Q&A: Our Love Of December, Pitch Perfect And Yorkshire Puddings Filled With Stuffing

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2:57Rachel Daly:Welcome to Daily Brightness, our Q &A episode, our favorite episode, because we actually just get to just like really dig deep into these questions and I love that the fans think about them. So let's dive straight into it. I'm so excited for them. Okay, the first question was what did Rach to do for a birthday, all I'm going to say is, rewind, listen to our previous episode and you'll hear all about it. Second question, what's your favourite month of the year? December! You know why that is? Because it's my birthday and it's Christmas. Especially this year because it's my besties. It's been a birthday, which it is every year.

3:29Rachel Daly:But this year in particular, my bestie is getting married. I'm not sure if I mentioned it or if we've said it on the pod before, but she's getting married. I'm so excited. But I love December anyway. It's like, just pure, isn't it? It's just, I just love it. Everything, it's Christmas, everyone seems a little bit happier and yeah, it's just, it's the best month. I love it. 100%. Absolutely agree. Couldn't agree more. December, Sagittarius baby, let's go. Let's go. Next question. Ooh, what's your go-to feel-good film for a cosy night in? I don't think I've got a go-to because I don't often watch ones on repeat unless it's Happy Gilmore.

4:02Rachel Daly:Oh, I do. But I think at this time of the year, for me, 100 % Home Alone or The Holiday? Oh, The Holiday. That's a brilliant shout. I would say my go-to, I'll go a Christmassy one, Grinch or Elf. I can watch those on repeat. I can literally watch it all night on repeat. I think that's something that I can do in my head as well. But a go-to, feel good, pitch perfect, and watch the first one till the end and just keep going on loop. Love it. Nice. Okay, what is your favourite part of Christmas dinner? York's Puddings, York's Puddings, York's Puddings. Oh, there's too many, but there's a combination, right?

4:38Rachel Daly:Oh, I love stuffing. in. Do you put your stuff in a Yorkshire pudding though and fill it with gravy? Gravy, yeah. That, but we have pigs in blanket, but my nan does cheese in blanket. I don't really like pigs in blankets, mate. What? Yeah, I don't get it. Especially that's a red flag. All right, call me a red flag, I'm a walking one. I just don't get it. Like either have sausage or have bacon, don't need both. Can you just try cheese? I'm going to get my nan to do something. I'll bring some tea for Christmas. She does cheese wrapped in bacon. Oh my God, it just melts. Oh my God, it's making my mouth water.

5:11Rachel Daly:It's the best part. It's the best thing ever. Shout out to Margaret. Thanks, Gran. Love you. Send some to me, Margaret. I will. Margaret. Margaret. Margaret. What's that all? Have you got any pirate memory games ages from the place? She's hanging down ladder. What is it? Little Britain. Little Britain. Margaret. I've got a gentleman down here and he's looking for some pirate memory games age four to eight. You are. I've got to take something down here. Moving on. Girls, where is your happy place outside of football? Good question. I like this one. Home. I'd say walk in the... Yeah, I'd say home, but I'd say...

5:52Rachel Daly:Well, the stables is my therapy place, but I'd say walk in the dogs. Anywhere with, like, limited people and amazing views and just sitting in silence a little bit because my head's so chaotic. Home, dog walk, or... Yeah. house shopping. But if you ask me to sit in silence at home, I wouldn't be able to do it. I can't sit still for long enough. I like get up and need to do something. Yeah, in my own place, my head can be still and it's just like, ah, zen. Nice. I like to go like round the lake. We've got a lake around us and go for water on there. Well, you went with us, didn't you? It's nice.

6:25Rachel Daly:Yeah, that was such a nice walk. I really enjoyed doing that. beautiful that. Yeah, I'd say dog walking, stables. If you had to switch lives with anyone in your team, who would it be and why I'd pick Sarah so I know what it would be like to live with me can we move the living room can you just lift this table up can we paint that I actually am who would I pick in my team surely it's got to be like Lucy like to get in her think in her mind for a day yeah I'd want to know or I've always said Sam because I want to be able to do a backflip fair I want to know what that feeling's like when you're just in air and you're just like why didn't you learn that Bestie, you're joking?

7:04Rachel Daly:My back would snap. No, but just try. All right, well, any gymnastics clubs want to take me on. I think you should do it in the New Year's, New Year's resolution for next year. Frickin' heck. I think I might end up paralysed in hospital. All right then, New Year. Millie's going to learn how to do a backflip. Whether I'm going to complete it or not is another thing, but also I might actually... Oh, let's do that as a take donations and we'll raise money for charity. I'm not doing that. I've already got a terrible back. I can't do that. No, I will do it, but you can help me raise the money and then we'll send it to charity.

7:33Rachel Daly:I'll just be your cheerleader and go, give me an eh. Oh my God. Why is a toothbrush not called a teeth brush? That's a fantastic question. However, I would argue that you should probably brush every tooth. Yeah, but your teeth, you're just saying it's as a collective. I mean, it makes sense to call it a teeth brush, but it sounds awful. I can't say it. Teeth brush. Don't you ever think that this is where my head goes like, and then I start thinking, what is space? What is earth? Why is this? Why is that? Oh, don't get me started. I do this every day. Why does the body? Who created the body? Why do we look like this?

8:08Rachel Daly:Why is a heart a heart? Who said a fork was a fork? Like, that's where my head goes. And I'm like, it sounds weird. Like, a teeth brush only sounds weird because someone decided to invent toothbrush. Yeah, exactly. Why is Millie a name? That could have been a word for a tree. Honestly, sorry, darling. Can't answer your question. Okay, let's go on to the next one. Would you rather be a butterfly or an octopus? Octopus. Octopus. I want to be at sea. I'm a water baby. I'd want to be a butterfly. Get me in there. Do you know how fast octopus can move as well? No, they're scary looking there. They fit in all those little rock pools, change colour and everything.

8:39Rachel Daly:They taste nice. Ooh, can you share with us your Spotify wrapped? I've not even looked at mine. I've not even had time. So my top artist is Yellow Wolf. You might not have heard of him. It's like country rap a little bit. It's really good. Post Malone, he's up there. NF, don't know if you've heard of him. Luke Combs. I do know NF and I do know Luke Combs. Yeah, they're my favourite ones. So they're my top artists. My top song is You and Me, Yellow Wolf. If you don't know it, get to know it. I'm not going to lie. I actually haven't got a clue what this rap thing is. It's basically like just like it tells you, you click on it and it tells you like your top artists, your top songs, what you've listened to the most.

9:17Rachel Daly:Could tell you that. That's it basically, Besty. This Christmas, we're partnering with Tesco. We do get a winter break, but it never fully feels like switching off. So how do WSL players juggle family time and the game at Christmas? Well, Rach, I think we're very fortunate enough that we don't actually have games over Christmas. I think having that Christmas break is amazing. It gives us time with our families, doesn't it? But I still think we have to train. It's definitely not a period where you can go wild and just not do any sessions. Because come January, I think it's normally like the second week in January, you're straight back into competitive games.

9:53Rachel Daly:but I think we're very fortunate where we don't have to play on Christmas Day, New Year's Day. We kind of get that time with loved ones. Yeah, I think it is obviously a period of time where you can switch off a little bit. Christmas is always a nice period for everyone and especially for footballers, it's like your big break other than the summer but it's just managing what you do and you can't be doing what all your friends are doing back home and you've got to sort of rein it in a little bit and obviously we have sessions, a lot of sessions over the Christmas break, knowing that come January 1st, 2nd, 3rd, whatever it may be, you're back in, ready to hit the ground running and like Millie said, less than two weeks later, you've got to get him straight back into it.

10:34Rachel Daly:But yeah, it's definitely a nice period of time where we get off and everyone looks forward to sort of the halfway point in the season really. It's like a little reset, isn't it? I think you get to that and it kind of breaks up the season and I think if you think about the players that we have in our league, A lot of players are playing overseas and away from home, away from family. Even the kind of England-based players, you're still away from your family's majority of people. So it is like that little reset marker. And I think everyone is in different situations and everyone's circumstances might be a little bit different.

11:07Rachel Daly:So that Christmas break is really, really valued by all the players. For me, this year, I'm going back home for the whole duration. So I'm really, really excited about that. I can't wait to wake up on Christmas Day with my mum and dad. And, you know, they're in their new house now at the field. So I cannot wait to, that's like my little therapy bubble. I cannot wait to wake up there and, yeah, just be with family, be with the animals. My dad will definitely be making us a few snowballs. So I can't wait to see my nan on those again. And, yeah, you kind of just let your hair down at the right moments.

11:41Rachel Daly:I think you pick and choose your days, don't you, to have a little drink. you know quality street is is and after eights are my favorite christmas time oh my god so yeah we um definitely let our hair down and then yeah you kind of pick and choose your days that you're going to put in the work again to make sure you're you're ready for training come that second of jan or third of jan whenever teams come back in i think food is a big part of christmas isn't it i think obviously people are eating their christmas dinners but for me it's the lead up to Christmas you know the cheese and crackers and mince pies Tesco finest mince pies no those little salt um what those little um the caramel with chocolate on top and like the like millionaire shortbread yes oh my god that's not a Christmas thing I don't care best I have them year out um no but my Christmas I'm not having a Christmas dinner this year I think my Christmas this year looks a hell of a lot different than what it usually does what you're replacing your Christmas dinner with i've been umming and ahhing at this point so i'm not too sure but i'm thinking of going a little bit more on the healthier side because obviously i have a wedding to fit in and that's basically my christmas dinner so oh crap i've got a bridesmaid dress to fit in so maybe i should be thinking about it i'll be going on a tesco juice cleanse over this all right maybe i'll still be having my christmas dinner but i'll maybe go carb free in a little bit maybe i'll downsize on the volume of pigs in blankets and those little millionaires shortbreads that I have.

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15:22Rachel Daly:welcome back guys questions so far have been popping we are excited for the second half if you was to only eat one food for the rest of your life what would it be potatoes and you want to know why are you having gravy on them they're versatile so you could have new potatoes bowl potatoes jacket potatoes mashed potatoes chips that's very true okay next question what made you choose your shirt numbers? Why four and why nine? I don't actually have a reason for mine. It was just the best number that I could pick and now I wouldn't choose anything else. I'll pick number nine because obviously I play in that position and my dad played in the shirt number nine.

16:01Rachel Daly:So always in the family. Daily nine. Yeah, mine don't actually have a meaning. I was three for the longest time in my career. But yeah, when I came back to England, I wanted to be, yeah, I wanted to wear my dad's number. That's really cute. Next up, What's the best concert you've been to? And if there's a bad concert you've been to, what is it? I've never been to a bad concert because I just love music. So honestly, music can just make me happy. So I'm into one, but my favourite was Dermot Kennedy. One thing actually I keep saying to my sisters is one little thing we want to do is like a little memory thing is when we were little, we always used to listen to Pink.

16:35Rachel Daly:That was like family portrait, just like a pill. And she's going to be touring. They're making me better. Keep making me better. but yeah we want to go so whenever she's touring next I'm going to get tickets for us because that's like a little childhood memory I think it'd be really really cute yeah nice love that moving on sure question what's the funniest or most ridiculous rumour you've heard about yourselves do you know what the one I have for you that I was in a relationship with you with Kai Sado I was watching this thing and I was thinking is this real and she's not told me I was like all these facts about you i think you actually sending me was like mill have you seen this but yeah when people used to say oh millie and rachel in a relationship yeah that is that is the most funny that's wild like god forbid you have a friends with someone i think it's when we said we had a bath together then everyone's relationship together no she's just literally my sister like we're just we just have that closeness like it's fine but yeah i'd say that that was the worst one what's the most meaningful gift you have ever given each other that's a nice question all right i think the one i got you was your 30th birthday i was just gonna say that the book it's you know it's on my bedside it's upstairs in my bedroom it took me ages to do it was so nice basically for my 30th rach got me a book and it was like from the start of our journey our friendship to the end and it was all our special moments like with loads of little bits of writing on inside and it was honestly we sat there and sobbed didn't we i remember we were sat in that place where i had my party and moved we just get everyone kept coming to us and we were like we're just having a moment can you leave us alone please maybe we can show parts of that to some of the people on the podcast yeah we'll actually i'll i'll um i'll take some pictures and i might do a little video of it and and show you guys um and i think mine to you i think it's the gift you just gave me recently i'll tell them so i got both sarah and rache a little this is one of their wedding gifts by the way um but this was like the sentimental one and my friend claire she like makes jewelry and this is like it's like the when you're getting married it's like something old something new something borrowed and they're like it's like a little paper something blue and it's like a little paper clip and you can personalise what's on it so on Rachel's the personalised bit was I had it engraved with her butterfly tattoo and it's 222 and then on the other side on one of the notes something that she always said when she lost her dad was he'd have the best seat in the house so that was my little note yeah really thoughtful that was very on Sarah's I was like thanks for taking care of my angel because for me Rachel is an angel she's golden inside and out and yeah Jesus life would not be possible without you, so you are definitely my angel.

19:30Rachel Daly:Don't be silly. Don't be silly. That was my, probably, yeah, I'd say that. Definitely loved that. Yeah, it was something to keep forever and maybe it would be a lucky charm moving forward. I hope so. When is Rach going to do her accents for us? Good question, Lilz, because I'm waiting for the damn thing as well. I'm not doing it. I'm not doing it. But just give us one. It's not fair. Do you know what? Maybe, maybe, down the line with what we're hoping to do in the future, you know what I'm talking about I'll do it then if you know you know I'll do it then all right Lils I'm gonna I'm gonna hold her to it and in the new year there's something very exciting and I think it'll be better to do it then you'll know why later right what was your secondary school experience like terrible are you gonna expand I never get when like I just wish that when people say oh my god I'd do anything to have my school years but I just wish I had that experience.

20:26Rachel Daly:I think I was bullied for majority of school, was always the odd one out, was like never in the group. And that was fine. Like I'm not really bothered. I'm not like a crowd pleaser. I don't want to follow the crowd. And I think like, I think as I've got older, less is more anyway. My circle's like really, really tight and small and I prefer it that way. Like less people, it's nice. But yeah, it was awful. I hated it. I hated every little bit of school. Yeah, I mean, my experience wasn't bad in terms of that. I mean, granted, I did get picked on quite a bit because I looked like a little boy. You look cute, your little short hair.

21:01Rachel Daly:But I just couldn't get on board with school. And I'm not the most, like, book smart kind of person. And I just wanted to be playing football. I wanted to be out on the playground. I wanted to play football. I wanted to play with the boys. And I'm very much like, if I'm not good at something, I get pissed off. So when I couldn't work out what 3X plus Y was, I wanted to tip the table up. Yeah. I do think, I am going to say it out there, controversial or not, I'm going to say that I do think schools need to change the way they're structured. I don't think school prepares you for life. I think the maths classes, yeah, they could talk about how to get a mortgage, how to tax, follow your taxes.

21:41Rachel Daly:Not like A squared times three is QB. Yeah, like what is getting a house? What does it look like? How do you, like when I, it was a minefield when I was trying to get a mortgage. I was like, what? But I used to have this argument with my master teacher. I'd say, what do I need this for? And I'd say, well, you never know. But I was like, well, I know for a fact I will not need algebra. And I'll just get a calculator because guess what? This day and age, technology is everything. Knowledge chat GPT, darling. Thank you. I get AI to do it. No, school is massively important, but I do think there are things that I would add to the curriculum that might be a little bit more beneficial.

22:18Rachel Daly:It needs to suit all individuals because if you're not, I'm definitely not academic. I'm not academic at all. No, me either. I had to really work hard. Yeah, I couldn't revise, couldn't retain information. I didn't want to learn about things I didn't need. If you ask my mum, she'll tell you all my report cards said, Rachel has a brain, she just doesn't know how to use it. Distracting behaviour. But stay in school, kids. Don't be naughty. On that note, that is all we've got time for today, guys. Thank you for joining us. It's been another fun episode for us and we will be back after the weekend.

22:50Rachel Daly:So have a great weekend. Take care. We love you. Peace. Love you all.

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