Claire Kittle, Bronwyn Newport & Kendall Toole?
60 min
•Feb 10, 20262 months agoSummary
This episode of Who? Weekly covers celebrity gossip and pop culture moments from the Super Bowl weekend and beyond, including Sports Illustrated's WAG digital covers, Kendall Toole's viral Peloton moment, and various celebrity relationship updates including Molly-Mae and Tommy Fury's pregnancy announcement.
Insights
- Sports Illustrated's WAG concept represents a strategic pivot to leverage NFL-adjacent celebrity culture as a collectible digital product, blurring lines between influencer marketing and traditional magazine covers
- Fitness influencers like Kendall Toole are successfully transitioning from platform-dependent employment to independent app-based businesses, leveraging viral moments to drive user acquisition
- Celebrity relationship volatility (Stokerini breaking up/getting back together 4x in 12 months) is now a content generation strategy that drives engagement across multiple platforms simultaneously
- Former athletes and influencers are increasingly redefining their public personas through strategic media appearances and personal brand launches to escape previous identity constraints
- Digital-only magazine covers and collectibles represent a shift in how traditional media monetizes celebrity content in the social media era
Trends
WAG (Wives and Girlfriends) culture commodification through digital collectibles and magazine coversFitness app proliferation as instructors exit traditional platforms (Peloton exodus to independent apps)Celebrity relationship status changes as coordinated content drops with strategic social media timingNepo-adjacent influencer crossovers (athletes dating models, former athletes becoming content creators)Digital-only magazine formats replacing print for celebrity content monetizationViral moment capitalization through personal branding (Kendall Toole's getumban.com redirect)International celebrity recruitment for UAE/Saudi Arabia sporting events and performancesFormer college athletes transitioning to full-time influencing (Cavender Twins model)Reality TV casting through magazine features (WAG covers as implicit show promotion)Prestige director partnerships not translating to prestige film roles for celebrity spouses
Topics
Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue WAG digital coversPeloton instructor viral moments and fitness app competitionCelebrity relationship breakups and reconciliationsInfluencer monetization strategies and personal brand launchesDigital magazine collectibles and format innovationReality TV casting and promotion strategiesCelebrity dating and relationship status announcementsFitness influencer career transitionsInternational celebrity performance bookingsNepo baby and celebrity offspring dating patternsSuper Bowl celebrity appearances and sponsorshipsTikTok and social media virality mechanicsCelebrity charity and activism positioningModel and influencer crossover careersReality TV franchise expansion (Real Housewives, Love Island alumni)
Companies
Sports Illustrated
Launched digital WAG covers featuring NFL players' wives and girlfriends as collectible digital issues
Peloton
Former employer of viral fitness instructor Kendall Toole; subject of instructor exodus to independent apps
Never Knocked Out Club
Fitness app launched by Kendall Toole post-Peloton featuring cycling, boxing, pilates, and strength training
Playgirl
Digital magazine publishing celebrity interviews and photo spreads including Sam Asghari and Brandon Goode
Amazon Prime Video
Produced reality show featuring Molly-Mae Hague during her breakup with Tommy Fury
Hulu
Streaming platform for 'Love Thy Nader' reality show featuring Brooks Nader
Radiotopia
Podcast network producing Normal Gossip, mentioned as returning for season nine
People
Kendall Toole
Former Peloton instructor whose viral video of banning a user with offensive username went viral; launched Never Knoc...
Molly-Mae Hague
Love Island UK alum and influencer; pregnant with second child after reconciling with Tommy Fury post-infidelity
Tommy Fury
Boxer and Love Island UK alum; reconciled with Molly-Mae Hague after cheating; expecting second child
Normani
Singer and dancer featured on Sports Illustrated WAG cover despite being engaged to DK Metcalf, not married
Claire Kittle
Wife of NFL player George Kittle; featured on Sports Illustrated WAG cover with quote about changing WAG narrative
Brittany Mahomes
Wife of NFL player Patrick Mahomes; featured on Sports Illustrated WAG digital cover
Kelsey Ballerini
Country music artist in on-again, off-again relationship with Chase Stokes; posted with ex Madeline Klein post-breakup
Chase Stokes
Actor from Outer Banks; in volatile relationship with Kelsey Ballerini (4 status changes in 12 months)
Jacob Elordi
Actor in Wuthering Heights; reportedly spotted with model Maddie Fogg while dating Olivia Jade
Olivia Jade
Content creator and filmmaker; dating Jacob Elordi but absent from his movie promotion appearances
Bronwyn Newport
Newest Real Housewives of Salt Lake City cast member; dating model Brandon Goode after divorce from tech executive
Brandon Goode
Model dating Real Housewives of Salt Lake City's Bronwyn Newport; previously posed for Playgirl with Luann DeLesseps
Craig David
Singer of 'Seven Days'; viral video of flying fish jumping on boat deck and being eaten by larger fish
Pink Pantheris
Singer who barked at Grammy Awards red carpet and appeared on UK Weakest Link celebrity episode
Brooks Nader
Model who turned 29; threw birthday party attended by Selena Gomez and other celebrities
Patricia McPherson
Knight Rider actress (1980s); retired from acting at 36; now climate activist; photographed fixing roof at 71
SZA
Singer; denied dating rumors with Shaboozy through TMZ statement clarifying platonic relationship
Rita Ora
Singer and actress; performed at UAE Open Masters Games; starring in crime thriller 'He Bled Neon' premiering at SXSW
Joe Cole
Peaky Blinders actor; starring in crime thriller 'He Bled Neon' with Rita Ora directed by Drew Kirsch
Taika Waititi
Director married to Rita Ora; recent projects include AI Jurassic Park Super Bowl ad and Star Wars film in development
Quotes
"Wag is just a shortened word to describe a group of people, right? I mean, all of us do a good job representing ourselves, representing our husbands, and representing the NFL in general."
Claire Kittle•Sports Illustrated WAG cover interview
"Get them banned. Get them banned. We don't do that here. Oh, now I'm pissed."
Kendall Toole•Viral Peloton class moment
"I'm not that go. I know. I know it's confusing. I know I live in Florida. I'm white. I have fake blonde hair, just got it done. And I have extension. So extra fake. Um, I've got my tits done. A lot of things that would make you think that maybe I fall into the MAGA group. I do not."
Kendall Toole•TikTok reintroduction video post-virality
"I'm literally having dinner and this this fish comes flying out okay I'm just gonna grab you here we go we're putting you back in come on stay with me stay with me"
Craig David•Viral flying fish video
"Everything about the super Bowl that's not the Super Bowl on the TV is hooey. Everything, everyone who's there, every party that is thrown, every sponsor that is sponsored, every ad that is played, it's all hooey, except for the actual ball, the game ball."
Bobby Finger•Episode opening
Full Transcript
welcome to who weekly the podcast where you'll learn everything you need to know about the celebrities you don't i'm bobby finger i'm lindsey weber and the super bowl was last night which is very themy but the wag sports illustrated digital covers are not i mean everything about the super Bowl that's not the Super Bowl on the TV is hooey. Everything, everyone who's there, every party that is thrown, every sponsor that is sponsored, every ad that is played, it's all hooey, except for the actual ball, the game ball. Except for the game, except for the performance. Even half the men, I'm like, who the hell are any of you, you know? It's true. But you're right. The wag angle is a classic. Have they done this many women before? And have they ever had a concept this clear? This is such a distinct, interesting concept for the Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue. Interesting. I'm into it. It's like, oh, they did something fun here. It's almost like they're launching a show that doesn't exist by putting all these wags here. What's funny about the wag covers of the swimsuit issue, like a bygone era, which is funny. You're like, woo, distinctive. It's so back. It's like we only see it like once a year and we only see the cover or like we only see the information of who it is. It's very Sexiest Man, you know, where you're like, you only think about it one day or whatever. But it's also like more about the title than it is about like the content. I guess what's making me laugh is that most of these wags are models. Like they already were models. Like there are a few that are like, I'm a woman, but like a random woman that like dated this guy in high school. But most of them are like, it's like Normani's here, you know? Normani is here. Like, what are you doing here? this is not good for norman i just to be defined as wag and then in her interview she's like don't define me as wag i'm like babe you're on the wag you already defined yourself as pop star and now you're telling me you're a wag she is not only defining herself as a wag but it's like the new era of nfl wag like there's something like it's like declarative about this in a way that truly made me think that it was it was promoting a reality show but it's not it's just six women who are WAGs. They each get their own cover, collectibles, very collectible. But they're all digital. Of the swimsuit. So you collect the images. Who's collecting the, like, oh, so how are you collecting them? Well, you just download the screenshots. You put them in a folder, and then you say, I collected them. But you're not, it's not, they're all digital. They're all digital. Everything is digital. They're only digital. Brittany Mahomes, Patrick Mahomes' wife. Okay, I know who that is. And then there's Normani, who we know, who is dating DK Metcalf. Well, they're engaged. They're not married yet. Christian Goff, who's married to Jared Goff. Model. Ronika Love, who is married to Jordan Love. She's also kind of a Nepo. She's like not a Nepo baby, but her dad. We've talked about her before. Her dad is also a football player named Ron. Okay. Haley Cavender, who is, I think, just dating. Cavender twins. Yeah, she's one of the Cavender twins who we've talked about in the past. She's dating. Remember they got matching boob jobs? I was like, what did we say about the Cavender Twins and why did we talk about them? And they were like sports adjacent influencers because they had played high school sports, right? And their shtick was we're hot, we're sporty. And they were getting matching boob jobs. Look at you remembering. Well, I had to look it up. Trust me. You want to hear the clip? You want to hear the clip? Right. If you're identical twins. But more for kind of, yeah, but for influencing reasons. So actually, yeah, similarly to this was that if you want to be twins kind of selling the same garbage, you're going to need matching boob jobs. And it turns out they're already twin basketball players who are at Fresno State from 2019, 2022, who are influencers now and they are getting matching boob jobs. They are more famous on TikTok and influencing than they were like playing basketball. They're in the kind of Livvy, as Timmy says, they're in the Livvy Dunn camp, meaning the genre of former college or maybe professional athlete female who has gone on to like a full ass influencing career based on kind of just a fandom that has picked up after that. Even Cavender twins post update on their recovery from boob job surgery after going under the knife together. she's dating someone named jake ferguson and they're engaged but they're not married and then there's the last one is claire kittel who was a the wife of i'm really impressed with the cavender twin because this felt like this felt like when we talked about them this is what they wanted was to be like was to be waggy there are certain people we talk about where you think well this is the last time i'm ever going to mention this person's name and i definitely thought this is the last time i'm ever going to mention the cavender twins but here we are talking about the Cavendish Twins again. One of the two. But it's great because they're on Instagram promoting energy drinks, but then also she's dating a hot football player who's playing in the Super Bowl. I'm like, oh, okay. So you went, you know. That seemed like that was where we were heading, and we headed there, and we got there. Okay, the last one was Claire Kittle. Claire Kittle. Who is the wife of a football player named George Kittle, and she had the best quote in all six of the little mini profiles. Wag is just a shortened word to describe a group of people, right? I mean, all of us do a good job representing ourselves, representing our husbands, and representing the NFL in general. I think that's really how you change the narrative around something. Leading by example. Words can mean whatever, but you have to take action. Gobbledygook. I don't understand what the fuck she's talking about, but she's like, after all, wag is just a shortened word to describe a group of people, right? Like, I just woke up, but like, what does that mean? I don't know. It doesn't mean anything. It's a good quote. Like, does that mean? I mean, at the end of the day, wag is just a shortened word to describe a group of people. Yeah, so is like, I don't know. Podcaster. Any word used to describe, right, like mechanics. Like it's just a word that describes a group of people. Well, mechanics isn't a shortened word. Yeah, it's like the ACLU is also a word that describes people that are doing something. At the end of the day. At the end of the day, wives and girlfriends are wives and girlfriends. And I think we do a good job representing ourselves. What? As what? As what? By what? Representing our husbands. And the NFL. represent the NFL in general. But she also says that's how you change the narrative around something leading by example, which doesn't make any sense. And I don't know what narrative she's saying she's changing. But what's the narrative to and what's the narrative from? Yeah, what's to and from? You got to say from to. I'm going to need to re-edit. I'm going to need to edit this. Her first quote is actually funny. She's like, well, my husband was on the cover of Sports Illustrated when he was in college. So it's really cool that I have one now, too. She's hilarious. The former University of Iowa basketball player and current content creator. Okay, I lied about them all being models. Some of them are former athletes, and that is on me. It is. And one is Normani. God, I mean, what did you expect from Normani? What do you mean? So much more. That's the entirety of the Normani narrative. What are you even saying? I've stopped expecting music. I expect something as random as this. I expect club random from Normani. Fortunately, she looks iconic. She always looks iconic. That has nothing to do with what the issue is here. And they all look iconic. There are beautiful women on the cover of the Sports Illustrated various digital issues of the swimsuit issues. There is a very good like which one of these things is not like the other in a post Super Bowl performance photo that I saw of the guest stars in the casita during Bad Bunny's Super Bowl performance. It's like Jessica Alba was there. Pedro Pascal was there. Carol G was there. Cardi B was there, which people expected Cardi B to be there, but she didn't actually sing. She was just in the casita. and so was Alex Earl. Probably, probably because she's dating Tom Brady. I mean, Alex Earl risks run-in with Tom Brady as they attend same pre-Cyber Bowl bash weeks before their floor. So it's like, oh, they were at the same event. But they didn't, we don't have, it's like you're getting the weirdest reporting. You're getting like they both attended the same event. That was like the big event that also everyone else attended who was there. Who was famous. And it's like. Which was this fan fanatics party. And they haven't confirmed that they're dating, but it seems like everyone just agrees that they are dating. Everyone's like, yes, they're dating. Alex Earl and Tom Brady. Sierra, Olivia Culpo, and Marissa Ayers stun at NFL honors as wags join football star Bose at Glitzy Ceremony. It's crazy to me that Culpo and Sierra are like, what's up, girl? We're both wags, representing for our husbands and the NFL in general. Weird. Weird. I'm sort of like looking through all of the other Super Bowl stuff and I'm like, it's all, I don't really care. Even this puppy bowl guy, I don't care. You know what I care about? Pink Panthers was on the weakest link in the UK last weekend. And I thought that was very funny. It was hard to find clips of like what the context was of her being on it. Like I just saw these clips of her at the podium doing something funny. And I'm like, wait, but like, was it like a celebrity? Did she just show up? Like, was she like, did she audition? Like, how did she get there? I'm Pink Panthers, a singer from Kent. This is The Weakest Link. where she where her winnings went to charity that's me that's me assuming based on what she says at the end everyone else there was a celebrity a uk celebrity okay but thank you that's what i was looking for so yes because like also her podium read pink pantheris it wasn't like rebecca i don't know what her name is what is her name what is pink pantheris's name it's like victor victoria victoria correct yeah it's victoria beverly walker so instead of i feel like if she was just being like on a random episode it would be like victoria and be kind of funny but then but the fact that she's identifying as her musician persona along with the other celebrities yes leads us to believe despite not having watched the entire episode that she was just on a celebrity episode of weakest link but this is not that made her that was only the second most viral thing she did this yeah the first most viral thing she did was go at the grammys which is she she barked at the grammys she barked at the grammys and then like everyone kept barking, including the entirety of Cat's Eye, which produced one of the most cringeworthy clips of Jimmy Fallon I've seen in some time. I didn't watch. I was too scared to watch it. I'm going to watch it here. That. That. That. That. Okay. He's like, what is that? What is that? Sorry. That. All right. Inside joke. Inside joke. Inside joke. Inside joke. Inside joke. That. Okay. That. That. We all get it now. Yeah. Okay. Yeah. That. oh, he's not even trying to be polite here. He's like, okay, please stop doing this. Right. No, truly. Or he's just kind of like, okay, girls, yeah, I don't get it. And you're like, wow, okay, grandpa. I do appreciate that something as simple as Pink Panther is going, blah, on the red carpet can go fully viral in 2026. I like that. It feels like old, vintage. It was great because it was like the what she was responding to was so funny. It's like, oh, you look so stunning. I want to hear it again. I appreciate you. You look like a million bucks. Now talk to me. This is your first Grammy. Yes. Vibes, energy, what goes through the mind? I'm on the screen. Why is that so funny? She's got a naturally good personality. She really does. Truly. She really does. I appreciate you. You look like a million bucks. I was annoyed by this because I kept seeing like, every time this was aggregated in people us weekly various other like reposts of this instagram story i was like i don't want to watch this like what is this twist going to be and it really wasn't what i expected at all craig david is on vacation is on holiday and he took a video of a flying fish jumping onto the deck or of his boat it's on a boat right and he's like oh wow look at this beautiful fish. And I've never seen a flying fish in person, obviously. Me neither. Crazy. It kind of looks like AI. It's this sort of magical looking thing. I would also be this gagged by a fish flying up onto my deck and looking like this. I would also have the same kind of reaction. Absolutely. And he posted it on a video with the caption, never expected the ending though. What a divine message to receive, prayer hands. We can't control life's plan and the video is him seeing this flying fish jump onto the deck of the boat and he's like wow so strange and he picks it up and he's like beautiful and then he tosses it back in the water but then the fish gets eaten by a larger fish instantly oh my god you spoiled it sorry i'm gonna watch it again and if you don't know who craig david is he's the singer who sang seven days most famously and we've talked about him a few times because he shows up he showed up on love island a few years ago we were like correct david but then he like kind of kept showing up at other places too but yeah this is crazy i'm literally having dinner and this this fish comes flying out okay i'm just gonna grab you here we go we're putting you back in come on stay with me stay with me so this fish just literally just jumped out of the sea and you're going back in here my friend oh my gosh that's what the that's the full moon for you i'll be still alive that's that's the full moon come on come on come on you still got it inside of you still got it oh my god oh dear another fish just ate the fish that he threw back in the water yeah and this went super viral believe it or not that went super viral like soup like like super that fish so many headlines it's the full seven days and one quick instagram short of a fish's life oh my god that's not what happens at the end of seven days wait uh thursday friday we chilled on sunday chilled on sunday we died we got eaten on sunday we got eaten on sunday well that could also mean something else and he that song was kind of about that too i like kind of was I like the murderer row of comments on this video I mean a lot of these are based on people we follow but still the top comments were Anastasia Music saying, oh, dear. Rita Ora saying, you can't make it up. And Gemma Collins saying, love you, Craig. Where it's like, did you finish the video? Did you watch it? I just also left. Somebody commented, Craig David Attenborough. I liked that. Oh, dear. I'd never heard of this woman before, but I did love the headline, exclusive Patricia McPherson romance David Hasselhoff on Knight Rider, then retired at 36, comma, see her now fixing her roof at 71. The Daily Mail loves like when an older woman is no longer acting and just like doing normal woman things, like fixing a roof, going grocery shopping, filling up her gas tank. They like being the ones to identify a famous person that no one else is identifying. Like, that's what I think it is. It's like we spotted, even if it's somebody like truly who's not hasn't acted in like 400 years or done anything notable in a million and like so long. They're like, remember her. Like they love just a reason to to remind you that somebody was once famous. That's how craven they are. Because, again, I hadn't heard of this woman before because I didn't watch Knight Rider. I'm not that old. She she fully retired from acting in the early 90s and then became like a like a climate change activist or something like she's just not in Hollywood. 71 she hasn't acted since she was 36 it's been 40 and she's replacing seemingly replacing the tiles on her roof and the daily mail yeah shot her on the roof in like a flannel and gloves fixing the tiles on a roof i think that's cool for all the different times they catch an older actress like wobble into our car or whatever this woman is like she looks so fucking slay she's like in a sick flannel like fixing her roof like they pose she's even kind of posing it's like she knows the The camera is there. Working alongside world-famous environmental group, the Sierra Club, Patricia doesn't shy away from holding people to account. Okay. I mean, this rocks. I'm also just kind of like, who is the photographer? Who's like the boomer photographer, like paparazzi who's left, who knows who this is? That's Patty. You know what I mean? Like, I'm just impressed. I'm like, do they have a consultant? Like, did they get a tip off? Or do they check on her once a year? Do they have a list of all the, like, former actresses and they, like, go see them, like, once a year to see if they're still alive? Like, I'm just, I really am like, that's a, it's Craven, but like, what's going on here? How this happened? Because there are many, many photos of her in this piece. Too many, I would argue. No offense, but like, it's like, why? Is it just that she was extra visible because she was on the roof? Did a photographer just walk by this house and saw a woman on the roof and said, hey, that's Patty. You're right. It is very strange. How? Why? How? So she was the woman and not the car. Did he fuck the car in Knight Rider? No, the car just talked. I don't think he fucked the car. He didn't fuck the car. No. You sure? Did you see later seasons? You said you never watched it. You literally don't know. I don't know, but because it was a network television show in the 80s and 90s, I don't think that he fucked the car. Okay, this woman only appeared in season one. Viewers were left frustrated as the on-screen chemistry with David led many to believe her character would have a romance. Former model Rebecca Holden took McPherson's place as the new technician, April Curtis. But David was reportedly left livid with producers over the change. I guess he had better chemistry with the car. He said they let Patty go and I didn't have enough guts to fight for her because I was still fighting for myself in the second year. I really wanted her back. Wow, I guess the car really wasn't coming. Like, I assumed the car would come between them, but okay. Maybe the car was coming between them. Wow, she's like, well. Maybe that was the whole issue. How's that? A little higher. Oh, no, lower. Stop. That's it. I got to get out of here. I wish we'd had more time to prepare. I wasn't patient when I was a cop. I'm still not paid. Michael, there is a fine line between audacious and foolhardy. Brooks Nader had a 20th birthday party. I can't believe how young she is. Brooks Nader turned 29. I'm always gagged by how young she is. She's only 29. Why? Because you think she looks old. She looks old. Because she's been around forever. Would you like to see the celebrities in attendance, according to just Jared? That's kind of like if you said Brooks Nader had a birthday party, I'd be like, well, who was there? Because that's like the number one thing. Only honestly, mostly with her. I'd be like, well, who'd she call? It is such a funny collection of people. Do you know? Did you see this? She got sisters. She got sisters. Her sisters. Her sisters, yes, of course. Edgar Ramirez. What? Brian Phillippe. Well, that tracks. Ashley Benson and Brandon Davis. What else? Of course, they're going to go to a 29th birthday party. Definitely tracks. Winnie Harlow. Okay, model. Model connection. I get it. Uh-huh. Marisa. Jodie Turner-Smith. Marisa Oumanski. Doesn't count. He'll go to anything with a young woman. Jodie Turner-Smith, of course. Kaylee Cowan. That's What's-His-Face's girlfriend. Ben Affleck's brother. Casey Affleck. Casey Affleck. Noor Alfala. Remember her? Al Pacino's pseudo ex. Al Pacino's ex-girlfriend, Noor. She had a baby with Al a while ago, but that was like a couple of years ago. She has a baby with him. She also was maybe dating Bill Maher. Remember? Yes. Talk about Club Random. So yeah, that was the guest list at Brooke Snader's 29th birthday party. Wait, you forgot the number one person who's not a who? Oh, Selena Gomez? Selena Gomez. Well, I wanted to name the random people. Getting Selena Gomez at your party is like the big win for like a Brooks Nader. I guess I didn't know that they were friends. Did we know this? That's what's... No, not at all. But when have you ever gotten who Selena Gomez was friends with? Like understood? Were able to comprehend? That's true. Maybe she was just a fan of Love Thy Nader on Hulu and like worked her way into her circle. I'm sure that's an easy circle to work her way into. I was going to say like Selena Gomez calls. You're like, what? What do you want? I mean, anything, anything you want. But I noticed she didn't go with her husband. She was like, this is girls night. I'm not making you go to Brooke Snader's birthday party. No, Benny said, that's fine. I'm not a fan of that show. Wow, what will Brooke Snader do for her 30th? We'll have to wait and see one full year. Oh, it's going to be huge. I almost want to set a calendar alert to really keep an eye out for it. I want to be famous. I'm really excited to tell you about one of our sponsors, Koyuchi. 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This season, we're bringing back some old friends, a Radiotopia buddy, and for the first time ever, a Nobel laureate. that's right we have malala on season nine normal gossip is out on all your favorite podcast platforms okay next up i almost didn't want to talk about this because it's more of a meme than a person but then the more i read about her i was like okay you are a who it's more of a meme than a person is the saddest thing to say about someone ever well that's so rude i just never in early pandemic i never had the peloton phase i experienced the peloton phase through people i knew who had one or through the memes that would happen well i'm saying remember we had famous people that were like peloton personalities during covid that was like very or during the pandemic era that was like very potent because everybody was kind of at home using peloton peloton was at its most popular it's kind of faded away from being as much of a kind of center of fitness attention then you know which is why when i saw this for the first time out of context when someone was using it as a meme in its rightful way, I was like, wow, this is vintage. I haven't thought about this since the early days of the pandemic when we were seeing Peloton videos all the time. Who were the... Cody. Cody Rigsby was one of the big ones. Yeah. Cody Rigsby. There was other ones too. I wasn't a Peloton head, so I don't know. But I remember being like, these are celebrities. So now what's happening? A meme, a video of a Peloton instructor who no longer works at Peloton is going viral. A clip of hers from two years ago. She no longer works at Peloton, but she used to be a Peloton instructor. Her name is Kendall Tool, and this is the video. Let me play it. I'm sure you may have. If you've been on the internet this weekend, you probably saw this. Get them banned. Get them banned. We don't do that here. Oh, now I'm pissed. Find out who that is. Get them banned. We don't do that. I ain't the one, baby. I take no disrespect. Okay, I was like, well, what did this person do that she's like, get him banned. Oh, now I'm pissed. The thing that she was pissed about was the username of the Peloton writer that she kicked out of the class was Pedalphile. And she said, get him banned. Get him banned. We don't do that here. Oh, now I'm pissed. Oh, Ali Love. Ali Love and Jess King. Ali Love was the other big one, yeah. Robin Arzon. Remember these names? Yes. These names mean anything, too? These were all Peloton people. They're like triggering to me in a way, actually. they take me back to a time I would prefer to forget. So now Kendall Tool is going viral, but all the Peloton heads are like posting all these other videos of her with her funny things because it's like, you forget these Peloton people are literal performers. Like they're, they're doing like standup sets. Well, you know, a different version of a type of standup set while also Pelotoning. Like they're spinning on a bike while also entertaining. They're like nebulous Ted talks where they're giving like inspirational advice. Yeah. But they're also like singing along. They're also like they have their own internal memes in their classes. And they were very good at it. Like I get why you had your instructors that you liked. And like I kind of, if I'm on the Peloton and I don't want to be there, you kind of want someone being a huge bitch to you. You know, you kind of want someone yelling at you and being like, I don't like quitters. I don't like quitters. What are you going to do out there if you can't even do it in here? I get it. I was trying to figure out actual stuff about her because I felt bad being like, she's a meme and that's it. She started her own fitness brand out of Peloton. They both seem to work. I mean, it is her fitness brand. She started her own thing called Never Knocked Out Club, and it's a fitness app. It seems very Peloton adjacent, but it's not just bike riding. It's like you follow her to get workout plans, and you do the workouts with her. It's not just biking. And it's like the thing that all these Peloton people are probably doing is they're starting their own brands. They don't want to be under the thumb. Peloton made them famous, but they're like, oh, I'm going to like, I need to make more money or I need to get away from like the toxic environment or whatever. Just a guess. Like this woman, I have to say, she can say it. No! She can say it. All right. Well, tell her. I'm going to be yelled at and called a slur by this woman when I'm doing the Peloton. Would that get you fit? Would you be like, all right, mama. Yeah, absolutely. Let me put the weight. Let me hold the weight in my hands. Let me lift the weights. Or whatever she's doing. Kendall Tull. She's very funny. But so after this whole went viral, and it's not like she faded into obscurity after she left Peloton. She remains famous and has had a lot of followers on TikTok and Instagram, but I think she's getting an influx of people because of this virality. So she released a TikTok video just yesterday, I think, with the caption, reintroducing myself after going viral on X. And she says, among other things, this. The video went super viral. And now there's like other clips from when I used to work at Peloton going viral, which is all really cool. I'm actually very relieved because anytime something goes viral, you just don't know what you're going to get. So let me explain a couple of things about me because there's been questions on Twitter. So let me just clarify a lot for you guys. Number one, I'm not that go. I know. I know it's confusing. I know I live in Florida. I'm white. I have fake blonde hair, just got it done. And I have extension. So extra fake. Um, I've got my tits done. A lot of things that would make you think that maybe I fall into the MAGA group. I do not. Okay. Never have never will. I hate to break it to you. Um, I also am Catholic and I wear a cross around my neck often because I follow Jesus Christ. I think sometimes organized religion has a lot of problems to it. Wait, wait, stop it, please. She's like, I wouldn't file. Here's what you need to know about me. I'm Catholic and I love the Pope. It's so crazy. I love this woman. This is such a crazy thing to say about this. I also, but I think that it's really smart. Like it's like the anti-Sydney Sweeney where it's like I have huge tits and I'm blonde and I'm white and I live in the South. I'm not MAGA. I'm not. I'm going to start with this. I'm going to clear the air immediately. But then she's like, well, I am Catholic and I do like the Pope. I love it. I love that this is the thing. What else? Is that it? That's the whole thing. Let's keep going. The socialism has a very rough past. I do like the new pope. I think we're going in the right direction. However, I follow Jesus. Here's my Bible. Okay. I read it and it's helped me a lot. And I think if we can see the world through that lens, it's very helpful. I also think that we need to respect all religions and all people from all different faiths and backgrounds. Nobody should face hatred for anything that they practice or for what their cultural heritage is or races. Period, period, period, period, period. standing on business on that. Okay. Don't work for Peloton anymore. So if you want those pep talks, you are not going to find them there. You, there's some of my old classes are still on there. Um, but those are very old like two plus years old I left in June of 2024 was my last class I had a one year non where I couldn do anything start anything in fitness or wellness And I just launched my own app NKO Club which is a fitness and mental wellness app I do cycling, boxing, Pilates, strength training. I think that's fascinating. And I didn't know this until watching the video. She had a one-year non-compete where she couldn't start her own thing. She couldn't be a bitch on a bike for a year. A bitch on a bike. Yeah, what are you supposed to do when you can't be a bitch on a bike? isn't that crazy for a whole year so for a year she was I guess she was planning her app and getting it ready so she could launch it right after leaving I also love the idea these are all things I actually never knew I needed to know but I needed to know me either let's keep going so if you want more of that motivation style stuff if you like the energy that I have I'm a tough cookie I'm going to kick your ass but I'm also going to motivate you in the right direction because I believe in people knowing their power I truly think this if people know their power if they know that they're valuable and if they believe in their own value they will treat other people in the world better and right now this is crazy how long this is she's kind of she's kind of slang sorry but i could write a profile of you that could do this in a better way like you don't need to do this she's kind of slang here okay you love it i kind of love it and i'm like i'm very i'm like oh wait there's one other thing that is also iconic but i'm i'm nervous when like a slay white lady is seemingly slay because i'm like i'm just gonna wait for the other shoe to drop but maybe the other shoe won't drop with her however you're waiting for her not to slay but she continues to slay yeah yeah she's slaying now she's slaying this like over the past like three days but she has now already embraced this meme by changing the url for nko club she bought a vanity meme that forwards to nko club and it's getumban.com so if you go to getumban.com you will be redirected to nko club which is her app i love it she's taking advantage of her meme she's leaning in what else you know she's got to sell the biz she's got to remind you she's not at peloton anymore like this is all great i approve i want to hear it one more time and then we can move on to the next segment here we go get them banned get them banned we don't do that here oh now i'm pissed find out who that is get them banned we don't do that i ain't the one baby i take no disrespect i want i want her to yell at me so badly when a nasty pun comes for your ass and you're not prepared you do take no disrespect you got to get them banned we don't do that here so as you know ever since us weekly went into a new editorial direction my favorite reliably weekly feature 25 things you don't know about me has been put on the back burner and just released once a month if that once every six weeks it actually really bums me out i've said this before i hate that it's not a regular feature anymore it comes at random but they haven't abandoned it entirely and morena baccarin the star of one million television shows and the movie spy and the wife of ben mckenzie from the yes did a 25 things you don't know about me finally finally i've been waiting for a new one and a weird thing is she's in um it's it's the peg would have been a few weeks ago but it's not tied to the peg that i would have assumed it would have been tied to which is the sequel to the movie greenland which she is the star of it came out what a month ago and for some reason this came out weeks and weeks later. Anyway, she did one. And I love doing the 25 things game where you have, you know, four of the most recent 25 things and then I read you a 25 thing and you guess who it is. So I had to rewrite this one. And I want to see how much you know about Marina Baccarin. I can already tell you. Nothing? Not much. Well, like, not much, at least. All the things you just said about her, I knew. That's it. Okay, well, let's see if you can guess some of the things you need to know about Marina Baccarin. My go-to dish to cook at home is... I'm going to give you multiple choice. Blank and blank. Okay. Is her go-to dish to cook at home grilled cheese sandwiches and tomato soup, roasted chicken and kale salad, chicken biryani and dal, or risotto a la milanes and also bucco? Roast chicken and kale salad. her favorite dish to cook at home is risotto a la milanese and also bucco. Bitch, what are you doing? Get a life. The last show I binge watched was blank. I loved it. The acting is great. Is it heated rivalry, industry, the diplomat, or hunting wives? The diplomat. Correct. I loved it. The acting is great. I only look at reviews if blank. If someone tells me they're good, someone tells me they're bad, my assistant cuts out the part about me, or thereby lights camera Jackson. A, someone tells me they're good. Yes, that's correct. My go-to takeout order is blank, blank, and more blank. Oh, God. Fried rice, pasta, pizza, or boneless buffalo wings. In the spirit of Leonardo DiCaprio, I'm going to say pizza, pizza, pizza. Well, he said pasta, pasta, pasta, but the correct answer is pizza, pizza, and more pizza. That's correct. It is. You got it right. Pasta, pasta, and more pasta. Okay. Also, I hate ordering pasta takeout is a crazy choice. It's crazy. It's crazy. Old pasta? Even slightly old pasta? Ew. No. Yeah. I don't care if you're picking up or taking it home. The trip from restaurant to house, pasta becomes inedible. No. Disgusting. My most starstruck moment was meeting blank when I was 18 years old. Meryl Streep, Denzel Washington, Julia Roberts, or Whitney Houston? Whitney Houston. Meryl Streep. Okay. The song that brings back memories for me is Mary J. Blige's blank. It was the song of my youth. Real love, I'm going down, not going to cry, or no more drama. No more drama. No, real love. She's a little older. My favorite book is blank. Beloved, The Corrections, The Great Gatsby, or a celebrity favorite, The Four Agreements. The Great Gatsby? Correct. You know so much about Marina Baccarina. I am shocked. I do. I go crazy for blank. Wrestling, soccer, baseball, or curling. baseball. She goes crazy for soccer. And finally, I never... You're going to have to do this yourself. I never leave the house without my blank, blank, and blank. This is like a relatable thing. What are her three things that she never leaves the house with? Wallet, keys, phone. Okay, you got phone. The other two. Phone, blank, and blank. Deodorant. No. Breathmints. No. husband child no one thing is a is a I guess you could call it a cosmetic and the other thing is an I don't not lipstick eyeliner not lipstick lip liner mascara she wants to keep it moisturized chapstick there you go and the final thing is oh it's so bright out Oh. Sunglasses. Sunglasses. Phone, lip balm, and sunglasses. They really returned your favorite segment and just said, No, I'm pissed off. Take this slop, bitch. Sorry, the actual... It sucks. The actual... It's actually a subversive segment. The reason I'm doing this is to showcase how boring this fucking thing was and how I'm mad about it. Halfway through, I realized, what is the purpose of this? And it is to show how boring it is. Morena Baccarin recalls her most memorable vacation with husband Ben McKenzie and their kids. It was Tokyo. Like, if you're only going to do this feature, like, once every other whatever, like, you better do it about, like, you know, freaking the Dalai Lama. Like, I want to hear about a real interesting person. Yeah. And also, like, one of her things is my secret talent is that I speak Portuguese. And I'm like, one of the only things I know about you is that you were born in Brazil. That is not secret to me. Give me something more interesting. It's not a secret talent to speak a language from a country you were born in. That you were born in. And people come to me in the street, in Rio, and don't believe that I'm in Rio, and don't believe that I'm Brazilian, you know? Because as I grew up there, I speak English without a language, and people forget that I'm Brazilian. Bronwyn Newport, from The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City, is dating a model. Bronwyn is the one with the short hair, who wears, who wore the big heart, Rihanna heart coat. Yes, yes. okay because like i haven't watched a ton of salt lake city but i watched a bit and i remember bronwyn because she was always slaying and she had an old husband older an old husband yeah well big old dish husband i'm bronwyn newport the newest housewife on the real housewives of salt lake city i was born in sao paulo brazil and moved around a lot as a kid but ended up in the Bay Area of California for high school. Lisa and I have been friends for a long time. I'm a Lisa Barlow stan. I came in as her friend. Of course I love her. A fun fact about me, I am not yet a U.S. citizen. I am working on my paperwork, my final paperwork, so I can hopefully vote this election season. She dated this old, I mean, I could call him an old guy. She's what, 40? And she was dating this guy who was like 25 years older than he was than she was they were married i'm sorry on the show he looks significantly older than her too especially compared to the guy that she's dating now which is like i guess the point but like because he's younger than her this guy was significantly older than her but they but also they were both like on the show fighting all the time you know he was a tech executive named todd bradley todd they were married todd they split He had kids from another relationship, so she had stepkids. Apparently he had an emotional affair. We don't know many details about this. He had an emotional affair. She dumped him and started dating a younger-than-she-is model named Brandon Good. Braun, Wynn, and Brandon. And they did their first night out on the town as a public couple by going to see Whitney Levitt from The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives, Whitney Levitt. and they went to go see her in Chicago where she is playing Roxy. Shout out to our friend and hooligan Bridget Reed, who has the cover story of New York Magazine this week with all about the Mormons of pop culture, which is what you're kind of talking about. This, how all of a sudden there's all these Mormons in pop culture and what's going on there. Something's going on there. You should read it. It's really good. I read it this morning. Oh, it just came out today? Yes, the cover of New York Magazine this week. Very cool. Wow. So Bronwyn Newport is dating Brandon Goode. they went to go see Whitney Levitt at her performance as Roxy Hart in Chicago and came out as a couple there. Okay. And he's just like a sexy model. I watched him in the Troye Sivan video. I was like, oh, remember this song? It's pretty good. But I didn't really remember him. He's just like a sexy, he literally is a sexy model. Not even his first time dealing with housewives, he posed with Luanne DeLessips on the cover of Playgirl, which apparently was still publishing in, when was this? This was last fall. because remember, who was also just on the, again, this is a digital only magazine as well, but someone else who was recently on the cover of Playgirl was Sam Asghari. Sam Asghari. Sam Asghari and the American Dream, the Iranian-American actor slash model on freedom, appreciation, and opportunity, now on Playgirl. So yeah, you could go read that interview, I guess. You could go read it. You could also, you could go look at the photo. There's definitely a photo of a cover. Jacob Elordi was spotted with Maddie Fogg, an Australian model. And why is this important? Because that is not Olivia Jade. He is once again hiding Olivia Jade from all of us. No, Kate, but listen, I do agree he's hiding Olivia Jade from all of us, but I don't agree that this spotted with this random model, like near this model means anything at all. She was just there. I feel very like, I don't think this is anything. Well, they gotta find some way for him to have chemistry with a woman because it's not working with Margot Robbie. Anytime they're walking anywhere together in the promotion for this movie, it's like, what am I supposed to do with anything? I'm starting to feel crazy because I'm like she is Olivia Jade is a star there's not there's no there's no shame there like she has more personality than this random Australian model like why are you flat you're you're fumbling the ball by not having Olivia Jade on your arm maybe could give you some personality is it like I mean maybe we've talked about he's like fighting he's like fighting for prestige but like what you need his personality and oj could provide is it that is she still toxic from her her mother's college admission scandal drama i mean that she was part of but it wasn't she didn't commit the crime her mother did is is there still like a lingering sort of like toxicity to her and her family that he is trying to avoid because i can't think of any other explanation for it she's beautiful she's popular and for some reason she's never on his arm when she when he's doing promo for his big i think a pr person is in his ear about like the prestige of it all and it's like you can't da da da or something like a youtuber whose mom went to prison for trying to get her into college stay away excuse me she's a filmmaker whose mom went to prison she's an artist she's an editor she's a fashion icon she's no i'm actually not joking because i like i do feel like he often sinks like a stone in stuff and like she does have even if even if the personality is one that you find the most appealing in the world at least it's fucking something like what could go what could the what's the worst that could happen you're still boring and no one cares about your kind of like outside you know celebrity life yeah whatever i'll tell you people are not going to care about this girl who he's definitely not dating maddie fogg i tried god bless lindsey she found interviews with this woman maddie fogg and i watched all of them and read all of them and I was like there nothing yes I did I watched like a 10 minute interview she did over zoom with someone in like the early pandemic I didn watch that even I saw that put it in here didn watch it and it was like wow tell us how you got discovered and she was like i was on the beach and a man said i was pretty and it's like oh my god what am i doing you're about to get sex trafficked but yet she just literally got a modeling career this is the problem and at the end they're like do you have any advice for other young models and she's like oh yes i love this question just have fun with it and i was like oh god this is so boring don't take it too seriously just have fun with it and then it's like what's the craziest thing that's ever happened to you while you were modeling and she's like oh her hair she's like once they cut my hair and i was like why am i watching this watched america's next top model i know what that is like okay so but he's not it doesn't matter you don't have to care about her or know about her she's not dating jacob lordy no but i but not but i think there is a uh not compulsion but i think it's like the fact that he's australian and she's australian it's like oh they want to see something that's not necessarily there just because they're both australian you know heath heath cliff heartthrob jacob lordy leaves wuthering heights after party at 3 a.m with model maddie fogg weeks after being spotted with on slash off girlfriend olivia jade i don't think they're on i think they're just on Why isn't Olivia Jade in like a bustle on the carpet? I'm like, I'm pissed. We're missing out. Put her in a corset. Like, what is going on? You know, maybe. You all suck for that. Maybe we're being anti-feminist here. Why? What if she's the one with all the autonomy and she doesn't want anything to do with this promo cycle? What if he wanted her there? What if the production of Wuthering Heights wanted her on the red carpet and she said, no? That's not true. No. Come on. Remember when she was kind of on the carpet for Frankenstein and then she was like kind of standing there? Kind of, yeah. Exactly. She was kind of on the carpet for Frankenstein. Justice for OJ. Not that OJ. Other OJ. Justice for OJ. Yeah, God. I can't believe how much we talk about Olivia Jade, but she really is crucial. I mean, this is our generation's OJ. We must free her. Oh, God. She posted a vlog from – she went to Korea. I haven't watched it yet. She went to South Korea and she posted a vlog. It's in my watch list. I'm watching it at lunch today. It's really long. It's like 20 minutes long. It's kind of like, girl. Well, I watch it on 1.5X, so it's fine. I want to be famous. I want to be famous. Next up, we got a couple of on-again, off-agains coming up in this segment. I can't believe this. The first one, Molly May is pregnant again. And guess who's the father? Tommy Fury. I can't believe it. Love is real. She forgave him. They got back together. Now? They're having another baby? so these two they met to refresh your memory they met a sibling they met on love island years and years ago they had a whirlwind romance he's the boxer she's the influencer they got a reality show they were engaged but never married they had a baby together then they had this like very tumultuous breakup and now they're back together and not only are they back together they're expecting he cheated on her basically he cheated on her and then they had an and there was an amazon reality show that she was also on that kind of was filming when it happened so that was like very tumultuous but they very much stayed in the stay in the public eye he and then he slowly as they were co-parenting he she forgave him he was making amends you could tell and then they got back together and people were kind of like i think they're back together they put their rings back on etc and now she's pregnant bambi's three it's been three years since baby was born remember we thought her name was gonna be cloud i was literally just gonna say remember we thought the baby's name was going to be cloud i mean i can't wait to find out what this baby name is because they're interesting new baby's going to be named cloud clearly the name that they were saving for a boy like oh it's cloud so molly may and tommy are back together now kelsey and chase are broken apart it's like you guys are really keeping us on our toes we're gonna have to say every time you break up and get back together like it stresses me out honestly what are what is their couple name uh Stokerini. Stokerini. I think that's perfect. But we can have to – I use their last names because the first ones bored me. Stokerini is amazing. Yeah. Because Chelsea and Chase, if you combine them, it's still Chelsea. It's just spelled differently. It's like, what? You're just Chelsea again. Stokerini, mixing Stokes and Ballerini. Hashtag Stokerini watch, broken up. What is this? This is the fourth time they've changed the relationship status in 12 months? It's crazy. Chelserini? Stokerini. Stokerini? Stokerini. What's crazy is that they just, she had just posted a video on the Grammys red carpet being like, I love him. Not only do I love him, I love love. And then she posted a photo with fucking Madeline Klein, who also used to date Chase Stokes, as if they were broken up. And then we got the news that they broke up for real again. sorry if this is confusing but it is confusing it's also crazy because they're still taking they're still taking shots at each other like it'd be one thing if it was like rumor said that they're actually off again again blah blah blah i'm like okay let me give it a second and we'll like wait till they get back together or whatever it is but they post it every time they break up or get back together they do one of them does something so kind of shady where it's like either they get back together and they're like love is real stop judging us stop commenting blah blah And then they break up. And Kelsey Ballerini is like, I'm going to post a selfie with your ex-girlfriend, Madeline Klein, who you dated on the set of Outer Banks. And we're going to look like we're laughing at you. It looks like they're laughing at you. It looks like they are making fun of his ass. They're literally fucking dragging his ass. And then it says, I think this was Us Weekly, right? No, it was just Jared's write-up. It said, Kelsey Ballerini and Madeline Klein are proving that there's no bad blood between them. And it's like, I don't care about the relationship between Kelsey and Madeline. Klein. Right? That's not what this is about. It's not about proving that there's no bad blood between them. It should be Kelsey Ballerini and Madeline Klein are proving that they both fucking hate Chase Stokes by posting a photo of them seemingly laughing at him. Yeah, and let's be real. Like, this is exactly how it looks. You know what I mean? That is exactly how it looks. That is the POV of a phone when two people are laughing at content on the phone. And that content is presumably Chase Stokes. It's exactly how it looks. Not dating. SZA and Shabuzi. Not dating. I haven't heard these ongoing rumors, and yet TMZ is telling me that there are ongoing rumors that the two of them are dating. I didn't... I've never heard the rumor that they're dating. Me neither. When you put this in here, I was like, why are we denying something I didn't know was maybe confirmed. But sources with direct knowledge tell TMZ the pair have never been romantically involved and reports suggesting a past or present relationship are flat out false. While the two are friendly, we're told their relationship has always been platonic with no dating history whatsoever. Wait, did they prove the ongoing rumors or is it very much like a doth protest too much? Like, let's just like, we're not, we're saying this and we can't believe it because no one's saying anything. One of the things, the alleged proof was that she was in a photo, she was in a photo dump of his that he posted. No, from the American Music Awards, different award show. Yeah. Why would that matter? She was in a dump he posted at an award show they both were at. Okay. But they are not dating. Okay. Shaboozy. Not dating SZA. Cool. Love that. Great. pregnant Martin Lawrence's daughter Eddie Murphy's son that took two minutes and they just get married I cannot believe I cannot believe there is someone whose grandparents are going to be both Martin Lawrence and Eddie Murphy that is so crazy and the more you think about it the the the crazier it makes you feel so you're telling me this kid's gonna be watching like life and being like like this is my family that's crazy these are my grandfathers that's so cool that's such a cool idea it's beautiful don't you think it's wild it's so strange and cool somehow this is there's a version of this story that's like very cringe and embarrassing for some reason this is just very sweet it's like kind of like we grew up together our dads are close who are the nepa babies that are dating right now that always bother me for some reason oh uh uh one of the apatows iris and yeah and sam nivola and i'd be like right shut up what was she wearing where was she seen she posted what on instagram she's the who queen tens of people want to know all about the number one who lindsey bobby tell us now what's rita ora up to oh is this woman she performed in abu dhabi i've never heard of the open masters games it seems like some sort of like fake olympic competitor using all of the money in the world that exists in abu dhabi she will take a check from anyone so it's just like it's well i was gonna say it's this is not the first time that rita ora has taken money to perform in Saudi Arabia. I'm like, I'm just like, this is like, right? It's like, what's new? I feel very what's new about this, right? It's like, oh, there she is. So yeah, she went to the UAE and she said, give me a check. I'll do a performance. And they did it. I mean, what was it for? It was for the, oh, you already said the Open Masters Games. The Open Masters Games, which I'd never heard of. But then you go to the website and it's like, it's a sporting competition that I've never heard of. Well, I was just going to say, it's not the Olympics. Who cares? You're doing a competing sports event during the Olympics. Like, the Olympics was only two weeks, and you're still putting this at this time? Like, I don't know. And like, Rita, it's like, this cannot compare. Like, she's kind of, this is kind of a, this is kind of pointing out to me that Rita is not at the Olympics, and she's not doing anything at the Olympics. And I'm like, wow, sad. And when you said, or one of us said something along the lines of, you would do a two for a check, which made me think of Coco Jones, which made me think of, did you see Coco Jones's performance at the Super Bowl? I did miss it, but I did see that she, that performed. I appreciated that I was like in a conversation at a Super Bowl party and someone said, Bobby, you're missing Cocoa Jones. And I was like, oh, thank you. Because I didn't because it was sort of it was like low volume early on in the show. So as someone goes, Bobby, you're missing Cocoa Jones. Turned. Watch Cocoa Jones. She was she sounded incredible. sing a song for love the faith that the dark past has taught us sing and then later on like 20 minutes later i heard a bobby you're missing charlie pooth and then i watched charlie pooth and he also sounded incredible pooth was i did catch pooth pooth was amazing big pooth was good big fan of what pooth did brandy carlisle i have to i have to stop seeing her. I need to stop seeing Brandi Carlile. I'm seeing Brandi Carlile too many places. She really is everywhere. She really is everywhere. More importantly, this first look at Peaky Blinders star Joe Cole's new crime thriller with Rita Ora got me good. What is going on? So the guy who starred in Peaky Blinders opposite Cillian Murphy, because Cillian Murphy is clearly the star of Peaky Blinders. I didn't even watch it and I know that, right? Is in a new movie called He Bled Neon, which is a crime thriller. It stars Joe Cole and Rita Ora. It was directed by drew kirsch who oh no he directed the you need to calm down video oh no i just saw that oh no yeah all right well drew kirsch's first movie i guess is starring paul wesley joe cole and rita oran josh holloway and marshawn lynch what is this movie yeah yeah what is this movie okay it's written by a guy who produced Mandy and Rita is in it. The promo photo is pretty hot. It looks cool. It's premiering at South by Southwest, which could mean anything, but it probably means it's not very good. Bad. Yeah, it means it's not good. After learning at his brother's death may be murder, Ethan returns to Las Vegas to uncover the truth and confront the violent past he buried. Let me guess, Rita Ora is an old girlfriend. Let me guess, Rita Ora, they're going to reunite. Yeah, probably. But Rita Ora, I keep... I thought we were gunning up for Rita Ora to be the star of Taika Waititi movies, right? Like the new Avengers movie that he's doing. She's busy directing disgusting Super Bowl commercials that she's not in. But instead, we're just seeing screenshots of movies that look bad that are premiering at South by Southwest. Yeah, it seems like not a downward trajectory, because obviously work is work, and any work is good work, and she definitely gets regularly cast and stuff. but you're saying because she married like a prestige director it's like why is she not in prestige movies but then again what is taiko watiti making that's like prestige movies right now he did a horrible ai jurassic park ad for the super bowl that made me sick to watch like he's in his sellout era maybe that has something to do with dating rita ora well his his next big movie which actually could be like a prestige thing is that uh the adapt the adaptation of clara and the sun But, like, I think that movie was, has been finished for a while, but no one knows when it's coming out. Because they shot it a long time ago. It's like, it's the one with Amy Adams and Natasha Lyonne. Oh, and, yeah. And he's working on a Star Wars. I just thought that that collection would make Rita more of a prestige actor, and it's not happening. These are all things in production. Like, who knows? But, yeah, I would say for the past few years, it's been, like, not Lay's commercial. A Disney holiday short. Best Christmas ever. Disney holiday short The Boy and the Octopus Next Goal Wins I guess people like Next Goal Wins No people didn't really like it Don't Think Twice Rita Ora featuring Fatboy Slim praising you I'm like Amazon Christmas ad Belvedere Vodka and then Thor in 2022 It's been years Taika We're on Taika Watch We're on Taika Watch Taika Watch Okay we need to end this episode Thank you for listening to our episode of Who Weekly Call in at 619 Who then to leave questions comments and concerns for our Friday show Support us on patreon.com slash who weekly for bonus episodes, a Discord server, a newsletter, commentary tracks, and more. You'll also get the audio only, audio only, if you subscribe to our Apple Podcasts VIP show. Again, that's just the weekly Sunday show. 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