Putting The Celebraciòn Back in Viernes: Friday, April 25th, 2025

25 Apr 2025 · 53 min

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The Toast: Episode Summary - "Putting The Celebraciòn Back in Viernes: Friday, April 25th, 2025"

Podcast Overview Hosts: Jackie & Claudia Oshry Podcast Description: A daily dose of humor and hot topics from sisters Jackie and Claudia Oshry.

Episode Highlights

Introduction

  • The episode kicks off with Jackie and Claudia celebrating the arrival of Friday (referred to in Spanish as "Viernes").
  • They humorously discuss their experiences with learning Spanish, particularly the days of the week, and Jackie suggests putting the celebration back into "viernes."

Title Discussions

  • The hosts discuss the importance of creative yet strategic podcast titles and how their title choices might hinder growth.
  • They reflect on feedback from Spotify and YouTube regarding the need for titles that boost SEO, comparing their style to more conventional podcast titles.

Fast Five Stories

  1. Time100 Gala 2025 (18:25)
  2. The hosts discuss the recent Time100 Gala, mentioning notable attendees and Blake Lively's emotional speech regarding her mother's experiences with domestic violence.
  1. Billy Ray Cyrus & Elizabeth Hurley (25:59)
  2. The romantic connection between Billy Ray Cyrus and Elizabeth Hurley is explored, focusing on a heartfelt text that sparked their romance amidst Cyrus’s divorce.
  1. Sophie Turner Breakup Rumors (31:15)
  2. Rumors of a breakup between Sophie Turner and her aristocrat boyfriend Peregrine Pearson surface after Turner unfollowed him on social media and shared a cryptic post.
  1. Royal Pains Reboot (34:12)
  2. A reboot of "Royal Pains" starring Mark Feuerstein is confirmed, igniting excitement among fans and the hosts.
  1. Influencers and Shark Attacks (43:59)
  2. A controversial study suggests influencers are responsible for a rise in shark attacks due to risky behavior, like encouraging selfies with sharks.

Queenie and Weenie of The Week (49:13)

  • Queenie of the Week:
  • Lexi Wood for her graceful presence on "Summer House."
  • Stassi Schroeder for successfully returning to TV with "Vanderpump Villa" after her cancellation.
  • Weenie of the Week:
  • Susan O'Malley and Barbara Lippert for their role in attempting to cancel the "Golden Bachelor."
  • A humorous nod to a specific half of Jesse Solomon being deemed a 'weenie' for his behavior.

Key Concepts & Themes

  • Cultural Commentary: The hosts delve into societal expectations and media portrayals, such as the significance of gala events and the scrutiny public figures face.
  • Relationship Dynamics: The episode features discussions on romance, breakups, and the complexities of celebrity relationships.
  • Entertainment Industry Insights: From show reboots to influencer culture, the episode offers a glimpse into current trends in television and social media.

Conclusion Jackie and Claudia wrap up the episode with their signature humor, encouraging listeners to engage with the show through subscriptions and reviews. They promise more content in the upcoming week, maintaining a light and approachable tone throughout the episode.

Additional Information

  • Follow the Hosts:
  • Jackie Oshry (@JackieOshry)
  • Claudia Oshry (@girlwithnojob)
  • Support the Podcast: Listeners are encouraged to visit the Toast's Patreon for more content and to check out their merchandise.

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0:20I sound amazing. welcome back to the toast and happy friday congratulations yes yes baby oh the airness baby happy viernes oh the feliz viernes you know what's so funny is obviously we check spanish growing up like in school and one of the first things you learn are the days of the week and so many of the days of the week like slap in domingo like don't come looking for me on domingo like this is so tuesday it's so tuesday friday being viernes i want to say doesn't work for me like it's not the vibe viernes lunes is so monday oh lunes like moon day sabado like sabado i'm partying it up at the club like sabado domingo miércoles hump day

1:19Thursday the only one I feel like really doesn't match the vibes of the week is Viernes it doesn't feel celebratory enough well maybe we could put the celebration back in Viernes the way that's beautiful Jackie that the linguistics intended I don't know I just not I just don't like like I don't think it's a good word I think we need to change it early title idea putting the celebracion back in the airness. 1 ,000%. Jackie and I actually had a long and hard discussion yesterday about titles. We do have a long and hard discussion about titles every day. We do, but like when you look at the other podcasts in the charts and anytime we've had a meeting with like Spotify or YouTube, they're always like, listen, your titles.

1:58We love the creativity. But you guys need to be a little bit more strategic, like SEO-wise, like putting in the topics, being like Real Housewives, comma, Scandaval. Can't use Scandaval. That is like an outlier. That will never, the type of SEO that will never happen again. Yeah, they always tell us to be like. Real Housewives, Blake Lively. Right, and Justin Baldoni. And like, sorry, no, it's going to be Mr. and Mr. Maldonado from here on out. So we know we're like hindering our own growth because we refuse to get in line. In our defense, when there is a day where there is news that we know people are tuning in for, Taylor on the field, when we know that like that's what everyone's like wants to hear.

2:37We always include it in the title. Yesterday, we went through all the stories. There was nothing that was going to make someone tune in who wasn't already tuning in. So, like, let's be ourselves. And put the celebración back in viernes. What was our title yesterday? What was our title yesterday? I know we had a hard time. Oh, Wood v. Solomon. Oh, that was good. But, like, not everybody watches Summer House. So we are animating some people. But maybe some people who watch Summer House who don't listen to The Toast saw that and clicked on it. Probably not. but it's kind of hard basically what we're trying to emulate to our listeners it's like we make it look easy right we look fabulous glamorous like you see lifestyles of the rich and the famous you don't know how hard this job is and there are a lot of shows like ours that like do the title with the subjects in the title and they they do a good job but it's just like for some reason we can't do that like their titles would not work for us but also like where else are you going to find to show where the title is Mr.

3:36and Mr. Maldonado. Like, it's kind of what sets us apart. I'm sorry. No, and they bring me so much joy. So, like, what about us and our serotonin levels? And we need those to be able to do this show. If we just become cogs. Do the executives at YouTube care about that? If we just become cogs, like, John Stamos opens up. Actually, oh, wait. I was just on the Good Guys podcast. I found out the craziest thing about John Stamos. I heard something about John Stamos also recently. I feel like maybe it was the same thing. Okay. Tell me. You know, the way that like John Mayer has become like a modern member of Grateful Dead, right?

4:15Like people who have passed. That's what John Stamos is. He's the drummer for the Beach Boys and has been for like 30 years. That's not what I, that's news to me. And they were like, you don't know that. I was like, no, I never heard that before. But like when they go on tour, it's John Stamos. When John Stamos was on Full House, he was the Beach Boys drummer. That's so interesting. Good for John Stamos. I know, but sound off in the comments. Maybe John Stamos is opening up. Ben and Josh were like, you don't know that. I'm like, no. And they were trying to make me feel bad. Sound off in the comments.

4:46Did you know that? No, and that's not sounding like the John Stamos fun fact that I learned. But I can't remember what it was. But it wasn't anything like groundbreaking. Maybe something like he lives in Australia. Something like that. Like he's Australian. So you were like hanging out with somebody extremely boring. I don't even know where I heard it. It was probably in the comments. So that's really nice of you to say. oh speaking of the comments okay george clooney stands rise up he dyed his hair for a role okay it's still ugly i do anything like i saw that comment on so many irrelevant posts yeah no people really wanted me to know and let me tell you i know and i had a feeling when i was saying and i'm like it's because i know he's in this big broadway show like it's called like good it's called like a hard night good morning or something i don't give a rip and i was like it's probably for but i wanted to drive the point home like i don't care you're still ugly with your hair Like I stand by everything that I said, except yes, correction.

5:36He didn't change it like just to look young. He changed it for a role. Okay. Like put on a wig. No. And like maybe that role should have gone to a younger man with brown hair. Yeah. Like if you have to dye the gray out of your hair, maybe the role's not for you. It's too old for you, bro. They would never give it to a woman who had like gray hair and the woman needed brown hair. They'd give it to a brown haired younger woman. Brown haired girl. Oh my God. I'm so happy it's the weekend I also just like really looking forward to not getting out of bed It's getting harder to get out of bed And it's getting like thank you so much for not even like acknowledging my outfit Like I'll acknowledge it The sort of elephant in the room The Linetscavo coated outfit I saw it on your Instagram before I saw you on my screen So I had time to process it And you knew better than to bring it up And yeah I just knew Because also you told me to stop talking about your looks Yes I did Sometimes I'm seeing you for the first time when I open up my laptop and I'm like, Claudia, where'd you get those pants?

6:34Right now, it's too hot to care about anything other than my own comfort. Where did you get those pants? Amazon. I want to tell you, I have them in two, I have the exact same pair. One that's like a sort of capri and one that goes down to the ankle. I'm sure you saw me wearing the ankle ones a few days ago. They're the best pants I own. Everything maternity that I've gotten from Amazon is the best thing that I own like do you remember the cheaper the better never mind I'm not gonna say what I'm just gonna say let's say it's gonna dunk on you but like you don't like remember when you said like you weren't buying maternity clothes yeah and I don't consider buying from Amazon maternity clothes like that's the point I'm trying to make these pants were like 11 okay but like no I'm not gonna do like a fancy maternity line like unless I have some sort of a gala which nobody's invited me to.

7:21There aren't even that many fancy maternity lines, but there are like... I thought you were going to say there aren't even that many galas. No. There aren't that many invitations. Yeah, no, Amazon I consider safe. Like, I'm really not about spending money on this particular era of my life. No, but you have to be clothed. Like, you have to walk out of the house with pants. But I have to be clothed, correct. And therefore, enters the chat, Amazon. I'm three seconds away from ordering something from Tibu. You should look at ASOS Maternity. Same price point, okay? Okay, okay, okay. But I'm gonna...

7:47I'm not gonna tell you what to do anymore. You're just going to step, you're going to lay down the bottom and step away. In the same way you can't learn the lesson of fucking listening to me. I can't learn. Oh my God. Remember the other day I was trying to get you to do something? What was it? It was listen to a song. And you were so scared. I wasn't scared, like, at all. I listened to it. And you just made it. As you literally told me, we were on FaceTime, I listened to it. I did a Spotify share play. I listened. I actually didn't, like, vibe with the song immediately. And to my own fucking horn, bitch, you also told me, like, a couple FaceTimes ago, when I, you know, opened myself up and told you my secret truth about Sam Hunt, you were like, also listen to this one.

8:23I literally listened to it, added it to my light songs. And I was listening to it yesterday, the way to my facial. Like, I do listen to you, bitch. Sorry. The song you suggested wasn't good. Resistant. By the way, the song. No, I'm not. Both times I listened to you. The song is objectively an amazing song. It's called. It wasn't. Count my blessings by Seth Schluter. I don't know who that is. Counting my blessings. It's just like a beautiful song about like. I didn't think that it was so beautiful. And I think that I'm entitled to feel that way because not one week prior, I actually liked a song that you recommended.

8:52Okay, no, no, that's fine. But anyways, just what I was going to say. Just like you don't take heed and just like trust me and just listen to me when I say things the first time. But see, I don't think that's necessarily the truth anymore. I feel like I've been so like... Pad. So what? Pad. I'm wearing one. Today, right now, in this moment. After months. I've been telling you to wear one since like months. Jackie, I didn't need a pad until I needed it. And then I took your advice. Okay. Well, anyways, my lesson is like maybe I should just stop trying. Oh, my God. Victim. Okay. Just like stop trying to foist things on you.

9:28Sure. Sure. Yeah, that's the lesson. That's the lesson. And let you come to it in your own time in your own way. Sure. Sure. Okay. You want to be a martyr? Go for it. No, no, no. I'm not being a martyr. I'm saying I'm the foister. And maybe I shan't be the foister. Oh, my God. You're being such a victim right now. Like, I'm the foister. I'm painting myself as the villain who wants to be the foister. I'm the foister. No, you're not painting yourself as the villain. You're kind of being like very Jesse Solomon right now. You're Jesse Solomon with your song. You're Jesse Solomon. You are. The thing is, half the time I love him more than I love him.

10:01You're like, fine, I'll just be a robot. Like, that's literally Jesse Solomon. Half the time. I love him more than I've ever loved anyone on reality TV. So when you say that to me, I'm going to think about that half of him, and I'm going to take it as a compliment. that's actually a an amazing exercise in perspective like i actually love that half full that's actually really um inspiring yeah that's beautiful jackie we have a fabulous episode for you guys today it's friday which means we're of course wrapping up the week with queenie and weenie which is one of my favorite things ways to wrap um and i'm actually excited to share mine i don't think you guys are expecting interesting and it just when it comes to queenie and weenie expect the unexpected i don't know when it comes to queenie and weenie expect us to like resay everything we said all week yeah but it's actually isn't it interesting like what sits with you all week well actually my i'm glad we're doing queenie and weenie this week because mine is about a topic that we have not discussed that it's not like story worthy but it's queenie worthy so okay stay tuned for that new discussion coming soon i love like doing like big teasers for queenie and weenie at the beginning of the show how would you describe your queenie and weenie the elk of like in terms of discussion uh it's like a deep cut from this week a deep cut from this week very good very good like i'm gonna say it and you're gonna be like what you're gonna have to hear it a couple times before you get the joke you know very good very good so i don't have any qualms about you know doing the damn thing unless there's anything else you wanted to chat about no i'm making a beef stew today so that's like my big news of the day i found these beautiful beef chunks at the supermarket it.

11:36It's so hot. How can you make a beef stew? I know. I it's not like what I was thinking of making, but I saw these beautiful beef chunks. They were labeled. I know. And they were, of course, kosher at the supermarket. They never have had these chunks before. And it said beef cubed for stew. And so I thought, well, the universe is telling me to make a beef stew. Ben had a similar experience. He saw like a short rib at the kosher grocer. He just couldn't say no to. So like I got home last night. I was sweating. I was like, I walked home for my facial and I was like seriously I got home and I was not okay I was so hot and he's like huffing and puffing over this big cauldron of short ribs and I was like yay oh my god I didn't want to be rude he started it so early in the morning and he was like so excited he's like I tried it it's you're gonna fucking love it like and he was so excited you guys I was sweating while I was eating it like it's too hot for a short rib he make like how did he cook them was it like it was like in the Dutch oven slow cooked all day it looked like brisket it was like falling off the bone it was fucking delicious yeah I made short ribs once and it's just a fatty cut of meat I didn't know yes yes it was quite fatty I think Ben made a video so if you're gonna be like 15 yeah I think it was fat like me if you are looking for a recipe I think Ben has a video coming out soon I'm excited to see what you ate I love knowing what Cojers ate yeah Cojers was eating good except you know I'm really taking my my um cut off time really seriously like I stopped eating at 6 30 I was up at five in the morning having a bowl of cereal like i was so it wakes i'm so hungry but i refuse to eat anything no after dinner because i will wake up choking my own vomit it's so true you can't but i'm so hungry so it's like i'm either waking up choking on my own vomit or i'm waking up a couple hours later because i'm so fucking hungry yeah i think hunger that wakes you up is like another level i know but i think that that's better than like the choking i personally i think it is too personally what are you guys having for dinner tonight you know what we were just discussing it.

13:31I saw this girl on TikTok. Actually, you know what? I don't want to say what I was about to say. I take it back. It's not titillating or controversial. I just I'm going to spare you guys, you know? Because it's boring? No. I just don't want to say it. I can't explain it. Can you just tell us why? Why you don't want to say it? No. There's not even a reason. It's just like I don't want to say it. I just don't. like because it's like long-winded and boring or no no no it's um weird like i'll tell you about it later you know okay do you think i'll understand why you didn't want to say it yeah yeah okay yeah okay let's just move on you know let's move on and if i look especially tired is because i was up so late being such an active participant watching the next game like i was being such a good wife oh yeah we were talking about how much tv was on last night let me tell you what i watched None of it because I went to sleep at Harry o 'clock last night because he slept in my bed.

14:31The best. I got so much sleep. I got like 11 hours of sleep. If anybody wants to know what happened in game three, I could tell you. Who won? The next one. The Knicks. TLDR. The Knicks won. They won an away game, but they had just lost a home game. So it's 2-1. I think the next game is maybe tomorrow night or something. Once again, Jorda Woods' boyfriend carrying the whole team. It's just shocking to say. I didn't see her on TV though last night. That was a mess. Sounds like you have to go to a game. No, I'm okay. Without further ado, ado, ado, ado, ado, here are the fast five stories that you do need to know.

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17:50Tryarmra.com slash toast. I'm literally cracking up that like as sisters, we're insulting one another by calling each other Jesse Solomon. Like seriously, we are so funny. And also like that's not even that mean. Yeah, we like kind of like him. I'm having a bubbly today because they ran out of LaCroix. And the last time I had a bubbly, I had actually one of the worst days of my life. Just like I wasn't feeling good. Like everything was going wrong. And I don't want to blame the bubbly. But if I have a bad day today, like we'll see. Yeah. Once. Fool me once. Shame on me. Correct. Okay. Correct.

18:23Keep us posted. Will do. Our first story. Speaking of galas, the Time 100 gala was yesterday evening. Another gala I wasn't invited to. Because you are not on the Time 100 most influential list because you are actually influential. another list that was left off of therefore you couldn't have been on this list this event though is always like pargelicious and stuff like always happens obviously when i think of the time 100 i think of when taylor wore that purple uh pink and yellow dress and i think she performed love story on the piano or when amy schumer like laid on the floor in front of oh yeah i happen to like really especially the older i get i like really have learned to like think amy schumer is the funniest person ever that was not her funniest moment i can't lie you know you win some you lose some You have to take chances.

19:09Right. 100 % of the shots you don't take. 1000%. Blake Lively is kind of the headline news of the event because she attended with Ryan and she's, you know, the talk of the ton. And they gave a speech. She gave a speech. She gave like a little speech from her chair. Chair. It wasn't like a formal. I thought it was weird, but she was like standing at her table with a microphone. Yeah, because I heard she gave a speech first. I was like, oh, she gave a speech. Oh, that's kind of like major. And then I saw the speech. And so she was like standing at her table. makes me feel like other people like stood at their table and gave speeches probably other influential recipients um but we're only she was a titan she's a titan she was in the titan of the year for her charitable work and then she gave a speech uh an emotional speech where she talked about her mother who um was in attendance correct was in attendance and she said that her mother was the victim of the worst crime someone can commit against a woman uh she said that she had concealed her undeserved shame throughout her life, Blake felt the need to share her mom's story in order to make an impact, saying, if we name it, we change it.

20:13Now, the philanthropy she was highlighted for and the activism she was highlighted for in the Time article and what put her on the list was with the NAACP. So she wasn't referencing that. She was talking about some more activism, obviously, that feels so pertinent to the conversation everyone was having about It Ends With Us, which is a film about domestic violence. and she was accused of not taking the issue seriously and not talking about it as a major conversation during the press and just promoting her hair care line. So everything she does now, I have to look at strategically. She's prepping herself up.

20:51A microscope, like no one else is at the current moment, yes. Except for Hallie Bieber. Well, she's always under the microscope. It's not about the moment. But she's also prepping for this big trial and no matter who the jury, you're supposed to have like a completely unbiased jury but with something so big and so scandalous and so famous like everyone's going to come in with like a couple of preconceived notions um so you're also playing for the court of public opinion and so I have to look at it through that lens which I hate because I do believe like what she said was true and and real and honest but she's playing a part right so it was Justin Baldoni but he's not doing public events at this current moment i thought she looked great i thought she spoke great i'm not some like i'm not who she's trying to convince right yeah i'm like praying she's right like you got a lot riding on this i do kind of like all of your don't say credibility no i wasn't gonna say that that's literally not what i was gonna say but like what are you gonna say i can't think of the word so me there is not a word for what I'm thinking of I still feel like fairly good about my take on the whole situation now I know everybody hates mine but I have yet to see something and I am open to changing my mind like I'm not being stubborn just because I like put my fork in the ground on Blake I feel good about my relative neutrality and having left camp Blake I feel good about where I stand and so I also feel like a speech like this is not really for me because there's nothing that she could say in the speech that's going to change how I feel about whatever happened two years ago and I think she did like reference that the scandal very vaguely just being like you know well also I'm talking about violence against women and and her mother like I think it's all sort of tied together but for me it's not tied together like this speech is a separate thing I know maybe she obviously has to be a little more calculated in everything that she says and does so maybe talking about this issue in this way is favorable to her case in some way.

22:50Not for me. No, not for you. But I think for people who, one of the biggest, what her detractors are saying about her most frequently is that she did this big press tour for the film about domestic violence and never once spoke seriously about domestic violence, highlighted the issue, and just made it all about her and her outfits and her flowers and her hair care company. And so this feels like a direct response to that critique of her, which is one of the biggest um yes and as someone in the neutrality camp uh I don't give a rip about that because that's how the book was marketed that's like that's what that's the studio had said like yeah that's what the cast was told and I think that it would have been the right strategy had Justin then not like came out and made it so serious and somber we know the movie is about that but like I didn't think that the press were needed like I do not care one iota that she did not mention it and that she focused on her hair care which is apparently like really fabulous i just want to say i was getting my hair cut with mahogany and she had blake brown beauty yes me too some for me she asked her about it great i i agree i also think people glaze over the fact that like there is a full memo that we saw that the studio told the cast not to the that that the tone of the press tour should be positive and light and fun female friendship whatever um that was like a strategic move so justin then like being so serious about it like makes everybody else look so bad and as someone who has left team blake and i think there's so much inconsistency like honest i'm not buying what she's selling i i would like to ask justin like why did you do that why when everyone else was given this directive why did you then and go and it's like a hero complex right it's like such an easy way to make yourself like to endear yourself right of course he wouldn't admit that but like i would like to know what he would say to that like why what because you couldn't not be serious about that's your studio your wayfair productions right you guys sent out that memo so why would you go and make everyone else look stupid right and i think as a viewer slash somebody who read the book without having any idea what it was about i actually think it was a better more enjoy enjoy enjoy full enjoy enjoyable i'm i thank you stroke enjoyable experience going into it sort of blind right like you don't know that the book is about to take this turn and so you kind of put yourself in the position of the reader right like yeah it was kind of the of lily the protagonist yeah sorry not the reader thank you um so i understand why that was what they wanted for the film but i don't understand why he then like made it his mission to do the opposite yeah agreed um so it looks like everyone had a fun time at the party it always looks like a nice gala like they they spend good money on it good people show up well the people they they think are the most influential so they kind of get to curate the list you know so if i worked at time like i would just make it all the people i want to meet because no matter how famous you are if you're on that list like you do go to the gala like taylor swift went so i would make the list all the swirlies that i want to meet and just know like taylor swift is not influential because she was not because she's not on the list all right she wasn't influential at all this year which i didn't realize that yeah are you ready for our next story a little update with Billy Ray Cyrus and Elizabeth Hurley.

26:04Really? Yeah, we're getting some backstory on how they got together. Billy Ray Cyrus received a warm message from Elizabeth Hurley when he was down in the dumps from his divorce with his ex-wife, Fire Rose. Oh, she slid into the GM? She texted him. She texts him. How does she have his number? They worked on a movie together in 2022 called Christmas in Paradise. They only did a few scenes together, he said, but the couple times we were in the same scene, there was chemistry there we just laughed and it was at a time when I wasn't laughing a lot so then him and and fire rose are divorcing and shaggy where did he share this um he told apple music countries the ty bentley show god okay so like a radio show a radio show and maybe if I maybe if spotify was down and I was listening to country radio on apple this morning I would have heard it you would have heard it so the texas from the mysterious sender he didn't have her phone number it said hey it looks like life might be a little tough and just wanted you to know I'm in your corner you've got a friend in your corner so he didn't have her number so he responded who is this that's such a brutal response to like such a heartfelt message when she revealed her identity he said he thought of all the people to reach out to me in that second that maybe I needed most this friend who made me laugh so they said they had lost touch for two years which is when he was married to fire rose after the movie um and then reconnected when she sent this text message like i want to get on board and think that this is cute because if it was anybody else like i would but i just know i saw what i saw right i know there's like something so smelly going on here like physically smelly um i i can't i can't ship like i'm kind of at this standstill like in another lifetime i would be obsessed with these two he that devil slank skank molly like i'm sorry i can't get on board for the movie they did christmas in paradise what was it called christmas in paradise starring elizabeth hurley billy ray cyrus and kelsey grammar i absolutely have to watch this movie kelsey grammar yeah it's kind of star-studded and and it's so crazy that of the two leading oh i see yeah like elizabeth hurley is clearly like stuck between kelsey and Oh my what is this film?

28:20We could see him the way she did on set and maybe he was like presenting himself well at the time. Kelsey Grammer does so many things that are incongruous with like who he is which is Frasier right? Like he's like a Jerry Seinfeld. You don't see Jerry Seinfeld out here doing like Hallmark movies with Billy Ray Cyrus. He like forgets how famous he is. Sometimes I mean even being on The Real Hospice of Beverly Hills like that was really crazy. Even though he was on there very strategically. He was on there to divorce his wife. yeah like in her big red dress at the tonys but i find that like so many of his current bookings don't align with that of fraser i feel like he lives a very expensive life he like needs the money it's giving broke yeah i mean he did have to give camille grammar 30 million dollars like half of his fraser money i know but it's like jennifer tilly's husband gave her 10 of the simpsons and everyone like lived happily ever after except that he died so but like until he Like he didn't die because she got to like, that's just a separate thing.

29:17The Simpsons I do feel is in an entirely different league than Frazier. Okay. But like Frazier's in the same league as friends and they are all sitting pretty for the rest of their lives. Yes. Although friends I think has entered the 21st century quite well. Like new people are always watching it. I've never even seen Frazier. I don't think like Gen Z binges Frazier. And that's like a show that a certain generation, it's a show that the, like a certain generation loved, but it's not timeless yeah anyways it's surprising that elizabeth hurley like gravitated towards billy ray on set and like not kelsey she's not as opposed to kelsey listen you can't put elizabeth hurley in a box i have to watch this movie like if i if i see it like on any streamer like when i'm casually looking like i will watch it you will watch it yeah but like i think that's the only way this relationship will make sense to me but it also makes me feel like they were dating when he performed at the inauguration maybe she did that like because she's british like Like maybe she did it on purpose and like got him all tipsy.

30:17Revenge for 1776. Yeah. Like this one's for King George. I'm just looking up where you can stream Christmas in Paris. Oh, it's on Amazon Prime. Okay. Oh, and I believe the Roku channel. I will. It feels like it would be like a Roku original. I can't find my pen. It needs to go on my content plate. Jackie, if it's what's meant for you, we'll find you. My pen. No, the movie. I can never find my pen. that's kind of the problem with you going um analog correct yeah you know what i think i have to write it on my phone um just because it's too important unfortunately everyone wants a necklace like mine so that's how they got together stay tuned for how they're doing i'm still in genuine shock about this me too and that's the latest and i'd love to hear from kelsey grammar yes did he sense this on the chemistry next story love seems to be dead sophie turner is sparking breakup rumors with her aristocrat boyfriend peregrine pellegrino piercing peregrine after nearly two years of dating she has unfollowed him on instagram she also shared a cryptic post on stories that simply read tutupasa which translates as everything passes now Now, while I am devastated, I do feel okay because I really thought, and I can't believe it's been two years, I thought this was like a rebound type of thing.

31:50Like, I didn't think of it so seriously. But you know what? She got a nice relationship right after what seemed to be like a tumultuous divorce. So I feel like some relationships just, like, are meant to last a season. And they heal you and they take you from one place to another. And that's what Pellegrino was. Yeah. Yeah. I guess that makes sense. I think they had a lot of fun together. I loved that like life for her, you know, the aristocratic life. I hope she met some other eligibles while in that circle and now has found her next boyfriend. But I just don't think like as she thinks about how she wants to like live out her days, I don't think being Mrs.

32:21Pellegrino like holed up on the English countryside, like hosting dinner parties is what she wants to be doing. It was a relationship that had an expiration date. Yeah, like because eventually he'll have to like settle down and get boring and, you know, tend to his family's estate. And she doesn't want to be around for that. I mean, they're just like money pits, right? And then like what? You're hosting weddings. And like a house frow. Yeah, no. And like then you're giving tours. No, no, no. We have to go. I feel like she's definitely stepped back. She stepped back a little bit like from being a working actress.

32:56But I think she'll come back. No, Joan. She's still on Advert. Then that's a show. And she's Joan, not Rivers. In the UK. Not Rivers. common misconception just want to say yeah so maybe like he inherited his family's estate and she was like hell no the roof is leaking i'm out i i do think while you're adding things to your digital list i would add her to our list of eligibles she's 100 already there you think sophie turner but she's been in a relationship for two years but we do love to have people who are literally in relationships unless you get married you don't come off the list that's the rule and she is i feel like she's not i genuinely hate this list so much i know and i'm starting a new one okay i want to wipe the slate clean no abula jackie i'm putting my foot down you can't worst list it's the most basic stupid list oh my god now you're speaking so ill of our list claudia i can't fine fine i feel queasy fine look at me listen look at me listening to you why thank you coaches I'm gonna have to point it out every time 2.0 Sophie Turner and we'll just add as they come that's it add as they come Coombs afresh are you ready for our fourth story yeah it's a little TV news because Royal Payne's reboot is in the works starring Mark Feuerstein and literally this means the world to two people, Margot Oshry and Olivia Oshry.

34:30I actually like the show. I know, but when I think of it, I don't think of you. No, I don't think of me either, but I think a secret that I harbor is that I thought it was a really good show and you learned a lot about rare medical conditions. Oh, I meant to tell you, by the way, everyone remembers when Jackie had her circlage surgery, right? Yeah. What was that, a year and a half ago? Two years ago, almost to the day. There is an episode of Grey's Anatomy. Like you literally had like one of those conditions because I just weirdly get served clips of like random TV shows on TikTok. And they were talking about a cerclage on Grey's Anatomy.

35:07Wow. Maybe. Or it was like Chicago MD. One of those. Like you are literally a house. What's that show? House. That's that's you. That's so funny. Also, I get people message me this a lot when they're watching the last seasons of Downton Abbey. Anna. Remember? She had a cerclage. remember she was like having trouble keeping a pregnancy and then mary sent her to her doctor and it turned out she just needed the cerclage um because she had cervical incompetence and so um which is a really fun fact like that the yes that is downtown abbey however it's historically inaccurate because the cerclage wasn't invented until the 50s and downtown abbey takes place in the 20s oh i feel like julian fellows is better than that yeah and i told dr easy search he was like yikes like when i told him do you see downtown aviana has the cerclage he was like they were impossible yeah yeah um okay sorry to like ruin the fun for everyone and so the secret that you harbor is that you like liked royal pains the secret that i harbor as it pertains to royal pains it's so funny that we both have like deep dark secrets is that like it's a show my entire family like my sisters loved i've never seen one minute of it claudia like you should watch it like right now I think you would like it it's set in the Hamptons yeah it takes place though at that big house right where everybody gets married Oh Hika Castle it's the Oh Hika Castle it's where the blank space music video is it's like on Long Island it's very famous I think so I don't feel like that was the vibe really yeah let me see Royal Payne's house Oh Hika Castle yeah Shadow Pond there's like this mansion in Long Island for anybody who's not familiar it's called Oheka Castle now locals know it it's like a venue that you can rent a lot of like swirlies get married there but it's also featured in a lot of famous tv shows blank space music video obviously royal pains most famously blank space most famously in popular culture it was served as partial inspiration for Gatsby's estate in the great Gatsby that feels right oh but they didn't film there no but it was like inspiration and on the castle on long island so that makes sense um i'm just gonna skip to like things that we know yeah it's just like this random wedding venue that's oddly relevant in pop culture um it was used in the music video cookie by r kelly cool cool cool cool love that used in liam payne and ria auras for you music video so it's seeped in american history yeah real houses of new york city season 12 reunion reunion really the first in-person reunion after the pandemic covid wow love that a music video for a j-lo and maluma's song pot tea plus lonely wow i'm telling you guys the castle was featured in a mr beast video in which the mr beast crew was tasked to stay in a one dollar hotel to a million dollar hotel wow and the more you know it stood in for a hungarian castle in the second season of succession so we thought we were in Hungary turns out we were in Long Island Long Island and now let me ask you something about Royal Pains reboot um what the hell is the show about oh I'm so glad he's a doctor he's a doctor so he's staying at the he doesn't live in Ohica Castle uh some he's in someone's like guest house someone is like maybe he's the doctor to the person who lives in the house but the person's like never there so he becomes a concierge doctor for rich people in the Hamptons they like call him with their ailments and so every episode it's kind of like house where someone has like a mysterious thing going on and he's like the best doctor and he solves it but it's always something you know like gout like something random of course of course undiagnosable except to dr henry hank lawson that's mark that's mark and then his little brother is also with him in the hamptons and the little brother is just like wants to party and it's like so funny and he's like wants to get down and he actually falls in love with like a Hampton Swirly like a socialite very rich very works out things work out well for him and she's a main cast member too the two of them just like being Hampton Swirlies I just feel like this is a show that was like moderately successful it was a you it was on USA right it was like a random channel yeah and so it was it was my it was successful for USA because all they do is play SVU reboots like so it's such a random show to reboot like it had like a a fandom but not like a vocal one or a large one like I just like I'm confused well I'm here for this reboot because I think it's like an easy show to reboot you don't have to like he could still be Dr.

39:48Hank yep they could still be out in the Hamptons doing their thing we're learning about niche mysterious medical conditions that works for me um depending on where I'm at in my life like maybe I'll give it a shot but I think you should watch the old one I think you would like it it's totally neutral i want to say while your condition of cerclaging is definitely like common fodder i feel like i'm about to see an episode of like a coccidinia do you know what i mean maybe there is one in royal pains like maybe that's how between royal pains house grades anatomy chicago md like all these medical shows there is definitely a coccidinia diagnosis or and if there's not i think that's something that the coccidinia awareness committee should be pitching so that there's coccidantia visibility.

40:35100%. Representation for the community. Will you try watching Royal Pains or nah? Like the old one. I'm in like a TV show funk so this is not me not listening to you. I didn't say, by the way, I didn't say do it. I asked a question. Now I'm feeling like so defensive. I didn't say do it. I asked a question. I don't know. I don't know. I'm not really in the mood for like a new show, you know? Okay. but just to defend my reputation sure i'll watch it i'll watch the whole thing by by monday okay before we dive into the fifth and final story and then my favorite segment of the week queenie and weenie of the week let me let you know that today's episode is brought to you by sax fifth avenue so sax fifth avenue is the sponsor of today's episode it's really just the most fun and easy way to find style inspiration so if you're looking to break out of your comfy podcast podcast clothes find new styles that you love for spring.

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44:38Contrary to Sharks' portrayal as mindless killing machines in movies, researchers argued that many of the so-called attacks were defensive responses to being poked and prodded by online clout seekers. One of the scientists, the lead researcher, said, I don't encourage, as many influencers do on social networks, people to cling to a shark's dorsal fin or stroke it under the pretext of proving that they are harmless. He was citing the genre of videos in which content creators film themselves swimming with and even poking the sea beasts in one popular instagram clip a wildlife photographer is pictured touching the nose of a tiger shark off of hawaii the sharks here feel like family the crazy shark cracking up in the caption it's funny because these influencers actually have the same goal as the scientists which is like show that sharks are harmless proving right and the sharks are saying no bitch like stop i just feel like it's such an easy blame like we're always blaming influencers for everything even though that example that that that they just cited was not an influencer it was a wildlife photographer two very different things first of all second of all while there's no doubt that there are absolute morons who like go with cameras remember the guy from siesta key who was like dragging that shark off his boat like people are total morons and idiots like and i think that's probably you know a cause of some shark attacks to paint with such a broad brush like that's not the only reason sharks attack like sharks also attack because they're beasts of the wild like why is that so hard for people to say i feel like every time there's like a major like study or research thing done on shark attacks they're like well they're only attacking because like we're calling them shark attacks like maybe and it's like no it's a shark attack it's okay like how do you think bethany hamilton feels reading this like i just started googling her because i was just finding her own goddamn business bethany moda no bethany hamilton i feel like most of the shark attacks we hear are just like people swimming at the beach not people trying to take pictures with sharks or petting them.

46:28And to be clear, when you hear about a shark attack of somebody who was like trying to take a picture and pet their fins, like you don't feel bad for them. No, I've never even heard such a thing. No, you feel bad for the Bethany Mota's of the world. Of course, some people going about their business, swimming in shallow waters, surfing. Like, you know, we all have our districts in the ocean and they ventured into shallow waters and they took a bite. I'm just sick of this. Like this rewriting of facts. Yeah. Like imagine going to science school, becoming a scientist, and like this is the work you put out.

47:01And this is the big conclusion. Yeah. Get a job. Like you're blaming – I'm just sick of influencers being blamed for everything. That's like really crazy. I'm not – I haven't seen enough evidence that how – what percentage of shark attacks are people trying to get close to sharks? And to be clear, when I think of a shark attack, I do not think of an instance where like somebody's being an idiot and like provoking a shark and then getting their ass beat. Like I think of a more Bethany Hamilton, you know? Of course. I'm not, I don't consider that a shark attack. I think of that fucking around and finding out.

47:35Yeah. They found that of the 74 bites recorded during the period of their study, most of which were from smaller and medium-sized sharks, around 5 % were likely to have been the result of sharks acting in defense. so 95 % so 95 % of sharks are offensively aggressive what you found out is actually the opposite of this headline the science community is disgusting for this 5 % is not then the result right no the 95 % would be the leading headline here I'm just trying to call back everything I've learned about numbers about the scientific theory no Oh, these people are disgusting. I don't know what it is.

48:17Like, it's okay. Sharks are dangerous predators. Like, that's okay to say. Sharks are dangerous predators. Stay back. Beware. Be scared. 1000 % stay alert. Don't swim with your period. It's funny because I feel like they're trying to say the same thing we are, which is like, don't bother sharks. We weren't. Like, only 5 % of people were. Like, we're not. Right. But then, like, how do we prevent, like, people who didn't bother sharks, those shark attacks? So that's just like an unfortunate risk, right? A very small risk of going in the ocean. there's a reason why we're only citing bethany hamilton right it's not like a common thing no but i don't know i see videos all the time of like sharks spotted in the atlantic yeah i mean them being spotted like is not a big deal it's not where people are swimming them like on the beach from the beach yeah well it's always like head frontline news in long island over the summer like sometimes long island is the atlantic is very sharky that yeah the atlantic is like wild Let's dive into our final segment of the week, Queenie and Weenie of the Week.

49:16Every Friday, Jackie and I like to wrap up the week in a little bow, give out two awards, Queenie of the Week and Weenie of the Week. It's exactly like it sounds. Who acted like a Queenie this week and who acted like a major Weenie this week. It's a seven-day title. It's not that serious. If you find yourself being Queenie of the Week one week, don't get too excited because you might be Weenie the next. Let's dive in. What would you like to start with, Queenie? We always start with Queenie. That's like you asking what story is it. And we always start it with me asking and then we always start it with you telling me that we start with Queenie of the Week.

49:43Okay, so my Queenie of the Week is one Lexi Wood. I thought it was a great week to be Lexi. I have been championing her on Summer House and it was nice to see the narrative finally flip so quickly. I love that. She's also handled herself with so much elegance. On the show, she could have been a little nastier to some of the girls and I think that she doesn't want to threaten having beef with them. So I think she's been very classy. all the press she's been doing. I watched her on a podcast. She's very elegance. And so she's a mature queen. And I think she's been a great addition. And this week was great for her.

50:15Agreed. My Queenie of the Week was a matter we hadn't discussed yet just because it hasn't come up yet. But Stassi Schroeder is my Queenie of the Week because Vanderpump Villa season two premiered. She's on the show, which we had reported she was doing Vanderpump Villa. Like she's back on TV with Lisa Vanderpump. She's doing all this press, like by Lisa's side as Lisa's number two. And like the way this girl was canceled. phoenix rising from the ashes i've never seen someone go from come back come back in a way like this like bigger than she was before when she like and people get canceled all the time but there are varying degrees and like she had one of the worst cancellations of all time and like bit by bit through her own grit no one did anything for her no one through her book through her podcast like she is back she's on gma like she i tell you she's looking gorgeous like this woman is a queenie I'm gonna watch her in Vanderpumpville at some time and it just goes to show it's because people love her it's because she's so fantastic like even her fan like you can't keep a good gal down like her fans never went away like because she is just like that interesting and that funny and that cool and I'm so happy for her because she had like she's had a lot of success in the last few years with her podcast and her book but that was all like things she did for herself by herself but to now like be back in the mainstream back on tv back on all the morning shows and every mainstream bit of press that you could do it's a feat agreed i like that weenie my weenie of the week actually goes to two swirlies go they go by the name susan o'malley and barbara lippert um so i guess it's like a posthumous weenie of the week because i don't know if at the time when we reported on the Hollywood Reporter canceling the Golden Bachelor I don't think Queenie and Weenie of the Week was a segment we had created yet so the fact that they never got to be Weenie of the Week just seems unfair and I'm grateful that this week um was a reminder that we all needed that two women named Susan O'Malley and Barbara Lippert oh Suzanne O'Malley and Barbara Lippert um like actually tried to cancel the Golden Bachelor Like that's something that really happened.

52:22We cannot forget. And we must kind of commemorate this moment with a weenie of the week award. I think that's really beautiful. My weenie of the week was going to be the half of Jesse Solomon. That is awful. One half. One half of Jesse Solomon. Like the right side or the left side? Like I would say it's definitely like left brain that is the weenie that is exerting weenie behavior on behalf of Jesse Solomon. Considering we didn't see the other half of like Menchie Jesse Solomon this week. Like he had a full, only the left side was taking over, was on the episode. We didn't see the right side. It's a weenie for me.

52:58I agree. I like that. That's our show, you guys. Hope you enjoyed this week's episodes. We've got another week next week. But before then, we've got a relaxing weekend. So take care of yourselves. Thank you so much for listening to The Toast, the Millennial Morning Show, where we deliver the Fast Five stories you need to know every Monday, Friday, and YouTube. So if you're watching us on YouTube, please feel free to subscribe and give us a video thumbs up. We're also available as podcast and where podcasts can be found. So it's Spotify, iTunes, Stitcher, Public Video, I-Rate a CastBox. all the places where you listen to podcasts find us the toast leave a five star view about how beautiful stunning and wickedly talented we are yeah yeah love you bye

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