The host reflects on personal health challenges, particularly a chronic thumb issue they feel is dismissed by others, calling it a quiet disability that demands recognition. The conversation expands to critique toxic celebrity culture, especially how public scrutiny and unrelenting pressure around appearance—like with Ariana Grande’s recent music video—negatively impact mental and physical well-being. The episode also addresses the industry’s flawed gender dynamics, noting how films like *Barbie* exposed imbalances in representation, yet the sequel’s potential rollout remains questioned. A major focus is on The Toast’s upcoming summer break, with programming paused from August 17 to September 8. The team promotes a range of products: Nori Cloud for leak-free steaming, ARMRA Colostrum for cellular health, Quince for minimalist yet stylish fashion, and Spindrift Tea for refreshing, real-fruit beverages. The hosts also celebrate personal milestones, like a wedding in Portugal, and emphasize community, self-care, and the importance of authentic, inclusive representation. Throughout, the tone balances vulnerability, humor, and advocacy, reinforcing the value of individual agency, real conversations about health, and sustainable living in a fast-paced world.
[music] It's amazing. Welcome back to The Tos and Happy Monday! Eh! Monday. Monday. Wicked Witch. Yes. It's getting increasingly harder to do like hard hands, like letters with my, because my coxidonia. I mean, no, what's this thing called? Oh, I don't have a diagnosis for you. But like, my thumb issue, like I can't do my hand gestures, I could never join a gang. But maybe you, being like the first person to have this thumb issue, they will name it after you. The turtid. Turtidus. It's such a turtidus. I think it is. I think it is. I can barely do. I think it is turtidus, because it sounds serious, but not like life threatening. Yeah, I feel that. I don't really want to get into like my thumb, because it will open up a wound that like nobody thinks this is as serious. I'm living with literally a disability, like I'm ready for my handicap placard, like I live with this kind of crazy thing that I don't, I don't even want to talk about it, because nobody thinks it's serious. Everyone in the family is like, oh, Turtidian, her like crazy ailments, like you guys have no idea what it's like. Try being disabled for a thing. Try like Yolanda, like nobody's listening to you. Okay, but like see even that comparison is just respectful, because I bitch had Munch house in syndrome. Oh. Do you think? No, she had Lyme. Do I think Yolanda had Munch house in syndrome? Yes. No, no. Do you think she had Lyme? At one point in time. Yes, she had Lyme. But when she was on the show talking about her ailments, you thought you think, confirm Munch house. Not real. Oh, wait. Is this like a for debate? 1000%. Yeah, I think it was never settled. Like, I think we just, I think I read like, yeah, I also think it's happening with Bella Hadid now too. She's like chronically ill. And it's like, I think a lot of the Hadid members are malnourished. I think that maybe a yes at one point they all happen to have gotten Lyme disease. Yeah, I'm pretty sure it's Munch house in like Lisa Rena hasn't indicated 1000% very interesting thinking it when Lisa Rena said it. I don't remember what I was thinking. She was really being extreme like going to Seoul for all these two in a tube and getting her implants taken out. I don't remember what I thought and I didn't even know what Munch house was when Lisa Rena said it. So I couldn't have been thinking it because she was so brave for saying it honestly. It was just like when Megan Kenman said Brooks is faking cancer. Right. It's like, it was just like the first person. I don't know who was. But it's not like we were all thinking Brooks is faking cancer. No, it was like the first person who said, like you just see Smolette was faking his hate crime. Like, to be that first person, I couldn't never, I'm such like a cow in a herd. You know, like I'm just a group thinker. I'm like, yeah, whatever the group is doing. To be the first person to say and sometimes people are wrong. So like, you know, you never want to be wrong about someone taking cancer or someone taking a hate crime. Like you're the worst person on earth. Oh, my God. Of course. But it's not like with Brooks or even with Jesse, you say now like everyone was like, oh, this is weird. No, like the time nobody thought Jesse was lying. Like now some people say like, yeah, like, but nobody wanted to say it. No, no, no. I know what he was saying. So he was thinking that I wasn't. Why would we ever think. And then when like the narrative started to be like, juicy Smolette is lying about his hate crime. Can you get hate crimes in this country without someone coming for your neck? Next thing you know, he fully made it up. So yeah, to be that first person is an incredibly brave thing to do. Well, I'm not going to be any sort of person that is questioning your ailment. I've seen it firsthand. Oh, my God. Not to rub it in. Not to rub it in. Not to rub it in. But I've seen it firsthand. Emphasis on the singular hand because I only have one functioning one. No, there aren't rumors about you, but you said like you don't feel. I don't feel like genuinely understood. And I don't think that like the group, and when I say the group, I mean like our family really gets the severity of it, except for Ben and he like thinks it's like too serious. Because he's a hypercargid. All the time. It's like, you guys get an MRI. I'm like, if something like if there's an ailment that require and I did the EMG, if there's an ailment that requires me to get an MRI, I'm out. Once you did the EMG though, and like you really looked at everything and like, it's nothing wrong. It's just a very like inconvenient truth, you know, but I no longer like. I'm just worried about it. I'm just sad for you that that's how you're going through life. Thank you. Happy Monday everyone. Happy Monday. I hope everybody had a great weekend. We get an action impact weekend like, obviously I'm only thinking about the last 24 hours where Olivia finally got here. Oh my god. The last 12 hours. So fun. But like, let's cut all the way back. Like the last time we were here, we hadn't filmed our award-winning vlog yet. On Friday after the show, we took Margot shopping. It was a vlog, Patreon experience. People are free, yeah, like they are saying it's one of our best vlogs ever. It is. I watch it and I was like feeling joyful watching it as if I wasn't the one there. It was just a really fun watching. People are asking for a part two, like, say less bestie. I saw a comment today that was like part two, five grand budget. Calm down. I'm with you. And that's my girl. And if the vlogs continue to be successful, yes, we can increase the budget because, you know, the vlogs are paid to play. It's like Mr. B. You have to watch it to subscription. So like, yeah, go subscribe to patreon.com/atos and maybe we'll increase the budget. I don't want to say what our budget was, because it's part of the narrative, right? And we're very transparent about the budget, and that is also sort of the fun like us deciding like what we're going to spend, like what's in budget. So, yeah, we can't increase the budget. She can't increase the budget. We called her out on like the oscillation of cardboard cogey. Yeah, sometimes it's on, sometimes it's off. Do you want a card today, oscillates, cardboard cogey, would cardboard cogey do this? Would cardboard cogey have this, if you guys can't see, I'm wearing a berkin. Now, fun fact, I didn't pay for this berkin, bend it. So, so cardboard cogey would, actually, I guess I did pay for that berkin in blood sweat and tears because it was my push present. In sweat equity. Yes, so I guess. I'm wearing a push present as well. Oh, just two pushers. Just two pushers. She's a pushers. She pushes people. She doesn't push in. Just been pushing. So, the vlog is up patreon.com/tune. We didn't need to match. We're matching clothes. We're so proud. Actually, the first outfit I put on was literally our outfit. I was wearing brown sick pants and like a cream sweater and it just like didn't, it sounds fine, but didn't look good. It didn't look good. The length of the sweater versus the height of the pants. You know that ratio? It's very fine. Do I know that ratio? It's a very fine line to walk. The length of a top is so important. Like too long. What does she hide it? No, like too long you need it. Too short, please. Too long you need a certain pair of pants. Too short you need a certain pair of pants. And so the length of the top versus the length of the pants were not a match. So I just- It's such a delicate balance. So then I just wore a different brown ensemble, still matching with my swirling in the me both came downstairs in our Berkins and our ice coffees. Like we're literally- We're literally- We're literally browning. Show everyone. And you really have to know everything. Yeah, just like for the thumbnail. Okay. Even though we don't like do thumbnails like that. You know what I mean? For the screenshot. Oh my god. Oh my god. Oh my god. Okay. Um. Sisters matching. Sisters matching. So Olivia got here last night, which was so exciting. Friday we did our vlog with our other sister Ms. Margot and it was also here all weekend. So patreon.com/thetose. We will be doing a part two in August because it was an amazing incredible ride and there's more work to be done. Like we definitely like story boy gaps in her wardrobe. And this was clearly episode one of like a multi episode series. So an installment. An installment. I think it's actually like a mini series. Hmm. Like the Queen's Gambit. Like we've never done a mini series on the toes before but I think this is a mini series. It's kind of multiple seasons. You know. But after proving to be successful. No different subjects. We're kind of a queer eye. Where we go and I handle the more emotional elements and you handle the fashion. You're tan. I'm so caramo. You think I'm tan? Fashion. Fashion? Yeah. You're so tan. But I'm also like JVN. Hair. That's caramo. You think? Caramo was like emotional social life. Yeah. That was like a very unnecessary piece. Yeah. Everyone had a very distinct job. Hair. Clothes. Outfit. Food. Home building. Feelings. Like that. Yeah. But the thing is when you do change everything about your physical appearance. You do also need to work on the inside as well to make sure you're all aligned. 100%. You can't just have like a new house, a new face, a new wardrobe, a new life and then like on the same. You don't have done any self work because you didn't have all those ugly things before and was like for no reason. Well, and inside. Yeah. Yeah. So. I actually think I was the caramo. You were. I feel like you were the Bobby, like the strong steady force. Well, the Bobby is like the person who does all the work and gets no air time. So that is me because I paid for everything. And I wasn't on camera at all because we only had two microphones. So I had to film the whole time and I wasn't allowed to speak. So actually, yes, I am the Bobby. Yeah. Silence. Yeah. Are there of us where the Antony? No. I wish Antony was there. I was starving. We need to eat the entire time. We actually had a huge meal right before we actually did it. And we complained the entire time that we were as too full. We did have such it. Margot was running lights. We sat down and saying Ambrose. I didn't vlog. Yeah. I don't want to spoil it. You don't want to spoil what you got. But I do get spaghetti. It was so good. We were really full the whole time. The whole time. The whole day. I kind of a comfortable. Yeah. And yeah. It was really great. So they turned out to slash the toast. That's what we did on Friday. I'm outside. We literally spent the whole weekend on time. So women. And kind of like the most amazing celebrity thing happened to me. When you think about being a celebrity, of which we are, no matter how many times you will tell us we're not. Like we are. You think about the various firsts. So that's why I'm not an influencer because I'm not a celebrity. That is what I was saying. That is what you were trying to say. Absolutely. But you didn't want to put down influencers. There's nothing wrong with being an influencer. We are just not. We're literally celebrity podcasters. I'm not even kidding when I say that. I'm not. But over the f-
weekend like and sales associates and yeah so when you think about the various perks of being a celebrity you think you know free clothes yeah like free restaurant right reservations and of course there's that but like something happened to me that was like just like the genuine definition of a perk and it only happened to me because I'm a celebrity I forget if it was like Saturday yeah it was Saturday and we just like had like two more hours to kill with food and like he was getting like kind of restless so let's just go we went to like one of these like kids type of gym play things and we got there and I was like you know what this is good like we have to get out of the house we're pulling up we're like kind of like so excited and the door is locked and there's a big sign that says close for a private event from like 2 to 5 or whatever and I see inside there's like a huge birthday party somebody like rented it out for their kids birthday party and I was so fucking annoyed like we had just gotten in the car and I just was so defeated staring at the sign and me and Ben are like reading it and we're like we're like we have to go we turn around we turn around to leave and as I'm turning around the door opens there was a swirly and she was like it's my nieces birthday party you can come in like use the facilities they were only using like the front there's just a bunch of kids she was like come in use it do you want something I was like me and Ben were like is it crazy I must like take a sandwich we didn't take any food and we just like saw ourselves in went all the way to the back because we were using it it was like a grown up neck run up like bigger kids and you went to the little baby swing area genuinely like first I'll save the day because I don't know what we would have done and like so celebrity she didn't say that she was a swirly but like why else would she let these like two randos in oh so she was just I mean she looked like a swirly and she was like you guys can come oh that's it but she didn't say like turdy I guess maybe I am assuming kind of like I did it with the woman at Chanel you did you guys you guys this night in Chanel nightmare scenario I told you guys bang on me really nice gift but obviously had to return it and so we went to the store we like made a whole day of it and the sales associate helping us was so great and she was like you look so familiar I don't like I want to make you the whole rig of a roll pretend I'm not a celebrity podcaster right right so I'm like it's probably from Instagram yeah and she was like yeah I'm like girl with no job and she was like oh no I helped you here last summer and I was like oh yeah I was humiliated like genuinely humiliated and that's the last time I know some people have such a hard time getting there and they also feel awkward so I just like yeah like whatever it's me it's me yeah that like I created differently every time because sometimes people are like you look so familiar and I'm like part-time placing us because we're like much more beautiful and than in person yes and so like a couple times I've been like oh I have a podcast like I'll just sort of cut to the chase one time I was in the doctor's office and it was like so swirly was like you look so familiar I was like the toast and she was like she's like your margo sister oh my god not you're getting nepotister your margo sister I went to camp with her screaming no it's humiliating but then when you don't it's just like you have to sit there so people watch people like put the pieces together so I tried to help one time I didn't do it right right I didn't and literally she goes over every friend she has in Florida do you know this person do you know this person no no have we take you go to this where either no no and then literally like halfway through was in a meeting halfway through she was like I see Nuantik talk yeah well there we have it yeah there's kind of like no good way to handle it and I will not be doing that again like that was genuinely humiliating I'm like my Instagram no not at all so yeah just like somebody podcast her things no big deal and BJ so yeah it was a fun weekend we're so excited trouts here we have to get her maybe I could try out queer I oh she will never try out for queer I try out for queer I shall never I mean I'm in denial I literally my dream blog is Olivia let me do to do her makeup and just I just put lipstick on no she is so particular about her makeup and she did her she has had the same makeup so don't ask her for an updated one you don't need it the video from 10 years ago still works she did it for our patreon like five years ago when we were in Utah she is the like genuinely the craziest method she uses the same three products from bare minerals they're a hundred years old the method she carries everything still in a zip lock bag if you've ever wanted to watch the craziest makeup tutorial of your life it is also on patreon it's just search Olivia's makeup tutorial it has not changed I would love to get my hands on that face she is the literally the perfect lips like I could do so much with Olivia's face I think we should strive for that like this month I would love that she could use all my products like we have the same skin tone no she says we sit and like we film her yeah of course she will love that she will love it she will hate it but maybe she will let it she just needs to let it happen she she will let it she let it and I do feel like now might be a good time to tell everyone like what we kind of haven't told them yes which is that there will be a small summer break here at the toast which has been planned all summer there was actually supposed to be a break in June but my travel plans change and so we just like moved everything around and we thought we'd perfect just do a summer hiatus like a small summer break we always take a little some version of a summer break in this month this summer there will this week of shows we have next week of shows and then we are on break until labor day which is when we'll be traveling back home so we'll get settled we both need some time to just like adjust and I also want to just spend some time in the hamptons like with food like yeah just like have actual vacation so just want to warn everyone we still have two more weeks left of shows like don't fret and there will of course be patreon so we'll be working yeah and what you guys know most of the episodes latter half of the month so you'll have episodes when we're not doing this and we'll like do pop culture catch ups but starting August 17th no shows until we are back on September 8th and the good guys are still releasing biweekly so you have that the redheads are releasing we are recording today I spent my weekend reading the book and it's a great book okay and I think it's like a book that people should see in it like and you see a lot of books and when I told people I was reading this book there I go I've seen it you know good reads always recommends the same things everyone's reading the same books but then when you read the books everyone's reading it's like why is everyone reading this right and in reading this book I don't know how it's going to end I have like 10% that I'm gonna finish today I'm just like I really enjoyed this book and it's a good one and like if you're looking for which of the like books that are everyone's buzzing about should I actually read I'm kind of loving this one wow and it was such a great it's nothing crazy but it's just like the way it starts versus like where we're at now it's just like keeps changing and to like I'm almost having this experience where it's like the person you thought who's the main character is kind of not the main character it's very interesting like journey to go on and very interesting what cojourna Fred to go on and if you're looking for like a summer read that like people are talking about or a book club book that will impress the shampoo effect I'm curious to hear how the other girls feel about it but like I'm for them all to be like I hate of that I don't think there's anything really hateable I can't believe you love such a choice so much yeah it's actually always has a solid choice and she always like has us reading what people are reading and that's young and that's like good for the book club of course you know because then people want to read when it's niches choice because it's a lower lift and I think it's really quality books so I would recommend it to you as well Mister top quality literature would you say top quality literature and did you hear that I would recommend it to you journey I mean I still have not since I told you guys about my sad cover books I haven't read one more page and it's just like the 20 pages I read are now like forgotten forgotten it's just like now it's not a reading summer for me you know understand sometimes it is sometimes it ain't well we're recording today so we'll see you guys on Thursday the Thursday but until then without further open to I'm open to starting like I guess I guess without further I do the do-do-do-do wait staring at my feet I just like look down for a second if that's allowed permission to look down for a second are you feeling insecure because you're wearing your toes out no where are my toes out almost every day you do yeah I don't any more pee I get so much hate for my toes what's wrong with them they like are crooked are they well I have like one bad toe my fourth toe on the left foot just sort of like hugs the third and you can't really see like the male because it goes behind the third do you see it I think I see but I see other people's feet and I think on the spectrum of feet I'm very very above average because I think there's anything wrong with my feet like I'm just like not looking that close you know but I don't know sometimes you could see like someone's big toe like the nail is really small but like the toe is really big oh no that's okay for me it's like people would only ever see like my my toes like not from the top but like maybe from the but like I don't know or sometimes they used to post pictures like this and like with my bare feet well you can't post bare feet I'm like sandals like and toe and bare feet are two different things I just like used to get a lot of hate for my toes so I've been you've been shaped into submission okay but I'm glad to see that you're feeling confident in your little I mean why are you acting like I shouldn't feel confident in your doubts I actually I have normal feet like I'm not going to show my arms all the time I'm certainly not like bearing mid-drift but my toes yeah call me crazy I'm showing my toes and that's how the confidence now without further I did it did it do here are the facts I said yet it do need to know and the best high stories that you need to know are brought to you by nori if you're heading to target this week there's one new launch 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Go to WeightWatchers.com/toes to get a special offer for our listeners. That's WeightWatchers.com/toast to get access to that extremely special offer. Thank you, extremely special, Tirt. Woo! Our first story. Ariana Grande pulls out of West End debut as she's taking a step back from the limelight after weight loss concerns. Good. So Ariana Grande is pulling out of her debut on the West End, and she will be stepping away from the limelight. On Sunday, her rep revealed that the singer who was on her turn on Sunshine Tour is taking a break from the spotlight amid endless public scrutiny. Don't blame us. Quote, Ariana will be taking a step back from visibility after she completes her tour. She looks forward to finishing the tour and ending it on a high note. Both healthily and happily and then taking a much deserve break from public facing work and appearances, which has led to endless ongoing public scrutiny. I think a lot of this is on the heels of a music video she released on Friday. Yes, her new album came out on Friday, and then the music video for Petal came out as well. And we've obviously been seeing like all these videos of her on tour, and it's like all really concerning. But to see this like extremely high definition close up video of her, where she's like wearing kind of revealing outfits, you see. I think it was, even like, it was just shocking. Like the video when she's wearing that black dress, and it's like very low cut, it's so upsetting. And so everyone, like, people are like, "Well, if you want to help someone "than anorex, you should do this." I don't know what the right thing to do is, but like, she looks awful, she looks sick, and like, she needs help. So whether that's, you know, taking time off, I don't know what we're supposed to say to help, but like, it's bad, so like fix it. Someone. Yeah. Did you see also like TMZ, like shutting down a rumor that Ethan Slater and Lily J are getting back together? Like, in what fucking world she would never? No. I don't know, I'm reading shampoo effect, and they have a storyline like that. Sort of, it's just about like, I'm sorry, she can never. And then you're like supposed to do what you're supposed to do for your kids. Yeah, like, no. No, no, I don't know. No, no. Whoa. I don't think she was. I don't know where that rumor came from. I don't know what she's really gotten through, like, most of the hard part without him. So it's like, if she's made it till now, she's fine. She's really fine. She's so much better off, like, so fine. Yeah. Um, like, it's really bad with Ari. Like, it is. And I don't know what, like the right thing for us to respond is, like, I obviously don't want to make her feel bad, but I also don't, like, we cannot act like this is normal because it's like, normalizes it. And it's harmful to like girls. Girls over 100% like, so, and she does need, I don't also don't want to like perpetuate whatever, she feels that are making her do this by consuming all of this and like making her feel like she's on this hamster wheel. Now she has this album. So then there's the next tour and like, I just sort of, like, want to give space and hold space. Yeah, I haven't been really engaging with, I have not been engaging with the tour. I, I obviously didn't go. Um, I didn't watch the music video. I just saw, like, the backlash and street shots. So I agree, like, I don't want to encourage this type of, behavior and culture. So I'm not really like involved here, except that like, I see something and I'm saying something. Like, you look scary. Yeah, bad, really bad, very, very scary. And I think, you know, she always is very thin. Yeah. And she's been very thin for a while. This seems to be like a new, because I'm even looking at pictures of her from the Wicked premiere, where we used to say, we were all like so skinny and she looks like better, healthy compared to how she still looks really bad. Like, how she looks now, but she also, as much as like, she like shows off her collar bones or whatever, she does hide a lot. You know, she doesn't like wear like this skimpy as things. I feel like she doesn't show so much skin. This was the most we've seen in so long. And like, that's why I was so, that's why it's so jarring. It was really upsetting. And then the concept for the music video that I didn't watch, but I've seen like, screen shots is like, how she's not good enough and she's doing this audition and they like don't like her and there's like notes at the bottom that said, could lose a few pounds. Like, no one, I know.
So the industry is toxic and that's phobic and everybody needs to lose 10 pounds but no one is that's not real That and also it's the cute thing about like how many people and of course like a celebrity pop star Like no one can tell Ari what to do. She's in charge But like how many people surround her even for this music video not one person was like Maybe she put on a different dress like something. Yeah, and it's I do think she has like yes people around her You know, of course and like people who like her about most like most celebrities do but like but munchers Yeah, but she's also surrounded by family. So I don't like I'm sure they're where is Frankie her mom is always right there Yeah, I'm sure she's like Yeah, I think someone's like so like me deep in the name disorder like you literally can't tell Especially when that person is like on top of the world You know, what can you tell them? Yeah, it's like your teenage daughter. You can like put her in a facility like no one can Really tell already to do anything that she doesn't want to do. Mm-hmm. Yeah, it's really bad So even though like the public scrutiny is the reason for the break from public life like sure great Whatever take a break from public life. However, you need to justify it doing another Broadway show like those are so The dancing and the sleeplessness in the late nights. That's not what she needs agreed Sad scary. Yeah, yeah, it says seem like it's really reaching like a bit of a pitch though I felt like you know for the last few months like only People have been saying it and there are people the kinds of you like you as like she's always been the skinny like really No, we're like we don't comment on women's bodies like which I do Which is like a decent rule to abide by most of the time, but there are their exceptions. This is an exception. Yeah insane. Yeah So I just hope that like she's okay, and then she gets help me too Our next story barbie - is like in the works, but it's stalled as David Zaslav Won't approve bigger salaries for Ryan Gosling and Margot Robbie So when a movie makes more than $1.4 billion at the box office in her it's eight Academy Award nominations The studio is going to want to make a sequel. Such is the case with Barbie But time is running out for the studio to put Margot Robbie back in pink in a New York in a new report the New York Times reveals that Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav has I was thinking I'm like, why is this the second time this weekend that I've heard the name David Zaslav He's apparently buying a summer camp like people are kind of everyone in the new and linear areas talking about it Because it's like one of those camps. Oh, he's but he is buying a summer camp. Yeah I'm like, why have I heard the name David Zaslav before? Why is he buying it? I don't know I don't know. I think it's like a beloved camp that's like on It's last on its balls. Yeah, and so like bringing your local Billy and our president of Warner Brothers to save it I love it. He might live in the area or something like that's like shit's Creek. Yeah, and then if you know Warner Brothers Goes out of the else. He's the director of the game. He can go live at the camp and that's a show I would watch on Warner Brothers Discovering a full circle. Okay, so sorry He's also in addition. He will not give them races Ryan Gosling is angling to race is paid a $20 million and he is pushing back I mean Businessman gonna business and actor gonna act like yeah, yeah, I would also try to get a raise dollars and sense wise Like if it does even though I don't know how I don't want to film for a billion dollar right you know generated budget Why can't afford 20 million for iron Gosling, but we can't afford 20 million for iron Gosling Like I really don't feel that we need a Barbie 2. I didn't think we needed a Barbie 1 But not everyone agreed with me on that we definitively though do not need a Barbie 2. I'm so not It's not gonna be like what Barbie 1 was they're trying to like recreate. I get it like this is a business So it'll do well. How did Barbie 1 end? Okay aside from like the speeches and then the old lady which was like so cute the old lady a lot wise Where is Barbie? I think she returned to Barbie land, but like brought Quality with her or something But she like but in Barbie land. I don't think a quality lack of a quality was the issue if anything like Barbie has more power in Barbie land more right. She had more rights. Can you know the problem with Barbie land? Was that like it wasn't like realistic? What was the problem with Barbie land? It because like he's just Ken right right and he's obsessed with Barbie and like Barbies And everything's like it's Barbies world. We're just living in it. It sounds like sort of like in the Barbie movie. What was wrong? It sounds like a woman's dream in the Barbie movie What was wrong with Barbie land question mark? And it was like women presidents and like yeah, but then she maybe she went to the real world and realized like things aren't it? It seems perfect, but it is it one of the central ideas of the film is that society can have blind spots even one that appears idyllic So the Ken's have no real identity or agency. Okay, okay, so this is like a male's rights movie It's a mirror image of an unequal society Barbie land isn't presented as a perfect feminist utopia as much as an inversion of traditional gender dynamics. Okay, okay. Yeah, yeah, yeah That's like so it is unequal in the other way. It's the matriarchy But when Ken discovers patriarchy in the real world he overcorrects and imports it back to Barbie land creating a kind of Barbie herself is living an artificial scripted existence. So her existential crisis thinking about death getting flat feet reveals that she never had to ask who was beyond I just want to say like these are made up problems her journey is about becoming an individual rather than living an out a predetermined role It's giving words to the end Barbie control They begin giving the Ken's more rights and opportunities recognize it that they too deserve agency in purpose It's not portrayed as instant equality, but as the beginning of a more balanced society So the film's message isn't that Barbie land was bad. It said it was incomplete Barbie needed a real identity beyond perfection and the Ken's needed identities beyond Barbie Just feel like none of that really made any sense. Yeah, like that's a very thin So I don't know what the plot's gonna be for like Barbie 2 because it sounds like they fix the problem Yeah, we need to sort of just like get away from that and they they maro robby like it was amazing It was big and it was like it was a moment, but I don't really think that she'd need to like do it again. No She hasn't suffered since she's done like a million movie since big ones. They would really need to switch up the plot because like the gender dynamics I'm all set me too. I'm all set Then like the collapse got ice cream This weekend and Ken wanted the other one What we all got ice cream this weekend and Jack was holding two and he was like does anyone want this? Jack was holding two ice creams and then Ben was eating Ben got like this huge milkshake. Okay Sorry, I didn't know what you were talking about but now I do we're all set So we all we went to get ice cream and everybody got like normal ice cream. They had hard ice cream. Yeah, I was skinny We got we got small. I got hard ice cream and extra small. I got this like probably 3000 calorie. I don't it wasn't even a milkshake. It came in a milkshake cup But it was layered with like hot fudge peanut butter Reese's pieces ice cream like it was insane. First of all, I had three bites. It was magical like that of course delicious thing and We got an extra sauce or playing we were like messing with him for like being fat and like we were being skinny I didn't even mess with him at all. We got an extra sauce or pistachio that like Zach was holding It wasn't like particularly great and Zach wanted to throw it away And so he was like, is anyone this I'm in the third away and Ben's like Ben was considering it and I looked in and I was like I think you're all set like let me tell you Ben was so offended You can knock it over the Jackie said that he said I'm all set which I meant that like you have the best ice cream ever Why do you want this melting green thing that nobody wanted like you are all set? You are the definition of all set Jackie the car ride home. He was like He's all set. He was that I was like bad teaming him, but I really wasn't I know just jealous like you don't want this melting green thing. You don't he has a knowledge It's not better than what you have And he like ordered something on the menu like nobody just that in an ice cream place like everybody makes their own shit No, he ordered like a straight up like a no substitutes or anything just like I'll have the blank. I forgot it at all And oh my god, it was so good. We need to go back. I need to have one. Yeah, that we can go back. That was fun We haven't gotten enough ice cream this summer. Don't you find? We haven't gotten a lot of ice cream this summer. We've got a lot of pie and a lot of cookies. Yeah, we definitely like Clearly, I haven't suffered a lot of crumb cakes banana bread a lot of pastries. Yeah baked goods But no not a lot of ice frozen treats. Yeah Our next story is some beautiful news might a beauty beauty Dolores Catania's son Frank Jr Has gotten married in an elegant wine country wedding in Portugal So the 20s seriously like hearts are breaking all over New Jersey. Yes, they are so hot. Yes, 20s 27 years old Frank Catania, Jr. has gotten married to Nicole Perico Wearing a mausone suit wearing mausone's tuxedo. It's actually unclear if he was wearing mausone's tuxedo's so He actually wore a custom Michael Andrews bespoke and my see tuxedo leveled up for the wedding He did so isn't it interesting though that he's like taken this very traditional route? Like a 27 year old really handsome like Jersey. He's kept like it could have been like a player He's like a little famous like I could seem being like such an asshole. He's so grounded. No, he's so grounded That's Dolores like yeah, did you see Dolores's dress? I did people are like conversing about it because it's literally a wedding dress Not only is it white, but it's like so bridal um I imagine you know that was approved or I don't really think it's an issue like yeah I mean, no one thinks Dolores is the bride right right. It's great. It is girl. It's so like gorgeous and I'm sure confident And like where whatever you want whatever where whatever makes you feel good like seriously No, totally she looked great. Yeah, so to Frank Yeah, I didn't see pictures of senior, but I'm assuming he was there. I'm sure he was there I'm surprised he didn't invite his friend Dana and then it's like what? Yeah, Dana Holtzberg has become best friends with Frank Catania I don't know if you guys do that Tita Webman. I don't know what people want. She's Tina Webman now She's dead.
- Yeah, she's very good friends with Lauren Katanian. - Senior. - Senior. - Consequently, and it also was just a reminder, like I'm sure this wasn't filmed, and perhaps at one point, like it would have been like a major storyline in Real Housewives and New Jersey, like what is up with the Real Housewives and New Jersey? - I think that they're off pause. It actually could have been filmed. - Well, because we got confirmation that Margaret Joseph isn't returning. - Yeah. - She's on Golden Girls, what's that you're talking about? - Golden Life. - Golden Life. She will be on Golden Life, which I actually think is a great move for her. - Are they filming? Which women were at the wedding? - We don't know if they're filming, but I think that they might be because-- - This should be. This is a great storyline. - Yeah. - Frankie Tanya Jr. got to get married. Like that's insane. That's a first. - And it looks like a beautiful wedding in Portugal. - It looks like it does. - I've seen the Jersey Housewives in Portugal. That would be funny. - Yeah. I think it's possible. - And there's also so much going on with Teresa. You see that Melania's best friend passed away. - No. - They've all been posting about this girl, Victoria, like this young girl who died, and then of course, Melania was also arrested, and they're saying that the target of her domestic violence was Louie or Louie's son, 'cause they have the same initials. - LR. - So we kind of need cameras up. - I think that they might be. - Just, I don't like, I just feel like if Margaret new confirms she's not filming, it's because other people are filming. - Right, right. The contract's went out. - Yes. - Yeah. - And they used to film in the summer, Jersey Shore. - Yes. - Because it's such a good franchise. - It is. And the Jersey Shore is central to the show that the Shore House is. - Like Melissa. - Oh yeah, they do in the summer. I feel like they would be filming. - Yeah. It's just funny like which one's got put on like hiatus. Like when other, you know what I mean? Like Jersey wasn't that bad. - Yeah. - They were at a standstill with like some of the women not wanting to film with each other, but that actually makes good TV. Like the fact that they were fused to put New York on hiatus when it's like seriously so turn. Whereas like New Jersey, it wasn't that bad. And they've like so many beloved characters that people would watch them like kind of do anything. - Yeah. It's like why that one? - I don't know. It's funny when they decide to like throw in the town. - Right. - But there's good stuff here. - Are you ready for our fourth story? - No. - I am ready for our fourth story because it's a story that's brought to you by O'Chine. - Yeah, that's right, Jack. 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You can get free shipping on your order and 365 day returns. And Quince is now available in Canada and the UK as well, hello. So go to quinceqinc.com/toast. Thank you/turt. You're welcome. Do you want to talk about all this being the Sunday of summer? Doing? Do we want to talk about that? No, I don't think so. Because I just want to say, there's a story. And I have literally zero beef with the people involved, but there was beef at a time. There was beef at a time, this is like maybe 10 years ago. Like, actually, when did we start to host like, it's in eight years old. So, we had a conversation on the show about how like August, like it's obviously great, because like it's summer. But it does give Sunday. Yeah. It's like the Sunday of the year. Yeah. And I think we like took that conversation to Instagram and like made a little graphic. And we made a little graphic. Yeah. Like a relatable statement. And we got like some hate comments from people who work at barstool, notably the CEO at the time. Not Dave. Not, no, Erica, the CEO. Yeah. But when you say the CEO of barstool, like, you know, she was the CEO for a while. And like, backstories, like, we also knew her personally. She was like a friend of Olivia's. Like, I actually had met her like a couple of times before this. And she accused us of copying like stealing this concept from chicks in the office. Which was at the time a serious XM exclusive show. So like you couldn't even listen to it if you wanted to. So like the like the fact that she thought we had stolen it. Like when we actually didn't even have access, we didn't have cars like when we listened to the show. And she was like leaving hate comments, being like, this feels original. Sass in it. At chicks in the office. I think so. And we have zero beef with chicks in the office. They were lovely talented women, like not Erica started with us like, for what? And also August being the Sunday of the year is not. Maybe they probably said it too. Like, no, it's not. It was original thought. It was original for us. But like if you google it, other people have like come to it. It's sort of saying like genuinely.
- Where are you the Monday? - Like a couple of people could come to the same conclusion. - Anyone could think of that. Hold on, I'm looking through. - And like we also had like worked with her. Like I think the girls came on our show. They came on the breath, yeah. - Yeah, they had. - And it was like such a nice relationship. And I don't know why she had to like start stuff. - Yeah. - She was so aggressive for that. Like we were literally like 21. Like and she was 40, like leave us alone. And it's just like we can all have like a parallel thought. Like it's not even a good thought. It's like, oh fine, you want to claim it. It's yours. - Funny, I'm like a shame to have said it. Like, but you said it again today. It was in the copy for "Quince" which only proves my point. Somebody over there thought of it too. Or someone over there was like trying to start stuff with us. - And they wanted us like bring this up. Like, oh, sending love and light to friend of real. Like zero problems with them. It was like Erica. Like why are you starting with us? You're like an adult. - Yeah, yeah. Are you ready for our next story? - I am. - Which is this year's next year's Met Galitheme. - Oh, it was very controversial. John Galliano is the subject of the next costume institute show. So next year's Met Galitheme for Met 2027 will be John Galliano Horizons. So John Galliano is widely considered one of fashion's greatest since his 1984 graduation collection. He worked at Givenchy, Christian Dior. Then he had like a massive fall from grace after he was filmed saying like a really anti-Semitic thing set of Paris Cafe. - Like really bad. - Really bad, like about gas chambers. - Yeah, he's like he said I love Hitler. He was talking to some people. He said you would have been fucking gased you. - Crazy. - Then he like went to rehab. He apologized. He was very junk. He said he didn't even remember saying those things. He has like met with Jewish leaders throughout the years who have forgiven him and who have found his apologies to be. - Oh, I know that. - Yes. And then he went and worked for Mason Margella and rehabbed his reputation in the fashion world. - It's not like, so when somebody wears like a John Galliano there's still like a couple of comments about it. It's not like people have completely forgotten. - Yeah. - So when I saw the video, it's a very shocking video. - Yeah, it's not like, oh, he said something a couple. When you see it again, you're like reminded of how bad it was, but he has like done the worst. - Right. Somebody should dress up as a gas chamber. - To be on theme. - That is part of like his legacy. - So yes, it's kind of a crazy theme. Considering like the Met Galen Vogue is like typically very woe. - When you think about how like many people boycotted last year because Jeff Bezos paid for this philanthropic event, he paid for it. I'm curious to see how many people are going to boycott this one. - I'm sure zero people will. - If I'm like a frequent Met Gala goer. I understand not everybody can boycott. Sometimes it's like the one you're going to be invited. Like I get it, like I do, I do. Even like your morals have to take a back seat. But if I'm like a frequent goer, like I don't think I personally, like I'm obviously, you know, I don't think I would go. - Yeah, apparently Anna met with like a bunch of like Jewish trustees and like Jewish leaders and like sort of like asked for their blessing. - Right. - To do him and I feel like I'm of two minds 'cause John Galliano specifically, and after we, I didn't really follow the story when it happened and now reading like from a bunch of like big Jews who like had spoken to him and really like go. - No. - Let me pull it up for you. I'll give you names. - Name them. - Name them, name the Jews. (laughing) - I know the Jews who did it. - Well of course there's like Jonathan Greenblatt at the ADL, you know, he was a good one. - You think so? - I do. - I think he speaks for you. - I do actually. - That's enough for you. - No, it's not enough. But sometimes he's like, I always find, sometimes find him like saying unpopular things. Like, so he's not always just saying stuff, you know. He's not just a agreeable like. - Yeah, yeah, sometimes, sometimes he, yeah. But is this one of those times? Who knows? Okay, but this is what he also said, which I do sort of agree with. He said ADL accepted John Galliano's apology long ago and believes he has genuinely reckoned with his past anti-Semitism, hard to do. But timing matters. Anti-Semitism is surging. Most recently in last week's stabbing and Jewish New Yorkers are feeling unheard by their city's leaders. As the decision is made, now it's on the met and partners, not with token gestures around one exhibit, but with real action against anti-Semitism in the museum, and across the fashion world, they help shape. - And it's actually extremely factual. - Yeah, and I just wanna make a prediction, I don't know if Polymarket has a market for this, but I'm done. - I have a sneaky suspicion, a certain elected official will be at the tent that's celebrating hard. - Yeah, he didn't go this past year. - Right, because everyone was like, "Bezos," whatever. So it's like, we're taking political standpoints. So I agree with him. It's like, yeah, maybe at the time, it's just like not the time. - Yes, and then there's also a rabbi. Who is this person? Rabbi Jacobs, I believe. - I don't know. - Who had said, I need to hear from my rabbi. - He felt Goliano's sincerity when he apologized. He was open. He looked right at us and spoke in a clear way, not as if he had memorized talking points. So he has been forgiven for that, but I just, it's not about Goliano. For me, it's about one, the fact that Vogue and the Met Bell is like so often anti-hate though. I feel like they give less fucks recently. 'Cause if they were so, averse to controversy, they wouldn't have worked with Nicole Lauren Sanchez. - That's true, but money is green. - And they need money. They do need money. And then it also just sort of condones and sweeps away. Anti-Semitism is just not a real hate that we are against. - You know, the best point is the time. I am a person who can. I mean, Haley Jell-Ozman, like I genuinely believe in him. - Yes, yes. - I actually really can move on past people's transgressions when they've made meaningful apology, but the timing is poor, extremely poor. That's really the best point. - Yeah, so. - Although like I've seen Goliano looks and like they slay the house down. - They do, and like to talk about fashion and the history of fashion and the legend. - It's a meaning for real. - No, it's true. It's just like unfortunate. And the time just feels like it's just condoning anti-Semitism and just sort of like moving on. Lacing over it. There's feels like a glaze. - Yeah, I would love it, don't I? - Yeah, no, I need savory first. - You're so weird. - I need to start my day with something savory. - I did, I had a baby. - And I haven't started my day yet because I didn't get my breakfast. - And 'cause you need to get to the story. - Oh, of course not. No, our fifth story is actually some major news. And something that we were discussing last week that I'm so excited to like sort of follow up with you about. Spider-man, brand new day. - Oh good, I thought you were seriously gonna start again about "Joy on a Ransic." And I was like, I can't do the story. - Why would you think that? - I don't know, 'cause the way you free literally, I could have been talking about like we do hundreds of stories like that. - No, I thought you were doing like another Jerry O'Connor. - No, I was just saying because, you know, we did another podcast. - Yeah, we were talking a lot about Spider-Man. - On the other podcast we did last week. So I thought it would be like fun to say we did another podcast on "What are the odds?" The Polymarket Podcast. Spider-Man, mind blowing debut at $355 million. - The second biggest opening weekend in box office, "Herstery." - What's the first? - That's a great question. - Maybe the other Spider-Man. - It's crazy that it was like the biggest maybe ever. I don't know what you're saying. - A venture-send game. You knew that somewhere in our minds. We knew that now was $357 million. - You just reminded me, I had bought us tickets to see the Odyssey tomorrow, but I can't go anymore. So I'm gonna have to get a refund. - And re-schedule. - When you guys buy movie tickets, we're all going to Fandango.com, right? Or is that just me? - The Fandango app. - No, no, no, I'm not crazy, but where do people buy movie tickets? I always go to Fandango. - You know what, as a husband who loves the theater, where does he buy his tickets? - I never buy them, 'cause he definitely has the Fandango app. - But there's also AMC steps. He's definitely one of those members of AMC Elite or whatever. - Yeah, but I feel like if you go to, you just need Fandango app. That's what I used to do in my heyday. - Yeah, Fandango is the place, right? I'm not just randomly going to Fandango. - I think it's still the place, but yeah, great question. When you get home, I have to get a refund now. I don't even know how to do that on Fandango, but we'll have to go another day, sorry. - That's fine. - Come make him up. - Odyssey recap coming later. - Yeah. - Like major for Spider-Man, like, sorry, I'm just like missing all this, like this just misses me. - It's crazy that it's like the biggest movie of the year. And like not one person I know in a personal way went to go see it. - Yeah. - And see anyone on my Instagram posting it like, it's just such a different universe, like the comic book thing. - You know what, but I guess like in a few years, like this will be my world, you know? - Oh yeah. - I think it's get older. - Oh, that's fine. - It's like Spidey. - And at least I think that they're good movies. Like I saw the Toby McGuire Kirsten Dunn's one. - Of course. - That was a quality flick. - It was a koalette flick. I still get chills from that guy who played the Green Goblin. Like that scene is very spooky when they're like, on top of the bridge. - Yeah, that's also like Joker, you know? - Yeah, he's ledger. - I think when we do get there, like the worst part-- - They're worse places to be. - Yeah, yeah, yeah. - I think all the movies are given like proper. - They're really good. - Like people like that. So I do think like Spider-Man is in my future. - Yeah. - Then Day and Tom, like, they just really like, it's actually crazy, they're currently, first of all, in the highest-grossing movie, and they're like the stars, both of them. They're also at the same time in the Odyssey. It's just crazy how famous they are. And they're married, I think. No, they're engaged. - I feel like one day they will be like, the absolute biggest stars in the world, like Brad and Angelina, and they'll be like, when did that happen? It's like right now. - Yeah, right now. - Right now they're in LA. - It's crazy. - Yeah, Brad and Angelina. But like, with all the drama. - But like in love, and like, not crazy. - Yeah, no drama, with the playing and that. - And like, bigger successes. 'Cause Brad doesn't have like an Oscar. He's not an Oscar guy. - He doesn't? - I don't think so. - I think he has one for producing. - He doesn't really get nominated. - She like, doesn't really act. - No, she doesn't act anymore. - But I don't believe. - I guess she was in like a couple like cult classics. - Yeah, Mr. and Mrs. Smith. Yes, he has two Oscars, so. - I just don't think it's fair to compare. Like, Zen day is career to Angelina Jolie's. so you're thinking that because it's
He only recently won his first one for once upon a time in Hollywood and before that he had won one, but as a producer, because he did 12 years of slave, I remember seeing him on stage with Lupita Mico. So he just won, like he's not an Oscar guy, I guess Tom Holland probably hasn't won an Oscar either, but he's three years old, like, who got there? He's not far off. Yeah. And like when you're doing the Odyssey and the biggest movies of the year, like Spiderman, like an Oscar's in your future. Yeah. I don't know if it's in Deia. She's definitely been nominated. Challengers. Yes. Last year. I did not like that movie. Just hot take. I don't know if anybody cares. I didn't see it. I hate it. Yeah. What am I going to watch next? Once I finish my book for the redheads, I can get back to my watching. And after off-campus, I just kind of have a hangover. Where do I go from there? And I have to work within whatever apps we're already signed up for. Yeah, of course. Logged into on the rental TV. I did get into Hulu, so Hulu is now open for you if you wanted. I found the password. But it will log in automatically to my TV. No, no, I can log you in. But like, what if I want to log in and you're asleep? I could see that happening. I could just text you the log in. But you might need to give a code. I might need to give a code. Well, it would actually be Olivia's husband, not me, because- I'm not logging in. I'm just saying. I'm not. I got in code free. Okay. Just saying. No. You know, what are the kids watching now? What's viral? We asked people this question the other day. And it is like a little bit of a slow season. Yeah, it's summer. Things pick up at a couple of weeks. Like, for all of these who all comes out first week of September. I feel like there was something I was going to watch. And I'll remember. And I'll report back. Well, those were the past five. You definitely need to know that. I'm just getting a little warm in here. Are you warm? Ooh, burn and not baby. We weren't hard today. Thank you guys so much for listening to the test on Monday morning show where we deliver the past five stories that you need to know every Monday through Friday on YouTube. So if you're watching this on YouTube, uh, do it. We're also available as podcasts and we're podcasts. We found that spotify Apple podcasts on YouTube, where we visit podcasts- That's really beautiful. We should make that at a quote card. Do it. If you're watching this on YouTube, do it. Like, you know, I have to ask you to subscribe. Like it's disgusting. Just fucking subscribe and support girls. I feel like you guys subscribe. I don't actually check in a while. I feel like I feel like we have a lot of subscribers. emoji. Oh, emoji for the Monday. We talked about our weekends. The shopping vlog. It's like a little shopping bag. Oh, that's cute. Cute, same. Thank you so much. We love you. We'll see you tomorrow. Love you. Bye. [BLANK_AUDIO]
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The host shares personal struggles with a chronic thumb disability, describing it as a hidden, disabling condition that goes unrecognized by family and society.
The discussion touches on broader cultural issues, including how public scrutiny and unrealistic beauty standards harm celebrities like Ariana Grande, and how the entertainment industry perpetuates harmful gender dynamics.
The episode highlights a summer break for The Toast, with a planned hiatus from August 17 to September 8, and promotes various products and brands including Nori Cloud steamers, ARMRA Colostrum, Buffalo travel, and Quince clothing, while emphasizing personal empowerment and wellness.
Summary:
The host reflects on personal health challenges, particularly a chronic thumb issue they feel is dismissed by others, calling it a quiet disability that demands recognition. The conversation expands to critique toxic celebrity culture, especially how public scrutiny and unrelenting pressure around appearance—like with Ariana Grande’s recent music video—negatively impact mental and physical well-being. The episode also addresses the industry’s flawed gender dynamics, noting how films like *Barbie* exposed imbalances in representation, yet the sequel’s potential rollout remains questioned.
A major focus is on The Toast’s upcoming summer break, with programming paused from August 17 to September 8. The team promotes a range of products: Nori Cloud for leak-free steaming, ARMRA Colostrum for cellular health, Quince for minimalist yet stylish fashion, and Spindrift Tea for refreshing, real-fruit beverages. The hosts also celebrate personal milestones, like a wedding in Portugal, and emphasize community, self-care, and the importance of authentic, inclusive representation.
Throughout, the tone balances vulnerability, humor, and advocacy, reinforcing the value of individual agency, real conversations about health, and sustainable living in a fast-paced world.
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Turtidus is a made-up term coined by the speaker to describe a chronic thumb issue they've been living with. It's not a medical diagnosis but a playful, self-created name that reflects how serious and overlooked their physical disability feels.
The speaker feels they are not genuinely understood because their condition is dismissed as 'crazy' or 'not serious' by others, especially family members who don't take their struggles seriously despite their impact on daily life.
The vlog with Margot is highlighted as a successful, fan-loved piece of content that has inspired demand for a sequel, showcasing the creators' commitment to storytelling and audience engagement.
The Toast is taking a short summer break from episodes, running from late August to Labor Day, to allow the hosts time to rest, recharge, and enjoy a vacation in the Hamptons with family.
The Nori Cloud is a leak-proof, lightweight, and compact handheld steamer that heats up quickly and delivers continuous steam, designed to solve the frustrations of traditional steamers and make daily routines easier.
The transcript discusses concerns about celebrity health, such as Ariana Grande’s weight and public scrutiny, and highlights the toxic nature of unrealistic beauty standards and the need for better mental and physical health support.
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