Idleness is the Devil’s Workshop: Tuesday, January 13th, 2026

Good morning, girlies. It's the toast. It's Jackson Claude and we're your hosts. It's your favorite show, the Fast 5 Things You Need to Know. We'll start your day off swirly. It's the toast. I sound amazing. Welcome back to the toast and happy Tuesday and you know what I'm choosing. I'm choosing love. I'm choosing joy and I'm choosing you, Miss Follay. How are you, Darren? I'm darn good. How are you, Miss Turtle? Turtle's just turtling. She kind of wants to hide under her shell because she's shy. Oh, are you feeling shy today? No, but I'm feeling like I want to hide under my shell. What's this weather? Two days in a row, no sun. I know. You don't know what to do with yourself when it's not sunny here. I know what to do. Go home. Like, why the fuck would I be here? When it's not sunny. It's like, maybe we should make a chili. Like, no, I do that at home. Like, that's what I do. You don't want to make a chili here in this state. No, I'm like such a beach bum, you know. You are a beach bum. I love the beach. So what did you do yesterday though it was cloudy and we weren't together? I got a manicure. Like, I don't like, it was just like. Indoor things. Yeah. And I just want to say like, Florida does not have New York beat on the indoor things. Probably not. Florida has New York beat on the outdoor things. Of course. So we moved that sort of element. We're not left with much. We have the mall. You do have the mall, which they used to much reminding me. I'm now one month into my set bound journey and I've lost eight pounds, which is obviously amazing, especially, you know, given the holidays, like I, I. Things were working against you. 1000%. There were munchkins in the office yesterday. Like, I think I'm like, you can't say that. No, that was us from Dunkin Donuts. Yes, there were munchkins and I sniffed them and left. Like, I'm literally a beacon of health and wellness. It's insane. I didn't have one. I just, I, that made it sound like I had one and I didn't. And I'm also proud of that. It's a, by the way, because if I was a breastfeeding mom and there was a box of munchkins in my midst, there would be no box of munchkins in my midst because I would have housed them. Yeah. But I was just not starting off my day like that. Like I might fall for a munchkin at 3pm, 4pm, but not when we record at 6am. They're not going to catch you. We record so early. We do. Oh, speaking of, did your husband get home so late last night? He got home late-ish. They played basketball. Did you hear what happened? Yes. Oh my God. So like, literally, I was cracking up. Zach, Jackie's husband plays in this like, you know, Weenie Boys League. Pick up basketball. Pick up basketball. It's like, you know, it's so cute. Bunch of dads picking up basketball whenever they can. And they asked, Zach asked if Ben wanted to join while we're here. Ben loves to do a Weenie basketball. Ben loves like a grown man pretending to be NBA player type of thing. And Ben has been going now like for two weeks. He says it's really fun. It's a great game. And last night, I feel bad saying it too. But last night, one, like literally five minutes into the game, like one of the dads dislocated his knee. Ruptured his knee. And had to be taken to the hospital like hashtag this is 35. Hashtag I'm thinking of his wife because I told Zach, if that were you, I would of course take care of you, come for you, support you. I would be so mad at you. What do you mean? You went out and you broke your knee and you have to go to spend the night in the hospital. He was having surgery as that was the story and what you're going to be not able to walk for how long. Right. Right. Like parenting is a very physically. It's a two person sport. 1000%. Oh my God. I was also laughing because like obviously it's terrible. I hope you guys are okay. Like for real. But like it's so funny. Like these are like a bunch of now like old men playing basketball five minutes in one of them breaks their day. Oh, I was only thinking about his wife at home being like, I let you go play with your friends and now the next three months are ruined. Yeah. I guess who Ben did come home with like an injury. No, not an, like, no, even like a small one. I would just be like, that's just neither here nor there. A small one you can ignore it. Like, but imagine he had to go to the hospital. Seriously, fucking crazy. So those boys better think twice. Yeah. I don't know if I'm going to be like so like, yeah, you should go because Ben always every like, well, every the last two weeks, he's been like, should I go? It's like late. It's at eight o'clock and I'm going to bed. He's like, should I am like, you know what? I'm very encouraging because it's good physical activity. I think he comes back feeling better. So I'm like, go, go. I don't know if I'll be so like encouraging next week. I never thought I never saw this danger. It's kind of how like professional athletes really shouldn't be like, you know, skateboarding on the weekends because dad should not be engaging in high risk activities. When you hit a certain age, like a pickup basketball league is high risk. Yeah. I think all pickup games are high risk. You know, people hurt themselves playing pickleball these days. Do they? Plantar fasciitis is very real and it's on their eyes. And it's a thing like pickleball elbow, like how you have tennis elbow. Oh yeah. Golf knee or whatever. That's giving that sense. But yeah. 1000%. Yeah. Um, so it's Tuesday. We have dear toasters. We have stories. Oh, you know what came out last night that I need to watch two night. Tell me lies first two episodes. I saw. I need to watch as well. I didn't realize it was out. I'm very excited. I saw Grace fan pattern, like getting photographed in New York. She looked insane. She might be one of the prettiest girls like ever made. Yeah. Insane. Is there anything else on tonight? I feel like there was something else. Tuesday. Salt Lake City, but I'm not caught up. I was, I, A reunion. So attempting to watch last night. I'm still on season one episode now two of the new season. Oh, you've got ways to go. I've got ways to go. Like Max was up and down last night. I was just like rolling kids up and down. I didn't get to watch TV. And then it was time to go to sleep. So. Oh, I did tell me we were at last night. I wanted to tell you, but I called you need to pick up. I tried to. I was rolling kids up and down. I like was trying to force a co-sleep, you know, because what they got at my room. Like he loves his grip and we love that for him until mommy has a great, you know, work life balance. Um, but like, I don't know. Well, it's a great thing. Of course. Like part of me is like, what, what if we wanted to cuddle? He's like never into it. But last night I was like, I put him down and he was crying and he doesn't cry ever. He goes right to sleep. He need mama. So I figured he needed his mama. I pick him up. I lay him on my chest. I'm laying in bed and he falls asleep. Oh, great. And Ben was going to his basketball league and I wasn't doing anything. So I was like, you know what? Maybe I'll go sleep. So I told Ben, I'm like, he was leaving. I turn off all lights and I get out. I like, I made a mistake because like he was sleeping soundly on my chest, but like, I wanted to scroll. So like I put him like next to me in the bed once he had fallen asleep and he like woke up. He was like, what the fuck is this? And then I just like let him lay there. He didn't say anything. I was like, are you going to fall asleep? And then Romeo barked and the whole thing ended. So I did not co-sleep. Well, when he was sleeping on you, how was he sleeping? How did she on his belly like in my neck? So why couldn't you scroll? Oh, I just like, I wasn't like the most comfortable. I just wanted him like in the bed. I don't know where anyone got the impression. If you co-sleep, you will be a broken individual. Okay. So then I'm like not really into it. It's arm breaking, leg breaking, neck breaking. Everything breaking and it's not the most comfortable position and then you can't move. Okay. So yeah. But you got a little bit, it sounds like a little bit of cozy. Yeah. How long? Five minutes. I should have waited longer to like before flipping him over. Until he was like passed out. Yeah. And he was just like lightly dozing. Understood. Yeah. I just like felt stupid after it. So at what point did you call me? Like right after I put him down. He went back to like, he just needed like a. Maybe at a burp or something. The second I picked him up, he fell back asleep. Like I don't know what was bothering him, but I should have just put him back in his crib. No, you're still just fine in the position you were comfortable in. Yeah. Yeah. At first. Yeah. Okay. Next time. Now you know for next time because it really is so, so great. Yeah. But so is like having an independent sleeper. Oh, no, no, no. Especially if you could do it as a special treat. Right. Not every night. Correct. That's the best of all worlds. But it's a gateway drug for both you and the baby. Yeah. Oh my God. I wonder how Ruby, I wonder what he would think of it. Like if he's like, I want more. I'm not going back. Like one thing about Ruby is like, don't mess with his sleep, you know, like he loves to sleep. He sleeps really well. And it's like, what am I doing? Like they're mothers who would kill for my situation. Yeah. But you're allowed to have a little bit of, of course. And we do contact naps all the time, like the daytime naps. I've never done it. It doesn't have to be so binary as well. I'm just saying. Co-sleeping is not a nap. You've become very binary. Guilty as charged. Guilty as charged. And how so? Please elaborate. Like it's not like all, like all or nothing. You know, he could sometimes have a little bit of something and still sleep happily in his crib most of the time. Yes. We do a bunch of contact naps. If he's ever struggling with an app, I think it's better to just do a contact nap than to let him struggle. Like I have a flexible job, you know. But nighttime crib, like I'm my sleep is just as important as Ruby's, you know. And I sleep a lot. Mommy needs her sleep. She really does a beauty rest. Hello. Beautiful woman here. Yeah. And the line of work we're in. In the line of work we are in sleep is paramount, honestly. No, I agree. That's fine. I feel like you could say that about any job. Like if you're going to want to do your job, you're just going to need sleep. But ours obviously like more. For ours more, I feel like some jobs like you can do on autopilot a little bit. You know what I mean? Like just like pushing paper around. But not this one that relies on our personality, which benefits from sleep. Like you can tell when you're watching a show like Clutty and Get Good Sleep last night. Yeah. Usually because you tell us. Yeah, of course, of course. But also you can just sort of like feel it in the atmosphere. So you got good sleep last night. I would say I did. Yeah. And then my king Ruby like literally slept until eight and I had to wake him up. What's that like? Yeah. So just like mama tings. Now that I said it, I'm sure we'll like enter some sort of sleep regression, but it's okay. Yeah. Once you speak it. Yeah, of course. James it. Yeah. We were in an elevator the other day and like this woman was like, oh, so cute. And are you getting any sleep? And I was like tons. Like, and then he literally did not sleep that night. Like you really just need to shut your mouth. Like if you have a baby who SL EPS. I know, but you also need to share your truth and let people know it's possible. Like, even though I have not had this experience. It's true. However, in three tries. I love hearing about a positive sleeping experience. It's so true. I feel like so much of motherhood, especially when it comes to like online is like sharing cards, which of course of which there are many, but not everyone's like situation like has to be horrible. Like I'm telling you, like there are babies that exist. So like that's sweet. And like it's awesome. It is. So you should all have a million babies. That's beautiful. Koji. Thanks. Did you see that they came out with autism Barbie? Yeah, I saw that she wears headphones and her hands move. Okay. As opposed to other Barbies that hands don't move like no, you're right. You're right. At the wrist. The hands move on the autism Barbie, whereas Barbie's arms are bent at the elbows. You're right. And that's so that Barbie can. I don't know what it's called. Tim's. Yeah. Like where you flap your hands. And then of course, in case she gets over simulated, she has her headphones. Got it. What's going on with Barbie? I haven't been keeping up with Barbie dolls enough to know like how many, like what's Barbie up to. Right. There's a million. Like there then there should be Barbie for everyone. I think there are like a million. Barbie for everyone. There's wheelchair Barbie, of course, all different shapes, colors and sizes. And I guess it's totally a matter of time that they hit the spectrum. Yeah. But then autism is a spectrum. So like to put Barbie in like a box of like just hands and headphones. Quite binary. Yeah. I don't know that that represents everyone, but that's the game you get into when you start trying to represent everyone. Right. Right. Endless representation. Beautiful. It's a beautiful thing. Now, what's going on with you? I can sense there's like a darkness within. Come on. Open up, Jax. I feel like I'm always opening up. I feel like I'm always open. Well, I guess you don't really ask me to open up. Oh, okay. So her lack of vulnerability is my fault. No, there's no darkness within. I'm just kidding. I was kidding. Oh, okay. Great. Because I'm like, I'm doing better than ever. Even though commuting is like not great for my schedule right now because like I have to miss a feeding. I love driving to work. I'm listening to all the millennial hits. I read a statistic once that like once you turn, I don't know, those 33 or 34, you stop discovering new music and you start listening to like all the things that you used to love. And I feel like that happened to me this week where like it's David Guetta all day, every day. Wow, David Guetta. Give me Pitbull. Give me Loretta. I'm like the millennial mom in her car. The club can't even handle me right now. Watching you, watching me. I go all out. It's just so funny. All I crave right now is dance hits. Like I go through season. We should do a dance class. Sometimes in my car it's like, okay, the vibes are country. The vibes are like mellow. The vibes are songs that make you cry. Like I just want to know we are bopping. We are fist pumping. That's funny. Actually yesterday and today when I was in my vehicle, I was listening to the Hannah Montana soundtrack and I was just thinking I'm like here. I have my own car. I'm like driving to my thriving business and I'm listening to Hannah Montana. If the girl who first discovered Hannah Montana could see me now like I'm living my dream life. I had a similar thought when I was driving today listening to my jam. Driving will give you like crazy existential thoughts. And I was just like life's good. Not good. Not good. Not good at all. Yeah please. By your tongue. And it's like sad to think I missed out on what 15 years of driving where people were having these thoughts all the time like windows down, favorite song crank it up. And like I could have been feeling something like that for 15 years. But I'm doing all my catching up now. Yeah. I'm like what would 12 year old Jackie O think of, I forgot how old you are, 30 something year old Jackie O. Slay. Slay. I think my girl would be like super proud and be like like I'm an inspiration to myself. Yeah. I think so. I for sure I think so. Like of course she'd be upset. Yeah. Like I think like little me would be like shook that I like ever got a boyfriend and got married because like that when you're like a preteen that's like the pinnacle of success is having a boyfriend and not only have a boyfriend but have a husband. Yeah. And he loves me like more than anything. And then also like I have a beautiful home like those things mattered to 12 year old like all the shallow things. Yeah. Yeah. That's really beautiful. I just feel like conversations like this precede like something horrible. No, I need to stop talking. But I was just like when I was driving, I was just like looking around. It was like, I know it's cloudy for you. Right. It's a beautiful day for me. I've got my song on. I've got my coffee and I'm just like, party. That's all. That's all I was saying. Your sisters in town. Yeah. Like I get to work with family. Oh, that's beautiful. And I understand what you mean. Like it's, you know, you don't like I don't even like Judaism. It's called a Kanai Nahara. Like you want to like knock wood by your side. I meant it more to say like just like the small things like just enjoy the moment. You know, I feel like people spend so much like guiding from one thing to the next, especially like in parenthood. Like you never pick your head up to be like, Hey, I like this beautiful. I like what I'm doing right now. So just take a moment to stop and smell the roses. That's what I did this morning. I wasn't counting the roses. I was smelling them. Okay. And you know what? Roses really smell like boo boo boo. Yeah. I don't really understand that song. Roses smell like poo. No, they don't. I guess it's like we were just trying to be positive, you know, who was us in our previous conversation. Like we were just trying to be like optimistic. Uh huh. You know, but it just like. It didn't fit. Let's go back. It honestly felt wrong. It's not us. That's why people tune in for positivity. Like two girls weeping with joy. No, like we are going to live in Texany this morning. It's so funny. Like who you texted and you have a mean thought, right? Like Olivia knows Texany and I know. She literally texted me. Can I say something mean like nothing? Tell it to me. What's it about me? She actually, I haven't even received the meanness. She literally did you know she said I have something mean to say and I represented please like actually she did. But we will share it to you later. Is it about me? Yeah. Jackie is a fat ugly slob and I think we should stop being friends with her. That's what Olivia said. Wait, but why can't I just read it right now? I just don't feel like that's appropriate. Like oh you don't. Yeah. Oh that's weird. Then I run the risk of like the phone being flipped to the camera. Like okay. And guys it's not like about anyone you know. Don't worry. I'm kidding. Um okay. So I guess now with that we have a lot to do today. Let's go back to being negative. Like Amy Winehouse went back to black. We're going back to Phobisina. Okay. So without further ado, doodadoo here are the fast five stories that you do need to know. And the fast five stories that you need to know are brought to you by Chewy. Pet parents listen up. You definitely know about Chewy if you're a pet parent. When they say they have everything that you need to keep your pet happy and healthy they're really not messing around. So to keep them happy they have over 100,000, over 100,000 products from all the brands that your pet loves at prices that you love. They've got food, treats, beds, you name it. 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This comes as news as rumors reach a fever pitch that he is preparing to return to the stage after a three year hiatus. Oh my god you know what this would be like a good time just to triple check that Harry Styles still follows me on Instagram. I've just sort of been like waiting for him to unfollow me especially as like my content recently like probably doesn't serve him. He could change like motherhood and. Right. Um, all of that. I'll be so upset. We still got it. He follows Taylor Swift. I feel like he's not really on Instagram. Don't be a bitch. Oh sorry. I was saying that to Taylor Swift not to you. He pops in to see what to expect. Just to check it on me and Ruby. Like obviously. Obviously. But you know what I mean. Like I feel like his public account is like just a thing that he has and then he probably has his own fun one on the side. Where he follows me too. Where he also follows you because he can't get enough. Okay sorry not to make this story about me but I just. That was honestly record time. Yeah, I agree. Like a hard pivot. Listen, one thing I know about this show is like people really come to us and they know what to expect. And if I ever deviated from being my true self like that would really upset people. Year of authenticity. Yeah, I just wanted to know if Harry Styles will follow me. Like I don't know how people don't make things about themselves. Like who gives a fuck that he's doing a residency? What about me and my Instagram? You know? 100%. Okay, I'm gonna be a great. But back to the residency. I don't want to be like looking too deep into this. Financial trouble. No, no, no. Lovers paradise. Like I feel like a residency, especially outside of Vegas is something you do when you like want to perform obviously you want to make money but you don't want to travel because you're like happy in your life. Touring life is not does not lend itself to like good relationships, stability and I feel like yeah it's time for him to get back out there. He's got it. But I don't know if he wants to get back on especially he's like on was on that one direction thing. He knows how toxic like album tour, album tour, album tour can be. And I think he's really happy with Zoe. I think there were a couple of places he could have like parked it and done a residency. But New York is obviously a big market for him. I think she has a place there. I'm telling you not to make everything about Zoe, but I feel she's all over this. Oh, I just feel like he's doing it. He's running it all back like he did this last time. I can't imagine he's doing 15 shows say that takes place over the course of two months like last time it was over a couple weeks and then he'll be on the road. I think he's gonna do tour album tour album and I think he's just kicking himself that he met Zoe so late into his hiatus because now he has to go back to work and put food on the table. Whereas if he met her three years ago, he would have had three years of bliss. However, idleness is the devil's work. Maybe it's better. You know, everything's about balance, right? You can't just be like a couch potato, but you also can't be in a different city every night. Let's just run it back real quick. I don't know. This is the devil's work. Love that. However, disagree. I feel like idleness is an angel's work. I love being idle. I feel like idleness is life and I just maybe for some people, but I remember I said this a couple of weeks ago because we took so many weeks off during winter break and I've always felt like I could never not work and you know, idleness is the devil's workshop wrong. Idleness is heaven's workshop. Idleness is, you know, the warm bosom of Hashem. Couple things. Couple things. So I think generally speaking, idleness is the devil's work. I think there are a couple exceptions to the role of people who are like truly happy inside and out and wouldn't be, and won't be captured by the devil, whether they're idle or not. Oh yeah. The devil can't catch me. The devil can't find you. I also think when you're not working, you know what you are. Girl with no job. A stay at home mom. That's true. So it's like you're not idle. You weren't idle this holiday season. You were a psalm. Yeah. I think what you're saying is like you, you're cut out to be a psalm. I wouldn't mind being a psalm. I really wouldn't. So I do still think that. Idleness is the devil's workshop. Idleness is the devil's work, especially for someone like him. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Have you ever seen Harry Styles perform? I don't think so. I think so once before he was enormous because it was Radio City, so like it wasn't huge. And I will say like, he did amazing. It was such an unpleasant experience because it was like fresh off the heels of One Direction and it was like crazy people in the audience. I definitely still have like damage to my hearing from that experience. It was just like crazy people screaming. I'm like, you know, if you shut the fuck up, you'd be able to hear him sing. Don't you want that? Like I was actually like beefing with people. It was insane. Well, I think they've probably grown up by now. And I think an arena is much more like of an appropriate venue. And I've never thought about like the volume at concerts. I'm just not like that. But just one particular concert, Margot was there. Like it was just genuinely unpleasant. I'm sorry that you had to experience that. Well, that's what you get when you like find people like early. Do you know what I mean? Like a lot of people only saw Harry Styles live at Radio City. I mean, excuse me, at Madison Square Garden because like then he was huge and bandwagon, unoriginal thinkers. Me, I'm like a creative type and I'm a free thinker and I'm usually ahead of the curve on these things. So I saw him at Radio City, like a small, very more intimate venue for real fans. For real fans of One Direction, the biggest band in the world. Yeah. He literally had released like one song to sign of the times, you know, it was like super early. But you know, you saw something. I saw a headline today that was like Louis Tomlinson said that he knew that Harry would be the one to have like a successful solo career from One Direction. Like, we were all there. We all knew. The headline, Louis Tomlinson has eyes and ears. Yeah, it's kind of like Camila Cabello. Like even if you watch X Factor, it was like literally awkward. How like bad everyone was compared to Camila, but also just like bad. I really appreciate things that you can count on the show. Claudia will never miss an opportunity to slam Fifth Harmony, the four out of five members of the harmony and tell them that they're terrible. They're sloppy. They're a mess. They're so funny. I did not think that's what you were going to say. I will tell you what I thought. But just to rebut. I really don't talk about them that much. My crazy. There's not that many opportunities to because they're a slaw. Losing nobody. But you will never miss an opportunity to. Well, as a commentator on culture, first of all, I have to say those of us like in the know, it's like it's like funny. OK, no, I'm cackling. And second of all, what I thought you were going to say, like, I'll never miss an opportunity. And this is true to like psychoanalyze to the death. Those like three years that X Factor was on in the US, because I was the number one van. I could literally tell you like every statistic about it. And yes, that does include Fifth Harmony because what's so funny is I'm kind of like, you know, they say like the life cycle of a troll is like you start out as a fan. Nobody was a bigger fan of Fifth Harmony, the band formerly known as Lailas, than me. I watch them from their inception, of course, on X Factor. Then a lot of people fell off. No, they went through this weird era before they like really sent original music where they would exclusively do covers on YouTube. And they had like insane fans like myself. I used to wait up in my dorm room being like, what are they going to do? What are they going to do? And then each girl would like pick a song. Come on, like pick Lego house. And like, I just it was if you were there for like the YouTube, I thought that's what you were going to say, because I'm obsessed with that. But I guess, yeah, I have turned into a hater. That's the life cycle of a troll. Well, I think everybody who like hates us right now once loved us in like an unhealth way, which is how you make the like the cross overt hater. But I don't think that you became a Fifth Harmony troll because like you have such troll in you. Like I think that they they change, not you. Obviously. Is all agreed. Even though like we never change, like we're not the same as Fifth Harmony. You've lost me, but I agree. Yeah. Are you ready for our next story? Our favorite girly, Brooks Nader is sharing a candid look at her lips after getting her filler dissolved. She said she's feeling like her old self. So Brooksy got her lip filler dissolved. She's showing pics saying had the last of the filler dissolved right before Cabo and feeling like my old self. Now she's posting pictures of her with her smaller lips. So obviously now to make everything about myself, I've just sort of been like waiting for this to be a story because fun fact about me. I'm on Brooks Nader's close friend story and she did tell us this like a week or two ago. And of course, I would never break the sacred round of close friendship. But this is something I've been wanting to talk about. So just kind of like when somebody gets engaged and like or is pregnant and like you leave a comment being like, finally, we can tell everyone like that's me. I'm thrilled. I'm thrilled. I feel like that was one of my major takeaways from. The show is that like these are girls who like fully understand the industry and the beauty standard. They just like do what they have to do. And I do feel like she took it really just one step too far. And normalize like undoing it. Yeah, it's nice that you can undo it. Yeah, some things you can undo. And there's like a pipeline of girls who get filler and end up looking so much better and then they cross the line. Yes. And it's kind of like the Brielle Bierman. Oh, Kylie, when you get that little bit of filler dissolved, like it's a whole new world. And then she did say like maybe she would go brunette because she was like sharing all the DMs and people were like, oh, obsessed. You look so good. You look so good. But like next thing is you have to dye your hair back brown. That's also another pipeline. Like a girl's who go blonde. They have so much fun. They're like so pretty. Then they forget how pretty they were with their brown hair. And I do feel like that's next to Brooks. I'm really curious to see her with her brown hair again, because to me, she like her she has the face of a brunette. And so I feel like being blonde is like a moment in time, but it's not who she is. Not that I know her that well. And so I'm like ready for her to be a brunette. But I think she's finding that blondes have more fun. I just think Brooks has more fun, not blondes, you know. So you don't think blondes have more fun? I guess if you're the type of if you're in the era of your life where you're like you're seeking male attention. Yeah, men just like go to blondes because they're like dumb and a bright, shiny, you know, like. Oh, men are dumb. Yeah. I think we're calling blondes dumb. And I was like, wow. Oh, no, no, that's like not even funny. No, men are dumb. So like, I think they just automatically if there's two women with the same body, same face, one of them has brown hair, one of them has blonde hair. Men are just like going to be attracted to the shiny thing and they're going to go blonde. So if you're like looking for a man or like she's, you know, always spotted out on dates, I do think. It's sort of like. An attractor. Interesting. That's what I think. I think it's fun. I think and also when you're so like pretty and you can really pull off anything. But I'm ready. You know, I wore a blonde wig once. Did you find that men were flocking to you? No. I didn't find that. It was a kind of a janky wig. I just want to wear your birthday. Yeah, it was like maybe my 24th birthday. We had a ho down and I wore like this cute off and I was like, what if I just wore a blonde wig and let me tell you, I looked so cute like blonde. I understand it's a stereotype for a reason. It's fun. It's flirty. It's fresh. Yeah, let's do it. Let's do it. I've never worn one. A wig, a blonde. I mean, I've never worn like a wig like a true wig, like an install. And I know I've only worn like a Halloween toaster. It doesn't count. Pre-saharied. Correct. Which was your luck, by the way. One thousand percent. I think we can all agree. So excited to see this evolution of Brooksy. Me too. Like maybe a more pared down, natural. Obsessed. And she's also been saying like love dinators come and that she's been teasing it, but like it needs to be here now. I know. And I'm confused because at the end of season one, they were teasing season two like they already had footage. They were talking about the Bezos wedding. Yeah. So where's that? It just hasn't come out yet, but it's like it's getting along. Now, yeah, the thing that was exciting was that the Bezos wedding had just happened. Yeah. Now it feels old. Yeah. Get it out. Foolish. Are you ready for our third story? Some sad news. Colleen Hoover reveals her cancer diagnosis as she concludes radiation. So Colleen Hoover shared a health update with her readers on Monday. She announced via her Instagram stories that she has one more day of radiation left at Texas Oncology. She said second to last day of radiation. I wish I could blame my hair and facial expressions on Texas Oncology, but they've been great. Hope you never need them, but highly recommend them. So on her Facebook page, she shared that she had been diagnosed with cancer. In the post, she did not reveal her exact diagnosis, but shared that she had it surgically removed. She noted that she would need radiation, but no chemotherapy. Well, that's terrible, especially when you think about like the journey she's been on in the last couple of years, like highs, lows. This is really sad. Yeah. Hopefully people like lay off her now. She gets like so much internet hate. It's insane. Why? First because she caught herself, got herself caught up in like this. OK, I guess. What was more divisive? Yeah, with like crazy people on both sides. And she did take Blake's side at first and like she just got dragged in it. And then I think she's like inter, like interpersonal drama, like with her family. I'm not like mentally ill, like and I don't like. Care going the weeds on Colleen Hoover's family. Right. Right. And like find like the files on her kids. I don't know. No, no, no, I don't. I don't because, you know, I don't know. This is the devil's workshop. Is it devil's work or devil's workshop? I think there are a lot of iterations of the quote. I don't know. This is devil's play, you know. Oh, no, workshop is best workshop. OK. So sending love and light and healing and prayers to Colleen Hoover. Yeah. That's insane. Like the arc of her celebrity. It is. She also said like this was happening while they were doing like reminders of him to try to like push it back. But that movie is coming out soon. Right. Yes. Did it come out? No, it's Alison Williams. I believe I read that one. They all just sort of like blended together into a. One big one big. Hoover's muddy book. Cyclopedia. Yeah. I just like to remember like which one that was. I think it was like the girl in the car crash. Right. Yeah. I did not read that one. It's interesting. The ones that have made it to screen. Like obviously it ends with us was always going to be like that was her number one. Verity we're waiting on. Oh, yeah. But it already is happening. What about ugly love? Like that one was good. November 9. Love that book. I didn't like November 9. I'm going to love it when I was like I have Hoover too close to the sun. Hoover damn. Hoover damn. Oh, no, I loved that book. I feel like I Hoover too close to the sun with reminders of him. I said, you know, maybe I should pick up a history book. Did you ever read Layla? With the ghost. Yeah. No. It was a redhead's book. I like that. Colleen tried something new. You know, yeah, it wasn't the worst ghost book. Were the ghosts having sex? Probably. I can't remember. For sure. You blocked it out. Yeah. Yeah. If you like ghost, the like spooky, it wasn't spooky, but like if you like that sort of element, supernatural, I add in Smut and Hoover damn. I would recommend it. Not I'm not talking to you. Of course. You dear reader. Dear reader, Ben, when you can snap when you have to. I feel good like, you know, that song's having a renaissance because the bridge on TikTok like that audio is going viral. And I'm so glad you asked. So I wonder through these nights I prefer hiding in plain sight. My fourth drink in my hand. These desperate prayers of a curse man spilling out to you for free. But darling, darling, please, you wouldn't take my word for it. If you knew who was talking. If you knew where I was walking to a house not a home all alone because nobody's there. Where I pasted my pen because my friends found friends who care. My favorite line ready. No one sees when you lose when you play in solitaire. And obviously, like everyone's making TikToks to it in the song. Like what kind of TikToks do they make? Where they're just lip syncing the viral. The you know, let's make one after. OK, for my TikTok. Should we do one right now? Live TikTok? No, it sounds like a lot to memorize. You don't know that it's not like a trend of now. Like we're just like singing it and just back to my further point. Just quickly circle back to myself. I feel really good in knowing like that has always been my favorite song off of midnight and now everyone's like underrated. I feel like peace is getting that treatment to people being like, you know, growing up is realizing pieces like that. Growing up, some of us have been grown. OK. Are you ready for our next story? Refou, Ashley Ma, dear Colleen. Yes. Our fourth story, Rihanna, make cracking jokes, being a relatable postpartum mama. She commented on an Instagram. Have you seen this trend of people who are like deciding to get hot and sexy or get pregnant in 2026? I'm not seeing the trend of living. OK. Yeah. And she commented. She said, wait, so I'm not crazy then. Oh, my God, Rihanna. She's just one of the girls. Yeah. She is. How old is her kid now? So the youngest. She in September, she had her third. So she's already thinking forth. I actually feel put on notice if she's thinking forth because we've been pregnant the same times for all three of ours. So it's like if she's talking for like a slow down. Shit. I'm not ready. I mean, I am ready. This body is not. You know what I mean? Fuck. But are you deciding whether to get hot and sexy in 26? Well, that's what I'm doing. Me and my G.L.P. what? You're doing both. What do you mean? Like you want to do both. I guess you could do both. Well, for me, I have to do one in order to do the other. Yeah. Yeah. Like I need to lose weight before getting pregnant. Yeah. But then it's like then you're hot and sexy. I know. And I could just be. I know I'm going to get like standing and be like a couple more months. Please let me just live. Ruby's not ready. Yeah. No, no, no. Neither is his mama. And you're wearing your mama's shirt today, which is really apt for all this mama chatter. One thing about our merch, it's like it may take an eternity to come. But when it does, your life will never be better. Like this shirt. I could cry talking about this shirt. Like this shirt has carried me through some of the most challenging times in my life. And you could dress it up, you know, you wear it out to dinner. You can dress it down. Where are these? No, literally, like or take it off and go to the gym. I'm telling you this, these shirts, I like that. We have a couple. If you're not a mama, like, of course, we have un-mama ones, we have mama ones. There will be BS and AS before shirt and after shirt. And also like it's it's great for all all seasons. But even like when it's not just a hiding shirt, because it's also like super cute when you're feeling yourself. I have looked so cute in this shirt, fat and skinny. Like that's it's a very shallow house. It's sisterhood of the traveling shirt, because it's also one size. I know by size. And I thought at one point I was like I had outsized the one size. And that's the thing about the size. It's for all. It is for all. Yeah. And even though the merch takes an eternity to come, we never said that it did. Like we always let you know, like two to three weeks. First thing. I mean, if you want some piece of shit, drop chip from China, like go for it. One thing about us, we're quality artisans. Right. And. The merch may take an eternity to come. The merch may take an eternity to come, but at least it comes. But it's top quality fabric. And like the merch may take an eternity to come. But you know what else? So I was like, all merch. Like I one time ordered an Ariana Grande sweatshirt and like literally two years later it came. And you know what? I was just happy to get it. Yeah. Taylor Swift. Oh yeah. Months. All merch. Just like our fellow artists. All merch worth having. Correct. Are you ready for our fifth and final story? It's actually some health news. And our merch may take an eternity to come. Not kidding. It's actually some health news. There's a potential scary link between nose picking and Alzheimer's. Shit. Because let me tell you. Obviously I don't want to get any diseases. Like any, any. Got like unwilling. I should, you know, at the age of 100, die peacefully in my sleep with Ben. At the same time. But of all the ways to like wither away, I do feel like the one I would least likely like to have is Alzheimer's. Like I feel like it's the hardest for my family. Like I think I would prefer many other illnesses over Alzheimer's. But unfortunately, I'm addicted to picking my nose. So tell me about it. So some 90% of the population picks their nose, sometimes several times a day. This may seem like a harmless habit, but frequently digging for gold may have dire consequences. Dirty fingers can introduce bacteria into the nose causing infections that lead to crusting, tissue damage, and nose bleeds. Research are investigating the theory that trauma to the nasal lining can transmit germs to the brain, potentially triggering inflammation, and the formation of amyloid plaques. These are hallmarks of Alzheimer's disease, a progressive neurodegenerative condition affecting over 7 million Americans. OK, it sounds like I could stop picking my nose, obviously. Or you could wash your hands before you. I could become like a big sanitizer person. Yeah. The spray, you know? Yes. But then you're putting chemicals in your nose. At least it's not dirt. Agreed. But that could be a different issue. Maybe just wash your hands. Yeah. No, I mean, then I do. But I could be like way more vigilant about it. Or maybe they should have like a sleeve you can put on your finger. Yeah, or a tissue. Like if you're going to that trouble, like, she's got a tissue. You know? You know? I just had a scratch. I didn't pick my nose. You know, I actually saw a reel, obviously, so it's true, about people who live like within a mile or so of a golf course are like over 100% more likely to have Parkinson's in their lifetime because of all the pesticides they used to keep a golf course like maintained and stuff. Those chemicals are in the water. So if you live near a golf course, don't be drinking that tap. I saw that as well. And then I saw someone else to bunk it. Oh, OK. Never mind. Drink the water. You're fine. About how they don't use those sorts of things anymore. And if you're a service. I don't know. Golf courses are pristine. If you ever maintained your own lawn, you know, it's kind of hard to keep your grass green all year Yeah. But there's just, I also saw both. But I agree. You know, now I don't know what the fuck to do. Right. It's like, you know, this water is supposed to be better because it's in a glass bottle. Then I saw a reel like, don't drink. Glass? No, like the brand. Oh, what's wrong with Mountain Valley? Actually, I haven't read anything about Mountain Valley, except it tastes like ass. Saratoga, I love Saratoga. And then I saw a reel that was like Saratoga's springs are polluted. I wonder why my girl Poland hasn't gotten into the glass game. We need Poland in the glass game. But Poland does not sell in Florida. What? And it's really, that's probably been the hardest part of moving. I guess you're right. Right after, you know, being away from my friends and family. Of course. What's the blue wrapper? Zephyr Hills. No. Pure life. Pure life. Pure life is tasty. Yeah, yeah. Zephyr Hills is disgusting. I'm shocked that they are still in business. And maybe people, you like it? I can't believe that water brands are regional. I'm just learning that. Yeah. OK, so do you guys have Deer Park here? Right. What about Evian? Do you have that here? I think so. Oh, you do? Yeah. What other brands are there? Well, then there's more national brands. You know, Aquapon. That's international. Aquapon? Yeah, of course. No. What about Aquafina? Oh. You have that here? Yeah. I wouldn't know. Dessani? I would never. Dessani? Yeah. No. But you have it here? Interesting. But I would never go for it. I don't even notice if we have it here. So it sounds like the regional brands, like kind of slight, except Zephyr Hills. Poland Spring, to me, is the pinnacle of good water. I really wish they would get into the glass game. I agree. It's the pinnacle of good water. Zephyr Hills has a monopoly on the state of Florida. I don't know what they have on the Senate here. It's definitely like a mob family. 1,000%. And the water is so yucky. But other people in the studio who have lived in Florida longer, they grew up on it. And they never knew Poland Spring. Right. They don't know better. But as a transplant, I'm telling you, like I love this state. There are so many great parts about living here. You guys don't even know good water. That's insane. Yeah. So it's been a struggle, actually. Yeah, of course. And that's me opening up about what's going on with me. Your vulnerability and the depths at which you are willing to reach in for this show, it doesn't go unnoticed. And your merch may take an eternity to come. Period. Anyways, clean your fingers before you pick your nose. That's just a good thing to do, even if this theory is not true, because this is just their working theory right now. I just wish there was an easier way to wash your hands. You know what I mean? Sometimes I'm not in the mood to get wet. And then a lot of times, there's not the proper drying mechanism. And sometimes there is. If you're in a bathroom that's public, there is the proper drying mechanism. But then by the time you leave the bathroom, you're dirty again. It's just so crazy. Also, when are we going to call it on those air hand dryers? When are we going to acknowledge and just admit that they're a failure? It's not good. They're disgusting. They don't dry your hands. So you're leaving with a wet, dirty hand. And then wet hands are like you contract more via wetness than dryness. So when can we just call it on those? I'm fully in agreement. As a failed experiment. And I don't even know who's to blame. And I'm not going to look for who's. I don't want to blame anyone. Well, I do want to say one thing. You can go live in privacy. Like we won't dox you or anything. So can we call it? I do feel like not all air dryers are created equally. Dyson did enter the game. With the ones that you slide your hands in. That one's better. Disgusting. Better, but not sanitary. Kimber Clark, that's who we blame. You know that brand, right? I feel like Kimber Clark built what was asked of them. And nobody had to put. Kimber Clark was the toilet paper. Was all the industrial. Nobody had to put Kimber Clark air in every bathroom. You could have done paper towels. Everyone had a choice. And everyone made the wrong choice. And I think as a society, like we need to just. And on this Tuesday, we're speaking on it. We're choosing paper towels. So don't be afraid to take them out of the public restrooms. And bring them back. Like we've actually made it increasingly more difficult for people to wash their hands. Like no wonder there was a global pandemic. 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Livemomentus.com, promo code T-O-A-S-T. All right, let's dive into Dear Toasters, our weekly advice segment. We're Jackie and I just try to help out people in need as we are extremely charitable individuals. The listeners of this podcast are constantly finding themselves in little pickles, and we're just doing our best to help them. If you want to write in, you've got something going on at work, at home, with a friend, in a wedding party, email us to your toasters at gmail.com or head over to our website, thetoastpodcast.com. Scroll down, there's a little submission box and it says Dear Toasters. Both of them are totally an en masse, we will never put your shit on blast. Are you ready? Hello Jackie and Clare. This is not necessarily a dilemma, but a good conversation topic too. Is it rude to invite someone to something and use a gift card only for yourself? I think so. I invited my friend for a pedicure and had a gift card to this salon, but I decided to save it for another time and went solo. I'm interested to hear your thoughts, loving a Twinkly Toe Toaster. Wait, no. I think it depends what the activity is. It does, but once she just said, like we're paying separately, I don't care how you pay. I guess if you went to a restaurant, you invite a girlfriend to lunch and you have a gift card to like pay for your half, you should like use the gift card to pay for the meal. Well, you know, you and I actually just went out to lunch and I had a gift card and I used it. Did you know that? When we went, oh, I didn't know they used it. Oh yeah, I think I knew it was the card. Yeah, I used it on both of us. But we're not, we're sisters before being friends. Oh, that's beautiful. And I feel like I'm very generous with you all the time. So I was actually making it about myself. I was actually happy for you that you had an opportunity to save money because you know how generous it is to me. Wow, okay. I wasn't gonna stop you. Good to know that the gift card went unnoticed. No, I didn't go unnoticed. Well, ungrateful. The thing is like, whether it was a gift card or your money. Yeah, the thing is, I don't feel like we can make a general rule here. It's so activity dependent. Like a meal, it would be nice to just treat. Something you would ordinarily be paying separately for? Yes, a manicure. That's what it is. If you would have been paying separately, which a manicure, of course you would have a service, anything, pay for yourself, however you feel like paying for yourself. But if it's something that you're doing together and maybe you would have even treated. I think it's also dependent on the relationship. Like is this the type of person whenever you go you split it even? Like my best friend, Margo, we have lunch together like multiple times a week sometimes she pays and sometimes I pay. It always nets out. So if I had a gift card, I would just use it for both of us, you know? Yeah. But if I'm having lunch with a friend who like, we always just split it down the middle, we'll both put our cards in. Maybe I wouldn't be. But did you choose the restaurant because you have a gift card? Oh, true. Well, also what type of gift card are we talking about? Is this like an Amex gift card where you can use it anywhere? Or a gift card to this specific place? I think a gift card to this. Me too. Because an Amex gift card, that's like putting down your credit card. Agreed. I think it just depends on the activity and the level of friendship and what's expected and there's no like completely wrong way where it's like, oh, that is so offensive. But maybe it would be a nice opportunity for you to treat a friend and she'll get you back one time. And also how did you come about acquiring this gift card? You know, did you like win it in a raffle at work or was it a gift from your grandmother? I also feel the origin is important. I agree. I agree in those two scenarios. Yeah, like sometimes a gift card just literally falls in your lap. Like your grandmother is not paying for a pedicure for her. For some whore. Yeah. But your work, the workplace like white elephant. Yeah. Share. Yeah. So it depends how you acquired it as well. Hey, Jackson-Claude, I need mom advice. A few weeks ago, the mom of a child in my four year old's class reached out and asked for my number to send an e-bite for a party her son wanted to invite my son to. It's now weeks later and I haven't received anything. I feel like it would be embarrassing to say something but I'm curious if and when this party is happening. I'm also really wanting to make some mom friends now that my son is a little bit older and this seemed like a good opportunity but reaching out seems like a desperate loser thing to do. Do I just wait it out? Thanks. Ooh. Ooh is right because I don't know. The thing is, what's the worst that happens? Like you were like wanting to connect and like she's then she's a mean girl or like it was just maybe she wrote your number down wrong or you didn't get it or whatever. And like this is also an opportunity for you but also your son. And I think like when you have a kid like you can afford to be like a little desperate. I do. Yeah. And it's like, well maybe it's cause you have other plans do you want to make sure like that you have your plans lined up. And I also think like this isn't like adult parties where I feel like you would like use an invitation as like she's cool, she's not cool. When you have kids of the same age, I feel like it's very much anyone who wants to come. You can't call. Yeah. But anyone who wants to come celebrate your kid like is welcome. Yeah. I agree. I'm feeling like it was an oversight. Especially cause she was like friendly enough to get your number and bring it up and like want to invite you. So like you didn't do anything in the last, in the time in between where you didn't see her. So maybe either party's not happening or she forgot. I think you could follow up. Yeah. But okay. Now how? She doesn't have her number, right? Or maybe they exchange numbers. I think I'd say, hi, can I do anything to help plan? Like you obviously are coming with your self-serving interests because you want you and your son to be invited. But also you have to come providing something to be like, can I help with the decorations? I don't know. Whatever the fuck people say. Yeah. No, I really don't feel like you should like weenie out and then like miss out on what have all these moms connect and then like you miss the boat. Yeah. And your son misses the boat too. Yeah. I'm sure there's like a. You could also be stealth and be like Jackson, whatever your kid's name is. Talk to Connor at school and ask him about the party and say that you want to come and then he'll tell his mom and she'll be like, oh, I forgot to text that wonderful mother I met at the Scholastic Book Fair. Yeah. Moms have a lot on their mind. Yeah. I don't think this is me. Now there are definitely like, you know, toxic mom groups, of course. But this is not that. You didn't do anything in the time between she wanted to invite you and now. So it's not like she flipped. By the way, as of like yesterday, Megan trainer was like still making TikToks about this mom group thing. And I'm now fully convinced she's the mean one. Like, girl, let the mouse go. No one's talking about it anymore. I haven't seen anything that she's made. I'm sure I'll see it in five days on reels. It's really lame stuff. I can't. I can't deny. I don't think she's a mean one though. No, I don't. I was just joking. But like stop. Yeah. You got away like relatively unscathed. Let it go. I think maybe she wanted to be more involved. Right. All press is good press. Look at Hillary. She launched a song. Correct. All right. Our third and final dear toasters. Hey, Swirlies, I need help on an extremely difficult decision. I'm an ordinary gal in my early 20s. And I somehow just got cast for a reality competition show that shoots in 2026. The problem is I'm supposed to start my first year of medical school at the end of the summer 2026, which happens to be the time that the show would be shooting. Of course, it's such an amazing and rare opportunity. But to do it, I would have to decline my admission to medical school that I was accepted to. And I would have to reapply to different schools in 2027 and just hope to get in again. I want to live my life to the fullest, but realistically doing the show would potentially hinder my entire future. Please help. I unfortunately need to know the show. Is it worth hindering your entire future? There are so few shows that are worth. Even if you got cast in something huge like The Bachelor, I'm sorry. Like the odds of your season getting any sort of pick up and then you're the one from the season, the odds are actually not in your favor. And it's also just depends on type of person you are. I'm actually a person who, you know, oddly enough, like really craves stability. I'm not like a big risk taker. I would say go to medical school all the way. Yeah. You know what? It does sound like The Bachelor because they shoot in the fall, usually. Uh-huh. End of summer, yeah. I was singing Love Island, something like that. Yeah, also. Not that I think it's Love Island because she said it's end of summer, but even something like Love Island. Like maybe there's three breakout stars and you know what? Even? There's literally one. You know what? I was watching Salt Lake City last night. And the first or second episode of the season. And Lisa Barlow, she missed the first cast trip on the first episode. And she's having this lunch with Heather. And she's telling her all the things that the girl said about her. And Lisa can't speak. I don't know what's happened with her, but she can speak without crying. She seems so upset. The girls are bringing up all these lawsuits about her business. And she's just talking about how this is so hard and so terrible. And her friends are so terrible. And I'm just like, she's actually had an amazing career as a reality star so far. And it's like she seems to be at a real low right now. I don't even know what's going on. I can just sense she can't stop crying. I'm like, wasn't it all worth it? Right. Maybe not. You know, I know there are so many great things that come along with being a reality star and a famous person. But there's so many negative things. And there's so many beautiful things that are just about an ordinary life. Yeah. To me, when it comes to being famous and rich, the best part is the money. And they always say, everybody wants to be rich and famous, but give them the rich part. And they'll never ask to be famous. So the stability of that can't be understated. But I think being a doctor is checking that off the list. I'm going medical school. No, and it's really about the fame because Lisa had a thriving business. She hasn't even moved houses since the first season of the show. Like she's always done well. But now she has all of this. And it's like, but it's clearly eating away at her. OK. But I also think I need to know a little bit more about this girl's personality because some people are really destined to be famous. And they're going to go on whatever show. And they're going to be the breakout star. You just sort of know that about them. Are you that type of girl? Do a little bit of self-reflection. I'm going medical school. Even thinking about the people who went on The Bachelor and were the breakout star without becoming the Bachelor themselves. Like that's OK. If you can land that, maybe throw away medical school. But even the people who had like who get about hundreds of thousands of followers like five years later. Right. What? I guess you could reapply in five years. You could go in five years. But you won't want to. Youth is basically only at the end. Yeah. I'm going medical school. I don't think you could regret choosing medical school. I do think you could regret choosing the reality show. Yeah. And so that's like the risk versus reward. Yeah. Yeah. Well, thank you to everybody who wrote in and for your vulnerability. And it's like not The Bachelor like these big shows. If it's like. Yeah. The only ones we would consider. And I would actually if it's The Bachelor I would say hard no. Ones I might be open to talking about. Love Island. Oh really? I was saying The Bachelor. There are so many reality shows that are not these three that we keep talking about. No, I'm sorry. The Bachelor in reality like in the past five years I literally have heard of one person Joey Graziazade and Kelsey. And I really know them work from Dancing with the Stars. Like. But we're about to watch Taylor season. It's about to have a Renaissance. I actually like that's. OK, you could say no Bachelor. I'm just saying Bachelor to me is the same as Love Island. Like a huge show. Even Love is Blind I would say no. Like the it's such a flash in the pan. Love is Blind. We forgot about literally the only one we know is Megan Sparkle. You could give me a million dollars. Sparkle Megan. To guess these people's names. However, the only thing I want to say about Love is Blind is like maybe you could find your husband. Yes, but also medical school. Hello. A lot of doctors and a barring doctor. My point was and add Love is Blind to this. There's literally maybe five to 10 shows that I would say. Those are the biggest shows and we can even consider having this conversation. There are hundreds. Wait, Jackie. She said competition series. OK, Bachelor's competition. Love Island's competition. Oh really? Love is Blind is not competition. I wouldn't say those are competition. Now I'm feeling like. Bachelor's competition. Traders is a competition show. Like Fear Factor, you know. What if it was regular people, traders? Well, again, we're talking about the biggest shows. And the big shows are worth discussing. What about Temptation Island? Well, girl, run. Yeah, that's what I'm saying. Like if it's one of the other shows. Yeah. That we're not discussing. Yeah, if the show hasn't even come up, girl, run to medical school, OK? That's what I'm saying. Thank you. I like that. Well, thanks to everybody who wrote in. Kind of the theme of today was vulnerability. I mean, you opened up, obviously, about the dark stuff you've been dealing with, which we appreciate. Everybody who wrote in was so vulnerable, wouldn't open with us. I mean, I just feel, I feel free. I feel like actually I haven't been vulnerable. Is there a truth that you want to share for a co-journey's corner? No. I'm wearing a new bra this morning, one I brought from TikTok Shop. Did I tell you that I'm in the process of accruing like an amazing collection of bras? Yes, you showed me your bosom. I did? Or you were showing someone else your bosom the other day in Icaotic Lens. Oh, yeah. They also sell on Amazon. I know you're happy with them. It's insane, actually. I don't know. TikTok Shop is like the devil's work, honestly. Like it's so easy to get. And I'm like not. I'm a very smart consumer. I'm very jaded. Like you can't get me with your ads about one. And it was like a gateway. This bra is like a very high support one. I'm going to send you some links, because I know being a breastfeeding mom is hard to wear a bra. I recently, well, not recently, year or two ago, like I changed my bras and I'm very happy, but I'm always open to. I feel like with nursing, you just need one that's cozy. But that does keep your swirl-ice head attention. Yeah, well, send me if you like it. So what's the problem? Just because it's TikTok Shop doesn't mean like. No. You're saying it's the devil's work. It was bad that you got to do. What do you mean by a great bra? I'm just saying it's very easy to get caught up. Like it ships so quickly. It's everything is so cheap. And I just think like I've been very good at discerning what's worth getting. Don't just buy stuff on TikTok. This is not a personal endorsement of TikTok Shop. That's what I'm saying. Okay, but you found something good. Amazing. I found like three incredible bras. That's amazing. Incredible. I know and all you need in this life is one good bra. Yeah. And a sister. Oh. Oh, your nails look good. You got your manicure yesterday. I finally got a manicure. Yes. A good one. It's interesting. A lot of some lawns down here don't mess with the dazzle. The dazzle? And you know, I left my dazzle dry at your house. Oh, I be my I BYOD always. Of course I left it at your house. Got it. So it's not surprising that they don't have dazzle, but I thought you were saying they won't do your dazzle. No, no. If they don't have dazzle, they won't do dazzle. Oh, yeah, they do. I just, I BYOD. But that means they don't know dazzle. I BYOD and I show them two coats of base. We both do touch of love, right? Yeah. Yesterday I got strawberry macaron. Dazzle? Yeah, dazzle. And I ordered it on Amazon. Isn't it pretty? It's very pretty. It looks just like mine. Yeah, but what she was telling me, and she's right, touch of love has much more white base. You see, mine's like not as white. Yeah, yours is like more like ballet, slippery. Mm-hmm. I always bring my own. My salon recently got dazzle, but for years I've been bringing my own. I say, I bring my base. I say two coats of this, two coats dazzle. Yeah, but even if you bring your own dazzle, which I do, I bring my base, my polish and my top. There are other things involved in dazzle, like that stuff that they put on first. I don't use that stuff. Well, if the salon has dazzle that you know. And like I went to a girl yesterday, she literally was the CEO of Dazzle Dry. She was like telling me everything. I could bring that stuff I used to, but then I actually thought it was drying out my nails and now I do it without. And personally, I don't use that stuff. You know what's so interesting? I was like definitely a person who benefited from like hair and nails wise from being pregnant. That was like one of my favorite parts. I had the craziest, longest, thickest nails. And that did sort of stay with me during breastfeeding. I didn't experience like my nails, people saying like, but now that I've stopped, I feel like the breastfeeding was keeping my nails. I have tiny little nails now and they're so brittle. I literally went to pump hand soap the other day and I broke a nail. I hear fucking nails. Which hand soap? Okay, I'm so glad you brought it up. Would it kill you and Zach to put a new bottle of fucking hand soap in that outdoor bathroom? Oh. Like literally it was on its last and I just, and my thumb broke. I'm sorry. And yeah, I couldn't remember the last time someone would have changed that soap. Well. And you suffered. Let my injury be the lesson. Have you experienced hair loss? Not yet. You think it's like in my future? No, maybe not. You do a lot of preventative things. Like you take all the things. I do. So I think you're good. And I just feel like the Lord knows. Like that's the one thing. You can't even know it. Keeping me, cause people were like, did you experience any sort of post? My hair falling out like would be the thing. And the Lord I do believe is protecting me, honestly. And that's on the Lord. Thank you guys so much for listening to The Toast and the Lening Morning Show. We deliver the fast side stories that you need to know every Monday, Friday, and Tuesdays on YouTube. Please feel free to subscribe and give us a thumbs up. We're also available on some podcasts and anywhere podcast we've done. So that's Spotify, tune in to your public radio. I already cast a box all the places where we listen to podcasts. And I suggest that if I start with you about a beautiful, about how stonin' and about how wickedly talented we are. We guys have an amazing day and we'll see you tomorrow. Love ya. Bye. Leave a message. After the tone. Beep.