In short
The hosts “audit” the Love Island couple Nicolandria (Alandria Cuthbert and Nick Van Steenberg) after their breakup, arguing the relationship was dishonest/PR and discussing fallout, timing, and rumors. They also cover Real Housewives of Salt Lake City: Whitney Rose and husband Justin Rose separating, plus music/celebrity rumor clarification about Gracie Abrams’ “Death Wish.”
Guests
No guests appear in the transcript; it’s hosted by Jackson Claude and “the toast” co-hosts (plus recurring references to friends/crew like Jackie, Ben, Margo, but not as interview guests).
Key claims
Nicolandria’s breakup statement avoids calling it a romantic relationship (“connection,” “busy schedules”), which the hosts interpret as proof it was a business partnership. They say the timing (after Love Island airs) was strategic and that Alandria’s post-breakup social circle and rumors (including Travis Scott) reflect poorly. They also claim Whitney Rose’s divorce is tied to long-running financial/job instability and franchise dynamics.
Notable examples
Nicolandria’s People.com quote; references to old Coachella DMs/rumors; comparisons to other “real couples” from Love Island (Ace/Shelly, Iris/TJ); Whitney/Justin financial troubles across six seasons; Aaron Dessner denying “Death Wish” is about Taylor Swift, saying the studio version predates the live performance and was written about a friend’s ex.
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Chapters
Tap a time to open that second in VONicolandria Truthers Celebration
0:45 to 12:01
Discussion about Nicolandria and their breakup, along with personal updates.
“Do you think they intentionally waited To put out the statement until the toast Was up?”
Fast Five Stories Introduction
12:01 to 12:47
Transitioning into the Fast Five stories segment with a recap of personal experiences.
“Well, I don't want to be accused of like shielding my personal life because I take those comments and allegations like extremely seriously.”
Fast Five Stories Introduction
12:51 to 14:12
Transitioning into the Fast Five stories segment with a recap of personal experiences.
“With the familiar taste and performance of sugar, it makes cutting back feel easy rather than restrictive.”
Fast Five Stories Introduction
15:16 to 16:33
Transitioning into the Fast Five stories segment with a recap of personal experiences.
“So Nuro just dropped a limited edition watermelon energy and focus gum.”
Fast Five Stories Introduction
16:37 to 18:02
Transitioning into the Fast Five stories segment with a recap of personal experiences.
“Skims is the loungewear undergarment brand that you need in your life.”
Nicolandria Breakup Announcement
18:05 to 20:02
Discussion on Nicolandria's breakup and reactions from fans and media.
“Our first story, Nicolandria, Alandria Carthen, and Nick Van Steenberg break up one year after meeting on Love Island, USA.”
Reactions and Reflections on Relationships
20:02 to 22:35
Analyzing the dynamics of relationships on Love Island and the public's response.
“Because we have been saying since day motherfucking one.”
Insights on Friendship and Business
22:35 to 24:42
Exploring the nature of Nicolandria's relationship as a business partnership.
“And these are girls that they weren't even friends with in the villa.”
The Complexity of Love Island Fame
24:42 to 27:19
The challenges of navigating fame and personal relationships after reality TV.
“Like in this audit, it's not reflecting well on her when this entire time I thought like.”
Final Thoughts on Nicolandria
27:19 to 28:01
Concluding reflections on the implications of Nicolandria's breakup.
“And the fact that she doesn't have, like, friendships from the show doesn't reflect well on her.”
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Reflections on Nicolandria
28:01 to 29:04
The hosts discuss their thoughts on the events surrounding Nicolandria and what it revealed about belief and perception.
“They really thought they were like doing something.”
Couples in the Spotlight
29:04 to 29:45
Discussion around the dynamics of Carl and Anaya's relationship and fans' obsession with them.
“At least Carl and Anaya kiss, you know, and like they are in a sort of couple.”
Ciara's Journey and Social Media
29:45 to 30:43
The hosts share insights on Ciara's healing journey post-Nicolandria and her success as an influencer.
“He, to this day, has never spoken to Ciara.”
Whitney and Justin's Breakup
30:44 to 33:01
Analysis of Whitney Rose and Justin's marriage struggles and their recent breakup after 16 years.
“Real Housewives of Salt Lake City's Whitney Rose and husband Justin Rose break up after 16 years of marriage are you going to be okay?”
The Evolution of Relationships on Reality TV
33:01 to 34:50
Exploring how reality TV impacts personal growth and relationship dynamics, particularly for younger housewives.
Andy's Reflection on His Career
34:50 to 36:18
Discussion about Andy Cohen's insights on his job satisfaction and audience reception based on feedback.
“So like she was like still figuring out who she was as a mom and a woman.”
Gracie Abrams' 'Death Wish' Clarification
36:18 to 37:49
Aaron Dessner clarifies the meaning behind Gracie Abrams' song 'Death Wish' and its relation to Taylor Swift.
“So weird that he's addressing this, but as we discussed earlier this week, Gracie Abrams has a song on her new album, Death Wish, that has some people, mostly me and Liz Woods, wondering if it's about Taylor.”
Olivia Rodrigo and the Taylor Swift Question
37:49 to 42:01
The hosts discuss Olivia Rodrigo's responses to questions about Taylor Swift and the nature of celebrity interviews.
“but he addressed the rumors and nastiness.”
Discussing Interview Strategies and Movie Plans
42:01 to 44:40
Explore the dynamics of interview questioning and a desire to watch a specific movie.
“So the wooden horse is mentioned during the story, but the event takes place before the timeline of the Odyssey.”
Discussing Interview Strategies and Movie Plans
45:28 to 46:28
Explore the dynamics of interview questioning and a desire to watch a specific movie.
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Discussing Interview Strategies and Movie Plans
46:29 to 46:41
Explore the dynamics of interview questioning and a desire to watch a specific movie.
“And I just want to say, because Ben was afraid of switching to one because he's like obsessed with our water pressure and he was afraid that like switching it out, it does not affect your water pressure.”
Discussing Interview Strategies and Movie Plans
48:12 to 49:29
Explore the dynamics of interview questioning and a desire to watch a specific movie.
“So if you think it's too early to start a prenatal, it's probably not.”
Chelsea Handler's Family Vacation Rules
49:30 to 55:01
Delve into Chelsea Handler's strict rules for family vacations and the reactions to them.
“That's P-E-R-E-L-E-L health.com slash toast.”
Julie Andrews Documentary Discussion
55:02 to 56:00
Discuss the upcoming Julie Andrews documentary and her legacy in film.
“a Julie Andrews documentary is coming to Disney Plus.”
Legacy of Julie Andrews
56:00 to 56:40
Discussing Julie Andrews' enduring legacy and her documentary.
“I am being reminded myself that she voiced Lady Whistledown in Bridgerton.”
Documentaries That Matter
56:40 to 58:56
Exploring which documentaries are significant and which are not.
“I do think that it will be well executed.”
Nicolandria Fandom Reactions
58:56 to 1:00:00
Reacting to the Nicolandria fandom and its emotional impact.
“Well, there are like, the people who started the whole Nicolandria fandom and like those fan edits during the season, these were two people, if you're not familiar, they were on the island.”
Transcript
Automatic transcript. May contain errors.0:03Good morning, girlies. It's the toast. It's Jackson Claude and we're your hosts. It's your favorite show. The fast five things you need to know. We'll start your day off swirly. It's the toast. I sound amazing. Welcome back to The Toast and happy Thursday But it's not just a regular Thursday It is a celebracion An extravagant ganza for the Nicolandria truthers That's right, welcome to the Boots on the Ground Podcast, the people who have been saying What needs to be said for almost A year now, you know how much shit we took for it? And just to turn out we were right We often are Do you think they intentionally waited To put out the statement until the toast Was up?
0:51No, I don't actually I feel like they might have. It doesn't hurt to wait an extra hour. To get the breaking scoop. I'm obsessed. I've talked about it yesterday. I'm obsessed too. And just because they broke up. Real couples can break up. Break up too, of course. And it doesn't necessarily mean that they were never a real couple just because they broke up. But if I were on Team Nicolandria, this is exactly when I would break up. Right after the season of Love Island airs, everyone's talking about the new couples. Pass the baton onto Trinity and Bryce. We can sort of slowly fade, quietly fade, but there will be nothing quiet about this.
1:22We're going to try not to talk about it too much, although I'm quite literally busting at the motherfucking seams to talk about it. It is, of course, our lead story and also like the rumors that are coming along with it. So before we dive in to talk about just a subject that's like near and dear to our hearts, how are you? I am good. We've had a morning. We're actually vlogging today. So if you want to like we also vlogged last night, we're like such vloggers. We're such vloggers. We love vlogging. You know, I love vlogging like in another life. I don't have like the arm strains for vlogging. It's just so much like.
1:49yeah it's a lot of that I'm also a little shy to like vlog in public and I think the vlogs suffer because of it yeah I'm not like fuck that shit when I went to the general store like I could have vlogged from the store you didn't well no I started I had the idea after so it like started in my car but um no that's like something that I have to work on is if I want to be if I want to be taken seriously as a vlogger absolutely and I just feel that we're at a place like if everyone in the world was like always acting proper like yeah I'd be embarrassed to like be filming myself in public people pee in public like I can film myself yeah it's not a big deal yeah it's true and then last night we filmed an amazing vlog that's going live today and when Jackie and I say that like we are doing things on the internet that no other creators podcasters patreoners are doing this is what we mean when we say that like we had a live mahjong tournament like who is doing that but us me Jackie and Ben and the fourth player was you it was so innovative reader it will be up later today if you're into mahjong like you'll really appreciate sort of like the talent and and who wins but and you if you're not into mahjong like we don't spend too much time talking about like the tiles teaching you we're not teaching you like it's more entertaining but if you know the game you'll know what we're doing so it was really fun and we got to play mahj even though i hate playing mahj before bed i completely agree i run through lines flower flower in my head as i'm sleeping and last night i literally had to like do a bunch of stuff on my phone to like get it out of my brain.
3:13I watched two episodes of Mad Men after Mahjong because I'm afraid of like having Mahjong dreams. It's like when Ben and I used to vacation and like we were obsessed with playing blackjack. We would go to all these hotels that have casinos. We'd be up all night playing Mahjong. I mean, excuse me, I wish playing blackjack. And then I would be in bed being like 10, 3, 7, like fucking crazy. No, no. I hate having Mahjong dreams. Usually whatever I do that day, like some in some way like comes up in my dreams, but it's different every day. So it's fine. But the Mahj dreams are not my favorite. So even though I like playing at night, it's not something I'm going to make a habit of.
3:44I'm just wondering if I look different to anyone today. Because you have two new pieces of jewelry. Yes, I do want to close the circle. Like we talked a lot about what Ben got me for Mother's Day. And while it was really beautiful, it needed some work. I finally got it yesterday from the jeweler. It is, I don't know if I told you guys what it actually was. It was a ruby diamond bracelet. It was like half ruby, half diamond. I just needed like a new setting, a new clasp and like a couple of new stones. and I finally got it.
4:10Jackie Oshry:Our friend Margo and her mom are jewelers and they made it for me. It is so sick. It's in a bezel setting. I don't know if you can see. It's my new favorite piece of jewelry and then for my birthday to match, my sister got me - Me, this one. You have a lot of sisters, clarify. A ruby diamond ring. Yeah, that's right. And I'm wearing it today. I thought it was too small so I like left it in the box. I was going to go exchange it. Then I was like, let me try it on. Fits like a glove. Yeah, it's so cute. And that's why I'm being a sample size. And it matches your bracelet. I'm obsessed with my ruby.
4:35I didn't realize when you have a child that's named after a stone. A gem. Then all your... So obviously my next child's going to be named a big diamond. I just didn't know that was a part of the journey. Highly recommend Precious Gemstones for inspiration. Well, there are beautiful gem names. Of course. Jade. Pearl. Topal. Gemma. Opalite. Opal. Opal is a name, right? She is so lost. I think that's a name. Yeah, there's tons of inspiration. Pear. Crystal. And you could go pear cut. Pear. Marquee. Lariat. Love. Yeah. Asher. Asher? What's that? It's like a shape. It is? Yeah. Asher. I think so. Emerald.
5:21Lagasse. One fine day in Emerald Lagasse City. One of my favorite places to visit. Emerald Lagasse City. So yeah. Just like kind of like dripping. been very beautiful thanks as far as catching up with ourselves and you dear reader we had a pargy day yesterday did we not oh I went to lunch with a friend yeah with our friend Margo who made the bracelet and then Jackie got the bracelet and then gave it to me at lunch to give to Claudia so actually it is very full circle we had like a very pargy lunch I had the Caesar salad which is very brave considering the lettuce outbreak so true oh and let's talk for a minute about the lettuce outbreak because I think a lot of people were sort of looking to us when the FDA sort of pointed the finger at Taylor Farms for the lettuce outbreak.
6:07Apparently they are the lettuce supplier to Taco Bell and Taco Bell's lettuce was the issue. Contaminated and then they just pinned it on Taylor Farms. And obviously like a defamatory claim. Yeah. True. Huge deal. And I did feel like as a face of the company like a little bit responsible. And I didn't say anything obviously because it's not my fucking problem nor my place. And we haven't done ads in a while. So like we were doing ads when it wasn't contaminated. Right. So like we didn't do, we didn't sell these bags. Right, right. And we don't promote Taco Bell. We promote Taylor Farms top salad kits.
6:38But I just want you to know like when that was true for a moment, which it turned out not to be true. Wait, so Taylor Farms has been cleared. And I just want to say, I never doubted them for a second. But when it was Taylor Farms, nobody suffered more than us. I had Taylor Farms salad kit in the fridge that I had to throw away. I was so excited for my Mexican street corn fiesta salad. I think I would actually argue that the people who suffered more than us were like the people who got diarrhea. No, but like when it was Taylor Farms. Like who's affected? We were affected. And I just never doubted them.
7:10But it wasn't Taylor Farms. They never figured out what it was, did they? Like they pinned it on Taylor Farms and they said, never mind. They still haven't figured out what it was and that's just not going to fly. I know. I just feel like it's going to be one of those things that like quietly goes down and we'll never find out like what truly happened. No, but like now Taylor Farms like needs some good PR. They actually should have us do ads where we let everyone know that it wasn't Taylor Farms. Yeah. And they didn't contract us to do that, but as like a good brand partner. I'm going to use this moment to let you guys know Taylor Farms has been marked safe from the diarrhea outbreak.
7:38Yeah. So have I. So have I, even though I had a Caesar salad yesterday, which I wasn't going to order because of the romaine. But then the person next to me ordered it and I was like, that's what I want. I actually think that most of the restaurants in the Hamptons, because we are like in farmland, do source local. So you are safe. You would hope. And then I had a tuna crudo. And then we were having so much fun. I got a cappuccino and biscott. And we continued cappuccino. in the middle of the day I love a non-fat cappuccino and you know what that's what I needed was some caffeine in the middle of the day like it's a long day my one that spreads is not cutting it anymore so today I'm on my second coffee wow shake shake shake shake shake shake so yeah I was inspired by my cappuccine yesterday um what did I do because obviously like I wasn't invited to lunch she was very much invited and she very much declined yeah I was gonna go but then like things just got crazy and when you came back and we're talking about like how much fun you had like and you came back with my bracelet i did sort of wish that i went but like it's fine it's fine um what did i do we did a little shopping walking around don't worry i didn't buy anything i don't know you bought a lunan water this morning i did so i did have to take out a mortgage for that you guys this water i just want to say we are not involved every influencer every influencer is an investor involved we are not involved we're just sort of um spectators and we had to see what the hype was about i got one once too yeah and i held onto the bottle like for a month and i kept refilling with like my electrolytes like it's It's like a big expensive bottle.
8:59I don't know what makes it. Like the demon copperhead of waters. I don't know what makes it different. They had it at Dear Media IRL because I think Michael Bostic is an investor. And when I tell you I brought like four home. Yeah.
9:08Jackie Oshry:It's like, what is with this water? I don't know. But then when you spend so much money on it, you're like, well, I have to finish it. Of course. And I gave you some in your glass. Yeah, look, you guys. Your George glass. Look at my demon glassed water. But no one will know because I have this glass. No, but I'm going to make sure she drinks every last sip. George glass.
9:25I never really like got into the Brady Bunch. Obviously it's before our time, but like. What do you think we loved the Brady Bunch? I think I'll go for a walk outside now. The sun is out calling my name. You hear me now? I just can't stay inside all day. I gotta get out. Give me some of the day. I don't even know where this is coming from. I've never seen the episode. Everybody see me. Sunshine day. Everybody see me. So happy and gay. I literally don't know where I know this from. Where that came from. And I've never seen the Brady Bunch ever in my life. Here's the story of a lovely lady. Of course.
10:00Who was zaning on two pieces of my bread. What's the, when we were in camp, we would say, here's a story of a lettuce and tomato that were zaning on two pieces of my bread. That's probably like your other camp thing. Because I don't know that. Okay. Your other camp. You went to one camp that I didn't go to. So that's probably where you learned that. But you know Brady Bunch. And of course, sure, Jan. Sure, Jan. And what about Marsha? My nose. Marsha, Marsha, Marsha. You know Brady Bunch. I know, I know. I know that classic stuff. We watched it so much. We did? When we were little, we did. I don't remember that.
10:40That's so sad. And Cindy. The little one? The little one. Yeah, I guess. And the mom, Carol. Yeah, I guess in a sense. in a sense I know the Brady Bunch but like I don't have any memories of ever watching it like what channel was it on that I don't know and it was at that time it was like reruns like yeah I watched it on like tape yeah that's how big of fans we were that's just not true I don't remember any of that yeah I can't look it's Thursday the week has flown it has it started slow but it picked up yeah and then Alandria broke up with Nicolandria yeah and they should have done it on a Friday no I think that I don't think they wanted to sweep this on this whole relationship like has been to catapult them to fame and it was successful and a breakup is big news it's lots of headlines it's lots of Google SEO I don't know how other people are feeling about it and I've always said like she should free herself from Nicolandria then she could I don't know find a boyfriend and be single and like find actual love and like but now that we're you know auditing Nicolandria because they've broken up it's not a believer no No, no.
11:48It's not making her look good. I've seen like a lot of tweets that are like, you left Love Island with like no man and no friends. And like everyone else's friends. You know what? Let's just dive in. Let's dive in. Because I have a lot to say and I don't want to spoil it. Do we feel adequately caught up? I feel like we are. Well, I don't want to be accused of like shielding my personal life because I take those comments and allegations like extremely seriously. So let me just think. We had an amazing dinner. Ben made stir fry coupled with the things he made for four of them. Ben made like a Chinese buffet.
12:13Yeah, he did. He did his deconstructed egg roll. It was really good. like noodles and peanut noodles chicken rocks like my belly was hurting afterwards i ate so much i had to like sit down on the couch and recline our stomachs were full and our smiles were wide so that's really all the catching up plus we did film two vlogs since you last saw us so like everything else is in the vlogs and so the next time you think of accusing us try being an influence of our day try it without further ado to do it is time for the fast five stories that you do need to know.
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18:02Thank you, Tertlose.
18:03Jackie Oshry:You are most welcome. Tertlose. Our first story, Nicolandria, Alandria Carthen, and Nick Van Steenberg break up one year after meeting on Love Island, USA. So a rep for Nicolandria confirmed to People Magazine exclusively that they decided to part ways just over a year after they departed the Fiji Villa together. The source said, quote, the distance between them and their busy schedules made it challenging to maintain their fraud I mean I mean connection they still remain close friends they share a deep love and respect for each other and will always support one another whenever possible okay I mean obviously like the show has ended and I'm not talking about Love Island I'm talking about their relationship I think it's been very interesting to see people's reactions because like we're just coming off a season of Love Island where like we were told we had the worst takes right and we were the people last season saying like why are you guys voting for Nick and alandria why are you guys voting for amaya like they're both fake couples and we got so much hate we have said from the moment they were still in the villa not even that they left the villa from the we've been saying this is a fake relationship we got so much hate for it like people like calling us such haters meanwhile now everyone's reaction if you read the comments on any public because of course the second this was announced i got tagged in one million tiktoks instagrams i love that everybody thought of us but all the comments were like duh pr relationship is over and it's like well now now everyone's saying no now everyone's saying and jim wab like posted some old dm she got about how nick was with a girl at coachella holding hands he can't and that and that this person like ran into nick and alandria and they were like being really rude to each other they can't stand to be around each other which actually like maybe they were in a relationship no but it's like you're posting that now yeah no like you're brave now like why i'm brave now why not say when it's unpopular and like and that just makes you feel you don't get points i just know next year like people are going to be talking about carl and anaya the way we've been talking about them I'm like, the voting public of Love Island, and this is just further proof, like, they're wrong about everything.
19:57And I feel so good that everyone hated our takes, you know? Yes, I feel that way as well. Because we have been saying since day motherfucking one. Yeah, and the real couples from that season were Ace and Shelly. And we never really wrote for them because, like, Ace was sort of problematic. He was like a drama, yeah. But they were a cute real couple. The fact that they didn't make Final Four is insane. Insane. And then Iris and TJ, which turned into Iris and Pepe. but the Islanders, another bunch of morons, voted out TJ even though they had a strong connection just for some more fake relationships.
20:28Yeah, no, like once again, I feel good about what I contributed to Love Island last season and this season. But even this statement is not a romantic relationship and I feel like Nicolandria, they don't outright lie because they just talk about their connection. There is this clip of them saying we're dating and so yeah, if the two of them go to dinner, I guess that's considered a date. They don't say like, you know, they don't kiss. They don't actually pretend to be in love. They really operate like business partners. So the statement, the distance between them and their busy schedules made it challenging to maintain their connection.
20:57You're still saying connection. That's so true. One year later. It's a very manipulative statement. They still remain close friends. Yes, they've always been friends. That's the whole thing. And business partners. They share a deep love and respect for each other. Of course, I share a deep love and respect for my business partner. Yeah, of course. And we'll always support one another whenever possible. Yes, they've been supporting each other for a year. There's nothing about that that's an actual relationship breakup.
21:15Jackie Oshry:Yeah, that's actually an amazing point. also contextualizing this thinking about the interview that they just did where she's recent yeah that clip where she's talking about being loved out loud and it's like you're being loved out loud you won't even call him your boyfriend in the breakup statement and also it's a fake relationship like no and we didn't see love out loud we didn't know they were never together we saw him loving sierra out loud we saw him now by the way there are so many tweets that are going so much discourse throwing sierra under the bus talking about sierra backing it up and then running it forward again.
21:46But it's like the people who are now talking about Sierra are the people who like rode over her with a truck last season. And then so after that then we saw him being a friend to you out loud. That's what we saw. I didn't see love out loud. I never saw love. I actually saw you guys making out and agreeing that there's no connection between you two. And then I saw the last few episodes where you guys understand that the fans have been rooting for Nicolandria and you guys want to give them what they want and you like each other and you're friends and his connection's not there. Like you're done being embarrassed by Taylor.
22:13Oh and Taylor and Clark were the other real connection they're still together that that didn't make the finals because everyone like can't get over the fact that he like chose her over orlandra right which is what you're supposed to do test your connection it's like test your connection test your connection but don't yeah explore but don't right um yeah they're like they are still together yeah so that's what i saw i saw friendship and business out loud yes i never saw love out loud and the fact that that interview came out what like two weeks ago and they break up and i didn't even read the statement because like seriously who cares like they're broken up but you're so right about the choice of words yeah that there's not a lie in there and even so for the last few episodes they talked a lot about like their connection you know that seeing it at first and not necessarily like lying like I'm in love with you and they don't kiss or anything they don't kiss like talk no but even in public like they don't kiss no they hold hands and they take pictures I saw a funny uh like tweet or something that she had her birthday recently I think was at her like new apartment and a lot of her family and friends were there and like he's on the end of every photo so he could be crapped out of in a year in a day right very easily there's really not much to say when you've been right you know except of course i told you so her ending one year out with no friends from the villa when she was an og villager she had close friends she ran that villa like her shelly and sierra yeah it's not a good look for her i agree when all along i thought nicolandria was like you know nick is the problem i think he's a user i think i actually think he's disgusting i agreed we can't even talk about him without talking about sierra like he's actually legit a bad person yeah so yeah we've always focused on him so and she's just a queen she is a queen and she she handled herself amazingly like she and she's so beautiful and she's so mature and like wants a real relationship and so she ended up in this business partnership whatever like you like that's good now like when the dust has settled you're right like there's something suspicious about the fact that all the girls are on vacation right now without her.
24:12And these are girls that they weren't even friends with in the villa. But now they're friends. They were not friends with Clark. There are multiple pockets of friend groups. She could be friends. She should be friends with Shelly because that was her best friend in the villa. But she's not because Sierra. Shelly and Sierra are really good friends. But so Shelly chose Sierra. She's not friends with the Iris. Hannah. Hannah cohort. Andrina is always around. Andrina and Clark. There are a lot of different friend groups. And they all make content together. They go on vacation together. It's so cute.
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24:38Yeah. Weird. So that's what I'm saying. Like in this audit, it's not reflecting well on her when this entire time I thought like. He was bringing her down. She's so above him. And she is so above him. But like now, I don't know. The whole thing has sort of like sullied her good name. And at the end of the day, Nicolandria at its core was just genuine dishonesty. And that's never a good look. Fraud. Fraud. People have gone to prison for worse. I mean for less. Yeah. And if I were like running Nicolandria Incorporated dot org HQ TM, I would say right after the next season of Love Island airs, we should break up.
25:18That's what I would say. Right. It's a little obvious. Honestly, they should have waited another six months or like right before the season aired so that like people would be on to the next thing. It wasn't it was obviously a choice like the timing. And I think it was actually a bad time to choose. Yeah. But now the streets are saying that she's been hooking up with Travis Scott. That's what Dumas said. and it's like do Maslow keep pissing me off like isn't the whole point of what you do to like share these titillating things that you get that might shock the public when it's still titillating so like yeah sharing that they were mean to each other at Coachella like now well we know they broke up thanks for that but that would have been helpful to know at Coachella yeah so like sorry her and her like last minute you could have used the backup here yeah right it's just it's not brave to like go along with like Nicolandria Stans now they broke up being like yeah I also heard it was fake it's like you're supposed to be like the hint person yeah It's like lame as fuck, honestly.
26:07Yeah. And then she reported today, which she probably just got today now that everyone's talking about Nicolandria, that Alandria is hooking up with Travis Scott. For months, allegedly. So, like, I just feel that. Which is maybe why they're finally breaking up so that, first of all. Maybe it's like getting close to coming out. If she steps out with Travis Scott, that's better for, like, her stock. Yeah. And maybe she wants that. Because I think for a while. Nicolandria being Stormy's stepmom. I mean, think about the dinner. Like, Stormy's graduation. With Timothy. Travis, Alandria, Kylie, and Timothy at Stormy's graduation dinner.
26:39Obsessed. See. And you know Kylie loves Love Island. And by the way, this is what we have wanted for Alandria. You know Kylie loves Love Island. She probably loves Alandria.
26:48Jackie Oshry:When we've talked about Nicolandria at a glance over the last year, this is what we've wanted for Alandria. She is on another level. She can start dating much more eligible, famous, wealthy men. So this is exactly what we wanted for her. But I don't know. I'm just not feeling good about it. About Travis Scott? No, about the whole thing in general. Like, I wanted them to break up and I wanted her to date Travis Scott. Like, everything that I wanted to happen is happening. But it just happened in a really, like, dishonest way. The way I thought I would feel about her when they broke up is not how I feel about her.
27:15I thought I would feel like, yes, she's free. Yeah. But instead I feel like, well, you're both liars. Yeah. And the fact that she doesn't have, like, friendships from the show doesn't reflect well on her. And she's just always doing everything alone. Yeah. When everyone's doing everything together. Yeah. Yeah. and I feel like people are starting to to turn question that yeah I don't need to like turn on her or anything but at what point like does the cost of Nicola Andrea come home to roost you know what I mean thousand percent like this is so serious to me like this is so serious and like any other fake Love Island couple that goes really far or wins just because one of them is really liked that happens every season Am I and Brian like break up two weeks later we don't care yeah like everybody else the show's over we don't care They took it so serious.
28:02So far. They really thought they were like doing something. Yeah. And they were, by the way, until a point. Because like while I was onto them, I'm more media literate than the average person. A couple weeks later, we're like the distance. It was too hard. We're better off as friends. The people who believed them would have stayed believing. And like would have just rest in peace, had a quiet ceremony. It's true. They gave everyone too much time to doubt them. And in that year, we're seeing just like public appearances, not couple content. No, not love. No. Like they were on the cover of Glamour magazine together.
28:33Like if I'm the editor of Glamour, like I'm embarrassed. Like I got duped. I feel like overall Nicolandria like was a test for people. I passed. You passed. The toast passed with flying colors. And if I'm a person who failed, like who even for one second believed that they were real, like I'm taking a hard look in the mirror. Because like I said, this is serious for me. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. And we can only hope to like learn from this. I don't need to learn anything. Neither do you, of course. But I hope others do. Definitely. And I'll be curious to see the couples at the reunion because so far, Carl and Anaya like are tracking.
29:06Everyone is keeping up. At least Carl and Anaya kiss, you know, and like they are in a sort of couple. But it is like the same thing where she. The fans are obsessed with it. He went to Casa, chose someone else. Right. She stayed, chose him. Then people became obsessed with the relationship. The producers like produced their way into Carnaya. and let's see what happens next. Though I do think there is a little bit more romance between those two. Me too. I mean there is. They kiss and they like make out at night and stuff. I agree. Nickelandria is just like paperwork. Separate beds. Paper. Yeah.
29:43So that's the end of Nickelandria. I will miss it. I won't. I will miss talking about them. I will miss being right. I'll miss talking about them. Yeah. And he's just. He's spooky. I like. I'll never get over it. I know. I know. He'll never make it right. Yeah, I know. He, to this day, has never spoken to Ciara. I would love to talk to Ciara. Yeah. I do feel that she's healed. Like, it took a long time, but she talks about it, like, in vague ways. I follow her on TikTok. I follow her on Instagram. She's just a really good influencer, too. She makes amazing content. She does good makeup, good outfits.
30:14I was just looking at her content. I follow her, so I see a lot of it a lot of the time, but not all of it. And, like, the videos that she makes, like, by the sea. On the beach, doing her makeup. That's, like, her thing. You guys have to watch these videos. Like some people just have the content bug. Yeah. And we just, we all moved on from that too quickly. Like his biggest crime is not even the fraudulent relationship. It's what he did to that girl. Yeah, of course. No, it's that. You could be in a fraudulent relationship. I don't care. Of course. We all have bills to pay. Yeah. Okay. So you're friends and you just want to like, you know, make some money.
30:46Yeah. Sierra. Yeah. Are you ready for our next story? Hmm. Where to go? Where to go? Oh, she's lost. Real Housewives of Salt Lake City's Whitney Rose and husband Justin Rose break up after 16 years of marriage are you going to be okay? I'm okay I know how much Justin Rose means to you because he looks like Hannah Brown Hannah Brown I love you I know you're watching yes no I'll be okay this is just like I feel like when couples go through such hard times and don't break up then I'm genuinely shocked when they eventually break up and I feel like the last few seasons they've had really hard financial issues and changes in their marriage with like her being the breadwinner and the whole dynamic that they like got married and they've changed when she became a housewife as it normally does.
31:28But I just thought they were so solid. Like this is, if you had to guess like the next couple that would split in Salt Lake City, I just wouldn't think it would be them. Actually, like just because there are a lot of good marriages in Salt Lake City, like I think that Meredith and Seth do have a good marriage. I think that Lisa and John do. I actually might've said Whitney Rose just because they have like a freaky like backstory. Like they have a big age gap. And she is so different. That happens a lot that you just become different. That's true. Like you just change as a person when you become a housewife and yes, financially independent.
31:58And like famous. Yeah. It changes who you are. I think a lot of the times like at your core and sometimes you change into a person that your husband hates or you change into a person who hates their husband. So yeah. And I feel like she actually has changed so much. That's a good assessment. So the news is that the two have separated after 16 years of marriage. They have not spoken out publicly about what led to their breakup. However, their ups and downs, including job losses, his job loss, failed business ventures and financial troubles after he put all of his money into her business, have been thoroughly chronicled during the last six seasons.
32:31Even though when you're having financial issues, kind of the worst thing you can do is get divorced because it's so expensive. You have to split everything. It's like, we only have one dollar. Now we have to split it. So I just think it's a good financial decision. That's very true. It's really bad for your finances to get divorced, even for wealthy people. you become temporarily poor yeah okay i have to catch up on salt lake city because i want to watch the next season like a lot's happening like between and i also like want to know like why now again you know we talk about this a lot with like couples who have been through a lot who have kids and it's like what changed what was like the final straw because it does feel like something had to have happened their financial issues started like many years ago agreed with not that like divorce isn't going to make it any better so like why are they getting divorced who wanted the divorce who do you think wanted it yeah me too just to guess yeah always sad yeah and i think also maybe it's because how like the franchise is still new but i do think that if you've been on housewives for a long time and your marriage has survived like drama and rumors like you're pretty set like especially if you're an older woman that's why i think whitney's like also kind of young she's still like you know 39 she's still a butterfly she's still cocooning and changing and butterflies are really like the metaphor of this a thousand percent it's a butterfly summer but like i think with a lot of the older housewives once they make it through like five six seasons with their husbands and they're tested like it actually ends up being good for marriage if you make it through yeah and so i don't think that one they've been tested like well they obviously like were tested and failed and two like she's really young i think if you're like really sure of who you are i remember melissa gorga came on the podcast she was talking about how like she was a housewife like she did not make any money and she was like really happy being and then she became like really independent was like going out to events and i think that like a lot of times like that can happen and it tests your relationship and like you fail or you succeed and i think like teresa uh not teresa uh melissa and joe like succeeded because if you watch the early episodes he's like toxic get in the kitchen and she's like wait but i was like male chauvinist and then like the the format of their relationship like changes and gender roles and it's like you're home with the kids because i gotta go out and there's definitely growing pains a thousand And you see that and it's like painful, but it doesn't mean that it has to end.
34:42Like you could reformat yourself. Right. And then of course, like Joe Gorga got himself famous. Like it all worked out well for them. But I think maybe that's kind of what happened here. Because Melissa Gorga was also young. So like she was like still figuring out who she was as a mom and a woman. And then this thing happens and you're famous. And Jersey, like they really blew up. But like Justin Rose like seems very. I don't know what Justin Rose seems like. Except for there was a weird scene, right? With Lisa Barlow. What? like he like they got into a fight i hate when the men get in fights it's like so seriously girly and he like like spoke nasty to her like she like came at him like ranting about his wife but like doesn't matter the husbands of salt lake city do not get involved and he sort of shouldn't he sort of like barked at her very kentod stupid woman yeah yeah and especially because he's like seemed so jovial and like kind-hearted and it was just a little awkward even though like she started she asked for it right it doesn't matter like ranting doesn't matter you're just supposed to stand there you're just supposed to stand there you give the men of bravo juicy andy went um instagram a fish with his boyfriend like they posted such a cute picture and i do feel and you know what somebody tagged me in a clip you know hoda she like started that like media company or whatever she like does a show in the back of a car it's like sponsored by toyota but uh they were talking she had andy on and somebody tagged me in this clip where he was talking about how he loves his job so much but he went through an era where like he got um like a lot of data they do bravo like q score tests and focus groups whatever and they got a bunch of feedback that it seems like andy on watch what happens live was like checked out and just like over it and andy was like that was such a reality check for me like i have the best job in the world and you know he does feel like he's done a little bit of a yeah i was shocked that he shared that but he was like yeah the data like people were the feedback was that like i felt kind of checked out you need the toast literally and he was like the second i heard that like it just it hit me sideways and i realize like I have the best job in the world I don't know like what I'm complaining about and he's been like totally recommitted to it ever since I'm in shock how did I not see that because it's on this like random sponsored show that Hoda does in the back of a car I feel like I'll find the clip personally attacked and it was sad about you they ran like actual focus groups so he says but literally we said that we're not the only people who said that like it's so obvious he's sort of cutting people off shoving them out the door like I guess so but like it could have just been like you know the streets are saying and it's us no no he said are the streets he said bravo gave him like formal data research from the streets of the toast we are the streets by the way literally yeah so britney rose britney rose wish you the best goodbye are you ready for our next story aaron dessner is setting the record straight on gracie abrams song death wish he said it's Definitely not about Taylor Swift.
37:26So weird that he's addressing this, but as we discussed earlier this week, Gracie Abrams has a song on her new album, Death Wish, that has some people, mostly me and Liz Woods, wondering if it's about Taylor. Yeah, I'm not putting my tinfoil hat on for this. Like, I don't believe that it is. Yes, and like there was other things, you know, she performed it in 2025, and she said it was out on a friend's boyfriend. but he addressed the rumors and nastiness.
37:59He said the record's straight. He said the studio version predates the live recording by several months. We wrote it actually the week that we recorded. That's so true. I told you things and other songs from Secret of Us Deluxe. In the wake of Daughter from Hell coming out, people were like, wait, what about the original version? This is the original version. Regarding speculation that it's about Taylor, he said, yeah, definitely not. It was written at a time when Gracie was writing about a friend's ex being in a bad relationship. He is sort of like parroting her. I just want to say, like, I can accept that it's not about Taylor.
38:29But writing about your friend's ex, like, it's just so, and it's such like a strong song. Like, I don't have that strong of feelings about my friend's ex. I don't know. Actually, Megan Maroney's, like, number one hit that, like, the first ever song she wrote is about her friend's boyfriend. What song? He don't make you wonder. That's not my favorite. That's the only part that I know. it's complimentary by the way it's not Tennessee orange and it's because it's her friend that just got married so she like I saw her wedding speech like went viral that like I guess Grace is young so like her friendships are like yeah and you know like young girls are always like taken up for their friends and she's looking for like inspiration everywhere yes of course because as a songwriter you can't like only bleed out for yourself like sometimes you need to seek inspiration he said so it was for that about that kind of person I think I wouldn't even actually know who the person is I'm kind of obsessed with Aaron Dessner being the one to set the record straight shout out to Hannah Daly at Billboard for asking the scary questions.
39:20A thousand percent. Just like, did you see that clip from our competitors at PopCast, the New York Times pop culture? Mm-hmm. They asked Olivia Rodrigo about like the Taylor Swift beef. She gets asked about it actually quite a bit. To ask like face-to-face on a podcast is kind of crazy.
39:35Jackie Oshry:I thought that was like so brave and scary. And she always gives like the same sort of package, not believable. Yeah. Did you see that New York Magazine wrote an article like that literally said exactly what you said about Olivia Rodrigo dating someone in finance. Yes, I did. And I felt very like validated that there, that was their thought as well. And I think the person who wrote it like is like a proud communist. She's a socialist. And she was like, but I get it. Like we basically, we all go out and get dicked down by finance bros. Like it was basically what we said. She was like coming at it from like another angle.
40:04Complimentary. Like as a socialist, like, yeah. But we're saying the same thing. Yeah. And like, we agree. Yeah. You know what I mean? World peace. Yeah. like I think Olivia Rodrigo like might spawn world peace. A thousand percent. We can come together like and like be together. Be one. Yeah. She gets asked about the Taylor thing quite a bit. We never get anything. Like everything she says is so generic. Yeah. And it doesn't color what I think at all because it's just like PR. But like it's crazy to ask her that too. I know because like obviously when you sit down with a celebrity maybe if you we don't interview people like a lot.
40:40maybe if we did like you grow a set of balls because i would be like yeah fuck taylor swift like i would just be like scared yeah like saying whatever she said but yeah no you're not and you're so right about that i would be like yeah yeah no a hundred percent and like people thought there was like a little bit of shade in what she said but of course like you over she can't get away with saying anything but she just like she talked a lot about how it was like you know great learning blah blah blah and how like she just like it's important to her to treat everyone like kindness and respect and so it's like well why are you bringing that up it's giving like i wasn't treated with kindness she's disrespectful yeah it's giving you know but i'm gonna lay off because like there's no good way to answer that question and like you don't want to be in like taylor's crosshairs so yeah just want to get through the question and i'm sure she knows every time she sits down for an interview she's going to be asked it no i think that's really i think it's really inappropriate that like you do like i i love your your bravery but i think it's inappropriate like to ask about this like drama with this like big scary artist that like there's say there is real drama and there is what can she say what you really want her to like compromise her career by like actually telling you what happened right right and the fact that you say she's asked about it every time well then stop asking you have the answer you should be watching you should be watching her previous interviews before you interview her again we never get new information so it's just bad journalism like you know she's not gonna journalist asks the same question like when they all ask someone the same question that just means you haven't watched their like previous interviews i want like you asking new questions so while i commend the balls and i personally hadn't heard her talk about it before like i do think it's it's not right and it's like it's not going to engender them to want to be on your show when they're being asked like hard uncomfortable questions yeah yeah and also she was sitting in the middle and like one of them was to her right and one of them was to her left which i think is just like a really weird setup for a bike because she was like talking to both of them like right left right left like a tennis match i just thought it was weird yeah speaking of i meant to tell you i drove past the movie theater in southampton yesterday and they are playing the odyssey in imax because we were saying that like we really want to see it but they say it's not worth seeing if it's not an imax and i was like well there's definitely not an imax in the hamptons there is i'm just saying we could like sure let's go i just feel like low-key i'm not gonna like it because like i feel like we should we should see it like for this show like what is it like we used to do love island like seven nights a week but we can watch a three-hour movie it's gonna be like dumb but like the odyssey is like a fake story right it's like a just like a made-up story yeah it's about greek gods though there is some yeah are all the characters greek gods or like or are they just greeks and they're in the horse like i don't really know it's not trojan horse there is trojan horse trojan horse is part of odyssey i saw a clip on tiktok are you sure thousand percent i love trojan horse where they hide yeah oh my god genius i saw like someone talking about it's trojan horse in odyssey oh and i made ben because the trojan horse is okay i'm looking at two conflicting things ai says yes but only briefly, Odysseus actually devised the trick.
43:31So the wooden horse is mentioned during the story, but the event takes place before the timeline of the Odyssey. Well, actually, what I saw was that somebody complaining that chronologically the horse shouldn't be. It shouldn't be here. Well, I don't want to see any spoilers. Yeah, okay. I do want to see it. I just feel like I'm going to spend all this time watching it. I'm not going to understand it or like it. I do think it's maybe just a little bit above my... You're very smart. And you're smarter than the average. well that's true because i didn't fall for nicolandria right so like i think you'll get it it's not it's a movie it's a movie like they wanted to appeal to the masses i think you're not giving yourself enough credit okay nor christopher nolan okay like this is he's kind of cute no i don't know him yeah i've been seeing him a lot like on press and stuff because like when they interview the cast like he's there too you know and so like is a landry are going to be going to the premiere with travis scott probably like i'm ready for that i just what is life that's what it should have been all along.
44:27Yeah. She really got in her own way because she should have been going to premieres and things of that nature with him long ago. Yeah. Trips to the Cape. Exactly.
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49:24Jackie Oshry:New customers can use code TOAST to get 20 % off their first order at ParallelHealth.com slash toast. That's P-E-R-E-L-E-L health.com slash toast. Thank you, Slash Turt. You're welcome. our next story is kind of crazy. I don't know if you've seen this. Chelsea Handler laid out her strict rules for family vacation. Okay. I was so fucking confused. I saw this like six page statement. This slide. I didn't know if it was a joke or who she was talking to. Yeah. So I read all of it and I literally like have put together what I think this is about, but I have no idea. So she's talking about an actual vacation.
49:58I don't know if she was making like euphemisms. No, she's talking about an actual vacation. I guess she takes a lot of vacations. She brings her family on vacation. She has five siblings and then all their kids and nephews like combined. And they all go on vacation together to her various homes in L.A. and Majorca and the Vineyard. And she, I guess, wrote them a letter.
50:22Chiding them for their behavior on vacation. It is very, very long, but I will read some of it. You can understand the tone out of nowhere. She posted this with the caption. It's family vacation season, which means it's time to reread the rules. If you want a vacation with me, these are the rules. To all my nuggets, I want to start this email by telling each of you, A, B, C, D, E, F, G, and F, that I love you for all different sorts of reasons and there is nothing any of you could ever do to get me to unlove you. It can never happen. So it was with great love and hope that we can use this as an opportunity to get better at being together.
50:54Our family is dysfunctional, and that's what families are. What we need to work on, however, is manners. There was a definite shortfall of manners on this trip, and I left this trip feeling embarrassed and taken advantage of. Say hello to people who are working in the house, who are delivering something, or who work for me. You don't have to have conversations with the housekeepers or workers, but you do need to acknowledge their existence out of decency and respect. This goes for my home in L.A. or Majorca, the vineyard, or wherever we happen to be vacationing. She said, these are the points in bold, but she said, I treat my employees like family, and I expect you to do the same.
51:26You know, if someone's carrying boxes, help them, whether a boy or a girl, open the door. It's a nice and decent thing to do to be conscientious of the others who are also on the vacation with you. Girls, be kind and thoughtful to my guests. Do not roll your eyes repeatedly or even ever. Then she says, do not consume copious amounts of alcohol on multiple occasions. Do not complain about food while you are eating it. This happened at every meal. You are not at home. You are a guest. Clean your plates after you eat. Don't put them in the sink and don't leave them where you ate them. Open the dishwasher and put them inside.
52:00Do not litter on the grounds of someone else's house. She talks about how they rented the house and how would the owner feel. Beer cans everywhere. How do you think these people would react to their property being littered with beer bottles? Do you think they would ever want to rent to us again? I understand that not everyone wants to, and this is just slide four out of like eight. I understand that not everyone wants to hang out with their family 24-7, but I'm going to require that when you are with the family, You are not on your phone or playing video games. You have the entire day to do what you want.
52:27You can make the time to be present with the family for an hour or two at night. She goes on in detail about how they should behave, what they have been doing, how she loves treating them to these trips. And it's a big financial burden for her. And she pays the cleaners and she pays for this and that. But she expects people to act at a certain level. Now, by the way, the bottom of the pages says, I'll have what she's having. So I believe this is an excerpt from her book that came out in 2025 based on like what I've tried to cobble together to understand this. Yeah. Okay. So I think that those are good rules.
53:03I just don't know why she's telling this to us and like blowing up her family spot. Like genuinely make shit. Like based on what she's told me, like your family is piece of shit. Like that's like why would you ever want to paint your family in that light? Like if that's actually what happened, like good on you for sending that email. Like these kids need to know. Be nice. Whatever. But it's like why the fuck are you telling me this? Why is it in your book? why is it on your Instagram on Instagram it is so very very odd and yeah if you're treating everyone to a trip and they're not acting graciously they're not saying please and thank you they're leaving dishes and garbage on the floor then I guess it's mature of her to like write this email and be like if you want to continue to go on these trips like this is how it has to be but I don't know I would say like maybe don't take everyone on trips but then she said she now does like adults only trips so she can be with her siblings and then she does like trips for the kids no like that's all good but like why are we talking about this like why why is this now a topic on our podcast i don't know chelsea hitler's family vacation dynamics and like just your family looks so bad like you make them look like actual animals yeah and i'm not doubting that any of this happened like yeah they need to start talking to like kids can you know be bad i didn't even know who these people are now i know her siblings names and and they have all these kids and like if I'm their friend at school I'm like no what did you do on your family vacation I didn't understand at all what I was reading and I did try like I took like five minutes like a swipe and stuff and then I stopped caring and like now that I think I know um okay and like maybe she's like saying it so like people will share it as like okay these are really good rules for vacation and like they are but it's just like so harsh and it also creates this dynamic of like I pay for everything yeah I know these are my rules and every all of you fall in line and that's just like a weird dynamic i agree like when you are the wealthy one and you you want to be gracious like if everyone is acting like an animal like you sort of do have to throw in like yeah bitch i paid for this yeah but if you're like holding it over everyone it's like this trip sucks like putting it in your book and putting it on your instagram like yeah no this is weird i think it's weird that she put it on her instagram uh completely agree yeah completely yeah and then our fifth and final story a Julie Andrews documentary is coming to Disney Plus.
55:12You know what? I was just thinking the other day and like I know saying this out loud is going to give me like like shit. Like I've never seen that music. I know. Journey, you would love it. I know. And every time I'm looking for a movie and it comes up I'm like Ben, you know I've never seen this. Like let's watch it. He's like no. I do want to watch it. We should watch it as a family because like the kids will love it. The kids will like it. It's totally approved. What's like the song from it? Like there are so many. Oh, the hills are alive with the sound of music. For sure, but also raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens.
55:43Oh, Edelweiss, right? Edelweiss. Yeah, you need to watch that shit. Do-re-me. Of course, Do-a-deer, a female-deer. What song isn't from it? Yeah. I know she's in other stuff, but like the story is just for my life. She kind of needs a documentary. I love that. Yeah, Princess Diaries. I don't know if everyone knows this. I am being reminded myself that she voiced Lady Whistledown in Bridgerton. I did not know that. no she's like low-key queen legendary and I think that kids these days myself included like don't even know the breadth of her work I find it interesting that like in everything that she's in whether it's like a hundred years ago or like Princess of Genovia she looks exactly the same like you're telling me that in Sound of Music she's what like 17 she looks 87 like she's like eternally old yeah but maybe that's just like because of the way people like looked then yeah also it is like the pixie cut she's had the pixie cut not just in old age she's had it forever yeah I'd love to see her with like a like a loose wave you know each wave yeah i think this is gonna be great totally i didn't know like disney plus was like doing documentaries do you know what i mean yeah um it's the same documentarian who did billy eilish's documentary and i very sadly missed that also the september issue which was very good that was a production company they also did you never saw September issue?
57:02I don't think so. Oh, so good. I do think that it will be well executed. Yeah. And when I think of people who like need documentaries, I never would have thought Julie Andrew. Did I tell you guys I watched the Martin Short documentary? You did. I liked it. I've thought about it a couple of times. Like sometimes I watch documentary and I never think about it again. Yeah. But now I just read. Do you want to like add it to your list of documentaries? No. No. No. That you talk about. But I also talk about Eddie Murphy's documentary a lot. Not more than Martin Short. And. Okay. Okay. Is there anything you want to add to the list?
57:33No. Okay. The list will remain intact. Yeah. Just Lady Gaga, 5 '2", and Katy Perry, pardon me. And Shawn Mendes. Well, no, that's the other list. The bad one. Documentaries that didn't need to be made. Shawn Mendes, wonder. Here, do you want me to tell you? And it's literally one. Yeah, I don't need to write it down. It's just one. Hold on. Let me just search 5 '2". Oh, because we definitely have this. Yeah, we do. I know I do. 5 '2". Did I do numbers? You might have said 5, like, quotation 2. I hope I didn't five foot just write Gaga okay
58:09there it is Joan Rivers piece of work of course it's under the file of Claudia's repeated stories and then it's celebrity documentaries Shawn Mendes versus Lady Gaga it's it's perfect like documentaries that needed to be made and documentaries that did not need to be made yes that's Shawn Mendes wonder like literally nobody needed that nobody in the whole fucking world even sean mendes's number one fan didn't need that but even lady gaga's number one hater needed five foot two yeah yeah and like five foot two is can be swapped with joan river's piece of work oh two perfect just two perfect documentaries that is just yeah and if you're looking for joan river's piece of work like you can only watch it on youtube and you have to buy it and i do own it it's in the hall of fame it is the hall of fame it might be the number one documentary of all time i know i could literally quote it like it's so good yeah well those are the fast-sized stories and i feel as though you definitely need to know the first one just to like remind everyone that we were right you needed to know the second one that whitney rose justin rose like things we were right about yeah i was just like searching nicolandra on twitter because i like want to know what the streets are saying they're they're doubting right um yes there's definitely a lot of one's like grieving the loss of this relationship.
59:25Oh no, I saw, like, I saw someone. Well, there are like, the people who started the whole Nicolandria fandom and like those fan edits during the season, these were two people, if you're not familiar, they were on the island. Like, I don't want to put this person on blast, but that's what they're doing. I can't stop shaking. I put so much love and effort into Nicolandria and this happens. I think this is satire. They literally saved my life and I owe them so much. I don't know how I can survive this. That's satire. Are you sure? Absolutely. That's funny. You never know. I know, especially because like people who, Nicola Andrea was like created out of thin air.
59:56I thought that was real. No, you're funny. Well, that's our show, you guys. Thank you so much for listening to the Toast on Monday morning show. We deliver the fast-paced stories that you need to know every Monday through Friday on YouTube. If you're watching us on YouTube, please feel free to subscribe and give us a video with a thumbs up.
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