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The Off Campus Obsession Explained · Outspoken the Podcast

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  Speaker 1: Hello and welcome to Outspoken. It's your dose of the
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  Speaker 1: hottest influencer and pop culture news twice a week. I'm
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  Speaker 1: Sophie Torber. I'm Kate Torber. And I'm Amy Torber. And
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  Speaker 1: coming up on today's show, Venezuela Fury's wedding breaks TikTok,
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  Speaker 1: Alex Cooper announces her pregnancy amid a media storm, and
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  Speaker 1: the steamy hockey romance series that has millennial women in
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  Speaker 1: a chokehold. But first, if you can believe it, Meghan
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  Speaker 1: Markle and Prince Harry celebrated their eighth wedding anniversary this week.
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  Speaker 1: This makes me feel so old. I remember their wedding
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  Speaker 1: like it was yesterday. Yeah, I think we were out
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  Speaker 1: at a Mexican restaurant and we had live updates going
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  Speaker 1: on our phone. And I remember seeing her wedding dress
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  Speaker 1: for the first time and being a little underwhelmed because
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  Speaker 1: I knew that my Megs, That's not what she would
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  Speaker 1: have chosen to wear if she wasn't marrying a prince.
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  Speaker 1: Like it was a bit blah, wasn't it? Oh, it's
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  Speaker 1: obvious that the second dress was what she actually wanted
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  Speaker 1: to rock at the ceremony, but wasn't allowed to. Now
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  Speaker 1: they kicked off their anniversary by revealing unseen photos of
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  Speaker 1: their first dance on Instagram. And you can see why
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  Speaker 1: the palace probably wouldn't have approved these photos because the
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  Speaker 1: They're making out in the photos. They look very much
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  Speaker 1: in love. They're having the time of their lives tearing
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  Speaker 1: up the dance floor. You know how back in the
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  Speaker 1: day they'd always put out a tea towel that commemorated
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  Speaker 1: a wedding? I would like to see the Harry and
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  Speaker 1: Meghan updated tea towel with these photos. It looked like
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  Speaker 1: Harry had had quite a few, hadn't he, by this stage? Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: it was very party boy Harry, which I liked because
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  Speaker 1: you could actually see their personalities coming through. I thought
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  Speaker 1: Harry looked hot. You know how there's that sound bite
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  Speaker 1: going around where Meghan Markle's like, My husband's a fox.
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  Speaker 1: I was like, he actually is a fox in these photos.
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  Speaker 1: I've got a soft spot for Prince Harry. You can tell, though,
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  Speaker 1: that it would have absolutely killed Meghan at the time
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  Speaker 1: not being able to post these photos, as it would
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  Speaker 1: for any bride. I mean, you've got these incredible photos.
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  Speaker 1: You can't share anything. I love how there was just
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  Speaker 1: one photo of Elton John included because it played into
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  Speaker 1: that narrative of Meghan being quite a brag that the
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  Speaker 1: internet's created. But who wouldn't share Elton John saying one
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  Speaker 1: of their wedding songs? I mean, I remember on a
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  Speaker 1: smaller scale, I think there was a radio segment where
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  Speaker 1: a couple really wanted Guy Sebastian to perform All I
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  Speaker 1: Need Is You at their wedding. And apparently he wanted
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  Speaker 1: like 100k for it. Imagine how much it would actually
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  Speaker 1: cost to have Elton John sing you a song. He'd
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  Speaker 1: probably do it for free if it's a royal wedding.
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  Speaker 1: But yeah, I can only imagine what that would have cost.
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  Speaker 1: In terms of the wedding photos, it's funny because with
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  Speaker 1: everyday people, everyone is so thirsty to see those first
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  Speaker 1: couple of pics. And once you get the a thousand
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  Speaker 1: plus professional photos from the photographer three or four months later,
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  Speaker 1: no one cares. Like no one wants to see them.
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  Speaker 1: But Megan has sat on these photos for so long.
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  Speaker 1: that they're relevant eight years on. I think because we
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  Speaker 1: also know what was going on behind the scenes, it
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  Speaker 1: paints more of a photo because I could just imagine
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  Speaker 1: Kate and Wills standing by watching this dance taking place,
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  Speaker 1: sort of rolling their eyes a little bit, macking on
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  Speaker 1: the dance floor. Now the couple let us in on
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  Speaker 1: one of their anniversary traditions and it's to have an
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  Speaker 1: anniversary cake. So in an Instagram story, Harry was holding
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  Speaker 1: this two-tiered cake and he and the kids were singing
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  Speaker 1: happy anniversary to mama and then Megan who's filming quickly
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  Speaker 1: adds in and papa you can tell she's like hold
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  Speaker 1: on I don't want this to look like this cake
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  Speaker 1: is just for me it's for the both of us
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  Speaker 1: I have actually never seen anything like this for a
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  Speaker 1: wedding anniversary because it was very reminiscent of when it's
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  Speaker 1: someone's birthday and you turn all the lights off and
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  Speaker 1: walk out with a cake and everyone's singing because it
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  Speaker 1: was weird because it's to celebrate both of them but
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  Speaker 1: as you said Megan was trying to push the narrative
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  Speaker 1: that this was for Harry but you can tell he
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  Speaker 1: surprised her with the cake overanalyzing this too much this
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  Speaker 1: was just a nice moment where harry had obviously got
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  Speaker 1: her a cake if you've watched megan's netflix show you
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  Speaker 1: know that this is something she'd absolutely eat up this
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  Speaker 1: gesture and she was just trying to be inclusive for
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  Speaker 1: harry they're saying happy anniversary mom and she's like and
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  Speaker 1: dad you know fucking hell i'm not having a go
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  Speaker 1: i absolutely adored this and since seeing this vision obviously
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  Speaker 1: it's got into my algorithm and a couple of other
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  Speaker 1: reels have popped up for people saying oh yeah i
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  Speaker 1: do this as well it's kind of like celebrating the
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  Speaker 1: the formation of your family. And I'm like, what a
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  Speaker 1: cute idea to actually involve your kids in your wedding
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  Speaker 1: anniversary as well, if you have kids. What makes this
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  Speaker 1: even cuter is that this cake was a throwback to
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  Speaker 1: their original wedding cake from 2018. So it was the
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  Speaker 1: same flavor that they had, which was lemon and elderflower.
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  Speaker 1: I just loved Harry keeping it real, rocking his track
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  Speaker 1: pants in the background. Like they did not match his
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  Speaker 1: top whatsoever. It was very reminiscent of what an actual
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  Speaker 1: eight year anniversary is with your partner. Like you haven't
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  Speaker 1: gone out- You're just in your tracky-jacks. I thought you
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  Speaker 1: were going to say it's a throwback to their Netflix
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  Speaker 1: doco when wasn't he pushing some sort of luggage and
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  Speaker 1: his bum crack was hanging out in grey tracks? That's
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  Speaker 1: what I thought. Now, I really want to start this tradition, though, Kate.
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  Speaker 1: I think that this is really sweet. I think it's
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  Speaker 1: a good way to demonstrate to your kids that you're
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  Speaker 1: still in love, you know what I mean, and that
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  Speaker 1: it's actually important to foster your relationship just as much
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  Speaker 1: as it is to invest in your kids. Well, also
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  Speaker 1: to get them excited because what kid doesn't like cake?
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  Speaker 1: Especially elderflower. We need to talk about the present because
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  Speaker 1: this was my favorite thing. So it was an eight
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  Speaker 1: year wedding anniversary, which traditionally you celebrate with a brass
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  Speaker 1: gift and Harry didn't disappoint. So he got Megan a
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  Speaker 1: brass statue of two penguins cuddling. And the story behind
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  Speaker 1: it is that Megan and Harry. for their engagement party
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  Speaker 1: dressed up as penguins because penguins mate for life. That
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  Speaker 1: was the cutest thing I've ever seen. He's a man
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  Speaker 1: after my own heart. Dale and I, penguins are our
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  Speaker 1: thing as well. So when I saw that, I was like,
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  Speaker 1: wait a second, what is this? Well, what blew my
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  Speaker 1: mind more is the fact that their theme for their
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  Speaker 1: engagement party was animal onesies. Can you imagine at the
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  Speaker 1: time if the media caught wind of this? Because you
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  Speaker 1: would think that if you're marrying a prince, you'd have
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  Speaker 1: this extravagant, fancy engagement party. But they're literally all in onesies.
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  Speaker 1: Especially because dress up parties traditionally haven't gone well for Harry. No.
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  Speaker 1: You guys know I don't usually address this kind of
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  Speaker 1: stuff because it feels like a waste of time. And honestly,
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  Speaker 1: it's embarrassing to participate in this. Alex Cooper has revealed
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  Speaker 1: she and her husband, Matt Kaplan, are expecting their first child.
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  Speaker 1: The news comes off the back of media speculation that
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  Speaker 1: there was tension in their marriage, Kate. Yeah, the media
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  Speaker 1: have really been circling Alex Cooper ever since she called
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  Speaker 1: out Alex Earl back in April. It seems like they're
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  Speaker 1: really rooting for her demise. And it's just a classic
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  Speaker 1: case of tall poppy syndrome. Now, at the time, Alex
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  Speaker 1: Earl promised to respond. And when she didn't, it seems
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  Speaker 1: like the media just went digging into Alex Cooper to
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  Speaker 1: try and extend the story. So Bloomberg published an article
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  Speaker 1: claiming that there were ongoing issues between Alex's husband, Matt,
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  Speaker 1: and the staff at Alex's Unwell Network. The publication claimed
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  Speaker 1: that Matt had allegedly earned a reputation for frequently yelling
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  Speaker 1: at staff members, and they went on to allege that
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  Speaker 1: some employees had reportedly threatened to walk out in the
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  Speaker 1: middle of film sets and live tours due to Matt's
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  Speaker 1: alleged behavior. Now, this claim was rather awkward because that
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  Speaker 1: scenario actually played out on Alex's Disney doco on the
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  Speaker 1: first night of her podcast tour. Now, off the back
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  Speaker 1: of that report, an apparent insider told the media that
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  Speaker 1: Alex's was allegedly struggling to deal with the fallout from
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  Speaker 1: the accusations against her husband. The insider was quoted as saying,
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  Speaker 1: That quote really pissed me off because it seems like
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  Speaker 1: the worst thing you can be is a woman without
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  Speaker 1: any friends. And they are really trying hard to paint
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  Speaker 1: this awful picture of Alex Cooper being someone that is
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  Speaker 1: always in friendship breakdowns because she had like one friendship
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  Speaker 1: bust up between her and Sophia five or six years ago.
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  Speaker 1: So it's like always she's going to be painted with
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  Speaker 1: this brush that she pisses women off easily. She's not
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  Speaker 1: a girl's girl. Do we think it's also off the
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  Speaker 1: back of her documentary? Because she opened up about how
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  Speaker 1: she was a bit of a nerd at school and
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  Speaker 1: didn't really fit in. I feel like the media are
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  Speaker 1: just trying to build this narrative because she has been
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  Speaker 1: vulnerable and opened up about her childhood. I mean, that
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  Speaker 1: would definitely play a part in it. Now, not long
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  Speaker 1: after those reports came out, the Daily Mail ran with
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  Speaker 1: a story claiming that Alex and Matt no longer sleep
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  Speaker 1: in the same bed. That's just a low blow. It
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  Speaker 1: is ironic that these sort of headlines are I mean,
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  Speaker 1: obviously they're trying to allude that the couple's arguing, but
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  Speaker 1: I also think that there's another interesting layer that Alex
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  Speaker 1: Cooper built her a name for herself as being this
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  Speaker 1: very sex positive podcaster. And, you know, she was the
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  Speaker 1: gluck gluck queen. And now they're saying, oh, now that
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  Speaker 1: she's married, she's just, you know, living this boring relationship
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  Speaker 1: where they don't even sleep in the same bedroom anymore. Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: it's almost like they're trying to push this narrative also
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  Speaker 1: that Alex is keeping things from her audience, which is
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  Speaker 1: actually quite detrimental to her brand considering the She built
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  Speaker 1: such a strong connection with the daddy gang based on
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  Speaker 1: being really vulnerable and open to her audience. It's interesting,
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  Speaker 1: less than a week before the pregnancy announcement was made,
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  Speaker 1: Alex and Matt appeared on the red carpet together at
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  Speaker 1: the YouTube upfronts. And it was very much a bit
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  Speaker 1: of a pap walk to say, hey, we're together. Matt
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  Speaker 1: posed with his hand on Alex's hip. Despite this display
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  Speaker 1: of affection, following the event, The Sun ran with the headline,
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  Speaker 1: Alex Cooper and husband Matt Kaplan are not in love,
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  Speaker 1: body language expert claims. Pretty awkward for the publication considering
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  Speaker 1: four days later they announced that they were pregnant. Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: I mean, there's a bit of egg on their faces
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  Speaker 1: in there. I love these supposed body language experts that
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  Speaker 1: they pull out. Like, it's such a joke. What that
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  Speaker 1: shows me is that Alex Cooper's name sells and gets
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  Speaker 1: clicks and they're just going to jump on that bandwagon
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  Speaker 1: for as long as they can. Well, particularly because it
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  Speaker 1: seems like the media are really trying to drag her
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  Speaker 1: name through the mud at this point. Now, in terms
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  Speaker 1: of this pregnancy announcement, Alex broke the news on Instagram
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  Speaker 1: sharing two photos of her and Matt with a bump
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  Speaker 1: on display. She captioned the post, our family with a
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  Speaker 1: love heart. What a perfect caption. Yeah, it's kind of
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  Speaker 1: like saying, look, we're united with this. I wonder if
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  Speaker 1: there weren't all these rumors going on behind the scenes,
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  Speaker 1: if she would have just posted a photo by herself.
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  Speaker 1: First headline I saw about this story was call their mummy.
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  Speaker 1: That was pretty clever. Oh yeah. Everyone was absolutely running
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  Speaker 1: with that. I was actually thinking, oh, in this intro,
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  Speaker 1: do I do that? And then I'm like, nah, it's
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  Speaker 1: been overdone now. I mean, the post got a huge
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  Speaker 1: response at the time recording. It's had a million likes
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  Speaker 1: and 10,000 comments, including comments from Khloe Kardashian, Taylor Lautner,
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  Speaker 1: and also Kesha. I loved it because an hour after
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  Speaker 1: breaking the news, Alex shared a photo of her bump
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  Speaker 1: with a bag of lollies next to it. And she wrote, honestly,
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  Speaker 1: happy I can finally stop trying to hide the bump.
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  Speaker 1: Laugh out loud. I had an inkling that she was
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  Speaker 1: going to get pregnant soon after listening to her interview
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  Speaker 1: with Hilary Duff. And Hilary was opening up about how
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  Speaker 1: motherhood had affected her career and she'd sort of put
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  Speaker 1: things on hold. And you could tell that Alex was
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  Speaker 1: asking her a lot of questions because she probably is
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  Speaker 1: feeling a little bit nervous about how this is going
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  Speaker 1: to affect her career and maybe a bit of a
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  Speaker 1: rebrand for her. Well, it seems like she's quite far along.
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  Speaker 1: According to People, Alex and Matt held out for as
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  Speaker 1: long as they could before announcing the news. They're yet
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  Speaker 1: to actually reveal when the baby is due. I wonder
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  Speaker 1: if them holding off on the news has anything to
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  Speaker 1: do with what's been going on for the last month
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  Speaker 1: or so. Like, I wonder if they were planning to
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  Speaker 1: announce it a lot earlier and then this Alex Earl
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  Speaker 1: shitstorm erupted. It seems to be very in vogue now
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  Speaker 1: to announce your pregnancy when you've only got a couple
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  Speaker 1: of months left. Remember a couple of months ago when
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  Speaker 1: Molly May... you know, announced the worst kept secret that
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  Speaker 1: she was pregnant with her second child. And she said
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  Speaker 1: it was actually a strategy to not announce it too
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  Speaker 1: soon because she didn't want her audience to get too
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  Speaker 1: bored by the pregnancy content. When I heard this news,
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  Speaker 1: I was like, oh, it all makes sense why Alex
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  Speaker 1: called out Alex Earl. I mean, not to project my
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  Speaker 1: own personal experience onto her, but pregnancy hormones make you
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  Speaker 1: do very impulsive things. And I feel like Alex was like, God,
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  Speaker 1: I'm sick of this. I mean, there were some very
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  Speaker 1: nasty videos that Alex Earl was resharing. And she's like,
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  Speaker 1: just going to call her out. Yeah. I mean, I
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  Speaker 1: can confirm, Kate, your pregnancy rage was next level. I
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  Speaker 1: can second Kate's pregnancy rage. Well, I feel sorry for
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  Speaker 1: me who had to deal with both of your pregnancy
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  Speaker 1: rage at the same time. It was like double whammy.
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  Speaker 1: That was a wild time. I mean, I still remember
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  Speaker 1: that dip incident that we won't go into on the podcast,
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  Speaker 1: but there has been- That was pregnancy rage times two
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  Speaker 1: plus postpartum, you know, not having any sleep. Still scrubbing
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  Speaker 1: it off my ceiling. It's hard to reach. There has
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  Speaker 1: been some things thrown- During recordings, at least for Alex,
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  Speaker 1: she doesn't have a podcast co-host. So maybe she won't be,
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  Speaker 1: you know, there won't be tit for tat. She has
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  Speaker 1: to sort of turn it on when she interviews someone. Well,
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  Speaker 1: she might not have a podcast co-host, but I didn't
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  Speaker 1: realize how ingrained Matt Kaplan was into her business. Sorry,
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  Speaker 1: can we call him by his proper name? Sexy Zoom, man.
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  Speaker 1: I can't call him Matt Kaplan. I think there's quite
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  Speaker 1: a bit of skepticism around Matt at the moment because
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  Speaker 1: I didn't realize this, but just soon after they got engaged-
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  Speaker 1: they went into business together. So in June, 2023, they
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  Speaker 1: co-founded a company called Trending, which acts as an umbrella
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  Speaker 1: company for multiple ventures, including Alex's Unwell Network and Matt's
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  Speaker 1: production company, Ace Entertainment. Interestingly, Unwell was actually launched two
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  Speaker 1: months after they founded Trending. So they act as co-CEOs
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  Speaker 1: within the business structure and Matt is said to handle
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  Speaker 1: much of the day-to-day operations. So essentially they've built this
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  Speaker 1: media company ecosystem that combines both of their brands and
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  Speaker 1: business interests. So a lot of people are like, well,
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  Speaker 1: this is a bit opportunistic. Like you literally only got
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  Speaker 1: engaged and now You want to be a part of
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  Speaker 1: Alex's business. I mean, I think that's a bit harsh.
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  Speaker 1: I tend to agree with you, Sophie, because Matt was
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  Speaker 1: very successful in his own right before he met Alex Cooper.
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  Speaker 1: He has a production company that's done a lot of
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  Speaker 1: hit shows for Netflix and his personal net worth is
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  Speaker 1: predicted to be $ 50 million. So it's not like he's
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  Speaker 1: coming to the party with $ 0. This is my beautiful,
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  Speaker 1: I was going to say boyfriend, but it's husband now. Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: What have you got to say? Entertainer. And... Over the weekend,
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  Speaker 1: Venezuela Fury's wedding broke TikTok. The 16-year-old daughter of boxing
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  Speaker 1: legend Tyson Fury married her 19-year-old boyfriend Noah Price in
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  Speaker 1: a lavish ceremony on the Isle of Man. The unorthodox
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  Speaker 1: nuptials captivated audiences with Venezuela's wedding videos collectively racking up
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  Speaker 1: over 100 million views, Kate. I mean, I can see why.
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  Speaker 1: This wedding had everything. Firstly, it had the celebrity factor.
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  Speaker 1: You've got Tyson and Paris Fury as the mother and
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  Speaker 1: the father of the bride. Then there's Molly Mae, who
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  Speaker 1: is Venezuela's auntie. Then there's the culture shock element. So
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  Speaker 1: Venezuela is only 16 and it was a traveler style wedding,
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  Speaker 1: which leads into the spectacle of it all. You only
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  Speaker 1: have to think about how big the reality show Big
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  Speaker 1: Fat Gypsy Wedding was and how that absolutely captivated audiences
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  Speaker 1: in the 2010s. It almost feels like a bit of
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  Speaker 1: a throwback to then. I mean, just like on the show,
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  Speaker 1: this wedding was pretty visually outrageous. She wore an Italian
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  Speaker 1: lace wedding dress, which had a 50-foot train, which was
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  Speaker 1: reportedly worth £ 40, 000. She also accessorised the look with white Crocs.
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  Speaker 1: So when she was getting out of the car, she
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  Speaker 1: sort of elegantly dangled her foot out to reveal that
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  Speaker 1: she was wearing Crocs. This is when you get the
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  Speaker 1: reminder that she's only 16. Yeah. She also wore black
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  Speaker 1: designer sunnies down the aisle, which shocked me. I think
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  Speaker 1: that that was probably the most outrageous thing part of
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  Speaker 1: this whole wedding, you would think that when you walk
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  Speaker 1: down the aisle and you want to lock eyes with
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  Speaker 1: your husband, you don't want to be wearing black shades.
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  Speaker 1: Like it was weird. Well, I kind of get it
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  Speaker 1: because all of the vision I've seen of Venezuela and
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  Speaker 1: nowhere together, they look awkward as fuck. I mean, the
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  Speaker 1: wedding dance looked like they didn't even want to do it.
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  Speaker 1: They were so embarrassed. The proposal, I mean, that was
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  Speaker 1: next level uncomfortable. And maybe it was just the fact
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  Speaker 1: that she felt so awkward that wearing the sunnies made
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  Speaker 1: it easier. What made this even more bizarre is that
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  Speaker 1: she walked down the aisle to the rap song Juicy
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  Speaker 1: by Biggie Smalls. It was the biggest spectacle. I just
• 16:09
  Speaker 1: couldn't even get over it. I'm like, this surely has
• 16:11
  Speaker 1: to be a joke. But then I remembered, well, if
• 16:13
  Speaker 1: I was 16... I'd probably have a few weird choices
• 16:16
  Speaker 1: for a wedding. Yeah. I definitely would have walked down
• 16:19
  Speaker 1: to some. No, I would have had actually, which would
• 16:22
  Speaker 1: have probably been a lot more tasteful than this. I
• 16:24
  Speaker 1: swear by Nick Lachey, because I remember being in year
• 16:26
  Speaker 1: nine and he wrote the song for their wedding day
• 16:30
  Speaker 1: and always saying, that's the song I'm going to have
• 16:32
  Speaker 1: at my wedding. Did I have it at my wedding? No. Well,
• 16:34
  Speaker 1: I mean, that was vetoed by all of our partners
• 16:36
  Speaker 1: because that was on all of our lists to have
• 16:38
  Speaker 1: at some point. I can see why Venezuela rocked the
• 16:41
  Speaker 1: Crocs and Sunnies because She had a bit of competition.
• 16:44
  Speaker 1: There were 18 bridesmaids that she had to contend with,
• 16:48
  Speaker 1: including her three-year-old cousin, Bambi Fury. Didn't she look absolutely adorable?
• 16:53
  Speaker 1: Did you know that 13 out of the 18 bridesmaids
• 16:56
  Speaker 1: were children? Because she also had A bunch of her
• 16:59
  Speaker 1: sisters in there too. I mean, that makes sense to
• 17:01
  Speaker 1: me considering it was a child bride, kind of fit
• 17:03
  Speaker 1: with the theme of the wedding. Did you guys see
• 17:05
  Speaker 1: that TikTok that went viral of Tyson Fury's son Tootie,
• 17:08
  Speaker 1: who's about nine? He was dancing with one of the
• 17:10
  Speaker 1: child bridesmaids and everyone was like, the next wedding, we're
• 17:13
  Speaker 1: calling it, like in a few years, we'll be at
• 17:15
  Speaker 1: this wedding. Only a few years off. It's clear that
• 17:18
  Speaker 1: this was a wedding for a Gen Alpha because instead
• 17:21
  Speaker 1: of having a bouquet of flowers, Venezuela chose to walk
• 17:24
  Speaker 1: down the aisle with her mobile phone in her hand.
• 17:27
  Speaker 1: I mean, if that doesn't say that this is a
• 17:29
  Speaker 1: 16-year-old's wedding, I don't know what does. So was she
• 17:32
  Speaker 1: filming or was it just that she needed easy access
• 17:34
  Speaker 1: to the phone? I think it was just for easy access.
• 17:37
  Speaker 1: She didn't need to film because at Home with the Furies,
• 17:39
  Speaker 1: camera crew were there for... presumably the next series, which
• 17:42
  Speaker 1: I can't wait to see the behind the scenes of this. Well,
• 17:44
  Speaker 1: when you're a full-time TikToker, it kind of makes sense.
• 17:47
  Speaker 1: Maybe she is just so dedicated to her career. It's
• 17:50
  Speaker 1: funny because while she didn't have a bouquet of flowers,
• 17:53
  Speaker 1: apparently there were 20,000 flowers. They were blue and yellow,
• 17:56
  Speaker 1: which I've got to be honest. Like I know it's
• 17:58
  Speaker 1: a 16 year old that's, you know, picked all these things,
• 18:01
  Speaker 1: but I personally found it quite hideous considering how much
• 18:04
  Speaker 1: money would have been put into this wedding. It wasn't
• 18:06
  Speaker 1: a cheap wedding. What the cake. It was fucking massive.
• 18:10
  Speaker 1: It was this 12 foot cake. It actually looked quite
• 18:12
  Speaker 1: similar to the one that Tammy and Matt had. And
• 18:16
  Speaker 1: it was the same color, this unique blue that the
• 18:18
  Speaker 1: bridesmaids were wearing. I couldn't work out if it was
• 18:22
  Speaker 1: hideous or great. Like I'm in two minds. I think
• 18:25
  Speaker 1: those cakes are pretty on trend at the moment. Maybe
• 18:27
  Speaker 1: not in blue, but You know, each to their own.
• 18:30
  Speaker 1: She might be starting a new bridal trend here. The
• 18:33
  Speaker 1: funniest thing was there were, you know, quite a number
• 18:35
  Speaker 1: of celebrities there. I mean, Peter Andre performed a set
• 18:37
  Speaker 1: at the reception. Apparently he's friends with Tyson Fury. But
• 18:41
  Speaker 1: I noticed in the press they kept referring to the
• 18:44
  Speaker 1: reception venue as a four-star hotel. It was sort of
• 18:47
  Speaker 1: like this bitchy undertone. And it's pretty funny because there
• 18:50
  Speaker 1: are reports that Tyson Fury refused to put on a
• 18:53
  Speaker 1: free bar at the wedding despite being worth £ 162 million.
• 18:57
  Speaker 1: And it wasn't about the money, apparently. It was because
• 19:00
  Speaker 1: he didn't want the guests to get too drunk. I
• 19:03
  Speaker 1: wonder if it was a decision by the venue because
• 19:05
  Speaker 1: it would be quite hard for staff in an open
• 19:07
  Speaker 1: bar situation to work out who's underage, who's not. It
• 19:11
  Speaker 1: was pretty funny because apparently Venezuela was offered to have
• 19:14
  Speaker 1: some non-alcoholic champagne to take part in the cheers, but
• 19:18
  Speaker 1: instead she opted for a Coke Ziz. That was her preference.
• 19:21
  Speaker 1: I actually love that. Brandon and I don't drink, so
• 19:23
  Speaker 1: our venue put on non-alcoholic champagne for us just for
• 19:27
  Speaker 1: the photos. I didn't actually drink it, but I think
• 19:29
  Speaker 1: it just looked a bit more formal to have, you know,
• 19:32
  Speaker 1: a wine glass as opposed to a Coke can, but
• 19:35
  Speaker 1: each to their own. I suppose you could put Coke
• 19:37
  Speaker 1: in a wine glass. Well, it looked like Venezuela's new
• 19:39
  Speaker 1: husband had a lot to drink. He looked absolutely wired
• 19:42
  Speaker 1: in this TikTok, which has gone viral, of their first dance.
• 19:45
  Speaker 1: I won't repeat some of the comments. Who was doing
• 19:48
  Speaker 1: the tans for the wedding? Literally, they look ridiculous. I mean,
• 19:52
  Speaker 1: people were saying that they're just the result of sunbeds,
• 19:55
  Speaker 1: but how long did they lie under there? I mean,
• 19:57
  Speaker 1: I'm usually a bit of a fan of a deep tan,
• 19:59
  Speaker 1: but it was even too much for me. There were
• 20:01
  Speaker 1: total oompa loompa vibes going on. Again, I feel harsh
• 20:03
  Speaker 1: saying this because this is a 16 year old's wedding,
• 20:06
  Speaker 1: but This is where the parents should have stepped in.
• 20:09
  Speaker 1: This is where the parents should have said, hey, you're
• 20:11
  Speaker 1: not getting married. You are a child. But this is
• 20:14
  Speaker 1: the weird thing about the wedding. It's had so many
• 20:16
  Speaker 1: views on TikTok, but I can't help but think people
• 20:19
  Speaker 1: are just laughing at it. Like, is anyone taking this seriously?
• 20:22
  Speaker 1: It's an absolute circus. That's why people are watching it. Yeah.
• 20:25
  Speaker 1: I mean, the circus continued because despite all of Tyson's
• 20:29
  Speaker 1: attempts to keep the guests in line with not putting
• 20:31
  Speaker 1: on a free bar, four police cars actually rocked up
• 20:34
  Speaker 1: to the reception at 9.30 and a man was arrested.
• 20:37
  Speaker 1: And apparently all of the drama broke out just after
• 20:40
  Speaker 1: Peter Andre's surprise set. I mean, let's just be honest.
• 20:44
  Speaker 1: The real reason why so many people are fascinated by
• 20:46
  Speaker 1: this wedding is because of Venezuela's age. As we have
• 20:50
  Speaker 1: touched on many times, she's only 16. Her husband, Noah,
• 20:53
  Speaker 1: is 19. And in England, where they're from, it is
• 20:56
  Speaker 1: illegal for anyone under 18 to get married, even with
• 21:00
  Speaker 1: parental permission like this situation. I mean, the legislation was
• 21:04
  Speaker 1: introduced in 2023 to help prevent child marriage and forced marriage. However,
• 21:09
  Speaker 1: this wedding took place in the Furies' new home, the
• 21:12
  Speaker 1: Isle of Man, where you can get married at 16
• 21:15
  Speaker 1: if you have parental consent. So I wonder if this
• 21:17
  Speaker 1: was also partly the reason that they decided to move. Well,
• 21:20
  Speaker 1: the interesting thing is since this wedding, Venezuela has come
• 21:23
  Speaker 1: out and said that she's actually moving back to Yorkshire.
• 21:26
  Speaker 1: to live in a caravan with Noah. So does that
• 21:30
  Speaker 1: mean that the wedding is still going to be legally
• 21:32
  Speaker 1: recognized or do they have to wait until she turns 18?
• 21:35
  Speaker 1: That's a really good point. I'm not sure about the
• 21:38
  Speaker 1: legislation and whether it holds up in the UK. There's
• 21:40
  Speaker 1: also been a lot of talk about the fact that
• 21:42
  Speaker 1: Venezuela is moving from her parents' 8 million pound mansion
• 21:46
  Speaker 1: into this caravan. Venezuela has apparently said that she wants
• 21:51
  Speaker 1: to live a traditional traveler lifestyle, just like her parents did.
• 21:54
  Speaker 1: And she shared photos of this unfurnished caravan on social media. Apparently,
• 21:59
  Speaker 1: Noah renovated it recently for the couple. Well, Venezuela's hit
• 22:02
  Speaker 1: out on TikTok and she has said, I'm not living
• 22:05
  Speaker 1: in a caravan. I'm living in a static home. And
• 22:08
  Speaker 1: I actually had to Google what defines a static home.
• 22:11
  Speaker 1: And it's a prefabricated, fully furnished structure. So it says,
• 22:15
  Speaker 1: unlike touring caravans, they are rarely moved and serve as
• 22:18
  Speaker 1: reliable holiday getaways. Look, I mean, Is this not a
• 22:21
  Speaker 1: recipe for disaster? A 16-year-old and a 19-year-old who've never
• 22:25
  Speaker 1: lived out of home moving into a tiny caravan together.
• 22:29
  Speaker 1: I can only imagine the arguments that are going to
• 22:34
  Speaker 1: take place. To be fair, it doesn't sound like they're
• 22:36
  Speaker 1: going to be roughing it because there are reports that
• 22:38
  Speaker 1: on top of receiving a traditional gypsy wagon and a
• 22:42
  Speaker 1: £ 30, 000 honeymoon from her parents, that Tyson and Paris have
• 22:47
  Speaker 1: also given the newlyweds £ 5 million to kickstart their life together.
• 22:52
  Speaker 1: I'm wondering though how legit these reports are because apparently
• 22:55
  Speaker 1: Tyson has said in an interview before that he's not
• 22:58
  Speaker 1: going to leave any of his £ 162 million fortune to
• 23:01
  Speaker 1: his kids. So he said, I want my kids to
• 23:03
  Speaker 1: get their own money, do their own thing and be
• 23:06
  Speaker 1: their own people. I don't believe in just giving all
• 23:08
  Speaker 1: your money to your kids. It will make them weak,
• 23:10
  Speaker 1: spoiled and not value anything worthlessly. They'll end up getting
• 23:13
  Speaker 1: to 35 and never having done anything for themselves apart
• 23:16
  Speaker 1: from spending dad's money. That's the best thing I've ever
• 23:18
  Speaker 1: heard the guy say. But also, have you seen the show?
• 23:22
  Speaker 1: He goes and shops for all the bargains. Like I
• 23:24
  Speaker 1: can't see him just giving over 5 million pounds. I mean,
• 23:28
  Speaker 1: judging by Venezuela's social media presence and the added intrigue
• 23:33
  Speaker 1: in her life now, I think she's about to start
• 23:36
  Speaker 1: making bank on her own. I mean, on the show
• 23:38
  Speaker 1: we saw that she was interviewed by journalists. She was
• 23:40
  Speaker 1: doing some photo shoots. Girls her age seem to like
• 23:43
  Speaker 1: her and look up to her. The interesting thing is
• 23:46
  Speaker 1: you actually have to be over 18 to earn income
• 23:49
  Speaker 1: from TikTok or Snapchat through their creator rewards programs. So
• 23:53
  Speaker 1: it's not like she can get parents sign off for
• 23:55
  Speaker 1: that like she's done for the wedding. So all of
• 23:57
  Speaker 1: those views she got on her wedding content, it's not
• 23:59
  Speaker 1: like she's going to earn any money off them. I mean,
• 24:01
  Speaker 1: it can't hurt though for her future brand deals. The
• 24:03
  Speaker 1: fact that she's just popping up videos that are getting
• 24:06
  Speaker 1: over 10 million views. Those figures are crazy. Yeah. And
• 24:10
  Speaker 1: also like this whole story arc around moving from a
• 24:13
  Speaker 1: mansion into a caravan. I mean, audiences are just going
• 24:15
  Speaker 1: to want to tune into a content. I mean, I
• 24:17
  Speaker 1: know I'm desperate to see what goes on. And maybe
• 24:19
  Speaker 1: the new hubby can start making money. I'm assuming lots
• 24:21
  Speaker 1: of people have gone and followed him as well. And
• 24:23
  Speaker 1: he's 19. He's an adult. So all I could think
• 24:26
  Speaker 1: when I saw Venezuela's wedding videos popping up on TikTok
• 24:29
  Speaker 1: was I wonder what Molly Mae was really thinking. And
• 24:33
  Speaker 1: she attended the wedding and she was copying Flack left,
• 24:37
  Speaker 1: right and center because she decided to wear a black outfit.
• 24:41
  Speaker 1: Side note, she's 38 weeks pregnant. She probably doesn't have
• 24:44
  Speaker 1: that many outfits to choose from. She also had her
• 24:46
  Speaker 1: hair in a slick back bun. And a lot of
• 24:49
  Speaker 1: people were commenting that she had regrowth. Look, back off.
• 24:52
  Speaker 1: She's pregnant. She's about to give birth in two weeks time.
• 24:55
  Speaker 1: If she had have gone, you know, over the top
• 24:58
  Speaker 1: and done you know, her bouncy blow wave, which she
• 25:01
  Speaker 1: usually does, she probably would have been accused of trying
• 25:03
  Speaker 1: to steal the thunder from Venezuela. I love how that's
• 25:06
  Speaker 1: what people are offended by. It's like the bride wore
• 25:08
  Speaker 1: sunglasses and Crocs. They entered to Biggie. Like, why is
• 25:11
  Speaker 1: it offensive that she had her hair slicked back? Well,
• 25:15
  Speaker 1: also she was wrangling a toddler by herself because she
• 25:19
  Speaker 1: was there with Bambi. Bambi was a bridesmaid. Tommy was
• 25:21
  Speaker 1: a no-show at the wedding. He is, of course, Venezuela's
• 25:25
  Speaker 1: blood uncle. He's the one related to this family. He
• 25:28
  Speaker 1: apparently was unable to attend because he was at a
• 25:30
  Speaker 1: training camp ahead of his upcoming fight with Eddie Hall
• 25:32
  Speaker 1: in Manchester in June. I thought that was a bit
• 25:34
  Speaker 1: of a Porsche effort. I'm sorry, but why every time
• 25:37
  Speaker 1: his partner is about to give birth does he have
• 25:39
  Speaker 1: one of the biggest fights of his life? This was
• 25:41
  Speaker 1: the same when she gave birth to Bambi and he
• 25:43
  Speaker 1: had to go back to camp when he was fighting
• 25:45
  Speaker 1: against Jake Paul. I thought that, you know, when they
• 25:48
  Speaker 1: got back together, it was all like, oh no, he's changed.
• 25:51
  Speaker 1: She's going to make me more of a priority. This
• 25:53
  Speaker 1: worries me for Molly. Well, did you see that vision
• 25:55
  Speaker 1: of Molly where she pushed an umbrella out the way?
• 25:58
  Speaker 1: It was all over TikTok. Yeah. People were trying to
• 26:00
  Speaker 1: push this narrative that she's not a very nice person.
• 26:02
  Speaker 1: To be honest, if I had to fly by myself, well,
• 26:05
  Speaker 1: I mean, they were on a private jet and I
• 26:06
  Speaker 1: think her sister was there, but you know, first world problems.
• 26:08
  Speaker 1: But if I had to fly with a toddler to
• 26:11
  Speaker 1: this let's call it what it was, this spectacle of
• 26:14
  Speaker 1: a wedding. And then Rangel said, toddler, whilst I'm 38
• 26:18
  Speaker 1: weeks pregnant with media crawling around when I'm probably not
• 26:21
  Speaker 1: feeling great about myself because I'm having to dress for
• 26:24
  Speaker 1: a wedding, 38 weeks pregnant, I probably hit an umbrella
• 26:27
  Speaker 1: out of someone's hand as well. And also to set
• 26:29
  Speaker 1: the scene for those who haven't seen it, this security
• 26:32
  Speaker 1: guard was holding an umbrella and he was trying to
• 26:34
  Speaker 1: block the media from being able to see Molly Mae.
• 26:37
  Speaker 1: And he sort of veered it right towards Bambi. It
• 26:40
  Speaker 1: was going in their faces. And all she did was
• 26:41
  Speaker 1: sort of push it out the way to be like,
• 26:43
  Speaker 1: excuse me, we are walking. I would have done far
• 26:47
  Speaker 1: worse if someone had tried to hit me with an umbrella.
• 26:49
  Speaker 1: What time do we reckon that Molly May left the festivities?
• 26:52
  Speaker 1: Because we've heard that she didn't really make it long
• 26:54
  Speaker 1: into the night at her sister's wedding. I mean, side note,
• 26:56
  Speaker 1: neither did Zoe Ray, who was the bride. Surely she
• 26:59
  Speaker 1: wasn't sticking around much for this. Well, there are reports
• 27:02
  Speaker 1: that she left before 6pm and I think, well, that's
• 27:05
  Speaker 1: completely fine. I think that's a fair effort. She had
• 27:07
  Speaker 1: to get home. She had to get Bambi into bed.
• 27:09
  Speaker 1: I am deeply unwell. I am so sick. It's an illness.
• 27:14
  Speaker 1: It's a disease. I'm about to hit play on my
• 27:18
  Speaker 1: third rewatch of Off Campus. It only came out on Thursday.
• 27:23
  Speaker 1: It's been three business days for goodness sake. I can't stop.
• 27:27
  Speaker 1: A steamy new college romance series off campus has millennial
• 27:31
  Speaker 1: women in a chokehold. All over my social media feed,
• 27:34
  Speaker 1: especially on Outspoken, thanks to Sophie, 30-something mums are hyper-fixating
• 27:41
  Speaker 1: over a new heartthrob, Garrett Graham. Now, Sophie, I think
• 27:44
  Speaker 1: you need to give us a lowdown on what's going
• 27:46
  Speaker 1: on because our husbands keep asking us what these videos
• 27:49
  Speaker 1: on Outspoken's feed are all about. I've got to admit,
• 27:51
  Speaker 1: I was quite thrown by it because I'm a bit
• 27:53
  Speaker 1: late to the hysteria that's been going on. I'm like,
• 27:55
  Speaker 1: who is this guy? Because I personally probably going to
• 27:58
  Speaker 1: have to eat my words after watching the show, but
• 28:00
  Speaker 1: I don't find him that attractive. Oh, that's a bit harsh.
• 28:03
  Speaker 1: Come on now. Like you're probably saying that because you
• 28:05
  Speaker 1: know that your husband's going to tune into this. Like ironically,
• 28:08
  Speaker 1: it was actually my husband who introduced me to this show.
• 28:11
  Speaker 1: He loves a teen drama even more than me. And
• 28:14
  Speaker 1: I think he's got a crush on this guy. I mean,
• 28:16
  Speaker 1: he's an OG One Tree Hill fan. So this show
• 28:19
  Speaker 1: sort of gives those very nostalgic, naughty teen drama vibes
• 28:23
  Speaker 1: as well. Before I get invested in this person and
• 28:27
  Speaker 1: this TV show, how old is the heartthrob in real life?
• 28:31
  Speaker 1: I've seen a lot of millennials on TikTok asking the
• 28:34
  Speaker 1: same question and they've been Googling it live. He's 28.
• 28:37
  Speaker 1: So I feel like that is somewhat acceptable. Oh, that's okay.
• 28:40
  Speaker 1: And that is why people are going nuts about this
• 28:42
  Speaker 1: guy because he seems very manly. Before we get into
• 28:45
  Speaker 1: Garrett and the hysteria around him, I want to tell
• 28:48
  Speaker 1: you about this show. So the show is based on
• 28:51
  Speaker 1: Elle Kennedy's book series called Off Campus. It was first
• 28:55
  Speaker 1: published in the mid-2010s and it later blew up on
• 28:58
  Speaker 1: BookTok where it found this new generation of fans. We
• 29:01
  Speaker 1: are seeing this a lot because of BookTok. And the
• 29:04
  Speaker 1: fandom is really what helped drive demand for this TV
• 29:07
  Speaker 1: show to be made. And it seems to be a
• 29:10
  Speaker 1: really good formula for a lot of streaming services because
• 29:13
  Speaker 1: in recent years, we've seen The Summer I Turned Pretty,
• 29:15
  Speaker 1: another one of my favorites. That was a trilogy by
• 29:18
  Speaker 1: Jenny Hon, and that also had a cult-like following. I'm
• 29:22
  Speaker 1: hearing that last year was the year of Conrad Fisher,
• 29:26
  Speaker 1: and this year is the year of Garrett Graham. Sophie,
• 29:29
  Speaker 1: can I point out that the actor who plays Conrad
• 29:32
  Speaker 1: Fisher is also 28? Yes. Yeah, but he's got this
• 29:35
  Speaker 1: sort of boyish charm about him. He's not manly. He's
• 29:38
  Speaker 1: not a man. Like Garrett. Like once you watch the show,
• 29:41
  Speaker 1: you will get it. Hang on, but you loved Conrad. Yeah,
• 29:43
  Speaker 1: I haven't said which team I am. You know, it
• 29:46
  Speaker 1: used to be Team Conrad, Team Jeremiah. Is it now
• 29:48
  Speaker 1: Team Conrad or Team Garrett? Look, I'm a fan of
• 29:50
  Speaker 1: both of them. Amy still is behind. She hasn't even
• 29:52
  Speaker 1: watched The Summer I Turned Pretty. I'm not into American
• 29:55
  Speaker 1: teen drama. Amy's only into weird... Period drama. Like, you
• 30:00
  Speaker 1: need to expand, give these shows a bit of a go.
• 30:03
  Speaker 1: She hasn't even watched Ted Lasso. I mean, that's blasphemy.
• 30:06
  Speaker 1: I need to sell this show to you, Amy, because
• 30:08
  Speaker 1: I need to get you on the train. So I
• 30:10
  Speaker 1: don't want to give away any spoilers, but I'll give
• 30:13
  Speaker 1: you a rough outline of the plot. I mean, I've
• 30:15
  Speaker 1: seen a couple of people joking that the plot is
• 30:17
  Speaker 1: just the fact that there's a lot of hot guys
• 30:18
  Speaker 1: in this show. But I have to say, there's a
• 30:20
  Speaker 1: pretty cute storyline too. So why was Brando watching this? Well,
• 30:24
  Speaker 1: there's some attractive women in it too. So basically... The
• 30:28
  Speaker 1: show is based on the two characters, Hannah Wells, who's
• 30:31
  Speaker 1: this music major, and Garrett Graham, who is this star
• 30:35
  Speaker 1: hockey player at college. And basically, Garrett is doing really
• 30:39
  Speaker 1: badly in one of his classes, whereas Hannah is a
• 30:42
  Speaker 1: bit of a nerd. So in order to stay on
• 30:45
  Speaker 1: the hockey team, she needs to be his tutor so
• 30:48
  Speaker 1: he can boost his grades up. And in exchange, he said,
• 30:52
  Speaker 1: I can win you over this guy that you have
• 30:54
  Speaker 1: a crush on. Side note, the guy she has a
• 30:56
  Speaker 1: crush on is played by an Australian who was in
• 30:59
  Speaker 1: Heartbreak High. But basically, they are pretending to be in
• 31:02
  Speaker 1: this relationship. You can read between the lines what happens next.
• 31:06
  Speaker 1: I don't want to give anything away, but it's a
• 31:08
  Speaker 1: pretty cute story. And a lot of millennials are drawing
• 31:11
  Speaker 1: this parallel between these two characters and Nathan Scott and
• 31:15
  Speaker 1: Hayley James on One Tree Hill because Hayley was, of course,
• 31:18
  Speaker 1: Nathan Scott's tutor and he was the popular guy on
• 31:21
  Speaker 1: the basketball team. Oh, that's why Brandon's so invested in this.
• 31:25
  Speaker 1: How do we watch it? It's on Amazon Prime, trending
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  Speaker 1: number one at the moment, so it's easy to find.
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  Speaker 1: There are reports that some women have already watched this
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  Speaker 1: series three times in a row and it's only been
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  Speaker 1: brought out this week. What is it about this show
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  Speaker 1: that do you think strikes such a chord with millennial women?
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  Speaker 1: I think it's the escapism in this show. There are
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  Speaker 1: a lot of steamy scenes. There's a lot of women
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  Speaker 1: who are posting TikTok saying that they sort of can
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  Speaker 1: forget that they're married and have kids and sort of
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  Speaker 1: just go back to what it was like in their
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  Speaker 1: college years and sort of just be taken away in
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  Speaker 1: this fantasy. I think there's an element of nostalgia though
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  Speaker 1: as well because it's so weird being in your mid
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  Speaker 1: to late 30s because it just seems like it was
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  Speaker 1: yesterday that we were at uni. And then when I
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  Speaker 1: reflect it was 19 years ago, it absolutely freaks me out. Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, I also think it's to do with this
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  Speaker 1: particular heartthrob because I think a lot of women find
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  Speaker 1: it refreshing that in this teen drama, the heartthrob is
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  Speaker 1: an actual man. It's not some little boy like we've
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  Speaker 1: seen portrayed in the past. He has Michael Hutchinson vibes.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, he's this cocky athlete who all these girls
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  Speaker 1: are throwing themselves at, but The show, as it goes on,
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  Speaker 1: you realise that underneath all of this guy's bravado, he's
• 32:39
  Speaker 1: got this emotional intelligence and he's really loyal when he
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  Speaker 1: actually falls in love. Okay, well, that's what women are liking.
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  Speaker 1: It's the emotional intelligence and the fact that the guy's
• 32:49
  Speaker 1: apparently hot. I think I might try and binge this
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  Speaker 1: over the weekend and maybe we can get a thread
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  Speaker 1: going in the Outspoken Facebook community about it. Look. I
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  Speaker 1: have to say, I don't think we've had so many
• 32:59
  Speaker 1: responses to our Instagram stories since those videos of Garrett
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  Speaker 1: were shared. So it seems to be quite popular amongst
• 33:04
  Speaker 1: some Outspoken listeners as well. Well, that is where we're
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  Speaker 1: going to leave things today. But if you want to
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