Dark Energy Tuesday (The Valley, Justin Timberlake, Hubs Life, Next Gen NYC, Beyond the Villa)

25:40And it's come out since that he actually is this huge scammer. So he's like a crypto trader, like whatever. That's what he talks about on the show. He's gotten in trouble with the SEC before for like running a fake hedge fund or like a scam hedge fund when he was like 20 years old. Also was always on the show wearing like an ill fitted suit, like the same suit every single scene and it like didn't fit him. And so now his ex-girlfriend named Shannon XXOO on TikTok is exposing him and saying he did the exact same thing to her that he did to Georgia, as in leave her stranded in a foreign country and like kick her out of their home.

26:19And she, and I just caught up on all of her TikToks and she hasn't revealed anything that juicy yet. She's talking about how they traveled to Italy or Spain together. And he they were having like brainstorm sessions. Then there were like hookers or prostitutes there basically that he likes to party. But I'm like, where is like the scandal? So I'm I'm keeping my you know, I'm boots on the ground on Shannon XXOO's TikTok to find out the tea. There hasn't been anything super juicy revealed yet, but it's pretty clear that omar is a scammer is this the guy who i saw skateboarding on the street harley that's harley and he's like he's mini jacks taylor he is like a very very very i think better than jacks taylor like he's not he's not on the level yet but he's a really really really good reality tv villain the bar for jacks taylor is so fucking high i don't think anyone could ascend jacks when it comes to villain behavior.

27:18Wait, speaking of Jax's bar, perfect segue. R-I-P. R-I-P to Jax's saloon. And it was on our list to go when we're going to be in LA in a few weeks. Oh, I know. I'm devastated only because it would have been so funny to just like troll the bar and take photos, but it's common knowledge now. I was just like, I was just fantasizing about, because I picture being a saloon. Like I haven't been there, but like the saloon doors, I just like pictured myself like barging in wait did you see the review from like a patron on Yelp or Google reviews and everyone thinks it was Jax Taylor that wrote it wait was it like a positive review yes wait have you seen this is it written like Frank Drummond like in his voice I'm sorry I just I didn't write this in our in our notes but I'm gonna try and find it I think it's the reviewer was Charlie but keep going as I find it please find it so in the meantime Jax announced that he's quote unquote stepping away.

28:15This was his statement. He said, I've made the decision to end my partnership with Jax's. It wasn't an easy decision, but it was the right one. Right now, my focus is on my sobriety and mental health and staying connected to my bar is no longer in line with the priorities I've set for myself and the life I'm working towards. Give me a break. You got the partnership ended because the bar severed ties. Shut up. Yes, exactly. It's like, well, if you're not going to be on the show, it's not worth it. It's not worth it. He definitely got his partnership terminated. I actually liked what this person on the Valley Reddit, Esra Chavez, I don't know.

28:48It's a bunch of letters, said using his name on the patio extension of Rocco's because it was barely like an actual bar. It was like the patio of this restaurant, Rocco's, was solely for a storyline. He never owned the bar or a liquor license or did any work to keep it operating. Payroll, orders, kitchen, everything was Rocco's. I would venture he never invested a dime. Production picked up all the costs and he was paid a fee for the use of his name and likeness. No show, no bar. Simple as that. Yes. And I actually read. So I never ended up watching the Valley After Show, which apparently was a whole like must see TV on its own.

29:20I know. I heard that. I didn't watch it either. So people are saying on the Valley After Show he was bragging about having never invested a dime of his own money when it comes to Jax's. He always tells on himself. Yeah, always. Always. He's because he's such a fucking idiot. He's literally so dumb. He doesn't realize that he puts his foot in his mouth. But I found it from Clay C. One day ago. I recently dined at Jack's Studio City, and wow, let me start out by saying it is a beautiful facility. The place is spotless, the foliage lush, and the art eye-catching. I ordered several items off of the wonderfully curated menu from Jack's salad pie to the hot pretzel to the Prince Edward Island mussels.

29:55Each item was better than the last. I was lucky enough that Jack's tailor was working that day I dined, and God was he friendly. Jack's went table to table, thanking his patrons, cleared plates, rang up tabs, and wiped down the bar back. Twice, in parentheses. Jax was also drinking water with lemon, which was awesome to see. Anyway, I'll definitely be back. 10 out of 10. 1000 % freak drumming. The concept of ordering muscles at Jax's saloon. Wait, what is salad pie? No, a couple of questions. What is salad pie? I've heard of chicken pot pie. I've not heard of... Do you think it's like a salad pizza pie?

30:30I'm envisioning like a Chicago, like Grimaldi's deep dish pizza, but with salad in it instead. Oh, I was like, so just like, I was like focusing on like what this person ordered the muscles. But, but, and God, was he friendly? That just gets me. God, was he friendly? And there's no punctuation in this. So it's hard for me to even read it back. Okay, then yes, you know, it's Jackson. If it's, if there's no punctuation, if things are misspelled, incorrect grammar. He is so dumb. And I was thinking about this. Vanderpump Rules was predicated on a bunch of young 20-somethings and in Jax's case early 30-somethings.

31:11Partying, fucking each other, being hella messy. It was just like a fun watch. It got dark at times but like it was still fun and like one of the best reality shows I think we've ever seen alongside Jersey Shore. Yeah. We see the valley and we see Jax come back and we were probably so excited to relive the early days of Vanderpump once again. and we got an entirely different show that I don't think anyone was prepared to watch. It completely shifted and it just became a complete dark cloud over Bravo. And I think they knew probably while they were filming when they forced Jax to go to rehab, we can no longer do this show with him.

31:48Again, it's a liability. Like it's just, it's crazy to see how much he's, I don't even want to say changed because he's always been a menace, but I really think he suffered a lot of trauma in his childhood that he's never really talked about. And I really think the coke usage has completely altered his brain to where his violence and his anger has just gotten so much more extreme. And it's just horrifying. I don't even want to like give him those excuses though. No, that's fair. Like childhood trauma and like, oh, like coke usage damaging my brain is something that he would say as an excuse. You know, like it almost like gives him an out.

32:25he is he is so evil on his own there is no excuse for how much of a sociopath he is I don't know if you saw like the preview for the reunion part one where Brittany goes I'm shaking I'm so nervous or whatever and Jax goes you should be literally sounded like a threat and she also mentions in the preview for the reunion how Jax Andy asked about how their divorce is going she was like hopefully it will be we will be officially divorced soon. But Jack said that he is prolonging it because he thinks he's going to be fired from the show. And he wants to see if he will be able to get alimony from like alimony.

33:05Yeah. And he couldn't even deny it. He was like, yeah, that's that's sort of true. And she goes, Jack's come on. That's 100 percent true. He's just evil. There is no low that he will not go to like he is just so despicable and so fucking disgusting and he had this redemption arc just given to him on a silver platter this new show he he was the center of this new show oh my god what better redemption arc yeah it was really clouded over scannibal but it really frightened me honestly like i felt a fight or flight in my stomach when watching the finale which we'll get into like the Michelle and Aaron too as we're talking about the valley but when she goes sign the divorce papers and he goes uh he's like I'm gonna take my time why yep because I can and I felt like my stomach dropped just feeling how not only is he mentally and physically abusing Brittany like we've all seen on the screen he's financially abusing her it is just a terrifying person to watch and he has absolutely no qualms about exhibiting this behavior in front of the camera behind the camera I don't even want to know what he has done to Brittany when there were no cameras it's probably unspeakable yeah the fact that he says this shit on camera like at the reunion saying you should be shaking terrifying terrifying and yeah I completely agree with you that that was like chilling it's like you are trying to torture literally torture the mother of your child he is just on another fucking level um what did you think of the the finale otherwise don't fucking get me started on jason and fan it i fucking hate them actually i would go so far as to say jane it obviously sucks like she sucks since day one of episode one of season one jason might be worse the fact that he is completely uplifting jacks she's saying oh man you're so strong for going to rehab you're getting your life together you're doing the right thing for cruise while at the same time trying to villainize danny for i'm not saying what Danny is doing is great.

35:06Okay. It does sound like Danny probably has a little bit of an alcohol problem. Okay, fine. That's not great either. But the fact that Janet and Jason continue to uplift Jax and villainize Danny, who's just honestly, from what I'm seeing, trying his best. He's trying to not drink. He spent three weeks after Hawaii not drinking. He's putting in the work. Jax Taylor has absolutely nothing to show for it. And the fact that Jason came at Zach in the way that he did. I saw something on Reddit where they said Jason loves tear down women and the tokenized gay man. That is Zach. But God forbid he comes at Jax, who's the literal abuser of the show.

35:44Like put your energy towards someone who literally deserves it, you piece of fucking shit. And don't get me started on fan it. Like literally, I hate you. I hate both of them. They're a match made in hell. It was so fucking funny when Jax tried to like come at Danny during the finale and was like, so I see you're you're not what what's going on brother and Danny was like nothing um and he goes I see you're not drinking good or like whatever Danny was like Jax you have no fucking leg to stand on what are you even talking about yes it's just like so embarrassing how much Jax is trying to take the heat off of himself and cannot stand that Danny and Nia have gotten a good at it like He's so mad they got a good edit.

36:26And then also at Michelle's Zen party during the finale, I guess, was it Michelle who wrote the notes to everyone? Yes. And the notes to Jax was like, you're so resilient and inspiring. Where? Literally where? Resilience where? These people, they're not very bright, but the fact that they cannot pick up on these behaviors from Jax is very concerning to me. They don't have critical thinking skills, like I say. As a lifelong renter who's probably going to be renting for the rest of my life at this point, it's hard for me to justify splurging on custom furniture or like chic, expensive vintage home finds when I know this isn't my forever home.

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42:03She's trying to support Jax only when it pertains to Brittany. She wants Jax to get better and supports him when it pertains to Cruz and Brittany. But otherwise, she's disconnecting herself. She's like, I'm not going to be there for you. We're not going to grab lunch together. We're not homies. Like, I am Brittany's girl. That's the way that you should navigate as a friend between Jax and Brittany. Jason, he thinks it's almost like he idolizes Jax. It's very bizarre. What's that about? It's almost like him and Janet have been fans of Vanderpump since day one. And they're like, we're hanging out with a celebrity, if you even want to call it that.

42:36And they're like, we're going to go with, I'm putting this in quotes, star of the show. That is Jax Taylor. We're going to align ourselves with the star of the show. The reason the show exists, even though I hate to fucking say that and have those words come out of my mouth. It's true. And we're not going to give a fuck about morals or good versus evil. No, we're just going to align ourselves with Jax because we're fans of his. I feel like that's literally it. Is that like they fan it at least for sure was a Vanderpump Rules fan at Bitset. And yeah, doesn't want to go against Jax. And also, as much as I feel for Britney in this situation, she a friend of all is a friend of none.

43:11that scene where she where Fanit is talking about Kristen and saying oh I wish that she got arrested the night that she got proposed to and she would have to put her ring in a plastic baggie and Brittany is just sitting there hucking laughing that is not a good friend no like Janet Janet's been nothing but a good friend to me I can't do anything about Janet because she's been nothing but good to me it's like Brittany staying on the right side of history like we're here supporting you kristen has literally fought to the death for you and for nia yeah kristen is not problematic on this show she's standing with the right people on this show and britney she loves to live in the middle i mean we see it with her relationship with jackson that's a whole other story obviously she's a victim to abuse and it's almost like a stockholm syndrome from like domestic violence perspective i'm not blaming her for kind of going back to jack's here and there because she's at the end of the day but and people love to fucking villainize britney though to be clear online.

44:08It's horrible. They say, well, Brittany got what she deserved. No, like Jax was a master manipulator. And it's what he does. It's what he does. But yeah, also Brittany on Watch What Happens Live with Zach. She is so lucky that Zach still wants to be her friend after, you know, all the time she has taken Janet's side over his. Also like poor Brittany. She needs to get like a stylist. Her outfit on Watch What Happens Live was so bad. But obviously, again, we are Team Brittany, 1 ,000 and a million percent. It's going to be a tumultuous time having Jax as the father of your child. She is in for a lifetime of drama with him.

44:50So all the strength to Brittany. What did you think about Michelle and Aaron breaking up? I love listening to Watch What Crappens whenever they talk about Aaron's alleged coke habit because his dog his dog is named kilo and his honey website is named kilo co oh yeah might as well put it on your fucking forehead that you love cocaine his honey website from his honey website a half kilo of pure uncut white honey in a squeeze bottle that's easy to handle it literally is like it's not in unambiguous or it's not ambiguous excuse me yeah like he obviously likes or appreciates coke and yeah i just think it's interesting i obviously it's a sad situation because Isabella, who was Michelle and Jesse's daughter, became really close to Aaron.

45:36They were living together, but she was so worried about Jesse introducing a girl to their daughter. And but then meanwhile, she had Aaron basically just step into the stepdad role immediately, moved in together very quickly. And then they end up breaking up. Yeah, right. I mean, pot kettle black. I don't think Michelle and Jesse can really point fingers at either of each other because they both kind of suck. Yeah. What was I going to say about, oh, I was also listening to Watch What Crap and they were talking about Jessie's girlfriend who is like a realtor, I think, in Orange County. And I guess they were, Ronnie and Ben were calling her a flat earther because they assumed because she lives in OC that she's a Republican.

46:16Oh, yeah. Did you hear that? And then she like responded. Yeah, she ended up reaching out. She's like, no, I don't believe the earth is flat. I just thought that was so fucking funny. But yeah, I mean, the real victim in this is obviously Isabella it sucks for Michelle I feel like she's already gone through a lot is her mother her mother passed away oh shit yeah um I think in the fall oh damn okay that's really sad so she's going through a lot Michelle has been through a lot it's sad wait sorry really quickly and no you're not a Love Island watcher but seven minutes ago I when I was trying to find the Jax Taylor Charlie C Yelp review yeah Love Island USA post Miguel who is paired up with Leah the star of season six and Cordell who won with Serena that are also still together they just unfollowed Kenny Rodriguez who is paired up with Janae their best friend that's I know you're not a watcher but so that's just drama these are people from is this beyond the villa people yes so Love Island season six they had a spinoff and they're all living their life in LA.

47:21And so, you know, PPG, the Powerpuff Girls, it's Leah, Janay, Serena, and their three boyfriends. Yeah. Okay. So they're, they're like the biggest stars to come out of the Love Island show probably ever. And they have the most followers. They've gotten incredible brand partnerships. Like everyone loves them. They're America's sweethearts and all their men America loves. But one of the guys, Kenny on Beyond the Villa has shown a lot of like, not even disdain, just kind of indifference towards Janay and a whole storyline of theirs that's been airing on Beyond the Villa. There's only been three episodes, but they live in the same apartment complex.

47:54They basically share a wall, but Kenny refuses to live with Janae, even though they like literally basically do live together. And Janae has been pressuring him or like desiring for them to live together. And Kenny just seems very disinterested. And I don't know if that's the edit that they're giving or what it is, but it seems as if the edit has been impacting their relationship because if Miguel and Cordell, Janae's two best friends, boyfriends, have unfollowed Kenny, that tells me something has happened. That they broke up. Yeah. So food for thought. That's actually a big deal. Breaking news.

48:26Oh my God. Janae. Oh my God. I just refreshed. Janae unfollowed Kenny and removed all of their pictures together. Oh, so they definitely broke up. Oh my God. Wait. I have chills. I have chills. All right, Pete. You guys, this is breaking news. Breaking. Wait, what? Breaking. You are hearing Christy's real-time reaction to this. Meanwhile, I'm like, okay. Yeah. Whoever these people are. I was watching Beyond the Villa when I was in Houston with my girlfriends. And I was like, dude, I feel like Kenny's not feeling it. And they're like, oh, shut up. And I was like, no, I don't know if it's the edit.

48:57Oh, my God. Wait, your friends keep telling you to shut up no matter what you say. You're like, maybe if you had a business. Oh, Kenny's not feeling it. They're like, shut the fuck up, Christy. We were disagreeing about who we liked on Love Island. They're like, you're being so pick me. I'm like, so what if I am? So what if I am? Oh, my God. Okay, one other thing. Actually, I feel like we have two more agenda items before we get to dark energy objects and light energy objects of the week. I want to talk about Justin Timberlake's quote unquote tour. Have you seen the TikToks of his tour where he goes, I got this feeling, puts the mic down, has the audience just sing the rest of the song?

49:38And he walks around the stage. He's like, there was one I that was like in Dublin. There was like another another one where it was raining really hard. and he just had his hoodie on and he was just like, yeah, he looked miserable. Did not want to be there at all. What even is the point of this tour? So it's like, remember what that whole thing where he got a DUI and he's like, this is going to ruin the tour, the world tour. And this is the tour. I came across a video of someone saying, all right, NSYNC fans, I feel we've lost. Backstreet Boys is doing their residency at the sphere. They're apparently putting on a hell of a production.

50:13It's like really good. even though Nick Carter is obviously incredibly problematic. That deserves its whole other episode because he's a legitimate SIR. There's been many allegations that have come out against him, but he's been able to kind of overcome them because he's part of this bigger group and they're making a lot of money now. But in any case, NSYNC fans were taking the L and Backstreet Boys were taking the W. And it's so sad because I was an NSYNC girlie. I was kind of a little, I lived in both worlds. You know, I wasn't like one or the other. I kind of enjoyed both of them for what they were.

50:44I will say. Okay, Bella Swan. I will say, I think the Backstreet Boys were like, were to Christina Aguilera as NSYNC was to Britney Spears. And not because Britney and Justin dated, but when it comes to talent and songs, I do think Backstreet Boys were more talented than NSYNC. Obviously, Justin was talented. Oh, and see, I was thinking that NSYNC, like that was the moment. And I know that Backstreet Boys was also, but like they were Britney Spears and that like they were just the bigger star. They were performers at the end of the day. I don't think Backstreet Boys had the performance like grit.

51:17Christina had the voice, but she didn't have that energy on stage, whereas NSYNC did. And I've seen both of them in concert as a kid. Yeah, you would know. So I can say this. But one other last thing I want to talk about is Brian Koberger's sentencing. Obviously, we talked about this at the very top. And we're going to do an Idaho 4 episode on Patreon because Sophie and I just know so much about this case. At this point, we've watched so many documentaries. We've been following it since it happened. But Madison Mogan's biological father, Ben, he was featured on the four-part docuseries on Amazon Prime, which if you guys haven't watched any Idaho 4 documentaries, this is the one I would watch on Amazon Prime.

51:57Oh, it's so well done. It focuses on the victims. Yes, it's called One Night in Idaho. And to Sophie's point, you hear directly from the victims and, excuse me, victims' families. And those directly impacted the friends that were there that day. And we've never heard from any of the college students on the ground when it happened until now. At least I had not. Madison Mogan's biological father, Ben. I don't know if it's because I'm about to start my cycle. But when Madison Mogan's father came up, he's already struggled with so much in his life. He's been an addict. He wasn't there for some parts of Maddie's life because he was suffering so much with mental health.

52:34And I seriously was sobbing when I was watching him speak. but he basically said towards the end, he's like, I had so many things written down and I can't even say them because I just love her so much and I miss her. I'm going to start crying again. I know. And it's, it's so sad. It just sounds like obviously he's had, you know, he talks about struggling with addiction and, and abusing drugs. And he just thought he had more time with his daughter. He was like, I thought we had more time. I didn't take advantage of the time. Like I took it for granted, I guess, was was kind of the thesis of his of his statement.

53:08And it was just it was so sad. Obviously, he was like, she was the only thing I was ever proud of. Stop. You're going to make me cry. I know it's so it's so, so, so freaking sad. And just Brian Koberger is like just face the entire time during these victim statements was so terrifying. And he was just staring right at them. It was so creepy. And Kaylee Gonsalves, his family, they've gone viral for their statements. Her father's statement, her older sisters, especially Olivia's, her older sister, Olivia seemed to give the one statement that really, really, really got under his skin. Like you could see a little bit like his lip trembling.

53:46She was taunting him as she should. Yeah. She basically was like you, because he gets off on the fact that they're hurt and they're devastated and their lives are ruined. But she was like, no, let's talk about you. Let's talk about how much of a fucking loser you are. Don't ever, ever get mistaken that you are anything other than a piece of shit just because people said your name for the first time. Just talk about how average and ordinary he is, how stupid and slow he was. And that's why he got caught because he thought he was really smart. He thought he was going to get away with it. So she definitely like got under his skin in a really incredible way.

54:25Like it was just amazing to watch, but obviously all of it is just so fucking sad. I couldn't help but laugh and neither could the judge when Christy, Kaylee Gonsalves' mother came up on stage and she goes, and this is a message from our youngest daughter, Brian, we know you're used to getting A's in school, but in prison, you're going to be getting big D's. And even the judge went. I know that was crazy. And it's like, I'm like, yeah, we don't really joke about prison rape, but this is the family of a of a murdered young woman so they're entitled to say whatever they want whatever the fuck they want in fact they're glad that he should be glad they didn't go further i it's so interesting to watch the amazon prime documentary and get to know the victims more ethan zanna maddie and kaylee and from what i've gathered maddie was kind of the more shy quiet reserve one you kind of had to she had to warm up to you but she was just like had a heart of gold and Kaylee was like the crazy spunky one.

55:25And I totally understand where she got it from. Her family are all firecrackers. Her brother had a speech that he couldn't even do on the stand in court because he would have been arrested for contempt because he was basically shitting all over the Idaho prosecution because they were upset that the prosecution went to a plea deal without consulting the family. So Steven Gonsalves, Kaylee's older brother, talked with a news station right after the sentencing and he did like a three minute speech And he's like, I couldn't even say it because I would have been arrested. But he did it. And Kaylee's father, he even said that on the podium where they're supposed to give a speech, there's this big block letter saying, do not move this podium.

56:02And Kaylee's father was like, fuck it. I told everyone I'm going to go first because I want to look the stupid piece of shit in the eye. So he's like, I moved that podium. If I were to arrest, he's like, arrest me. Like I was willing to be the guinea pig and move that podium because I wanted to stare this fucker in the face, which I'm so glad they did. And what is interesting is Ethan Chapin's parents on the Amazon Prime documentary, One Night in Idaho, they were like, we have no desire to go to any court hearing. We don't want anything to do with it. It's not going to bring Ethan back. We just are focusing on healing moving forward.

56:32So every victim's families went up to the stand except the Chapins, which totally their prerogative. And that's how they're going to heal. And we totally respect it. Yeah, no, totally. I remember them saying that, too, because I was like, huh, it's interesting that the Chapin family. And then I was like, oh, yeah, they said on the documentary that they want nothing to do with any of that because they can't change the past. It's not going to change anything. But yeah, about Kaylee Gonsalves, her sister also at the end was like, if you hadn't attacked the girls and she kept saying my sisters because Maddie and Kaylee were so close.

57:03They were like sisters. They'd grown up together. And she was like, if you hadn't attacked my sisters in their sleep like a fucking pedophile, I know that Kaylee would have beaten your fucking ass or something along those lines. And I think that she would have. And the more details come out, because obviously there was a gag order about details of the crime. So we're just finding out about a lot of details. And from what it sounds like, Maddie and Ethan were both asleep when they were attacked. I mean, everyone besides Zanna was asleep at the time. But I don't know if it even registered with Maddie and Ethan.

57:39Yeah, I hope that they didn't have to suffer. I hope not. Yeah. Kaylee apparently put up a huge, massive fight. And Zanna. And Zanna. And Zanna did. So those are like the details that are coming out. And you guys were going to cover this more extensively on a Patreon. So we won't get into the nitty gritty. But yeah, that happened this week. Hey, Chicago. Class it up with Crocs. You know back to school is coming in fast. So why wait to find your new fave footwear? step into a local croc store and step into your new look try it style it make it yours because the right pair doesn't just show up it shows off first day fits handled walk out ready for whatever's next visit your nearest croc store today the perfect lunch combo that first bite of your favorite sub, followed by ice-cold Pepsi.

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1:01:48I really don't know. You really don't know. When was the last time they cleaned it? If I wasn't already unsettled in the brown shower, I'm certainly unsettled on the black rug. Like dark, dark carpets, like in like a hotel of any kind. No. A hotel that I stayed at recently for a wedding, dark carpets. It was a Hilton garden. And I was walking around in socks around because it's like, I'm not walking around barefoot on the carpet. The bottom of my socks were black. okay i seriously i'm gonna throw up please it's too soon it's too soon disgusting no it's really and again if you guys aren't as ocd as as sophie and i don't care about this thing i i seriously wish i could be like you like i'm not just trying to be like a pick me and no no it actually unsettles me no i mean yeah i completely completely get it last thing i just don't like staying in airbnbs period like i just don't unless we're in a big group and it's the best way to do a trip I will always say in a hotel 10 times out of 10.

1:02:45I hate when you're departing and the host pings you telling you to strip the sheets, put the towels in the hamper, mow the lawn. Wait, we've talked. This has definitely been a dark energy object before. We're like, you, you mow your own fucking lawn. Yes. Clean the gutters. Yeah, no. Yeah. I'm not. I don't even clean the gutters on my own home. Do you expect me to clean the gutters in your house? Like, okay, sorry if I'm repeating it. But this came up again because the Airbnb, I guess we did. Jordan's like you've, you've talked about this. Yeah, you guys, we've talked about this before. That's how much we hate Airbnb chores.

1:03:16Like, I'm going to send this to you, Sophie, just like the chores that this host had us do. I was just like, so then me and my friends were like, we put the towels and the handpuff, but we're like, we had to leave so early this morning. We're just like, we're just not going to do it. If they charge us, okay, charge us. Yeah, at that point, you're just like, okay, well, you know what? I'd rather pay a little extra than have to mow your lawn, scrub your dirty shower that was dirty when I got here the brown tiles clean your black no actually I mean clean the bed strip the beds and see how like grimy the mattresses are like it's just like not don't like it but again I know we've discussed this you guys so um you guys know how we feel about that sorry one of the things we were just saying how much more incremental time would it take a person to strip the sheets do you know what I mean how much more time would that really take wait what do you mean like what do you mean you want to go to China on the weekends what do you mean what do you mean wdym if you're already cleaning the home and you're taking out the trash how much more incremental like if you want me to strip the sheets on your behalf how much more time would it really take the person that's cleaning to strip the sheets by themselves right right it's like for me i'm like no that takes up way too much time but like for someone else doing it yeah like that's a really quick task but for me i'm like no this is like so laborious and to and to that point it's not even that it's like annoying to strip the sheets it's like I don't really want to see what I've been sleeping on this whole time like it's more in a psychological thing that's the other thing mattresses anywhere I don't want to see what the mattress looks like because it's gonna be yellow god forbid there's a blood stain stop like oh my god no I said no I'm sorry it's like I don't want to see that anyway I know sorry to repeat ourselves I know that we have talked about Airbnb tours before but we don't like them if you can't tell.

1:05:03So I actually didn't have any DEOs this week because I was just like in a really good mood, I guess. I have a couple light energy objects, though. I was talking to Jordan, our producer, about Dexter Resurrection. Christy does not watch Dexter and has not watched. It's like now like a franchise. There was Dexter, there was Dexter New Blood, and then there was Dexter Original Sin, which I also just started. And it's like a prequel about young Dexter and the young characters with different actors, which I was kind of nervous about. But it's actually really good. and Dexter Resurrection, they basically brought Dexter back to life twice.

1:05:37They killed him or they didn't kill him. They disappeared him kind of at the end of Dexter the series, brought him back for Dexter New Blood. Then the ending of Dexter New Blood, everyone was like, well, that fucking sucks. And so then they brought Dexter back again for Dexter Resurrection. But Dexter Resurrection is so good so far, you guys. If you loved Dexter vintage, it feels like vintage Dexter. It just is so good. It's weekly episode releases. So like I am just waiting every single week for a new episode to drop. It's on. I watch on prime with a Paramount plus plugin. It's like so annoying.

1:06:15There are so many like plugins now to watch it, but it's worth it. I highly recommend another TV thing. I know you also don't watch in just like that, Christy. And just like that finally had a good episode this past week. And the entire series, because I've heard it's trash from you and everyone else. It's so bad. It's so bad. It's good, though. Like, it's one of those hate watch situations. Totally. I actually saw Crossover on the Just Like That subreddit talking about how, like, reboots can be good. Look at Dexter. Look at Dexter Resurrection. Like, there's, like, a lot of overlap between Dexter lovers and Sex and the City or Just Like That lovers.

1:06:49But, yeah, it finally had a good episode, so I'm feeling hopeful. Hopeful. Spoiler alert. Bye, Aiden. Bye-bye. Did he die? Aiden. No. he didn't die they broke up they broke up spoiler alert so just bye Aiden like he was so insufferable on and just like that and then one last thing apparently Liam Neeson and Pam Anderson are dating which I love I love that I think they're both just incredible humans and I was devastated when Natasha Richardson I hope I didn't watch it is that her name yes Natasha Richardson I mean iconic his late wife right who was the mom and the parent trap who like as kids i like thought she was princess diana yes like she was just she was so classic elegant and beautiful and she was gone too soon from such a freak accident honestly from skiing so i'm really happy that liam neeson is finding happiness with a perfect woman that is pamela anderson she's a wonderful woman and i couldn't find two people more fitting for one another honestly so happy for them genuinely And yeah, I just I'm a huge fan of both Pam Anderson and Liam Neeson.

1:08:00I love it's like a running joke on trigger warning Ryan Bailey that I just watch anything Liam Neeson is in. I love a Liam Neeson movie. He just is an amazing like action hero actor. And then Pam Anderson is making this comeback and acting with the movie The Last Showgirl, which is supposed to be really good. So yeah, I am very, very hopeful about that new coupling. They deserve happiness. to both of them. I feel like they've both gone through a lot of obstacles in their lives and they deserve like a happy ending. So they have both been through some shit. Yes. Traumatic, traumatic experiences.

1:08:36Yeah. And I feel like when you've gone through some hardships, you can relate more with to people who have also gone through tough shit. It's not like not even I'm not even saying like a trauma bond. It's more so just you can relate on a level that most others cannot, which is very special. Definitely. One other thing I wanted to shout out from a light energy object is me and my girlfriends this weekend were playing this game called Telestrations After Dark. I don't know if you're like a game girl. Do you play board games or anything? What is that? No, I've never heard of that. Are you like a game girl though?

1:09:03Like do you and Henry play board games? I will play games. Like we play Rummy Cub when we're like with his family. It's really fun to just play games as like adults. I don't know. It's a good thing to do on like holidays or whatever. But basically what it is, it's after dark. So it's dirty. You have a card, a bunch of cards and you pick a card and it has like 10 things on the card and you can pick any word. So for instance, broken condom could be a word. So everyone has like a doodle packet and it's like a white, you know, dry erase with dry erase marker. And you pick a word and you pass it to the person and they read the word and they try to draw the word.

1:09:36And then they pass it to the next person. And the person who sees the picture has to guess what the word is. And you basically go on and so forth. Oh, that's fun. You sketch, you guess. You sketch, you guess. You sketch, you guess. And by the time you get your packet back, you take everyone through like the iterations of like what the guesses were. me and my friends we could not stop laughing like it was the funniest game it's dirty so play it like on a girl's trip play with your husband and like your husband's friends and girlfriends or whatever like it's so much fun tell us questions after dark yes oh that sounds like fun like we did there were so many things we just could not stop laughing like i was seriously in tears like I do love games like that.

1:10:18Like I love like a card game. Like what do you mean? Or like cards against humanity. Like they're always so, I always laugh so hard playing. So it's so funny. Like simple things, you know, you're off your phone, you're just talking with each other. It was, it was so much fun. And then you randomly get like super competitive. Yes. Yes. So that was, Oh, one other game. Sorry. I'm feel like I'm dialing this. Keep, keep going, but there's this game called chameleon and it's kind of like traders where there's like a list of things. It's like, let's say it's countries, right? And everyone knows what the country is except one person in the group.

1:10:52And so everyone goes one at a time to use a word that describes the word on the card, but one person in the group doesn't know what the word is. So let's just pretend the country is called is Egypt, right? So you want to keep it vague enough so that the chameleon doesn't know what the word is because if the chameleon guesses the word at the end of the game, then they win. So you'll say like, so you don't want to say pyramids right because if you say pyramid that's that's too obvious right so there's like a list of nine countries so you'll say historical and if you see rome or whatever then you know or whatever italy then you know it could also be historical because it's italy whatever every person goes around the room to say the word that's contextually aligned with the word of choice and at the end you have to guess who the chameleon is so then you start fighting with people you're like your word was fucking suspect it's literally traitors it's so fun that sounds really confusing, but I feel like I would have to play it.

1:11:40You know when someone describes the rules of a game and your brain just completely like, it's like the monkeys clapping. I have no idea what you're talking about, but I would have fun playing it, I'm sure. It's really fun. So board games is another one of my life. Board games. We love board games. Okay, well that's all she wrote. We have Patreon episodes every Wednesday, bonus content on patreon.com slash snarkbaitpod. We also do ad-free episodes from the main feed over on Patreon. So check us out there as well. Sophie is so underscore. And our Patreon episode tomorrow, I think that is the Paige Lorenz one that we mentioned.

1:12:15Oh my God. I think it is. Let's check the calendar. You guys, we've been doing a lot of backlogging. So I'm so confused. Yeah, we're losing track. Yeah, I think it is. Oh, you're right. Yeah, tomorrow's episode. Tomorrow's episode is a deep dive on Paige Lorenz. If you're interested in that, definitely sign up for our Patreon. Yeah. And yeah, that's a good one. It's a fun little deep dive, fun, big deep dive actually. But yeah, I am at soap underscore Ross on Instagram. Christy's at Christy Noel underscore underscore. Snarkbait pod is our podcast Instagram. Please follow us there. And thank you to Jordan, our producer, Rachel, our social manager, Olivia, our researcher.

1:12:56And thank you guys for listening. If you enjoyed the show, leave us a five-star rating and review pretty please. and we'll see you guys tomorrow for page lorenz or thursday for the d5 it's a good one early 2000s shout out if you guys are a millennial baby like sophie and i you will deeply appreciate this one on thursday so we'll see you guys then bye bye

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