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MINI SCROLL: Shari Franke speaks out against Lifetime film about family, Liam Payne reportedly dies at 31 + Victoria's Secret fashion show returns · Mini Scroll

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  Hi everyone, welcome to Mini Scroll, the daily Internet
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  culture podcast bringing you the biggest stories from social
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  media, the creator economy and the digital space every Monday
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  through Thursday. I'm your host, Lauren Meisner,
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  the founder of the youth digital media brand Centennial World.
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  Welcome back to Mini Scroll, everyone.
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  For those who watch the podcast, I am wearing my comfort sweater
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  again. This is like the sweater that I
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  wear when I feel like I just need to be like cozy and warm
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  and protected. And so I am in this sweater
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  again. You guys are going to be like,
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  you wear that sweater so much. But that's why, OK.
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  I had the biggest day ever possibly of my career yesterday.
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  I know you guys know that because I've been talking about
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  it for the days leading up, but I need to give you guys a big
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  debrief, a big recap. So I was on two panels at South
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  by Southwest Sydney, and then I interviewed Heather and Whitney
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  from The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City.
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  In between, I had a founder lunch and then at the end of the
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  day, my brother and I went to the Smile 2 Australian premiere.
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  So it was literally like the biggest day ever, but it was
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  honestly my dream day in the sense that like, I've been
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  thinking about everything that I did yesterday from like when I
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  woke up, my makeup artist came over, we did a full glam to
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  like, you know, when I went to sleep.
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  And I'm like, all of those things are things that I would
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  have dreamt about years ago, especially doing for myself, for
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  my own business. And I'm like building on my own.
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  That is so freaking cool that I got to do not only just like,
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  you know, one or two of those things, but like all of these
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  things all at once. Like starting my day with glam.
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  Nothing makes me happy. Or you guys know, I'm like a
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  glam girl. Like I'm like a hair, nails,
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  makeup girl that like makes me happy.
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  I am such a beauty girl. So like having my glam first
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  thing doing these two professional panels, you know,
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  having this like networking lunch with other female
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  founders, doing obviously the interview of my dream with bad
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  weather from Real Housewives of Salt Lake City, I and then going
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  to a movie premiere. Like it was honestly chaos and I
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  was so exhausted and I'm still so exhausted, but it was
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  literally like my dream day. And I just can't believe that I
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  got to live something like that. It was amazing and I'm so
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  grateful for all the opportunities.
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  So many of them came in really last minute things that I just
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  like did not expect. But yes, the panels went well.
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  You know, that's kind of boring. They went well.
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  I feel like I articulated what I wanted to say well.
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  It was really exciting to be on the mainstage for the panel.
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  So they have like the auditorium, which is where the
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  keynotes are. I don't know if they're doing
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  panels in the auditorium or if it's just keynote speeches and
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  like performances. But yes, so we were on the
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  mainstage of like panels, which was really cool.
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  And you know, that all went well.
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  Like, it went well. I was way less nervous than I
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  thought I would be. Normally when I do panels or
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  public speaking things for the business, I feel a lot of
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  pressure to articulate myself well and sound, you know,
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  impressive and smart because I think we're very small.
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  We're, you know, kind of this new indie media brand in
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  Australia. I mean, we're not that new
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  anymore, but like not super well known.
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  We didn't have these moments that really blew us up in the
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  same way that other independent media or like new age media,
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  some of the brands have had here.
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  So, you know, we're still relatively unknown.
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  And I always really want to impress, you know, of course,
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  like I want to be able to show up and like really articulate,
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  like our message, our mission and show people like This is why
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  we're important and why you should work with us at the end
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  of the day. So I think so.
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  Normally when I do panels or public speaking for the
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  business, I am super, super nervous.
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  Even if the stakes feel very low, I still feel all that
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  pressure because it's like I am the brand, you know?
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  I'm the face of the brand. And I really hate usually
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  holding mics rather than just having them clip to me because
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  my hand will be shaking. Like I'll be so nervous.
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  But both panels that I did yesterday, I literally didn't
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  shake it all. I was holding mics the whole
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  time. I didn't shake it all.
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  I did not feel nervous like I normally do.
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  I actually felt quite comfortable.
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  And I think that's partly because we got to know each
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  other. The panelists and I, we got to
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  know each other a little bit for probably like an hour before and
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  like we were really like actually getting to know each
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  other and like chatting and I felt very, you know, safe around
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  them. I felt like all of us would be
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  able to kind of save each other if things were going awry.
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  And I've been on panels where I didn't really feel like that.
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  So yes, I was really proud of myself because I felt like a
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  level up. Like this was the biggest kind
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  of brand name panel I've ever done, like South by Southwest.
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  But the fact that I wasn't nervous for either of them was
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  like a big win. OK, I need to tell you about the
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  Real Housewives of Salt Lake City interview.
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  So it was you guys the best, I think the best celebrity
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  interview I've ever done, maybe just the best interview I've
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  ever done. Like full stop in the sense of
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  like the energy, the chaos. It was like bit after bit after
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  bit like they were just on. Like it was a performance.
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  It was a show. They love the camera in the best
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  way. They were so entertaining and
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  they were just so like happy. I don't know.
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  They just had this lightness about them where they were like
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  so excited to be doing a full day of press that I'm sure is so
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  incredibly exhausting. But you would not know it.
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  Like we were at the end of the day, our interview was at 4:45
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  and it was like 9:00 AM in the morning.
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  Like they just had their first coffee.
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  They were so infectious and they were so sweet, you guys.
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  Like they were the nicest, nicest people.
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  And they were so nice to Alex and Annabelle.
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  I brought Alex and Annabelle to like help me yesterday for the
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  whole day. And yeah, it was just like, it
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  was just, they were just magical.
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  Like it was actually amazing. It was an insane interview.
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  I have no, I feel like I blacked out and I was laughing so hard
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  and I just I have no idea what happened.
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  So when I go to edit the footage to publish next week for you
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  guys, I have no idea what's going to come out.
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  It wasn't very long. It was like 15 minutes, I think,
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  and I'm going to have to cut some stuff.
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  So I'm not it'll be a good like mini episode, right?
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  It'll be good like mini scroll vibes.
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  And they kept telling me that I need to be on Real Housewives of
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  Sydney because I was like all dressed up.
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  I got dressed by Shawna Joy, which is an Australian brand
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  hair because it was just like a big day, right?
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  It was a big like talent press day.
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  So they dressed me. Obviously I had my full glam.
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  So I was like matching their energy.
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  And you know, of course, normally, like reporters just
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  don't go to interviews, maybe unless it's like on the red
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  carpet or something that glam that dressed up.
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  So they just were like obsessed with the fact that I was like
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  matching their energy. They were like, you guys are so
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  prepared. You have all this real
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  equipment. Like everyone else has just been
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  in here with like, Vox pops. And we had like, you know, the
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  full camera set up so that we could film it for the pod.
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  And it was just like, really good.
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  But yeah, they kept being like, you need to be on The Real
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  Housewives of Sydney. Like you're so pretty, you're so
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  glam. Why are you not on The Real
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  Housewives of Sydney? Like Andy Cohen would love you.
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  I was like actually interviewed Andy Cohen once on the red
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  carpet and they were like, Oh my God.
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  And he loved you. And I was like, well, it was
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  like 5 seconds long, so I don't really know about that, but
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  yeah, it was just so sweet. And like, I don't know, they
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  were just so warm. They're exactly what you would
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  expect. And it was real.
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  I mean, actually, you know what I was, I was going to keep
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  going. But a lot of what I've just told
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  you we talked about in the interview, so I'm going to save
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  it. But yeah, the vibes were
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  amazing. They were so sweet to the girls.
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  Like I said, they were like complimenting them.
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  They gave them both big hugs. We were taking pictures at the
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  end. And then they were like Alex
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  Annabelle, like, come in the photos.
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  Like it was just the best, the best.
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  So I cannot wait for you guys to hear the interview.
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  I hope it turned out well because like I said, I kind of
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  blacked out. OK, let's just get into the
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  stories for today. So the first story that I have
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  for you guys is that Sherri Frankie has spoken out on the
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  Lifetime movie about her mother Ruby Frankie and her arrest.
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  So there is a new Lifetime movie that's about to be released
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  about Ruby Frankie and her business partner Jodi
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  Hildebrand. The film is called Mormon Mom
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  Gone Wrong, The Ruby Frankie Story and will tell the story of
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  the 8 Passengers YouTube channel and how Ruby got involved with
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  her former business partner Jodi Hildebrand.
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  Quickest recap ever. Both Ruby and Jodi were
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  sentenced to up to 30 years for child abuse against Ruby's
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  younger children back in February.
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  Heather Locklear is actually starring as Jodi, which is kind
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  of crazy. And I just wanted to say before
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  I kind of get into Sherry's response, like it is really wild
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  how quickly these networks are releasing these films about like
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  big pop culture moments. We've seen this now several
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  times with the Bravo universe where, you know, like the
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  housewife and the hustler, like Jen Shaw's, whatever one that
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  was. I forget what that one was
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  about. But all of these kind of like
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  true crime situations with reality TV, Randall Emmett from
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  Vanderpump Rules and Lala, like they these things are happening.
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  And then I think it's because the streamers can just like, you
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  know, create and release things so much quicker than we could
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  have years ago. But it's really, I think it's a
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  little bit like insensitive to be capitalizing on this so
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  quickly. And I and that's why they're
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  doing it obviously, like releasing something so quickly
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  like this is because they know that people will watch it
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  because they're interested in the story right now.
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  Whereas previously, sure, there might have been a documentary or
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  like a movie made about Jodi Hildebrandt and Ruby and eight
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  passengers and everything that happened, but it would be in
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  like 10 years. You know, this feels icky.
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  Like it's literally just this. It's the same year.
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  It's the same year that they were sentenced.
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  So Sherry, who is the daughter, the eldest daughter of Ruby.
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  So Sherry's been very vocal about what happened with her
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  parents and her mother. And Jodi, you know, she was
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  posting on her stories when she got arrested saying, like,
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  finally, my mom is facing some consequences about what she's
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  been doing to my younger siblings.
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  Like, unfortunately, unfortunately, Sherri has, you
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  know, she's the eldest. It seems like she's taken it
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  upon herself to be an advocate for her younger siblings, which
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  is like, so sweet, but, you know, also so unfortunate as a
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  child of her parents herself. So as soon as a trailer for the
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  show came out a few days ago, Sherri wrote on Instagram
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  Stories a note about the Lifetime movie coming out about
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  my family. I saw the trailer suddenly in
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  class and had an anxiety attack. None of us were contacted about
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  the movie. None of the proceeds are going
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  to the kids. This movie is trash and only
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  hurts my siblings more. Please do not support this
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  movie. She followed up saying here's my
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  daily reminder. The Lifetime movie cannot air.
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  Please help me and help me make sure this movie doesn't get
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  watched or supported or released.
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  I will keep pressing this issue. Thank you for standing with me.
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  We were not consulted. We are not getting a dime from
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  this movie. This is deeply traumatic for me
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  to witness and she's actually been posting every single day
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  since on her stories with like. Just a daily reminder, don't
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  support this movie. Daily reminder do not watch this
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  movie. So she also commented on the
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  official trailer she wrote. This is shameful.
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  This movie should not be supported, let alone released.
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  I just, I feel so bad for this family.
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  I feel so bad for these children.
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  Like they've been through so much in the last 12 months and
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  now to have this like dramatization of their
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  experience starring Heather Locklear is just insane.
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  And I do worry that, you know, from what we know about Jodi, it
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  seems like she would probably love to know that there's a
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  movie being made and Heather Locklear is starring as her, you
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  know, like, this is actually probably her dream.
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  She probably loves knowing that she is like, famous now.
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  So this is just, like, really upsetting.
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  And I will absolutely not be watching this.
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  You know, Sherry saying please don't watch it.
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  Absolutely will respect that. So I'm not going to, you know,
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  like, report on the movie or anything because I'm not going
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  to watch it. And I'm hoping that there is
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  going to be a way that this kind of backlash will result in, I
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  don't know, something tangible. But like, I don't think it will,
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  like, I don't think that, you know, Lifetime is going to,
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  like, pull the movie or anything.
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  I just don't think that's what is going to happen,
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  unfortunately. But I think Sherri is going to
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  keep trying. OK.
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  The next story that I have for you guys is a very tragic one.
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  Liam Payne has reportedly passed away at the age of 31.
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  So Liam Payne of One Direction fame has reportedly died after
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  falling from a third floor balcony at a hotel in Buenos
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  Aires. This news just came out a few
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  hours ago. So there's like, not a lot of
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  information yet. But according to TMZ, quote,
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  witnesses say this happened shortly after 5:00 PM in Buenos
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  Aires and that Liam had been acting erratic in the hotel
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  lobby. Earlier, he had smashed his
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  laptop and had to be carried back to his room.
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  And then, The Sydney Morning Herald wrote, police were called
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  to the hotel in the capital's leafy Palermo neighborhood,
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  responding to an emergency that cited, quote, an aggressive man
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  who could be under the effects of drugs and alcohol.
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  This is so sad and scary and tragic.
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  And we've been talking about Liam so much on the podcast, so
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  it kind of feels surreal, you know?
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  And his ex-girlfriend, I think it was last week or the week
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  before, made that big tick tock video about him and that kind of
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  brought his name back up in like all these past interviews and
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  things that he'd done, like it all.
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  It brought it all back to light, and a lot of people were talking
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  about him, and this is just really sad and scary.
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  And like I said, we don't really have any other information.
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  And at this time, the One Direction and at the time of
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  recording this, I haven't seen anyone Direction bandmates say
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  anything. I imagine they will, and I
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  imagine maybe there'll be some type of tribute or something
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  that they do for Liam. But yeah, this is just so sad.
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  All right, I wanted to leave you guys on a happier note.
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  So I think this, I guess happy, I guess it depends on how you
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  look at it actually. But I wanted to talk to you guys
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  about the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show because it came
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  back last night for the first time after a six year hiatus.
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  And I watched it and there is a lot of discussion about it.
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  But yes, the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show made its return
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  after a six year hiatus last night.
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  So in 2019, the show was cancelled quote amid lagging
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  brand sales, declining viewership and a sea of
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  criticisms and controversy largely directed at its lack of
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  diversity and inclusivity rights news.com dot AU.
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  So the brand has spent the last six years, I guess, trying to
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  kind of rehab its image a little bit more and they decided
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  they've done enough. So they're ready to bring the
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  fashion show back. And things that I thought were
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  really cool. Taffy Co hosted the pre show
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  event with Olivia Culpo. I thought it was so cool to see
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  Taffy a tik toker, just fucking slang.
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  I've actually interviewed Taffy. She was an amazing celebrity
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  interview too, because she was also so chaotic and just said
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  like whatever she wanted. And then she got her mop.
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  So we're on Zoom, and then she got her mom on Zoom and I was
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  like, talking to her mom with her.
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  That was actually crazy. That was really funny.
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  So yeah, love taffy. She slayed as always.
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  Lisa from Blackpink performed multiple times.
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  She opened the show with a performance.
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  Tyla performed. Lisa and Tyla, like, slayed.
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  Like, they just did so well. Like, Oh my God.
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  I think they chose such good musical acts, like such relevant
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  young, fresh musical acts. It was just such a good call.
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  There were so many icons. Gigi Hadid, Kate Moss, Barbara
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  Palvin, Adriana Lima, Behati Prinsloo, Candace Swinople, Tyra
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  Paloma, El Sessa, Bella Hadid, Ashley Graham Share Cher
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  performed. That was insane.
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  It was just like so * studded. And in my opinion, it was not
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  that diverse. Like I think they could have
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  done so much better than what they did.
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  I I mean, I guess it was more diverse than their previous
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  shows, but it was not. I would not watch that fashion
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  show not knowing it was Victoria's Secret and think, oh,
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  that was like a representative show, like absolutely not.
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  So it has been copying some criticism because of that.
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  And I was watching it and thinking like, wow, I do
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  understand why this show was so popular for so many years.
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  It's not that I never watched it like I definitely did.
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  But when I was younger, my self esteem was much lower than it is
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  now. And I think that's normal.
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  You know, I think you kind of grow up and grow into yourself
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  and accept yourself. And back then when it was really
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  popular, when I was in high school and at university, like I
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  could barely watch it because it just made me feel so bad about
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  myself. So I watched it in, in full.
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  And it is like, I mean, it's like going to like a concert or
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  something, right? And it's so fun and like the
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  audience is like screaming and having the best time and all the
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  models are having the best time. And I feel like it's one of the
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  opportunities, like one of the best opportunities for models to
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  really feel like rock stars, you know?
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  So I totally see why they love it because they don't just have
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  to walk down at some like really chic fashion show and be like
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  really serious and really poised.
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  Like they can just have like a good time.
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  There's like crazy musical performances.
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  Like they must feel like they are rock stars when they're
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  doing that show. And that would just be so much
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  fun. And I would like had chills
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  watching the show. And I was like, I know that this
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  is like still kind of problematic, but like, I'm also
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  loving this. So yeah, I I enjoyed it, but I
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  still would not suggest anyone watch it if you have issues with
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  like body image comparison, self esteem, because it was not
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  diverse enough, like just full stop, you know, but they really
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  pulled out like all the stops for this and I thought it was a
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  very entertaining a couple of hours.
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