BREAKING: Blake Lively's EPIC Court Loss! Judge Tosses Out Her Case Against Justin Baldoni

Well, well, well, Blake Lively's lawsuit just got blown into oblivion as Judge Lyman guts it. And I mean, he slasher film gutted this case, throwing out 10 of her 13 claims. We're gonna go through it all. All right. I hope you're ready for it. Get out your handy dandy notebook and let's dive in. This is No Filter with Zach Peter. Go to source for all the latest pop culture and reality TVT. Surfer Ash all week long. Now let's dive in. What's up everybody? Welcome on in. Welcome on in. Welcome on in everybody in the clear herb happy Friday. It's Friday, April 3rd. And what a banger are we ended this week off on. If you missed last last night's YouTube live or you have not been, I don't know if you've been living under a rock, then you may not have heard, but Blake Lively's case just got completely gutted by Judge Lewis Lyman. Who we would have time, what a time, what a mighty good time. So I will give you a full brief. I'll give you a full update. 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That's nofilter50off to get 50% off and free daily greens per box with new subscription only while supplies last until September 27th, 2026. See website for more details. All right. That said, let's dive right in, shall we? Okay. So we had a hearing and we were expecting some big news to come out of yesterday's hearing, but I don't think we fully expected Blake Lively's case to be completely obliterated. Right? We, we didn't expect Lyman to throw her case into oblivion, but that's essentially what he did. We got some handy dandy little charts here and Judge Lyman has now dismissed 10 of Blake Lively's claims against Justin Baldoni. Okay. So the most important one, the biggest one, the key one is sexual harassment. Now we're going to get into this because the Blake bots and the PR spin of it all is already, you know, is already taken off. But so Blake Lively, these are the 10 claims that Judge Lyman has dismissed from her case. Number one, the most important one, sexual harassment, done. Number two, hostile work environment, done, dismissed. Number three, aiding and abetting sexual harassment, done, dismissed. Retaliation, done, dismissed for the most part. There is a piece of the retaliation that still stands, but we'll get into that in just a sec. Defamation, done. They did not defame Blake Lively. False light, which is a privacy related concern and how they painted her in a false light. That done. Civil conspiracy, done, dismissed. Intentional infliction of emotional distress and negligent infliction of emotional distress, both done, dismissed. And then contract related claims have also been dismissed as well. So Blake's case gutted. None of them have been dismissed and will not be moving forward to trial. Okay. That said, these are the three that will be moving forward to trial. Okay. What's left? One retaliation as it relates to a dance with us, movie LLC. So the LLC, the company, not Baldoni, Heath, Sarowitz, Melissa Nathan, those are, those people are personally now no longer part of this. Their liability has been dismissed with exception for their companies. So it ends with us, movie LLC and tag PR, which is Justin Baldoni's crisis management team or the ones that he contracted out last or not. It's been a while back in 2024. Back in what was that late summer, early fall of 2024 when he contracted tag PR to prepare for any potential negative stories that could be circulating or planted by Blake Lively following the release of the movie. So there's that one. There's breach of contract and then bleach, sorry, breach of implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing. Those are the three that are moving forward. High level. What does this mean? This essentially means that this entire lawsuit has now been reduced to a simple contract dispute. This is a contractual issue with Blake Lively and the company that produced it ends with us and the PR agency that they were, that they contracted out, right? So tag PR is being included as like, I guess, the aiding and abetting technically did get thrown out, but so tag PR, I guess, was like complicit in helping them is the allegation. This is the claim. So remember Blake Lively's 17 point list, okay? Remember she's like, all of these things need to be met. And they said, and she stopped production midway through and she says, if I don't have these items met, I will not be continuing filming this movie. And they said, okay, fine. All of these conditions, we agree to them. Okay. That is the contract. That is the breach of implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing that we are now dealing with here. Okay. It all comes down to that 17 point list. So because in that 17 point list, the Wayfair parties agreed to not retaliate against Blake Lively. And because technically that was an agreement that they had, that's what the dispute has now become. So it's not even necessarily about the alleged smear campaign. It's about the violation, the breach of the agreement that they had, right? Now the interesting thing is, if you remember, based off of the evidence and the timeline that was provided by the Wayfair parties, Blake Lively did sign an additional agreement at the end of production saying that all of her terms were met once production was completed. However, the issue now arises that this alleged smear campaign happened during the promotion of it ends with us, right? Once the film came out, that's when Blake Lively is claiming that they launched a smear campaign against her. So that's where it's going to be a little complicated of, well, what defines this retaliation? And this is what a jury will have to determine. This is why Judge Lyman said, hey, this isn't my decision to make. This is not a matter of law. It's a matter of fact. And because it is a matter of fact, this is something a jury will have to determine. A jury will have to define what is retaliation in this context and did the Wayfair parties violate the agreement that was made when it comes to retaliation. And so a lot of people are wondering, well, how can you have retaliation without the actual sexual harassment because the sexual harassment claim has been completely tossed out? Well, you don't have to actually prove harassment. You just have to prove that Blake Lively raised concerns, right? She raised concerns about harassment, which technically is in the 17 point list and that they retaliated against her, that they violated their agreement to not retaliate against her to protect her essentially. But again, it comes down to the timing because the 17 point list, in my opinion, and if I'm a member of the jury, I'm going to look at it and say, well, the 17 point list was specific to production. These claims are after production. These claims are what happened during the promo tour, the promotional tour for it ends with us. So I don't know if the contract will stand. And again, the jury will have to determine what is retaliation and was retaliation present. Now, I believe not actually, Golden says that there's a chance that there could be a, what is it, a motion in Lemonay where a pretrial motion where they could essentially fight to have the evidence, some of the evidence tossed out specifically the text messages that were turned over by Stephanie Jones because of how Van Zand handled that entire situation. So I'm hoping this is all making sense. So basically, to summarize that retaliation breach of contract and bleach breach of implied covenant, those are the only three standing claims which really reduce all this down to was there a violation of this agreement? Is there a breach of contract? Now when it comes to proving retaliation, first you have to prove that retaliation was actually what happened. And again, the jury will have to define what that actually means. And then you'll have to find out if they did, then is that technically a breach of the contract and a breach of the implied covenant? So that's what is technically moving forward to trial. Is it even worth it? Can Blake get some solid damages for that? I mean, it wasn't a hard contract. It was more of just like a, again, an implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing. So we'll see. This isn't really a strong case in my opinion. This is not a strong case. We'll get into the dismissal of the other 10 claims, but first I want to go over the statements that have been issued since then. So this came from Sigrid, Blake's attorney. And it's interesting and funny because Sigrid, she issued this statement and it contradicts the statement that she made after the January 22nd hearing with the judge. Okay. So this is what Blake Lively's team is saying now. Okay. Blake Lively's team, so Sigrid McCauley issued this statement yesterday after the dismissal. She says, this case has always been and will remain focused on the devastating retaliation and the extraordinary steps the defendant took to destroy Blake Lively's reputation because she stood for safety on the set. And that is the case that is going to trial. So now she's saying it was never about sexual harassment. It was not about harassment. It wasn't about victims. It wasn't about protecting anybody. It was always about the retaliation. Oh, okay. So you're saying you didn't give a damn about victims. You didn't give a damn about safety in the workplace. All you gave a damn about was your reputation. All you gave a damn about was your ego because you're saying that this case is and has always been about the retaliation, the devastating retaliation. Okay. So you don't care about harassment in the workplace, okay? Because you're saying that the case has always been about retaliation. We'll play Sigrid's words in just a second that contradict this, but okay, let's continue with this statement. For Blake Lively, the greatest measure of justice is that the people and the playbook behind these coordinated digital attacks have been exposed and are already being held accountable by other women they've targeted. Okay. That has yet to be proven. I believe they're referring to the Rebel Wilson case. That has yet to be proven. As of right now, those are just allegations. It doesn't look good for TagPR, but again, you still have improved that TagPR did what Justin Baldoni, the Wayfair parties, or actually Justin Baldoni, Jamie Heath, none of those people are even part of this anymore. Now it's just it ends with us LLC. So you then have to prove that it ends with us LLC did this in retaliation by contracting TagPR. Okay. It says Blake, she looks forward to testifying at trial and continuing to shine a light on this vicious form of online retaliation so that it becomes easier to detect and fight. Sexual harassment isn't, okay, this is going to be key here. Sexual harassment isn't going forward, not because the defendants did nothing wrong, but because the court determined Blake Lively was an independent contractor and not an employee. Really is that what's going on? So let's just break apart the first piece of this statement and then we'll get to the second piece about why sexual harassment was actually dismissed because we're going to come with the receipts today. Okay. So this is what Sigrid said back in January. Okay. Private Tech, this is a friend like Taylor Swift laid out in public. I mean, that's not comfortable for anyone. Blake has worked very hard to protect her friends, the acquaintances she had along the way. This case is not about those individuals. This case is about her performing her job in the workplace and being subject to sexual harassment. That's it. That's what this case is about. That's it. That's what this case is about is about her being subjected to sexual harassment in the workplace, which completely contradicts her statement that her statement now on April 2nd, 2026 that says, this case has always been a remain focused on the devastating retaliation and the extraordinary steps that defendants took to destroy Blake Lively's reputation. Completely the opposite of what was said before. Okay. We'll get into the sexual harassment in just a second, but let's get into the response from Baldoni's team. Here is Brian Friedman statement. It's long. So bear with me. It says, since the first day of this case when Justin and the other defendants were blindsided by these allegations, the legal team on the ground from the beginning have worked extremely long days and nights defending this case through transparency by releasing the actual truthful text messages and by welcoming and facilitating the release of all documents exhibiting the truth. Okay. The defendants were not afraid of the truth. The plan was not only to speak the truth, but to also show the same truth over and over again through the presentation of actual evidence. Neither Justin Baldoni, Jamie Heath, nor any of the other defendants have engaged in sexual harassment of Blake Lively. Okay. This is him clearly debunking that because I saw like more with MJ, the attorney over on threads. She was saying that they've never actually, they've never even denied sexual harassment when they have like, and Brian Friedman is clearly denied in this statement as well. Brian continues. Despite our clients being accused of Darvo, deny attack, reverse victim, and offender. Despite our clients being accused of Darvo in defending these claims and dispute our client regarding, sorry, and despite our client being referred to in writing as a predator, what I said on behalf of our clients day one and every day since then is true. Our clients are very good people who have not engaged in this sexual harassment as alleged. As such, they have deserved a vigorous defense, which has led, which was led through transparency. Okay. And then he concludes by saying, it's gratifying to see that the court's ruling confirms what the legal team believed from day one. Wow. Wow, Bethany. Wow. So, and as you know, Blake Lively's team is over here saying, no, it was never about harassment. It was always about retaliation. It was always about retaliation. It was always about retaliation. That's the new spin that they're putting on here, which again, contradicts Sigrid Blake's representative's own words less than three months ago back in January, January 22nd. Okay. So, sorry, not gonna fly because we're gonna remember what you said and we're gonna hold you accountable to that. Getting back to the third part of Sigrid's statement where she said sexual harassment isn't going forward, not because the defendants did nothing wrong, but because the court determined that Blake Lively was not an independent contractor. Okay. Now, this is also the, so not only are they saying that it was never about harassment, the focus was always about this retaliation campaign, but now they're saying that there's no, there was no legal grounds or that Blake Lively, she was an independent contractor and not an employee. And therefore, because she was not an employee, that's why this case got thrown out. Well, no, let's be clear and let's also take it a step further. The reason that Blake Lively was determined an independent contractor and the reason those protections did not uphold is not just because she was an independent contractor, but because of the power that Blake Lively yielded over the set of it ends with us. Okay. Let's be very clear about that. It's about the power that Blake Lively had yielded on this, over this production. So she was not the meek and the, you know, the innocent. She had power on this set and her PGA letter is ultimately what came back to bite her in the butt because she said she was Blake the Almighty. So yeah, when you actually put it together, the judge can't be like, well, were you an independent contractor that had control over this ad or were you an innocent meek employee that had no power? Right? Let's not reduce it. Or I saw more with MJ on threads. She was saying that this was merely a matter of a state line about jurisdiction. First of all, when it comes to jurisdiction, Blake Lively was fighting to have other state legislation protect her, which wouldn't necessarily apply in this case because this whole film was produced and filmed and shot over in New York and New Jersey. So that's where jurisdiction would lie in terms of if these things did happen, then it would be those laws that would apply, not necessarily the California law. But we know that Blake was very smart in how her legal team decided to go about this from the way that they obtained the text messages via Van Zand. And that whole, you know, in my opinion, sham subpoena and that in my opinion, sham lawsuit with the 10 or the 10 Jane and John Doe's, but these protect, she wanted to fight for these protections. And then when these protections didn't protect her, now she's upset about that. So it's not just that she was merely an independent contractor because Judge Lyman goes even further to clarify some of these details and why they would not uphold in a court. Right? Let's go through some of these statements that Judge Lyman made. Okay. Here's the first one. And I apologize for not giving proper credit, but I have seen several accounts circulating these pieces. So I don't know the origin of who originally posted these, but I've seen several accounts post some of these screenshots from the actual document. Okay. First up, these are some quotes from Judge Lyman, where Judge Lyman says, lively claims that during filming, Baldoni leaned in and gestured. This is in reference to the dancing montage. Okay. So these are Judge Lyman's own words because let's not forget Judge Lyman issued a 152 page ruling. It wasn't a brief ruling. It wasn't a quick ruling. He wasn't just him saying, nope, this law doesn't apply or nope, she's actually an employee, not a contractor. So therefore she's got no case. No, he was actually very specific. So let's get into it. Okay. Cause the Blake bots want to spin themselves in a tizzy, making it seem like Blake likely got off on a technicality when that's not the case at all. And Judge Lyman was clear about that. Okay. Take your head out of the sand, get out your handy dandy notebook, Blake bots, and take some notes. Judge Lyman's words. He writes, lively claims that during filming, Baldoni leaned in and gestured as if he was intending to kiss her. And then he kissed her forehead, rubbed his face and mouth against her neck, put his thumb to her mouth and flickered her lower lip, caressed her and leaned in her neck and saying, it smells good. He said, there's no question that the conduct would support a hostile work environment claim if it happened on a factory floor or in an executive suite. Right. This is also very clear because the more with MJs and the X patriarchs and all the wackadoodles, the Blake bots want to say, well, here, Judge Lyman is saying that this does constitute a sexual harassment. That's not what he's saying. He said that this would constitute a sexual harassment depending on the context of the situation. Right. That's like a seatbelt. Right. If you're not wearing your seatbelt in a car, that's very different than me wearing a seatbelt sitting here on this couch, not being in a vehicle. Right. If I'm not behind the wheel and there's no danger of me being in the street and hit by another car, it's very different. The, the, the seatbelt doesn't apply here, but it would apply in a car. Right. It depends on the context, the setting, the environment. That's very key. Okay. So he is saying, yes, under different circumstances, if this happened in an executive suite, if this happened with your boss and you were working on a factory floor, yeah, sure, this could be constituted as harassment. However, Bell Doney, this is what Lyman notes. Bell Doney was acting direct quote, acting in scene. Direct quote. Assuming he was improvising, right? Cause he's giving Blake the benefit of it out saying, yeah, assuming that you were improvising the conduct was so far beyond what might reasonably be expected to take place between two characters during a slow dancing scene, such that an inference of hostile treatment on the basis of sex would arise, at least in isolation. The conduct was directed to lively's character, the character that she was playing Lily Bloom rather than to lively herself. This is what I've been saying from the beginning. They were two characters acting in a scene together. It wasn't Bell Doney and Blake. Now, if he had randomly come into her trailer and suddenly forced himself upon her and is touching her lips and caressing her back, that's very different. But they are in the scene. They are playing characters. Now he further continues by writing, creative artists, no less than comedy room writers must have some sort of space to experiment within the boundaries of an agreed script without fear of being held liable for sexual harassment. Period. End of story. Period. Okay. But hold on. He gets into even more of the claims, right? Here's another direct excerpt. Given the statements, Bell Doney's actions, even if they could be viewed. So this is now in reference to the alleged fat shaming because remember, she was mad about the fat shaming. It says, given these statements, Bell Doney's actions, even if, okay, even if, he writes, even if they could be viewed as gently pushing Blake lively to lose weight, which is not necessarily supported by the evidence. Okay. Let me repeat that for you. Even if, which is not necessarily supported by the evidence, Bell Doney's actions could not fairly be described as discrimination because of lively's gender. Okay. Even if, which is not supported by the evidence, it's not discrimination and it's not based off of her gender, right? Again, she was fighting so hard for that fat shaming comment. Um, okay. Here's another excerpt from live lineman's rolling. When lively first met with Bell Doney, oh, this is in relation to the circumcision. Remember, she said that he described his genitalia to her. Okay. Let's get into that. When lively first met Bell Doney in December, 2022 to discuss possibly participating in the film, Bell Doney told lively, who was pregnant with her first boy at the time that he was circumcised. Okay. Lively found the disclosure uncomfortable and unnecessary, but it occurred in the context of a discussion about the different medical decisions people make these days, including circumcision for male babies, a topic that lively herself may have introduced. Lyman rules. Most importantly, it occurred before she began working on the film. It therefore could not have created a hostile work environment. Again, type like he's really coming in and mincing and taking apart every allegation that she made. Okay. So there's the fat shaming. There's the caressing of her and the dancing scene. Here's the circumcision comment where she described it as he, described his genitalia to her. Okay. Now let's get to another one. Here's another example of lively's ruling. He says other conduct, particularly viewed in isolation, also would not give rise to the claim for a hostile work environment. Prior to the principal filming, Bell Doney proposed certain edits to the screenplay, including ones related to sex that lively believed were gratuitous. That Bell Doney suggested scenes involving sexual acts in the context of developing a motion picture involving such adult themes did not create a sexually objectionable environment or an environment hostile to women or to men because of their sex. It would be, quote, it would be neither surprising nor unreasonable from a creative standpoint for both Bell Doney and lively to have drafted sexually explicit material, even if some of it was not to the taste of the other. Why? Because they are working on an R rated film where there are sex scenes. Blake lively knew that there were sex scenes. Blake lively knew that she was playing a romantic interest. Blake lively knew that she was playing Justin Baldony's romantic interest. And Blake lively knew that her character would be in scene with his character and that there would be adult themes to filming this movie. Okay. He continues by saying indeed Angie Gianotti from Sony had written to Baldony that Sony was going to try and get as much tasteful hot sex as you can. Boom. There you go. Okay. Those are four examples and four specific citations that live that Lyman gave as to why Blake lively's allegations, why her claims have been dismissed beyond just her being an independent contractor and not an employee and beyond just the jurisdiction issues. There were several examples. So don't let the Blake bots gaslight you. Don't let them try and convince you that this was never about sexual harassment because we just listened to Sigrid's statement back in January where she said this was absolutely about sexual harassment. Okay. So yeah, I'm standing 10 toes down with my chest puffed out and I'm saying you fumbled the ball, you fucked around and found out and you lost. Okay. You lost and you lost hard. Now, I believe they will now have to have some sort of settlement negotiations one more time now that her case has been completely gutted and obliterated. I don't even know if it's worth going to trial over this mere contract dispute because again, remember, everything has now been reduced to breach of contract and breach of implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing in regards to this alleged retaliation, which will now need to be defined by the jury. The jury will need to determine what is retaliation? Does it work in this context? And did they breach this agreement even given the fact that Blake Lively at the end of production, this agreement was only specific to production for the most part. And at the end of production, Blake Lively signed an agreement that said that none of that behavior happened, that the second phase of production went by smoothly. So that admission and the, the PGA letter were her biggest fumbles, right? Her own words came back to bite her in the butt because her own PGA letter made it clear that she had very much, she was in control of the set and had much power over the set. So you can't sit here and cry and say that you were an innocent, vulnerable victim when you had that much control over the set. Were you yourself even said that you were managing HR issues on a daily basis? Those were her own claims in her own PGA letter to get that PGA mark that I believe she was granted. So you fuck around and you find out. And the judge dedicated two whole pages of this 152 page ruling to that PGA letter, which came back bitter in the ass. So let's just remind everybody 10 claims dismissed against Justin Baldoni. So also to be clear, Justin Baldoni is now no longer personally part of this litigation. Okay. No longer personally part of this litigation. He has been relieved. Jamie Heath has been relieved. Steve Sarowitz has been relieved. Jennifer Abel has been relieved. It's now come down to just it ends with us movie LLC. So just the production company that produce the movie and just tag PR. As Taylor Swift says, his own words. Well, girl, guess what her own words are eating her life in court. Absolutely. You know, she is spiraling. But again, the claims that Blake Lively had dismissed, sexual harassment, hostile work environment, aiding and abetting sexual harassment, retaliation in part. Defamation, false light, civil conspiracy, intentional infliction of emotional distress and negligent infliction of emotional distress. So the judge is even saying, bitch, you weren't even distressed. I don't even believe that you were emotionally distressed. And of course, some of the contract related claims as well. So this again, I repeat, has just been reduced to just a breach of contract, a contractual dispute, not harassment, not even really retaliation. Right. Like you can say that, sure, this is a case about the smear campaign and the retaliation, but only in the context of this agreement that they made and whether or not this agreement stands when it comes to the promotion of the film. We'll get to stew in just a sec, but I want to get to your, your super chats. This one comes from Nicole Keegan, five, three, one, zero. I still would rather have watched her go down at trial. Here she can spin it. I'm a victim, but lost due to a technicality. After all this time, I wanted to stand by a jury that Blake is a liar. Yeah, I will say as much as this is a win for Bell Doney, it is, but it isn't. And I say that as somebody that's been championing for the truth to come out and for Bell Doney to prevail, it's not the biggest win for him because it's not a court. It's not a jury making this determination. It is because, you know, there were legal issues that I mean, the judge did make it clear. I feel like his own words kind of helped in a lot of this, but for the most part, it would have been a lot more damning and it would have been a lot stronger had this gone before a jury and they made this conclusion. Whereas, and I always said this was her best case scenario that her judge, that the judge completely gutted her case and threw out this actual harassment, which I wasn't even fully thinking would happen, but it did happen. And judge was clear about how her claims would have failed in court or before a jury. So I would have liked to have seen her go down at trial. I don't know if she will still go to trial. Part of me thinks her ego is so focused on that and they're so focused on the PR spin of it and they want to make sure that they can prove that, you know, retaliation was absolutely the thing and the main issue when I don't know. She also said it was about victims, clearly not. It's all about her ego and her reputation. Nicole says, since the SH was dismissed, can Baldoni appeal his defamation suit? His was dismissed early on and now it's pretty obvious there was malice. Not necessarily. OK, so this is where people are not going to like what I have to say about this. And I promise we will get to stew in just a sec. But here's the thing, because it wasn't necessarily determined that it was the evidence that Justin Baldoni prevailed on, it was more of these technicalities, which, yes, there was law. There were laws, there were jurisdiction issues. There was the issue of her being an independent contractor versus an employee. She still has room to argue that that claim would still or that her allegation still stands, right? She believed that she was harassed. I know we don't like that answer. I trust me. I wish. And that's why I say it would have been a better outcome if he had prevailed at trial, because then a jury would have determined that she's a liar. Whereas in this case, even though the judge kind of said, yeah, she doesn't really have a strong case and harassment doesn't really apply in this instance. There are other reasons as to why her case was being dismissed. So he did cite what the reasons were as to why she, her case would have not prevailed come trial, but also he dismissed it for a jurisdiction issue and a employee versus contractor issue. So technically her team can still argue. Well, she believed that she was harassed. It hasn't necessarily been proven that harassment didn't take place, if that makes sense, which is why it would have been better had this gone to trial. And a jury made that determination that no harassment took place, if that makes any sense to anybody. So I don't know where he stands with his appeal. I assume he will go to trial. If trial still stands, I don't see him wanting to settle. I could see her possibly wanting to settle. And even if he does lose it trial, it's going to be something so minute, right? It's going to be a slap on the wrist, because again, you're battling a contract dispute and not even a direct contract dispute, a breach of implied covenant dispute, which I'm sorry, damages are not going to be that strong for breach of implied covenant or even breach of contract, because you really have to explain the damages. You really have to determine, well, how strong is the contract? What quantifies damages over that contract? Like it really doesn't feel like it's worth it outside of getting a PR win, even if she does decide to take this to trial. So we'll see what happens. We still have the Stephanie Jones case. Yes, absolutely. I wonder how this affects Baldoni and Wayfares litigation issues with the New York Times. I mean, again, it still kind of has that same issue. It has not been determined by a jury that no sexual harassment took place. But it also hasn't determined that sexual harassment did take place, right? So it's just it's it's a bit of a murky situation, which I don't think helps his opportunity for appeal. Now, if he does appeal, it could be on the fact that he didn't have an opportunity to present his evidence because his case was dismissed before it went into discovery. So I don't know. We'll see. Isaac says she can't prove a single damage. I don't think she can. If anything, she's making it seem like her career is thriving in spite of it, she's a strong woman, whatever. OK, let's get into a reality recap now. Thank you guys for bearing with me through that whole explanation of everything. We got Friedman statements. We got a Sigrid statement. We went through all the dismissed claims and the remaining claims. Again, as of right now, trial is set and scheduled for May 18th. We will see if that decides to move, if they decide to move forward with the trial or not. She can settle at any time. She can even settle in the middle of the trial if they really don't think it's going to go anywhere, but we will have to wait and see. All right, now we have lots to get into with the reality TV. Hey, so I hope you're ready for a little watcher skit. All right, look at that. Claudia says so thrilled for Justin. Yes, we are also thrilled for Justin. This is a big win. I hope that all made sense. OK, let's welcome on one of your favorites here to break down so much. Going on in the reality TV world, please welcome back to No Filter with Zach Peter, Chef Stuart O'Keefe. Hi, Stu. Hi, how are you? I just have this like he's just falling asleep in my arms or my my lap here. Oh, hi, Milo. He's just like there. What's going on? There's so much going on in Bravo World. So much going on. I mean, oh, my God. That was good. Like it has like three like good shows. How far are we away from reunion on Beverly Hills? Do you think? I. Three, how far? Say that again. How many episodes do you think are left before we go to? I think there are two. I think there's next week and then I think there's a finale because they've already taped the reunion, right? Yes, I believe they've already taped. Yes, they already taped the reunion. And usually they tape the reunion when there's about four or five episodes left in the season. And so I think, I mean, it feels like when usually you have the final cast trip, that's the rap of the season. So I don't even know what we're getting in the finale. Yeah, because we're going to some events at the lack. I mean, even after that blow up at the table, I got thought like, oh, the episode's over. You had a whole like half another episode left. It was crazy. Just kept going. Um. So OK, so let's start with did you watch the Valley? I've not watched it yet. But it wasn't bad. It was fine. I've seen lots of recaps and clips and it looked like decent. Yeah, it was fine. I thought it was, you know, it wasn't too shabby. OK, real hard. I mean, I enjoyed it. I enjoyed La La coming back. La La definitely feels like a voice of reason this season. Schwartz is nice to have back in the mix. Yeah, yeah. And. I thought it was really funny with the La La thing, with the sperm, sperm donor thing and. Oh, with Luke and is Luke. Yeah, I don't think Luke is the sperm donor. Listen, each other, though, it is kind of funny. It does. It does look like it. I don't think Luke is the sperm donor, though. I think La La knows exactly what the sperm donor looks like. You don't just get traits. You get actual visuals of who the donor is because you have to know. Yeah, you get visuals. You get photos. You can get baby photos. You can get family photos. That's funny. You get all that stuff. Oh, my God, that's amazing. So. We shall see. Beverly Hills, I thought, was a great episode. I mean, the season itself has been a little slow. We're in there. There are they in Spain, Italy? Where are they? Italy? Italy. Yeah. Yeah, they're in Italy. And so we had this big dinner. Dorit's late yet again. And she's fighting with Kyle because she doesn't think Kyle's been a supportive friend. And then what was cut from the episode, but I guess is in the extended version of the episode, because they released this exclusive clip, showed that Dorit says that she's felt more supported by all the other women than Kyle and Erica. And that's when Kyle and Erica were like, what, really? And then there's a montage of all the times from leading back to puppy gate. When Kyle stepped up to Lisa Vanderpump and blew up that friendship to protect Dorit, so they've always been very protective of Dorit. But then Erica just lays into her and is like, listen, you are an asshole and a cunt. And she's just like and Dorit tried to throw the C word at Erica. And Erica's like, I introduced this word to this group. So don't think you can call the OGC. And so. And so then she's like, well, I'm and then Rachel comes in to defend Dorit. And she's like, well, you know, Dorit's going through a hard time. And Erica's like, we're all going through a hard time, which to be fair, they are Kyle's going through a divorce and having to watch Mauricio make out with every 20 year old and Aspen. She's also has the Morgan weight of it all where more she wants to be in a relationship with Morgan. Morgan's not willing to be in her life publicly. Bose is going through fertility issues. Sutton's having a whole identity crisis. Yeah, I mean, there's lots going on. But like Rachel's getting divorced. We're just getting it on camera. It's fucking annoying. Like there's loads of stories. But we are, though. Bose's fertility issues are on camera. Rachel's those divorces on camera. Kyle's issues with Mauricio. We're seeing her cry when she went to go visit her old house that Amanda Francis is now living in and she's sitting there with Mauricio and she's crying. And he's like, like not really being there for her. I know, I just feel like it just wasn't like like enough for some reason. It just was very soft. Do you know what I mean? It just was softy. Yeah. No. And so it's because Dorit's taking up so much airspace with her divorce. And she's like making it seem like she's the most important thing with this divorce. She's just it's I don't know what it is about her. She just I guess can't get on board of ever liking her. I feel like she's so performative. She uses everything that's going wrong in her life and she just blows it up like to a hundred. You know, and that's what like Erica said yesterday. She was like, yeah, you're putting us all through it. Like you fucking you're loud, you know, and it's like she and wants to be seen. And like, look, I've always said this. Kyle just doesn't want to be friends with her. And that's it. And Kyle just is friends with the other ladies, whatever. Dorit's not in the mix anymore, probably because of the pk thing and the divorce. And they just don't hang out like they used to. And there's just, you know, like, like Dorit's exhausted. She is. I think that's what it is, is she's exhausting. Right. And and listen, understandably, she's going through a lot. But when Rachel came in and Rachel's like, well, Dorit's going through a lot. And Erica's like, we're all going through a lot. And then and Dorit responds to Erica. And she's like, oh, really? You're going through a lot? And Erica's like, are you kidding me? Erica's life has imploded for the last five years. She has several lawsuits. She's still battling. She has a whole trial that she's facing a 25 million dollar trial ahead of her. Her husband was just sentenced to prison. You know, like her life has been a complete disaster and she's had her own messy moments. And guess what? When she was having her messy moments, all the other women were calling her out and getting on top of her. And this is the first time you really see them on top of getting on or anyone getting on top of Dorit. I feel like Kyle's been really delicate with how she's been critical of Dorit because she hasn't directly come at her and put her in the hot seat. Understandably, you know, she doesn't want to make it seem like she's attacking Dorit and Dorit's like, well, then you're going around and talking shit behind my back and Kyle's like, it wasn't talking shit. It was concerned. Like that fucking angle is just driving crazy. And she said it like what it was said like three times last night. It was like everybody is talking about it. But like Kyle and everybody's like, oh, Kyle is like, people are annoyed by Kyle and I get that as well. But it's like they are all talking about it. And it doesn't matter how it's talking about it with both or with Rachel or with they're still collectively talking about it. And that's what girls do and women do. They talk about things. And it's like, yeah. And Dorit's un fucking unbearable to talk to because she doesn't want to listen to anything. Yep. She doesn't want to hear it. And I get it. She's yeah. But it's not like these women are judging her life. It's like I do believe that there's genuine concern of them being like, what are you doing buying four Gucci bags in Italy when your husband like you haven't even settled the divorce. You don't even know what money's your and even if she gets in advance, right? And we know how book advance you and I have both written books before. We know how advance works. You know, we know and it's like a finite amount of money and it's a lump sum. And usually it's paid out in chunks, but also like it's not over 100. And I can tell I can tell you that is over 100. Maybe collectively by the end of it, it will be over 100. But in the lump sums that you get usually get usually get a lump sum at signing. You get a lump sum with the when you turn in your manuscript and then you get, you know, a lump sum once the book is published. My first book was I think 50 up front, 50 percent up front, 25 percent when you handed it in with the photographs and everything when I did mine. And then. The 25 when it was accepted. Like when they sign off, we got everything. Yeah, something like that. Yeah. And I believe that's how mine was too. And then when it comes to royalties, which are percentages of the book that you've then collected, you you well, because they pay you the advance. And the advance is what is the the revenue that gets come in from the book. So in advance is they're giving you the money up front. And so it's not until you make that advance back up that then you get additional right percentages in royalties after they've been like the thing of it is like, like, I mean, my first book was 150 K, right? That's why I got like and so. I remember just being like, oh, like, you know, because we it's we sold like 23, 24,000 copies, right? I think we printed 25. And so. But I was like, God, I must be getting like a royalty or some kind of check. Like we've sold this money. And so but it's like, no, it's not just the 150 because then they're paying for your flights to New York to promote the book. Then they're paying for a hotel. All that shit is added on too. So that all the stuff that they did or they sent, I think we sent a hundred or we sent 300 books to the talk when I went on to promoting and the talk they give to everybody in the audience. That comes off. But like it's not just the 150. It probably was 200. Yeah, because they have to factor in all the expenses. Yeah, that they invested in to promote the book. So there's five me everywhere. But it's like, actually, it's coming to your pocket. But so but the thing too, when it comes to Dari and her book advance is like, that's one chunk that you're getting right now. It's unlikely that you're going to make a lot in royalties. But you don't know how long that chunk is going to last. So when you're buying four Gucci bags, which are a few thousand each, I mean, depending on the type of bag that you're buying, you're buying a Kelly. That's what 20, 30 grand, 20, 30 grand. Yeah, because it's a small one, 20 grand. Like are you how much is a Kelly bag? I want to say it's like 30. Always been the woman that wants to keep up with appearances. Yeah. And that's her priority. So I understand why the women are just like, that's probably not that shouldn't be your priority, you know, like stop with the printed like designers like or maybe she's renting them, maybe she's renting these things pieces. That's the smart thing to do. I'm sorry. If you're a housewife show and like, you know, you have all these looks, like get on to rent the runway and rent a bunch of fucking outfits. And like, if no one cares and just say it on camera, like, listen, like, I love this, I can wear it once and send it back. It's brilliant. It's like, what a great thing. And people are actually going to like you even more because you're more relatable. And even if you do live in the big house and stuff like, hey, I love spending money, but to spend five grand on one outfit and just to be able to wear it once or twice, just I think that's kind of a waste. Just yeah, I like that. People value different things and stuff. But she's like about the flash flash flash flash flash. They like the crinkles or meds bags at the beginning. The second. Yeah. Or my favorite. But they were everybody was commenting on it. Yeah. I don't know. I wish her the best. I hope like she just doesn't go into the fucking toilet with all this thing and become poor and like living in like a one bedroom apartment with three kids. Like, you know what I mean? I hope all that. But she needs to wake up. It seems like she just does. Yeah. With. Yeah, go ahead. I mean, I don't think she'll end up in a one bedroom apartment because I think she'll fight PK for at least child support and she'll fight like she'll find ways to milk money out of him. The issue is if he runs, if she milks him dry and he runs out of money, then they're both screwed. That's my thing. It's like, where's his money? Because I'm sorry, Zach, how do you fucking? How do you strike up eight hundred thousand dollars worth of fucking mortgage payments or something like that? Whatever it was. Like, you who like someone should be paying something. Yeah, it's weird. I think his whole financial situation to me is weird. I just I don't I don't know. I don't either. I really like I'm like I I don't know. But it was a good episode. I think Erica really laid into her or like laid it out for her. And DeRita was not being receptive. So I understand why Erica was going harder at her. And then she got up and she laughed and she's like, I'm not going to deal with this ambush and that's kind of like the narrative of the pro DeRita crowd. So like this was an ambush. This was an it wasn't an ambush. They all collectively have been dealing with these frustrations with DeRita. She has not been. I have to. Yeah. It was a boy like Erica was like, you know what? No one else is fucking going to speak up because they're all pussies. I'm just going to fucking say it. And she just went to her. I felt like that felt so real as well as table. Everybody like that, like the tension was so like palpable. You know what I mean? It was like, wow, this is real. Like this is not fucking manufactured. This is great. It was great. It was so good. But yeah. And then DeRita walks off and there's no resolution. The night ends. Then we see that next week is Jareed's book cover release party. And I love how in in the show, she's like, listen, people take the book cover so early and then they release the cover and they put the picture out there because that's a what did she say? Marketing strategy or something. A marketing strategy. And I was like, what? Like, who the hell? Like, do you think you're the only person that's ever written a fucking book that you're like, this is a marketing strategy that I'm shooting the cover? What? Like it was just so. It doesn't work anymore. Like as a marketing strategy, like they like Eva, I didn't. What did I say? Even like publishers like, like don't say like you want to tease it as close to the book release as possible because people just get tired and then you're like, you have to remind them again, remind like that everything moves so fast now, like, you know, well, also when it comes to the the the book cover, if your book cover is interesting or captivating or hooks you in some way, like your book cover was great. The one you did with Amy because it was like a parody of housewives. Like it was fun. It was exciting. Dorit's cover is just her looking fierce. Like it's not like anything exceptional that's going to be like, oh my god, she looks so fierce. I'm going to buy that book even more because I love her hair. Like what's the title of the book by the chance? Unburdened. You know what? Just end this show. I'll see you tomorrow. Like Unburdened a memoir. Unburdened. I'm going to be super. Oh, fuck, there is the book covered. But that's great. You have it. I mean, that's a great show. Yeah, she released it. She did her her pro bono and she released it. Look at it. It's very like Rena's book, isn't it? But except it's yeah, I mean, it goes based off of whatever is popular at the moment. Right. And that scripty font right now is really popular. I mean, you look at the books. Yeah, because well, because they all try to copy each other because if they see something works, then they try to replicate that just in a different form. This is a great book cover. Like it looks great. The gold I think is great. I imagine it's like that shimmery, iridescent style when you have the physical copy. But so it's Jareet Kemsley. Maybe they're unburdened, unburdened, kind of. It's out of the tiny bit. Yeah. Jareet Kemsley has spent years cultivating a persona that exudes elegance, ambition and confidence. But behind the designer labels and otherwise picture perfect image lies a story of resilience, transformation and self discovery. Now for the first time, she's telling the story in full. Before the cameras started rolling, Dereet was raised in a Jewish home in Connecticut shaped by her family's traditional roots, but her early interests in fashion soon took her around the world for school and work, which later brought her back to the New York City to launch her own global resort wear line. Along the way, a charming Brit, the man she once thought was the love of her life, swept her off her feet with the effortless charm of a best friend. Dereet reminisces on her early seasons as a real housewife, navigating a mother navigating new motherhood in the spotlight. She reveals the true stories behind Pantygate and Puppygate and the ups and downs of her friendships with cast members across nearly a decade on the show. She delves into the fears and traumas she has long kept private, including the dissolution of her marriage to Paul P.K. Kemsley, the terrifying home invasion that shattered her sense of security and the pressure of living under constant public scrutiny with candor humor and the kind of perspective earned only by a woman who has lived as a wife and mother on screen for nine seasons and counting. Dereet recounts the lessons she learned, the mistakes that she's made and the strength she discovered in starting anew. That's exhausting already. Even the even that was exhausting. And it's just like, I just don't believe it. That's my problem is just believing her own things. She says now we have to relive the break in again. I can't. Someone said, what's their name? Her Beth in TX. Just there. If she is so, if she is unburdened, then why? No, there's another one. There's another. If she's over in a wire thing, so hard for her right now. It's like. Yeah, she's quick. She's very burdened. She's very burdened. Yeah, unburdened. I think I don't like that title. It doesn't make me like like Lisa Reina's book cover was great. I thought that was a really great book cover. I think it popped. It looked fun. When you see it, if you want to throw it up, if you can, I really liked the style of her book cover, oh, Reina's book cover. Yeah, I really liked that. It really stuck out for me. Whoever designed I really liked it. The colors were fun. I thought the font was fun. Her outfit, her vibe, like this is a fun book cover that to me was very like, you know. Popped. I believe I'm like, yeah, I thought that's a brilliant cover. Like the other one. Brilliant title. Yeah, the one that it's very autobiography. How about this autobiography? Like a second autobiography, though that book over to me. This one, Dorit's kind of boring. I mean, it's fierce and it's like a pretty cover, but it's not like anything. Whereas Reina's, you better believe I'm going to talk about like there's color, there's pop, there's personality to it. And I just I just don't get fierce when I think of Dorit on that show. I think she wants to be fierce, like Erica's fierce. You know, yeah, Erica's fierce. Yes, I think Dorit has moments where she like appear like she'll serve a look that appears fierce, but it's just not. It's just it's just it's it's not like, especially this season. Like I was actually excited for her book when she originally announced it. I'm like, oh, I think it might be something interesting. Maybe we'll get into her marriage and after this season, I'm like, I'm not interested in you. I'm not interested in what you have to say. I'm not interested in your book. You know, no, I just yeah, I'm not interested at all. Really quickly, just a side note before I got on here, I got a phone call. And because you know the backstory, maybe some of your fans know the backstory too. Remember the car and the cameras? Oh, yeah, or they literally just called me. They're like, hey, and Drew from Bentley in Indianapolis. I was like, hi, he's like, we're going to be sending you a check for nine hundred dollars. I'm like, wow, I said, that's great. I said, I will fix those reviews. He's like, I said, thank you for doing the right thing. So there you go. Imagine that after a letter to the attorney general in Indianapolis or Indiana, they they there's a new check. That crazy. Wow. It only took you dragging them for months and months and months. No, I didn't like drag them for months. But I literally had like two weeks of it. And then I was like, whatever happens, happens. The last email to the attorney general was like a month and a half ago. And I was like, if nothing happens, great. I did my bit, let them fucking suck it, suck it or whatever. And then attorney general emailed me back. Hey, this is their response like a month later, right? And so I responded back to it. And I was like, OK, I don't know why this guy, the financial guy, the accounting guy is doing is sending an email about this. I said, I didn't even talk to this guy about the car. I said, he literally just did the financial paperwork. So I don't know why he's responding to these to these what I'm talking about, the cameras thing. So I guess then the attorney general probably called him was like, listen, you just need to fix this. Like it just good. Yeah, good. Super. I guess. Great. Oh, good. OK, we did just get a new report that came in. The from Variety saying Dakota Mortensen will be edited out of Vanderpump Villa after domestic violence investigation, including Taylor Frankie Paul. This is an interesting move. Dakota Mortensen will not be part of the upcoming season of Vanderpump Villa. Variety can confirm the Secret Lives of Mormon wives cast members. Storyline will be edited out of season three of the reality series, which is set to debut April 16th. Hulu did not immediately respond to comment. The news comes after a slew of headlines about Mortensen and his ex Taylor Frankie Paul on March 16th, Hulu paused filming for season five of Secret Lives of Mormon Wives due to a domestic violence investigation between the pair with allegations made on both sides. No decision has been made about Mortensen or Paul's future on Mormon wives. Well, that's stupid. So he was going to be on that show. I'm so confused that it's just like so Vanderpump Villa, like they pull other so Vanderpump Villa is like below deck. It's like below deck where every every there's a new crew comes in. OK, cool. Yeah. So there's the the employees that work at season one. It was a it was a villa season two. It was a castle. Now it's a I believe an estate in England. And so or I don't know. It's something in Italy. The villa was no last year was in Italy. Every year it's somewhere different. OK. Yeah. Last year was Italy the year before that I believe was Rome. France. Where was it? Yes, I think it was France, Italy. And then you're in London. I think it was France last season was Italy this season's England. Oh, yes, Debbie. Sorry, we're done talking about the Beverly Hills episode. You can unmute. So but when it comes to Dakota, when it comes to Dakota, we finished talking about that a while ago, when it comes to Dakota, though, so in season two of Vanderpump Villa, the Mormon wives went and took a trip to the to the castle to stay at Vanderpump Villa. Now this season, the dads, all the husbands went. And so season three, all the husbands go and they had a trip to the villa. And now they're saying that, I guess, whatever Dakota's storyline specifically was with visiting the villa, that's been edited out, which now is, I don't know, I think that really hinders the actual story. And I don't know if they did the thing with Taylor Franky Paul. And the reason she was recalled as the bachelorette was because there were a number of different allegations and instances and there's actual evidence that has proven that she is abusive towards Dakota. Yeah, we've not seen any evidence other than now she has new. Now Taylor has new claims that Dakota has been abusive towards her, but we have no evidence of that. Like with Dakota, you have the friends that are calling the cops. You have the scratches on his neck. You have I mean, even if you go back to 2023, you have the chairs being flown at him on camera, you have his his car being busted in. So she does have that history and there are new allegations against her. And she may have potentially violated her probation. So it's interesting. I mean, I get that they're trying to say, oh, well, we don't tolerate this behavior overall, but like that's interesting. It is it is want to answer someone's question here. Special Stu is your dog and Irish setter. It's a West Highland Terrier. So many of us asked as well. So it's a Westie or a Westie is the one from the Caesar commercial. Yes. Oh, my little kitty. And if you want to know where I got him, I have the breeder's information. He's from Arkansas. He has an accent. No, I'm just kidding. Oh, hey, y'all. Oh, my gosh. That's my love. He talks in parks and an accent. Yeah. OK. Oh, he's up. Oh, you heard yourself. Did you? You did. Um, yeah, that's. It's, um, do you think I do know the rumors that anything else come out about more? I've been possibly the Bachelorette and the live version. No. Oh, yes, I did hear about that. But I don't think that there's no you cannot. Like more is so fucking boring. I don't want to see yours. The Bachelorette. How are you? What's your name? Are you a traitor? OK, OK, are you going to get down? Do you want to get down? What are you doing? Um, what else is going on? So is that Rhode Island? I watched a bit of it last night. I have to get into I have to sit and just get into it properly. I watched like the first 15 minutes. It's solid. It's going to be good. And I love the way they talk. You do you did watch her? You haven't watched her yet. I have 15 minutes. The first 15. I haven't watched it. I don't know if I'm interested. No, you have to. You know, it's going to be fucking solid. You know it is really weird. And, um, I like one of the girls on there, she's like she lives in this beautiful mansion, whatever, right? I can't remember her names because I haven't got there yet. But she has a husband and the husband is gone like four months a year or something like that. And so we're like, oh, OK, so he works a lot. She's here. She's living the life and stuff. She's a youngish girl. I'd say she's like 32. And then if she reveals, well, yeah, he like he has another woman in another city. And then he has another like, you know, so I'm one of them. Like kind of I'm like, wait, what? And she said, but like I'm living the life and she's just sitting there bored in the house and then she's talking to another woman saying like, how do I get out of this? But my life is so good. But I just I need someone to commit to me. So this guy is just, you know, she's been kept for like whatever, seven, ten years or whatever it is. I don't know. Yeah. I thought that's cool. It's a crazy storyline. So that will probably something will happen with that. Yeah. It's crazy. Like just yeah, they're just so outspoken. It's very Jersey-esque. It's very because it's the first time these girls are doing a show like this, right? So it's all very raw and they don't really know. They're just fucking coming out with it like Jersey back in the day or New York Ronnie back in the day. It's good. All right. Speaking of Ronnie, what did you think of Bethany's scene in Paris with the girls? I don't know what's happening that it feels like a brand deal, a promotion. No, Bethany is definitely filming with them. She's got to be. No, there were no cameras. Why was she in New York? Why was she in Paris with Sonia? I think it's I think it's a brand deal. I think a brand paid them to be there. I think a brand deliberately tipped off TMZ or filmed it themselves and sent the footage into TMZ because there was no camera crew and you know, if there was a camera crew, TMZ would have said they're filming like whatever whatever they were there for, I think it's going to be like a commercial or something that's going to come out. How odd though if they do that and she's not on the show? Doesn't want to be on the show. Disconnect. Here's the thing. I think I think you're wrong. I think because it's on it's on E. She's like because she fucking hates Bravo and she burned every bridge with Bravo, obviously, and I think she was like, you know, I fuck it. Like you'll probably treat us better. I don't know. Probably. I know she has made your FOMO. You know she does. I believe she does. But I know she asked for, I believe it was five million to participate. And obviously they weren't going to pay her five million to be on the show. I'd say I'd say they gave her a million if she's if she is shooting the shows, they give her a million. She doesn't need the money. But I think he doesn't need the money. No. But she'd like to be on TV is to be on TV and everybody watching and she's back in the spotlight again, because, you know, honestly, I'm kind of tired of watching her like just stuff her face with fucking the cottage cheese and just like crap. I just like with like hairs like just wash yourself. It's a lot. I can't. It's too much. I'm honestly a bit of land with her. Yeah, it's the stick is good. Her outfit she was wearing like a virgin. She looks fucking great. It's like a bird. Yes, she did. Oh, and her hair looked at me like when she's done up right. She looks fucking fantastic. She looked really good when her makeup, her hair and her outfits like she and she also has such a great body. Yeah, she does. Here. There. That's a great shot. All three of them look great. Yeah. So, yeah, see, it seems like whatever this is, it's as witnesses tells the trio looked like in Great Speards chatting it up and strolling like no time had passed since their Bravo heyday. Naturally, fans are already wondering if cameras are involved. Which is OK. Yeah, maybe right then. Sources with direct knowledge tell TMZ, Bethany is not filming ease upcoming spin off the golden life. Despite the timing of the familiar faces, this meetup isn't connected to that series. Instead, our sources say that the three are working on something completely separate and it's much under wraps. We're told it's a secret project that's expected to be revealed sometime next week. Huh. Stay tuned. Yeah, I think it's it's totally a. It's totally. Well, it looks like they're. That would have been so good though. Like here's the I don't love Bethany. Like I think like she's very 50 50 with me. But it's like I do love her on that show though when she's with the other girls. Because she's her one liners are so funny. Yeah, this was a deliberate leak because look at you only get two photos. You have no context other than there's a secret project and they look like they're posing like this scene is not just them walking down the street. Camera doing a walk and thing for an ad for a commercial. You're right. Yeah. And this lady in orange here, she looks like a photographer or she's filming that like she's capturing whatever is happening. Yeah. So this was staged. They someone with the iPhone took these photos, sent them to TMZ. I wouldn't be surprised if that same sources with direct knowledge that is the same person that gave TMZ these photos specifically. And this is a deliberate PR. Yeah. All right. Then we'll get it going. Yeah. Well, you have a trip coming up, don't you, to Ireland? I do. Oh, yeah. Thank you. OK, so I'm doing an Instagram live this evening. I'm making an Irish farmhouse soup. I will also be talking about my trip to Ireland if you ever wanted to go to Ireland and you want to go with me, yes, me for eight days, I'll be with you for the eight days. I don't just fuck off after one or two days. You're with me for the eight days. We travel around the country. There's probably like five or I think there's six spots left. But there it is, right there. You only need to put down 25 percent now. It's September 9th to the 16th, September 9th to the 16th. You get yourself there in Dublin and then we start from there. You're going to celebrate my birthday with me. We're going to have a night on the town in Dublin for that on the 15th. And it's a really nice trip and you get to see the whole country. You really do. All like the important part of it. And we have a tour guide going around with us as well. All accommodations included, all breakfasts are included, two dinners are included, all transfers are included in that too. So if you want any more information, shoot me DM, ask me questions. And I'll be on Instagram live at five o'clock Pacific standard time. And I'm going to talk about it there too. And you can ask questions on that as well. Thank you, Zach, for bringing that up. I totally forgot. All right, guys, go. Zach, could you drop a link? Yes, I will. Let's see where here is the link. I'll put it in the live chat that way. If you guys want to check it out and learn more, you can. You can take a trip to Ireland with Stu and then also guys, the new merch has officially dropped. Your merch is available now. So we have the new Neverwith teeth shirt, which is this one. It's like a distressed heavyweight shirt. It's really fun for summer. So you have the classic, which was just like a classic black t-shirt. But then now you have this fun distressed gray version. 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