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The Downfall of Sophie Cachia’s Beauty Brand, Karina Irby’s Photoshoot Fail & Tammy Hembrow’s Wedding Invites · Outspoken the Podcast

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Speaker 1: Hello and welcome to Outspoken, it's your dose of the
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Speaker 1: hottest influencer and pop culture news twice a week. I'm
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Speaker 1: Kate Torber and coming up on today's show, Sophie Keisha
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Speaker 1: puts her makeup business on the market, Karina Irby is
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Speaker 1: kicked out of a cafe mid-photo shoot and would you
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Speaker 1: give up your wedding venue for David Beckham?
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Speaker 2: But first, Olivia Rogers has.
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Speaker 1: Split her audience down the middle when she asked them
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Speaker 1: to help her settle a debate. So she put up
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Speaker 1: a poll asking whether peanut butter is sweet or savoury.
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Speaker 1: The poll proved not to help at all with the
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Speaker 1: votes being split 50-50. So I want to know, what
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Speaker 1: do you guys think? Is it sweet or savoury? I'd
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Speaker 1: say it's savoury. I always have peanut butter on toast.
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Speaker 1: To me, that's savoury. I think when you look at
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Speaker 1: your toppings, you kind of group together peanut butter and Vegemite.
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Speaker 1: Those two are savoury, while your jams and your honeys,
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Speaker 1: those are your sweet options. It is interesting though, because
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Speaker 1: peanut butter is an ingredient in a lot of healthy
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Speaker 1: desserts and also in smoothie bowls, which would be considered sweet.
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Speaker 1: But I look at it as that kind of clash
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Speaker 1: between sweet and savoury. You know, if you have a
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Speaker 1: pizza with Nutella and add some salt, I think it's
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Speaker 1: one of those flavour combinations.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, but peanut butter doesn't have sugar in it. So
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Speaker 2: to me, it's savoury.
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Speaker 1: Well, yeah, I mean, nuts are a savoury snack. So
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Speaker 1: that's why I think as a standalone, Peanut butter is 100%
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Speaker 1: a savoury item.
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Speaker 2: What did Olivia think?
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Speaker 1: She didn't actually say what she thought, but I feel
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Speaker 1: like she was trying to sway her audience because she
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Speaker 1: shared a photo of squirty peanut butter on top.
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Speaker 3: Of a smoothie bowl.
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Speaker 1: I think she's actually just only discovered squirty peanut butter.
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Speaker 1: I discovered it over a year ago and I'm obsessed.
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Speaker 2: Do you have squirty Vegemite as well? Does it come
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Speaker 2: in a squirt bottle?
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Speaker 1: Yeah. Oh, no.
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Speaker 2: I don't think squirt Vegemite would be good because. He's
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Speaker 2: not saying squirt.
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Speaker 1: I don't think the squirty Vegemite would be good because
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Speaker 1: Vegemite you have to apply like a tiny bit.
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Speaker 2: You've got to scrape off. I think. the user control
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Speaker 2: of it would not be great. Squirty Nutella. No, that's dangerous.
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Speaker 2: That'd be dangerous in my household.
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Speaker 1: For my first Valentine's Day with my partner, he bought
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Speaker 1: me a five kilogram tub of Nutella. And I thought
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Speaker 1: it'd be great because I always get the shit paid
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Speaker 1: out of me for eating Nutella with a spoon. Like
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Speaker 1: I'd go and get a little snack of Nutella. But
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Speaker 1: this thing, because of so much of it, it went
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Speaker 1: moldy so quickly and all the oil would form like
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Speaker 1: around it.
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Speaker 2: And anyway, it was an absolute nightmare.
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Speaker 3: How's this for a change of events? We just got
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Speaker 3: kicked out of a local cafe.
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Speaker 1: Influencer and bikini mogul Karina Irby was recently kicked out
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Speaker 1: of a cafe for using the venue as a backdrop
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Speaker 1: for her.
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Speaker 3: Brand's latest activewear shoot.
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Speaker 1: When I heard Karina say that she was taking some
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Speaker 1: photos for Instagram, it gave me the impression that maybe
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Speaker 1: one of her friends was snapping some casual shots of
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Speaker 1: her on her phone. However, this was a full-blown shoot
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Speaker 1: for her activewear brand, which is called.
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Speaker 3: Moana Smile Club.
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Speaker 1: So Karina had two other models posing alongside her, and
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Speaker 1: she had employed a professional photographer for the campaign. Now,
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Speaker 1: after Karina got asked to leave the cafe, she and
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Speaker 1: her team proceeded to take photos on the street in
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Speaker 1: front of some very aesthetically pleasing houses. when a neighbor
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Speaker 1: across the road offered them to use their courtyard and
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Speaker 1: pool as a set. Karina said she was shocked by
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Speaker 1: the act of kindness, particularly after they were kicked out
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Speaker 1: of the cafe.
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Speaker 2: Here's what she said.
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Speaker 1: I just think it's so crazy how kindness is just
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Speaker 1: so shocking.
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Speaker 3: People that are kind truly just shock me.
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Speaker 1: But when people are nasty or they just want things
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Speaker 1: from you and stuff like that, you're like, you're not shocked.
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Speaker 1: But then when people are kind, you're like, Now, the
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Speaker 1: kind acts continued when an ice cream van spotted the
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Speaker 1: girls shooting and stopped to give them free ice creams.
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Speaker 1: And as a thank you and a subtle dig at
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Speaker 1: the cafe, Karina and the models posed in front of
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Speaker 1: the ice cream van and Karina even gave them a
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Speaker 1: shout out to her 1.1 million followers. So she tagged
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Speaker 1: the ice cream van socials and wrote, we captured this
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Speaker 1: because of your kindness and generosity. Thank you for spotting
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Speaker 1: us and letting us strike a pose with your business.
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Speaker 1: The ice cream and chocolates were so delicious. They then
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Speaker 1: wrapped up the shoot with some final snaps at a
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Speaker 1: cafe who allowed them to be there with the drink
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Speaker 1: of the moment, which is of course a strawberry matcha.
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Speaker 1: I don't understand the shade that Karina is throwing to
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Speaker 1: this cafe because firstly, it's not just a casual Instagram
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Speaker 1: shoot as you said, Sophie. This was for her activewear
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Speaker 1: campaign where she is profiting from. Surely the most respectful
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Speaker 1: thing to do is to ring the cafe beforehand and
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Speaker 1: ask if it's okay to take photos.
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Speaker 2: Because normally a.
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Speaker 1: Venue would charge for this type of activity.
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Speaker 2: Normally you'd have to rent out a studio or maybe
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Speaker 2: a house.
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Speaker 1: I'm in two minds though, because I can see where
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Speaker 1: you're coming from, Kate. But also on the other hand,
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Speaker 1: I think that this is a missed opportunity for promotion
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Speaker 1: because she does have 1.1 million followers. So if the
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Speaker 1: cafe owners had been kind and accommodating to her like.
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Speaker 3: The ice cream van was, she could have given them
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Speaker 3: a shout out.
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Speaker 1: Yeah, but just because you have 1.1 million followers doesn't
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Speaker 1: mean you can just walk into a small cafe and
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Speaker 1: With a photographer in flash and interrupt all of the
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Speaker 1: other people dining there.
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Speaker 2: Well, that's the thing.
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Speaker 1: If she'd actually approached the cafe ahead of time or
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Speaker 1: the photographer had, they could have said, okay, we'll work
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Speaker 1: out a time when we're a little bit quieter so
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Speaker 1: we can accommodate what you need and charged her potentially. Also,
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Speaker 1: that is just the way that the influencer world works.
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Speaker 1: She may have a million followers, but not everyone is
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Speaker 1: going to know who she is, particularly if she hasn't
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Speaker 1: communicated what's going on.
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Speaker 2: Also, I think she only gave the ice cream van
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Speaker 2: a shout out as a bit of a spiteful move
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Speaker 2: towards the cafe.
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Speaker 1: I can see how this would be really disruptive for
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Speaker 1: the cafe because if you're already a diner there and
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Speaker 1: you see this shoot unfolding, you're probably going to want
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Speaker 1: to wrap up your conversation with a friend and go
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Speaker 1: somewhere else. And also, if I'm walking along selecting a
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Speaker 1: cafe to go to, I would be very put off
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Speaker 1: because I wouldn't want to be in.
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Speaker 3: The background of this. I just want to sit down
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Speaker 3: and enjoy myself.
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Speaker 2: Good people watching though. Well, yeah, maybe just sit at the.
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Speaker 3: Other cafe across from them so you don't have to
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Speaker 3: hear it.
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Speaker 1: Also, what's the protocol for Karina in terms of ordering food? Like,
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Speaker 1: Was she just nursing a coffee and then thinking that
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Speaker 1: she could do this whole photo shoot? Or was the
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Speaker 1: food a part of.
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Speaker 3: The photo shoot?
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Speaker 2: Is this giving me flashbacks to your baby sprinkle, Kate?
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Speaker 1: Because I brought my camera along to take some photos
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Speaker 1: and it was quite a dark venue and I did
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Speaker 1: have the flash on and I felt a little bit
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Speaker 1: judged by the people sitting near us. Yeah, but there's
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Speaker 1: a difference between taking some social photos and taking some
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Speaker 1: pictures for a full-blown campaign where you're selling an activewear brand.
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Speaker 1: I do like the fact that she didn't actually name
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Speaker 1: the cafe though, because, you know, we touched on last
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Speaker 1: week how it can be very detrimental for a small
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Speaker 1: business to be named in shame like this. I'm just
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Speaker 1: having secondhand embarrassment at the thought of the cafe, you know,
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Speaker 1: waitress coming up and being like, I'm sorry, you actually
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Speaker 1: can't take these photos in here. It does remind me
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Speaker 1: of the Kalal Hotel stance on influencers because they do
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Speaker 1: have a contract that all guests have to sign saying
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Speaker 1: that they're not allowed to use the very aesthetically pleasing
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Speaker 1: hotel as a backdrop for any paid promotions or product shoots.
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Speaker 1: I think it's fair enough considering our conversation earlier in
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Speaker 1: the week about that cafe that charged a dollar to
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Speaker 1: heat up a muffin. And we did have some cafe
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Speaker 1: owners come out on social media and explain that they
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Speaker 1: are really feeling the pressure of the cost of living crisis,
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Speaker 1: just like everyone else is. And I do think it's
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Speaker 1: unfair to expect this cafe to provide a free background
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Speaker 1: for your photo shoot. Surely Karina would have had some
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Speaker 1: money in the budget to actually pay them.
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Speaker 3: Azuru announcement.
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Speaker 1: Like I said, we have taken the Instagram and the
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Speaker 1: website down currently. Sophie Keisha has revealed she's selling her
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Speaker 1: gender neutral makeup brand Azuru. Speculation was rife that the
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Speaker 1: business was under liquidation after its website and Instagram account vanished.
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Speaker 1: In recent months, the brand has also been putting bundled
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Speaker 1: products on sale. Now, in an interview with the Herald Sun,
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Speaker 1: Sophie confirmed the news saying, myself and my business partner
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Speaker 1: simply cannot give it the love it deserves as we
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Speaker 1: both own other companies that occupy most of our time.
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Speaker 2: So we wanted to go to someone who can help
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Speaker 2: it thrive.
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Speaker 1: Now, Sophie really did use this interview as an opportunity
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Speaker 1: to try and spruik the business saying it was a
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Speaker 1: brilliant ready-to-go startup with stock, direct manufacturing relationships, operations and equipment. However,
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Speaker 1: she said that they'll be selective of who they sell
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Speaker 1: it to as it's one of her babies. She also
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Speaker 1: revealed that she'll be sending the brand off in style
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Speaker 1: with a sale, which seems to contradict how she's trying
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Speaker 1: to say this is such a wonderful opportunity for someone.
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Speaker 1: If anything, it sounds like you're trying to get rid
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Speaker 1: of old stock because no one wants it. And also
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Speaker 1: to say that you're going to be selective of who
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Speaker 1: you sell it to. I think you'd be lucky for
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Speaker 1: anyone to buy it. So maybe that's just an excuse.
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Speaker 1: if no one actually does end up buying it. It
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Speaker 1: is interesting that Sophie didn't refer to her business partner
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Speaker 1: by name. So Sophie originally launched Azuru over two years
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Speaker 1: ago with controversial influencer and Slick Hair founder Mia Plesic.
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Speaker 1: And things turned south very quickly in August 2022 when
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Speaker 1: it became obvious that the pair were feuding. So it
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Speaker 1: all started when Sophie announced Azuru was a one-woman show.
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Speaker 1: After Mia Plesic received backlash for publicly equating vaccine mandate
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Speaker 1: laws to abortion laws. Now at this point, it was
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Speaker 1: believed that Mia was no longer involved with the beauty brand.
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Speaker 1: So she removed Azuru from her Instagram bio and also
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Speaker 1: unfollowed the Instagram account. Someone also ended up leaking a
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Speaker 1: DM where they asked the brand if Mia was still involved.
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Speaker 1: And the account replied confirming that Mia was no longer
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Speaker 1: connected to Azuru. She did contradict these claims, though, because
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Speaker 1: she released a statement to the Daily Mail Australia saying
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Speaker 1: she was still a director of the company and an
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Speaker 1: equal shareholder to Sophie. So she said, I just took
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Speaker 1: a step back as Slick Hair Company is going through
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Speaker 1: huge international growth. And I need to focus on the
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Speaker 1: brand that is growing.
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Speaker 3: Bit of a humble brag there.
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Speaker 1: But it's also putting down Azuru because it's implying that
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Speaker 1: that's not growing.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, exactly.
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Speaker 1: I mean, the downfall of this business, it's really come
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Speaker 1: as a big surprise because two years ago, it did.
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Speaker 2: Launch under controversial circumstances.
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Speaker 1: So firstly, there was the issue of a video of
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Speaker 1: Sophie wiping her nose whilst handling the products that did
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Speaker 1: go viral. It also ended up in a bit of
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Speaker 1: a stash between ourselves and Sophie Keisha, which was quite
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Speaker 1: a memorable time for the podcast. I feel like we've
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Speaker 1: been with this business from the start. So it is
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Speaker 1: ironic that we are talking about its closure. Now it
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Speaker 1: does appear that Mia must still be a part owner
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Speaker 1: of this business because Sophie did reference that both of
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Speaker 1: the owners were focusing on their own businesses. Sophie did
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Speaker 1: want to make it quite clear also that her pajama
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Speaker 1: brand Keisha was going from strength to strength. And it's
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Speaker 1: also just celebrated its seventh birthday this weekend. However, in
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Speaker 1: bad timing on Tuesday, she took to her Instagram story
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Speaker 1: to complain about interest rates. So she revealed that she
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Speaker 1: was on the phone to her bank and had spoken
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Speaker 1: to two people who couldn't help her. She wrote, I'm
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Speaker 1: so proud of myself being a single mama with a
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Speaker 1: one salary mortgage, but holy fuck, these interest rates are
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Speaker 1: starting to take a toll. She then went on to
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Speaker 1: ask her followers if they had switched from her bank
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Speaker 1: and who they went to. Now, this is off the
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Speaker 1: back of a couple of weeks ago, Sophie also sharing
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Speaker 1: that she had done this bulk meat order and was
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Speaker 1: cooking up a whole bunch of food to try and
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Speaker 1: minimize costs. Now, Obviously, there is absolutely nothing wrong with
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Speaker 1: that because I think we've got this image of influencers
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Speaker 1: not having to struggle and they're not having to be
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Speaker 1: in the real world like the rest of us and
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Speaker 1: compete with interest rates. I think what happens is a
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Speaker 1: lot of them do start these businesses where there's products
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Speaker 1: involved and they quickly realize that a lot of the
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Speaker 1: money they make from the product then goes back into buying.
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Speaker 2: More of it to sell.
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Speaker 1: Because we've heard Lily Brown talk about the struggles of
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Speaker 1: her pajama business as well. having to keep up with
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Speaker 1: demand and also having to reinvest the money back into stock. Well,
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Speaker 1: I think it's just showing that the cost of living
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Speaker 1: is taking a toll on everyone because we do have
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Speaker 1: to remember, as Sophie pointed out, she is a single
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Speaker 1: mother with two children and, you know, owning your own business,
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Speaker 1: it does go in ebbs and flows.
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Speaker 2: So when Sophie purchased or built her new.
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Speaker 1: House, she had a partner at the time in Maddie.
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Speaker 1: So they had a dual income that was paying that mortgage.
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Speaker 1: And now that Sophie finds herself on her own, She
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Speaker 1: might be at a different point in her business. She's
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Speaker 1: finding it very difficult, I assume, being on a variable rate.
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Speaker 1: And I actually think it's, I take my hat off
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Speaker 1: to her for actually speaking about it because it's a
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Speaker 1: situation that so many Australians will be finding themselves in
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Speaker 1: at the moment. Yeah, I think it's very relatable that
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Speaker 1: Sophie is opening up about this on her Instagram. I
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Speaker 1: do wonder if she was a little bit annoyed that
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Speaker 1: the Herald Sun ran with that story. She obviously provided
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Speaker 1: a comment saying, But I think that they were going
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Speaker 1: to run with it anyway. So she felt like she
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Speaker 1: had to say something about Azuru going on sale. It's
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Speaker 1: not really the best look because I think she's trying
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Speaker 1: really hard to promote it as this decision that was
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Speaker 1: forced upon them because her business, Keisha, and also Mia
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Speaker 1: Pleszek's business, Slick Hair Company, is doing so well that
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Speaker 1: they just don't have time. Well, particularly because you're trying
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Speaker 1: to sell this business. You're trying to make this business
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Speaker 1: look profitable that someone actually wants to purchase it from you.
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Speaker 1: But I don't think that's actually the reality. I just
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Speaker 1: don't think it's been successful from the get-go.
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Speaker 3: We'd like some wedding invitations. Oh, well, congratulations. Thank you.
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Speaker 1: Yeah, thank you.
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Speaker 3: When's the wedding?
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Speaker 1: June. Late June. It appears it's all steam ahead for
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Speaker 1: Tammy Hembrough and Matt Zukowski's wedding. Tammy re-shared a friend's
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Speaker 1: Instagram story revealing Tammy had sent her what appeared to
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Speaker 1: be a wedding invite. Now, the envelope looked elegant with
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Speaker 1: a black bow tied on the back and this ties
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Speaker 1: into the theme that I have been suspecting for quite
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Speaker 1: a while now. I think the whole thing will be
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Speaker 1: a black and white affair. It's very Hills because when
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Speaker 1: Tammy went to try on wedding dresses and her bridesmaids
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Speaker 1: were in black and she also, they were in little
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Speaker 1: black little robes, which I think that they'll be wearing
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Speaker 1: black bridesmaid dresses and I think that all of the
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Speaker 1: flowers will be white and it will be that contrast.
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Speaker 1: I was just surprised to see that the wedding invites
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Speaker 1: were out, particularly after all the shit that's gone down recently.
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Speaker 1: I thought they might have put the brakes on it
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Speaker 1: a little bit. No way because they want to prove
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Speaker 1: to everyone just how solid they are and they have
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Speaker 1: also previously said on Matt's podcast that the wedding will
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Speaker 1: be happening today.
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Speaker 3: This year.
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Speaker 1: So, I mean, we are six months into this year already.
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Speaker 1: So we'll be seeing this wedding very soon.
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Speaker 3: I can't wait.
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Speaker 1: Now that Anna's wedding is over, I feel like that's
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Speaker 1: given them the green light to actually start inviting people.
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Speaker 1: Surely this wedding must be soon because normally you get
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Speaker 1: your wedding invites out, I think it's like four months
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Speaker 1: before the big date. I mean, these possibly could be
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Speaker 1: a save the date if it is a destination wedding?
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Speaker 1: I set mine out six months in advance and I
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Speaker 1: think it was almost too early because I had to
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Speaker 1: follow up a few people being like, are you coming?
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Speaker 2: But ours was a long weekend. So I was very
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Speaker 2: paranoid that people would make plans.
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Speaker 1: Yeah. Well, on the topic of Tammy, it was really
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Speaker 1: great to see her attend the Gold Coast Suns MND
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Speaker 1: Big Freeze event. So she was a really good sport
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Speaker 1: and allowed herself to be dunked into the ice bath.
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Speaker 1: And she actually shared that a close friend's stepdad sadly
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Speaker 1: passed away from MND And my favorite part of this
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Speaker 1: event was seeing Tammy kick a football.
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Speaker 2: So she was actually.
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Speaker 1: Quite good, but then she absolutely sprayed one and it
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Speaker 1: went into like the crowd. Even though Tammy's really athletic,
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Speaker 1: I'm not surprised that she's not great at kicking a
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Speaker 1: football because she said that the game on the weekend
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Speaker 1: was the first football game she's ever been to because
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Speaker 1: the Gold Coast Suns versus Matt's team, which is Essendon.
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Speaker 1: And it was really cute because Wolf looked like he
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Speaker 1: had the best time. So Tammy put up a photo
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Speaker 1: and said, He actually asked me to take this photo
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Speaker 1: of him and look how happy he is. So I
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Speaker 1: think he's enjoying having that male father figure in his
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Speaker 1: life to take him. Talking about Wolf, Tammy actually shared
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Speaker 1: this TikTok video the other day where he featured in
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Speaker 1: it and she was saying for all of the kids
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Speaker 1: and her to say something that was true about themselves. However,
15:53
Speaker 1: she kept saying things that weren't true, that she knew
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Speaker 1: the kids would react to. Anyway, everyone picked up on
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Speaker 1: the fact that Wolf has a very English accent. Have
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Speaker 1: you guys noticed it?
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Speaker 3: He does.
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Speaker 2: I have noticed it. He talks very proper.
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Speaker 1: Yeah, everyone's like, where has his accent come from? Because
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Speaker 1: he doesn't sound like any member of the family. Well,
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Speaker 1: hasn't everyone been saying that in the US and in
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Speaker 1: the UK that all the kids are getting Aussie accents
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Speaker 1: because of Bluey? Isn't it the reverse with Peppa Pig
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Speaker 1: where some of the Aussie kids are getting UK accents?
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Speaker 2: I wouldn't put him down as a Peppa Pig fan,
16:22
Speaker 2: to be honest.
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Speaker 1: No. Does anyone use this kitchen? It looks like it's
16:26
Speaker 1: never been used. I was cooking here last night.
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Speaker 3: Dude, it's like... I know.
16:31
Speaker 2: It's pretty clean because I clean.
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Speaker 1: It so well. Would you guys give up your wedding
16:35
Speaker 1: venue for David Beckham? Because this is one dilemma a
16:38
Speaker 1: couple in the UK is facing. So David is set
16:41
Speaker 1: to celebrate his 50th birthday next year and he has
16:45
Speaker 1: fallen in love with iconic Scottish venue, Gleneagles. The snag
16:49
Speaker 1: is a couple have their dream wedding booked in for
16:52
Speaker 1: that date. He has a thing about castles, doesn't he?
16:55
Speaker 1: Because he and Victoria Beckham got married in a castle.
16:58
Speaker 1: Is he trying to recreate that? Because that was a
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Speaker 1: very iconic celebration. Surely there's lots of castles available in
17:04
Speaker 1: the UK that he could be using.
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Speaker 2: What's so special about this one?
17:07
Speaker 1: I think it has something to do with the venue
17:10
Speaker 1: being a golfing destination. So it has won various awards,
17:14
Speaker 1: including Ultra Travel Magazine's Best Golf Resort in the World.
17:18
Speaker 2: And David Beckham loves playing golf.
17:20
Speaker 3: It's a hobby of his.
17:21
Speaker 1: Well, the rumor is that he has made a huge
17:24
Speaker 1: offer to this couple. So one of the couple's friends
17:27
Speaker 1: took to Twitter and said, a friend of a friend
17:29
Speaker 1: is getting married at Glen Eagles next year, but David
17:32
Speaker 1: Beckham wants the date for his 50th. So to get
17:34
Speaker 1: the friend to move it so he can have the hotel,
17:37
Speaker 1: Glen Eagles are paying for their new wedding date. honeymoon
17:40
Speaker 1: and paying off the mortgage, the power of Beck. So
17:42
Speaker 1: a lot of people have come to the assumption that
17:44
Speaker 1: it's not actually Glen Eagles that are paying off this
17:47
Speaker 1: couple's mortgage and for their honeymoon.
17:49
Speaker 2: It's David Beckham.
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Speaker 1: So Sophie, if you were a year out from your
17:52
Speaker 1: wedding and David Beckham wanted to steal the venue from you,
17:55
Speaker 1: what would you do?
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Speaker 3: I think it would really depend on the next available date.
17:58
Speaker 1: So if your date has been pushed out by a
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Speaker 1: couple of weeks, yeah, of course, of course you would
18:03
Speaker 1: take up this opportunity. Whereas if you this meant that
18:07
Speaker 1: your wedding wasn't going to be for another year or
18:09
Speaker 1: two years, I think that that would then become more
18:12
Speaker 1: of an issue. Do you know what's really important to me?
18:14
Speaker 1: Having my mortgage paid off and having financial freedom. So
18:17
Speaker 1: I'd be happy to downsize my wedding in order to
18:20
Speaker 1: have my mortgage and also my wedding and honeymoon paid for. No,
18:24
Speaker 1: I mean, I would probably take this opportunity, but I'm
18:26
Speaker 1: saying for some people, if they've got a special association
18:30
Speaker 1: with the venue or if there's other reasons for them
18:33
Speaker 1: wanting to get married straight away, it might be an issue.
18:36
Speaker 1: But there's so many other wedding venues around the place. Yeah,
18:39
Speaker 1: but it's hard to get into them. There's not just
18:41
Speaker 1: dates available. Look, I would make it work. I feel
18:44
Speaker 1: sorry for the couple who were a week before or
18:47
Speaker 1: a week after, because I wonder.
18:48
Speaker 2: If they're like, for fuck's sake, we would have given
18:50
Speaker 2: it up.
18:50
Speaker 1: I'd be reaching out to Bex and being like, look,
18:52
Speaker 1: I know it's not the exact date that you want,
18:54
Speaker 1: but it's pretty close. I wonder how this couple have responded, because...
18:59
Speaker 1: He could find himself in a situation where there's an
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Speaker 1: absolute bridezilla who is not willing to budge for anyone.
19:07
Speaker 1: Like that is a genuine possibility. And I wonder if...
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Speaker 1: they have just asked them nicely, hey, do you mind
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Speaker 1: changing because we've got this big event coming up? And
19:16
Speaker 1: they are playing hardball and they've heard that David Beckham
19:18
Speaker 1: is involved and they're trying to take him for all
19:20
Speaker 1: he's worth. Yeah, what else could they get out of
19:22
Speaker 1: old Becks? I think I would play, yeah, I think
19:24
Speaker 1: I'd be like, what else?
19:25
Speaker 3: What else can I have? The mortgage is pretty good.
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Speaker 1: I mean, if you look at it from a PR
19:29
Speaker 1: perspective for David Beckham, this story could have gone one
19:33
Speaker 1: of two ways.
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Speaker 3: He had to offer them a lot in order to
19:36
Speaker 3: get this.
19:37
Speaker 1: Because If he had just said, oh, look, I'll cover
19:40
Speaker 1: the cost of your wedding and that's it. People would
19:42
Speaker 1: have been like, how dare this big celebrity come in
19:45
Speaker 1: and ruin this couple's wedding day. But because he's also saying,
19:49
Speaker 1: pay for your honeymoon.
19:50
Speaker 3: I'll pay for your mortgage, I'll basically set you up
19:52
Speaker 3: for life.
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Speaker 1: Everyone's like, wow, look at this Robin Hood who's stealing
19:56
Speaker 1: the venue, but then he's giving back to the poor.
19:59
Speaker 2: I'm not sure if he's Robin Hood.
20:01
Speaker 1: Let's get into our highs and lows of the week.
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Speaker 1: I will kick us off first. I'll start with my low.
20:07
Speaker 1: Last week, I wasn't on the podcast and that was
20:10
Speaker 1: because I was intending to record with you guys, but
20:13
Speaker 1: I had a bit of a scare at my midwife appointment.
20:15
Speaker 1: So everything is all good, but essentially I had my
20:19
Speaker 1: midwife appointment and every appointment they take your blood pressure
20:23
Speaker 1: and they flagged that mine was a little bit high.
20:25
Speaker 1: So they checked it a couple more times and were like,
20:27
Speaker 1: hang on now, I'm sorry, you're going to have to
20:29
Speaker 1: go up to the observation ward. They ended up doing
20:32
Speaker 1: a urine test and also a blood test. And they
20:35
Speaker 1: flagged with me that the protein in my urine was
20:38
Speaker 1: really high. And that is a sign of preeclampsia. So
20:42
Speaker 1: I was absolutely freaking out. I'm sitting on a hospital
20:46
Speaker 1: bed clipped up to this machine that's checking the baby's heart.
20:50
Speaker 1: And I was trying not to freak out, but I
20:53
Speaker 1: am the biggest hypochondriac. I'm very health anxious. My partner
20:56
Speaker 1: was sitting next to me, cool as a cucumber. And
20:59
Speaker 1: I've just convinced myself that I've got preeclampsia.
21:01
Speaker 2: I've called you guys. You're all freaking out.
21:04
Speaker 1: And also because I at the time was 36 and
21:08
Speaker 1: a half weeks, I thought that they might make me
21:11
Speaker 1: deliver the baby that day if I did have it.
21:14
Speaker 1: And in the meantime, Sophie was freaking out because as
21:17
Speaker 1: some of the listeners might have seen, we held a
21:20
Speaker 1: surprise baby sprinkle for Kate. And I'm hoping that this
21:23
Speaker 1: is Kate's heart that she's about to lead into because
21:26
Speaker 1: I was distraught. I had everything ready to pick up
21:29
Speaker 1: on the Friday and I was at the shop getting
21:31
Speaker 1: a balloon blown up for you. And I thought, well,
21:34
Speaker 1: if the party doesn't go ahead, you'll still need this balloon,
21:37
Speaker 1: which I literally got shipped in because I couldn't get
21:39
Speaker 1: this Pooh Bear balloon anywhere.
21:40
Speaker 3: I had to get it online.
21:41
Speaker 1: And I was like, well, I can bring it down
21:42
Speaker 1: to the hospital. We could bring the cake down to
21:44
Speaker 1: the hospital as more of a celebration of the baby
21:46
Speaker 1: being here. Yeah. So fortunately, after waiting three hours, I
21:51
Speaker 1: got the news that in fact, I did not have preeclampsia,
21:54
Speaker 1: which I am so thankful for. It turned out that
21:57
Speaker 1: the dipstick that they put in my urine, I don't know,
22:00
Speaker 1: it flagged it incorrectly.
22:02
Speaker 3: Anyway, Soph, as you already touched.
22:04
Speaker 1: On, my high for the week was the surprise baby
22:07
Speaker 1: sprinkle that you held me. Now we did have a
22:09
Speaker 1: few people ask because I posted a reel of this
22:11
Speaker 1: event and someone's like, what is a baby sprinkle? So
22:14
Speaker 1: it's a celebration that's not as big as a shower
22:17
Speaker 1: because I did have my own shower. Well, I thought
22:19
Speaker 1: sprinkle differentiated it between the event that you already had.
22:23
Speaker 1: To say I was surprised is a complete understatement because
22:26
Speaker 1: You guys got Rhys involved.
22:28
Speaker 2: I think it was a week ago.
22:29
Speaker 1: He said to me, oh, I'd really like to take
22:31
Speaker 1: you out Saturday night. It's the least I can do
22:33
Speaker 1: for the nine months that you've been through. And I
22:36
Speaker 1: was like, that is so sweet. And he really played
22:39
Speaker 1: the part. He was putting on aftershave, he was holding
22:42
Speaker 1: my hand in the car, like being all romantic. So
22:45
Speaker 1: I get to the restaurant and I walked up to
22:47
Speaker 1: the counter. And it's funny because he said that the
22:50
Speaker 1: restaurant was a surprise. And when we pulled up, it
22:53
Speaker 1: was a restaurant, Sophie, that you really like called Polk.
22:55
Speaker 1: And I go, oh, this is funny. This is a
22:57
Speaker 1: place Sophie loves. She's going to be jealous that we're here. Anyway,
23:00
Speaker 1: I walked in. I completely didn't see you guys sitting
23:03
Speaker 1: in the corner with a big Pooh Bear balloon, all
23:06
Speaker 1: of these beautiful decorations. We'd gone to the effort of
23:09
Speaker 1: even parking our cars around the corner because we thought
23:12
Speaker 1: if you pull up and you see our cars out
23:13
Speaker 1: the front, it's going to be pretty obvious what's going on.
23:16
Speaker 1: I was just in absolute shock. Like, I don't think
23:18
Speaker 1: it sunk in the whole night. And you guys did
23:21
Speaker 1: such a good job.
23:22
Speaker 2: It just looked so beautiful. The cake was gorgeous. The
23:25
Speaker 2: cookies were gorgeous. I was like, this is better than
23:26
Speaker 2: my own baby shower.
23:28
Speaker 1: My favorite thing also was that Amy, then we all
23:31
Speaker 1: went back to her house and you'd thought of everything.
23:33
Speaker 1: You even got me a tracksuit. So you got me
23:36
Speaker 1: men's medium pants and this oversized hoodie. And I've been
23:40
Speaker 1: living in it ever since. I've actually been sleeping in
23:42
Speaker 1: those pants. You can't pry them from my body.
23:43
Speaker 2: Good old Kmart men's hoodies.
23:46
Speaker 1: So officially, thank you so much for holding that for me.
23:49
Speaker 1: That is where we're going to leave things today. If
23:51
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23:54
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