Dark Energy Tuesday (Selena Gomez & Benny Blanco Wedding, Becca Bloom, SET Active, Fibula)

22:11No one really understands and everyone was like, it looks like every other lay coma wedding.

22:16Christy Noel:It didn't. You're so right. for as much money as her family does have. One, why do you need a sponsorship to have your wedding? Yes, weird. That's weird. Actually, that's a whole other kind of conspiracy because then it's almost as if she's an industry plant. I don't doubt that her parents are super wealthy. It's more so why all of a sudden is she being shoved down our throats? Also, she can afford to put on this wedding. Exactly. And it's really bizarre that she had a makeup. I mean, I love Lancome, but it's bizarre that they sponsored it. She's wearing Oscar de la Renta gowns and Chanel couture.

22:53It doesn't, there's something not adding up.

22:56Christy Noel:It's not mathing. And I'm kind of just insinuating perhaps, is she really trying to be an influencer? And so she has like the best PR team, the best marketing team, the best manager to get her these sponsorships. So it's not even really about the sponsorship with Lancome maybe to help save money for the wedding. It's more to push her name and likeness out to get her more out like Alex Earl. I've pulled up another post. People are talking about it being sponsored by Lancome. They're like, why did she need a sponsor? Sort of like what I just said. And someone goes, because she's not as rich as she acts.

23:28And also rich people love getting more money. Having a paid partnership for her wedding day is so tacky. Rich people love not paying for things. Yeah. And like they're showing the photos from her wedding. And she really does look completely different. that other video that you were talking about from Bastion Week.

23:48Christy Noel:Yeah. So that's why when you guys are looking through your phone on socials and you're like, why, why doesn't my skin look like this? Why doesn't like this? It's all fake. From your hair to your face, to your body, everything is so fake. Until I see an unfiltered Getty image of someone, I'm going to assume that you are 15 pounds heavier, that your skin is not poreless. Which is not, which is not a bad thing. absolutely not all it's just saying you're normal you're you're just like everyone else and you even shared a photo the other day of kylie jenner's a photo of kylie jenner where you could like and you said i love seeing her textured skin and seeing because that is like everyone just wants a little bit of a relatable relatability and like just seeing a kardashian skin look like non-airbrush, unfiltered texture, maybe like a pimple or so.

24:40It's like, okay, they really are like this. They really are like us at the end of the day with something like this. And it makes you feel better about yourself, which is like so fucked up. Like we shouldn't even feel that way.

24:55Christy Noel:Well, yeah, to your point, we can't help but compare because that's what we're seeing on our screens. But yeah, they have access to every esthetician, to every laser treatment. And that's why their skin does look better than the normal person but at the end of the day they still get acne hormonal acne before their period they still have pores yeah and even with like my setup like my skin looks super glowy but if you guys saw it in real life this is all like it's good lighting you know it's the makeup you cannot trust what you're seeing good skin though in real life thank you thank you but it's it's like it's not you can't just think this is what i look like if you're seeing me on the street you know it's so much of this is lighting and makeup so yeah moving on, I wanted to talk about Fibula and Sally.

25:35Christy Noel:Sally is Alex Earle's really good friend. She's often in Alex's content. Fibula, also known as Connor Wood, he has that show, Brooke and Connor Makeup Podcast. He's really hit the airwaves since 2020. And I feel as if Fibula's dating life has been discussed online because he is so goofy and cute and funny. And people, women love him, I feel like, on the internet because he's not this unattainable hot guy like a Theo James or like a Liam Hemsworth. He's kind of like a guy you went to high school with that you would be friends with. But because he's so cheeky and goofy, people really like him and have a crush on him.

26:12Christy Noel:But he's always been very hush hush about his dating life. And he's everywhere and nowhere all at once. Like he's with Alex Earl. Then he's with Wes Wilson from Summer House. And he's all over like all these Reddit snark pages. But he's kind of this anomaly of who is Connor Wood and who is he dating? and interestingly enough, my best friend was at the Miami Open not too long ago and she looked at Connor and she's not online like us and she asked him, she goes, do I know you from somewhere? Why do you look so familiar? And he goes, oh yeah, I do like content on TikTok and she was like, he was so cool and he's like, do you guys mind if I sit here?

26:49Christy Noel:And she's like, sure. So they were eating and he had this sandwich. She goes, divert your eyes. This is the first meal I've had all day. Please divert your eyes. Oh my God. And she was just so cute and funny and she said that when she sat back down at the match she was like in the front row like court do you say courtside for tennis i don't know but she was as close as you can get in a match and connor was passing her and he looked at her he's like oh like you have the nice seats and she said he was just really fun and cute but anyways he was spotted in heli batchelder's tiktok of them it looked like they had just had a very late night they it looked like it was very early morning hours.

27:27Christy Noel:Oh, yes. Yes. Like maybe they were taking some recreational, I don't know, like they just looked like they had been up for a long time. Babila was kissing Sally's head. Did you see this? I saw it in the sense where I literally scrolled this picture and I just like read the text that was like, Hallie Batchfelder like uploaded this photo from like 6am or like uploaded this TikTok. That was really it. I didn't see the rest of it because I guess it was new this weekend and I was not really online. It was 6 a.m. so everyone was like what the heck were you doing into the early morning hours of the night like come on we all know what that means but number two fibula was looking very cozy with Sally and I watched the video it's clear they're like an item and I think it's super cute I don't know it's kind of random because it's one of those things where fibula again is someone who's not he doesn't talk about women and I feel like he's very hush hush.

28:23Christy Noel:But I don't know, I'm just happy for them. And Sally also released a TikTok of I think it was tomorrow. I carries obsessive me. She's like, and then I was like, why are you so obsessed with me? Because everyone is annoyed that because everyone has a crush on fibula. And they're like, Sally has a more jealous. But I don't know. I don't have a problem with Sally fibula seems cool. And I don't know, Sally, I knew fibula because I would follow Brooke Averick, I think. She's from the same town that I'm from. So like when I would, before she blew up on TikTok, I would watch her videos and it was so relatable.

28:57She's like that classic Jewish girl from suburbs of Philadelphia. So it was like super relatable. And now she's massive. But I always thought that like her and Fibula were dating.

29:08Christy Noel:Everyone thought that. I always thought that. Wasn't her handle Lady Efron? Yes. Yes. So everyone kind of thought they may have been dating, but they're just it seems like business partners and have a very good yeah working relationship but yeah I also was very confused by that yeah by that friendship I didn't understand it's so funny because I wanted to see what Sally looked like and I found the post on Reddit that you're talking about they're like why are all the girls thirsting over fibula and someone wrote basically the same thing that you said like he's cute he's not super hot at least appears to be he's funny which is appealing to a lot of people and he low-key looks attainable yeah it's almost like he's a hot guy for like the every woman which and yeah and if you have a good personality i feel like laughter and humor totally trumps everything out hundred percent like that takes you so much further than if you were theo james looking but had zero personality like i would pick connor wood over theo james if you were funny as fuck yes if you can make me laugh it's over totally I agree.

30:09Christy Noel:Yeah. Let us know, you guys. Do you think Connor Wood is someone you could see yourself with? I mean, assuming that you're age appropriate and everything. I'm like, I'm too old for him, but love that. How old is he? I have no idea. He's probably like in his mid-20s, I'd assume. You're not too old for anyone, Christy. Just someone that's under 18. You're too old for them. But anyone over 18 goes. So it's okay. Yeah, totally. Okay. I want to talk about, you're the one that brought this up actually in the Snarkbait group chat. Set Active had a recent breast cancer awareness drop in their line. It said set for a cure, air lux and glossy.

30:46Christy Noel:And Set Active said on their Instagram that they were donating 2 % of their proceeds of the sales to Susan G. Komen for the cure, which is a breast cancer foundation. And people were shook by that low, low percentage. It's really bad. Why donate? It's like, how do you even donate? What's the point of donating if you're only donating? 2 % is like the tax. Yeah. It's like nothing. lower in some states. Sorry to interrupt you. No, it's literally lower than some tax rates, depending on the state that you're in. And the apology had to come, like they were getting eaten alive all over online. And Lindsay Carter released a statement and she said, I want to take a minute to reflect with you guys about our breast cancer awareness drop today.

31:26Christy Noel:We made a poor decision with the initial 2 % donation and I'm committed to making it right. Here's the honest truth. We got caught up in being cautious about sustainable business operations and that clouded what should have been our priority, Meaningful giving. We were moving too fast to realize that at some point along the way, we weren't centering the cause how we should have been. The moment pre-orders opened and I saw your response, I knew we had to do better. I immediately pulled an emergency meeting with my brand and finance teams. I'm proud to share that we've since increased our donation commitment to 95K and are expanding to support MetaVivra and additional organizations doing critical work.

31:57Christy Noel:The criticism that you guys called out, that 2 % as pinkwashing. I hear you. That feedback pushed us to realign with our values immediately. Sometimes you need that outside perspective to see where you've lost the plot. Running a sustainable business matters, but not at the expense of making real impact when you've had the opportunity. We found the balance we should have struck from the beginning. Thank you to everyone who's held us accountable, blah, blah, blah. I have to say 2 % of proceeds is just very egregious. I feel as if you're going to do a campaign that is in the spirit of donating to Cancer Foundation Awareness, what have you.

32:30Christy Noel:If it's going to be that low, maybe just say a percentage of the proceeds will be donated. Do not state the actual percentage. And again, just like being in finance and working directly with the CFO, it's always about the bottom line for corporations. It's never about them making donations to increase breast cancer awareness. I'm sorry to tell you, if that's what you really think Set Active is out here to do, you're incorrect. They're not making donations out of the goodness of their heart. It's one, good for marketing. Two, it's good for PR and maybe some kind of tax write-off. But it's never about donating to breast cancer awareness.

32:59Christy Noel:Like that needs to be made very clear. And if you don't like that answer, then I'm sorry. That's just late stage capitalism for you. But what I will say is if you are going to make some, if you're going to posture as a charitable organization, do not show all your cards because you're going to look stupid. I feel like this isn't the first time this has happened with Set Active. And Lindsey Carter, I feel like she has done terrible, has had really bad PR marketing, not scandals, but has had to issue a statement like this. What? More than once. What? Like, I wasn't shocked when you sent that screenshot of her apology and, like, how she's saying, you know, we're listening to everyone.

33:40Like, we heard you. She is mentioned a lot on Reddit for things that I don't know if it's business practices or what. Maybe it's just some kind of combination with social. But this, I wasn't surprised seeing this, basically. I wish I, like, let me see, Lindsay Carter. but for some reason her name does ring alarm bells in my head I don't know anything about her but

34:04Christy Noel:now that you're saying her name I'm like I feel like I do see her name being brought up a lot a lot online for maybe not just being the best leader yeah yes that's what it is like she's not a good leader she's not a great CEO she's not it's like do as I say not as I do kind of behavior is how I interpret it. But yeah, people are like sick of her shit. And if they are employees, like they work really late, they shouldn't have a work-life balance. And then she kind of like makes it look like the opposite, like online, it's kind of like similar to the whole makeup thing. And like what you post online is really not how she's acting behind closed doors.

34:47She probably was furious that people were coming after her with this 2 % donation to breast cancer awareness, like furious. And she was like, well, really can't back down now. Like, I'll do something about it. And then I think she was saying that it's not like they're donating$95 ,000, which is amazing, but they're also not putting forth the amount of money. They're hiding something is basically what people are saying. Like no one can really, you can't tell where that$95 ,000 is coming from. That could be 2%. That$95 ,000 could actually be 2 % of however much money that they brought in for this drop.

35:28Right. But there's still ambiguity with it.

35:31Christy Noel:Yeah, there's a disconnect for sure. And I think now that as you were talking, I was actually thinking about Durev Avenue as well. And Matilda Durev pushing online that she has this really amazing workplace and the staff love her. and they have a really good co-working relationship and everyone's close when in fact, behind the scenes, people were terrified of Matilda Jurev. And if you guys don't know what we're talking about, Sophie and I did a Matilda Jurev episode a couple months back, but you're posturing yourself like you're this amazing leader, but behind the scenes, you're mean. But I do want to call out too, it's tough to be a female leader because I think more often than not, female leaders are crucified more so than male leaders because I'm thinking about Rent the Runway, for instance, or a lot of female-led away luggage, A lot of female-led brands, the executives are always platformed as like they're girl bosses, but they're also horrible to work with.

36:19Christy Noel:So take that for what you will. It's – who's to say, you know, what's actually going on? But the fact that Lindsay Carter finds herself in scandal often, this then may not surprise many people, the said active breast cancer thing. I mean, I literally just found another like black screen, white text apology post from four months ago where it's now discussing people's work ethic and how she said, if you leave the office at five o 'clock, you're coasting. You're not working hard. Yeah. I hate that about when corporations try to dictate when your butt needs to be in your seat. Do you know how many times I'll get in and out for appointments or I let my team go out for appointments?

37:02Christy Noel:It does not matter. As long as the work is done, I always say you could be working from the moon. I do not give a fuck when your hours are. You get up at 6, you know, and then log off at 3. As long as the work is getting done and you're not ghosting and if I need you, you're going to jump online if necessary. If it's an emergency, I don't care. Yeah, or even like making up hours. If you have a nine to ten appointment, you can make that up from five to six or whatever. Maybe not take a lunch break. Yeah. Yeah. As long as you're getting your shit done, what does it matter if you're leaving at five?

37:31Maybe they have to pick up their kids at daycare. They're not coasting. They just have other life responsibilities they need to do.

37:37Christy Noel:Exactly. If I need to go to a freaking, I don't know, eye doctor and the only availability is at two to three, then let me go. That's so dumb. That tells me actually the leadership is a little bit off then. Like that alone, that could be from a male leader or a female leader. I don't like that. Yeah, there's definitely something sus happening over there. Enough where people are like, we shouldn't be supporting this brand.

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43:05Well, speaking of people that can be sus, I want you to tell me what you wrote about the next person. Oh my God, the Kardashians. Yes. I, okay. I obviously, like a lot of people, I was a diehard Kardashian fan. I watched all of the seasons on E! I then tried watching the newer seasons on Hulu. I watched a few and then I was like, this is so overly produced. This is not good. This is not telling me anything new. This isn't juicy like it used to be. They weren't like fun and silly and like doing pranks. Like, it was just not the old show and I feel like you've talked about this too like you watched but it wasn't it wasn't it just wasn't the same they dropped their new trailer the other day and I'm like do I need to watch because the amount of guest appearances they had and it almost it was giving old Kardashian in the sense where like Kris and Kim were like oh my god Glenn Close is coming to my house sarah paulson is coming over it's like the j-law the j-law is keeping up yes yes it's like all of these mega celebrities tv movie stars are coming to us because kim is going to be in this upcoming series called all's fair i think that's what it's called which is a ryan burphy show it's probably going to be amazing maybe not for acting but i will i will be watching the show and there is this like clip in the trailer that showed that they were chris was hosting all of them and Chris was giddy and she was like I'm gonna die oh my god I can't believe these women are coming I was like this is giving old old Chris when they were really just reality tv stars they really had nothing they didn't have skins they didn't have any kind of like outside brand it was they were reality stars they were reality stars but also normal people and then you see Rob they're like crazy they're like Bob and I was like who the fuck is Bob and then they show Rob and I'm like oh right that's what like chloe used to call him the fact that we're seeing him we're getting a sign of life is unbelievable haven't seen that man on a screen in at least five years no i mean

45:18Christy Noel:minimum i don't even remember the last time i saw him if the only time we ever had a glimpse of life is him being on the phone with one of the sisters and being put on speaker yeah and that to me doesn't count because he could be anywhere he could literally be locked away with phone access You just, you don't know, especially with them and all of the controversies and stories. And then you see Caitlyn Jenner walking inside. You only see her back, but you, but they're like, Caitlyn's coming. And that alone also, I mean, Caitlyn, you know, she's a whole other thing with her background and what she supports and whatnot.

45:52But like, she has not filmed with them in so long. And just like seeing the dynamic with her and Chris and like the girls, I was, I was seated. And I was really questioning if I needed to like actually watch this upcoming season because for the cameos alone, I couldn't believe it.

46:11Christy Noel:Yeah, I was really into the Kardashians on Hulu the first, I think, two seasons. And by the third season, I just felt like the entire show was one big ad for Skims, for Lemmy, for Good American, for Kyle, like all these things. And I kept thinking if I wanted to see this footage, I would go on my phone and hit up one of their social media, Instagrams or whatever. but it just felt so inauthentic and it was clear that they had such a heavy hand in the production of the show that it was too protected they had this like glass like glossy veneer that they didn't want us to see past but I feel that on E!

46:44during Keeping Up I think Seacrest was still like

46:47Christy Noel:producing the show they didn't have such a heavy hand in production so that's why we got more I don't know titillating like fun content but I completely agree I think with all the cameos particular for me I think Rob is going to be the biggest one because I just he's like a ghost the way that they talk about him it's almost like when they bring him up I'm I almost sometimes forget that he exists not because like he's irrelevant but also because he's never there and they're everywhere so how can your family member who you're apparently constantly in contact with just never be seen not even through a pap photo nothing insane it is really really I'm really sad it's Like, I don't want to say that he's like a hermit, but he's just, if you are part of that family and you are seen, you are papped, it doesn't, you don't even need to call anyone.

47:35Like, just being seen, you see that they are somewhere, whether it's on Reddit or it's on People or it's the New York Post. Like, you see them around. You kind of know, like, what's going on. But Rob, it's just, he's a mystery. It's like this.

47:51Christy Noel:It's insane. It is. And the fact that they have been or Rob has been able to hide himself for as long as he have with not a single paparazzi shoot. But even forgetting paparazzi, even normal people walking around. Right, right. How come we've never seen a photo? Because we see photos of celebrities all the time on Dumas and elsewhere. Yeah, that's what I was trying to say. It's like we know that they're out there. We know that they're like running errands or they're going out to eat. We know that everyone's alive and well. But Rob literally not peep. it's so and we always see dream is at chloe's house like we never you know that's like a whole other thing but the fact that we get a rare sighting of him i'm just i'm just curious as to like what the story will be about there i know like why are they is there a reason they're bringing him on i don't want them to exploit him i don't want them to feel like because it almost felt as that the show was like really dipping and maybe they're bringing all these like older faces back because they really yeah to get ratings back and because they kind of thought are people not tuning in as much are people also thinking this is really overly produced it's really filtered all that kind of stuff and maybe this is their way to get more eyes on the show to bring it back to like their roots of keeping up with kardashians but i don't know i mean it's hard because everyone on everything that they do, it seems so contrived.

49:18So it's like, what is really the reason that we're seeing Rob and Caitlin? How did Caitlin get involved? Because I don't remember the last time I even saw photos of her with Kylie and Kendall.

49:31Christy Noel:They'll frame it as if, you know, Kendall saying, I want my dad around. Why don't you ever invite my dad? Because remember that one infamous clip from Keeping Up when they were saying, oh, we're not going to invite him or we're going to invite Scott because he'll always be family. And then Kendall goes, what about my dad? yeah like dun dun dun dun and then like it zooms in and they're all like oh what do we say to that so no it'll be good i am happy to see like a reminiscent kind of like moments for keeping up i know and now i'm just gonna have to add that to my list now but also like courtney courtney seemed terrible she seemed awful when's corny not miserable like seriously she yeah she used to be my favorite i would always be like if i'm a kardashian i would be courtney now i'm like i don't want any like i don't want anyone ever tell me that i behave that way because she is just she does not how do i say this like she's also kind of do as i say not as i do she comes off so negative so mean but then tries to like be all preachy with all like her shit it's just it's yeah it's weird i'm curious if you guys are going to be interested in watching the new season let us know in the spotify comments or on our instagram carousel i wanted to round us out obviously with deos and leos of the week let's start with let's start with deos so the last week the first week of october we're recording on october 5th sunday was so stressful at my normal corporate job and I also was just like about to start my my cycle and I I literally cried in front of my boss my boss is CFO okay I literally was unwell and I you know when you get secondhand embarrassment after you have a fucking manic episode at work I wasn't being manic but I was just like so overwhelmed and I was in his office and I just started to break down and then I went back to my office and it's all you think about yes he like came back he said you want to get lunch I'm like, no, I have to go home because I have someone coming.

51:36Christy Noel:I was just all over the place. And then I was thinking, oh, my God, I'll never be able to show my face again at work. It's just like you have secondhand embarrassment for your behavior. But I was so overwhelmed. And again, like hormonally just all over the place. Corporate job was freaking me out. Everything was freaking me out. And it just had one of those days. So crying in front of your boss is my DEO. No, I completely agreed with you. I was like, I feel this so hard. I have also cried in front of many bosses. And once I was met with literally a stone cold face, like I was actually met with not only that, but then a smile at watching me cry and like watching me be upset and having the complete opposite reaction that your CFO had.

52:21That is only that only makes it at least for me like more embarrassing and more humiliating. I've had that same experience, by the way. And keeps me up at night. I can't I'm just like also that says more about you than does about me the one that's crying the fact that that is how you manage that and went about that way it's just so that's dark in itself how people will react to you being upset yes such a good point I've had that same exact experience

52:50Christy Noel:with the boss and it's it's petrifying honestly to be met with like when you're so overwhelmed with work and sad and all you can do is cry and then you're just met with complete like apathy. Yeah. It's like devastating to the receiver. But you're right. It's more about the other person giving you that kind of reaction than it says about the person who's feeling emotions. Like emotions are meant to be felt. Yeah, I agree. But your other one also made me laugh. Oh, yeah. I was in Laguna last night for my mom's birthday and it was actually really cute. They had an opera type of singing. Like, I'm not joking.

53:27Christy Noel:It was. Oh, yeah. We have that here, too. Yeah. It was like a bunch of Italian men, very handsome, you know, singing. And I was like, oh, my God, the way I would melt into my chair if this were me. No, I used to tell my parents, I'd be like, don't you dare think about telling anyone in this vicinity that it is my birthday because if someone comes over and starts singing to me, I'm getting up and I'm leaving it won't be my birthday it's gonna be your birthday it will be your birthday and you're the one that's gonna have to get sung to otherwise like don't ever try to take me out for my birthday ever again because scarring experience it is it's humiliating I also hate attention so I will literally be like this like it's actually like I'm hiding I'm a turtle wanting to like go into my shell it's horrible no I know I know it's it's awful.

54:19Christy Noel:Do you have any DEOs that? I have one that I thought about. I was away this weekend for a wedding and I needed to pack and our housekeepers were coming on Friday. So between packing and getting organized, I was very stressed and I was pulling things off of one of the racks in my closet. The rack fell down and then everything hanging up fell down and all the hangers were getting twisted and I couldn't hang anything up because I would go to hang them up and then they would slide off the or they slide off the rod because the rod had fallen down and I was by myself sweating trying to get it back up and then I would get back up and everything would yep over again so that's that's my DEO is terrible I was like why is my closet breaking down how is this happening I was alone no one could help me I was balancing this rod like this like and you're so like thin too and like i can just imagine like your tiny little body just like no literally i was like shaking trying to like hold the rod but also like attach the hangers because i couldn't get it i couldn't get it like locked in back to the rod i'm sure right now it's either off like i haven't been in my closet since i've gotten home but i'm sure the the rod's either on the floor or it's slanted like a picture of it and we'll put it on our carousel if it's gone i will hopefully it's not even if it's not it will probably like timber over again like one touch it's like fragile you think i'm fragile this rod rod is fragile okay well speaking of well dark energy let's obviously move on to our light energy i just released an episode about the life of a showgirl yesterday so you guys already know my thoughts on it i get the criticism i 100 am not like a taylor swift apologist like for i don't think everything she does touches to gold but i do like the beats of the song the song so okay yes i listened to the album actually like in which i never do i don't i'm not a swith g yeah we were driving down the shore for the wedding and the couple that we were with they were like let's listen to the taylor album we didn't even realize that the album ended that like we went through every single song and we totally didn't even realize really what this is not this it it felt like she i took a picture actually of a meme that i saw this was one thought it was a picture of beyonce's lemonade album yeah on the left and it said beyonce at 34 and then yes the life of a showgirl on the right taylor slipped at 35 and it's like people keep saying take a year or two off have some new life experiences yes i saw that comparison as well you don't need to release an album every single year and it just it felt very juvenile many would agree i don't think that's a hot take at all yeah that's that's objectively correct felt very juvenile also why are you singing so much about dick that was also like very taken aback by that that was weird it's just she's like acting as if she's the first person to ever have a boyfriend and then get engaged.

57:31She's the first person to ever do it.

57:33Christy Noel:Yeah, no, I completely agree with all that. I think the lyrics definitely were a bummer for me, especially just coming off the heels of like, how did it end from TTPD? And now we're talking about Wood. It just felt, you're right, Juvenile is a very good way to describe it. I think for moments of like driving in your car and like singing, that's when the life of a showgirl is good, but I'm not like crying to this album at all. Well, actually ruin the friendship. Yeah, you did. Yeah, you were crying with something. But even seeing like, I know you're a major Swifty and seeing my other friends that are Swifties not really share much after the song came out.

58:09They're the ones that are like posting about everything that she's doing. The Easter eggs, the outfits, the performances. Like they went to all the Arrow's tours and everyone is silent. Silent. Yeah. Everyone was posting up until midnight about the release and they couldn't wait to listen at midnight. and then it came out and no one is saying anything, which I also think speaks volumes. Yeah, yeah. It's just like a flop. I think, is she in her flop era? I think this is, yeah. It makes you kind of question it and think about, you know, what she was doing. I also heard that there was a rumor she was going to be at SNL last night and then I'm guessing she wasn't because I didn't see anything about it.

58:48It was bad bunny, but yeah, I didn't see anything about her being on it. Yeah, but I just feel like she's kind of flopping And people also, a lot of people have issues about all of the album sales, like how she releases everything on vinyl. And now she's going to be releasing an acoustic version. And it's like, why are you, is this really for your fans or is this just a money grab? Which don't come for me for saying that, Swifties. No. No, my sister. Yeah, it is. It feels kind of icky.

59:18Christy Noel:Yeah. And same with the, I saw the movie as well. And I talked about it on yesterday's episode. Yeah. But that was a money grab as well. And I think that I am not a denier of like Taylor Swift. Everything she touches turns to gold. I think she's the most capitalistic. And when I say greedy, I don't mean it monetarily either. I think she wants to hit every chart and she wants to break records every single time she releases something new. It's like this complex that she has. And so she already has enough money, like I've said in the past, to last generations, plural. but I think yeah the continuation of adding more drops or acoustic versions it's like to maintain her like topness basically it's just not necessary no I don't know it's not I'm not the audience for that so that's only where I'm coming from but also from the money grab yeah point of view it just feels icky I don't know there's no other word for it yeah what is your leo my leo I had a few One was that fall weather is finally here on the East Coast.

1:00:22I know that fall doesn't, the seasons are a little weird in California. Yeah, like we don't have that. Full fall. But I was just at a wedding that was on a farm down the shore. And just having the crispness in the air and like seeing the leaves start to change. And being outside, you're not sweating. It's not like 85 degrees and you're not sweating. There's a breeze. It's not humid. So just the fact that fall is finally here. I'm kind of basic in that way. I'm just happy. And then coming home to a clean house. I mentioned before that my housekeepers were here and my dogs weren't here either. So we came home to not only a clean house, but like dog hair free.

1:01:01So that was amazing. And then lastly, I went to a place called Rescue Spa for facial a couple weeks ago. And the esthetician was like, we are going to fix your skin. Like you're going to come here in like a month and a half. and I promise you your skin is going to look different. And she gave me two new products to try, which I never, I texted you that night. I was like, have you ever heard of Biologique Recherche, some French brand? I had never bought any of them because I always was, this is out of my price range. I'm not going to buy this to just buy it to try. I would only buy it on recommendation.

1:01:37I swear these two products, she like cut my routine in half and only gave me these two products and said to use another prescription topical that I used because I'm very acne prone. I swear not only did her treatment change my skin, but these products, my skin is now all one shade. I was very, I guess, hyperpigmented. I'm very prone to redness and like my pores have shrunk. My redness has like dissipated and I'm not wearing any makeup. Wow. I was like, your skin looks really good. I'm only wearing the products, these two Biologique Recherche products. So Biologique Recherche, if you're out there, sponsor us because it's legit.

1:02:20Those products. No, literally.

1:02:21Christy Noel:We will get you in touch with our network, please, if you're listening. We would love that. I love it. So it's worth it. One of them was actually, I think, about$50. So that's not too bad. I feel like that's what a lot of skincare costs these days. The other one was a moisturizer, which is a little bit pricier. But the way that I'm going through it, I'm going to have this for at least three to four months. Yeah. So that feels like – It's an investment. It's an investment. Yeah. Those are my LEOs. I like actually came prepared this time. Like when Sobey asked me, I was like, uh – You're like, I don't know.

1:02:55I was like, I literally don't know. So I felt like I was being called on school. I was like, I don't know. I don't have any. Move on.

1:03:03Christy Noel:like can you just talk you came because there's a business that you're passionate about so you came prepared with the answers and you did a phenomenal job here on dark energy tuesday and i'm so happy you were able to be with us thank you so much and you guys know where to find us at snarkbait pod on instagram also on tiktok i am at christina well underscore underscore sophie's at soph underscore ross and we will see you guys on wednesday tomorrow for a patreon episode or on thursday for our main talk to you later bye

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