Taylor Swift, Kylie Jenner & More at Knicks Game, Summer House Bonus Ep + Ashlyn Harris Interview
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The episode captures the electric energy of the Knicks’ dramatic NBA Finals comeback, highlighting how fans in New York—especially in neighborhoods like West 10th Street—came together in a wave of joy and celebration. Celebrities such as Taylor Swift, Kylie Jenner, and Timothee Chalamet are featured in vibrant, heartfelt interactions, reinforcing the sense of community and shared excitement. The show also delves into online culture, questioning whether fans’ playful or sarcastic comments—especially about Taylor Swift’s presence—are rooted in genuine fandom or personal resentment. A deeper, more reflective segment features Ashlyn Harris’s personal story of resilience, trauma, and emotional healing, emphasizing vulnerability as a path to self-discovery and connection. Her journey illustrates how past struggles did not harden her but instead fostered empathy and self-compassion. The episode underscores how mental health awareness has evolved, particularly in childhood, where trauma and lack of access to therapy were once normalized. It calls out the current social media culture where people often destroy others to avoid vulnerability, contrasting it with the healing power of openness and authenticity. Ultimately, the narrative blends sports excitement with personal growth, showing that shared experiences—whether in a game or through honest storytelling—create meaningful, human connections.
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What's up, everyone? It's Chicks in the Office with Ria and Fran,
giving you that Friday energy on a Friday.
Happy Friday, everybody.
Exciting episode today, all right?
There's a lot going on online.
We have a great episode.
How are we feeling this morning?
I feel great. I don't know. I feel like I played.
I feel like I was on the court.
I feel like I was courtside myself.
I feel like I was at Game 4.
I woke up. I'm not in Manhattan.
So, you know, not that I have, like, anything in my wardrobe.
But I was like, I was like, this is as close as I got.
This is a Mount Joy at MSG t-shirt.
I was like, okay.
That plays.
It's the colors. It's MSG. It plays.
So I'm feeling festive. I couldn't sleep.
I think I got, like, limited.
I was glued to my phone. I couldn't put it down.
There was a new video.
Every time I would refresh Twitter, Instagram, there was a new video.
I couldn't have been more locked in.
Yeah, it was unbelievable.
Comeback for the ages.
Biggest in NBA history.
My man with the muscles.
OG.
You guys know it. I've been saying it all week.
I've been talking about his muscles all week.
I've been texting you guys.
I just keep calling him, okay, muscles.
And there he was.
He came through a little tap-tap.
All he had to do was give a little tap-tap
because he's just got such big muscles.
But that was enough, you know?
And I've been saying that all week privately
and I'm ready to talk about it publicly.
I'm also ready to say that I feel like you have a relationship to OG
like you do with Giancarlo Stanton.
Yeah, I love him.
I really do.
I've been texting about him all week.
And then last night during the game,
I gotta be honest, I was like,
I am falling in love with this team.
In a way that I was falling in love with off-campus,
I am falling in love with this team.
I'm like, oh my God, their muscles are crazy.
I actually got. Having it be the muscles is what is so funny.
No, it's so funny.
Because objectively, they all have muscles.
No, they all do.
I'm really joking around.
But really, it's like the heart of the team.
And no, that's not a Josh Hart pun
because my guy kind of fucked up a bunch of times last night.
But although he came in with a great defensive play at the end
for them to really seal the game.
He really made up for it because my God, would he be up?
I'd be up for the rest of my life if I was him,
if they lost that game.
You got your moment.
Nobody's around and you miss it.
Like that was just. Larry David doing like a full like Larry David collapse
was so funny.
I've never seen so much emotion from Larry David in my life.
It was amazing.
We were just eating it up while watching.
It was so funny.
So, so, so fun to watch.
I'm so excited.
Everyone's so excited.
New York is just, oh my God, the energy is amazing right now.
Obviously, there are a couple of assholes
that are ruining it for the rest of the fans
by acting extremely shitty.
There's no reason to be throwing things.
It's the most disgusting thing ever
to be like throwing things at Wemby,
throwing things at anybody on a team
is fucking vile behavior.
You just don't do that.
People are fighting in the streets.
And don't ruin it for the other people.
Don't ruin it for the fans that have been fans their entire lives
and have waited for this moment
and are just like having joy and fun and happiness, high-fiving.
A$AP Rocky is skipping down the street.
I was smiling so hard on my phone watching A$AP Rocky skipping.
I saw comments by celebs posted on their story.
Men are skipping in the streets again.
Everything is good.
Don't ruin it for the girly pops
who are blasting Long Live.
My Taylor Swift in the West Village
and singing at the top of their lungs.
The videos have been so great.
So around West 10th,
like West 7th and close to 7th,
I don't know the full details,
but I think that this is where it originated
is like these kids in their apartment
opened up their windows
and got on the fire escape
and put a projector on the fire escape
and have been projecting the game
on the side of,
the building across the street
on like the brick building across the street.
And every game there's been more and more people
who have just been standing in the streets and watching.
And game four, oh my God,
the entire block filled with people,
just like wall to wall people in that area,
which is just so much fun
because it's just like the best area regardless.
And seeing everybody react just like,
ugh, so it was incredible.
It's so cool.
It really is.
I mean, seeing all the videos,
and everyone just being brought together by it is-
We're not in the mix.
I was not in Manhattan.
I didn't, like my husband is there.
I was very happy for him to get into the mix,
but we both like went out to the beach
a little early this week.
And I was cracking up
because I just came over to my mother-in-law's
and was like, all right, it's me and you,
like we're watching.
And then at the end,
it was just us like jumping up and down,
being like, oh my God, yeah.
It's so fun no matter where you're watching.
I think, listen, I'm hoping they win.
Obviously on Saturday,
but Tuesday night,
I'm watching in the city.
I want to be a part of it.
I want to be a part of history.
New York.
Yeah.
I just want to be a part of it.
So we'll see.
We should go do something.
Yeah, we do have other plans Tuesday night.
We do.
We do.
We do.
We have a work obligation,
but I think timing wise,
we have plenty of time.
Exactly.
To make it somewhere.
I was going to say that to you.
So we should definitely go out after,
and watch,
but hoping they,
hoping they went on Saturday,
obviously.
The Knicks in five.
Yes, exactly.
Just so, so much fun,
but obviously Celebrity Row popping off.
I think we're going to talk all about that.
More than ever.
We got to get into it more than ever.
You know, we have a whole list here,
but I think we have to obviously start off.
Taylor Swift reports that she was going to the game.
Everyone's fired up.
She shows up with the Heim sisters.
They're wearing, you know,
these punny shirts.
We got Taylor wearing Stevie Nicks.
Then they were wearing Nickelback and Nicole,
Kidman Mariska,
who is seated next to Taylor,
which if you know,
Taylor's cat is named after her character,
Olivia Benson.
So everything was coming full circle.
Then she got a Stevie Nick shirt on that and watching them.
They were so excited throughout the whole game.
And especially when,
I mean,
I think they were down 20 points at this point and they're still
dancing every time they score.
Like they,
they were still excited to see them score,
even though a lot of people were,
were losing the wind in,
in their sails,
watching them get blown out by 29 points at one point.
Exactly.
And that's why I think a lot of people thought,
Oh,
this,
this could come back to bite them is a clip of Taylor dancing courtside.
There's still,
they're still down by 22 points,
but she was in it.
And I texted you guys.
I said,
look,
I can recognize when the girls are at MSG and they're drinking double vodka
soda.
Yes.
Because MSG makes a mean double vodka soda.
That thing is strong.
And,
and it looked like there were,
you know,
multiple rounds.
So I think the,
I think those girls were feeling no pain and we're enjoying their cell
and really enjoying themselves.
I actually saw,
I think it was maybe benches or someone posts like,
what if this is night one of Taylor's bachelorette?
And I went,
wow,
you know what?
I,
it kind of felt like she was maybe doing a walkthrough at MSG.
Like the game four was,
was her walkthrough.
Yeah.
It was,
it was so fun to see.
And then,
you know,
then we're getting all the,
the little side quest,
right?
You see scooter in Sydney,
sitting a couple rows back and you just see them in the video.
Cinema.
You know,
Kylie Jenner is down on the same row.
Are they going to interact?
And we did,
we got a video of Taylor and Kylie hugging.
They said hi to each other.
They hug.
They did the classic,
you know,
when you run into somebody and you just have to say hi,
you,
you have to say hi,
but there might be that underlying awkward tension.
So you kind of throw out like a,
that was so crazy.
This is nuts.
Right.
And then you just keep it moving.
Like so perfect.
Quintessential awkward run in,
but happy.
Like,
I don't think there's any beef there with the Jenner's.
I think.
Bad blood.
Nope.
Ooh,
Noah's so badly wishes he got that pun in.
Uh,
that was a good one.
But I think,
you know,
that's not the beef.
And so I think it's great that they say hi to each other and everyone's
happy and they looked happy.
They're happy to see each other.
It was,
I thought it was a good video.
They did.
And you know what?
I'm going to live in the world where,
where I watch a video and I think,
oh,
like this is so nice.
I don't want any underlying passive aggressiveness.
I'm like,
that was a real,
that was a genuine hug.
Nature is healing.
The Knicks are bringing everyone together.
Yes.
The impossible is happening.
You know,
who knows who could be at the next game.
They're hugging.
Um,
But no, you're absolutely right.
It's one of those things, especially at a sporting event.
It's like, it's such an easy out of having something to talk about.
Like it's, there's no, like, if it's awkward, there's no like, oh my God, what am I going to say if I have to say hi?
It's like, well, you go, what?
What a crazy game.
It was the perfect game for this to happen at.
Because this was insane.
You don't even have to ask how they are.
There's no, how are you?
It's like, we're talking about the game.
Hey guys, we're going to take a quick break and we will be right back.
Okay, let's be honest.
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Maybe you want edge of your seat drama.
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My current vibe is romance.
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I've been watching drama on Prime and it's been perfect.
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All right, now back to the show.
On top of that, you know, by the way, there's so many.
We'll get into further with Taylor Swift and Selena Gomez and all of that, what was happening online.
But there were so many videos of Timothee Chalamet that are genuinely just killing me.
I can't stop watching.
I can't stop watching them.
He is in the streets taking his shirt off.
His pants are falling to the ground.
He's grabbing microphones out of people's hands, screaming at the top of his lungs.
He is like Kylie's twirling through the Knicks dancers.
They are just having the time of their lives.
Ben Stiller right now, I know that there's been a lot of talk about him filming constantly.
He's currently filming a documentary on his phone, which I think is incredibly cool,
especially if you are documenting last night's game.
Like, yeah, this is going to this is quite the.
Documentary.
This is turning into billion dollar footage.
Like, like, don't lose that phone.
Like, I hope I hope he's backing up this footage.
Right.
He better have a lot of backup on there.
He better be backing up this footage because, my God, this man can't afford to lose his phone right now.
I hope he's using iCloud because it's got he's getting all the footage everybody want to want.
I mean, the whole thing was incredible.
Kylie and Timothee showing up and matching chrome hearts was top notch.
I love when they do a coordinated outfit.
They do.
It's so well.
And I also love that she's so I feel like invested into him being a fan.
It's so fun seeing, like, all the people crowding around.
Timothy, he's taking his shirt off.
He's jumping up and down.
But then the camera pants and like Kylie's like phone out, like also trying to film him just being like trying to get in the mix, too.
And I'm like, oh, they're just having they're just having so much fun.
And yeah, they're Ben Stiller's probably got the footage of like all of them, too.
Like right in probably right in Taylor Swift's face.
He tweeted it out, the video from his phone.
And it was so sick.
I love watching him.
And, you know, he was interviewed after and they were like, you know, there are people like jumping on the bandwagon.
But you've been a lifelong fan.
And, you know, how long have you had season tickets?
He's like, I actually don't have season tickets, but like I'm given the tickets because they know I'm a fan.
Yeah.
You know, I love seeing how happy is he said that him and his wife went home after the last game, burned their clothes.
He was like, I will never wear that shirt again.
Like I I'm just eating all of it up.
I love like watching everyone hug.
I mean, Jordan came through with that bag.
The bag is back.
God.
And I think that it's all in that motherfucking bag because that fucking orange ostrich hair bag, whatever the fuck it is, it is.
It is really what a good luck charm.
They tried to do it with the shoes and it didn't work.
And the bag had to come back and it made all the difference.
And it really did.
I love seeing her and Kylie like jumping together and being happy.
I mean, everything that happened is really it's so sad how everything went down and that they were literally inseparable.
So to be able to see them be in this moment together and hugging and be so happy is so much fun.
I love seeing the videos like them running up to each other.
And it feels like they're like almost like kids again.
You know, like it goes back to the time when they were just like so,
so close.
And on top of that, we had some people in suites.
Haley Bieber, Tate McRae, Jake Shane.
They were all in a suite together.
Kevin Jonas was in the same.
And the Giants.
Kevin Jonas was in the same suite as all of them.
I think they were all in the same suite.
He posted.
He was so excited, which was awesome.
But then we got something that was happening on Selena Gomez's Instagram, which was it didn't really make a ton of sense of what was happening.
She posted on her story, which is now deleted.
But Fran got the screenshot.
She wrote mad respect for the game.
Congrats to the peeps that represent.
What a comeback.
So funny how some are all the sudden fans, though.
LOL.
So we're just like, girl, why is this happening right now?
Who are you shading?
What is this to?
When I opened the story, I opened it at it had been up for 30 minutes and I screenshotted like all of it because I was like, boy, is she going to delete this when she wakes up?
It's just like, you know what's happening.
And there's so many times when you're just like, Selena, this is why you're this is why you don't have your phone.
Like, this is why we need to take her password.
Well, you can tell when Selena's posting herself and you're like, ah, she's got her phone and they're filming only murders in London right now.
It seemed like she was maybe up late.
I don't know.
She was just sleep posted or what was going on.
She then posted a old throwback picture of her in a Spurs jersey.
She is his first fan.
She is from Texas.
She wrote happy for New York.
Heartbreak's just a little LOL.
It's OK.
I'm happy for the teams.
Thanks for giving us some great games at NBA.
But she didn't tag the NBA.
Like she just wrote at NBA, but it's not clickable.
And then she commented on MTV's posts of Taylor with Mariska and then the Heim sisters and just wrote LOL.
So everyone was like, OK, wait, here's the thing.
Is there a world where she genuinely saw those pictures and thought they were funny and was like, whoa, these are funny pictures?
Absolutely.
But yeah, but I don't.
I don't use LOL like that unless I'm being shady, right?
Like, unless you're my parents, I don't think you're responding just LOL.
Yeah.
Because I feel like you and maybe she does, but it's a misread on her part to comment that because I feel like if she genuinely thought it was funny, comment LOL.
I love this.
Haha.
This is so funny.
When somebody just comments just LOL, it's immediately taken out of context as shade, right?
Yeah.
100%.
Yeah.
It comes off sarcastic.
I feel like, you know, I tried to put myself in this position where I was like, and maybe I'd have to be more, you know, of a football comparison.
Would you be shading me on your Instagram story?
That's what the comparison is.
That's what I'm saying.
Like, but it's like if I was a lifelong Spurs fan and you in this new form Knicks fandom, like your court side, you're going to the games, you're rocking.
And my team's losing.
Maybe, maybe you're just a little butthurt and you're posting like, wait, but you don't, you're taking this more about Taylor Swift than it's not a shot at Haley Bieber.
Well, we're going to get into that.
I don't think this is a shot at Haley Bieber at all.
Like, like not even, not even a little bit.
When I see that story.
No, I actually think it has nothing to do with Haley.
There was like one picture of Haley Bieber.
She, I don't think Selena even realized Haley Bieber was there.
Yeah.
I, I think that the comment on that.
That page is weird to throw that in.
But here's the thing, friend, you would get on this podcast and, and banter with me about it or not even on the pot.
Like in real life, we'd be banned.
Yeah, no.
Yeah.
You wouldn't post on your Instagram story, like shading me, like funny how you're a fan all of a sudden, but like not tag me.
Like if you were going to, if you were going to joke with me like that, you would tag me on the Instagram.
It'd be like funny how you're a fan all of a sudden at Rhea.
No, I know.
That's why it's, it's, it's, I know.
I don't know.
I feel like sometimes she gets online and posts these things that like, she doesn't even think that people are going to take out of context and then they do.
Yeah.
And it's like, come on, you know?
Yeah, no, absolutely.
I, you wake up or whatever she, and then she posted that she only got like three hours of sleep and she was back on set, the whole thing.
So yeah, I don't know.
I think it's either like, you think you're being funny or you're just like, ha ha, whatever.
Cause you know, then Taylor was getting shit.
Cause it's like, she's not even a Knicks fan.
Like they were saying it even on the, uh, Knicks radio got caught being like, what is she doing here?
Um, Taylor's been an, like, you know, I'm sure she put herself in the extremely casual fan category, but it's not like she hasn't gone to Knicks games before.
It's not like she hasn't lived in New York.
It's not like she loves New York.
She fucking loves New York.
Right.
I don't know.
There was an era where she was going.
- We're going to a lot of Knicks games.
- Right, I don't understand.
Like, just Google Taylor Swift Knicks and you'll see that she's been at a bunch of games in the past, has repped them, has worn their jersey.
Like, I don't—this is just one of those non-issues that people want to make into an issue for no fucking reason.
They just want to complain because it's Taylor.
Right, and it's like, oh, she gets—
And by the way, now it's coming back around because now they're like, Taye Voodoo they want.
Right.
So it's all these guys are like, I fucking love Taylor Swift.
Right, that's—it's just, like, ridiculous.
Like, who gives a shit?
Just let her go to the game and have fun.
I'm sure there's a ton of people at the game.
I mean, a lot of them are fans, but I'm sure there's a ton of people at the game that didn't give a shit.
If I had a chance to go to the game, I'd be going to the game and everyone knows I didn't give a shit last week.
So, like, you know, it is what it is.
They just want to pick on her.
It's stupid, but she was having a great time.
And then, you know, more celebrities.
We had Larry David, which we talked about.
So much fun seeing him.
His reactions, the most emotion you're going to see from him.
I loved hearing Shaq going, I don't like him.
He tripped me.
Like, oh, God.
So funny.
I love that.
Did you see the clip of someone trying to, like,
go up and high-five him?
And he was like, no.
Yeah, he was like, mm-mm, mm-mm.
I love it.
Get that away from me.
You had Jerry Seinfeld.
You had Chris Rock.
We talked about Ben Stiller.
The celebrities were endless at this game.
And as people who love pop culture, we are into that aspect of it all.
Into it from all aspects, really.
It's just, it couldn't have been a better intersection of everything that we love.
Because, yes, it has all the celebrities.
But then it was maybe the, you know.
Like, the craziest game in NBA Finals history.
So you're just so locked in for so many reasons.
Mariska, jumping into Rick Brunson's arms at the end of the game.
Like, her walking around looking like she was just electrocuted
was sneaky my favorite part of the end of the game.
Her hair, her hair's all over the place.
And it just looked like she was walking around, like, staring.
And just, like, she was like, I can't believe it.
I can't believe it.
She's just totally stunned.
She crashed the inside the NBA.
Like, they're doing their show.
She's behind them.
She's, like, trying to say hi to all of them.
She's just like, I was dying.
I was like, she is cracking me up.
Just full-blown, like, in a daze.
She was probably the last one to leave MSG.
Like, she might still be there.
It was so fun to watch her.
And they have had a, you know, she's had a relationship with a couple guys on the team for a while now.
And she's always there supporting them, which is super cool.
I can't get enough of watching the videos.
I can't get enough of everybody.
Like, they didn't want to leave.
Nobody wanted to leave.
You know, you have the most famous people in the room, and nobody wants to leave.
They all want to be a part of it.
And as for the game, just incredible stuff.
I mean, my God, Noah, how were you feeling during the game when they were up by almost 30 points?
It's just like, at some point, you think, or everyone is like, they're not going to be able to come back.
But just in the back of your mind, I was like, I could see this happen.
It's just like, you watch it unfold, and you're just like,
how are they letting this happen?
Like, credit to the Knicks, obviously.
But I think most people would, like, admit, like, the Spurs, like, this is on the Spurs.
Like, what were they doing?
Absolutely.
They scored 30 points in the second half.
And then Fox, like, I actually almost feel bad for Fox,
the amount that he's, like, never going to live this down.
But, like, those were some of the dumbest plays I've ever seen.
Wemby had a terrible fourth quarter, too.
I saw, like, I saw a tweet of all the, of all the stuff.
Missed shots, missed free throws.
Wemby had some bad moments, too.
But then it all goes back to the coach, where people are saying,
where it's like, he ended up playing more in the third quarter
than he did in the previous game.
And then people are like, he was so tired at the end.
And it's like, what?
I don't know.
That was terrible coaching.
Yeah.
But it was a crazy game.
I don't know.
Like, if I was an actual Spurs fan, I don't know how I could go on.
Like, I couldn't go.
I was, like, speechless.
And I'm not even, like,
I'm just rooting against the Knicks.
But, like, I'm not a Spurs fan.
Yeah.
I mean, I imagine it's similar to how the Falcons felt with the Patriots.
Like, it's, you and you, when you are up so much,
it's just your game to completely lose.
It's just also, like, this is the second game of the series
where they lost the game because of a dumb mistake at the end.
Like, so, yeah.
Yeah, I know.
I think it's also because of that Eastern Conference final game
where they came back in the fourth quarter.
It kind of made everyone believe, like, they could do it.
It's, like, not impossible.
It's not impossible.
Like, when they were down,
I put a Knicks money line bet in after the first quarter
because I was, like, I don't know.
I just feel like they feel like a team of destiny.
I'm, like, they might be down,
but I just have a feeling anything could happen,
especially at MSG.
It was, like, you saw them do it already.
No, this gave me deja vu to last year
where the Celtics lost two games to the Knicks
that they were up by 20 both games.
It's, like, I don't know why the Knicks, like, are so good at,
like, coming back from giant.
Yeah, yeah.
I know, I know.
I have watched that tip
and from, like, every possible angle,
the photos are so sick.
Like, the overhead one that the Knicks posted,
oh, my God.
Like, frame that.
Put that on every billboard in New York.
It was, like, the coolest thing ever.
OG has to get finalist MVP.
Yeah.
A lot of people are saying Brunson's going to get it.
Like, he shouldn't.
Yeah, OG should get it.
I mean, he missed that shot.
That was. Yeah.
I think it's so dependent on game four.
And game five.
I mean, look, they're right.
Like, all the players are like,
hey, like, we're. It's not over.
We haven't won anything yet, which is so fair
because I saw some people being like,
are Knicks fans celebrating too much right now?
It was like, you didn't win.
Guys, how funny would it be?
How funny would it be?
No, it actually wouldn't be funny.
I would feel. It wouldn't be funny at all.
I would feel so bad for them.
It was so funny watching OG be asked about. How he felt.
And he was like, it's pretty cool.
It's cool.
I'm excited.
People are excited.
But they're just focused.
You can't get that excited until you win it all.
Because you really, just like this game,
you just never know what could happen.
Yeah, exactly.
Seeing Cat, like, just like,
look up at the skies, he was so emotional.
By the way, Cat. He played his ass off.
Cat actually saved the game at the end.
Yeah, he. When he tipped that pass.
He tipped that pass.
You know, early foul trouble.
It's funny, you know,
the narrative shifts when the Knicks win
of course, but there were some crazy calls
at the beginning of that game.
There were some crazy. I texted Fran, I said. Crazy calls.
Crazy.
Let them play, man.
Yeah.
Just let them play.
Yeah.
Yeah, you know?
Yeah.
But, yeah, no, it's. We're going to be locked in.
Wemby got another flagrant,
so that's something to keep an eye on.
Like, he's accumulating those points.
Because it's like. I did like this time that he. If he gets another, I think he's suspended the game.
Yeah, he's suspended if he gets another.
I did like that he, like, tapped. Like, he actually took the blame for that one
and tapped Kat on the back.
I texted my family and I was like,
I actually do think that one was accidental.
Like, he's got. Oh, that was definitely accidental.
He's got freakishly long arms.
Mm-hmm.
Like, that one. Yeah.
The shove to the back of Brunson's head
to the ground that wasn't called
was probably worse than that one.
So, no, but what a time to be alive.
Truly, like, I. I live, like, 30 blocks from MSG.
They were, like. I'm on the 17th floor of my building
and, like, right when the game ended,
like, I heard, like, screaming in the streets.
Like. It was crazy by where I live.
I'm not that far from MSG.
And. Joe was telling me about, you know,
everyone kind of, like, coming down 7th Ave
and outside of our office
looked like it was fucking crazy.
Yeah.
So. You see, like, Iman Shumpert was just, like,
walking through, like, 7th Ave.
I love that he was wearing a Shumpert jersey.
Yeah.
I actually. He appreciated that.
Like, I'm gonna wear my. His own jersey.
I'm gonna wear my own jersey and walk. No, that would be. Metta World Peace was wearing a World Peace jersey as well.
I love it.
He's like. I can't imagine the amount of people
who were, like, behind him being, like. Just saw the Shumpert jersey and being like all that.
Like, and then you walk by him and you're like,
wait, that's actually him?
Yeah.
You know what?
I'm also so happy for everybody
that got to go to that game.
Like, I. Because your feelings change so much.
Like, you're like, oh, God.
You're seeing people so excited
and then you're like, oh, my God.
You're thinking of the people that are there
and getting the tickets.
Being there for that moment
once in a lifetime,
worth every cent
that I'm sure they paid to get in the door.
Absolutely.
And if you left early,
God, you got. I don't know how many people are leaving early
when they pay that much to go,
but if you left early,
oh, my God,
are you fucking killing yourself.
My friend's husband left early.
But he thinks he's a bad luck charm.
Like, every time he goes, they lose.
Okay.
And I said, okay, let's think about a reverse.
If he stayed, they probably would have lost.
Okay, me. Okay, we'll give it to him.
I'm just saying he has to be kicking himself a little bit.
No, no.
And Madeline's on a bachelorette right now
and they're on a trip.
You know, she had a chick that. They had, like, a cater dinner.
Cater made her a chicken.
She had a chicken cutlet at halftime.
Smart move.
Smart move.
I said, Madeline,
send me the time stamp
of when you had the chicken cutlet.
Rhea, on Saturday,
I'm gonna be making my own chicken cutlet for this place.
No, no, not happening.
Not happening.
I'm blocking off the kitchen.
Don't worry, I don't know how.
I was gonna say,
I was gonna go,
he can't cook a chicken cutlet.
Please.
Oh, my God.
Good luck.
All right, well, let's get into
the rest of the episode.
We're gonna talk about, quickly,
some summer house stuff
and then we have a great interview
with Ashlyn Harris,
and we have a great game of Trivia.
So let's just move on to Summer House.
Hey, guys, we're going to take a quick break and we will be right back.
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So we discussed the part three reunion of Summer House.
We thought it was over.
We thought we were wrapping up this chapter.
And they left something out of the screener that they sent us.
It was a trailer for a bonus episode next week, Summer House Aftermath.
Which to me, I got to be completely honest,
means nothing because they were just in Italy this week.
So you see a trailer of Kyle and Wes talking.
Wes, you know, says he's loved who I think is Amanda for a very, very long time.
Where was that energy at the reunion?
He didn't say any of that.
And then you see Lindsay talking with Amanda
and telling her that Amanda, Wes said that Amanda was obsessed with him.
She's like, he said that.
That's not what happened.
But everything goes out the window.
Because they were just in Italy this past week.
So it's like, really, what does it even matter how Amanda responds to what Lindsay's saying?
She's not going to leave him.
It's abundantly clear.
And whatever Wes says to Kyle,
I think is to make up for whatever everyone's saying.
Because that was filmed only two weeks ago.
That was so recent that they filmed that whole thing with Kyle and Wes
that I'm like, this is, he saw shit online and said,
okay, now I got to regurgitate this.
Yeah.
I have a feeling we're going to get just more buzzwords
and things that he feels like need to be said now.
I did really think, it's really not going to help either of them at this point
because they're still together.
Like no matter what is said
and no matter what they want to say to justify their actions,
it's like, well, they're together.
So.
No matter how much Kyle or Sierra is like, this hurt us, this hurt, like,
they still did what they did.
They're still doing what they're doing.
So at this point, it's like, do we even still need to keep rehashing it?
I was more interested in this conversation between Sierra and Mia
because Mia says that Wes texted him after they filmed the reunion and said, you win.
That is such a psychotic move.
Crazy.
Like, no, he's a sociopath.
Like, that is so insane to text somebody.
That, I cannot wrap my head around that.
Like, that is devious.
That is fucking weird.
And just disgusting, really.
Like, he's just mad that she decided to get in the mix.
Like, he probably never thought that she would be like platformed on the show
and be speaking about their relationship so publicly
so that he could get away with any sort of behavior with her.
And she was like, fuck it.
And really exposed.
What was going on between them.
And like, yeah, it's just, that's a devious text.
It's devious.
It's weird.
I cannot believe that Amanda knows all of these things
and still wants something to do with him.
It's just fucking bizarre.
But at this point, after this week, we need to wrap it up.
We need to wrap it up.
Andy said that they are filming in the city reunion today,
which is Thursday when we're recording at the Watch Happens Live Clubhouse.
And he promises to ask if Amanda was on medication.
And during the reunion.
Yeah.
And to be honest, whatever she says, I like, it better be yes.
Or if it's no, I don't believe her.
No, we won't believe it at all, obviously.
I mean, they were highly medicated in whichever way that they were choosing to be.
But it's so insane.
I'm kind of like, I'm not even really excited for this bonus episode.
I'm kind of at this point, like, we got it.
You know, we know what's happening here.
Nothing's changing.
Yeah.
Let's wrap it up.
Yeah, totally.
I agree.
I think we're going to move into the in the city stuff and have this be the end.
It did make sense maybe to have these conversations because the reunion did feel like it ended so, like, open-ended, if that makes sense.
Like, there were so many conversations.
And it's really just because Amanda and Wes said nothing.
So it's like, we got nothing out of them for 10 hours.
I thought it was smart to put them in a smaller setting, like these one-on-one conversations, because it'll just force them to have to speak more.
And also, they're not in the same room while they're talking.
So, yeah, certainly interested to see how it all goes down.
And on top of that, the rumor that Jennifer Lawrence was the person who figured out the audio leak was true.
So, Andy revealed that on Watch What Happens Live.
All of the week or the night was, which one is it?
Is it Mazel of the Day?
Mazel of the Day, I think it is, because he does it every night, was that Jennifer Lawrence was the person who figured it out.
I love to know how Jennifer Lawrence put two and two together on who fucking leaked that.
Like, tell us how she did it.
Tell us how.
I mean, he probably doesn't want to reveal her online sleuthing techniques.
Right, right.
But I want to know how she figured that out.
I completely agree.
I want, like, a full whiteboard breakdown, step-by-step of everything that she did.
I have a feeling that Jennifer Lawrence has, like, 18 burner accounts and just, like, was throwing out messages to people and investigating and following a trail because that is just, that's impressive.
That's impressive.
And it also shows how dedicated she is.
I want to know how the cast of Summer House felt about this.
Like, we should ask Jesse Solomon to be like,
So, like, what did you guys think when you found out that it was actually, it actually was Jennifer Lawrence?
Like, Jennifer Lawrence was that invested into this leak happening for your show that she went to lengths to find out who did it?
I'm just thinking, like, they might have been done shooting, but Jennifer Lawrence is, like, on set shooting a movie with Leonardo DiCaprio.
And she's, like, going home and, like, going on Twitter and trying to find these people and then going back to set to shoot a movie with Leonardo DiCaprio.
Right, that's how she does it.
She decompresses.
She's, like, actually, the way I'm going to get my mind off this, off my job is trying to figure out who leaked the Summer House audio.
That's another hilarious one to think of that conversation.
She and Leo are, like, on their lunch break and he's, like, she's, like, locked to her phone and he's, like, what are you doing?
She's, like, buckle up, Leo.
Yeah, he's, why are you on the phone with Andy Cohen so much?
Yeah.
It's just so good.
Jesse Solomon was on Watch What Happens Live with Rachel Lindsay.
I think that they both had great things to say.
About how this all unfolded and Jesse, you know, had his receipts, which. The timeline.
Weren't really groundbreaking.
No, it was just, like, no, it was just his suspicions and his, like, his suspicions and his timeline just sort of made sense with how everything came out and, like, what they were doing.
I think it was really just to show how much they were lying throughout February and March and lying to their face.
Other people, I, I'm sorry, the, the first one being W and A go to dinner, period, without me, period.
No, I'm not kidding.
That part keeps breaking my heart because during the reunion when he looked at them and said, so why did you go to dinner without me?
Like, it breaks my heart for some reason.
I'm like, that, you know. Don't leave Jesse Solomon out like that, okay?
And just, like, it's like a flashback almost of, like, being left out, like, when you're younger.
And I think that's why it. Yeah.
It's like, it's like he really, that cut deep for him to be left out of that.
I know.
And then he had to sit with thinking, oh, these people don't like me, they don't want me out to dinner, but really they were fucking.
You know what's crazy?
And they cut it out, but it was in the Peacock extended version, is Jesse explaining more, and Carl as well, on why he was so emotional is because he had a friend hook up with his ex or, like, start to date or hook up with his ex.
Yeah.
Over this past summer.
So, like, he's living it, he lived it in his personal life now, he's watching it happen to his friends, and I think it was just, like, weighing pretty heavy on him because West also knew that this had happened to Jesse, that, you know, one of his friends started hooking up with an ex and that it really bothered him.
I thought it was interesting what they left out and put in the unedited version because they also addressed the Yankee game, and Amanda did say that she said. She said to West, act like you like me.
Yeah.
She said it was, like, at the end of saying. other stuff I don't really think that's helps that's like really crazy like the fact that
someone first of all was able to lip read that correctly of her being like act like you like me
I thought that was nuts I was like oh no people are this is just like mad lip people are putting
in no no she actually said those words yeah yeah not good not good folks not good at all but we do
have some great uh just a little psa some good tv to jump on uh this weekend obviously we're gonna
have we there's gonna be a big love island recoupling that everyone had will have watched
last night that we haven't watched yet go into the weekend and every year after is now on prime
if you're looking for a new summer teen romance drama to jump into i can't do it again how are
we supposed to get into another fucking show like this i know i know here's the thing i watched the
first episode i'm not gonna make any rush judgments i did read this book i really did
enjoy the book i think people who didn't i don't want to spoil anything i think people
that didn't read the book and watch the show may be a little baffled with how how it all goes down
like just the plot line wise the other thing is i'm having a hard time
getting past this guy being the guy in high school musical the musical the series i i it's
no offense to him he's much he's you know he's age appropriate but there's like a little bit
of a disconnect in my mind with the cast because the girl that plays percy who's the main girl so
they jump back and forth timelines from summers when they're younger to current day and they're
all like 30 years old current day they they like kind of look a little too young for 30 in my
opinion and the actress in real life is only 24 so i get why they kind of went in between because
she sort of has to play high school younger and also 30 so it's tricky you do probably want to
find somewhere in the middle but a little bit harder to me i don't know i don't know i don't
know if it's harder for me but this is matt cornett he's 27 and i just every time i see him i'm i
quite literally only see ej from high school musical musical series and like his character
so i'm gonna have to try and get past that yes gonna have to try and get past that because um
i am very interested to finish this totally bingeable eight episodes it's all out already
people are going to be watching that one uh very quickly
the last thing i wanted to say i said it before taylor swift singing you got a friend with me with
randy newman come on just good stuff has she ever by the way just has she ever looked better
in like the last three days i gotta be honest she looks fantastic it's that pre-wedding glow
it really it is it really is just that it's it just hits it hits so hard but my god i was
laughing because obviously in the in the heat of winning and everything and joe was so happy
he like sent me on instagram one of the carousel pictures that uh we posted of taylor and he was
like not gonna lie like i know she scores out at the knicks she's never looked better
no i think a lot of people yeah the red carpet the dress at toy story the short one
loved i thought that was so cute so cute and the yellow oscar de la renta dress that she's
wore on stage performing gorgeous that was a gorgeous dress
you couldn't really tell from the videos but then oscar like a video from oscar de renta came
up in my feed of like the detail of all the beating really stunning but what a fun back
and forth but i loved watching her sing the new song and then sing with randy oh my god it was so
sweet gorgeous gorgeous and she i i just can't stop talking about how good she looks like she
just looks incredible yeah and i you know she got a little glimpse at her wedding venue last night
and uh we'll see she's mapping things she's mapping things out while she's sitting courtside
we'll we'll cover this we'll cover that yeah i bet the planner was down there in the tunnel
waiting to go through you know i'm going to show you the ins and outs the exits the whole thing
yeah yep love it all right that wraps up the topics
hey guys we're gonna take a quick break and we will be right back this football season it's game
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with a very special guest we have ashlyn harris in studio we are so excited to talk to you thank
you so much for joining us today thanks for having me i appreciate it we really loved this
new special that you have out game changers the ashlyn harris story we we are seeing all sides of
you you really are getting deep and sharing your story what made you take the time to get to the
take the leap to put uh this special out yeah i think for quite some time i think a few people
have approached me about doing this and um you know i have a unique story that most people don't
know about and i have always been open and honest with my journey i think it's really important it's
how i connect with my fans but also how i heal my scars yeah i think having enough bravery
and vulnerability to share some of the hardest seasons of your life might help someone else
it might help someone not feel so alone or it may ignite something that they can take more risk and
they can choose themselves or they can get out of something that doesn't serve them anymore i think
there's a lot of lessons in this and what was important to me is not to be a shiny little
highlight reel of success um i think we do that too often yeah as public figures and i think it's
because we don't want to show the hard side or what it cost us chasing success yeah um trying to
be extraordinary and perfect for decades has cost me a lot and um i think the beauty of this
documentary is is really to say like it's a love letter to myself it's a love letter saying you've
been through some shit and it's been hard but it hasn't hardened you and i think that is the biggest
thing i take away and i hope
what everyone else takes away is every day like i no matter how hard it got i kept choosing myself
and i kept choosing myself and choosing myself and i gave myself grace and and enough understanding
to know that life isn't always linear and it's not always going to be perfect and the more we
can talk about it and share it um i think the more we can like have real connection yeah you're
absolutely right i feel like there are so many people that can relate to your story not you know
not everything is exact but people have their own things that they deal with and i think right now
especially people are just craving realness from everybody especially with social media
highlight reels everything's perfect but what people love about you is genuine real stories
what you've been through and learning so much about you because i have to say i learned so
much that i would have no idea about you see someone so successful and you look up to them
and that's what you always look at but there's so much more and it's so deeper than that so thank
you for sharing your story first of all because i really do think watching someone like you share
this does help yeah a ton of people thank you and it opens really strongly you talk about your your
childhood and um a pretty horrific accident that your father went through and sort of maybe the a
distance it created with your parents and where you and your brother out in bars and you're you're
like in middle school you're yeah i got my uh i got my first fake id when i was 13 that's crazy
and and people were like yeah this is you can come in to the bar uh well i had an id so i don't think
you know back in those days they're buying you're like you know i would go to these country bars
where people wouldn't you know
off of 95 like i mean the shit i did as a kid and i think back i'm like oh gosh uh thank goodness i
made it out yeah um but you know back in the day they just put x's on your hands um you know if
at the time when i was 13 i had i had an 18 id so i could get into bars and i you know some of these
country bars you didn't have to necessarily drink but if you walked into the bathroom after they
marked your hands right no one really cared back then right there wasn't like wristbands and this
yeah yeah yeah glow-in-the-dark stamps and scanning ids they will put a small x on your
hand saying you can't drink and you'd walk into the bathroom and you would rub it off and
you'd go about your way yeah um yeah that that is so crazy so crazy to me
but the love for soccer really started at such a young age and I loved hearing you talk about
having to play with the boys I feel like that is kind of the the quintessential experience that when
a young girl is really talented at something they're like well let's let's let them play with
the boys which is you know crazy but what was that like having at such a young age immediately
playing with you know all on the boys teams what what I'll say I think it's a strong thing to say
my love for the game I don't know if it was really my love for the game or it was a way out yeah I
think there's a big difference there and I need to hold space for both of those because I don't
necessarily I wouldn't say like you know there are people who love the game yeah eat breathe sleep
and they genuinely loved the game.
I didn't love my experience at home.
I didn't love watching my parents stock shelves
at two o'clock in the morning.
I didn't like seeing the shame of my mom
paying for food on food stamps.
I didn't, I wanted something better for myself.
And, you know, I was, weirdly enough,
I played with boys in everything.
I played baseball, I would make the all-star team.
And then when I got to, you know, a certain age,
I realized, well, there's not really a future
in women's baseball, it doesn't exist.
I was really a big skater, you know,
I didn't see a lot, you know, I was like Tony Hawk
and I would surf and Kelly Slater was a big deal.
And, you know, I was a small town kid from Florida.
So there wasn't really many like organized
female teams of anything.
I just loved to play and be out of the house.
Because it was safety for me, right?
I didn't hear, yeah, I didn't hear screaming.
I didn't hear things flinging.
You know, there was a lot of things.
And, you know, as a kid, it's just like,
you don't know, you're not clocking what's going on.
Now that I'm an adult, I'm like, okay,
there's a lot of mental health things going on here.
There's a lot of like, you know, trauma
and medication that needed to be, you know,
back then it wasn't, people didn't talk about it.
Yeah.
Especially my family didn't have access to it.
So like as a kid, I would just hide a lot.
I would just find safety in other places besides my house.
And, you know, when I was super young in eighth grade,
I started getting college letters.
And that, I knew nothing about college.
My parents didn't, you know, graduate from college.
My grandparents weren't educated.
It wasn't a thing.
But I realized after a big blast,
after a big blow up, I was like,
well, maybe this is my ticket out.
And maybe this is the way I can get an education.
Maybe it opens up different doors.
Maybe it gets me out of here.
So I think that's the beauty of this story is like,
I didn't have this love for the game that everyone else did.
I had an opportunity to get out of the circumstance
in which I was living that wasn't serving me.
Yeah.
And I just picked up a phone one day and I was bullish.
And I said, hey, I want to go here.
And I was lucky enough to be good enough
and have enough drive to be like, this coach was like, yeah.
- Did the love ever come for you?
Or was it sort of like now,
it was always sort of a way out of other things?
- I just wanted a better life for myself, right?
I don't, of course I loved it, but also it was my job.
- Right.
- You know, people forget that this is a job
that I'm very good at, that I dedicated myself to.
That I dedicated my life and my craft to.
But it wasn't my purpose.
It, if you put all of, all of your, you know,
drive, love, success, identity into a soccer ball,
I just, it wasn't fulfilling for me.
You know, it wasn't enough.
- Yeah.
- And the more I started talking about things,
the more I started standing up for mental health,
because what I saw, the more I kept educating myself
and realizing, you know, this wasn't my fault.
Wasn't my parents' fault.
- Yeah.
- And the more I gave grace, the more understanding,
the more therapy and healing,
the more I started sharing my scars, I think,
is really when purpose came into my life.
It changed everything, you know?
- It really is so crazy though,
going back to your childhood,
to think about how many people we were around ourselves
that you really don't know what's going on at home.
You may be on a team with somebody
that you're just seeing them right when you're at a game,
you're at practice,
and you have no idea what they're going home to.
- Mm-hmm.
- This is an escape for them.
It's their way out.
And then on top of that,
thank God we are having these conversations now
about mental health,
because you bring up such a good point about like,
back in the day, like, this wasn't happening.
Like, our parents, our grandparents,
like, you see so much more now that,
like, you know, I remember when, like,
my parents talked about, you know,
finally going to therapy, and I was like,
wow, like, this is amazing, you know?
Just because,
growing up, that was not the case.
It wasn't really talked about,
and it wasn't until something happens
where, like, something needs to be done,
and then you sort of see that change,
and you're just so thankful that we're now
so much more open about it, you know?
- Yeah, and I think that's the thing,
is like, we don't all have it figured out, you know?
We all make mistakes,
and unfortunately now we're under such a crazy microscope
when it comes to social media
that people are so miserable in their own circumstance,
all they want to do is destroy other people,
because that's what, you know, that's one thing.
Hurt people hurt other people,
and that is one thing from a very early age.
I know I lived a hard life,
but I didn't want it to harden me,
and I think that, if anyone can take anything
out of this documentary, it's like,
all of these things happened, and I didn't choose it,
I didn't want it for myself,
but also, like, all of this hardness has made me,
it's given me soft, it's given me grace,
it's given me understanding that, like,
we all fuck up, and that is a part of life,
evolution, of becoming a better human,
like, everyone is so scared right now to make a mistake,
because it's plastered everywhere.
Like, every podcast I do, someone takes one snip
of something about me trying to chase excellence
and surround myself around certain people
that lift me and challenge me,
and it's like, people want to destroy you,
people want to make it a reason to not like you,
and it's like, that's so sad, man.
You must be hurting so much in your own life
that you take joy out of destroying someone else's,
and it's like, is that where we've come?
Like, social media was here to connect us
and show us a side of ourselves
that, like, we could express freely and artistically,
and now it's just a clickbait web of bullshit.
There are so many pros and cons, really,
because like you said, the connecting part of it
can be so, so great,
but the part where people are so miserable,
where they want to take down other people,
when really what, like, you're saying,
you know, the mistakes that you've made in your life,
the mistakes we've made in our life
can actually help you connect more with people,
and actually be more understanding with people,
of course, you're gonna have the moments
where you judge someone and go,
what the fuck were they thinking?
But then you can come from a place of being a human
and go, okay, well, what's happening?
What's happening in their life?
What happened in their family life?
You know, you take people for what they are.
I think a lot of times we learn when we grow
is that just taking someone for who they are
and their entire, you know, past existence as well.
- You need people to be honest on there, too,
'cause that's when people start to see through the bullshit
is when people start lying about how perfect their life is.
And it is hard right now, you are very right,
because the people that are honest
and do share things that could maybe be judged
or misjudged, they do get torn apart.
And it's like, well, they're just trying
to share an honest story, and you're tearing them down
for trying to at least reach somebody.
- That is the hardest part,
because then people end up using it against that person
when it's like, we're all just--
- Well, that's, yeah, I mean, you can't weaponize
someone's truth and story, and that's the thing for me.
That's the least of my concern.
Like, this is a love letter to myself.
This is me really being able to share my scars in a way
that I hope if one or two people it saves,
then I've done my job.
And that might not be worth the risk for a lot of people.
It's absolutely worth the risk for me.
And yeah, I'm very proud of this project.
- Yeah, you should be.
And talking about playing soccer,
seeing that as wanting a better life for yourself,
but then having to deal with fighting for equal pay,
getting paid $20,000, what was that process like for you?
Because you know that this is a way out,
you know that this is a way for a better life,
but then you're still having to fight for that equality.
- Yeah, I think at the beginning for me,
I came from nothing, so it was a lot for me, truthfully.
I can share a story, I don't think many people know this,
but I signed my first contract at St. Louis
for $20,000 for the year.
And my first paycheck for the month, I think,
with everything taken out and health insurance and housing,
it was like 600 bucks.
And the first thing I did was go to my local mall
and buy a Michelle watch that I still have.
Because in college, all of these little sorority girls
who were in these Wallabies that were expensive
and these Michelle watches.
I really thought I was someone, and I thought it would, you know, I really loved watches at the time.
I never could afford anything.
I always wore, like, a Shark watch or a G-Shock, and I bought this watch.
I never wore it, really, but it was a reminder to me that, like, I worked hard enough to buy that.
My mommy didn't buy it for me or my dad or my little rich boyfriend, and I paid my whole paycheck for this Michelle watch,
and I still have it.
It's in my safe, and it's a reminder because, you know, $20,000 is not going to get you far right now,
but for me, you know, I didn't have to worry about how I was going to pay to eat or pay my insurance or, you know, stuff like that,
and I just was on this quest to just make my life better, like, and I really in my mind was naive enough to think if I made it,
I could help my family.
Yeah.
You know, and I didn't really understand that women in sports didn't make shit, so I'm still on that quest.
But, no, it was a really important moment for me, and I'm glad I got to share that because $20,000 was a lot of money to me.
And it was, like, it was really a shocking number to hear now as a viewer to be like, wow, like, that's, and especially, you know, professional athlete, first big contract.
Now, like, an intern in New York City would never even be paid that little.
Like, it's really was a jarring number to hear, and as you, you know, continue to tell your story of playing and where you got to at such the highest level of the, you know, playing for the national team and World Cup winners, Olympics, all these things,
and the team was so special, and all the eyeballs were on you guys, and it rallied.
This country together in such a great way, and yet you guys were not getting compensated even anywhere close to what the guys who have played.
FIFA gave us, like, $75,000 for winning the World Cup, and then U.S. Soccer was like, ha, you think you're done?
We'll give you a bonus, but you got to play 10 more games.
Can you imagine a men's team winning the World Cup and their federation being like, well, you're not done yet.
No, that would never happen.
You got 10 more games in a short amount of time, so you can make your way.
You can make your bonus, you know, so it's shitty, man.
It's shitty, but it's changing, and, you know, there's a lot of women who I stood on the shoulders of who came before me,
who paved the way for me to even have a league, you know.
How cool is it that I got to leave college and go straight into a domestic league?
Like, a lot of women didn't have that.
A lot of people had to stop playing.
Like, their dreams were done.
If you didn't play for the U.S. team, which was a small. Like, 25 people, max.
You know, it's like, that was it.
That was the end.
You went to corporate, and that's sad.
Like, I was lucky enough to leave college and get drafted and make $20,000, even though it's laughable, but it was like, it was something to me.
Yeah, yeah.
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I know in the dock you have some coaches, trainers.
Who really talk about sort of the timing of your career and where you were at and the talent that was at your position.
And I would love to know just kind of how you now look back on that time and how you think you sort of pushed through those moments.
I think weirdly when we're young, we just feel so invincible.
Yeah.
Like I just, you know, I would do anything.
I would do anything to go back and not have like the weight of responsibility like now as an adult.
Like there was so much joy.
Yeah.
You know, even though it was hard, I had so much joy as a kid and freedom.
My parents like just let me be.
Like it was interesting.
You know, I hear so many kids nowadays having, you know, their parents like helicopter every move and snowplow everything in their life.
And I just had parents.
I had parents who were like, well, shit, this is her and we got to, we can't get rid of her.
So we kind of have to love her through it.
And they really just let me be.
And it was, it was, you know, they would let me fail and they would teach me hard lessons.
And, you know, I just, I loved it.
I loved my life.
I loved how hard it was.
I love what it taught me.
I love the way my parents.
Were parenting me and hands off because like I was wise when I, when I got to college, like everyone was like, wow.
I've been on these streets since I was smoking my first joint in sixth grade.
I'm like, y'all, I've already done this shit.
I'm here to like get to business.
You grow up so much faster.
Yeah.
It's just interesting.
You know, people were like not supervised for the first time and like, oh, I could go out late.
Like I went to college and I'm like this.
This is so weird.
These kids are so weird.
Right.
Isn't that so funny?
Like the, the kids with the strictest parents always acted out the most because they were like, oh, finally.
Meanwhile, like, you know, kids who didn't have that strict of parents, like, oh, well, just a bit through.
Well, you know, like I'm like retired at this point.
Yeah.
I'm just like, okay, well, I mean, I remember having a call my dad in the middle of the night.
Cops broke this up underage drinking.
You got to come pick me up.
Talk to your mom.
Yeah.
All right, man.
It's just like, you know.
All right.
I'm coming to pick you up.
Yeah.
That's it.
Yeah.
I came home in sixth grade.
I was stealing cigarettes from the local Cumberland Farms, the end of my street.
And I knew I smelt like smoke.
And I walked past my dad and I was like, got to go to the bathroom because I was going to wash my hands off.
And he gave me the knock, knock, knock on the door.
You washing the hands, the smoke off of your hands?
I was like, and I come out and he goes, where's the cigarettes?
And I'm like, in my backpack.
And he goes, great.
Come outside.
He made me smoke every single fucking cigarette.
Oh, my God.
And that it was the last time.
Yeah.
He made me smoke.
I love that.
Yeah.
And I was green.
And I was like, he's like, oh, you think you're cool?
Do another one.
Yeah.
Light up another one.
Another one.
And I just sat there and they're like, that's that.
Like my parents were real, you know?
Yeah.
And did your parents share a lot of stories about what they did with you?
Because I feel like they didn't.
My parents are a generation that sweeps everything under the rug.
So like all of us, you know, they, they, I'm proud of them for being a part of this documentary
and story, but like, for sure, they are, they're a generation who, you know, they don't want
anyone to see them that way or no, no, no, I don't struggle.
We're a traditional family.
What was the conversation like with them when you said, you know, we're going to make this
documentary?
You asked for them to be a part of it.
Yeah.
I mean, my parents, they've, they raised me.
They know I have, I'm a, I am, I am a rough edge.
I loved your, your mom called you.
She was like, she's a tough cookie.
Yeah.
Yeah.
So my parents knew exactly who I, you know, who I am and how I show up in this world and
they celebrate it.
You know, they're, there's, they love me.
They love me unconditionally and, um, I'm really proud of them for doing this.
Because I know it's not easy and I know that like they probably have a lot of regrets and
I, I don't, I think what I saw and what I watched and what everyone will watch and what
I hope people take away in this documentary is our parents' generation was parents who
stayed because of the kids and it was hard.
It was hard to see, you know, we saw everything, things we shouldn't be seeing and, and I think
they thought it was better for us to do that and live that way than to go their separate
ways.
And now we're a generation who leaves for our kids.
And I think you, when you build a life and you, you build these experiences and then
you realize they're not for you anymore, like it's okay to leave.
It's okay that it failed.
It's okay to say, well, I gave it a good try and life is very short and long at the same
time.
And like, I want to choose something different.
And that's okay.
Yeah.
How, go ahead.
No, go ahead.
I was going to say how, uh, how much do you think watching your parents probably stay
in their relationship longer than, than maybe they should have affect your decisions that
you, you made later?
Yeah.
My dad was actually my first phone call when I was, um, getting separated and getting a
divorce.
And my dad was the first thing he says, he said, don't make the mistake I did.
You know, my dad lived on a, slept on a bed.
on a couch for, you know,
six years yeah and it's just it was it's no way to live no it's not and you're so right i think
with like our parents generation it was so true i have so many friends who's it the story of like
oh well when the last their last kid went up to college that's when they separated and it's like
they stayed together all that time and all through all this all this you know not in a happy
relationship and then once that like i have really have a good amount of friends that have
or know someone where it's like that last kid went off to college then the parents separated
and having the courage to leave is so hard but so important because like your dad saying don't
make the same mistake i did think about the amount of years of his life or your mom's life
they feel like they may be wasted and you can't get that time back and it's such a hard decision
to make but people have to know that it's an okay one to make because and i i think
people still struggle with that a lot and i think that's also an important part of your story
showing that like you know it may hurt somebody else but you have to be honest with yourself
and it's very important yeah because also it's like i was trying to seek happiness and find
happiness through my kids because like that was what made me happy in my home it puts a lot of
pressure on the kids and like exactly like i don't want them also what i do know especially like from
reading and understanding that my kids like the the first love they see is between their parents
well when there's no love between two parents like what are they seeking them like how is that
affecting them and what you know they're going to be like how they're going to want to receive
love it's a really conflicting thing to think about you know and and it makes you make some
hard decisions and you're right you know you will disappoint people but it's at
the end of the day it's like you you gotta choose yourself you have to make decisions that make you
happy exactly because we only have one life here and it would be a shame to live in a way that made
you unhappy and then finding that happiness after i mean seeing you and sophia who we love and adore
so much she's been on our show before it's been a couple years we just adore her your relationship
is so beautiful and the way you speak about each other is so beautiful
inspiring and just an amazing representation of like you can have that happiness absolutely and
and she you know as hard as that season of my life was to be on this side of happiness and joy
and ease um she is everything i have ever wanted and more um i don't question my worth i don't
question my love i don't question anything in our space um being able to be totally
yourself totally second guess i don't have to work hard for it i just can be and like honestly
the way i move the way i interact the way i show up for my kids my family my friends her yeah the
the way i look like when cortisol isn't running rogue in your body you just like i think i went
decade without sleeping yeah and i'm like hello i went to sleep doctors the u.s team had me on all
these bands and i'm like well we can't really figure anything out and it was like i just needed
to come home to myself i needed to say a few hard things i needed to get out of something that wasn't
serving me anymore and then like my life now has completely changed your body knows yeah it knows
everything your body keeps and it gives you signs yeah and you may just not be able to pick up on
them yeah until you do and have that ease and just i i love what you said just being able to
be and exist it makes the relationship so beautiful yeah i mean if that woman could live
in my skin she would and i fucking love it yeah you're like i will to be loved this hard and this
unconditional like type of love and it's just like it changes your dna it changes the way you move
my kids like everything we need more of that and we need more people talking about that right because
you hear about so many miserable relationships
and i love raving about my husband and i feel the same way about him like we could live in each
other's skin if we want like we're just so obsessed and it's such an amazing thing but i
think sometimes when you talk about that you know people are used to hearing sad stories about
relationships unfortunately yeah but we have to tell the ones that are that are great and or they
get jealous of happiness you know that's true and that goes back to what we were saying in the
beginning right people are too happy yeah it's you know what who cares it's like if that's how
you feel you have to share it like you know and i think people need
more of that yeah yeah it's it's it's so true and like you said it's like having your kids
be able to you know it's not watching one sad relationship you have the potential to watch
now multiple good relationships like you have you have the chance to be have more examples of
you know what a what a loving relationship is is like and i loved what you said in the doc too
about sofia's like you know that this is what you were maybe you're not going to be able to
maybe running towards yeah all all everything that you've been through and now you were running
towards this how has she been a support system for you in this sort of new era of your life
she's literally my biggest fan yeah and what i will say and i say this with the most respect
she doesn't keep score and i love that about her like her winning doesn't take from me
or if i'm you know front row and center like it's not there's no competition or keeping score
between us and i love it because we are genuinely each other's biggest fans like when i walk into a
room the way she lights up to introduce me to every person the way she talks about all my
projects like she just genuinely wants the best for me and there's no weird motive about it
she doesn't you know if she's in a hard season where it's crickets about work and yeah things
are great for me like she's just she's so proud and it sometimes i'm also like are you good you're
like are you sure are we you know very affectionate you're not a pr you know she used to be so like
you can't come into this space yeah yeah and from the beginning as soon as we found each other we
were like oh i i want to suffer
in your oxygen and like you know it's the first time she's been in like a queer relationship i was
like are are you sure right like are you checking in on her she was like no no no i want to wrap my
paws around you and never leave yeah and i love it and she is so sure of herself oh god yeah tell
that and i love it she's so outspoken and you can just tell exactly who she is and i and that realness
and you can tell even you know we don't know you guys but just seeing online the support that you
it's amazing you want each other to succeed like that it's incredible to see yeah and she has been
such an advocate for so long publicly and which i just admire her so much for always standing up
for what she believes in and putting it out there in the in the world how have you guys bounced off
each other in that way because i know you both you know i've tried to be as outspoken as possible
you know i stick you know there's certain things that are very very important to me my queer community
is my priority community
clearly um you know human rights clearly i'm a gay woman with two black children like i want
yeah equal rights for everyone in every family and however you identify um pay equity is always
a big thing for me clearly and mental health yeah i want to be an advocate for mental health
and i stay in these things that make me full these things fill my cup um i think for a long
time i was chasing success and now i'm changing things and i'm chasing success and i'm chasing
purpose and i get to step into her political advocacy and it feels big and scary a lot of
the times for me and frankly a little geeky yeah but like she makes it so sexy yeah and i i love
supporting her through it i am not as educated as she is in that space but it's like having me learn
and i'm learning so much about my work is so driven by politics
and um she's such a great teacher it's really pushing me out of my comfort zone and now i'm
trying to make politics sexy yeah and i want young kids to really get into it you know i didn't
understand the importance of voting um till i was out of college because it wasn't like a big part
of like family conversations and you know it it matters so much um for my family to have equal
rights and safety as any other family so
we we sacrifice a lot of our time energy and money to make sure we're advocating for the right things
and we want to be on the right side of change like what's the point of all these fucking cameras and
all these shows and all these lights and these stages we're on if we're not pushing the right
like agenda like we want the best for people yeah and we've got to do the work someone else is you
know if we always think well someone else will do it we're never going to get anywhere yeah right
yeah and it's setting
an example for your own children yeah that's what they're gonna watch as they
as they get older and it'll have a massive effect on them and even talking about going back earlier
when you said you know your parents they like sweep everything under the rug that generation
but seeing you and and Sophia be so open it's like even just about your life and also about
everything policies everything human rights yeah it just makes everything so much more open and
what they can learn from instead of we're just putting everything under the rug yeah yeah a
little a little bit of a pivot but still just with the conversation with with your kids have
they taken up soccer is it something is it choose your own journey my son is a very he he's an
athlete through it through but he's three so he's not signed up for anything yet I think my daughter
we got a little asthma baby going on there so is Sophia she is a theater queen hell yeah she
gets home from school she wants to play dress up she wants me to build her a stage
you
and she wants to perform and she's either making like ice cream or cooking or she's at the salon
or she's you know decking my son out in a tutu and glitter and makeup and it's just like
you learn so much from your children like my imagination to be able to tap into my imagination
again at 40 I am really enjoying definitely she's not enjoying soccer
or anything but she um I'm I'm letting her figure out her passions and right now I think like dance
and ballet and theater could be her kryptonite and another great example to look up to when
well she's got a great role model yeah exactly the uh exactly were you familiar with Sophia's
career like had you I know this is a silly question maybe but had you watched One Tree
Hill no I still haven't oh my god I haven't it is probably my favorite she's just an icon
it's probably my favorite show ever really yeah especially you know Brooke Davis yeah the character
yeah it's just so iconic she so she had she had this like recap show drama queens yep so like
she would have to watch episodes before her podcast to like unpack what was going on and I
just remember like some days I would have time to watch with her and I'm like no diet pills this
is how dare they it's like they were just really they were like passing her around to every hunk on
the show and I'm like I hate this I was like I couldn't even watch yeah and I think she's talked
about like trying to fight against that obviously there was a lot of behind the scenes yeah Brooke
was early you know she had clothes before bros yep yep yep exactly but that it was really oh
my gosh so just an impactful one for sure and for a lot of people I know she felt that again doing
the the rewatch podcast and people were were so excited about that when you guys are home unwind
I mean we're we're a big pop culture podcast what what are you guys watching is you have any tv shows
you love do you have any guilty pleasures oh gosh so I'm a big cook okay I um I cook every night
I cook every meal and we like you know I'm not a big drinker um but she loves relaxing with her wine
and we dance a lot in the kitchen we dance with the kids we have like raves and parties and glow
sticks like that's so fun we don't having a three-year-old and a five-year-old you know
it's like we don't get down time until they go to sleep right and and I'm an early I like to work
out I like to live a structured scheduled life I'm not in that artsy world like she is so she's
like a late late night type of gal I I like to go to bed early I don't really binge watch anything
I'm not a big tv person but I you know I watch I'm a crime junkie yeah I like really love
documentaries like I I have always um so I that's what I'll turn right on and there's always
there's always another one there's always a new one recently of course I did yeah what do you think
wow
um I I just I worry about our system too yeah a little bit I'm like that's all we're throwing
her in jail forever we have no proof of anything but we're just like it was a very confusing I was
confused and I was like yeah but are we sure yeah it's very very confusing yeah and now I'm on to
the Michael Jackson one which is really fucking me up a little bit yeah I haven't watched that
oh just the first episode I'm like drooling over
we brought up documentaries and I'm like no I can't I can't believe it yeah like
yeah it's not great no I'm I'm only on the first episode well unfortunately you know with the with
the in that genre and the crime and that stuff it's like anytime you start you're like this
well this is all the shit these people got away with back then I'm like yeah you're not working
today no no no you got skeletons in that closet they're gonna find you're gonna find you're gonna
I know and then you see when it comes back into the press and you're like oh my god I watched that
documentary and this is like still an ongoing thing it really it really is crazy but um thank
you so much for joining us this has been so great I really haven't you know looked up to you and
been such a fan for a long time and just a fan of what you and and your team did for women in sports
thank you um that is just such an amazing accomplishment and everyone can absolutely
watch the documentary Game Changers the Ashlyn Harris story it's out now on the Roku channel
you're gonna learn a lot you're gonna love it you should absolutely go watch it and happy pride
yes happy everyone how are you what's your favorite way to celebrate pride oh my god I am
just just my favorite month that I am out there I am I just I try to work a lot and donate a lot
there's a lot of things that I want to do just we got to be like out on those streets being vocal
and showing up and supporting our community because there are still little kids in little
nooks and crannies that feel that they have to hide or feel like their life isn't worth
living because they can't express exactly who they are so it's important for us you know I'm
so I have to say I'm so grateful for Roku um to they're very intentional this is coming out during
Pride uh for a reason yep um and and also to be able to shed light on queer community
and queer love and queer experiences because I didn't have that as a kid you know I didn't I
didn't get to turn the TV on and see someone like me you know I look different I move different and
that's also okay yeah yeah um and I I'm I'm grateful for Roku showing up this way too and
it's accessible you guys like don't have to pay this crazy subscription price that certain people
you know can't pay it's free so get out there and watch it support you know you're absolutely
local centers get you know donate to queer non-profits because we need it right now like
these little kids are really suffering and and the you know as you watch the doc you realize sports
saved my life yeah and and who are we to take that from kids yeah absolutely have you ever been in
um New York City for the Pride Parade I stay away from big crowds like yeah yeah but um I have yeah
I have I don't usually go to you know it's hard for me and Sophia
to show up oh yeah it's hard for me to go anywhere yeah I can only imagine like I yeah it's hard but
we you show up in other ways we do we we donate a lot we should you know Sophia and I are are doing
something on Monday and all of our appearance fees we're donating to um human rights campaign
that's amazing the center and glad and you know they just we really need it right now and and
kids need safety people need safety and and money is unfortunately a big part
of that to make sure we have the hotlines open and make sure we have legal representation getting
young youth kids off the streets and giving them a safe home so um that is the mission but happy
Pride absolutely thank you so much thank you so much sharing with us I think people are going to
thank you love hearing your story thank you thanks for having me
hey guys we're going to take a quick break and we will be right back
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the show all right ladies and gentlemen welcome back to another game of beat Rian Fran this is
game number 222 and we are joined by Mia and Jake we are so excited to play they are getting married
but you know they're not in the same room right now so maybe we're gonna mess with their telepathy
you know yes yes handling from Canada
advantage um okay guys it is 15 questions if you get the question right you get the point if you
get it wrong the other team can steal the point whoever has the most points at the end wins to
determine who goes first noah's gonna give us a movie we're gonna guess the rotten tomatoes critic
score of that movie whoever is closest will go first we each get our own individual guests and
we will alternate between teams for guesses so noah what is today's movie today's movie is ted
the first one ah okay so one of you one of you guys guess first i feel like it did really well
i'm gonna go a little higher i'm gonna say 67 okay ria i'm gonna go 92
jake i'll go 75
83 me is the closest 68
oh
one off
yes
yes
i thought it would be higher
yeah i'm a sucker for ted yeah you know making the bear do all crazy things i know always plays
okay question number one to me and jake shout out emily from dc in the movie hitch will smith's
character has an allergic reaction while on a date what is he allergic to
oh man i think it's shellfish yeah you're right i have that right
okay it's a great movie
it is great but we lock it in shellfish final answer correct nicely done i was just watching
that it's the best hitch was my like go-to like oh what's your favorite movie like in high school
orientations if you were to ask me your favorite movie i would say always i wouldn't say i've only
i've only seen hitch one time yeah it's worth it's worth going back i've seen it a few yeah
it's worth going back to you okay one nothing
me and jake question number two to re-enfranchise michaela from newton massachusetts
out of the whole jersey short cast mikey mikey mikey
mike polly mikey the situation sorry mike polly vinnie ronnie snooki jwow dina sammy and angelina
only one is not from new york new jersey who is it in what state are they from
uh angelina's from staten island finally no no no no no incorrect
new york and new jersey staten island's new york he was saying what not state out of state oh i only
heard new jersey new jersey new york who's out okay to me and jake it's okay i still don't
me if you know i'm locking it i still didn't get it from bat so okay i mean there's a lot of staten
island representation but i don't know for some reason my god i don't know i don't know i don't know
my god's going with like jwoww but i don't know where she'd be from but they did just say angelina
from yeah from staten island her time is up oh no okay final answer all right angelina from new
jersey incorrect no okay so polly d from rhode island yeah yes polly d from rhode island yeah
sorry my bad my bad that's okay you got a new jersey and i don't know what i was thinking
you got a new jersey and i don't know what i was thinking you got a new jersey and i don't know what i was thinking
JWoww's from
Franklin Square Long Island
I do and that's what's really annoying
Sorry
No it was Paula Day
He didn't let us
You said final answer
I mean it was confident
I fucked that up
I'm actually not going to speak the rest of the time
Sammy and Dina are from New Jersey
And the rest are from New York
Question number three to me and Jake
It is still 1-0 them
Shout out Ava from New Jersey
Name this year
The Blindside movie premieres
Lady Gaga releases Bad Romance
And Catching Fire the book was released
Oh man
Okay
Bad Romance is definitely
In high school
I'm thinking like 2013-ish
2013?
Yeah or is that way too early
I think that's way too late
I'd say like
2010 or 2011
15 seconds
You're better at these
Cause I remember practicing the Bad Romance dance
When I was in my bathroom
Boom
That's a better experience than I have
I would say okay
Between 2010 and 2011
What do you think?
2011
I'd say you might know the Blindside
2011
Incorrect
Damn it
I think it might be 2010
Yeah
It's 10
I'm between 9 and 10
I think 10
I don't know
I feel not confident
I will go 2010
5 answer
Incorrect
9
Fuck
I was 9
Oh wow
Okay
9th grade
I was between 9 or 10
I was gonna mention 9
But I was like
Noah you already fucked up the first one
Might as well just keep your mouth shut
I'm gonna dust it off
I gotta dust that first one off
Because
Downfall
Pauly D
Never gonna go to a real island now
Without thinking of Pauly D
Okay
Still want nothing me and Jake
Question number 4 to re-infran
Shout out Bethany from Boston
Put these Noahs
From oldest to youngest
Noah Beck
Noah Centineo
Noah Kahn
Noah Cyrus
Noah Kahn I think is the oldest
Noah Beck is the youngest
Noah Beck
Noah Kahn
Noah Cyrus
Who's the other Noah?
Noah Centineo
Cyrus
I think Noah Centineo might be the oldest
10 seconds
Noah
I don't know
What are we going?
Oldest to youngest?
Oldest to youngest
So
Centineo
Kahn
I think Cyrus not the youngest
Cyrus Beck
Yeah
Final answer
Yeah
Centineo
Kahn
Cyrus Beck
Final answer
Correct
Noah Centineo is 30
Kahn is 29
Cyrus 26
And Beck 25
Come back
Come back
Those are hard
Not even close
Those are bad
Noah Centineo just looks old now
So sad
Okay
Question number five
It's tied with one
It's tied with Emily from DC
This is to me and Jake
Put the following award shows
In the correct order
Based on the 2026 calendar year
Emmys
Grammys
Oscars
Tonys
Okay
Tonys just happened
So
Oscars is usually February, March
Grammys
It's right before the year
Emmys is like later fall
Okay
So does the Oscars count
Since it was already
In 2026?
2026
Yeah
Yeah, yeah
So it's like
Emmys
Grammys
Oscars
Tonys
This is
I got
You got it
Five seconds
Emmys
Grammys
Oscars
Tonys
Final answer
Incorrect
So we're starting with like
We're starting
January 2026
Yes
So it's
Grammys
Oscars
Tonys
Emmys
Cause the Emmys are in like September
Oh shit
Yeah
Okay
Right
The Grammys are before the Oscars
Yes
Definitely
And then the Tonys were like
Two nights ago
Yeah
The only one I'm stuck on is the Emmys
I think the Emmys
Cause Emmys are in the fall
Okay
Final answer
Correct
Nice
Yeah
That's correct
Emmys 2026 haven't happened yet
Yeah
Yeah
The only one
That's right
It's June
Yeah
Alright
2-1
Rheanne Fran
And this is question number
Six to them
Shout out Margaret from Atlanta
What five film franchise
Began in 2019
And was adapted from a fan fiction
Story inspired by Harry Styles
The idea
Wait
Say that again
What five film franchise
Began in 2019
And was adapted
Five film franchise
From a fan fiction
Wattpad story
Inspired by Harry Styles
The idea
It's not a five film franchise
Yeah
It's not a five film franchise
Right
And that didn't come out in 2019
Yeah
Five film franchise
Is it those movies with
Oh
Oh
Oh
It's the
Yeah
With Hero
Yeah
What are those called
The after movies
Yeah
The after
The after
The after franchise
After movies
Final answer
Correct
Nice
We got there
We got there
Nice
Okay
3-1
I've watched all of those
Nice
I did not know
There were five of those
Yeah
Yeah
Honestly they're great
Okay
3-1
Ran Fran
Question number seven
To me and Jake
Shout out Leah from Dallas
In off campus
What movie does Hannah watch
When she is burrowing
Oh
Dirty Dancing
Final answer
Correct
Did you guys got that
Yes
Yes
I was like reading
We told you guys
Yeah
It's like
Hope you're ready for off
One off campus question
Okay
3-2 Ran Fran
Question number eight
And this is to them
Shout out Kelsey from Akron, Ohio
In Camp Rock 2
Nick Jonas' character Nate
Says he only likes cheese on two items
What are they
Sauce
Yeah
Pizza
I don't like cheese on
Pizza
Please
Yeah yeah
Bean burritos
And pizza
Yeah
Is there lyrics introducing me
Isn't it
Yeah
Only on pizza
Only on
Ten seconds
Only on burritos and pizza?
Burritos is not. Five seconds.
But I can't think of the other thing, so we'll go
burritos and pizza. Incorrect.
To me and Jake.
Dude.
I knew that came from two questions.
In fact, he sings at his players.
I'm going to trust
Rhea's confidence in burritos again.
Or pizza.
No, they said pizza.
Yeah, pizza and something else.
I feel like. What is it? I don't know.
Fifteen seconds. Sandwiches?
What kind of sandwich?
I don't say that much. It's a guess.
Sandwiches? Did you say that? Yeah.
You lock it in. I've been locking them all in.
Pizza and sandwiches locking in.
Incorrect. Only on pizza,
please, and sometimes on a homemade quesadilla.
And sometimes on a homemade quesadilla.
Not too far. Otherwise, it smells like
feet to me and I. Yeah, fuck.
That's the essence of a quesadilla.
Okay.
It's question number nine,
and this is to me and Jake,
and it is three, two, three, and Fran.
Shout out, Lindsay from Pittsburgh.
What is always breaking
in the Dunphy's house in Modern Family?
Oh, gosh.
What is always breaking?
I have no idea.
I've watched the show, too.
I don't know.
They always say have a pool.
I remember, you know. No, that's. It's the one with three kids.
It's. Fifteen seconds.
Is it like a door?
Yeah, I mean, go for it.
There's some door, like the front door.
Well, do the garage door or lock it in.
Incorrect.
I feel like
maybe some sort of appliance
in the kitchen, like the fridge
or the oven.
I don't know.
I don't know Modern Family, like, at all.
I'm just going to take a guess
and say the oven, final answer.
Incorrect.
It's the step at the top of the staircase.
Oh.
Nope.
Very perfect.
Yeah, I've heard it again.
Yep.
Hey, guys.
We're going to take a quick break
and we will be right back.
On game day,
get sub-stacked high at Jersey Mike's
like the number 13 original Italian
loaded with meats, cheese, and toppings
or the number 56 Big Kahuna cheesesteak
with grilled steak, peppers, onions,
and mushrooms topped with jalapenos
and melty cheese.
Get your sub-fix on game day
and order in-store or the Jersey Mike's app.
Okay, still 3-2.
Question number 10.
It's to me and Fran.
I'm going to play a movie clip
and you tell me what movie it's from.
I don't make the rules
and I don't enforce anything
and I am not in charge of the situation
in this room.
You are.
But you are not in charge.
Of what is happening out there
and what is happening out there
is a rapid cross-coordination
of law enforcement and digital media
which is all leading quite inevitably
to your imprisonment.
I believe it's Begonia.
I never saw it,
so if that's the case,
then I trust you.
All right, Begonia, final answer.
Correct.
Nice.
Yay.
I don't know if I would have gotten that.
That did not sound like her to me at all.
Really?
Oh, that is Emma Stone?
Yeah.
Her voice sounds different.
Oh, I feel like it's so Emma Stone.
It is very Emma Stone.
4-2, Rian Friend.
Question number 11 to me and Jake.
Shout out, Emily from D.C.
In the movie, The Notebook,
what prompts Allie to go back to Seabrook
and see Noah for the first time
after their breakup?
Oh, I just saw this.
Isn't it, she sees the house
in the newspaper?
Yeah.
He was standing with the new house that he got.
We're getting married right there.
We got to know this.
Yeah, we're getting married
at the American Theater
where they had their
first date.
So, we got to know.
15 seconds.
Okay.
Lock it in, Jacob.
Lock it in.
She sees the house
in the newspaper.
Correct.
Nice.
Love it.
There we go.
Okay.
Question number 12.
This is to Rian Friend.
Shout out, Bethany from Boston.
On Southern Hospitality,
what is Grace Lilly's catchphrase?
It's wavy, baby.
Dang it.
Final answer.
Correct.
Love it.
You just drove home from Mac.
It's like an island.
I think I heard that for like
two hours.
Okay.
Five, three.
And this is question number 13
to me and Jake.
Shout out, Maeve from Boston.
In Taylor Swift's song,
Death by a Thousand Cuts,
what does Taylor ask
the traffic lights?
Oh, gosh.
The lyrics is just never
going to come to me.
I got nothing.
Traffic lights.
All right.
Racing death by a thousand.
Oh, my gosh.
Oh, gosh.
That sucks because my fantasy football team
is death by a thousand punts.
Wow.
Wow, that's a good one.
What does she sing?
What does she sing about?
No clue.
Why do they keep blinking?
Make them lay up.
Yeah.
Final answer.
Correct.
This is Taylor Davis.
I don't know.
The lyrics just always. I just can't get them.
I don't know.
I'll make a guess.
Do I go?
Yeah.
Do I go?
I don't know.
Incorrect.
If it'll be all right.
Okay.
I often ask that.
Okay.
All right.
Five, three.
Rheanne Fran.
So me and Jake are going to have
to get the next two right
to send to overtime.
Question number 14 to Rheanne Fran.
Shout out, Lindsay, from Pittsburgh.
In Harry Potter,
what's the first name
of the driver?
The driver of the night bus.
Fuck.
Does he drive?
I'm going to say Stan,
but I don't know
if he's the driver.
Final answer.
Incorrect.
Dang.
Kelly, can you say this?
It's kind of hard.
Yeah.
I thought it was Stan.
Actually, I don't know.
I know his last name.
It's the old guy
with the big glasses, right?
Oh.
Oh.
Oh, right, right, right.
Stan was the night bus driver.
I mean, he was the attendant.
Yeah.
15 seconds.
Take it away.
Take it away, Ernie.
That's right.
Nice.
Ernie, lock it in.
Correct.
Nice, Paul.
Take it away, Ernie.
I was thinking about
that head in there.
Take it away, Ernie.
It's going to be a bumpy ride.
Okay, 5-4.
Final question here.
Chance to send it over time.
Question number 15.
Shout out Amy from Atlanta
and also Riley and Ryan.
In Friends, Chandler says,
I just don't want to be
one of those guys
that's in this office
until 12 o'clock at night
worrying about the we-ness.
What does W-E-N-U-S stand for?
Weekly Estimated Net Usage System.
Final answer.
Correct.
Oh, damn.
Wow.
Damn.
That was a really
bust category.
Send it into overtime.
Damn.
Okay.
Shit.
Polly D. Lumenlarge.
Fuck.
Fucking hell, mate.
Come on.
Okay, overtime is
three questions.
We just kind of continue on.
We always kind of fudge up
the overtime rules,
but you guys started,
so we'll continue.
Three questions,
and then if it goes on
from there,
we'll go to the next one.
It's like,
it's just basically a shootout.
Shootout.
Got it.
Let's go.
Noah?
All right.
So the first question is then,
are we going to do
the Rotten Tomatoes thing or no?
Oh, I forgot about that.
Oh, yeah.
Let me do that one.
I forgot about that.
What?
Remember we were like,
just like for who goes first,
we do another Rotten Tomatoes.
Oh, right.
Okay, then let's do
the movie Long Shot
with Seth Rogen
and Charlize Theron.
Okay.
Thank you.
Mia, you could guess first.
You're going first?
Yeah, we'll go the same order.
Long Shot.
I feel like Charlize
wouldn't do a bad movie,
so I'd give it. It's 272.
Maria?
I'm going to go 41.
Yeah, I was going to go low.
Go 30.
52.
82.
Oh, my God.
High score.
Damn.
He is closest again.
Okay, question number one
to me and Jake.
Shout out Lauren
from Indianapolis.
What is the name
of Chad Michael Murray's
character on Gilmore Girls?
Oh, my gosh.
That's a good question.
He calls her. I know he calls her Mary.
Shoot.
Tristan.
Tristan, right?
Okay.
All I know is Dean.
That's the only one I know.
Okay, we'll go with Tristan.
Final answer.
Correct.
Yeah.
Oh, your sister
would be proud of me, Jacob.
They would.
Okay, 1-0 in overtime.
Question number two.
Shout out Bethany from Boston.
In my life with the Walter boys,
why did Cole stop playing football?
He got hurt.
I don't know.
Was that like
the most typical answer ever?
I didn't watch.
I don't know.
Ah, boy.
an injury
final answer
can you be more specific
oh man
I mean I don't even know what show this is
I don't even know what
specific in how he got the injury
oh
I don't know
car accident
injury from a car accident final answer
incorrect
I haven't seen
any of these
is it like a love show
is he doing something for the girl
or something
um
I don't know
broken twisted ankle or broken
twisted his ankle running
after the girl
beautiful
incorrect he injured his leg skiing
oh well
damn
damn
damn
I don't recall
I don't recall
question number three
said Allie from Rhode Island
it's to me and Jake
in High School Musical
Chad says that if Troy plays basketball
he will end up on a cereal box
where does Chad say Troy will end up
if he sings in musicals
I don't know
dang
okay
where did he end up
I don't know like
maybe a milk carton
because he's
sure
I'm missing
he's going missing after
it's these things
well I don't know where else people
know
faces
yeah I know I agree
just go with that
that's the answer
incorrect
okay
he says
do you wanna
uh
because he's like
you'll end up with cereal boxes
and if you do
you'll end up in
they say like in twinkle town
you'll end up in you say like in twinkle town
you'll end up in you say like in twinkle town
I don't know
your guess is as good as mine here
I don't know
I don't know
10 seconds
you'll end up in twinkle town
I don't know
I really hope that's the answer
final answer
incorrect
he says
you'll end up in his
in your mom's refrigerator
not on it
in it
oh yeah
yeah yeah yeah
burn
yeah
all right
that's
or damn
that's
that's it
good game guys
well done
wow
a thriller
comeback
great game
6-5
I'm gonna get reprimanded
for that Pauly D thing
when we hang up
my high school music
no I mean I could have gotten
I should have gotten
that Harry Potter one too
dang
dang it
well deserved guys
great game
and congratulations
as well
we're so happy for you guys
yes
you get shirts that say
that you beat us
so congrats on that as well
we'll wear them at our wedding
yeah
after party
yeah
house in May
amazing
thanks guys
thanks guys
bye
all right
that wraps up
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of Ticks in the Office
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Podcast Summary
Key Points:
The episode centers around the thrilling NBA Finals comeback by the Knicks, with fans across New York experiencing a massive, joyful outpouring of excitement.
Celebrities like Taylor Swift, Kylie Jenner, Timothee Chalamet, and Ben Stiller are seen in the stands, engaging in playful, heartfelt interactions that amplify the celebratory atmosphere.
The emotional impact of the game is highlighted by fans’ reactions, including viral videos of hugging, dancing, and spontaneous celebrations, especially in neighborhoods like West 10th Street.
The show critiques online behavior, noting how some fans use humor or sarcasm to mask criticism—particularly around Taylor Swift’s attendance—and questions if such reactions are rooted in genuine fandom or spite.
A deeper narrative explores mental health, vulnerability, and personal growth through Ashlyn Harris’s documentary, emphasizing healing, self-compassion, and breaking away from toxic cycles.
The episode reflects on how societal norms around mental health have evolved, with awareness growing significantly since childhood trauma and lack of access to therapy were common.
The discussion highlights that success and passion can serve as escape routes, not necessarily as purpose, and that true fulfillment comes from self-awareness and emotional honesty.
The overall tone is one of celebration, connection, and hope—showing how shared moments in sports and pop culture unite people across backgrounds and emotions.
Summary:
The episode captures the electric energy of the Knicks’ dramatic NBA Finals comeback, highlighting how fans in New York—especially in neighborhoods like West 10th Street—came together in a wave of joy and celebration. Celebrities such as Taylor Swift, Kylie Jenner, and Timothee Chalamet are featured in vibrant, heartfelt interactions, reinforcing the sense of community and shared excitement. The show also delves into online culture, questioning whether fans’ playful or sarcastic comments—especially about Taylor Swift’s presence—are rooted in genuine fandom or personal resentment.
A deeper, more reflective segment features Ashlyn Harris’s personal story of resilience, trauma, and emotional healing, emphasizing vulnerability as a path to self-discovery and connection. Her journey illustrates how past struggles did not harden her but instead fostered empathy and self-compassion. The episode underscores how mental health awareness has evolved, particularly in childhood, where trauma and lack of access to therapy were once normalized.
It calls out the current social media culture where people often destroy others to avoid vulnerability, contrasting it with the healing power of openness and authenticity. Ultimately, the narrative blends sports excitement with personal growth, showing that shared experiences—whether in a game or through honest storytelling—create meaningful, human connections.
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The Knicks made a historic comeback, generating massive excitement with fans celebrating in the streets, celebrities like Taylor Swift and Kylie Jenner showing up, and viral videos of fans and players reacting emotionally.
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