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Welcome to the Pop Culture Junkie podcast.
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I'm Olivia here with my fellow junkies.
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- Nicole.
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- And Shauna.
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- So Nicole, Shauna, let's talk about
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what we're obsessed with this week.
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- Oh my God.
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Okay, I feel like a lot of the shows that I'm obsessed with
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finished up either their entire runs or their seasons.
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And I mentioned this a couple episodes ago
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and I was kind of saving it up.
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So I will do a quick little rundown.
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I know a lot of our listeners are probably obsessed
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with succession.
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I don't watch that.
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I don't know.
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It's on the list.
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Sorry, we're not gonna talk about it.
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So if everyone's like, "What are they talking about?"
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"Sexession."
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- That's why.
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Barry finished its entire series.
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And I feel like it's a pretty solid little ending.
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I feel like the ending of Barry kind of reminds me
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of the ending of Ozark, where I'm not gonna look
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at back on it years from now and be like,
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God, that was a good show.
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Just gonna be like, "That was pretty good."
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That's right.
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I don't know.
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I don't miss it week to week.
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The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel had a series finale.
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And I'm gonna, that's a show I'm gonna miss.
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That's a show I'm gonna miss week to week.
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Spoilers for the Marvelous Mrs. Maisel in 321.
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I don't wanna spoil it too much
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'cause I really want you guys to watch it someday.
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But they do a lot of flash forwards.
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That final season, the show is set in the 60s
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so in the final episode, they cover what midge,
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Mrs. Maisel is up to throughout the rest of her life.
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So in the 70s, 80s, 90s.
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And you know, she gets everything she wants.
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She's absolutely famous beyond her wildest dreams.
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She is probably one of the most famous comedians
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in the world.
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She's rich, has this huge mansion.
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But in the very final episode, she's utterly alone.
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Her kids are estranged from her.
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She's divorced, never really remarry,
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never got really over her first husband.
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So it shows through her walking through this huge mansion.
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But it's empty.
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There's a huge dining room table,
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but there's no one sitting at it, right?
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And she has this call with her best friend
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in the entire world, who is also her manager
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at the very end.
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And they're both old ladies at this point.
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And the show ends with the two of them
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just making each other like giggle and laugh over the phone.
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And I was like, the whole theme of this show
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is just female friendship.
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She says at one point, like, I just,
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I don't know if I can be with anyone who doesn't make me laugh.
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And we think that she's talking about like a husband.
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It come to find out it was like her best friend.
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It was her best friend all along in the very end.
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They're just making each other giggle and laugh on the phone.
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Female friendship.
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Hashtag pop culture junkie podcast.
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Did her kids make her laugh?
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Is that why they're estranged?
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You know, Mitch, we're out this show.
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One of the funniest parts of the whole show.
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It's like a running joke.
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When then she's in the 60s,
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as you always kind of forget she has kids.
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Because they're like third, fourth string characters,
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where she's like, oh, yeah, I'm a kid.
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Yeah, someone else can watch those.
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And then this season finally kind of addresses that where
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it's a flash forward.
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And her kids are like, yeah, my mom was never there.
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The nanny raised us and we kind of see like the aftermath of that.
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That whole show is just amazing.
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And I definitely, from beginning to end, up your treat.
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So popping that, besides that,
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let's see, my husband and I watched all three episodes
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of the Arnold Schwarzenegger documentary on Netflix.
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I really liked it.
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It breaks down like the three parts of Arnold's life, right?
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Like, episode one is he's an athlete.
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So he's a bodybuilder.
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And it talks about Mr. Olympia and all that good stuff.
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Episode two is the actor.
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So it's Arnold's life as being the most famous fucking actor
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in the world, right?
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In the 80s.
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And then part three is called the American.
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And it breaks down like him being the governor of California.
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And when it really goes back to back to back,
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it just kind of shows how absurd it was
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that this dude, he was just kind of like, oh, yeah.
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I just, oh my god, this is a terrible long time.
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I'm so sorry.
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Anyone from Austria is about to be so offended.
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OK, wait, after you get into it, I'll be back.
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OK, OK.
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I just want to be governor.
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I was actor.
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I was bodybuilder.
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I got bored.
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I need something new to do.
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He ran for governor because he was just like, why not?
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Why not?
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He was in a silly goofy mood.
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OK.
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He was in a silly goose summer, honestly.
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And he was just like, I guess I'll be governor.
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And he ran for governor.
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And he won.
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And I really respected how he was a Republican,
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but he was so centrist.
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And he worked with both sides.
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He brought in Democrats a lot.
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He was married to a candidate.
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And he brought in Republicans.
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He was from another country.
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So the whole time he was like, I just
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don't get why in this country no one talks to each other.
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Why in this country no one gets along?
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That's what I thought was awful.
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I'm not even here.
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And first, you're going to be like, you
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really missed an opportunity to be like a Z on American.
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But now I'm still American.
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Contrary no one gets along.
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That what was that?
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I don't know.
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You got like, you have my mystery pop accent, where
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I always say like, you never know.
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But I was trying to impersonate Blink 182 one night.
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Like, where are you?
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And it came out Russian.
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So sorry.
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OK.
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I'm just going to do Arnold.
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But it's going to be like British.
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OK, just get wine day when King get along all the time.
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In America, you're just for all the time.
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You sound like a folksy like newspaper boy in one of those movies
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where they're like, come get your paper.
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Here it is, Arnold's a governor.
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The governor likes us here.
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Governor?
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Every array.
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Get your pipe.
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Is that all right?
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But yeah, pop the Arnold documentary.
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And pop my realist, Mrs. Maisel.
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And I'm going to drop the idol, which Olivia forced me
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into watching while feeding me cheese.
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But I will let her talk about that.
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Yeah.
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So my obsession, I'm going to drop Shauna's Arnold Schwarzenegger
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accent.
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That's what we're going to drop first.
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That's a bullshit, yeah?
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In the pop culture junky group chat,
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I have been peer-pressuring everyone
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to watch the idols so far.
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Only Shauna has taken me up on the peer pressure.
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But Nicole is a little more strong.
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Because we both are.
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Yes, there were pickles and cheese involved.
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It's cooked, essentially.
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But I've been watching the idol quite a bit.
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I've been really interested in it since the Rolling Stone
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article came out about how there's essentially
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a adult torture film is what it was like on the screen,
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behind the scenes, and really kind of going
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into these dark, twisted fantasies of the weekend
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in Sam Leppinson.
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And at first, when I was hearing this,
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I was like, the older person in me was like, all those young
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ends, they're just so prudent.
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I watched it.
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I agree with them.
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It's quite sexual.
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There's good pieces of the plot.
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But it's on the screen for five minutes.
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And then the rest is like this weird music video
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that the weekend is putting on.
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And Lily Rose-Dept is just topless the whole time.
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It's-- I felt elderly watching it.
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I was like, I don't get--
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Listeners now.
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I like it when people do it.
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I like some on-screen porniness.
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And even I was like, I like goodness gracious.
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Calm down and put up some clothes.
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Yeah.
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What are they doing?
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I don't know.
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I don't know.
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Yeah.
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And I was really interested in it.
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So we've talked a little bit about Britney Spears
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and the Free Britney movement.
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And Britney was early attached to this project in 2019,
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posted on Instagram right when she was about to get out
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of this conservatorship.
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Well, I can't remember how long ago I don't know the time for.
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But essentially, all of a sudden, they dropped the main director.
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They had had six episodes already directed.
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And they fired this director, scrapped everything,
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and hired on Sam Levinson, the creator of Euphoria.
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And the weekend said that they made this decision
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because he didn't like that it was so much
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from the female point of view.
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It's about a female pop star who gets involved
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with a cult leader and taken advantage of it.
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Oh, that's her story.
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Think of the men.
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So it is really terrible.
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I'm going to keep watching it because I do want to see it through.
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But if it just becomes like this weird,
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the weekend doing porn and a music video,
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I'm probably not going to keep going.
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But it's unfortunate.
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I think Lily Rose-Dept does have some talent, potential.
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But she's acting along with someone with a weird rap
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tale who's also never acted before.
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So I'm going to drop that one for now.
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But that's how I felt about it, too.
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It was just-- it was very pretentious.
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And the dialogue didn't really make sense from the first episode
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that I saw.
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There-- I guess trying to be sexy with each other,
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they're at her house.
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And she's like having a cocktail,
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kind of rubbing this glass I grab on her skin, which I guess
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could be kind of hot.
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But they're talking about her music career.
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And he goes, this is the first time
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you've recorded since your mom died.
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She's like, yeah.
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I don't think--
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was that supposed to be hot?
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As a member of the #DeadMomsClone, that would not turn me on.
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I'm sorry.
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But I'm going to go cry now.
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Thank you.
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I need a tissue for another reason.
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Thanks for bringing up my deceased parent.
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You can help yourself out.
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And I'm just going to go ahead and finish this drink.
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I might know.
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Thank you for bringing up my trauma.
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But she's like into it.
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Yeah, it was.
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It's really deep to me.
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And the lyrics of the song are like, I'm a freak.
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I'm a freak.
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Let's do it.
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I'm a freak.
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If she's like, it's really deep.
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You need money to sleep with me.
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Yeah, it's so deep.
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So--
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It's a first song she wrote since her mom died.
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Very meaningful.
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We're going to drop it down low.
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We're not going to officially drop it just yet.
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But the other one that I am going to pop for the week
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is shiny, happy people.
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It's the Dugger documentary about their FLDS--
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The Quipper Felt Movement.
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Yeah, it's like the IBL something.
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And so it was a four-part documentary.
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It was really, really good.
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They talk about how they've had this strategic approach,
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not just in that sect, but evangelicalism in general,
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how they've really been trying to take over the governments,
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the police departments, and all of these decision-making entities.
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So it's really, really interesting.
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One thing that I think they could have done a better job
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and not necessarily like every kid is out of it
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is Ginger Dugger is still very much involved
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in this semi-culti aspect of evangelicalism.
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And they don't really press her on that at all.
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They make her the front-end center individual in the documentary,
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talking about everything that happened.
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But they were obviously focusing on the abuse
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that happened both in the church and at the hands of her brother.
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So you kind of want to keep it in one direction.
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But I would definitely pop that.
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If you haven't dug into the Duggers,
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maybe you saw them on the news because of Josh.
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It was really, really good.
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They go into the abuse, what the family did,
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what the church did to cover it off.
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They talk about Josh.
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Yeah, they talk about all the stuff because the church
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essentially knew when it happened when he was 12.
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And they sent him to go build this house in a camp to cure him.
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And when he got bad words, he was not cured, obviously.
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And so they just talk a lot about how that religion breeds it.
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Because whenever you get abused or assaulted,
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trigger warning here, they say that you attracted it as a woman.
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And so you showed your ankles so you deserve to be molested
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as a child, right?
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What did you do?
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And it's very, very dark.
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And you know, they kind of talk about all that.
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But if you can handle it, if you're in the right headspace,
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I would definitely recommend it because it's happening.
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Where's that streaming on?
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That's on my list.
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Amazon Prime.
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OK.
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Josh, it just really disgusts me how they gave the Doug
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or such a platform for their show.
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And I mean, in the beginning, it just, you know, 17, 18, 19,
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18 kids in counting.
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And it was supposed to just kind of be seen as like,
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oh my god, this family's so silly and fun.
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And they have so many kids.
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Like, no, like, they have this unique kid.
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We just laugh every day, thank.
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No, they're in a religious call.
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And these girls are being abused.
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And this is not OK.
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And they shouldn't have had that platform all those years.
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But you know, it was just so wildly popular.
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And yeah, I'm going to watch that.
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I'm going to watch that after we stop recording.
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I have to go, you guys.
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Thank you.
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Here's our links by SHU and HIR.
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Yeah.
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If you guys check it out, let's turn your eyes
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for this new year's thoughts, it's definitely a conversation
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to go on for on and on.
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Now, Nicole, what have you been obsessed with this week?
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What I've been obsessed with is TikTok, just because my feed.
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My feed has just been straight up Vanderpump Girls reunion stuff.
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Oh my god.
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That has literally all it has been.
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Let's go watch a single episode of VPR.
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And I cannot tell you how long ever since Stasi was on it.
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And I don't know how long she's been gone off of it.
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And it's been quite some time since I've actually watched it.
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And I could tell you everything that's been happening.
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I know all the drama and everything, yes, because of TikTok.
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And so I've been obsessed with VPR TikTok.
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I know that.
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Yes, I love it.
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Not a show or anything.
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But it's so much fun.
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I'm obsessed with that.
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Yeah.
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I think you can get away with just watching on TikTok.
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It's really kind of just swept the nation.
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I mean, man, that t-shirt comment, everyone was like, so--
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I want to know.
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Tell me the t-shirt.
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OK, back it up context.
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If you don't know what happened with VPR, the--
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Somebody cheated on somebody.
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I guess that.
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Yeah.
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So Tom Shamball cheated.
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The worm with the mustache.
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She did.
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Yes.
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The showrunner that has been on there for about 10 seasons,
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almost 10 years of their life.
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He cheated on his long-term partner, basically,
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like a common law marriage.
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And what he did was he cheated on her with her best friend.
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And she hit it from all their friends, hit it from the show.
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The producers didn't know.
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Basically, it came out--
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She did it from the show.
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Yeah, the producers did not know.
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And so when the show ended filming, it came out.
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And she found a video of them facetime sexy timing.
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And she'd put it out to the entire world.
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And so three weeks later, after this news breaks,
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they have to go in and film this reunion
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as part of their contract.
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And of course, Tom Sandivall and Raquel
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are getting brutally bludgeoned as they deserve
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and yelled at by these individuals.
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And they're asking, Tom, have you slept with anyone else
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since you've been with Raquel?
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And Ariana goes, yeah, he's been with me.
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And under his breath, like the slimy little worm that he is,
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he goes, yeah, and she kept her t-shirt on.
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It was so sexy.
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You--
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Whoa.
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[LAUGHTER]
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And this is in front of his girlfriend
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that he cheated on.
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And he had to let slip what he thought was hot.
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Well, Ariana is a girlfriend.
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Yeah, Ariana is a girlfriend.
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This is in front of the camera.
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This is on the stage at reunions.
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What a slime ball she is.
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And then two afterwards, everything has come out now.
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Ariana is the one that wore the t-shirt.
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And Raquel is the one that he cheated on with,
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aka the best friend.
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Sandivall is the scum on the piece of the earth.
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And after the t-shirt comment came out,
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all the girls on Vanderpump were going to PR events
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and stuff like that, just wearing t-shirts with tights
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on underneath.
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Yeah, it just slaps on the t-shirts.
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And it's hot.
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And then she has a sandwich shop coming out,
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and she's been making merch and all of this.
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And it's this picture--
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it's like in kind of like a scream-o band writing.
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And it says, "F me in this t-shirt."
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And it's just so good.
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And yeah, I'm buying one, because it's just, of course, I am.
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I don't know if that.
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Yeah, so they made a million dollars off of the merch
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that they've sold.
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And their business has not even opened yet.
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Wow.
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What?
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So I wish we could get that way with pop culture junky.
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Let's sell them those t-shirts, yo.
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New t-shirts coming out, million dollars.
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Just started cheating on them.
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So other than Vanderpump TikTok, which I am also sucked
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in obsessed with, what else have we been, you know,
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falling into the FYP on?
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Yeah, no, I haven't been watching much.
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I mean, I guess I've been obsessed with Rahal's
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Exhibition of New Jersey reunion.
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You're always obsessed with that, though.
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Yeah, it's crazy.
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I believe Theresa needs to be done with the show.
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I can't stand her anymore.
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I used to be one of her biggest supporters.
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I thought she needed to be on the show,
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because she wasn't OG.
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I thought she brought a lot to the show.
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But now, after the reunion and the season,
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I'm like, she just needs to go.
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Louis is scum.
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I do not like him.
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He is not good for her at all.
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He's just freaking the bad out of everybody.
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He's literally hired a private investigator
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to get dirt on everybody that's on the show.
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Like, who does that?
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Can I ask a question?
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Yeah.
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How does one become a real housewife of Phil in the blank?
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Do you have to be very rich or your married
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to a celebrity and you don't have a job?
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Because if I think housewife, it means like,
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I don't have a job, but my husband does.
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Yeah, you marry rich.
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OK, your husband's a rich one.
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And all of these housewives, all of these ladies,
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it's just the lives of all of these very rich women
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with too much time and money.
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Basically, yes.
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So basically, they marry rich and then eventually,
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they become so famous themselves that they open up either
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like their own business or become social media influencers
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that they have their own brand deals.
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And then they end up getting their own money that way.
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But basically--
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I mean, that sounds amazing.
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Yeah, honestly.
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Or they commit crime.
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Yeah.
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Also, that sounds amazing.
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That sounds amazing.
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The rich do crime.
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Like, Teresa was the pioneer.
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I am here for my future job just being like, yeah,
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that's Shanna, turn it at.
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Like, oh, yeah, no, she married Rich.
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No, she just does crime.
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Like, that's incredible.
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And I get to be on a television show.
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OK.
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Yeah.
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Well, if you're Jen Shaw or Teresa Dudeis,
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you will end up in jail.
20:52
If you're Erica Jane, you'll be just fine.
20:55
Or now Kim Beermann.
20:57
Yeah, true.
20:58
I'll be fine.
21:00
[LAUGHTER]
21:03
I love it.
21:04
Well, color.
21:04
Like, crime.
21:06
I expect an update, a psychological analysis,
21:11
and all the notes.
21:12
Next time, we record.
21:14
Because I love to hear it.
21:16
I'm like you with Vanderpump.
21:18
I like that quick synopsis.
21:20
I want to know what's going on.
21:21
But yeah, I don't know if it can handle
21:23
that yelling from both Vanderpump and New Jersey.
21:26
Like, that was a lot in my soul.
21:29
You got it.
21:30
So unless you've been living under a rock in 2023,
21:38
you've probably seen the internet explode
21:40
with this discussion of nepotism.
21:42
This discourse has predominantly
21:44
been aimed at Hollywood and the numerous hot actors
21:47
of today that have some connection
21:49
to fame through their family tree.
21:51
While this concept of nepotism babies
21:54
making it in Hollywood is nothing new,
21:57
the discussion of its fairness is somewhat
21:59
of a new phenomenon, specifically on TikTok.
22:02
Just so for our listeners, if you don't know what a nepotism
22:07
is, it's the practice among those
22:09
with the power or influence, favoring their relatives
22:13
or friends, especially by giving them jobs
22:15
or other benefits.
22:17
Thus, this nepotism or nepotbaby term
22:21
is generally seen as a derogatory term
22:24
referring to someone who has received advantages or benefits
22:28
due to their connections versus the merits.
22:31
So a lot of the time we've heard this about some of the top people
22:35
who are coming up, the hot women of today,
22:38
I feel generally it's been aimed at women.
22:42
But I just wanted to kind of start this off
22:44
in our discussion around nepotism and what
22:46
we're going to get into today with maybe some nepotism babies
22:49
that you weren't aware of, right?
22:52
The nepotism babies of our past.
22:54
That would include people like Julia Roberts, Tracey Ellis
22:57
Ross, Maggie and Jake Gyllenhaal.
23:00
See, and that is shocking to me.
23:03
Like a lot of them are obvious, and we hear a lot about them.
23:07
Willow and like Jayden Smith.
23:09
But like Julia Roberts, OK.
23:11
No, I love them.
23:13
Yeah, I did think this story surprises to me.
23:15
We're Nicholas Cage, George Clooney, and Jennifer Aniston.
23:21
George Clooney, I didn't know he was a nepotbaby.
23:24
Who's he related to?
23:25
His father was a really famous news anchor.
23:30
That's fascinating.
23:31
OK.
23:32
Yeah.
23:33
See, and yeah, stuff like that.
23:34
OK, Rosemary Clooney, interesting.
23:38
Some of them-- and I don't know.
23:40
We think of George Clooney, and we think, oh, he made it
23:42
absolutely on his own.
23:44
Same with Jennifer Aniston.
23:46
At what point do you stop being a nepotbaby if your fame
23:51
eclipses that of your parents?
23:54
Does that mean maybe you're not a nepotbaby anymore?
23:57
Maybe when you first got started, you had that name association.
24:00
But if you're more famous than them,
24:02
then I don't know.
24:04
People kind of stop seeing you as, oh, Johnny Depp's daughter
24:08
with like, Lily Rose or her co-beings daughter,
24:12
like Frances Bean, you know, you're like, oh, that's
24:14
George Clooney.
24:15
I know that's interesting.
24:16
I've never actually thought about that.
24:19
Celebrities with famous parents who have talent, who have a claim.
24:24
I guess a claim is a better word than talent,
24:27
because they're recognized as great actors
24:30
or great at their craft.
24:33
Like, where is that threshold in the industry?
24:37
Yeah.
24:38
Or I guess public perception.
24:40
I'm looking at a list of like famous nepotbaby's right now.
24:44
Nicole Richie.
24:46
And Sanosa.
24:48
Oh, my God.
24:49
I love her.
24:50
Honestly, what is she good at?
24:52
I don't really know, but I love her.
24:54
Yeah.
24:55
What's her fashion designer now?
24:57
Yeah, she's.
25:00
What's her brand called?
25:01
No clue.
25:02
It's called-- See, there it is.
25:04
Sanosa.
25:05
Yeah, exactly.
25:06
So, baby, so Lion Richie is her dad.
25:09
Hello.
25:10
Is it me?
25:10
You're looking for-- yes, it is.
25:12
Nicole Richie's brand.
25:13
I'm looking for you.
25:15
Can't find it.
25:16
Can't find it.
25:17
Can't find it.
25:18
Emma Roberts is Julia Roberts' niece.
25:20
I feel like she's made a pretty good career for herself, though.
25:24
I mean, you know just from the last name,
25:27
and she does look a lot like Julia Roberts.
25:29
But at the same time, she's been in a lot of stuff
25:33
where she's kind of carved out that name for herself, you know?
25:38
Yeah.
25:40
You know, I think it's really interesting,
25:43
the public perception and discussion around it.
25:47
To your points, is it when they have a certain amount of acclaim
25:52
in the industry that they remove themselves from that label?
25:55
Or is it more that they acknowledge their privilege
26:00
and then move on from it?
26:02
Nicole, what's your take on that?
26:05
That's a good question.
26:06
I feel like some celebrities kind of bank on the fact
26:11
that they grew up with people famous enough
26:14
to help them pave the way for their careers,
26:17
but then others want to make a name for themselves.
26:20
But like some people don't want to be associated with their parents
26:23
in that career because they want to make a name for themselves
26:27
rather than kind of growing up and be like, well,
26:30
I made my career for me not because of who my parent is.
26:33
I did this career because I worked hard enough for myself
26:37
and I put the time, effort, blood, sweat and tears
26:40
because I worked hard enough to get to this point
26:42
not because my parent is XYZ.
26:46
So I don't know.
26:46
I feel like these people want to work and do it for themselves
26:50
rather than because of who their parent is.
26:52
But kind of going off of the list that we were looking at,
26:57
I think maybe we were looking at the same list,
26:59
I don't know.
27:00
But I just want your guys to be opinion on people who claim.
27:05
They are quote, "Nepo babies that I don't think they are
27:10
is the Kardashian gender kids."
27:15
Oh, I think they're Nepo babies for sure.
27:18
How?
27:19
There's no reason that any of these people should be famous
27:24
on this list.
27:25
Okay, first of all, like not like the kids
27:28
of Kim, they're all, I think they're all Nepo babies.
27:32
I mean Kim and Courtney and Chloe,
27:34
their father was all what Robert Kardashian.
27:38
- The OG was the famous OJ lawyer.
27:40
- That's true, I forget.
27:41
- Yeah, and I mean in the 90s, that was entertainment.
27:46
- That's true.
27:48
- That's just it is.
27:48
- Yeah, it was televised everyday.
27:50
- Mm-hmm.
27:51
I mean even as a child, you know,
27:54
and yeah, like Nicole, it was,
27:56
God, I don't, you might have, if you were even alive,
28:00
yet you were fresh out the womb.
28:02
(laughing)
28:03
That shit was like, I remember talking about the OJ trial
28:06
when I was in kindergarten.
28:07
Like that's how I know it's all whole.
28:10
I literally went to kindergarten one day.
28:13
And I remember our teacher going,
28:16
it was, it's probably so inappropriate in hindsight.
28:18
She's like, do you guys think that OJ is guilty or innocent
28:22
and that she took like a poll on the chalkboard?
28:25
- Yeah, and we're all like, baby.
28:28
- Don't you?
28:29
- You don't fucking know.
28:30
- They're just like, parody.
28:31
- We're just what the parents say.
28:32
- Yeah.
28:33
- But I mean even tripling down.
28:35
So the only reason that Kylie and Kindle are famous
28:40
is because the ones before them are famous.
28:42
- Well, no.
28:43
- No, their father's Bruce Jenner,
28:45
or it was Bruce Jenner, sorry.
28:46
- Yeah, Kate.
28:47
- That's true.
28:48
- He allows to be dead named before, but Caitlin.
28:51
- Yeah, yeah.
28:53
- Yeah, so Caitlin Jenner,
28:54
we're gonna call her by her name and--
28:57
- No, you're totally right.
28:58
- Trans individuals.
28:59
So they're famous because Caitlin Jenner,
29:02
it's their father.
29:03
- That is exactly what it means.
29:05
- You look at Brody Jenner,
29:06
that's why he's famous, right?
29:08
We was in it because of Caitlin.
29:10
So yeah, I would say if Chris did not marry Caitlin,
29:15
I don't know if the Kardashians would have had that much
29:18
of like a poll because Caitlin really helped
29:21
then continue that level of fame post trial.
29:26
So I would kind of agree with that.
29:28
- I totally agree.
29:30
I think Tina Cole's point that there are some quote,
29:34
"Nepo babies who do carve out this own kind of niche for themselves,
29:39
especially if they change their names
29:41
or try to distance themselves."
29:43
But when I respect them the most,
29:45
and when I respect anybody really is when they
29:48
realize their own privilege.
29:51
So if somebody's able to be like,
29:53
"You know what, yeah, I got this audition
29:56
because my last name is blah blah blah."
29:59
I got my own TV show and I got an audition with Disney
30:02
because my last name is Cyrus.
30:04
You know?
30:06
And like you admit it,
30:08
then I'm able to be like,
30:10
"All right, I respect that."
30:12
And I'm willing to put more stake into you
30:15
and you're like, "You know what, yeah,
30:17
my parents are famous and I get that,
30:19
that helped me get my foot in the door."
30:21
Period.
30:22
And also I am talented and I'm gonna try to prove to you
30:26
that I deserve to be here.
30:29
If they're just like, "So, who cares who my parents are?"
30:33
I'm famous anyway.
30:34
I'm like, shut up.
30:36
Like acknowledge that like any regular Joe Schmo off the street
30:41
wouldn't have had the same chance of that audition.
30:43
Like Bella Hadid and Gigi Hadid, I'm sorry.
30:46
You wouldn't have had that same chance
30:48
with all of this stuff if your parents were famous.
30:50
You wouldn't have.
30:52
That doesn't mean that you're not beautiful and talented
30:54
but you at least acknowledge that it helped you
30:56
break through that first audition,
30:58
which is sometimes the hardest part
31:00
is like even going to that first audition
31:02
or getting that first job.
31:04
Get a map call back, yeah.
31:06
And you know too, while I was doing research
31:08
for this episode, you know,
31:10
I was really looking at it, okay,
31:12
why are these perceptions of certain nepotism babies
31:16
so bad and others are so good?
31:18
And you know, I want to first start about some of these
31:21
nepotism babies who have acknowledged their privilege
31:25
and done it well.
31:26
And I think it kind of speaks to why people don't refer
31:29
to them as nepotism babies or think of them as nepotism babies
31:33
because they acknowledged it and they moved on.
31:35
So I think Jamie Lee Curtis is a really, really great example
31:39
in this her parents were in Psycho and some like at Hot
31:43
really famous old movies.
31:45
And she was quoted saying, you know,
31:48
it's important for me given that I'm this bougie princess
31:51
from Los Angeles, even if I claimed I worked hard,
31:54
I've never really worked a hard day in my life.
31:57
She told that to the New Yorker in December, 2019.
32:00
Allison Williams, she's from Girls.
32:03
She also said, there's no conversation about my career
32:06
without talking about the ways in which I have been fortunate.
32:10
If you trust your own skill,
32:11
I think it becomes very simple to acknowledge.
32:14
And I really loved the way that she said that, right?
32:18
Acknowledging it and moving on.
32:20
And then, you know, we've said a few of these in the episode,
32:23
but you know, Lily Rose Depp, she's a famous nepot baby.
32:27
She's been really associated with this term.
32:30
And I almost kind of blame it on this quote
32:33
and like putting herself in this process.
32:35
I don't rate it to you guys and we're kind of talk about it
32:37
more after, but Lily Rose Depp told L,
32:41
it just doesn't make any sense.
32:42
If somebody's mom or dad is a doctor, then the kid becomes a doctor.
32:46
You're not going to be like, you're only a doctor
32:48
because your parent is a doctor.
32:49
It's like, no, I went to medical school and trained.
32:52
And like the irony of that is like, okay, well,
32:56
you would have had to get into that medical school.
32:58
And if your dad was, if your parent was a legacy parent,
33:02
you would have been much more likely to be accepted to that.
33:05
And so she kind of started this whole explosion,
33:09
but that's really where I think it's,
33:11
you got to acknowledge it and let people move on and say it humbly.
33:15
And if you don't, this is what's going to be stuck with you.
33:18
I totally agree.
33:19
And you're going to be more likely to afford to get into medical school
33:22
and attend it if your parents are also not.
33:26
Yeah.
33:27
And if your parents are making a donation to the school
33:30
or if they're going to write you a letter,
33:32
you have that name recognition.
33:34
And there's absolutely nothing wrong with admitting it.
33:38
And at the end of the day, people are going to respect you.
33:41
I mean, it's so far off of the track,
33:45
but like my dad worked at the Arizona Republic,
33:49
like the biggest newspaper in Arizona for 30 years.
33:53
And so when it came time for me to like find an internship,
33:58
honestly, I used the connections that I had
34:01
and having the same last name as my dad
34:04
who was like well known there,
34:06
really helped me get an internship there.
34:08
And I walked around there like, yep.
34:11
I'm Lonnie's daughter.
34:12
Listen, I know.
34:13
I know that's why I'm here.
34:15
So I'm a, I'm a never-baking person.
34:19
That's acknowledged my Arizona Republic privilege.
34:23
Oh my God, I don't even work there anymore.
34:25
You should.
34:26
But you, you acknowledge the connections that you get.
34:30
And that is how a lot of people get jobs.
34:31
You know, you get to know those connections.
34:33
But God, being rich and famous and just privileged like that,
34:38
like God just, I don't know, own up to it.
34:41
Are you just cringe and I hate you?
34:43
Yeah.
34:44
That honestly just reminds me of like,
34:46
hopefully I could talk about this.
34:47
I mean, I'm out of my sorority, but being an sorority,
34:51
like when you're going through recruitment,
34:52
if you're a mother or father,
34:54
I don't know if it's the same for fraternities,
34:56
but if your mother was in the sorority,
34:58
you are basically guaranteed a,
35:01
a spot in for the sorority.
35:03
You're basically guaranteed an invitation
35:05
to join that sorority because your mother was in that sorority.
35:08
Yeah.
35:09
So it's basically, I mean, it's not the same thing,
35:11
but it is.
35:12
You cannot be denied in that sorority
35:14
because your mother was in that sorority kind of thing.
35:17
So it's basically the same thing, I guess.
35:20
Like a seed thing.
35:21
Yeah.
35:22
I mean, unless, you know, your mom lit the sorority house and find her,
35:28
then they're gonna let you with that.
35:31
Exactly.
35:32
That would be sick, by the way.
35:33
Yeah.
35:34
[LAUGHTER]
35:36
Yeah.
35:36
I think that's why it's so interesting,
35:38
this discourse in 2023 because it's kind of in the practice
35:43
of the world and rich people keep other people red, right?
35:48
And their families and that growth and wealth
35:50
continues to grow that.
35:52
Now, while we've talked a little bit about our thoughts
35:59
on depotism babies and the discussion on the internet,
36:03
we're going to do something a little bit different today.
36:05
We're going to get a little goofy over here.
36:09
A little silly goofy summer.
36:11
Silly goofy mood, you know?
36:12
We're going to get a little kooky.
36:14
And what we're going to do today is a little game
36:17
I have coined called NEPO Baby Apocalypse Car.
36:22
And we're going to pick four depotism babies
36:26
that were throwing in our little safety car.
36:29
We're taking them to greener pastures in the apocalypse.
36:33
And the rest, we're leaving them exposed to the elements.
36:37
Now, I want to be able to appear into your psyche a little bit.
36:41
So we're also going to make the case as to why that NEPO baby
36:47
deserves a spot in the car versus those other NEPO babies.
36:51
We're going to put it right back at him.
36:54
I love it.
36:55
I love him.
36:55
Some of these reasons are going to be very shallow, by the way.
36:58
I love it.
36:59
It's your apocalypse.
37:00
Very selfish.
37:00
You're living it, baby, you know?
37:02
That's right.
37:03
And we're all the drivers.
37:04
So we're in the car with the apocalypse.
37:06
We're in the car.
37:06
There's no more society who's going to judge you.
37:09
It's just for NEPO to some babies now.
37:12
OK.
37:13
[LAUGHTER]
37:15
So I'll save mine for a last, but I'll let one of you two start.
37:21
Nicole, you start.
37:22
OK.
37:23
So yeah, some of the driver driving like crazy NASCAR driver
37:28
made trying to get us out of the apocalypse.
37:32
So in my passenger seat--
37:33
Cream on the inside.
37:34
Cream on the outside.
37:35
[LAUGHTER]
37:38
In my passenger seat, I got Miss Miley Cyrus.
37:42
Oh, love it.
37:43
This isn't my reason, but the reason why she's
37:45
in my passenger seat is because I think Miss Cyrus
37:47
would be the best in my car on OX.
37:50
I think she's really playing some bangers
37:52
as we're all risking our lives to get out of this apocalypse.
37:56
I also wrote a little description as to how she is
37:59
for all four of my people.
38:01
I wrote a little description how this person is a NEPO baby.
38:04
NEPO baby.
38:05
Love it.
38:05
NEPO.
38:06
NEPO.
38:07
NEPO.
38:07
Let's say NEPO.
38:08
NEPO.
38:09
Yeah, NEPO.
38:09
NEPO Paula, tonight's cream.
38:12
NEPO baby.
38:13
That's great.
38:14
NEPO.
38:15
NEPO baby.
38:16
NEPO baby.
38:17
So she is the daughter of Billy Ray Cyrus,
38:20
who is an American country singer who
38:22
is best known for his hit, "Aiki Breakie Heart."
38:25
Love that song.
38:25
So the reason why I saved her is because she's
38:29
Hannah Montana.
38:30
Yeah, she is my girl.
38:32
You were such a good two people.
38:34
Yeah, right.
38:35
You get Hannah and I.
38:36
I'm the best of both worlds in the call.
38:39
I love her.
38:40
She's been my A1s and Stay1s since I can remember.
38:43
She's the baby.
38:44
The face.
38:45
I love my way of saying it.
38:46
She's the face of Disney, so I'm obsessed with her.
38:49
I really don't have a reason.
38:51
Don't really need a reason for love, baby.
38:53
Yeah.
38:54
She's talented and badass.
38:56
She's got that raspy voice.
38:59
Yeah.
39:00
Again, she'd be good on ox, so that's my reason.
39:03
Yeah.
39:04
Love it.
39:05
I'm going to say my most controversial one for last.
39:07
So we're going to scare the person right now.
39:10
I believe in my backseat.
39:13
We are going to have Miss Jennifer Aniston.
39:16
Oh.
39:17
I know we mentioned before that some of you didn't know she was a NEPO baby, but I actually
39:20
did.
39:21
I did.
39:22
I did.
39:23
What I mean, I don't think we're surprised that I knew that.
39:25
And how she is your mother.
39:28
Yeah.
39:29
Yeah.
39:30
How she is one is that her dad, John Aniston, is actually a Greek born American actor who played
39:35
in Days of Our Lives, which is ironic because in the show Friends, the best friend Joey plays
39:43
Dr. Dr. Dirk Ramori on Days of Our Lives.
39:45
It goes all the way to the top.
39:47
Yeah.
39:48
So kind of funny, actually, how that just kind of plays around.
39:52
But again, I don't think I really need an explanation of why I would say for sure she's my favorite
39:56
actress in the world.
39:58
So she's coming with me.
40:00
We're just going to have vibes in the cold.
40:02
Yeah.
40:03
It's a whole vibe with the odds.
40:05
Yeah.
40:06
I don't think I really need an explanation.
40:07
Yeah.
40:08
I feel like she would just be like a motherly figure too.
40:11
So like if you just need comfort or something, she would be there to help you in that time.
40:16
She'd be like a herring.
40:18
Yeah.
40:19
But on the snacks too, she'd be the snack person when you need food.
40:23
She'd be like that person to unwrap your burger and hand it to you kind of thing.
40:26
If you know what I mean, like she's that person in the car to give you the snack, she's my snack
40:30
queen.
40:31
Yeah, for sure.
40:32
Okay.
40:33
What do you think her snack is?
40:35
Her snack is probably, you know, if you go on Pinterest and just search Jennifer Aniston's
40:40
salad, it's that.
40:42
Oh, yeah.
40:43
I feel like I don't know.
40:44
And it's basically.
40:45
And that's what I've heard.
40:46
And I think that's what I've heard.
40:47
I think I've heard.
40:48
And that's what I've heard.
40:49
And that's what I've heard.
40:50
And that's what I've heard.
40:51
And that's what I've heard.
40:52
And that's what I've heard.
40:53
And that's what I've heard.
40:54
And that's what I've heard.
40:55
And that's what I've heard.
40:56
And that's what I've heard.
40:57
And that's what I've heard.
40:58
And that's what I've heard.
40:59
And that's what I've heard.
41:00
And that's what I've heard.
41:01
And that's what I've heard.
41:02
And that's what I've heard.
41:03
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43:44
And I still love her. - I love you too, sweetie.
43:47
- It's my girl Miss Olivia Jade.
43:50
- What is she going to contribute?
43:53
(laughing)
43:53
- She's going to contribute. - I'm.
43:55
(laughing)
43:57
- You know what?
43:58
Let me just get through my little segment here, please.
44:01
- Yeah, yeah, no judgment.
44:02
I mean, major judgment, but go ahead.
44:04
- She is an Epobaby through both of her parents, actually.
44:08
Her mom, Morso, Lori Lachlan, who is an American actress
44:11
and over her role as Aunt Becky on Full House.
44:15
And her dad, I'm gonna butcher his name, I apologize.
44:18
Most, most Seemo, Giannouli,
44:21
and he is an American fashion designer.
44:23
And you can find his clothes at Target.
44:25
- Massimo?
44:26
- Yes, that's her dad.
44:28
- Yeah, that was her dad.
44:29
- Yes, that's her father.
44:30
- Damn.
44:31
- And, yeah, if you don't know, you know now,
44:34
his scandal with the USC, they're rowing team.
44:39
- She can't really contribute much, to be honest,
44:42
but rowing skills.
44:44
- You know what, she can contribute.
44:46
She can break her dog who is really cute.
44:49
He's a big German shepherd, so he can scare away people.
44:51
He can scare away the zombies.
44:54
She can make a mean look and avocado toast.
44:57
She can bring a vlog in campus.
44:59
- Bring a vlog in campus.
45:01
- And she can vlog the whole experience for us.
45:04
- You know, I think the podcast would appreciate that.
45:08
- I think so too, like some vlogging.
45:10
- The whole car is just full of problematic white women.
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(laughing)
45:14
- And...
45:15
- And Mariska Harcate is not problematic.
45:18
You take a bath.
45:19
- I'm kidding.
45:20
- I'm not.
45:20
- I'm neither John Aniston nor is Miley Cyrus.
45:23
- It's gonna be great.
45:24
- It's just a great time.
45:26
- Of the old.
45:27
- And I'm not problematic.
45:28
- Yeah, that's right.
45:29
- I am white, but I'm not problematic.
45:31
(laughing)
45:32
- All right, John, now you need to follow it up.
45:35
- Yeah, that's okay.
45:36
- You can roast mine, too, Nicole.
45:38
- Oh, wow.
45:39
- Your sounds, like it'll be a great time.
45:40
I don't think you guys are gonna live very long.
45:42
(laughing)
45:43
- It's okay.
45:44
- While you're alive, it's gonna be a great time.
45:46
- I'm going out with my favorite celebrities,
45:47
so I don't even care.
45:48
- Yes.
45:49
- And Instagram pictures are gonna be fire in your car.
45:52
- Exactly.
45:53
- The hashtags are gonna be exactly.
45:55
- All that matters.
45:56
- Yeah.
45:57
- That's all that matters.
45:59
(laughing)
45:59
- You know, all of your followers are dead.
46:02
(laughing)
46:03
- Exactly.
46:03
- You know what?
46:04
- Exactly.
46:05
- Five people in the car care.
46:07
- I have four big check marks following me, that matter.
46:10
- There it is.
46:11
- There it is.
46:12
- I love this.
46:13
- Okay.
46:14
- Man, you went all in with where the seating placement is.
46:18
- I did, yeah.
46:19
But that's okay.
46:20
I did also make a graphic that we post on our Instagram.
46:25
- We only did some makeup on our Instagram.
46:26
- I think you guys are great.
46:28
- We're gonna post a apocalypse cards on Instagram.
46:30
- Yeah.
46:31
- All right.
46:32
- I'm gonna free all my seating arrangement right now.
46:35
- You wanna say someone on the rocks?
46:38
- That's all.
46:39
- Okay, you're right.
46:40
- You're right.
46:41
- All right.
46:42
I am driving.
46:43
(imitating a pig)
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- Pottle.
46:47
- Pottle.
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- Pottle.
46:48
(laughing)
46:50
- I hope you do.
46:50
- I'm doing all that.
46:51
(laughing)
46:52
- And now we're all dead.
46:53
Olivia, your turn.
46:54
(laughing)
46:57
- Oh man.
46:58
All right, I am driving the car
47:00
in the passenger seat next to me.
47:04
- Okay.
47:05
This is the apocalypse.
47:06
My dear sweet husband died.
47:09
Zombies got him.
47:10
Made you rest in peace.
47:11
- I don't know if killing Andrew
47:12
was a part of the assignment.
47:14
(laughing)
47:14
- That's because it falls into why this person
47:18
is in the passenger seat next to me.
47:20
'Cause I'm a widow now.
47:22
- Okay.
47:23
- And I'm just playing.
47:24
- Just, I am.
47:25
- It's just really a,
47:26
- I have to leave,
47:27
- No.
47:28
- Your signal under the top clips.
47:30
- Your signal under the top clips.
47:31
- Your signal under the top clips.
47:32
- And I resurrected him.
47:33
- Okay.
47:34
- Okay.
47:35
- So he says zombies.
47:36
- And this place looks real.
47:38
- No, 'cause then I keep him
47:39
chained in a basement.
47:41
- Okay.
47:41
- If he, you guys do him or something.
47:42
- Oh right, that's from the Patreon.
47:45
(laughing)
47:47
- All right, we're gonna have some
47:49
apocalypse.
47:50
- In the apocalypse.
47:50
- I promise not to feed you to my zombie husband.
47:52
- Thank you.
47:54
- In this apocalypse, I am single.
47:57
And the guy in the seat next to me
47:59
is Jack Henry Quaid.
48:02
His dad is Dennis Quaid
48:04
and his mom is Meg Ryan.
48:07
He is an actor who is known for his role in the voice,
48:11
which I really love.
48:13
He was also in Hunger Games.
48:15
And he was in Scream,
48:17
which I just recently saw.
48:19
I just think he is so cute.
48:22
He's so dorky and he's gonna be my boyfriend
48:25
and the apocalypse.
48:27
So see, that's why I have to be single in my apocalypse.
48:30
He's in the front seat next to me
48:32
just so we can flirt the whole time, honestly.
48:35
Like, I don't know any of his music tastes,
48:38
but I have some pretty fire playlists.
48:41
So I feel like I could just tell him,
48:42
like, oh, go to this playlist.
48:43
Go to my apocalypse playlist and Spotify.
48:46
They put it on for me.
48:47
And we would just flirt the whole time.
48:49
So Jack Quaid, behind me,
48:53
is gonna be Maya Hawk
48:55
because she's gonna be my new best friend.
48:58
Maya Hawk is the daughter of Uma Thurman and Ethan Hawk.
49:03
She is best known for being on the show Stranger Things,
49:08
where she won all of our hearts.
49:12
She's just incredible in that show.
49:14
And I feel like she would just have great,
49:15
like best friend energy.
49:18
She was also in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood,
49:20
do revenge blush.
49:22
She's been in all sorts of things.
49:24
She's gonna be a great best friend.
49:26
If your parents are Uma Thurman and Ethan Hawk,
49:28
like immediate cool, no doubt.
49:31
She's so cool.
49:33
She just seems like she'd be just kind of chill
49:35
and down to earth.
49:37
She would like, Neg Jack the whole time.
49:40
So they would have like a friendship in going on,
49:42
but I wouldn't have to worry about them.
49:44
- But Killing Your?
49:45
- She's got big gay energy.
49:47
- Okay.
49:48
- So, she might have to be loyal in your apocalypse.
49:52
- No, Jack might have to be worried about me and Maya
49:55
hooking up, but I feel like he might want to be down for it.
49:58
- He'd watch.
49:58
- I feel like he'd be okay with it, yeah.
50:00
Everyone's calling in my apocalypse, because I'm sorry.
50:03
- Just gonna put a big one into Polly.
50:06
- To a big gay mobile.
50:09
- Sean has got a whole RV.
50:13
- Yeah.
50:14
- I have an RV, well, it just people that I want to have sex.
50:17
(laughing)
50:20
It honestly is now, but I'm looking at the rest of my list.
50:23
- Okay, keep going.
50:24
- I'm not sure how to explain it.
50:26
- It really is.
50:28
And then, okay, in the back seat, I have Rashida Jones.
50:32
Rashida Jones is the daughter of Quincy Jones.
50:36
She is best known for being Karen on the office
50:40
and Ann Perkins on Parks and Rec.
50:43
I just think that she seems really sweet down to earth.
50:47
And it's also talented and funny.
50:49
And I feel like she's one of those people that you forget
50:52
is a quote, "Nepo baby" because she has kind of carved out
50:56
this career for herself and kind of made it on her own.
50:59
I mean, she went to Harvard.
51:00
She's brilliant.
51:02
She should be able to know how to like scrounge for food.
51:05
I feel like I get mom energy from her too.
51:08
She probably know how to start a fire,
51:09
which I've never actually done.
51:12
And I'm gonna be too busy, like having sex with Jack.
51:16
- What do you think they teach at Harvard?
51:19
- How to start fire.
51:20
How to scrounge for food.
51:24
- Definitely.
51:26
- Definitely how to distance yourself from Quincy Jones.
51:30
Those three things.
51:31
- Cool. - Perfect.
51:33
- So it's gonna be great.
51:34
It's gonna be a great time.
51:35
- Okay.
51:36
- And then the final person in my Nepo baby mobile
51:39
is also gonna be there just to have a silly goofy time.
51:43
And I don't know if he's gonna contribute anything
51:46
super important besides just, I enjoy him.
51:48
But it's Dan Levy.
51:50
- Yes.
51:51
- His father is Eugene Levy.
51:53
He is best known for being David Rose on Shits Creek.
51:57
And just being delightful.
51:59
- Is he best known for that?
52:01
I would say he's best known for American pie.
52:04
- Well Eugene Levy is, we're not done with Levy.
52:06
- Oh, okay.
52:07
I thought you were saying Eugene.
52:08
- I was saying Levy on American pie.
52:11
- Oh my god.
52:11
- It's just a wee little baby.
52:13
- Baby, he's just in play-thing.
52:16
- Yes.
52:17
- Little bit bit.
52:18
- No, Dan Levy is gonna be,
52:21
cut these are all just friends that I just wanna hang out with
52:24
and maybe survive a little bit.
52:27
- Okay.
52:28
- Nicole's car is definitely dying before I die.
52:30
(laughing)
52:31
- My car's not gonna make it much longer.
52:34
- I'm not here for the survival.
52:35
I'm here to have a good time, not here for a long time.
52:38
- I'm here for a good time, not a long time.
52:40
- Yeah.
52:41
- All right.
52:41
- So yeah, that's gonna be my Nepo mobile.
52:44
- I didn't know I was just gonna have to survive.
52:46
- Okay.
52:47
- I'm sorry.
52:48
- I don't mean your ass.
52:49
- Nicole's super.
52:50
- Nicole's super just driving off a cliff together,
52:53
but it was a good time before that.
52:55
- Okay.
52:56
- You know.
52:57
- I'm just wearing that selfie.
52:58
(laughing)
52:59
- It's gonna be one of those selfies
53:01
if the Oscars or if the,
53:02
what's that really pretentious fashion show
53:05
that my painting is from?
53:07
- The Macau.
53:08
- There you go, thank you.
53:09
Were they all getting the bathroom
53:10
and they're all vaping and taking selfies?
53:12
That's Nicole's car.
53:13
- Yeah.
53:14
- The Macau of Bathroom Selfie.
53:16
- I'm not mad at it.
53:18
- I'm deeply into that.
53:19
- Yeah.
53:20
- Okay, cool.
53:21
So as a creator of this game,
53:26
I think it's really interesting
53:27
all the different approaches that we took to this.
53:31
(laughing)
53:33
- Nicole wants fame and I wanna get laid.
53:36
- Yes.
53:36
- And as mine goes on,
53:38
you're gonna see mine's just a great big mess.
53:42
But we're going to destroy it.
53:44
- We're gonna destroy it.
53:45
- If you've listened to any of these podcasts
53:47
that I've been on or these episodes,
53:49
you're not gonna be surprised by this one bit.
53:53
But my first person who's gonna be right in the shotgun,
53:57
right next to me drew Barrymore.
54:00
And the reason is that woman has been through some stuff.
54:05
I think she's gonna be the motivator, the mediator
54:10
and keep everyone up.
54:11
You know, like, hey, we can get through this.
54:13
First, we're gonna do that.
54:15
She's so loving.
54:16
You know, so we're gonna have trauma from this apocalypse.
54:20
And you know, I think Drew Barrymore knows how to deal with it
54:23
because she said,
54:24
- You're already out living in Nicole,
54:25
which Drew Barrymore and you're gonna have.
54:27
- Yeah, right.
54:28
- Emotional wellness means physical wellness.
54:30
So that's where we were thinking.
54:31
- Absolutely.
54:32
- You would be barefoot the whole apocalypse.
54:34
(laughing)
54:35
- Yes, we're touching grass,
54:37
we're running in the rain,
54:38
we're embracing life and every moment that we have there.
54:42
So that was my first thought.
54:44
Now Drew Barrymore's father is John Drew Barrymore.
54:49
So he was, you know, a famous actor before.
54:51
He kind of fell off and was an alcoholic.
54:53
For my next nepo baby,
54:57
which I think some people are surprised by this one,
55:00
we're gonna go with Jane Fonda.
55:02
And so Jane Fonda's father was Henry Fonda.
55:06
He was in 12 angry men on a golden pond.
55:10
And the reason that I chose Jane Fonda
55:13
is actually because of her political activism
55:16
and her involvement in so many different movements.
55:20
And I thought she would be a great person
55:21
to rebuild the world with, create government.
55:25
- Yeah.
55:25
- And a government that is focused on women
55:28
and women's rights.
55:29
So A, in my apocalypse, we're living
55:32
and we are creating a women led world.
55:35
(laughing)
55:37
- She is creating a feminist utopia
55:39
and I love it.
55:41
And as I pointed out to you earlier,
55:42
Jane Fonda can also lead you guys
55:44
in buns and thighs workouts.
55:46
- Yes, I need to stay toned.
55:49
I need a nice butt.
55:50
She's got the tenacity.
55:52
She may be a little bit older, but she is still there.
55:55
Okay.
55:56
Okay.
55:57
Now let's just where we kind of go.
55:58
And you know, things start making less sense
56:01
about my choices, but a girl has to have,
56:04
you know, some hope for it all, right?
56:06
So our next one is going to the queen, the goddess,
56:10
the most beautiful thing in the world.
56:11
We had to save her.
56:13
Miss Zoe Kravitz, sorry.
56:15
- Oh fuck you.
56:16
- Sorry, we're throwing you to the elements.
56:19
If it's true.
56:20
So Kravitz off beauty alone, we're checking Zoe.
56:24
Zoe, okay.
56:25
- It's fair.
56:26
That's why she wasn't in my car.
56:27
It's because I knew that Jack,
56:29
like, who, if I'm in a car in Zoe Kravitz,
56:32
isn't a car Jack Wade is going for Zoe Kravitz.
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- Okay.
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- And honestly, I might too.
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- Yeah.
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- So she couldn't be my car.
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- And the real reason that I initially picked Zoe Kravitz
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aside from her beauty is I need storytelling
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and I want to know what happened between her and Taylor Swift.
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I want to hear about all their sweet, sweet love
56:52
they made to each other.
56:53
And I just like wanted to confirm the,
56:55
the gala theories for me.
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And so she can also tell me.
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- You think Taylor and Zoe hooked up.
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- Well, yes.
57:03
They were actually in the same quarantine pod.
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She is heavily credited on,
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I want to say about half of the songs on midnight's.
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And so she's been really, really heavily involved.
57:16
She has had a connection to her.
57:18
They're like a lot of these red herrings
57:21
them being together.
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And you know, this is a whole nother episode.
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But if you do believe in the Taylor Swift as bisexual,
57:30
it makes a lot of sense with Zoe Kravitz.
57:32
But that would take forever.
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So, you know, we just need the lore.
57:36
I just need the tea.
57:37
She also dated Penn Badgley
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and apparently they did some freaky freaky stuff.
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And I want to know all about that.
57:43
You know, it sounds great.
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- I love it.
57:45
- Like lots of orgies, you know, great story times.
57:49
- We had a apocalypse orgy.
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And then, see I'm telling you,
57:55
this is where things get a little weird in it.
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- No, it's okay.
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- Every, all of our vehicles are just messes.
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They're just complete messes.
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(laughing)
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And so Zoe's parents, if you don't know,
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are Lenny Kravitz and Lisa Bonet, both also beautiful creatures
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who made an even more beautiful creature.
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So we're letting that live on.
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Beauty lives in my apocalyptic world.
58:17
(laughing)
58:20
- And then, you know.
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- We're also shallow, you guys, so like,
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(laughing)
58:25
- And then, you know, again, we're rebuilding a society.
58:28
And I'm going to take that one on my own back,
58:32
or I guess, in my own tummy, and that's why we're bringing.
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Alexander Skarskard.
58:37
(laughing)
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- Not just--
58:39
- You're taking one for the team.
58:40
- Yeah.
58:41
- Not, yeah.
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- Taking one for the team, you know.
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So, not just because I want to repopulate my
58:47
apocalyptic feminist utopia, but I do think after being
58:54
Eric Northman and Tarzan and a Viking god in a movie,
58:59
you know, he's gonna be pretty well suited to at least fight
59:05
a slow-moving zombie, right?
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You know, if they're like, if they're like world-worthy zombies,
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maybe not, but I do think you would have a chance.
59:12
- Yeah, these running zombies hell now.
59:14
- Yeah.
59:14
- I do think you would have a chance.
59:16
And, you know, it could be fun.
59:17
All of us, you know, whatever.
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But if you're not aware of how he is an epitome baby,
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his father is Stellen Skarskard.
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He's half-brothers with like Bill Skarskard, Peter Skarskard,
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all those individuals.
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So, Stellen Skarskard is like the Nick Cannon of Sweden.
59:39
If you didn't know, he's got a lot of different baby mamas.
59:43
- Oh my god.
59:45
- Stellen Skarskard is known for roles in like Goodwill Hunting,
59:50
Mama Mia is probably like for a female listeners
59:53
where he's going to ring the most at.
59:57
But, you know, in this feminist utopia, we have,
1:00:01
we have it all, we got our therapist, we got our,
1:00:03
our governess, and then we got our hot people
1:00:06
who are gonna repump in the world with me.
1:00:07
So, I love your car.
1:00:10
- And now you're making me think like,
1:00:12
I went on and on about Jack Quaid.
1:00:14
- Yeah, Bill Skarskard.
1:00:16
- Oh my god.
1:00:17
- I know.
1:00:17
- Oh.
1:00:19
- Yeah, all three of us just pass him around our car.
1:00:23
- Wait, no, I have a suggestion.
1:00:25
- Ooh, yes, the cause of suggestion.
1:00:27
- Why don't we act like the president of the United States
1:00:30
and have all three of our cars just like follow each other?
1:00:33
And then once we get to like rest stops,
1:00:35
we just like change cars, like change our passengers.
1:00:38
So then we can do that.
1:00:39
- Oh, sure.
1:00:40
- But then like, we're gonna be in a commune.
1:00:43
- Yeah, but we're gonna follow each other.
1:00:45
- I don't know if Jack Quaid does it for me.
1:00:47
- Well, we don't have to like share.
1:00:50
- And he can't, like sleep with him.
1:00:52
- Yeah.
1:00:53
- You can't stay in the car.
1:00:54
- Okay, okay, fine.
1:00:55
(laughing)
1:00:56
- The pop culture junkie motorcade.
1:00:58
- Okay.
1:00:59
- Okay.
1:00:59
- We're all, yeah, in the car,
1:01:00
and then we switch partners.
1:01:02
And then we all swap besties and sexual partners.
1:01:05
(laughing)
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And then if we ever have to camp out, I love this.
1:01:10
Actually, I love this.
1:01:11
- Yeah.
1:01:12
- Camp fires.
1:01:13
- Yeah.
1:01:14
- Pop culture solved.
1:01:15
- Yeah.
1:01:16
Oh my god, yeah, we could just have like one big
1:01:17
campfire.
1:01:18
I'll just tell our own little ghost stories together.
1:01:21
- Yeah.
1:01:22
- But then our car rides will be separate,
1:01:24
but our campfires will just be all one big campfire
1:01:28
with each other.
1:01:29
- I love this.
1:01:30
- Eventually it's just the three of us hanging out
1:01:32
and all the celebrities are dead.
1:01:33
- Yeah.
1:01:34
- They're all just so terrible.
1:01:36
(laughing)
1:01:37
I'm okay with that too, to be honest.
1:01:38
- I'm okay with that too.
1:01:39
- They're money against them,
1:01:40
and we're like the poor people win.
1:01:42
(laughing)
1:01:43
- Eat the rich, we're gonna eat them in the end.
1:01:45
- Which it becomes like yellow jackets and we're so starving.
1:01:48
That's another good question.
1:01:49
Who would you eat first in your car?
1:01:51
- I love you, Jade.
1:01:53
(laughing)
1:01:54
- I think we all agree that we're all eating a
1:01:56
libyajate in the motorcade.
1:01:58
- Yeah.
1:01:58
- Sorry.
1:01:59
- I would probably say, God, sorry, Jane,
1:02:02
but you've lived a long life.
1:02:04
(laughing)
1:02:07
- I know she doesn't have meat on her.
1:02:10
- We'd fatten her up, okay?
1:02:13
- I'm gonna go hashtag feminism,
1:02:15
and I'm gonna eat Jack Quay.
1:02:17
(laughing)
1:02:19
- You just say it.
1:02:20
- Yeah, I love it.
1:02:21
- I can't eat my girlfriends.
1:02:23
I can't eat Raschita Jones.
1:02:24
I can't eat Maya Hawk.
1:02:26
Dan Levy is also one of my hashtag girlfriends,
1:02:28
and we would be like, you served your dick purpose,
1:02:32
and now we need to eat you.
1:02:34
- We have a lot of--
1:02:35
- A lot of--
1:02:36
- A lot of applied children were good.
1:02:37
- Thank you.
1:02:38
- We're good, honey, especially because of libyajate cars,
1:02:40
Alexander Skarsgard, and so I'd be like,
1:02:42
"I'm just a complete share."
1:02:44
- Yeah, and so we got it, so I think tall,
1:02:47
vikings, children, yeah.
1:02:49
- Yeah, exactly.
1:02:50
- And I thought, "I think Dan Levy might be pan,
1:02:51
so he might do it."
1:02:54
- He might do it.
1:02:54
- Did he?
1:02:55
- Yeah.
1:02:56
- Yeah, so Lister is, we're gonna post our Apocalypse cars
1:02:59
on Instagram, we want you to vote
1:03:03
which one you're going in,
1:03:06
Shana, Nicole, or I as car.
1:03:08
I think we're ready to drive off
1:03:10
into the Apocalyptic Hellscape now.
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So as we wrap up this episode,
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where can the Lister find you guys on social media?
1:03:18
- You can find me, Nicole, on Instagram,
1:03:20
a TikTok @Nicole_eldridge,
1:03:23
and on Twitter @naeldridge14
1:03:25
- You can find me, Shauna Trinidad,
1:03:27
on Instagram, and TikTok @shaunatrinidad,
1:03:30
S-H-A-U-N-A-T-R-I-N-I-D-A-D.
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- Awesome, and you can find me, Olivia,
1:03:38
on Instagram @livimariez
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L-I-V-I-M-A-R-I-E-Z.
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1:03:48
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