Good morning, millennials.

Welcome back to The Toast and Happy Friday. Oh my God. If you're watching on YouTube, you could see the smile on my face. If you're listening as a podcast, you can hear the joy in my voice. It is Friday, and it's not a lie. It's not a dream. We're going to wake up and it's actually Monday. You guys, it's fucking Friday.

It's not a drill. We're not going to be later in the show. Oh, no.

Oh, we thought it was Friday.

I feel like we've never mistaken a Friday Because that energy is unlike anything else.

It's unmistakable.

It's unmistakably Friday. Welcome back to The Toast, everyone. What a week.

It's been a great week, honestly. Productive. It wasn't the shortest week. It wasn't the longest week. It was just a week, and it was good. It was good. It wasn't great. It was good. What more could you ask for?

You really can't ask for anything more than what we had.

Well, that's true. Classic.

It was a good week. I think it was our first full week Week, not together. So our first full remote week in a while. And that was hard, obviously. But we got through it together. All of us together. We're all in this together.

Some would say devastating.

That we're not together.

But it's okay.

It's going to be okay. We have plans to be together a lot in the next few months. So that booies me, and I might as well enjoy this quiet time. I might as well.

I have no peace and no quiet time. I'm raring a child. Thirteen weeks. Left me alone. Ben left me alone with the puppy. I don't want to slander Romeo's name, but he did bite me yesterday. He's a bad boy. We were actually on the phone on FaceTime. I know he nips, and that's what puppies do. For the most part, it doesn't hurt. But no, he caught a thumb, and I have a mark, and I was in a lot of pain. He went into the crate.

Is it him or does he have extra sharp teeth? He's teething. My Romeo, what big teeth you have.

I don't know. I don't have other teeth to compare it to. It's just like, teeth. It's giving teeth. I don't know. It just- Show me your teeth. What I do know is it hurt.

I'm sorry for the hurt.

To be hurt in my own home, my own bed, it was tough.

Your safe space, your sanctuary.

Exactly.

I'm sure he had his reasons.

I think he thought my finger was the bone. Just like Brew. Brew? How is Brew after the great Palmetto attack of 2024?

Bruno is good. He's still acting like he didn't see anything, gaslighting mommy, really gaslighting his mommy. But the exterminator was here today, so actually Brew was out of house, protecting his peace and his toxins.

Yeah, of course.

He got the boot, Mr. Brew. He's over at Trouts.

Who am I?

Bruno avoiding the Palmetto so that he doesn't have to do anything about it.

No, who am I?

We're now pretending like he doesn't see the palmetto so that mommy can be struggling out here on her own while daddy's seeing Dune 2.

Dune. Can we talk about Dune? I feel like when Dune 1 came out, everybody collectively was like, Okay, and? It was giving so random and unnecessary. We're like, Okay, good luck with your franchise. Now Dune 2, and it's a franchise, and everybody's like, Dune 2. When did everybody change? I thought we were always making fun of Dune. I heard Dune 1 was the worst movie on the planet.

I don't know what I heard, but I do know it's based on a book, so that gives it more gravitas.

Yeah, I guess.

I guess we're just in Dune era right now.

I mean, it's keeping duty, the title.

I don't know. I actually think if I took the time to watch it, I would like it. For sure. That's the vibe I'm getting from it, that it's quality.

Also, do you think two people on this Earth who are of our age use the word duty more than we do? What do other people call poop?

I think like, S-H-I-T.

Okay, but if you don't say... By the way, why can't you say shit?

Because I don't like saying it about...

Poop.

Right. I think that's super gross.

You like to use it more to describe a pile of stuff.

Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.

Yeah. So yeah?

Yeah. I'm glad that we've parsed that out.

But do you see people say poopy? What do people say?

I think they say what I said.

They don't say, but they should say crap.

Yeah, but I reserve crap for other stuff.

For a pile of stuff.

When something's a piece of crap.

Yeah. And by the way, things are always pieces of crap.

Especially these days.

It's not made with love.

The word is more important than ever. We have to protect the sanctity of the word.

So that it It's not going to get overused and lose its meaning, much like other words all the time.

All the time.

Today's show is great because it's Friday, which means we're just going to be in good spirits. That positivity will radiate throughout the show. And it's Friday, which means we have a Queenie and Weenie of the Week. I've had my Weenie of the Week penciled in my notepad on my phone for about seven days. That was the easiest decision I've ever made, and I bet you could all guess who it's going to be. No spoilers.

So many Weenies this week. Usually, I'm Weenie first. I lead with Weenie, but I had a hard time with Queenie.

With Queenie, welcome to my life. I have three possibilities. None of them are like... They're just all decent.

Okay, we'll talk about them. We'll talk it through, and we'll get to the final answer.

Yeah. We'll also get to the fast five. How are the stories today?

The stories are really good. Love that. They're really good. There's a lot to talk about, and I look forward to it. I don't need to dilly dolly too long. I don't think we're ready yet. I don't think we're ready yet. It's been what? Three minutes?

Oh, my God. Six and a half. I was going to say, let's dive in, but absolutely not. What else do you want to talk about?

Well, I made Pico de gallo yesterday. I'm sure everyone saw.

Huge news for the community.

Because I had gone I went to the farm last weekend and I got peppers and tomatoes.

Jackie, you made pico de gallo?

I did make pico de gallo, and I used my new chopper from Amazon, and it just is a gorgeous thing. Then I needed limes. Olivia grows limes. I went over to her house, picked off a lime.

My neighbor- You guys are literally living in a commune. Our lives could not be more different.

It's giving community garden. Then my neighbor has a garden, so I was like, Are you growing Cilentro? She wasn't sure, so I just went over there, and I don't think there was I think you mean- Parsley.

I think you mean Cilentro.

Parsley and Cilentro are cousins. I might have grabbed some Parsley. I didn't put it in, though, but it really got me motivated to start my own garden. I think it's time.

I actually had a dream about a week ago. I think when I was in Saint Bart's, then I started a garden. It was a crazy dream.

Then I was on Wayfair last night because I saw- So was I. I got a targeted ad for some kids' outdoor toys. I was like, Oh, okay, let me see what this is about. I didn't need it. But I just started searching chicken coop.

Oh, please. I actually don't think the chicken life is for you.

No, I thought that. I was like, I could never have chickens. I'm scared of a palmetto. It's also gross. I still feel that way. No, the thing is, it's not that gross. I was at someone's residential chicken coop last week, and it was so cute. Resident chicken coop. I didn't even realize-Residential chicken coop. Someone who had a chicken coop in their backyard. I didn't even realize it was a chicken coop. And then the chickens were so cute, and they had their own tings going on, and they didn't make noise. They're not roosters. They don't crow in the morning. And they get farm fresh eggs for breakfast. It's not happening yet. I'm just letting you guys know. I put the search in. Wayfair is not where I would go after all.

I was on Wayfair last night as well. Let me just tell you, they are milking that, Kelly. Kelly Clarkson partnership for all it's worth. Did you see her? She's literally the banner of the whole website. Looking good, Kelly. We talked about this on Fraking Fred, but we actually didn't make it a story. It's so major that perhaps we should have. Kelly Clarkson got banks.

Oh, I thought you were going to say Boeing.

No, we talked about that on Fraking Fred, too.

But I think- And it's also so major. Maybe we should make it a story.

Equally big news. Kelly Clarkson is rocking Bangs. Let me tell you, she's looking fab.

I saw a picture. I just feel like Bangs aren't newsworthy to me. I can't explain it.

Well, I think, celebrities really abused the privilege of dropping Bangs on people because nine times out of 10, it was fake. It was always fake. It was clippin. So it's like, cool.

It's just fool me once. Shame on you. Full me twice. Shame on me. I'm not be a fool.

Kelly's look real.

Kelly can never fool me. She never made me feel foolish.

She never would.

Yeah, she never would. And even if I was being a fool, that's on me. That's not on KC.

It would never be on KC. Speaking of KC, KC Musgrave's new album dropped this morning.

I know. So exciting. I've been loving Deeperwell. I can't even tell you how that song just is so gorgeous, and we're back. Kc, we're back. We're back. But what's so confusing is she keeps using the one same piece of artwork for the single, and then she came out with two singles, same piece of artwork, and then the album dropped today with the same piece of artwork. And if I hadn't done some digging, I would have just thought it was more deeper, well, the song.

Thank you. I only know that the album came out. It was weird marketing. I only know the album came out because Jake Shane was creaming his pants over it and talking about it. I was like, Oh, I guess the album's out. I agree. Weird launch.

She took one picture.

The thing is, I have a very complicated relationship with Casey Musgraves because I literally invented her. You hookers, everybody loves her. I really can't get into it. I invented Casey Musgraves from her first song ever released. You bitches don't know pageant material. You never will know pageant material because you're fraudulent as fuck. Then Golden Hour came out, and of course, like this-What about Sam Chiller, Different Park? Yeah, of course, by the way. That's so brilliant. Now everybody goes back and they know, Follow your Arrow, Mary, go around like, You don't know pageant material. You don't. You never will. I do. Dimestore, Cowgirl, Bitch Ass, Motherfuck. I know. I know. You don't. Then Golden Hour came out. Of course, Minute One, we invented Golden Hour. I knew it from the second it came out. It got popular. Of course, it won Grammy. And then she became a media darling, pop queen, everybody loved her. Then when everybody loved something, it just ruins it when you loved it first. Then I will say I did feel like the most recent album that I can't even remember the name, Breadwinner.

I was wondering- Star-Cross. Did she come out with an album between Golden Hour and Now. I'm like, She had to have, but I don't remember it.

Exactly. Star-cross. The new fans ate it up. They were like, Yes, Casey. I was just like, I know Casey in her core. I'm like, This isn't who she is. I thought she was better than that. I wasn't boycotting per se. I was just not vibing.

It no longer served you.

And listening this morning to Deeper Well and the album, it's Casey's back, the real Casey. I won't be surprised if her new fans are like, What is this? But this is Casey. This is what she does.

Yeah, it's really, really beautiful. I only got through a few songs. I look forward to listening to it more.

Yeah.

A lot of new music, low-key.

Yeah, no. A lot of people announcing albums. I was just seeing people on Twitter saying, The Grammys next year are going to be lit. Beyoncé is releasing this country album. Of course, Taylor's new album, Dua Lippa had an album. All the girlies are releasing albums. Casey Mustard. Ari's album just came out. Exactly.

Right. We said that this year, I felt like this year's Grammys wasn't highly competitive. It wasn't Lemonade versus 25.

Right. Oh, that was crazy.

Crazy. I feel like this next year could be that. We're getting good music.

I've really been on repeat listening to Beyoncé's country music. I know everybody loves this in Texas, and it's so good. But 16 Carriages, don't sleep on it. I feel like I'm in the process. I feel the metamorphosis happening of starting to stand Beyoncé. For real.

It's taking over you.

It's taking over me. When it comes to music, I'm so genre-specific, and I just love country music. That's the weight of my heart. That's really all I fucking listen to, plus Taylor Swift. But she's got a little country in there.

Well, she's country. Roots.

You're a cowboy like me, perched in the dark.

Yeah, but she's not even in the sides of country music because she's a country girl.

Her roots. When we started standing, she was country.

Yeah. So many country influences.

So it's really a great time for women in music.

It's a great time for women in driving because I just get to drive and listen to music. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. Right now, I've been listening to the Ari album, We Can't Be Friends, me and Tesla. But I'm going to have to switch it up now with Casey. That's where I get to listen. That's why I've been listening to so much music because I'm driving so much.

I'm also in that era. People They can't release albums, and they just can't sometimes don't sit with you just because you're not in that space. You know what I mean? Currently, I'm in the space of the second I walk in my house, I put on Sonos, and I put on John Mayer radio. So it's very peaceful, low-key, not like, Hop your Pussy music. That's what Casey's album sounds like so far. I feel like I'm really in the... I'm open to receiving that musical energy.

No, it wasn't until a few weeks ago that I was ready for Morgan Wallen's album that came out a year and a half ago.

The thing is, it's just about where you are in your life.

Keith Whitley. I know I'm so late, but I wasn't ready, and now I'm ready, and I'm glad that I waited.

Jackie, Keith Whitley.

I'm glad that I waited to meet Keith Whitley. Because at a different time in my life, I might have just passed him by on the street.

I think Man Made a Bar, though, is probably my favorite song from the album.

Obsessed with Man Made a Bar, been obsessed with it for a while, and I think we've actually talked about how much we love it already.

We were talking about how much we love it, and I loved it. Then you pointed out a lyric. I don't think I actually understood what Eric Church was saying. He mumbles his words. He's low-key giving drunk energy, slurring. You gave me a whole new appreciation for the song because it's really like the lyrics are like the sweetest song.

That was sweet. It's God made the world in seven whole days. Oh, God. I bet it was good. I bet it was great. It was just like, God made man. God's like, you were low key.

God made man, and men got lonely. He said, Please, Lord, if I could only have an angel to hold in my arms. So God made a girl his best work of art. Oh, but he didn't make no place to go when She breaks your heart. So man made a bar. Like, cute, cute.

Super cute.

Okay, respecting women.

Right? You think the song Man Made a Bar?

Yeah, no, it's got layers.

It's giving respect for women.

Oh, my God. You just reminded me of something I had a mean hot take I wanted to say.

Please. So let me scan your way.

People at TikTok were discussing the potential ban, and of course, they were advocating that they wanted it to stay because a lot of people like, this is their job. And some of their content, they were advocating against the ban, but it really gave the ban a good reason. They were being so really The thing is, there are merits on both sides, as to why it should stay, why it should go, yada, yada. But to deny any of the actual concerns.

Legitimate reasons for why it should go.

Legitimate concerns about the platform. It's silly and it's irresponsible. Some of the content I tell people make, Okay, you're jealous. Towards the congressmen's, You're jealous that we're on TikTok? Okay, please. It was so cringe, and I was like, You know what? Maybe we should be done with this app forever.

It's time to go.

It was really embarrassing.

Yeah. How are you feeling about the TikTok ban? Do you feel differently than you felt early in the week? More zealous, more anti?

No, I'm going to let the chips fall where they may. I I heard a bunch of rich people are putting together a group. I feel like this happened four years ago. I remember during the Trump presidency, he also was like, We got to get rid of it. I remember they were Oracle. People were putting...

Remember? Yeah. Everyone was like, Microsoft will buy it. And that was like, Microsoft is again A name that's in the mix for a company that could afford it because the other companies that could afford it, probably because of antitrust laws, won't be able to buy it like Metta or Google.

I had seen a bunch of wealthy people putting together a group to try and... It's a great business. If you can buy it, buy it. I don't know. At the end of the day, and I had heard, if you really look into the actual bill, people are just being dramatic on social media. It's really not a TikTok banning bill. It's a TikTok regulation bill, just forcing the app to change certain things about their privacy laws and their data collection to make it better and safer for everyone. It's really not a ban.

But can they do that and ByteDance still own it?

No.

So it's a forced sale, not a ban. It's either a ban or a sale. Those are the two options if the bill passes.

I just feel like, my God, how lame. We have been talking about this for four years. Get it done. Obviously, there's an issue. Take care of it. The government is so slow.

Yeah. It's like, what happened in these four years? How much information did they get? Not only that. They had that Irreparable damage being done.

Two people's psyches, mental health, and the overall culture. Some of the worst takes I've seen in my life. Yeah. Actually, thank you for reminding me. Something else I wanted to talk about when I was going on a research and development mission last night, seeing what people were saying about the TikTok band. Now, I did see a bunch of pro-Palestinian content creators saying, actually, the Zionists are doing this because they want to buy the platform to control the media. They were like, bear with me. They had all this evidence. I'm like, you guys are some of the dumbest people I've ever met in my life. It was so crazy. It was so anti-Semitic. These people think they're being slick because they're saying the craziest shit, but they're not saying Jews. They're saying Zionists.

They think they're getting- People really fall for that. People really think that there's a difference. Then there's a handful of Jews who are like, not all Jews are Zionists. It's not anti-Semitic. No, that is how we've packaged up anti-Semitism for the modern age. If you can't see that, I can't help you. But that's the case. Anti-zionism is anti-Semitism. Anyone who says, no, it's not, that's where the anti-Semitism starts.

If you just think about them replacing the word Zionist with Jew, you're like, oh, okay, 1938. It's giving the same energy.

Yeah, just replace the word, and maybe you'll see. Maybe still not. Maybe not. Can't help you. But maybe you'll see.

Think about it that way. I don't want to go down this road in terms of the conversation because I would like to save it for my Weaning of the Week. I think we all know. I'm so excited. Let's get to the stories because I've got this passion, this energy to get to the end of the show to share my Weaning of the Week. I bet you can't guess who it is.

No, I'm excited, too. But let's let the stories have their moment because there's a lot there. I'm not rushing.

Just set it aside. I'm not rushing.

Set it aside. You know what? Maybe the stories will inspire Wire?

No.

New Nominies.

Definitely not. Maybe for Queenie. No. Maybe for Queenie. I'm immovable in my Weenie.

I think we know. But without further ado, here are the Fast Five stories that you need to know.

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Our first story, some major news in the world of Megan and Harry. Megan Markel is going back to her pre-Royal roots with a new lifestyle brand called American Riviera Orchard. The next project from One Miss, Megan Markel, is a new lifestyle called American Riviera Orchard. On Thursday, the Instagram account shared a teaser video and a nine-image grid of the logo. Seems to be sewed onto a napkin, American Riviera Orchard, Monte Cido. The teaser video is giving Lifestyle. It's giving Nara Smith.

What does that even mean, giving Lifestyle? What the hell?

Have you watched a video?

Of course I have. I'm obsessed. Let me say, I'm so here for a brand for Megan Markel. We know her and Harry love a project. They love to work. They love to make money. I even thought, we're always thinking, who can they partner with? Content, content. No, this is what she needs to be doing, product. I love.

I feel like we had this idea a few months ago. It's giving Joanna Gaines is what it is. She's going to be doing, Kitchenware is cooking. Is it Homeware? I read in the Daily Mail that she'll be doing a cooking show on Netflix and then selling her jams and goods.

Jams?

That's just what Daily Mail said. But a cooking show on Netflix for American R Orchard sounds about right because they still have a Netflix contract. They need more content. In the video, she's cooking in the kitchen, picking flowers, and just being honestly a homestanding trad wife.

Yeah, but they have chickens. She's so... By the way, I love this. I just want to say I hate the name. It's so long.

I don't like the name also because I feel like they're incredibly global, and I usually like American in a title, but in this specific instance, it doesn't work.

No, that's so true. They're globally famous. They're Obviously, half British as a family.

They have Canada, Thais.

It's just also too long. American Riviera Orchard.

A-r-o. I feel like they have a lot of names associated with them. Archwell, Sussex, Duchess. The Tig. The Tig. First of all, the Tig would have been the perfect name for this.

I completely agree.

I'm sure they had this conversation and came to the I'm not in the conclusion of no, but I feel like there are a lot of names that are within their world. Even if it was like, Archwell Living.

Yeah. By the way, 1,000%. I also think there was definitely a missed opportunity to incorporate the Tig. One, because there's brand association that was her cute little blog before. It wasn't super popular before, but now people know the name because they were like, Oh, my God, Megan Markle used to blog. But also it seems like actually having a website with content, recipes, inspo, photography will be a part of this, whatever it is that she's launching. Because she's going to have the cooking shows. She's going to need a home for the website, for the recipes. I feel like it's actually a missed opportunity.

Yeah. No, the whole thing could have been called The TIG, and then it's like a harking back to her history. But do you think that maybe they didn't do that because it signals steps backwards? It's like she came all... She did The TIG, then she did The Show, and she became a princess, and she was a global star, and tried all her hand at all these things, podcasting, reality show, blah, blah, blah. No. And it's like, And we're still going back to The TIG.

So you could... And people who hate Megan Markle would see it that way, but they're going to see shit that way regardless. I would see it as you became so big, and then you're going back to this little thing that you loved. I would have seen it as endearing. I really would.

But I think the going back, as you said, it's going back. This is at least a new brand.

What's wrong with once you reach a level of success, going back to the basics? She just has to think about so much because she's so criticized, but also she's on this... She's this huge platform. Every Everybody in the world, not just the country, the world, is following what she's doing. She has to think about those things, but I would have loved it on a personal note.

I would have really liked it, too. But I understand the need to want to be looking forward and launching something new. This name is bad, though. Launching something new, but the name, I don't think captures them.

By the way, when I hear American Riviera Orchard, none of it makes me think of Harry and Megan. Orchard, I don't think about them when it comes to oranges. I don't think about them when it comes to the Riviera. Honestly, I think of them more as British.

Yeah, maybe where they live, maybe they have an orchard, and maybe they bought an orchard, and that's what it's called. You're right.

There are so many words, places, things that I associate them with Monte Cido, Canada, so many different things. Arch, Archwell, Archie.

Sussex Duchess. Duchess, yes.

A million words that could have been used.

Yeah. So that to me, is not my favorite, but I'm super open. I just wonder, it's hard. I think a cooking show is a great idea for her. She has a garden. There'll be home, lifestyle, everything. But you need a serious personality and charisma to pull that off. I think she certainly has charisma. Like she- Markel Sparkle. She has that Marco Sparkle. I just wonder if it will translate because that's really the thing.

We've never really gotten an opportunity to see her personality shine through. Either she's been acting in a TV show or with her documentary, there was so much going on. It was very high stakes. It wasn't at with the Archwells.

Like, not relaxed.

Exactly. What everybody said about her, and I really felt like it came through when I watched Toots, is she has this magic to her. It's about time she monetized that for real. I'm excited.

I'm excited. I think it's a great idea. I think it should have been one of their earlier. I think it should have been one of their earlier ideas before podcasting. It's so on brand for them. I'm glad, better late than never.

It's also on trend, like you said, Nara Smith. Homesteading is very in the culture right now. It feels authentic because I remember when Oprah came to her house, what was that? Five years ago? No, less. She had chickens before everybody else did. I feel like this isn't an authentic move where I feel like sometimes when they announced stuff, I'm like, Oh, please. It doesn't feel like there's a natural connection. This feels very on-brand. She's just like a wealthy woman. What do wealthy women do? They have chickens, they garden, they cook for their families. They do things It's that other people don't have time to do, making their own bread. I think it's a natural brand extension, which it really has not felt like a lot of what they do has felt natural.

Yeah. I mean, we don't know that she cook. She's not done cooking content. No, but I can see it. But I I can see it, too. I mean, in this picture in her kitchen, she looks like natural.

No, I love it. I love it.

Yeah. I think there's a lot of promise and opportunity here. I will be watching.

And I could see this be something I would buy her shit. If it's good. If it's cute. Yeah. I mean, hopefully it's going to be giving like, Rich Nancy Meyer's coastal grand esthetic. I feel like that's very her.

I think it will be staggered. I think the first thing would be a blog and a show. Then if that does well and people like her esthetic, she could come out with a line of stuff. But I don't think it would be all at once. I don't think that makes sense either.

No, but I do feel like there's definitely a gap in the market when it comes to celebrity cookware. I feel like Christie Tegan really fell off after her scandal. We need celebrity Caraway. We need Megan Markel. I don't need celebrity cookware.

No, I think not cookware. Vases, bowls. I was just watching a homesteading child. She had the most gorgeous mixing bowls. I was looking through the comments to see if she said where they were from. Couldn't find it. Looked at her Amazon storefront.

Maybe it was work in Rivera Orchard.

They were really cute, but they were so heavy. I have heavy mixing bowls. I don't want to pull them off the shelf.

No, my mixing bowls are from Amazon.

Then I have glass mixing bowls, still even a little heavy.

I need like just- No, I have metal, the nesting ones. You have four, and they store really well, and they're fabulous.

Yeah, but they weren't as pretty as this woman's pink one. She was making Uncrustibles from scratch.

Of course she was. I love Uncrustibles. From scratch. No, I want to say I think the Uncrustibles from smuckers with all the preservatives and cancerous hazardous materials make it better. I'm sorry, I don't think I would like a homemade... Okay, you made me a peanut butter and jelly. Thanks.

Yeah, well, she said her kids had never had peanut butter and jelly before, but she wanted them to have it, so she made it from scratch.

That's devastating for the kids.

Well, not if they don't know about it.

No, I'm sorry. No childhood is complete without a peanut butter. I must have had 6,000 peanut butter and jellies in my time growing up. You know what? I want a peanut butter and jelly for lunch. That's one of my favorite things. I love a peanut butter and jelly.

You should have one for lunch.

Yeah, but I'm going to say something crazy. Is a peanut butter and jelly or maybe... I don't eat a lot of sandwiches, so I'm not talking about sandwiches with tons of deli meats and stuff. I'm talking about two pieces of bread and something in between. It's a snack. It's literally not filling.

Yeah, it's not filling for an adult. But a child is half your size.

I think if I had two peanut butter jellies, that might be decent enough to fill me up, maybe.

Yeah. No, I don't think that's crazy to say. Okay. Also, what I want to say about American Riviera Orchard is I don't want to wait long. I need content, and I need it now. I'm not waiting months.

Agreed.

Get it out there. Agreed. Our next story, speaking of Lifestyle Queens. Okay, Sonia Morgan. Oprah Winfrey is revealing why she left the Weight Watchers board after nearly 10 years.

We also haven't spoken about this.

We haven't spoken about this, and it's time to talk about it, which is why I chose this story. Oprah Winfrey revealed that She left the board of Weight Watchers after nearly a decade because of her upcoming special about prescription weight loss medications. She said, I decided that because this special was really important to me and I wanted to be able to talk about whatever I wanted to talk about, and Weight Watchers is now in the business of being a weight health company that also administers drug medications for weight. She said, I do not want to have the appearance of any conflict of interest. She admitted in December that she used prescription medication to shed unwanted pounds after fans speculated about her dramatic weight loss for months.

She didn't specify- It wasn't dramatic. That bothers me so much. Sorry.

She didn't specify if she used Ozempic, Wigovi, or some other drug. She said, So I resigned from the board and donated all of my shares to the National Museum of African-American History and Culture. So nobody can say, Oh, she's doing that special. She's making money promoting. No, you cannot say She wants to be taken seriously as a voice, whether it's being critical or praising of these drugs.

If you're the chairman of a company that has a significant financial stake, Weight Watchers now has a full Telehealth. You can get GLP-1 medications. It's fabulous, and they should. I thought that was a brilliant move. I understand. I find it odd that she would care more about being taken completely seriously as a voice when it comes to these sorts of medication than she would about a company she's been really involved in, and I would say responsible for a lot of the success in recent years. I find that crazy.

I find this a little crazy. It's like, when has it ever stopped anyone promoting something that I have a stake in or an interest in? Also, if you're being genuine, which I think anyone would think that she is because she's on them and they've worked for her. Even if she did a special promoting weight loss drugs and she has a vested interest in weight loss drugs, that wouldn't feel incongerous to me. It feels like a big to do just based on some haters's opinions and what people might say.

Also, I feel like there's a big chunk of this story not being told because the way I remember it going down was, Oprah had lost a significant amount of weight. A lot of people were speculating about whether she used the drugs or not. It got to a point where it was like, Oprah had to say something. She was on a panel and was asked about it, and she said she wasn't on them and that it was a cheat to use them. I remember Taylor Strecker was co-hosting the show with me, You're On Maternity Leave, and we were so mad because we were both on the drugs and we were like, Oh, my God. We would have loved to have Oprah as our spokesperson. We were just mad. Then Then a month later, she said she had been using the drug. She lied, which, by the way, not sharing your experience is completely fine. Just don't put yourself in a position to have to lie about it. Anytime I was asked about it, I had asked them to cut it out of the podcast because I wasn't ready to share. They had asked me out and about, and I asked Joey to cut it out because I didn't want to lie, but I also wasn't ready to share yet.

That's valid. But lying, it takes it to an annoying place. It was just annoying that they asked her that because somebody should offer that information up. They shouldn't be asked that question. Whatever. I thought her stepping down had to do with the fact that she lied, said something negative about the drug, and then came clean. It was a very bizarre launch. Got it. What does that part have to do with this? Does it have anything to do with her stepping down?

The lie? No, she said, but this is from her, that it was because she wants people to hear what she has to say about the drugs, take it seriously without thinking that she's there to make money because she has a stake in Weight Watchers.

Yeah, I don't know. It's a fa-coct line of thinking. Maybe she was just overworking on Weight Watchers, having to be always responsible, having to acknowledge when she loses weight.

Or she's coming out with a competing thing.

But why would you when you literally are the chairman of the biggest one?

It could be bigger.

I have to say, I saw that Oprah is doing this primetime special, and I'm very excited about it. I would love to be part of it, someone, if you need an expert witness testimony, because I feel like every 60 minutes, I just saw local news. One woman ended up in the hospital after using Ozempic, and now that's the headline. It's like, Sure. One woman had an adverse effect to a drug. What about the literally millions of other people who are fabulous. That's the only thing that comes up when you Google it, and it's scaring people straight.

No, every time someone has diarrhea on Ozempic, it's a headline.

No, and it's so annoying because with any drug, anything you put in your body, I'm sure somebody's taking Advil Adville and died. That's just what the nature... We don't say, Well, you shouldn't take Advil because one person died. We don't say that. It bothers me so much. I'm ready for a big media push narrative being like, We should be encouraging people who are curious about it, Not deterring them being like, Well, one woman had stomach paralysis. Stop. It really bothers me.

Especially when the media often minimizes a lot of medication averse effects. Every one instance doesn't become a headline. In fact, they're downplayed. Why for Ozempic, something that's doing way more good than harm, an overwhelming amount of good for people, why that would be shown in a negative light?

I also have a very hot take, and I don't know if people are ready to hear it, but I think it needs to be said because I recorded a TikTok about it, responding to someone's post about Ozempic, and I didn't post it because I just wasn't in the mood for a comment section from the ED community. But being triggered by Ozempic, that's valid. If you have had some experience with eating disorders or really toxic weight loss, fine. It's not for you. This needs to be said, and I'm sorry, you are the minority. It's not about you. You need to work on your triggers and protect yourself Because your feelings about being triggered shouldn't supersede the actual millions of people who suffer from the disease of obesity. It's not about you right now. You being mad and saying Ozempic scares you, that's valid. Work on it yourself. Don't make these grandiose statements deterring other people from investigating in the drug. The ED community, their reasons for not... And by the way, every doctor I've ever spoken to said, if you had any eating disorder, whether it's like, binge eating on the one extreme or anorexia, bulimia on the other extreme, these drugs are not for you.

They would never, ever prescribe you. So this isn't for you. This isn't about you. So you can have conversations about what it makes you feel like. But to make these grandiose statements, it's not about you. You're the minority here. It's for the literal millions Millions of people, and I'm talking about America, of people who have obesity. It's a disease.

You wouldn't discourage someone else with a disease from seeking medication to cure or help or ameliorate that disease.

You wouldn't discourage someone with cancer or with any disease. It's a disease. You have to think about it like that, thinking about it like treating a disease with medicine.

If you can't see that and not put yourself at the center of it and realize that it's for someone else and not for you and also not be offended by it and then take up action against it, maybe the internet is not for you.

No, it was real. I need the ED community. First of all, I come at this as an ally. I need you to decenter yourself from this conversation. It's not about you. So just Take a step back. Know that these drugs are not for you. That's really a lot of the issue I have with every time Jackie Goldschneider talks about Ozempic because the media uses it as a headline. Jackie Goldschneider is the exact- Because she is a big and important voice in just the community, we all saw her story on housewives and are interested in what she would have to say.

I thought it was powerful.

She had a crazy experience. I actually thought it was really powerful. Every time she talks about it, it bothers me because it's not for you. You are the last person on Earth a doctor should or would ever prescribe it to? It's not for you. The fact that it exists and it would be bad for you, does it mean that it shouldn't exist? You should just stay away from it. I need the eating disorder community to decenter themselves from this conversation. It's not about you. I feel like we're always talking about them when it comes to the conversation about Ozempic. I feel like every person who has that conversation is like, And all the celebrities, stop. It's so not about that. And so, Oprah giving a voice, and I'm sure it's going to be people who have lost 100 pounds. People have lost the same amount of weight on Ozempic than they have with gastric sleeve. It's non-invasive. It's amazing. I'm sure she's just going to have regular people who have had amazing huge weight loss with it. That's the story that needs to be told. I'm actually so here for Oprah's primetime special.

Beyond the weight loss, the health issues that are caused by obesity that just start to fall away when you get healthier, heart medication, diabetes, blood pressure, all these things come down. It's not just like, Oh, I'm thinner and I'm feeling good. It's like, Oh, I just added years to my life.

1,000%. I tell I literally just got my blood work done. Knock wood, knock wood. I'm a healthy 29-year-old. I've never been able to say that, ever.

But Claude, this is just another rabbit hole, but there are a lot of people who have a vested interest on people being medicated for all of these things. It's bigger than just... If everyone got super healthy, that puts a lot of people out of business.

No, it's giving dope sick, for sure. Big pharma. Also, there's a big rabbit hole to go down as to why these insurance companies are not covering this medication for people. It's a life-saving medication. It should be accessible. It should be affordable. It should not be hard to get a prescription for it. It should not be hard to get your prescription filled, and it should not be hard to get your prescription covered. I'm so passionate about this, and it's a disgrace. Shame on every fucking insurance company. I know people who have been on the phone for hours, for weeks, for months, trying to get their insurance. People who have had Wegovy prescriptions and have not been able to get it covered since they got it prescribed, and they've never been able to fill that prescription. Shame on those insurance companies.

And beyond insurance, just the shortage of the drug in general, because I think then a lot of people's arguments go and be like, Well, you're taking it away from diabetes people who need it. And it's like, Well, if everyone just understood all the benefits of it, why not make more? Why can't it be as accessible as the COVID vaccine? When you want to make a drug, there's more of it. And it's not like anything about this drug is proprietary or that they can't get it. So make more. It's an intentional shortage of it.

When it was first FDA approved for weight loss, I understand the shortage. Because there was an influx of new patients.

Right, right, right. Okay, that's supply and demand, baby.

That was four fucking years ago. Get it together. There's no reason for these shortages. I agree with you. The argument about, Well, you're taking it away from diabetes. First of all, we're not, actually. I think It's really important to note, a lot of people see this rhetoric about diabetes patients, and they think of it as life-saving medication for diabetes patients and their insulin. It's actually not. Diabetes patients don't need Ozempic to live. I just want to say that. I'm telling you, an obese person and a diabetic really need the drug a similar amount. I just want to say that. Second of all, if there is a shortage, that's not on an obese person. It's on the pharmaceutical companies.

Million dollars There are companies who can't make more of a drug that's high in demand, or they won't make more of a drug that's high in demand. Figure it out.

No, they're trying to keep us fat. They really are. Yeah.

No, fat is good for business. It's more food that people are buying. It's more drugs that they need to be on. That's more doctor appointments that they need to go to. It's more surgeries that they need to have. I'm telling Thank you, Claude.

No, for sure.

It goes all the way to the top.

I think also in the culture, Ozempic has presented an interesting conflict to the body positivity movement because there are people, much like myself, who, and I don't take back anything I said, and I think it all still reins true for me. But you would have said, Well, Claudia, you were so confident and happy. Why would you take a weight loss medication? I think what we're seeing, and definitely for me, I saw a lot of people who had taken the drug who were really body positive having these conversations, too. It's like, well, any big person, well, most big people dream of being thin. We made the best of our situations because we got to live and I'm a happy person. But it's not that it was a lie, but it was that we made the most of those situations. Most big people wouldn't choose to be big. That's what it is.

Yeah. But if that's where you are, you're going to live your life. And there should be a body positivity movement.

And you want to be treated well like a human being with dignity. Right.

You want to be accepted and all that. But that doesn't mean that you're against self-improvement in any way. Right. Yeah, no, that definitely is a little... It's all very interesting. It is interesting. I hope these are interesting. There are a lot of interesting conversations to be had that aren't being had in the mainstream because it's all like woman dies after doing a million things, including Ozempic.

I have a lot of I'm putting a lot of stake in this Oprah special. She better do me proud.

Okay. Again, another thing, I don't want to wait too long.

Okay, ready for our next story? Yeah. What number?

Three. Yes. Kelly Clarkson is suing her ex-husband, Brandon Blockstock, again claiming he was an unlicensed talent agent. She is suing her ex-husband, Brandon Blockstock, again, just months after winning $2.6 million ruling against him last fall. The complaint filed in LA on Monday accuses him and his father's management company, Starstruck Entertainment, of violating California labor laws, specifically the Talent agencies act, by acting as an unlicensed talent agency that booked business deals on her behalf, dating back to 2007. The lawsuit says, Based on the wrongful acts and conduct of Starstruck, all agreements between the party should be declared void and unenforceable, and all money's previously paid by cross-complaintence to Starstruck should be gorge from Starstruck forthwith. Not the forthwith.

I'm obsessed. Clearly, he acting as her talent agent, even though he wasn't an agent, and it didn't bother her when they were in love. But now, Oh, really? You want to take my ranch? Let's go back, Statue of Limitations. Love. I'm obsessed. Kelly doesn't take on cases that she can't win.

No. Of course, Kelly could drop these things. Of course. No, there are bones to be picked, my friend, and we will do so forthwith.

It really feels like Kelly is extremely petty, but in a mature way, and I'm so here for it. Yes, one could argue, Kelly, you don't move on with your... No. This is Kelly's business. I understand turning every stone when it comes to your business. This man who's just sitting on money that he actually stole from his wife, She's not letting it. She's going to seriously take him for every penny that he's worth, and I support it.

Go ahead and break my heart, that's fine. Eternal sunshine of the small is mine. Like, So Unkind.

So good. That album's really good.

So good. So just a daily reminder, stream Kelly Clarkson, chemistry.

Yeah, you support For Women in Business, Stream chemistry.

I also saw in my email this morning, I'm on the Kelly Distro. Of course you are. That a new remix of her song, Lighthouse, is out now.

Okay, which is Lighthouse? One thing about that album, I will say none of the song titles are in the chorus.

It's getting Taylor Swift.

Yeah. It's hard to know what song she's talking about.

Yeah.

I know the whole album.

Except I'm favorite high. You're my favorite.

Rushing through me like a fire, and I'm changing enough. Wait, hold on. I just want to know this song. I need a do-over. How did it end up? Remember when we had dreams to fly away, but that was then, and now our story is just a page. Like a wave, you're always crashing into me, crashing into me. What song is that?

I just play it now. Play a bit of it.

I love this song. And who's the remix with? Her remixes have been so good.

Moti. Ancari. Moti Ancari.

No, seriously, who's it with?

Moti. Spell it. M-o-t-i. I'll click the link in my email. Yeah, play it.

Let's get you monetized. Listen now.

Okay, I'll listen on Spotify.

Her remixes have really been like- Might have to go for a run today. For the treadmill girlies.

Just wait, give it a second. Maybe I wouldn't start running yet. I would just be walking still.

Yeah, three, five.

Chugging my water.

Heavy breathing.

Check my phone.

Oh, I like it. All right, here's the chorus. Three, two, three, two, one.

It's giving Ben soccer. Oh, oh. The beat's about to drop in a big way.

All right, don't make a meal of it. Okay.

It's just not my remix.

There was so much potential.

And the beat never dropped.

That's the most annoying thing.

And the motifs just not the DJ for me. It's giving like, Vegas Club. The beat never drops.

No. When did we stop making music for the treadmill? When I think back to old-school beats, they all were treadmill songs. Now, beat culture has gotten so far out of control.

No, it's their club songs.

Exactly. I said, We stop making it for the Treadmills.

Yeah. No, they stop for sure. If I was a DJ- They were for the festivals, Tomorrowland.

If I was a DJ, I'd be DJ Tread, and that would be the vibe. Got it.

Maybe we could collab and we could do mashups.

Would love. You would be DJ Mash, and I'd be DJ Tread.

And we would mash together.

Tread Mash.

We would be the mashup.

We would be the match up.

We're ready for our next story.

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Our next story, some loser news from Instagram. And a little roundup on the story of the week, Kate Middleton. We're going to Because Instagram has added an altered photo warning to Kate Middleton's Mother's Day photo. Instagram added an altered photo warning to Kate Middleton's Mother's Day photo with her three kids after she admitted to editing the picture. Right underneath the It's a picture. It now says altered photo/video. The same altered photo was reviewed by independent fact checkers in another post.

Okay. Like, Ha ha, getting in on the fun. But why don't they ever put these warnings on actual propaganda when it comes to the Middle East? Like, please.

Oh, yeah. I mean, that's for sure. But I'm just on a more analogous level, even. It's like, okay, so you want to start calling out everyone who altars their photos, every FaceTune, every everything? No, but it's also so much meme culture.

And by the way, there is a conversation to be had about these platforms Their responsibility to verifying whatever. And starting with Kate Middleton, question mark.

No, but their responsibility to verify what? Like photo editing?

Yeah, I don't know. It's giving loser.

Everyone edits their photo. Every influencer edits their photos to some degree. No, not me.

Of course, I do.

I don't bother anymore.

No, I do. No, every photo you've ever seen of me, I don't look like that. Really? Oh, yeah. Not my body. Even Eatsies? Yeah, no. Back in the day, and now I have my time hop, LC, oh my God, I was so crazy, with my body. I think it's part of losing weight, but also part of getting older, just accepting that this is my body. My face, yeah. No, by the way, I edit. I'm not going to stop, and I'm not hiding it. It's not a secret. Fuck off.

I like it. But it's like, okay, so she did some photoshopping, and the hand, the wrist was missing, so you want to put an altered photo on it. But where would you draw the line? Instagram. I'm asking Instagram, on a waist brought in on a filter. It's a slippery soul, but it's giving thirsty.

It is giving thirsty. Wanting to join the conversation. Ha ha, Kate Middleton, where is she? Fuck off.

I do think that they could do a blanket statement and issue a warning on photos that are generated by AI.

No, by the way, they should. I think the perfect example is like... It was harmless, but it really scared me. This was the first time I was like, damn, do you remember that picture of the Pope wearing a Puffer jacket? It was reported everywhere, and then it turned out to be AI. That was a warning for me where I was like, wow, I really cannot trust what I see online. When you post something on Instagram, it should definitely go through some... It takes what? Two minutes to post a photo? It's been taking so long recently, too. It should scan it for AI. I completely agree. You shouldn't be able to post AI-generated photos on social media platforms without the social media platform picking up on it and putting some just little red flag.

Generated by AI, yeah.

Yeah. There needs to be a distinction.

I see totally non-nefarious AI content. It's not harmful. Those King Charles Cavaliers from different countries. That was so cute. I want to see more of that. I like that content. I just want to know. I knew it wasn't real, but there are other things that could be more confusing.

1,000%. Every social media platform, when a photo gets uploaded, should have an automatic scanner if this was generated by AI, and then it just gets a little community note.

Yeah, that's nice.

Why they've decided to start with Kate Middleton is it's giving bad faith actor.

It's giving, I want to get in on the action, Hey, look at me. I'm still here.

Exactly.

I don't like it. Well, our fifth and final story is a bit of a throwback, but it's an occasion worth celebrating. I could give you 1,000 guesses, and you would never guess what it was. But it doesn't make it any less important. Elizabeth Smart is marking the 21st anniversary of her kidnapping rescue.

I saw this video in real-time on TikTok. I watched the whole thing.

She said, Always be a reminder that miracles happen. So today, Elizabeth Smart is marking the 21st anniversary of her rescue. Yesterday. After being kidnapped. Yesterday, technically. The activist and commentator An influencer who was abducted from her home in Salt Lake City at the age of 14 in June 2002, shared a TikTok video on Tuesday to mark the date of her rescue. She said, Today is March 12th. Okay, so three days ago.

Oh, L-O-L.

And it will always be a A reminder that miracles happen and that there are dreams that come true and that good things are abundant in this world.

Actually, when I had watched a video, I got chills. That was such an important thing that happened in our childhood. It was such a major news story. I think we were around the same age. It was just one of those stories that took the nation by storm, specifically moms and daughters. Oh, my God.

How long was she She- Nine months of hostage.

The fact that she was returned home safely, the story has just never ended that way. It was such a crazy... And she's right. Her story is emblematic, for lack of a better word, Of hope and miracles. It was just so crazy.

So crazy. Do you see her a lot on the app?

No, but she has a significant presence.

Well, that's the fault of the algorithm. Another reason why TikTok should be sold off into parts. Agreed. Or banned.

She's beautiful. She has children.

And she's an activist now.

It's for what? Parents against something like that?

Yeah, you would think so.

Not like Mom's against. For what?

Child Safety.

Child Safety. That makes sense. I wonder if she remembers those nine months. Has she blocked them out? I don't know.

I don't know, but I'm happy to be celebrating this momentous occasion.

Who did it Who did he end up being again?

Someone who had worked on their- Home or something.

Home.

He was like a grifter, like charity case.

I can't.

I think something like that.

So crazy. Well, wishing Elizabeth Smart well today and every day.

An armed street pastor.

Pastor?

Yeah.

Armed as in he was a pastor with a gun?

I think that's... Yeah.

No, I can't. Okay. Those were the fast-size stories. You needed to know them on such a deep emotional level. But the show is not over because it is time for Weedy of the Week. That's right. Our weekly segment where Jackie and I deliver the absolute honor to one human being of being Weenie of the Week, something they did this week, Weanie, Weanie of the Week. We also do Queenie of the Week because we don't want to be so negative. Weenie of the Week, where we give the honor of somebody who did something Queenie-like this week.

Let's start with Queenie because I think it'll take up less time. I was going to say Vanessa Ann Hudgens.

She came across my desk.

But now I feel like saying Elizabeth Smart, Queenie of the Week.

See, sometimes the stories can inform the recipient. Right.

Who's yours?

I wasn't 100% sure. It's going to be a tie. No. Okay. You know what? I'm going to be serious.

My Weaning of the Week is Olivia Mun. My Queenie.

Oh, my God. Sorry. Queenie. Let me say that again. My Queenie of the Week is Olivia Mun. I was really struck by her announcement. I feel like... And also, I think it's very rare. People are always like, Well, I wanted to share to help other people. People always say that, and it's like, Please, you're not helping anybody. But I will say I feel like Olivia Mun is this young, hot thing, and it really reminded people to get checked. I think a lot of people made appointments for mammograms after seeing that, and that's queeny shit.

And also that breast cancer at-risk score. You should have your doctor calculate. I think if people haven't been doing that, it's something that you should definitely tell your doctor that we didn't know before.

I just thought it was so brave, and I feel like she's been suffering a lot. People are really mean to her on the internet because she had a baby with someone who used to be married to someone else. They're really awful to her. I just think she deserves a Queeny moment, and this was Queeny shit, Olivia Mund. I agree. Now, I will say a runner up for Queeny was Hoda because I love The story of Hoda's new man has really just made me laugh this week. And yes, Hoda, it's never too late.

No, I totally agree.

And another runner up, and now it was written down, but I was ever going to really truly give it, but I wanted to mention, was you. I just feel like you've been giving Queeny energy this week. And when I couldn't think of anybody else, I just said you.

An honorable mention to me. That's just a good policy going forward. When we can't think of anyone, it's us.

When in doubt, you. Oh, my God.

Thank you. What great company to be in.

Yeah. Hoda Olivia & Jacks.

Vanessa Hudgens and Elizabeth Smart.

Right. Now, Weezy of the Week, which is always more fun. Drum roll, please. In a shock to absolutely nobody, my Weezy of the Week is that curly-headed fuck, Mark Ruffalo. My actual nemesis, just pray, Mark Ruffalo, get on your knees every night that you never run into me. Because if I do, it's going to be a battle to the death.

Yeah. My Weenie of the Week are the artists for Ceasefire in general. Last night, Renee rapped- Wait, the what?

Artists for Ceasefire. Artists for Ceasefire.

Yeah, Renee Rapp. Last night, Renee Rapp added herself to the list at the Glad Awards where she read off of her phone a pre-prepared statement.

Which is so tacky. I like Renee Rapp a lot. This was a tough loss for my community.

It's tacky to read anything off your phone as far as giving a speech. You put it on a piece of paper, come on. I know that it's a modern age, but get a piece of paper. It's the right thing to do. That was the one part of her speech that It was from her phone, and then she went off phone. It's like, who wrote that? You couldn't even string the words together on your own. Do you even know what you're saying?

She advocated for a permanent ceasefire without once ever acknowledging the hostages. Good to know where you stand, Renee. And literally in the next breath, she said, Never stop advocating for that and never stop advocating for your queer friends. Do you know what's happening to your queer friends in Gaza, Renee? Don't be dumb. To literally in the same sentence, contradict yourself so strongly, really indicates a lack of education on the matter, which I really feel a lot of these artists are just falling into. But I'm sorry, you have a responsibility to do better and advocate for what's right.

No. If you don't have information or knowledge on the subject, why the fuck are you speaking on it? Seriously, it's so simple.

What if you just shut the fuck up?

What if you just stuck to what you know? If you wanted to stick to other things, maybe know about them.

Yeah, so that was greatly disappointing.

That was insane. That was one of... Actually, that one to me was funny. I had a chuckle. I'm sure, yeah, Nathanya who saw that, Renee Rapp called for ceasefire, permanent and lasting. Lay down your arms. Thank you, Renee Rapp.

I really like you being a little bit more general with your Weeding of the Week, just all the artists for Cee Spire.

I don't want to discrimate Billy Eilish. She's in there. Renee, Finneas, Rami, and of course, I knew you were going to go hard with him.

There's something about Mark Ruffalo's face.

Jonathan Glazer. Jonathan Glazer.

I'm mad because Mark Ruffalo is in a lot of things that I like. Of course, 13 going in 30. I can live without that. A film that I actually don't want to live without is just heaven. That's annoying.

Bye-bye, goodbye, goodbye, goodbye. Also, Jonathan Glazer, obviously a weaning of the week, but I really feel as though he's united a lot of the Jewish community. I agree. So much so, I was reading an article today. An executive producer on Zone of Interest was on a podcast, and he disagrees. He was like, what Jonathan said, I do not agree with. Oh, wow. He said all the right things of what we all agree on that Israel has every right to defend itself against its genocidal neighbors, and she'll continue doing so.

Oh, was it a woman?

No, I think it was a he. Did I say she? Her. Oh, she. Israel, to me, is a woman. What about you?

Like, America. I'm sorry. I thought you were saying the producer was she. Okay, sorry.

Pronouns are hard.

Yeah, no. And by the way, countries are feminine. Yes. Yes.

So that's what he was saying. And then in the article, they wanted to cite other people who were with Jonathan Glazer, and they say Jewish Voices for Peace, which everyone knows is not a Jewish voice whatsoever, which is an extremist organization. It's like, if that's the only people who are backing what you said, you're so far gone.

I'm sure you guys have seen the Instagram account, Jewish Voices for Peace. Just know it's literally not started by Jews. It's actually a conspiracy theory into finding out who actually started it. Not one Jewish person is associated with it, but they actually use it as a parading. Look, Jews want a ceasefire.

It's all those nutty ceasefire groups that are protesting and barricading. There's Jewish Voices for Peace in there. Then they're like, This is why the Jews want. It's not anti-Semitic to be anti-Zionist. Jewish Voices for Peace is not Jewish voices whatsoever.

Yeah, no, we don't claim or know them.

It's Nutty Ass Voices for Peace.

It's giving N'Churri Karta Voices for Peace. Oh, yeah.

That's another one.

I can't get into N'Churrikarta.

Other Nature Carta right now. Other weanies of the week.

Honestly, there's a time and place for Nature Carta. I can't. Seriously, emotionally, I can't talk about Nature Carta right now.

Yeah, but just keep making shows about them, yeah? Yeah. Acting like they're the voice of the Jewish community.

You guys, it's been such a gorgeous week hanging out with you guys. We've had highs, we've had lows, we've had belly laughs, we've had... We've cried.

Did we?

I don't know. I feel like maybe at one point when I was talking about Theo, maybe that was last week, I got a little chumped up.

Oh, yeah, that was early on in the show. Okay, we cried. Yeah. Add it to the list.

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