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EP 110: Pop Culture Takes
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This week on Mom Group Chat we’re diving headfirst into the drama, scandals, and chaos of pop culture. Consider this your group chat debrief on everything everyone’s been talking about (and probably oversharing opinions on).
We get into:
- Reality TV — our current obsessions and hot takes
- The Coldplay concert scandal (and why everyone has an opinion about it)
- Kylie Jenner and her… boobs (yes, we’re going there)
- What’s really going on with Hayley and Justin Bieber
- The Blake Lively x Justin Baldoni drama
- Our thoughts on the latest Love Island season
- …and so much more pop culture chatter
It’s messy, it’s unfiltered, and it’s exactly what you’d expect from a group chat with your best friends.
🎧 Tune in for our takes, and don’t forget to let us know your own — DM us what side you’re on in these pop culture debates!
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Transcript
Introduction to the Podcast
00:00:07
Speaker
There's no right way to do it. Oh, we're going to get into it. What up, moms? My name is Candice, and I'm here with my best friend, Whitney. And this is the Mom Group Chat Podcast.
00:00:21
Speaker
What's up? whoo We just had a little technical difficulties. Not this again. Not this again. I'm like, please, I can't handle this today.
Concerns About Germs and School Year
00:00:33
Speaker
um Oh, my God. i Okay, before we started recording, we were talking about a friend of Whitney's whose child has been exposed to hand, foot, and mouth, and we were like having a PTSD moment. I was saying, like if that...
00:00:50
Speaker
letter or notification ever comes out that hand, foot, and mouth is in the school, your child has potentially been exposed. Like i was saying the pit of impending doom that I feel is like, like no other.
00:01:06
Speaker
Yeah. Yeah. um i and then what I was going to say was, you know, school starts in like two and a half weeks for us.
00:01:17
Speaker
And I already have fear about all of the like back to school germs because we've had like a pretty chill summer, obviously, with like germs and sicknesses.
00:01:31
Speaker
We did catch COVID from Disney, but, um, but other than that, me disease classic, if you want COVID go to Disney, honestly.
00:01:43
Speaker
Um, but other than that, like since may knock on wood, we've been like very chill with germs. And I just know, I know it's like back to school season brings all those like,
00:01:55
Speaker
germs to the surface and I'm scared already. I'm already like, Oh, it happens. Even like when you have an elementary school kid, I feel like even kindergartners, first graders, they're all sick within the first month.
00:02:07
Speaker
and Like it doesn't matter what age, like, um, Margo and Graydon, I can't even talk. I don't even want to like speak it yeah jin because it'll happen to us. But she, um, here I go.
00:02:24
Speaker
She's been ear infection free for like two months, which is really good. and it's actually kind of what the doctor said. Like we were on the fence of getting her tubes and this was like maybe in April or May. She was getting them once a month, like the beginning of every month she had one. So we were like, all right, like,
00:02:44
Speaker
Maybe we should. And my doctor literally was like, you know, two is kind of at that age when they start growing out of ear infections. And he's like, in summers, like typically pretty light for them. And he was like, I would try and just like try and get through until she's like two ish.
00:03:02
Speaker
And then we can like reevaluate if they're like reoccurring really bad. You know, they're nothing compared to green, which I've talked about before. So, i mean, it's been two months. I'm like, wow.
00:03:13
Speaker
Well, that's so good. A nice break for her you
Neighbor Dynamics and Weather Complaints
00:03:16
Speaker
know. and Yeah. Have we gotten the stomach bug twice? Yeah. But no ear infection. You win some, you lose some. Yeah, literally. I'm like, well, have i thrown up and shit myself in the past two months? Yes, I have.
00:03:32
Speaker
up But it's fine. Oh my God. I actually TMI, but this morning getting out of my car, when I got back from dropping the girls off, I was like, today I'm going to shit myself. I had to poop so bad. I was like running in the house and I saw my neighbor outside. I was like, please don't stop me.
00:03:49
Speaker
Please, please. I don't have my diaper on. You know, literally. And I love our neighbors so much. They're so sweet. But sometimes i'm they're like too chatty. And I'm just like, a girl's got to go. I'm sorry. Yeah, we have a neighbor that's, she's chatty. um shes She's so sweet, but she's she's a widow. And so if she catches you outside, you out there for a bit.
00:04:11
Speaker
You know? Yeah. She wants to talk. And she is great. Like, she has um children that are my age. And um so whenever they come in town, they bring their little kids, which are like Graydon and Margo's age. So they all play. That's very cute.
00:04:25
Speaker
But you're stuck. If you're out watering the plants in the heat, Oh, I'm like, oh no. Oh God. It is so hot here. I feel like I talk about this every episode, but y'all it is miserable outside, like hotter than it's ever been before.
00:04:44
Speaker
The feels like temp over the weekend. We were like in the middle of a heat wave that feels like temp on over the weekend was, ah was like 109.
00:04:54
Speaker
oh that's pleasant I was like no we're not going outside anytime Alice asked me to go outside I'm like sorry sorry toots we're not going out there like it's so miserable um sorry can I pause to say one of my friends b i just just got a text yes wait didn't she just go in like okay not me knowing everything but like she's tab having a c-section she and and so this was surprise like gender and she just um sent what was it 22 text what's your guess my guess is boy it's a girl wow her name vienna vienna that's a pretty name i like that
00:05:42
Speaker
I like that song.
Gender Reveal Excitement and Debates
00:05:44
Speaker
um Isn't that a song? A Billy Joel song? I don't know. It's not. I wouldn't know that. um but But yeah, so exciting.
00:05:54
Speaker
Wow. That's exciting. I follow her on Instagram, obviously, which is why I knew. I i literally watched her stories while I was hooping. Yeah. Not to tie it all together, but Oh, my God. You're so funny. But, yeah.
00:06:08
Speaker
So exciting. Exciting. a surprise gender is so exciting, I feel like. All my friends are doing that. And it's, like, so glad for y'all. But, like, fuck you.
00:06:18
Speaker
This is the hardest thing I've ever had to do in my life is not know what you're having. i mean, I think we are going to do a surprise if we have a third. Candice, I will murder you.
00:06:30
Speaker
We'll see. We'll see how we feel like when we get closer right now, we think it'd be really fun. um i think it would be fun. Chris said that if we ever were to have a third, we're not.
00:06:40
Speaker
He was like, I think I'd do it. And I said, well, I would find out because I have to decorate the room. I'm sorry. Yeah. Yeah. That part is hard. I will say. I don't know.
00:06:52
Speaker
i don't know. i don't know what what what we'll do. We'll see. We'll see. um Everyone's doing it. Olivia's doing it. Brittany, Victoria. I said, y'all hate me.
00:07:06
Speaker
Why do hate me? We also said it'd be fun because obviously my sister is an OB-GYN who works here now. And we said it'd be fun for her to deliver the baby and have her all been my coochie-wooch. Was she like cool with that?
00:07:22
Speaker
Yeah, she wants to really bad. Oh, my God. It'd be so fun to, like, deliver her niece or nephew and then be able to, like, be the one that's like, it's a boy or it's a girl. my God. It's giving Summer I Turn Pretty two Donnelly
Pop Culture Opinions and Cruise Stories
00:07:37
Speaker
hands in the same vagine. Like...
00:07:39
Speaker
ah
00:07:42
Speaker
I didn't know where you were going with that. And then I was like, did I miss a chapter? I... I mean, I didn't watch, i I watched like two or three episodes of the last season and it was so bad. I'm sorry. I feel like that's a hot take, but that show is so bad.
00:07:59
Speaker
I think it's kind of good. Oh, it was like unwatch. Last season felt unwatchable to me. I don't know. It was like the acting was so bad. it was just cheese central. I don't know. I mean, i feel like that and I don't know. It's like a summer feel good watch for me. That and. um Yeah. Well, I love the first season, you know, or like my little yeah summer, like, ooh, I'm into these little high school kids, but.
00:08:28
Speaker
Yeah, they're little cringy. I love Conrad so much, though. Oh, do you? Yeah, yeah, yeah. I saw. I mean, I'm i'm definitely a... I mean, like I said, i I did watch the first full season, first season and I loved, loved.
00:08:44
Speaker
Yeah. Yeah. And that was like the perfect amount to cheese of cheese for me. Like it's definitely cheesy, but I was like, I'm into this. Like I'm into it. There was something about the second season that didn't hit for me.
00:08:55
Speaker
I do need to say like, maybe i need to try again because I could have just been like the state of mind I was in. I don't know. I can't remember when that came out. Was it last summer? it must have been, or make maybe two summers ago. Hmm.
00:09:09
Speaker
I don't know. ah It could have just been the state of mind was in, so I might need to try again. But um i I've seen some stuff about this season, and I am intrigued to see how it goes. It was like a banger of the first two episodes. We were, like, taken aback. Jenny and I were like, oh my God.
00:09:28
Speaker
Really? Okay. well and i mean Maybe I need to revisit. What team are you? Conrad, for sure. Because I saw a comparison that Conrad – like all the millennial women like him because he's giving like young Leonardo DiCaprio with his hair. Oh, he definitely is. And i was like, no wonder. I will say, and again, I haven't seen it all.
00:09:51
Speaker
I feel like Jeremiah loves her so much that like he's the choice. You know how they always say like, pick a man who loves you more than you love them. It's like, i feel like if you're going by that rule,
00:10:03
Speaker
Well, there's like so many comparisons. It's like, okay, you're either team Edward or team Jacob. Like, obviously, Edward is Conrad. Jacob is Jeremiah. And it's like.
00:10:15
Speaker
I've seen also the, like, Gossip Girl comparison of, like, Chuck and Nate or whatever. Yeah. Well, I like Chuck.
00:10:27
Speaker
Well, I think Chuck is Conrad. Oh, okay. Okay. Okay. So I'm always aligned to the right. mean, they're meant to be with. yeah, yeah.
00:10:37
Speaker
For sure. And I was definitely a Chuck girly, although would love to watch the first couple seasons of gossip girl, like relatively recently. And it is so problematic. Like Chuck is basically raping a girl in the first episode. And I'm just like, this would never fly. No, literally. He's like literally forcing himself upon Jenny, like in the first episode. Oh my God. I'm like, girl, number that is not allowed on today's television.
00:11:04
Speaker
Yeah. This is kind of all related to this episode. We've already dove right in without meaning We already dove right in. We're just going to have a girly, swirly chat about pop culture.
00:11:15
Speaker
And I feel like this was a perfect segue into this, like talking about somewhere I turned pretty. This is like not something I was planning to talk about, but I did start it yesterday and I...
00:11:26
Speaker
I started to watch that new murder documentary on Netflix about the cruise. Which one? Okay. Everyone's talking about that. There's either like the poop cruise or Amy Bradley. I've watched them both. Okay. Okay. And I need to say cruises now scare the living shit out of me, literally and figuratively.
00:11:44
Speaker
Although in the same vein, i we have been looking at Disney cruises for next February or March. So I'm just, I'm, Vinny and I watched Poop Cruise together, and it was honestly horrifying and so scary.
00:11:57
Speaker
um and but i have we no idea what that's about, to be honest. Okay, you have to watch it because it's not – I thought it was about a stomach bug that like ran rampant, but it is not.
00:12:09
Speaker
Okay. It is not. So it's different than I thought. um You'll have to watch it. I don't want to spoil anything, but um we did say that Disney – the context of it?
00:12:20
Speaker
So they, I mean, high level, they had like serious mechanical issues while out at sea and which caused all of the septic tanks and like everything to back up.
00:12:32
Speaker
And it was a very, very, very mishandled situation by Carnival. They were stuck at sea for like seven days with nowhere to use the bathroom, food and water like limited,
00:12:45
Speaker
i It was actually horrifying to me. That sounds terrible. I could not stop thinking about what it would be like to be on that cruise with a baby who like needs formula or milk or –
00:12:58
Speaker
I'd be stra stressed out. Oh my God. and And they, there was like, they showed scenes of like them fighting over food in the cafeteria, like literally people fighting over. And like I said, the way I would become a like mama gorilla in that cafeteria, I'd be like,
00:13:16
Speaker
Give up your milk for my baby. Like I would be so crazy. um Anyways, so that that was so crazy. But so anyways, we were watched out together and we had been talking about a Disney cruise for next year.
00:13:32
Speaker
And we were like, oh, maybe we shouldn't go on a Disney cruise. But then Vinny and I landed on Disney would never let this happen. Like Disney cares so much about their reputation and has so many resources. Like Disney disney is like the like king and queen of PR, okay?
00:13:49
Speaker
Disney would never let that happen. Carnival is – Goofy would literally fly a helicopter to pick you up. like He'd be like, I got you. Yeah. No, literally. um Yeah. Carnival doesn't give a flying shit about their cruisers.
00:14:05
Speaker
I've been on the wall and enjoy them, but I have done them where the sea is so rough you can't debark, so then you're stuck and then it's rocking and you just see the pool sloshing and you're like, this can't be good.
00:14:22
Speaker
Yeah. But majority of them have been quite fabulous. I love cruises. Yeah. Well, we've heard such we've had a couple of friends and a client of mine go on Disney cruises recently and they like literally can't say enough good things about them, how fun they are for little ones. And my girls. Did you ever go growing up?
00:14:44
Speaker
I did. My first cruise was when I. Yeah, my first cruise was when I was like 27 years old. I never went on one. I know. My family really liked them.
00:14:56
Speaker
We like always did the one where you would go to Jamaica and then you'd climb the waterfall there and all that jazz. I think it's like Dunn River Falls.
00:15:06
Speaker
And then we I've done to the European cruise. I've done the Disney. Wow. done a lot of them. I've done a European twice. Oh my God, avid cruiser. Yeah. Yeah. Well, I, so I actually haven't finished the murder or like, we don't know what happened to her, but the disappearing of Amy, whatever.
00:15:25
Speaker
and um, it's really freaky and scary. She literally just like vanished. It's so crazy. Um, that's so scary. I need to watch them. i Um, everyone's like, it's ruining my take on cruises. So i was like, should I, i also am like in a phase of but since I became a mom, I'm really scared to listen to like murder stuff.
True Crime Anxiety and Book Club Reads
00:15:49
Speaker
It like keeps me up at night. I'm such a freak about it anyway, as you know, like I know my exit at all times. So it just like heightens, um, yeah, yeah. It's like, why would I feel this fire that's already burning inside me? Literally, I don't need to get any ideas of what could happen to my family. So I've kind of steered away. I used to love like my favorite murder podcast. I used to watch, gosh, what was that old-ass show, Unsolved Mysteries. I loved it. It was like soothing to me.
00:16:23
Speaker
weird, but I don't, I don't dabble anymore. Scares. me Yeah. Yeah. I hear you. um I also have been, and I know you're in the middle of a book too, because we talked about it, but I am in the middle of an audio book that has me strapped in. It is so good.
00:16:42
Speaker
It's, um, it's kind of like a dystopian, like
00:16:48
Speaker
story about memories like and how you can alter them it's very like butterfly yeah kind of and like um inception-esque anyways I joined Vinnie's sisters invited me to their book club they were like you would love all the girls whatever so they invited me in So I was like, I'm going to commit and do it. And I started listening to this, the audio book, because it's just what works best for me.
00:17:18
Speaker
i like audio too. And oh my God, it's so good. And it has me like, it's called Recursion. If anyone's, he's, he's the guy that wrote Dark Matter.
00:17:29
Speaker
Okay. By Blake Crouch. Yeah, yeah, yeah. If anyone needs a good book. but Well, I'm still in my like fairyland dragon world. I'm and listening to Throne of Glass and I'm on the fourth book. And um I've been reading those like all year, but I also threw in a Jessica Simpson book.
00:17:49
Speaker
book oh that was so good i read like a memoir yeah her her book i read it oh i've heard good things it was like a three-day i listened to it on audio and it's actually her talking and reading it through and it was so freaking good i loved it wow and i wasn't like ever a huge fan of hers like i didn't really listen to her music did i watch the show yeah i think so didn't we all Yeah, but it's just like I wasn't a huge fan of hers, but i was intrigued to hear it. And oh, my God, like the way that John Mayer had her in a chokehold for like majority of her life, like in and out.
00:18:24
Speaker
I had no idea it was like that intense. Dude, that man must have a magical penis. Like there's a list of guys that. like pop culture men that I feel have magical penises. They must because the way that they just digmatized everyone.
00:18:41
Speaker
and I'm going I'm going to list them for you right here. The ones off top my head. Okay. John Mayer being one of them. Yeah. Jennifer Love Hewitt and Jennifer Aniston hooked up with him. John Mayer. Okay. Yeah.
00:18:53
Speaker
And Taylor Swift. I mean, literally everyone. yes. Like, dear John, hello. um Let's see.
Celebrity Speculations and Body Image
00:19:01
Speaker
ah Pete Davidson. And also, yeah, Pete Davidson.
00:19:06
Speaker
ah Like, what? I don't know. Literally dates everyone. Like, his sense of humor must be, like, off the chain. Right. Because he looks... Sick. Like, I don't personally find him attractive.
00:19:21
Speaker
He looks like he's either, like, just left rehab or, like, just left a cancer facility. I'm so sorry. oh my God.
00:19:30
Speaker
I feel like he's, like, so pale. He's like a goblin. Yeah. Yeah. It's giving Halloween. Yeah. Okay. I do like him. All right.
00:19:42
Speaker
And then the last one is kind of a recent ad. And I don't even know if you know who this person is, but you probably do. Harry Jousey. Mm-mm. He's a reality star that has hooked up with all sorts of celebrities, Khloe Kardashian. And then the pictures of him that came out yesterday of him and Sia, like the singer Sia, them holding hands. He's like dated everyone.
00:20:05
Speaker
And I'm just like, this man must have a magical dick. Like, why is everyone so obsessed with him? How does he get everyone? And he's like a reality star and he's getting these like major celebs.
00:20:17
Speaker
Also, i don't know. I sent it to Mackenzie. I don't think I could pick C out in a crowd because of her big ass wigs. Like, what does she look like? She's a weirdo. Yeah. You know who else? So talented.
00:20:28
Speaker
Love her. Who? who Timothy Chalamet. You think he's community dick? He's pulling. He's like, a billion beautiful women.
00:20:40
Speaker
Yeah, yeah, yeah. True. He's pulling. You're right. You're right. You're right. Like he's been with some beautiful women and he is so thin, you know, we would break him like a pogo stick, but like he has been with some women, you know? No, i I have to say like, I'm absolutely obsessed with him and they're so hot. Kylie.
00:21:02
Speaker
They're so hot. Like the way I would want to be in a threesome with them, like so bad, like sign me the fuck up. I would break Timothy when I sat on him, but like,
00:21:13
Speaker
You know? my God. Just is what it is. She's so hot. She is so hot. And he is like, I find him attractive. And like, he definitely has a swag about him that like, yeah I don't know. he is But man, I'm into them. And I'm always like, good for you. And she's a mom.
00:21:32
Speaker
Yes. Mom two. She looks great. I mean, yeah. I mean, work done galore. But like, she looks fantastical. Yes. i I say, you know, a while back, and this is a good pop culture, like discussion about how she shared all the details about her boob job.
00:21:51
Speaker
Oh, yeah, yeah And I saved them. I screenshotted them. Have that tucked away for when it's my time. telling you. feel like yours look like hers. Like my old ones.
00:22:02
Speaker
Oh. I need to send you a picture, Whitney, since I've lost weight. Like, and the other literally, I did this last night. I turned to the side in the mirror and, like put it like, put my hands like a shelf underneath my boob and lifted them up. And they are...
00:22:17
Speaker
Flapsed as a pancake. Send me a pic. I can't wait. It's no, it's actually shocking. Like, and Vinny is definitely noticed how, that mean like he's, he, he has, we have mutually agreed like, wow, my boobs have lost so much like volume. Like it's crazy.
00:22:37
Speaker
par for the course you know he hasn't said anything if anything it's just gotten him more on on board for like a future surgery up for me but um yeah it's pretty crazy but I love Kylie Jenner's boobs they're probably a tad bigger than I would want yeah they're I definitely still want like boobs but I those hers are I think a little too big I think I just feel like that's never going to happen for me. I think, I mean, i think I would have do it. We've talked about this.
00:23:10
Speaker
yeah
00:23:13
Speaker
i I see. I don't feel the need about for me. It's the boobs for sure. So we'll just go together and do a mommy makeover, but split. you'll You'll get the tummy tuck. I'll the boobs. I want one. spot of boop at a man And Chris is always trying to be nice. He's like, you brought two kids in the world. I'm like, I hate my stomach. Now it used to be flat and cute. Now I'm stretch mark. He hate it. Me too. I'm the same way.
00:23:38
Speaker
well Oh, wow. Okay. Well, we asked you guys for some, like, what you guys wanted our take on, which I'm excited to discuss some of
Public Scandals and AI Concerns
00:23:50
Speaker
these things. And, like, of course, the first answer, I don't know if you saw it, Whitney, like, the very first thing that someone said was, like, kind of the first thing we wanted to discuss, which is the Andy Byron cheating video slash...
00:24:06
Speaker
Coldplay gate yes that was so crazy which honestly I don't know if you feel this way like I'm a little sick of hearing about it it's like everywhere it's like everyone is latched on to this story like I saw this video of this like cookie creator and she was like making a cookie of the and I was like how did we get here My thing is, is like these video people, how do they find something like that in the crowd? Like, you know how like the video camera people can find celebrity look ah lookalikes throughout the game and you're like so watching it at a hockey game? I'm like...
00:24:43
Speaker
are they trained to have this eagle eye? And they're like, huh, that looks like Heatmiser from the caricature cartoon. And then that guy, yeah it's just like, how are you they thinking of this shit?
00:24:56
Speaker
That is true. I think in this case, though, like they just saw a loving couple and they thought it was going to be like a sweet loving moment. Yeah. Because that's what they were doing. They were like showing lovey-dovey couples.
00:25:07
Speaker
And then they showed them and they were like, oh, fuck. And like, honestly, if they had not reacted like that, it would be a nothing burger. Like. That's the funny part about all this is like how people said they would react. And it was like, hurry, give them the Heimlich. oh Yeah.
00:25:25
Speaker
And it's the other things that I'm seeing are like billionaires hate to see. The submarine coming. Coldplay concert coming. like this No, literally.
00:25:37
Speaker
So crazy. And it's just so crazy. I feel so bad for his wife and kids. Like what a fucking gut punch. And like that man is trash, obviously.
00:25:50
Speaker
I try to think about what I would do if like that. Oh, yeah. were Like if I were the wife and and a video of my husband like came to light like that.
00:26:02
Speaker
And like the only thing I can think of in my brain is the way that I would set the world on fire with my eyes. Like I just don't even know. I feel like I'd be like a Pokemon that's like. Like, I would, like, breathe fire.
00:26:15
Speaker
But I also would be like, this is my moment to be famous. Like, this is it. Like, I'm going to ride this wave. And you know what? I hope she does. i hope she does.
00:26:25
Speaker
Like, if that girl writes a book, I will be purchasing because, like, I want to support ah fellow... like i didn't get cheated i don't know why saying fellow like if that had happened to me that's what i would do i'd ride that wave i'd be like where's the today show ready for a tell-all the opposite i'm hiding i'm the ostrich putting my head in the sand like i'm out um i also would leave chris immediately like you're not gonna make a fool out of me oh hell no Goodbye.
00:26:58
Speaker
And I'm taking half. I'm taking it all. I'm taking all I can. I'm taking all. taken it all Yeah, I'd be out and I wouldn't even give a statement. I'd be like, it's not worth my time.
00:27:10
Speaker
I'm above you. Literally. So good. But yeah, I don't really have anything else other there to say about it other than like that man is trash and like we do not support him. And well, duh. It's that was. crazy Yeah.
00:27:29
Speaker
ah Yeah. Did you see the statement? Yeah, but then I said that like he didn't or I read somewhere that he didn't write that. I wouldn't be surprised.
00:27:40
Speaker
And this is a huge issue these days with like AI and like doing wrong. I love it. You guys know I love Chachi Poutine and all that. But like, I don't know what the fuck is real and what isn't. I saw Donald Trump posted a AI video yesterday. I'm like, what the fuck is going on? Does that mean we're old like we can't tell?
00:27:58
Speaker
No, i i I feel like I can tell. I feel like a statement, though, is hard. Like if it's just a paper of writing, like how do I know? you know So they're saying that that was fake? that Yeah.
00:28:11
Speaker
Oh, okay. I loved everything. It's like whenever you work at corporate and you don't have to go in every day of the week, but oh, you're going in the next day for that. Like that was so funny. Oh, for And like being a corporate girly, it's like so true. Like the tea is so hot. We all would be in the office the next day. We'd all be we gotta go in.
00:28:34
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Yeah, yeah. I thought that was funny. Hold on. I'm going to the astronomer website to see.
00:28:43
Speaker
Okay. He was the CEO, right? Yeah. And I see a statement from the new interim CEO. Like they, the other guy stepped down, but I don't see a, I feel like that's little drastic.
00:29:04
Speaker
Yeah, well, I mean, it went, it like spread like wildfires. Just crazy.
00:29:11
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Astronomer CEO statement. Let's see. Yeah, that was so crazy. Yeah, I don't know. I'm not going to spend too much time like trying to look for that. But yeah, it was crazy.
00:29:29
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um I feel like it it has been a while since like a story like that is like really spread. And I can just call it now that that will be the most common Halloween costume that we see. Don't you think?
00:29:43
Speaker
Probably. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Okay. I'm going to move on here.
Reality TV Discussions
00:29:50
Speaker
Okay. A lot or some people said Love Island and I don't know about you, but I did not watch Love Island.
00:29:58
Speaker
It's not for me. And I learned that I get secondhand embarrassment from shows like that. That's why I never watched Bachelor, Bachelorette, like any dating show, because ah first time kiss to me is the cringiest thing I've ever seen in my entire life. I don't personally like them myself.
00:30:19
Speaker
So I don't watch shows like that to avoid the feeling. I feel like the heightened nervousness. I get for that couple.
00:30:29
Speaker
I can't watch it. That is so interesting. I could not feel differently. Like, or like i more different than you. um but I'm also, that is so interesting. So Love Island actually is for me. I love Love Island. I've watched many, many seasons. I've watched UK, all of that.
00:30:48
Speaker
But this year I just didn't have it in me. Like it is on every day. How does everyone have the time? I don't know. I mean, I get why people liked it. Like, man, you were sucked in. I'm like, how many hours were they filming? Because like Jenny watched it while she was living here.
00:31:06
Speaker
and I was like, what are they doing all day? Like, how many hours are they on set? Holy shit. No, they live there. I know, but it's just like the editing. How fast are they cranking this out? like Yeah, yeah, yeah.
00:31:18
Speaker
It's fast. It wild. It is crazy. I do think it's like I do like to be a part of like the zeitgeist of it and like be involved in the conversations. But I just didn't. I had so much going on that like oh for the past couple months. I'm like, I didn't have the time.
00:31:34
Speaker
It's on every night at night at 9 p.m. And I think the issue with me is like, if you're not starting when it, if you're not like keeping up from when it starts, like I actually did log into Peacock and I was like, I'm going everyone's talking about it. I'm going to start it.
00:31:49
Speaker
And I have like 14 episodes to watch. And was like, I'm already, and then like, it would take me a couple of days to like catch up or a week. Yeah. Right. And I just didn't have it in me. So I'm sorry to disappoint you guys. I mean, of course, I've seen all the clips, the I'm a mommy, all of that. Yeah, that was funny. i feel like got um everyone that at work that watched it was like younger.
00:32:16
Speaker
And so it's like, just and i don't I don't have anything to like talk about with this. Yeah, like else sir I also heard kind of mixed things about this season. Like, obviously, it was entertaining.
00:32:29
Speaker
I did hear it was, like, raunchier than ever. Like, these people are borderline having sex on TV. i can't. and um And then...
00:32:39
Speaker
I also heard that like there were no real connections. Cause like in, as someone who's watched love Island before, typically there's like one or two really strong couples that you're like rooting for. You're like, okay, like they're it.
00:32:52
Speaker
And they're the ones that are like getting tested at Casa more, which is when they separate and bring new boys and girls in for each whatever. And, um, that that is when it's juicy but if there's no strong couples to be tested then it's kind of a nothing burger which is what I heard about this season so I just don't get I don't know we'll see like you're just dating 15 different people i don't like you have to be in a couple in order to stay in the house it's all fake right yeah yeah and
00:33:26
Speaker
I don't know what to say other than like yeah its it's like stupid and trashy but like entertaining. But if that's if it's like not your cup of tea, then like it's just, you know.
00:33:37
Speaker
I'd be voted off so fucking fast. Well, you'd be like, I'm not kissing you. i'd be like, I'll make out with all of you. Like I'm not attracted to anybody. Like, mm-mm.
00:33:50
Speaker
Mm-mm. Yeah. yeah don't know. Maybe. I don't know. I hook onto one and I'm clawed You got your claws in. Yeah. I like to hop around. I'm just kidding.
00:34:03
Speaker
I have my one now and I love it. That's so funny. Okay. We got a couple recommendations for our take on Haley and Justin.
Celebrity Relationships and TV Show Opinions
00:34:15
Speaker
Are they okay? That's all I got to know. You know... I mean, I stand firm in my take that Justin Bieber is not okay. Like, I know that the album came out and everyone's like, oh, it was all of us. No, I'm sorry. You cannot convince me otherwise that like everything he posts on social media, that that man is like sound of mind.
00:34:37
Speaker
My favorite comments on like the release of their family photos. It's like, why does every rich person like try so desperately to look poor? Because the pictures were like on a couch in a barn. Like look like you're from Clarksville, Tennessee, my guy. Do you remember like Kim and Kanye put out photos like that once it was in like a look like a drug house.
00:35:01
Speaker
And and and there I remember those same kinds of comments of like just trying like I don't know. But um I don't know. i yeah, I stand firm in my take that I think he is unwell, but yeah. Yeah.
00:35:16
Speaker
and And if I were Haley, like I would not leave my baby with him alone. I bet she doesn't. I bet she doesn't. Yeah, for sure.
00:35:27
Speaker
don't know. I always like I don't feel any sort of like strong way about Haley and Justin. I'm not like rooting for them necessarily. I do think Justin can put out some good music. There are some songs on his new album that I really love and cannot stop listening to.
00:35:43
Speaker
I haven't listened to it. i um I do remember a time in college where you loved his movie. I do. I mean, I was like a be believer. yeah you A late in life believer.
00:35:56
Speaker
No, it was happening in real time, but I was definitely on the older side. Yeah. I remember you like having it on in your room, like on your TV in your room and you're like, come watch this with me. I was obsessed. I watched a little bit with you.
00:36:08
Speaker
And so we did. I just was, I think I was too old to like jump on the train of his. Like he's definitely like more my sister-in-law's vibe, but I also like don't really care about Selena. You know, she's my number one disliked celebrity celebrity. So I don't care about their fight.
00:36:29
Speaker
I don't care about road beauty. Like I don't buy any of that. Like I'm not, I'm not involved with them. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
00:36:40
Speaker
Road is so good. And that's another thing. Like when she sold road to elf recently for like billions of dollars, I was like, fuck yeah, bitch. Get your bag.
00:36:51
Speaker
Don't let him have any. Like I was like, I hope because, you know, that's the other like rumor about Justin is that he has gambled or spent away all of his money. Like he has no money.
00:37:02
Speaker
I'm sure. i mean, do I think she is like one of the most beautiful people on earth? Yeah. Yeah. I think she's so gorgeous. Her skin is yeah gorgeous. Yeah. She's gorgeous. Wow. I definitely am like more of a Haley girl than a Justin girl. Like, to be honest, I don't really care about Justin Bieber.
00:37:19
Speaker
I do want good things for Haley Bieber. I do. I feel like he's giving Aaron Carter a little bit. It's scary. Yeah, it for sure. Like he kind of, i hope this isn't the case, but it's giving like there would be really bad news about him in the, in the future is like what I, you just never know.
00:37:41
Speaker
I hope he turns it around for their family. I, and baby Jack, like, I hope that he's able to turn it around. i am proud of them for naming their child a normal name.
00:37:53
Speaker
Yes. Kudos. Yes. I actually love the name Jack. Yeah. It's so cute. classic okay someone wrote Gilmore Girls did you watch Gilmore Girls I have but what why is it news right now I don't think it's news it's just like pop culture things they wanted our take on um yes I have watched Gilmore Girls and and I like it good feel good I've never seen it oh I'm not going to lie.
00:38:24
Speaker
watch started watching it in the fall. like I literally just watched it. Oh. it's It's fresh off the brain for me. like and ah I'm also watching... These are like what I watch during lunch because I work from home.
00:38:37
Speaker
I pick a long series. like I did Gilmore Girls. Then I did The Resident, which fucking RIP to that guy. um He just died yesterday. and then i I am now watching Degrassi.
00:38:53
Speaker
oh Wow. Throwback. I was obsessed when I was a teen or preteen. It is so nuts. It's crazy. They really tackled some subjects that like no one was talking about at that moment.
00:39:06
Speaker
It's crazy. No, for sure. So anyway, um
00:39:12
Speaker
I just watched it. It it was really good. I liked it i have never seen it. I mean, I've seen like random bits and like if it's on TV, sometimes I've seen it, but like I've never watched it beginning to end. And actually I remember someone telling me postpartum that it's a really good postpartum show. It's just like warm and fuzzy and like yeah easy to watch, not too loud for a sleeping baby.
00:39:39
Speaker
Who knows? Maybe I'll save it for a future. It's so cute. Like with all the like that their little town, they decorate it with pumpkins. It's like giving like old school vibes, um like holiday vibes. So it's really good to watch. um Also thinking about Lorelei being 32 in the show and I'm older than her. I'm like, she was the mom.
00:39:58
Speaker
I guess I am a mom. But it's kind of weird like i thinking that but she's younger. A mom of what? A dog? um She has a rock and bod in that show.
00:40:10
Speaker
Yeah. um I love her. Like that actress. But I'm a big parenthood and girl. Did you ever? Yeah. I like that show too. Oh, God. That show is so good.
00:40:23
Speaker
Okay. Someone wrote Summer House cast changes. um Do we know yet? Yeah. Paige left. Oh, duh. Yeah, yeah, yeah. And um Lexi left.
00:40:37
Speaker
Yeah. personally was sad to see Lexi leave. i I do feel like she had more to give and I genuinely enjoyed watching her.
00:40:51
Speaker
Um, and like, I listened to her whole episode on Nick files podcast and I was like, wow, I really like her. She seems like so sure of who she is and very sound of mind. I thought that Jesse Solomon, like really fucked the bag on that one. Like he, or what's the, what's screwed?
00:41:11
Speaker
Remember when you said you were going to marry him? Did I say Mary or did I say F who are you marrying? Maybe I did say Jesse Solomon. did say me. But I think he's attractive, but like his behavior gave me the ick.
00:41:27
Speaker
He can't be held accountable for anything. Lexi's interesting because she dated Brooklyn Beckham. And it's like, I want to hear more on what that was like. like Give me a little bit.
00:41:39
Speaker
Give me a little bit um on that, you know? Yeah. It's funny because she was definitely like in the famous crowd in her own right. But then doing Summer House just gave her like a blast of like general pop, like yeah in the sense of like general population, like more people know who she is.
00:41:56
Speaker
And then she was like, by the way, now that I have everyone's eyes, I'm going to peace out, which honestly may be a smart move for her. But. I was sad to see her go. I was kind of excited to see that all play out again.
00:42:08
Speaker
I'm curious to see what Paige is going to do. Like, are her and Hannah going to have their own thing? Like, what are they doing? I would absolutely love a girls show in New York city of just the like, I don't want it.
00:42:23
Speaker
What's their day to day like? like I want to see Sierra, ah page, honestly, Lindsay, show me her new life as a mom. Almost real housewives, but like New York.
00:42:34
Speaker
Yes, but like, right. Something. Like I want to see them dating. I want to see their adventures. I want to see their, hell, I'd watch them lay in bed and gossip, honestly.
00:42:45
Speaker
Like that's what I want. yeah I think that'd be good. I love like the Real Housewives of New York for like the fall fashion reason. So it's like, oh my God, the way that that could come out in the fall, I would be locked in like so hard.
00:43:03
Speaker
Wait a second. I saw about... Okay, you know they're doing A Real Housewives of Rhode Island? Yeah. Yeah. Okay. Did you see that Ashley... Again, you didn't watch The Bachelor, I don't think. He's on it.
00:43:14
Speaker
Yeah. I'm obsessed. I cannot wait. That girl, I love her She's a hot mess. Or she was on The Bachelor. i don't know what she is like now, to be honest. I don't really like follow... Maybe I follow her, but... like It's not like I'm not like following her life really, but I'm excited to see her.
00:43:34
Speaker
I'm excited to watch it just because I've seen where they've been filming and it's like cracking me up since I live there. Rhode Island is so small. It's like. Yeah. I don't know. You kind of like know everyone. Like I know of like three out of the six people just because it is so fucking small. um Yeah. The places they film. It's like.
00:43:57
Speaker
Who else is on it? Would I know anyone? No, not probably not. But it's like. this like bunny lip injector that was like popular in Providence that people would go to for lips. Like there's like all kinds of people that Ashley girl, I wish Olivia was on it. That'd be so awesome. Cause she just had her baby, know, but, and her whole family still lives there and they have a restaurant too, I think there, but she'd be so good. i feel like she's like the prime candidate.
00:44:27
Speaker
Yeah. So I don't know. I'm excited to watch it come out because I'm like, that's where I live. That's so crazy. Yeah. um I need you to move back and then be on it.
00:44:39
Speaker
I wish. I wish. I wish. i wish Maybe one day I'll have a house there. Yeah. Manifesting that for you. Okay. Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni.
00:44:52
Speaker
feel like ah that. Talk about. I'm overhearing about that. Yeah. Yeah. Me too, to be honest. And honestly, I have nothing to say. i think they're, I don't, I don't know the truth and I don't know that we ever will.
00:45:04
Speaker
And I think they both kind of suck. I think, I don't know. I used to love like Blake Lively and Gossip Girl, but I mean, this was 2009. Yeah. I just feel like this is so, and like after seeing everything about interviews and how she treats other cast members, I'm like, is she okay?
00:45:24
Speaker
Is she mean? Yeah. Well, I always, i always but remember Mackenzie used to go to a trainer that also trained Blake Lively and has been around yeah and mckenzie's like been around her and she is not nice and i think the trainer had very not nice things to say about her also I think I like Ryan Reynolds, though, and I know that he's like in the crossfire, too. So that sucks. i Yeah, I love his movie like Van Wilder and the um Best Friends and like all that stuff.
00:46:01
Speaker
I just I liked him a lot growing up. So it's yeah, me too. Yeah. I don't know. I don't really have anything else to say about that other than like i um over it i like i wish i i wish I could hear like the truth, but like will we ever? I don't know.
00:46:17
Speaker
Are her and Taylor Swift still friends? We don't know. They have not been pictured together since everything with the text messages. Since the football game? Okay.
00:46:29
Speaker
Yeah. Is Taylor still with Travis? Yeah. Yes. And I'm obsessed. If they don't get married, I'll be so sad. I feel like they weren't as publicized this past season as they have been, or they were the year before when they won. Yeah, that's for sure.
00:46:45
Speaker
i think that's just, I think that's just like people, like the first season that was like so crazy that she was there. And like, I just think people would just as assume they know now, like she's going to be at every game. And he has said on his podcast Like recently, like Taylor's planning to be at every game this season. Like, cause this will probably be Taylor or Travis's last season. Like most likely.
00:47:10
Speaker
So I think my guess is that they're going to finish out this season, like finish out this year. And then I think they'll get married and have kids. It's my prediction right now in Florida. He's training in Florida. They live in Boca.
00:47:24
Speaker
Oh, Fort Lauderdale area. Yeah. and I don't, they're not going to live there. I could totally see her in Florida though. That's so weird. Yeah, but it's just for training.
00:47:37
Speaker
That's it. Um, I think she, I think they're going to live in Philadelphia, like in Pennsylvania somewhere close to his family. She's from Pennsylvania originally. True.
00:47:48
Speaker
ah what's Gigi Hadid has a house in Pennsylvania. that's where she lives. I think that it's a place where they can have like a semi normal life. And it seems like like, I think Taylor's family will go wherever she's going. And,
00:48:03
Speaker
Taylor's never going to stop making music. I don't think so. Like there are still going to be all over She her homes in New York, yeah Tennessee, Rhode Island. Like she'll be good. Yeah. So i think that's my official prediction is that they're going to get through this season.
00:48:19
Speaker
They're going to get married or maybe early spring. They're going to, they're going to get married. And I think we won't hear about it to be honest. Like maybe we hear about it after the fact.
00:48:29
Speaker
I don't think it's going to be some like public. Yeah. situation. They could also already be married. Who the fuck knows, honestly. But, um, and I hope they have kids.
00:48:40
Speaker
Yeah. That'd be so cute. Cause she's our age, a year older. Yeah. Okay. Okay. We're waiting. Yeah. I'll be so excited. Okay. Wait, there was one more thing on here. I think I wanted to touch on.
00:48:53
Speaker
Oh, secret live of secret lives of Mormon wives. okay I didn't. I like watched the first two episodes of the season, but of this season, I watched the whole other one.
00:49:07
Speaker
Me too. I watched the whole other one. I got like halfway through, maybe not even, three or four episodes into this one.
00:49:15
Speaker
am I crazy? It's just like a lot of the same. Yeah. I mean, whatever. I just, ah cogan yeah I think of the, the boyfriend's name was Dakota, right?
00:49:29
Speaker
Well, whenever I lived in Rhode Island, there was like a coworker that lived across the state line. He lived in Mass. But they had a son who had a thick like Massachusetts, Boston accent. And their dog's name was Dakota. So I always want to call him like Dakota because that's how they said it.
00:49:49
Speaker
so but Like every time I think of that name, I think of Dakota. That's how I want to say it. That's funny. That's the only thing I have out of that.
00:50:01
Speaker
Yeah. I just, I don't really have anything to say. i kind, it, to me, something about that show feels very like, like even more fabricated than most reality shows. Like the girls are doing anything possible to like create drama.
00:50:19
Speaker
i hate the whole like mom talk, save mom talk. Like that whole thing is like kind of annoying. I'm going to be wrong. Like, I saw like where Whitney has gotten a little more popular because she's going to be on Dancing with the Stars and people like TikTok version of Whitney, which I was like, thank you for not sullying my name anymore.
00:50:37
Speaker
Thank you. Oh, yes. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Well, you know, two of them are going to be on Dancing with the Stars, Jen and Whitney. Yeah. Which is kind of cool. I don't watch that show. Yeah. Okay. I consider myself a pop culture person and I'm making it sound like I don't give a shit about any of this, but I do.
00:50:54
Speaker
I'm in the know, even though I don't watch it. I know it. This is a good question. Like what pop culture things do you really care about? Like, who do you really care about? Like the way I, I will always care about what Taylor's doing and like what's happening there. Is there, what's your like version of that?
00:51:13
Speaker
I don't know. do I mean, I just feel like I kind of like browse e-news. Like, obviously, I like read all the headlines. Like, I'm somewhat in the know on things, but I don't... I'm not in like invested in any celebrity, I'd say.
00:51:30
Speaker
i like influencers because I feel like they're more... obtainable i like looking at home stuff i like homes do you ever like do you ever dive into like people's um architectural like digest videos like i love all that i love okay me too i love that stuff Like most recently, Walter Goggins house in New York. Like I just watched the whole thing on that. That was so fucking beautiful. Yeah.
00:52:04
Speaker
I like watching all that kind of stuff. I literally will look up every cast member of Degrassi and see what they're doing today. Like that. I did that yesterday. looked, I looked them up. What do they look like now? What are their families? Like I, I deep dive into like whatever I'm watching, find out everything I need to know about that actor and then move on.
00:52:25
Speaker
Okay. That makes sense. it's not like anyone in particular I'm focused on. I just, I like to know all about everybody and move on. Okay.
00:52:36
Speaker
What's other than Stranger Things, which you mentioned, like what's a, like a show that you get really into? Gilded Age is on right now. Summer I Turn Pretty is on right now.
00:52:49
Speaker
that I'm watching those two. watching Degrassi. And I think that's it that I have on. Gilded Age, fucking good.
00:52:59
Speaker
Oh my God, it's so i I feel like I'm more, I definitely like lean more reality TV than you. I watch a lot.
00:53:11
Speaker
more reality. I'm a huge big brother and survivor girl. I'm in the past. Which brother is on? I love Outlander, Gilded Age.
00:53:22
Speaker
What else is there? Like all of like medieval times. who I read about dragons. Am I okay? Am I nerd?
00:53:33
Speaker
You're a secret nerd, honestly. That's cool. beside are Is there sex in those books? Yeah. Like a lot Oh, yeah Oh, yeah.
00:53:46
Speaker
Freaky deaky. Uh-huh. Wow. um Interesting. think that's why they're called like fairy smut, you know? Yeah, but i I never know. Like there are some things I've definitely seen like labeled as fairy smut, but then there are some that I feel like a lot of people talk about that I don't know that it's fairy smut.
00:54:05
Speaker
If that makes sense. through a which a court of thorn and roses is very slutty sexual um this this series i'm reading throne of glass isn't as much which i'm kind of i kind of like this better interesting okay yeah okay wait question because you talked about getting like firsthand embarrassment from like watching reality tv people when you're reading about like a first romantic encounter in a book do you feel that way No, it's like because the buildup is there and you know ah like, you know, in a book, it's like built up so much. I feel like reality TV is fake. It's like I'm just going to make out with you because you're attractive. It's like I like to know how in love both sides are like and there has to be a love story.
00:54:53
Speaker
And it's like you're finally like and your heart just explodes when you're reading it. OK, OK, good to know. Well, this has been fun.
00:55:06
Speaker
It's just been like a chit chat about all the things, all the things in the zeitgeist, which I like. I feel like we'll probably do more of these in the future with like ah real, especially if it has to do with like moms. Like I just am telling you the day that Taylor Swift is pregnant and has a baby, like we will do a whole episode on that and you don't have a choice.
00:55:26
Speaker
And if you won't do it with me, I will bring so i will bring someone else in. i'll I'll be on, but we can also bring someone that probably knows a lot more about her than me.
00:55:41
Speaker
Well, yeah, it's not even that. It's like, I just want you to be interested in talking about it and get ah be as excited as me. I'll try. you don't even need to know anything. I could teach you all you need to know.
00:55:56
Speaker
But I just want you to be excited. Okay, I will be excited. Okay.
00:56:01
Speaker
All right. Well, I love you guys. Love you. Thank you so much for being a part of our mom group chat. New episodes drop every Tuesday. And don't forget, the group chat is blowing up on our Instagram page. So make sure you're following along over there.
00:56:17
Speaker
All right. Got to go. My toddler just put something in her mouth.