Chicks in Charleston...Sorta w/ Chicks in the Office hosts, Ria and Fran
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Chicks in the Office, a Barstool podcast, are joining us, which is long overdue, so without any more ado, but yeah, Nick's going to let them in. But we're all in Charleston except Nick. He's moonshining somewhere. Alston and I just went to the gym. Oh, do you have your chick sweatshirt on? Sure do. Oh, mine's...

I'll show it to them when they get on. But yeah, I certainly have my chicks sweatshirt on and it is long overdue. I mean, we have hung out with them on their podcast many times and I'm very excited that they're joining us, especially, well, A, just hang out, but B, the Golden Globes were on last night and I know that their finger was on the pulse for that. And I have a lot of thoughts and things that I want to hear that they have to say and

I don't know. I'm just excited to catch up with them. Excited to catch up. Hello? Hey! Yeah, y'all. Oh, we can hear you. Oh, there we go. Look how official and cozy you guys look. Yep, so official. So official. And super cozy. Wait, did you shut the volume off? Oh, there we go. Oh, look at the pros. Well, you guys have such a pro setup right now. I'm really glad we didn't just do this from our laptops. I mean...

Craig has a pro, you know, set up. You look like you're about to record a song, Craig. Hell yeah. There's a TikTok. There's a TikTok that I saw. And it's like that mashup that we all know by heart from like 2010. 2009 DJ Airworm. I got pop. I got dance. Yeah.

And in my head, I want to make that TikTok where I'm just like lip singing it. That's my favorite. United States of Pop 2009. It's so good. I want pop. I want dance. I want rocking the electronic club beats. I've probably listened to it over a hundred times. Oh my God. Wow, you're really playing to the crowd. You know, I... You know?

We did appreciate you wearing it in the episode, but we couldn't really share it because you were upset. So it didn't really feel like something to share. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Everyone was DMing us being like, oh my God, Austin's wearing your sweatshirt. And because they saw it in the preview and we're like, yeah, he is. Yeah. He's getting some bad news. We actually talked about you guys today on the podcast. Really? Yeah. Because we finished Southern Charm, obviously. It was quick. It was quick.

Don't listen. What up? Whoa. We. No, no, no. It's fine. I said Austin sounded a little douchey. Yeah. Well, we'll get to it. But like they shouldn't. That.

And we will get to it because we're going to talk about another show. Another person shouldn't have gotten in. And we're going to get to it. Austin. We're going to. Okay. Cause like saying, saying we're going to get to it. Doesn't mean go into it. Now we're going to hang out so much in the next couple of months. Yeah, we actually are, which is so exciting. All right. I mean, we've got, well, you guys, you know, they, do you know how many episodes you've done? Because I do.

Oh, man. The amount of episodes we've done? We've done 651. We got other people in the room with us. Yeah, that was cheating, by the way. Yeah, it was. 651. Do you guys record from Monday to Friday? Yes. Well, we do three episodes a week, so we record three times a week. But we're in the office most days. But Monday, Tuesday, Thursday is our record days. Yep.

Do you guys have a separate, like, do you guys have to wait to talk to each other until you record or you figured out the balance? No. No. Like if, if there's something really juicy or that we think will be funny, we'll save it. But normally we can share it and then also rehab. We can always re re bring it up. Yeah. And I think that we dive into things that we wouldn't talk about on the podcast with each other a lot. Like, you know, we like text a lot.

right about other things professional gossipers yeah so then when it gets to the podcast i mean sometimes when like when a pop culture topic is like really popping off then we're obviously going to text about it it's like this is crazy oh yeah but most of the time when it comes to that we we are not talking about it texting is great for shorthand thoughts yeah and you know we can really sit down and hash it all out while we're sitting here yeah i mean it's something that you guys have

figure it out because I feel like, you know, even sometimes at the gym, you know, or something, Craig and I are like, all right, let's just wait and talk about this later. And so like, we're still trying to figure out how to like, not, you know, talk about all the nonsense that we want to talk about until we get on the podcast. Cause you also want that genuine, genuine reaction. But then when you don't get the reaction, um,

That you were kind of hoping for. You're like, why did I even save this? You know? Like, I could have just told you this off the podcast. And then I would know that this is not worth it for me to talk about. And now I'm embarrassed. That's so funny. Like, before, I...

I was really excited about Deal or No Deal Island is coming to NBC and I really loved Deal or No Deal. And I found out who was hosting it and I was really excited about who was hosting it. And I was like, wait, Fran, I'll just have you guess on the podcast. But then it was kind of like awkward because it was like... But that was good though because I did eventually guess it. Eventually you guessed it and then it was like a good reaction. But it was like, what if she doesn't care about this, you know? And then she's like, this better be good. Who is the host?

Who's the host? One of Rhea's favorite actors. Joe Manganiello. He was married to Sofia Vergara. Oh, yeah. Magic Mike. Yeah, he was in Magic Mike, and specifically Magic Mike 2. He has that amazing iconic scene. And they broke up, right? And they broke up, or they got divorced, I suppose. They did get divorced. And like...

She, you know, came out to me and was like, I get to wake up next to this god every single day. Like, how do you go from that to then, like, you break up? I just, like, I thought that that was a good couple that was going to go the distance, you know? I did, too. But you just fell out of love. Yeah. And let's not forget they're all actors, you know? Damn. I am. Damn. Wow. They're actors.

in the sense that like if they have some issues going on in their private life and they go do an interview and the interviewer's like oh like what's going on they can be like oh everything's great love my husband he's amazing she's like and then you know they go home and they're fighting that's true we had a couple couple breakups this year a lot yeah there were a lot

And you guys know about every single one of them. Yeah. It is our job to know, Austin. We just did a recap of... Because when we did the end of the year, we went through... And we were, like, giving out medals. Like, you know, gold. Oh, I saw that. Second place and third place. And then I was just like, wait. If people see these graphics...

I don't want them to think I'm awarding Joe Mandel and Sofia Vergara. I'm upset about it. I'm just rating it based on how upset I was. What was your gold medal breakup? It could have been a little misleading because I was like, damn, these people are really selfish. I'm going to guess that you think that the gold medal breakup was

Sophie Turner and Joe. Or no, Joe? No. That was silver. It was. That was mine. I knew it. That was mine too, the gold. And then we had different ones. We had different ones after that. And gold. And not because you're like, yes, they broke up. But that was the biggest earth shattering break up. That was the biggest one. And yes, personally. That you didn't see coming. Correct. And y'all are Joe bros. So y'all obviously were wrong.

How did y'all handle like Nick Lachey and Jessica Simpson then? Like, did that hurt you physically? Well, Craig, we're a little bit younger. I think I was like 10 years old.

I love how you guys call us by our names. See, that was the one. It's our job to know. Well, crap. That was the one that really hurt me. I want to look up when they broke up. I want to make sure that we address you guys. You know which one we're talking to. We're all on Zoom. Okay, well, what about relationships? I was too young. I wasn't allowed to watch that. Like, I couldn't watch Nick and Jess. Like, I didn't watch Nick and Jess' show. Oh, they broke up in 2005. That is so long ago. I was eight years old. You were eight, yeah. Yeah.

It rocked my world as an eight-year-old. I reckon I were juniors in high school in 2005. Wait, did y'all remember it? I was 11. We are going to see each other a lot because we've got this podcast and we're coming on to y'all's next week.

And then we have some cool show stuff. I don't know if you're announcing yet, but we are. And then Marty and I might be doing something down here. Austin, you'll be included in that. Golf nights. We're not just hanging out all over the place. So y'all are coming to Charleston on March 1st, correct? We are. They might not be. It's not public. That's not a public information. That's okay. But that's totally fine. Now we could just leave that in. But yes. But I will say...

Can I read our texts from this past weekend about coordinating these upcoming things? Because Austin answered like a full day late. I thought I was never getting an answer from Austin, which was fine because Craig answered, spoke and he was like, all of this is wonderful news. I would love to. And I'm sure if Austin's in town, he will too. Full 24 hours later, a text from Austin says,

Hey, Rhea, this is all great and exciting news. I didn't even know we were doing your podcast, but I'm excited. I'm like, how does this guy not know what he's doing? And then...

I said, he said, I intentionally haven't done press this year. So this should be something. So we're going from not seeing each other all year to essentially three times in a month. And I said, I said, we're going to have a lot of fun. Don't worry. We'll take it easy on you. And he writes back. No, it's going to be great. I'll be getting the last word.

And Craig wrote back, this is why you won most dramatic in high school. And Austin writes, because I haven't done press all year. And then Craig's like, no, because you said, you said because you're going to be getting the last word. And then Austin just doesn't answer.

which means he did not get the last word in this chat he just didn't answer i mean that's a hell of a tease he's saving it i said i said what i had to say and then i and then i floated back away yeah um craig craig went through like a flurry of text which which craig is known for right so sometimes we're like where the hell's craig like where the hell's craig and then he'll jump in and send like you know 15 texts in a row and then he'll float away again too and so i guess that the rule that the

role. You caught me at the right time in this, uh, in this situation. But yeah, I didn't know that we were coming on to do your, uh, show, but I mean, so to be fair, they don't tell us, right. They don't tell us anything. And we, we were, so I basically got involved because we're doing watch what happens with Leva. Uh,

next week. And I was like, guys, if we're in New York, let's make the rounds. Like, well, I haven't. So anyway, they were like, oh yeah, I guess that's a good idea. We'll reach out to some people. And like, obviously you guys are always on our like a list.

And so we, or I never read my email maybe, and maybe they did respond to us and say, okay, I have you doing this, this, and this. But yeah, when you texted us, I was like, what is going on right now? Now, if we say like, if they were like, hey, do you guys want Craig and Austin? And we're like, no. Do you guys hear about that? We have never, but I'm just thinking about how funny that would be if you guys heard. It wouldn't be funny. It was like, no. We just said, you know, not this time. The chick's past this time.

Well, I feel like you would blame it on a quote-unquote booking agent, I think is what a lot of people do. Yeah, there's a booking issue. That's how we always think when we reach out to people or we ask our booking team, like, hey, this person has a new movie coming out. We really want them on.

And they come back to us and they're like, oh yeah, you know, he is going to be in New York, but just his schedule can't, can't make it work. And I'm

I'm like, huh. And then we see that person do somebody else's thing. And we're like, oh, they didn't want to do ours. Which has actually happened with us before. If we want to talk about it, I was supposed to come with Craig. I was supposed to go with Craig. And then Craig completely outed me to you guys. I told Craig to tell you guys that, you know, I missed my train or something, which I don't know.

why I would be taking a train from anywhere to get to you guys. I think you told him to say you missed your flight and Craig was like, he was on the, he was in the seat next to me. And don't you think we deserve a little bit more respect? I started to say it and I was like, I actually would much rather, cause I love a good cancellation. If you were like, if you were like, if someone's like, Hey,

I'm not coming because I don't feel like it. I'd be like, totally fair. Like, we've all been there, you know what I mean? Where you just, like, don't feel like doing something. I love that we're that close, though, because we really could be like, I'm not coming. Like, listen, I just don't feel like it. I'd be like, all right, Craig and Austin don't feel like it.

today. Okay, we'll see. That's actually great advice because it's something that I'm working on with directness. I should have been like, you know what? I don't want to come. And then you're like, okay, it's better than me trying to make you feel better about it. And then I tried to make you feel better about it and then Craig told you and then you're like,

Dick do you feel like this is maybe just like a whole life thing that you need to implement like Directness with absolutely rather than about your feelings Yes, and rather than worrying about hurting someone's feelings. I do like you. I don't like you, you know, like straight up Who were your try to pussyfoot like around, you know the issue at hand then it ends up kind of biting you in the ass which

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right back welcome back to pillows and beer with ria and fran from chicks in the office you guys had some huge guests this year though like even like i root for you all obviously but i was like holy shit on some of them who were your like some of y'all's guests like when i see them on i'm like what the hell do they care about us you know when ashton kutcher is sitting right there

Well, Ashton Kutcher was super cool. I will say Fran and I are just like – we just love reality TV through and through. I mean you guys know I just watched Southern Time for the first time this year. So like that was really big. I don't think Austin knew that. Oh, yeah. Austin, you're not caught up on the fact that I –

Never watched a film before. I was like, have you been lying to us all these years? And she's like, why? I know. I think that all of us didn't work. Like, I'm pretty sure we did our first interview like seven years ago. Like, I think it's... We've been working...

Yeah. Like, for over seven years. It was probably 20... No, no. And, like, I always knew that, right? Because I always knew that, you know, Fran was always the one who was, like, you know, asking the questions, you know, out of interest. And you were like, mm-hmm, mm-hmm. Yeah, because I just... I knew, you know? I never watched Southern Charm. I just never followed a question about, like, the drama. Like, how did that make you feel? Right. But I...

was home sick one day and i had like cable tv on and there was a southern charm marathon on bravo and i was like i'll give this show a shot great season no it was literally like this season during covid which was kind of crazy and i was like whoa this this is good and i texted craig being like

Craig, this show that you're on, good stuff. Keep it up. I still think you've got to go back to the early days. Yeah, I watched the entirety of this past season. So now I am up to date and I kept up week to week. And, you know, Austin, I think you're a great friend. A little hard to defend at times. Sure. Yeah.

But we appreciate you. You know what I mean? Thank you. We jump into the reality TV stuff that we watch and we enjoy. We can jump into and have real conversations with people. It's fun. And then when we do get these A-list guests too, it's interesting because I do think that they can be so much more down-to-earth.

you would think like I feel sometimes like industry people industry people say like oh when you have some massive celebrity they cut they'll come in on their own they'll sit down they'll talk they'll be like because they they make the rules sometimes other like stars that reality TV stars and in

Internet famous people things like that. They have like 18 people on their team. They want this taken out They want this taken out they want this to like they they listen back. They don't like this. I like this buddy you have like Josh Jamal Ashton Kutcher like these guys came in a little just like came in like and they're like hey Yeah, that was that was great. Thanks for having us. Oh

Bye. And they have nobody with them. And Fran's so right. It's like we'll have because the networks, obviously, if we have like people from The Bachelor or. Yeah, that's because they're big enough that they don't have rules to follow anymore. They can tell their people to fuck off. Like, I'm just going to say whatever I want. But then obviously other people have to follow rules. And so that is what's cool about them. We had a stretch of time where it was like.

Like Josh Jamel, Ashton Kutcher, and James Marsden. Like all within like a span of a couple weeks. And that was a great couple weeks. Because we were like, oh my gosh. And also our moms were really excited.

Yeah, yeah. I was going to say, I feel like those three guys are on a lot of women's freaking hall pass list. Oh, yeah. So out of those three, which one would you guys have on your hall pass list? No, we didn't have Jon Hamm. I wish we had Jon Hamm. We had Jon Hamm. I think he would have been the first one we named. Jon Hamm? Where did you get Jon Hamm from? Well, he likes Bravo and stuff. Oh, right, right, right, right, right. Sorry.

Marston? Marston. Kutcher? It's tough between... I love Josh Duhamel. I really do. Really? But James Marston... You were like sold on James Marston. James Marston had me swooning the most out of all of them. Yeah, he did. For me, I was most frazzled by Josh Duhamel because I fucked up the intro with Josh Duhamel. Remember? Yeah. I said...

I was like, we're here with a very special guest instead of special guests. And we put that clip out. And that's like one of my favorite clips from this year because you just see you like look at me like, did you really just fuck that up? And Josh Jamel's like just like staring into my soul with a little smirk. And I'm like, I'm going to jump off a bridge like I just

messed up this intro you know it's men they've all aged like a fine wine those guys James is probably who I would pick bro crush wise I had a bro crush on freaking Ashton Kutcher like my whole life so yeah oh well that's that's true Ashton Kutcher was really really nice um and easy to talk to he had a little bit more of like um

I don't know if nerdy is the word. Like, that's like a poor choice of word to use. I forgot he was on the list. I obviously don't know. No, no, Kutcher. Dumel was super cool. Like, all the guys in this office, when they saw Josh Dumel walking around, like, I remember Marty being like, that fucking guy is unreal looking. Like, he was like, he was like that guy. He was like, wow, that's a handsome guy. He has been on every girl. Yeah.

Yeah. Every girl that I've ever dated, he has been on their list. Oh, yeah. He's been on their list, man. Do Mel. I mean, Olivia is obsessed with the guy. Yeah. When he announced his engagement, she was like, this is a very sad day. This is a very sad day. He just looks like he – and this just – because he's gone a little silver foxy now. He's just – he looks like he can go –

Into a forest like chopped down would build you a house. What's his movie or show? And I'm pretty sure he did do that. I think he like built a cabin. Yeah, he did. Did he build a cabin, he said? Yeah. So, yeah. What's he known for? He's not Tad Hamilton. Josh, he wasn't just shopping wood for you guys. We went on a date with Tad Hamilton. He's also in the Transformers, Transformer movies. Yeah, that's right. That's where I know him from. Wasn't he in X-Men?

Life as we know it. He's done a bunch of good rom-coms. He's done one with Heigl. He's done one with Kristen Bell. Oh, when in Rome. No, X-Men was James Marsden. X-Men is James Marsden. I know Marsden from Death at a Funeral. Really? Yeah, dude.

You guys have had some fucking solid guests. That's pretty good. All in like a two-week period? Yeah, it was all like back to back. It was probably a couple months. Well, no, remember Ashton Kutcher and Josh E. Mel were two weeks and then James Marsden was like a month after that. But then we get into like the new year because this happened. We love jury duty. We ended 2022 with Drew Barrymore, which was awesome. And she was so sweet. And then we were like, how are we going to?

how are we going to top this the next year? And then we had so many great guests this past year that now going into 2024, we're like, how are we going to top that year? Like, then you start getting worried. Like, wait, we've had so many great guests. Don't worry, guys. Austin and Craig are coming. Yeah, don't worry. You guys will be here.

They, I will say though, like, and the, the, the strike, the actor's strike and everything like that kind of put a pause on a lot. So that, that kind of, that's, that sucks a lot. Yeah. Cause they couldn't do press. They couldn't do any press. I have so many things to say because you said the actor's strike and then I wanted to bring up just, you know, all these things, but sugar from the bear follows me and us. And so I reached out to her at one time.

and was like, hey, would you ever want to come on? And she was like, yeah, of course, but we're in the middle of the strike. Let's wait until it passes. And now it has passed, and her show just won a freaking Golden Globe last night. Rightfully so. Love the bear. Love her. And so, yeah, well, now that it's over, I mean... I didn't even know they were on, and Austin came to the gym, like what you were talking about earlier, being excited about something. He's like, dude, and we can talk about the Golden Globes today. And I was like...

I was like, I'm sure that they know. Like, they'll talk to you about it, Austin. Of course.

All right, we're going to take a quick break. We'll be right back after a word. I would like to talk to you about one of our sponsors, Timeline Nutrition, and one product in particular, MitoPure. MitoPure is one of the first products to offer a precise dose of urolithin A to help upgrade your mitochondrial function, help increase cellular energy, and help improve muscle strength and endurance. I've started taking it recently and I've started to tell that there is definitely when I work out or I'm active.

but might appear does more than just help with my muscles. It can help with health span as well. I want to be one of those granddads one day that you see in the video of him swinging his grandkid around. I want to rely on myself for as long as I possibly can.

One way to think of MitoPure is that they are in your cells, chomping up the damaged mitochondria that makes you feel old and tired and helping to recycle it into new healthy ones. Mitochondria, our cell's power generators, are one of the key influences in how we age. However, as the years pass, mitochondrial efficiency naturally declines, representing a large gap in the quality of life we expect in our later years and the one we experience.

Taking two soft gels a day for two months and you could see significant improvements in your cellular energy, muscle strength, and endurance. After four months of taking Mito Pure, you might feel yourself getting stronger, recovering faster after a workout, and experiencing less inflammation, all part of your healthier aging routine, which is honestly amazing.

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than a lot of other shows. Do you think so? Yeah, they did say they're going to do season... I mean, they haven't filmed season three, but I think we're going to be waiting a pretty long time for some of these other shows. So I think 2025, maybe they said? Yeah, well, a couple of the end of 2024. That's not soon. No, I think in show time it's relatively soon considering all these shows shut down for so long. But other shows moved up their time, like...

Euphoria was supposed to be 2025, but now they went back to 2024. So I think maybe once people start getting emotion again, it'll be 2024. They then realize, oh, I feel like the end of 2024 will be a lot of TV shows. Right now, not a lot going on in the TV show world. I know. Which is really disappointing. I saw that there's a new show on Netflix. I don't know if you guys watched it yet. Fool Me Once. Have you guys seen it? Yes. Did you watch it? I didn't watch it yet. No, no, no, no, no. What I watched was the clip.

on you know tiktok where you know the husband is like in the room with the kid and then the nanny goes berserk yeah fucking maces her and then it runs out of the room and i was like oh i watched it the show i have to watch you watch the show craig yeah me and page watched it this week how was it don't spoil it just give it like a rating

Give it like a chicks in the office rate. It was the days after New Year's, so I was on my couch ordering a lot. So you don't remember chicks because you were high. Okay. So no matter what you watched, it was good. You should watch it. Yeah. You should watch it, but I was in no state to give –

that show a rating. I respect you not giving out a faulty rating. Yeah. And like those, those shows aren't for me. Like I usually wouldn't have watched something like that. Like it's really intense. Um,

And I was, yeah. It's not a Craig show at all. What's your grade, Rhea? I didn't watch it yet. I gave it a B. I want to watch it. That's why I was curious. But I keep seeing people raving about it. But then I'm like, I don't know if this is my kind of show. It's a psychological thriller that you're going to watch. And then you're going to be like, all right. Well, okay. Like...

That's going to be your reaction. Or maybe that was your reaction. You get through all eight episodes and you go, all right, that was a show. Yeah, that was something. Glad I didn't. That happened. I want to spend eight hours watching that. I think the reason that Craig didn't like it is because then he turned to Australia, Love Island, and then that's all that. Yeah, we watched the whole thing in like three days. How was it? I've never been.

It was, I'm a Love Island guy now. I'm in the midst of Love Island Australia. We're big Love Island people. And Love Island is the one that I can get my fiance to watch with me. He won't do a lot of reality stuff, but Love Island piques his interest. He's in the kitchen. He's like, wait, who did he pick? Oh, yeah. Okay, you're watching. It's a tale as old as time. You're watching. It's easy watching because there's like, you know, a thousand episodes. But like on paper, I'm,

I would never like a show like that because it's basically just like everyone hooking up with everyone. But when you just accept that the people on there are going to disappoint you and you switch your mind into being like, I,

I was rooting for it like the WWE. I like all of a sudden was like, I'm rooting for you to be a bad person. Yes. You want them to be evil to each other. And Paige is like, Craig, it's the fucking show. They're not bad. They've known each other for three days. I was like, oh, well, why? Do you want to go make out with everyone? And then once...

Once we got through that phase where I was just like, all right, this is actually one of the most brilliant shows ever made. I want to be a producer on it. And the twist and turns, it was just brilliant. And I'm not going to spoil Love Island for you, but I believe in the show now. Oh, good. And I'm glad that it was Australia. Australia is...

Good because they they they are the ones that are probably a little bit more off the rails But UK is the far more superior show so once I have heard so and I said this to Craig and I want to say it to y'all to see what you think but Whitney, you know from our show

Whitney is a critic of everything. For instance, he's like, our show sucks. I'm like, it's your show, Whitney. You know what I mean? And he thinks that Love Island UK is the most perfect reality show that's ever been made. That's true. He speaks so highly. He's like, it is the best show, reality show I've ever seen. It really can depend on the season and the cast. But...

I will say the format is fantastic. And most recently they did Love Island Games, which included people from all different kinds. And that was phenomenal. All Stars is being filmed, I think, in like two weeks. Yeah, All Stars starts on Monday. It really is so good. And Craig, back to what you were saying, it's funny because you're like,

You have to remind yourself, like you and Paige have been together for years. Like she's not just going to run around. Like she's right. Like they did just meet yesterday. So the fact that they get so upset when someone decides that they may not like that person and you're like, they just met and they start freaking out. It's like what you root for. Yep.

They just go like all. So their, their vocabulary that they use when they just meet though, is what at first I had to get used to because they'd be like, I mean, I'm not even considering anyone else. It's me and you till the end. And then they get like called for a chat with the new guy. And they're like, you know what? Me and James are together now. And I was like, then why did you just break this guy's heart? And pages like, shut up. Yes, it is. It's like a video game. And then you're just like, I mean, I was like, my mind turned like,

Not naughty or bad, but I was like, okay, now I want you to do something. Now I want you to do something. And I want to see how these twists and turns happen. And the dust does settle. Sorry, they have the Love Island game. I think it's on your phone or on the computer or whatever where you are like an islander and you can play around. And I remember Cody Coe used to do this on YouTube where he would just be...

like pick his role and name it whatever and then just like fuck around like he would like you can literally like start dating somebody and then you can pick what you're saying to them and they give you reactions back but it's just a game online wait so did you google it to spoil no it is it is

Did you spoil it for yourself or are you watching it like blind? Oh, Australia? Yeah. I have not spoiled it. I've gone... I have not seen... I have not seen the end. But I only have...

I probably have like 10 or so episodes left. Love Island Australia, they also do shorter seasons. Like who's Nakia with right now? Oh, I just, Nakia just, she just fucking dumped Kale's ass for the new guy. Okay, that's where you're just like, holy shit, this show. See man, I can see. That's what got Joe into watching it too. He was like, she just said that they were not going to talk to anybody else. And then she at least admitted it to the girls. Did he ask you, by the way,

did he ask you by the way was he like would you do that i mean i i can see that happening if like you watch with your partner you know looking at them and being like you would totally do it i mean but it's also a game like they win money at the end and so like once you accept it for what it is it's fine but yeah nikia like at least she goes on the boat and she tells the girls she's like

Look, we did say we weren't talking to anyone, but I just told this gentleman that I was open to. And it's funny. I don't know why. It's crazy how the different countries are different where we think different accents are attractive or something. We hear British accents like, oh, my God, the Australian accent. This guy that came in was American, and all the girls were like, oh, my God, he's

He's so hot. He's American. He's a D1 baseball player. It's true, though. It's just crazy because I'm like, him? I went to Australia with Shep, and the women loved the accent. I was like, this stupid thing? I was like, y'all's accent is on fire. I thought I loved...

So I've always loved Australian accents until I watched Love Island. And I was like, it gets a little old. Like it gets a little like, no. And I'm like, all right. Like it's funny for a while. But like, I think I'm a British and South African accent guy. But yeah, the guy comes in with this stupid mustache. And like the girls just like stop doing everything. They're just like, oh, this American's here.

And... It's the perfect, like, typical... How many Americans are on it? Because that's actually funny. That's kind of like a cheat code. One. Just one. Because, obviously, if it was set here and an Aussie came in, everyone would be like...

Oh, yeah, they do that on the U.S. version, too. They'll throw, like, a British person in or something just to, like, for everyone to be like, oh, my God. But see, like... They don't do that in the U.K., though. The U.K., they just need themselves. It only works if, like, if the people are hot. And I guess, like...

I understand that shows move towards being more inclusive, but a show like that, like if you stop bringing on just dumb, hot people, it's going to ruin the entire format of the show. This show does not need integrity. No, no, no, no. The show is built on hot people. All episodes is it?

A lot. A lot. Like 20? No. The UK is probably 5-0-ish. It goes on for a couple months. It's like every day. Australia's in like the 30s maybe. And then the parents are watching live and then the parents have to come in. But also like the country votes. Imagine if your show was, Austin, imagine if your show, like you filmed something two days ago and the world is watching it tonight. That's how Love Island is.

I mean, I like low-key wish that that's, like, what happened on our show. We wish all reality shows were like that. I really wish it was like that. Because we hear the drama, then we got to wait six months to watch it. It takes so long for the shows to come out in the nicest way possible. And then you can't heavily edit the shit out of a whole bunch of stuff. Yeah, right. It's a conversation for another day. But, like, yeah, and then it just, you know, comes out, you know, for better or worse.

And that would be interesting. But then, so then people probably hate it, but so then they like pull the audience and, and there'll be like, how, who thinks like Austin's playing like Emily and Emily, I'll think you guys are fine. And it would be like 85%. And she'll be like, wait, what the fuck is he saying to like the guys that like, I don't know about like, it's, it's pretty great. So yeah, most notoriously is Tommy Fury and Molly May who are still together and they have a baby together and they're engaged and

Like on the show, the outsiders looking in made it seem like Molly Mae wasn't into Tommy and like playing the game. And when they would receive like what the outside was saying, it was that like Molly Mae was playing Tommy. And every time she was like, what are you guys talking about? And she was like disliked by by the UK. And now they're like the strongest couple from Love Island going.

It's crazy that the strategy... I thought Tommy Green was a fighter. I didn't know she was on Love Island. He is. He was on Love Island. His brother. Yeah. And I remember he was there when Tyson had a big fight. And he had to like... I remember on the episode, they were like, he won. Yeah.

I was waiting for Craig to say Nick. I was like, no, dude, that is the Marvel universe. Fury from Marvel? No, because Paige loves this couple too, and they have their own reality show now and everything. Yeah, the whole Fury family. Tyson had the reality show. Yeah. All right, and that wraps up part one of our episode with our good friends Rhi and Fran from Chicks in the Office, and we hope you enjoyed.

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