Dark Energy Tuesday (SFK, Alyssa Fluellen, RHOC, Matt Rife, Kenny/Beyond the Villa)

27:02I want to see private jets. Yeah, we want luxury porn. But then they were like, watch Gina if you don't want luxury porn. Okay, you have other options. That's why I've always been confused on one, how they were even hired to begin with. And Emily does have some money, but allegedly it's all from Shane, her husband's parents. Like they come from a lot of money. Wait, remember when it took Shane 27 times to pass the bar? Sorry. I just had to bring that up. I just find their storylines, their home lives to be just, I'm not saying they're bad people. I just think that they're very uninteresting and I don't enjoy watching them on their screens.

27:36And say what you want about Heather Dubrow. She's a fucking nightmare. She's a terror. My turn. If you guys know what I'm talking about with Watch What Crafts. But Heather's aspirational. God damn it. Like she's fun to watch. She is so out of touch with reality. She has so much money, so much fuck you money that it's like entertaining to watch because she's not even a real person. She's like a cartoon. Yeah, that's what I want to see. I want to see Lisa Vanderpump money. I want to see Heather Dubrow money. I don't want to see Gina and her Casita in South Orange County. Like I'm always like, dude, Gina has very normal money.

28:09Like she should not be on this show. So in any case, that's my real Housewives of Orange County rant. and get Emily and Gina and Tamara. I hate her, but she is good drama. She does drive the show, honestly, because she's so messy. I want Vicky back. Do you not? Do you not want Vicky back? I don't know. I love it. I have such a soft spot for Vicky. Really? I love Shannon. I love Shannon. I think Shannon is like my OG. I have a soft spot for Shannon as well. But again, it's like I just, It's not enough for me to come back. I think maybe at some point I will go back and watch last season and catch up on this season.

28:52I just have. I recommend it. I recommend it. I heard last season was really good. Yeah. Christy, what are your thoughts on Matt Reif? I'm just curious because we've never talked about him. Okay. So spoiler alert, we are going to be covering Harry Jowsey in a couple of weeks. And of course, when I was doing research on Harry Jowsey, I got linked to his relationship with Lucy Hale. and obviously I found out that Lucy Hale in my research, she dated Matt Rife. She is so all over the place. Did you know this, Soph? I did not know that. But like Lucy Hale, what are you doing, sister? We need to do a Lucy Hale episode.

29:28She has weird lore. She has very weird lore and very weird energy. Matt Rife, I feel like he was everywhere a year or two ago. Like everyone's like, who's this new pretty boy in comedy? Meanwhile, he has lip fillers. Yeah. Giving Chase Stokes. He went to the Chase Stokes surgeon. But he just has always given me like nefarious vibes. I think he has given everyone nefarious vibes. Yeah. I would agree. Yeah. And all of a sudden it's just like, where's he been? Like he hasn't like been, I think people were just like, no, we don't like him. Like he's not that funny. I guess his crowd work is what made him go viral originally on TikTok.

30:08But he's not like particularly that funny. Oh, he also dated Kate Beckinsale. I was going to mention that. Yeah. Anyway, he was just in the news because he bought the Warren Occult Museum, a.k.a. the home of Annabelle the Haunted Doll. You know what it kind of reminds me of, Sylvie? It reminds me of when Nicolas Cage bought one of the most haunted haunted houses in New Orleans, like one of the most haunted things, I think, in the entire country. it's it's giving like unhinged behavior. Nicolas Cage is such a fuck ass weirdo, but I kind of love him for it. Did you ever watch? Oh, my God. What was the movie that he did?

30:50Oh, my God. What was it called? The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent with Nicolas Cage. That actually turned me into a Nicolas Cage fan. He basically is playing a parody version of himself. And it's so good. It also has Pedro Pascal, who I actually think he does a really good job of this movie. We did a Patreon episode with our hot takes recently. And we were like, what's the deal with like everyone's obsession with Pedro Pascal? Yeah, we had a lot of commentary on that because a lot of baby snark patrons were saying, if you guys watch The Last of Us, you would get the hype. Yeah. And I watched The Last of Us season one.

31:21I just haven't caught up on season two. Yeah. You don't remember? We talked about this, Christy. I didn't realize that you would watch it because I was like, Ben, if you watch it, do you get the hype? I watched. No, I watched season one, though, maybe in season two. I mean, I heard he spoiler alert. I heard he he doesn't survive season two. Sorry, you guys, that's a spoiler. It's like I it got spoiled for me. I haven't even watched it. It was everywhere. But anyway, the interesting thing about Matt Reif buying this now. OK, so he says I've officially purchased Ed and Lorraine Warren's home in a cult museum, including being the legal guardian for at least the next five years of the entire haunted collection, including the Annabelle doll with my good friend Elton Castile.

32:01If you know me, you know, I'm obsessed with the paranormal and all things haunted. It's like us, Christy. Yeah. You also may know that Conjuring films are my favorite scary movies of all time. So I'm incredibly honored to have taken over the most prominent properties in paranormal history. And the Annabelle doll is a raggedy Ann doll that dates back to the 1970s. And it's famous for being possessed by the spirit of a young girl named Annabelle Higgins. It's caused apparently physical harm in supernatural events, which is detailed of the Conjuring horror movies. it's currently locked in a glass case at the occult museum.

32:33But it's interesting because if you heard this in the news on July 13th, the paranormal investigator, Dan Rivera was traveling with the Annabelle doll and died. What? You didn't hear about this? No. Oh my God. I just had chills. Oh yeah. He was traveling with the Annabelle doll. He's a paranormal investigator. Died while traveling with Annabelle. Dude, do we need to do a Patreon episode on Annabelle? Maybe we do. What's the snark on Annabelle?

33:02Jordan goes, no, please. No, like I feel like we do. And then Pennsylvania State Police denied the supernatural playing a role in Rivera's passing. They said his death was natural. Wait, what? I don't know about that. Dude, I believe in that stuff, to be honest. Like I believe in like ghosts and demonic things. Oh my God. I told you guys about how I went to a medium. And so many people were like, oh, she probably looked at your social media. And it's like, if you knew the names that she threw out there, there's no way to know them, even if she stalked my social media. No, totally. I mean, I think there's something to be said about people that can read energies and read beyond just what's sitting in front of us in the natural world.

33:43Oh, my God. That's so scary. I know. I don't like that at all. What's the snark on Anibal, you guys? Coming soon. Yeah. Patreon.com slash SnarkBatePocket. We cover all things every Wednesday. but okay can I talk speaking of truly sinister energy can I just quickly touch on yes Rodriguez from Love Islands Beyond the Villa so as we all know Kenny was caught stepping out on Janae and not only was he caught stepping out on Janae a couple weeks ago at David Dobrik's party but it also we also came to find out that he was being incredibly racist towards Janae and if you're unfamiliar Kenny Rodriguez I think he's Dominican and Janae is a beautiful black woman what we have gathered from the allegations from her best friend that she posted on her Instagram the best friend says that Janay went through his phone and Kenny was saying really explicit things about Janay, such as calling her the N-word, saying that he's not attracted to black women, saying that he hoped that this relationship was going to give him more money, basically using her for clout, knowing that Janay is the star of Love Island.

34:44She's part of the Powerpuff Girls, Leah, Serena, and Janay. And being tied up to the PPG means you will get more brand deals and more money. And Kenny was pissed and caught with his pants down because he said none of this was worth it. So as this is coming out, we're watching Beyond the Villa, which is a spinoff series of Love Island Season 6 cast. Because what's really interesting about Love Island Season 6 is no one was really watching Love Island, at least in the U.S. It was a huge fixation in the U.K., but U.S. was not really a show that many watched. But when Love Island Season 6 cast came on screen, when Ariana Maddox was hosting it, the show experienced a fever dream that, like, no one expected.

35:23This cast came out of the villa and they were the biggest stars literally overnight. And Beyond the Villa is following these people that were living very normal lives. And all of a sudden they're pushed into this influencer career without really even asking. They were just given brand deals. And of course, it's super lucrative. So they took it. And Beyond the Villa is almost like a social experiment. It's a psychological experiment that really kind of shows you what fame, overnight fame will do to a person. And you see all these people from season six that are experiencing various degrees of it.

35:49people that are experiencing like insane mental health, insane anxiety, feeling like they really missed their lives beforehand. Kenny even expressed that he missed his tech sales job before he went on Love Island. He's like, it's weird to live in a life under the spotlight. In any case, I highly recommend it only because it is interesting from a psychological point of view. But the most recent episode was Kenny and Janae going to dinner. Actually, where they went to dinner was the Japanese garden at the Valley and the season finale. They went to that same restaurant. Wait, should we go there when we're in LA?

36:21We should. Yeah, we're going to be, we're, by the time this airs, in two days, all of like this Northgate team is coming to LA and we're doing like this retreat and it's going to be a lot of fun. But Kenny and Janae are sitting at this dinner at this Japanese restaurant and they're talking about how Kenny told Miguel, which is one of the other castmates, how Janae and him wanted space from each other. They both don't live in LA, but they had to be in LA for filming. And they decided to live in the same apartment building, but separate apartments shared by a single wall. And Janae talks about on the show in a couple episodes ago, she said, we were planning on living together.

36:59And then a couple weeks before we were about to sign the lease, he wanted to back out. And he said, I don't want to live with you. And she freaked out. She was like, he doesn't love me. He had cold feet and it made her really unsure about their relationship. But he kind of assured her, no, no, no, just because I I want space. But I guess he told Miguel in a conversation that him and Janae wanted space. And Janae goes, I hope you didn't tell him that it was both of us that wanted space because you know damn well that I wanted to live with you and you refused. When I tell you, look in his eyes, he looked at her.

37:28He hates her. Like, it's scary. And of course, knowing what we know now, it's clear. But I think even if this breakup didn't happen, I think everyone would be urging Janae to run for the hills. It's incredibly sinister the way he looks at her and how much he despises her. And I felt actually uncomfortable. I had to rewind it to make sure that what I was seeing was like, I was like, am I tripping? Or is my like preconceived notion and bias kind of playing in here? No, it was terrifying. And they show this like kind of hot mic moment after they left the restaurant where each of them are talking to their respective producers.

38:00And Janae even says like, he looked at me like he was like a serial killer. It was really scary. My God. I don't know. No, it's just like it's really dark to watch again these people that were pushed into fame so quickly without even really agreeing to it. Because again, Love Island USA, it's not like you're going on like The Bachelor in 2018 when you know you're going to come out super famous. None of them knew that the show was going to take off like it did. So it's not like they were really asking to be influencers. So I think that's a really interesting part of it. But the fact that Kenny is just so clearly using her as a stepping stone for more money and more clout and more fame has a type of sinister energy that I think is just like really dark to see on screen.

38:39Like you hear about it. And I think with influencer culture, which is why we started this show, you have this like idea of, OK, I'm going to become an influencer. I'm going to earn a lot of money for basically being myself and posting and being glamorous. but there's such a dark-sidedness to influencing culture that I don't think is really spotlighted a lot of the time. And I think it's just fascinating to watch it on my screen. Nothing makes you appreciate good bedding more than a hot August night. Having something that's lightweight, breathable, cool, and easy to sleep in no matter how hot it gets is so freaking important.

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44:47over the last two years. Yeah. Yeah. Oh my God. It's crazy. And you know what it reminds me of when you talk about the way that he looks at her and you can see that he hates her. But then you're also like, okay, well, hindsight is 20-20. It reminds me of watching the season after Carl and Lindsay ended their engagement on Summer House. And you can see in Carl's eyes how much he despised her watching that season. Oh my God. That's a good analogy. He resented Lindsay so much. he resented her and I think she was fighting but you're right it felt deeply uncomfortable watching it on our screens knowing how it played out just a couple months later like yeah yeah I don't know it's weird it's I honestly don't wish that kind of microwaved fame to anyone like like you said so many influencers that are popular have been working for years to get the success like we did a Paige Lorenz episode which is why she's just more topical but if you think about her even her career in 2021, it's vastly different than what it is today.

45:46It's because she's been working for years to get to this point. Like people don't experience that microcosm of fame. And even Kayla, one of the breakout stars from Love Island season six, she admitted to her old flame Aaron. She's like, I liked my life before this. Like I'm less happy. I'm getting so many more opportunities, but I'm far less happy with my life than I was before the show started. It's like sad. That actually is really sad. Like you think that it's like really glamorous sometimes, But like, it's actually like some people just want to be normal, you know? Yeah. Because I mean, imagine like being able to go out and like go to Target or like walk your dog.

46:21And then people just like glomming onto you and taking photos of you and only when you take photos of you. Oh my God. Yes. Like I walk my dog and I look like shit. I don't want people talking to me or noticing me, you know? Like I want to be able to just go out and like not be noticed. Like I just can't imagine that. That would really be annoying. Like maybe it would be like cool the first couple of times. And then after that, you're like, oh my God, leave me alone. It gets old really fast. And I think about like Sushi Park, because I saw these pictures of Kylie walking in that strip mall the other day.

46:50And, you know, she always looks to the nines. And in my mind, I'm like, she has to, because it's like when you are out, it's a fashion show. Oh my God. Yes. And I was talking about this. I can't remember who was the patron episode that we did. I can't remember. But I was talking about how like you always have to serve looks if you're an influencer, just in general. all not even because you're going to get recognized but it's like oh my god I have to take pictures so I need to look cute I'm like there's so many times where I'm like I don't feel cute I don't want to take pictures and I don't have to yeah when we were doing our um retreat like itinerary at the very bottom I think it was like Jordan or maybe Rachel they're like oh can you guys like give us some guidance on what to wear and I'm like just serve cunt serve cunt and that isn't uh that that's something I have to give Sophie credit for because she told her brother-in-law when they were in Portugal.

47:36She wanted to serve cunt and he had no idea. Yes. Yes. And then I was actually, you know, what's funny is I was with my other brother-in-law this weekend and we were talking about some influencer, someone, we were just like scrolling on Instagram and we were like, her body is tea. Like me and my, I was like her body is tea. And my other brother-in-law was like, what the fuck does that mean?

47:59Okay. Should we get into dark energy objects and light energy objects? Please. I'll kick us off. I just want to say I'm so happy that so many baby snarks. As of late, the last month, we've been getting a lot of DEO DMs. Like, we haven't even prompted you guys to give it to us. But we've been getting – have you noticed that on Snarkbait Pods DMs? Yes, I love it. I love how it's, like, in so many baby snarks, like, everyday vernacular. Like, they'll just notice something and be like, this is so DE. Yeah. So, a follower named Ratsy – I won't, like, dox her handle because I don't know if she wants to be dox.

48:33But anyway, she goes DEO colon the new IG story. Oh, my God. I hate that font. Do you guys know what we're talking about? It's that fuck ass font that looks like a serial killer. It looks like a serial killer. Speaking of Kenny. It looks like a serial killer is like writing in blood on a mirror. Yeah. Why do they? And now it's like the default. I'm like, stop. Give me poster. Poster. Yeah. Yeah. I don't get it, though. Why do they do that? I hate it. I hate it so much. my DEO. I have two this week. I CVS, CVS locking everything up now. What happened to, I used to love going to CVS. I used to just stop in and be like, this is going to be a quick, quick errand run.

49:18I'm going to pick up my necessities. It now takes me like 30 minutes because everything is locked up. You need to like ring for someone. And it's just so annoying and it's so frustrating. And now it's like, it's, I don't want to go anymore. So now I'm, I guess, getting my basics. I mean, there are always things that I order off Amazon, but now for the things that I would usually just pick up because we have a CVS like next door to our apartment. Yeah. It's too annoying now because everything is locked up. So I'm just going to order everything from Amazon now. Like they were literally losing business.

49:47And I guess the reason that they started locking things up is because of shoplifters, but it's like, just let them shoplift because at this point, like you are losing your, maybe that's why I feel like like so many have closed recently. So many Dwayne reads of clothes. It's like, because you guys keep locking shit up, no one wants to go there anymore. Wait, that's so funny that you're bringing this up because another baby snark DM does this exact same thing. So your, your sentiment is felt. Sophie, I saw this exact thing DM to us. Oh my God. I swear. I came up with this on my own, by the way. I'm not giving you credit.

50:19No, totally. Totally. No. And I wanted to shout her out because I did read that DM, but I, it's like to your point, CVS, the profit that you're like retaining from non-shoplifting, I'm sure is like not greater than the customers you're losing because it's like hella annoying to walk into CVS now. Oh my God. I want to say that CVS as a company is flopping. Honestly. Yeah. They're not technically bankrupt yet, but they've been closing so many stores. So like CVS, listen to our business plan. Yeah. And our business plan is literally just stop locking everything up and deal with the shop. Just let people shoplift if that's what you're so worried about.

51:00Oh my God. Cause we have a business that we're passionate about and you would too, if you knew. If you knew. But you don't. You would know what it's like to run a business. Clearly you don't. They need to hire a Jordan COO of Snark Bay. She could tell them what's. I know. One other DEO. Sorry. Dirty Ubers. Clean it up. I know. I know that that happens. Sometimes you'll have the five star experience in an Uber where they have the water bottles. It's super clean. And then sometimes you're like, what is back here? Like, I shouldn't have to make sure that nothing is sticking to my bum when I leave.

51:37And when I was in Nashville, I don't it's probably because it's a city. And I think just city Ubers are just dirtier because there's more people in and out of the cars. I'm not joking. Like every Uber was filthy. Yeah. And then Shannon told me, she's like, Oh, I always get comfort. Just she's like, it's five bucks extra. And like they're bigger cars and they're typically cleaner. So maybe I need to start doing that. What gets me is the dirty tissues that'll be stuffed in the little, I don't know what it's called, the divot cup holder, like the divot on the doors of Ubers. And I'm like, the dirty tissue.

52:09I know it's disgusting. Cause now I'm like, it's going to get on me. dirty tissue. No, that's how COVID spreads, you know? Oh my God. It's so gross. And I also understand that Uber drivers, a lot of them probably are just going back to back. They don't have time to like clean up every single little thing. But when it's to a point where you're like, oh my God, you haven't cleaned this car in months. Maybe take it off the road. No. Yeah. And I'm not saying like one thing is I'm talking these Ubers were filthy. all over the seats, all over the floors. It's just not pleasant. It's like, okay, well, I just don't like it.

52:47Another dark energy object that I decided I fucking hate is people who post themselves talking while eating a la Bethany Frankel. I hate it so much. And the reason I like don't follow Bethany Frankel closely enough to even let it bother me because she does this so much that I just, I hate it. So I don't watch her content. Maybe it's my misophonia. I just, I hate the sounds of people chewing. I hate it. I think it's disgusting. Erin Leachie from Rony, from the new Rony did this the other day. I actually follow her on Instagram. I like, I can't remember if I did unfollow her or I almost did, but I was like, this deserves an unfollow.

53:27Like it is so fucking disgusting. How long to just wait until you're finished with your meal and then start your video going on a rant about something like just wait until you're done eating. It's disgusting. When I would also hear people put like reviews on podcasts, like stop eating. I'm like, who's eating when they're podcasting? That's so unprofessional. Oh, I, when I started with trigger warning, Ryan Bailey, I actually like would eat sometimes because I didn't know, like I didn't know anything about podcasting. Well, that was like early stages, obviously. That was early stage. I would snack.

53:57I would snack on like a gummy bears or something. I wasn't eating a full meal. I would just sometimes be snacking because I was hungry. And I didn't know that like people would would notice. But people obviously noticed. Yeah. So you know what? I'm guilty of it, too, clearly. But you stop the behavior. You know, it's like, yeah, I just think it's a little bit. No one wants to hear that. Ew. Oh, my God. Stop. Even you just doing that. Oh, my God. It's gross. It's triggering. It's so triggering. Yeah. Chills. Chills down my spine. I apologize for that. Okay. Two LEOs that I want to call out. When I went out, I'm not hungover at all because I drank a full cup of water for every drink I had.

54:35Sometimes two. So just do that if you guys are out drinking. It works. I can attest to that working. It totally does. And then number two, I just had a really busy day today because I was – or yesterday because I was at a baby shower and it was like two hours away and it was just a lot yesterday. But the one thing that really brought my spirits up and like a lot more than I even realized, if you blast 2016 chain smokers like when you're getting ready, there's something about that era. And I know we talk about it a lot on TikTok or you see these like 2016 edits or filters or whatever. But like, I'm telling you something in the era was different.

55:07Like people weren't ordering off of Amazon like every single day. We weren't necessarily on our phones all the time. Like politics were not as crazy. Like it just feels like it was a different time where it was innocence and just love and going out and being like messy, but fun messy. And it got me in the mood to go out because I usually don't like to go out. But it was fun because I blasted roses by Chainsmokers. What was in the air the summer of 2016? I mean, it was like the last hurrah before Trump became president. Yeah. I don't know. There was something like that needs to be studied because everyone looks back at summer 16 like nostalgically.

55:45No one had a bad summer 16. I mean, if you did, let us know. But speaking of nostalgic music, have you seen like everyone right now is shitting on the song Home by Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros? It's the one that's like home is wherever I'm with you. It's one of my favorite songs. Yeah. Okay. It's a great song. It was like earnest. And I'm sorry. Call me a loser millennial. I liked the stomp clap era of music like 2012. Like I liked Ho Hey by the Lumineers. I still like that song. Like I like stomp clap music and they just like, why does Gen Z have to think that everything millennials enjoyed at one point is cringe.

56:28Wait, people, what about that song is cringe? Oh my God. Okay. So there's been this debate on Twitter and like, good for you guys. If you're not on Twitter, like I like still check it. I don't really tweet that much anymore, but I check it a lot. Unfortunately, it's just like a toxic hell site, but there's been a debate about like the worst song of all time. And obviously people have their feelings about what the worst song, like happy by Pharrell. Like there are so many like contenders, but someone brought up the song Home by Edward Sharper, the Magnetic Zeros. And it started this whole discourse where people were like, this song was actually good.

57:00It's earnest. Okay. It's earnest. Not everything has to be ironic now. It's like Gen Z. Everything needs to be like ironic, you know? Wait. Yeah. That song is, it's old school. Is it? When was it written? I feel like, wasn't that like a song in the seventies? I feel like it came out. No. Oh my God. No. It was like 2012. I remember like 2012 was when I discovered it. Okay. 2009. 2012 was when I remember hearing in a coffee shop when I was interning in New York City. And I was like, oh my God, this song is so cool. Home is wherever I'm with you. That one, right? Yeah, I like that song. Yeah, no, it's cute.

57:36I'm sorry. It's a jingle too. Like, I think it always gets people in a good mood. Yeah. And it doesn't, do you know what else? It doesn't feel like corporate happy. Like, because I'm happy. That's like a corporate song. Oh, I hate that song. Or like anything Bruno Mars is kind of like a corporate song. That's not a corporate song. Oh my God. Happy by Pharrell. Speaking of CBS. CVS employees were never the same when Happy by Pharrell came out. The other LEO of the week that I want to discuss is, did you see Miley? She posted like a picture of a wig on Twitter. Did you see this? No, but honestly, I didn't watch Hannah Montana, so it doesn't hit for me.

58:13You didn't? No, no, I didn't. I only, I stopped at Lizzie McGuire. Like that was my. Oh my God. Christy. I know. I know. You like really missed out on an era. My sister was super into it. So I like kind of knew. But no, yeah, I wasn't the Hannah Montana girl. Oh my God. Okay. She tweeted like a picture. She posted a picture somewhere. I'm like, she posted a picture somewhere. Why isn't it not on Twitter? Anyway, she hinted slash teased at the idea of a Hannah Montana tour, which I would love. I can't believe you didn't watch Hannah Montana. No, it's such a blind spot for me. You know what? I also didn't watch it in high school.

58:58You get the best of both worlds. I also didn't watch High School Musical or anything. I actually was not on the High School Musical, like, hype train like everyone else was. Yeah, I think I aged out of that, to be honest. Like, I was just a little bit older. Yeah, I was, like, in middle school. Okay, yes. It says for the 20th anniversary, Miley is like teasing, re-recording. So it might not be a tour, but re-recording Hannah Montana classics and performing them live. Miley's version. At some point. Miley's version. Dude, honestly, if you think about it, it probably makes sense if she's in need for some cash.

59:34She could make a lot of money doing so. Oh my God. So much the nostalgia factor of it all. And like, let's be real here. Miley is so successful, so talented. I don't think she has seen she's a list for sure so successful so talented I don't think she's seen like as much success oh as she could you know something about Miley's career she just never hits she tries so hard and she does like different iterations like every time comes out with an album there's reputation and there's folklore then there's evermore then there's midnights and there's ttp like with Miley she always tries to do something different and iterate her her her image and it never hits for people.

1:00:12Yeah. And I think it is. I think it might be her songs are are kind of fall flat. Not her voice. Her voice is one of the most incredible voices I think of our generation. She has such a unique. It's the songs. I agree. Dark, deep voice. I completely agree. And it's just I don't know. She she's very talented. Oh, and I found the tweet, by the way, Miley Nation tweeted it, not Miley Cyrus. It said Hannah Montana 20th anniversary, 2026 and it's like a mannequin head with the Hannah Montana wig on it oh my god like it got me so excited again I was like maybe like in middle school I was probably too old to be watching Hannah Montana but I loved it it was so good okay anyway I feel like that about wraps up our dark energy Tuesday you guys anything else Christy no you know where to find us at snarkbaitpod on instagram also on tiktok we're not as followed there but we post some unseen clips that aren't on reels um we have patreon episodes every wednesday so head on over there for an episode tomorrow we're going to be talking about influencers in the news so some hot topics and trending topics i'm at christy noel underscore underscore sophie is at soph underscore ross and i think you too jordan our producer rachel our social manager and olivia our researcher.

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