August 30, 2023 • 47 mins
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Season 5: Episode Nineteen. Benji and Brad are back after their short summer break with brand new episodes for Season 5! Find out what the boys have been up to over the last couple of weeks including Brad’s big gaycation to New York! Plus, as the Pride season comes to an end in the UK, the boys share the importance on being your true authentic self, especially with homophobia on the rise in the country. Keep spreading the love and be kind to each other x
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Speaker 2 (00:20):
Hello and welcome to this week's episode of my Big
Gay Podcast with me.
Speaker 3 (00:24):
Benji, I'm me, brad, giving you the life, the loves
and lovelies of living in LondonTwo gays one city what could
possibly go wrong?
Oh, benji, not gonna lie, Ihave missed you.
Speaker 2 (00:41):
I'm not gonna be shady, but I have missed you as
well.
But I will be honest.
Yeah, I will be honest.
This is probably the longestthat we've ever been without
speaking right in the last threeyears.
Speaker 3 (00:53):
Yeah, I know you've had a couple weeks break from me
.
Speaker 2 (00:55):
Yeah, and it's been welcomed.
I'll be honest, it's beenlovely.
I had somebody in thesupermarket a couple days ago
with an accent like yours and,I'm not gonna lie, I had like
PTSD and I started shivering.
I know that this holiday iscoming to an end.
You know you get like theholiday blues just before you
come back.
Speaker 1 (01:12):
Uh-huh, yeah, yeah.
Speaker 2 (01:13):
Yeah, I've very much had that, so I grabbed like an
extra packet of doughnuts so Ican sort of eat my feelings.
Speaker 3 (01:20):
Did you hear like a big oi, oi and like, oh my god,
not this.
Speaker 1 (01:26):
Yeah, I was like I have to leave.
I have to go home now.
Speaker 2 (01:30):
It was my job anyway.
How are you?
Speaker 3 (01:33):
I am feeling on cloud nine.
I feel so great to be back inthe studio recording with you.
As I say, I have missed you.
I've missed connecting withpeople and using our little
platform and getting themessages through.
It's been a bit of a weird,like little break.
Speaker 2 (01:46):
I've missed it so much, like can't wait to get
back recording again and it hasbeen lovely and all the messages
that have come in as well havebeen great.
Yeah, sorry, to be honest, ourlittle break did come a little.
It was abrupt, right.
We didn't really give anywarning, we're just like right,
that's it.
Speaker 1 (02:01):
A little bit, it was very dramatic.
Speaker 3 (02:04):
It was a bit.
Speaker 2 (02:04):
It was very.
You know, jerry Halliwellleaving the Spice Girls.
There was no warning and it wastaken very badly.
But we're back now so we'rereally, really sorry, but it was
very much needed.
I mean, I guess we shouldprobably talk about what we've
been up to whilst we've beenaway.
Speaker 3 (02:18):
Yeah, well, the reason why we had a little break
we were planning to have a weekoff anyway because I went to
New York City, didn't I?
And it was amazing.
Oh my goodness, did you go toNew York?
I don't know if you saw, but Iwent to New York City.
Speaker 2 (02:29):
Oh my goodness, you never mention it.
Speaker 3 (02:33):
But we should come back to that in a bit.
So we were going to have alittle break, anyway for me to
go and have my holiday, and thenyou decided to go and have a
quick holiday as well, becauseit's just been a busy, hectic
year for both of us.
We've done so much, yeah, and Imean it's been summer season,
which I love summer season, butit's relentless, isn't it?
All the prides, all thefestivals, oh my goodness, so
(02:53):
many prides, so many, yeah,loads.
Speaker 2 (02:56):
Which is great, which is so lovely, but like, oh, we
just weren't quite ready for allof them.
And then, with train strikes.
Speaker 3 (03:03):
Oh, not the train strikes.
Speaker 2 (03:04):
I mean, let's just talk about that just for a
second.
I don't know why trains havesuddenly become so homophobic,
but it got so difficult to getto any of the prides.
However, train strike on thetrain strike, we still made it
to Brighton Pride.
Speaker 3 (03:18):
We did because, remember, we got all the tickets
, we were hyped, we're ready togo.
Then the train strikes gotannounced and we thought, well,
how are we going to get toBrighton now?
But we got to get there.
Speaker 2 (03:28):
We did so.
We got our very own Venger bus.
Speaker 3 (03:31):
The Venger busies were out on that one.
Speaker 2 (03:33):
Let me tell you, oh gosh, oh gosh, wow, here we go,
street back into it.
Yeah, we got a party bus allthe way from Clapham to Brighton
.
Speaker 3 (03:45):
Yeah, because we were looking at taxis, like I'm sure
we can get like a couple oftaxi cabs, we can all go en
masse, etc.
And then one of my friends waslike well, how about limousine?
Yes, that is amazing.
It was so fine with that, butlimousine was so expensive.
But we came across one of ourfriends came across a party bus
website which is basically aconverted van.
Speaker 2 (04:06):
So, yeah, we had this little WhatsApp group going
right and I was like this iswhat I imagined for the party
bus.
It was very much likeexpectation versus reality, and
the expectation was somewherealong the lines of the spice.
Oh, the Spice Girls are gettinga lot of mention this week.
The Spice Girls, spice Worldtour bus, do you remember it?
Yes, it was Double Decker UnionJack.
Yeah, stunning Iconic,literally iconic.
(04:27):
Like still want that bucketlist, want that big Side note?
Apparently you can, still, youcan hire that as an Airbnb
somewhere.
Speaker 3 (04:37):
Okay, we need to do that ASAP.
Speaker 2 (04:39):
Yeah, somebody wrote in when we posted and they were
like oh, you can actually hirethis as an Airbnb.
Oh my God, dreams can come true.
Yeah, that wasn't the SpiceGirls, but anyway.
So that was the expectation,and the reality I'm not joking
was Mam with a van who hadpainted the windows black, so
(05:00):
you can see how whacked a coupleof laser machines up in the
corner.
There was a flat screen TV onthe other end and champagne flue
holders.
Oh, and leather sofas.
Yes, all of that, it was great.
Leather sofas like bolted tothe sides.
Speaker 3 (05:15):
Yeah, we had such a great time, though we arrived in
style and we had the tunes on.
You were being very controllingwith the playlist, though,
might I add.
Speaker 2 (05:23):
Well, to be honest, I had to be, because when we
first got on I was like I'mgoing to control the music
because I feel like of everybody, I've got a good mix of what
everyone will like.
Right, that is true, yeah.
And then somebody else in ourgroup got on and connected their
phone first, loved them dearly,but the music for the first 10
minutes was, I mean, I don'teven know what it was.
(05:43):
It was like gay song rejects.
That never quite made it to anygay iconic film.
What is this music?
And somebody else was likelooking at me, like like
mouthing, change the music.
It was like Enne.
Speaker 3 (06:01):
Oh yeah, not the one.
Speaker 2 (06:03):
This is not the vibe guys Brad's on his second bottle
of vodka.
Enne is not the one.
Speaker 3 (06:08):
Yeah, I got quite merry on the on the vancabre
seat, didn't I?
You did?
Speaker 2 (06:11):
Although big shout out to the company and the
driver, who was lovely, and whenhe realized what we were doing
on the TV screen I don't know ifyou remember this he changed it
to the pride flag.
Yes, he did, yeah.
Speaker 3 (06:22):
A legend.
Speaker 2 (06:23):
Yeah, what a legend.
He'd driven all the way fromEssex to pick us up, to drive us
to Brighton, to drive straightback to Essex.
Speaker 3 (06:30):
And we arrived in style.
We arrived in style.
And the weather was raining aswell, wasn't it?
I was like, okay, homophobicweather, trains were still going
and supporting pride.
We're not Staying indoors.
Speaker 2 (06:41):
Yeah, we marched those streets of Brighton, we
dragged an unnecessarily largeamount of clothes and suitcases
through the streets to ourAirbnb, and then we finally got
to the field and we, we darts inthat mud.
Speaker 3 (06:54):
I was caked in mud.
I've never been so covered inmy life.
I remember coming out thePort-A-Lews and it was like
really slippy and I weren'twearing proper shoes, just
normal trainers.
And I was trying to be reallydelicate, like doopy, doopy,
doopy on my tippy toes, likecarefully does it, don't slip
over, and I just went face first.
(07:15):
Yeah, literally that.
Yeah, yeah, One half of my bodywas covered in mud.
I mean, it's probably likedreams come true for you.
You were looking at me like, ohmy God, I want to get involved.
Speaker 2 (07:27):
Actually I was more looking at you going.
Bless him, he thinks thatthat's mud.
Speaker 3 (07:34):
Just the Port-A-Lews leaking.
Speaker 2 (07:36):
Yeah, you came out.
Oh, my God, I'm covered in mud.
You were like you stink, getthe bleach, so it's so bad, and
you kept them dropping.
I don't know where you got themfrom.
You had these like heart-shapedglasses.
Speaker 3 (07:49):
Oh, yeah, kept losing them, didn't I?
Speaker 2 (07:51):
Kept losing them.
So it got to about like 8 pm,starting to get dark, and you
dropped them again.
So I just picked them up in mypocket and I remember the next
day you were like cry.
You're like, oh, I lost mysunglasses.
I was like no, I've got them.
And you're like why have yougot my sunglasses?
I was like I cannot tell you howmany times you dropped them,
and so I just pocketed them toget them to you, and I knew
(08:12):
you're going to be in a betterframe of mind.
Yeah, thank you.
Speaker 3 (08:15):
Thanks for that, appreciate it, appreciate it.
Always got my back, love it.
But we've done loads of prides.
We unfortunately couldn't makeit to Dover Pride, hinkley Pride
and Manchester Pride allhappening at the same weekend.
Just gone, I know, but again,what was happening?
Trains strikes, trains strikesagain.
Speaker 2 (08:31):
Women Trains strikes.
Speaker 3 (08:33):
I'm a phoenix.
Speaker 2 (08:34):
I know it was such a shame, Hinkley.
We really wanted to be thereand we're so pleased that we
managed to come to the first one.
I know it was cancelled, but westill managed to come to the
party, which was great, andhopefully we'll come next year
in Manchester.
So we didn't get to get there,but we did send some of our
social media friends who got usa lovely video.
So do head over to ourInstagram if you haven't seen it
and have a look at ManchesterPride.
It looked epic and I'm stillyet to do a Manchester Pride
(08:56):
Same.
Speaker 3 (08:56):
I have never done a big night out in Manchester.
I've been a couple of times inmy life, but it's always been
during the week for like workand stuff.
So it's like, oh, I've been out, but it's not been like the
full weekend experience, youknow, like a weekday experience.
Speaker 2 (09:09):
The full Cannell Street experience.
Speaker 3 (09:11):
Yeah, I want a Friday to Sunday Cannell Street
experience, so we have to hit upManchester at some point.
That is on the list.
Speaker 2 (09:18):
I want to get that picture of you with the Cannell
Street sign where you'recovering up the letter C.
Speaker 3 (09:23):
That can be arranged, don't you worry.
Don't you worry, honey, I gotthis.
Speaker 2 (09:29):
Yeah we definitely do .
Manchester, anyway, we've saidthat before.
And yeah, dover Pride.
Sadly we missed those, buthopefully next year and
hopefully, if they're not all onthe same day and the trains are
blooming, working, yes, then wewill come along and celebrate
with you.
Speaker 3 (09:41):
Yes, because it's so important.
I think that we show up andthat we're visible and we are
just making our voices heard,because it's been a lot of
homophobia in the news recently,so I feel like it's on the rise
.
It's a bit of a weird time, butthe more that we're all out and
supporting each other andshowing up to these events, then
the more that just becomes thenorm and not going to get rid of
(10:01):
our voices.
We're here to stay.
Speaker 2 (10:03):
Absolutely, and I think we'll talk about that more
after this very short break.
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Speaker 3 (10:15):
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Speaker 2 (10:20):
So obviously this is our first episode back after a
little while and we don't wantto bring the mood down, but we
don't feel that we can really doour listeners and our area of
London justice If we don'tmention the statement that we
put out on our Instagram aboutthe horrific attack and the
stabbing that happened at thetwo brewers in Clapham a couple
of weeks ago.
Speaker 3 (10:40):
Oh my goodness.
I mean I was in shock when Iread the news.
I was in New York at the time.
Then, if I mentioned, I went toNew York for my holiday.
Speaker 2 (10:47):
Did you go to New York?
Speaker 3 (10:48):
I went to New York.
Speaker 2 (10:50):
Oh, my goodness.
Speaker 3 (10:52):
But yeah, obviously with the time difference.
I just got back and then turnedon my phone and all the
messages came through and Ithought, oh my goodness, what
the hell is going on?
Yeah, Because there ishomophobia in the world, right,
and some countries it's wayworse than others.
And I always feel that we'requite lucky, especially living
in London, that we live in quitea cosmopolitan area.
(11:13):
It's very open minded, it'syeah, it's part of just the
London culture, and so to kindof hear about like a homophobic
stabbing in London is quiteshocking anyway, but to then
hear about it happening in anarea that's very gay, outside a
very prolific gay bar, I wasjust like what is going on and
it actually really shook me up alittle bit because I felt like
(11:36):
our space is being invaded.
You know there shouldn't behomophobic attacks anywhere, but
when it's in one of your likesafe spaces, that's quite
frightening For sure.
Speaker 2 (11:46):
I mean, mary Mack, the incredible drag queen that
performs at Brose, quite oftenput out an amazing statement and
was like you know, for years wehave been driven to create our
own safe spaces because we havenot been welcomed as our own
authentic, you know, as our true, authentic selves in other
spaces.
So for you, then, to come toour space, to our house, and
(12:09):
attack us is just, you know it's.
I mean, attacking should neverbe acceptable, but this is
beyond, yeah, like it'sabsolutely unbelievable, and you
know you can.
If you haven't heard of it andyou want to go read of it, it's
literally everywhere and I'mvery happy to say that the two
people that were attacked arevery well and getting better and
(12:30):
they're actually doing they'redoing an amazing job at speaking
out about it.
Now, I obviously have never hadto go through that and I
honestly I can't tell you how Iwould be, but I am so impressed
that they, from literally theget go, even like in hospital
that evening, were speaking outabout it so quickly, so
eloquently, and they'vecontinued to do so.
(12:50):
They're sharing things andthey're raising awareness and
you know, like you said, it's ashame that we have to raise
awareness to sort of say thathomophobia is out there.
It's horrible that homophobia isstill happening, but it really
is, and something at the momentis just making it right.
I don't know if it's linked to,obviously, what's happening in
(13:10):
America yeah, but we need to doall we can to tell people that
it is not.
It's obviously not acceptable,and this is why pride is
important.
I've had so many people say tome like, oh, do you think we
really need pride?
Yes, and this is a primeexample for why we need to have
it.
And also we are lucky that weget to talk about how many
(13:31):
prides we can go to, becausethere are still places around
the world where they don't havepride.
Speaker 3 (13:35):
Yeah, yeah, I totally agree with you and I do think
it's really, really important,whatever country you're in, that
you are registered so that youcan vote, because what I do is I
look at the policies for mycommunity, the LGBTQ plus
community, and my vote will gotowards the people that give our
community a voice.
So it's really, reallyimportant that you are
(13:57):
registered so that you can voteand you can have a say,
absolutely, because I don't knowif the current government well,
they don't.
I'm just going to be honestwith you.
The current government that wehave here in the UK do not
represent our voice stronglyenough.
They promised five years agothey were going to ban
conversion therapy, and fiveyears has passed and they still
haven't done it.
So you know, that's just oneexample of where our current
government have not been fullyin support of us.
(14:19):
So I can't wait to vote becauseyour voice gets heard.
So it's really important thatyou're registered.
Speaker 2 (14:24):
Yeah, and if your area doesn't have a pride,
please head online, try to findthe nearest pride to you and go
celebrate.
Find your community, find thoseplaces and fight to keep them
going and to keep normalising it, which I hate.
That I don't even have to saythat we have to fight to
normalise it, but me too, I know.
Sadly that is what we have todo and the more we do it, the
(14:46):
better it will be for the future.
Generations that sort of youknow move into these spaces as
we get older, I guess.
Speaker 3 (14:51):
Yeah, for sure.
But you know big love to thetwo victims and know that you
are loved and supported by thewhole community.
We've got your backs andobviously we want to raise this
awareness.
Some slight good news just togive you a bit of a positive
spin on this awful tragedythat's happened recently.
But Brazil, the Supreme Courthas ruled that homophobia is now
(15:14):
punishable by prison.
Oh, amazing, so big up Brazil.
Yes, more places need to dothat.
Speaker 1 (15:20):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (15:21):
Because if you do make a homophobic attack and go
to prison, cool, you'reobviously not welcome in society
.
Why go out your way to behorrible to someone and don't
get it?
No, but also like, does notmake you think what has driven
that attacker to hate thecommunity so much that they've
gone out of their way to a gaybar to make an attack?
Speaker 2 (15:38):
I know Madness it kind of yeah, a kind of
speechless it's, it's yeah, andI mean let's extend this.
Obviously this is a horrificattack that has happened.
But I'm going to extend theword homophobia into sort of a
bigger remit.
It's anything.
It doesn't have to be physical,it can be verbal.
If you have ever experiencedhomophobia to you or to someone
(15:58):
around you, but particularlyactually to yourself, just know
it is nothing to do with whatyou're doing, it is completely
on that person and who you areis who you're meant to be and do
not change that for anybody.
And the final thing, I'll saysomething very interesting that
I listened to.
It was from a podcast episodefrom I'm not sure if you know
them page three and flesh oh yes, I think page three is a
(16:22):
stunning drag queen.
Speaker 3 (16:23):
Watch this space for page she is very, very good.
Speaker 2 (16:26):
What a babe.
I have so much time for her.
But she said where has thisword homophobia come from?
And I thought this was actuallyreally sort of eye opening.
She was like homophobia, it'sthe fear of somebody.
Why are people scared of us?
Yeah.
Why are they scared of gaypeople, yeah.
(16:46):
So why are we calling ithomophobia?
Can we change the name?
Because we're not scary, yeah,and we're not scaring them, and
then there's not a reason forthem to attack.
She was like I think she likelinked it like a arachnophobia,
like actually being scared of aspider, uh-huh.
Like why are you scared of usand why do you feel like it's
acceptable then to attack backon us?
It's just not.
Yeah, let's change the wordyeah for sure, she explains it
(17:06):
much better than I justparaphrased.
So go head over to her podcast.
It's called Didn't Ask, page 2,infrared.
It's super, super interesting.
It's a really yeah, it's areally good insight from a drag
queens point of view.
So go have a listen.
But anyway, moving on, you havebeen singing Annie songs and
every break we've taken today.
we've been recording variousbits of box for about three
hours and I've probably heardthe soundtrack back to back
(17:27):
about four times.
So I really feel like you areeagerly awaiting for me to ask
how was New York?
Speaker 3 (17:34):
Oh my God.
You know I went to New York.
Speaker 2 (17:36):
Yeah, somebody mentioned it One of the
producers, I think, was like Ithink he's in New York.
I was like, cool, he can staythere.
Speaker 3 (17:42):
Yeah, I mean, if you don't know, annie, I mean where
have you been all your life?
But I went to NYC.
Speaker 2 (17:51):
Oh gosh, the writer that musical is absolutely
appalled by what you're doing.
Speaker 3 (17:55):
Oh God, they're not done the right notes.
Speaker 2 (17:58):
Gosh, why did I bother writing those notes for
them to get massacred on someEnglish podcast?
But anyway, come on, tell meabout it.
How was it?
I want to know the whole thing.
Although you keep telling meyou went to New York and I've
heard drips and drabs of stories, I don't really know what you
got up to, so this is over toyou now.
Speaker 3 (18:18):
Oh, it was amazing.
Have you ever been to New Yorkbefore?
Speaker 2 (18:22):
I have actually been to New York.
Speaker 1 (18:25):
I have.
Speaker 2 (18:25):
It was a long.
It was a long, long old timeago.
Actually, scarily thinkingabout it, it was probably about
11 years ago.
Speaker 3 (18:33):
Oh wow, young.
Speaker 2 (18:34):
Yeah, because I was about 12.
No, because when I went tocollege, a couple of my friends
were American and they went backhome for the summer and they
were like, oh, do you want tocome visit?
So I was like, boy, do I?
So, yeah, I went to.
I actually went to New Jerseyand then we went to.
We went into New York a coupleof times, but it was so hot, it
(18:55):
was miserable and everyone wasjust angry and pissed off.
But anyway, this isn't about myexperience, this is about yours
, honey.
I want to hear about yourexperience.
Speaker 3 (19:02):
Oh, my goodness, where to begin.
I mean, it is incredible,although I didn't realize it's
the most expensive city in theworld, is it actually?
Yes, we went on this boat tripand they were saying, like fun
facts, like fun fact, new Yorkis the most expensive city in
the world.
It's like, well, that explainswhy my credit card is like minus
right now, just climbed.
(19:23):
Yeah, no, it is really reallyexpensive.
So if you are going to go, itis amazing and it is incredible,
and obviously so many likemovies and TV shows are filmed
there.
So you walk past like, oh mygod, I'm outside the friends
apartment or I'm outside the sexin the city house, so it's
really great, and you feel likeyou are walking through this
movie set the whole time.
But it is, it is spenny, so gotto make sure you've saved up
(19:46):
for it.
Yeah, but I went to go and seethe Britney Spears musical on
Broadway whilst I was there,which reminded me of of you and
our sense of humor, and it wasreally, really fun.
Have you heard much about it?
Speaker 2 (19:58):
No, nothing at all.
Speaker 3 (19:59):
So it is basically Cinderella and she's like wait,
I don't need a prince charmingto be happy ever after I can be
independent and, like, do my ownthing.
So she kind of like rallies upall like the, the princesses in
fairy tale land, to like dumptheir princes, basically.
But it's all set to the musicalBritney Spears it's so much fun
(20:20):
and they there's a bit in thestory where they all find out
they're dating the same princeand the prince comes in and
they're like oh my god, you'rethe prince for all of us.
Speaker 2 (20:28):
Womanizer, womanizer, oh gosh, is it a comedy?
Please tell me it's a comedy,it's a comedy.
Speaker 3 (20:36):
Yeah, it's a comedy, yeah, it's funny, it's funny and
yeah, it's just so much fun.
So I saw the Britney musical.
That was incredible and there'snowhere else in the world.
The only place you can see itright now is in New York.
I'm not surprised, and also Idid go for a big gay night out
and went to Stonewall Inn, whichis where obviously Pride
originated.
So I felt like I was walkingthrough history and I was
(20:58):
reading up all about that timeand the stories from there and
did like a bit of a bar crawland ended up at a place called
Flamin Saddles which isbasically have you ever watched
Coyote Ugly the movie?
Yes, it's basically the gayversion of that and they
advertise it as that and it iscowboys, gay cowboys behind the
bar, and they wear like what arethey called?
Hot pants, Like denim.
Speaker 2 (21:18):
Oh, my gosh, don't even try it.
What?
Speaker 3 (21:22):
are they called?
I don't own any myself.
Speaker 2 (21:24):
Jokes, jokes no hot pants.
Are they called hot pants?
Speaker 3 (21:29):
Like denim, short shorts, little pink, like crop
tops, cowboy hats, and everyhalf hour they stop serving and
they line dance on the bar.
It's amazing.
I was like I think this is mynew career.
I want to work at FlaminSaddles and be a dancing cowboy.
Honestly that's where I'm going.
Speaker 2 (21:52):
Where's Brad, new York.
What's he doing there To behonest, jokes aside, you would
put on a great show.
I would smash it, wouldn't I?
Well, that's a little far, butyou would put on a really good
show.
Speaker 3 (22:06):
And my little short shorts and my cowboy hat doing
the la suse on the bar Love it.
Speaker 2 (22:10):
Oh, my goodness.
Speaker 3 (22:11):
But anyway, before I went, one of my friends was like
, look the Americans, they dolove the English, but it's like,
do not speak in your Londonaccent, Make sure you speak a
bit more posh.
So I was doing my best.
Kate Middleton, let's hear it.
Oh, hello, yes, could I get avodka lemonade please?
Honestly, I was doing thataccent and people were like
(22:37):
sorry, what lemonade.
Could I get a vodka andlemonade?
Wow?
Speaker 2 (22:43):
Is that how you think I sound?
Speaker 3 (22:44):
A little bit yeah.
Speaker 2 (22:46):
No A vodka A vodka, a vodka.
Speaker 3 (22:52):
Oh, my gosh, honestly , so many people were like, oh
my God, I love your accent.
I was like, oh, thank you somuch and I really playing up to
it, right?
I was making myself laugh andthen some gay guys outside this
cowboy bar heard me chatting tosome people in that voice and
they started to take the pissout of my accent and they went
oh, cheerio, oh my gosh.
(23:15):
And so this was a thing.
So many people in New York keptsaying cheerio to me, and
American people think thatBritish people say cheerio yeah.
Speaker 2 (23:23):
I've heard this before.
It's like people thinkAustralians say throw another
shrimp on the bumblebee yeahthey don't.
Speaker 3 (23:28):
They don't say that it's like a g'day mate Like they
.
That's like a stereotype thing,right no?
Speaker 2 (23:33):
I think they do say g'day.
Speaker 3 (23:34):
Oh right, anyway, if you're American and listen to
this, I don't know any Britishperson that says cheerio when
they say goodbye, that's justnot a thing.
Speaker 2 (23:43):
My dad says cheerio.
Speaker 3 (23:44):
Of course he does.
Speaker 2 (23:45):
That does not surprise me, no, literally he
says cheerio, but what theydon't say is like pip, pip.
Speaker 3 (23:52):
Yeah, cheerio pip, pip yeah.
Speaker 2 (23:55):
Oh my goodness, so so funny.
Speaker 3 (23:57):
But yeah, the amount of people that said cheerio to
me.
I was like, guys, it's not,that's not a thing, but there we
go.
So live my best New York life.
I mean, I did it all, dideverything that you could do in
New York.
Speaker 2 (24:07):
I'm very jealous of going past the friends flat.
That's cool.
Speaker 3 (24:11):
And also went to Central Park and went to the
fountain where they did theclaps as well.
Speaker 2 (24:15):
Did you, though?
You sent me a picture and I waslike that is not the same
fountain.
Speaker 3 (24:19):
It is on the tour guide.
They were like they put ascreen behind it, so it's like a
different backdrop on the TVshow, but the fountain is that,
apparently.
Apparently that's what the tourguide said.
Speaker 2 (24:28):
But the fountain doesn't have fish on it and in
the friends that's got likethese fish.
Ben your fountain.
There's no fish.
Speaker 3 (24:33):
Well, maybe they just put the fish in for the filming
?
Speaker 2 (24:35):
I don't know, no there's like a statue of a fish.
Speaker 3 (24:39):
Oh, actual fish, I don't mean bloody goldfish, my
goodness Also.
Speaker 2 (24:45):
Fun fact, friends, was never filmed in New York.
It's all filmed in LA.
Speaker 3 (24:48):
Was it.
Speaker 2 (24:49):
Yeah, not once had they filmed in New York.
Speaker 3 (24:52):
Interesting.
Speaker 2 (24:53):
Which makes me think they were trying to replicate
the Central Park fountain.
Speaker 3 (24:58):
Maybe.
I mean, there's two fountainsof Central Park.
There's like the smaller one,which I was told was the friends
one, but maybe that's maybe asold misinformation, and then
the big one.
Have you ever seen theenchanted Disney film?
Have I?
I mean, loads of films havedone it.
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (25:12):
I've thought you have .
I've been dreaming of my truelove's kiss.
Yeah, of course I have.
Speaker 3 (25:17):
Literally that.
And they did a big danceroutine on the fountain, didn't
they?
Speaker 2 (25:20):
Yes, how do you know that?
Yes, that one yeah.
Speaker 3 (25:24):
So I did recreate that.
No, but no one else wanted toget involved, it was just me.
Like spinning around on thefountain, is there?
Speaker 2 (25:29):
any video evidence of this, of course.
You have to send it to me rightnow.
Speaker 3 (25:35):
I might do.
I might do.
It depends how stupid I look.
If I look like an absolute fool, then no, because you'll use it
against me for the rest of mylife.
Speaker 2 (25:41):
Well, we know you're going to like a fool, but I want
to see it.
So, all in all, you had a goodtime in New York.
Speaker 3 (25:47):
It was great.
I'd say it's like being in thefilms.
There's so much to do there.
I felt like a little ant.
I'm going to be honest becausethe buildings are so tall,
they're so massive.
Speaker 2 (25:56):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (25:57):
When you walk around, I felt tiny and then, now that
I'm back in London, walk aroundlike there's no kind of height
really in London, is there?
There's not like massively tallbuildings.
No, but that is the one thing Iwould say about London.
London definitely has more likearchitecture, I guess, and
history.
That's it.
I do think London's quiteinteresting to walk around.
Speaker 2 (26:13):
Yeah, because London was built way before New York
was yeah exactly, New York's notreally that long.
Speaker 3 (26:18):
Oh is it.
Is that a few hundred years old?
I know my history, I did myresearch.
Yeah, exactly.
Speaker 2 (26:24):
New York's not really that long.
Cheerio, cheerio, pip-pip, didyou go to the site of the Twin
Towers?
Speaker 3 (26:32):
Oh, I did, and I actually got really upset.
Speaker 2 (26:34):
Yeah, I went there when I went to New York and we
queued and queued and queued andwe got in and it was.
Speaker 3 (26:39):
It's too emotional.
I had to leave halfway through.
I was like I can't do anymore.
I feel really sad.
Yeah, you know I'm an empath,aren't I?
So I feel emotions.
So, you know, when you'rewalking around the Memorial
Museum and they're like playingthe video screens I remember it
so clearly when we were youngerand it all happened and just
like what the hell was going on.
Yeah, like oh, it was reallysad, you know, and they've got
(27:01):
like the voices and therecordings and stuff.
I was like, oh, my God, it'stoo real.
It's too real.
Like there's one thing sittingin the UK, in my small town
where I grew up watching it onthe news, and then there's
another thing being in the spacewhere that happens, and the
surrounding streets as well.
Speaker 2 (27:17):
Like just just well, heavy, heavy, did you get to the
end fountain?
Did you get to that bit?
Yeah, yeah, yeah, it'sbeautiful, yeah, it's just
amazing.
I actually love so much thatthe city has kept that space in
a place where that sort of spaceis so valuable.
I absolutely love the factthey've kept it as a memorial.
Speaker 3 (27:36):
Yeah, they have to.
It's only right, yeah.
So yeah, I mean, I do recommendgoing if you are into city
breaks, but, as I say, it'sreally expensive, I'm not even
joking.
Vodka slash, the Britneymusical $40.
Speaker 2 (27:53):
Sorry, Okay, first of all that is absolutely
astronomical expensive.
But I love the fact that yourlittle pictures like a holiday,
like then you're like let's baseNew York and like relevancy to
how price it is on a vodka slashfrom the Britney musical.
It's not like the average priceof a main meal, or like you
(28:15):
know, you know a hot dog on thestreet, or like no, it's a Vodka
slash at the Britney musical.
Speaker 3 (28:20):
Yeah, $40 was about 30 quid for one drink, expensive
but also it was expensive foodand drink there.
I'll be honest.
But the one good thing they dodo you don't ask for maybe like
a double because they just freepour it.
Yeah, so you do get like thedrinks were so strong I think in
like UK everywhere kind of likedoes a double unless you want
to singled at.
You like to measure thatproperly?
Never once, or a measuredcylinder, jargato.
(28:42):
I was just like, yeah, whack itin that glass honey Pouring it
in or in.
Speaker 2 (28:46):
I do wonder if it's slightly like you know, like us
in London well, don't go there,it's so overpriced, and we know,
like, the cheaper places to go.
I wonder if, like, if you livein New York, you get to learn
that.
Speaker 3 (28:55):
Yeah, yeah, I guess so yeah, because obviously like
the heart of like the tourism islike Times Square and obviously
everything is just so expensivearound there.
Yeah, it's like being in lessthan square.
I guess, like I would never goout in less than square.
Speaker 2 (29:05):
No, for sure, okay, big question Did you buy any
memorabilia?
Did you get a t-shirt?
I felt you're the sort ofperson that would walk away with
a Statue of Liberty like handglove or hat.
Speaker 3 (29:17):
Okay, I wanted to buy a Statue of Liberty hat.
Everyone said no.
You know me so well.
Speaker 2 (29:23):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (29:23):
But I did purchase a New York City jumper and
obviously I got a little Statueof Liberty statue to go on my
desk and key rings and all that.
Obviously I like the touristhat, I love it.
Speaker 2 (29:35):
You love it.
I mean, you came back fromDisney.
I look like like Disney andthrown up on you.
Speaker 3 (29:41):
Disney key rings for everyone.
Speaker 2 (29:43):
You get a key ring.
You get a key ring.
You're wearing your like Iheart Disney t-shirt and your
Mickey Mouse ears.
Speaker 3 (29:49):
Yeah, of course, I bought Mickey Mouse ears and
spent all day walking aroundwith them.
Obviously, yeah, no, I do loveall the tourist hat.
You know me so well.
Speaker 2 (29:56):
I do, and we've definitely need to plan this
like gay occasion, gay holidaythat we want to do, because I
think it would be so fun.
I also think we'd both need togo to Disney, because I think
that would just be a hoot.
Speaker 3 (30:07):
Yes, sign me up.
Speaker 2 (30:09):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (30:09):
Bean Park rides and Mickey Mouse ears.
Don't fret me over good time.
Speaker 2 (30:14):
Although I do remember a couple of weeks ago I
was like, oh, should we go toThorpe Park?
And you looked at me and I justwent, no, I said oh okay,
you're like never in the schoolholidays.
Speaker 3 (30:22):
Never, don't do it, never.
Why would you do that toyourself, queuing for hours with
kids like screaming no.
Speaker 2 (30:29):
I've never known you to be so like definite on an
answer.
Speaker 3 (30:33):
Absolutely not.
I've done it before.
Speaker 2 (30:35):
Should we go to the park?
Speaker 3 (30:36):
No, no, I said we can go when all the kids go back to
school.
Then yes, 100%.
I'm not queuing two hours for aride with lots of screaming
kids, no way.
Speaker 2 (30:46):
Yeah, I know I wish they did like no kids nights,
but probably just be us walkingaround.
Speaker 3 (30:50):
I'm actually for this and I'm not to bring that
Debbie Downer on the mood.
There was a screaming baby onone of the plane rides and I
thought, lady please.
Speaker 2 (31:00):
Excuse me, lady.
Speaker 3 (31:02):
This is so selfish.
I think it is because I wouldnot take a baby on a plane.
I just don't think.
I think they should be like atleast five years old.
Probably going to get a bit ofhate for that you will, and I
guess you know there'scircumstances, but maybe then I
don't know cheaper flights Likethis is a kid friendly flight
and the tickets are cheaperbecause you might have a
screaming kid next to you forthe whole flight.
(31:23):
Yeah, I think it's selfishpersonally, yeah, yeah, I mean,
let's not get into that, becauseI feel very strongly passionate
about screaming children andwhere they shouldn't shouldn't
be, and also just parenting,like control the baby, like
there was none of that going on.
I was just letting the kidsscream willy-nilly.
I was like, please.
Speaker 1 (31:39):
Oh really.
Speaker 3 (31:40):
Trying to watch Will and Grace on the telly.
Speaker 2 (31:42):
I was you kill me.
You are such like a grouch, butit's so good.
At the same time, I saw you putout a thing on the Instagram
like oh, do I know anyone thatworks for Virgin Airlines?
I did.
I mean props to you using theplatform to get yourself free
(32:05):
stuff, but did it work?
Speaker 3 (32:07):
Well, no, well, kind of ish.
So I knew this is a littlesecret, right.
So if you're listening, this isgold dust.
So take note.
My one of my good friends usedto work for BA.
You know the British Airwaysflights, I'm aware of what BA is
.
Speaker 2 (32:22):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (32:22):
Yeah, Just double checking case.
People listening might be likewhat's BA?
Why is it English people don'tsay cheerio?
Like every day is a learningday on this podcast.
Let me tell you.
Speaker 2 (32:32):
Okay, so we've taught people that BA is British
Airways.
Speaker 3 (32:35):
Okay, anyway, he was an air host.
Was that what?
What's like a male version ofair hostess?
Air Stuart, air Stuart, yeah,and I didn't know that.
Air hostess, air host.
I tell you, every day is alearning day for you, my
goodness, oh gosh.
Anyway, he told me this littletrick, so do this as you will
(32:59):
and go forth.
But he said that the airstewards they don't really get
to eat like good food on theairplanes and if you go with a
bag of like sweets or chocolatesand like magazines, then you
probably will get some specialtreatment.
Now, they're not actuallytechnically allowed to bump you
up to like first class orwhatever, but they might just
(33:19):
like go out of their way a bitmore to be.
You know, make sure you have acomfortable flight.
So I did that.
I've done that a couple oftimes and I did it on my flight
to New York and it does work,let me tell you Really, yeah, I
guess it's a bit like youscratch my back, I scratch yours
.
I was being a nice person, butobviously with like an intention
behind it, right?
Speaker 2 (33:36):
So what did you give them?
Like a hobnob or a digestivebiscuit?
Speaker 3 (33:39):
I brought them two bags of massive Harry bows,
because apparently sugar andsweets are good for them to keep
them awake, because obviouslythey've got like stay awake for
the night and stuff, haven'tthey Right?
So obviously the flight left,they did all the dinners and
stuff and then everyone's likesettling down for the night and
I thought you know what, I'mjust going to go back and like
get chatting to them.
So I took two big bags of Harrybows and I was like oh, my
(34:00):
friend used to work as an air Ithink I said air host, to be
fair and so I know that you guyswork really hard and you don't
get much sweets and stuff.
So here's a little treat fromme to you to say thank you for
looking after us on the flight.
And they're like oh, thank youso much, how long are you going
for New York?
Well, we got chatting and likemade some friends with them and
we was just chatting for about10 minutes Like oh, do you want
(34:22):
some extra drinks?
So like, oh, yeah, you know whatmine's like a little extra
drink for the for the flight andshe just gave me loads of
miniatures.
So I put more on your bag, takethem off the flight, use them
around New York and stuff.
Really friendly, really nice.
And then we'd pop in like doyou want a water?
Do you want like extra drinks?
Just went above and beyond.
So I did feel like very what'sthe word?
(34:42):
Treated on the plane and theywere like thank you for the
Harry bow.
It went down a right tree andthen two days later I bumped
into them in New York when I waswalking around the streets.
What the chances and they'relike oh my God, it's you, how's
your trip going?
So, yeah, how was it?
How are you?
Because they obviously get tostay over for like a day or two
and then, before they fly back,yeah, so make some friends on
the plane.
Speaker 2 (35:03):
Oh my goodness, did they also buy Britney?
Speaker 3 (35:10):
Spears?
No, I don't think they did.
Speaker 2 (35:11):
Oh well, that's that's.
I mean it's a good thing toknow.
I mean let's be nice toeveryone anyway, but if you get
free drinks out of it, then who?
Speaker 3 (35:17):
exactly look out for each other.
You know help each other out.
So there you go.
If you're on the long haulflight, when you get to the, you
know that is it the duty freebit.
You know, when you go throughlike security and there's like
the shops, yeah, buy a few bagsof sweets, skim to the air
stewards as a little thank youand you might get a little treat
in return.
Speaker 2 (35:33):
So basically, what you're saying is to help the BA
staff stairway all night.
Give them a couple of baggies.
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Speaker 2 (36:21):
Okay, so you're probably all flown out, but you
do have a very important flightcoming up, haven't?
Speaker 3 (36:29):
you.
Oh, my goodness, I'm so excitedfor this.
This is the last stop on ourpride season and I'm coming to
your hometown.
Speaker 2 (36:38):
So get the red carpet out, get the flags flying,
because I'm coming to Jerseybaby, absolutely, it's Channel
Islands Pride this September andit all kicks off actually
earlier on in the week, but themain day is the 16th of
September in Jersey and we arevery excited to have been
invited along as one of thesponsors and, like you said, it
is my hometown, which makes itso much more exciting.
(36:59):
Now I have been putting out acouple of things into the press
in Jersey.
I've sort of been warning themthat you're coming, and if they
see somebody coming, you know,into their shop, speaking very
broken English, don't worrythey're okay, I'll be along to
catch you know, to find youshortly afterwards and take you
back to the hotel to lock youaway from the public.
But no, don't decide.
(37:20):
I'm actually so excited to sortof show you around the island.
Speaker 3 (37:22):
Yeah, I can't wait.
And also when I meet your dad,I'm gonna go cheerio.
Speaker 2 (37:27):
And I think you found that really funny.
Cheerio means goodbye, so don'tlike meet him and then say
cheerio, because that kind of isrude.
Speaker 3 (37:34):
Who the hell is this gaze that you brought along?
Speaker 2 (37:38):
Why does he keep saying cheerio, Devin, I brought
you on a cup of tea.
Oh yes, please, cheerio.
Oh my goodness.
Yeah because you've never beenhere before, have you?
Speaker 3 (37:51):
I've never been to any of the Channel Islands
actually.
Speaker 2 (37:54):
Fun fact, nor have I ever, actually ever been to
Jersey.
Speaker 3 (37:56):
Just to Jersey.
So what is the Jersey inGuernsey?
Speaker 2 (37:59):
Jersey is the largest .
Yeah, guernsey, alderney, sarkand Herm, and then you do have
the Ekrahoes, but that'sbasically just a bunch of rocks,
but you can go there once a daywhen the tide's out.
Speaker 3 (38:10):
Okay, well, yeah, I've never been to any of them,
so very excited to go.
But Jersey Pride, what are wegetting up to?
Speaker 2 (38:16):
Well, on the main day , the main day, that's on the
Saturday, the 16th you are goingto be amongst the crowd and on
the main stage capturing allsorts of social media content to
share with everybody throughtheir accounts, but ours as well
, to sort of document the dayfor those that can't be there
with us.
So you're going to be busy.
Speaker 3 (38:37):
I can't believe you're leaving me with tech Now.
Me and tech are just notfriends, so this is going to be
interesting.
I'm like Benji I can't unlockthe phone.
Where's the lock screen?
Speaker 2 (38:50):
Halfway through a performance like sorry excuse me
, excuse me excuse me, stopsinging.
Just take the microphone offthem.
Sorry, sorry, benji where are?
You Kiss my hand.
No, Just grab the microphonebut they have to.
Speaker 3 (39:12):
Oh my God, benji.
Speaker 2 (39:16):
No, I know I think you'll be absolutely fine.
I did say maybe try bringingsomebody to come over and film
for you.
But if there's a couple ofpeople over here, that I'm sure
would help you film, andobviously I'll be there as well.
But I'll be back and forthbecause I'm also doing a couple
of the events for Pride as well.
Speaker 3 (39:32):
Yeah, because you're quite involved, aren't you?
Which is going to be great.
So get to come to your dragevent that you're hosting.
Can't wait for that.
Speaker 2 (39:37):
For sure.
So yeah, like I said a coupleof episodes ago, like I got rid
of that horrible toxic job thatI had and I've very much gone
solo and yeah, these are myfirst sort of four events on my
own.
Speaker 3 (39:48):
I'm so excited for you.
Speaker 2 (39:50):
Yeah, so super excited to see how those go.
I know they'll be fine.
We've booked some really gooddrag queens for it, some from
the UK.
So yeah, just overall reallyexcited.
Obviously, you're going to bethere by my side for each and
every one of them and hopefullyyou'll be getting on the
microphone here and there whenyou can.
And don't forget, the whole ofPride finishes with a boat party
.
Speaker 3 (40:10):
I mean, I'm going to live my mum and me a fantasy
running around an island on thebeach singing and dancing to
Abbasongs and then going on aboat party as heaven.
Speaker 2 (40:20):
Does that mean you're bringing your denim jumpsuit
again?
Speaker 3 (40:22):
Yes, that's really my side.
Speaker 2 (40:29):
You're sleeping it, you're bathing it All round New
York in it.
You do love it.
Speaker 3 (40:36):
I love it.
I do love it, but who'sperforming Channel Island's?
Speaker 2 (40:41):
Pride, so headliners on the Saturday are actually
five.
Speaker 3 (40:45):
Love me some five, everybody get up.
Oh, my God.
Speaker 2 (40:48):
Yes, yeah.
So it's going to be super,super fun.
And then we've got, obviously,the drag queens headlining as
well.
We've got a flash pastrymisleading Mercedes Benz and
Tamara Thomas, as well as manyother performers.
And then, on the after partywhich, yes, you're coming to as
well the DJ is Una from theSaturdays.
Speaker 3 (41:07):
Oh, my goodness, this trip gets better and better.
Honestly, it's like gay heaven.
This is what Pride's all aboutis like just being your
authentic, true self, live inyour best life with everyone
else in the community.
And, yeah, having a great oldtime is going to be amazing.
Speaker 2 (41:22):
Yeah, and what's really amazing for me, on a
complete personal note, is whatthis is doing for the island.
I've spoken on this podcast somany times about how suppressed
our community is on this islandand it really really upsets me
to see all these blank profileson all sorts of dating apps.
We'll leave it at that Forpeople not being feeling that
(41:43):
they can actually be who theywant to be because of their jobs
, et cetera.
So I'm really chuffed withChannel Islands Pride and what
they're providing for theChannel Islands in the way of
this Pride and the support thatI know that it will be giving to
people.
So you know what, on the mainday, if 10 people turn up or
10,000 people turn up, we'redoing such, they're doing sorry,
(42:03):
I should say such a good job,even just for those 10 people,
and they will make such adifference.
So I'm really, really excitednot only to share that with you,
but sort of then to bring itback onto the podcast and talk
about it, and then I think it'sgoing to be.
It's going to be a wild fivedays, let alone the fact that
we're both staying in the samehotel.
Speaker 3 (42:20):
After party at ours everyone.
Speaker 2 (42:22):
Yeah, with all the performers as well.
Speaker 3 (42:24):
So it's going to be carnage, yeah it's going to be a
lot of fun, but it's also thisis really huge for Jersey as
well, isn't it?
I know you've said for thatreason to have provided in these
, these spaces, for the queercommunity to come out and live
their best lives, but also it'sbig.
This is the biggest they'veever done.
It.
It's huge and it sounds reallyexciting, all the events that's
(42:44):
going on, because did you tellme that Jersey actually doesn't
have a gay bar on the island?
Speaker 2 (42:49):
We have zero gay bars , no queer spaces right.
Speaker 3 (42:53):
So for these five days, and especially over the
weekend when it's all the bigstuff happening, all those
spaces are now going to becomequeer venues.
Speaker 2 (43:01):
Yeah, literally all of a sudden, we've got a drag
bingo, a drag brunch, main stagemakeup tutorials.
It's literally everything thatthey could want.
Speaker 3 (43:09):
Yeah and hopefully, then this is going to pave the
way for there to be a permanentqueer space on the island.
Speaker 2 (43:14):
Well, fingers crossed .
I mean ages ago, before I was18, there was a gay bar over
here that was actually run bydrag queens and, if you remember
, we bumped into one at HinckleyPride who said oh, I used to
work as a drag queen.
Speaker 1 (43:25):
Yes, oh, my goodness, yes, yes.
Speaker 3 (43:26):
Yes, yeah.
Speaker 2 (43:27):
And that went, got bought by a bank?
Of course it did, because it'sa finance island and it was
never replaced.
And yeah, I'm really hopingthat after this, somebody goes.
You know what?
We need to find a space forthis community, because there's
nothing for them.
You know, we've got so manysports teams on this island,
which is great, and there are somany clubhouses.
There's rugby clubhouses,tennis, badminton, literally
(43:49):
everything.
There's a croquet clubhouseLike wow, yeah, there is space
for all these people that wantto do these sports.
There is nothing for the queercommunity over here.
So I'm hoping this will get theball rolling on that as well.
Who knows?
Speaker 3 (44:02):
Absolutely, and if you haven't got tickets, you can
still get tickets, right Evennow.
Speaker 2 (44:07):
Yep, you can still get tickets for all the events.
Some of them are almost soldout, but not completely.
The flights are super cheap.
Book them now.
They're like 50 pound return.
There are hotels.
We've got hotels of alldifferent sort of styles,
depending on what your budgetsuits.
You've got from sort of travellodges all the way up to very
nice, fancy five-star hotels.
There's still space.
It's going to be so much fun.
(44:28):
The island is beautiful as well.
So even during the day whenyou're hungover, instead of just
going to a weather spoon orjust sort of sitting in the flat
not knowing what to do, you cango sit on the beach, you can go
for a swim, you can go kayaking, jet skiing like, or just walk
around the island.
It's absolutely stunning.
So if you are available onthose dates so we said it's on
the 16th of September, butthere's things going on that
(44:48):
entire week head over to theirwebsite, check it out and if you
can come, I would reallyrecommend it.
And if you do, please send us amessage, because we'll be there
and we would love to meet you.
But, brad, that, sadly, is allwe have time for on this week's
episode of my Big Gay Podcast.
If you don't already, pleasehead over to our Instagram.
It's at Big Gay Podcast, and ifyou haven't checked out our
(45:08):
website, it'swwwmybiggaypodcastcom.
Speaker 3 (45:11):
And get in touch with us with your summer stories.
What have you been up to?
Have you had any fun stuffthat's happened at Pride that
you want to share with us on thepodcast?
Because we've got some fun onesto share with you and I've got
a couple of funny stories thathave happened to me as well.
So next week all will berevealed.
Speaker 2 (45:29):
But, like I said, thank goodness, that is all we
have time for on this week'sepisode, until next time.
See you next Wednesday.
Speaker 3 (45:39):
Right, benji.
So when I come over and land inNew Jersey, no, no, no, no.
Speaker 2 (45:44):
Just Jersey, not New Jersey.
Do not call me and say I'velanded in New Jersey.
Where do I go?
Speaker 3 (45:52):
Can you imagine, oh?
Speaker 2 (45:53):
my goodness.
Speaker 3 (45:54):
Well, I'm thinking what should I bring for the air
stewards on the flight?
Speaker 2 (45:58):
Do you know what?
I think they'll reallyappreciate what Is if you leave
them alone?
You fly with a differentairline, you swim.
Speaker 3 (46:08):
And then I rock up at the island and I'm like Cheerio
.
Speaker 2 (46:12):
Oh right, he's not with me.
Sandy Brown couldn't be with ustoday.
Hello and welcome to this week's episode of my Big
Gay Podcast with me.
Speaker 3 (00:24):
Benji, I'm me, brad, giving you the life, the loves
and lovelies of living in LondonTwo gays one city what could
possibly go wrong?
Oh, benji, not gonna lie, Ihave missed you.
Speaker 2 (00:41):
I'm not gonna be shady, but I have missed you as
well.
But I will be honest.
Yeah, I will be honest.
This is probably the longestthat we've ever been without
speaking right in the last threeyears.
Speaker 3 (00:53):
Yeah, I know you've had a couple weeks break from me
.
Speaker 2 (00:55):
Yeah, and it's been welcomed.
I'll be honest, it's beenlovely.
I had somebody in thesupermarket a couple days ago
with an accent like yours and,I'm not gonna lie, I had like
PTSD and I started shivering.
I know that this holiday iscoming to an end.
You know you get like theholiday blues just before you
come back.
Speaker 1 (01:12):
Uh-huh, yeah, yeah.
Speaker 2 (01:13):
Yeah, I've very much had that, so I grabbed like an
extra packet of doughnuts so Ican sort of eat my feelings.
Speaker 3 (01:20):
Did you hear like a big oi, oi and like, oh my god,
not this.
Speaker 1 (01:26):
Yeah, I was like I have to leave.
I have to go home now.
Speaker 2 (01:30):
It was my job anyway.
How are you?
Speaker 3 (01:33):
I am feeling on cloud nine.
I feel so great to be back inthe studio recording with you.
As I say, I have missed you.
I've missed connecting withpeople and using our little
platform and getting themessages through.
It's been a bit of a weird,like little break.
Speaker 2 (01:46):
I've missed it so much, like can't wait to get
back recording again and it hasbeen lovely and all the messages
that have come in as well havebeen great.
Yeah, sorry, to be honest, ourlittle break did come a little.
It was abrupt, right.
We didn't really give anywarning, we're just like right,
that's it.
Speaker 1 (02:01):
A little bit, it was very dramatic.
Speaker 3 (02:04):
It was a bit.
Speaker 2 (02:04):
It was very.
You know, jerry Halliwellleaving the Spice Girls.
There was no warning and it wastaken very badly.
But we're back now so we'rereally, really sorry, but it was
very much needed.
I mean, I guess we shouldprobably talk about what we've
been up to whilst we've beenaway.
Speaker 3 (02:18):
Yeah, well, the reason why we had a little break
we were planning to have a weekoff anyway because I went to
New York City, didn't I?
And it was amazing.
Oh my goodness, did you go toNew York?
I don't know if you saw, but Iwent to New York City.
Speaker 2 (02:29):
Oh my goodness, you never mention it.
Speaker 3 (02:33):
But we should come back to that in a bit.
So we were going to have alittle break, anyway for me to
go and have my holiday, and thenyou decided to go and have a
quick holiday as well, becauseit's just been a busy, hectic
year for both of us.
We've done so much, yeah, and Imean it's been summer season,
which I love summer season, butit's relentless, isn't it?
All the prides, all thefestivals, oh my goodness, so
(02:53):
many prides, so many, yeah,loads.
Speaker 2 (02:56):
Which is great, which is so lovely, but like, oh, we
just weren't quite ready for allof them.
And then, with train strikes.
Speaker 3 (03:03):
Oh, not the train strikes.
Speaker 2 (03:04):
I mean, let's just talk about that just for a
second.
I don't know why trains havesuddenly become so homophobic,
but it got so difficult to getto any of the prides.
However, train strike on thetrain strike, we still made it
to Brighton Pride.
Speaker 3 (03:18):
We did because, remember, we got all the tickets
, we were hyped, we're ready togo.
Then the train strikes gotannounced and we thought, well,
how are we going to get toBrighton now?
But we got to get there.
Speaker 2 (03:28):
We did so.
We got our very own Venger bus.
Speaker 3 (03:31):
The Venger busies were out on that one.
Speaker 2 (03:33):
Let me tell you, oh gosh, oh gosh, wow, here we go,
street back into it.
Yeah, we got a party bus allthe way from Clapham to Brighton
.
Speaker 3 (03:45):
Yeah, because we were looking at taxis, like I'm sure
we can get like a couple oftaxi cabs, we can all go en
masse, etc.
And then one of my friends waslike well, how about limousine?
Yes, that is amazing.
It was so fine with that, butlimousine was so expensive.
But we came across one of ourfriends came across a party bus
website which is basically aconverted van.
Speaker 2 (04:06):
So, yeah, we had this little WhatsApp group going
right and I was like this iswhat I imagined for the party
bus.
It was very much likeexpectation versus reality, and
the expectation was somewherealong the lines of the spice.
Oh, the Spice Girls are gettinga lot of mention this week.
The Spice Girls, spice Worldtour bus, do you remember it?
Yes, it was Double Decker UnionJack.
Yeah, stunning Iconic,literally iconic.
(04:27):
Like still want that bucketlist, want that big Side note?
Apparently you can, still, youcan hire that as an Airbnb
somewhere.
Speaker 3 (04:37):
Okay, we need to do that ASAP.
Speaker 2 (04:39):
Yeah, somebody wrote in when we posted and they were
like oh, you can actually hirethis as an Airbnb.
Oh my God, dreams can come true.
Yeah, that wasn't the SpiceGirls, but anyway.
So that was the expectation,and the reality I'm not joking
was Mam with a van who hadpainted the windows black, so
(05:00):
you can see how whacked a coupleof laser machines up in the
corner.
There was a flat screen TV onthe other end and champagne flue
holders.
Oh, and leather sofas.
Yes, all of that, it was great.
Leather sofas like bolted tothe sides.
Speaker 3 (05:15):
Yeah, we had such a great time, though we arrived in
style and we had the tunes on.
You were being very controllingwith the playlist, though,
might I add.
Speaker 2 (05:23):
Well, to be honest, I had to be, because when we
first got on I was like I'mgoing to control the music
because I feel like of everybody, I've got a good mix of what
everyone will like.
Right, that is true, yeah.
And then somebody else in ourgroup got on and connected their
phone first, loved them dearly,but the music for the first 10
minutes was, I mean, I don'teven know what it was.
(05:43):
It was like gay song rejects.
That never quite made it to anygay iconic film.
What is this music?
And somebody else was likelooking at me, like like
mouthing, change the music.
It was like Enne.
Speaker 3 (06:01):
Oh yeah, not the one.
Speaker 2 (06:03):
This is not the vibe guys Brad's on his second bottle
of vodka.
Enne is not the one.
Speaker 3 (06:08):
Yeah, I got quite merry on the on the vancabre
seat, didn't I?
You did?
Speaker 2 (06:11):
Although big shout out to the company and the
driver, who was lovely, and whenhe realized what we were doing
on the TV screen I don't know ifyou remember this he changed it
to the pride flag.
Yes, he did, yeah.
Speaker 3 (06:22):
A legend.
Speaker 2 (06:23):
Yeah, what a legend.
He'd driven all the way fromEssex to pick us up, to drive us
to Brighton, to drive straightback to Essex.
Speaker 3 (06:30):
And we arrived in style.
We arrived in style.
And the weather was raining aswell, wasn't it?
I was like, okay, homophobicweather, trains were still going
and supporting pride.
We're not Staying indoors.
Speaker 2 (06:41):
Yeah, we marched those streets of Brighton, we
dragged an unnecessarily largeamount of clothes and suitcases
through the streets to ourAirbnb, and then we finally got
to the field and we, we darts inthat mud.
Speaker 3 (06:54):
I was caked in mud.
I've never been so covered inmy life.
I remember coming out thePort-A-Lews and it was like
really slippy and I weren'twearing proper shoes, just
normal trainers.
And I was trying to be reallydelicate, like doopy, doopy,
doopy on my tippy toes, likecarefully does it, don't slip
over, and I just went face first.
(07:15):
Yeah, literally that.
Yeah, yeah, One half of my bodywas covered in mud.
I mean, it's probably likedreams come true for you.
You were looking at me like, ohmy God, I want to get involved.
Speaker 2 (07:27):
Actually I was more looking at you going.
Bless him, he thinks thatthat's mud.
Speaker 3 (07:34):
Just the Port-A-Lews leaking.
Speaker 2 (07:36):
Yeah, you came out.
Oh, my God, I'm covered in mud.
You were like you stink, getthe bleach, so it's so bad, and
you kept them dropping.
I don't know where you got themfrom.
You had these like heart-shapedglasses.
Speaker 3 (07:49):
Oh, yeah, kept losing them, didn't I?
Speaker 2 (07:51):
Kept losing them.
So it got to about like 8 pm,starting to get dark, and you
dropped them again.
So I just picked them up in mypocket and I remember the next
day you were like cry.
You're like, oh, I lost mysunglasses.
I was like no, I've got them.
And you're like why have yougot my sunglasses?
I was like I cannot tell you howmany times you dropped them,
and so I just pocketed them toget them to you, and I knew
(08:12):
you're going to be in a betterframe of mind.
Yeah, thank you.
Speaker 3 (08:15):
Thanks for that, appreciate it, appreciate it.
Always got my back, love it.
But we've done loads of prides.
We unfortunately couldn't makeit to Dover Pride, hinkley Pride
and Manchester Pride allhappening at the same weekend.
Just gone, I know, but again,what was happening?
Trains strikes, trains strikesagain.
Speaker 2 (08:31):
Women Trains strikes.
Speaker 3 (08:33):
I'm a phoenix.
Speaker 2 (08:34):
I know it was such a shame, Hinkley.
We really wanted to be thereand we're so pleased that we
managed to come to the first one.
I know it was cancelled, but westill managed to come to the
party, which was great, andhopefully we'll come next year
in Manchester.
So we didn't get to get there,but we did send some of our
social media friends who got usa lovely video.
So do head over to ourInstagram if you haven't seen it
and have a look at ManchesterPride.
It looked epic and I'm stillyet to do a Manchester Pride
(08:56):
Same.
Speaker 3 (08:56):
I have never done a big night out in Manchester.
I've been a couple of times inmy life, but it's always been
during the week for like workand stuff.
So it's like, oh, I've been out, but it's not been like the
full weekend experience, youknow, like a weekday experience.
Speaker 2 (09:09):
The full Cannell Street experience.
Speaker 3 (09:11):
Yeah, I want a Friday to Sunday Cannell Street
experience, so we have to hit upManchester at some point.
That is on the list.
Speaker 2 (09:18):
I want to get that picture of you with the Cannell
Street sign where you'recovering up the letter C.
Speaker 3 (09:23):
That can be arranged, don't you worry.
Don't you worry, honey, I gotthis.
Speaker 2 (09:29):
Yeah we definitely do .
Manchester, anyway, we've saidthat before.
And yeah, dover Pride.
Sadly we missed those, buthopefully next year and
hopefully, if they're not all onthe same day and the trains are
blooming, working, yes, then wewill come along and celebrate
with you.
Speaker 3 (09:41):
Yes, because it's so important.
I think that we show up andthat we're visible and we are
just making our voices heard,because it's been a lot of
homophobia in the news recently,so I feel like it's on the rise
.
It's a bit of a weird time, butthe more that we're all out and
supporting each other andshowing up to these events, then
the more that just becomes thenorm and not going to get rid of
(10:01):
our voices.
We're here to stay.
Speaker 2 (10:03):
Absolutely, and I think we'll talk about that more
after this very short break.
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Speaker 3 (10:15):
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Speaker 2 (10:20):
So obviously this is our first episode back after a
little while and we don't wantto bring the mood down, but we
don't feel that we can really doour listeners and our area of
London justice If we don'tmention the statement that we
put out on our Instagram aboutthe horrific attack and the
stabbing that happened at thetwo brewers in Clapham a couple
of weeks ago.
Speaker 3 (10:40):
Oh my goodness.
I mean I was in shock when Iread the news.
I was in New York at the time.
Then, if I mentioned, I went toNew York for my holiday.
Speaker 2 (10:47):
Did you go to New York?
Speaker 3 (10:48):
I went to New York.
Speaker 2 (10:50):
Oh, my goodness.
Speaker 3 (10:52):
But yeah, obviously with the time difference.
I just got back and then turnedon my phone and all the
messages came through and Ithought, oh my goodness, what
the hell is going on?
Yeah, Because there ishomophobia in the world, right,
and some countries it's wayworse than others.
And I always feel that we'requite lucky, especially living
in London, that we live in quitea cosmopolitan area.
(11:13):
It's very open minded, it'syeah, it's part of just the
London culture, and so to kindof hear about like a homophobic
stabbing in London is quiteshocking anyway, but to then
hear about it happening in anarea that's very gay, outside a
very prolific gay bar, I wasjust like what is going on and
it actually really shook me up alittle bit because I felt like
(11:36):
our space is being invaded.
You know there shouldn't behomophobic attacks anywhere, but
when it's in one of your likesafe spaces, that's quite
frightening For sure.
Speaker 2 (11:46):
I mean, mary Mack, the incredible drag queen that
performs at Brose, quite oftenput out an amazing statement and
was like you know, for years wehave been driven to create our
own safe spaces because we havenot been welcomed as our own
authentic, you know, as our true, authentic selves in other
spaces.
So for you, then, to come toour space, to our house, and
(12:09):
attack us is just, you know it's.
I mean, attacking should neverbe acceptable, but this is
beyond, yeah, like it'sabsolutely unbelievable, and you
know you can.
If you haven't heard of it andyou want to go read of it, it's
literally everywhere and I'mvery happy to say that the two
people that were attacked arevery well and getting better and
(12:30):
they're actually doing they'redoing an amazing job at speaking
out about it.
Now, I obviously have never hadto go through that and I
honestly I can't tell you how Iwould be, but I am so impressed
that they, from literally theget go, even like in hospital
that evening, were speaking outabout it so quickly, so
eloquently, and they'vecontinued to do so.
(12:50):
They're sharing things andthey're raising awareness and
you know, like you said, it's ashame that we have to raise
awareness to sort of say thathomophobia is out there.
It's horrible that homophobia isstill happening, but it really
is, and something at the momentis just making it right.
I don't know if it's linked to,obviously, what's happening in
(13:10):
America yeah, but we need to doall we can to tell people that
it is not.
It's obviously not acceptable,and this is why pride is
important.
I've had so many people say tome like, oh, do you think we
really need pride?
Yes, and this is a primeexample for why we need to have
it.
And also we are lucky that weget to talk about how many
(13:31):
prides we can go to, becausethere are still places around
the world where they don't havepride.
Speaker 3 (13:35):
Yeah, yeah, I totally agree with you and I do think
it's really, really important,whatever country you're in, that
you are registered so that youcan vote, because what I do is I
look at the policies for mycommunity, the LGBTQ plus
community, and my vote will gotowards the people that give our
community a voice.
So it's really, reallyimportant that you are
(13:57):
registered so that you can voteand you can have a say,
absolutely, because I don't knowif the current government well,
they don't.
I'm just going to be honestwith you.
The current government that wehave here in the UK do not
represent our voice stronglyenough.
They promised five years agothey were going to ban
conversion therapy, and fiveyears has passed and they still
haven't done it.
So you know, that's just oneexample of where our current
government have not been fullyin support of us.
(14:19):
So I can't wait to vote becauseyour voice gets heard.
So it's really important thatyou're registered.
Speaker 2 (14:24):
Yeah, and if your area doesn't have a pride,
please head online, try to findthe nearest pride to you and go
celebrate.
Find your community, find thoseplaces and fight to keep them
going and to keep normalising it, which I hate.
That I don't even have to saythat we have to fight to
normalise it, but me too, I know.
Sadly that is what we have todo and the more we do it, the
(14:46):
better it will be for the future.
Generations that sort of youknow move into these spaces as
we get older, I guess.
Speaker 3 (14:51):
Yeah, for sure.
But you know big love to thetwo victims and know that you
are loved and supported by thewhole community.
We've got your backs andobviously we want to raise this
awareness.
Some slight good news just togive you a bit of a positive
spin on this awful tragedythat's happened recently.
But Brazil, the Supreme Courthas ruled that homophobia is now
(15:14):
punishable by prison.
Oh, amazing, so big up Brazil.
Yes, more places need to dothat.
Speaker 1 (15:20):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (15:21):
Because if you do make a homophobic attack and go
to prison, cool, you'reobviously not welcome in society
.
Why go out your way to behorrible to someone and don't
get it?
No, but also like, does notmake you think what has driven
that attacker to hate thecommunity so much that they've
gone out of their way to a gaybar to make an attack?
Speaker 2 (15:38):
I know Madness it kind of yeah, a kind of
speechless it's, it's yeah, andI mean let's extend this.
Obviously this is a horrificattack that has happened.
But I'm going to extend theword homophobia into sort of a
bigger remit.
It's anything.
It doesn't have to be physical,it can be verbal.
If you have ever experiencedhomophobia to you or to someone
(15:58):
around you, but particularlyactually to yourself, just know
it is nothing to do with whatyou're doing, it is completely
on that person and who you areis who you're meant to be and do
not change that for anybody.
And the final thing, I'll saysomething very interesting that
I listened to.
It was from a podcast episodefrom I'm not sure if you know
them page three and flesh oh yes, I think page three is a
(16:22):
stunning drag queen.
Speaker 3 (16:23):
Watch this space for page she is very, very good.
Speaker 2 (16:26):
What a babe.
I have so much time for her.
But she said where has thisword homophobia come from?
And I thought this was actuallyreally sort of eye opening.
She was like homophobia, it'sthe fear of somebody.
Why are people scared of us?
Yeah.
Why are they scared of gaypeople, yeah.
(16:46):
So why are we calling ithomophobia?
Can we change the name?
Because we're not scary, yeah,and we're not scaring them, and
then there's not a reason forthem to attack.
She was like I think she likelinked it like a arachnophobia,
like actually being scared of aspider, uh-huh.
Like why are you scared of usand why do you feel like it's
acceptable then to attack backon us?
It's just not.
Yeah, let's change the wordyeah for sure, she explains it
(17:06):
much better than I justparaphrased.
So go head over to her podcast.
It's called Didn't Ask, page 2,infrared.
It's super, super interesting.
It's a really yeah, it's areally good insight from a drag
queens point of view.
So go have a listen.
But anyway, moving on, you havebeen singing Annie songs and
every break we've taken today.
we've been recording variousbits of box for about three
hours and I've probably heardthe soundtrack back to back
(17:27):
about four times.
So I really feel like you areeagerly awaiting for me to ask
how was New York?
Speaker 3 (17:34):
Oh my God.
You know I went to New York.
Speaker 2 (17:36):
Yeah, somebody mentioned it One of the
producers, I think, was like Ithink he's in New York.
I was like, cool, he can staythere.
Speaker 3 (17:42):
Yeah, I mean, if you don't know, annie, I mean where
have you been all your life?
But I went to NYC.
Speaker 2 (17:51):
Oh gosh, the writer that musical is absolutely
appalled by what you're doing.
Speaker 3 (17:55):
Oh God, they're not done the right notes.
Speaker 2 (17:58):
Gosh, why did I bother writing those notes for
them to get massacred on someEnglish podcast?
But anyway, come on, tell meabout it.
How was it?
I want to know the whole thing.
Although you keep telling meyou went to New York and I've
heard drips and drabs of stories, I don't really know what you
got up to, so this is over toyou now.
Speaker 3 (18:18):
Oh, it was amazing.
Have you ever been to New Yorkbefore?
Speaker 2 (18:22):
I have actually been to New York.
Speaker 1 (18:25):
I have.
Speaker 2 (18:25):
It was a long.
It was a long, long old timeago.
Actually, scarily thinkingabout it, it was probably about
11 years ago.
Speaker 3 (18:33):
Oh wow, young.
Speaker 2 (18:34):
Yeah, because I was about 12.
No, because when I went tocollege, a couple of my friends
were American and they went backhome for the summer and they
were like, oh, do you want tocome visit?
So I was like, boy, do I?
So, yeah, I went to.
I actually went to New Jerseyand then we went to.
We went into New York a coupleof times, but it was so hot, it
(18:55):
was miserable and everyone wasjust angry and pissed off.
But anyway, this isn't about myexperience, this is about yours
, honey.
I want to hear about yourexperience.
Speaker 3 (19:02):
Oh, my goodness, where to begin.
I mean, it is incredible,although I didn't realize it's
the most expensive city in theworld, is it actually?
Yes, we went on this boat tripand they were saying, like fun
facts, like fun fact, new Yorkis the most expensive city in
the world.
It's like, well, that explainswhy my credit card is like minus
right now, just climbed.
(19:23):
Yeah, no, it is really reallyexpensive.
So if you are going to go, itis amazing and it is incredible,
and obviously so many likemovies and TV shows are filmed
there.
So you walk past like, oh mygod, I'm outside the friends
apartment or I'm outside the sexin the city house, so it's
really great, and you feel likeyou are walking through this
movie set the whole time.
But it is, it is spenny, so gotto make sure you've saved up
(19:46):
for it.
Yeah, but I went to go and seethe Britney Spears musical on
Broadway whilst I was there,which reminded me of of you and
our sense of humor, and it wasreally, really fun.
Have you heard much about it?
Speaker 2 (19:58):
No, nothing at all.
Speaker 3 (19:59):
So it is basically Cinderella and she's like wait,
I don't need a prince charmingto be happy ever after I can be
independent and, like, do my ownthing.
So she kind of like rallies upall like the, the princesses in
fairy tale land, to like dumptheir princes, basically.
But it's all set to the musicalBritney Spears it's so much fun
(20:20):
and they there's a bit in thestory where they all find out
they're dating the same princeand the prince comes in and
they're like oh my god, you'rethe prince for all of us.
Speaker 2 (20:28):
Womanizer, womanizer, oh gosh, is it a comedy?
Please tell me it's a comedy,it's a comedy.
Speaker 3 (20:36):
Yeah, it's a comedy, yeah, it's funny, it's funny and
yeah, it's just so much fun.
So I saw the Britney musical.
That was incredible and there'snowhere else in the world.
The only place you can see itright now is in New York.
I'm not surprised, and also Idid go for a big gay night out
and went to Stonewall Inn, whichis where obviously Pride
originated.
So I felt like I was walkingthrough history and I was
(20:58):
reading up all about that timeand the stories from there and
did like a bit of a bar crawland ended up at a place called
Flamin Saddles which isbasically have you ever watched
Coyote Ugly the movie?
Yes, it's basically the gayversion of that and they
advertise it as that and it iscowboys, gay cowboys behind the
bar, and they wear like what arethey called?
Hot pants, Like denim.
Speaker 2 (21:18):
Oh, my gosh, don't even try it.
What?
Speaker 3 (21:22):
are they called?
I don't own any myself.
Speaker 2 (21:24):
Jokes, jokes no hot pants.
Are they called hot pants?
Speaker 3 (21:29):
Like denim, short shorts, little pink, like crop
tops, cowboy hats, and everyhalf hour they stop serving and
they line dance on the bar.
It's amazing.
I was like I think this is mynew career.
I want to work at FlaminSaddles and be a dancing cowboy.
Honestly that's where I'm going.
Speaker 2 (21:52):
Where's Brad, new York.
What's he doing there To behonest, jokes aside, you would
put on a great show.
I would smash it, wouldn't I?
Well, that's a little far, butyou would put on a really good
show.
Speaker 3 (22:06):
And my little short shorts and my cowboy hat doing
the la suse on the bar Love it.
Speaker 2 (22:10):
Oh, my goodness.
Speaker 3 (22:11):
But anyway, before I went, one of my friends was like
, look the Americans, they dolove the English, but it's like,
do not speak in your Londonaccent, Make sure you speak a
bit more posh.
So I was doing my best.
Kate Middleton, let's hear it.
Oh, hello, yes, could I get avodka lemonade please?
Honestly, I was doing thataccent and people were like
(22:37):
sorry, what lemonade.
Could I get a vodka andlemonade?
Wow?
Speaker 2 (22:43):
Is that how you think I sound?
Speaker 3 (22:44):
A little bit yeah.
Speaker 2 (22:46):
No A vodka A vodka, a vodka.
Speaker 3 (22:52):
Oh, my gosh, honestly , so many people were like, oh
my God, I love your accent.
I was like, oh, thank you somuch and I really playing up to
it, right?
I was making myself laugh andthen some gay guys outside this
cowboy bar heard me chatting tosome people in that voice and
they started to take the pissout of my accent and they went
oh, cheerio, oh my gosh.
(23:15):
And so this was a thing.
So many people in New York keptsaying cheerio to me, and
American people think thatBritish people say cheerio yeah.
Speaker 2 (23:23):
I've heard this before.
It's like people thinkAustralians say throw another
shrimp on the bumblebee yeahthey don't.
Speaker 3 (23:28):
They don't say that it's like a g'day mate Like they
.
That's like a stereotype thing,right no?
Speaker 2 (23:33):
I think they do say g'day.
Speaker 3 (23:34):
Oh right, anyway, if you're American and listen to
this, I don't know any Britishperson that says cheerio when
they say goodbye, that's justnot a thing.
Speaker 2 (23:43):
My dad says cheerio.
Speaker 3 (23:44):
Of course he does.
Speaker 2 (23:45):
That does not surprise me, no, literally he
says cheerio, but what theydon't say is like pip, pip.
Speaker 3 (23:52):
Yeah, cheerio pip, pip yeah.
Speaker 2 (23:55):
Oh my goodness, so so funny.
Speaker 3 (23:57):
But yeah, the amount of people that said cheerio to
me.
I was like, guys, it's not,that's not a thing, but there we
go.
So live my best New York life.
I mean, I did it all, dideverything that you could do in
New York.
Speaker 2 (24:07):
I'm very jealous of going past the friends flat.
That's cool.
Speaker 3 (24:11):
And also went to Central Park and went to the
fountain where they did theclaps as well.
Speaker 2 (24:15):
Did you, though?
You sent me a picture and I waslike that is not the same
fountain.
Speaker 3 (24:19):
It is on the tour guide.
They were like they put ascreen behind it, so it's like a
different backdrop on the TVshow, but the fountain is that,
apparently.
Apparently that's what the tourguide said.
Speaker 2 (24:28):
But the fountain doesn't have fish on it and in
the friends that's got likethese fish.
Ben your fountain.
There's no fish.
Speaker 3 (24:33):
Well, maybe they just put the fish in for the filming
?
Speaker 2 (24:35):
I don't know, no there's like a statue of a fish.
Speaker 3 (24:39):
Oh, actual fish, I don't mean bloody goldfish, my
goodness Also.
Speaker 2 (24:45):
Fun fact, friends, was never filmed in New York.
It's all filmed in LA.
Speaker 3 (24:48):
Was it.
Speaker 2 (24:49):
Yeah, not once had they filmed in New York.
Speaker 3 (24:52):
Interesting.
Speaker 2 (24:53):
Which makes me think they were trying to replicate
the Central Park fountain.
Speaker 3 (24:58):
Maybe.
I mean, there's two fountainsof Central Park.
There's like the smaller one,which I was told was the friends
one, but maybe that's maybe asold misinformation, and then
the big one.
Have you ever seen theenchanted Disney film?
Have I?
I mean, loads of films havedone it.
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (25:12):
I've thought you have .
I've been dreaming of my truelove's kiss.
Yeah, of course I have.
Speaker 3 (25:17):
Literally that.
And they did a big danceroutine on the fountain, didn't
they?
Speaker 2 (25:20):
Yes, how do you know that?
Yes, that one yeah.
Speaker 3 (25:24):
So I did recreate that.
No, but no one else wanted toget involved, it was just me.
Like spinning around on thefountain, is there?
Speaker 2 (25:29):
any video evidence of this, of course.
You have to send it to me rightnow.
Speaker 3 (25:35):
I might do.
I might do.
It depends how stupid I look.
If I look like an absolute fool, then no, because you'll use it
against me for the rest of mylife.
Speaker 2 (25:41):
Well, we know you're going to like a fool, but I want
to see it.
So, all in all, you had a goodtime in New York.
Speaker 3 (25:47):
It was great.
I'd say it's like being in thefilms.
There's so much to do there.
I felt like a little ant.
I'm going to be honest becausethe buildings are so tall,
they're so massive.
Speaker 2 (25:56):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (25:57):
When you walk around, I felt tiny and then, now that
I'm back in London, walk aroundlike there's no kind of height
really in London, is there?
There's not like massively tallbuildings.
No, but that is the one thing Iwould say about London.
London definitely has more likearchitecture, I guess, and
history.
That's it.
I do think London's quiteinteresting to walk around.
Speaker 2 (26:13):
Yeah, because London was built way before New York
was yeah exactly, New York's notreally that long.
Speaker 3 (26:18):
Oh is it.
Is that a few hundred years old?
I know my history, I did myresearch.
Yeah, exactly.
Speaker 2 (26:24):
New York's not really that long.
Cheerio, cheerio, pip-pip, didyou go to the site of the Twin
Towers?
Speaker 3 (26:32):
Oh, I did, and I actually got really upset.
Speaker 2 (26:34):
Yeah, I went there when I went to New York and we
queued and queued and queued andwe got in and it was.
Speaker 3 (26:39):
It's too emotional.
I had to leave halfway through.
I was like I can't do anymore.
I feel really sad.
Yeah, you know I'm an empath,aren't I?
So I feel emotions.
So, you know, when you'rewalking around the Memorial
Museum and they're like playingthe video screens I remember it
so clearly when we were youngerand it all happened and just
like what the hell was going on.
Yeah, like oh, it was reallysad, you know, and they've got
(27:01):
like the voices and therecordings and stuff.
I was like, oh, my God, it'stoo real.
It's too real.
Like there's one thing sittingin the UK, in my small town
where I grew up watching it onthe news, and then there's
another thing being in the spacewhere that happens, and the
surrounding streets as well.
Speaker 2 (27:17):
Like just just well, heavy, heavy, did you get to the
end fountain?
Did you get to that bit?
Yeah, yeah, yeah, it'sbeautiful, yeah, it's just
amazing.
I actually love so much thatthe city has kept that space in
a place where that sort of spaceis so valuable.
I absolutely love the factthey've kept it as a memorial.
Speaker 3 (27:36):
Yeah, they have to.
It's only right, yeah.
So yeah, I mean, I do recommendgoing if you are into city
breaks, but, as I say, it'sreally expensive, I'm not even
joking.
Vodka slash, the Britneymusical $40.
Speaker 2 (27:53):
Sorry, Okay, first of all that is absolutely
astronomical expensive.
But I love the fact that yourlittle pictures like a holiday,
like then you're like let's baseNew York and like relevancy to
how price it is on a vodka slashfrom the Britney musical.
It's not like the average priceof a main meal, or like you
(28:15):
know, you know a hot dog on thestreet, or like no, it's a Vodka
slash at the Britney musical.
Speaker 3 (28:20):
Yeah, $40 was about 30 quid for one drink, expensive
but also it was expensive foodand drink there.
I'll be honest.
But the one good thing they dodo you don't ask for maybe like
a double because they just freepour it.
Yeah, so you do get like thedrinks were so strong I think in
like UK everywhere kind of likedoes a double unless you want
to singled at.
You like to measure thatproperly?
Never once, or a measuredcylinder, jargato.
(28:42):
I was just like, yeah, whack itin that glass honey Pouring it
in or in.
Speaker 2 (28:46):
I do wonder if it's slightly like you know, like us
in London well, don't go there,it's so overpriced, and we know,
like, the cheaper places to go.
I wonder if, like, if you livein New York, you get to learn
that.
Speaker 3 (28:55):
Yeah, yeah, I guess so yeah, because obviously like
the heart of like the tourism islike Times Square and obviously
everything is just so expensivearound there.
Yeah, it's like being in lessthan square.
I guess, like I would never goout in less than square.
Speaker 2 (29:05):
No, for sure, okay, big question Did you buy any
memorabilia?
Did you get a t-shirt?
I felt you're the sort ofperson that would walk away with
a Statue of Liberty like handglove or hat.
Speaker 3 (29:17):
Okay, I wanted to buy a Statue of Liberty hat.
Everyone said no.
You know me so well.
Speaker 2 (29:23):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (29:23):
But I did purchase a New York City jumper and
obviously I got a little Statueof Liberty statue to go on my
desk and key rings and all that.
Obviously I like the touristhat, I love it.
Speaker 2 (29:35):
You love it.
I mean, you came back fromDisney.
I look like like Disney andthrown up on you.
Speaker 3 (29:41):
Disney key rings for everyone.
Speaker 2 (29:43):
You get a key ring.
You get a key ring.
You're wearing your like Iheart Disney t-shirt and your
Mickey Mouse ears.
Speaker 3 (29:49):
Yeah, of course, I bought Mickey Mouse ears and
spent all day walking aroundwith them.
Obviously, yeah, no, I do loveall the tourist hat.
You know me so well.
Speaker 2 (29:56):
I do, and we've definitely need to plan this
like gay occasion, gay holidaythat we want to do, because I
think it would be so fun.
I also think we'd both need togo to Disney, because I think
that would just be a hoot.
Speaker 3 (30:07):
Yes, sign me up.
Speaker 2 (30:09):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (30:09):
Bean Park rides and Mickey Mouse ears.
Don't fret me over good time.
Speaker 2 (30:14):
Although I do remember a couple of weeks ago I
was like, oh, should we go toThorpe Park?
And you looked at me and I justwent, no, I said oh okay,
you're like never in the schoolholidays.
Speaker 3 (30:22):
Never, don't do it, never.
Why would you do that toyourself, queuing for hours with
kids like screaming no.
Speaker 2 (30:29):
I've never known you to be so like definite on an
answer.
Speaker 3 (30:33):
Absolutely not.
I've done it before.
Speaker 2 (30:35):
Should we go to the park?
Speaker 3 (30:36):
No, no, I said we can go when all the kids go back to
school.
Then yes, 100%.
I'm not queuing two hours for aride with lots of screaming
kids, no way.
Speaker 2 (30:46):
Yeah, I know I wish they did like no kids nights,
but probably just be us walkingaround.
Speaker 3 (30:50):
I'm actually for this and I'm not to bring that
Debbie Downer on the mood.
There was a screaming baby onone of the plane rides and I
thought, lady please.
Speaker 2 (31:00):
Excuse me, lady.
Speaker 3 (31:02):
This is so selfish.
I think it is because I wouldnot take a baby on a plane.
I just don't think.
I think they should be like atleast five years old.
Probably going to get a bit ofhate for that you will, and I
guess you know there'scircumstances, but maybe then I
don't know cheaper flights Likethis is a kid friendly flight
and the tickets are cheaperbecause you might have a
screaming kid next to you forthe whole flight.
(31:23):
Yeah, I think it's selfishpersonally, yeah, yeah, I mean,
let's not get into that, becauseI feel very strongly passionate
about screaming children andwhere they shouldn't shouldn't
be, and also just parenting,like control the baby, like
there was none of that going on.
I was just letting the kidsscream willy-nilly.
I was like, please.
Speaker 1 (31:39):
Oh really.
Speaker 3 (31:40):
Trying to watch Will and Grace on the telly.
Speaker 2 (31:42):
I was you kill me.
You are such like a grouch, butit's so good.
At the same time, I saw you putout a thing on the Instagram
like oh, do I know anyone thatworks for Virgin Airlines?
I did.
I mean props to you using theplatform to get yourself free
(32:05):
stuff, but did it work?
Speaker 3 (32:07):
Well, no, well, kind of ish.
So I knew this is a littlesecret, right.
So if you're listening, this isgold dust.
So take note.
My one of my good friends usedto work for BA.
You know the British Airwaysflights, I'm aware of what BA is
.
Speaker 2 (32:22):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (32:22):
Yeah, Just double checking case.
People listening might be likewhat's BA?
Why is it English people don'tsay cheerio?
Like every day is a learningday on this podcast.
Let me tell you.
Speaker 2 (32:32):
Okay, so we've taught people that BA is British
Airways.
Speaker 3 (32:35):
Okay, anyway, he was an air host.
Was that what?
What's like a male version ofair hostess?
Air Stuart, air Stuart, yeah,and I didn't know that.
Air hostess, air host.
I tell you, every day is alearning day for you, my
goodness, oh gosh.
Anyway, he told me this littletrick, so do this as you will
(32:59):
and go forth.
But he said that the airstewards they don't really get
to eat like good food on theairplanes and if you go with a
bag of like sweets or chocolatesand like magazines, then you
probably will get some specialtreatment.
Now, they're not actuallytechnically allowed to bump you
up to like first class orwhatever, but they might just
(33:19):
like go out of their way a bitmore to be.
You know, make sure you have acomfortable flight.
So I did that.
I've done that a couple oftimes and I did it on my flight
to New York and it does work,let me tell you Really, yeah, I
guess it's a bit like youscratch my back, I scratch yours
.
I was being a nice person, butobviously with like an intention
behind it, right?
Speaker 2 (33:36):
So what did you give them?
Like a hobnob or a digestivebiscuit?
Speaker 3 (33:39):
I brought them two bags of massive Harry bows,
because apparently sugar andsweets are good for them to keep
them awake, because obviouslythey've got like stay awake for
the night and stuff, haven'tthey Right?
So obviously the flight left,they did all the dinners and
stuff and then everyone's likesettling down for the night and
I thought you know what, I'mjust going to go back and like
get chatting to them.
So I took two big bags of Harrybows and I was like oh, my
(34:00):
friend used to work as an air Ithink I said air host, to be
fair and so I know that you guyswork really hard and you don't
get much sweets and stuff.
So here's a little treat fromme to you to say thank you for
looking after us on the flight.
And they're like oh, thank youso much, how long are you going
for New York?
Well, we got chatting and likemade some friends with them and
we was just chatting for about10 minutes Like oh, do you want
(34:22):
some extra drinks?
So like, oh, yeah, you know whatmine's like a little extra
drink for the for the flight andshe just gave me loads of
miniatures.
So I put more on your bag, takethem off the flight, use them
around New York and stuff.
Really friendly, really nice.
And then we'd pop in like doyou want a water?
Do you want like extra drinks?
Just went above and beyond.
So I did feel like very what'sthe word?
(34:42):
Treated on the plane and theywere like thank you for the
Harry bow.
It went down a right tree andthen two days later I bumped
into them in New York when I waswalking around the streets.
What the chances and they'relike oh my God, it's you, how's
your trip going?
So, yeah, how was it?
How are you?
Because they obviously get tostay over for like a day or two
and then, before they fly back,yeah, so make some friends on
the plane.
Speaker 2 (35:03):
Oh my goodness, did they also buy Britney?
Speaker 3 (35:10):
Spears?
No, I don't think they did.
Speaker 2 (35:11):
Oh well, that's that's.
I mean it's a good thing toknow.
I mean let's be nice toeveryone anyway, but if you get
free drinks out of it, then who?
Speaker 3 (35:17):
exactly look out for each other.
You know help each other out.
So there you go.
If you're on the long haulflight, when you get to the, you
know that is it the duty freebit.
You know, when you go throughlike security and there's like
the shops, yeah, buy a few bagsof sweets, skim to the air
stewards as a little thank youand you might get a little treat
in return.
Speaker 2 (35:33):
So basically, what you're saying is to help the BA
staff stairway all night.
Give them a couple of baggies.
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Speaker 2 (36:21):
Okay, so you're probably all flown out, but you
do have a very important flightcoming up, haven't?
Speaker 3 (36:29):
you.
Oh, my goodness, I'm so excitedfor this.
This is the last stop on ourpride season and I'm coming to
your hometown.
Speaker 2 (36:38):
So get the red carpet out, get the flags flying,
because I'm coming to Jerseybaby, absolutely, it's Channel
Islands Pride this September andit all kicks off actually
earlier on in the week, but themain day is the 16th of
September in Jersey and we arevery excited to have been
invited along as one of thesponsors and, like you said, it
is my hometown, which makes itso much more exciting.
(36:59):
Now I have been putting out acouple of things into the press
in Jersey.
I've sort of been warning themthat you're coming, and if they
see somebody coming, you know,into their shop, speaking very
broken English, don't worrythey're okay, I'll be along to
catch you know, to find youshortly afterwards and take you
back to the hotel to lock youaway from the public.
But no, don't decide.
(37:20):
I'm actually so excited to sortof show you around the island.
Speaker 3 (37:22):
Yeah, I can't wait.
And also when I meet your dad,I'm gonna go cheerio.
Speaker 2 (37:27):
And I think you found that really funny.
Cheerio means goodbye, so don'tlike meet him and then say
cheerio, because that kind of isrude.
Speaker 3 (37:34):
Who the hell is this gaze that you brought along?
Speaker 2 (37:38):
Why does he keep saying cheerio, Devin, I brought
you on a cup of tea.
Oh yes, please, cheerio.
Oh my goodness.
Yeah because you've never beenhere before, have you?
Speaker 3 (37:51):
I've never been to any of the Channel Islands
actually.
Speaker 2 (37:54):
Fun fact, nor have I ever, actually ever been to
Jersey.
Speaker 3 (37:56):
Just to Jersey.
So what is the Jersey inGuernsey?
Speaker 2 (37:59):
Jersey is the largest .
Yeah, guernsey, alderney, sarkand Herm, and then you do have
the Ekrahoes, but that'sbasically just a bunch of rocks,
but you can go there once a daywhen the tide's out.
Speaker 3 (38:10):
Okay, well, yeah, I've never been to any of them,
so very excited to go.
But Jersey Pride, what are wegetting up to?
Speaker 2 (38:16):
Well, on the main day , the main day, that's on the
Saturday, the 16th you are goingto be amongst the crowd and on
the main stage capturing allsorts of social media content to
share with everybody throughtheir accounts, but ours as well
, to sort of document the dayfor those that can't be there
with us.
So you're going to be busy.
Speaker 3 (38:37):
I can't believe you're leaving me with tech Now.
Me and tech are just notfriends, so this is going to be
interesting.
I'm like Benji I can't unlockthe phone.
Where's the lock screen?
Speaker 2 (38:50):
Halfway through a performance like sorry excuse me
, excuse me excuse me, stopsinging.
Just take the microphone offthem.
Sorry, sorry, benji where are?
You Kiss my hand.
No, Just grab the microphonebut they have to.
Speaker 3 (39:12):
Oh my God, benji.
Speaker 2 (39:16):
No, I know I think you'll be absolutely fine.
I did say maybe try bringingsomebody to come over and film
for you.
But if there's a couple ofpeople over here, that I'm sure
would help you film, andobviously I'll be there as well.
But I'll be back and forthbecause I'm also doing a couple
of the events for Pride as well.
Speaker 3 (39:32):
Yeah, because you're quite involved, aren't you?
Which is going to be great.
So get to come to your dragevent that you're hosting.
Can't wait for that.
Speaker 2 (39:37):
For sure.
So yeah, like I said a coupleof episodes ago, like I got rid
of that horrible toxic job thatI had and I've very much gone
solo and yeah, these are myfirst sort of four events on my
own.
Speaker 3 (39:48):
I'm so excited for you.
Speaker 2 (39:50):
Yeah, so super excited to see how those go.
I know they'll be fine.
We've booked some really gooddrag queens for it, some from
the UK.
So yeah, just overall reallyexcited.
Obviously, you're going to bethere by my side for each and
every one of them and hopefullyyou'll be getting on the
microphone here and there whenyou can.
And don't forget, the whole ofPride finishes with a boat party
.
Speaker 3 (40:10):
I mean, I'm going to live my mum and me a fantasy
running around an island on thebeach singing and dancing to
Abbasongs and then going on aboat party as heaven.
Speaker 2 (40:20):
Does that mean you're bringing your denim jumpsuit
again?
Speaker 3 (40:22):
Yes, that's really my side.
Speaker 2 (40:29):
You're sleeping it, you're bathing it All round New
York in it.
You do love it.
Speaker 3 (40:36):
I love it.
I do love it, but who'sperforming Channel Island's?
Speaker 2 (40:41):
Pride, so headliners on the Saturday are actually
five.
Speaker 3 (40:45):
Love me some five, everybody get up.
Oh, my God.
Speaker 2 (40:48):
Yes, yeah.
So it's going to be super,super fun.
And then we've got, obviously,the drag queens headlining as
well.
We've got a flash pastrymisleading Mercedes Benz and
Tamara Thomas, as well as manyother performers.
And then, on the after partywhich, yes, you're coming to as
well the DJ is Una from theSaturdays.
Speaker 3 (41:07):
Oh, my goodness, this trip gets better and better.
Honestly, it's like gay heaven.
This is what Pride's all aboutis like just being your
authentic, true self, live inyour best life with everyone
else in the community.
And, yeah, having a great oldtime is going to be amazing.
Speaker 2 (41:22):
Yeah, and what's really amazing for me, on a
complete personal note, is whatthis is doing for the island.
I've spoken on this podcast somany times about how suppressed
our community is on this islandand it really really upsets me
to see all these blank profileson all sorts of dating apps.
We'll leave it at that Forpeople not being feeling that
(41:43):
they can actually be who theywant to be because of their jobs
, et cetera.
So I'm really chuffed withChannel Islands Pride and what
they're providing for theChannel Islands in the way of
this Pride and the support thatI know that it will be giving to
people.
So you know what, on the mainday, if 10 people turn up or
10,000 people turn up, we'redoing such, they're doing sorry,
(42:03):
I should say such a good job,even just for those 10 people,
and they will make such adifference.
So I'm really, really excitednot only to share that with you,
but sort of then to bring itback onto the podcast and talk
about it, and then I think it'sgoing to be.
It's going to be a wild fivedays, let alone the fact that
we're both staying in the samehotel.
Speaker 3 (42:20):
After party at ours everyone.
Speaker 2 (42:22):
Yeah, with all the performers as well.
Speaker 3 (42:24):
So it's going to be carnage, yeah it's going to be a
lot of fun, but it's also thisis really huge for Jersey as
well, isn't it?
I know you've said for thatreason to have provided in these
, these spaces, for the queercommunity to come out and live
their best lives, but also it'sbig.
This is the biggest they'veever done.
It.
It's huge and it sounds reallyexciting, all the events that's
(42:44):
going on, because did you tellme that Jersey actually doesn't
have a gay bar on the island?
Speaker 2 (42:49):
We have zero gay bars , no queer spaces right.
Speaker 3 (42:53):
So for these five days, and especially over the
weekend when it's all the bigstuff happening, all those
spaces are now going to becomequeer venues.
Speaker 2 (43:01):
Yeah, literally all of a sudden, we've got a drag
bingo, a drag brunch, main stagemakeup tutorials.
It's literally everything thatthey could want.
Speaker 3 (43:09):
Yeah and hopefully, then this is going to pave the
way for there to be a permanentqueer space on the island.
Speaker 2 (43:14):
Well, fingers crossed .
I mean ages ago, before I was18, there was a gay bar over
here that was actually run bydrag queens and, if you remember
, we bumped into one at HinckleyPride who said oh, I used to
work as a drag queen.
Speaker 1 (43:25):
Yes, oh, my goodness, yes, yes.
Speaker 3 (43:26):
Yes, yeah.
Speaker 2 (43:27):
And that went, got bought by a bank?
Of course it did, because it'sa finance island and it was
never replaced.
And yeah, I'm really hopingthat after this, somebody goes.
You know what?
We need to find a space forthis community, because there's
nothing for them.
You know, we've got so manysports teams on this island,
which is great, and there are somany clubhouses.
There's rugby clubhouses,tennis, badminton, literally
(43:49):
everything.
There's a croquet clubhouseLike wow, yeah, there is space
for all these people that wantto do these sports.
There is nothing for the queercommunity over here.
So I'm hoping this will get theball rolling on that as well.
Who knows?
Speaker 3 (44:02):
Absolutely, and if you haven't got tickets, you can
still get tickets, right Evennow.
Speaker 2 (44:07):
Yep, you can still get tickets for all the events.
Some of them are almost soldout, but not completely.
The flights are super cheap.
Book them now.
They're like 50 pound return.
There are hotels.
We've got hotels of alldifferent sort of styles,
depending on what your budgetsuits.
You've got from sort of travellodges all the way up to very
nice, fancy five-star hotels.
There's still space.
It's going to be so much fun.
(44:28):
The island is beautiful as well.
So even during the day whenyou're hungover, instead of just
going to a weather spoon orjust sort of sitting in the flat
not knowing what to do, you cango sit on the beach, you can go
for a swim, you can go kayaking, jet skiing like, or just walk
around the island.
It's absolutely stunning.
So if you are available onthose dates so we said it's on
the 16th of September, butthere's things going on that
(44:48):
entire week head over to theirwebsite, check it out and if you
can come, I would reallyrecommend it.
And if you do, please send us amessage, because we'll be there
and we would love to meet you.
But, brad, that, sadly, is allwe have time for on this week's
episode of my Big Gay Podcast.
If you don't already, pleasehead over to our Instagram.
It's at Big Gay Podcast, and ifyou haven't checked out our
(45:08):
website, it'swwwmybiggaypodcastcom.
Speaker 3 (45:11):
And get in touch with us with your summer stories.
What have you been up to?
Have you had any fun stuffthat's happened at Pride that
you want to share with us on thepodcast?
Because we've got some fun onesto share with you and I've got
a couple of funny stories thathave happened to me as well.
So next week all will berevealed.
Speaker 2 (45:29):
But, like I said, thank goodness, that is all we
have time for on this week'sepisode, until next time.
See you next Wednesday.
Speaker 3 (45:39):
Right, benji.
So when I come over and land inNew Jersey, no, no, no, no.
Speaker 2 (45:44):
Just Jersey, not New Jersey.
Do not call me and say I'velanded in New Jersey.
Where do I go?
Speaker 3 (45:52):
Can you imagine, oh?
Speaker 2 (45:53):
my goodness.
Speaker 3 (45:54):
Well, I'm thinking what should I bring for the air
stewards on the flight?
Speaker 2 (45:58):
Do you know what?
I think they'll reallyappreciate what Is if you leave
them alone?
You fly with a differentairline, you swim.
Speaker 3 (46:08):
And then I rock up at the island and I'm like Cheerio
.
Speaker 2 (46:12):
Oh right, he's not with me.
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