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The Snack: Drake’s Albums, Taylor Swift’s Bangs, and Hot Dudes with Watermelons

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The Snack: Drake’s Albums, Taylor Swift’s Bangs, and Hot Dudes with Watermelons

This week’s episode of *The Snack* explores a range of viral moments, from comedic interactions to music releases and social media controversies. A viral clip of comedian Mike Linoche, where he and Drake engage in playful banter, sparks debate over whether their exchanges are flirtatious or disrespectful, highlighting differing personal interpretations of humor. Drake’s triple album drop—*Iceman*, *Made of Honor*, and *Habibdi*—breaks Spotify records, with fans divided on its quality, though the sheer volume is seen as a bold move. Meanwhile, Bethany Frankel’s fashion choices face backlash when a fan tagged a dupe of her shoes, raising ethical concerns about influencer marketing and product promotion. Taylor Swift’s rumored wedding invitations, featuring themed merchandise, are criticized for seeming excessive, while her recent fashion choices—like oversized bangs and a prairie dress—are noted as polarizing. A major cultural trend emerges in the form of men crushing watermelons between their thighs to promote women’s heart health, blending activism with humor. The episode also features a viral wedding vow video by Ashley, which went viral for its bold, relatable take on a partner not being the best friend, sparking both praise and criticism. The hosts promote several products, including Lola Blankets, Skims, and Hungry Root, emphasizing their quality and convenience. A broader discussion on ethics in influencer marketing surfaces, with concerns about profiting from gifted items without proper disclosure. The episode balances entertainment with thoughtful commentary on culture, relationships, and consumer behavior.

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This week on The Snack, Drake, Taylor Swift, Bethany Frankel, Alex Cooper, and Tom Brady. This is a Dear Media production. Enjoy! Hi, guys. Hi. Welcome to the orgy. All those names. All those people. I was like, let's just do names. And then we were going to do three, and then I was like, just do four. My working title is also Bethany Frankel Picks a Fight with an Innocent Bystander and Men Are Crushing Watermelon with Their Thighs. I cannot wait to talk about the horniest thing I've seen on the internet in a while. Besides your clip with Mike Lenocci. So, right on this podcast, you teased it and said you were being cute to go record with this guy. And he's a comedian in L.A. Yeah, and he's really funny, and the clip is making waves. I was surprised. You know, it really surprises me, because him and I just flirted throughout the clip. He has this show called, Should We Date? Is that what it's called? You're like, I don't know. You did the show. And he invites girls on every week. It's some friends of his, some new friends, and basically interviews them to date him. It's a very funny concept to me. But the comments are so interesting, because him and I are just like joking back and forth. I'm clearly like, I'm laughing. My body is turned towards him. Yes. The body language says, like, we're having fun. You're into it. Yes. You can tell. Yes. And the comments are kind of split. Like, people think he's like really negging me, and like being not nice. And I was like voice noting with him last night, and I was like, it's so. Oh, everybody. They were voice noting. This is the first I'm hearing. I saw one text. This is not a launch in any way. I'm sure he's dating and sleeping with other people. This is, he's a nice person. He's for somebody else. But I was like, it's so interesting to me that like some people digest this as negging, because like the biggest love language in my life is like make fun of me. I want you to know me well enough to make fun of me. And other people digest it through their own lens and probably like, I don't like to be teased like that. I don't like to be talked to like that by my partner. They take it too far. Like, I love it. All my friends make fun of me. I hung out two of my best girlfriends besides you last night. All we did was make fun of each other for hours. Yeah. So my vows are going viral. It's so wild, Ashley. As we record my video. There's a clip from my special, but then it goes into my vows. They're related. It's talking about my husband not being my best friend. And it's at like 25 million views probably now between Instagram and TikTok. It went really viral on Instagram and like semi-viral on TikTok. And I would say 90% of the comments are positive. And this is so funny. I actually didn't even anticipate negative ones because I'm like, how can you not like this? I thought the headline was like, brides' unusual vows go viral for like how creative and funny they are. But also this whole relatable concept of your man's not your best friend. Also my face the whole time. I mean, Raina's a huge part of it. The egg carton is in there. The egg carton's a paid actor. And it's just, it's a perfect reel. Anna's in the room. Anna helped. We workshopped it together and added a little flair to it. And it's perfect. I think it's perfect. It's the best thing I've ever posted. It is my whole personality in one. You got the go birds at the end, all the things. Yeah, it's great. But I have noticed a few that people don't like it. And it's because they call their partner their best friend. They said it in their vows. They think I'm being mean. They think I'm being disrespectful. Meanwhile, Shashank's laughing the whole time. I don't need to defend this, you guys. Totally. If you're going viral, people will hate it. You can't please everybody when that many people are seeing something. But it is interesting just the few negative ones. And people are like, this isn't funny. Yeah, it is. Yeah, I think it is. I think you're actually in the minority. But it is interesting that, again, the complete majority. And then there's these few people that are like, I don't like it because it is personal to me. Yes. But I think it's interesting. I think for vows are so interesting because you know your partner better than a stranger knows your partner. So listen, we've seen one vow. One couple had a batshit crazy. He was so sweet and she was just up there roasting him. She did it. She did a full roast. I was sitting there like, is this okay? Or should we be here? Yeah. And I think there was one comment I saw was, if he said this to her, yeah. But he didn't. Not everything is if a man did it. And you have to balance it because, yes, we saw vows that she wrote, they're since divorced. Right, they're divorced now. And they were funny, but there wasn't the balance as much as like, you're the love of my life. I mean, I'm taking my own words, but I'm like, you're the love of my life. Like, awesome. So you've got to balance. You took us on waves in it, too. Because like when, even when I was up there, when you were like, you're not my best friend. You were like, you're the love of my life. And I was like, oh, it was like a jump scare for me for a second. I was like, that's so sweet. And you're like, here's to a lifetime of copies. And then you say, go birds. And it's like, I don't know like what. It's like, it's so many ups and downs. It's so fun, you know? Thank you. And I think that people are like, wait, what? But like, he's clearly in on it. Oh my gosh. His facial expressions. If he didn't look happy, I wouldn't post that. Right. He's surprised. He thinks it's funny. And then he, I mean, it's just, I'm just so proud of it. Everybody's tagging Kylie Kelsey. And so you guys, if you, Kylie, if you're listening, I met your husband at the game last fall. I told him we want to have you on the podcast. So if you're listening, just at any time, let us know. Our wishes for this episode are Kylie Kelsey on the show. And what am I going to wish for? What should I be? What should I be? Aqua to get back together. We'll get to it. Guys, Mike Linoche finds a girlfriend. I hope it's. Oh my God. It can't be me, but he's what he seems great. I don't want to say. I would say he's wonderful. I don't know him like that. I wanted to add something in. I don't care. I, I met him. We met him one night many years ago, whatever. But I was in the green room with him not too long ago. Like probably last year, actually. I wasn't married yet. I was engaged. And there was another comic in there, Mark Hayes. And he and I were talking. He was, he was like, congrats on your engagement. When are you getting married? All this stuff. Mike Linoche is in the room or whatever. And then shortly thereafter, he did start flirting with me. He's just such a flirt. He's so flirtatious. I mean, his whole podcast is Should We Date? He brings women on to see if they should date him. He's flirting with me. Mark Hayes is, laughs in his face. He goes, dude, she's engaged. We've been sitting here talking about it. She's wearing her ring. Like roast him. It was so funny. And he was such a good sport about it. It was just the funniest thing to have another dude be like, bro, my guy. Another man checking him. I'm sure he's like, this hasn't stopped other women before. This faithful dork. She's just going to stay with her husband. That's so true. He's like, I don't. I don't care. I'm not engaged to her. I don't give a shit. Okay. Let's thank our partners. All right. Thank you to Lola Blankets. Get 40% off select products at lolablankets.com with code GIRLSGOTTOEAT. And Skims, shop everyday cotton plus all of our favorite bras and underwear at skims.com. And thank you to DraftKings. Claim 1,000 flex spins on your choice of slots by downloading the app now with code GGE. And Nutrafol, get $10 off your first order and free shipping at Nutrafol.com with code GGE10. And thank you to Hungry. Get 40% off your first box and a free item in every box for life at HungryRoot.com slash GGE with code GGE. And before we get into our real report, just a weather report. We are here in New York in the middle of this heat wave, 95 degrees as we record. And it feels like the vibes are so high. I love summertime in New York. But this weekend, Memorial Day weekend, is going to be dog shit. And I told you guys I was going to Boston. I was going to go to my first Red Sox game. We're probably not going to go. I know. Why? Because it's going to be 60 degrees and probably. It's going to be really rainy. On Sunday, we were going to go on Sunday. And like, that's not the experience I want to have. I don't care about baseball. I wanted to have the nice experience in the summertime weather. So you guys messaged me a lot. And we're like, oh, my God, it's so exciting. You're going to Fenway. And I don't know if we're going to go. Oh, I hope it gets nice out because it's like so iconic. I wish like this, 90 degrees even. I obviously don't love it. I hate being hot. But it was like the weekend. How amazing would that have been? Just like a summery, hot Memorial Day weekend. We're going to go back to New England this summer. I love New England so much. I'm committed to a Newport trip with you. Yes. I'm very committed. So anyway, pray for us in this heat. And have fun this weekend, you guys, around the East Coast, whatever. Oh, I'm in Charlotte tonight. If you guys want to come down to the zone, come down to the Comedy Zone. There's some tickets left. And tomorrow night, Atlanta. I'm at City Winery. And Neil Reddy is opening the show for me. And our second show ever was in Atlanta, right, in that room? I think it was, yeah. And he was on the show. So it's very nostalgic. And obviously, you lived there for many years. So I'm very excited to be there. It's reinaugreyberg.com. We'll see you this weekend. Yes. Neil is amazing. When I started doing comedy, he was so wonderful to me. He was in the very first season of Queer Eye. Crazy. The reboot. Yeah. Okay. Well, let's get into our snack. We have a music report. So much stuff is happening in the music world this week. Yes, with these musical artists. Music related and not related. So let's start with a singer, but the news is not related. This is Taylor Swift's wedding invitations, quote unquote. Yeah, so people are saying that she is having non-traditional wedding invitations. She's calling people. It's so crazy to me. I mean, listen, you and I are team like no wedding invitations. You and I are like team email the wedding invitations. Yeah, it's just too much admin for me. But I'm upset. I wanted Taylor Swift to have eight different wedding invitation variants, like the Life of a Showgirl vinyl covers and a commemorative cardigan for the wedding. People get merch. Taylor Swift, she's this master of imagery. Uh-huh. And poetry. You know, like I wanted to see her wedding invitations of anybody. I would have liked to see them. And I wanted to see eight different variants. Well, I don't understand anything she does. She doesn't need to call people for her wedding invite. She doesn't need to dress like that. But she's just like, she doesn't need to have her bangs like that. But she's just like, I'm going to Taylor. Raina, that's on my notes. And we need to talk about this. Okay, so her and Travis have been out and about New York City. They had like five nights in a row. They went to Via Corona. They went to Oresh. They also went to the 86th. The same night you went to the 86th. No, the night after. Next night. Sorry. We went to the 86, which is the incredible hardest reservation to get right now, and she had been there the night before. But when we left, the street was blocked off because she was at Via Corota. And I guess people were, like, parked and blaring Taylor Swift music. We thought there was, like, a shooting. I mean, the streets were blocked off and people were in the streets. The Uber driver didn't know what to do because she was at the restaurant. She's got to get out of the West Village, okay? I'm trying to always eat in the West Village. No one can go anywhere in the West Village anymore. Her outfits, two out of ten. One of them was actually great. That outfit with the khaki pants and the white button-down and the belt. I was like, she hired a new stylist. That outfit was so chic. Sometimes she has a banger that day. But sometimes on her own accord. It doesn't mean she's hired a stylist. Let's not get crazy. Reina, the bangs are growing and they look bulbous. They are getting bigger. Reina, no. Are they a clip-on? They are getting a lot larger. I'm sorry. And it wasn't humid. Are they starting farther back so there's more hair? You think she got a hair transplant? No. I'm like, they look like a clip-on. Bang. They do. Would it be that crazy that she wore a clip-on? Bang, though. The dress that she wore out this weekend. The prairie dress? Yes. It was 65 degrees that night. She looked like she was going to Martha's Vineyard in August. I like her in a prairie dress. That's so her. Yeah, in August. In August. It was 60 degrees out. It was ridiculous. So I don't think that a clip-on, bang, she was like, make them bigger. So I was watching a hairstylist speak on it on TikTok and pulled up some old photos of her. I mean, older. Again, you want to, your look evolves and your taste change. But she. She used to just have a lighter bang. I don't. And it looked gorgeous. Like, again, she can do whatever she wants. It's just like, I don't. They don't look natural anymore. And it is such a choice. Is she getting married with that bang? Is that her wedding hair? Is that her wedding bang? Sure, she'll do something terrible to blow my mind at her wedding. Reina, be honest. She can wear red lip at her wedding. I would love a red lip at her wedding. I'd need her to stop with the red lip. Is she doing those bangs for her wedding? Probably. What if she does the bangs and the rest is up? You just have, like, a bowl cut? I can't. Okay. But so, it's funny to think Taylor Swift could be calling people or texting people, hey, come to my wedding. And I love this. Again, I would have loved to see her eight different invitations. But, like, also invitations feel beneath her. Like, what's she going to do? I mean, it's just like, I don't know. Where's Lauren Sanchez to consult from her, from the worst wedding invitation we've ever seen? The clip art butterfly. If I'm Taylor Swift, I'm actually not putting anything in writing. Yeah. Like, it's like when, you won't understand this reference, but it's like when Teresa Giudice was getting married and Ramona Singer Instagram storied the wedding invitation. Like, someone will be dumb enough to do that and Taylor will have to move the plans. Yeah, I guess, yeah, you're right. Because my initial instinct was like, what's wrong with that? The location. The location, the date, the time. Somebody's assistant or their makeup artist or, like, somebody just working inside of somebody's house will find that. Okay. Oh, yeah. So, if I'm Taylor. You're so right. It's like all the information she doesn't want to get out, a lot of people have access to it. I thought about that. I mean, I'm not famous, but I had a few people reach out and like, I want to do your invitations. I would have, again, we did our, like, I was just never going to, like, spend a lot of time and hire somebody to do my invitations. It wasn't about this, but there was a part of me that was like, like a fan. Like, you know all my, you know every detail of my wedding now. I don't know. All the activities and events, the times where you'll be. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I mean, I don't, it's the same principle as, like, I don't post when I'm out to dinner while I'm still out at that place. I'm not an A or B list celebrity, but I don't think a lot of people are going to show up where I'm at, but enough that I wouldn't post it. Yeah. So, it's the same thing. So, I think if I'm her, I'm not putting anything in writing. Calling. Hey, Blake. Yeah. I'm dying to know who's going to go to this. I, yeah, I really can't wait. The royal wedding. Okay. So, I want to give you the floor. Drake dropped not one, not two, but three new albums. Yes. So, Drake dropped three albums, broke every record on Spotify. It's the Iceman trilogy, so there is an album called Iceman, and then there is Made of Honor, and then there is Habibdi. And, okay, so, I just talked to Shashank, our resident Drake expert, my current husband, and what a lot of people are saying, and this isn't, like, a conspiracy, but a lot of people are saying he reportedly dropped three to fulfill his UMG contract, so now he's, like, out of that contract with his label. Oh, interesting. So, that makes total sense. So, he's under contract with them to do three albums. To do three more albums, and so now he's not. So, he just dropped them all at once. Crazy. When I heard he dropped three albums, I was like, that's a flex, of course, but how could they all be good? And I am a Drake fan. We all know that. And I've seen him perform, and I think he is an incredible performer, and I love Drake. But I haven't really digested all of them fully. I do like Iceman. I think it is a great rap album. I love Make Them Cry. I love Run to Atlanta. I really do like it. I love Made of Honor. That's the club bangers. Opens with Ho Phase. That's my current favorite. And Habibti, I just didn't need. It's, like, bedroom music, slower R&B. We just had an album from him called Sexy Songs for You. So, that's why I said we didn't really need it. I feel, listen, I might change my mind, but I feel a little bored by it. I feel like it gets on my nerves. And it makes me realize that he did this for a reason and just kind of put this out. It feels, you guys, people might love it. It feels a little phoned in, and I don't know if you remember, this was, I think, summer 2022. Honestly, Nevermind came out. We were about to go to Greece, and that was, like, the album that came out. Okay. And there was that, like, viral video that Drake did end up reposting, and it was this guy impersonating Drake, and he's just, like, Drake's never really saying anything. He's like, I know that you know that you don't know that you want to know, but I know you know that you don't want to know. And then Drake. That's the best harmonizing I've ever heard you do. Drake reposted it and said, I do be saying stuff. And, like, that's what I did. That's what I feel like a beefy is, is, like, I know that you know. And it's over and over and over, and it gets in my nerves. Okay, so I had to text Shashank this morning and ask him which songs to prioritize, because it's too many. I can't get through. I just said, like, what's the top three? He gave us five. And I just, I like a more poppy kind of beat. My favorite Drake albums are not the most recent ones. But, I mean, lifelong fan, and I don't need to power rank my albums right now. But, wait, how many songs did you say it was? 43. Did I make that up? Oh, I think, I didn't tell you that. I think there are 43 songs. I mean, I've never, I didn't know anybody had ever made a longer album than Portrait Poets Department, which is 31 tracks. Yeah, I mean, three albums, it just does feel like there was obviously this reasoning behind it, or you was just, I mean, because two is not as much of a flex. Three, who's ever done that? Here's three albums. Hey, have fun this summer. Here's three albums. Who is, I mean, we talk about when people start putting out too many comedy specials, and we're like, who has it in them? It's just, you're just throwing out fucking nonsense at this point. That's why I feel like I beeped you. Yeah. Okay. So just a few things, though, because I find the stats around it really fascinating. So he is Spotify's most streamed artist of all time, by the way. Wow. Okay. Just following the release of the triple album drop, he is the most streamed artist in a single day, over 250 million streams across all credits in one day, most streamed album debut ever, 140.2 million streams in its first 24 hours, and most streamed song in a single day, which was the opening track, Make Them Cry, which I do love that. So anyway, he continues to just dunk on everybody, and that's your Drake report. That's on that. Okay. Well, speaking of Spotify, Spotify got a new logo. Okay. So I wondered if it was about Drake, because it was that day, and I was like, but it wasn't. Okay. So the new logo, I was curious. I didn't think I was going to include this, but I was curious if you had any feelings about it. So the new logo, it used to be this green shape, and now it's a green disco ball. I thought my app was reinstalling. It looked dark. It looked like when your app is going dark, reinstalling or updating. Or you know when Amazon or Google, for the day, will just have a funsies little thing? That's what I also thought. This is it? A disco ball. Disco. It's too muted. It doesn't pop. I thought it was updating. Is there any information about that? Give us the Walmart logo rebrand. Just change the color. Or it doesn't change at all. You know they should just bring the lines together ever so slightly of that green ball. Yeah, I'm not a fan. It just doesn't pop to me. You really have to zoom in to know what that is, too. It's fair. Well, it's growing on me a little bit. I mean, I love a disco ball. We love a disco ball. It's just, it's not giving. Okay, Anna, just wait in. It's temporary for what, though? For Drake? For Spotify's 20th. Oh, their 20th anniversary. Okay, you heard it here first. We just found this out. 20th. Okay, I actually, listen. If it's like a party theme, did you get your little gift about 20 years? Oh, you're not on Spotify. I'm on Spotify. I've been on Spotify. For what a year? Premium. For five years. So I was like, when did I get on it? I thought I was pretty early to it. Okay. I mean, I was on Rhapsody for a while. We all know. And I wish you wouldn't bring it up. It reflects on me. It was a lot to migrate my library over there. 2011, I got on it. Wow. Holy shit. Yeah. That's crazy. I mean, but 20, I can't believe it was around in 06. I got on Spotify in like 2020. Don't compare us. That's. How is there a nine-year gap? That is crazy. Yeah. So they gave you your little thing. Obviously, my most played artist was Beyonce. But the first song you ever played, it was just kind of random. It was a Florence and the Machine song for me. Only if by the night. Yeah. In 2011. So happy 20 years to them. I was probably like, I don't know. Machine Gun Kelly is on my tops right now. Who's to even say what I was doing five years ago? Who knows who she was? All right, Raina. Well, why don't you regale us with the last part of the music report that you insisted? Yeah. on putting in five minutes ago. Aqua, the band that gave us Barbie Girl, has announced their breakup nearly 30 years after releasing the song. Truly, I think this is them announcing they have been a band all this time. 100%. I had that CD. Did you have it? No. I am fine with Barbie Girl as a cultural moment, but I didn't love the song. I just liked it to Windows Down, Going to the Beach, or something like that. Candyman? I'm not a big Aqua fan. And when you said to me earlier, Aqua broke up, I was like, who is Aqua? What couple name is that? It's this band that nobody knew was together. Insane. Hiya, Barbie. I love it. I respect Barbie Girl. And then it had a resurgence with the Barbie movie a couple years back. What have they been doing for 30 years? I didn't know that they had done anything. Have they toured? Why don't you? You're the expert. Their statement, after many incredible years. Doing what? We decided to close this chapter of the Aqua. Chapter? I didn't know you had done anything. That is so crazy. Hold on. Okay, they said they had traveled the world countless times. Oh, maybe they're more popular in other countries. Oh, they're Danish-Norwegian. That makes sense. Okay, you know what? So they're not even North American. Maybe that's why. They've been doing their thing across the pond. According to people, they burst onto the scene in 1997. And then for me. They burst off the scene in 1998. Right, okay. Well, maybe they've been doing their thing in Norway. R.I.P. to one of the greats from 1997. 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She's actually the daughter of Dina Manzo, who is a real housewife of New Jersey. She just called Bethany Frankel a weirdo. I actually thought that she kept this really light. She has a company called New, N-O-U, and she says, and she did this reel and tagged another brand, knowing that this was my brand, monetized that with an affiliate link, and made money off of this, even though I sent her these shoes. Like a dupe. A dupe. Yes. And Bethany Frankel responded. So you want to talk about this just before her response? Well, there's a few details. So Bethany says the shoes were sold out. I'm not defending Bethany Frankel. I'm not a fan. She says the shoes were sold out. Mm-hmm. And she did mention the name of the brand. She did mention the name of the shoes in the video. Did you see it? See, this is the thing. I think without some of these details, it's worst-case scenario. You heard her mention the name of the shoes. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I watched the video where she pulls the shoe off. She looks at the inside, and she says, these are new. She kind of says it, like, just flippantly. But she does acknowledge the brand. And I don't know if she wrote this explicitly, but she did say they were sold out, and everybody always wants to know what she's wearing, so they found a dupe and tagged it. So it wasn't this intentional. It wasn't this intentional, ignore the real brand, tag a dupe. I just want to make that clear, because I just feel like if she did it intentionally, she's like a monster. And again, I'm not a fan, and I think she is kind of an asshole, and I don't agree with her. I think she's very abrasive. I didn't like what she said about the Super Bowl. I'm just, I'm not a fan of her all. But there are these certain details where it's not actually worst-case scenario. So people are seeing, like, both sides of it. So I do just want to say that. But I wouldn't do this, by the way. I think it is a weird move, and I think it's an act. It's an asshole move. And if I'm wearing something that is sold out, I still tag it. And you can find your own dupe. You can go on dupe.com, or at least you have the link in case it comes back in stock. But maybe I would dupe it. But if it was gifted to me, oh, my gosh. If, like, a small business gifted me these shoes, there's no way I would tag another brand and then make money off of it if it was actually an affiliate link. Yeah, the whole thing is gross to me. I mean, she, Bethany Frankel, put out a TikTok. She did not miss work. She was like, this is a business lesson to you. I don't owe you anything. You sent me this. I did not sign a contract. And so I will say, like, people send Ashley and I stuff all the time. I typically say don't send me anything because I don't want to feel like I've accepted products and I'm not going to promote you. I don't want to do that. And I don't want to be on the hook to promote somebody. But if I accept something and then put something else on my story and monetize that, that is, like, so unfair, immoral. This is a small business that this girl is running. It's so unfair. And the way that she came at her, it was so abrasive. Like, let this be a business lesson to you. What lesson? That you're an asshole? Business lesson to you, Bethany, because this is the most press this brand is ever going to have. I love that that girl addressed it because she didn't have to. You know, it's so funny that Bethany's whole thing is you shouldn't have come at me. You shouldn't have addressed this because I would have promoted your brand, yada, yada. Whether this girl knew what she was doing or not, this has been the best thing that could have happened to this brand. So business lesson. from her end and I just, I can't stand the whole let this be lessen you holier than thou tone in the first place but i do just want to say that like i never would have done this in a million years and it is fucking weirdo behavior but it's not as bad as some people have made it out to seem like you know there are i just wanted to say that i like what lexi said in the video i think this is a good business lesson to bethany frank yeah he's such an asshole all she said was she's a weirdo this girl could have gone way harder but i like that and some people in the comments i love it you didn't need to name calls no you can call people weird she didn't call her a cunt if so if we monster if we sent somebody a vibrator from vibes only and they tagged another brand and made money through an affiliate link use you're so you're my product to do that i would feel insane and i would name them and say a lot of stuff yeah i love that you approached it from that angle yes if someone did that okay but hear me out so we send someone a vibrator everyone wants to know about it also it's not that deep bethany and like no one's knocking down your door because they can't find your shoe link like the way that she acts is like i have to post my links or my followers will come for me it's so it's okay bethany something's sold out you don't need to make money yes bethany frankl also cannot tell you enough that she's a billionaire so she needed the affiliate money from the shoe link but tell me you're not a billionaire it worked out for them but yes if someone was like guys people are asking me about this specific type of vibrator left and right there is a world in which you could be like this is from vibes only here is their catalog shop at your will if you need this specific type of suction it's sold out but here is a dupe on amazon i guess i would not like it but it's like if you do feel like you have that responsibility to your followers they're dying to have this thing but she just went about it the wrong way and it kind of got out of control but in the best way for the brand yeah i'm happy for the brand because i mean this is an example of somebody punching down for no reason at all bethany frankl also has a young daughter what if somebody treated her like that and i you know i wish new all you guys go to new i know you shop their shoes i mean accepting gifts can be tricky like i will not accept a gift unless i really know i'm going to want to post about it and again to bethany's credit you know what is it a broken clock is right twice a day i do agree with her every once in a while i'm on some things i truly try not to have her on top of my algo because i just feel anxious when she starts speaking but if someone wants to send you something my whole thing though is once you say yes please send me a gift and i'll be like yeah you do kind of have that obligation i mean this stuff might have shown up at her place and stuff does show up at my place all the time but that's different because she showed the dms where she she offered them to bethany and bethany said yes email this person or whatever so she did accept them but it's still to her point it does i'm not promising you anything i mean to have bethany frankl with her millions of followers tag your brand that's a really like expensive promo you know so when we've sent vibrators people haven't posted i think you know one person i really thought that was such a fan of the brand and i mean my mistake we sent her like three vibrators and she never posted them and it's just like well you know sex toys are different not everybody wants to do that but i actually thought that she would and she didn't and that's okay but it's like she's i'm not blackballing her but you just can't tag another brand and make money from it because the gift that i sent you so yeah anyways i mean bethany frankl's gonna bethany i guess and i'm sure she'll do something else terrible next week to somebody else so did you know about that girl and her like i remember i've been knowing lexi since she was a little kid okay so she was a kid yeah so dina manzo is the original cast member and so lexi was on the show and she was just so cute in her little glasses and she's just grown up to be this like she looks beautiful i mean i loved the tone bethany frankl's a weirdo yeah say it with your whole chest she's probably known bethany frankl's and she was a little kid yeah also that's kind of sad that's what's so sad no the i'm telling you she posted the dms and she was so excited to send them to her that too like these shoes are so cute didn't come from i don't know dsw like they came from a small women-owned business yeah they're expensive but that doesn't matter i don't know so anyway team new okay guys so liberal guys on the internet are crushing watermelons between their thighs for women's heart health and it is so horny actually you sent this to me last night this this clip by bradley thor he started this if you don't know bradley thor double up on your panties and get into his content i just want to say put on a panty liner and get into his car i want to save the record he follows me and and you saw that chuck guy on the street so there's these very hot like progressive guys that are like very smart and they're just like a camp of them and they're the ones all doing the professor chesco got involved but he took took a different so basically men so bradley first started this and he said he wants to raise awareness for women's heart health and if you make donations and we'll give you the link to the link to the link to the link to the link to the the um the charity if you make donations um once they get to a certain amount of money they will crush these watermelons with their thighs it is so sexual to watch so my understanding is that the start on mother's day it's not women's heart health awareness month i think that's february but they are doing a fundraiser for for the american heart association because women are less likely to receive life-saving cpr and are less likely to survive a cardiac event so he did this on mother's day and he just like it seemed like he did this on mother's day and he did this on mother's day and he just like it seemed like he did this on mother's day and he did this on mother's day and then it's turned into like i'm going to set up a real fundraiser i'm going to challenge all these other guys to do it it's giving ice bucket challenge you know challenging people and he's got this huge following and he tagged that good trouble guy sam who i love and or he was the next one i saw do it and then chuck they got shay chuck shade dot chuck is shes dot chuck shay like whatever you guys know if you know you know and they've all done it and like it's like they're giving birth it looks crazy and i can't believe they can crush it reyna are you okay i have a question for you do you think that they're cutting into the watermelon i just want to believe in them like i want to believe in their honesty and these are supposed to be our allies as women and they're not grifters and i want to believe that they're not i mean they are really struggling brally thor looks like he has the lower body strength to crush that with chaz chaz i didn't think he was going to do it i didn't think he was going to do it and when he did it he like came basically he couldn't believe it he starts digging into the watermelon like i was like he's not gonna do it and then it pops i can't barely cut into a watermelon i'm saying i saw i think some of them gave themselves a little bit of a head start i don't want this would have killed chaz wait you saw him on the street is he like he's pretty big he's not brally thor size brally thor like eats bark for breakfast and then good trouble good trouble tt he looks he is thick like he's always he's got that like real he's real kicked up yeah listen i love this move all you have to do is give men a stupid physical challenge that makes no sense at all and they will do it like if you were like all we have to do to cure cancer is to crush beer cans on your head like every we would cure cancer in an hour like all you have to do is just give men a dumb physical challenge to cure a disease i love this and i don't feel like it's centering men for a women's issue i mean yes they're getting attention but better them than us yeah fucking do this to highlight the like the plight of women and to make me horny yeah it's right at the same time so it's as it the watermelon crush for women's heart health for the american art association as we record is up to 222 000 professor chesco says he's raised the he's at the top of the leaderboard is he crushing he took a different approach he like kind of act like he was dumping the watermelon like crushing the watermelon like he spoke to it he was like i can't crush that between my thighs but i just i love this and you know liberal guys these are like the hottest ones out there doing this very sexual thing and we're here for it i can't wait to go home wash more i'm a watermelon sexual all right we have um a waterfall of headlines but before we get into them you finished yesteryear you wanted to tell me something yeah so i finished yesteryear the book that we've been talking about everyone's talking about it by carol claire burke and so spoilers ahead and we've talked about it we don't need to summarize it if you know you know but i did finish it and the you told me the ending was incredible and the twist and i just i never would have anticipated it and i am curious if people did have an idea there were with certain hints throughout or if you had any idea i was like i will be so disappointed with so many outcomes if she time traveled if she's totally if she's dreaming i'll be so disappointed oh my god i would hate it even like truman show i was like this isn't gonna make any sense like i actually was like i can't anticipate what this could possibly be because all these outcomes are so stupid to me and the one they landed on was just brilliant so let me tell you what i thought and i'm curious if this is what everybody thought and what we were supposed to think so as her daughter clementine pulls up in the car and then the last sentence says it's judgment day i was like oh she's been in purgatory to see if she was going to go to heaven or hell and i loved that by the way i loved my what i thought it was i was like oh my gosh this is what's happened she died because she took the pills okay and this is the afterlife and that in-between stage to see if you go to heaven or hell and i could have accepted that because it said it's judgment day yeah i let me know if you guys thought that and i really liked that and then it took a totally different turn and that is not what it was and they had created that she had created this world um this pioneer day world that she lived in this hell all on her own so okay i have a question for you Do you think that she is setting up a second book by saying that the daughter wrote a book about her life and that, like, the next book could be, like, what that daughter's experience is, like, getting back out into the world? Yes. I do now. Now I want it. And I just want to say, because we were talking about books, Strangers is a book that we love, and I had the opportunity to meet Belle Burden randomly, the author, this weekend. She was at McNally Jackson, which is a bookstore I love in Soho, and she just couldn't have been nicer. She was taking photos with everybody and doing videos, and she was just sitting sort of, like, inconspicuously at a corner just signing books. She just was so sweet, and we are trying to get her on the show, but couldn't have been nicer. I love. So I couldn't suggest supporting her even more. Insane you saw her. Like, we were literally trying to get her on the podcast, and you were like, here she is. I was like, Raina really hit the streets. I am reading Famesick by Lena Dunham. I just did a little book haul when I was in Delaware. My favorite bookstore browse about books, so shout out to them, and I'm loving it so far. And I also got. The book by Isabel Klee, who her Instagram is simonsits, and she fosters all these dogs, and you guys might know her, and the book is Dogs, Boys, and Other Things I've Cried About. And it's, like, top of the New York Times bestseller list, and I can't wait to read it. And I've always followed her journey of these dogs that she brings and rehabilitates, quite honestly. And her dog, Simon, I love him, too, and he was, like, a special needs dog. I've just followed her forever, so we want to have her on, too, maybe at some point. And I am watching Running Point, season two. I love this show so much. Oh, I am running. I'm watching it. You asked me if I'm watching anything. Yes, I'm watching Running Point. And we loved the first season. It's with Kate Hudson, and it is sort of a parody of the Lakers in L.A., and she's the owner of the Lakers. And what are they called? The Waves? The Waves. And it is right up to the point of almost being corny, and they don't cross that line, and I really enjoy it. Yeah, and it's edgy and sexual, and Jay Ellis is one of my hall passes forever. He's just so sexy. He's so sexy. And he's the former coach this season of The Waves. I need more Chet Hanks. Like, he's, like, on the show. I love the character. It's less of. It's less of him this season. So, I don't know. I just. Were you dying over, like, the Lisa Rinna stuff? Are you there yet? Yes, because they're filming the reality show with Lisa Rinna. I mean, it's. You know, I just don't like stuff that's, like, so corny, and they just. They bring it to the line. They're a little more restrained than that, and so I really enjoy it. Yeah, so we are loving that. Okay, well, let's just talk about our remaining partners, and then we will get into headlines. I am telling you guys about Hungry Root. Okay, so we are super busy. I've been away for weeks. Raina is on tour. 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In the book, I mean, she says that he threw furniture, that he basically made being on set with him not that pleasant, wouldn't speak to her. In the last three years that they were on set together, he did not speak to her. And basically, he was. Can you imagine? I cannot imagine. They said that about Dirty Dancing and Patrick Swayze and Jennifer Grey really did not get along. But it was a movie. Reasons of a TV show, you just have to keep coming back and be, I don't know, just ignored by your castmate? I don't know. Your love interest. Right, exactly. I mean, the intimacy that they shared on screen, there's so many nude scenes. And it's just crazy to think that you could share something so deep and vulnerable with a person for so many years and the show was on for six or seven years and have no relationship with that person. And so he was interviewed and people were saying, like, what is your comment? And he just said, like, when I write my own book, I'll comment on it. He basically said no. No comment. That was it. Nothing. And I just was sort of curious, like, if you think you would be capable of something like that. Not saying anything? Not saying anything. I don't know. Is it all true? Like, they're not calling her a liar. I'm assuming it's true. This is her memoir. She's not going to say anything that he could, like, call her on. So, yeah. I don't know. Do you think he has a book planned? Like, if I was going to tell my side of the story, I would do the whole no comment thing until I told my full side of the story. Like, if someone. If someone wrote a scathing memoir about me, I would share my truth in a big way. Like, Sierra's Glamour article. Like, Sierra didn't speak for weeks. And then she did this really wonderful. Well thought out. Yeah, cover article. So, I don't know. I wonder what he's got planned or if he's just like, I don't care and it's not going to affect my career and I'm not going to worry about this. I don't need to get down in the mud. I also haven't read the book, so. I don't need to get down in the mud about something that happened 10 years ago. Right, right. I mean. He is really the only person that she makes look kind of bad, I will say. She takes no shots at Gemma Kirk and Alison Williams and Zosia Mamet, who the other girls on the show. I don't know. I guess if I was him, I would want to say, like, it's unfortunate that that was how. the lens through which she saw me. Yeah. But to your point, it might just be true. He might just be like, yeah, we had a nightmare working situation. Neither one of us was nice. Yeah. I mean, I think there's also so many different ways people can handle things and come out looking good, you know? Like, he could say, yeah, we didn't get along. Hot take. We didn't get along, and I wish her the best. Yeah. I'd probably go that route. The only thing I will say she said about him is that he was trying to, like, come over to her place one night and said to me that she was going to, like, sleep with him, and she basically, like, shut it down, and then he. that he was in a serious relationship and then proposed to that girl and married that girl. I'm going to go over there. I. Have you? I guess if that was my current spouse that you were speaking of in your book, I would have wanted to be, like, Yeah, yeah, yeah. that was absolutely not what happened, but maybe it is what happened. Okay, so I have a question for you. So I'm really just at the beginning of this book, and the relationship that Lena Dunham had in real life with the older guy who they would do, like, you know, degrading-type stuff, that is what Adam Driver is based on. But in the real life, he had this cleft lip. Yeah. And so I was picturing Ray from Girls. Oh, interesting. who had a lip thing. Uh-huh. That's interesting. The whole thing. They call him Lip. He's got a cleft lip. I mean, there's a spectrum, a spectrum of cleft lips and how much they've been corrected since childhood, but doesn't the actor that played Ray have, like, a lip thing? He did, but the guy who plays Ray, Alec Karpovsky, he predates this because he was in Tiny Furniture with her. He was. No, I knew they had a relationship, too. I think I did know that, but it's just funny. It's like this lip thing, and there's already an actor, so I was like. I got all twisted up in my head, but anyway, everybody's telling me when I finish Famesick to rewatch Girls, which did you? I am in. You're always rewatching Girls. I'm at season three. Okay. You're always rewatching. Well, because it's so wonderful to me to watch it through the lens of this. I know. And also know that all those girls got along and are still friendly, at least. Yeah. It's nice for me to know. Yeah, I remember one of my favorite things was listening to the Laguna Beach podcast and then rewatching it. It was so much fun to do that. Okay, so the next headline, Pete Davidson and Elsie Hewitt split, and they are co-parenting, or as I like to call her, wispy. Oh, I thought you were going to say, as I like to call it, slinging shit at each other on the internet. Oh, I thought you were going to say that. to make fun of me because I was trying to think of her name. We could not come up with her name the other night. And I was like, it's something In the car. Wispy. We've just been called her Wispy. It's the same energy as Elsie. Wispy. I don't hate Wispy. They were never obviously married. They were together for a few months. She got pregnant. They had the baby. I think the baby is what? Eight months old? Like five months, I think. Not a year yet. People have speculated for a while that they're not actually together. They have both confirmed it. And they're just sort of he said, she said-ing on the internet. So who's to say what's going on? But she's posted some things and taken them down. She posted asking, does anybody know a nanny? Which you don't see big celebs being like, do you know any nanny wrecks? But they've confirmed they're not together. Yeah, they're not together. Okay. Speaking of babies, Alex Cooper is pregnant. Expecting her first baby with her husband, Matt Kaplan. I'm wondering if every person in the world had the exact same thought, which is this Alex Earl argument is over. This feud with Alex Earl is over. I was like, this is so crazy. She got pregnant to end this feud. I mean, that's the way to end anything. And turn the public opinion is to have a baby. But that felt like it was kind of on the way out. And then did Alex Earl, she said she was going to respond. She never did really. I mean, whatever. I forgot about it. But it's funny because she posted that video being like, okay, Alex Earl, say it with your whole chest. You have a problem being she knew she was pregnant. Right. If Alex Earl attacked her publicly, I bet you Alex Earl knew that she was pregnant and knew. I feel like people knew. But then do you feel like that video was just pregnancy hormones? Maybe. Maybe. I'm just like, I dare you. I dare you to come at me. Whatever, though. You don't get a pass as a mom all the time. America gives people a pass. Just because you're pregnant? Or I was like, did she just get pregnant to sidestep this? Alex Earl will not address this. She was actually in an interview I forgot the other day on The View. Something like Good Morning Show, Good Morning America. And they asked her about it. And she was like, let's just keep it positive. This is overblown, she said. Well, maybe it'll come up on her reality show. Yeah. So Alex Earl is pregnant. I mean, people were saying that her Mac happened. We're having problems and sleeping in separate bedrooms and posting all this stuff of them. They look happy. Congrats to her. So there was this clip of them on the red carpet. And they look, she looks just. Morose. I mean, annoyed, pissed. But like, I could never be famous for that reason alone. I can't hide what's going on. She might have just had an interaction with someone else. Like, she could have still been fuming. It might not have had anything to do with her husband. I would say this about anybody, whether I like them or not, is like, you just can't assume. I mean, you hope. A famous person. A famous person can hide their facial expressions and just, you know, kind of turn it on. But she looks very annoyed as they're being posed together on this red carpet. And you just don't know what just had happened or why she was looking like that. I think about that with everybody when they get, like, popped. Popped? Papped? Papped, yeah. Papped. Yeah. Or, like, at award shows. Like, when people look a little annoyed or bored. I look annoyed and bored all the time. Thanks, Ashley. No, no, no. I say it with me. I'm just saying. Like, there was one time you said, like, you look bored. And I was like, I could not be less bored. I just, that's how my face rests sometimes when I am listening intently. And if somebody was constantly taking photos of me, I would look pissed off all the time. And now these lip readers. I live for the lip readers. Oh, I'd be so fucked. I'm just always talking shit. I'm not saying, like, problematic stuff. But people would be like, she doesn't ever stop. We would have to start wearing masks in public. She's always annoying and talking shit. Yes, 100%. OK, so next is Tom Brady made his catwalk debut at the Gucci event in Times Square. So, but bigger than him. We'll get to him. But this, Gucci did this resort wear fashion show in Times Square. Tom Brady, Cindy Crawford walked in it. Paris Hilton. With a brunette do. Yeah, I barely recognized her. But you guys know I stan Cindy. And I love nothing more than Tom Brady's retirement era. I love everything Tom Brady does. I can't believe this. I mean, walked that catwalk looking like the Terminator. And I don't understand how that was resort wear, head-to-toe leather. Please explain. I'm not a fashion girly. Resort, head-to-toe leather. I feel like I could hear it squeaking. He looked literally like Judgment Day. I thought it was a typo. I thought it was a mistake when somebody said this was resort wear. I mean, truly head-to-toe winter wear. Peak winter wear. All black. Yes, but dope as hell to do this. And just like, some of the memes, though, are really funny. I mean, one I saw that said, because he looks just kind of stiff. But yeah, go ahead and criticize Tom Brady's runway walk. One of the greatest athletes of all time. I think he's not a great athlete. He's not a model. He looks hot as hell. Someone said, bust down, Stiffiana. He is stiff, though. And also, most models are stiff. How do you want a man to walk? I mean, do models look like they're having fun to you when they're walking? Sometimes they're strutting. Tom Brady is a robot. I thought we all knew this. But how insane is it that he is doing his ex-wife's job now? No one has ever been less over their ex. Now he's like, I'm going to model. That's so true. When we were talking about it last week, he got $25 million to sit on a stage at the roast and let everybody roast his ex-wife for fucking her jiu-jitsu instructor. He's not over it. And his emo Instagram post. Remember he posted the selfie with the Suicide Hotline song set to it? We're like, is Tom okay? And when he was curled up in a little blanket, he was like, what are you guys doing on Sundays? I mean, I am living for Tom Brady. I'm telling you, I am so fascinated by this man. All we knew about him. Besides he kissed his kids on the mouth. That's it. He was this amazing quarterback. And now he's modeling. He's posting thirst traps. Like, it's so crazy. So this one. Also, he was at the Kevin Hart roast and he was so funny. He opened it and he was great. Sexy. He's not over his ex and he never will be. And I don't blame him. But he's been doing well. He's doing better than most men do post breakup. Most men just decline. When do they break up? Like? Three years ago? She's had a whole ass baby with somebody else. I just thought it was so funny. He's literally modeling now. The jawline and the cheeks look insane. He's a robot. He's like a Ken doll. And, you know, while we're here, you don't want to talk about this, but John Travolta has a new look. And Raina, I can't get over this. So he's wearing these berets all around Ken. I'm kind of attracted to it. People have come around to it. When we first saw, you guys can watch on video. When we first saw John Travolta. His new look. People were like, like, truly like laughing their asses off. And now they're like, I kind of like it. I'm into it. He is that meme of when I pronounced croissant, croissant. Like, there's this meme that it's a cat. Everyone has sent it to me for seven years nonstop. It never stops. He is the epitome of when you say something French. He's a French meme. He's he looks insane. He's 70 years old. He's never looked sexier. I saw this beret photo. I was like, am I sexually attracted to John Travolta for the first time ever? This is a big reveal for you. I just, you wanted to talk about this. And I was like, I don't care about John Travolta wearing a beret. What am I going to say about it? And then I looked at it. I was like, it is low key kind of sexy. That is John Travolta. That is not. He is French meme, John Travolta. Jean-Claude Travolta. He's big. Jean-Pierre Travolta. He's big. And that's not his one beret. There's more. There's multiple berets. Oh, that's weird. He's all over Ken. Just beret-ing it up. It's insane. What do you think about a man? A man in a beret. Raina, be dead ass. A man shows up to meet you in a beret. Are we in France and he's tall? Does he have like a chin strap? What is his facial hair? He doesn't look like he's dyed the facial hair. It is black. He's a weird dude. He's Scientologist. Okay. Well, lastly, and what are men up to? I guess. So, last night in New York City, it was the premiere of The City. Oh, yes. That's also on our list. Which? Summer House spinoff. Summer House spinoff, which will focus people. In New York City. Kyle Cook and Amanda Petula and Lindsay Hubbard star in it. And I saw videos and photos from the red carpet. Amanda Petula is in this Zara dress, which I also bought a couple days ago. And Kyle and Amanda are photographed, like not just in group photos, but he walks up to her, he has his arm around her, and they are photographed on the red carpet together. And I guess there was some discourse online, like how could you get into a photo with her? And I think my initial reaction just to seeing her was like, I was surprised she even went to this. I think West has been really. Out and about. You know, we give men more passes in this world. West has been at weddings, Instagram storing, I mean, all over the place. And she hasn't. She hasn't hidden at all. She posted one Instagram story and people attacked her and then she stopped. And I actually like, I think that she's allowed to return to real life. I think she's allowed to go to the premiere of a show she worked on and starred in. All these people bleed out for the world for entertainment. I know they're paid for it. But the blowback was like, I can't believe Kyle was in photos with her. And his response was basically like, I encourage. I encouraged her to come to this. This was my longtime wife, my longtime partner and coworker, by the way. And yeah, I'm going to be in a photo with her. Yeah. I mean, this isn't, this isn't defense of anyone, especially any woman. You can return to the world. People shouldn't like publicly stone you in the town square because you set out to a show that you're in to a premiere. But I mean, I think obviously like they had a tumultuous relationship. He hurt her. She hurt him, whatever. But I just always like. When I can see ex-spouses be cordial, be kind, be able to be in the same room. I mean, that's just how I feel. I would really hope if I was married to someone, we could be on good terms. I wouldn't want to think of my ex-spouse as my enemy. I've obviously never been divorced. I haven't been in a relationship as long as them. And so, I mean, every situation is different. But like seeing anyone, no matter who it is, ex-spouses, unless of course there was like abuse involved, whatever, but be able to just be friendly with each other on a red carve it. I appreciate it. I don't, it's weird. that people were criticizing that. I know. So he said, with all due respect, we're adults here. We all showed up to a premiere party. Yeah, they worked on something together. They're together a long time. I would hope that if I'd been with somebody for that long and nothing so egregious happened that we could take a photo together for something that we worked on together. And, you know, I think there's been a lot of discourse online like West was Kyle's best friend. He wasn't. They were on a show together. They're co-workers. They're like 13 years apart. I don't think that he probably loves it that that's who his wife was with after. But I still think it's nice that he can, like, show her some kindness. Yeah. And he sets – I'm not on anybody's side with Kyle Cook. I think he was terrible to her on television for many years. But it's nice that he realizes he sets the tone and he gives people permission to be nice to her or not and he has chosen give her a break. Right, like he could vilify her and pile on. Hell yeah. And people kill themselves over this shit. So it's just like I like that he's like, I care about her mental health. I want her. I'd be able to exist in the world. You know, we were with Kyle last week at this event. We didn't hang out too much with Kyle. He was there. I mean – or you weren't there. Sorry, I was there. And so he was, like, in our group. But I did talk to Carl for a while and he's really nice and we were talking about you and we want to have him on the podcast at some point. And I just really had a nice time talking to him. He's just, like, the sweetest guy. I'm really enjoying him and Lindsay Hubbard's arc where they just seem to be friendly again. And, you know, I think that it gives people hope that you can go through the most terrible, terrible romantic experience of your entire life, your fiancé leaving you on national television nonetheless, and that life goes on and you can heal and, you know, that doesn't mean you'll be best friends forever, but, like, you can get to a better place with people and I like that message of hope. And so working on having him on the show to talk about it. Yeah, and he didn't seem like a mess. Carl's no longer a mess. You heard it here first, you guys. So, yes, In the City this week, so it premiered this past Tuesday. So we will be watching that and talking about it. You guys, thanks for listening. Thanks for listening to The Snack. GirlsGottaEat.com, GirlsGottaEat Podcast, Instagram and TikTok. I am Ash Hess on Instagram and TikTok. Go check out my viral vows. And RainaGreenberg.com for her tour tickets all through the year. You guys can grab them. You can see her in Charlotte and Atlanta tonight and tomorrow. And watch this whole episode on video on Spotify or YouTube. Subscribe, share it with a friend, and we will have a new episode for you next Thursday. Monday we will have a fun little re-release for you, but full new episode next Thursday. Bye-bye. Bye-bye. Have a great Memorial Day weekend, guys. Bye.

Podcast Summary

Key Points:

  1. A viral clip of comedian Mike Linoche from his show *Should We Date?* sparked online debate over whether his interactions with Drake were flirtatious or negging, with viewers split on interpretation.
  2. Drake dropped three new albums—*Iceman*, *Made of Honor*, and *Habibdi*—in a single release, breaking Spotify records and sparking discussion about the quality and overexposure of the triple album drop.
  3. Bethany Frankel’s fashion choices, including a polka-dot outfit, drew criticism when a follower tagged a dupe of her shoes, prompting backlash and a public response from Frankel about ethical concerns in influencer promotions.
  4. Taylor Swift’s rumored non-traditional wedding invitations, including themed merch, drew both fascination and criticism, with hosts questioning the necessity and authenticity of such extravagance.
  5. A viral trend of men crushing watermelons with their thighs to raise awareness for women’s heart health has gained significant traction, blending activism with humor and sexual energy.
  6. The episode highlights a viral wedding vow video by Ashley, which became a cultural hit for its relatable, humorous take on a partner not being the best friend, despite some negative comments.
  7. The hosts discuss various product endorsements, including Lola Blankets, Skims, and Hungry Root, emphasizing their quality, convenience, and value for everyday life.
  8. A deeper conversation emerges about ethics in influencer marketing, with concern over brands profiting from gifted items without disclosure or consent.

Summary:

This week’s episode of *The Snack* explores a range of viral moments, from comedic interactions to music releases and social media controversies. A viral clip of comedian Mike Linoche, where he and Drake engage in playful banter, sparks debate over whether their exchanges are flirtatious or disrespectful, highlighting differing personal interpretations of humor. Drake’s triple album drop—*Iceman*, *Made of Honor*, and *Habibdi*—breaks Spotify records, with fans divided on its quality, though the sheer volume is seen as a bold move.

Meanwhile, Bethany Frankel’s fashion choices face backlash when a fan tagged a dupe of her shoes, raising ethical concerns about influencer marketing and product promotion. Taylor Swift’s rumored wedding invitations, featuring themed merchandise, are criticized for seeming excessive, while her recent fashion choices—like oversized bangs and a prairie dress—are noted as polarizing. A major cultural trend emerges in the form of men crushing watermelons between their thighs to promote women’s heart health, blending activism with humor.

The episode also features a viral wedding vow video by Ashley, which went viral for its bold, relatable take on a partner not being the best friend, sparking both praise and criticism. The hosts promote several products, including Lola Blankets, Skims, and Hungry Root, emphasizing their quality and convenience. A broader discussion on ethics in influencer marketing surfaces, with concerns about profiting from gifted items without proper disclosure.

The episode balances entertainment with thoughtful commentary on culture, relationships, and consumer behavior.

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Drake released three albums titled 'Iceman,' 'Made of Honor,' and 'Habibdi' as part of his 'Iceman trilogy.' This triple drop fulfills his UMG contract, marking a significant move that breaks his label agreement and sets a record for most streamed album debut in a single day with over 140 million streams.

Bethany Frankel faced backlash after a TikTok user, Lexi (daughter of Dina Manzo), tagged a dupe of shoes she received as a gift and monetized it via an affiliate link. Bethany criticized the move as unethical and unprofessional, emphasizing that accepting gifts should not lead to promoting another brand or making money from it.

The watermelon crushing trend started by Bradley Thor as a fundraiser for women's heart health, specifically to raise awareness about lower survival rates for women in cardiac events. Men are challenged to crush watermelons with their thighs to raise funds for the American Heart Association.

Taylor Swift is reportedly creating non-traditional wedding invitations with unique variants like vinyl covers and merchandise. Critics say it’s excessive and beneath her status, while fans appreciate the creative and personal touch, though many believe it's unnecessary and not aligned with traditional wedding norms.

Ashley’s wedding vows went viral for their humorous and relatable content, especially the line about her husband not being her best friend. The majority of comments were positive, with many finding it funny and authentic, though a small number disagreed, believing it was disrespectful to their partner.

Spotify introduced a new logo featuring a green disco ball, replacing the previous green shape. The change sparked mixed reactions, with some fans finding it unappealing and dull, while others appreciated the playful, festive theme, especially tied to Spotify’s 20th anniversary.

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