me. I don't in the vein of Andy DeYoung. That's who I'm thinking about right now. Oh, definitely. Shout out friendship. Shout out to him. Go see Friendship starring Tim Robinson. And then there's the guys who notice a little bit of hair thinning and they say, I'm going to actually embrace this and I'm going to shave my whole head and maybe even have a mustache. Not required. But I do. But I like. But hey. But hey. Can I say playing with form? It's a little whimsy. It's whimsy. I like them going immediately. And if you're going to shave your head, you have to do it on live. That's my only caveat. You have to do that on live. Please, please, please, please. If I ever have to shave my head for something and I'm hoping it's for a role, we'll see if I ever book another one. But I would just love to be seated. I look straight into the camera. Very similar to me doing Jennifer Hudson's show where I want to walk down naked with heels on. Yeah. To the Spirit Tunnel. Your fuck me pumps. I do not fuck me pump right now. But yeah, I just want to look down the barrel and you just, you shave it. It's very Natalie Portman V for Vendetta. I just think that being bald and embracing a new look and it might be scary. Like, I just think guys like embracing change is so they can't wear makeup. You know, there's only so many ways you can reinvent your look. Well, I don't want guys to wear makeup. I just cannot. I just, it's not for them. I think, of course, there's something to be said for going to Turkey and getting plugs. But. And dear media, it's like she does it on purpose. I swear to God. Someone said that apparently if you get on the flight back from Turkey, it's like 30 Americans with like bloody scalps. Yeah. Which I think is incredible, by the way. Should we go? No, I think so. Can I just shout out some bald legends? Yeah, I wish you would. I'm going to shout out one too at the end. Ready? Samuel L. Jackson. Since day one, it feels like. You know what I've never seen and I actually want to watch tonight? What? Snakes on a Plane. Whoa, I've never seen that either. Tonight's the night. Maybe we watch tonight. Another star that I love who's embracing being bald. Jason Statham. Indie darling. Indie darling Jason Statham. Husband of Rosie Huntington, Whitley or Whiteley. Oh, exactly. It's regional. Come on, do whatever you want. Who cares? I love him as an actor and on that same exact note is Dwayne The Rock Johnson. He's not always bald. He's not bald in the upcoming Safdie Brother movie, which I did see the trailer for before Bring Her Back. But I just love that he embraces being bald and like, I don't know. I just I think there is like there is this whole other way to explore your masculinity without hair. Can I say someone's name really quick? Stanley Tucci. Stanley Tucci. You know that meme that's like the world if blank and it's like a futuristic whatever. Yeah, that's the world of Stanley Tucci was gay. Sorry. Sorry. There's also a comment that I got that I think about kind of every day is that I just and this is in line with Tucci. Someone said that I have the exact same smile as Lil Tunchi, Lil Wayne. And if you say that, see it. I kind of know exactly what they meant. Wait, that's huge. Yeah, that might be what originally attracted me to you. I know. And I see that. I agree. Oh, 100 percent. 100 percent. Don't you see? I really do. Someone's like, you have the exact same smile. I don't know about here because he is full of grills. Yeah, but like if I had grills in right now, you could see it. Another bald icon is my dad, of course. He now has grown his hair in, but he was bald for many, many years. That's how I think of him as bald. I love that. To name some other bald legends. I mean. My trainer here in New York. He's incredible. And you know what you told me this morning? He said that shaving his head was like the greatest like weight off his shoulders. He was like, finally, I just did it. Yeah. And that happened today. So it's so funny bringing up bald guys. But he was just like, I'm doing it. Like I'm, yeah. I'd be remiss if I didn't mention when I was bald for Halloween several years ago. And I understand like not having hair to like play with and touch is like not having hair for that night. I felt so free. I just felt free. When I have hair, I feel free. When I have long hair. You want to do a hair flip. I have to do a hair flip. You do hair flips without hair. Which I think is so cool. You really that night. Oh, yeah. Well, it's easy. You were giving some of the and I really find this to be such a cringe. It's so like that big dick energy. But the vibe you were giving that Halloween was like, this man has the longest penis you've ever seen. That was the vibe you were giving off. Maybe. I could see that. It was. It was fabulous. I really loved you, Bald. I kind of, I think I did it. Oh, I did kind of like a Curb Your Enthusiasm one where it's like I did it more like on the sides, but it was like the top. That was fun though. Oh, you're forgetting the iconic twins from Selling Sunset. My girls. What are their names again? Oppenheimer. The Oppenheimers. The Oppenheimers. Oppenheimners. It's Oppenheim. It's Oppenheim. It's Oppenheimners. It's the Oppenheim group, right? Yeah, it's the Oppenheim. - Oppenheimer. - Oppenheim group, yeah. - You can't imagine when a newspaper season of Selling Sunset had come out right around the same time as Oppenheimer. It was like that was a crazy time for me. It was so confusing. My head was all twisted up. And immediately my brain goes to Kennergy, which we'll talk about next episode. You guys are not ready for my hot takes on Kennergy. Okay. My friend texted me. I just want to say a quick anecdote about bald guys. My friend texted me a picture of this guy that she was maybe starting to talk to. And she's like, his hair is thinning a little bit. And I was like, oh, well, maybe he'll shave his head. I love bald guys. And she was like, I don't know if I'm ready to date a bald guy. And I'm just like, that's so close minded. And it actually really pissed me off. I have not talked to her really since. Well, yeah, you blocked her. I'm just like, that's fucked up. You go, don't fucking come for my bald kings ever again. And I can, can I just say like, and I know maybe someone bald is going to be like, fuck you, like you have hair, but it does just seem like I've had enough. This is my hair. And it's like, just fucking shave it. And oh my God, the most iconic. I was so obsessed. I think it's from Brittany's book, or I think there was an interview that was on TikTok, but she talked about when she shaved her head. It was because it was like, she just thought the hair was like for the male gaze and it was about sexiness. And she's like, I just want to be like, you don't own me and I'm going to do this and I don't give a fuck. I think it's so major. You know who rocks the shaved head sometimes is Marie Faustin. Oh yeah. I mean the perfect, just it's stunning. So bald girls can happen too. And I am, I'm riding for bald guys, but I think bald women really like own the look. And I think sometimes maybe bald guys feel a little, I don't know. So we're trying to be killed less right now. So I think every now and then we just have to ride for guys to do the least. They can't even grow hair. But I do like the look. I like the aesthetic and I think it's cool. I think so too. And I think it can be sexy and fun and playful and don't hide it. Let it shine, put some oil on it and rub a dub dub. I wonder if you have to like shave it every day. What's the vibe? I think some people are taking a big to the head every day. Girl, that's what they're doing. You got that crass mouth. Now you're kind of making me want to shave this thing. It could be cool. I like, I think if I had to shave my head for a role one day, that would excite me. I think that could be really cool. You'd have to let me do it though. Of course. On live. Yeah. Well, I've done in, down the, but, and I, I want just two teardrops falling down, but it's not because I'm sad. I'm crying for who I was. It's a new feeling. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. If you want us to shave your head though, hit us up. I would love to shave someone's head. At Ride Live. Yeah. Ride Live. Next time we tour. We'll go back on tour if someone lets us shave their head in each city. In every city. Yeah. Whoa. Or we won't. Or we won't. You know what you are, Mary Beth? Bisexual? Well, yeah, but you're also my ride or die. Ride or die. So I obviously ride for Owning Your History. I think this is going to come up. This is going to be thematic throughout the season as we remember things that we've done and we can really point to like, that's Owning Your History. And also, I forgot to say my favorite stating the obvious in the stating the obvious episode, which it's raining. Could anything feel better than someone declaring that it's raining? And say that. And say that. Like, thank God you said that. Please. I got to say that in London. I know. I'm so London crazy right now. It's every day. You're obsessed. It was just so fun. My God, what are you wearing? Union Jack underwear? Oh my God. Like, maybe. Like, are you serious? Like, oh my God. No, it was just fun. I just like love their vibe over there. I'll just say that. It's fun to pop over sometimes. I know. They love it. They love you there, though. It's like everyone there was like, oh, Mary Beth. And I'm like, she's, you know, and I said she's dying her hair right now. She couldn't come. I mean, I dazzled them for years. No, I know. But I haven't been back since the. Well, yeah. And I will go back at some point. People keep asking me when I'm going back. When I'm ready is the answer. Stating the obvious. Exactly. When I'm ready, I'll be back. So. And I have nothing to say to that. Brain dead. Owning your, the Amplify. Don't add to. Owning your history can be so powerful. I think we need to do it more. It's sort of. Yeah, I just I think people shy away from it. And there's. It's like the cringe factor. There's the embarrassment. There's nothing more owning your history than overcompensating. I don't think so. I think I had to. I had to own that. And let me tell you, so cathartic for me. And to return to it, I think I forgave myself. And I think also a part of owning your history is learning lessons. I've learned so many lessons. I learned lessons today, even. Today, we've learned a lot. Yeah. We won't say what they are, but. No, not yet, but soon. Season six. Yes. What was another thing you added to season six recently? Just check real quick. I have. I do have a. Full list. We'll bleep it, of course. We have to. Yeah. Season six jokes. Oh. Oh, yeah. Yeah. And the. Oh, yeah. Oh, I think also at some point, actually, in the next episode, remind me to tell you my experience at the Barbie premiere. Oh, yeah. Because I want people to know that, like. When you talk about Kennergy, obviously. Well, of course. And it's like, but I still found my Kennergy even through the hate. I, of course, ride for bald guys. I'd be scared to not. I think it's amazing. I think it's fucking hot. It's sexy. I don't want to rub it. And of course, I'll always ask for permission and consent before I touch your heads. I think everyone needs to know that. Don't just touch some guy's head. But I can only hope that one day I'll have two cocktails at something, maybe espresso martinis and Jason Statham's there. And obviously me and Rosie connect. You're going to be hitting it off. It's a meeting of the minds. We've had so much fun. And she goes. You have to be my husband. And I'm like, who's your husband? And I do a whole bit. The beekeeper. The Megalodon himself. He's the beekeeper. The wrangler of the Megalodon. I just added something else to season six. You just reminded me. Oh, good. So like inspiration. It just happens in the moment. I had to write that down. Of course, my love. I really think you and Jason Statham will connect in a huge way. He's also a great comedic actor. If you haven't seen Spy starring Melissa McCarthy, like I highly recommend it. It's a fabulous film. Jude Law. And Sandra Bullock. Sandra Bullock. Dear media. Don't hit that. I think she's in that. Yeah, she is. Is she? Oh, no. She's in The Heat. Yeah. With Melissa. I love that movie, too. I love The Heat. But Spy is with Rose Byrne. You shouldn't mix up Melissa McCarthy's. That's problematic. She was really. She was prolific. She's prolific. Like she's in so many movies. You're right. It is Rose Byrne. But yes, I ride for bald guys. Maybe one day I'll join. Just as like a stylistic choice, too. It can be a stylistic choice. Just buzz it. It doesn't have to be necessity. I think I've got some like. I've got a lumpy head, though. So I don't know. We'll see. We'll see one day. But I just want to embolden people who are listening to this who maybe like want to experiment with being bald and like because maybe their hair is thinning and they just want to try it. It'll grow. Like the hair that you have will grow back. Yeah. So I say just like do it. It's pride month. Bic to the head. Take a pic to the. To the face. To the dome. What could be better than that? And that's right. The cover of Vogue. But you'll never know. I love you so much. I'm going to keep saying it so that you get it. I love you. This is what this is what I do. Yeah. It's what I do. And I think there's only one way to end this one straight to camera. My name is Bendy. Hi. Oh, my exit. Benny, babe. Eyes on the road. Benny, look out! Ride. Please note that this episode may contain paid endorsements and advertisements for products and services. Individuals on the show may have a direct or indirect financial interest in products or services referred to in this episode.