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MINI SCROLL: Acquired Style's bachelorette, Shaq vs. Coach Jackie, Club Chalamet disbands + more · Mini Scroll

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  Coming up today on Mini Scroll, acquired Styles sponsored
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  Bachelorette Shaq is beefing with TikTok star coach Jackie
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  Club Chalamet has been disbanded and a new TikTok creator I have
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  found that I think you guys will love.
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  Hi everyone. Welcome to Mini Scroll, the
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  on the podcast. All right, let's get into the
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  stories for today. So the first story that I have
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  for you guys today, we need to talk about The Bachelorette that
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  has broken the Internet, acquired styles, sponsored
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  Bachelorette. So New York City influencer
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  Bridget, I think it's phalong. I think it's how you say it.
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  Who goes by Acquired? Style had an incredibly lavish
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  Bachelorette in Saint Barts over the weekend and it went proper
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  viral, largely because it was entirely sponsored by a brand
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  that almost no one has ever heard of before, Swan Beauty.
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  So the weekend started with Acquired and her friends
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  boarding what appeared to be a Boeing business jet, which is
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  like a massive private jet. I've seen people say online that
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  it cost minimum $100,000 per trip to charter it.
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  I have no idea if that's true or not, but that's what people are.
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  Either way, it's one of the biggest and nicest private jets
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  that I've ever seen an influencer go on.
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  And this was what piqued people's interest right away cuz
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  they're like how can a brand that no one has heard of before
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  afford this? And the trip itself was just as
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  lavish. Giant villa, they had a yacht
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  day, they did sick parties. Like it was truly insane.
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  It was like a Bachelorette of everyone's dreams.
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  So what is Swan Beauty and why did they sponsor acquired Styles
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  Bachelorette? So Swan Beauty is an AI mirror
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  startup that launched in January 2026.
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  So just a few months ago. It was founded by a woman named
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  Colby Mitchell. Swan sells a $795 mirror that
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  pairs with an app which is priced at $94.00 a year or 1995
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  per month. The mirror's main feature is an
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  AI powered skin analyzer that rates your skin out of 100.
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  Users can monitor changes over time and shop recommended
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  products through Costbar, which is a luxury beauty retailer
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  recently acquired by the private equity investment firm owned by
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  Colby Mitchell's husband's family, Mitchell Family Office.
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  So the Mirror also includes a smart makeup artist tool, which
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  overlays guidance directly onto the user's face to walk them
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  through makeup techniques with step by
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  And they were obviously using Acquired's Bachelorette as a way
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  to like, launch into the market. They're only like 3 or 4 months
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  old. So it was almost like a launch
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  campaign. So the founder of Swan Beauty
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  actually did an interview with Glossy over the weekend on her
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  decision to sponsor Acquired's Bachelorette.
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  And this is what they said. Quote.
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  Mitchell connected with Bridget and her twin sister, Danielle
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  through the Leo Group, A self-described brand building
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  company that helped the sisters build their clothing brand Fifi.
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  Over a dinner at Polo Bar, the group chatted about, quote, our
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  brands, just women supporting women and different ideas for
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  our brands, Mitchell said this was before Swan Beauty launched
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  in January 2026, she noted later in talking about her upcoming
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  Bachelorette trip, Acquired style told I'm just saying
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  that's her name. Told Mitchell that there would
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  be, quote, a lot of discovery taking place.
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  Mitchell said Acquired said, I have a loyal community that I
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  can share with you. Mitchell decided that sponsoring
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  the trip made sense as Swan is a quote culture first company with
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  a category defining brand at the intersection of AI and beauty,
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  she said. It was really an authentic way
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  for us to build community. Of course, she added, a
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  Bachelorette trip would also be a natural setting for Get Ready
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  With Me content, which aligns well with Swan's capabilities.
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  So it did appear on Bridget's Bachelorette that the founder of
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  Swan Beauty. And like their family, like
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  daughters and stuff, we're like on the trip.
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  And so some people on Reddit were like, Can you imagine
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  having to have this like random family on your Bachelorette trip
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  as well? But regardless, like this was
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  obviously a marketing campaign for Swan.
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  And I would say this was a very successful marketing campaign.
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  Now they only converted like 1000 new followers.
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  I don't know how many people are like buying the product right
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  now. But regardless, like in terms of
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  follower count, they only got about 1000 new followers on
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  Instagram and TikTok. The brand had like 3000
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  followers on Instagram and like 4000 followers on TikTok and
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  they only have like 1000 more now.
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  So like in terms of follower count, it really didn't convert
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  that much. However, they got so much brand
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  awareness. Also, Bridget hit a million
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  Instagram followers while on The Bachelorette.
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  So this also clearly gave her as an individual, as an influencer,
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  a lot of brand awareness as well.
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  Literally people are talking about Swan all over TikTok, all
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  over Reddit, all over podcasts. Like everybody is talking about
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  Swan beauty, whether it's good or bad, whether they're
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  celebrating what they did with Bridget, whether they're saying
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  this was like tacky and you know, digging into the founders
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  history and stuff. Regardless, like people are
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  talking about Swan beauty. A couple other things to note
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  about this. So the entire weekend was paid
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  for by Swan. Obviously they paid for all of
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  Bridgets friends and stuff like that and they also paid Bridget
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  a fee. So keep that in mind when I get
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  into the criticisms because not only did she get like an entire
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  free lavish Bachelorette that all of her friends got to go on
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  for free, but she also got paid for this weekend.
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  And this is a bit of an aside, but a lot of people are noting
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  that Hallie, Kate, and Jazz were not at her Bachelorette trip.
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  And I know they're on a brand trip in Japan, but they actually
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  weren't on the brand trip portion.
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  Why the fuck do I know this? I mean, I know it's my job to
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  know this, but like it actually makes me die sometimes when I
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  know these things. They actually weren't on the
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  brand trip part of their vacation during Bridget's
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  Bachelorette. So people are like, this is
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  really interesting because Acquired was a bridesmaid in
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  Jazz's wedding apparently. Anyways, let's talk about some
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  of the criticisms. Obviously a lot of people are
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  like, this is really out of touch and really tacky to have a
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  brand sponsor it now. I actually think like Bridget's
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  wedding events were never going to be relatable or like not out
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  of touch. Her entire brand is built on
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  aspiration and sharing her incredibly unrelatable
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  lifestyle. And I think having a sponsored
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  Bachelorette, like in my opinion, when I close my eyes
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  and I think like who is like the archetype of the 2026, like
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  modern day influencer, like who is the archetype of that?
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  And like it's literally acquired style.
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  She is the modern day archetype of a 2026 influencer.
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  And her personal brand is very nouveau riche.
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  So that's why I feel like a sponsored Bachelorette actually
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  tracks for her. And while you may think it's
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  tacky, I think she doesn't really care because like that is
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  actually part of her entire brand.
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  And then I also wanted to share my take on another one of the
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  main criticisms, which is that her Bachelorette party and how
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  lavish it was is contributing to this like impossible wedding
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  standard that now everybody feels like they need to live up
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  to because of social media. I think there's a few things
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  here. First of all, does watching
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  acquired Bachelorette make me feel bad about myself?
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  Like yes, of course, of course I feel jealous, of course I feel
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  bad about myself. Of course it's going to make us
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  all feel a certain type of way. But I think most of us,
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  especially if you're at the age to be getting married, hopefully
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  by that point you are a full blown adult.
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  And I think we can kind of see this and like feel a certain
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  type of way, but also still have discernment, right?
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  Like a famous multimillionaire influencer is not going to have
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  the same type of wedding as us. She's not going to have the same
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  type of Bachelorette experience as us.
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  And I know that's why influencer culture can be so toxic because
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  we see these people and we feel like we know them personally.
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  Our brains almost trick us into thinking they're normal or like
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  more normal than they actually are because they feel so
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  accessible and we're watching them so frequently.
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  I mean, I'm literally really describing parasocial
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  relationships. OK, but you know what I mean?
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  But the reality is like the gap between Bridget's lifestyle and
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  like our lifestyle and most of her followers lifestyles.
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  It's just so wide. And I know that's also the power
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  of influencer culture, of course, right?
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  Like it makes it more toxic, but it also makes it more powerful
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  because like we wouldn't look at Oh my God, who's like a
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  celebrity. I don't know why Hilary Duff is
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  coming to mind, but whatever. We wouldn't look at Hilary
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  Duff's wedding, Sydney Sweeney's wedding.
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  Like, I don't know, I don't know who I'm trying to think of
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  Zendaya's wedding, right? And think like we could have a
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  similar wedding, similar festivities to them, but we look
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  at acquired style and think like, oh, why don't I have that
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  too? And I'm not saying that they're
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  at the same level of fame, obviously, but I would say
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  acquired and the A list celebrities that I just named
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  are more similar in terms of like where they're at in terms
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  of like money, power, influence society versus US, right?
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  And also, I have a bit of a hot take and I'm interested if you
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  guys live in places that are not North America.
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  I'm so interested to hear your take on this too.
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  But obviously we all know that like the price of weddings and
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  the wedding industry in general, everywhere is out of control.
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  It's so extravagant. But I actually think the
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  commodification of the festivities around the wedding
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  that are not rooted in like religion or cultural norms.
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  So like Bachelorette parties, obviously, case in point, I
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  think that's a very North American thing.
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  And I think a lot of the criticism around Acquired's
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  Bachelorette of like how she's setting unrealistic expectations
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  and contributing to how extreme this industry has become.
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  Like I think a lot of those takes are maybe coming from
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  North American users and followers who don't realize the
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  expectations for wedding festivities in other places.
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  Those expectations are not the same.
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  Like I said, I'm keen to hear your opinions on this because I
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  think I have a very unique perspective on this.
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  Obviously I'm from North America, I'm Canadian, but I've
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  lived in Australia for all of my 20s almost, and obviously now
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  all of my 30s. And anecdotally, every single
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  one of my Canadian friends who has gotten married did
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  international Bachelorette trips, or at the very least you
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  had to fly to them. So like Vegas, Miami, Nashville,
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  Palm Springs, Croatia, Spain, and I can tell you we all paid
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  our own way, OK, we did not have a sponsored trips.
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  The bride was not paying for it. Obviously we had to pay out of
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  pocket for that. But every single one of my
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  Australian friends who has gotten married literally did
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  like a lunch or a dinner in Sydney in the city that we all
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  live in for the most part. Obviously some people would
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  travel in but regardless like in Sydney and then we would all go
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  dancing and then we would all just like go home to our homes.
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  Not a word of lie, every single one.
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  And the same goes for my friends, friends, like one of my
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  best friends, she works in high finance, she works in
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  stockbroking. They make so much money.
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  So this is, you know, an example of somebody who's has wealth.
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  And she had her Bachelorette party a couple of weeks ago,
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  like my friend's friend who she works with.
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  And again, they just had like a bougie dinner in Sydney and then
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  they all went home. Like culturally it's not, I
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  mean, in my experience, not as much of a thing here for you to
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  travel like at all for Bachelorette parties.
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  And that's why I think like the commodification and the kind of
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  like displays of opulence and wealth around the activities
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  that occur around weddings. Again, not like the religious
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  and the cultural elements to weddings, but the other elements
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  like the parties and the activities, like all of that.
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  It feels so like consumeristic. Is that a word consumeristic?
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  No, it is a word that I just checked, I just came out and I
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  was like, is that a word consumeristic?
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  And it feels so consumeristic. And I think it's, I wouldn't say
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  exclusive to North America, but I think it's a very North
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  American thing. And so I think a lot of the
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  takes around acquired Bachelorette are coming from the
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  North American perspective was my point there.
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  And of course, there are so many people who are out here saying
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  like, if you're judging or criticizing her Bachelorette
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  party and what's going on there, like you're just jealous.
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  And you guys know how I feel about that take.
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  I do not like when we just call people jealous.
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  I think sometimes it's true for sure.
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  I think there's sometimes elements of jealousy, but I
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  think that is like such a one-dimensional take on people
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  providing genuine critique online.
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  Anyways, guys, let's get on to the next story, The next story
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  that I have for you guys today. I don't know.
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  I never ever thought that I would be talking about this
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  person on mini scroll. And I just never thought that
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  anything like this would ever come out of my mouth.
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  But Shaquille O'Neal is a beefing with a TikTok story.
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  Our coach Jackie. Yeah, like Shaq like Shaquille
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  O'Neal Shaq. OK, so Coach Jackie is a popular
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  creator with over 775,000 followers.
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  She covers women's sport on TikTok.
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  A few days ago, she made a video about how sports commentator
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  Stephen A Smith said his colleague Shinea Aguma Ke turned
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  him on after she spoke French during her coverage of the NBA
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  Live on air. I'm sorry.
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  I feel like an alien right now. You guys know I know nothing
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  about sports. OK, so bear with me.
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  Smith went on to say he's never dated a French woman and joked
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  that a Guma K's accent made him wonder what he's been missing.
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  Aguma K is a former WNBA star and she's a regular ESPN
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  basketball commentator. And she laughed off the
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  comments. And then she playfully called
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  him crazy. And the show just, like, moved
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  on. So Coach Jackie covered this
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  interaction on TikTok and said it was sexual harassment and
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  that Smith should be fired. Stephen A Smith just said that
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  Shanay Aguma K turned him on on live TV.
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  That's sexual harassment in the workplace.
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  He needs to be. Fired and Shaquille O'Neal I
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  guess did not like this take from Coach Jackie.
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  He commented. Stop reaching and get a life
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  lady. No get a real job.
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  I'm sorry. First I just need to say the
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  fact that we're all scrolling on the same for you page as
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  Shaquille O'Neal. Like I can't believe that Shaq
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  is just out here like doom scrolling.
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  OK, what the hell is going on? So Coach Jackie then read him
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  true filth in this amazing comeback video and I need to
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  play you guys the whole thing. Shaquille.
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  O'Neal just told me to get a life and get a job.
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  Yes, that Shaquille O'Neal Shaq. And there's a lot of things I
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  could say in response to this. I could say that it's weird for
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  someone who's 54 years old to make a comment like that on a
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  video from someone who's literally his daughter's age.
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  And I know I'm his daughter's age because we both had our
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  first year at LSU at the same time.
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  Shaq and I are actually both LSU and I, but I'm not going to say
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  that because I know he wouldn't be embarrassed.
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  He has literally, he said weird things to an LSU alumni who's
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  his daughter's age before. Do you remember that, Shaq, when
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  you went on Andrew Reese's podcast and said the only way
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  anybody would watch the WNBA is if they lower the rims and then
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  the woman dunking booty shorts? Do you ever saying that to Angel
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  Reese? And I guess I could respond to
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  you saying I should get a real job because this is my job.
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  Like making videos about women's sports is what I do every day.
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  And that can feel a little bit silly and not like a real job
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  because like, brand deals can be kind of embarrassing.
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  But I'm not going to say that to you Shaq because I know Shaq
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  understands embarrassing brand deals.
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  We all know it's not a real job unless at least one of your Co
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  workers is an anthropomorphic bucket.
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  Maybe I can make a comment about how your movie Kazam was like
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  barely a real job, but I can't really think of anything to say
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  because I've never seen Kazam because I wasn't born yet when
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  it came out. Because once again, I'm 30 years
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  younger than you. Yes, I could say that.
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  You defending your buddy Stephen A Smith for being a creep on
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  live TV just confirms to me that you would do the same thing.
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  But you know that you would do the same thing because that's
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  why you commented this. So I'm not going to say any of
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  that. I am just going to be the bigger
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  person. Which was pretty impressive
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  considering that Shaq is famously.
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  Huge after this, Shaq deleted his TikTok comment.
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  However, he then popped up in her Instagram comments.
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  So she posted this amazing TikTok, this amazing comeback to
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  Instagram too, and then I guess it showed up on Shaq's discovery
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  page or something like that, because then he's in her
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  Instagram comments section and this is what he's right.
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  I said what I said. I hope you got many more
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  followers. God bless you.
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  You hit 200,000 views. Congrats.
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  I helped you out. You're very talented.
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  Congrats. Now that you're famous, keep it
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  going. I'm helping you out Use it
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  wisely. And yes, I'm weird.
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  We all know that and this is five separate 4 separate
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  comments you guys 4 separate times he commented.
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  Him saying you hit 200,000 views because of me is so infuriating.
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  Coach Jackie is getting 200,000 views of video all on her own
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  without you Shaq. OK fuck off.
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  Anyways the comments section now on her video is like filled with
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  people being like Oh my God this is making me see him in such a
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  different light. Like I have such a different
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  perspective on him now like what the hell is going on?
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  OK, the next story that I have for you guys today.
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  Club Chalamet has been disbanded.
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  You guys, I think this might be the last ever Simone scroll.
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  I don't know if I'm going to have reason to cover her
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  anymore. I feel like her being a Club
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  Chalamet fan account, even though I know she's going to,
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  well, I'll explain what's happening with her, but
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  unsurprisingly, she's just moving on to another person.
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  I feel like her being a Timothy Chalamet fan account, it was so
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  closely tied with like her Internet persona and like she
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  exploded during that era of her fandom.
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  And I just don't see a world in which we're going to need to
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  cover her again if she's not tied to Timothy Chalamet.
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  Do you know what I mean? I don't really know if I can
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  articulate it well, but I feel like this might be the last
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  Simone scroll. So when mini scroll blows up,
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  you guys can say that you were here during the Simone scroll
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  era. It was an impactful yet a short
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  lived era. OK so after I would say like
• 19:33
  months of teasing that she was maybe going to move on from Club
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  Chalamet, Simone Kromer who is obviously the 59 year old fan
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  behind Club Chalamet. She has decided that she is
• 19:44
  going to be shutting down her sub stack and moving on from
• 19:48
  Club Chalamet, the social accounts and like the entire
• 19:51
  brand itself. So she wrote on Instagram.
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  I've been having some very deep conversations with trusted
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  friends whom I would not have in my life if it weren't for being
• 19:59
  part of the Chalamet fandom. We've all come to the same
• 20:01
  conclusion that things have changed in this fandom in such a
• 20:04
  significant way that we have also had to adjust to the
• 20:07
  changes and focus on other interests that simply bring us
• 20:09
  joy. To deny the obvious is to be
• 20:12
  obtuse and bury your head in the sand.
• 20:15
  This fan community is not the same as it was four years ago.
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  The notable shift was exactly 12 months ago and the clock started
• 20:22
  to tick. Basically, so much has changed
• 20:24
  from what we initially signed up for that it doesn't resemble
• 20:26
  what lured us here in the first place.
• 20:28
  What does she mean 12 months ago?
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  What happened 12 months ago, Annabelle?
• 20:32
  What happened 12 months ago? She says that things changed 12
• 20:35
  months ago in the fandom. So it appears that 12 months ago
• 20:38
  is around the first time that Timothy Chalamet walked a red
• 20:42
  carpet or like started stepping out a lot, at least with Kylie
• 20:45
  Jenner. She basically says Club Chalamet
• 20:47
  will continue to have a presence just in terms of updates related
• 20:51
  to do in Part 3. And then she directs us to her
• 20:53
  personal Instagram and then she posted on her paid Substack
• 20:58
  which Maddie from high stakes pace for the time has come this
• 21:01
  sub stack will close as of June 1st and she basically says
• 21:05
  something's wrong in the fandom and she has lost the inspiration
• 21:09
  and motivation to remain engaged in the keeping up with Timmy's
• 21:12
  career and choices. But as we know, she's just going
• 21:16
  to jump to the next celebrity because she already has accounts
• 21:20
  set up for Connor's story from Heated rivalry.
• 21:23
  What is it? Story, story glory story times.
• 21:26
  What is she calling it? There's been so many names I
• 21:28
  can't keep up. I don't know what's going on.
• 21:31
  But apparently this is exactly what she did with Michael
• 21:33
  Fassbender because as we know, she was a stand account for
• 21:35
  Michael Fassbender before Timothy Chalamet.
• 21:37
  Fascinating Fassbender. And apparently she did the same
• 21:40
  thing. She just basically jumped ship
• 21:42
  when he started making quote UN quote choices that she didn't
• 21:45
  agree with or didn't love and then got obsessed with Timothy
• 21:48
  Chalamet. So I don't know what the future
• 21:49
  holds for Simone. Like, I don't know if her media
• 21:54
  career will be able to thrive separated from Timothy Chalamet.
• 22:00
  So I guess we'll have to see the end of an era, you guys.
• 22:03
  OK. And then the last three that I
• 22:05
  have for you guys, it's not really a story.
• 22:06
  It's just like a tip. Like you guys need to follow
• 22:08
  him. He only has 2000 followers.
• 22:11
  But I am certain this man is about to blow up.
• 22:13
  And I really hope he doesn't come out as like, problematic or
• 22:15
  anything like that. I really need like one of them,
• 22:18
  one of these random funny white guys that we see on TikTok.
• 22:22
  Like, I would need one of them to stay pure.
• 22:24
  OK, his handle is super mega nice guy.
• 22:26
  He's Australian. I think he's a tradie.
• 22:29
  And he has started this series that is starting to blow up, but
• 22:32
  it's on the precipice. OK, it's on the precipice of
• 22:35
  blowing up. He started a series last week
• 22:37
  where he finds like a random LinkedIn connections that he's
• 22:41
  had for however many years and then he hand sketches them.
• 22:44
  Like he takes their profile picture, he takes their face, he
• 22:47
  hand sketches their face onto the body of like an animal or an
• 22:52
  insect, and then he sends them a photo of this sketch on
• 22:56
  LinkedIn. OK, so the first one he did was
• 22:59
  for this guy named Adam, and he just put drawing LinkedIn
• 23:02
  connections that I've never met and sending it to them.
• 23:05
  So he showed that Adam has always messaged him like
• 23:07
  Congrats on your work anniversary, John, because
• 23:09
  that's obviously how LinkedIn works.
• 23:11
  OK, Then he puts a picture of him and then he drew him.
• 23:14
  I'm going to put pictures up. He drew Adam's face, his
• 23:17
  LinkedIn face on a bird, OK, like a bird body with Adam's
• 23:21
  face. And the sketch says, thank you
• 23:23
  for being such a good friend. And then John, the creator sends
• 23:28
  him on LinkedIn a picture, this picture that he has sketched.
• 23:31
  OK. And he wrote, thanks for the
• 23:33
  messages over the years. I drew this picture of you.
• 23:35
  I hope you like it. And then Adam writes, I love it.
• 23:39
  Thanks, John. And then he writes, why is
• 23:41
  everyone so comfortable with this?
• 23:42
  Anyways, there's a few different parts.
• 23:44
  You guys need to watch them. I was literally like crying,
• 23:48
  laughing so hard watching them last night.
• 23:50
  It's so funny because it actually is like an
• 23:52
  anthropological, like cultural study of how people interact on
• 23:56
  LinkedIn because people are getting these messages.
• 23:59
  And first of all, a lot of them have clearly been messaging him
• 24:01
  multiple times over the last few years.
• 24:03
  Like whether it's the generic like happy birthday or like
• 24:06
  Congrats on your work anniversary.
• 24:07
  Like those are basically at this point almost like automated
• 24:10
  messages. But regardless, like they have
• 24:12
  opened those DMS with him. So him responding and saying
• 24:15
  like, thanks so much for that over the years, you, you have to
• 24:18
  behave so differently on LinkedIn.
• 24:20
  It's like, and it's literally like a study of how we all
• 24:22
  behave on LinkedIn. They're all just like, awesome.
• 24:24
  This is so great. It's like the weirdest thing
• 24:26
  you've ever received. It's like a hand sketched
• 24:29
  drawing of your LinkedIn face, your LinkedIn portrait on the
• 24:33
  body of like an animal or an insect or a bug.
• 24:36
  And you just have to be like, this is great.
• 24:39
  It's so crazy. He did do it to a woman and she
• 24:42
  had a bit of a different reaction.
• 24:43
  Fair enough, he wrote. I drew a picture of you.
• 24:45
  I hope you don't mind. Can you imagine getting that
• 24:48
  message you guys from a random man as a woman on your LinkedIn?
• 24:52
  How many of us have received creepy ass messages from men on
• 24:56
  LinkedIn? I'm like, this is literally not
• 24:57
  a dating site. Like leave me alone.
• 24:59
  OK, so then she writes, oh dot dot dot.
• 25:02
  What kind of picture? Can I see it?
• 25:04
  He sends it. It's her on a PES dispenser.
• 25:08
  She writes, wow, that's really something strange, but
• 25:12
  impressive in a weird way. I really don't know what to say.
• 25:15
  And then he writes, I'm glad you liked it.
• 25:18
  Have the best weekend. It's fucking crazy.
• 25:21
  I honestly think this series is going to blow up and people are
• 25:25
  going to be writing fucking annoying ass marketing think
• 25:28
  pieces on LinkedIn about this. So you guys, you heard about him
• 25:31
  here first, OK, before the think pieces take over and the
• 25:35
  articles come out about him and stuff.
• 25:37
  I feel like he's going to blow up and I just really hope I
• 25:40
  really hope nothing really bad comes out about him, but I fear
• 25:43
  that almost is never the case. Anyways, guys, that's it for
• 25:46
  mini skull today. Thank you so much for listening.
• 25:48
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  Annabelle will talk to you guys tomorrow for mini tech and then
• 25:55
  I will talk to you on Thursday. Bye.
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