We Bring The Boom with Liz Woods and The Costco Guys' AJ: Friday, June 27th, 2025

24:50Or on his trip doing ayahuasca. Yeah, exactly. So this is just exciting to see who will take up the mantle. What do you think it will mean for the Met Gala? I feel like she could still be involved in the Met Gala because it's due to her role at the Costume Institute. Yeah, I think the Met Gala sort of runs itself, honestly. Like there's a formula for who gets invited. And sometimes it's confusing. Why didn't this person get invited? Why did this one? But I think it sort of runs itself. And maybe she does help to decide those last people. Like who's going to choose the theme? I feel like that she was choosing themes.

25:23Was she? Was she the curator of the exhibit? No, but I feel like she was working with the exhibit because like whatever the theme is, is the theme of the gala. Right. And it should be famous couples throughout history. It should. But they would never. Maybe. Yeah. Maybe the next person is a Josie Grossie stan. Or a toaster. Or a toaster. Probably not. I don't think. Between meat. I don't think so. And that's, you know, for the best. We're very commercial around here. We're not super editorial. Yeah. So we'll just pick out this blue from a pile of stuff. This blue, actually. We're both wearing Toast merch today.

25:58We are, yeah. A couple of fashion icons. Yeah, I'm so excited to wear mine. Yeah. I actually haven't worn like a merch, had like a sweatsuit day, but then you were wearing your merch today. So I was like, okay, I'll wear my merch. What fits? this. Our next story, some Golden Bachelor controversy, because Golden Bachelor star Mel Owens, who is 66, is facing backlash after admitting that he will cut any women over 60. So Mel Owens admitted he's not interested in dating anyone over 60. He said in a podcast interview earlier this month that if they're over 60, I'm cutting them. He added that he was frank with producers during the casting process, telling them he only wanted women aged 45 to 60, just being honest.

26:39He said, this is not the silver bachelor. This is the golden bachelor. They've got to be fit because I stay in shape and work out and stuff. And I told producers to try to stay away from the artificial hips and the wigs. Oh my God, like nasty. It is nasty. That's really nasty. I feel like, what? Like this is the golden, I didn't know that you could get older than like, he's talking about silver bachelor yeah on the one hand i actually do like a bachelor who wants to like shake things up and stand on business and just like say something a little crazy because it gets people talking yeah and it is sort of an interesting conversation of like do do age preferences are they still like allowed when you're a certain age and people do this all the time like when you're on hinge or something like that you can filter out ages and it usually it relates to at least from my perspective um like if you're a woman in your 30s and you want someone like age appropriate you want someone who's like ready to settle down or get married i haven't heard about like older people having age preferences.

27:33I think he could have said this more diplomatically and said like, I want someone who's who likes an active lifestyle. I think he could have kept this to himself and eliminate women over 60 or who seemed over 60 and had an artificial hip. And no one would have been sitting there doing the math being like he eliminated the women over 60. Like it just like comes off nasty the way that he said it. And maybe he's trying to drum a buzz. And I hadn't heard of Mel Owens before. And it doesn't make me like necessarily want to watch the golden bachelor more than i already did but it gets the people going but like bachelor typically stays away from they don't court controversy they literally like run scared that's true i won't be surprised if they fire him yeah um i actually i wondered i kept reading this article thinking maybe it says like whether he has kids has he been single for a long time because i think people were tweeting like well it shows why he's single if he has this sort of attitude about about age and also like who are you you're 66 right it does I think he I think anyone like not to judge or anything but here I go like I think that if he hasn't been like married in his lifetime or like I don't know about kids because you never know but like if he hasn't had like a marriage at 66 like that's a red flag yeah and then he's coming on the bachelor to get married at six like no you don't by 66 you are who you are and you're not going to get married so I would imagine he has like a past life but maybe he's single at 66 because he's not being open to women his age right so not married red flag also divorced why are we divorced but it's like so he wouldn't date Ramona Singer maybe how old is Ramona Ramona's in her 60s yeah yeah I don't care for that I feel like sometimes age is just a number like there could be a woman in her 50s who is older than a woman in like you know everybody ages differently and takes care of themselves differently.

29:19Ramona is 68 years old. Yeah. And you're saying that you wouldn't date her? Yeah. I think he's, he, not only is he being controversial and frankly rude, but he also is like failing to sort of. He's being short sighted. He's being short sighted. Right. Like you said, an active 65 year old is maybe healthier or more, you know, what he wants than a not active 40 year old. I don't know. Yeah. Yeah. So I feel like this is not a good look for him. And it's a little rude. And he could have gotten away. Like, you can have your preferences. There are kinder ways to communicate them. And then also sometimes you could just, like, keep that shit to yourself.

29:55Yeah. And what's he going to go around asking everyone's age on the first night? I guess he was telling producers, don't even bring these women to me. Okay, but, like, what if there's a 63-year-old who's, like, crushing it? They, like, the producers come, like, groveling over to him. Like, this woman's queen. Take a look at her. I think you'll like her. but then him just being like I don't know I just feel like yeah yes in general you want someone like maybe a few years younger than you are if he's like really kept up with himself over the years he might see himself as like a 55 so I can understand why in his mind he's like okay I want someone who's in this range but like to be so exclusionary like 60 when's your birthday out of here like I think that's a little insane and I would expect a little more maturity from the golden bachelor who has historically been a p-job like this is a role for a p-job is it is it not well didn't those two get divorced after three months i don't remember where we landed on on i know they tried to cancel jerry because of the hot tub but why did they get divorced him and teresa it wasn't working but was it because he wasn't a p-job or they just like weren't a fit i'm not sure to get to me to go on the golden bachelor be married for three months and then get divorced is like why even bother no that was a really bad for the brand yeah so maybe he's trying to I don't know make a name for the brand in a different way and he shoots and and misses yeah well okay we'll see how it goes for him I wish him luck what was the deal with him we talked about him I think he's like a former football player or something oh really yeah mel owens yeah he used to play for the rams he what let me i'm trying to see if he had a wife it's not coming up so red flag yeah no one with artificial hips that's making headlines yikes yikes mel do better also like i don't know much about artificial hips but i feel like if you're someone who has an artificial hip it's because you live and you want to have a healthier lifestyle Well, I've heard that a hip replacement is life changing.

31:56And you're like, you know, robotic. Right. In the way you're able to move in a good way. Like you've got 360 motion. Yeah. You could put these kids to shame. So he's not thinking clearly. Clearly. Right. I feel like he has a stick. Like look at Kris Jenner after she got her hip. And her face. And he wouldn't take Kris. Right. Really? New lease on life. Really? Maybe they'll collab again. Because remember she collabed with the previous one on Hooners? I wonder how she feels about this. It's an insult to her. Yeah. Storyline idea for the Kardashians. Our next story, speaking of artificial body parts, Leanne Rimes' teeth fell out mid-concert.

32:33So country singer Leanne Rimes bravely displayed her showmanship when her teeth popped out while performing mid-concert. She addressed the accident in a video uploaded to Instagram where she warned all her future concertgoers, if you catch them, please return them. She was performing at a casino in Washington when she felt a pop while singing her 1996 hit One Way Ticket. She said her front dental bridge fell out and proceeded to run off stage to fix them before completing the rest of the show. This is a state of the union on false teeth. Everybody has them. But it's, I guess, surprising to me that hers would fall out because don't most people get veneers?

33:10Yeah. Which are like glued onto your teeth. Yeah. But then I think there is a case for dentures like at a certain point. you know if the fake teeth are not adapting to your mouth and you just like sort of want a clean house like let's just let it rip i think though if you're a singer wouldn't you want the option where like the teeth couldn't fall out but what if she i'm sure she's if i feel like if you get to this place and how old is she that 50s yeah oh young enough for mel owens um if you get to this place where like you have a rack yeah like you've been through a lot along the way and i i I have to imagine that like permanent veneers haven't worked for her.

33:51Okay. And I think probably her dental team has, has considered these things and you know what? Like it's, it's fun and funny. So I think it, it works for her, although maybe it was embarrassing in the moment. Yeah. And then when they fall out, like on stage at a casino, do you put that back in your mouth? Oh, I don't know. What's the, or you just like could sanitize them. Also, like, can you still sing without your teeth? i don't know i think you rely a lot on the like linguistics depends on your teeth so so i don't she could hum maybe she could yodel hit him with the yodel yeah that is her song oh did you watch the four seasons no did you i think recommended it on the show i started it and there's just i i honestly think you would really like it i'm just echoing that and i'm thinking of it because there's a scene where one of the characters is singing does she sing you're still the one i want or is that shania twain okay this is like these two are those two are the same yeah and jewel once you throw jewel in there i don't know one jewel song i think you probably do maybe i've heard it but i yeah these are just like jewel and leanne rhymes i feel like are really similar shania twain to me like she has she stands out clipsed um this trope and then also cheryl crow it's just a lot all very similar very similar ladies well the dental she stands out with her dental teeth and also her brandy glanville drama and eddie sibrian oh yeah that's right yeah yeah well she she took an l here but it seems like she she handled it very well because i would never go on stage again yeah and i i don't know how i would handle it but she like drew attention to it she did an instagram story and then like i think that also made it like more buzzy because maybe if it like fell out at a casino in Washington.

35:38Like people might not have told the press, like could have been our little secret. Don't worry, Leanne, we'll keep your secret. I love that. Yeah, I think that it was handled well. Good luck, Leanne, on future endeavors. I wonder if this will change the scope of her dental work, but. Yeah, oh, her dentist is getting a nasty call. Hopefully no one like finds that, like no one doxes the dentist. Yeah, it's not his fault. It's not his fault. Our next story, some crazy news. Brad Pitt's home was burglarized after thieves entered through a front window and ransacked his property, police says. So, police say.

36:14Brad Pitt's home in the Los Feliz neighborhood of L.A. has allegedly been burglarized. The alleged burglary occurred at approximately 10.30 p.m. on Wednesday, June 25th. The LAPD told People the suspects broke into the residence via a front window, ransacked the location, then fled the location with miscellaneous property. There were three suspects. They have yet to be publicly identified. He was not home at the time of the burglary. This seems so unavoidable when you're someone in the public eye and people know that you're not home. And it's scary. It happens with football players when they're at games.

36:49It obviously happens with, I mean, it happens with like the Beverly Hills people all the time, like when they're home. This could have been worse. He could have been home. It could have been much scarier. But yeah, he's obviously out and about. He's having a moment. And they knew, I guess. Yeah. I guess I've seen a lot of stuff about the F1 premiere. So if you did ask me where Bad Pitt was, like I. You'd say not home. I guess, yeah, he was at the premiere of this movie, F1, which all of a sudden everyone's talking about. There's a soundtrack. Yeah. They got the works. I don't know when you're this big of a celebrity, like you don't have necessarily round the clock security at your house.

37:21Is that like crazy that they, that I think that they should. Or like a house manager or sitter, like someone who would stay at your house to manage the home. I'm sure it's a large home. Yeah. So I don't know. I don't know. My husband and I were talking about like, what do you think the most valuable things are in his home? I said art. But I don't – one thing that confused me about that show Your Friends and Neighbors is like when he was trying to steal art, like isn't that really hard to resell? Like who wants to buy art on the black market for that much money? Or does it sort of like pass in tunnels and then it like eventually emerges and someone wants to buy it because it's, oh, this piece.

38:00But that part was so unbelievable to me because it's like I don't understand who would buy stolen art. Yeah. I feel like there is a market. Like famous art has been stolen. I think even like the Mona Lisa was stolen for a number of years until it was recovered. No one like bought it and was hanging in their house because that's very obvious. Right. But I think like the point of that guy in your friends and neighbors who was able to like sell stolen art was that like he also had a gallery. And like so he has buyers or maybe he has also buyers who don't really care about the origins. They just want great art, you know, because it's like, yeah, if something was hanging in a gallery, like if you walk into a gallery and there's just a piece of art, like an amazing one of a kind piece there.

38:41Like you didn't ask where it came from. Maybe not, but if you are wanting to pay the price that they want for the piece or how much it's worth, wouldn't you want like a certificate that's a chain of custody of the art? So I don't know. I don't know. But I feel like there is an answer to that. To why people would buy art on a black market. Yeah, or how people who like get it illegally then are able to sell it and maybe the buyer never even knew that it was illegal. Yeah. I think it's certainly possible. There was a lot of that with like Jews in Europe had art and then like the Nazis ransacked and stole them.

39:22And there were a lot of pieces that have like – even today they're still litigating like – Women in gold. Right. Exactly. Like the chain of custody of these pieces of art that like it's international law. It gets kind of hairy. But, you know, I hope that nothing like that he really cares about was taken and I'm glad that he wasn't there. and it sounds like, you know, they found out and everything. Yeah, just really, really crazy. I mean, there's always, like, there comes amid a string of celebrity burglaries and home invasions, which just happen a lot. Yeah, inevitable, like I said. Yeah, very scary.

39:57You should watch Woman in Gold separately, though. That's a great movie. I haven't seen it. What? Never seen it. Who's in it? Helen Mirren. I actually think Ryan Reynolds. Damn, Helen Mirren? I think Ryan Reynolds is in it, which is to his credit. Oh, okay. yeah I would love to watch it yeah no you would you will love it because what were you talking about there's also like books historical fiction books about this I think like woman on fire is another one where it's like literally the the movie book different woman but same story of like just always hear this lore of like Jewish families whose art was taken from them and they haven't been able to recover it because it's like a it's it was lost in in war or yeah you know yeah stolen and no they go to court and they she goes back because it's like her and it's like a Klimt piece Gustav Klimt.

40:41And there was a yeah there was that exhibit for him in New York City too right was that controversy brought up when that? I think so I think the movie like it actually lives in New York City but there was also then the one that was like lumineers or something where it was like more immersive because there is like a Klimt you can go see Woman in Gold in New York City it's like in a museum but then there was like a more immersive Klimt experience I think they also did it with like Picasso where they make it like Museum of Ice Cream Klimt edition. Also cool. Yeah. Our fifth and final story, little Love Island news that's going to lead into our TV recap because Love Island USA's Hannah is revealing whether she had a deeper connection with Charlie or Pepe.

41:24So Hannah is now doing press after being dumped from the island. And she's talking about her connections with Charlie versus her connection with Pepe. It's funny they include like people's last names here but I'm not interested no me neither I just got Charlie's last name Giorgio Italian yeah British Italian Hannah Fields okay I think it's just better of their one name wonders yeah me too anyway she said that she had a super mature connection with Pepe she said I think my connections with both of them were very different and maybe it would have played out differently if Charlie was still there but I saw a completely different side of Pepe after Charlie left and I maybe would have never known that about him many of her and Pepe's sweeter moments were not really shown.

42:05She said our connection was not really shown, but literally everyone was always taking pictures of us and being like, oh my gosh, so cute. She says she had a really mature connection with him, but we were also super silly. Yeah. That's what I got gathered. I feel like they showed that how like Charlie and her were like the obvious connection. And then with Pepe, it was, I mean, a slower burn in the sense that it took a day, but then when they did get on the same page, like she was making him fun and lighthearted and he was making her go a little deeper. Yeah. I have to speak. I don't want to speak for Claudia, but I can in that she loves Pepe.

42:36Claudia loves Pepe. Loves Pepe. We, like, text about Love Island all the time, and she was like, Pepe and Grayson, hard eyes emoji. It was like, literally said no one. Right. No one's paying attention to him anymore. No one's paying attention to Grayson either. No. I don't know which one. Is she the blonde one? Yeah. Oh, yeah. People were saying that she kind of, like, looks like Hannah a little bit, so it sort of makes sense. I do think that this is possible with the show is that we're not seeing a lot of these connections play out. We can't. No. They literally filmed them 24 hours a day. There's 35 people to keep track of now.

43:04Right. So, I mean, no matter what she says, even if she has a really strong connection with Pepe, like, the way that she moved was a little bit questionable. And I think it's reasonable for people to say, like, well, you kind of jump from one to the other quite fast. But I believe that, like, they ultimately had a connection. Like, they don't have anything else to do. I think that if Hannah went from Charlie to the next day, she went on a date with Pepe. Like, that had to happen. I think it would. And she connected with Pepe and all was good. I think viewers would have no issue with it. I think it was the sex the next night.

43:34That was so crazy. Quite crazy. I mean, she wanted comfort after Charlie left. Yeah. So I think that everything that just made it like very stark, like literally crying over Charlie the night before. But the photo is very dramatic. And then the next. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. The photo. Maybe it was two nights later. Or I don't know what it was in Villa time. I'll give it up to three to whatever. A couple nights later, having sex with Pepe. Yeah. In the bunkhouse. Yeah. Extreme, I'll say. So let's talk about last night's episode because we got some answers on Nick and Alandria. They did not leave the island.

44:13They went on a date and they were offered the chance to recouple as a couple together or go home single and separate and go back into the villa, which they did. And right before they went back to the villa, Nick said, you know what, Alandria, like, I want to take this time to get to know you like on a romantic level. Like I've been feeling something this whole time and now we have a chance to explore it. They also got to swap information about what's been happening in the villa and Casa. And that was just like fun to see. And it really feels like the producers are like scripting the show based on what people on Twitter are saying and what people on Twitter want.

44:49And on the one hand, I watched Nick say like profess his love for Alandria. I was like, wow, Nicolandria stans have been right. And I feel like every recap I do on this show, I've been like mentioning Nicolandria stans. For some reason, there's a million things I see, but I'm just like, that's how crazy people are. There's Nicolandria fan edits. And either they were right or producers just really want the vocal people on Twitter to like the season because they orchestrated everything to put Nick and Alandria together, which they've done. I think they threw so much shit at the wall this season.

45:17I think this is the one that sticks. Because when you think about how it plays out, it's like Nick and Alandria, what happens with Sierra? Sierra and Alandria are friends. Like they're two of the, I think besides Huda, maybe the only OGs standing. Shelly too. Oh, and Shelly. But my point is like she, Sierra is going to be devastated. She's kind of not really feeling Elan enough to pursue that. And I think that this opens up. But also I don't think Alandria necessarily did anything wrong. Like I see people being mad at her. Like she's disloyal. But it's like I don't think so at all. I don't think any of the couples were strong enough for them to like not be able to speak to or get to know other people.

45:51I don't think Landry has done anything wrong either. Like it will devastate Sierra, but that's this show. Like that's exactly what it is and everyone's doing what they were supposed to do. I just thought it was really sad the juxtaposition of Sierra like not going all in on a lot because she's still thinking about Nick. Meanwhile, Nick is moving in on her best friend. Yeah. And also the Taylor stuff. Taylor noticeably didn't go to hug Alandria when he saw that Alandria and Nick were both back in the villa. Like he zoomed right to Nick and people made note of that because it's like the girl that you were coupled up with, you just totally ignored her.

46:24And maybe he feels awkward because he's with Clark. But I think Alandria like still likes him. Which is so crazy to me. I look forward to the dissolution of Alandria and Taylor. Like it's not been giving me anything. And I like her so much. And I like her and Nick are fan favorites. So them being together, if it is real, works for me. And that's a winning couple because they have overcome adversity. It was the whole time I was looking at you, you were looking at me. They did always pick each other to kiss in the challenges. Like he, maybe those edits weren't so crazy after all. So like that is a storyline that like could win this show.

46:59Whereas we have not seen anything else like that. And Taylor and Alangia, like she deserves someone who likes her. He did not like her. And like watching them was just like frustrating. And boring. And then like it's actually been four weeks now. Like in the beginning it's like listen you don't want to jump all in with someone like girl I get it. But four weeks and on villa time that's a really long time. And if he's still not if you guys aren't progressing and he can't like give you anything it's not it. And the fact that we now see him with Clark being a completely different person well now we know.

47:32Yeah. That he just wasn't that into her. Yeah. And I think he was like trying to tell he's like said it to Ace at one point. But I don't know. They just kept saying, no, they're so strong. They're the best. And I'm really glad. I really hope this chapter is over and done with. Yeah. Do you think Alandria likes Nick? I think Alandria is very authentic in the things that she says. So I don't think she will pretend to like Nick if she doesn't. I think she's open to it. I think she was really shocked to hear him say these things. I do wonder if a producer is telling Nick to say these things like, hey, listen, this is your shot.

48:09Everyone on Twitter wants you and Alandria to be together. And I wouldn't be surprised if he's like, oh, I love that. Like, I really I did like her or like, I think she's so cute. I think she's so great. Like, I'll do it. Sure. I don't think Alandria would just do something to be on the show. Like she's a very principled person. So I think she will give it a spin. But if at the end of the day, she's not into it, she will tell us. And if she does say that she's into it, I will believe her. She has earned credibility. I think that also the way that this played out sort of gave credence to the idea that the producers get involved in the eliminations, even when the Islanders are seemingly the ones deciding and it's not just fan voted.

48:44Because when you think about it, it's like if those were the two people eliminated and they made it seem like this get together hideaway date happened right after the eliminations, it was dark during the eliminations, this happened right after that. Like, do you think that they, the producers actively somehow manipulated the Islanders to pick those two people so that this would all take place? Because otherwise, how would they have like set up the date that fast? Yes. But also it's like, OK, so what if Amaya was eliminated with Nick? That's what I'm saying. They would have gone to that. Right.

49:13They would have gone to the highway. They would say, you want to be in a couple and we're supposed to be excited about. That's like the worst couple ever. Right. What if like Austin were eliminated? It was between Austin and Nick to be eliminated because Jaden was choosing. And it was between Alandria and Amaya. So all it had to take was a producer saying to Jaden, like, you should go with Austin. Nick is going like there's going to be an elimination tomorrow Nick is going to choose Sierra and you're going home like and even and I said I think Jaden only chose Austin so she can stay on because Nick is a riskier choice um but even she said last night she chose Austin she likes him whatever she said I feel safe with him and I feel like that was like a safety about the show her position on the show yeah so I don't think it took much for a producer to convince her to go with Austin and I don't think it took much for a producer to convince Zach to go with Amaya Plus, like, Amaya is giving it to him.

50:01Like, she's, like, down. And, again, she's a safe choice because she's untethered to the house. So, like, yeah. Sure, we'll do that. There was a stark contrast between Alandria and Amaya and Zach. And Amaya was, like, a little desperate. But, like, she was really saying, like, I like you. I want to make this work. We're kissing. I think Alandria—Amaa will like anyone who likes her. And in an earnest way. Like, all she wants is to be loved. Like, if Ace had been kind to her, she would have been happy with Ace. if Austin liked her more, she would have been happy with Austin. I think if Zach likes her, like, and I don't think that's even like phony.

50:33Like I think she just is a person who like loves love and loves to be loved. And maybe like down the line, like months into a relationship, she'd be like, actually, this is not what Amaya wants. But I think right now Amaya wants us like just to be wanted. And like, and also assuming like you're a good, handsome person. Yeah, cool. Let's go. Do you like Amaya? Like, no, I'm not entertained. Like I don't dislike her. There's nothing to dislike. She's obviously a sweet soul. I am not entertained by her. Like when Natalie was here, She was like, oh my God, she's so funny. She says the funniest stuff.

50:58I'm like, I'm not even paying attention. Like when people are like, she said, or what was opportunely, I'm like, I'm not even listening. I heard gratitude, but like, I'm not paying them. Or they're like quoting her confessionals back to me. I'm like, I'm not listening. Like, I don't know. She doesn't like pull me in. She seems like a sweet girl, but I'm not like sat for everything she has to say. Like I am with other people. I'm not sat for everything she has to say, but I do think like the edits that people make of her are hilarious because she kind of just speaks in a strange she says words weirdly and I was talking about how she randomly dropped the word tachycardic in an interview and I was like oh she kind of but is she a nurse she is a nurse okay so then that's a word that she like uses frequently but it just it was a funny juxtaposition like using that word and then saying opportunity and gratitude incorrectly those feel what do you think about do you like her like I like her okay if she got eliminated would you be sad yeah because I think she adds something to the show.

51:55I think she's like silly. I'm not necessarily, I don't necessarily want her to win, although I don't think that matters I think people would be like so excited if she won. That would be so crazy to me. It would be crazy. And I don't know who she, I guess now she's with Zach K. So they would probably be the winning couple. I do like her. I think she like adds something. I think in the beginning I thought she was really crazy. And she was. Her whole thing with Ace was crazy. But I think that she's just like, she's harmless is what I would say. Yeah, I agree. I agree. But like, it's not my favorite form of entertainment.

52:21Yeah. Who else? Um, the challenge was insane. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. They're they're doing cheerleading pyramids. They're having an orgy. Yeah, it was it was crazy. And you were saying offline that it was like amusing that everybody was doing. It's so embarrassing when you're doing so much in those challenges and then you lose. Yeah, it's very embarrassing. No, Huda wasn't two out of three. She did three separate like she was called on thrice. And the first two times she didn't win. And like she was doing the most. Like that's really embarrassing. And then the third one, she won. But like seriously, we were getting to a place of a live blowjob last night.

52:58Yes. The people were seriously licking parts. Yes. It wasn't very godly. I'll say that. No, like next one, if they did one more, like someone was going to get naked. What's crazy about this show too is do you, you've watched before, so you know about the heart rate challenge? Yeah. I love that challenge. And it is so over the top sexual. But like I think it's good because it's like it's contained and we all look forward to it. And because it doesn't happen so much throughout the course of the show. Yeah. So when there's the heart rate challenge, you're like, oh my God, everyone's like making out with each other.

53:26And this whole season takes the sting out of something like that because every challenge is more sexual than anything I've ever seen. And now I know people say that like on Love Island UK in seasons past, it was so raunchy. It was so crazy. They were smoking. They were drinking. I couldn't see Molly and Tommy doing any of this. Well, that is – I think the first two seasons of Love Island UK were crazy from what I hear. I didn't watch. By season five, it wasn't so crazy anymore. And I think that's actually one of the reasons it's been such a popular season, not just because of Molly and Tommy, but because they were able to like really make drama without all that crap.

54:00And this is like the other side of the spectrum where it's like, OK, I understand it's a sexual show. That's fine with me. Like I sign up for watching that. They come in their bikinis and their heels. But it's like it's just too much. Yeah. Too much. And Claudia saying that she was like embarrassed to watch it with Ben. I can't watch it with Chris. It's embarrassing. Yeah. Yeah. It's too much. No, it is too much. It's beyond the pale. They come in in bikinis and heels, but the bikinis have gotten smaller. Now, no one is wearing like a bottom. Everyone's wearing thongs. Like soon they will be naked.

54:31Yeah. It's just, it's a lot. And I agree. The heart rate challenge is pointless at this point. Like nothing that they've done could be crazier. Nothing that they could do could be crazier than the things that they've done. Did you talk about the twerking challenge on this show? I don't know. I don't think so. Because I know that this is going to go against everything I just said, but I was like kind of obsessed with it. Oh, that was fun. It was fun. and it was dancing. It was dancing. It was singular. No one was actually touching each other. So it was just like, who's the best dancer? And like, yeah, some things got like sexual, but like it was like, you know, teetering on and then it comes back and then Austin comes and he's just being silly and it was like a combination of silly, sexy, fun.

55:03Like that's what it should be. There's not a lot of silliness. There's not a lot of fun. It's just, and the fact that these couples do not kiss or make out or get intimate really during the day. Some do at night, but most of them just turn and face the wall and put on their eye mask And then when the challenge comes, they're all porn stars is so crazy to me. It's disorienting. That's that's true. Like you never kiss the person that you're interested in, but you do have dry sex with the entire house. I don't think that three days. I don't think they're that interested in it. I don't think there's that many people that are that interested in each other or else they would be kissing.

55:39I agree. Out of the challenge. That's also a problem with the show. It's like that makes people, you know, disloyal because it's like, I don't care. Okay, who's here? Cool. Bye. but we need some solid couples like it is love island there's not a lot of love and so like the only people who i think truly like someone are sierra liking nick i think nick likes sierra i think so too yeah um not as much as she likes him clearly that's come up now multiple times i think alandria liked taylor but even her version of liking someone does not mean like we're going to be making out all the time and i and i appreciate that and i truly respect it but like you know a kiss when they kiss it's like the biggest deal it's just a peck on the lips like it's even i'm like what yeah um other people who like each other Well now everyone's separate from their original.

56:30but I also feel like everyone in Casa more like the girls are kind of saying like Huda what's going on with Huda like she's this is supposed to be her time to shine where's the connection I guess people are tired of her who's she with she's JD but like they don't show us like what's going on there they had that one conversation about her asking him how he feels about kids and he said it doesn't matter which to me like that's not what you should be saying but I also don't like how they came to Casa and they had to get coupled up in Casa because like Huda someone who's single like Huda should be able to explore every single guy without stepping on toes.

57:00Chris doesn't belong to Shelly. Like T, I don't know the name. Zach doesn't belong to, like everyone should be talking to everyone. I don't like that they coupled up because it feels like you either have to make it work with the person you're coupled up with, which is completely based on looks, or you're stepping on toes. Like if someone wanted to go talk to Chris, like that would be weird. Even though Shelly has a boyfriend back at the house and Chris is completely fair game. So I'm not liking the format. I'm not really liking any of it. I feel like producers are very – and the thing about the show, are there cameramen in the villa or it's all drones and stationary cameras?

57:36I think there might be cameras when they do recouplings because something about that gives like they're revolving around them. But generally I think it's just you see. It's like CCTV. Yeah. Yeah. Which I think is really good. You get everything on camera. They are able to feel like their natural selves. There's not a camera in their face. But then where are the producers? like so they often have meals off camera right and i think that's when they just saw a reel this morning that was like fun facts about love island i was like the islanders are only allowed to cook themselves one meal it's usually breakfast which by the way this whole breakfast thing has become insanely stupid a little silly right like it's like this whole production it's like and it means so much it's like and everyone thinks they're like crushing it last season there was a great scene where there was a couple who were um on the fritz after casa amor do you know this i've been seeing it.

58:21Serena like threw her eggs. And I remember everyone was like, yes. And I thought that was like a little much, but, um, but yeah, that was a big breakfast. Yeah. They're like making the most out of breakfast. And it's like, you guys don't even know each other. And it's like, oh, but I have to make the breakfast. Um, and then the other two meals are provided, they're brought in by production and they do like, they eat off camera. I think that's when they do talk to the producers, but I don't know how much the producers are telling them about like the outside world or what they think they should be doing.

58:48I don't know. I'm starting to feel like they're telling them a lot. I also, um, the confessionals, I often get the sense that the producers are saying, okay, say it this way, because sometimes they come off way more articulate in their confessionals than they do in their conversations, which could just be human. Like sometimes when you're just talking to camera, you have more time to think about what you want to say, but sometimes I'm like that you don't sound the same as when you're talking to that guy. For sure. And producers are definitely asking questions in there. Like direct questions. They want to know answer.

59:14And that's good. That's like good television production. I'm fine with that but it does feel like nick is a production plan at this point and i'm open to all of it having been true and he was like wait they like that i like her and like but i'm also open to he's like let's make a show yeah let's make great television so i'm skeptical and i think that's fair last night's episode was fine because like nothing stupid happened you know no one got sent home prematurely so i don't feel any rage today and it was also an hour which was key as opposed To an hour and a half. Humane. Yeah. That's good. I look forward to the houses coming back together, even though like.

59:54There's 50 people. There's 50 people. So what's the core drama that Sierra, Nick, and Alondria. Yeah. Who is Shelly going to choose? Seeing those two next to each other is going to be crazy. Chris and Ace. Did you catch him talking about it last night? I don't remember when it came up, but they were talking about how someone in Casa was like six foot seven. And Ace was like, I don't care. No. So Alandria told Nick that Shelly's talking to a guy who's 6 '7". Right. Nick told Ace Shelly's talking to a guy who's 6 '7". And Ace was like, I don't care. And the boys were like, yeah, Ace doesn't care.

1:00:26I'm sorry. Like, there's no way that that's – That he doesn't care. That he doesn't care. And that, like, when you see that in real life, it's not going to be stark. How tall do you think Ace is? 5 '8". So a foot difference. Why? The guy's 6 '7"? He's 6 '7". 6 '7 is a crazy height. That's really tall. It's not just like he's a taller guy and Ace is a shorter guy. He is extremely tall. And compared to the other guys on the show, Ace is short. Right. The memes will kind of go crazy. The memes will go crazy. I think they literally are laughing to themselves in the production room. And it's unfortunate that Ace has sort of – like people have turned on him and don't like him because I don't think any – people would make as big of a deal of it as they would if he weren't like – he's acting short.

1:01:12Like his personality is short. He's being like he has a Napoleon complex, I think. Yeah, even though like Napoleon accomplished greatness and like it's I don't know. I think that term like isn't entirely. It's a misnomer. Yeah, it's not entirely accurate. And where I stand with Ace right now, like I don't hate him as much as everyone does. Me neither. I had a moment where I did dislike him and I still don't understand why he chose Amaya at that recoupling. And like if I ever talk to anyone from Love Island, like that's the only thing. Well, of course, why'd you vote the way you did? Who was leading the discussions?

1:01:44of course like we're getting down to the why did Amaya ace choose Amaya at that second recovery he was trying to play hard to get I think with Shelly he was still in the triangle with Shelly and Austin although then you have the question of whether they're like manipulating all of this for the viewers if they weren't I think he he wanted to show Shelly like okay like you do your thing I'll do mine and then like but Shelly didn't do anything to make him feel like okay you do that like you know she was really down for him and if it wasn't for Ulyssa they would have been the couple i forgot about that i saw a tweet that was like all of this is ulissa's fault

1:02:20i forgot she was in a couple with ace and then ace was single shelly was in a couple with ace she chose ace at the first podium okay but ulissa went next and she was able to knock shelly off oh i see and that put shelly with austin and ulissa with ace okay yeah so they They would have been the couple from the jump if not for Ulyssa. I have no memory of who was originally a couple. That stuff leaves my memory so fast. And when someone was like, well, Alondra and Nick, she did go and kiss him at the first. And then when they're like, Ace hates Jeremiah because Jeremiah gave someone his, Ulyssa, his cheek.

1:02:59Jeremiah coupled up with Huda early in the first couple. And he likes Huda, apparently. so when another girl came to kiss him on his podium he gave his cheek which made him look really good and made huda be like oh okay like locked in love bombing and then the other girl that you and that was ulyssa the other guy that ulyssa had kissed was ace she kissed ace first he was coupled up with shelly ace went in for the kiss great then she gets nothing from jeremiah so one it makes ace look bad like oh we could have done that we could have just stood by the girl if we like the one and we're happy with him and it's like so of course ulyssa is going to choose ace because jeremiah just said no right so that's what people think is ace's villain origin story in addition to having a crush on huda to begin with which i don't think is true unless like i don't know maybe the shorty one's a shorty yeah and also eliminating jeremiah in that process people think he just he was jealous and wanted wanted him out yeah yeah but like why does ace hate jeremiah so much like what but because he does hate him and he was so fixated on him for like the the few days that he was there why people think it's the Ulyssa thing that he like that I don't think so what do you think I think that he saw that Jeremiah was getting like a lot of the attention and he wanted the attention or he wanted Huda I don't think it says I agree with attention I don't think it's that he wanted Huda but I could be wrong I think that Ulyssa thing is making sense like he made him look bad he made him look bad and it like forced Ulyssa to choose ace and breakup ace's couple with his already existing girlfriend happy valentine's day shelly i see okay that's what i think okay another episode tonight friday yeah they said and they showed us uh casa's coming back yes so we'll see we'll see now it is time for dear toasters you guys we did it we certainly have time for dear toasters i'm going to do two dear toasters with sliz i'm ready because we did one with craig so we're breaking it up okay here we go i really have to listen.

1:04:59Like when I'm listening on the podcast, I'm like, I didn't hear what that person said. No, I do that same with Claudia. I might back it up. Like I'm still talking about you, Lissa. Dear Toasters, please help. I'm married to an actual Pete John, but I have consistent dreams about leaving him for a guy I dated years ago. To be honest, I've always wondered what would happen if I ended up with that guy, but having these dreams is making me feel such guilt. I want to cry. I love my husband because he's so loyal, honest, a great father to our daughter. I almost want to tell one of my girlfriends to get this off my chest, but I feel like it's such a weird thing.

1:05:29What do I do? I don't think you have to feel guilty at all. I think it's sweet that you do, but like you told your girlfriends, us. And so it's like, it's, I think that this probably happens to a lot of people. And I don't think it means that you don't like your husband. I think it's just like your dreams hold onto things in a weird way. And if you have some fixation about this like old love, I think that's probably pretty common, honestly. Probably common. I think like your mind's playing tricks on you. And I don't know how you can like change the things that you dream about but like I find whatever I'm watching or I'm reading like that like last night I was dreaming about um oh I was packing so I was dreaming about suitcases and every time I flipped over I'm like the suitcase the suitcase um not saying to pack to go somewhere but like if you get into like a really intense show or something or even like Love Island that just like sort of starts it and then you start to think about that when you dream do you find yes also if you um like yeah like if you read romance novels and you think oh life is supposed to be that way with a partner or whatever with your husband.

1:06:23It's not. Like marriages can get stale. So if there's something actionable you want to do, you don't have to. But if you like want to try to avoid these dreams, I would maybe say like go on a trip with your husband. I don't know. Try and shake it up. Shake it up. Yeah. Because if you're feeling like maybe that's stale and you feel bad, you're not doing anything wrong. You can't control your dreams. You can't control your dreams. And I would just say like do not make any decisions based on your dreams. Your dreams should not guide you to do anything. No, I completely agree. Right. Just like a romance.

1:06:51It's a fantasy book. Like that's not like, oh, well, now I have to change my life and move to a small town. Right. To find love. Yeah. You seem thoughtful and it's good that you're, you know, thinking about it. But, you know, I don't think this is meaningful at all. I agree. And we got to shake up the dream, shake up the subconscious. Yeah. They're definitely just messing with you. Spice things up with your husband. Oh, yeah. Yeah. Hi, girlies. I have a pretty short to your toasters, but I'm sincerely conflicted. One of my best friends has been dating a loser for the past two years where she is totally out of his league in every way possible.

1:07:22She's expressed her doubts in the past, but ever since he moved for her, she has pretended everything is perfect. We recently found out that every one of her friends from all different friend groups has the same stance that he's a total weirdo, lazy, inconsiderate, uggo, and that they should break up. Do we as friends tell her that everyone hates her boyfriend or is that just totally not our place? Also, we are mid-20s, so this could be looking at marriage soon. You don't say anything. No. In my opinion. Not unless she asks you again. Like she asked you like back in the day before he moved, she would complain about him.

1:07:51Like she would talk about it. Like conversation was open. Right now conversation is closed. I would not bring it up. And okay, I don't, I literally don't care if every single one of her friends doesn't like him and you don't like him. You're not dating him, first of all. So it literally doesn't matter what you think. Now he might objectively like just be a bad guy and she shouldn't be with him. But that might not be the case. He might just not be for you or for them. Coincidentally, not for anyone around you guys. But like she's your friend. You trust her. Yeah, she has free will. Like, this is what she's chosen.

1:08:18No one's making her do this. You didn't say anything that is a complete red flag. Weirdo. Ugo. Lazy. Those adjectives, like, are not. I'm judging you for calling someone weird. Like, who makes you the arbiter of cool? Right. Ugo. Excuse me. We don't call people ugly. No. It's not nice. No, and it's, like, irrelevant. He can't control it. Imagine saying, I don't like your boyfriend because he's ugly. He's ugly. No. Are you 12? And the lazy thing, like, it's sort of irrelevant now. I mean, I don't know. If they have kids one day and he's lazy, he's not helping. Even then, I don't think you should say anything.

1:08:48But for right now, it's like, what are they doing? No, and it's like, that's her problem. Yeah. So what, you're worried? Like, I don't know. This gives a little bit like focus on yourself. Mind your own business. Yeah. And consider it. I do feel like if it's in consideration with such an issue, you would have shared an anecdote. And I'm not getting any. Like, I'm not hearing anything. Well, maybe they wanted to keep it short. Yeah, but it's not. It's pretty much an average length. It's like, you know, a nice paragraph. so um I feel like you guys are being a little judgmental and sometimes like I think mid-20s are an interesting time because like some people are getting serious some people are not some people are like waiting for the perfect person some people are realizing that's not a real thing and we're we're gonna have a make it work moment yeah and you also have to think this through I think a lot of people don't my advice is usually never say anything unless there's like legitimate abuse or something serious but um like what if you say something and then these people get married And then like you always know that you said to your friend like your husband's lazy and ugly.

1:09:42And then – No, and like I think you going with those criticisms are not real strong criticisms to actually bring to a friend. Like if there were other things that were more serious – and we've seen ones where it's like I know he cheated on you. Then it's like do you tell? Do you say? And I do think that you do. This is not that. This is your opinion. Nobody asked. If she does ask, you're welcome to share it if you want to ruin your friendship potentially. but unless she asks shut your mouth yeah and I also I think it's a little bit not to like totally just shit on this writer but like not to sometimes it's hard not to like you don't like going around and talking to all of this girl's friends who I imagine you're probably not friends with all of those people like how did you guys all like get it together without her I don't come to the conclusion I don't care for that I think it's fine to have your opinions and you know girls talk and maybe you talk with your mutual friends about it and say you know I don't really get along with that guy.

1:10:30But that's not what you said. So I challenge you to be a little bit more optimistic, maybe. And I think this is part of growing up is like realizing that not everyone's going to choose a partner that you would choose for them or that you would choose for yourself. And just nodding your head. Maybe we're not all going to be like best friends, double date all the time. That's not in your future. Like relationships change. That's a sad one to swallow, especially mid-20s. I think not everyone in the group is on that page. I think there's also – I'm not saying that this was where this person was coming from, but there can always be jealousy.

1:11:03Like I think at this age where a lot of people start to couple up or like find long-term partners and other people aren't. And it's really hard. And so sometimes you just like your worst self sort of gets in the way of clear thinking. So I don't know. I agree. You know what? We're going to do a third one because I do have a third one. I think it's a good one. Okay. And I feel like we have time. Okay. Dear Swirlies, long-time toaster, first-time submission. I love you both so much. I have been married for 10 years and we have three beautiful children. I just found out that he has been talking and sexting with a woman with women on a website for extramarital affairs.

1:11:33You know, the one a.m. Ashley Madison. Yeah. Who even knew that was still a thing. Yeah. Not me. I thought I shut down. Well, it is. He said he hasn't had sex with anyone and has never met with these women in person. One of the women's husbands reached out to me and told me everything. And that's how I found out. My husband said it was true. Love a confused and mad toaster. this is really hard because I tend to side with you when you when you think about a marriage and children that you don't want divorce like divorce can be so messy it's so hard on kids but it's also like I don't know how do you how do you trust him and he he didn't independently tell her he didn't feel guilty and say by the way like I have to get this off my chest I'm I guess glad that he admitted it he at least came clean you didn't have to keep digging find proof show it in his face And I also like I don't really believe that he didn't meet up with this person.

1:12:21Like what would have stopped him from doing that? Maybe. I don't know. I don't know. When I did watch the Ashley Madison documentary, I just want to say like that was a thing like of just men talking to women, sexting and not actually getting together with them. It also turned out that a lot of the women profiles on Ashley Madison were bots. It was actually Ashley Madison just like keeping these men engaged. I don't know how much of that there was. The documentary kind of lost me with that because it's like, well, what if they wanted to get together? And then it's a bot. like how much of this was I think maybe that happened a little bit where they were like creating profiles to keep men engaged but um I think there were also like real live women but I there was a couple people where it was like some people had affairs yes other people just used it for like talking and never got to that next level yeah I think it's such a um like I imagine that even if you work full-time you are like the number one primary caregiver of the children.

1:13:13I feel like that's often how it is for mothers, even when you think – it breaks my heart when there's like – you're married 10 years, you have three children, and this is what your husband's doing. I understand that sometimes maybe men feel lonely, or I don't know what it is that causes them to do that. But I would say I guess you should probably try to work on it, whether that's therapy or a rabbi. I don't know. Just talk to somebody because I do think a 10-year-long relationship is worth working on. I agree. Worth the effort. The three kids is worth it. I think there are ways, like there are instances where people can change and like be rehabilitated from something like this.

1:13:51Even one of the couples on the Ashley Madison documentary was like really bad. They were a family channel and he was like, I don't even know if he met up with women. I think that he did, but it was like serial cheating. And they wound up working through it and staying together and they're in the documentary together. And it was actually a really nice ending. So I'm hoping for that for you. but I think it will require like a lot of work on him alone on you guys together like to build back the trust was one thing but we got to get him to stop doing it in the first place you know before he it's not like he needs to change as a person and then you need to be able to trust who his new self is so like yeah therapy consulting with uh someone a leader in your community like someone that you trust like really working through it but I think it's worth the effort so do I and And I think forgiveness can be found, but it has to be earned in a major way.

1:14:37Agreed. And I'm sorry. I'm sorry. Yeah. Yeah. It's like never fun when you get those. It sounds hard. Yeah, it does. Definitely. I did not know Ashley Madison was still around doing its Ashley Madison thing. Me neither. Well, shifting to a more positive note, we are ending this episode of Jackson Friends with Miss Lizard P. Thank you so much for coming down here, for doing two wonderful shows with me. I hope that you had a nice time. I had such a good time. It was so fun to just have like a girly girl chit chat that hopefully people enjoy. And you've done an amazing job, by the way. Like I know – like people forget.

1:15:12I forget that you're pregnant. Like you were pregnant. You have two toddlers. You – did you share that you had your surgery? I shared it on Patreon and then I said here I had a procedure. But yes, I had my circlage, my preventative stitch put in. It's been a really busy month for you and I think you've picked amazing people and you are so engaged with all the people that come in. And like even when they're talking about things that you might not normally talk about, I just notice how you always like you just you're such a good interviewer and host. So you should feel very proud. I know that Claudia is probably really proud of you, too, and she'll say as much when you guys do your episode together.

1:15:42But like everybody should give Jackie her flowers because it's been wonderful. Thank you so much. You make it so easy. You're welcome back anytime. Highly qualified. I give you five booms. Oh, yay. Oh, yeah. And I've had so much fun doing this. Thank you to all the co-hosts who have come through. It has been really fun. And I know that Claudia has appreciated you and everyone else who has stepped up in her stead. So we'll see you on Monday. Before I let you go, we do have an interview at the end of this episode. That's just such a fun way to wrap up the show. And that is with AJ from the Costco guys.

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1:19:52I mean, look at this place. This place is a big boom. I completely agree. It's such a boom. How are you doing? Awesome. How's life as a hot Costco guy? It's great. I mean, we have new adventures every day. We get to make people happy all the time. I mean, that's the best part about all this, Jackie. The best part about all this is when we see people and we see how happy we're able to make them and their faces light up and we get to take pictures and videos of people. I mean, it's such a gift. It's the coolest thing ever. It's so cool. Everyone loves you guys. I had the pleasure of meeting you in the wild about a year ago at Costco.

1:20:24My husband went to Costco that morning and he was flipping. He was like, oh, my God, the Costco guys were there doing like their videos. And actually, you guys inspired us because then I was like, we had been meaning to do a Costco vlog for like months and we just didn't do it. But then we were like, oh, they were filming there. Oh, you know, we should do that Costco vlog today. Like, okay. So we go back to Costco and my sister and her husband came to, and they love you guys. And you were still there filming. We didn't expect that. We didn't go to like, you know, stalk you, but that's what wound up happening.

1:20:54And we got to meet you and your son, of course, big justice icon and your wife and your whole family. It's a family business. We're all involved now. Do you love working with family? Oh, how could you not? It wouldn't work if we didn't do this as a family. I agree. It wouldn't work. We all have to be together. We all have to work together. Everyone has an equal part, and it's great to be a family out there, especially during traveling, because I would never travel and leave them home. I just couldn't do that, so that's the big part about it. So, I mean, we just got back from VidCon. We got back from Kids' Choice Awards, and we did it as a family, and it's a lot better that way.

1:21:29It's a lot more wholesome that way, and I feel safe that way. Yeah, it's good for your kids, and it's good for you guys to be able to be with your kids. How's Big Justice? I'm assuming he's in school today. I'm hoping he's in school. Well, we're in June, so school's done. He finished school at the end of May. So Big Justice did very well in school. He did very well. He had a private tutor this year. Go off Big Justice. We were traveling a lot. He loves cakes. I'm bringing you in on this one. He loves math. He loves math. I got to bring Mama Justice in on this one. He loves math. He counts every dollar.

1:22:04That's good. That helps for the work. He's running his own Pokemon business. Go off. Yeah. So what's he up to? Enjoying summer break? He's enjoying summer break. He's probably at a card shop today. He's in the middle of all-star baseball. So we won our first game Monday. We played one inning last night. It got rained out. So we got to go back and finish it today. Wow. Good times. Well, I'm so glad that you were able to come here. Because the way that this came about was I'm doing guest co-host this month. Awesome. Because my sister's on maternity leave. Congratulations. I had to reach out to all the icons of South Florida.

1:22:32And I was like, we have to get the Costco guys on. That's so cool. So I'm an icon of South Florida. Thank you so much. That is awesome. 1 ,000%. Thank you. Like, we've had a lot of really exciting people on this show. Like, I think people are going to really flip that you're here. And I want to get to know AJ and the Costco guy. Like, we've never seen them before. Because you were saying you've never done, like, a format like this, like a girly, swirly podcast. Right. Just about as girly and swirly as I've gotten. Yeah, no doubt. So, we're going to, like, see how girly you really are. Oh, here we go.

1:22:59No, we just, like, want to get to know you. How's being a Costco guy? The last year, so, like, not that I had anything to do with it, but coincidentally, right after we met you guys. Like, oh, my God, things popped off. Like, you guys were everywhere. The late night shows, every video, every creator, you're all over. You're taking over. Costco guys take over. How has the last year been? I think it has a lot to do with how we make people happy. The positivity we bring, the happiness we bring. The booms you bring. Of course, it's all about the boom. And the boom is the happiness and the positivity.

1:23:28And from that very first Costco guy video, I thought we had something that nobody else had. because we grew up watching a lot of father and son channels. That's what Big Justice loved watching, and we watched a lot. And I always saw a lot on those channels. I saw that it looked as if the father was the main character and the son kind of had ideas and maybe wanted to talk, and the father kind of brushed the son off a little bit. And I would be sitting there watching, and I would say, no, wait, I want to hear what this kid has to say. So that's why part of the vision of our channel was, no, no, no, Big Justice was going to take the lead, and I was going to be the father behind him, supporting him every step of the way.

1:24:03And as crazy as it sounds out there, letting them know, yeah, go, go, go, run crazy throughout Costco. Go ahead. Shout boom and doom in a restaurant. I'm right here. I got you covered. Don't worry about it. We're going to go do our thing. What is your relationship like to Costco now? Have Costco corporate ever reached out? Yeah, we're in touch with Costco. Do you get free Costco? Like, I would hope so. No, I'm not too worried about free Costco. I'm happy to support Costco. But we're partners with about 20, maybe 25 brands within Costco. That makes sense because they have, like, the brands. And so you go and you spotlight certain brands.

1:24:30You give them the boom. That's right. And Costco has been like friendly towards you guys in terms of like filming in the stores and they don't get. I mean, Costco calls us the Costco guy. So I don't know how much more friendly we can get. We're more Costco than you. That's so great. So how often do you go to a Costco now? Probably about every 10 days right now. That's what are you feeling like? What's the best product at Costco right now? The double chunk chocolate cookie. Always the Wagyu steak. The Wagyu steak is always very, very good. I like the New York strip. New York strip is my cut. I like New York strip.

1:25:00Okay. So the New York strip Wagyu cut, you get great Wagyu steak for great prices. So a family could afford to enjoy some Wagyu at Costco. The seasonal stuff is great right now. So you'll be able to get out there right now with summer here and get some slides and stuff for the kids and maybe get some patio furniture, some picnic tables, things like that. Coolers, things you need for the boat and all that. So it's really a great time in the summer here at Costco. It is a great time. And I need to go to this make me want to go to Costco. Maybe I'll make a stop on my way home. Every time I see you guys like in the wild or on my screen, I'm like, I need to go to Costco.

1:25:33It's where it all goes down at Costco. It goes down at Costco. I mean, it's a great place. I mean, I think Costco has the perfect blend of quality and price. I think that's what it really is. I mean, you get quantities you can't get anywhere else. They come at a great price. They're a great quality. And that's Costco wins. So when you guys were starting out your channel and like thinking about what you wanted to do and how you wanted to do it, But what was the reasoning behind going full Costco and not just the store guys and going to different places? What was the vision behind Costco guys? Costco guys happened.

1:26:05It really, really happened. It wasn't quite the vision that the channel was going to be Costco centralized or anything like that. So one day we were watching that trend happen that was kind of like, we're husband and wife. He always steals the covers. Or we're husband and wife. I got to cook his steak and all that. So we said, let's do we're father and son. Okay. So we did, we're father and son. He comes to all my baseball games. We're father and son. I work my biceps and triceps three days a week. So from there it evolved. And I said, you know what? We do the Costco runs in our house because that was something we started doing because Mama Justice had so much on her plate at the time.

1:26:40So we were saying, you know what? We're going to do Costco. We got Costco. Don't worry about a thing. And we were having fun with it because we were going probably like Monday at six o 'clock, seven o 'clock. The place was dead. We were running all over the place, climbing things, having a great time. So from the father-son video, we evolved it to, let's just go in there and say we're Costco guys. Yeah. So. Of course we bought all that. Yeah, but we're Costco guys. Of course we eat the samples, even though we buy the thing every time we're here. So it just so happened, perfect timing. We get there and we see the big sign.

1:27:10You got to try our new double chunk chocolate cookie. But it's actually the double chocolate chunk cookie. Oh, but have they officially changed the name yet? No. Because everybody now knows. They haven't officially changed the name. So we still call it the double chunk chocolate cookie. As you should. As we should. So I think that became one of the top memes in the world for about three months. So we were off to the races. So, so good. It's been so good. It's been so fun to watch you guys. And you really work as a family. So your wife works in front of the camera with you and behind the camera.

1:27:38Everything. Yeah. Whatever it takes at this point. Yeah. Your daughter, too. So, like, what's everybody's role in the operation? It seems like Mama Justice gets everyone on schedule where they need to be. She said that you don't wear a watch. She said you don't believe in time. Very Mariah Carey of you. Is that Mariah's thing? She literally just gave an interview and said that she doesn't believe in the concept of time. Like she will arrive when she arrives. She doesn't celebrate birthday. Like to such an extent that she doesn't celebrate her birthday. I can't see you not having a party for your birthday.

1:28:07Well, you know how I feel, Jackie? I feel that like wherever I am at that point in time, I bring it. Yeah. So even if I'm a little late, and it's not like I try to be late. I don't try to be late or anything. You guys were perfectly on time, I just want to say. Thank you so much. Perfectly on time. Thank you so much. We really appreciate that. You know, parking's a little tight around here. Yeah, yeah, yeah. They blocked off the back parking lot, which is where I always used to park here. And now I have to parallel park, and I don't know how. That's yours out there, the parko? Oh, no. Everyone thought so.

1:28:33No, I have a Tesla, and thankfully it parked itself because I couldn't have done it. All right, all right. So the Tesla parked itself. That's awesome. Yeah, but they test me every time when the back parking lot's not open, and I have to like into the spot and I'm just like sweating. It's a lot. Are you a good driver? I think so. I could see that. Yeah, I like to get behind the wheel. By the way, you got to see the truck we're building. It'll be done in about a week. What kind of truck are you building? It's the big boom mobile. Oh my God. Wait, I need more details. What is the like original truck shape?

1:29:02The original truck is it's a Ford F-150. Okay. So it's a Ford F-150. We upgraded the motor. We are putting a suspension lift on it. We're putting oversized tires on it. You guys should have been on Pimp My Ride. You've got to go with West Coast Customs. Instead of Pimp My Ride, it's Boom My Truck. That's what we're doing here. Boom My Truck. Wait, and then what's the plan for the truck? Just drive around? Yeah, it's going to be our driver. We're going to drive around in it, have some fun, and then see where it takes us. Make some content with it. Are you going to drive it to pick up Big Justice from school?

1:29:32Yeah, that's our truck now. That's your new family car? Yeah. No, I'm obsessed. I need to see a picture after this. All right, I have some pictures of the process. Right. It's almost on. We're about a week out. Are you so excited? Of course. How long has it been in ideation? Ideation was probably about two months in ideation, and then we've been about a month on the build-out. So it's been about a three-month process. Is Big Justice going to get his permit soon? Ashley is. Big Justice is only 12. I don't know when people start driving. I got my license at 30. So I'm like, whenever I see a 12-year-old, I'm like, they can probably drive and I can't.

1:30:07Big Justice can drive, though. Of course he can. What can he do? I don't know. I haven't found anything the kid can't do. I haven't found anything the kid can't do. So your wife is really like what runs the machine. And then so you get to just be you. And how do Ashley and Big Justice like work together? What's their co-working relationship like? Big Justice loves getting out there, making people happy. Comes up with great ideas. The kid wakes up every morning with that. We got to do this today. He's a creator. He's a creator. He's a creator. loves the Pokemon right now. I mean, he's all over the place with Pokemon, with sports cards.

1:30:39He's really getting into sports cards. He loves that. Ashley is very, very passionate about the business. Ashley won't put anything out until it's perfect. Yeah. Ashley's content goes through rounds and rounds of editing. She wants that thing perfect to the point where I'm like, Ashley, this is good. You got to put it out now. Yeah. The plight of being a perfectionist. Don't I know it. But she loves it. I mean, we were at VidCon. I mean, she took a thousand pictures. She was loving it. Actually loves the life. You guys were also just at the Kids' Choice Awards. Kids' Choice Awards. And you got slimed.

1:31:09We got slimed. And apparently it's not fun. It is. It's really fun. It is. Getting slimed. After it happened. Like, when it happens, you're happy it happened. Yeah, it's iconic. It's iconic. It's a rite of passage. It's a rite of passage. I'm so happy it happened. Now, while you're sitting there and you got the slime all over you, you're kind of thinking, all right, I'm in a suit. I'm slimed. I got no showering. What am I doing? Yeah. So you're starting to think that. The slime dries in about a half hour and you feel fine. Okay. Yeah. And then you went to an after party. We go to the after party slimed.

1:31:40Ashley's hair stuck to her head. I think we got the worst of it in that row. We got a pretty strong blast of it. Yeah. But that's what you go to the KCAs for. That's what they're all about. Right. I mean, we came to the after party. We said, we got slimed. And people were like, awesome. It was you. You did it. Yeah. That is so fun. I need to ask you about the Rizzler. Oh, okay. I wouldn't be doing my job if I didn't ask about the Rizzler. Oh, that's our guy. How do you know the Rizzler? Please, how did you meet the Rizzler? All right. So Rizzler's iconic video, the iconic Black Panther video. So one night, Big Justice comes to me with the phone, and he's got TikTok on.

1:32:16He's like, Dad, you got to see this kid. So I'm looking at this kid in a Black Panther costume. It says it fits you until you're seven, and I'm seven. You want the kid to bust it out of the costume? So I said, we got to meet this kid. We got to meet this kid. I got to reach out to the father. So I just messaged right there. I'm like, hey, it's AJ and Big Justice. We absolutely love your videos, love your content. We got to meet up sometime. So Uncle Sevasta, Brian, Rizzer's father, he hits me right back. He's like, wow, is it really you guys? I'm like, yeah, let's get on FaceTime right now. So I would say within a few minutes of the video, we got Rizzer and his father on FaceTime, me and Big Justice on FaceTime.

1:32:50It was just our first meeting. I'll never forget it. And we were just going back and forth. Wow, I can't believe it's you. Wow, I can't believe it's you. So we're like, all right. We find out that they're up in New Jersey, and we say, okay, we're coming to New Jersey for the summer. First thing we're doing is we're coming to see you. So we make an appointment. We meet at American Dream. Love American Dream. Oh, my God. Oh, American Dream is so much fun. When we were in New York, we went twice. We spent the whole day there. Not enough people know about the American Dream. It's literally heaven on earth.

1:33:16People got to know more about American Dream, more about Mall of America. We recently went to Mall of America. Bring back malls. Like, they're so awesome. Bring back malls, right? Yeah, especially the American Dream. You can ski. You can ski at American Dream. It was crazy. My kids had the best time. Well, they have a great idea, American Dream. So they're bringing a ton of us creators in. And they have Mr. Beast's burgers. Beast Burgers is there. I had a Beast grilled cheese. Yeah. I need a Costco guy double chunk chocolate cookie to wash it down. You know, we're kind of working on that. It's been in talks for a long time.

1:33:47And that's a real reason why we haven't launched our own cookie yet is because we really want to try to get the Costco deal done. Yeah. Oh, I mean, that would just be like so full circle. That would be iconic if we could pull that off. So you met the Rizzler at American Dream. We meet the Rizzler at Toys R Us. This story is an American Dream so far. It's an American Dream story. So we meet the Rizzler at Toys R Us. We meet the Rizzler at Toys R Us. I'm obsessed. Just listen to that. Now, this was before he was the Rizzler. And they had those horses that you could go on around the, I guess it's more for like.

1:34:14Yeah, I think we did that too. Yeah, yeah, yeah. It's more for like the little kids. But they're like these little like life-size horses that you could ride around the American Dream. So the place is insane, you guys. And then hit the slopes. There's so much to do. The place is enormous. You can be there for a week. Like, you're not going to run out of things to do. We took in an ice hockey game. It was like a women's ice hockey game was going on. The kids loved it. Oh, it's so fun in that mall. So now we do our first video with the Rizzler. At Toys R Us. It was at Toys R Us. Video explodes. I think it's had 20 million views.

1:34:42So now we had just met them 10 minutes ago, right? And we're done doing the video. And we say, my sister's expecting us for dinner. She lives about a half hour from American Dream. I said, come on, you're coming with us. And we said, Rizzler, come on. big justice says Rizzer come on jump in with us so Rizzer now jumps in our car we're driving away I call Uncle Savas I'm like dude I'm so sorry like this all just happened like I know you just met us a half hour ago we got your kid here but uh we're all good here having a great time he's like no no no man I already feel like family let's go so we arrive at my sister's house and my sister uh she like um she uh compartmentalizes everything like tonight is dinner with the family tomorrow night is shopping with whatever so us bringing someone else to the house like there's a monkey wrench in her whole plans like that's just her style so i walk in the house she's got chicken color she's frying everything up and she's like who did you bring to my house i'm like no no not teresa just wait just wait rizzler comes walking through the door her jaw drops she goes where did you find this kid i think that's the question everyone's been asking where did you find this kid and it's at the american dream mall it was at american dream mall and so you guys are just like fast friends and you know when you meet people and like big justice and him are just like bffs people think he's related to you i think buddy and i have like done deep dives on the show like what is the rizzler relation to the costco guys and it's just like internet friends turned real life friends it's better it's better than family now and you gotta walk by like big justice room sometimes at night so and now the other kid tony cash is involved have you seen him yet i think i seen a little bit but i'm very slow i'm like like an old person so like things reach me late so don't So Tony Cash is like the new 12-year-old that could go somewhere between 12 and 57 years old.

1:36:25And so now I walk by Big Justice room at night, right? And they're playing Fortnite. So now just imagine how iconic this is. You got Big Justice. You got the Rizzler. You got Tony Cash playing Fortnite, right? And you got Rizzler on FaceTime saying, no, Big Justice, turn right. We got to hide in the fort. And then you got Rizzler. And then you got Tony Cash. And he's like, guys, we got to climb to the top of the building. And we got to smash them with the Ogle Peen. And it's the three of them just bouncing off each other playing Fortnite. No, and it's like they need a live stream up. I think a live stream would go nuts.

1:36:57Yeah, for sure. You guys used to do a show. You actually used to do it in the studio. We did. I mean, you do a lot of live streams. How's that for you guys? That's the tough part for us because of our schedule. Because right now, Big Justice is playing baseball. So we never know if they win, when we're going to have the next game. And then we're traveling like crazy. So, I mean, we just spent a week out in Los Angeles. We have New York coming up. We have Texas coming up. I'm going to be wrestling again. Oh, fun. For AEW, for All Elite Wrestling. I am going to be wrestling again July 12th at AEW All In at Globe Life in Arlington, Texas.

1:37:32That sounds so fun. The streaming is tough for us because we don't have a schedule. Yeah. Understood. So that's what's tough. So then you just make the videos and you can bank, go in content mode. Understood. Well, what does self-care look like for the Costco guys? How do you wind down? How do you like, do you turn down at all? Like turn off? No, not really. Turning off makes me nervous. Your wife's like, no, he doesn't. I hate turning off. Yeah. I go until I crash and I go to sleep. And then I wake up the next morning and do it again. What time do you wake up in the morning? I would say about five, maybe between five and six.

1:38:06Yeah. Early riser. Yeah. Understood. What were you doing before Costco guys like hit it big? Wow, it was crazy. So I was a regional manager for a nationwide mortgage lender. Nice. So different speed. Different speed. You know, always grinding. Yeah. Always grinding. And that's the interesting thing here, Jackie, is our story is not exactly a rags to riches story. I always grinded. I always provided for the family. We lived in Boca Raton. We always had a good life. This just allows us to really be more of who we are. Yeah. I don't think as a regional manager for a nationwide mortgage lender, I'm very grateful for the career.

1:38:40I love the company I was with. I wasn't really myself. That's not really what I felt I was born to do. Yeah. This right here, right now, content creation with my family, pro wrestling, music. This is why. Making people happy. Yeah. Making people happy. That's why I was put on this earth. No, I love that. It is the best feeling to be doing what you love as yourself and with your family, which I couldn't endorse any further. We didn't get to talk about the music career. You guys dropped a song that was seriously like a cultural shift. Yeah. What was that like? How did that come about? It was iconic.

1:39:16So how it came about is one day we're driving home from lunch, me and Big Justice. And I grew up in the late 80s, huge fan of Run the MC and the Beastie Boys. So we're playing Run the MC. It's tricky. And along the way, he and I are just going back and forth, freestyling, shouting out boom and all that. And I said, I got an idea. We got to make a song. So I reached out to a few different TikTok musicians. and I said, look, I have this idea for this song. Here's kind of the beat that I had in mind. And I had the beat of We Bring the Boom the whole time. I was singing the whole time. Bom, bom, bom, bom, bom, bom, bom, bom, bom, bom, bom, bom.

1:39:50I have it. Like, I have a video of me giving that beat. So a couple of TikTok musicians, they said, you know, I have so much lined up right now, so I'm not able to do that right now. And I said, well, we got to kind of move on this, so I'll reach out to you for something else. But then I found RJ Payson, another Jersey guy, great guitar guy and he had reached out to us and said hey you want to do a song together so I was like RJ this is the idea I have in mind and I bring up RJ right now because RJ nailed it take one he sent us we bring the boom and by the way Jackie some of our other music I think we may have gotten a little complicated with it so I think our next song we're really going back to basics there's a next song when's it coming I'm going to say around August 15th around August 15th and I'm going to give you a little Easter egg on this one.

1:40:37It is our first song that doesn't include the word boom in the title. Oh, in the title. Yeah, there's going to be a boom in there, but it's our very first song that doesn't include the word boom in the title. Oh, I wonder what it's called. Could people guess the title if they like... No. No. It's just... No. I'll give you another Easter egg on it. It's a song I probably wrote, I'm thinking right around the time Big Justice was born, so probably around 2013 I wrote the song and found it and the other day like i was thinking i was like wait a minute i had that song i go through dropbox and i'm just like trying words i'm trying searches and i found it and our jaws all dropped we're like we have to remake this song oh wow so you've always been musical yeah yeah i've always loved music oh i love that and now you're able to incorporate it so real quick so rj payson nails we bring the boom on the first try okay so now this is great there's more to this.

1:41:28Mama Justice is smiling right now. Okay. So, here we go. We're on the toast. We're about to get toasty here, right? Let's do it. And musical. We love to sing. We'll do a live rendition. We're going to do a live rendition. We bring the boom? I would love that. We bring the boom! That's what we do! We bring the boom! We bring the boom to you! So now, it's a Thursday. And Ashley was so into her middle school. President of the middle school. straight Ashley's never gotten anything but an A in her entire school life go Ashley go Ashley Ashley's never gotten anything but an A her whole school life so she's now so excited that Big Justice is now gonna join her middle school she's going up to high school Big Justice was supposed to go to the middle school we get to the open house nobody cared about the school Big Justice got bum-rushed so we get out of the car it's him Big they got a cheer ready for him they had a song ready for him right so now he gets there they're taking a thousand pictures so we meet with the principal the principal says i don't know how to handle this like i've had the child of a celebrity here before but i've never had a celebrity here before yeah so right then and there i say all right well he's done with regular school this isn't going to happen now ashley and mama justice it took them a little while to adjust to that so we get home that night we have a family meeting and ashley is kind of saying you know but the last year of my life i worked for this and now we're not normal anymore and now big justice isn't going to go to school without it's impossible our life has changed forever so now everything calms down a little bit saturday morning now we're now we're on to saturday morning and i wake up i'm like all right come on we're going to the studio and mama justice what do you mean we're going to the studio i'm like hey i got it all set up come on we're going to the studio so now big justice and i have been preparing for this so now we get into the studio bomb bomb bomb bomb bomb bomb bomb we bring the boom that's what we do we bring the boom we bring the boom to you and mama justice jaw drops she was like this is a hit i didn't know we were going to the studio to do this so now right away mama justice has lawyers on the phone she's got management on the phone she's she's calling everybody she knows in the music industry right so now we record our parts my god ashley mama justice it's your time in the booth what are you talking about we're going to bless yeah yeah yeah go to the booth so now ashley from Thursday night with, we're not normal anymore, to Saturday in the booth.

1:43:54We bring the boom! That's what we do. I love it. And then she got into it. Oh, she never went back. She loved it. Maybe it's okay to not be normal anymore. This is the new normal. This is our new normal. So then after that weekend, Big Justice couldn't go to regular school anymore. Nah, we have private tutors now. Yeah, we have private tutoring now. I understand. That makes sense. And that way you can be flexible and really enjoy everything that you've built. I mean, we're on the road 15 days a month right now. Yeah. Yeah. We're going to be. So we have. We just got back from L.A. Mama Justice is loving the whole trip down memory lane over there.

1:44:30So, yeah, we just got back from L.A. A couple of weeks, we're heading out to Texas. And then right from there, we're heading up to New York. Okay, great. Well, where can I mean, everyone already follows you. But first, anyone living under a rock, where can everyone follow you? Keep up with the Costco guys here. Stream new music. August 15th. Right in time for Charlie's birthday. I'm going to play it at his party. yeah how many booms would you give the toast would you say five big booms boom boom boom boom boom and make that last one a

1:45:05thank you so much my life is made um claudia's life is seriously gonna be made i'm gonna send her that right after we wrap congratulations claudia and ben and what's the baby's name Ruby. Oh, Ruby. Congratulations. You're so cute. Thank you for coming on the show. Congratulations on everything that you guys have accomplished. We look forward to seeing everything that you do. You really do bring so much positivity and joy and it has just been wonderful to watch your ascent. Thank you so much. Thanks everyone and to everyone out there on the toast, here's five big booms. Boom, boom, boom, boom, boom.

1:45:44Love ya. Bye.