Brianna Chickenfry Turns Down $12M From Zach Bryan, Grammy Noms + Weekly Watch Report
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What's up everyone? It's Chicks in the Office with Rianne Fran giving you that Friday energy on a Monday. Happy Monday everybody. We are back. We did not have an episode last Friday due to our shows and our traveling, but we are back again this Monday and now the schedule will remain the same going forward throughout the tour, so we are thankful for that. But guys, this podcast is presented by Macy's now leading up

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We are. We've been traveling a bunch. We went to Kansas City, Nashville. How are we feeling today? I feel good. I think we had some amazing shows. I think it was a crazy week last week. And being with our listeners and these awesome girls, these awesome people in general. We met some amazing people, girls and guys. Yeah. Yeah.

And just had some great conversations. And it was just nice to have that in-person interaction and kind of have that spirit around us and have some fun, some laughs at the show. I think we needed it. I think they needed it. It was a lot of fun. So it felt good. We're happy to be back now. For sure. We had posted last week because we recorded our episode before the election, before the election results. We didn't know how it was going to play out, but we had posted that –

We were happy to provide a podcast, a distraction, some laughs, and our live shows was a great place for everyone to come out and just have a good time. And while there's always some negative, the positive massively outweighs. So thank you to everyone that sent us sweet messages about that last week, too, who were just like, you know what? This is kind of what...

I needed today so for sure that helped us a lot too yeah of course and we had so many great messages like you said and so many great conversations in person and meeting you guys in real life and it's just the best feeling in the entire world so to have those shows last week and more shows coming up we can't wait we really um had a great time and I think a lot of people had a great time as well like we received so many great messages after the show throughout the weekend in person um

And the shows were awesome. They were. Kansas City was amazing. You guys showed up. You were loud. You were fun. It was great. I mean, Nashville is always a party, you know? You can't avoid a party in Nashville. You cannot. And we had the whole weekend there, which was so much fun. We had the plus ones, the husband and the fiance. Yep. Were with us in Nashville, which was a lot of fun. And...

Yeah, I mean, between the show and we did a little meet and greet on Saturday and then we had the party bus. We went show, party, show, meet and greet, party, home. We went out. We had a lovely dinner. We did. We had quite the meal. That is a little foggy for me, to be quite honest. Yeah, I mean...

And then these guys went out. I went to bed after that. That was as far as I could make it. Listen, we had quite the week because we had our Kansas City show on Wednesday. Amazing crowd. Amazing barbecue in Kansas City, by the way. We went to Q39, which is a highly requested place. It was so good. It was so fucking good. I'm still thinking about those ribs. Oh my God, the ribs. Baby back, baby back. Amazing ribs.

And then Thursday morning, we woke up right away, hit the planes in Nashville. We were in Nashville. And then, like you said, your husband, my fiance, other people from Barstool came to join us. And we had our show in Nashville on Friday. We had an after party Friday night at the Barstool Bar in Nashville. Then Saturday, we had the meet and greet, a lovely meet and greet with Rum Haven. Amazing, delicious cocktails, by the way. And that was so much fun that you guys...

that were in Nashville and took the time to come to both our show

and the meet and greet the next day, like the people that just show up, like that is just, it really means the world to us. And just to meet you guys in person and to like laugh and have fun and feel like we're all friends. And so I, the best part is when girls and guys come up to us and say like, Oh, I feel like you guys are my friends. I feel like I've known you. And they're like, Oh, you probably think that's weird. It's like, no, no, not at all. I do not think that's weird at all. I actually feel the same way. Like when we get on, when we, and when we get on here, like,

I feel like I'm talking to my friends, like not just sitting across from you, but I feel like I'm on the phone with my friends on the other side of it. So it's, uh, it was really a great, uh, a great experience, Kansas city and Nashville. And then after the meet and greet on Saturday, we hit up a little Christmas theme bar in Nashville, which we were getting into the holiday spirit early, which was a lot of fun. We stayed, um, at the bar was in the restaurant of the hotel we stayed at. And, um,

When we were looking at, you know, all the they give you the little card with all the restaurants and stuff. And I was like looking at it. I clicked on the bar online and it was like, oh, come see. It's called Hidden Bar. So they called it Hiddenville for like Whoville.

And it was like starting November 7th. And I was like, oh, yes. It's just started. So we went down there, which was so cute. Totally like all decorated Grinch themed drinks. There are some good shots, some flavored shots, some holiday shots. Yeah, I think I finally let myself let loose a little bit after the meet and greet on Friday.

I don't like to drink too much before our shows anymore because I realized that I actually do better when I don't really do that. So I'll just have like a shot or something before the shows. But yeah,

Saturday after the meet and greet I was like all right it's it's let loose time yeah we had the the Christmas themed shots in Whoville we went on a little party bus around Broadway we did which was a scene and then a dinner that we somehow all miraculously made it to after that party bus which was even Joe we were like all soaked because it was raining oh my god it was pouring rain it was

What sucks is like Nashville is such a like bar hop, walk around, see different. Like, and it was pouring rain for like two days. So that was not ideal. Um,

But I think once we all got into the right headspace on the bus, the rain was okay. We did eventually have to put the flaps down because it was raining like sideways. I gotta be honest, guys. I didn't even notice the rain. And then the next morning, I realized my purse was absolutely soaked.

I'm not going to lie. When I saw where you had it hanging, I was like, oh, no. I don't know what I was thinking, but it's still drying out. It's still trying to get dry. Water was pouring into that thing for a little while. Everything in it is soaked. Everything about it is soaked. But I was having such a good time, I didn't even notice. And that's the goal. That's how Joe had spent...

a lot of time leaning against the side. So when we got off and we went back to the room, I was like, oh my God, your entire back is...

is soaking wet. Like you're like, you flip over, it's too, you're drying the front and soaking wet on the back. Yeah. So, but oh my gosh. It was a great time though. We had a very, the dinner was delicious. Sinatra Lounge. It was just like a really funny, like,

of pace. Like we went from this party bus to like, okay, everyone stop back. We'll meet at the restaurant where we're blasting music. You did a great job DJing by the way. Nailed it. In another life I'd be a DJ. But then we like walked into this, we walked into Sinatra's and they were like, oh, like no hats. And, um,

I didn't even know they said that. There was a man crooning, singing Frank Sinatra songs, and it was like, you know, red leather seat booths. It was like, nice establishment, and we just rolled in like a bunch of wet dogs. Wet dogs, and we...

Yeah. I was like, oh man. Dirty martinis and red wine. Yeah. It was delicious though. It was good though. Seriously, some great food. But we had a great trip as a team and a great time with our listeners who took the time out to come to both shows. I mean- Yeah. We had quite the time at the Barstow Bar as well. We did. After the show, I will say. It was. I had to take my shoes off at some point. They were hurting so bad. I have some funny pictures from that. But-

No, I mean, the crowds were... They just blow me away every time. I mean, both crowds, both places, everybody who shows up. Like, I'm always... I'm gonna, like, start tearing up, which I don't really want to do. It's Monday. But it really does mean the world that... It's still so surreal. Like, on the way home, I'm, like, thinking to myself, like, wow, people, like, show up and want to come to our shows and want to meet us in person and want to hang out. And, like, it...

And it's really just such a surreal, amazing feeling. So thank you to everybody who came to the shows. And thank you to the people who support and listen who don't come to the shows. I mean, that's great too. You know what I mean? It's just, it's always just mind blowing to me every time we do one of these tours. So we have another stop in Detroit on Saturday. Buffalo next week. Boston will be the last one. And a big also big shout out and thanks to our guests.

who are great. Really appreciate Joey and Kelsey making that trip with us. You know, he's deep in the Dancing with the Stars season right now. He's a fan favorite. So it was really, really, really nice that they flew out from L.A. to come do that with us. And literally,

Liv and Kayla are an absolute blast. Oh, yeah. Those two are living life to the fullest right now, as they should, as they should. Yeah. And they, you know, they hadn't been to Nashville, so they were getting their whole Nashville fix. But,

I was truly peeing my pants when they rolled into the Bar So Bar. And they continue... They wear matching outfits everywhere they go. Yes. And they were matching outfits for the show. And then they wanted to go back. Liv really wanted to change. And so I thought Liv was just the only one that was going to change. But now they... When Liv and Kayla showed up at the bar, still... It was like the Met Gala. They had matching outfits again. Second look. But they have like... They're doing the whole...

YouTube vlog life thing now, which as they should like I think coming off a reality show That's such a good route to go because people are so interested in what you're doing in your life So like they rolled in the you know, the big camera with the flash and the big entrance and I'm just like, oh my god This is so I just stood in like the side for a while and just watched I was like, this is so this is just like so entertaining and it really was and Yeah

Yeah, they're doing their thing right now. It was a good time. They're wilding out. They're just going for it. There may have even been a Montana Boys sighting for us at the Barstool Bar Friday night. The Montana Boys. Two of them. Yes. Mark and... And one of the other ones. One of the other ones. Mark and the boys. Mark and the boys. Marky Mark and the Montana Boys. Yeah, the Montana Boys. They showed up.

And it was just really funny seeing a collab between Taylor and Liv and the Montana Boys. I was like, what alternate universe are we living in right now? We're just like sitting on the side watching.

Being like, oh, this is what's happening right now. No, we're so funny. And then somebody, like, they brought out, I really felt like a fan. Like, I was like, you guys had left. Yeah. And I'm watching them bring out a new bottle. So, like, they're doing the bottle service, everything. And, like, the sign says, like, Cito and Love Island. It was, like, Liv and Kayla are at the table. And I'm, like, sitting there.

For a second, I like had my phone out and I was like, oh, like major fangirl energy. Like I'm like, that's how that signs for me. Right. You have to remind yourself like, wait, this is our party. That's our sign. I was actually cracking up. I was like, what am I doing? But I was, um,

No, I was really laughing. And Liv and Kayla also like were with these older women that they met on a cruise. I don't know. They live a fascinating life. I'm telling you. Like it really is so interesting to see these women. They roll deep. I thought they were their moms for a second. They do roll deep. And they were like, oh, no, we met them on a cruise. We just like became best friends. And they wanted to come to Nashville. So we're all in Nashville together.

I can't wrap my head around it, but you know what? You do you. You know what I mean? They're just like on another planet right now and I'm like, go live that life. No, I loved it, which is why I was sitting there and like watching one of these ladies like taking pictures with the Montana boys. I'm like, what the fuck am I watching?

No, I have such a funny picture of Maddie standing in front of Mark and the cruise lady taking a picture. I'm going to include it in my roundup of when I post Nashville pictures on Instagram. I'm like, I have to include this on there. But...

Yeah, it was a wild weekend. It was a wild weekend. I'm still collecting my brain. I feel like pieces of my brain kind of just like scattered on the ground of Nashville and I'm kind of collecting them together right now. And our flight was delayed on Sunday. So we got home later than we had wanted to. So then like that...

Then the day is like a wash. But the Eagles won, so that's good. I haven't really talked about the Eagles at all. Oh, congrats. Go Eagles. E-A-G-L-E-S. Eagles. First time they've won in Dallas in like seven years. Woo! Congratulations. That's awesome. Thanks. That's great.

I will say getting home yesterday was like the amazing race for me. If you want to hear my layout of how I got home. You guys did. But honestly, weren't you happy you did it? Very happy I did it. But we went, we landed in JFK.

We took the air train to Jamaica. We took the train from Jamaica to Penn Station. We took the subway and then realized that the subway was not going to stop at the stop that we needed. Got off the subway, took an Uber to the World Trade Center and got on the path and then got home. So I took a train, a train, a subway, Uber and a path to get back.

I took a plane, a train, a train, a subway, an Uber, and a train to get home to my fucking apartment. It probably still would have taken you longer to just Uber from JFK to Tennessee. The traffic was fucking insane. I'm so happy I went to LaGuardia. Even the five minute Uber that I took from the subway to the next train station took

took way longer than it had to from the city traffic. So, oh my God, I felt like I was on the amazing race getting home yesterday. And then I devoured some delicious Indian food. Oh my God, it was so fucking good. When we were on the train, you were like, I'm going home. I'm going right to bed. And then you were like, well, I'm going to shower.

And I need to eat. But after that, I'm getting right into bed. After that, it's showtime, baby. I'm getting right into bed. I know. It was actually nice. I don't know how he did it. He operates...

But Joe got on a really early flight Sunday because it was when he had booked his flights. It was later. And honestly, the flights to and from Nashville are so expensive. So expensive. Like I know Nashville is a hot spot, but like it was crazy how expensive these flights were. Ridiculously expensive. So he left super early.

Which was nice in the fact that when I entered the apartment, chili was on the stove, ready to go. He was like, what do you want me to make? I said, I could go for a big bowl of chili tonight. And it was all rainy and stuff. Yeah, I got cornbread. Delicious. Fritos. Oh my God. I love Fritos and chili. Honestly, it was really good. So that was nice. That sounds amazing. It is nice that we're going to be here kind of all week, but we're...

It's like when you get into the groove...

And then you slow down and you got to jump back in the groove, you know? Well, that's what I was saying to you guys. I wish we were just doing another show tonight. Like I wish we were just go, go, go, go, go. Like we're rock stars. We haven't had a Saturday show in years, I feel like. No, we haven't. This will be a great one. Have we ever had a Saturday show? We did. We had Scott's deal. Oh, right. Yes, we did. So for the people of Detroit where we're coming this weekend, if you guys have a bar that you recommend going to after the show, please let us know. Send us some recommendations. Yeah, send us some recs.

And dinner recommendations as well in Detroit. Please let us know. I had people already being like, go to Mom's Spaghetti, like the M&M place. And I was like, is it good? And they were like, eh. No. It's just like you say you went there, but... You just say you went there. No, I'm looking for some deep dish. Oh, yeah. Some Detroit style. Should we recreate 8 Mile? Like...

What part? Scene by scene. Just the entire movie? Oh, you missed it at the Jersey Shore. Remember, we kept saying we had inside jokes when you went to sleep. It was an eight mile thing. Oh, now you're missing it again. Oh my God, wait, but your hair.

you're literally eminem oh my god i said should i show up to the show and just bag yes no we have to film scenes of him i was gonna say we gotta do some tiktoks we absolutely we we do oh my god yeah we totally call me b rabbit when i'm over there oh my god that is so funny we have to do that um all right let's get into the rest of the show we are going to be talking about everything that happened with brie and zach

over the past week and more. What a week. What a freaking week with that. We're going to be talking about Grammy nominations. JT from Southern Charm has announced his departure, which I think we're all pretty okay with. Couldn't have come sooner. Yes. And Ariana Grande said that she is stepping away from pop music and is going to be stepping more into Broadway, comedy, all of that. And we also have weekly watch reports. So let's get into the topics.

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Every Zola wedding is as unique as the couple planning it. So start planning at Zola.com. That's Z-O-L-A dot com. Once again, start planning at Zola.com. Z-O-L-A dot com. So a lot has transpired between Brie, a.k.a. Brianna Chicken Fry, a.k.a. Brianna LaPaglia. However, you may know her on the internet because I think people get confused. And Zach Bryan, who...

And we all know that they broke up and we talked about their breakup on this podcast and Zach posted on his story and Brie didn't know he was going to post it. And then they released the BFFs episode last week talking about their breakup. But before they released the BFFs, the BFFs, the BFFs episode about the breakup, they

Josh and Dave released a diss track about Zach Bryan, the smallest man or smallest man. Yes, which would be Josh Richards and Dave Portnoy. Yes. For people who may not know, we're giving context here. Josh Richards, Dave Portnoy. Dave Portnoy is our boss. Josh Richards, famous from TikTok. They are on the BFFs podcast with Brie. They released the smallest man diss track. And let me tell you, this diss track was extremely catchy and

It had some amazing one-liners in there. Shout out to Roan, who also works here, who was on the podcast recently talking Real Housewives. He's one of the world's best battle rap champions ever. So he's very good at that stuff. And there was also other people who had a lot to do with it as well. Yeah, I was going to say, I've seen a lot of discourse on TikTok of who wrote what and what line is from who because there's like, I think Josh...

Josh's verse was written by somebody else. I think it was a collab with Josh as well. And then Rowan wrote Dave's. Jetski was involved as well as another Barstool employee. It's a collaborative effort. I mean, all the names were listed on the song.

And I mean, they just knocked it out of the park. They really, really did. It is so good. It is so catchy. I was singing it in my sleep, like singing it in my head before I went to sleep last night. It was still stuck in my head. I know, Samen. I think if we even sing it on this podcast, we might get copyrighted. No, truly. It's crazy. Because it's been taken down every single platform. You basically can't find it really anywhere right now. You guys have a sing-along.

We did a sing-along at both live shows. How lucky is Brie? I don't want to get copyrighted, so we won't sing it. Zach Bryan blocked us on Chicks in the Office. Sure did. I think he's blocked the majority of Barstool employees at this point, but the diss track was awesome. So, have to talk about that first. But yeah, that got taken down off of every single platform. Not just because

of Zach Bryan's music being at the tail end of it because of his song How Lucky Are We which was just stolen from Bree's Tattoo but we'll get into that was put at the end of that diss track Josh has a contract with Warner's music that he I guess forgot about which also is

Zach's record label. I guess Josh, maybe just it slipped his mind. And they basically were like, well, we own all of Josh's music. So you can't put this out. And so I think it was Zach Bryan's team. They took down the music everywhere. And so then Dave decided to make another one, Dave's version, which we'll talk about because that happened after the podcast. So rewind a little bit. Disc track gets put out, gets taken off of everywhere. It's really good. People are loving it, but you can't find it anymore. Yeah.

Catchy as hell. BFF's episode comes out Thursday night and Brie details the events of what led to her breakup and things that have transpired in their relationship throughout the year. And I think plain and simple, what Brie was dealing with was a narcissistic, abusive man, which has clearly come to light with a lot of the stories that she told. I think that

Brie is also keeping in a lot of stories. And I think that's totally her right. She declined a $12 million or now they're saying it was really 12.9 million. So closer to 13 million round up, round up, round up NDA that Zach's team offered her to not talk about him. Dave couldn't talk about him. Josh couldn't talk about all of Barstool sports, couldn't talk about him. And Brie denied that.

And I think for Brie, she told a lot of stories that paint the picture of who Zach Ryan is and was in that relationship and past relationships that she was not a part of. But I think it's totally her right to not share every single story because...

really this breakup only happened what two three weeks ago yeah I'm sure she's still processing a lot of things that happen and a lot of times in relationships it takes weeks months years to come to terms with things that have happened and kind of label them for what they were yeah and I think that's sort of um what Brianna is trying to say here too is like

she's sharing some stories, but there's some things that she does not plan on sharing maybe ever for the sake of herself, for the sake of her. If she has kids later, she doesn't want them to hear these stories. Like, and I think that's totally her, right. Totally respect that. But the stories that she,

did end up telling on the podcast I mean it's clear as day that this was just he's just a straight up abusive piece of shit yeah I think it's very fair too because after you get out of a relationship like this I think she's looking back at a lot of these moments and it's stories and events that like she has to come to terms with and accept and like look she's looking back at it in a different lens and

It's his behavior. And she said even for like she was like even for myself, I'm embarrassed with some with some maybe with some of her own actions, which, of course, were stemming from having to deal with Zach. Yeah. And everything that that was happening with him.

So I think it was fair. I think she did a good job in saying like, you know, this is a glimpse into things that went on and you can kind of connect the dots here a little bit. And I know that there's been 9 million questions and it's all like, it is my entire for you page. Like it was just dominated all week and everyone's making a lot of assumptions, which can be dangerous as well. But I did see one TikTok and I,

I can't remember who made this, but it was somebody like known. But now I'm forgetting who it was. So excuse me for forgetting. But basically saying like, hey...

Yes, Zach was offering $12 million or whatever how much it was, but good for her because it was three... Like they said, it was going to be paid out over three years and the lawyers were probably stalling because they were probably trying to come up with some absolute ironclad insane contract where yes, that $12 million sounds crazy. It's a massive number, but they...

the teeny, teeny, tiny fine print could be like, hey, if one thing...

or one thing is stepped out of line, which is why they were trying to bring Barstool into it too. Because those lawyers were like, hey, let's loop in the rest of Barstool where let's put like a clause where Barstool say something, Brie doesn't get the money. So it's like, it's crazy where that's happening. Where it's like, yes, yes, 100%, it's such a huge number, but those lawyers would have tried everything to make her life miserable for three years for her to not see that full amount.

And I think that could not be more true. So it is just extremely impressive that she did not take that money, like she said,

on the show you know I was somebody before him I'll be somebody after him like I have a career I like I'm not like you can't just silence me and think that I am gonna give up my my life yeah and my career and everything that I love that I do because that really seems to be the direction he wanted her to go in like it seemed like he really wanted a girlfriend wanted somebody that was just gonna follow him around all the time and you know kiss his ass and not and tell him how great he is and

and not ever do anything on her own because even she said, they said during the show when she was renegotiating her contract, Zach offered to pay her double the amount that Barstool had offered her to just not work. It's insane. To just not work at Barstool. And it's crazy because she did say, you know, I feel like Zach was really trying to taint my opinion of Barstool and like working there and everything. And,

It really does. It really felt like from people that work here, it did feel that way. For a while, it was like, oh, she kind of thinks she's better than us in a way where she's out. And now it's so clear that he was so in her head and in her ear telling her, you don't need to be there. You don't need to do this, all this stuff. She was like, I love working.

here yeah and honestly I'm just so happy that Brie is back to posting and showing things of her life because that's the Brie we always knew that's the Brie that I met you know what I mean like when she first came here and like just being herself and not afraid to like you know just

we dress however she wants, dye her hair color, whatever she wants, just be herself. And it's like, it was very, very clear throughout this entire year that something was up with this man. And that's why when we talked about their breakup and we said, we hope she exposes him is because it was very clear that like something was just off. Like Brie was just not being herself. I mean, you can even tell from social, like there's the way her TikTok has changed, like changed in the last year, you know, it's posting so much, sharing, laughing, having fun, sharing her life. And,

And like the last few months, it was crickets. Yeah. Because she was, it just felt like she was always having to come to his defense or like hide things for him. And it was very clear that she was giving up herself for him to protect him. Stories that came out about him, she would get online and defend him. And let me tell you, the people who just like...

they just refuse to have any empathy or sympathy or anything who continue to just shit down Brianna's throat. I'm like, seriously, just open up your eyes. Open up your eyes to what was happening here. It is very clear what this man was doing to her and making her feel a certain way and also the fact that she made it entirely clear that she thought he was a totally different person in the first four months of them dating. He...

showed this character to her that she got tricked into and then throughout the rest of the year continued to try to make herself believe that this man who she was presented at first was the man that she was dating and it was not. So for the people who were like,

oh, well, she did love him at one point. Yeah, no shit, because he was portraying somebody who is not him. And that happens all the time, a lot of times. And I've seen people share videos of Zach on tech. Oh my God, look at how nice he's being in this video. Yeah, because he is having an outward interaction with a fan and he wants everyone to think he's the nicest guy ever. And this happens all the time. The people out there that just portray the

nicest person ever act behind the scenes are really not that it's like when Ellen everything came out and people were like well she was always nice to me it's like that doesn't mean that she was no it doesn't and and it happens more often than people think that the people have on this online perception of oh my god I'm so sweet and behind the scenes they're really just not that and

it's so clear that's what happened with him. And it's like, so for people to just get online and be like, well, Brianna, you know, she, she loved him. Yeah. Because he was,

lying to her in the beginning and made her believe something that wasn't real and somebody responded to my story i this this woman responded to my story because we posted how we did a sing-along at our show and they were like this is so petty and immature i said it's really pathetic that you are on here defending an actually abusive man like this man does not offer 12 million dollars

because he did nothing. Okay. That you don't offer $12 million because you were a saint. You just wouldn't like, you just wouldn't, you just don't, you don't have to, you don't have to offer the money because you have nothing to hide. He offered $12 million for a fucking reason. And if people can't see that, then they just want to, you know, believe their own narratives because he's a good singer and, and whatever. Um, but,

Props to Brie because she was able to get on there and tell her story and is in a different position than other people may be to get on and tell their stories as well. I think we have to acknowledge that too because there's a lot of people who, you know, I think Brianna posted on her story, like if I can leave somebody, you know, in power, then you can leave like somebody from your hometown. But like at the same time,

a lot of people don't have the platform that Brianna has to like talk about these things publicly. So even the resources, it's hard. I mean, she has like, you can see she's it's, um, it is, it's hard and really scary, but you know, I think she also had that sounding board of when she was talking with Josh and Dave about what they even wanted to do. Because I think that like, it's interesting to see what happens with the future of the show because, uh,

Dave had kind of talked about it at the beginning of the episode. His plan was to not be on BFFs for much longer. So it's just kind of like you have to talk about the future of what you think the show's going to be. But Brie clearly felt like she had enough time

support in that moment to like be like okay I will be okay you know it's like that's because that's it's crazy it is it's just it's a crazy amount of money you go back and forth she said it was really tough you know especially when you you have other people like me we have family members whoever it is like take the money take the money it's a life-changing amount of money for sure but like I was saying before you know they were gonna make it extremely difficult for her to get that entire sum and

um, I, and now, you know, she's free to live her life the way she wants to. And it's still her, it's still her stories to people in a relationship. He doesn't get to control the entire narrative of their relationship. She gets to own that. She was also in that relationship for sure. And I am seeing like a lot of, um, tech talks now and a lot of people talking about their own experiences with men or women in their life that have, they have,

had this happen to um and i hope people can find the right resources to help them as well to leave these situations because i do feel like a lot of people feel like they are stuck sometimes um so i hope that even like because i i saw brianna post that like she's had people come to her be like you know what this is giving me the motivation i need to leave um which is

But yeah, the whole thing is just... It's crazy. It's...

It's taken over the entire internet. I mean, everybody's talking about it. I mean, it fits perfectly into this. I mean, they named the diss track Smallest Man for a reason, right? Like, it immediately alluded to... Brie's been talking a lot about Taylor Swift and her lyrics. It's just had such an impact on her. And she was joking like, oh, I'm so sorry, the Swifties. Like, I was so wrong. And truly, like, Smallest Man Who Ever Lived is such a perfect description of what was...

Of what was happening. I mean, if you have somebody that is so insecure, he is a world famous star selling out arenas left and right. Like his career is at the tippity top right now. And for it to be that still so insecure and such of a projective, like once you said he really is a narcissist, but it's like,

For Brie to tell that story of like, oh, you know, one day I had like, you know, the Morgan Wallen song. Last night we led the liquor. Yeah. And just she's like, you know, suck in my head. And I sang that little chorus out loud in the house and he freaked out and got so mad and was like, how dare you sing another man's song in my house? Like that is the most.

The lowest, lowest you can get. Like, truly, it's so embarrassing for him. It's so embarrassing. It's so manipulative. It's so insecure. There's so many words to describe it. It's such a loser. And I mean, it really is. And, you know, I think Brie talked about this on the podcast as well. But it's also like...

it is incredibly hard to leave those situations because you are looking for validation from that person who continuously beats you down. Like she's singing Morgan Wallen, he's like, "You can't sing that." Or she's wearing a dress to the Golden Globes that he doesn't approve of. And you get in this cycle of like, they rope you in, but you know, the love bombing, you begin to love that person. Now this person's beating you down and you just want that validation from them.

And it's so fucking hard to leave those situations. And even...

When she said that he broke up with her and like it broke my heart to hear that when she asked him for a hug and he wouldn't give her that hug. And it's like that's like the, you know, looking for that validation from somebody who is just like abusive to you over and over again. Like it's such a hard cycle to break. And he did her a fucking huge favor by leaving because she even said it herself. Like she was this close to like.

Yeah. You know, something that she fully like fully losing herself in that situation. It's such a such a dark thing. And it's it's just an endless cycle of fucking pieces of shit in the world that that do this and behave this way. And ultimately they need help. She said it. She was like, you don't need Raya. You need therapy. But it's just insane. It really is. It's just as manipulative as it gets, truly. And even the Golden Globes thing, like.

Behind the scenes, he's pissed off. He's so mad at what she's wearing. But publicly, he's posting on his story like, oh my God, she looks so beautiful. That is just the most manipulative thing you can do because in your mind, you're like, well, is he actually mad? It's crazy. It really is crazy. And I also think what he's still been doing is insanely manipulative. He's releasing new music. He's trying to spin the narrative. He seems to be, I mean, I won't give the song a play.

But I googled the lyrics to see what he was saying. And I was just like, oh, like this is... He's putting songs out where he's, you know, alluding to... It seemed to be alluding to Brie a little bit, alluding to his mom, his relationship with his mom, who has now passed, and putting that song. But just like...

the timing of all that and putting it out and being like, just like, it just continues this narrative for him of like, oh, I'm so damaged and broken and like, this is why I'm the way I am. And it's just like, no, go, go, go.

Be quiet for a little while. No, seriously. It's just endless. And I mean, it was so clear even, like you said, with the Golden Globes, like yelling at her behind the scenes, but then posting the picture and following and unblocking her. And like clear, I mean, it was very clear. We all know it. Like we're friends with Brie, but even the people that are like fans of Brie, you see

She always was herself. She always dressed the way she wanted to. She always dyed her hair the way she wanted to. She was constantly changing her style, had a really cool style. And then all of a sudden the past year, you see her kind of dull herself down a little bit. Like she even posted, I mean, this is just coming from her. She posted her dying her hair the other day, like, because she was like, I can dye my hair again. Like these, these men,

tactics and making her feel like less than and smaller because he always had to be the center of attention and take all the moments away from her and it's like you want someone who's gonna hype you up and be like yeah you look fucking great post that shit I'm gonna come to your tour I'm gonna come to your birthday I wanna be there for you I'm gonna support your friends I'm gonna support your friends that's what

one of the biggest things is supporting the friends and being like you should be with your friends hang out with your friends your family and it seemed like he was pulling her away from that and he was the story of him you know yelling at grace and her friends and all of that and

You know, I know people want Grace to talk right now, but she said it herself. Like, she doesn't feel comfortable talking online just yet. She posted that story. I think it was pretty traumatic for Grace as well. So it's one of those things where Grace can speak on it if she wants to, but that is totally her decision. I think people are starting to kind of see a glimpse of what kind of went down for them. Sadly, no.

I think it's just like a little bit deeper. And that's like, you know, for them to figure out. But look, for people that are, you know, are friends and work with Brie and see her, it was crazy because it's really like you can't pull somebody out of that unless they...

Real like unless there's a wake up and they and they realize it because for us, it's like we you know, we were like this is from what we were hearing. We were like this. This doesn't sound good. No, you know, so seeing that this is the end result now of her not being with him is definitely what we were rooting for. So it's good to see it that it's moved in that direction. I mean, Dave put out another song recently.

Smallest Man, it's just tough because I can only imagine Dave's brain also with this as well a little bit just because Smallest Man, people were like, holy shit, this is so good. And the frustration for him that it's not. People can't really listen to it as much. So he just decided to put out an entirely new song. It's called Country Diddy. Put it out Sunday night. I mean...

Country Diddy is a strong statement for sure. But it is, once again, Dave rapping. People are getting little tidbits here and there from that. I think a lot of people have jumped on that.

pink skies line that he that Zach had written pink skies about grace and yeah well it's not it's like I think those lyrics were misinterpreted because it's not about grace it was written about grace's grandma's funeral yeah um

Which is just... Right. But it's just like that's not as catchy for a rap lyric. Right. You can't like put that into the... Yeah. Make that into the lyric. Yeah. I mean, the whole thing is so fucked. But that's another thing where I'm like, I feel like Grace, like it's got to be really tough for Grace too because I don't like that gets thrown out and then you're like, I mean, come on guys. Right. And then Grace feels... You know, do I need to be thrown... Right. Like it's, once again, Grace's grandma's funeral. Like it's a very personal... Exactly. Thing that we're just putting on blast now. Right. Right.

for everybody also to dissect and have commentary on. Right, and then it's like, you know, Gracie's out there doing her thing. She's crushing the comedy tours. And she probably just...

you know wants to just you know she even said it herself it was an up and down year for her as well she posted that on her story so yeah i think 100 people kind of need to just leave grace alone right now as well yes i don't know how many i'm i'm i like a diss song a diss track it works it hits and smallest man really fucking hit and now it's kind of like are we he wanted obviously wanted to put another one because the first one keeps getting taken down but it's like

We could probably end it at this one. I don't really think you could get stronger than calling somebody country diddy. Right. And I think smallest man was like the one. Yeah. It was. Smallest man was the one. It was really catchy and unfortunately got taken down but it was the one. Tinder bumble. Yeah. Yeah.

Yeah. Yeah. That Noah Kahn line is so fucking good. It's so good. Even Noah knows you're the real Kahn man. Yeah. Ah, so good. I mean, there's just so many details, so many things. Yeah. He clearly, I mean, it's all the signs of a narcissistic, abusive person making her dress a certain way, isolating her from her friends and family, screaming at her behind closed doors about listening to someone else's fucking music. Like, be more insecure. You're the most insecure person

person on the planet Earth. Like, it's just crazy. It really is. It's really insane. But I'm rooting for Brie to get back to herself now and put this disgusting man behind her. Agreed. And for all his exes as well to just...

put this disgusting man behind them as well because he fucking sucks so bad. So bad. He sucks so fucking bad. Stinks out loud. Could not stink out loud more. Could not stink out loud more than he does. All right. Moving on.

we are going to be talking about the Grammy nominations. Now, we did mention these pretty recently, talking about Grammy nominations, about how it was going to be a big year for the girls in pop because they fucking crushed this year and there were some snubs. I mean...

Pop album of the year got a ton of recognition, ton of people nominated. Sorry, just burped. But Ariana Grande, Eternal Sunshine snubbed from the Grammys. From album of the year, which was really surprising because I actually think the last time we were talking about it, I had it like very... I think I had it maybe on my list as like a sleeper like win for album of the year. So I was...

I was very surprised by that, but the ladies are definitely dominating. Beyonce led the nominations with 11, and then it was Billie Eilish, Kendrick Lamar, Post Malone, Charli XCX, so a four-way tie for the second largest number of nominations with seven, and then behind that are Taylor Swift, Sabrina Carpenter, and Chapa Rhone with six. So it was...

It was one of those that for sure we were like, whoa, especially for album of the year, right? So album of the year, it's Andre 3000 for New Blue Sun, Beyonce, Cowboy Carter, Sabrina Carpenter, Short and Sweet, Charlie XCX, Barat, Jacob Collier? This is where I'm like uncultured swine. I don't know who that is. I honestly don't know who that is either. Billie Eilish, Hit Me Hard and Soft, Chaperone, Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess, Taylor Swift, Torture Poets Department. So...

Yeah, I think a lot of people were surprised. No Eternal Sunshine in this category. Nothing in Record of the Year as well or Song of the Year. She is in pop vocal album, I believe, but Record of the Year, you got Texas Hold'em, Espresso, 360, Birds of a Feather, Not Like Us, Good Luck Babe, Fortnite, and Now and Then by the Beatles. Sometimes the Grammys... The Beatles snuck in there. Like, sometimes...

The Grammys have to Grammy, you know? Mm-hmm. Where every year you're like, oh, I mean, there's just so much, there's so many amazing things to choose from. Like, everything that's going to get nominated is so good. I mean, I understand it's the Beatles, but like, the Beatles are putting out music as the Beatles? That was like a one- Is it an old song? No, no, that was like a one-off thing where they like had certain stuff recorded already and then they finally like put it all together. Yeah.

I don't think that, that wasn't anything new that they recorded. I think it was just like from the vault. So it was like, yeah, like they went deep in the past and pieced it together for a new song. Good for Paul and Ringo. The only ones alive. Yeah, right. John Lennon's looking down like, woo. Yeah. Just like, yeah, sometimes they just really get you. Song of the year was a bar song, Birds of a Feather, Die with a Smile, which is Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars. Fortnite, Good Luck Babe, Not Like Us, Please, Please, Please.

Texas Hold'em. So it's issues that Sabrina got a non for Please Please Please for Song of the Year, Record of the Year, Espresso. Yeah, I think Sabrina Carpenter is going to have a big year at the Grammys. Yeah. I think. I hope, honestly. I feel like she deserves it. She's in the Best New Artist category too. Yeah, and she made a video being like, I'm old. Or like, well, she's been around for a while. It is funny though because I do sometimes think that artists, not that they're unaware of

But you have to be like... So you have to submit. Yeah, you have to submit yourself. I just saw a video about Phineas, Billy Osher's brother. He didn't even submit himself a producer of the year this year. He was like, I already won. He's like, I don't care. Good for him. Because I know because people... I saw a lot of people being like, well, Phineas snubbed producer of the year. Yeah, he just said I didn't submit myself. Yeah, exactly. So it's like if you don't do it... So that's where I'm...

You know, maybe Sabrina isn't fully aware of every category she's being, that they submitted her in. But, you know, they submitted her for Best New Artist. Right. And I think she was confused by that because she's like six albums deep. But hey, that always happens when somebody pops off one year and they've been around for a while. Yeah. But I think Sabrina Carpenter, if I had to pick, and we could all go around and say our choices, but if I had to pick for the best album, I'm going to go Sabrina Carpenter. For me personally, that's the one I've listened to the most. Well, besides Beyonce. Album of the Year. Album of the Year. Beyonce too. Yeah.

Taylor Swift's just wasn't my personal favorite album of hers. Obviously, I know how good it is and how much people really loved it. But the other ones, for me, listening-wise, came out more on top. And I also... I mean, shout out to Charlie XX. It was Brad Summer. You know what I mean? It was. It was. And I'm...

Hopefully it's cool for her because I feel like she's never cared about this shit. And for her, I feel like with Brat, she was like, here's, I'm putting out an album the way I want to do it and my sound and my creative and like,

She's like, okay, it's being recognized. Yeah. What do you guys think for, I know we discussed this a couple weeks ago, but now that the nominations are out. Now that the nominations are fully out. I mean, I'm going to, I would go Beyonce or Taylor Swift. I just think it's the Grammys, you know? Yeah. I personally, if I was a voter, I'm going Beyonce. Yeah, like I'm saying like you personally. Yeah, yeah. Because I think I would go Beyonce or Sabrina. I think I would still go Beyonce or Taylor Swift. Beyonce or Taylor. Taylor Swift, it's tough for me. I love the Sabrina album,

for sure. I mean, it says it all right there in the title. But like, Short and Sweet is a great album. It's like 40 minutes to listen to. You know, like, it's, as a body of work, I think Torture Post Department is so, like,

That's true. When you're thinking about every detail of the body of the work, the lyrics, the music, everything that goes into it, how many songs. I don't want to discredit. Sabrina's album is great, and I listen to it a ton for sure, but I'm trying to put myself in the mind space of the Grammys. Sometimes people kind of like,

the shorter albums are like, you know, concise. Yeah, no, 100%. 100%. Taylor Swift, how many songs was that on that? No, and there's a lot of songs on that album that I think people forget are even on the album. I mean, there's like 30 something songs. How did Tumos want to not get nominated for record of the year? I thought that would have for sure been like...

Yeah. I mean, I guess... But they put Texas Hold'em on, so... Yeah, I think it just comes down to... I think in that world, you have to, like, you just gotta pick. Like, if you're Beyonce's team, like, you're submitting, you have to... You gotta, like, go... You gotta pick one and go hard for it, you know? It's the one... Like, I would think, like, most commercialized one would probably... I feel like Not Like Us is probably gonna win that. Not... Listen. Record of the year? Record of the year. Ice Lake...

That record of the year is where I could maybe go Espresso. Oh, that means that. I think Espresso might win record of the year. That's where I would go. Maybe not album of the year, but I could go just like the Espresso of the year was... Espresso of the year. Espresso of the year. Espresso was like the catchiest song of the year by far. I feel like sometimes record of the year falls in that like...

kind of situation because the production of it is just like I mean it's like one of the catchiest songs yeah I think but I think Espresso definitely catches but I will say not like us I still listen to like every day and it would be hilarious if he won a Grammy but

for this song because Drake says in Family Matters, Kendrick just opened his mouth. Someone go hand him a Grammy right now because he makes fun of the fact that Kendrick wins these Grammys. It would be poetic if Kendrick just wins a Grammy for Not Like Us. It would. It would. Also for Album of the Year, I just have to say the fact that Andre, I love Andre 3000. He's one of the greatest rappers ever, but the fact that he made a flute album

And he's not like he even himself is like, I'm not the best flute player. I just want to make a flute album. And that got nominated for album of the year. Like you can't tell me people are listening. I mean, there's just like some artists that just like could fart on tape and would get nominated for album of the year. You know, like no matter what Taylor Swift puts out, it's going to get out. Like the best flute player in the world.

has put out an album and that has not been nominated for album of the year but counter 3000 starts playing the flute yeah yeah yeah that's what happens it's true um i know i think chaperone has a good chance to win some i personally good luck baby is like not one of my favorites but i don't know if that's like because of the time thing like good luck babe actually came out this year so i don't but but obviously her previous album was nominated um but

Pop solo performance is all as all the ladies as well. Bodyguard is the Beyonce espresso. Apple birds of a feather. Good luck, babe. Pop duo group performance is us. Grace pumper Gracie Abrams and Taylor Swift. Like I love that song. It's a great fucking song.

Levi's jeans, Beyonce and Post Malone, gas, Charlie, Billy Eilish. This is where the boy is mine is Ariana Grande's nomination there with brand new Monica and then Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars. And then pop vocal album is where eternal sunshine is nominated. And that's also all women. I think for like the first time in a really long time or maybe ever, I saw some stat was like, it was the first time that category has been only female. Listen, the women are dominating. Yeah. Music. 100% here. 100%. And then, um,

Dance, pop, recording, yes. And Ariana Grande got nominated for that as well. And then Cowboy Carter is country in the country category. Not at the CMAs, but at the Grammys. At the Grammys, they're considering it country. So it's going to be great. It's going to be fun. It's going to be fun. Grammys, you're going to get all those stars out. You know, if you get just...

just pop vocal album getting all those ladies in one in one room together it's amazing it's gonna be an incredible show i'm excited to watch it i'm excited to see who comes out winning they all deserve it i mean all incredible like such an incredible year for music yep um

So props to all of them. But I guess that moves us into Ariana. Should we just talk about Ariana? Moves us into Ariana Grande, who was snubbed. Eternal Sunshine did not get nominated. But now Ariana Grande, she's on the Wicked press tour. Wicked premiere this weekend in LA. People are fucking raving about this movie. They're saying it's like the best movie they've ever seen. I'm like itching.

I'm literally itching to see this movie. People are freaking the fuck out over Wicked, but besides the point Ariana Grande mentioned how she's probably going to be moving away from pop music for a little bit, more Broadway, comedy. I think that...

after everybody sees this wicked movie, just from what I'm seeing from the people who were at the premiere talk about this movie, that Ariana Grande, like, just fucking blows it away. Yeah. Which is not surprising. She is so fucking talented and has shown her talent since we were young kids. And not only is she a pop star, but she's an amazing actress, vocalist, everything. So...

I really think she can do it all. Whatever she wants to put her heart and soul into, she's going to do. And it's probably going to be phenomenal. Absolutely. She was on the Las Culturistas podcast, which I watched the whole thing.

And I will say I loved it. I thought it was really great. It's long, which is great, but I just feel like that was... I needed that. I needed to see Ariana Grande in that setting. She and Bo and Yang are very good friends. And...

like these short clips these short clips that go viral like all these things of Ariana but then like this was like an hour and a half plus of them sitting down talking talking about their friendship their relationship like joking about other things talking about Wicked like really getting into into the weeds talking about Wicked and she had said like you know I don't freak out like I know my fans like are gonna lose their shit here like but it's it's okay like I will always be in music like I will never not be but

But just the rate that she's been going is probably not what she's going to continue doing. Like she said, I'll always make music, but I can't do it for the next 10 years like I've done it the past 10 years. And she's reconnecting with this part of her that loves musical theater, loves comedy. So she wants to like find roles that really feed that love, which is so great because, you know,

Ariana Grande is such a massive, massive pop star that you kind of forget, like...

Victoria, Sam and Kat, like you kind of forget like that that's what started and she was so funny. So funny. I mean, she is really funny. Yeah. She's great at impressions. She's great at like all these things that that can take her into like different take her down different avenues. So I'm excited to see what she does with it because like I said, every between I mean the both of them, her and Cynthia, everybody's raving about how amazing they are in Wicked. So yeah.

If she wants to go down and do more, like, musical theater, or maybe she wants to actually do a show on Broadway, it would be... I mean, she'd absolutely crush it. She'd be unreal. It'd be so good. She could do anything that she really wants to. Her talent just is in every form, you know? And we've seen that since we were younger. So, I mean, at this point, we just need Wicked to get here. I'm excited for this. Because the way that people are just raving about this movie is...

Oh, I wanted to say, I forgot. What? On our Instagram, on our clips from the show where we pitched the idea for Wicked sing-along screenings, that certain screenings should be sing-along and some not. Kristen Chenoweth herself said,

The OG commented, agree. Yes, she did. So she's backing the idea. She thinks it's a great idea. And I, you know, I'm surprised nobody's contacted us on how that they're going to implement this idea. Kristen Chenoweth, we need your funding. Yeah, it was just like, hey, AMC can put out a statement that we came up with this idea and they're going to do it. You know, that's...

But yeah. And we're going to be needing Kristen's support all the way because they're not just going to listen to two little mere girls like us saying we want to sing along. We need Kristen Chenoweth, the queen of Broadway, to step in and say, hey, Kristen.

These ladies are on to something. We need to sing along. We also saw the comment when we were in the Christmas bar and nothing could have been a better setting. Oh my God. Like as we're like sitting in this fake Whoville, we're like talking about Kristen Chenoweth commenting and agreeing with the idea. I was like, oh, I love it. It was like the Broadway angels came down above and just blessed us on our shoulders while we were in Whoville to tell us that Kristen Chenoweth commented on this video. I'm so excited. I mean, I'm even just like,

I just can't wait. I know it's going to be so good, the movie, but I'm just so excited for the soundtrack too and to listen to all their versions of the songs. Oh, man, it's going to be so good. I can't freaking wait. So, so good. Moving on to the last topic and really just not very important news, but something that we're okay with is JT from Southern Charm has stepped away. And you know what?

Good. That's how I feel about it. I really only wanted to bring this up to just like double down on like, yeah, bye. To double down on the fact that we think he's a loser and now that he's losing the show, it's like he's moving the show, leaving the show. I can't fucking speak. No, it meant in a way that was like, hey, we don't, cool. Bye. He wrote, it comes with a heavy heart to share that I have resigned from Southern Charm. It's also he did it in such a douchey way too because they're in the middle of

Like he did it while, I'll just read what he said. It'll make more sense. Right, because the season's about to air. Yes. Or it's in promo. They're doing their. Press. But they're confessionals. Yes. Like they're still filming this. Yes. The testimonials. Testimonials, yes. He said yesterday, I informed Bravo that I will not be participating in the two to three remaining green screen, green room interviews remaining before season, before the season airs.

On December 5th, he said, Based on the season 10 trailer, it seems Thomas will battle with a new opponent when the show returns.

The sneak peek revealed he has a tense interaction with his co-star Madison LaCroix after another cast member, Craig Conover, told her that Thomas referred to her as a bitch. Yeah. Soon after the trailer's release, a woman on social media came forward alleging to have been also involved with Thomas while the show was filming, which led many fans to speculate that he was creating a storyline for the series.

Basically that he was just like lying to like have stuff to say on the show, you know? But it's just, it's also like, like I said, a move where you're, oh, you've done approximately nine so far and you're not, you're just not going to do the last two or three.

Spare me. That's all. You know, spare me. It's just further proof what we thought about him being a little weasel. Like, you've done the fucking show. Just finish it off and then get on your merry way after the fucking show ends. It's like, finish it and then get on your high horse and say, like, oh, I'm leaving the show. Oh, and you think you're better than the show. Like, move along here. You brought nothing besides being a little weasel and you'll continue to be a little weasel in my personal opinion. That's how I feel about JT. Yep. So...

See ya. Bye. Bye. Okay, that wraps up the topics.

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I did. It felt right in the moment. It was also the dance move I was doing with it that if you're not watching on YouTube, then you couldn't see the dance move and it kind of fit the voice of the character I was going for. Um,

Big spoilers coming ahead. We're going to be talking about Outer Banks. Spoiler alert. If you're not caught up on Outer Banks, then I would sadly turn off the rest of the episode because it's going to be majority Outer Banks because that's all I watched or had time to watch this weekend when I got home Sunday night. Spoiler alert. Spoiler. Spoiler alert. And honestly, good for you if you haven't seen the spoilers because we were dodging them left and right all weekend. You got spoiled. I did not.

However, I kind of knew something because it's always... I knew... When you guys were talking about it at lunch and I walked away and then I came back and I heard Noah go, oh, maybe he wanted to leave the show. And I was like, God fucking damn it! I'm not going to blame that on Noah because...

I blame it on myself because I had told the group that I got spoiled and then Noah said he wanted to know the spoiler which is fair if you want to know the spoiler I'm gonna tell you the spoiler you know what I was begging to not know the spoiler and you walked away and let me be clear you walked away so I told Noah the spoiler and it was just bad timing bad timing but um

I got fucking spoiled. Yeah. I got fucking spoiled. On like Friday morning. Early. I got fucking spoiled and I'm fucking pissed about it. It was Thursday. Thursday. It was Thursday. We landed in Nashville. We were in the Uber to the hotel and I turned to you and I said, I just got fucking spoiled. I was pissed off.

I was pissed off. And let me tell you why. Because I saw a spoiler that I thought maybe could be fake because it was from a random Twitter account. And I thought, ooh, they're just fucking around. This can't be real. Until E! News. E! News decided to post a headline. Spoiler alert, spoiler alert, spoiler alert. One of the major cast members killed off this season of Outer Banks. I said, what the fuck? What the fuck, E! News? Why are you making that big headline?

hours after the show was fucking released yeah ridiculous do not put in a headline one of the major characters were killed off out of banks you make that a headline yeah that's a huge spoiler because now i know the spoiler that i saw is now real and it's confirmed so i was po'd as you should be about it because i knew i wasn't gonna be able to watch till sunday night so i was fucking pissed off but moving along um yes jj was killed off the show now i don't know what the fuck

Is going on between Madison and Rudy in real life. But apparently, I mean, the fans have gone wild. The fans have gone absolutely batshit with rumors and stories. And I want to know what happened.

Why did JJ get killed off the show? Now, the directors, the creators, they're saying it was always their original plan to kill JJ off the show. Yeah, they said that this was what this is the direction they were always going in. And when they told Rudy about it, he was excited about the character arc for the for JJ and was like, OK, with it happening. And.

And that's the story they're selling us. This was always in the cards and Rudy was ready for it and seemed to have welcomed it. And if any character was going to die, it was going to be JJ. 100%. He's reckless. He deserves to die. We also did... I mean, after part one, we were talking about part one. We were like, somebody's probably going to die. And if it's going in the direction we think it is, it's going to be JJ. JJ is going to be the one to go because he's a madman. And...

Sarah, Sarah Cameron's pregnant. And that is even beside the point. Listen, like I saw that theory. I threw that out there last week. I was like, there's no way it is way. No, it is. It's so way. It's so way there with child. But that's not even whatever I besides even the context of the show and what happened in these episodes, because what what creative liberty did they take?

The rest of these episodes. I'll be honest. I loved, I loved how we got to Morocco. Like I was like giggling watching in my hotel room on Friday. Cause I was like, not only have they just, not only has Rafe just like found this giant fishing boat, uh,

But they leave to go to Morocco. So they're going across the ocean to Africa. They're making the whole trip. They locked Rafe in the back. How many days was he down there? He was locked down there for a while. And then they hit the storm of all storms. There's always a storm. I know Outer Banks are going to put him on a boat and there's going to be a storm.

And they just fucking toss pregnant Sarah Cameron right off the side of the boat. There she goes. There she goes. JG jumps in to save her. We have nowhere. They're in the middle of the ocean. We have no idea where they are. No clue what happens. But don't worry. They wash ashore. I couldn't believe what I was watching in these episodes. And I keep seeing people say that this is Riverdale 2.0. Yeah, right. Yeah, yeah.

At least it's not... I mean, I guess actually there's some magic involved here. The crown is like magic. No, there is magic. There's magic involved now. And if they bring back JJ next season because of how mad people are, they killed him off, it's going to be true Riverdale. They can't do it. They cannot bring JJ back. But Sarah Cameron being pregnant, thrown off the boat, the whole thing. And I hope... I don't even want to say what I think that they might do next season after all that. But whatever. Going back to JJ. This scene with the police...

in the sixth episode and they're playing Black Sabbath and he's running around with a baseball bat and he's smashing windows. Yeah, he's having his Joker moment. And it's like slowed down. I was like... His Harley Quinn moment. No, I truly was cracking up watching. Like it was supposed to be like dead serious and I was like...

What am I, what am I watching right now? Like this is the editing choice, the slow-mo moving to really fast. I was like, this is some creative liberty they took on this episode and I love it and I hate it at the same time. Like I couldn't get enough. I know. But I also was like, what is happening? Also just the fact that he got out of that cop car. Like,

How did he get out? And then also, like, they weren't, like, arrested for being an accomplice to pulling him out of a cop car. Well, you know what, guys? Let's... Shoop is... He's got no control of them. Honestly, I... And you know what? Shoop, like, may be my favorite character. Like, because, honestly, I love him because he is a sheriff, but deep down, he just wants these kids to do his job, you know? Yeah. Like, he's, like...

Not even do his job. But when Rafe convinced him to let them go, he was like, oh, come on, Shoop. Let us go to Morocco. Come on. Yeah, kids, go to Morocco. The whole thing's ridiculous. And to go back to the JJ and Key and Rudy Madison thing. Yeah. TikTok has gone crazy. They must fucking hate each other because her acting in these episodes. Yeah. And I'm trying to be nice, but it's...

So I saw something that said... It's poor quality. Yeah. I saw something that said they filmed one through five. And then they filmed ten. Yes. And then they filmed six through nine. Which is interesting. And I almost feel like it's kind of transparent when now looking back at the episodes knowing that. But...

Those last few episodes for me, and it's no fault of Madison's. I think they have... I think just the creators and writers just unfortunately...

haven't given her much to work with with any character growth or key. Because all she's doing is yelling for JJ every episode. Every episode, JJ, come on! JJ, hurry up! JJ, where are you? JJ, what are you doing? What are you doing? She must have said, JJ, hurry up, when he was climbing up for the crown.

15 times. Like I was like, oh my God, okay, we got it, we got it. This needs to be condensed. No. We cannot. It was, totally. And I feel like- It was. And it's tough because I, Key deserved, I thought she like as a character deserved better than just like-

only worrying about JJ the entire season. One million percent because I feel like Madison as an actress, the beginning seasons of Outer Banks, she had so much personality. Key had so much personality, great character. And then you get to these episodes and I feel like they dole down her character to just be like,

oh shit, Jage, JJ, the entire thing. She was probably frustrated Madison as an actor having these lines given to her where the only thing she's doing is yelling about JJ for fucking five episodes straight. And it just, it did not translate. I was like, oh my gosh, I don't know how much

of this I can take sort of like you it's like we gotta we gotta condense this shit up and let's get to the point here now JJ's dead and I need to know what happened behind the scenes in real life that we are now at the conclusion that Madison and Rudy fucking hate each other so much they had to use stunt doubles to cuddle

Yeah, so. They had to use stunt doubles to fucking cuddle. This is like. I saw one that was like, they didn't have to use stunt doubles when they were like rats and stuff. No, Madeline didn't. Madeline and Chase, who dated in real life, and I think they fucking lived together. They got a dog. Yeah. And they broke up.

And they still have that strong chemistry as John B. and Sarah Cameron. And these two are getting fucking stunt doubles? They're using stunt doubles to cuddle? Yeah, I mean, look, we don't have... Like, there is...

The evidence is TikTok. The viewers are absolutely convinced that this is a thing, that there is a scene where... I'm convinced. I mean, when you watch the scene back, I get it too. Because it's like they're cuddled up, but it cuts to JJ's face and then down to Key's face and then up. So they're never in the frame at the same time. And then there is a screenshot of...

That is being shared where it looks like it's JJ's stunt double in that scene. So people are really losing their shit over that. I think there's been a lot of drama with their significant others, at least. And who knows? I'm sure for them it's got to be extremely frustrating because the Outer Banks fans, they are...

digging deep into their personal lives and there was a time years ago when years ago it was like three years ago I want because I went back to look that Rudy had posted about like respecting his girlfriend and privacy and like all these you know wrote this whole long message because she was receiving um

some hate from Outer Banks fans. And it's still happening because they think she is a big reason why things deteriorated for the character and that they were not getting along and that they didn't want them to be filming these romantic scenes together and that Madison's girlfriend didn't like it. Yeah, I was gonna say they're blaming Madison's girlfriend too. Yeah, they're blaming both of them and I don't know. It almost seems like too much

Where it's like they're all jumping on this story. That I'm like there's got to be something else going on here. I don't know what it is. But it really did seem like they were. The chemistry was lost there for them. For sure. I think fans when the Giara story.

storyline started. I think the Outer Banks fans loved it so much and they wanted it to like blossom and be as great as the Sarah and John B connection and

It just didn't seem like they just didn't get there. Like they just didn't get there, you know? And it's also having to do with the character of JJ. Like he's not the guy that John B is. No, right. And he's not going to show Key the love that John B is going to show Sarah Cameron. Right, like she's like, we haven't ever gone on a date, JJ. Like that's, you know, where they're at. Yeah, and then when he smashed the window and stole the ring, people were thinking he was stealing that for Key. And I'm like, was he stealing that for Key?

Because I don't think this man showed any interest in her, really. It was like, everyone was very, you know, that whole storyline is very confusing. But, I mean, at this point, these actors got to be like, if there was nothing going on, right? If there was nothing. Maybe the rumors are not true. But if they still were friends and still liked each other, they'd hop on their Instagrams and be like, guys, this is fucking ridiculous. Because of how much it spiraled.

There has to be something that happened. I'm just not sure any of these rumors are true. Yeah. Yeah. I agree. I agree. I think it's like... And the rumor mill is swirling. Like, I've seen, like, four... Like, people... A lot of unverified sources are speaking out. I'm seeing all these TikToks that are like, this person was on set and they said this. And I'm like, why don't we... We're really spiraling and everyone's, like... Everything everyone's reading on TikTok, they're taking as fact. So...

I don't know if we'll see any more of this. The story that they're selling us is that JJ was always going to die and that was the plan and now season five is going to be the final season. Like, they will avenge JJ. I will say, Groff, good evil guy. He really hated his guts. Really a bad, bad guy, you know? Good villain. Good villain. For the sake of rating this show and for the sake of it being Outer Banks. Yeah, I mean, six through ten, I think, gets like...

I don't even know. I don't even know. I'll give it a C. That's what I had, I think. I'll give it a C. All right, let's do a collaborative C. I liked the last episode. I liked 10 better. Like, I thought 10 was like... If I was grading the episodes individually, 10 would get a higher grade. Yeah. But collaboratively for 6 through 10, it's going to be a C. I only watched 7, to be honest. We'll do C. And...

You know what? If next season this cast has undeniable fucking chemistry. Yeah. Let me know. Something was up. Something was up. But you know what? Fucking props to Madeline and Chase because those two are holding it down hard. They are. I mean, they're having a baby. I'm having a baby. Can you hear them screaming? Yeah.

um all right well that's literally everything i watched i did not watch a single other um i watched the martha documentary um on the plane to kansas city i was like where were we yeah what flight what what day yeah and uh i thought it was great i think she is powerhouse human being i think there's been you know people love to say she's a she's a massive bitch and you know what

There's instances where she probably is. You know what? Fuck it. To be honest, I don't think you become the first female self-made billionaire in this country without like...

- Ruffling some feathers. - No, you have to be a bitch. You have to be-- - Or without paying your taxes. - Well, that's not what happened, by the way. - What do you mean? It's not why she went to jail? - No, so it's, you know, everyone, we were so young when that happened. It felt like she committed the biggest crime in the entire world.

Basically she got knocked for insider trading, but they couldn't prove it was insider trading. They couldn't prove it was insider trading, so they got her on lying about something. It was such a bullshit case. Insider trading, whatever. Someone gave her a tip. Who cares? Yes. And it wasn't even the guy directly who he went to jail big time because it was his company. How long was she in jail? She was in jail for five months, I think.

Pretty badass. You have to be because people will step all over you if you do not stand up for yourself. But then it's always with women. It's always with women that if you stand up for yourself or you tell someone they did something wrong, whatever, you get labeled as like a diva or a bitch or whatever it is.

just because you're standing up for something. That's really... And she was very particular about her brand. Like they talk about in the documentary, her brand was her. Like it was the Martha Stewart brand. You have to be particular about that. Exactly. So I thought it was a really good watch. I thought it was very well done. And she...

She does crack me up. I mean, at 83 years old now, like, she just doesn't give a flying fuck either. But it was funny. They do a whole portion of how, like, the Justin Bieber roast, like, really gave her this, like, cultural significance again with a younger audience that didn't really know her from her biggest days. It was, like, people our age who...

when like the biggest things that were happening with Martha Stewart is when we were really little and she was going to jail and that was like kind of what we had remembered and of course it was like Martha Stewart living and there's the catalog and all her branded things and things like that but it was just like the the I did not really realize I feel like those earlier years for her um and so it was really good I will give it I'll give it a B plus I thought it was good and um

There's a new season of Love Island Australia. It's streaming on Hulu. I love Love Island Australia. I think it's always like, it's not like great, but they are, it's just, I think the Australians are funny. So Love Island Australia, the first couple episodes, I'll give some good twists already. I'll give like a B minus. Good. But yeah, that's everything I watched. I watched the last two episodes of Shrinking.

I'm liking it more. I think I just have accepted the corniness of it. Accept the show for what it is. It's an easy watch. It's an easy 30 minutes or whatever it is. I'll give it a B, like the last two. That's solid. Outer Banks, I watched episode 7, which is the first one of this new... 6. 6 is the first one. Oh, 6 is the first one? Yeah. Wait, which one is the one where they all jump on the police car and he burns everything? 6. Okay, so I watched 6. Um...

Okay, maybe I'll watch six and seven then. Either way, I was at the hotel trying to watch and for some reason, episode eight was just muted. So I just gave up. But I'll give it a C. I'm just like, it's so ridiculous now. And I feel like they're just completely running out of ideas. Well, they're after a magic crown. Yeah, they're going to be in space next season. Yeah.

So when I couldn't watch that, I saw like next to it was remember the show Your Honor? It was Bryan Cranston. I had like watched half of season two and never finished it. And I was like, I might as well just finish this. So I turned it on and it was like, all right. It ended really badly in my opinion, but I'll give it a C plus. Bryan Cranston's a great actor. Yeah.

And then I watched the finale of Penguin last night, which was... How was it? Don't spoil it. I mean, we obviously spoiled it. I've heard it was amazing. I got to catch up this week. I watched episode... Oh, I forgot I watched the Penguin episode three last night. I'm only on three. I know. I'm still on two. It was incredible. It really does feel like you're watching a movie, like each episode. I don't want to spoil anything, but yeah, it's hard. Really good. Because I don't want to spoil anything. Are you finally going up to A-plus? Yeah.

um you know what i'll give it an a plus i wasn't going to but you know what let me give it an a plus because like i didn't the whole season and it easily could be like yeah it's incredible like i really i can't say anything yeah no i know it's yeah you would be a really hard grader i think if you were a teacher oh i i would like at least for like yeah like an english paper or something you'd be really hard grader really hard how do you think you would be as a grader i feel like fran would be hard um

No, I think I'd be pretty middle range. But like, I don't get it. Like if you're a teacher, I mean, when I was a student, I obviously would have hated you if you're a hard grader. But now we're looking back, I'm like, I mean, yeah, like, why would you be an easy grader? That's not like helping anyone really. That's true. Yeah. That's why I feel like I'd be more middle ground because I'm just like. I wouldn't be failing everyone, but. Yeah. It doesn't have to be.

I guess it depends what grade. I'd cut some slack. You have anything else? No, that's an A plus on the ping. Amazing. Dang, I want to catch up on that bad.

I got a lot of stuff I want to watch when I go home today. The rest of the week. We got the rest of the week until we travel again on Friday. I just saw that Colin Farrell said that he'd be open to a season two if they had a good thing. Yeah, because you don't want to ruin a good thing. No, I know. Part of me is just leave it. Right, because it was so good. Dang, I want to watch. All right. That wraps up the weekly Watchport. Can't speak.

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