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The Rumors Are True, I Deleted Olandria: Monday, July 27th, 2026

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The Rumors Are True, I Deleted Olandria: Monday, July 27th, 2026

The hosts of The Toast share a lighthearted yet reflective episode blending personal anecdotes with cultural observations. They describe a memorable but physically uncomfortable beach contact nap, during which they contrast their own discomfort with the serene presence of a friend who appears at ease in a similar situation. A moment when a ladybug emerges from their child’s nose is interpreted as a spiritual sign, reinforcing their belief in the home's "clairvoyant energy." The discussion then shifts to their reactions to a popular TV series, where they praise its emotional depth, particularly a touching scene about a mother's strength, while criticizing a scene that feels unjust and unbalanced. They also cover current events—including Emma Roberts’ wedding to Cody John, the confirmed breakup of Nick Alandria and his partner, and a heated public debate over trans athletes in sports. This debate escalates when a WNBA player, Sophie Cunningham, speaks out on gender equity, prompting backlash from a male podcast host who dismisses her views, drawing sharp criticism for promoting a harmful narrative and disregarding lived experiences. The hosts highlight how such controversies illustrate deeper societal divides, especially around representation, accountability, and media responsibility. The episode concludes with a reminder that even in entertainment, personal and political truths can shape public perception and emotional responses. The hosts emphasize their own evolving perspectives, grounded in empathy and authenticity, while promoting awareness and critical thinking in media consumption.

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Today's episode of The Toast is brought to you by Starbucks. At Starbucks, full and part-time baristas can build meaningful careers while getting industry-leading benefits, like comprehensive health coverage, and up to 18 weeks of paid parental leave without missing a step in their careers. Because at Starbucks, great benefits and opportunities to grow are just the start. Learn more at starbucks.com/partners. I sound amazing. Welcome back to The Toast and Happy Monday. Hope everybody had a fabulous weekend and speaking of fabulous. That is her simple request of things fabulous. Never bigger. Better and best. You want something inspiring? Oh wait, hold on. This light is out. Where's her light? Turn it red. One of the lights. Turn it red. It's actually my light. And look who has your back. Turn it red. Okay, we're back. That was such a perfect intro. It was. I thought we could keep going like through the light. Oh, should we keep this on? Okay, yeah, we're still recording. I need something inspiring to help me get along. I need a little fabulous. Is that so wrong? I mean, think a lot about that sort of read-to-filth you gave Ashley Tisdale that like anyone could have played Charpey and like she wasn't like, she was just sort of like replaceable. I would think about that a lot. And what do you think about the thesis? What a fun like, insured of the show. Very BTS. Very. What do you think about the thesis? I mean, when I first heard it, I couldn't get really past like the meanness of it. But now that I have that that has subsided like, yeah. You like, and she did always feel like slightly miscast. Maybe because like if you grew up in the Disney Channel world, you knew her as the like hotel concierge girl. She was like poor and like frumpy and blunded was, blunded was the fabulous one. She was sort of like the house frow with like the fringe bangs. And then we're supposed to believe it. And she was so believable. She was so good at that role. Maddie I think her name was. So then we were supposed to believe that she's like this ares. It was just like a huge flip. Well, like a great actress would have you believing. But you're saying that we didn't believe. We didn't believe. And I, as much as I stand by what I said, like period. I didn't want to have to say it twice, you know. Oh, and me bringing it back up. Yeah, yeah. I felt like I need to say my truth. I don't really want to drill it in because I, as you said. Like because of that aforementioned meanness. Yeah. Let's move on. The mean-spirited nature of the comment. Let's move on. Welcome back to the toast. Hope everybody had an amazing weekend. We did not like rub it in. Yeah, speaking of fabulous weekends. Like so much good food and family and memories and just like being outdoors. Also being indoors. So much fresh air, like so much sea air. Activities. We felt the sea air. We went to the beach. We did go to the beach. Oh my god. It was one of those weekends where I was having so much fun. I didn't even post on my Instagram. And then when I went to post on my Instagram, I had nothing eligible to post because it was like all the kids. Nothing eligible. We had seaside contact naps. We did have seaside contact naps. Now I don't have to get contact naps that much at these days. So like when I get them, I try to really enjoy them. And when I tell you it was like one of the most miserable hours of my life. I was in this most uncomfortable chair at the beach. Ben kept disappearing. I didn't have my phone because it was Shabbat. And you guys know I've been like turning my phone off for Shabbat. A contact nap without a Shabbat. I mean, a contact nap without a phone. And Jackie's over there with her little baby who's like so light and sleeping so good. And she has her phone. And she's just fitting perfectly in that chair. This chair just did that align with my coxidinia. So I have this. It was a wooden child. It was a wooden racking chair. Which was like amazing because we were able to rock the seat. But then we're stuck in these wooden chairs. Hard. Not a cushion. Ben's gone. I'm so thirsty. I don't have a phone. I can't communicate with anyone to get me. And it's like I'm texting on your behalf, but Ben doesn't have a phone. Correct. It's like on the beach with the kids. I was like, I'm really trying to flag down randoms to be like, can you bring me a bottle of water? I was dying. Ruby is so heavy. I haven't contact naped in so long. Like let me tell you it was not magical. Like my arm was broken. My leg was like sore. It was just like I wanted to enjoy it. But I didn't. It's the idea of the thing. And you know, like the beach side contact nap and the pictures we took, like so cute. And what you don't see in those pictures is a woman suffering. Yeah. But we'll look back with rose colored glasses and we'll remember the time. We both took a beach side contact nap. That's like a dream if you told us again, we're going to sit in rocking chairs by the sea. And the babies are going to sleep on us. We'd say that's the dream. Also, huge news from the weekend is that we have landed on a costume for the babies for Halloween, which I was worried about, but it sort of is so obvious. Actually. Talks me offline. I have an idea. What? So you don't want me to say the costume. Yeah. Okay. One thousand. Yeah. So let's just say that they're the other huge news. Oh, wait, I love love. The other huge news for the weekend that I thought you were going to say is the butterflies. Oh, I was not going to say that. The butterflies hatch you guy. So what you're saying is it's butterfly season. I'm fine. My wings. Good time for leaving. Honey, oh, me. Headed for. I don't know. Sky's in lavender fields. I heard one of them died. No. And then came back to life. That's a little lazy one. All the butterflies hatch, which I think is like kind of amazing because people said like and the manual. It expects a couple. It expects a couple of. Deaths. Deaths. Yeah. Um, every single one hatch. They're in there fluttering. The. We have like a full ceremony when we release them. Of course we will. All mixed beaches. The manual says like he then for five days because you should give them sugar water. And they don't know this way yet. So we are just like sort of. Burthing them. Yeah. We have sugar water for them in there. Zach has been on top of. Yeah. He's been feeding them. And then we will let them go in a couple of days. But people who have done this have said that they actually like stick around. Stick around. They stick around the area. Even more like. Immediate. They will. They won't leave. Like one person said my child had a butterfly on their nose. Oh my god. Isn't that so cute? Speaking of butterfly on nose. Do you guys wonder the craziest thing? You were even there for this. We're all playing in the kitchen. Yeah, right. Is that a good transition? What I'm about to say? And you know me. I'm on the couch. Ruby's on the floor. I monitor from the couch. And yeah, there's a couch in our kitchen in this room. And let me just tell you. When I have my forever home, we're putting a couch in the kitchen. Yeah. I love that. Yeah. It's like a little love seat. I'm always sitting on it. It's really like it's for two, but one and a half. And Ruby's playing and he looks over. I mean, he's got this like black thing coming out of his nose. And I'm like, what the hell is that? It looks like maybe like an old crusty bloody bugger. Classic. So I go get a tissue. I wipe it and I look. It's a ladybug. And I just feel like that means something. Right? Did you make a wish? I wasn't sure if it was crawling up or crawling out. I really hope it was crawling up. Of course. I think it's crawling up. You didn't, right? Yeah. Yeah. Did you make a wish? I didn't make a wish. I just felt that like in that moment, someone was speaking to me. And message received. I'm clear from who or what. But I feel like there was a message being sent. Ladybugs are like totally like. If you're into like. Who? Yeah. Ladybugs are up there with butterflies too. Yeah. They carry spirits. I think to me, so Caputo, like is into butterflies. Well, our home is like very, you know, paranormal, I would say. Remember the birds and the bugs. It might be because our pool filter is broken. But it does feel very spiritual. There are. I actually totally agree there. It's like a clairvoyant essence to the home that we've rented. Because the birds fly really lower on the pool. There's a lot of bugs. And now people have said like. And the pool guy has said it's because the filter is broken. The pool guy just feels more magical than that. And it was also the day that the skies were smoky. And so I think the birds were confused. But I have to tell you, you were in the backyard. The other day it happened again. We were talking about it. But someone was like, don't tell Jackie. Because you were getting like really freaked out. The birds were circling. Why do? And I was like googling it. Nobody had a clue. I've seen it sometimes where birds like gather and circle. Sometimes there's like a dead deer. Yes, yes, yes. But there was nothing. But there were all just like sort of hovering around us. Yeah. I'm telling you, you're right, like paranormal activity. Yeah, for sure. Yeah. So the butterflies can add to that. They came to the right place. A thousand percent. They know where I am. Are you feeling more comfortable? Or are you going to call Pete on me for having butterflies like pets? It does. Like again, the nature of purchasing like human lives on Amazon is not human. Not human, but like lives on Amazon. Yeah. The thing is, I saw Blackfish. And once you've seen Blackfish to documentary, it unfortunately changes you as a person. And if you don't want to like walk through this world, just feeling so sad for animals, I really wouldn't recommend seeing it. I wouldn't. Because while it was amazing, like it did ruin a lot of things for me. See world most specifically, but just like a lot of things. Like I can't even go to the zoo anymore without asking, like, is this like. A conservatory? Like, yeah. You were right. So I just, yeah, butterflies for people too. Yeah, but they're living a wonderful life. I don't know. They're like living in a tiny like. Well, it's just like how they're living in a hamper. It's just like how a baby sleeps in a crib. And it's fit for their size to them. That's a palace. Whatever. I'm over it because it's like bringing the kids so much joy and we're like learning about, you know. And they're happy they have sugar water. Yeah. And apparently they don't even want to leave us because they have Stockholm syndrome. Allegedly. That's the remains to be seen. Let's see what happened so far. We've had an amazing experience because also people said when they come out of their concunes, there's a lot of like red liquid, like blood. So like put a towel down, which I did. And it's been like. It's been a little blood squeaky clean. Everyone lived like, I'm sorry. I think we're an amazing habitat. Oh, you think the clairvoyant energy creates like a really positive womb like experience? No, I meant more. So I think we're like amazing caretakers to these butterflies. - You're saying we a lot when it's literally just sack. - I check in on them when I walk out. - You don't actually. - Do you see my story yesterday with filming them? - You only, you literally use them for content. You have no, you don't give them-- - I'm sure you don't want it in the butt if I give them sunshine. You literally do nothing. Zach does it all, and you're literally a toxic mommy blogger. Okay, Ruby Frankie. - I, you are Ruby Frankie. - Okay, I keep putting the towel down, because someone keeps-- - Yes, you're obsessed with the towel. - Like with the blood. - Because I'm like scared that it's going to be-- - It's a rental. - Of course. - It's a rental. - One thing about us, like, we're getting our deposit back. - Yeah, except-- - What'd you do? - Not me. - Who? - Oh yes, I know Ruby had a little accident this morning, but we cleaned it right out. - Yeah, we did, we messed it up. - We come with that red spray, the pet spray and folx. - It's gone. Don't even look for it. - I actually couldn't find it. Also, what I was going to say, speaking of being in a rental, I'm watching more off-campus, and I just want to update you guys on my thoughts, because I'm so locked in. - This show is very serious. - I know. - It's very deep. I told you Thanksgiving takes a turn. - No, not even Thanksgiving. Delaney, that mother fucker of St. Andrews? - Oh, I was like, wait, what did I miss? - Let me see. - I know, which part did you get to? - So he just, like, spoiler alert. Even though everyone watches two months ago. - God suspended four games and-- - Wasn't that the best scene ever? - And no, it made me sick. - Okay, I loved that scene when he figured it out in the moment, dropped the stick and just beat the shit out of it. - No, except I had one issue with-- - That was not justice. - Why? - Because he's-- - Can you get your ass beat? - No, but that's what Delaney wanted to throw him win the game. - Well, yes. - He loses the game, loses four games now. He's gonna be, now they lost all of their games. - They lost Hannah. That was not justice, and that didn't make Hannah happy, and I just, that made me so mad, and that guy is such a disgusting little devil. - So I only had one issue with the scene, and the whole show, I thought Kara-Gram was so hot, I loved him, everything he did, I was like, yes, that's my king right there. So when he's in slow motion, getting escorted off the ice, and she's like standing by the locker room gate, like, girl, why are you standing there for a while? - Yeah, I was thinking, like, I can't stand that long. - That just gave me the ik to, like, I didn't like the way he was walking, and then she saw him. I just like, that was the one scene of the whole show, like I actually really didn't like, just that one tiny thing. - I really, I mean, of course, made me feel things, but that was not justice, that's not how I wanted it to go down. Now, of course, like, and I was wondering, is she gonna tell him before the game, that could throw him before the game, and it's also like, not just about the game. - No, of course, of course, real life. - But like, I almost wish like she would have told him, so he could have like, not prepared. - Of course. - And he could have prepared, he could have taken it out on him in like a way that sanctioned, because they can beat each other up, as guests as long as you're holding your stick. - Yeah, right, no, but he like, totally, like, loves off. - Yeah, so as long as he could have held his stick and beat him up with the stick. - Yeah. - So that was frustrating, but the show is like, very gripping, it's not even like a sexual, I feel like it was totally not. - It's not, there's like three sex scenes. - And even like, Dean and Alex, who are obviously the nude members of the cast, when they have their sex scenes, like, it's not a porno, you actually don't like see a lot of genitalia. - And then like, they threw in the locker room penises, you know, for TikTok and what not. - And like, to be equal, 'cause we saw boobs, like, so we have to see penises. - Um, but I'm just, I'm very gripped, and I do now, like, love Garrett and Hannah. - That scene in the parking lot was devastating. - I'm sick that they're not together, but I know earlier in my recaps, I said, I don't love them the way I love Ellen Miles. I love them now, I really do. And I'm sick they're not together. Oh my God, and like, when they wrote the character of her mother, they just decided to make the best woman ever. - Oh my God, I got like, really choked up during that scene. A lot of people made fun, there was like a, was not a phone. - Yeah, there were a lot of like memes, like, why was she wearing a helmet? Like, the helmet, and like, people made all these graphics, 'cause like, she wears a helmet the whole scene, and it's like kind of big, so people just started, like, recreating the scene, but like, they had AI make the helmet, like, time is bigger. - I thought that scene in the muscle. - So, yes, exactly. Was so well written. Yeah, they hired an angel to play her mother. - And then they hired an angel to write for her. - I got really choked up, like, it was just like, you realize this girl has like, the weight of the world on her shoulders, like, for what? - Yeah, and, yeah, I agree. I'm so, that scene was like, really beautiful. - No, and just always, like, her mom is just me when she's on the FaceTime, like, she, they just decided to write, like, it was really like a love letter to mothers, like, the most wonderful character at her. - I totally agree. - So, we met her. - How many more episodes do you have? - I have no idea. - Okay. - I need my, my gang to get back together. - Of course. - Also, Joanna Maxwell. - Oh, yeah, the actor, like-- - Giving the worst advice. (laughing) Like, I don't know if we were meant to, like, in that moment, be like, yeah, the advice is good, but it just shows how much Ali actually likes Dean, that she's not, like, gonna move on so quickly and have meaningless sex. But I'm like, if you're watching that scene, like, just know that that's the worst advice. - It's true. - Like, to go and have meaningless sex for, 'cause you're in college and you should, and just, like, just to get this cut. - Just to prove that you're not hung up on this next guy that you're seeing after your boyfriend. Like, no, you've been over your boyfriend for a really long time. You've been ready for something new. Sure, you also don't, can't be alone, but you know what, plenty of girls can't. - And you know what? We're fine. We are fine. - A plenty of can't be alone. - I cannot be alone. - It's true, you've never been alone. And I, like, never want to be. - Right. - It is, like, my biggest fear is being alone. - And you're very high-functioning. - It's true. - Kind of. - It's true. - Unless, like, Ben's golfing. - Yeah, I'm really high-functioning for most things. - Yeah. - Except, like, I can't get, like, any meals. Like, if Ben's golfing all day, like, I just snack all day. Like, I don't make meals. - Okay, that's fine. - Yeah. - Plenty of people snack all day and they don't have a good reason. - Yeah, right, right. - It's not because they're personal. - I also snack all day, like, when he's there, but I also have meals. - Yeah. - Yeah, I'm pretty high-functioning, I agree. - So, like, it's not the worst thing. And so, you found your perfect person a week after you broke up with not even 48 hours before. - Right. - After you broke up with your boyfriend, like, you can't plan things. - Man, plans. - God laughs. So, like, she's so hard on herself. Like, just let yourself be with Dean. I just thought that was the worst advice and I was just wondering, like, when the writers wrote that, is it, like, let's give her great advice and she doesn't take it. - Yeah. - Or, like, let's make this the worst person ever. - Yeah, I don't remember if that Joanna character was in the books, like, so inconsequential and, like, so random. - But it was, like, fun that hockey player, the, who's Joanna's brother, drove home to-- - Yeah, yeah, yeah. - Like, I like him. - To me too. - He's, like, a bridge. - Is he gay? Like, are we supposed to believe that he's gay? - He's a sister just isn't the theater. - Okay, okay. Oh, wait, and he just, like, knows theater because of that. - Oh, yeah. And, like, so he's, like, a nice bridge between, like, Ali and hockey. And I like the role that he serves. - Yeah. Well, I'm so glad you're loving it. - I'm really loving it. And I guess I wish I watched it when everyone did so that, like, people would care about what I have to say now, but I'm sorry I'm here now. - Listen. - I'll try not to do it again. - It's not about the journey. It's about the destination. - And for so long we were, like, with Jackie, like, it was Jackie, like, like, what about this? Would you think I wouldn't like? - That's a good question. I think that it is not that sexual. But I don't know why we just, like, 'cause it's-- The book is very porny. So we just consider it, like, a porny show, even though it's, like, literally not, compared to, like, some of the sensitize now. - Yeah, but I do think that, like, when things are overtly and really unnecessarily graphic in terms of, like, nudity and sexuality, that is a turn-off for you. But I guess in hindsight, like, this book has a reputation for being porny, but it's really not as a TV show. There's not a lot of porn. It is, like, a little silly, you know, fake boyfriend, like, that was your first-- - Yes. - But we moved on from that. - So it's a little unserious. - Rather quickly and, like, literally, just through Justin Guarini and the garbage. - After using him. - Yeah, hello, yeah, hello. - No one-- - I hadn't gotten to you. When you said, "Have you gotten T.L." I just assumed that was, like, one of his songs. I don't remember-- - I hadn't gotten to it. And, no, I know. - And it's a bad song. - Yeah, but it's, like, it's not bad. It's just not good. - It's Justin. - And it's, he was right to say, like, you don't like it, 'cause you didn't write it and you don't know what it means because you didn't write it and you don't share it. But, like, I like it and I'm proud of it. - Now that you, like, understand our grammar, what do you think is next for him in terms? 'Cause the next season, like, he's in, but he's not a star. He is going to be, you know, huge, but, like, what would be the right next gig for him? - I think he should do, like, more heartthrob stuff and, like, not-- - He should lean in. - He doesn't need to switch lanes, like, so quickly. - I agree. - But it's hard to, like, once you get the biggest show of the year, like, to find the next big thing. - 100%. - He needs a good agent. - He does need a good agent. - And a manager. - He is dating his girlfriend, like, the same girlfriend, since before he was famous. She's a writer. Not on this show, just, like, a TV writer. And they were both, like, up-and-comers. - That's good. - That's good. - Yeah. - That's good. He needs to stay grounded. - Absolutely way. - Absolutely way. - Absolutely. - With your head getting so big. - Yeah. - I'm just, like, I'm really sick. - Like, remember when Jacobal Lorde, and obviously, everything worked out for Jacobal Lorde, so I'm not criticizing his choices. But, like, when he was in the kissing booth, he was, like, this teen heartthrob. And he sort of ran from that. He never did another movie like that again, where I was, like, Noah Centennial really leaned into that, like, young adult heartthrob. Almost too much. - And he had a dead end. - Yeah. - Correct. - And he was like, "I'm gonna be like, 'Rage A. John,' like, you had this one show that was huge." - Huge. - "You were the star, the next season, like, you could be on, but you're not gonna be the star, so what are you gonna do next?" - Yeah, but, like, the character I'm just confirmed filming. "Rage A. John, let's the building." - Right, right, right. No, but this show isn't gonna be, like, he should stay on at a respect, and, like, because why not? - Literally. - But, he needs to line something up, though. I'm very curious, like, what his strategy is. - Yeah. - 'Cause, I think Jacobal Lorde is, like, one in a million. Like, he became the biggest actor of his time. - That's great, but, like, I don't think that happens to most people. - No, and it definitely was strategic, you know? - Yeah, Noah Centennial, like, it was good until it wasn't. - Yeah. - But those movies were so popular. Like, Netflix just kept turning out one of the way one about tall girls, one about short girls. - I love tall girls. - That's our favorite one. - And the best artist had Sabrina Carpenter's in it. - As a short friend. - As a short friend, yeah. - This is like, we were-- - It's like, "A.I. generated a movie from our brain." - What are the stories today? - Oh, you know, bits and bobs. Like, nothing major, but like, a lot of stuff that we like talking about, you know? Like, not breaking news, but like-- like we will enjoy ourselves. - Yeah. - I feel like that feels, that feels like how I would describe it. Oh, and then I guess a headline is that I'm wearing a dress on a show? - You know what, so funny, I was just about to bring it up because it looks so great. - That's the only other thing that's worth mentioning today. - Jackie and I are just sort of like breaking down over here when it comes to what to wear on the toast. Like obviously it's summer. We have so many cute outfits. A lot of them are ineligible for the toast because like we're on camera. We're in these chairs, like I'm sitting cross like it. So like a lot of our shorts, a lot of our minis, like it's just not, we don't want to wear like shorts or like middresses on the show 'cause I just don't think I'm gonna like, I look like the chair. - I'm sure you're, you're cooching around. - Yeah. - So I literally put on shorts. I'm sick, I don't want to wear pants again. - No, I wore this outfit three times. - I keep wearing like the same thing and I just like, I don't want to wear it today. So I put on shorts and then I'm like, I know I'm not gonna like that, but what if I wore a nap dress because it still goes all the way to the floor and like it's just a little something different. So I just wanted to like see how it goes, you know? I got a little blue in my hair for the Teen Vogue party. Is that a zig-zag? (laughing) It's like a viral interview from Selena Gomez like when she's like 11. They asked, she has like blue streaks in her hair. She's like, I just wanted to do something different for like the Teen Vogue party. - That's how I feel today. - That's what you say when you're like being crazy. - Okay, I'm being crazy. Plus I'm like doing a bunch of stuff after this and I was like, I don't really want to be wearing like, pants and a sweater and let's see how it goes. I actually don't think it's gonna be that crazy considering like the dress covers everything. - No, and as of this morning like we will have two blankets here tomorrow and we've decided, or at least I've decided, like I'm gonna be wearing my shorts 'cause I have a bunch of really cute sets that are shorts and t-shirts and I'll be wearing them with a blanket. So if you see me like sweating my ass off 'cause I'm under a blanket, don't ask questions. - And I do also see a lot of comments like you guys, it's summer like orange, you warm in your outfits and it's like no, the studio is like temperate. - Nice, yeah right. - But it's like, it's just not what I want to be putting on in the morning and then like leaving here in. So work with us, okay? We're like going through a period of growth. - Work with us. - And don't be like counting out every time somebody wore one shirt. - No, don't be counting. - We're working with limited wardrobe. Like we didn't pack our whole closet. It's a packed suitcase, like. - And I didn't know what we're gonna be like the things I wanna wear every day. We're sort of like butterflies coming out of our cocoons. - That's beautiful. - So like watch this space. - Or don't. - Or to listen to this space. - Yes. - Without further ado, do do do do do. Here are the fast-fi stories that yet it do need to know. - And we are so excited because today's episode is brought to you by Spindrift Tea, which we are actually both drinking here. I got the peach. So good. We drink Spindrift Tea. - I got the lemon. - I love all their drinks. They have a new tea, which we'll tell you about today. - And you know I love tea in the summer. - I know. - In the summer, yes. But also like, tea is just such a good option. You know what I mean? - Yes, yes it is. - I think a lot of times people don't consider. - They don't and it's like you want something exciting, but not super full, not carbonated. - So introducing Spindrift Tea. 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Now available in Canada as well, Q-U-I-N-C-E.com/toast for free shipping and 365 day returns, Quince.com/toast. Thank you/toast, you're welcome. Our first story, more wedding bells, Emma Roberts. Oh my god, this was like such a shock. Married actor Cody John in lavish Idaho wedding. So Emma Roberts married her fiance, Cody John in front of their close friends and family at a romantic ceremony in Sun Valley, Idaho on Saturday after four years of dating. Close friends and family were in attendance for the couple's special day, including, of course, her famous auntie, Emily Roberts. Oh yeah, Julia Roberts. OK, like Slai Mama did know that you've even had a boyfriend. But I feel like we knew that she had a boyfriend, but I just didn't know that marriage was in her future. Yeah, I mean, for some of us, we are still the restaurant, of course, like her and Garrett had lunch. And I feel like Garrett had lunch is not famous. He was in country strong, my favorite movie. I don't think a lot of people say that, George Errol. George Errol, my favorite movie. And then, like, never was seen or heard from again, and randomly, like, dated Emma Roberts for a while. They had a child together. I do believe the relationship was, like, hell of toxic. Yeah, like they hate each other. It's really bad. I think it's like a hard, co-parenting relationship. I don't ship whatsoever, but that was just like a happy time for me. Yeah, I'm glad you were having friends. I don't know that they were having a match. Yeah. And she seems really happy. And I mean, for a year, stating someone in Hollywood, that's a long time, and then the commitment of marriage. Like, it's a big deal. Yeah, she also had like a very, like, people are obsessed. When people think of Emma Roberts' relationships, they're obsessed with her and Evan Peters, the guy from sleepover. Right. For me, like, that's not my thing. No, no, no. My thing is Garrett Headland, but like, I understand why people are obsessed with him, too. My thing is Emma Roberts. She just, is that girl? Yeah, she really is. Like, everything she touches, like, turns to gold. And she really is? Is that girl for, like, women or age? Yes. For women of a certain age? Yeah, she kind of is, like, means everything to us. Yeah, it's fabulous. But it's not even, like, unfabulous wasn't even, like, the number one show at the time. She was, you know, in this slug with like a lot of girls, like Selena and Miley, and like, she actually emerged the most normal, successful ones. So I think the way we feel about Emma Roberts is how a lot of people feel about Hillary Duff. Like, was your fave growing up, grew up to be so normal, continues to, like, put out sleigh, work, younger, and all of her recent projects and her music. I don't like have that for Hillary Duff. Obviously, I have, like, my own personal issues with her. But that's how I feel about Emma Roberts. Like, she's literally never once let me down. Even when I feel that she probably had, like, a-- I guess she-- I don't know when it was. But she definitely had, like, a Miley Cyrus and her dead pet's era, you know? Not dead pet. No, but maybe like a banger's era. But when you're a teen-- Yeah, star. Maybe a banger's era. You always have, like, a troubled youth era. She never let me down. Yeah, no. And when she's, like, so stylish and-- Screen queens. And she's, like, funny and-- She reads. Yeah. And she's just the whole package. It's true. So-- She wore Monique Lulia. The whole package decided to get married. Like, that's a big deal. Totally. Makes him the whole package as well. And I don't know if she's ever been married. No. I don't care if we're not. No, I didn't really know, like, we were going to get married. Yeah, no, me neither. I didn't know this was an option. Yeah, I just started, like, being engaged and-- Yeah. And being partners. And her and Julia, like, they're classic Nepo peeps. But I never-- Like, I don't know, I feel like maybe at one time I would have thought that they were, like, on the out. They, like, don't really interact. Yeah, but it's nice to know it's her Andy right. It's not like her mom had Andy and I I didn't realize like Julie Roberts is a famous Andy, you know, a roll line a roll model for women like us, who else is a famous anti? The Kardashians are all aunties to one another. Yeah, and they're like they're proud. They take it seriously and a lot of people are aunties. I guess Chelsea. Absolutely scary one. That thing is so funny. Yeah, I actually came across my Instagram again, and I was reading the comments. She was responding to a lot of people. Okay, people had a lot of thoughts on it. Both have had any more clarity. Well, someone was like, well, I agree with everything you're saying, but like, why are you sharing this? Yeah. And she said that she had written this up and shared it with a bunch of her friends and, you know, personally shared it. And apparently it went like mega viral that like it started like, you know, being made into graphics and stuff on Instagram and people not attributing it to her. That's why it had her like logo. And at this time, remember you were saying it had like, so she just like wanted to like get credit for it. I don't know. First. It's not like she's really weird story. It's not like she's like, you know, a burgeoning creator. Like sometimes when things go viral - Beyond you, that's a good thing. - That happens to me sometimes. - Yeah. - It's happened to us, almost all of our viral sounds, like are not attributed to us. - Yeah, but that's good. Great, go, live on. - That means it's like, it's that big. - That's why we do what we do. - It's true, we don't do it for the credit you guys. - Oh my gosh, no. - No, tag us. - At Toast Podcast, that thing is just so weird. - Yeah. (laughs) Yeah. Well, Mausletove to the John Robertses. - Mausletove, do you think she's gonna change her name? Emma, John Roberts? - Emma Roberts, John. - No. - Emma John. - That's two man's last name. - Yeah, it's true. - No. - No, Emma Roberts. Are you ready for our next story? - I am. - An update in our leading story of the year. - Chelsea Helmut. - Nick Van Steenberg speaks out after a single - Oh, Oh, Andrea Spell. - I'm so glad we're talking about the paywall statement. - Yeah, so Nick of Nicolandria is addressing-- - Nick of Nicolandria fame. - Is Nick Alandria? Is he addressing his split-- - Nick. - Nick Alandria. - Is addressing his split from Alandria. So we reported last week that Nick Alandria is done, but neither of them had said anything about this split, except Alandria saying that she's suing-- - To Moxima. - To Moxima. So he posted a statement on his subscribers only TikTok. Oh, TikTok? I didn't even know you could have subscribers only TikTok. - Apparently you can. - Yeah, okay. - If you want to subscribe to Nick Van Steenberg. - Okay. - He said, "The rumors are true at deleted my Alandria." (laughs) - Tidal. - We love it too. - We can get Nick Alandria in the title. - We love that idea. - We love that idea. - Yeah. - "The rumors are true at deleted Alandria." - I'm sure this podcast is such a thorn in their side. We don't let up. We don't let up. And I know, 'cause we had posted some clips and people think that we're coming from a hateful place. When I tell you no two people have been bigger supporters of Alandria since day one, we were in trenches watching wanting better for her. You all were wanting her and Taylor together. We wanted better for her. We didn't even want Taylor. - We wanted Taylor. - Yeah, right. So it's like, we have been her biggest fans. And almost just wanting better for her than she wants for herself. So I know a lot of people think we come from a hateful place, but you have no idea how deep in this we are. - But yes, they definitely send our clips back and forth. We each have to be like, man, 'cause the thing is, we have been onto them from the very first time. - Yeah, I feel like a lot of people have like, their podcasts or something who just like, hate them, you know? And they say, "We're not haters at all." - No, no, but I feel like that's what they think we are. - Right. - Maybe Nick, like, and his publicist like send their clips around, like, what are we gonna do about these two? - Right, you know that New York Times interview that we were talking about being loved out loud? I actually saw another clip from it that did not go viral at the time that absolutely should have. - Bring it up, bring it up. - They were talking about, well, actually, she was just saying, he didn't even say anything to the whole interview. She was just looking at her, being like, "What are you talking about?" - She was basically saying that they still weren't boyfriend and girlfriend. And nobody thought to make that go viral and we should talk about that? Well, why wouldn't you a year later be boyfriend and girlfriend? Oh, because you are fake. - Right, 'cause you're just exploring the connection. - That's really weird. She just said that out loud, like, not even like a secret. - That's insane. - That's insane. And that's why their statement was so vague, because you can break up in vain. - And it's like, I guess if you go back and look at everything, like I don't think she has told a lie. - Right, she's just manipulated language. - She just didn't believe her. Even when she, when asked a couple, like two months ago, or a month ago, by Cosmo, I think, like, what do you have to say to the people who don't like believe it? And she, like her statement was that of someone who's not in a real relationship. - It's true. - I just don't know why people would care. Like, if I'm with him at Coachella or not, like, I'm just not on the internet like that. - Yeah. - And it's like, you went on a little hub island. You know, when it's like, are you together? - Right. - And then, not that I needed any more proof that this was vague, but like, Nick putting his big statement behind a paywall. Like, okay. He said, now we can get back to the statement. - The rumor is true. - Yeah. - It's a deleted olandria. - Are you okay? (laughing) (laughing) - Whatever his statement is, it's just not gonna be better. - Of course not. - The rumors are true. I didn't want to give people false hopes so I want to clear the air. We will continue to love each other always. It's a sensitive as well as a private subject. Thank you for respecting our privacy. - Well, don't get too ahead of yourself thinking us because we're not going to. - And also, like, in this statement, there's no, we didn't break up original mention of olandria. So here's the thing, two business people. I didn't want to give false hope that we, like, like, like, like, like, guys this together. - Like I've been doing for the last year. - So I want to clear the air. I would say that about anyone. - A business partner. - Yeah. - That you, like, works with for a whole year. - It's a sensitive as well as a private subject. Said nothing. - Yeah, said nothing. - Said nothing. And they've been saying nothing. - It's true. - You guys have missed that. Even in the last episodes of Love Island, they just kept talking about like, their connection and their friendship, and people took that as like, they love each other when that's never what they said. - Yeah, it's like a friendship breakup. That's really more what it is. - Yeah, and then he wrote in the caption on why he did it subscribers only. He said I wanted to do it on here because you guys are our biggest supporters. - Dude, what? You're actually like, you gave people like some great gift. - Converment. Converment. - But like, it was confirmed. Your reps spoke to people like. - Yeah. - I wasn't waiting to see whether this was true or not. Like, it's true. - I guess like, there were a couple of like, like, downer. - Like a landry. - True Nica Landria die. It's like refused, like club Nica Landria. They refused to believe that this is true. - Yeah, I'm still laughing from the tweet. I showed you last week that I really thought was true. - Right. - But like, but there are people who do think that. - Yeah. So, confirmed. They've split. I wonder like, what will come out next? Cause it's like, it's not good. - It's not. - And I really didn't see this happening. Like, like, back back for her. - Yeah. - Yeah. - At least while they were together, it's like, okay, well, you're continuing the lie. - Right. - We can't really say anything. You have improved this, right? - I know when it's like when you have a scheme, it's like, while you're scheming, everything's fine. It's until you're found out. - Right. - Consider, consider you found. - Consider yourselves found. - Yeah. - Also like a little follow up love island news. Melanie and sincere. - We're spotted. - I saw. That's really unfortunate. Cause like, all signs were pointing to her having, like, woken up. - Yeah. But she's still sleeping. And personally, like, with the islanders, like, you're no longer my problem. So like, if you want to be dumb, girl, like, I support it. Like go. Cause I don't have to watch it anymore. - Yeah. - I had to watch it. And so I needed you to start making good decisions because I was being forced to watch. Now that I'm not, like, seriously, I don't give a fuck what you freaks do. Have fun. - Yeah. Also, I needed them to break up on the show. - Correct. - If they even broke up the day after they get home, I don't care if they break up next week, I don't care. There are all these brands being like, Melanie, if you leave him, we'll give you, you know, - Free tickets. - Free tickets. - That should only have applied on the show. - Agreed. - Oh yeah. - You broke up with your offers or boyfriend? I don't care. - Welcome to the club. I do believe those offers are no longer valid. - Yeah, I just hope that like, there's not gonna be a big celebration when they do break up because like, the test, you failed. - You failed the test, you failed the course. - Yeah, and again, like, these are no longer my monkeys. This is not my circus. - Yeah. - I'm personally, I'm out. I tried to help you guys at the time. Nobody wanted to listen to me. - I also don't think there's really anything from the season that she would have seen. That was like, worsen how she felt in the villa. Like, there wasn't like a big smoking gun. Like, I feel like, movie night packaged it up as bad as you possibly could to the point of like, beloved, beloved. Like, they actually edited it not to make it worse, but like, bad punch, she would have faced with it. - And it really did not move the needle at all. So, nothing she watched in the season on, she hears all the good stuff that since, she sees the good instances when he's, with his confessionals, you know, how she, she is the epitome of beauty in class. - Of course. - So, I don't think watching the season really change anything for her. And he's not in the doghouse more so than he was. - No, no. She's just gonna have to, like, learn the highlight. - If anything, she'll see how he struggled between her and Soul and her and Amora. - Yeah, and I think like, when they first get out, it's like super easy to be happy. Like, everyone loves you, and it's just also exciting, but that does die down, and at a certain point, you're just like left with the person. And I think that's when, like, he'll get into trouble, because he is like a philanthropist, or he is a bad guy, and he has access to now all these people. - Yeah. - So, it's only a matter of time. And I don't wanna be right, but like, I am. - And it's not gonna be like, go. Melanie like whenever she does do it like you fail the test not for me I mean the world will probably like loves to celebrate a woman getting out of a bad relationship I do too of course but like I do also hold space for like you know you making those bad decisions are animatics like yeah we knew he was bad you were with him for 10 years like fighting for him and telling everyone how wrong we were and it's like yeah we turn out to be right and it's like I'm so glad you're out of that of course but like let's hold space for the accountability yeah especially when like you get to see it on a plate out in TV yeah television show what this person said did when you weren't looking like same that's like I mean it was gonna be like Amanda's fate but obviously things changed on a dime for her but like everyone's like she's free she's free I'm like she's free from self-imposed prison like she chose this person he cheated on her before they got married they decided to get married they're fighting all the way up to the bed and none of this was new information right so it's like I don't really like feel bad for you like oh no it's the consequences of your own actions okay like sometimes you get in situations that like seriously are terrible like bamboozle yeah that's just not what happened with like arionomatics or Amanda yeah I don't know if you saw like West is like like starting stuff can you say what you send but yeah there wasn't a DNS I'm sorry I I have this to try to DNS but if I don't DNS well let me just tell you so you know that he hosts a podcast yes with a WNBA star like up until recently I wasn't familiar with oh she's like one of the big ones so yeah one of the big ones of the WNBA yes her name is Sophie Cunningham yes and like in the last week she's actually like gone mega viral within the WNBA because she spoke out on the issue of trans athletes and she you know said something that most people don't say which is that like it directly impacts us I don't think it's fair like she keeps getting asked about it of trans women and women's sports specifically she said she just said her piece and then she keeps getting asked about it she's like I said what I said like she's not backtracking on it and it went super viral over the weekend and then West like this is his podcast host West made a TikTok just basically being like you know this is not a real issue with poses a threat to nobody and just like I see it yeah kind of you know like echoing a lot of the popular like woke theory the the theses on trans women that trans women are threatened to know like this is a non issue Sophie saying that no West was just basically directly contradicting her I'll play for you speak sharing his thoughts about trans women yeah and just basically disregarding it like this is not an issue you're all crying about nothing like okay you're ready okay transgender athletes in American sports is such a borderline non-existent issue that right wingers have convinced that a massive portion of people in our country that that these people are like a threat to sports in America when the mathematically that's not the case it'll and by continuing to platform this fucking politicians athletes journalists news outlets you're only isolating transgender people I even more by making them seem like this giant group of people is a threat to society of threat to sports when that's just not proportionately the truth in any capacity there is like ten transgender athletes in all density double a and so I think there are unique questions that can be handled on individual basis is but to allow this to take our attention away from like housing and health care and wars and all the other oh that's always actually harmful shit in our country is done like we can't have another conversation because of housing and health care now it's been very interesting because West has always really been this like a very like woke brother star and he's like always really like pushing very like pro female messaging and I think that he thinks that that is like sort of a not again out of jail free card but like a just a way to assure good will with the Bravo universe let me tell you the comments were eating him up I do not see one positive comment and also it's like you're obviously directing this at your co-host who like has a thought and it's like well why don't you have the conversation on your podcast like what's with you coming not first of all no one was waiting for you to give your opinion on this I think he doesn't want to go down with her and he doesn't like it's like she I'm sure she didn't want to go down with him right it's she sat on her podcast listening to him talk about falling in love with Amanda and you know did ask her have this conversation on the podcast leave us the comment on the conversation on the podcast but it's really crazy because I think this is a a topic where like where wires get crossed like woke wires because it's like a women's issue right and your man like you shouldn't speak about in women sports it's not really an issue in males men's sports so like if you're a man why are you gonna tell the woman what she should feel should not feel that's typically like in the world we're not done so here are some of the comments okay this is the top one said by a man who has a long history of not caring about women it doesn't affect you but it does affect many young women in their experience west just stop uh tag her then like yeah like leave us out of it women have fought heart like people there is not one person I think you're diabolical I think a lot of people I think he just thought that like it's just a kind of like an easy way to curry favor with bravo fans which are mostly women by just like saying what you think is like an approved and approved take um but people were like nothing literally nothing he says first of all like this is just proof that like nothing he could say like it's gonna make people like him and it's just so funny because like Sophie coming in like it's an actually female athlete like they said she is poised to like have an opinion on it whether you like it or not like she's well within her rights who the fuck are you who the fuck are you and I don't like throwing your co-hosts under the bus when she stood by you when you're the most hated man in America I can't tell if this is like beef yeah he definitely does not want to be aligned no and it's like well she probably want to be aligned with you either but like co-host right for each other she's like to have an opinion like my guy you're so weak like yeah yeah it was really drama especially because like for a while to put it together like why people cared and then I realized that the girl I've been seeing go viral for her statements is the podcast host guy who was asking him about Amanda like I just I don't I don't follow wmb. So I wasn't I didn't know like why I was supposed to care now Anderson and like you can host a podcast with someone who you and we're like different I think people like like that yeah of course it's very interesting interesting yeah it causes good conversation like you know what they should have this combo and I didn't see her statements and I guess it really was just very much like it's not fair no but if I had seen it would I then have wondered like what does West think about if you have seen it and also known that this was West yeah I don't think I think I would have thought like oh yeah I don't know damn that's hard for him because I know that he really just like wants to be on the right side of he wants to be like beloved of woke is yeah yeah but like truly but the 11th is just proof the 11th is out the door it's just proof that and now he's really far gone now you've sort of turned on someone who had your back and you work with and it's giving you know like Justin Maldonial and the podcast host totally this is like to me the big takeaway is like and if you never you're like stunting on your co-host by the way if you have a different opinion than her amazing like you actually should talk about on the podcast because I don't know what the hell else you guys talk about on your podcast though what's also so weak of him it's like is his opinion he didn't state an opinion like of why it's a good thing he just said it's not a big deal let's talk about something else let's talk about war like if you have a strong opinion and you have facts and you say I want to explain why everyone's overreacting go ahead but like that's not an opinion that's like a really just missing just trying to like you know to dismiss what she said yeah and what and what people think but that's not an actual rebuttal no no but like maybe they'll do it on the podcast I don't know if they have like so much to talk about these days so like sure sure I'm sad yeah right I'm sad if you guys want to go step in it this is a sports hug us oh yes it is speaking of women's issues are you ready for our next story one number three yeah so you are ready page Lorenz is getting into some Instagram draw I'm obsessed with this yeah so page are ends woke up and decided to actually chose she chose truth she did choose truth but she didn't start it so a long-time nantucket story you know nantucket is her island where she has her day boy town she runs that town this store nantucket called four wins craft guild which has been in business since 1948 it sells handcrafted baskets purses local artwork and carvings according to their website so you know it's just like like wears and it's yeah it's like a star story done nantucket and they posted an Instagram story of their shop and there's a sign at the top a very like nice looking you know they took time to live left love hand carved yeah not like we wrote on a sign no it's like it's wood engraved it says no influencers it did go viral so before page even commented on it I had seen this like that the store on nantucket was like you know putting their foot down on influencer culture there was a lot of discourse around it I obviously like rolled my eyes on at it and moved on with my day and then I saw this morning that page runs had left like a really lengthy comment on it this is what she said if you call your mind you like she's the queen of dantucket she opened her own storefront she is an influencer who is like you know making things happen on the island absolutely using her influence so it does feel like if they're if who are they talking about your page and the like I could see like if page took this personally and they're talking I don't know if they were really talking about her but girls like more so the culture she brings yeah the island she said if you call yourself a feminist but proudly put up a no influencer sign it's worth asking who you are attempting to be legitimized and why mocking women when they become powerful in a new industry isn't new it's just a strange message coming from a store that celebrates a craft with such a rich rich history of women shaping the island and its economy for those who don't know the creator economy is overwhelmingly driven by women brands have shifted billions of dollars into creator marketing because it consistently delivers something traditional advertising can't trust community and measurable sales One woman with a loyal audience can successfully launch a business at a scale that would once have required corporate backing and massive advertising budgets. That's a win. This sign isn't. - Oh my God. I actually could not have said it better myself. And I feel like that's what I'm always saying. - That is what you're always saying. - People being obsessed with hating influencers is like, sure, we could hate any group of people. You could say influencers, yes, they do, do X, Y, Z. But this obsession with the word influencer, even becoming like having like a derogatory, well, it's like you would not come up. There would not be that sort of stereotype if there was a new job that a lot of men were doing. They don't say it really about streamers, even the streamers is all men. It's so true. Like the way that we demonize influencer culture, like so heavily, it's become like so mainstream. So much so that this person probably thought nothing of putting up this sign. It's because it's a female dominated space. It's a space where literally the only space where women make more money than men. Like it's just absurd. I'm always fucking saying that. So like for her to just, like literally such a slight, I wouldn't change one word. It's like that's even, that sign is dumb for a lot of reasons because one, it definitely is like a little bit of a nudge to Paige Lorenz, who is like one of the premier nantucket influencers now. And I think that like a lot of people come to the island for her and her store every day has a line around the corner, which is like, you know, for a small town, it's like kind of annoying, you know, locals, even in the Hamptons, they hate when like things go viral because it makes it like loud and busy and traffic. I can just say, but she's like contributing to the local economy. And she like, I could see why she maybe thought this was about her, but even if it's not, it's such a job. I'm just like standing up for women. I guess like, I can't go to the store. You can't know, it's just like, I guess I can't go to the store. Yeah, I'm an influencer. And I just feel like, in general, I can go to the store. So she's standing up for me, so that I could go. But in general, if you have a store of business and you have a sign that says no blank about a group of human beings, unless it says like no rapists. Right. You're wrong. Yeah, no, unless it says like no dogs, like no human beings, a group of human beings. It's discrimination. - It's just crazy. - It's just crazy. - It's crazy to be like not allowed to wear because of your job. - It's discrimination. So unless it has no criminals, yeah, no influence. - And what's funny is that like before page, like people were really like praising this. Like they thought it was funny and it's like, yeah, like fucking boons or culture. And it's like we need to look inward as to why we think, like first of all, this is a totally acceptable thing. - I can't believe I can't go to this store. - I know. And you don't even want to go to the store. - I'm going to Dairy Boy. - Especially because of what you're saying is, like it's craft store and craft is like so feat feminine. And it's like, so is influencer culture. Like there, I think a lot of girls dreams these days is to like grow up and become an influencer. And it's just like, it's so lame. - No, and so like what's the intention here? Like you don't want people posting about your store and you don't want to get business for your store? I think that it was like, I don't want to get your store too busy. Don't want people coming in like making taking pictures. Maybe people that come in a lot and take pictures and don't buy anything. - Okay, but then they're promoting your store 'cause they're an influencer. - It was good to have people in your store. - No, it's like, say I went into a store and I didn't buy something, but I took a picture of something cute and I posted an influencer. - And I'm an influencer. - And I'm an influencer and I tagged this business. I didn't buy anything, but I might like actually generate some business for you. - Of course. - But we don't want that. - We don't want business. - Unless you're stealing, there's like literally no bad downside having someone in your store. - Like, what about no thieves? - Yeah. - That would be good. - I don't so lame. - Unless they have a lot of other signs like this is out of context where they say like no rapist, no criminals, no thieves, no influence, but then you're grouping us now. - You know, why are we talking about rapists and influencers? - Just me, I'm the only one. - It's just so, it's so lame. - Yeah, and so this is such a, personally, I think a very much a slay from Paige and like an easy kill shot. - Agreed. - I loved it. - Stupid idiots. - Yeah, agreed. - Women hating, woman haters. - Yeah, and she just comes off like so classy and like, and like, she's saving the people of Nantucket. - No, and she didn't like from this mean story. - She didn't say anything mean. 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Need to cool down by the hot summer pool. Get an Outshine snack they're available in the freezer aisle at retailers nationwide. Thank you, retailers nationwide. You're welcome. Our fourth story, Timothy Shalamey's mom share support for Kris Jenner after the passing of her mother MJ. She saw this beautiful statement. So Kris Jenner shared a carousel of images for MJ's 90. Second, Heavenly Birthday, yesterday, you know, Happy Birthday to MJ. She said, "I love you." It was just like a beautiful tribute of photos. And a comment was left by Nipole Flander. Timothy and Paulina, what's her name? Pauline Chalamet. Timothy Chalamet's mother, Nicole Flander commented, "So happy I got to know her." So what you're saying is that Kylie's boyfriend's mom met her grandma. And that time with her grandma. That's-- and wants us to know it. That's-- well, I don't think she wants us to know it. I don't think she thought she would, would like to see it. No, but it's like, it was a significant enough-- just a casual-- I think she thought people would see it, but it was like, that's just the machitanum nature. That's really crazy, like meeting your-- That's just like bringing your mom to meet your girl's grandma. Yeah. And it's like, yeah, I'm sure the families have met in everything, but the fact that they're sharing it, that she's commenting in support of MJ. Like, it's just at another level. Yeah, this is really crazy. Yeah. When are they getting married? Or maybe they'll just skip the whole formal marriage thing. And they're in a partnership, very curtain-goldy. But I do think maybe she might be a little influenced by Taylor and be like, well, if Taylor Swift can get married, if he'll get married, if he'll get married. Anyway, then why not me? It's true. I do think becoming a billionaire is obviously amazing. And you just assume that you can't get married. Right. I think you think that there are certain things that you can no longer do. That's not the case. Yeah, like with an iron-clad prenup, why not? Or like, who says you have to get legally married? Like, you could have a marriage, like a ceremony, and like, you know, religious. But like, just not legally, like, bound. Yeah, I feel like that's actually like a good call for like, celebrities. Yeah. No, we're definitely like, trending that way. Yeah. Even though a lot of celebrities like, well, some people do it like, you know, just to like, make waves, like, make news, they get engaged, like, random people. It is like a good way to get pressed. Yeah, we'll talk about it. Of course. We'll talk about anything. Well, no, it depends on the day. It depends on the person. No one like, what else is going on in the day? Right, right. But if you get engaged during the summer, like, we'll probably-- There's a high likelihood that we have to talk about it. We'll probably mention it, yeah. This is so crazy. Like, that's family. That's family. That's what you do in your family? And of course, like, Nicole and Chris seem to be tight, close, that they're humming on each other's things. Right. So, it's just a good sign for our faves. It is. It's been, I mean, what, three years now, more? Yeah, like, next year, like, first photo of them, like, that Ariel shot at Goldman Schalamet was like there. It was hot. Yeah. But then there was also the first, like, tennis match they went to, which was like a major watershed moment. Tennis match. Yeah, I think it was the US open together thing. Yeah. Well, then they went to the US open again, and they were like, with friends, and, you know, she was just being her fun flirty self. But like, the first photos of them, photos-- No, I remember the first photo was that Ariel blurry. Yes, you were like, the first time they, like, went out together. It was-- When were Kylie, Jenner, and Timothy Schalamet spotted together first? So, it's first seen in the same place, Jen, 2023, which was Paris Fashion Week, which was like three and a half years. They were first photographed together June 1, 2023. We set the barbeque in the cigarettes. The photos were grainy, but confirmed there was any other yet. OK. And then they first publicly went out together. And then, September 5, their unmistakable at Beyoncé's Renaissance concert. Oh. Yeah, interesting. Very beautiful. Are you ready for our fifth and final story? It's actually some major sports news, really? Yeah. LeBron is going to the 76ers. Like, everyone's talking about it. Oh, my god. I can't believe because we haven't done a show in so long that we haven't spoken about this. But obviously, like, I'm really into basketball. Everyone's talking about it. Our dinner table was talking about it. We were talking about it a lot. Well, first of all, like, I'm talking about it as obviously, like, the world's biggest Knicks fan. Like, how does this affect us? Because, you know, every pretty much every year in the playoffs, we have to be the 76ers. We did the same conference. You can't get to the championships and them get to the championships. And we're both usually like in the last couple of years. Like, pretty good. So we always end up playing each other. It's like the last three years in a row. We did beat them quite easily this year. This is like an obstacle for us. I do think like one man doesn't make a team. I think his point is that he does make a team. I think that's what he's going to prove. It's very Tom Brady in the Buccaneers. It is. I can win a championship anywhere. He's done it before. But I just want to say, he just spent a couple of years at the Lakers, like, making no impact. So maybe one man doesn't make a team. But I feel like he's decided that this is his mission now. I think maybe when he went to the Lakers, he wanted like a team and camaraderie and like, teamwork makes a journey. I think he went to the Lakers because he said whoever takes my son can get me also. Well, that too. And the Lakers were like, all right, we'll take this random. If we get LeBron, it was a great trade. Now we were wondering is Bronny, which is the name of his son, which I'm obsessed with, is he also going to the Philadelphia? Well, he's not. He's not. His contract was confirmed, renewed, and the next day LeBron left. So we got a son of a job, which we love, committed father. Yeah. And now he's off to Philly. I think he's like a very polarizing figure in the basketball community. Like, you either like love him or hate him. I don't really like, I don't hate him. I have no problem with him. He's never like been-- He's never been. He's never been. Like obviously, though, Philly, like, it's like a big rival of New York. So being loyal to my husband, like, obviously, this kind of sucks for us. Yeah. But I think it makes things interesting. And I do think he put out like a series of statements. I think he really thought he was going to retire. Like, he thought his last game was his last game. Over the last few weeks, he had no clue what he was going to do. And he took some time to think. And he was actually able to just like do that, you know, be sort of like a jobless loser for a while. And I enjoyed it. It gave him the clarity for sure it's that. Like athletes can't retire. They can't sit on what to do with themselves. But it made him realize, I still want to sacrifice. I still want to work. I still want to grind. I still want to compete to win and to have a chance at the feeling of winning another championship. I believe I can make the Philadelphia 76ers of championship team. And I'm so excited to energize a new fan base and start this incredible journey one last time. So I feel like he took a look at all the teams. Because anyone would have taken him. And it's not about money. So I think he needs two years, $8 million when he just made like $53 million. It's not about that. I think he looked at all the teams and said, who just needs me? Who has everything else good, but they need me. And he must have run the numbers very like Moneyball, Jonah Hill, and figured out where he mathematically fits. And I'm like it was Philly. Yeah. Because they are like a decent team, but they're not like amazing. And I think that it's just like I can in like recent modern times, I cannot remember the last time like a historic legendary player, like went out in a good way, you know? Like obviously Tom Brady, atrocious. Maybe they all go like that. We just don't know, but like how did Michael Jordan retire? I don't know. I just assume it was good. I played some baseball. Yeah, like when he went back then to basketball. So you see Michael Jordan was having lunch at Steven and Victoria. I did see David having lunch with Victoria. Yeah. Literally. I think as much as LeBron, like is the goat. I think like still, I feel like since we were kids, there's always this like conversation between like guys that are like LeBron or Michael Jordan. Well, no, it's like LeBron or Kobe. They say like, who's the next Michael Jordan? Is it of our time? It was at LeBron or Kobe. And I think it was Kobe. And then also like when you do pass away, you just become like legendary legendary. And so I think it's like pretty much decided that it's Kobe. I think he wants like more legend points. I think he wants another championship. Like for all this would do it in his competition with Michael Jordan. Yeah. And he's not done. I guess like he can still play. Yeah, I think it's like really good. I have no problem with it. But you gotta go far. And it's like when he went to the heat, just to like prove to the world that like wherever I go, we're winning a championship. Like, that's a great feeling. It was a sleigh. It was a sleigh. And I think he wants to do it again. And then he went to Cleveland. But Cleveland's where he came from. Oh, right, right. So that was just exciting. That was a homecoming. Yeah, like, sorry, I left you guys for like Miami, South Beach. For like a hot, yeah. Hey, how y'all doing like him walking in? So like I do want this for him. Like I would love to see someone just go out in a beautiful way, but unfortunately it just messes like with my situation, which is obviously being like the world's biggest next round. Yeah. Oh, you know, like the best he got to beat the best. It's true. I could see this like this is Jay, like I feel like Jaylin could hear this and like love it. Because now it's like, you're going to play them along. He gets through that he's better than LeBron. And he's that's what the told thing with Jalen Brunson is. Everyone said he's too short. Everyone said he's to this. He's to that. Nepo, that's what everyone says about him. And then he proved everyone wrong, which is why like obviously the next winning was so great for so many reasons. But that storyline of like him proving everyone wrong was so great. And it's like, yeah, David and Goliath. Yeah, yeah. So I think it's good. I think when you're at that level, like yeah, you want a chance to beat LeBron. Yeah. Right. He's LeBron. Until he's not, you know, like Tom Brady, like what's Tom Brady? But he's still Tom Brady, like six champion chips. Yeah. And history will remember him family. Just, you know, the last couple of years and kind to him. Yeah. But like, we'll move on one day. So huge news for the feeling community. Yeah. I'm sure they're excited. Oh, yeah. That's cool. I have to talk with Taylor Johnny. I wonder what she thinks about that. Yeah. Philly. Philly. Oh, no. Boston. Whatever. Like people like also hate LeBron. So it's like, what do you do when like you, because if you're a Philly fan, like you hate LeBron, like he's been your op from, then he's coming to your team, like, oh, I think you just love you. Yeah. Okay. Yeah. He chose you. Yeah. Right. It must feel good. Yeah. Well, two more months till the season. The good. I'm such a sports fan. Are you going to follow the whole season? Honestly. Yeah. Like, I had such a good time. Basketball more than football. I realize now that it's not whether I like a sport better than another sport. It's like, do I give a shit? It's like, when I'm watching basketball, that means nothing to me. Like, I'm bored to tears. Like, when I'm watching my close personal friend Kyle, you check, like, obviously I'm excited, you know? So it's just about like how I'm personally invested. Got it. But also like, basketball's always at night, you know, and that's true. That's true. Yeah. - That is true, that is very true. - So I like football. - Football's longer, like it's a long game. - Bang, yeah. - But it's just like, I, the visuals, I like the colors better, like the green feel. - But it's like if you ever watch football, it's like the re-seconds of play, and then like, time out. - Yeah, yeah, yeah. - And to the pre-made package. Like, of course. - It sounds a lot of actual game watching. - But maybe that's what's good. - Make me. - Okay, well that's your show. - Well that's your show. I feel like we covered, you know. - A lot. - A lot of different. - We covered, yeah, a lot of sports. - That's our show, you guys. - Thank you so much for listening to our show. The best episode I've ever seen. You can do everything for your own YouTube, so if you're watching us on YouTube, please subscribe and give us a thumbs up. We'll also available as podcasts on our podcasting and events. That's a part of Fights in Chitra Public Radio, at Caspar, as always, we love you. 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Podcast Summary

Key Points:

  1. The hosts discuss a variety of personal and cultural topics, including a beachside contact nap experience that was both relaxing and frustrating, and a moment when a ladybug appeared on their child, which they interpret as a meaningful spiritual sign.
  2. They reflect on the emotional impact of a recent TV show, praising its storytelling and character development, especially a heartfelt scene involving a mother character, while critiquing a controversial scene involving a character’s punishment, calling it unjust and lacking in emotional balance.
  3. The conversation touches on current events such as Emma Roberts’ wedding, a high-profile breakup between Nick Alandria and his partner, and cultural debates around trans athletes in sports, highlighting public reactions and the resulting polarization, especially in media and online discourse.

Summary:

The hosts of The Toast share a lighthearted yet reflective episode blending personal anecdotes with cultural observations. They describe a memorable but physically uncomfortable beach contact nap, during which they contrast their own discomfort with the serene presence of a friend who appears at ease in a similar situation. " The discussion then shifts to their reactions to a popular TV series, where they praise its emotional depth, particularly a touching scene about a mother's strength, while criticizing a scene that feels unjust and unbalanced.

They also cover current events—including Emma Roberts’ wedding to Cody John, the confirmed breakup of Nick Alandria and his partner, and a heated public debate over trans athletes in sports. This debate escalates when a WNBA player, Sophie Cunningham, speaks out on gender equity, prompting backlash from a male podcast host who dismisses her views, drawing sharp criticism for promoting a harmful narrative and disregarding lived experiences. The hosts highlight how such controversies illustrate deeper societal divides, especially around representation, accountability, and media responsibility.

The episode concludes with a reminder that even in entertainment, personal and political truths can shape public perception and emotional responses. The hosts emphasize their own evolving perspectives, grounded in empathy and authenticity, while promoting awareness and critical thinking in media consumption.

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The ladybug is seen as a meaningful sign, suggesting a message or spiritual connection, with the speaker feeling that it may represent a positive or subconscious message from nature.

The experience was enjoyable in the moment but also physically uncomfortable due to lack of phone access, poor seating, and being stuck in a wooden chair with no one to help, highlighting the contrast between idealized and reality-based moments.

They found the show emotionally gripping and well-written, particularly praising the scene where a character's mother appears, but criticized the handling of justice and character motivations as lacking in fairness and depth.

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