What's Your Truth? with Ben Soffer: Friday, December 5th, 2025

21:15Warner Brothers has been around forever. HBO Max, the streaming service, and HBO Max, the network where things air. The deal has a total enterprise value, including debt of approximately$82 billion with an equity value of$72 billion. And the company said the announcement of Netflix's deal to buy the Warner Brothers streaming and studios business came after a weeks long bidding war that pitted the streaming giant against Paramount, Comcast. Everybody was trying to get a piece. News broke Thursday evening that Netflix had entered into exclusive negotiations with Warner Brothers on a deal for Warner Brothers and HBO Max.

21:48Ted Sarandos said on a call on Friday, I know some of you are surprised that we are making this acquisition. Netflix said it expects to maintain Warner Brothers' current operations, build on it, and strengthen it. It's a huge move. My first question is, I don't know enough about US monopoly law. Yeah. Is that like - So I had thought the same thing too. Although it's not, I think a monopoly is when you own the entire market. There are still Hulu, Disney, ESPN, that whole - I guess. Now, I feel like we've been talking about the streaming wars for so long. So many - Like Netflix won. So, well, no.

22:21So many services have like come and go. Some have folded into one another. Now I feel like it's really like, if I'm looking at the chessboard, it's gonna end up like 10 years when the streaming wars are over. Netflix Hulu. Netflix Hulu. And Netflix will be - I guess you're right. A huge, because Hulu has ABC, ESPN, Disney. It's a huge conglomerate already. And now Netflix is building its own conglomerate with HBO. It's really crazy. I feel like now things like - I mean, it was Warner Brothers. Like sure, HBO for sure. Harry Potter. No, I know. Steven Spielberg. Like these are like, it's, when you see the number, you're like 86 billion or whatever.

22:5782. It's insane. But then you think about it and you're like, you're buying the world's most valuable entertainment IP ever. Well, then also it's interesting that they said Comcast was also trying to bid it. Because when I think about what's left on the table of the streaming, Peacock is big. Peacock is owned by NBC. NBC is Comcast. So I guess like NBC was trying to make their bones on this deal. Totally. But they couldn't. Where does Peacock fall into this? They probably get folded in. To one of them. To one of them. Yeah. I don't know who. What other services? Am I forgetting any? Wasn't Saudi Arabia trying to buy Warner Brothers?

23:28Were they? I thought the Crown Prince, I remembered reading that, that like people were worried. And by the way, I could be totally making this up. I don't think that I am though. That like they were trying to move because already we're not like making the same movies that we once were in TV shows in America. And they were trying, I think. Like to outsource? To outsource. Well, yeah. And also what do you think about. And they have the$86 billion. Well, when you think about the types of groups of people who have 82 bill, I didn't know that there were companies in the US that had that kind of money.

23:57Like, it's just so inconceivable. I'd be curious to know how much of it is stock. I would assume a lot of it is stock. It is so much money. Yeah. It's so much money. And you know, when I think about the streaming wars, I forgot to mention also Amazon because Amazon bought MGM Studios. So they have a whole TV studio. They have Prime Video. So there's Amazon. So it's nowhere near a monopoly. No, there are like. It's just, they're just well positioned as the lead horse with the best platform, the best infrastructure and the best IP. So many. I feel like there was a time where everyone was paying for like 11 streaming services.

24:25We had HBO, we had Hulu, we had Prime, we had Netflix, we had Peacock, we had Discovery Plus, remember? Totally. Like so many. And now I feel like they're slowly folding in to one another. I think Discovery Plus got folded into HBO. So yeah, I do feel like there'll be like two or three big dogs. And it's a huge win for the consumer because over time, we're not going to have to pay as much. I don't know. The services more people are paying that one company. No, but the services go up. Netflix member forever. Netflix was like seven ninety nine a month. If you have like an account that's like a little bit premium and you want to like add one family member, it goes up to like twenty, thirty, forty dollars.

25:00So does it? Yes. Now, let's say they do a Ben Soffer celebrity documentary. Yes. What streaming service do you want it to be on? Netflix. Yeah. Yeah. I use Netflix like Netflix is when I need a new show to watch. The first place I go is Netflix. Yeah. If I don't see anything new, the second place I go is Hulu. If I don't see anything new. Oh, I was talking about YouTube TV, by the way. Oh, yeah. Okay, YouTube TV. But yeah, that's where I go. Netflix, Hulu. YouTube TV, I just want to say, it's all predicated on live TV. Yeah. And that is a dying medium. Yes. So YouTube TV has an expiration date.

25:31I think YouTube TV will be gone in like three years. When you think about it. It was a great. Bridge. Huge. It was a bridge from cable to streaming. Huge bridge. It was fantastic. but in the end of the day, I don't know why Netflix just wouldn't come out with a live component. And by the way, they started doing live. They do the - But not Chris Rock comedy live. That was terrible. Terrible. But they have the fights. Yeah. They started to do some Love is Blind. Remember they did a Love is Blind reunion? They just need news. They're dabbling. They need the toast. Like they need the toast in the morning.

25:58They also are, I feel like this came out a couple of months ago that in the next few years, Netflix and other streaming services are getting into podcasting. Yeah, it makes sense. They signed a deal with Spotify. I think that's how they get Like their live. Yeah. Their version of daily topical content without going into the YouTube live model. And then you think about what role Spotify plays in the streaming wars because Spotify is the leading podcast. Totally. No, it's very interesting. They probably partnered with Netflix. Well, they just did. You see? Mm-hmm. You see? This is just really crazy.

26:27Like I haven't seen a number - It's very interesting. A number like 82 bill in quite some time. No, 82 billion is a lot of money. What would you do? My favorite question - What would you do with 82 billion? Yep. I think I'd buy Warner Brothers. Really? I think that you can make so much money over the next hundred years. What would I actually do with 82 billion? No, Ben, you're like that guy from the Entourage movie, Haley Joel Osment, who's rich, and his dad buys a movie studio, and he just goes to Hollywood and has sex with all these different women and yells at everyone. That's what you would do.

26:56We have to re-watch Entourage. We did start when I was pregnant. It's so good. It's so good. What would I do with 82 billion dollars? Retire. I guess. but like that's so much money to do so many cool things. Yeah. Hopefully like you would build a test kitchen and then hire a staff to clean the test kitchen. Like that's how you would spend your money. That's how I would spend 200 grand. Yeah. Of my 82 billion. Build a test kitchen and it needs to be like near our house. Yeah. And just like also hire a housekeeper for it so you don't have to do the dishes. Cause I know that's like, that's what's stopping you from becoming like the next great food content creator.

27:30Having a studio and having a cleaning lady. Not even the studio, like the cleaning lady to clean up after you every day. The studio and the cleaning lady. Yeah. Because unfortunately, this is honestly, I have a bone to pick with the people that design kitchens. Okay. Let's hear it. Not enough kitchens allow you to film the burner. Okay. I'm cooking. Okay. There's a wall. Yeah. In front of you. There's a wall. Nobody puts their burners on an island. And actually, I know you're making that about you, but it actually is more of a commentary on women. Because women are mostly like, you know, historically in the kitchen.

28:00And they're just sort of siloed like a butler. Right. And that's why when Stanley Chuchi was on Ina's show, And he was talking about how he redesigned his kitchen to have the burner and the stove on the island facing out towards the living room. And it changed the dynamic of his entire family because he wasn't like cooking alone. You're not looking at a wall. We need to do that. I don't know when, but we need to do that. We need burners on the island. Burners on the island. I'm very passionate about this. That's really beautiful. I'm very passionate about this. Our next story is an update in the Neverending Saga.

28:34I feel like we're going to have a story every day for the next year until June about Taylor and Travis's wedding. So the story about the girl who got the hotel was true, confirmed. And now they've also revealed their wedding date. So I don't know if any of this is like legitimate, but it was widely reported that they are getting married June 13th, 2026. That is the weekend that the girl had her wedding. The weekend would be 6-13-26, which is so Taylor. 13 plus two times two, 26. Like it's so tailored. Isn't she worried? The thing is, I don't think she would be able to get married in secret, like in the US, unless she like got married at the courthouse or on a remote island.

29:14There's a difference between not getting married in secret and letting people know eight months in advance. Yeah. It's just like a lot of preparation. I just like, I don't know. Like we think about security on like the smallest level. She's Taylor Swift. Yeah. But I also just think there's no way that they couldn't have not, or this is all a decoy. It must be. Yeah, I mean, she needs like secret service level security. Yeah. Like she needs, I don't know, she needs to be protected. She should get taxpayer funded security. Kind of how like when the royal family goes to the UK, like they get. By the way, I'm down.

29:48Totally. I'll help her out. She does great for like American relations. She needs our money. Yeah. She does. That's who we should give our money to. Her. For sure. Fuck the kids. Yeah, fuck the kids. Her. Okay. But yeah, I think it's a decoy. I don't think that, it doesn't make any sense to me. You're going to release the date so early so that people can plan both positive and negative storming the castle, which by the way, are we going to talk about the Diddy documentary or no? Of course we are. Okay, it's later. I thought that you wanted to talk about it during Queenie and Weenie. No, we should.

30:20All that I'm going to say is when I said storming the castle, the stampede. What the fuck? No, so we only watched, and I fell asleep in the middle of the second episode. I finished it. You did? By the way, you can't fall asleep at 8.30 and - Was it 8.30? And not allow me to finish the last 15 minutes of a 60-minute episode. So we were in the middle of the episode. I literally went downstairs to walk Romeo. And I came upstairs. I literally said as I was leaving, I know I'm going to come upstairs and you're going to be fucking sleeping. And it's so funny. Whenever I want to go to sleep at 830, you literally poke me.

30:46Wake up, wake up, wake up. If you don't go to sleep at 10, you're not going to feel good in the morning. Yeah, no, sometimes I go to bed like too early. And then you just go to bed at 830. Slept like a rock. I did. Actually, I didn't even tell you. Like, I woke up. I was up for a while in the middle of the night. Isn't that the worst? Yeah, but that's because you went to sleep at 8.30. Yeah, I know. And then I had to wake up and feed. It was not, I hate being up in the night. That's not nice. Especially when you're not up. I know. I was kind of like moving around a lot, hoping for you to be like, oh, are you okay?

31:12I definitely did wake up. Oh, you did? But you didn't ask me if I was okay. I don't know if I needed to pee or if you woke me. It's so funny. I think you wake me all the fucking time. And I always think that it's my bladder. Like I'm so close to going to the doctor and having them examine my bladder. Well, you should go to the doctor but have them examine your brain. Yeah, yeah, sure. Yeah? Sure. Finish your thought. Sure. Have them examine my bladder, but really it's just you waking me up in the night. That's just not true. And then I'm like, oh, I could pee, you know? But my bladder isn't waking me up.

31:40You are. So this is sort of a theme, like a recurring theme with you. Where I blame you? We're actively working through, like an issue that you have. Ben will find any excuse to blame me. Yeah, well. He's like, I have a headache. It's because you fucking did. Like, please leave me alone. I definitely wouldn't blame you with a headache. I would like to think of an actual example. It happened the other day. And let's find out if you're to blame or not. What a fun game. I hate you. Let's see.

32:08Cool. What's wrong in your life right now? Let's find the source. Oh, BH. BH. Well, I would have loved to have gotten my coffee this morning. You did. It's right there. I literally see it and it's empty. Okay. Cool. So what are you talking about? I don't know. See, just trying to blame me for everything in your life. Maybe. It's kind of like a self-fulfilling prophecy. Okay, next. I feel like you do that to me too. Oh my God. Blame me! I did it again. Okay, I have to stop. I have to stop. Ready for our next story? Yes. Just huge news. A lot of wedding industry news. Who? Who is it? She's off the market.

32:39Who did it? Sammy Sweetheart. Gian Cola. Oh. She has married her man. Also, they had a baby a couple months ago. No. Oh my God. God forbid. Hos for Shalom. Ronnie is - Oh, is he a cocksucker? Sorry. Like, I didn't mean that. No, he does. Was he an asshole? He doesn't suck cock. But he does suck, period. you know cock sucker is really funny no yeah was he a jerk although I will say he really does look like Ronnie she definitely has a type he's a juice head of course Guido what juice head oh no you were juice box don't get a twist that was the nickname you tried to peddle juice box yeah I've told that story like 10 times on the test did you ever watch Jersey Shore with me like as an adult I've rewatched it many times it's a crazy journey to go on because you see things through a different lens like a little bit of a more mature lens.

33:28And what's so crazy was the entire country was watching Sammy Sweetheart in the most abusive relationship of all time. Ronnie Magro is the single worst man on the planet. He's actually, and I think people know that now, he's had, I don't know if he's even still on the show. He got arrested. He had like a fight with his baby mama. He's really awful. And when you watch those seasons of him like throwing shit, literally her bed out the window, like he was fucking crazy. Psychotic. And then the whole gang got back together years later to do Jersey Shore reunion. and Sammy was not a part of it. And like good on her for like putting up a boundary.

34:00But she shouldn't have had to lose out. Agreed. They should have kicked out Ronnie. They should have, a thousand percent. She did eventually come back, I think after Ronnie left or like when she was healed enough. But to see her journey finally come to an end and like I'm sure her man is really nice. I'm really happy for her. And Joey was at the wedding. I know. I'm so jealous. We need the inside scoop. Did you get it? Well, he was like drunk and I was like texting him about when he could come on the toast next. He like wasn't answering me. I was like, oh, I see that you're at this wedding. I'll talk to you later.

34:31Camasta. Wedding. Sammy Sweetheart. Thank you. Every now and then, like, I forget, because I know Joey, like, is just like my friend and, like, toast correspondent. But I forget that he's, like, deeply entrenched in Jersey Shore lore. He's been on the show a million times. And I actually just saw this very viral video of Snooki, like, blackout in a club, falling off a table. Yeah. And I'm like, oh, someone goes and helps her. It's Joey. Yeah. It's insane. It's insane. It's such a cool, like, that's what I'm jealous of. That you weren't in Jersey Shore like Joey was? You know, like. Yeah, you loved it.

35:02Oh, my God. And people used to call you Snooki. Of course. Which is just like, it's like when people would call me. What did they call me? Oh, my God. Who is that? John Favreau. Morbidly obese. John Candy? No, no, no. Chris Farley. That guy in the voice. Remember? We were literally at a blackjack table. This was probably like six years ago. Somebody said it one time. Somebody comes up to me. There was a morbidly obese man on the voice with a beautiful voice. OK, and he happened to wear glasses. What was that 900 pound man's name? I'm not saying his name because you're calling him fat. OK, well, somebody came up to me like, holy shit, is that you?

35:33The guy's 900 pounds. Like, no, no, that wasn't me. OK, that wasn't me. Was that also the same trip? It's like somebody walking up to you and saying, oh, are you one of those thousand pound sisters from TLC? Which someone has said to me before. Like, no, but in complete seriousness. So was that the same trip that on the way there, the flight attendant asked you if you wanted a seatbelt extender? That might have been a different trip. Okay. I thought about that the other day. The truth is that's really, that was really on me. Like I probably did need it. Like I'm there like trying to jam it in.

36:07Right. Because nobody wants a seatbelt extender. No, it's a horrible, horrible thing. But the fact is I went on a plane recently and I'm 60 pounds less than I was. And like the seatbelt's not that loose. Like these seatbelts are small. We had to ask for a seatbelt extender the other day for the car seat. For Ruby. She probably thought it was me. And it felt different. It felt different. It didn't feel as rough. It didn't feel as worse, yeah. No, no. That's so funny. I know. Oh, sorry. So back to Jersey Shore. This is just like, when I see a picture of them, they are like so stereotypical, Jersey Shore.

36:39Oh. Like, grill it. Oh, is she pregnant? They had a baby in May, and now they just got married. Got it. Just doing things in a non-traditional way. I'm so happy that you said that she was pregnant. How can I even ask that? Oh, that right. I look at a woman and I say like, because maybe she has a belly. Are you pregnant? Toxic, toxic. But she was pregnant. I don't know if she was in this photo, but I know the thing with baby. She's clearly pregnant. Okay. Otherwise she's wearing a bodysuit. That's so funny. There are people who will like talk to a woman who's nine months pregnant going into labor and pretend like they're not pregnant.

37:06Obviously she's pregnant. Yeah. And then they'll walk up to just like a fat woman and say, are you pregnant? Obviously she's not fat. Obviously she's not pregnant. She's also not fat. Well. How many stories have I done? Like we're not blind. I've done three. Actually, I'm going to do six. Great. Because this one will be quick. The Camp Rock 3 trailer came out and it affected a lot of people. It wasn't really a trailer. No. But it is setting the scene for what it's going to be. And I think it was what we thought. The Jonas Brothers aren't like starring in the movie. They are in the movie. Sort of like they did Full House, you know, like they passed it on to a younger generation.

37:37Yeah, which is why I didn't watch Full House. Debbie Lovato was not in the trailer, but it said she on the thing was she was an executive producer. All I have to say is I'm disinterested in a Camp Rock 3 that doesn't have Demi Lovato and the Jonas Brothers. So the story picks up when Connect 3, the band, loses their opening act. That was their name? This is where Connect 3 connected. The story picks up when Connect 3 loses their opening act for a major reunion tour, returning to their beloved Camp Rock to discover the next big thing. As campers vie for the chance to open for their favorite band, tensions rise and friendships are tested, leading to unexpected alliances, revelations, and of course, romances.

38:18Camp Rock's all-new campers include bold and determined Sage and her easygoing brother, Desi. Camp boy, bad boy, Fletch. Sage. Sage. So this is like Sage, Desi, Fletch, Rosie, Cliff, Callie. Cliff. Oh, and there's an intimidating influencer, Madison. I feel like that's the girl who's supposed to be. Totally. Too cool. Tess. Yeah, the one whose dad is like head of the music department or whatever. Yeah, right, right. Yeah, yeah. That bitch. Yeah. She was so mean to what's her name. Who did you feel represented you? Like who did you - In Camp Rock? Yeah. I was, what was Damien Lovato's character's name?

38:54Mitchie. I was Mitchie. I was Mitchie Torres. Mitchie Torres. My dad worked in the kitchen. It's true. You don't have to cater her. I was Mitchie Torres. So for me, I feel like I definitely was a blend of Mitchie because I obviously have the talent. Sure. But I do have like a bit of the attitude of the bully. You were 100 % Tess and I was Mitchie. That's it. You just bully me. I also felt like I was definitely Millie's, Millie, Mitchie's mom. A little Mitchie's mom. Yeah. She's the Wizards of Waverly Place mom. What is her name? Mom. Legend. She's just like a professional mom. She was a legend.

39:26Yeah. I hope she's in the film. I hope she's doing well. Maybe she's like running the camp now. She could be. That would be classic. Oh, we got to buy a camp. And we have to watch Heavyweights again. That's what I would do with my 82 bill. Again, all that you need is like a million. Yeah. A million of your 82 billion. But we could make the most beautiful camp with 82 billion. Oh my God. But I wouldn't want it to be like one of these newfangled camps with like air conditioning. No. Of course, air conditioning in my bunk, but not for the other kids. Like you're supposed to rough it a little bit.

39:54Yeah, but rough it like create just like a beautiful environment for kids to go out and just play. Let me ask you a question. And hang and canoe and canoodle. In camp, when you went to camp, did your bunks have showers in them or was there like a shower bunk? showers in them and let me tell you oh my god did they smell like piss yeah well the boys i could only just peed on the floor like they had these like standing urinals and thinking back on it wait ingrained in my brain wait wait you had urinals in your bunk yeah really urinals in the bunk and stalls in the bunk well but in the girls we had like toilet stalls but urinals we're boys yeah urinals but a urinal is not required like you can pee in a regular toilet you don't have a urinal in your house.

40:35You can, but it's actually like harder to clean 12 year old boys who just pee on the seat. Like I think the urinal was actually like a nice thing. If you had 82 bill, would you put a urinal in your house? Yeah. Do you wish you had a urinal at home? It's interesting. Yeah, I do. I do. A urinal would be really convenient because then you don't have to lift a seat. You don't have to think about it. You don't have to flush. I would have one of those rainfall urinal walls. You ever see those? Where like water's constantly streaming? Constantly streaming. What do you think? Joey asked me this question or I asked Joey this question.

41:04I thought it was a great question. What is your ideal public restroom? He gave a great answer. The Delta Sky Lounge. The Delta Sky Lounge is a beautiful public restroom. Right. It doesn't feel public. The doors close at the top and the bottom. Like they're totally sealed. They have great hand soap. They have both paper towels and air dryers. I think that would be, I think an airport lounge restroom is definitely my ideal public restroom. That is a great answer. I want a nice toilet paper. I want it to smell good in there. Can I ask you a question? Of course you can. Do all men's public restrooms have a urinal?

41:35Every single one. Even if it's a single stall? Every single one, unless these like new gender neutral ones. Family bathrooms. Which are just very inconvenient. It just creates lines. Yeah. It creates long lines. Like I have to wait for you to take your fat shit while I have to just take like a really quick piss. Okay, fat shit. Like it's really, it's, It's really inconvenient. And like, we just don't need those lines. Like men have solved that problem. We're quick. We're in and out. If you have an issue where you need to use the restroom because your tummy is hurting you, no problem. There's a stall for you.

42:12But the urinals allow for quick service. That's why you always see at a ball game, the ladies' restroom line out the door because you're waiting to get in the same stall that that big woman is shitting in. Okay, but to be clear, at a baseball game, there's really no lines in the women's bathroom. There is at the ball game. Okay, ball game. Or a Taylor Swift concert. Okay, Taylor Swift concert. Yeah, but that's because there's just exclusively women. No, it's because there's no urinal. Imagine that women could quickly pee. There's no quick. Yeah. You're waiting in the same line. It's a layered issue.

42:42That's not the only reason. It's one. Women wear a lot of layers. Women also like, you know, have tampons. Like there's a lot of things that you do in the bathroom that you don't do. Sure, but I think that if there was like - And also women wash their hands. You don't do that. What about a squatting urinal with a bidet? Splash. With a bidet? Splash. Even if it's deep. And I would not use a communal bidet. That's disgusting. Yeah, I know you would. I've never actually used a bidet. Really? And I've dreamed of them. Yeah, I have friends that use bidets. They like them. They're very European. And they're onto something over there.

43:12It's just the proper way to clean your ass if you're not going to use a wipe. Okay, clean your ass. Right? Yeah. By the way, do they know that I'm the number one ass cleaner? Here's the thing. Just so you know. Before you say it, let me just tell you one thing. don't listen let's just keep some things to ourselves okay next up my ass is clean okay we know no homo homo glenn powell has a girlfriend and i feel like everybody's been waiting for who glenn powell's gonna date he was rumored with cindy sweetie there's been a lot of rumors he was spotted with liby jade but it wasn't or like a confirmation do they know that glenn powell is a family friend.

43:53Please just stop talking. He's literally not. He has a lady and I don't know who I would have chosen for him, but I love this. It's Michelle Randolph. Now I feel like Michelle Randolph, people know her for a myriad of reasons. Her sister was the bachelor. I wonder if she wasn't the bachelor. Her sister won the bachelor, which is how like people on Instagram knew about her, but she was also just like an actress and she's hustled really hard. And now she's the star of Landman. Yes. Tyler Sheridan's Taylor Sheridan, whatever his name is, new show and Glenn Powell's new girlfriend. So Glenn Powell was at first spotted out in a TikTok at like a line dancing bar in Austin.

44:29He lives in Austin and apparently the girl with him was Michelle Randolph. I saw the video I didn't notice Michelle Randolph and it recognized her then everyone was like that's Michelle Randolph and now they are confirmed casually seeing each other. The duo have been an item for almost two months now according to Us Weekly calling the romance very new. The insider added that they started seeing where things could go around October and they've been trying to keep it under the radar. Obsessed. Lovely. Michelle Randolph for many years dated your good friend, Greg. So I imagine you have some mixed feelings here.

44:59No, I mean, I met her and she's lovely. Lovely. Lovely person. Engaged? Yeah, either engaged or in a very long term relationship. Or in a very long term relationship. So we're all good. And knowing Greg, he wishes Michelle so well. He's like the nicest guy ever. I love this pairing. I mean, Glenn is like the king of Austin, right? He's like the UT guy. He doesn't live in Hollywood. He lives in Austin. He lives in Texas. His whole family's there. He's so Texas. I don't know where she lives, but she's so Texas too because she's a land man girl. This is sort of just like a southern dream. It feels pretty good.

45:29It feels right. It does. I could see them being together for a long time. Me too. I wish them well. I also think for both of them, like career wise, because, you know, obviously romance is beautiful but when you're a celebrity, like who you date is a part of like your rise to fame. I feel like it's perfect for both of them. It is. I love it. Me too. I wish them well. Who would you date if you were? You. I love you. Who would you date? Me. Joe Manganiello. No, I'm kidding. Yes. Celebrity chef Ben Soffer. There you go. Our sixth story is just like a little bit of bonus. DJ Khaled made some news and normally like who cares, but he showed the internet his freezer.

46:04People freaked out. I'm going to make you watch it. I love him. This, if we had an 82 bill, this is what we would do. You'd love to see somebody using their money. He knows how to spend his money. Press play. You're going to be shocked. Like, it's actually not shocking. It's inspiring.

46:25Oh, my God. Do you know where that is? His house in Miami. No, I know where that is. What do you mean this is not his house? It says that it's his house. No, no, that is Mike Melvin's house, Discovery property in the Bahamas. Oh, you're kidding. How do you know? I've been to that house before. Wait, I need to watch it again now. I've been to that house. That's not his house. And that's why it's so perfect. That's why that freezer is so perfect because Discovery is perfect. They have a staff. I still bet that DJ Khaled at his house has wonderful staff and is able to do things like that. But yeah, that's not DJ Khaled's house.

46:57Wait, this is so crazy. Okay, exclusive. Yeah, that's not DJ Khaled's house. that is the uh baker's bay property in atlantis i'm so glad i chose this story in the bahamas property in the bahamas i'm trying to see if the article says it it doesn't they're saying it's his house i'm 1000 sure i mean that freezer is fucking crazy yeah that's if you have ad2 bill and that's how you live and every single celebrity has stayed at that house they have a book in that house of like michael jordan like wow it's crazy so here are the brands and i think we should talk about the brands of ice cream because I like the diversity.

47:32Yes. Because I think when it comes to ice cream, everybody's like Ben and Jerry's. And it's like, yeah, Ben and Jerry are both like communists and their pints are small. I was going to say Ben and Jerry's, I don't care how good your ice cream is. I'm not buying Ben and Jerry's. I keep saying that and then I buy it because fish food is delicious. But I like that this freezer has like an enormous section. I'm sorry. We haven't even told people what's in the freezer in case you haven't seen the video. It is the biggest, most highly organized freezer with the most insane inventory. It looks like a back stock room at a gourmet grocer of every ice cream brand bar you could ever want.

48:03So the top shelf, we have two rows of Breyers, which is such an underrated ice cream. It's a nice consistency. It's not trendy. And I like that their tubs are enormous. I feel like Man and Jerry's is like single serving. It's highly scoopable. Yeah. You know, like Haagen-Dazs, it's difficult. You need a warm scooper. Breyers, I feel like you pull it out and all of a sudden you can just scoop it. No, Breyers doesn't get its love. Highly scoopable. And Breyers Cookies and Cream, which I see in the freezer, is amazing. Then they have one row of Ben & Jerry's, this small, like, sort of single serving.

48:33Underneath, they have a couple of rows of Haagen-Dazs. Delicious. Now, I feel conflicted about Haagen-Dazs because they're good. They don't have amazing flavors. No, but they have the best ice cream. I need them to, like, step their pussy up a little bit. Do you know that Haagen-Dazs was started by two Holocaust survivors, one of which was named Reuben? I did know that. We need— Their dulce de leche flavor, through the roof if you haven't had it. Yeah, they don't do, like, trendy flavors like Jimmy Fallon. No, they don't. Because they're a premium brand. I know. They're a premium brand. Underneath, then they have more briars.

49:02Then there's three drawers that I can't see inside of, but it looks like frozen food, not ice cream. Oh no, those are definitely Outshine bars. I recognize the silhouette. Delicious. And then on the door is all like the handheld bars. Yeah. So I see Milky Way. I see Snickers. I see Fat Boys. I'm not a big Fat Boy gal. I'm just a fat girl. I don't know Fat Boys. I don't know Fat Boys. They're like ice cream sandwiches. Oh, I know fat boys. They're good. You do, you do. Let me see what else is in the door. Hold on. I'm just trying to sneak a peek. Dove ice cream. I don't love Dove. Milky Way, Klondike, Blue Bunny, Outshine, Popsicle.

49:35Is the Dove ice cream the same Dove soap? No. It's different. Isn't that weird? That is weird. Yeah. Because aren't they like the same logo too? Like, how can you do that? It's like a bird, yeah. Right? Yeah, but you get the same - Someone's infringing on someone. 1 ,000%. Interesting. Are you ready for Queenie and Weenie of the Week? I am. And I'm quite excited. So the rest of today's episode is brought to you by Rakuten. If you have used Rakuten, you know it's just a supreme way to shop. It is a great way to save money when you shop because you're earning cash back from all of your favorite stores.

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55:54Run your business smarter with Square and get started today. The fact that they use all payment methods. One quick thing. I've recently become a Costco guy. Okay. And let me tell you, do you know how many times I inputted my American Express and they kept saying decline, decline, decline. I'm like, what the fuck is going on here? What is going on here? They don't accept American Express. At Costco? They're only Visa and MasterCard. That's crazy. Or a debit card. I know. That's really. Except all major credit cards. Agreed. The thing is, Costco, like, they're like, they'll, any way that they can save on margin.

56:23so they can give it back to the customer they're going to do. And I think there's like credit card processing fees. It's an ethical thing. I understand why they do it, but go square. I didn't know that. I know. When's the last time you've been to Costco? The more you know. Last week. What'd you get? What did I get at Costco? I got AG1 stick packs. I got contacts so that I can put them on the floor. I get my contacts from Costco. So that you can leave them in my mouth. So that I can leave them on the floor. And I actually got a new TV. Okay, Slade. Yeah, I did. Queenie and Weenie of the week, everyone.

56:52It is Friday. Today, it is our final segment of the week where we like to take a look back at a glance. Look at what the week held in store for us. And we give out two awards, Queenie of the Week and Weenie of the Week. And it's pretty self-explanatory. If you find yourself Queenie of the Week, you probably did something Queenie worthy. And if you find yourself Weenie of the Week, it's not a big deal. It's not, you know, you're not a criminal. It's a seven-day title. You know, someone could be Queenie of the Week one week and Weenie of the Week next week. It's never happened, but it could. Don't take it so seriously.

57:17So let's start positive, right? I think so. We start Queenie. Okay. You want me to go first? Yeah, sure. Mr. Curtis Jackson. Some of you know him by 50 Cent. His stage name. And let me tell you, this man, not only does he not give a fuck. Yeah. Okay. But more importantly, by him releasing this, if you guys didn't know, he's the one who put out this Diddy documentary. He's the executive producer of the Diddy documentary. He's the one who did this Diddy documentary. They have like a long standing beef and 50 Cent will never let it go. And of course, P. Diddy's downfall. Do you know the original beef?

57:47No. Like what's the original beef? I have no idea. Maybe they'll get to it in the documentary. We're only on episode two. It's amazing. all that i know is that what diddy did this is not uh like even if you haven't watched the documentary you know that diddy is a fucking terrible person yeah and the fact that the entire rap community is silent about everything that he's done from jay-z to like you pick and maybe they're not friends okay no i think that i think he diddy knows a lot about them like he was the biggest i'm sure most influential no you're right but i'm sure he does the only person but It's very Epstein filesy and nobody's talking about it in that community except 50 Cent.

58:26Who literally just came and bought all of this footage. Diddy must have been shooting a documentary for himself. He probably thought he was - And then when he went to prison - He wasn't going to get indicted. And this was going to be like my, his documentary of like my truth. Look, I've been freed and now you're literally in jail. And so it's literally a combination of self shot footage of Diddy. It's insane. With past, like an archive and I'm learning, we're learning so much, this stampede. Yes. So a lot of people don't know that Diddy became like famous at first, like his first brush with fame was really negative.

59:02He was like starting out in the hip hop community. People knew him, but like not really. He's not himself like a rapper or a singer. They were joking that he has like literally no musical talent, which is why he was so jealous of everyone. No, he's like a, he's like a producer, but also. A tastemaker stylist. Yeah. And by the way, super talented at doing that stuff. Yes. And like the world's best promoter at the time. Like if you wanted to bring people to a party, that's who you call. And so he had hosted this like charity community baseball game. Basketball. Sorry, basketball game at like a gymnasium at the CCNY.

59:34And it was like a really unruly event. There was like no sort of like security guardrails in place. He invited everyone. He made the tickets$12. And literally there were so many people there. It was such an unorganized event. 5 ,000 people came when I think the capacity had for like 1 ,000 people. And there was a stampede and nine people died and nobody was ever held responsible. And like how have we never heard that story? I know. I mean it was a really long time ago and we're only like – we still have a lot more to go in the documentary. But this is like the thing that put his name on the scene and it was really negative.

1:00:02And so how he set up his businesses for the next couple of years were really intentional because he was technically like financially responsible to the families of the people who passed away. And so he would like put things in his mother's name. he would not put anything in his own name because like he you know the victim's families could come after it so just like really sinister stuff since the very beginning of his time and we know him for like all the things he ended up doing in music and in fashion and in culture but like that's how he got his start in terms of like people knowing his name so yeah mr curtis jackson mr 50 cent is my queenie of the week for putting together a wonderful educational documentary that's also very entertaining it's really good it goes deep on diddy because people are here like in the comments like pre diddy it's like are you fucking nuts no it's really bad and they have everyone like there are people who started bad bunny like with sorry bad boy uh records with p diddy like they got everyone in this documentary victims of his people have known him since childhood people who have worked with him up until recently like everyone is singing for their supper in this documentary and we're only through two episodes of four but like his gang affiliations run so crazy yeah they run deep it's a really good documentary especially if you don't know like a lot about the hip-hop scene at the time, which I did not.

1:01:10I think they explain it really well. It's really good. Really good. Who's your queenie? My queenie. I have two. Sorry. I have two because Ben and I started a show this week that has brought me so much joy. I haven't even talked about it on the toast. We started Nurse Jackie, which is just like - So good. Like an old show. I don't know why we started it. I saw a clip of it on TikTok. You know how TikTok puts like TV shows, 30-minute TV shows in like 15-minute videos? And it looked like interesting. I was like, oh, she does drugs and she's a nurse. Ha ha. so we were just like so desperate and you know when you just like have given up you just like fucking put something on yeah i'm so glad i did we have been loving it it's really it's a great show that we watch every night together and i'm loving it so shout out to queen queen nurse jackie and then also i would be remiss devastated and heartbroken if i didn't acknowledge my queenies of the week as the toasters this week because spotify wrapped came out this week along with youtube did their own version like youtube wrapped so i saw people tagging us in like literally how many minutes they watch and i know we're a daily show but like people being like oh you watch 300 videos this year, a total of 11 ,000 minutes.

1:02:05Like that's insane. And I saw so many people tagging us, like the sheer volume, the amount of time listened, the amount of episodes listened. I just didn't want it to go unnoticed. It's really like an insane metric. And I saw other people sharing theirs and we're daily. So ours were just like so much bigger. And it's not, you know, a statistic I take for granted, people spending their mornings with us. So I just want to shout out to all the toasters, the wrapped up toasters this weekend who spent the year with us. Queenie behavior. Yes, it is Queenie behavior. Weenie, Ben, would you like to? Yes.

1:02:34My Weenie of the Week is you. Of course. I'm sorry. Oh, wait, what? Yeah, my Weenie of the Week is you. So they know about Mark Schoenwetter and us filming. No, I haven't told everyone. I saw Mark Schoenwetter this week. We do a Hanukkah video every year, and we had a video shoot this week. It'll be coming out soon. I don't want to spoil it, but it's me, Mark, and Ben. Yeah, it's the three of us. And we're just, like, shooting the shit. We got there, like, a little bit early. With Mark Stollers. And we're talking to Mark's daughters. Yeah, I know. And we're talking about Ruby. They're asking about his sleep schedule.

1:03:03They're asking about his sleep schedule. Yeah, by the way, do you want to let me tell? Well, because you're going to tell. Let me tell. I'm going to tell the truth. No, you're not. You're going to do like a drama version. I'm here to tell the truth. And she asked, she's like, oh, does. The daughter asked. The daughter asked, oh, does Ruby still sleep with you guys? And Claudia said, no. Like, you know, we were waking him up in the middle of the night farting. And are you crazy? That's not what I said. She literally said verbatim that our farts were waking him up in the middle of the night. She's like, yeah, you know, like we were waking him up just like farting.

1:03:34Okay. So if you want to know what actually happened, you're my Weenie of the Week for how you retell that story. Okay. What happened was they asked, like, how's Ruby? You know, things you ask a new mom, like, how's he sleeping? Is he still in the bassinet next to you? And I was explaining that he was in the bassinet with us for the first couple of months. And when we took him to the pediatrician at three and a half months, she did suggest actually moving him to his own crib because. We were farting. No. because at first a baby's sleeping next to you. They smell you. They hear you. It brings a sense of comfort.

1:04:01They're not like freaked out. But as the baby gets a little bit older and a little bit more aware of its surroundings, you actually start interrupting the baby's sleep because you don't realize human beings sleep very loudly. You toss, you turn, you cough, you sneeze, you snore. Agreed. You snore. You fart. The doctor said fart. The first thing that you said was fart. So when I was telling the story - Admit that the first thing you said was fart. Shut up. When I was telling the story, I said, you know, we did move it because the pediatrician told us like we were actually probably waking him up as he's becoming aware with like - Our farts.

1:04:28I said, our snoring. Farts was first. Was it? Yes. I don't believe you. We wake him up with our farts. Was the first thing you said, weenie. I didn't say farts, you're weenie. It was a wonderful episode, me and you. It was, this was a, I mean, this is five stars. Otherwise, what are you, nuts? Thank you guys so much for another great week. Oh, I didn't want to tell everyone, next week is our final week of the year. I don't know if we've mentioned that. December 12th is our final episode. I've got great guests coming up next week. I don't know if Ben, this might be your last episode because I kind of don't have space for you next week.

1:04:58Who do you have next week? Or, oh wait, you do your little video series. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Or sorry, your big video series. Thank you, Rude. Yeah, my bad. So if you'd like to say anything to the people who have supported your episodes, you were a beloved co-host, feel free. All I want to say is I love the toast. I love the toasters. I love you for having me on. If you want more of me, I have a podcast called The Good Guys and it's great. She was saying, oh, it's about a fire, blah, blah, blah. Yeah, we were in yours too. That was great. So definitely listen. It's great. Also watch my beautiful cooking videos at Boy With No Job.

1:05:32You know, like that's where you get all of this, you know, all this. And I guess also like buy my drinks. It's like the perfect holiday season. It's for the holiday season. It is, it is, it is. The gift, give the gift of Spritz, SpritzSociety.com. It's the perfect gift. It's a great way. Cozy it by the fire with a little Spritz. Yeah. Thank you guys so much for listening to the Toast of the Midnight Morning Show. We deliver the fast-life stories. to know everybody on YouTube so you're watching us on YouTube please don't forget to subscribe to this video thumbs up we're also available as podcast anywhere podcast we found so that's Spotify iTunes, Stitcher, Public Radio, I, or Castbox all the places you love this podcast find us at Jocie 5 star review what a beautiful setting and wickedly talented we are love ya bye