The Hardest Working Man in Hollywood with Justin Sylvester: Tuesday, November 18th, 2025

24:27So I was confused. I worked for Universal. Uh-huh. This is a Universal movie. So they had no choice. So they gave me one interview. And I've interviewed them a bunch of times and they know me and we just were like, come on, let's do it. And they did it and it was amazing. And what sort of nuggets of information did they give you that you can share with us? And did you see the movie? Did you stay for the actual screening? Have you not seen the movie? No. I've seen it twice. Wait, is it even out yet? No. It's a different bitch. Is it? It's a whole different beast. How long is it? It's not as long as the first one, but it's a totally different movie.

24:58Really? It's a little darker. It's a little deeper. Damn. It's kind of sad. It really is a good movie. Yeah, yeah, yeah. And I thought I liked the first one. I loved the second one. Really? Love the second one. Like a comet pulled for morbid. I wish I wore pink today. As it passes. You feel like you're more of an Elphaba or more of a Glinda? I feel like everybody thinks they're an Elphaba, but when the time comes. Everyone's a Glinda. Everyone bitches out. Okay, so like I actually think, it's so funny, Jackie and I were having this conversation about like are we Alphabas or Glinda? And like I'm an Elphaba.

25:29I'm actually really not. And I'm not talking about aesthetics. Like I'm talking about like ethics. Someone told me the other day, you live in a bubble. Glinda. You're Glinda. Love that. I'm like, wait, you're right. That's a compliment. It's Glinda. So you said like, it's amazing, the movie. It's better. Oh, it's incredible. And by the way, I don't see movies twice. That's not my jam. When did you see it first? I saw it two weeks ago. And then I saw it again at a screening. Got it. And I was like, I had plans after the screening. I was going to go like to dinner with a friend. And then after I was like, I think I'm sad.

25:59Oh, I think I'll go home. I don't think I could go. Wait, speaking of dinner with a friend, was it a dinner with a friend who's a man and a boyfriend? No, but I did bring him to the screening. So you are seeing someone. I've been with him for a year and two months. And you don't share him online? I do not share him online. Talk me through your decision. I think gay men are pretty wild. Interesting. First of all, if you have a hot man with a job who's over 6 '1". Don't tell anyone. Don't fucking tell anyone. at this point I'm just like I don't trust any bitch out there you know what I mean like the amount of times I have slid in people's dms in my 20s who had not respecting boundaries not respecting boundaries and I'm sorry yeah no no and I know that's my karma probably coming back for me but I am never showing you this man people magazine is going to have to cut his head off yeah for the wedding pictures for the wedding photo do you feel like the gay community is worse about that than the straight community when it comes to no no no no okay no no no no i think that there are equal opportunists yeah i agree because you know uh a young hot thing a little little girl she can uh oh my god we hear about it all the time hello jezebel i don't know what it is i think this like twitter only fans i think this generation for sure like respects monogamy like way less it used to be such a big deal it used to be such a big deal yeah but i also think that people it's It's like such a weird thing because everyone's like, when are you going to show your man?

27:24When are you going to show your man? I'm like, I don't really know. I might be like Dolly Parton. Right. Never. Never. What does your man make of your job? He loves it. He's super supportive. He's in the hotel business. Okay. So totally different. 100 % different. He just thinks it's interesting that I hustle like this. Yeah. Whereas he goes to work. And comes home. And comes home. Yeah. That's actually such an interesting like parallel between people who like work to live and people who live to work. Yeah. That's really interesting. Would you say you live to work or you work to live? I think I live to work.

28:00I think you do too. I live to work and I hate to say that because I hate being this broke. Right, right. Because I just want to chill. I know. But I feel like I'm 39. I've accepted it. I've gone to therapy about turning 39. You have literally done so much at 39. but I feel like I want that one thing that I can sit on for like 15 years. You were literally just saying that like in your job, like I feel like your age and entering your forties will only benefit you. A network would be like more comfortable giving the job of Hoda to a 40 year old than a 30 year old. No, I think you're absolutely correct.

28:37So you should start telling people you're 40, if you want that job. Maybe I should post like, Happy 40th. Bobby and his, because he has a daughter. Yeah. Oh no way. So I'm like, oh, I'm a stepmom. Oh, my God. We need to talk about you being a stepmom. I'm a stepmom. Kind of a dream for the kid. Am I? I'm a stepmom. I know. And the kid's so good. Oh, my God. That's so cute. And she's blonde and adorable. Do you want to have kids? You know, I said if I didn't have kids by 42, if I didn't meet someone who was, like, ready to do it by 42, I was going to do it by myself. But honestly, I'm kind of fulfilled.

29:07Yeah. Like, that's kind of perfect. Yeah. Sweet. Slay. I know, right? You interviewed everybody else from Wicked, too, right? Yeah. I saw you with Jonathan Bailey, Jeff Goldblum, Michelle, John M. Chu. Tell me, tell me what you think. And did you see Ethan Slater? I saw Ethan Slater. With Ari or without? Without. What do you make of that? I kind of love him. You do? I kind of love the sensitive Broadway type kind of dude. Yeah. Who's like a real actor. Who's like. Unexpected choice. Unexpected choice. It's like I, every time I see him, I'm more and more impressed and attracted to him. That's extremely interesting.

29:49I maybe could get on board if I could get past the circumstances of them coming together. You know what I mean? The timeline was a little, a little curious. By the way, I think everything happens for a reason at this point. And like, you know what? If you're doing your thing and I'm doing my thing. I feel the same way about Justin Trudeau and Katy Perry. Okay, so I actually like them. I love it. Yeah. Okay? I'm here for it. Yeah. However, if I was that Canadian wife. Oh, of course. I would be on a rocket ship to L.A. to talk about it. Well, you've actually seen in person the Ari, Cynthia, them interacting in person.

30:23I think the internet has a lot to say about the closeness, the protectiveness, the kind of weird nature of a lot of their interactions. But you've seen it in person. Yeah. What do you make of it? Does it come off as weird in person? Let me tell you what. If you had any doubts that these two people are as close as they are. Right. Google Ariana fan Singapore. Oh, yeah, of course. We talked about it last week. The way Cynthia Erivo in a vintage John Galliano gown steps in front of Ariana Grande without second guessing one thing. Forgetting that she too is a huge famous entity. And a Polly Pocket.

31:15Oh yeah, seriously. Skinny as a needle. So when she sees this person coming, she looks up, puts herself in between Ariana. And by the way, there's seven security guards around them. She could have been like, I'm not going to fuck this dress up. The way she pulled a solange in the elevator on this man, that's when you know these people are close. Because if they were not close, she would have took her dress, moved over to the left and said, this is not my mess. That's so true. This is somebody else's job. No, I feel it's genuine. It's genuine. I just think it's a little like much. It's genuine.

31:54Who am I to say? Yeah. Sometimes I'm like, it might be much, but for them, it's like - It's working. It works. So true. You also, don't forget, Ariana is a global superstar. Right. Most global superstars don't like to leave the house because they can't. Especially global superstars who have been through sort of the trauma that Ari has been through. Yes. So when you are with someone who has probably expressed to you that, oh, my God, this is so traumatic for me. You know, I've been through this thing in the UK and I don't know. It's so scary. Yes, I'm holding on to my co-star. Yeah. For dear life.

32:34Because you guys don't realize that she is in flight or fight and it's hard for her to be here. Right. So I'm going to have my hand on this person. On her finger. On her finger at all times. At all times. I'm going to hold space for no one but her. Now, another big New York event, the Met Gala, they've released their theme. I love it. And the exhibit. And everyone's talking about it, but not the theme. So on Monday, the Met revealed that the theme for its spring exhibition and then the star-studded fundraiser is costume art, set to examine the centrality of the dressed body. So the show will pair approximately 200 garments and accessories with 200 artworks spanning from the Western prehistory, yada, yada.

33:13Now, in the announcement, everybody was like freaking because if you go down, it shows Lauren and Jeff Bezos as the sponsors. So I think it's safe to say we will be seeing them at the Met Gala. Everyone now thinks that this is some sort of explanation for Lauren's wedding Vogue cover. Of course. And people are freaking, you know, because they say like celebrities are so, you know, holier than thou. Will they all attend an event by the Bezos's who are like these billionaires and we're supposed to like hate all the billionaires. and it's consumerism, yada, yada. They're all going. They're all going.

33:45Do you think we will see people using their outfits to make a statement like against the Bezos? Even though like, it seems like the Bezos are in. Like they've been accepted in ways other billionaires have not. And that's all Lauren. This is the most interesting conversation I have. I have a podcast called The Yestergaze. And my podcast host, Blakely Thornton, who I love, hates them. Really? For what reason? um i think he doesn't like them for the for the the usual with the ethical like a lot of people if you take a look at amazon the digital footprint the billionaire ethical billionaires i don't like to go down that rabbit hole i prefer to just be jealous of billionaires here's my jam as long as i'm still ordering since i'm on fucking amazon and it's coming that day and it's coming that day that's exactly what i said to jackie amazon has improved my life and on a daily basis continues to benefit me.

34:37Seriously, I can't be mad. I can't be mad at people like that. I can't have outrage about somebody whose product I still actively use. Target, on the other hand, I can have outrage about because I don't want to walk in there anymore. I'm done. So when it comes to the Bezos's, like you really have to sit back and examine why you are upset. Lauren Sanchez did something that we would all do. If Jeff Bezos had put his hand on my shoulder when he was single and I was single, guess what? I would have had a$25 million wedding in Venice too. And so when Bethany was on the podcast last week, she said the most, I haven't been able to stop thinking about it.

35:12She had the most poignant thing about Lauren. I saw it. Yeah. About that Meghan Markle. Meghan Markle. Yeah. Meghan Markle, Lauren Sanchez is Meghan Markle with no rules. Like she married this guy with enormous access, obviously different things. You know, Bezos has more of the money. Harry has more of the prestige and Megan, there are so many rules with royalty and there's so many rules. I think Megan imposes on herself because she wants, you know, she carefully curates what people think about her. Lauren Sanchez doesn't give a flying fuck when anybody thinks about her. She knew what the money could get her.

35:40She knew what the access could give to her. And she just doesn't give a fuck. And you know what? It's amazing to see the two parallel paths of these two different women. 100%. And where it's gotten them. 100%. Because I feel like people started out really not liking Lauren Sanchez. And now everybody's kind of come around to her. People started out really liking Meghan Markle. And now I feel like her Q score has gone down. Oh, 100%. And it's, you know, what's crazy is Lauren Sanchez is a very nice woman. Have you met her? Oh, yeah, yeah. Is she like a party girl? Yeah, she's in the White Lady Crew.

36:08She's like one step out of the White Lady Crew. So we have hung out with her. She's always very sweet, always nice. And this was back when she was married to Patrick Weitzel, who was the CEO of W &Me. So Patrick Weitzel was a major agent in Hollywood. She wasn't a nobody before. She wasn't a nobody. You might not have heard of her, me included. That doesn't mean she wasn't like a mover and a shaker. Her husband was behind the scenes. Got it. So when she met Jeff Bezos - Who's more front facing. Who's more front facing. You know, she kind of escorted him into this celebrity lifestyle. And when people say, oh, she has an easy life, she definitely has an easy life.

36:43But she's working now. This bitch is working. Yeah. She's getting this man out and about and front and center. And I just I don't know. I'm not hating on them outwardly because I feel like everyone's hating on them right now. And it's so unoriginal. Like, I'm sorry. You know what? Like you would do it, too. You would fucking do it, too. And I'm still using Amazon. Of course I am. Have you done red carpet at the Met Gala where you stand on the stairs? No. Is that like a goal of yours? No. It looks really hard. I don't want to do it. And nobody wants to talk to you. Like it's really not that type of carpet.

37:13No. I don't want to. Interesting. What I would want to do is where Vogue has that top staircase where everybody talks. Oh, and it's like a Vogue YouTube where Emma Chamberlain, Lala Anthony. You would be excellent. That's what I want to do. Give me the job. Give me the job. It's so funny. Whenever Jackie and I are like talking about like, oh, who should do like this? that we're always suggesting you, because you really are this sort of chameleon. I think you would be excellent. I would murder it. You would murder it. And I do think that a lot of celebrities know you or recognize your face and feel comfortable talking to you.

37:43And that's really what it is at the Met Gala. And that's why Lala Anthony was so good. She's friends with everyone. She's friends with everybody. So everybody was happy to come up and talk to her. They didn't skip her. She knows everybody. She knows everybody. And then the young people, they all know Emma Chamberlain. So they do a good job, actually, both of picking people who might not be traditional hosts. But I would love to see you at the top of the stairs. And the Chamberlain girl does a really good job too. She does a great job. And you know, she's very TikTok-y. That's the game. You gotta play it all.

38:03You gotta play it all. But I would love to see you. Meghan Markle needs a new gay. Do you, wait, but first of all, do you think Meghan Markle would go, is going to the Met Gala? And I don't know why she hasn't gone. It's very her. I think now that we have seen her at the Balenciaga. Mm-hmm. And then at Kris Jenner. At Kris Jenner's. I think this is a preview of what's to come. It's only a matter of time. I think for her, she needs exposure therapy. Yeah, she's definitely like petrified. Yeah. She's very skittish. By the way, Meghan Markle, I understand why. I am with you. Yeah. I get it, girl.

38:37Like being the only black person in the royal family could be, I know it. Could not have been fun. Yeah. I stood by that a thousand times. I thought maybe you should have stayed two more years, but it's okay. So funny. I actually agree. Yeah. Only because I think while it probably would have been really hard for her and I didn't want her to go through that, I think if she had stuck it out and made it out on the other side, it would have been this amazing thing to see this like American divorced black woman. Yeah. I wish I'm like mad at the potential and I blame him. I know the toasters can't hear me talk about this anymore, but just, you know, I blame it not working out on Prince Harry.

39:10And I think, I think he is the worst person in the world. And I think he didn't protect his wife at all. Not to say that the royal family was amazing to her, but he did not prepare his wife at all for what the assumption that his family would just take care of it and get her the wardrobe, get her the, that's your fucking job. Like go protect your wife. He just sent her out to go meet the queen without telling her how to curtsy. No, no. I just don't think they know. I bet you he got out and didn't know how to even make a easy match. Yeah. Oh, for sure. You know what I mean? Like, how are you going to set somebody up when you couldn't set yourself up your whole goddamn life?

39:39Right. But I think Meghan Markle, A, needs a gay who's going to be like, listen, bitch, you're going to get some hard times. Like, this is going to be hard. Like, they are going to make fun of you for six minutes. It happens to everybody. It does. Look at J-Lo. When you get to that echelon, Katy Perry, you just got to go through the rough patch. You got to run through it, get some mud in your hair. The only way out is through it. Because if you go back. It makes it so much worse. No, no, no. If you go back and retreat, you start over from the beginning. So true. So what I need you to do is realize that people, like all's fair.

40:13People are talking shit about it, but people are watching it, including myself. And they're leaning into the jokes. And they're leaning into it. You just need to lean into yourself. And I thought she was almost there when she did the Gwyneth Paltrow thing. Yeah. I was like, oh, she's doing it. Yes. She knows it. And then she retreated back. You just got to run through it. You got to run through it. She doesn't have good people around her. You do this year. I think she'll be with Balenciaga. I would love to see her there. She's going to do it. I'm still kind of confused on why they ripped the photos down.

40:46Oh, me too. Me and Bethany were talking about it. I talk about it with every person who comes on the show. Like, do you have a theory? because my running theory is that because you know the photos were removed from the carousel and then prince harry and megan's team released a statement saying you know we didn't sign the consent forms and then the kardashians camp said what are you talking about there were no consent forms for photos birthday party right now i think they were filming the birthday party for the show you have to sign a release megan harry didn't sign it because they don't want to be on the show which is totally understandable and i think they thought that would protect them from images i think they just in a shallow sense did not like the photo you could see harry's bald spot like I think it was more of a shallow thing.

41:22Well, this is the problem again. Yeah, right. Lean in, just be human. Yeah. You're there, bitch. Who doesn't have a bald spot? Beyonce's there, bitch. Now start hacking Nutrafol. Exactly. Exactly. Beyonce was there. You have no excuse. You have no excuse. She took the photo. And the thing is, Beyonce was at the party and we only know that because, not because we saw a photo of her. So Beyonce evaded paparazzi, which means if you wanted to go to the party and not be seen by the public, you could have done that because Beyonce did it. Megan and Harry chose to get out of the car in front of the paparazzi.

41:49They wanted to be seen and they wanted people to know that they were there. It's a control thing. Yeah. Of which they are just not doing a good job. But I keep on going back to this. She could be that bitch. Yeah. She really could. Like she could be that bitch. I just want one meeting with her. I know. Just to like shake her. I want one weekend. I'm going to come to Montecito. Montecito. We're going to cook a little bit. We're going to get to know each other on Friday. on Saturday we're going to rent a room at San Ysidro Ranch and we're going to talk it out and we're going to get rough and we're going to get tough it's not going to be pretty but then on Sunday we're going to go back to Harry we're going to tell him what we came up with deep breaths and we're going to stay in each other's lives we're going to stay in each other's lives our third story is that Cher is returning to SNL she's going to be the musical guest in December and it's the first time in nearly 40 years that she is returning to the SNL stage The Grammy winner is set to be the musical guest on December 20th episode of the long-running NBC sketch show.

42:48And they announced on Monday the final host and musical guest for 2025. Ariana Grande is hosting the episode that Cher is performing. Boom. Yeah, that's pretty major. Get ready. Yeah. You know what I watched last night? The Eddie Murphy documentary. Oh, everyone says it's great. Oh, my God. It was so excellent. And Ben is a huge Eddie Murphy fan. I love Shrek. Like, if you said my who's your favorite comedian, I wouldn't name Eddie Murphy. now that I know him and he's so not what you would expect. Like he, you know, and also I don't know how old he is but they were talking about him like he was around in like the Judy Garland days.

43:18Like he's old. I was shocked when he was like showing the pictures because he looks maybe 50. I think he's like 70. He was talking about how like the height of his career was like old Hollywood and everyone was like doing blow and he says he never smoked, he never did drugs, he never drank. I just, I didn't know him in a personal sense. I didn't expect him to have like such a good head on his shoulders but he told this whole story about SNL and David Spade. He didn't go back for years because they made a mean joke about one of his movies that flopped, which just reminded me. Highly recommend the documentary.

43:45I just wanted to tell everyone that. Oh, I can't wait to watch it. It was excellent. I cannot fucking wait. But Cher is returning to SNL. How crazy. Will you be tuning in? Do you tune in to SNL? First of all, I'm tuning in. Yeah. I'm tuning in for Cher and Ariana because they're going to do some skits together. Do you think she's going to sing old music? Low-key releases new music sometimes. Did you ever hear her Christmas song? I think she's going to do old music. I mean, like, I hope. No, she's going to do old music. Like, I think Cher gets the game. Like, when I looked at her on the Victoria's Secret fashion show, she was like, here's my classics.

44:15Yep. She's also dating a nice young new man. We love that. So she's trying to show off. Yep, yep, yep. So she's going to be backing that Bob Mackie ass out at 70, 80, doing her damn thing. So it's going to be in December. December 20th. Which is the Christmas show. Yeah. I hope to God that Cher plays her new Christmas song. Did you ever hear it? No, play it. Okay, let me tell you, it is the best song. It went viral on TikTok when it came out. Me and my sister Margo became DJ play a Christmas song. I want to feel you dancing all night long. It's cold out there, but it's warm in here. And that's the only thing I want this year.

44:53You fuck with it. It's like a DJ EDM. It is a house song. It's incredible. Damn. And then I went to Jingle Ball where weirdly Cher was performing and she sang it. Me and Margo were dying. It's the best song. You lost your mind. I lost my mind. I would love for her. I don't know if she has like new music coming out because mostly people use SNL as like a platform to release and promote new music. Yeah. But I want DJ play a Christmas song and then like Believe. I'll take Believe. Of course. Any way I can get it. Did you ever see the documentary Cher and the Loneliest Elephant? No. Okay. So when I was at - And how much time do you have?

45:28Okay. So let me tell you. When I was at Brian Kelly's house, we were like spending the weekend together. It was snowing. We got snowed in. We were like drinking wine and we wanted to watch something silly. So we turn on this. I think we wanted to like listen to Cher or whatever. We start Cher and Apple TV. And Cher and the Loneliest Elephant came up. And it's this documentary. I know this documentary. It's about Cher funding this elephant. It's released out of, oh my God. Out of like Cambodia or something. So she like hears about, I think actually it's Pakistan. She hears about this elephant. There's a zoo that's closing down in Pakistan.

45:57And it's one of these like horrible zoos, you know, where they don't. And they've just sort of like abandoned. There's an elephant there, but the zoo closed down. and there's no plan to get the elephant. They were just going to leave him there. And Cher heard about it. It was like all over social media, we have to save this elephant. So Cher saved the elephant. She got a cargo plane. And the journey is about this really cute veterinarian. You have to get the elephant ready. You can't just put an elephant on a cargo plane for many hours. He's got to prepare. And he was really malnourished. By the time the documentary ended, me and Brian were hysterically crying.

46:30And then they're playing Believe at the very end. But he gets to like this new rescue thing in Africa. Oh, my God. I highly recommend it. I don't even know where you guys could watch it. It was the most random documentary. It was the best thing I've ever seen in my life. Have you been to Africa? No, I haven't. Bitch, you have to go. You've done like safari. I went with Jamie Tisch. Oh, so you went good. I went good. I went great. And we stayed in Kenya for one night. Wow. And this guy was telling us that these elephants come back. They raise these elephants from babies. Like they rescue them. They're orphans.

47:03They raise them. They release them. And then every now and then, like once a year, they'll come back with a baby to show the baby. Oh, wait, I'm going to cry. So they can meet the people. Like my foster parents. Yes. And then they leave again. Oh, that's beautiful. And it's like, and they're still tagged. Did you cry? So they know who they are. So like this elephant would go away for like three years and come back with like a cub and be like, hey, I just wanted to show you guys. I would lose my mind. That's so sad. I would lose my mind. Do you ever see also there's a documentary called An Apology to Elephants?

47:34Yes. You've seen it? I've seen it. I mean, I always bring that up. Nobody knows what I'm talking about. Wait, it's literally heartbreaking. Just like how humans have mistreated elephants. This conversation from Cher has taken a turn. Let's go back to the Pfizer. Cher. Cher. What do you make? They also announced like a couple of other people. But like, who cares? Can't wait. Can't wait. And also like Ariana and Cher are going to sing a song together. They have to, at least in a sketch. Yeah. And by the way, Ariana is so good on SNL. I mean, her vocal abilities, like people don't give her enough credit because I feel like they know her pop star era.

48:04Now they know her Glinda era. But like vocally, she's probably one of the best vocalists. She's up there with Adele. I can't wait for you to see Wicked. Wicked because pop star Ariana comes out a little bit. Really? And no one stopped it. And it's fucking amazing. Oh, wow. You're making me excited. I'm telling you, you're going to be like, wait, that wasn't her Glinda voice. That was her black Ariana voice. And I'm here for it. Yes, Blackiana. Blackiana. Are you familiar with Blackiana's era? Yes. That was so funny. Focus on me. Yes, but focus on me. All right, our fourth story, kind of sad news affecting some people you know.

48:38Kathy Hilton and Sutton Shrek's homes were burglarized while they were at BravoCon. So both Kathy Hilton and Sutton's LA homes were burglarized over the weekend while they were attending BravoCon 2025 in Vegas. The LAPD confirms to page six that burglary reports were completed for two break-ins on the blocks where the Star's homes are located. A police spokesperson told Page Six that the first burglary was reported around noon on Saturday, and the report said that the front door had been left open, but a building search was conducted with negative results, meaning that the suspects had fled by that point.

49:06Maybe, like, the alarm went off. Stratt's dog walker was the one who called 911 in the afternoon after coming back to a broken window. Oh, my God. I need to text Kathy. The police spokesperson confirmed that the second break-in occurred around midnight. They reported that Rick Hilton was physically in the home at the time of the break-in. And he called 911 that night saying that there were three burglars. However, we're told that no one was home at the time of either incident. Okay, so it's a little unclear. It's a little unclear. It's also unclear if anything was taken. I'm sure we'll know more.

49:33I'm sure this will be a part of hopefully cameras, you know. Yeah, I'm texting right now. That's so scary. That happens so much in LA, especially with celebrities whose schedules are like somewhat public. So people know when they're not physically. That's like the bling ring. They knew when Justin Timberlake wasn't going to be home. Also, like you have to be really careful. I see a lot of social media and I don't follow them, but I see them that do star homes and where they are and what they look like. It comes up for me all the time. It comes up for me all the time. And I'm like, I don't need to know where Nicki Minaj lives and neither should the public.

50:05Agreed. And that's like, you know, we live in this great country, freedom of the press. I think it's called the Freedom of Information Act. Like all of this is public record. That always gives me the willies. And I think like specifically social media influencers don't do a good enough job because like celebrities, everyone knows where they live. but celebrities have like millions and millions of dollars and they do have like these security things in place. Influencers who are like have so many people watching them and are so, you know, like not careful about sharing like details about their lives and they show their fancy cars and their bags.

50:33It gives me such a pit. And by the way, half that shit's fake, but you know, you set yourself up for that. Like, you know, stop showing the fake shit online because now people are gonna think it's real. Like you can't do that shit. People are, after Kim's robbery, I thought people would wake up a little bit. Yeah. And again, not that it's Kathy and Sutton's fault. There's nothing they could have done here. Like they had to go to BravoCon for their jobs. Everybody knew that they would be leaving. And like, it's just so crazy how common, I feel like we're always reporting on a story about like a celeb house being burglarized.

51:05In LA, it's so crazy. Shit doesn't happen like this in New York. No, it's about, also now Beverly Hills. It's Kyle who's been burglarized, Kathy, Sutton. Literally, it's like sort of a rite of passage, everyone. Oh my God, Erica. Was she burglarized? Yes. Remember one time? Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. Insane. Insane. No, so scary. It's so fucking scary. Thank God I'm broke. Yeah, don't steal from us. I understand. Today's episode is also brought to you by Wayfair, the place to shop for all things home. Everything from sofas to spatulas, you name it, they have it. And you can get up to 70 % off during Wayfair's Black Friday sale.

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57:19All right, our fifth and final story is a little update in a story that's about 35 years old. Sorry, 31 years old. OJ Simpson Estate has now agreed to pay victim Ron Goldman's family$58 million. Finally. 31 years after the murder. So he's finally agreed. Fred Goldman, who's Ron Goldman's dad, And while O.J. was acquitted of the murder, we all know, if the glove don't fit, the Goldman and Nicole Brown Simpson families were both – they both filed wrongful suits against O.J. in 1995 and were awarded more than$33 million. But O.J. Simpson's estate only paid a very small portion of the amount that was ordered.

57:54And now they're being forced to pay it because months later, Ron Goldman's dad, Fred, filed a claim for$58 million with interest. For the money that he was owed and then the money that, you know, the penalties and the interest. And he's finally, I mean, Ron Goldman's dad like always makes me cry. Like especially in that Ryan Murphy recreation. It's just. The fact that this man still has to fight for this 31 years later and can't put this to bed because it's disgraceful. Yeah. And I feel like he hasn't known peace since his son died. Like obviously your son dying is like the worst thing that could ever happen to you in the whole world.

58:29But it's like it always comes back. Like the Ryan Murphy thing, it introduced a whole new generation to this case. people who weren't alive for it. Now this. It's also crazy that like, he was not found guilty, but he got sued for a wrongful death. Like, how can it be both? That's where the justice system is so fucked up. You know? And part of like, honestly, like if you, these celebs do this sometimes too, they'll sue people for a dollar. Right. Just to make a point. Gwyneth, the ski. Lost a day of skiing. You owe me a dollar. Half a day. Half a day. You owe me a dollar to make this point. Ron Goldman's dad didn't really do this for the money.

59:11No. What he did it for was to prove that OJ had done this. Right. If he could do it in a civil. Right. It's something. It's something. He would have to say he lost his suit for a wrongful death. Right. But when you don't pay it and you think you're above the law for 31 years, you can't close that chapter of your life. It's so crazy that OJ Simpson just like walks around. It's wild. He did. He died. I'm sorry, he died, right? He died. But like for, he went, got out of prison for something totally different and was just around for a couple of years, like golfing. Like that was the crazy, making TikToks.

59:43Making TikToks. But also like, I think OJ Simpson, and I don't say this in defense of him, was a pure narcissist. Oh, he was a deeply twisted individual. He was a deeply twisted individual that probably had some CTE. Oh, for sure. That was undiagnosed, that went on top of the narcissism, and just thought he would just walk around and play golf in Florida. Shake us down in Florida. That's so true. I just got back. Shake us down in Florida. Can I tell you something also from the Eddie Murphy documentary that made me really laugh? So he was saying when he was a kid, he definitely, he didn't know it at the time, but he had OCD.

1:00:14He would get out of bed like five or six times in the night every 10 minutes to make sure the oven was off. And he didn't know at the time. Nobody in his family knew. It was just like this thing he had to do because it would be kept up. It kept him up at night. I think the oven's on, even though 10 minutes before he just checked to make sure it's off. Then he's sitting around watching like the local news and they did a segment on OCD. And that's how he figured out that that's what he had. And he was like, in that moment, I forced myself to stop because I thought it was just like this weird quirky thing that I did, not a mental illness.

1:00:39He figured it out. He was like, I did not want to be mentally ill. I literally forced myself to stop. Holy shit. It was such a crazy story. It was a very crazy documentary. And they really could have done without like the last 10 minutes. I got so bored. But up until that point, it was perfect. Like a really, I'm very tough on celebrity documentaries. I can't wait to see it. We talk about it all the time because not every celebrity needs a documentary. Not every celebrity needs multiple documentaries, Demi Lovato. And then sometimes they're just not good. But when they're good. When they hit. When Charlie Sheen hit.

1:01:05Charlie Sheen was excellent. Gaga, 5 '2". Ha! Katy Perry, Part of Me. That was also part concert. Love that. Listen, Charlie Sheen. It was amazing. I wish I knew him back then. I know. I wish I had, like, smoked a little something with him. Crack, yeah. Just to say I smoked a little crack with Charlie Sheen back in the cut. He was so raw. Yeah. I read the book. You did? I fucking read the book. What is your best celebrity memoir? My favorite celebrity memoir. Jessica Simpson's was amazing. You know whose was really good? Who? Angelica Houston's. Really? No, the last one I read was Jessica Simpson.

1:01:51The shit Jack Nicholson put her through. Oh my. Actually, I also read Kenan's. Thompson? Yeah. It wasn't my favorite, but it was pretty good. There were little nuggets in there. Oh, my God. Jeanette McCurdy? Oh, of course. So by the way, Jeanette McCurdy put me on the Kenan Thompson. So I started Jeanette McCurdy, and then I started reading like a bunch of child stars. I also read Josh Peck's, which was very good. Jeanette McCurdy's. Oh, my God. That shit can be up and everything. Do not. The teeth? Listen. The teeth falling out in the plate. The teeth falling out? Do not read Jeanette McCurdy's.

1:02:20Listen to it. Oh, I read it. Oh, it's in her voice. Oh, wow. And it is, I was in San Tropez, I'm not joking to you, at a fucking club in the middle of the day with one ear. Dancing with my right ear, getting the tea with my left ear. Oh, my God. Jeanette McCurdy had me stuck. I couldn't leave the beach without finishing this chapter, bitch. It was chilling. There was a man trying to make out with me right here. And I was fully into the child abuse in here. It's so funny. It's wild, but the way she writes it and the way she talks about it is so unbelievable. They're making a TV show about it. Yeah, and they should.

1:02:57She's an excellent writer. She's an excellent writer and poor girl. Had her whole life taken from her. Jesus Christ. I mean, fucking crazy. Fucking wild. That was definitely probably the craziest. Jessica Simpson, the first half of her memoir is really crazy. She grew up in like deep Bible Belt and it's all about that. And usually I don't like when people talk about the childhood. It's like, I don't give a fuck. Tell me about like when you're famous. Oh my God, no, it was crazy. Yeah, it was really, it's very long. I'm doing it. All right. Right. Dear Toasters, our weekly advice segment, the girls write in and we try to help them.

1:03:21Let's do it. If you guys want to write in, email us, deartosters at gmail.com or head over to our website, thetoastpodcast.com. Okay. Good morning. My husband has the opportunity to take over his dad's business. This would be about a 15X increase in salary to seven figures plus more flexibility than what my husband currently has. And that's something we both desire for our family. I personally stopped working when I had a baby. I don't know if I always want to be a stay-at-home mom, but this career change for my husband means I could do whatever I want. The problem is, is that we have to move to his hometown in the South, somewhere I don't see myself living, and it's a 10-hour drive to my family.

1:03:53We always talked about moving closer to family, but I figured it would be my family. I like his family. They can also drive me nuts. He would love to be near his family, though. I hate the idea of feeling like we're just repeating my husband's life. He sees no problem with that, of course, because he loved his childhood. Do I need you to just let go and be thankful for what this would mean? Am I being selfish? XO, an East Coast swirling. Let go, honey. Of course. 15X. 15X. I mean, this is not even a question. Bitch, you had me at 15X. Yeah, of course. I didn't even listen to anything you said after 15X.

1:04:19Girl, I clicked on at 15X. No, and by the way, it is nice to be around family. Yes, it would be better if it was yours, but like, is the opportunity for 15X near your family? No, it's near his family. Babe. Sorry. You're going to be fine. You lose. Like, sorry. Yeah, you lose. Have you seen the news? Have you seen what SNAP benefits are happening right now? It's so true. 15X. Take the money. Take the lifestyle. Take the like, you don't have to ask anybody to do anything. You can fly to see your family with all five of your kids. No, and like obviously financial security is so amazing, right? It's like really a feeling you can't put a price on.

1:04:52And I think also when you have a kid, like, you know, being kept up at night about money is like the worst feeling in the world. Being kept up about money at night like for you and your family is an even worse feeling. Like you just had a baby. I don't think you can actually put a price on the peace of mind having financial security gives you. Sorry. Like I'm – one thing about me, I am always going to choose the money. Okay. Same here. But I'm reading between the lines here. Okay. Because she didn't say everything she wanted to say. So you think her husband's gay. I don't think her husband's gay.

1:05:17I think she's not very fond of his family. Well, of course. So let me give you a little tidbit here. If your husband's going to take this job, because I'm reading you like I think I'm reading you, because I know women, you need to be in charge of where and how you live. Yes, absolutely. If your husband says we're moving to X, Y, and Z, Louisiana, Alabama, yada, yada, yada. Same block as my family. I don't think so. I don't think so. We will be moving 30 minutes away because this is where I feel comfortable and I have enough space. That's great advice. From everybody else. Absolutely. So take it one step further and be in charge of finding the home and stand your ground and saying that I need to live here.

1:06:04Yeah. And make sure to harp on the fact that like you're doing this for him. So you say, babe, look, listen, your dreams are coming to you. So let me be the one to choose the house and the neighborhood and the school zone and everything. Love that. Yeah. And by the way, in the South, let me let you know something. 30 minutes, 25 minutes is far. It's a lifetime. Yes. Oh. Yes. It's land. In the South, by the way, L.A., 30 minutes. Because you're from Louisiana, right? I'm from Louisiana. 30 minutes in L.A., I'm like, I'll think about it. I don't know if I can really make that happen. 30 minutes in the South.

1:06:38is also like five miles, but so much traffic. So much traffic. 30 minutes in like a landlocked flyover state. It's 50 miles. It's literally 30 miles. It's really crazy. Yeah. It's really crazy. And by the way, they're not coming to your house. No, right? Love that. They're not coming to your house. Oh yeah, buy a small house. Yeah, yeah. Do not come. Do not come. No, buy a big fucking house 30 minutes away. Love that. All right, next up. Hi guys. My best friend invited my husband and I to her 30th birthday party. It was a hibachi open bar. We were told we didn't need to bring anything, but she texted me the next day asking me to pay her$200 to cover dinner expenses.

1:07:09Context, you know, is important. They make a lot of money. I would say millions, I dare. Is this crazy? Absolutely. I just had this happen to me. Did you? Yeah. Where, give me the circumstances. A friend of mine's boyfriend planned a birthday dinner. For the friend? For the friend. Okay.

1:07:28And he, we went. It was a very nice dinner. It was very civilized. I bought a nice gift for like 200 bucks. Nice. Because I, in my mind, thought, oh, dinner was going to be, you know, picked up. And then the next day we got the Venmo. And by the way, I'm not mad at the Venmo. I think that the presentation, I think the conversation needs to happen. I'm a little mad at the Venmo in general. Ben and I, this happened to Ben and I, and I feel like literally it was years ago. We talk about it all the time because it was the craziest thing ever. Like if someone, especially like if your friend is being showered by their partner, it's on the partner, I'm sorry, to figure it out.

1:08:09Yeah. And if you are going to make it this sort of like potluck community event, you got to let me know at least. Also, like say drinks are on me. Yeah. Like are like. Let me bring something. I would have loved it if the partner was like, hey, I have a fixed menu. I'm going to get dinner. But I know y 'all are alcoholics. So bring a bottle. Bring a bottle. Our drinks. You guys are. You guys cover drinks. Yeah. You guys cover drinks. Are, you know, I have appetizers and four bottles of wine on the table. But if you want anything else. Else, please. Like, you know what I mean? Like, I think at my big age.

1:08:43Well, that's the other thing. At a certain point, maybe when we're all like 16, 17, even college, young 20s. Sure. We're all living, you know, on the heels of our ass. We can all chip in. Yeah. But everyone's getting married. We're buying houses. Throw your own fucking birthday party. I'm sorry. Like you're 40 or whatever. Not my fucking problem. Just do it. I have my own bills. Just do it. Just do it. Nike. And I wouldn't have brought a$200 gift knowing that I would have to pay$250. Absolutely. And I do love my friend. Of course. It's not about that. It never is about that. It's just about common courtesy.

1:09:13Thank you. I'm sorry that happened to you. That sucks. Our third and final submission. Hi, I'm a first time boy mom due in March. I'm starting to plan my baby shower. My husband and I have kept the news off social media, but we've told friends and family in person for the most part. except my husband hasn't told any of his friends and he's not planning on inviting them to the baby shower. I know he's excited about the baby, but is it just me or is this fucking weird? Straight men are weird. I know. That's actually a really important caveat. Straight men are fucking weird. There's a straight white man sitting behind this mic.

1:09:44And he's just nodding. And he's just nodding. They're fucking weird. By the way, just so you know, if you didn't force your husband to write down every address for your wedding, you would have not seen anyone on his side. And it's not because he doesn't love you or he doesn't care. He just doesn't care about that shit. I do think it's weird. I think there could be like a plausible explanation. I think a lot of people are very superstitious. Perhaps is your husband Jewish? Jewish people are very superstitious. They don't even like to say it until the baby's born. Like you'll be walking around and there's a religious pregnant woman.

1:10:16You're not even supposed to be like, oh, how are you feeling? Oh, is that why you were so weird about being pregnant? Yes, very superstitious. Like you don't do baby showers. So maybe he's superstitious. I don't know. I don't know. It's weird, especially if you're having a shower and you're telling people like. Straits are fucking weird. I don't identify. The bros. You know I'm a power bottom. Oh, I know you are a power fucking bottom. A Dom power bottom, which is like unheard of. When I was like in college, I had this internship and there was this really fun gay guy named Jason who like we were like best friends at the internship.

1:10:46And he basically like gave me a quiz. And he was like, tell me about like what you're like in your relationship, your personality. And he diagnosed me as a power bottom. and ever since then I tell every like gay person I meet that I'm a power bottom and they're like you're totally a dom power bottom though add dom in front of that okay what's dom dom is dominant dominant yeah okay very like a dominant power bottom like right you know most power bottoms are very you know boss submissive most bottoms you mean most like most like power bottoms if you're a power bottom you're only bombing okay okay but I thought it also meant like you're also like bossy and in charge no that's a dom power bottom okay you're a dom power bottom okay i love that i think that should be today's title now there's an obama bottom there's a what obama bottom meaning the biggest bottoms ever okay so that's baba dom power bottom and what's the difference you don't want to know the obama bottoms they're crazy you know what you're right you don't you don't need to know anything about the obama what would you say you are i'm a nice versatile man yes first queen i like it here i like it there i like it everywhere yeah I'm a classy, versatile man.

1:11:54That is so funny. I'm ambidextrous. I love that. A righty and a lefty. I love that. I love you. Well, thank you for helping out the girlies in need. Thank you guys for writing in. Again, thetoastpodcast.com or deartoasters at gmail.com to get your submissions right on air. Justin, it is always an absolute pleasure beyond to have you here with us. And today was no exception. Make sure to follow Justin on Instagram, the artist formerly known as Lady Sitter. It's Justin A. Sylvester on Instagram on all the platforms to see him doing his thing. And follow our podcast, The Yestergaze with Blakely Thornton.

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