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- 0:00The views expressed on The Big Gay After Show may not
- 0:03necessarily reflect the views of the Nathan B Stubblefield
- 0:05Foundation or those of the staff or management of WM and F Tampa.
- 0:09Listener discretion is advised. Where the TS hotter, the laughs
- 0:17are louder, and nothing's off limits, this is the Big Gay
- 0:20after show. Welcome to the big Gay After
- 0:27show. My name is Chris Gorman.
- 0:28I'm your show twink here joined by the electric trans queen of
- 0:33radio, Miss Esme Russell. Hello.
- 0:35Hello. How are you, Gracia?
- 0:39I don't speak your language. I know you don't.
- 0:42You be going to school for the student speaking.
- 0:46So I I'm sorry. You know what gets me though is
- 0:49that you will not give me her number because I would call her.
- 0:52You know what? You know what's funny?
- 0:53I'm taking her again this next over the summer.
- 0:56I'm taking her for for my Spanish.
- 0:59Spanish. Yes, Argentina.
- 1:01Oh, Argentina. OK, Yeah.
- 1:04Oh, their Spanish is beautiful. Yeah, Argentina Spanish is
- 1:07gorgeous. Yeah, yeah.
- 1:09It's not as fast as mine. Same.
- 1:12Yeah. Yeah.
- 1:12But sure, they speak beautiful. They they have a beautiful
- 1:16accent too. Oh my God.
- 1:17Well, don't, don't be rude about about the her.
- 1:21She, she, she, she, she's a good teacher.
- 1:23And I was actually talking to your, your, your daughter.
- 1:27No, it was Shane actually who I was talking to.
- 1:30And I, I told him, I gave him a little secret.
- 1:34I'm going to go ahead and tell you this as me.
- 1:37I understand more Spanish than I let you know.
- 1:40Just letting you know that I do understand certain things.
- 1:46I'm not going to respond to that.
- 1:52I'm not responding to that. I'm.
- 1:55Not responding. I'm not responding to that in
- 2:02Spanish. You're not convinced?
- 2:16OK anyways. I said I'm withholding my
- 2:20opinion. I I'm withholding my opinion.
- 2:22Holding my opinion. Hold your opinion to yourself.
- 2:25I know for a fact. I know for a fact.
- 2:28I won't speak it, but I at least understand it enough to go ahead
- 2:32and and I can. I could pick up a little bit.
- 2:35I could pick up a. Little bit I do know this, that
- 2:36if you wanted to speak it you could.
- 2:38Oh absolutely. But I don't want.
- 2:39'Cause you're not a dumb person. No, but I don't.
- 2:41I know dumb people. Yeah, we talk about dumb people
- 2:45all the time. Oh yeah, I just don't want to.
- 2:47I just don't want to. Anyways, We're also joined by
- 2:49we're joined by Lexi Long, Orlando Drag Race Live Season 10
- 2:53winner. Welcome into the studio.
- 2:55Hello, I'm so happy to be here, you guys are so fun.
- 2:59So, Lexi, we didn't talk to you about your other job, Your real
- 3:03job? Yes, your real job which?
- 3:04Is my day job. Which is that you work at Walt
- 3:07Disney World. Yes, I do.
- 3:08I'm an entertainer at Walt Disney World.
- 3:10I work in entertainment. I can't say too much about what
- 3:14I do, but I perform for a living.
- 3:16It's, it is a very interesting dichotomy of my life going from
- 3:20because some days I'll go from Disney straight into drag,
- 3:23right? So it it is very interesting
- 3:25going from one to the other, but it does make you realize that
- 3:29entertaining people is very similar no matter the type.
- 3:32Of how long have you worked for Disney?
- 3:34I've actually not worked there very long.
- 3:36I've worked there for about 6 months, not even a year.
- 3:41The hiring process, was it difficult?
- 3:43So it's like a classic audition, you know, for entertainment, you
- 3:47go into it depends. Everyone's story at Disney is
- 3:51different. Yeah, really, honestly.
- 3:53But my story started with a big cattle call audition at their
- 3:57rehearsal facility. And essentially you just show up
- 4:01to this giant cattle call, All these boys are there and they
- 4:05whittle you down. As the time goes on, you learn a
- 4:08combination and they just eliminate more and more and more
- 4:12and more people. For ours, they kept us all day.
- 4:15They made us go home for three hours.
- 4:16We came back later on in the day and then we we did some
- 4:21partnering with some girls, some dancing.
- 4:24It, it really depends because there's so much, so many types
- 4:28of entertainment in the park. So each audition is going to be
- 4:31different depending on what they're looking for.
- 4:33But yeah, it was a long experience.
- 4:35Some people audition for one thing and end up getting another
- 4:38gig. Absolutely, Absolutely.
- 4:40They'll say to you you're not a good fit for this, but we would
- 4:44like you to do this role absolutely in this thing.
- 4:47Because with a lot of what Disney is, it's, it's not even
- 4:50about like how good or bad you are at something.
- 4:52It's about what you look like or, or where you fit into the
- 4:55system perfectly, you know, So I mean, a lot of times you could
- 4:59go in for one thing, your height, your Oh my goodness,
- 5:02it's the littlest things you could never think about.
- 5:05Your teeth, your eyes, your nose, your face, your, your
- 5:07voice, your voice, how thick your your calf is could mean the
- 5:11difference of not fitting or fitting a costume.
- 5:13Like you get a 3D body scan when you first get hired and you
- 5:18stand in this thing and you hold this bar and it spins around you
- 5:22and takes a a live 3D photo of you.
- 5:24And from that photo they can see which costumes you do and you
- 5:28don't fit into. And it it can be very specific.
- 5:31Like I said, the your wrist is too big or too small.
- 5:35Like it's it's so specific. So it really is about just like
- 5:38who you are and how you can be used in the system.
- 5:40Is there ever a shortage of dancers or do you guys always
- 5:46have dancers? We do always have dancers.
- 5:48We do always have dancers. I will say I, it does feel like
- 5:51sometimes there's, there's not many of us that do each skill.
- 5:54So like if there's a very highly skilled, like let's say parade
- 5:56or show, there's not a ton of us that do that because I don't I
- 6:01don't think they want to have too many people in there because
- 6:04they want to have people who care and who are skilled.
- 6:06Once you get. How many parades do you do a
- 6:08day? So I'm doing my right now I'm
- 6:12doing the night time parade. So I only do 2 parades at night
- 6:16but. And how long, How long, How many
- 6:18hours of work is that? That is about a six hour day of
- 6:21work for two parades. The parade itself is probably
- 6:25about 3045 minutes. But one would never even be able
- 6:28to understand what it's like to start and finish a parade
- 6:31dancing. And what you don't get is so I
- 6:33grew up dancing my whole life. OK, but there's a difference
- 6:36between dancing and then dancing and moving forward at the same
- 6:40time. You would never think it's such
- 6:42a, a mind boggling thing, but it's adding it's, it's adding so
- 6:46much more physicality to it because you're not just dancing
- 6:49in one spot on the stage. You're getting, you're going
- 6:51somewhere. You're guiding.
- 6:52You're. You're guiding, yeah.
- 6:54And there's a float behind you and a float in front of you, so
- 6:56you better move, you know? So it it definitely.
- 6:59Talk to you. You know, no, not really.
- 7:02They'll they'll scream some things, but it's one of those
- 7:04things where it's like, baby, I don't have time.
- 7:06I'll give you a little smile, a little wave, you know?
- 7:08But because you're dancing. But that's the most I can give.
- 7:11Yeah, No, no talking for sure, for sure.
- 7:13But yeah, and it's pantomime. Yeah, I mean, I'm just waving
- 7:18inside. I'm allowed to talk.
- 7:20You are allowed to talk. We're allowed to talk.
- 7:22So the music is playing and you learn the song, so it's
- 7:26basically pantomime. We're well, so we're not singing
- 7:29to this, we're not lip syncing to this song.
- 7:31So it's it's like but. You but you have done roles for
- 7:33your lip syncing. I have not.
- 7:35No, I have not. There is, I will say, like the
- 7:38Castle show. I think they do some.
- 7:39Lip syncing. I know that they do.
- 7:41They definitely do, but in parades and stuff, actually a
- 7:44lot of times it's the the character.
- 7:46There's like Mickey and Minnie and stuff they'll do.
- 7:48It's called head sinking and they'll move their head back and
- 7:51forth. Masters at it, yeah.
- 7:52And it's not just head sinking, it's body sinking.
- 7:54It's but it's and whole physical, yeah.
- 7:57Yeah, it's crazy. It really is.
- 7:59Like they're directing orchestra, right?
- 8:01I love to watch Mickey at Fantasmic.
- 8:06His. Movements are so fat arms and
- 8:09then the arms are just it's the arm movements are so big and so
- 8:14fabulous. It's.
- 8:15Thrilling. I love watching Fantastic.
- 8:17I love Fantasmic. I do love Fantasmic a lot and.
- 8:21The behind the scenes, I mean Fantasmic is like.
- 8:22Beautiful. I see how they cover up a Ariel
- 8:25with a little tarp. They bag the fish.
- 8:27They bag is that they call Bag the fish?
- 8:30Yeah. So she does.
- 8:31Yeah. So the fireworks don't get her.
- 8:33It's great. It's just, it's so, so Disney's
- 8:35amazing there. There really is.
- 8:37The professionalism is just. Yes, it's a great company to
- 8:40work for. You, you, you really learn you,
- 8:42you learn about professional work, right, Because everyone
- 8:46there is a true professional. Now in the drag space, it's very
- 8:49different because you're working with a lot of people.
- 8:51I mean, there's no audition to get and work in the gay club,
- 8:54right? Over the course of my life, I've
- 8:56learned I've known Queens that have been in Fantasmic.
- 9:00Yes. So yeah, that have done both the
- 9:03Evil Queen, yes, Maleficent and Maleficent, Yeah, yeah.
- 9:07Maleficent is usually always a man, and no one would ever know
- 9:10that. Well, she's up there so far up
- 9:12anyway. Yeah, you know, and the and the
- 9:14movements are so outrageous and big and.
- 9:19You know, just waving the arm. Waving the arm.
- 9:21Yeah, so it's perfect. And you need someone tall and
- 9:24long for that. It'd probably be a great
- 9:26Maleficent. I wouldn't.
- 9:27That is one of my dream roles, but everyone wants it, so she.
- 9:30Goes you're everybody wants it. Yes.
- 9:32But yeah, it's my, it's in my height range, so.
- 9:35Yeah, it is your height. Oh yeah, 'cause she's, yeah,
- 9:36she's up there. She's tall.
- 9:38She she's a big girl. Yeah, big.
- 9:39Girl Jafar would be another one. Jafar would be a good one, yeah.
- 9:42Yeah, let's go into some hot topics, Miss, says me.
- 9:45Alrighty. I got something I.
- 9:47Just I just love the Disney conversation.
- 9:49Oh definitely. I'm a Disney fan.
- 9:51I just love and movies. I love Disney movies as well.
- 9:54Who doesn't? Let's jump into this.
- 9:56Former Exodus International leader Allen Chambers was
- 9:59arrested in Central Florida after investigators say he tried
- 10:02to arrange a sexual meet up with someone he believed was a 14
- 10:05year old boy. Chambers, 54, was charged with
- 10:08solicitation of a minor via computer, transmitting harmful
- 10:11material to a minor and unlawful use of two way communication
- 10:15device, according to Orange County Sheriff's Office, A
- 10:19undercover detective poised as a pose poised posed as a 14 year
- 10:23old on Snapchat and began communicating with Chambers
- 10:26earlier this year. It's always the same.
- 10:28He said Chambers introduced himself as a 50 year old man
- 10:33named John David. That's one of the worst fucking
- 10:37names I've ever heard. And later moved the conversation
- 10:40to text messages and Telegram. The arrest affidavit said that
- 10:44Chambers allegedly sent sexually explicit messages and photos
- 10:48while trying to set up an in person meeting.
- 10:51No bond is currently listed. Exodus International shut down
- 10:55in 2013 after Chambers publicly apologized to the LGBTQ plus
- 11:00community and acknowledged the harm the organization created
- 11:04through the its promotion of conversion therapy.
- 11:08It's always the same people. Yep, it's always the same
- 11:12people. I'm so tired of this.
- 11:15I'm so tired of the hate that we get from them and the and how
- 11:19steadfast they work to pass laws to hurt us to to prevent us from
- 11:25living well. He even acknowledged it during
- 11:27his apology to the LGBTQ community.
- 11:29He said that he had hidden his own attraction to men and
- 11:32expressed regret for the pain. Link to the group's work.
- 11:36I mean, hey, right there. I, I think that that and itself,
- 11:38the fact that he's just owning up and admitting it, it's, it's
- 11:41proof in it and it's I. Had someone tell me the other
- 11:45day that they didn't see how being gay was political or why
- 11:55we had to politicize it. And I said to that person, it is
- 11:59political. Being gay is political and your
- 12:03side has made it that way. You've outlawed me from using
- 12:06women's spaces. That is political.
- 12:09OK. You've you consistently trying
- 12:12to ban men and women from marrying each other.
- 12:16That is political. It's it's a political movement.
- 12:19Yeah, OK. It's not personal.
- 12:21It's political. It may be personal as well, but
- 12:24you're making it political. Absolutely.
- 12:26You're trying to outlaw my existence.
- 12:28They're saying on White House documents that trans people are
- 12:33a terrorist movement. That is political.
- 12:37Yeah, that is political. I am not a terrorist.
- 12:40No, When you bring it in that space, you bring it in that
- 12:42space. You're bringing it.
- 12:43You're making it political. This idea that it's that being
- 12:47gay or being trans is not political.
- 12:49It is political if you don't want it to be political if you
- 12:52want it to stop. Stop talking about us.
- 12:56Get our names out of your filthy fucking mouths because you're
- 13:00all a bunch of perverts, y'all Smith?
- 13:03They're all a bunch of perverts. Totally.
- 13:05Agree, Totally agree. I mean, just all of them.
- 13:08Every accusation is a fucking confession.
- 13:13Every single, every time you hear one of them go, well, those
- 13:16transgenders are we're going to stop all these gays from
- 13:19sleeping with each other and we're going to convert them back
- 13:22to Christianity. Every one of those people ends
- 13:25up turning out to be some gay guy that that didn't come out
- 13:30and was trying to meet with other gay.
- 13:31Guys and just like he said how after all of this then he admits
- 13:33it right then he then he owns up and says.
- 13:35They're usually married by the way, right?
- 13:38Which is 'cause. They're in a trapped.
- 13:39Situation Can you imagine the wife how she must feel and the
- 13:42children how embarrassing that is for a wife and.
- 13:46And it's, it's, it adds an extra level of shame to this already.
- 13:51They're already feeling shame, right?
- 13:52So then now this family is feeling this shame and it's, and
- 13:55it sucks because it's like, we could have all just been honest.
- 13:58And now there's so much shame attached to this thing.
- 14:01And that's why it's political, right?
- 14:03You know, it's, it's, it's become this thing.
- 14:05It's not. Just no wonder that every time
- 14:08there's a Republican anything, convention, gathering, meeting,
- 14:12golf, whatever, a grinder literally blows.
- 14:17Up. Am I right or not, Chris?
- 14:20A former Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission
- 14:24biologist who was fired over a social media post about
- 14:27conservative commentator Charlie Kirk has reached a cash
- 14:30settlement with the agency, according to court documents.
- 14:33Brittany Brown had worked for FWC for seven years before being
- 14:36terminated after reposting a message to a private Instagram
- 14:39Story following Kirk's 2025 assassination.
- 14:44The reposted message mocked Kirk over past comments about school
- 14:47shootings, saying Wales cared exactly as much as Charlie Kirk
- 14:51cared about children being shot in their classroom.
- 14:54Brown's attorney argued that the Instagram account was private
- 14:57and had no connection to her work at FWC.
- 15:00The settlement terms and payout have not been made public, and
- 15:04also the judge has denied Brown's request to get her job
- 15:07back. Good.
- 15:09I'm glad that she finally, she got her money.
- 15:13It sucks that she's not gonna have, you know, the ability to
- 15:16do her work. But it's good that she got her
- 15:19money, got her bag. That's gonna happen to a lot of
- 15:22people, though, A lot of people who have gotten fired over
- 15:25these, you know, Commons, that's, that's First fucking
- 15:28amendment. One of the things that happened
- 15:29with Charlie Kurt's death is they tried to give him a
- 15:33sainthood when he died. So the way that he was murdered
- 15:37was terrible. Absolutely.
- 15:38I mean, you cannot. There's just no way to fix that.
- 15:41It's human like that's. That's terrible.
- 15:42That's somebody's husband. That was somebody's dad, you
- 15:46know, that's somebody's son. But he was not a good guy.
- 15:50No, OK. I mean, we couldn't say that at
- 15:54the time of his death because we were trying to be politically
- 15:57correct. But in retrospect, and and and
- 16:00it's not because I'm saying it, all you got to do is go on the
- 16:03Internet and look up his speeches and hear the vile,
- 16:08terrible things that he would say.
- 16:10You know, transphobic, homophobic, racist.
- 16:16Yeah. Just just bad.
- 16:18He was not a good guy. It does not mean that he
- 16:21deserved to die. No.
- 16:23And I would never, I would never condone that.
- 16:25And and I'm very saddened that he was murdered because I, I
- 16:29feel like, you know, people like Kim, I always have hope that
- 16:33they'll convert, that they'll realize they've made a mistake.
- 16:36I'm seeing Candace Owen right now.
- 16:39Candace Owens the perfect 1. Tucker Carlson is another one.
- 16:42Joe Rogan is 1. Candace Owen, you know, she was
- 16:45talking to Biden's son the other day and she apologized to him
- 16:49for calling him a drug addict and a, you know, crack head and
- 16:52all that. And, and I thought to and he
- 16:54said, well, I was a crack head. You were saying the truth.
- 16:56And I love that he owned it. He said, I just didn't want to
- 16:59hear it, But I was at that time a crack head.
- 17:02She goes, I shouldn't have been calling you that because you
- 17:04were dealing with an illness. He goes, you're right about
- 17:07that. You are.
- 17:08And but she owned it, though, and he owned it.
- 17:10And I thought, wow, what's going on here, man?
- 17:13That's what we're all missing, right?
- 17:16It's just at the end of the day being being people and talking
- 17:19to each other about stuff and taking all this, all this
- 17:21external weight and pressure away.
- 17:23And really, we're just people talking like it's really.
- 17:26That simple. But I've just, she's really
- 17:30surprised me, you know? I like to believe that come 510
- 17:33years from now, we'll have that sort of open dialogue back again
- 17:38because what you're seeing right now with Candace Owens and
- 17:41Hunter Biden was, as you know, as May what was happening with
- 17:45Mitt Romney and Obama. What was his name?
- 17:49McCain and Obama, Bush and fucking dildo, whatever his name
- 17:54is. Gore I.
- 17:55Watched that interview with her and I thought Candace Owen is
- 17:58being decent and respectful and she's asking valid questions.
- 18:04And she since I mean, her apology was real.
- 18:07You know, you can look in somebody's eyes.
- 18:09It wasn't like it wasn't a last minute.
- 18:11She goes, I really, I really missed the mark with you.
- 18:14I, I, I think about what I said at that time and I feel really
- 18:18bad about it. I don't, I don't know why I was
- 18:21feeling like that or why I was, you know, I'm like thinking to
- 18:24myself. She's analyzing herself.
- 18:26It's the House of Cards. Once you once 1 little thing
- 18:28falls right, everything starts to deconstruct.
- 18:31And I'm thinking, OK, this is what we're this is progress.
- 18:35Absolutely. This is progress here, OK?
- 18:38And I know that there are people that she speaks to that want her
- 18:41to be hateful and to continue the nastiness, but she's just
- 18:46not there right now, you know? I think that because Charlie
- 18:50Kirk was essentially a brother to her, I think the loss of
- 18:54Charlie Kirk really opened her eyes to the way that the the
- 18:58Conservative Party has been treating certain people.
- 19:02And she feels, and at one time I was in argument about it with
- 19:08myself internally, but I don't think that I don't feel that way
- 19:12anymore. She feels that he was murdered,
- 19:15that he was set up, that it was planned.
- 19:19She really feels that way. She's even said that she thinks
- 19:22that the wife knew about it. I've heard this stuff the.
- 19:26Wife has said that there was there are problems in their
- 19:29marriage. All of this is conspiracy
- 19:31theories. Now Erica Kirk is a whole nother
- 19:33topic. Girl, we going to start.
- 19:34That girl who go. Girl, the eyes.
- 19:37Don't forget the eyes they Pierce.
- 19:39Girl, when she dressed up like Janet Jackson to do that
- 19:42interview, I thought I was going to freaking lose my mind.
- 19:47I was ready for the. I think it was, it was, it
- 19:52wasn't intentional, I don't think.
- 19:54But she looked like she looked. She looks just like the fucking
- 19:58Rhythm Nation tour. She carries herself like a
- 20:01Jackson, coming also on these stages with pyrotechnics and and
- 20:04lighting and fireworks. I'm like, oh.
- 20:06Look, Speaking of Disney, she's a whole Disney show.
- 20:09Literally. She like she, she kind of.
- 20:11She's got the budget too. She's.
- 20:13Got the show. Yeah.
- 20:14Yeah, she was. She was the submissive wife that
- 20:19Charlie Kirk did not want her to be seen or to be heard.
- 20:23Stay behind me. Raise the kids.
- 20:26Don't talk. Don't be seen.
- 20:28When I let you out of your cage to come out, you stand right
- 20:32here and don't speak. Do you know how they met?
- 20:35No. How did they meet?
- 20:36It was a job interview. He took her out to a lunch for a
- 20:41job interview. And then on this job interview
- 20:43at the end, he was like, do you want to go on a date?
- 20:46How creepy and weird is that? Like, that is the start of all
- 20:49of this whole thing that we're looking at right now.
- 20:51That was the start of it. And like, you can't ignore how
- 20:54something starts because it will affect how it ends.
- 20:57You know what I mean? And just thinking about that is,
- 21:00so it really puts into perspective like how these
- 21:04business businessmen work and how this industry works, right?
- 21:08It's crazy. It's so crazy to think about.
- 21:10Well, I got one more topic before we go into news.
- 21:13A West Virginia man was arrested after deputies say he repeatedly
- 21:16called 911 to report zombies, ghost, and a UFO at his home.
- 21:21Randolph County, yeah. Randolph County detectives,
- 21:25Deputies, I should say, identified the man as 33 year
- 21:28old Clinton Wayne Nealon of Elkins, WV.
- 21:32Investigators say Nealon falsely claimed that he was being
- 21:36harassed by several people when deputies arrived at his
- 21:38residence. He also allegedly said that he
- 21:41was a police officer from Louisiana.
- 21:44Authorities later determined that he was not a law
- 21:47enforcement officer and accused him of impersonating an officer.
- 21:50He was charged with misuse of a local emergency telephone system
- 21:54and impersonating a law enforcement officer.
- 21:57He is bought. His bond is 2500 cash only
- 22:00that's in. I want to know what kind of
- 22:03psychosis that he's going through.
- 22:06He should not be in jail. He needs to be in a, a, a mental
- 22:09health institution. He needs to be.
- 22:11He needs to find help. A lot of times people have
- 22:14mental health issues and they put them in jail.
- 22:16Yeah, so often. Very much of the time, actually.
- 22:19Very much so. And, and it's the reason why,
- 22:22you know, in prison, you know, they don't go ahead and get
- 22:25rehabilitated. No.
- 22:26And, and they're not, they just sit there.
- 22:27They're not going to help him there.
- 22:29He's not going to get the help that he that he desperately
- 22:31needs. That's just so sad.
- 22:33It's, it's, it's, it's, it really is sad.
- 22:36And I really hope that he can get the help that he needs.
- 22:39But it's, it's a broader issue that we really need to focus on
- 22:43when it comes to this. This country is the actual fact
- 22:46that, you know, we're not rehabilitating these people.
- 22:50And I mentioned this on on air a couple weeks ago, either on the
- 22:54after show or on the main show that, you know, slavery is still
- 22:58legal in this country. You have to be convicted of a
- 23:00crime, but it's still legal. It is still 100% legal to be a
- 23:04slave so long as you are incarcerated.
- 23:08And that's, that is part of the 13th Amendment.
- 23:11So it's, it's it, it really is, it really is mind boggling.
- 23:15Well, Esme, I'm assuming you don't have any anything, any
- 23:19topics? Well, I do have one topic and I
- 23:22do want to cover it when we get back from the break.
- 23:24And that is what if you're if you refuse to give up your room
- 23:30for a family guest? Yes, I think this is this kid
- 23:34really is my hero. I really like him a lot.
- 23:36I'm I, I'm going to tell you, I really do like this kid a lot.
- 23:40I wish I could write him a letter, you know, and just say
- 23:43to him, good job. Good job for standing up for
- 23:45yourself. You know what I mean?
- 23:47Well, I got a little bit more breaking news.
- 23:49Not really breaking when you when you're hearing it now, but
- 23:53breaking to us. A federal appeals court is
- 23:56blocking Alabama from using its GOP drawn congressional map.
- 24:00We also have a family saying that Amazon Bot Earn may have
- 24:05arrived with somebody else's ashes inside Southwest Airlines
- 24:10banning human like robots. And then we've got also a house
- 24:15proposal that might charge EV owners for Rd. costs.
- 24:20We got all that and more coming up after the break, but we're
- 24:22going to go ahead and throw it over to Claire Leeson from
- 24:24Project No Labels for our big gay news and then over to Joanna
- 24:27Grosso for our big gay community calendar.
- 24:29We'll be right back. I'm Claire Leeson from project
- 24:35No Labels and this is your LGBTQ plus news from around the
- 24:38country and right here in Tampa Bay in national news from
- 24:42watermark out news, the US House of Representatives passed a
- 24:45federal don't say trans bill on May 20th that critics say Wood
- 24:49forest teachers to out transgender students to their
- 24:51parents. The legislation would require
- 24:54schools to obtain parental consent before allowing students
- 24:57to use their preferred name, pronouns and gender markers, and
- 25:00would restrict federal funding for schools that teach concepts
- 25:03related to what the the bill calls gender ideology.
- 25:06Supporters argue parents should direct conversations around
- 25:09gender identity, while opponents warn the bill could place
- 25:12transgender students in unsafe situations at home and increase
- 25:16the risk of harassment, abuse or conversion therapy.
- 25:19The measure passed mostly along party lines, with eight
- 25:21Democrats joining Republicans in support.
- 25:24In Winter Park from West Orange County, deputies announced the
- 25:27arrest of Allen Chambers, a former leader of the now defunct
- 25:30conversion therapy organization Exodus International.
- 25:34Investigators say Chambers believed he was communicating
- 25:36online with a 14 year old boy who was an undercover detective.
- 25:40He now faces charges including solicitation of a minor and
- 25:43transmission of harmful material to a minor.
- 25:46Chambers previously made national headlines in 2013 when
- 25:49he apologized to the LGBTQ community for the harm caused by
- 25:52Exodus International before the organization shut down in
- 25:56Colorado. From PBS The state Supreme Court
- 25:58has ordered Children's Hospital Colorado to resume gender
- 26:01affirming medical care for transgender minors.
- 26:04The hospital had passed treatments earlier this year
- 26:06amid pressure and investigations tied to the Trump
- 26:09administration's policies surrounding transgender
- 26:11healthcare for transgender girls sued the hospital, arguing the
- 26:15suspension violated Colorado's anti discrimination laws and
- 26:18placed their mental health at risk.
- 26:20In a 5 to 2 ruling, the court sided with the families, saying
- 26:23that immediate harm faced by the patients outweighed potential
- 26:26federal consequences for the hospital.
- 26:28And finally, from The Associated Press, former Congressman Barney
- 26:31Frank has died at the age of 86. Frank served in Congress for
- 26:35more than three decades and became one of the nation's most
- 26:37prominent openly gay political leaders.
- 26:40Known for his sharp wit and outspoken advocacy, he helped
- 26:43bring national visibility to LGBTQ rights while also playing
- 26:46a major role in shaping financial reform legislation
- 26:49following the 2008 economic crisis.
- 26:52Frank is survived by his husband, Jim Reddy, along with
- 26:55his siblings and extended family.
- 26:56Please remember to stay safe and treat yourself and others with
- 26:59kindness. This has been your LGBTQ plus
- 27:01news for the Big Gay radio Show. I'm Claire Leeson on 88.5 WMNF
- 27:06Tampa. Hey, hey Tampa Bay, it's Joanna
- 27:13Grosso with Joe on the Go Tampa Bay, your weekly guide to what's
- 27:17happening around the city. Here's what's happening this
- 27:19week. Starting on Sunday, May 31st,
- 27:22Cool Vibes Hub and Grub in Saint Pete is hosting a drag brunch
- 27:27bingo benefiting the Never Say Never Foundation beginning at 11
- 27:31AM. Expect bingo, drag performances,
- 27:34brunch, fives, and a fun afternoon supporting a great
- 27:36'cause. Then on Thursday, June 4th, the
- 27:39Royalty Pride Art Show opening reception takes place at Saint
- 27:43Petersburg City Theater from 5:00 to 8:00 PM.
- 27:46The event will feature local artists, light food and drinks
- 27:49in a night centered around creativity, community and a
- 27:52Pride season celebration. And on Sunday, June 7th over in
- 27:56Ybor, Wigs and Wit returns to Tampa Bay at the Commodore at
- 27:597:00 PM. The show brings comedians and
- 28:02drag Queens head to head for a live talent competition where
- 28:06the audience helps decide the winner.
- 28:08For more information behind the scenes and weekly updates,
- 28:11follow along on Instagram at Joe On the Go Tampa Bay.
- 28:15Have a great week, Tampa Bay, and I'll see you out and about.
- 28:23You're listening to the only LGBTQ radio show in Tampa Bay,
- 28:27The Big Gay Radio Show on 88.5 WMNF.
- 28:34Welcome to or welcome back to the Big Gay Radio Show.
- 28:37My name is Chris Gorman. I'm your show twink here, joined
- 28:39by the electric Esme Russell. What you talking shit about
- 28:42there? Over there?
- 28:43I press the wrong button. What up what you say?
- 28:45I say you have lost your motherfucking mind.
- 28:47What you mean? What you mean?
- 28:49The way you were repeating everything he was saying.
- 28:51On I, I know all of the things that Sean says by heart at this
- 28:55point. I said I don't understand what's
- 28:58going on here, but were you saying it over what he was
- 29:00saying or? Yes, of course, absolutely.
- 29:03Off air, obviously, with the mic muted.
- 29:05Oh, OK. Like, no, no, definitely.
- 29:07I wasn't saying it while we were on air, but yeah.
- 29:10Anyways. We're also joined by Lexi Long,
- 29:12Orlando Drag Race Live season 10 winner.
- 29:15Thank you so much for joining us.
- 29:17Hello. Hello.
- 29:19Well, Esme, here's a wild story for you.
- 29:21A Southern California family says an urn that they bought on
- 29:24Amazon appeared to contain somebody else's ashes.
- 29:29The urn was one of several purchased after the death of a
- 29:32family's grandfather and so relatives could keep each part
- 29:36of his ashes. Family member Mark Culbertson
- 29:39said every arrive or every urn arrived empty except for one,
- 29:44which contained what looked like cremated remains.
- 29:47Culbertson says the family believes the ashes belong to a
- 29:51stranger and wants to reunite them with the correct family.
- 29:54He says Amazon initially apologized and offered a $20
- 29:58refund credit, but there was little little else that they
- 30:01could do because the order was placed over a year ago.
- 30:05Frustrated by the response, they reached out to the media to to
- 30:08get the attention that they for the situation.
- 30:12Jesus fucking Christ, as May Can you imagine going ahead and
- 30:17being traumatized with fucking death of a family member and
- 30:21then finding somebody else's ashes in the urn that you buy?
- 30:24So my guess is this day that that the urn was returned,
- 30:31somebody had initially bought it.
- 30:33Well, Can you imagine being returned?
- 30:35Somebody put the ashes in the urn and forgot to take the ashes
- 30:38out when they returned it. But what's so, OK, Amazon
- 30:41doesn't do any sort of service like that, right?
- 30:45They don't do cremations, no. So then how did these ashes end
- 30:48up in this urn? That's what I'm saying it has.
- 30:50Somebody bought the urn for their family members ashes.
- 30:55They put their ashes in the urn and then after looking at the
- 31:00urn, they said now we're going to return it.
- 31:02We don't like that, that urn, you see what happened and they
- 31:05forgot to take the ashes out. Imagine being that person,
- 31:10you're dead, and then you're thrown back into an Amazon
- 31:13storage facility. They.
- 31:14Send you back to the store and they resold it.
- 31:18Well, they should be able to track that then, right.
- 31:20I mean, you would think with the technology, because if they see
- 31:22who returned this and then I don't know because maybe they
- 31:25just put these things when they returned back on a stock shelf,
- 31:28you know. Maybe, but.
- 31:29That's insane. That's.
- 31:31Exactly what happened. It's the only explanation.
- 31:34Right, Right. That is so wild.
- 31:36That's also kind of eerie, kind of weird.
- 31:38And you're like, whose body is this?
- 31:40Yeah. Anyways, a federal a federal 3
- 31:45judge panel blocked Alabama's Republican drawn congressional
- 31:48map from taking effect, saying the districts were intentionally
- 31:51drawn to discriminate based on race.
- 31:53The judges said they could not allow Alabamians to vote in 2026
- 31:57under what they called the map map tainted by intentional race
- 32:01based discrimination. The ruling is a major set back
- 32:04for Republicans who hope the new map would help them pick up a
- 32:06congressional seat in the midterm elections.
- 32:09The disputed map would have eliminated one of Alabama's two
- 32:12majority black congressional districts.
- 32:16Alabama Republicans. That's that's pretty much it to
- 32:19the end of the story. I got a lot of other notes on
- 32:20there, but they're. Going they're listen, they're
- 32:22desperately trying to cheat. Oh, very much so.
- 32:25They know their ass is going to get handed to them in the
- 32:28midterm. No amount of backfire, no amount
- 32:31of gerrymandering that you do is going to be able to fucking get
- 32:36the to keep the blue wave from happening.
- 32:38The blue wave's going to happen whether you like it or not.
- 32:41And people, and let me tell you, it's going to be a tsunami.
- 32:44All you need to do, I'm just telling you, is go to the
- 32:47grocery store and start shopping.
- 32:51And once you realize how little your money goes, how far it
- 32:55goes, it doesn't go very far, you're going to realize that you
- 32:59they're in trouble. They're in big trouble.
- 33:01It's survival at this point. It's not even about like what
- 33:04you believe and what you don't believe.
- 33:05It's like I need to survive. People are not going to be
- 33:08voting because they like Democrats.
- 33:10People are voting for Democrats because they cannot afford to
- 33:13survive anymore. That is exactly correct and I
- 33:16don't care. Listen, it's like when people
- 33:18say, well, Lincoln will Lincoln free the slaves, But he really
- 33:22didn't want to write the emancipation of Proclamation.
- 33:25It was more of a political, I don't care what his reason was.
- 33:28I don't care. I don't care why you're voting
- 33:30Democrat. I really don't care.
- 33:32Just vote. Right, right.
- 33:33I don't care why you're doing it.
- 33:35I know you. I know that many people are not
- 33:37Democrats and they're going to vote Democrat because of the
- 33:40cost of living right now. Here's the thing, I really hope
- 33:43that's the way because unfortunately people are so
- 33:46attached to whatever they are or whatever they think they are,
- 33:49that sometimes they will put their own beliefs out the window
- 33:51just to identify with something. So there's about 34 to 35% of
- 33:55the electorate that is not going to budget.
- 34:00They're not going to budget with the pedophilic accusations.
- 34:04They're not going to budget that he's an adjudicated rapist.
- 34:08They're not going to budget that he has been charged and
- 34:12convicted of sexual assault. They are not going to budget
- 34:16that the prices of gasoline have gone up.
- 34:19They're not going to budget that the price of food is
- 34:22skyrocketing. They're not going to budget
- 34:25that. He is grifting off of the
- 34:28presidency every day, millions and millions of dollars.
- 34:33They're not going to budget for any of that.
- 34:34They're going to vote for him, even if he sinks them like the
- 34:38Titanic into the ocean. So I, I do kind of want to push
- 34:42back a little bit on that though.
- 34:44And the reason why I do is because of the fact that you've
- 34:46got people that I genuinely thought were going to be never,
- 34:50never or not Trumpers. I always thought people like
- 34:53Tucker Carlson, Joe Rogan would always be, you know, those Trump
- 34:59MAGA loyalists. And yet recently they haven't
- 35:03been well, they've been very critical.
- 35:05These are educated people. So what what I'm talking about
- 35:09is that is. The uneducated Because you're
- 35:12exactly right. I think it's about 25% of the
- 35:14American population is. Illiterate.
- 35:17I don't know how to put this. They're dumb fucks.
- 35:19Pretty much. They're voting against their own
- 35:21interests. In simple terms.
- 35:23In simple terms, they're voting against themselves in order.
- 35:27They're voting not based on bettering the lives of American
- 35:31people. They're not voting for equal
- 35:33rights. They're not voting for equality
- 35:36or any of that. They're voting on their hate.
- 35:39It's sad 'cause they don't even realize it.
- 35:41They hate those transgenders, they hate those homosexuals,
- 35:45they hate those immigrants, The others.
- 35:48He's otherwise those. People, that's what they're fed
- 35:50though too, and they eat it up. And those people, no matter what
- 35:54we do, they're not coming around.
- 35:57He's got them by the he's got them locked in a death grip.
- 36:00It is. I still think that the midterms
- 36:02are going to be a little bit more eye opening in in a in a
- 36:06refute to that, to be honest, I think that there's going to be a
- 36:10lot. More 75% of the vote is better
- 36:14than nothing true. Do you see what I'm saying?
- 36:16Absolutely. Cause we, we need more than 50%,
- 36:19yeah, we need like 60 or 70% yeah to be a landslide win.
- 36:23But if we can get 70 to 75% of the vote, I'm in.
- 36:27I'm like. Esme, you need to understand the
- 36:29the it's not. It does not matter.
- 36:31Landslide. In my opinion, landslide doesn't
- 36:33matter. Win.
- 36:34We win. What?
- 36:34No, it doesn't even matter whether or not we win.
- 36:36The way we get this fucker out of office is with a 2/3
- 36:40majority. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
- 36:41So you're you're exactly right. We need between 60 and 70% so
- 36:46that we can have the Senate votes to get the fucker out of
- 36:49office. Get get all these people out of
- 36:52office. Fire them all.
- 36:53The whole kid in Kabuto needs to go because they're a threat to
- 36:56democracy. So you're exactly right.
- 36:57You're absolutely right. Something that's going to happen
- 36:59because it's being talked about now.
- 37:01They're already laying the ground for they're about to pack
- 37:03that court they're talking about they're.
- 37:06Doing anything to give themselves a cushion for the
- 37:08future, They'll do and. We are going to pack the court.
- 37:10Oh, baby, yeah. We are going to pack that
- 37:12freaking court I. Was.
- 37:13Going to say the Republicans already did.
- 37:16It's already there. We're going to be in court.
- 37:18We're going to add more seats. Oh yeah, and let me tell you,
- 37:22the ones that are there better be careful they don't get
- 37:23impeached if we get a majority. I'd like to see Clarence Thomas
- 37:27'cause. There's a few of them in there
- 37:29that we got there. He's got a lot of questionable
- 37:32stuff on his record that you know what I'm specifically
- 37:35we're. Starting his finances, let alone
- 37:37the other. Let alone the other like
- 37:39accusations, the rape accusations, all that other
- 37:41stuff. You are absolutely right.
- 37:42His financials should be called into question in every single
- 37:46aspect. He is not going ahead and
- 37:48holding himself to the way that the court should be holding
- 37:51themselves and not recusing himself from certain cases.
- 37:53And, you know, that might just be what it will be to wake some
- 37:56people up because sometimes until it involves money, they
- 37:59don't even realize it because it it doesn't affect them.
- 38:02And that's something with all of that stuff is people don't think
- 38:04about things and. So listen, I got to talk.
- 38:06I've been dilly dallying around this story.
- 38:09So this family have an only son. They have a very small home.
- 38:16They have a master bedroom, they have a guest room and they have
- 38:19the son's bedroom. They got family members that
- 38:23like to visit them and they've been for years now this kid has
- 38:28been dealing with these family members visiting and he has to
- 38:31give up the room. So 2 days before their arrival,
- 38:35not not two weeks, not a month before they get here, his mom
- 38:40and dad tell him you got to give up your room.
- 38:42This these family members are coming and they're bringing some
- 38:46other people with them and you have to give up.
- 38:48And he said, no, I'm not doing that.
- 38:50I'm not giving up my room anymore.
- 38:52And they're furious at him. They say that he's breaking
- 38:54family tradition, that he's being disrespectful.
- 38:57He said they can sleep in the living room and in the guest
- 38:59room, 'cause I'm not. So the guest room can't hold
- 39:02everybody. The guest room is very small, so
- 39:05some of them would have had to sleep in his room and he would
- 39:10have ended up sleeping in the living room.
- 39:12But he says this is his, this is his explanation.
- 39:16I have studies for school and I need my rest and I need a quiet
- 39:22place to study. And you're going to pack this
- 39:25house full of people and I'm not going to have any privacy as I
- 39:28study for my schooling. So no, I'm not giving up my
- 39:31room. Don't ask me.
- 39:33I'm not doing it. I'm not cooperating.
- 39:36And don't tell me this is your house, because this is my house
- 39:38too, because I live here. Wake it up.
- 39:40I didn't ask to be born. That part.
- 39:43Parents do that all the time. But he's letting them have it.
- 39:46And I'm like, listen, I don't know who this kid is, but I'm
- 39:49all for it. I am very respectful of him.
- 39:53I'm very respectful that he is handling this like an adult.
- 39:56And this is what he also said. He said if they wanted that room
- 39:59so badly they should have given me at least two weeks notice and
- 40:02so that I could have found somewhere to go.
- 40:05Not find somewhere to go. This boy is doing business.
- 40:08Oh yeah, so I could have found somewhere else to go.
- 40:10So you know what, if y'all don't want me here, let me know.
- 40:14So he's like literally talking about y'all want to take me to
- 40:17court for this? Y'all want to sue?
- 40:19Me, I'm dead. So they the family members did
- 40:22come and they ended up in the living room.
- 40:24They all ended up sleeping in the living.
- 40:25Room. But here's the thing about it.
- 40:26It's like, why can't this family get like a hotel?
- 40:28But he's that's the other thing. So there's a lot of tension in
- 40:31the house. They say right now while this
- 40:33was going on. So it's like everybody, nobody
- 40:36speaking to each other. It's a lot of anger.
- 40:39The the visiting family is upset with the boy and the parents for
- 40:43not standing up to him. They're mad at him for putting
- 40:46him in this. So there's a lot of tension in
- 40:48the house. So, you know, people just make
- 40:52themselves at home. Oh yeah.
- 40:54It isn't like these are wealthy people, they have a very small
- 40:57home. True.
- 40:58You said it best, the next time you visit, do us all a favor.
- 41:02Get a fucking hotel room. Yeah.
- 41:05Don't put us in this situation. We're not responsible for your
- 41:08conveniences and your comfort while you visit here.
- 41:11And no tea, no shade. If you can't afford a hotel,
- 41:13maybe it's not a good time to do a visit.
- 41:15Yeah, you don't have the money. Maybe we maybe you should stay
- 41:17home You. Obviously do not have the money
- 41:20you have to stay with us and are sleeping on the floor in our
- 41:22fucking living. Room.
- 41:23Is this even a smart visit you're planning?
- 41:24This is even smart after all. But I'm going to tell you, I
- 41:27respect that kid so much. That's so fierce.
- 41:29I love that. I, I, they, they have raised an
- 41:32adult. That they have.
- 41:34Raised an adult. His reaction was very adult.
- 41:37I'm very, very sorry, but I'm not doing it this time.
- 41:40And the reason is you did not give me enough time to prepare
- 41:42because I could have found somewhere else to go.
- 41:44And he dealt with it before. Many times.
- 41:47You know so. Well, all through his childhood
- 41:49he dealt with it right. And it's the same group, so he
- 41:52doesn't say if there are sisters or if it's an uncle.
- 41:55Cousin. Whatever, they're
- 41:57inconveniencing him and Goddess and his reasoning is beautiful,
- 42:01distracting me. I got to study.
- 42:03I need my privacy, I need my space to study and oh and I need
- 42:07to be able to sleep and I don't need a lot of noise around me
- 42:10when they're walking around and moving around.
- 42:13I got school in the morning. Yeah, I have stuff to do.
- 42:16Girl, I love it. What do you think, Chris?
- 42:17Little businessman. Honestly it it's very much a a
- 42:21situation where the parents are acting like they own the child
- 42:24and. You said that earlier today to
- 42:26me and I thought that was exactly correct.
- 42:28It's a very unfortunate thing that a lot of parents think that
- 42:31they should be doing, and it's the same thing that happens when
- 42:34it comes to trans children and them using their preferred
- 42:37preferred name and pronouns during school.
- 42:40A lot of parents think, oh, I own the child so I should be the
- 42:43person who makes the decision as to what they're called and what
- 42:46their pronouns are. That's not the case.
- 42:49You're raising an other fucking human being.
- 42:50This is a actual person. You can't go ahead and treat
- 42:54them as if they're just some some of your property.
- 42:58Well, I'm going to tell you that.
- 42:59I'm going to say this kid made an adult decision.
- 43:02Oh yeah. And he stood up to them and I
- 43:04respect that. And that means when he goes out
- 43:06into the workforce, he's going to stand up to people.
- 43:09He's not going to, he's not going to be rolled over.
- 43:11It's not what they say. When you roll, you roll.
- 43:13Somebody. He's not going to be easily
- 43:15rolled over. He's going to stand up for
- 43:16himself and I respect. That that's a good thing.
- 43:18You know what I mean? And don't tell.
- 43:20Oh, and I love what he said. And don't tell me this is your
- 43:22house, because I live here too and I didn't choose to be born.
- 43:25But that's manipulation on the parents part.
- 43:27I didn't choose to be born. But I say, but it's so true,
- 43:30though he's right about that. Parents will do that all.
- 43:33This is our house. That's our rules.
- 43:35It is your house. But I live with you.
- 43:37I'm your child. I'm not.
- 43:39I didn't ask to go live here. Yeah, I wasn't hatched.
- 43:42I'm your relative. I'm your blood direct blood
- 43:44relative. I have your child so wild
- 43:48talking about. I I the other thing that I don't
- 43:51really understand is the the older generation who's OK with
- 43:55having other people stay in their house.
- 43:57I don't, I will never invite somebody to sleep in my house.
- 44:00I'm honestly. Right there with you.
- 44:01I hate having guests. I hate.
- 44:03It, I mean, I'm fine with guests during the day, but that's
- 44:07different. I rarely if if I'm doing a
- 44:10sleepover, like I have to trust you, I have to know who you are.
- 44:14I have to know that you're not going to steal my shit.
- 44:16I have to know that you're not going to go ahead and make
- 44:18yourself at home to the point where it's uncomfortable.
- 44:21Would you go to that house knowing that the kids said no?
- 44:25'Cause you know no. You know the kids, the parents
- 44:27had to tell them. No I would not.
- 44:29That's actually such a good point.
- 44:30And that family still showed up. Young brother sleeping in the
- 44:33living room. Wow.
- 44:35Sleeping in the living room, on the floor, all over the place.
- 44:38And you're right about the tension in that house.
- 44:40Well, he said that the article said it of the tension could cut
- 44:43it with a knife. Nobody nobody is speaking to
- 44:45anybody. The the family that's busy is
- 44:48mad at the the the two parents, right, because they won't stand
- 44:51up to their kid. The two the kid is married at
- 44:53their parents and the family for putting him in that situation.
- 44:58So they're mad at the family for visiting because they're
- 45:03fighting now with their kid because of them.
- 45:05Because this is a Why don't y'all get a freaking hotel?
- 45:09Just get a hotel. Well, it's a as a, you know,
- 45:12former child, I literally. A former child.
- 45:16As a former child I would use my room as a safe haven and having
- 45:21other people saying in my safe haven makes it not a safe haven.
- 45:24So true. Anyways, let's move on.
- 45:27Southwest Airlines has banned all human like or animal like
- 45:31robots from both carry on or checked baggage regardless of
- 45:34size or purpose. The airline says policy change
- 45:37followed several recent incidents involving passengers
- 45:40trying to fly with humanoid robots.
- 45:42In one case, a passenger brought bought a separate seat for a
- 45:46human a humanoid robot on a Southwest flight out of Oakland.
- 45:50That robot reportedly delayed the flight after the airline
- 45:53staff determined its lithium battery was too large to meet
- 45:56safety rules. Another incident out of Las
- 45:59Vegas captured on Instagram showed a robot causing confusion
- 46:02during boarding. SW ultimately allowed both
- 46:05robots on board at the time. The 1 passenger had to remove
- 46:08the robot's batteries before flying the FF FAA says lithium
- 46:13batteries are banned from checked bags because they can
- 46:16overheat, and they data shows that there have already been 29
- 46:21verified lithium battery in incidents involving smoke, fire
- 46:25or extreme heat in 2026. SW says the robot ban is meant
- 46:29to remove confusion about what passengers can bring onto planes
- 46:33as May no I robot for you. Yeah, at least the robots aren't
- 46:37going to be taking over the airlines.
- 46:39Well, that's a good thing. I, I, you know the battery,
- 46:41every problem is really, really scary.
- 46:44I just saw a movie not too long ago where the battery, there was
- 46:48an always an international flight and there were over 233
- 46:53passengers on board the ship on the plane and they were crossing
- 46:57the ocean and the lithium battery inside of the hold of
- 47:02the ship underneath caught fire. And the crate that it was in
- 47:07caught fire and then that crate ignited another crate and it
- 47:11created a firestorm underneath. When the fire started, they
- 47:16registered the fire on their screens in the cockpit and one
- 47:22of the pilots went down into the hold to to put the fire out
- 47:27because the fire extinguishers weren't strong enough to put it
- 47:31out. The fire extinguishers came on,
- 47:34but it weren't strong enough to put it out.
- 47:36So when he went down there to spray the right, the lithium
- 47:41battery exploded and blew a hole on the and he blew out the hole
- 47:47and all the all the luggage flying out the hole and that
- 47:51caught caused the ship to destabilize and they went it's a
- 47:55movie though, but they went into the water.
- 47:58That is insane. That's what we need to be scared
- 48:00of. They went into the water and
- 48:02they were in that water for about 24 to almost 48 hours.
- 48:07I was shark circling that, that, yeah.
- 48:10So out of 233 passengers, only 37 survived.
- 48:14Speaking of sharks, you know how I I've, I take that boat, the
- 48:18little 13 foot skiff like 20 miles offshore sometimes that.
- 48:21Bathtub that. He the little bathtub that I
- 48:23drive in. Yeah.
- 48:24Yeah. For some reason my TikTok page
- 48:27has been non-stop people in those similar boats being
- 48:31surrounded by sharks. Your TikTok is listening.
- 48:33The TikTok is watching. TikTok, you don't stop.
- 48:36TikTok, you don't stop, but it's it's.
- 48:38That's what, that's what Rosie O'donnell's easy with Rosie
- 48:40O'Donnell, she goes she but she puts her mouth together.
- 48:43She goes TikTok. You don't stop.
- 48:46She's not wrong. She like puts it in her lips
- 48:48real tight, her talk, talk, don't stop.
- 48:50Well, I just, I feel like I, I feel like the bad vibes are are
- 48:54coming around through TikTok with those sharks.
- 48:56I don't like that. I don't like the vibe.
- 48:59Well, we haven't even been out on the boat recently in a while.
- 49:01Well, I'm gonna tell you, you gotta be really careful.
- 49:05Oh, yeah. Because those things are, you
- 49:06know, they're. Well, we're more prepared now,
- 49:08but we when we went 20 miles off last time.
- 49:12We got some big sharks in the water.
- 49:13We didn't have any radio, we didn't have.
- 49:16We had flares, we had life jackets and everything.
- 49:19But Sean? Sean was.
- 49:20Listen, a life jacket in that water is basically me going to a
- 49:25sushi restaurant and you dangling the sushi over my mouth
- 49:28like. Literally.
- 49:30OK, that life wrap is just to keep you alive.
- 49:33You long enough for the shark that wants to eat you.
- 49:36Live baby. Well, Sean was the one who was
- 49:38going swimming in it. Sean was swimming in it, no?
- 49:41You could, you won't. See, I can't do that.
- 49:43I I call this old people fears. Old people fears.
- 49:48Yeah. Yeah.
- 49:49Like when you get old, like my age, I'm 65.
- 49:51So when you get to my age, you start getting scared of
- 49:54different things. Like I couldn't do that.
- 49:57No, I wouldn't do that. Oh absolutely not.
- 49:59I wouldn't. It's just like when people
- 50:00skydive. Oh hell no.
- 50:02I am not jumping out of no plane.
- 50:04No, on a skydive. Nope.
- 50:05Nope. Oh, you know what I really want
- 50:07to do? I want to start trying clip
- 50:08drive clip diving. No, no, I'm not.
- 50:10I'm not diving, jumping off no Cliff.
- 50:12I wanna, I'm brave, but I'm not that brave.
- 50:14No, I'm not jumping off no Cliff.
- 50:16The bravest thing I do is put on ladies makeup and high heels.
- 50:20Well, Lexi, the the other thing that the 20 miles isn't even
- 50:23really that big of a deal. We took the 13 foot across the
- 50:27Sunshine Skyway and ended up basically dragging a 30 foot
- 50:32sailboat across the Tampa Bay channel, the mouth of Tampa Bay
- 50:36and we there was literally a. 20 miles out is scary.
- 50:40It was scary. But you could technically swim
- 50:43it to shore. You could, but I'm going to tell
- 50:46you. I don't know if you gonna make
- 50:48it. I'm not gonna make it.
- 50:49Miles, that is. 20 miles, people have done things well.
- 50:52Some people what people don't realize.
- 50:54Also, 20 miles. You don't got no self-service
- 50:57either. You are so far away from the
- 51:00land that your phone is on SOS mode and only the satellites
- 51:05work. And yeah, you're you're kind of
- 51:08shit out of luck. Nice.
- 51:09And scary. That is really scary. 20 miles
- 51:11is the that's the drive in itself.
- 51:13You know what I mean? 20.
- 51:14Miles is a long time. Yeah, you could swim it, but I
- 51:16mean you, I don't know. It's.
- 51:17Like about two hours to get there, 3 hours to get there out
- 51:20out that far. That's like that, that island.
- 51:24What's that island that had the prisoners starts with an A
- 51:27Alcatraz. Alcatraz, Yes, and people would
- 51:30try to swim to the shore. I wonder how long that was
- 51:32'cause they could never make it because the currents would send
- 51:35them in different directions. Yeah, that's the problem.
- 51:37It's the currents and then the and then the the this, you know,
- 51:39those, the, the aquatic creatures, I mean, yeah, sharks,
- 51:42you know, you're in their house. People say I can't believe that
- 51:46I got bit by a shark. You're in their house.
- 51:48Yeah. Mm.
- 51:48Hmm. You're inside their house.
- 51:51That's where they live. You don't got gills, they have
- 51:53gills. Yeah, that's where they live.
- 51:55What you know, what's really gotten really scary now and then
- 51:58I, I keep hearing about it more and more and it's starting to
- 52:01really scare me is the crocodiles that get inside the
- 52:05beach. Oh my goodness, they're
- 52:06everywhere. I'm like, I'm not clear at that.
- 52:09So this lady's on the beach swimming and the husband is
- 52:12screaming, like trying to signal and she thinks he's joking.
- 52:16And the crocodile had his mouth open.
- 52:18He was heading straight towards her and she's in the beach water
- 52:22and he's screaming at her. And she finally realized that
- 52:24and she ran and she started swimming and, and, and was able
- 52:27to escape, but. Don't they not like salt water?
- 52:30Like why are they even? Apparently they can breathe salt
- 52:33water too. I did not know that.
- 52:36What the what? House lawmakers have introduced
- 52:39A bipartisan proposal that would charge electric vehicle owners a
- 52:43new $130.00 annual fee to help pay for Rd. repairs and Hwy.
- 52:48infrastructure. Plug in hybrid owners would pay
- 52:51a smaller yearly fee, a fee of $35.
- 52:54The bill would gradually raise those fees starting 2029,
- 52:58increasing by $5 each year until EV owners pay $150.00 annually
- 53:03and plug in owners pay $50 dollars.
- 53:06Supporters say the idea is aimed at replacing gas tax revenue
- 53:10that EV drivers largely avoid. Because they obviously don't
- 53:13pay. They don't buy gasoline.
- 53:16The legislation also includes new safety rules for autonomous
- 53:20commercial vehicles like buses and trucks.
- 53:23Autonomous school buses carrying children under the bill could
- 53:26still be required to have a human driver on board.
- 53:29Passenger self driving cars would not be covered by the
- 53:32proposed federal safety standards in the bill.
- 53:35And the debate over EV fees has been growing nationwide because
- 53:39of this. Apparently they say that the
- 53:44electric, an EV driver pays about less than $88.00 that they
- 53:52would usually pay in federal gas tax.
- 53:55So they don't pay that $88 anymore.
- 53:57So that's why they would like to go ahead and and get that money
- 54:00back basically through the tax. Punish them.
- 54:03Basically punish. Them for punish them for.
- 54:06Doing good. By by doing something that helps
- 54:08with the environment. But I'm going to be honest, this
- 54:10administration doesn't care about science, the environment
- 54:13or anything like that. Well, this is the.
- 54:14House. This is the house.
- 54:15This isn't something thing that Trump is pushing.
- 54:17This is, this is something that is bipartisan and it's in the
- 54:20House. So it is it's it's not the
- 54:23specific administration's attempts, but.
- 54:26I don't think we should punish people that have electric cars.
- 54:29Oh, no, I disagree. I think that if if you want to
- 54:32have an electric vehicle, you should be entitled to the
- 54:35benefits that come with it. And that's not paying the
- 54:37federal gas increase like or federal gas tax.
- 54:42But also, like, isn't that stuff supposed to go toward, like, get
- 54:45like how we get gas, Right. And it's like, there's no means
- 54:48of getting electric for a car besides just electricity.
- 54:52Electricity, you know? So, yeah, well.
- 54:55Obviously, you know, this is all proposed, so we'll see what
- 54:59happens. We'll see what happens.
- 55:01An Iowa man is suing Nintendo after he claims that he was
- 55:05denied being an official Pokémon professor even though he scored
- 55:10a 100% on the required exam. The lawsuit says the
- 55:14certification was initially denied because of a low level
- 55:17Illinois felony from more than 10 years ago found during a
- 55:20background check. After he challenged the
- 55:22decision, the lawsuit claims Nintendo and the Pokémon Company
- 55:25International shifted their reasoning and pointed to 3
- 55:29Pennsylvania misdemeanors that did not result in guilty
- 55:33findings. The man, 34 year old Kyle Owens,
- 55:35argues that the changing explanations show arbitrary
- 55:39decision making and inconsistent standards.
- 55:41Owens says being denied Pokémon Professor status cost him access
- 55:45to special tools, event hosting privileges, customer traffic and
- 55:50other business opportunities tied to the role.
- 55:54He's asking for $341,000 in damages and wants the court to
- 55:58officially grant him his Pokémon Professor certification.
- 56:02What? I didn't even know that you
- 56:04could become a certified Pokémon Professor.
- 56:08That's who's who's like who's this overhead person that's
- 56:11saying these people are professors?
- 56:13Like that's. Nintendo.
- 56:14Oh, this is a Nintendo. Thing this is officially
- 56:17Nintendo. Wow.
- 56:19He is suing Nintendo and The Pokémon Company International
- 56:22for this. Esme.
- 56:24Do you have any thoughts? Are are you wanting to be a
- 56:27Pokémon Master I? Just think it's so silly though.
- 56:31It's a very silly lawsuit. But I'm going to be honest,
- 56:34Pokémon people that do the Pokémon thing, they take it so
- 56:38seriously. Very much.
- 56:39Yeah, well, Exhibit A, this. Guy like you know.
- 56:44I mean $341,000 in damages. Jesus.
- 56:47Same thing. It's the same thing.
- 56:49But you know, I can only compare it to like, Star Trek fans.
- 56:53Like I'm a Star Trek fan. Yeah, Star Wars fans too.
- 56:55They take. Oh yeah.
- 56:57Very serious. Oh yeah.
- 56:59You know, whoa, the. Lord, the this the that.
- 57:02Well, did you see that in this movie?
- 57:03That this part. And take it so serious.
- 57:06Yum Yum. I was like, God, even in the
- 57:09movie theater I was watching people just cheering and.
- 57:13Here they dress up. They.
- 57:15Yeah. Just they take it so serious.
- 57:17So you know, the thing with Pokémon is when I.
- 57:22Hear the word? You sound like a boomer.
- 57:23When you set up Pokémon, it's Pokémon.
- 57:26Yeah, when I, when I when I think of Pokémon, I think no.
- 57:30But when I think about it, I think about hey, poke me, Poke
- 57:34me, man, Poke me, man. You know, that's what I'm
- 57:39thinking. But also like, isn't this
- 57:40supposed to be like a fun activity and we're turning it
- 57:43into this like it's becoming not fun?
- 57:45It's like, what do the kids say? Sometimes they go, girl, it's
- 57:48not that. Same.
- 57:49That serious? Not that.
- 57:50Deep. I hear the kids say that like,
- 57:51yeah, like you'll be upset over they go, girl, it ain't that
- 57:54serious. Seriously, it ain't that
- 57:56serious. Calm down, touch some grass.
- 57:59Yeah, right. Yeah, some grass girl.
- 58:02Get in touch with nature. Ground yourself.
- 58:05Walk a trail. Walk a trail.
- 58:07Look at the sun. Or maybe don't, I don't know.
- 58:08Yeah. That's funny, yeah.
- 58:11Miley Cyrus received the 2800 and 45th star on the Hollywood
- 58:15Walk of Fame during a ceremony in Los Angeles on Friday.
- 58:19Cyrus called the honor an accumulation of devotion and
- 58:23said my name is laid in gold and pink terrazzo.
- 58:28The in the story actually, it was actually really surprising.
- 58:31They said Wrecking Ball was the first number one hit that Miley
- 58:35Cyrus had despite having all the Hannah Montana success and
- 58:39everything like that. I genuinely thought she had more
- 58:42hits before Wrecking Ball, but it does seem wrong.
- 58:46But, but don't forget that she won her first Grammy in 2024.
- 58:52And that is so true. Literally so surprising she's
- 58:55been around though for so long and like she's so young still.
- 58:59She's so talented. Is and you know, she's she's one
- 59:03of those. She reminds me a lot of a modern
- 59:05day Stevie Nicks. Oh, I love that she.
- 59:09Has that kind of gravelly voice, yes, but it's so sexy.
- 59:13Textured too. It's.
- 59:14Textured. Yes.
- 59:16Yeah, I'd love that about her. She's stunning and she and she
- 59:19loves the gays. She loves the gays, and she
- 59:22knows all these like Drag Race girls.
- 59:23She knows them by name. Messy either.
- 59:25No, she's not. Messy with drugs or do you know
- 59:28what I'm saying? Do you know that even in her
- 59:30Wrecking Ball era, like her mom was her manager and everyone
- 59:33would be like, where's this girl's mom?
- 59:35And she's like literally on tour with me.
- 59:36Like, my mom's right here. Like she's.
- 59:38She's not messy at all, no. No, she's, she's such a such a
- 59:42grounded person and really knows who she is, you know, and it's
- 59:46honestly, again, crazy. Everything in her career took so
- 59:49long, like the, the, the the star and the Walk of Fame.
- 59:52To me, that's crazy 'cause it's like I feel like that's
- 59:54something that I I feel like she should have already had.
- 59:56Yeah, but one. Of her cast mates who played, a
- 59:59young teenage boy was actually in his 30s.
- 1:00:02Yes, yeah. I was very shocked at that.
- 1:00:06I always thought he was like a little kid, but he's not.
- 1:00:10Conditioned or something like. Yeah, yeah.
- 1:00:12I was like, Oh my God. Wow.
- 1:00:14So when he got the gig, he lied about his age.
- 1:00:19Jason Earls. And then they found out about
- 1:00:21it. Yeah, Jackson Stewart, Jason
- 1:00:23Earls by. The time they found out about
- 1:00:25it, the TV show had the the IT was groundbreaking.
- 1:00:28They had broken through. So they pulled him into the
- 1:00:32office and they said, listen, we know what's your secret?
- 1:00:35And he goes, what is that? He goes, you lied about your age
- 1:00:38and. Yeah, he's crazy.
- 1:00:41He. Looks like a little kid.
- 1:00:43But also like if he looked the part, I mean, I guess he was
- 1:00:45just trying to really store himself.
- 1:00:47He really looked the part. He still looks like a kid.
- 1:00:50That's like the kid from Malcolm in the Middle.
- 1:00:53Not that kid is, you know. Well, Stephen Colbert is
- 1:00:56officially off of the television.
- 1:00:59What a great goodbye to him. But he he returned to late night
- 1:01:03television for one special appearance on Michigan Public
- 1:01:07Access program Only in Monroe. The appearance mirrored a
- 1:01:11surprise visit he made to the same show in 2015 before
- 1:01:14launching The Late The Late Show.
- 1:01:17After after his last show, which featured appearances from Paul
- 1:01:23McCartney, Ryan Reynolds, Jon Stewart, Jimmy Kimmel, Seth
- 1:01:26Meyers, he went ahead and I, I just lost what I was reading.
- 1:01:31My God. Oh, oh, but excuse me, that's
- 1:01:34what it was. Donald Trump went ahead and
- 1:01:37reposted an AI video of him throwing Colbert in a dumpster.
- 1:01:43And a dumpster I saw. Him with these AI videos, he's
- 1:01:45like a child. It's so weird, he's.
- 1:01:47Just said angry. He's very immature.
- 1:01:50He embarrasses us on the, on the national stage and he
- 1:01:53embarrasses on the international stage.
- 1:01:56Our president is an embarrassing human being.
- 1:01:58I mean, it's very sad. It really is.
- 1:02:01You know, it's just some, it's unbecoming behavior of a, of an
- 1:02:04office that that has always held such respect around the world.
- 1:02:09Very sad anyway. I got one more topic before we
- 1:02:12want to go ahead and wrap up. Sharon Osbourne and son Jack
- 1:02:15Osbourne are creating an AI powered avatar of Ozzy Osbourne
- 1:02:1910 month after the rock legend's death.
- 1:02:21The project is a partnership with Hyperreal and Proto
- 1:02:24Hologram announced at Licensing Expo 2026 in Las Vegas.
- 1:02:29The digital version of Ozzy will appear as a life-size hologram
- 1:02:33that can interact and speak with fans.
- 1:02:35The hologram is expected to launch later this summer in both
- 1:02:38the United Kingdom and the United States.
- 1:02:40Sharon compared the idea to Elvis Presley's lasting cultural
- 1:02:43presence, saying that she wants people to continue remembering
- 1:02:47Ozzy Osbourne the same way. No, no, when, when you die, you
- 1:02:53die. Whether or not you want to go
- 1:02:55ahead and put up a, a, a video of you being fake and being a
- 1:03:00fake person, that's fine. That's not a real fucking
- 1:03:03person. Just let him fucking die.
- 1:03:06Like you can go ahead and do all these like different things with
- 1:03:09this person to talk about how he's his lasting legacy, all of
- 1:03:13his music and everything like that without going ahead and
- 1:03:16using some random hologram. Like I, I always felt I found
- 1:03:20that weird when Michael Jackson started.
- 1:03:22Like there was accusations or not accusations.
- 1:03:24There was times where he was doing hologram stuff, like if
- 1:03:28you remember that, yeah. And ABBA died, Yeah.
- 1:03:31And they did one of. Oh.
- 1:03:32The in the. Steer, they did one of Whitney
- 1:03:34Houston, which was really good. Yeah, the one of Whitney was
- 1:03:37great. It looked like she was really
- 1:03:38there. But I just I don't have been in
- 1:03:40this interactive situation 'cause I think it seems very
- 1:03:43unique. So with AI, they can really do a
- 1:03:45lot of stuff now. They can make those holograms
- 1:03:47talk back to you and everything. I don't like that.
- 1:03:50Yeah, like there's a they have their art that they made in
- 1:03:52their lifetime. So they, what they do is, is
- 1:03:54they, they take recorded vocals, they piece it together and they
- 1:03:58splice it and they, it sounds like the person is there
- 1:04:01standing talking. Also, no offense comparing to
- 1:04:03Elvis is a little brave but. Yeah.
- 1:04:06You know, true. Got a lot of people, girl.
- 1:04:09A lot of people live in fantasy worlds.
- 1:04:11Yeah. You you work in a place where
- 1:04:14there's a lot of fantasy. Oh baby, delusion is the name of
- 1:04:17the game. No, but but it's not delusional
- 1:04:19there. The fantasy there is generating
- 1:04:21millions and millions and millions and millions and
- 1:04:23millions and millions and billions of dollars.
- 1:04:25Yeah, you know what I'm saying? Yeah.
- 1:04:27So the so it's not a delusional no Mickey.
- 1:04:30Mickey is very real. Oh yes.
- 1:04:33And he is generating real money. Yeah, yeah, it's.
- 1:04:38Crazy. It's why it's it's insane.
- 1:04:39It's play time, but for us, those of us that visit the park,
- 1:04:43but it's. It's work for.
- 1:04:45Us it is work, but it's also it's a business that's a that's
- 1:04:49a thriving yeah the Disney brand is exceptional.
- 1:04:53I've, I've always been a fan. I hate when people try to say,
- 1:04:56oh, Disney, that Disney's always been a great brand and.
- 1:04:59What people don't realize is Disney is running all of this.
- 1:05:02They just don't know. Disney owns radio stations.
- 1:05:05Disney owns news stations. There's a reason you don't hear
- 1:05:08about tragedies in their park, girl.
- 1:05:10Of course. And Disney owns a good portion
- 1:05:12of Orlando. Oh yeah.
- 1:05:14They pay for all the cleanup and everything.
- 1:05:16Orlando is there because. Of Disney all those interstates
- 1:05:18get repaired and fixed because of the Disney so that you can
- 1:05:21have a beautiful Yep Oh yeah Yep side of the road cleaning
- 1:05:25everything all done by Disney. They're magical.
- 1:05:28Well. Chris, we are done.
- 1:05:30We are done, Lexi. Thank you so much for joining.
- 1:05:32Us Thank you so much for having me.
- 1:05:34You guys were such a good time. Of course.
- 1:05:36Well, for people who missed it on the main show, where can
- 1:05:38people find more information about you?
- 1:05:40Yes, you can find me online on my Instagram, Facebook.
- 1:05:43I am the Lexi Long. Well, thank.
- 1:05:46Yes, thank you again, Miss Esme, It seems like you're getting the
- 1:05:49fuck out of here. So because I.
- 1:05:51I got to go to the bank and I got to go to Walmart.
- 1:05:53Wake it up. Well, enjoy your Walmart trip.
- 1:05:56I'm going to the pool so we'll see you all later.
- 1:05:58Thank you so much for listening. If you haven't heard it already.
- 1:06:00You are loved, you are appreciated and we thank you so
- 1:06:02much for your support over the big gay radio show Esme stay
- 1:06:07being a bottom. Adios bye.