The Toast

A Queenie in Both Hands: Friday, January 16th, 2026

55 min
Jan 16, 20264 months ago
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Summary

The Toast hosts discuss the week's pop culture news including Alex Earl's new YouTube interview series, Harry Styles' disco album announcement, and celebrity relationship updates. The episode features sponsor reads for Taylor Farms, Fora, and Hungry Root, followed by Queenie and Weenie of the Week awards.

Insights
  • Monthly content cadence for celebrity interview shows may struggle to maintain audience engagement compared to weekly releases, especially for digital-native creators
  • Celebrity media companies (Hot Mess Media model) face significant operational challenges in scaling beyond the founder's personal brand
  • Album cover design quality doesn't necessarily correlate with commercial success for established artists like Harry Styles
  • Parent-child relationship dynamics in celebrity families often reflect protective instincts rather than disapproval, creating perception gaps
Trends
Digital creators transitioning to traditional media formats (YouTube interview series) while maintaining content productionNostalgia-driven social media trends (2016 throwback content) generating sustained engagement across demographicsDisco aesthetic revival in mainstream music and fashionCelebrity transparency about missed career opportunities becoming interview narrative strategyParental approval messaging as relationship validation in celebrity culture
Topics
YouTube Interview Series StrategyCelebrity Media Company FormationAlbum Cover Design and Artist BrandingContent Frequency vs. Quality Trade-offsNostalgia Marketing on Social MediaCelebrity Relationship Public PerceptionToxic Mom Group NarrativesChildren's Book Publishing TrendsPodcast Network Expansion ChallengesArtist Career Opportunity Assessment
Companies
Hot Mess Media
Alex Earl's newly formed media production company housing her YouTube interview series Get Real With Me
Taylor Farms
Sponsor offering pre-made chopped salad kits with various flavor options for convenient healthy eating
Fora
Modern travel agency platform enabling individuals to become travel advisors with commission-based income
Hungry Root
Meal planning and grocery delivery service offering personalized nutrition recommendations and shopping
Dear Media
Referenced as successful celebrity media company model that built multiple podcast shows under one network
The Ringer
Bill Simmons' media company cited as example of successful celebrity-founded media network
Unwell Network
Podcast network associated with Hot Mess brand, referenced regarding network expansion challenges
People
Alex Earl
Digital creator launching Get Real With Me YouTube interview series under Hot Mess Media production
Harry Styles
Artist announcing new disco-themed album 'Kiss All The Time Disco Occasionally' releasing March 6
Kylie Jenner
Celebrity in relationship with Timothy Chalamet, subject of parental approval discussion
Timothy Chalamet
Actor in relationship with Kylie Jenner, described as phenomenal actor by Caitlyn Jenner
Caitlyn Jenner
Parent giving approval to daughter Kylie's relationship with Timothy Chalamet in paparazzi interview
Ashley Tisdale
Executive producing potential film adaptation of her toxic mom group blog post experience
Jennifer Lawrence
Actor discussing missed casting opportunities with Quentin Tarantino on Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
Quentin Tarantino
Director who allegedly considered Jennifer Lawrence for Once Upon a Time in Hollywood role
Margot Robbie
Actor who ultimately played Sharon Tate in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
Mel Robbins
Podcast host whose 'let them' philosophy was discussed and clarified by show hosts
Jake Shane
Creator and comedian featured as first guest on Alex Earl's Get Real With Me YouTube series
Pippal
Music artist receiving Queenie of the Week award for positive influence and upcoming North American tour
Kiefer Sutherland
Actor receiving Weenie of the Week for allegedly assaulting an Uber driver
Sydney Sweeney
Actress receiving Queenie of the Week for meeting with hostages Noah and Avina Tan
Quotes
"We hate them because they're successful. It's true. If they weren't successful, we wouldn't even notice them."
Host discussing competitor podcastEarly segment
"I think you do too. Kelty coined not the let them, but the F them theory."
Host discussing personal philosophyMid-episode
"I've never had better chicken in my whole life. In my entire life than this chicken."
Host discussing spouse's cookingMid-episode
"We all can dance to music that we love."
Host quoting Giraffes Can't Dance children's bookBook discussion segment
"I'm pretty sure it's true or it's that thing where I've been telling the story this way for so long that I believe it."
Jennifer Lawrence on missed casting opportunityFinal story segment
Full Transcript
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 Friday, things we did that fray-yay, hello hi, oh it's 2016 again, fray-yay. Things we did, second full week of the year. What's that? Oh, with the mustache? Remember when everyone was doing mustaches in 2016? Oh, like, barely. What, that's like a core tenant of 2016, like everybody had a fake mustache. Oh my god, are you even a millennial? You know what I'm talking about? Yes, like, yeah, mustache, yeah. Okay, mustache. Do you know how many pictures we had on Facebook? Like, you were always doing this, like... I was not, I don't think I was participating in mustache, but it doesn't mean that it wasn't real. It wasn't real to you. Bitch. Now, I want to say something. I have to say this and I literally, like, when I woke up today, I'm like, we're mine, because I always want to say stuff on the podcast and then of course I forget. Do an amazing episode and then like the one thing I wanted to say, we didn't say. It absolutely bears mentioning that I did not see one comment and I looked of anybody saying that they absolutely, like, can't miss an episode of the Mel Rob. Mel Robbins podcast. I just want to say. What I did see was people saying Mel Robbins just went on Good Guys. I know. And I knew that when I said it. And when you said the smallest, tiniest shows she could find. Oh, to be clear, I was not talking about the Good Guys. Yeah. Like, if I'm Mel Robbins and I want to be successful, I'm going on the Good Guys. Yeah, and we've never said the Good Guys isn't successful. We hate them because they're successful. It's true. If they weren't successful, we wouldn't even notice them. No, no, we literally hate them because we ain't them. We are jealous of their success. Oh, was that not clear? Like, yeah, no, I think people thought we were throwing shade, but we actually weren't throwing shade in the way that you thought we were throwing shade. And I was not talking about the Good Guys when I was talking about Mel Robbins. And I just want to have no issue with Mel Robbins. I think overall, like her purpose is a good one, right? She's not like, you know, hurting anyone. Do you feel as though you let them? No, I wish. Like, and I do feel like the let them theory is a little bit flawed. Okay. Because like, I could let them, but like, some people need to stop. Like, you know what I mean? Yeah. And of course, not every issue in the world is mine to take on, but like with personal relationships, friends and family, like, maybe you shouldn't let them, because maybe they are at a harm and risk to themselves. Perhaps I feel like I really let them. I think you do too. Kelty coined not the let them, but the F them theory. And I feel like I definitely subscribe more to that. Yeah. I think I'm like kind of a Mel Robbins swirly. Like, I just so let them. It's like my philosophy that you can't really change people and like, you can only change how you react to people. Is that what Mel said? Oh, I don't know what she has said. I don't know anything about the let them theory beyond like, we're just letting them. Yeah. Right. To what end? I don't know. No, you swirly's might be wondering why both the Jacqui and I are wearing a cashmere sweater. I'm wearing like a dual neck. Jackie's wearing an ascot. I think we're calling it right? Or just like a scarf. Wearing a scarf, a lot of reasons for the reason for the look today. A couple of factors went into it. The first is that it's the 40s. It's freezing in Florida, which is so amazing. I live like Horrible. 365 days for two. The two where it drops below 50 in Florida. It's so exciting. This is my thickest sweater set. I was such a commuter today. Like I got in the car freezing, like warming up my car. And then when I got here, I didn't want to get out because I had my heated steering wheel on. Like I was such a regular girl. I use my tissue warmers. I forgot I have a heated steering wheel. I didn't even know how to put it on. BMW just said, would you like it? Like it's on. I said, thanks. Wow. And then I am wearing a little scarf around my neck because we are playing Majon today. So I was like, oh, how can I enhance my look today? As we were saying, I like to add a little trinket or something. I can't wear a hat with like this collared cashmere sweater. So the Majon party tonight. So I'm wearing a little scarf and I just, I thought it added a little something extra. Don't you think? I do think. Je ne sais quoi. A little je ne sais quoi. I'm excited for Majon. Me too. I'm a little bit nervous because, you know, I talk a big game and I realized that everybody down here plays a version of Majon a little bit differently than me. I play with futures. If you guys know Majon, like just, it's just a way of playing. Now playing without futures is, I think how most people play, you know, I learned the Moroccan style from my guru Esther. And your Moroccan roots. Correct. Don't forget about that olive skin tone. So I've never played without futures and I think people down here play without futures. It's not that different. But you know, I talk about a game. I've been playing since sixth grade and like meanwhile, I'm not going to be able to play because I don't know what the fuck you guys are doing. So it'll be like, you know, I'm excited. I wonder if like everyone has Majon imposter syndrome. I think that they do. Unless you're like of Asian descent and you've been playing like for generations and like your family, I think people who just pick it up, I think everybody's insecure about it. Okay. Well, let's see how the game goes. Hopefully like the other bridges were playing with her insecure too. Yeah. And we can just be honest about how we're feeling. Yeah. I was on the road this morning and a new fear was unlocked. I saw someone get pulled over and it was very low key. Like we were all sitting at the stoplight. The police officer was to my right. I noticed that he was there. So I just noticed that. And then as we started all driving green, he turned his lights on. And the person in front of him just pulled over and I'm like, how would I know if it's meant for me? Like how do you know who the police officer wants to be pulling over? It's a good question. In that particular scenario, it's really weird. It sounds like she, I looked and it was a she, it sounds like she knew she did something wrong. In that moment, I was like, okay, my registration is up to date. Thank God it never is. My seatbelt's on. Yeah. 10 and two. I was dancing a little bit. I stopped. I don't know. It feels like the girl was pulling over to get out of the way. So the police officer could like go find his real suspect and she ended up being the suspect. It was the two of them, but like she just sort of like claimed it. Like, oh, I guess this is for me. She didn't even like give him a couple of paces to like confirm. He didn't even turn on way away. So, you know, there is a first for everything and I have never been pulled over. I've of course been in the car when Ben's been pulled over or someone else. I myself has have never been pulled over and I know like at some point it is going to happen. I don't think people go throughout. I think mostly most people on the road like have been pulled over at least once. And I'm always like prepared. Of course. I do hope that it does happen on a day where like I am looking pretty because I'm sorry. Like the world we live in. I do feel like you're less likely to get a ticket when you're pretty. I do also hope that perhaps that cop's wife is a toaster and he recognizes my voice. I do think that like that might be a possibility. We have a lot of Leo's law enforcement officer wives. My fear if I get pulled over like I'm ready to take ownership and accountability for whatever it was that I did. My fear is not knowing that it's for me. A real issue for many like I don't know how I'm going to know that I'm the one that needs to be pulled over until he literally has to get out the megaphone. White Tesla right pull over. It's yeah. It's I feel like when it happens to you, you'll know. Yeah. When you know, you know, I think it's like, you know, you fucked up. And it's so important that your disposition be like holding space for accountability. And I think like where my husband can improve because I have been with him. Ben has the same and he's gotten better with it and he hasn't gotten pulled over in many years. But, you know, you're supposed to be like, you know, what's the problem officer? Oh, I did. I'm so sorry. I had no idea. It won't happen again. And Ben says those words, but his tone is defensive. What did I do? No. Are you sure? Are you sure? Okay. I'm like, Ben, you're being so ready. He's like, what are you talking about? I'm being so nice. I went, you know what nice means? He's so defensive, but also like condescending. That was like the one time it happened. And I'm like, girl, you have got to be nicer. And I think when we were pulled over, it was by in New Jersey, which is so much scarier because in New Jersey, you get pulled over by state trooper. Yeah. In New York, it's like a traffic cop. I don't know. They just don't scare me. New Jersey with the hats. Oh my God. And we were on the highway. So the guy had to come over to the passenger side to talk to us. I felt like I was the one being pulled over. I'm like, I'm just here for the ride. You just wanted to talk to you. And it wasn't looking my prettiest. So we did get a ticket. What are you speeding? Obviously. And then like two years later, Ben went to the DMV to renew his license and they were like, sorry, we can't renew your license. It's suspended. And Ben's like, what are you talking about? They were like, you have had a suspended license for like a year. And Ben had no idea. I guess he got like 11 points. Like it was like, he's gotten like two enormous tickets that at some point, you get enough points to revoke your license. But he didn't update his address or anything. So they sent the address to his like old parents apartment. So he was driving with a suspended license for like a year. That's my husband. My king. My king. My king. Well, other than that, it's been a really great week. It has. I can't lie. It's been a great week. I'm happy for it to be over. You know, that's not to say that like I didn't enjoy the week, but it was still a week. Yeah. And next week is a shorty because it's MLK day. So we are off on Monday. Of course. We have a long weekend to enjoy. Just in case anybody might have been confused as to whether there was a show on Monday or not. Of course there's not. Of course there's not. We're going to not miss the first holiday of the year. Not only that, it would be disrespectful. Oh, of course. We obviously honor MLK. Of course. Like, duh. You don't. Who would want us to do a show? Somebody disgusting. So, yes, it's a short week next week. I didn't even think about that. What should we do? Clambake trips to the Cape? Yeah, we have to make a plan. Like maybe a barbecue. So glad you brought that up. I was thinking like Sunday night, like maybe a barbecue in my place. Love that idea. Because we don't have to like wake up early. Completely inspired. Okay. Maybe like pool. Cool. Because it's finally supposed to be nice again. Okay. I'm starting on Sunday. Okay. I love a barbecue. Okay. So you're in. Oh, I'm so in, Bench. Like my barbecue. Yeah. If you're like hosting, preparing. So like, let's, let's, I'll move forward with it. It means I have to like probably get meat today. Ben's at the kosher grocer right now. Oh my God. Yeah. Of course he's making a recipe. Like. Oh, what is he making? What he made yesterday looked so good. You know, I have to say, because I'm always cloning on Ben. He made this Chinese chicken salad inspired recipe. Because it's like a really popular thing, Chinese chicken salad. It's like a Chinese chicken slaw. So it was like a coleslaw salad. I'm obviously didn't eat it, but the, he made the chicken separately. It's like a, it was like schnitzel, like a breaded cutlet. And he chopped it up, left it out of the cutting board. And then he like went to the bathroom or something. And I went in there and a couple of pieces of the chicken. Oh my God. You guys don't tell him I said this. I've never had better chicken in my whole life. In my entire life than this chicken. It looked really good. And that's like the kind of salad like with cabbage. If you want to know what the secret was for the chicken, you know, you do egg, flour, you can do flour, you did corn starch. That shit was so crispy. Yeah, I know. Like none of this means anything to me, but. Someone out there. Yeah. Wants to know. Did you see what I posted on Instagram yesterday, these like new AI food videos? Have you seen them? No, I'm getting AI food videos of like babies made out of orange slices, eating orange slices. Oh, I've seen those. I've seen those. Love. Now I get like cooking tips and life tips. It's like an onion being like, Hey, I'm a white onion. Don't put me in something. Cook. They're like a food ingredients yelling at you, telling you how to cook them. I'm a steak. Let me rest 15 minutes before you cook me. It's hysterical. I see so many of them. I send a bunch of them to Ben because I just like think they're funny. But I just want to like share with the classes anyone else experiencing these videos. I'm really enjoying them and I'm learning a lot. I had not seen them before you posted, although that doesn't mean like I'm not the target demo for it. But that's where AI is a beautiful thing. It is. It's really a beautiful thing. I'm learning a lot. Last night I made Aina's lemon chicken recipe, which was one of the first recipes I ever made when I like started cooking years ago. I made it like in my old apartment and it's just so funny now that I'm more experienced. How much not up to stuff. Well, one that it was okay. It wasn't like so amazing, but two, like how much quicker it takes me to make it. It was like nothing recipe. Like when I made that, it was like my big Shabbat. And now it's like, it's a couple of chopped garlic cloves and a white wine. You'd be kind to your former self. Oh, for sure. I was doing her best. Queenie of the week. Oh, today's Friday. We are doing Queenie and Weenie of the week. And for kind of a historic week, I had such a hard time thinking of a Weenie, but the Queenie came to me real quick. I had two Queenies. I'm going to share them both. Oh, should we just be positive this week? A Queenie in each hand. That's beautiful. Now. Me and you. To what else? I had to tell you guys, okay. So Jackie was helping me place an order on Amazon for like new children's books because I just ended up with like some rogue books here and they're horrible. And I ordered a couple and I want to talk about them. You know, this is my favorite subject and I've been begging you for years. I love you till the cows come home. That was your recommendation. I don't feel like it passed this semester. I just want to let you know. Having said that, the next book. Like, you know, I can't read. I love you forever because it makes me cry. Giraffes can't dance. It makes me cry. Like I fucking love this book. I'm dancing. Yes, I'm dancing. Oh, I'm dancing, Gerald cried. Oh, Gerald, you're so weird. Oh my God, when they called Gerald weird, like. I'm not okay. Yeah, I love this. I said, Gerald had all the class protect Gerald. Ben could not. He was like, he was, I figured what he was doing, but he was like, not in the bed reading the book with us. It was like peripheral, like, you know, going through his backpack or something. And he like picks his head up. We all can dance to music that we love. He was like, I love this fucking book. You got, and that's the book Andrew Schultz recommended to you. And you know, books are so personal. I remember him saying Giraffes can't dance. I'm like, that book sounds horrible. You guys, this fucking book. Listen to the breeze. Like it's hard for me not to get emotional while reading this book. And of course it's about dancing and music, but it's really not. It's a larger message. And Ben and I were actually having a conversation. As most books are. We were having a conversation after we put Ruby down. Like what, you know, what is the message of the book? Of course it's about dancing, but it's about so much more than that. It's that individuality. It's about trying new things. It's about putting yourself out there. And it's about beating to the beat, dancing to the beat of your own drum quite literally. It's such an amazing book. And the thing is like Ruby can't appreciate it yet, but like I'm reading it for myself. All Ruby wants to read is brown, bare, brown, or what do you see? And I just want to say. Do you have a page in your book that's upside down? Which page? One of the pages in my Brown Bear book is like printed upside down. I don't know if that's part of the animals. Yeah. No. It's upside down. I think it's an error. Is the text upside down? I can't remember, but it felt like an error. I'm glad if you don't have it, then it's an error. No, I don't have it. I just, I wish like he wasn't so obsessed with it. Like, I see children. No. Okay. And so the whole point of the book is like you're asking Brown Bear, what do you see? The brown bear sees a red bird. What does the red bird see? A yellow duck. It's a way for like animals and colors. I get it. And then the very last animal is like, what do you see? It's like, I see a teacher looking at me. Why would the teacher be in the zoo? Okay. Then the teacher is like, teacher, teacher, what do you see? And the teacher is like, well, I see children looking at me. So I think it's about like a class trip to a zoo. And it's like children, what do you see? And then they name all of the things and a teacher. That's what we see. And it's like, the book doesn't end. It's just like, not good. I don't understand how that book got so popular and got so much market share. Like I feel like if someone set out to write that book right now, like a nobody, say I was writing a children's book and that's what I wrote. Nobody would buy it. Nobody would read it. It's like not a good book, but it's just you. A hallmark. It is the David Letterman of children's books. It's an industry plan. David Letterman could never get famous today. Like when the pool is much wider. Brown Bear would never, would never succeed in today's economy. Too many, too many good new authors. It's an industry plan, I think. Drafts can dance. Of course. Let's remind, it's right behind Jackie. The best book ever written is the Canva in the Council. I actually need a copy while I'm here. Grab it. So that's Koji's Corner today. I love that. You know why? Because I sec children's books all day, every day. I've said we should do a Patreon on it and I was struck down. I stand by that, but maybe. Maybe I'm wrong. Maybe I'm wrong. Without further a do-do-do-do-do, it is time for the Fast Five Stories that you'd do need to know. And the Fast Five Stories that you do not need to know is brought to you by Taylor Farms. We are so in our healthy era and Taylor Farms is such an amazing partner for that. So obviously eating salads isn't always the most fun and adventurous, kind of daring thing to do. 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Code is toast toast to get that 40% off your first box and a free item of your choice for life at Hungry Root.com slash toast. Code toast. Thank you, Tert. You're welcome. Our first story, a little media news. Alex Earl is launching a new YouTube interview series called Get Real With Me. So I was wrong, I just want to say. I do believe that the project she was teasing is this YouTube series. Myself and a lot of other people thought it was like a brand from her, which I do believe will get eventually with her skincare makeup. But I was wrong, just saying. She's launched Hot Mess Media, so she's changed the name of Hot Mess to become Hot Mess Media. And under that she is launching Get Real With Me, which is a new monthly. I didn't realize she was creating a TNN. I thought it was just Hot Mess is now turning into Get Ready With Me. Yeah, no. And she's keeping the name and just sort of merging. Plus Get Real With Me is a monthly YouTube series that elevates like the viral Get Ready With Me TikTok video she makes into a full-fledged conversation show. The series will launch on Thursday, January 15th with an episode featuring her close friend, creator and comedian Jake Shane, with an additional guest set to appear on a monthly basis. It will stream on YouTube and across all video podcast platforms. It is presented by Hot Mess Media with Abigail Lowenthal, executive producing. It's filmed in a custom-built dressing room style studio in West Hollywood. It was gorgeous. It's designed to feel stripped back. It features one-way mirror, hidden cameras and baddie embedded in microphones. So it's really like a set, not like two people out of microphone aware that they're out of microphone. They're like getting ready and talking. Doing makeup and stuff. In a party manner. It really feels like Hailey Bieber's what's in my bathroom or welcome to my house. Yeah, I don't know if Hailey Bieber does that anymore, which is a shame because it was great. I feel like she does it when she feels like it. Right. This is a monthly installment, which I do feel like it's hard for people. When you come from the internet, for people to get excited about a monthly thing, they're used to five Alex videos a day and one podcast a week. Sometimes most podcasts now do two a week. So the frequency is, I don't think I deal for fans of hers, but something so high quality obviously takes more. She also just has a lot on her plate and I appreciate her not over committing. A lot of people are like, yeah, I can do a podcast a week and you can't. So I appreciate her not over committing and I think maybe if it's successful, she'll go maybe now to two a month or one a week. I feel like it's a lot of hoopla for one thing a month. You know, yeah, like a lot of work, a lot of money. She has other stuff on her YouTube channel. So she's like creating other content, blogs and stuff. So like one piece of content a month will be this and it is very high quality. And I guess if she was doing a guest a week, like that is so much like then you're a talk show, you know, and then that's your full time job. And this is not her full time job. No, and I do feel like we are reaching a boiling point with celebrity interview shows. Like we were just talking yesterday about Pete Davidson. I feel like that's why it's like hard to get excited about because yes, Pete is great. But it's like how many podcasts can celebrities go on? It's now becoming where people aren't even tuning in with the exception of a couple of people like Amy Poehler. I think people tune in for her. It's just about like who the guest is and I'll go watch this show one week and this show another week. It's like a little uninspired the whole like celebrity interview thing. Not to say that about Alex though. I do think that she's on this very unique cusp of like celebrity and digital talent. So her having like Jake Shane is a great and I'm sure she'll get like a Haley Bieber, but also, you know, go internet too. So I think it's great. But I do think we're reaching like some sort of boiling point with interview shows. Well, I think when it comes to like traditional celebrities, they go on to promote their project and they're not it's not about like conversations. It's just like they're talking about the talking points and you can't take your talking points to like every single show because everyone's tired of hearing it. But like when it's someone who has like personality or an interesting story and it's like it's just conversations. You could do conversations forever. So it's like interview. It does run dry. But if you're a good conversationalist and you can just like put out an hour long like interesting piece of content that I think that could go on forever. I do also think the concept of hot mess media is really interesting. Like is she going to be launching other content? Like maybe Ashton, you know, like I'm curious. I feel like that's not worth her time as just like a media personality. It's like a lot of management and it is almost impossible to do it successfully. Like with the exception of like dear media, I can't think of another like celebrity or Bill Simmons, the ringer. That's like that's what everyone I think that's the model right when you do that. Yes, where you have a successful podcast and then you create a media company. It's just it's almost impossible and very successful people, smart people do it. And I think that they struggle with it. It's hard to manage talent. It's hard to make your listeners want to listen to another show like, you know, Unwell comes to mind. Vile files, they have like a little network and I don't think that their shows are particularly successful outside of vile files. Not a ton of Unwell shows have popped off and that's like the biggest, you know, and baddest to do it. I can't think of an example where it's TNN like it's so hard. Yeah, it is really hard. I imagine for Alex, I don't imagine she'll get into the business of like talent management and like bringing on other shows and creators. But like anything she does will now be produced by Hot Mess. So like even if she did a reality show, I mean, like Earl Girls Forever, like that would be a hot mess production. I like that. It just is something to like own everything that she's a part of. Yeah, I guess I'm thinking like more minutia like podcasts where I feel like it's almost impossible to do. Dear media, did I say that already? That's a good example of like a show that built a ton of other shows. But I would say like nine times out of ten they fail, but you're right. I'm thinking more kind of like Mark O'Robby, you know, her production company produces every movie, every commercial, everything that she does. Yeah, it's not just digital content. To put your stamp on something, like get a piece of it. At this point, she's owed a piece of anything that she's doing, even if it's a commercial. It should be a hot mess production. It's like when you watch any Taylor Swift music video, it's produced by Taylor Swift Productions. Yeah. I'm surprised she went with the name Hot Mess still. I know. Because when I saw this story first, I'm like, get real with me. That's great. It's a great name. That's so Alex Earl and it's so conversation and. And get ready with me is like such an internet thing. And what we're doing here is we're getting real and ready. I love it. Like it's actually brilliant and it made me feel like, oh, you know what? Hot mess, what was that? That was kind of a mess and who wants to be a hot mess? And then I kept reading the article and it's now hot mess media. I know. And I think that like Hot Mess is really associated with a lot of like the drama from the Unwell Network. And I feel like it was maybe representative of her when she was in like her college year, but she's been talking about a lot how like, you know, she's in this was in this like long-term relationship and she's now like much more focused on like family and business and health. And she's not a hot mess anymore. So I feel like, you know, when you build something, you feel like attached to the, we had it with the breath. Like we couldn't even imagine. You couldn't pry the breath from what? Devastated when we couldn't get the IP. I was actually thinking, you know, that trend and I did it again. Yeah. Like, you know, what are you singing? Like, you know, the song time cast the spell on the trend that's going on in your 20s. Like in your 20s, you will lose the IP to a show called the morning breath. It is important that you don't care. That's a good one. And then with like a month, let's make it with a montage of like toast, but like, oh my God, you don't understand the day we found out that we could not have the name the morning on the couch screaming. We thought it was all over. We thought that was literally the key to like that. It was the best smartest thing we ever did. And I get it. Cause like sometimes you're so attached to IP. That was the whole call her daddy drama with Sophia and Alex. And you know what that IP proved to be extremely valuable. So like, you know, keeping it was important. So it's not a ubiquitous like all the time, but I do think she could have left it behind. I think when I think of it, I think a lot of like, you know, the podcast drama, I don't think it represents her now as like a woman, but whatever, whatever. I just thought that was like interesting to note. Yeah. Real with me is a great title. And I think a first episode with Jake Shane is a great start. It's going to be fun and it'll give us a taste of like what we can expect, you know, I'm curious like who the other guests are. Yeah. Like if it's going to be more digital, we got to have Ashton, of course. Yeah, but I don't think that's what this is. Like she can get real with Ashton all day. Yeah. Okay, ready for our next story? Harry Styles announces his new disco themed album ahead of his MSG residency. Harry Styles announced on Thursday that he will be releasing his fourth record called Kiss All The Time Disco Occasionally. So it is a disco album featuring a glittering disco ball during the sunrise and it will be out March 6. Obsessed with the concept of a disco album. I feel like disco is so back, right? All the kids are like remixing Abba and you know, Saturday Night Fever. Love it. It's very on the nose and if anyone's going to do it, it's going to be Harry like with his outfits and stuff. The title of this album, like I don't understand and not me like breaking my neck to read it. Did you see like, because it's written in a circle. So I'm like, kiss everything. No, it was what is it? Kiss All The Time Period Disco Occasionally. I didn't know where the first word was. So I was like all the kiss time. You're not meant to. If I hadn't known that that was the title, I don't know what I would. I wouldn't know that that's the title. I would have just saw it as like a weird stamp in the corner. And then we've got like Harry cut out and paste it on the bottom left corner. It's definitely a weird cover. I think the cover is atrocious actually. I don't even think that's a hot take. I haven't seen anyone talking about it, but I think it's this is the stupidest cover I ever saw. Okay. I didn't want to be like overwhelmingly negative. So I was like over here saying it's weird, but I agree. It's awful. And there's so much you could do. First of all, he's like the most handsome man on the planet. Give us your face. Of course. I do think sometimes people don't want to rest on their laurels of good looks. So they get a little creative. Like this cover makes no sense. It looks like it was made in pick art and you know what it's giving Jackie. Peepee poo poo. No. Pick monkey. Yeah. Remember pick monkey. Yeah. Like word art. It is if I just saw this cover, I would say Harry is having a peepee poo poo moment. Although we know like this is going to be an amazing album like disco. Harry is really not capable of flopping. So like if I saw some, I would think it's giving Harry Styles and his dead pets. Yeah, it is. I totally agree. Just say the peepee poo poo element of this album cover cannot be overstated. I know. And I want to like not talk about it, but we don't have a first single. We have nothing. Oh, yeah. He just dropped it on his Instagram and I was like, what am I looking at? You are looking at potentially Harry Styles peepee poo poo era. Peepee poo poo and his dead pets. I just want to let you know. So we'll see when the first single drops like we'll see if it's real music, but this just looks like I'm in the studio. I'm on drugs and I'm putting out a fart. I just want to say I'm almost like a hundred percent sure. Like it's a real album. It's an album that feels like a real album. I don't think it's peepee poo poo. But what was the last album that came out that we thought was peepee poo poo? Justin Bieber. Swag. Swag. I'm cracking up swag. It did give peepee poo poo because he didn't like an out. He just like really stood with a billboard and it was confusing, but. And he was also acting peepee poo poo. Harry hasn't been acting. He's in a stable relationship. He wears trench coats and walks around the city. Like he hasn't been giving peepee poo poo. Justin Bieber was leading up to his album, giving like on the fritz of some sort of manic episode, but just take it time. Honey, I get it. I get it. I get it. It wasn't peepee poo poo and it got nominated for Grammy. Okay. Good luck to Harry. The way you got it all in my head. I love that song. I think I'd rather you in my bed. Slay. Just take your time. Honey, I get it. I get it. I get it. I get it. I would love to learn how to play the drums. I think there's something so sick and I do have a lot of rhythm. Like I'm joking. Like you guys are going to think I'm joking, but I'm not. I'm very musically inclined. Like I hear the ones and the twos. As do I. Yeah. Like music theory. I don't have pitch, but I've got the five six. I've got the eight count. I like when they say like I have beat. I have rhythm. That's another great book that I couldn't find on Amazon, but it was like Harry's favorite when he was maybe it's called bubby's got the beat. You would love it. Oh, I'm familiar with it. You know it. Yeah. Were they like getting ready for Shabbat? Yeah. Walking with my family. Yeah. Looking mighty neat. Gonna see my bubby. She's got the beat. Ugh. Those inclusive Jewish books are so good. It's such a good book. I actually couldn't find it. I need to go back to the store where I first bought it, but it was like four years ago or yeah. We'll find it. We need to find it. It's the best book ever. And the kids would like love it now. So back to me playing drums really quick. I think, well, we were talking about this on the Patreon yesterday. Oh, like hobbies. About things you want to learn. Like if you want to learn how to play drums, like if you meant that, do it. So the only thing is I do feel I'm well equipped to be like an actually good drummer. I love music. I've got the beat. Like I said, I find myself like. Oh, she's got the beat. I'm always like tipped up and you know, like a song's on. I'm like, you know, except I do believe it takes enormous arm strength to be a successful drummer. Like you have to be able to like. Well, that could be your workout. I know. It's like, I really struggle to hold ruby. I mean, I literally have to go to the gym just to get in shape to hold ruby. Um, so I do feel like that would be the one thing holding me back. I would have to drum for like only short songs. And you would be drumming to what end? Like to put on a concert for your family. Like would you join like a little garage band? What would really joy really good question? Like for what? Like you say you were taking lessons to play the drums and you were able to do it. Would you get a drum set for your home to just like hobby drum? Would you join a band? Like what would you want to do with this skill? Cause drummers kind of like need a community. It's not a solo act. Like why do I want to learn drums? Like these violent ends have violent beginnings. Like what's the purpose cause and effect call the Homer. Yeah. What would you do with that skill? It's not like you could like drum on the show. Cause to be clear, I have no interest in being a band in a band as anything other than lead singer like you guys crazy. Of course. Or it's like really sick when people like drum and sing at the same time. But again, I'm so out of shape. I actually just saw a video of Hunter Hayes doing it cause I'm obviously on Hunter Hayes talk and he does this thing at his concerts when he plays like his biggest song. Crazy. Crazy. And I don't, and for the last course he sits down and he's like, and I don't want it. And like it's actually sick. Is he on tour right now? Yeah. I'm going to a show in April now that I've been connected with him cause we spoke about him on the podcast and I tell you that him and I are messaging. Well, I saw that he clipped our thing and then we, damn just a tiny bit. Yeah. But he knows I live in New York. I didn't know there were shows to be going to. Yeah. April. Oh, I'll check it out. Like I would literally come to town. He's on my list of like Roscoe Flats, Kylie Clarkson will fly for Hunter Hayes. I think it's going to be an amazing concert. And like the fact that like that it's in New York and it's a country artist. We're going to get like an intimate venue. I don't know where it is, but I don't think it's like a huge, like it's going to be great. Wow. Okay. I know it's crazy. Maybe Hunter will teach me how to play drums. Maybe if you learn the drums in time for April, like you could go on stage. Love. Are you ready for our next story? Yeah. I mean, Jenner is giving her a seal of approval to Kylie and Timothy. I mean, how could you not? But a parent's literally like a father's dream. Yeah. Caitlin was caught up with Paparazzi at the airport. She told the Daily Mail. Was she wearing hokas? She was wearing sneakers. She loves a sensible shoe. She is an athlete. She's an athlete, first of all. She's also like an older woman. So, you know, you've got to get your orthotic like, and she, when she wore hokas to the Kardashian, like goodbye El Dorado party and they like showed her hokas first. I was cracking up. I wondered if that was like sponsored. It was such a good ad. They looked like brand new hokas. I need brand new hokas. Let me see what she's. I'm classic Caitlin fit. I don't think those are hokas. So she was what like Paparazzi. Yeah. Paparazzi Daily Mail was asking her about Kylie and Timothy and she said, I just want my daughter to be and she is. And I like that. She called Timothy a great kid and a phenomenal actor before revealing that she has seen his new movie, Marty Supreme. I got to see Marty Supreme. Like it's just like holding me back from living my truest. And the more I learned about it, it's annoying. I keep getting things spoiled like that for Andrews. Oh, thanks for spoiling that. And then Robert Pattinson. And now stop. Okay. That's all I know. I would like to have learned these things on my own. And Kevin O'Leary. Like I didn't know that. Did you? Like I did, but I already forgot it. And can you stop? Yeah, sorry. Sorry. I love Kevin O'Leary. I do wonder like if Kate gets together with Timothy and Kylie and what they do together. I could see them like all going like ATV riding or whatever. Yeah. I feel like, yeah. I mean, I feel like this relationship is any parent's dream. Like they're together three years. She seems so happy. He's so like, proud of her with her. What's bad to say, but I also feel like Caitlin, she's kind of giving Donna Kelsey here where it's like she's not giving a lot because she's scared. And so it's like, oh, do you hate Timothy or are you being protective? So it comes off as like a lufeness, but it's mostly like I'm just trying to honor their privacy because they're the most private couple in the world. That is the Donna Kelsey effect. Like are you, do you hate this person or are you scared? Blink if you hate her and just don't, if you are scared. So I think Donna was scared and I think Caitlin was as scared as Caitlin could be and just like doesn't want to piss off her daughters. And now having watched like three episodes of Traders with Donna Kelsey in it and like understanding like her, she's clearly like a scared person. It's insane that she would sign up for Traders or just like even like any opportunity in the public life because she's not really made for it. And now I feel even more certain than ever, like anytime she was asked in the beginning of like the Taylor days that like she was crapping her pants. Like she was so scared. I don't think she's made for it, but I think for her to have these opportunities at like this stage in her life, it's like, it's inconceivable. It's YOLO. Like my favorite show wants me on like let's go for two days and see how the sauce gets made. She's just having fun. She's also like a single woman, right? Their parents are divorced. Yeah. So she's just living life. She's literally on her e-pray love. Right. So like when she's going on today's show and they're asking her about Taylor, it's like, sure, she's not cut out for the today's show, but like, you know, she's far scum. I think she's in her YOLO era. Yeah. But she's far scum. Like she just found herself at the center of this like in the center of culture. Yeah. And she does not know what to do with it quite yet. She's just having fun. Yeah. Are you ready for our next story? Number four, new twist in the Ashley Tisdale toxic mom group drama. What movie executives are eyeing a film version. Oh God. Okay. Once I actually, I disagree with you. I think it would be our favorite kind of movie. I know we're sick of like this. It's Ashley Tisdale, like executive producing it. No. So other producers are interested in like turning the blog post into a movie. That's kind of what happened with Anna Delvey. Yeah. Yeah. It was originally just like someone wrote up what happened with their crazy friend Anna. People bought it and then turned it into a movie. So I guess in this instance, like they would be buying Ashley's thing and she would be a part of it. But you could also just make a movie about inspired by a toxic mom group. This is our favorite genre. I mean, I feel like it would kind of be a good horror movie. You know what I mean? No, it would be our favorite kind of movie. Like rich mothers like doing things and fighting. I guess there does need to be a murder. Right. Or like a lesbian triangle of some sorts. And that could be like the source of the toxicity. Yeah. As it stands now, it's just like Ashley's feelings, which doesn't sound like an interesting movie. But what did Ashley do? You know, what was it? Maybe it's like one of those one of those books where it's like two different POVs. It's like Ashley's telling her POV about like how all these girls are being mean to her. And then it turns out like Ashley's actually in an institution. You know, also like that episode of 30 Rock where it's like Liz was the bully the whole time. Like she remembers high school wherever I'm going to turn out like she was the asshole. All roads lead back to an episode of 30 Rock. That is the funniest episode where she goes to her reunion and she brings Jack because she's like afraid of all these bullies. And they're like, what are you talking about? You were the meanest bitch ever. Liz is like, what are you talking about? You guys all bullied me. They were like, you bullied us. Like, oh my God, literally. I'm still in therapy. Liz, that is the funniest fucking episode. I feel like that's what this could be. And so they'll obviously play it up for a movie. But like what was the incident that got Ashley like isolated from the group and plus the fact that they're celebrities. So like any toxic mom group, like if someone exits, like nobody cares. Right. Um, but I think there's a lot here for a movie and our favorite kind of film. I know what sounds like kind of like hunting lives ish. That was a toxic mom group. Big little lies. Yeah. I know we're fatigued by this particular story and Ashley Tisdale French herself. Well, I just don't want Ashley involved in the creative like, you know what I mean? Cause that is biased. Yeah. But I do think that they are going to like use her blog post cause that's the only material on the matter. So I got two pieces of information actually about this mom group. Um, and I feel like I feel like you could share the first one you got. Okay. You kind of got it from like an anonymous source. I did, but I verified it's like an extremely legitimate source. I just want to say like what I heard was that all alleged. It's not at Hillary. Who's the mean girl? Right. Like the media and I think people like actually just let people think that of course like the most famous Hillary like she's at the helm of the mean side. And what I heard from actually a pretty legitimate source is that Hillary is like so not the mean girl. She literally doesn't even care. It's you know, the one who cooks allegedly allegedly been softer. And then what I also heard and I won't say cause I don't know if like this a hundred percent, but there is an extremely famous person in this mom group who hasn't been named. People don't realize that she's also a part of this group. That's proprietary information. So that like. Yeah. But yeah. I would watch this movie. I would watch it just to wrap it up. Yeah. If they if they give it like a good get the big little lies treatment. Yeah. I feel that that's our fate. Of course. Are you ready for our fifth and final story? I am. Jennifer Lawrence think she missed out on a role in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood because trolls said that she was not pretty enough to play Sharon Tate. Now I feel like every day this week we've been like, you know, remarking on something Jennifer Lawrence has said and up until this point like I was with her. Hashtag on with her. At this point it's giving like, you know, fishing for compliments. Like obviously you're prettier than Sharon Tate. Like please stop. Well, I don't. Pretty than Sharon Tate. I'm not pretty enough. No, you know, and like the role went to Margot Robbie who's like equally pretty. Like I wouldn't say Margot Robbie is like insanely more pretty than Jennifer Lawrence. Like these are two of the most beautiful. Right. Right. It's just a matter of like scheduling. And I'm like already dealing with my own like self confidence issues. I actually really don't want to talk about this. I feel like it's going to be damaging to myself for it. Um, but go on. You might enjoy bits and bobs. There's a couple things here. Jennifer Lawrence is doing press for her movie. So she's giving a lot of interviews and she's a very quotable woman because you know, big personality. She says what's on her mind. And she was asked about Quinton Tarantino's interest in working with her and if she would ever work with Tarantino. And she said that he did want her to star in once upon a time in Hollywood, but she believes the online reactions to her potential casting are what dissuaded him. She said then everyone was like, she's not pretty enough to play Sharon Tate. And then they didn't cast her. She said, I'm pretty sure it's true or it's that thing where I've been telling the story this way for so long that I believe it. No, I'm, but I'm pretty sure that's what happened or he was just never considering me for the part and the internet just like went out of their way to call me ugly. So I don't remember this and I feel like when there is, you know, negative things to say about Jennifer Lawrence, you know, I don't have anything negative to say, but the internet does like, you know, every now and then say like, you know, she's annoying. She tripped, right? Like remember that. Um, and they say, you know, people started a bunch of rumors about her as it related to Harvey Weinstein. I have never heard anybody say that she's not pretty. Yeah. So like this, I feel like this is maybe like a figment of her imagination. Uh, I agree, but that's how like she really experienced it. It really feels like that's what she thinks happened. I would give a little bit more credit to Quentin Tarantino. Yeah. I don't know the man. I just don't think he cares that much about what like mentally ill stands have to say on Twitter. And if he thinks someone's the right person for the role, you know, I keep, I always see this like fun fact about a glorious bastard that they almost didn't make the movie because they could not find the right actor to play. Christoph Waltz. Yeah. I mean, he's one of a kind. I don't know if he won any awards, but the way he sends a fucking chill down my spine, like the second or a wash or shana. That is like when it comes to like, you know, what they'll watch in acting school, it is Christoph Waltz as the Nazi. Right. So Quentin, who almost shelves a whole project because he couldn't get the casting right isn't going to take casting direction from the internet. But I guess like Jen heard that she was up for it and then saw that and that's how she saw it right out. But I just lost the role. I'm going to give Quentin more credit than that. I am. And then also she said the man decided to like pick up and move to tell of me if he obviously does not care what people think of him. Right. She also said that she was offered the role of Daisy in his movie, the hateful eight, which ultimately went to Jennifer Jason Lee. She said, I turned it down. I should not have done that. That means nothing to me. I don't know what that means. I thought you were saying Daisy and Daisy Jones in the six, which honestly, she would have been great. She would have been great. She would have been really great. No, it was hatefully came out in 2015. So like I wasn't paying attention. I love when people tell us. But I think it was like, you know, all he's done nine movies. Each one is bigger and better than the next. So I think to miss out on the Quentin project is a mistake for this is what we call, you know, missed, uh, what? Miss casting news. What do we call it? Almost almost casting news. One of my favorites when like celebrities who made it and they're fine do tell us like the big things they missed out on. Yeah. And then they realize like, oh, they're all kind of interchangeable. Like they could have been great in that. Yeah. With the exception of like three movies, Titanic. Miss cast. No, no, no. I just mean like if you miss that one, you should feel bad. Oh, but I also feel like if somewhere else played Rose or Jack, the movie still would have been great. That's what I mean by interchangeable. I don't feel personally connected to like Kate Winslet as Rose. Leo is Jack maybe more. Yeah. Yeah. I don't know. I mean, it's Victor Garber. No one else could have played that role. Of course. The worst captain of all time. And I do think the film would have suffered like it would not be. No, I do think he went down with the ship. Right. He did get on the life. But there was a guy who got on a life raft who was like responsible for the sinking. The same. Yeah. Yeah. I mean, there's like a lot of survivors go with the Titanic. Do you think that if you were alive in 1912, correct? Um, like, do you think he would have gotten on the Titanic? No, I feel like you're like, you don't like to be the first. My personality is not, oh, we're going, like that's like people who go to space right now. I don't know if I've said this before, but if I was alive in 1912, like Brian Kelly, 100% would have invited me on the Titanic and I would have went. I don't think you would have went, but you would have been invited. And then you always would have said like, you know, I was invited. Oh my God, my dinner party trick. Like, can you guys hear about that boat? Like, you know, I was invited on the Titanic. Yeah. But I couldn't go. Yeah, because I podcast every day. That's what I think would have happened. I wouldn't have gone, no. That's interesting. I feel like I'm having deja vu that we had this conversation once before. And I asked, like I literally texted Brian and was like, if you were alive in 1912, do you think you would have gone on the Titanic? He would have. But I also feel like the Titanic was very much like a means of getting somewhere, not just like a fun thing to do. So unless you had to get to New York. And he's more in the business of fun things, like traveling for fun. Right. And wasn't it leaving London? Yeah, it was leaving the UK, coming to America. So I made a couple stops along the coast. Oh really? So are there people who like got off the Titanic? No, no, no, no. It was picking people up. Like everyone was going to the US, but from a couple ports. Picking up more victims. Yeah. Cool. Well, those are the fast five stories. The show is not over yet because it is time for Queenie and Weenie of the Week. Every Friday, Jackie and I just like to tie up the week with a little bow with a segment we call Queenie and Weenie of the Week. It's extremely self-explanatory. We give out two awards. Queenie of the Week and Weenie of the Week. Again, you're a Queenie. You might be Queenie. You are a Weenie. You might be Weenie. Let's start. What do we want to start with? Queenie. I have two Queenies, if I may. Please. My first Queenie is someone who really influenced my week for the better. Mood Booster, if you will. And that's Pippal. I was listening to old Pippal music and he's just such a king. The music is so good. His lyrics are so funny. He's just cracking me up. Like that sort of energy, positivity. I love it. And then I saw a story today that I didn't pick as a story because I was going to share it during my Queenie, which is that he's going on tour, a North American tour with Lil Jon. And I actually think I'm going to go. I have to tell you. I think he's now an artist I will travel for. We have had this conversation before and it was like a little bit jokey. Like we're going to see Pippal in concert. People flooded to the comments being like, I have to tell you, I saw Pippal in concert, like I got free tickets for work or whatever. And it was the best concert they'd ever been to. He should have a Vegas residency. He should do the Super Bowl. I was listening to his disography. He's worked with everyone. He will bring out somebody else. I have said this for years. Nobody listens to me. Wait, we have like a hall of fame of people who haven't done the Super Bowl yet. Obviously like Taylor Swift, Kelly Clarkson, Pink, Pippal. Every time I say Pippal, nobody's listening. I never heard you say that. Nobody's listening. So he is one of my Queenies of the week for making my commute so party and reminding me like why. Why I got up in the morning. Why he is who he is. Love that. My other Queenie of the week is Sydney Sweeney for meeting with the two hostages, Noah and Avina Tan. And she just like does not give a fuck. And it's very refreshing in this cold, cold world. Yeah. Who's your Queenie? Who was my Queenie? I wrote it down, but I wanna see if I can remember a little Brain Camp. Brain Camp. The word I was looking for yesterday, I think it was on the Patreon when I was looking for a word and we were talking about traders, was wild card. Oh, I remember. Brain Camp. Okay, my Queenie of the week is not a person. It's not a place. It's more of a thing. It is this 2016 trend. All week people have been sharing like throwback pictures. When I tell you this trend, and I think trends are stupid. Like I'm not everyone to be like I love this trend. It's bringing me so much joy. One, it's like, you know, we're getting our shine as millennials, I guess. And it just reminded me of like simpler times. And it like obviously people in my, you know, close peripheral friends and family like sharing and then I see like old pictures of myself. But I've really been enjoying other people. So I feel like we get to a boiling point with trend that like everybody does it, every like brand. And I'm like so over it. No, the brands are doing it. I'm loving it. It's a trip down such a fun time in my life that I didn't, like I've been getting a lot of joy from it. I agree. I'm really enjoying other people's family and friends. I see myself and also like, you know, remembering the good old days. But other influencers who, one, either I did follow, I'm like, oh my God, yeah, you should do that. Shout out to Amanda Stanton. Did you see hers? Oh no. But I saw, I was thinking of Jade, Roper, Tobair. And it was such, it's such a time capsule. Yes. Literally Amanda Stanton's was like pictures of her and Lauren Lane, Ashley I from The Bachelor. Her cover of Us Weekly. Why I trust Josh. Okay, like it was, I loved it. So usually like, everybody starts doing a trend. I like start to hate it. I cannot stop scrolling through people. Oh, should I do it? I looked through my 2016 photos just to be like, oh, what was I doing? But I was like, oh, I won't post, but maybe I should post. You should. And you could look through like your Snapchat memories. Like that's a really good way to find stuff. Yeah. Also, then there are people who I follow now who I didn't follow back then who I'm like, oh, that's what you were up to. Yeah. Interesting. So I agree. That's been a fun one. Now, my Weenie of the Week goes to Kiefer Sutherland obviously for assaulting his Uber driver as we reported yesterday, but obviously because that's bad, right? But more so, like he made me look bad because I'm always telling celebrities to take Ubers. And he did. And you don't like that. And you don't take that lightly. I don't. Yeah, I felt it was a personal assault, not only on the driver, but on me as well. What about you? My Weenie. Do you not have one? I don't really have one because I was like, I was going to go for two Queenies. Okay. Also honorable mention to the person who designed Harry Styles album. That's also like a Weenie. Oh yeah. Though I don't think it was like a person. I think it was like a chatbot. Hi, Harry. Oh wow. Jackie's really convinced this is a Peepie Poo Poo. I'm not convinced, but I think that, because I actually, I don't think he's at him, a place in his career where he's going to put out Peepie Poo Poo. But I do think everything that he's given us is Peepie Poo Poo. And we can't ignore that. Yeah. We're just ignoring it because why? Because we like him? That's why, and he thought. And that's bias. Yeah. And we have to confront our biases. Okay. Confront your biases girl. Confront them. I love that. I love that. So that's all. Yeah, so sad. I hate to just, you know, as they say, bidding a such sweet sorrow. It is. Yeah. So, I'm actually about to podcast right again, right after this, we're doing a Patreon episode. So head over to patreon.com. So I'll show you a toast if you want more toast, especially on Monday, we're not doing a show. So if you're like, oh, sad, no show, like there's literally 300 plus episodes on the Patreon. Yeah. And today we'll be recording like a parenthood themed one because I'm just getting inundated with parenthood questions. I also feel like I need to say this. I feel like when we talk about Patreon, if you've never heard of Patreon, you're like, what the hell is that? It's just like a website. You go to patreon.com slash the toast and you make a login and literally it's like a blog with hundreds of podcast episodes. Yeah, so it's $7.99 per month. And with that, you get five extra episodes every month from us, but you also get access to every month's five episodes for the last six years. Yeah, you get everything that came before it. There must be like 500 episodes on there now. There's vlogs, like famous ones, of course, the great Chili Cook Off, Jackie dressing me for St. Bart's, cleaning out closets. That's so good. Jackie Stroller reviews, we have like Parenthood stuff, Olivia comes on, Ben comes on, we do cooking, like, and you can go back and watch all of it. 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