The transcript blends two distinct narratives: one about Starbucks’ employee benefits, and another about a deep analysis of the podcast *Call Her Daddy* and its creator Sophia’s book. The Starbucks segment emphasizes that partners receive full healthcare coverage from early hours, supporting their personal and professional lives. The main focus, however, is a critical examination of Sophia’s book, where the hosts identify a major omission—the alleged one-degree deal with Wondering, which they believe should have been included. They argue this omission was likely a deliberate effort to protect Suitman, who reportedly pursued the deal independently and was later portrayed negatively. The discussion explores the possibility that the girls used sexual harassment claims as a legal strategy to exit their contracts, revealing a complex and ethically charged plan. The conversation also contrasts Sophia’s experience with Alex’s business acumen, highlighting differences in work ethic, background, and resilience. The hosts question the completeness and fairness of the narrative, pointing out how timing—especially during social unrest—affected public perception. They note that the show’s popularity stemmed from its raw, unfiltered discussion of sex, which resonated with young women. Ultimately, the analysis suggests that the story reflects broader issues of power, accountability, and representation in media, especially for women navigating personal and professional challenges.
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And you know what? I know I said yesterday my thesis was my final thought, but I have one more thought. You can share it because we're not talking about it in the stories. There's one thing I'm realizing. This one? I am curious, I'm sure this more. I am curious as to why this one-degree deal was completely left out of Sophia's book. Because Dave brought it up, and then actually yesterday I went back and watched, and we're going to do this on our Patreon. I want to go back to and listen to everything we said about Call her Daddy at the time, because I keep saying like, I never piled on, it's like, maybe I did. I would say it in, by the way, I listened and like I'm cringing, because like the sound of my voice is awful, but I'm so proud of us, honestly, and we're trying so hard to like, skirt around and like be very middle. But we're talking about the one-degree deal at the time, so we knew about it then too. And so it is this sort of big puzzle piece that's completely missing from the book. Well, I feel like she briefly mentions it, but if there was a one-degree deal, then there was probably a number attached to it, and that number's not in the book. And if there was a deal that like really valued their worth, that was sort of the north star, and like their negotiations, when it's like, 500,000 isn't enough, because Wondering's giving us at the time on our podcast, we had predicted that the Wondering deal was 3 million, 1.5 for each of them. Okay. I don't know where we got that number. I've never heard that number before. Wondering made it up. Okay. Go us. She's like trying to figure it out. They're trying to get to the bottom of it. So if they have this, say, 3 million dollar deal, and they know that's what they're worth, and that's what someone will pay them. They guess 500,000 will not be enough, 750 will not be enough. So if there was a Wondering deal, then that means that there was a number floating around. And if that's true, that should be in the book. I don't know why I just have a hard time believing that she would leave something out intentionally. But we know there was a deal. We know that from the time, and also I was talking to somebody, I cannot say who, about that deal as well. Yeah. And that is a deal. Dave was telling the truth that is a deal that suit man went out and pursued on his own, like on behalf of the girls. Just maybe like show them. This is what you're worth. And by the way, you will not hear me saying one crossword about suit man. I actually saw a TikTok. I did the looseriest thing last night. Like when I say this is my life, this is my life. I scrolled all the way down on the Colorado Instagram to see what was going on on the page at the time. Now, Dave takes over briefly. They are posting like before they stop recording. Like, you know, their little subliminal messages. It's a crazy place to be. And I saw this video. And it was like, this is just what was acceptable at the time for, you know, okay, so it was this TikTok that I went viral that the Call Her Daddy page then posted on their, um, feed. It's three girls wearing Call Her Daddy merch dancing to this song and like, lip singing it. Peter Nelson, ruined Call Her Daddy. They convinced me that it happened. So yeah, got greedy. She's slacking. That's what's happening. Peter Nelson. You will not find me saying one motherfucking crossword about Peter Nelson. And especially like after the book sort of implied that like his involvement was actually mostly Alex's idea. And she's, by the way, Alex is very smart. Like she was right for that. Like he's a smart guy. If I needed help, I was caught and Peter Nelson was in my apartment. Once a week, I'm calling Peter Nelson. I don't want to call Peter Nelson. Something else that Dave had me stumped on is like all this time I thought that they could quit their jobs at bar stool. Jay in our podcast episode from six years ago, we keep saying we're like, you guys don't understand. Like we're trying to explain to people even though we're a hundred percent wrong. We're like, we're trying something. We're like, you guys don't understand. They're just employees. Like they can quit at any time and go do a different show. Like they're not contracts. I said, they don't have contracts. Like what am I talking about? Well, they have employment contracts and I don't know what the contract actually they have talent agreements. Like they have what and so what did it look like? Like if you leave, you have a non-compete for a certain amount of time, I always thought that they could quit their jobs at bar stool and go to a different podcast network, but they would be leaving. Call her daddy name behind. They weren't quitting their jobs. They were breaching their contract. Like they are talent for XM. I think it was like a three-year contract. They just decided that it was time to renegotiate and they were going to leave if they didn't get what they wanted, but like you can't, that's what Dave's doing. You couldn't just do that. Now a lot of times people's contracts run out of bar stool and like Dave either like doesn't care about them. He's like, yeah, take your IP. It's worth nothing who needs it. Or like he'll hate you and steal it from you. Not steal it. He won't give it to you. He's pretty like just, but he said he usually gives it because it's worth nothing without the talent. Yes, but that's in a case where the talent has finished their contract. Yeah, that's the difference here. The girls still highlight things like a year and a half left on their contract. Yes. So then the question is like really if they could not have even done that wonder-y deal legally, how did they plan to do it? And now she says- By the way, they planned to do it with sexual harassment. Using him as sexual harassment. That was really the big plan. Like that was the big plan. Jackie, when I was watching these clips of these absolute fucking psychopaths, like, yeah, everything that's been said in the book, I could see them doing that. Like that's their big master plan. And I know that Alex told Dave that, yeah, we were going to accuse you of sexual harassment, but I didn't know that that was like to get out of the contract. I thought it was just to like, you know, just not sure. No, and also like, of course he had to leave sexual harassment. Bye-bye. No, it was to like to be able to do the show elsewhere. The founders or whatever they were going to call it. Yeah, so that's so if that's not true or like they had another plan or additional plans for how they were doing to do it, like I would like to know. I believe it was just like pretty much started and ended with the sexual harassment claims. Bless you. She thinks that it's true. So I do wonder why the one-dry deal is completely left out. I do think it's sort of like a very last minute attempt to protect suit man further. Like suit man's life was ruined enough by this saga. Like a narrative one in which he never asked to be a part of. To then go in the book and say like, yeah, and he, what I have heard is that he went out on his own and got them a deal and like was telling people that he was managing them. I have no problem with that. Like I can't even stress how like I wish Peter Nelson was my manager. Okay. They needed to be managed. You wrecked. So yeah, I just think that like that was such a. And if that's true that should be in the book. Yeah, but like that was his big crime, right? Like and that's why he became Peter Nelson. That's why he became the villain of the whole story. So like I'm sure she just wanted to protect him even more in the book, but of course she couldn't not write about him. So like I just think I think that's why. Okay. Well little does she know like that's not a crime. No, I love that man with all my heart. Like I feel so bad for him. Like that drive to. That's where in the book where I actually I didn't cry at all, but like I was almost gonna cry when like he is in the car and I'm a Gary. She's cheating on him and he finds out that he'll loss his job. Like it was devastating. It was devastating. Yeah. I also feel like everyone's like talking about this ad nauseam, you know, and my whole feed is just like everyone's takes and it's like it's starting to come full circle where it's like it's it's now so popular to be team Sofia that now people are trying to find other things to say about Sofia. Like that she you know deserved it like they're it's just coming like 360 again because it's like now to be everyone just wants to be like controversial and not take and say something new and fresh. Well I actually saw someone say something that really resonated with me um about this whole saga because I think it's sort of been decided now that like Sofia was the talent of the show, right? Like she was the star um and it was this quote like you know I'm gonna butcher it just. What about. She was not ordinary in her life and violent in her work. She was violent in her life and violent in her work. Hard work beats talent when talent doesn't work hard. Yeah. And that's what I think about podcasting this, but I'm saying to you yesterday we talked about this all the time it's like podcasting is so weird because like you have to be the star of your show obviously you have to be like interesting funny smart entertaining but you also have to be like the business the the manager of the agent the business person the market the manager the marketer until a certain point until you then start to like have people do that for you but like you really I think there are a lot of people who are so funny so successful and they have podcasts that are like very met and a lot of people are like why isn't that person's podcast bigger and it's because like having sitting down on a mic and crushing it is 50% of the job. So yeah that's why you saw Sophia with an F go where it went and call her daddy go where it went. Yeah I've seen that too like the conversation of like talent versus work ethic with Sophia being the talent in Alex being the harder worker um and hard work wins. Is that a good one? It's just what? Yes but I also feel like Sophia it's hard to say that she wasn't working hard like post-cancellum.
'cause she was operating at such a deficit. - And literally experiencing trauma. - Right, right. - It's like, of course. - She didn't, she was incapable, you know? So it's not like just that verse of that, but yeah, Alex's work ethic can't be understated. - And Alex is posting on social media, business as usual. Mollin' Aquaman this, Mollin' Aquaman that, Mollin' Mollin' Mollin' and okay, Mollin. I don't even know what her name is. - I think it's Mollin, like Ray Mollin. - Mollin' Aquaman. - Mollin' Aquaman. - She's on Call Her Daddy and check it out. - Yeah, but the things that Alex are posting like could be posted by someone else. - Social media manager. I don't take seriously anything that's posted on the Call Her Daddy account, like that's clearly like a business account that's being run by an intern. Her social media generally seems pretty personally run. - But right now it's just like. - Clips from Call Her Daddy. - So it doesn't seem like too personal. It could easily be someone else. - Yeah, and you gotta capitalize on the moment. Like everyone's looking at your social media, promote your business, yeah. - It's true. Show us like how you did what you did and why you are where you are. - Yeah. That's all for today. - I saw Nick Viola trust his allegations in the market. - Okay. - I went, I actually went to his, I wanted to see his episode and he was recapping the book. I think not knowing at first that he was in it and then like a couple of days later. - I was he recapping the book not knowing he's in it. Sorry, like we kept in the saga, like he had read it. - Okay. - Not everyone got a dance copy. - But when I was on the Call Her Daddy Instagram, let me tell you, Nick Viola, at the time of like the scandal was commenting on everything. He was like, this is so entertaining. Like he was, of all the people that I follow, I saw that like, Remi Bader was liking everything. - Alex Earl. - Alex Earl and Nick Viola was commenting on every single thing. He's like, oh my god, I'm sad for this. Like, so he's been kind of invested and I think that's why Alex after, she picked herself back up and got the show up and running, she tapped a bunch of influencers and podcasters to like join her on her show and just like be a part of, not necessarily the Unwell Network, but like the Call Her Daddy orbit. And the vials were chosen as well. And I think it's because like, they showed a lot of support for Alex at the time. - Understood. - So when he was like, so we're in the book. And Natalie was like, Natalie was like, the vial files is in the book, but she wasn't in the show at the time. And she just keeps saying, yeah, she mentioned the vial files. Like I was cracking up, I got the sense like, she did not want to be a part of it. And he was just like, I mean, it's crazy that like we would get like called out like for just our take on a pop culture story. And I was like, name 'em. - Name 'em. - It's crazy, she only named three, you know? - Harry Jousey. - Vial files and nobody can remember the other one. - Because I had never heard of it and I actually read the passage again yesterday. - Do you have the book? - No, somebody put it in the comments of a TikTok, which I really appreciated. And I actually, who was the third podcast? - I had, I don't find some. - Oh, sorry. I don't think that I had heard of it. - How is that possible? - Yeah, right. Okay, hold on. - Found it, okay. Nick Vial, oh, girls got to eat. They took Alex's side and Harry Jousey. Yeah, this is it. The hatred for me seems to come with these pouring not only from listeners and stoolies, but random media figures. Nick Vial, girls got to eat and Harry Jousey. Where when both the anonymous millions and public figures are game to trash me on their biggest platforms, it's hard not to think what they're saying about me is true. - Yeah. - Yeah. - I just say like Nick Vial, that's definitely like a terrible feeling. I'm sorry, like that happened here. - But Nick Vial actually had like a lot of, he was like part, not part of anything, but like when they did their little LA Stint and they met like Logan Paul and Dave says that that like kicked off them looking around. - I was watching that vlog yesterday on their page and Nick Vial's in the vlog. - They went on Vial files. It was really good. I remember watching it at the time. So like he knew that, he had met them. He was involved. Yeah. So maybe Sophia felt like because I met you when I came on your show and like and you're taking Alex's side. Like she felt even more offended by it. So that's why he got chosen. - Yeah. - Harry Jousey obviously got chosen 'cause he's like Alex is bestie. - But Harry Jousey had been famous for one minute when this happened because too hot to handle came out in quarantine. - Right, right, right. And then girls got to eat. Which I feel like girls got to eat coming out again. Sophia is so shocking. I would think that they would hate both Alex and Sophia for sort of, 'cause as far as I knew before call her daddy, like the podcast about sex for women was girls got to eat. - Yeah. - So I would just hate them both like for kind of infringing on my territory. - Yeah. I don't know what they said. It's a little bit of a blind spot for her. - Me too. I can't speak on things like that. I would never speak on something I know nothing about. - $2 million. (laughing) - We're so funny. - We're so funny. We're recording a vlog after this and I said like, we're doing like one of our favorite little segments lunch and learn. We need to go back. I watched like 10 minutes when I was in the bath last night. It's painful 'cause it is a Zoom Toast episode, which you know. - I watched a Zoom Toast episode for some reason a couple weeks ago and it was so cute. - We're both in our bedrooms during COVID. I guess I had given up and I'm like, not wearing makeup. And my face is like so close to the camera and I'm just like carrying a lot of weight in my face. And we're so cute, like we are. We're clearly, it was like a very difficult time to podcast or even like say, like no one was open to receiving hot takes. Like, no, no, no. But you still gotta beat us. - And we still had to do our episodes like it was hard, you guys. - And I also wanna say like I know everybody knows this, but COVID wasn't same. Like when I watch that episode and we're just like another day in the queue, I guess this is life now. Like what do you mean? - I mean, it's so cute, like I'm the queen in my bathroom. Like we couldn't leave our house. - In the queue. - No, no, we made our podcast our Spotify playlist Quarance Teens, like we tried so hard. - We were doing the most. But I just feel like everyone wants to glaze over COVID because it was so unpleasant and we just don't want to do that anymore. Like our brain space within and like we gave you our hearts, our souls, our life, years of our lives. Like we're lost to COVID and I feel like because we don't wanna talk about it, we don't reflect on how fucking nuts it was. - No, I don't reflect on it and also shout out. I actually never even thought about it till this moment. Like shout out to the people who had kids in COVID. - I know. - Not like, not birthing children, like toddlers. - Birthing people? - Yeah, like, no, like if you were pregnant or had a baby, that's actually nice to be in front of you. - Yeah, yeah, yeah. I mean like toddlers, like who need like or school age children. - Yeah, but like school age kids can like entertain themselves. - No. - They're out of school, they're doing remote learning, they're falling behind, they don't learn how to read. - Of course, but they have like TV and stuff. I just mean like, TV, kids who need to be like, fed every meal, like, no, I actually, kids who can't walk. - No more words. - But they would be at home with their parent or with a caretaker regardless. - Okay, but they would be like, you know, the park or a music class. - They're not the ones who suffered like, I think we honestly, we all, we all, we all suffered in unique in different ways, but school age children. - Yeah, I also don't even think about the Call Her Daddy scandal so much in the framework of COVID either. - Yes, and that's why people, that's why it got so big because people like were limited in their options to be entertained. - But I also feel like what's not really like, people aren't really, of the timeline is like that. The truth about Call Her Daddy and the funeral episode came out like the last week of May, 2020. So, in the run up to like the George Floyd protests and BLM and the Black Square Day. And then there was a period of a few weeks in June where people weren't really posting like about themselves. - Right, right. - Everything was like in service of BLM. So like, Alex got her statement and really before that took off. And then Sophia's not gonna come on in June and be like, hey guys, like I'm the victim, this is what happened to me because nobody fucking wanted to hear it. - Yeah, there was never really a good time for her to say it. - And then the whole summer was just sort of like that too. - And then by the time she actually released her statement, it was too late. - Yes. - And her statement wasn't good. And she says that in her, in her book, like she recorded it one thousand times and I'm like, and that's what you ended up with. Like, it's bad. - Yeah. - Now also knowing she was like on drugs actually makes sense. - No, but like there was serious like a social media freeze. - Yes, that's true. - For a few weeks entirely, but then also for like, aftershocks for a few months where it was like, nobody wants to hear from you right now. - Yeah, 100%. - Not your sob story. - No, I forgot about the timeline, the contextual timeline. - Yeah, and I think that's also important. - 100%. - Like just a wild season. - I wonder how Sophia's feeling, like on top of the world. Or like, I wonder if she's like, you know, the outpouring of love from the public and the adoration. And it's like, well, you guys were the people. - Yes, fuck the public. - Yeah, I can't imagine like being too excited about like the feedback because like, when you've already had learned to tune out the public, then the adoration doesn't permeate either. - And people are just like so much group of thing. It's like, okay, we're all teams Sophia now, okay, team Sophia. - Yeah. - And it's like, okay. - Also, when you sent me that video of the girls Peter Nelson or daddy, it also resonated for me that those girls are so young. And the daddy gang was very young, like a younger listenership than like hours, a lot of college girls, like they look like babies. - Yes. - And so they're not like the most critical of thinkers when like their founding father is telling them, like they're not just like, well, what about this? And what about that? - No, of course. And then it also, now people are just sort of like taking more of a critical look at the original Call Her Daddy and its impact on a young generation of women. And people who were like, no, this was my Bible. And like was some of the worst advice I've ever been given in my life. Like now the girls who were kind of raised on Call Her Daddy are grown up. And I think they look back on their time as a member of daddy gang, like poorly. - But I've seen people say like the show was discussing, it was horrible for women, blah, blah, blah. But there's something to be said about the fact that everybody wanted to listen to that. - Men and women. - Yeah, but like, they could have had no list. It's just such shit. But like why did that get all the listens? - I don't know. - You know, why did it resonate? - Why did it resonate? Something about it resonated. - I think it was.
was probably refreshing to hear women talk about sex in like a manly way. Like they said it was like locker room talk for girls like very selfishly and very openly and very like getting tips and tricks for things that like you don't get full. But they're having another like female led sex podcast. There have. That didn't just like explode like what they were never as like nuts and crass as the Jackie when I was watching these slips you have to scroll down for a while. It's so fun to watch. Like I I never was a member of Daddy gang. I never watched when they were together. I just I knew about the show. It's so fun. Like it's fun. I used to watch their vlogs because I wasn't like a podcast listener of anything and then they would vlog like just the two of them like being in New York. Alex like dies her own eyebrows and her eyelashes and I just thought that was that's how I actually first just up there then I saw Alex made a like a I G TV video of like dying her eyelashes. She TV which now that knowing she's a natural born redhead. Yeah. I relate even more but at the time I was like oh you also have bland eyebrows and eyelashes. And I thought such as slay she did it herself. That's so brave you could blind yourself. I saw another take about Alex for Sophia that the book sort of touches on but I don't think Sophia's even like aware enough of like the difference in socioeconomic economic backgrounds of the two girls like Alex coming from like a two-parent household a two-income household well-educated parents. Very sort of like upper middle class whereas Sophia's like sort of comes from not like not unstable but just a totally different background where it's like getting to New York like it's all just it's enough for her and for Alex it's like not enough and so much of their divide and their differences like comes from just a totally different upbringing. Yeah perhaps. And I think maybe like Alex looked at Sophia as like her like trashy friend you know. I was happy to say like no no like you didn't and she was like yeah like let's exploit this random you know and I mean like she didn't like respect her. That's just like and I'm totally projecting not projecting. I'm totally just like guessing here. Three million dollars. Yeah. Well they got me I'm gonna guess. Like at a certain point we're talking about this every day hours per day like we're just going to start guessing. I do feel like barring any response from Alex or anything like this like it was a great pub we got to know if it'll like continue into next week. Yes and I also am very curious to see what Sophia does next. I would love to hear what Bethany's idea for her was. Bethany filed a trademark Bethany's getting in a lot of heat like. Bethany made a video saying she just had a meeting with like the biggest podcasting company people in the world and they happened to mention Sophia because they're and she said that she had this idea for Sophia that she shared with the big people and they thought it was amazing. So Bethany's trademark did and Sophia reached out because I'm gonna give you my idea. Sophia commented three years like I'm listening. Oh did she? Yeah. People found the trademark. Oh what is it? Oh my god. What is it? Unwelcome and what is it? No. I'm assuming a podcast called unwelcome but that's not inviting. Home goods called on. I think she probably filed like a you know like a trademark. So we don't know what exactly. You know you file a trademark. You're like I want to brand call them welcome and they're like what sort of categories you want to cover and she literally to mugs podcasts and sort of business you in. We don't know where she's going to take unwelcome but we'll see. It could be a new podcast name because I feel like she could relaunch her podcast and I just want to say we're out of chicken fries making news for like her take on these. Which is something that we had never heard before it like and I feel like it actually really validates Dave's choice to not go on a bar stool podcast because she basically like listen to Dave's interview and just regurgitated like we're not talking enough about how these girls wanted to accuse him of sexual harassment like no we actually are and like it's so layered like it was just giving like if you went on plan Bri it would have just been an echo chamber. Yeah and Bethany said that too and now that is sort of resonating for me like I do feel like we're all sort of like yeah and they wanted to accuse you of sexual stuff but you know what about the deal point? I'm just saying it's obviously a crazy wrong thing that they did but like there's so much there. No there is and we've been discussing this so much there and I shut down the whole thing and I understand his perspective completely like seriously fuck these girls I don't care who steals from you just get my show back on the air. Yeah and so that was like Bethany's take as well like we're glazing over this huge thing that is Dave's take and now I'm starting to be like yeah we're glazing over this huge thing and if you really had no other way to get out of your contract like was that the big idea? Yeah and that was the big idea. And Dave's right to hate them for it but he just only seems to hate Sophia. That's where like my sort of my biggest gripe with Dave's perspective on the situation was like you're totally valid in your feelings but you're like only taking them out on Sophia. Yeah but like and she told Alex told me and it's like yeah like like her her timing was very curious don't you think? Yeah but like technically Alex put a stop to it by doing what she did. 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to my core. I do know him. Not from football. Um, he went viral. Am I right in remembering he played for Notre Dame? Wake Forest. Same thing. And college football, he just went really viral because he has this like prince charming very like structured face long hair. He actually looks like a Disney prince. A Disney prince. Yeah. And I remember he went viral just like for being hot. And then he made it to the NFL and it was like fun. I don't know if he's like making huge waves in the NFL, but it doesn't matter because he's about to be the bachelor. Like this is truly first of all, when we talk about someone other women actually want to date someone with a job, someone who's handsome. I think he has like this big family. Like, yes. Like, yes. Claudio is so impressed. I think you should make him on the season. First of all, he looks like Joe Imaginello. So he's like literally my crush. He's so cute. He's so cute. I never saw him before. I never heard of him. I can imagine like the shit he's getting in the locker room for doing this. It's giving catching Kelsey. First of all, if he's still even in the NFL, I think he is. He plays for what team does he play for the commanders? I'm seeing him in a nice maroon in yellow. I don't think he's first string, but don't quote me on that. Yeah. I think he's got lots of free time to record this. Great. I love this. I'm worried about his NFL career, honestly, but maybe it's just like, yeah, maybe it's winding down and he's ready for a career as a personality. The Bachelorette was great for Jesse Palmer. It was pretty good for Colton Underwood. I don't think so, but like where was Colton Underwood going for a career for a career before he joined the Bachelorette. Now he's a star. Also, we don't talk enough about Colton Underwood's relationship with Ali Razeman. Like, that's just like a pop culture blind spot. Like we've all moved on. I haven't because so much has happened since then. I mean, he's like has a husband and two kids. Yes, he's on the trade or so. Colton Underwood is now a celebrity thanks to the bachelor. Yeah. Yeah. I love this. What's his last name? Hartman, like which is also so cute. Hart. Oh my, like the bachelor. I can't wait to see what song they use for him. Yeah. They always have like a classic song that's in all the commercials. It becomes like the anthem of the season. Uh-huh. It's like, let me finish what you started. Don't you leave me broken hearted tonight. They'll just turn it with a heart. Yeah. I feel like it's going to be where as my husband. They never got to use the song. That is good too, but we're not playing on the heart, you know? Yeah. Heart. Don't want a break. Go hot when I give you a heart. I could literally go. They're pretty current. The bachelor's pretty current. Yeah, they try to keep like up with the times and what's a song that's like actively? Who's the it girl right now? Like who's the song stress of the moment? Pete McCray. No. I wouldn't say she's that girl of mine. Olivia Rodrigo. Oh, she was the song. Oh, you plus me equals heart. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. That's cute. That is cute. There's so many options. Good luck to the heart by Teddy Swam. Good luck to the music department, honestly. They always crush it. Yeah. Always crush it. I hope they're still like in business because like the people who worked on the match are what have they been doing for the last year. Then there's not work to do. And it's just crazy. It's going to be happening. They clearly have like stopped choosing random people from random seasons like they're casting well-known celebrities now. And so like, again, at its core, the lead is supposed to be this like really desirable, eligible man that like women or woman that people would leave their jobs and families behind for. And it's like, Taylor for you, Paul, like she's a mess. Yeah. You know, and that's not going to attract a group of contestants that's going to make for good like honest relationships. Yeah, it was getting a little too, you know, spectacles, but also like Instagram me and like cloudy. And like here's a bunch of men who are interested in being influencers and might also connect with Taylor. And then she ended up choosing according to like the girls who went to visit the set, like the worst guy. Yeah. It's just it wasn't serious. And so we never even saw it. But like, honestly, it's for the best. Let's just reset. This is an amazing. It's also, I don't really know anything about Sam, but like I think the vibes that I get is like very traditional and like family value. No, they're taking it like back to their roots, back to their roots. And also, you know, the next person that's the bachelorette will probably be from his season and on it goes, but they had to restart with someone. And so I think this is like a perfect first choice. And the fact that they were going to restart with Taylor for you, Paul, and that's a group of men we were going to be forced to choose from, like Yuck. There's something I think before everyone like knew about the real chaos. Like there is something like men kind of love her. Everyone on the show. Like she like, yeah, she got everyone's husband. Yeah. But like we're attracting Dakota types, Chase, Yuck, like seriously. No, but like then that Ben guy, Doug, but the Ben guy was from the show. He seems nice. Doug was apparently like a grifter. Yeah. Because her first husband, you know, we know very little about one of those girls that like guys like for sure. I think like the wrong type of guy like Sophia, like Sophia. Yeah. Sophia likes nerds. It seems like. Well, I don't know anything about her husband except that he's a financier. Yeah, but she likes like serious, like she didn't do athletes. Right, right. I think she likes like more serious types. People with a job and an income. Who does it? It's very attractive. I love love love love someone with an income. I love income. Yeah. Mine or someone else's like I'll take whatever I can get. Well, exciting for this, by the way. I think and I also think a lot of people will now flock to apply. Yes. And I hope that they're a little more discerning in their casting. Like, of course, you're going to choose like the bad girl and the cool girl, but like some heinous girls, please like love is blind. I know women. People who are really there for the right reason. As they say, we're going all the way back to the basics. I just want to say, I'm sad. I think the way you probably felt about Taylor Frankie Paul is like the way I feel about this. Yeah. Like I'm so excited. This is amazing. Mm-hmm. Are you ready for our next story? Mm-hmm. Jen Affleck reveals the shocking final straw that led to her divorce with Zach Affleck. So, uh, real housewives of more than wives, not real housewives. Secret lives more than wives Orange County is underway. Apparently, it's amazing. I know. Um, I plan to watch it. I just we've had a big week. We have had a big week. There's been a lot of revelations about the show. A lot of people that I don't know. So I'm not really involved in those revelations, but I do know Jen Affleck. And she. I do know Jen Affleck as well. She has accused her estranged husband Zach Affleck of draining more than $100,000 from their shared bank account without her knowledge. She says the dishonest move was the final straw that led her to file for divorce after seven years of marriage. Quote, it seemed like he wasn't being honest. So I went to check our bank. Like the money is gone. Jen, who is currently pregnant with their fourth child says in episode four. She said there was over $100,000 in there. She says that Zach invested a ton of money and Bitcoin behind her back and lost it. Quote, he was like, I fucked up. You wanted to separate. So I didn't tell you because I knew if you found out you would divorce me and she said, yeah, I'm done. I'm divorcing you. Apparently, he has allegedly gambled away their money multiple times before through online poker and investing in crypto. We do know he gambled away his medical school money tuition from his parents. Yes. So he obviously does have a gambling problem and an investing in Bitcoin problem. And like for me, this is where she's going to get me. Like, I don't mess around about money. And when you're raising a family and you're gambling, and I obviously like, I understand gambling is an addiction and it's very real. But I sort of have like someone who doesn't clearly doesn't want to get help, right? Like he talked about, this has been an issue in his life for the last one, when did he gamble away the medical school money? As long as we've known him. And it's like, you don't talk about it ever. You don't seem to be making any inroads in your journey of healing. And maybe he's like not doing online poker anymore, but now he's investing, which is a different form of gambling. Yeah, you think that it's safe because it's not, you know, draft kings. But no, Bitcoin is definitely a sense of a gamble. It's a gamble. And if you have a history of problematic gambling, it's gambling. I didn't know Bitcoin was going down. I didn't have Bitcoin was still around. Yeah. So much like the advent calendars, I'm really proud of the fact that like I never not once bought a Bitcoin. I did buy $200 worth of doge the night before Elon Musk went on SNL because everybody was like, it's going up. It's going up. And it did. And then I like fell asleep and didn't sell it. By the time I woke up, I still have it. You guys, it's worth like actually three cents. Yeah. I agree. This is significant. And like we said, something crazy must have happened for her to leave her husband while she's pregnant. And so having an ongoing gambling addiction that you do not address. And then you see all money from our shared account, which is for family. And let's talk about that shared account. Let's share it about it. Like Jen is the one who is living, but that they both have access. But I'm saying gambling money that you didn't even earn. Oh, it's nice. It's another level. And I do think that's like part of like a true gambling addiction is like you will steal from people to like get, but I'm sorry. Like this is money that you're pregnant postpartum breastfeeding wife earns for the family and you're buying crypto. You've lost me. You have officially lost me. Zach, Aflac. Yeah. Agreed. That's big mistake. Huge. Yeah. That's like really sad. Really degenerate. Yeah. I have no excuse. I'm out of excuses for Zach. Yeah. Congratulations, Jen. You did it. Yeah. No. And like something crazy happened. I would like to know what happened between Jan Rovnik and Jen. I don't know if you saw this week. He like they have that press junket on the floor of the ballroom after every episode. And he was actually asked because she was in the ballroom. Like, did you see her? And he was like, yeah, we said hello, but we don't keep in touch. Like there's clearly. I mean, she sort of like burns every bridge that she crosses that was in percent. And Jan is like this very like affable. He doesn't seem like a shit started. He's not a maxim. You know what I mean? Yeah. Like I imagine he will go on to have a great relationship.
with all of his partners. - Yeah. - Future and present. - Yeah. - She's just a little like. - Winnie. - Like, I think just like hard to be friends with. - A thousand percent. I saw also a clip that she meets up with Whitney. And it actually looks so frustrating. First of all, I can't believe Whitney would even give her the time of day at this point, but like the fact that Winnie hasn't completely abandoned, like the Mormon-wise Montau Kulu. - No, it wants to be famous. - Yeah. - There's a new show to go on. - Great. And it's very much like gene apologizing for everything, but her reasoning, it's like, this is not a serious person. And she's like, she's blaming Zach for everything in terms of how she acted with Whitney. And it's like, what the hell does Zach have to do with this? And it's like, you knew he was this awful person and you sent him to meet up with Whitney? - Yeah. - Like, please, she wouldn't feel you so bad. But like, I think that she thinks we're really stupid. - Yeah, and I think that her relationship with Whitney has been so bad for her cute. Score like her comments, never recovered. It's like the way that people will say, like, oh my god, there was a tsunami of Shina Shea, okay, it's like this narrative about Shina. There is that, every time Whitney does something, you're like, someone checked on Jen, her comments are like, are you okay? I think it's really like ruined her social media, her relationship with social media, her relationship with her followers. So she had to fix it. And her way of fixing, she's so can't take accountability. And it only saw like a couple of minutes of the scene. I was like, I would be so frustrated when I watch this in full. She was like, Zach was just making me feel, and I was like, why don't I give a fuck? Whitney is nice and mature. And I think Whitney forgives her, but like, she's shut down. - No, she thinks we're really stupid. Like, you can blame everything on Zach. And if you leave Zach, all your problems dump with Zach. - Exactly. - But we know that new problems will develop, and that's not what happened. We were all there. - We were all there. - So, no to that, I will not be accepting that. - Agreed. - But I will accept this, theft. Our next story, Taylor Swift will perform at the CMA Awards for the first time in 13 years. So GMA announced this morning that Taylor Swift is returning to the CMA Awards stage. - What part of this announcement is an announcement? Have we been talking about this for a couple of weeks? - No, that she was going. We knew she was going because she's nominated for a new and I knew you. And then yesterday rumors were so whirling that she's gonna be a part of the Dolly Parton tribute. And now we have an official announcement that she's performing, unclear if she's performing in the aforementioned Dolly Parton tribute, or an I knew and I knew you performance. - Okay, this whole time I was expecting a performance. - I was hoping and praying. - And that's why I'm like, what is she gonna say? Is she gonna do, are we entering a new Easter egg? - I don't think we are. - You can't drop Easter eggs from the audience. - No, well you can like via your outfits and stuff. But yeah, no. I think that we are not getting new music. I think she's like on this sort of shameless in a positive way, I don't mean that negatively. - Like us. - Campaign for an Oscar. I do think she will win the Oscar. Have the, has she been nominated? - No. - Okay, what other songs, we went through this. There's like a couple of songs in contention, but honestly it is her year. - Nothing major. - And I was thinking, 'cause yesterday I was listening to the radio in my car, and I knew what I knew you came on like hits one or whatever. And I'm like, wow, it's like really like a radio hit. It's left the cinematic universe. And I was thinking about the last time she got nominated in that category, she lost. It was beautiful ghost from Katz, but she's actually a beautiful song, but like it didn't make an impact culturally. This is, she is going to and she actually is trying a little too hard. She doesn't need to be doing this much. - We don't even know if that's what she's singing. So let's wait and see. - No, I just mean her whole campaign with the events and the performing at the Lakama Academy, Misha Goss. She's doing too much, girl, it's yours. As far as I know, it's yours. - Yeah, she likes to play by the rules though. - She does her radio, she does her this. She's pretty old school. - Old school. - There's her real boards, of course. - So for me, like, yes, the person who's performing at the CMAs will be performing at the CMAs. Is how I read this. - Yeah. - Thank you, JMA captain, obvious. - And I was already like really excited. I guess it's because I've been watching so much ABC, Dancing With the Stars live two hours commercials every night that I'm getting so many commercials for the CMAs actually been like weirdly looking forward to it for quite a while. When are they? - November 18th. - Oh my God, it's still like a week away. I'm excited though, I really am. - Same. - Cool. - I love Taylor's return to country. - Yeah. - And maybe because all these bitches in the pop music industry are so jealous of her, like always starting stuff that Misha Guna Billie Eilish, like everyone is always like trying to make a moment off of her. And it's like, girl, go back to your roots. People in country love you. - But she's always like teasing like she's going back to country. Get to go back to country. I just want to say, even at the CMAs like she might perform like patient zero in like a sexy pop. - Don't perform patient zero. - No, but I'm not saying like we keep saying she's back to, she's not. - Let me ask you something. - She wrote a song for Toy Story about Jesse a cow girl so it had to have a country influence, but she is not back to country. - Didn't she perform Betty? Was that ACMs? Remember sure that heinous outfits, Barkley? You don't remember? - I don't remember. - You don't remember the khaki pants you do. - I've sparkly burgundy shirt khaki pants. I've been blocked it out, but yeah, I do remember. - What, that must have been ACMs then, right? - Yeah, that's not something you can wear to the CMAs. They have a dress code. - I think the ACM is actually more fancy. - No, I think the ACM, it's like in Vegas, it's like the VMAs of country music. - It must have been the ACM. - It's had to be of country music, yeah. - The CMAs are like a storied historic thing. - Oh really? - The ACMs like fuck around a little bit. - Oh, they give me like more of a serious vibe. - Oh no, not at all. - She has performed at the ACM. - But not for me. - She's dabbled in country, but you're right. She hasn't made her official country album. And I'm ready for it. Just Travis listened to country. Will he have an influence? He definitely loves Morgan Wallen. - He does love Morgan Wallen. Morgan Wallen just announced a stadium tour. - I know, is it confirmed that Travis likes Morgan Wallen or would he be based on vibes? - One based on vibes, but two, didn't he come out at his concert or something or was backstage adjacent? I feel like actually now. - I feel like. - I feel like of the two, Jason's like a little bit more woke and like he wouldn't go to a Morgan Wallen concert. - For sure. - Yeah. - And Travis I think is like-- - Tells he wouldn't let Kylie live in it. - Yeah, right. And I think that like Travis is like a little more like underground. - Travis don't give a fuck. And I love that that energy is rubbed off onto your word. - Yes, I agree. She cared too much for too long about like everything. - Morgan Wallen's tour dates. I'm trying to see if there's like anything I can go to. And there's not of course. - But of course. - Of course there isn't. - Long live cowgirls, that's so us. Never gonna settle on down. - He's literally only going to 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 stadiums and performing twice at each of them. - Speaking of stadiums. Are you following at all like Dane Cook? - I'm not following at all Dane Cook. - Do you know about Dane Cooks like Saga? So I think he's doing press right now. He might be doing a documentary on it. Yeah, he's doing a documentary. Basically, he was like the biggest train comedian in the world. He had this insane like my space presence. And like literally before like live nation and ticket master, he used to like seriously contact arenas and make like $2 million a night. He was the richest person in the world and his brother stole all of his money. Like all but he's like what I had in stocks. Like literally everything. His brother isn't just found guilty. Like the trial was just ended. So I think they did a documentary of the whole process. But it's like this crazy story. And I've seen him now doing press just talking about like what it was like to be a comedian that big at that time and how he kind of like skin the industry. And now if you're like an any artist, a comedian or like a musician and you want to perform at an arena, before you get in the door, they charge you like a million dollars. Like you have to pay for parking. If you want your name on the marquee, you have to pay. Like and it's because he used to he sort of gamified the system and like was his own promoter. It's actually really interesting. I kind of want to watch his documentary. I don't even know like where it is. - What the brother do with the money. - Stole it. - And what he spend it on. - Think it a girlfriend. - I think it was like you were stealing money. - It was like 80 million dollars. - There would be signs. - Of course, I don't know what he ended up doing with it. But I think it's in jail. So it's like what's 80 million dollars when you can't even put it in your commissary. - Maybe he was gambling. That's like why don't you just flush it down the toilet. - Literally. - I'll never understand like spending money and like not getting like something to come home with. - You know I like to gamble. I do. - I know. - I'm vacation. - It's so funny that I don't like to gamble and you do. - And it goes against cardboard. - It goes against everything I believe in, except that like I'm always saying like I really like to spend my money on like fun experiences. Like and when you're having a good time at a casino, let me tell you, that must be like what people feel like when they do heroin. It is a high. - I can understand it's like the price of a night out. - Exactly, 'cause first of all, you get free drinks. - But then there has to be a cap on it. - Oh, of course. - Like what if I had the most you would spend on a fun night out? - So for me, I haven't gambled in a really long time. - The most good. - But like whenever I go to like a hotel, I try to limit it. I don't know if like people are gonna say this is a lot or a little. I try, I don't go over $1,000. Like that's the most I will lose. - Okay, I think that's a pretty little, like compared to what I thought you were gonna say. - The thing is because then I have like, - I was gonna say three. - I can't do that. - And then I thought you were gonna say five. - Oh my God, no. - What did you get a table at a club? Do you know what tables cause these things? - Of course. So I like to, here's my thinking. I take out a thousand dollars. - And then free drinks. - Free drinks. - And nasty. - And when I was like, they're so gross. - Yeah, but you know, you can ask like for, if you just ask some apologies. - You need to kill soda, like yeah, they're gonna make you to kill it from the basement and soda from the floor. Like, but if you say hi, can I have a done Julio and whatever, like you can ask for it, just let me get a little hack, depending on where you're getting. Like, I like a thousand dollars because I only cash in 100 at a time, so then I have like 10 times. And as you like, 20, 25 dollars a hand. So that's like two, three hours. And when you're having fun, you have like a great table and everybody's like vibing together. Oh my God, it's so fun. I gotta go to a casino, it's been a while. - Yes, and especially for like, that's your max. I think you're okay. - Yeah, yeah, yeah. I mean, you know, actually I've been gambled if I'm being dead serious, like in years. I'm trying to even think of the last time I gambled. Probably when I was at Brian's house, like, I gambled a lot in COVID, like. - Hi on your phone? - No, no, no, no, no. I used to like spend a weekend at Brian's farm 'cause like it was upstate and it was, it was in Pennsylvania. And it was just like nice to get fresh air. And there was a casino nearby, and like you, they weren't serving drinks because of COVID. They had like a lot of weird rules.
You could take your mask off at the table, but like not when you get into the bathroom. But whatever, it was something to do. - Thanks, really? - And actually, I gambled a lot. Maybe I got my fix, and like I was done, 'cause I really haven't gambled for like four or five years. I think I gotta go. - Yeah, you should. I think there's some casinos around here. - Of course, hard rock seminal. - Yeah. - You know, hard rock seminal? - Of course, we perform there. - Oh, is that seminal? Oh, that's the casino? Okay. - The guitar. - The guitar. - Yeah, just like fun fact to me, I love gambling. - They need to put my junk tables in the nose. - In Vegas, 1,000%. - Then I'll play. - Yeah. - Just remembered, I love I had. I forgot all about it. But Bradley would never. - The story. - Bradley's on hiatus. - Well, there's a new Bradley in town. That's actually a great segue into our next story. Like two of my favorite things. One of my favorite things, one of your favorite things. - There's a new Bradley in town. - There are favorite things. Being frugal. - Okay. - My favorite thing, Joey Grazia Day. - Joey, is he a frugal king? - Joey Grazia Day admits he's been shocked by sky high wedding costs as someone who is, quote, "dangerously frugal," he says. - Maybe that makes sense. He's been engaged for a long time. - Yeah, so he was on the vial files. They chatted about their upcoming nuptials. He was asked what's the most frustrating. - Vials had a very beautiful wedding. - They did, but not everybody has a family farm that they grew up on. - That they could just use. - Right. But not everybody who does have a family farm that they grew up on, that they could just use, make such a gorgeous wedding. - It's true. - So it could only be a singular, Natalie Joy vial. - Yeah. - Nick asked what's the most frustrating part of wedding planning. He said, I think the usual answer is how damn expensive everything is. I'm shook sometimes just how much you can go into it where you don't want to spare on any expense. You want this to be the nicest day ever, but then you look at it and you're like, oh my god, this is how much it's going to cost. He said he sometimes feels extorted by the wedding vendors. I just feel like I get that when you say it's a wedding. It's just game over. But it's also like we're trying to rent out this really nice restaurant that on a Friday night is usually busy. We're going to rent it out for the welcome party. That's going to cost a lot of money. And I get that, I'm not mad about it because we said it's the welcome party. We're going to have to make sure it sets the tone. - You know what, he's actually talking, they're talking about something on TikTok right now. Do you know that like if you book a hair, any mostly beauty treatment, if you book a hair treatment and you're like, okay, hey, I want to get my hair done. I want a sheen young. I'll charge you $200. He said, hey, I want to get my hair done. It's for my wedding. They'll charge you $1,000 for the same service. - Are they doing it differently? - No. That doesn't mean so. - That's why if you go in and you ask for a cake to be made, you say, oh, it's $500. You say, I want this cake to be made. It's for my wedding, it's $1,000. There's like a wedding markup in the industry. - Why would anyone say it's for their wedding? - A lot of people will lie in order stuff, but then on the side of TikTok, I'm like, you know, vendors snuffing out when I think it's a wedding. Like it's a big thing in the industry. I actually just reminded me, I just got my hair blown and when I went to pay, the stylist who blew out my hair, like went over to the counter and was like, charge her extra because I have a lot of hair. I just feel like that was unfair. - You're not supposed to charge more for plus eyes clothing. - I know, but at least in that case, more work was done versus the bridal markup, no additional work was done. If it's just saying-- - That's my thing. - No work extra work was done because she was telling me that she only has, usually they book 30 minutes for a blow. I'm like, that's fine. I'm like, I'm a fan, she did it in 30 minutes. Like, just saying. - But she was working harder. - That's-- - She was working smarter and harder. - That's not for me to say. - I mean, at the end of the day, it's a compliment and it's a good-- - It is. I also do wanna say this might be my how to take ever. Like, I do think that if your sweatshirt is bigger and requires more material, it should cost more. - No, and not that it should, but if it does, I can understand why it costs. - Or it could tore down why a much larger size would cost more, what if it's made with crystals? - Right. - It's more crystals. - And it's like, I get why that sounds crazy. - They shouldn't do it, it's bad. Optics and the small people wind up paying for the big people and it all averages out. - And you shouldn't do it because everybody will hate you. But if you did do it, at least you were paying for something. - Not gonna, I can understand why you would do it. - Right. - Just saying. So Joey Grazide, they charged me 10 extra dollars in my blowout. I understand why you're going there. - Grazide sounds stressed. He said it's been frustrating 'cause I'm so dangerously frugal at times. - It's hard to be frugal. - That is like, I don't want to. But I also, I don't wanna have any regrets or any thoughts of not going all in on this. - It's true. There are a couple of key, as a frugal person, there are a couple of key moments in your life where you sort of have to like step away from the checkbook and let someone else do it. A wedding is one of them. I feel like a house renovation is another. Like, you will regret. Some things, you just, you have to cheap out on and it's literally not a big deal. Some things you have to sort of indulge in. - I know, I was out to dinner last night with friends, we were all talking about our weddings surprisingly. And it was so funny 'cause they were saying like, one of the girls first time you where she got married, it was just so not like who I know her to be today. And she was like, there are so many things that I would have done chosen differently with who I am now. And I don't feel that way about my wedding decisions, but yeah, it's crazy, you get all this power and you're spending huge amounts of money. And it's like, in 10 years, will you even support these choices? - Well, the crazy thing about a wedding is that it's like seriously temporary. Like, at least if you're investing in a home, you're remodeling your home or something like that's your home forever. Like, a wedding is four hours. - No, but it's impossible to not get carried away. Every single person, I have had a friend my entire life who said when she got married, she's aloping to Italy and she's having a small wedding and I can go with if I want to go to Italy. - It's gonna be in a restaurant. - Yeah, I can go if I want to go to Italy, but like, not mandatory. She had a two wedding in New York City. - Two weddings, one group. - She had a wedding. My whole life, she was aloping to Italy. - It's true, it's true. - You can't not? - I'm talking about our wedding. She's like, it's not for me. - I'll be in Italy if you guys want to come to Italy. - Yeah. I love her. - Yeah, seriously, three day wedding. - It was the same. - It's impossible to not get caught up in it. - It's magical, it's fairytale, I get it. I understand Joy Gratzi's day as well. I think for a man, it's probably harder to get swept up. The girl usually gets swept up. - My only regret that I was saying last night is, I wish I had more pictures and more videos. And I'm jealous of the girlies now who have these content. People follow them around because I feel like when I'm posting for my anniversary, I'm looking back like, there's 20 pictures. - Like from the album. - I'm looking at the same 20 pictures. And I just wish I had more moments and I have the same handful of videos that people had sent me, that tagged me in on their Instagram. So they all have big at handles on them. I don't have a lot of premium content. - And the crazy thing is that the generation before us, they had one picture from there wedding, like a portrait, and that's it. And it's like, so now we have 20. And our children will have 6,000. - Yeah, it's beautiful. - It is beautiful, but that's the only thing. I wish I had a hired multiple photography. - Yeah, and on phones too. - Oh, and the people who do the decilable cameras on the tables or the people who do those disposable camera apps. I wish I did all of that because you did spend so much money and I just wish I captured even more of all the money I spent. - Agreed. - Are you ready for our fifth and final story? - If it's our fifth and final story that's brought to you by Roller Rabbit, a colorful, globally inspired lifestyle brand best known for their bold prints and cozy sleepwear that have become a signature look for them. They're designed to bring comfort, color, and ease to everyday life. 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There's only 10 contestants on this show. I feel like we're used to watching dating shows where you can't remember anyone's names. All the girls look alike. It's so unintentional. It's not like a meaningful. I like that. There's 10 contestants. I think that's a perfect amount for you to really get to know everyone. The journey is like nothing else you've ever seen. You can stream Chris Harrison's the bow now only on Fox Nation. Sign up and start streaming today. Again, the show is Chris Harrison's the bow. And you can sign up today for Fox Nation and start streaming today and enjoy all the episodes. Thank you, Terry. So you're welcome. Our fifth and final story, Mike Myers confirms Austin Powers 4 is finally happening. Oh my God. Somebody told Ben. He's not going to be okay. Richard Mike Myers has confirmed he's currently writing the screenplay for a fourth film. We're in the writing stage. Yeah, in the iconic Austin Powers franchise. The thing is Austin Powers couldn't exist today. Like it's to the world can't handle. I can't. Like when you watch some of it, I want to chop up and make it. Like it's not for this. You know, they say we're living woke 3.0 now. Like Austin Powers could never survive. Like it's deeply misogynistic. It's borderline racist. Like it's just it's not it's not, but he said that he can't reveal too much, but it might be told from the perspective of Dr. Evil. Oh, and of course, there's a little person in it. Don't tell Peter Dinkled. She'll be mad that like they're, you know, not being portrayed in the way that he wants them to be portrayed. Yeah, kind of causing another little person another job in addition to the seven dwarves so good. Um, like obviously this sounds exciting, but I just don't think the world is ready for it. I haven't watched Austin power. We were obsessed with those movies. And it's so funny because like every Halloween, like we went to a Halloween party and like there's so many Austin Powers. There are so many fanbots. Like it's really permeated the culture. It's a true and it's like so old. It's so good. And there was a fat bastard at the party. But there's also, um, and also fat bastard could never happen today. There are so many things that I feel like we say, of course, all the anime, like that are from Austin Powers that we don't even realize. Yeah, I don't realize the impact it's actually had on me. Maybe it's because I was watching that movie when I was six. Like I was definitely way too young to be watching it. It's also very sexual too. Yes, of course. It's very sexy. He's an international man of mystery. It couldn't be unclear. Yeah. It's so good. Like part of me wants to say, like let's sleeping does that. And I have assigned Austin Powers poster in our house. Like we hung it at art, like in our first apartment. Um, now I think it's in the garage. But like that's how much we love the movie. It's like I'm just now thinking because I was like, oh, Ben's going to be so excited. I'm so excited. Yeah. He also addressed the donkey spin off the Shrek prequel called donkey. That's happening, which we've discussed. Why does he need to address it? Because he is Shrek. Yeah, but is Shrek in it? He said that he's not sure if Shrek's making an appearance, because it's a prequel about donkey's life, sort of like, might end with his or maybe he has eyes on Shrek. Like I try not to be jealous of people, you know, I think it's like a bad way to live. Green is not my color. But I am jealous of like the people who got cast in the original Shrek camera Diaz, Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy, like these people are so rich. And yeah, they can just sit around and, you know, afford to write the next house in power script for however long it takes, you know, like they're a part of something. And nobody gets deals like that. After Shrek, like the industry sort of like, what about before Shrek? I'm sure there's a lot of huge, huge, like is Tom. Tim Allen. Tim Allen and Tom Hanks. Yeah. Huge from story. Billionaires. Yeah. Is Ellen DeGeneres huge from Finding Nemo? I think Finding Nemo is after Shrek. The deal structures did change. But yes, she's, she's huge from that. Are Kristen Bell and Adina Menzel huge from Frozen? They don't act like it. Kristen Bell does not act like a wealthy woman. No, she doesn't at all generational wealth. No. The Frozen was a cultural reset. And it continues to be. Yeah. And Adina Menzel also like doesn't give me the vibe that she's like set for life financially. No, because she does random stuff. Yeah. She releases music, the beast. I guess that's what you do when you're wealthy. Passion, passion. Yeah. But Kristen Bell is nobody wants a passion project. No, she's just like constantly working. I feel like it's not as much as, it's definitely a lot of money, but it's not as much as people think it was, just giving out big frozen. It's like, Disney Pixar, you don't get deals like that anymore. That's what I'm saying about Shrek. Like Shrek was sort of the last great franchise. Yeah. There's just so many. Speaking of my husband, he's on this like journey. It's so annoying. You found this guy and I want to kill this guy. He found that he's like, making me watch these videos. He found a water sommelier. Um, his name is Martins. He Lala Kent. Jackie. It's so much deeper than that. And like, of course, it's a grift because Ben just ordered $300 worth of water from like Romania. And it like, it's stuck. It got stuck at customs. It's not coming. He's just like really not satisfied with the water. He's been drinking here in America. Um, and like, I know what about Saratoga Springs? Oh, please, Jackie. We're like, so we're like sonat there. I like Saratoga. He's drinking water now that has like calcium and like, it's insane. And he's like obsessed, but he calls Agua Kongas Celter. Meanwhile, I drink Celter at every meal, like my whole life. And he always like railing on it. Like, it's not real water. Like, and he's just like sonat. And so, uh, last time he went out to dinner, he ordered Pellegrino. And it's always like, uh, my wife will have Pellegrino and I'll have tap. Like, he's so annoying. And now he's all about Agua Kongas. And he's like, just talking so much about Celter, making his whole personality. And I'm like, you want water? Sparkle water. Sparkle water. Spicy water. That's what the kids call it. Spicy water. I'm like, you have been making fun of me for a decade. And like, now there's one water Somalia. Like, you, you're, he's acting like a home different person. Three cases of Loonin showed up yesterday. Oh, yeah. Loonin's great. Loonin is great. But like, it's not Ben wants international water. He wants water source. Apparently in Germany, like, I don't want water that's been sitting on it. A cargo ship. Yeah. That's a bit about that. You know, yeah. That's a bit about that held up at customs. $300 for water. When like, the sink is free is insane. No. Loonin is like, there's nothing wrong. If you really want premium water, like, there's premium water. I'm just guessing. I think the loonin was gifted, which I'm fine with. But he did order from like this, like, actually Romanian website. $300 worth of water. Hmm. Okay. Yeah. Queenie and we need. Well, water, Somalia, I assume contention. A thousand percent. But of course, our Queenie of the week is deep. Fortunately. That's funny. He's not mine. Sofia. No, you. So I would say I wanted to think. Obviously. Just hold on. I wanted to include deep for no way. As I call him, Davey page views for all he brought to our page. But somebody else did take the cake. Because while obviously this week was so overwhelming and, you know, so many people talking about it. I think it was all because of Dave. I was personally just like blinded by my love and adoration for this one particular organization. And like all the amazing work that they're doing. And that would be the Golden Globes. Like obviously, you guys know, we are shortlisted. And that's obviously not why I'm saying any of this. I just think that you guys are amazing. And for, yeah, a third week in a row. It's going to be the Golden Globes for me. For me, it's going to be Dave Portnoy. Of course, Sofia is like the Queenie of the world this week. Right. But my personal Queenie of my personal week is Dave Portnoy and the gift of Portnoy that he gave us. Yeah, except this is the one thing that actually stopped me from making Dave my, you know, Barswell has a reputation for like the stoolies. And I will say, really, I had a wonderful interaction with all my stoolies this week, you know, except one. And it's like, it's very stereotypical what you think Barswell somebody. And it was obviously a stoolie left to kind of like the big one talks too much. Are you, but I'm pregnant. And I just had a baby motherfucker like that is the reason my name is not my Queenie of the week. Okay, but like that's so unfair to like take one. I know rain of sand in the whole beach. I know of Dave Portnoy. I know. And then shut down the beach. Well, I'm too big for the beach. According to Jason. Okay. Weenie of the week. It's going to be the water Somalia. This is really like not only if I've been forced to watch your videos like bed is one thing that I've been he's like come watch us and it's just like always the worst thing you've ever seen. And like this water Somalia he's been begging me for weeks and like the other day I was like, okay. And like this is great. Like this guy like rates other people's waters. It's so stupid. And now it's costing me money. And that's not funny. That's not funny at all. Martin. Martin. I can't have a Weenie of the week on such a great week honestly. That's where you and I differ. I can't. I'm going to focus on your ride. That's fine. I'm riding high. It wasn't amazing week. Thank you to everybody who supported showed up to knit. If you're new here, welcome. You're going to love it. We're back on Monday. We do take the weekends off. Yeah, I hope that's okay. It has to be okay. Thank you so much. I'll see you to the toast. The millennia morning show where we deliver the past five stories that you need to know every Monday through Friday and YouTube. So we're watching this on YouTube. Please don't forget to subscribe and give us video thumbs up. We're also available as podcasts and we're podcast we found. So that's a Spotify Action Stitcher public video. I hear everybody at cast box all the plays. We'll listen to podcasts when I say to see if I start you about a beautiful stunning and wickily talented. We are hope you guys have an amazing weekend and we will see you on Monday. Love you. Bye. [BLANK_AUDIO]
Podcast Summary
Key Points:
Starbucks partners receive comprehensive healthcare benefits, including dental, vision, and mental health care, starting at just 20 hours per week.
The podcast discusses a gap in Sophia’s book regarding a reported one-degree deal involving Wondering, which contradicts the narrative that no such deal existed.
The creators suspect the omission of this deal was intentional to protect Suitman’s image, who allegedly pursued the deal independently and was later portrayed as a villain.
There is a strong belief that the girls planned to leave their contracts by leveraging sexual harassment claims, suggesting a strategic exit plan rather than a moral one.
The discussion highlights a contrast between Sophia and Alex, with Alex seen as a more disciplined, business-savvy figure, while Sophia is viewed as having struggled with trauma and operational deficits.
The podcast critiques the narrative surrounding Sophia’s downfall, noting that public backlash and media attention were amplified by the timing of the George Floyd protests and social media silence.
The group questions the authenticity and completeness of the book’s portrayal, especially regarding key financial and ethical decisions made by the girls.
The analysis concludes that the story reflects deeper issues of power, ethics, and representation, especially in how young women engage with sex and media content.
Summary:
The transcript blends two distinct narratives: one about Starbucks’ employee benefits, and another about a deep analysis of the podcast *Call Her Daddy* and its creator Sophia’s book. The Starbucks segment emphasizes that partners receive full healthcare coverage from early hours, supporting their personal and professional lives. The main focus, however, is a critical examination of Sophia’s book, where the hosts identify a major omission—the alleged one-degree deal with Wondering, which they believe should have been included.
They argue this omission was likely a deliberate effort to protect Suitman, who reportedly pursued the deal independently and was later portrayed negatively. The discussion explores the possibility that the girls used sexual harassment claims as a legal strategy to exit their contracts, revealing a complex and ethically charged plan. The conversation also contrasts Sophia’s experience with Alex’s business acumen, highlighting differences in work ethic, background, and resilience.
The hosts question the completeness and fairness of the narrative, pointing out how timing—especially during social unrest—affected public perception. They note that the show’s popularity stemmed from its raw, unfiltered discussion of sex, which resonated with young women. Ultimately, the analysis suggests that the story reflects broader issues of power, accountability, and representation in media, especially for women navigating personal and professional challenges.
FAQs
Starbucks partners receive comprehensive healthcare benefits starting at 20 hours per week, including dental, vision, and mental health coverage.
The one-degree deal reportedly involved a significant financial offer for the girls, potentially valued at $3 million, which was not included in Sophia’s book and raises questions about its omission.
Yes, according to the podcast, one of the key plans to exit their contracts was to accuse the individual of sexual harassment, which was intended as a strategic move to leave their current positions.
The podcast suggests that the omission may have been an effort to protect Peter Nelson's reputation, as he was involved in pursuing and securing the deal on the girls’ behalf.
Alex is described as having a strong work ethic and being business-savvy, while Sophia is portrayed as having operated under significant trauma and financial deficit, impacting her ability to perform consistently.
Bethany is reportedly working on a podcast trademark, possibly launching a new podcast named 'Unwelcome,' which could serve as a rebrand for Sophia’s future content.
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