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Speaker 1 (00:03):
Hello, and welcome to Outspoken. It's your dose of the
hottest influencer and pop culture news twice a week. I'm
Sophie Tauba.
Speaker 2 (00:11):
I'm Kate Torba, and I'm Amy Torba.
Speaker 1 (00:13):
And coming up on today's show, Venezuela Fury's wedding breaks, TikTok.
Speaker 2 (00:18):
Alex Cooper announces her pregnancy amid a media storm.
Speaker 1 (00:22):
And the steamy hockey romance series that has millennial women
in a chokehold. But first, if you can believe it,
Meghan Markel and Prince Harry celebrated their eighth wedding anniversary
this week. This makes me feel so old. I remember
their wedding like it was yesterday.
Speaker 2 (00:36):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (00:37):
I think we were out at a Mexican restaurant and
we had live updates going on our phone, and I
remember seeing her wedding dress for the first time and
being a little underwhelmed because I knew that, my megs,
that's not what she would have chosen to wear if
she wasn't marrying a prince.
Speaker 2 (00:52):
Like it was a bit blah, wasn't it.
Speaker 1 (00:53):
Oh, It's obvious that the second dress was what she
actually wanted to rock at the ceremony, but wasn't allowed to.
Now they kicked off their anniversary by revealing unseen photos
of their first dance on Instagram, and you can see
why the Palace probably wouldn't have approved these photos because
they're making out in the photos. They look very much
in love. They're having the time of their lives, tearing
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up the dance floor. You know how, back in the day,
they'd always put out a teatowel that commemorated a wedding.
I would like to see the Harry and Meghan updated
tea toowl with these photos. It looked like Harry had
had quite a few, hadn't he by this stage. Yeah.
It was very party boy Harry, which I liked because
you could actually see their personalities coming through.
Speaker 2 (01:31):
I thought Harry looked hot.
Speaker 1 (01:32):
You know how. There's that sound bite going around where
Meghan Mark was like, my husband's a fox. I was like,
he actually is a fox in these photos. I've got
a sexpong for Prince Harry. You can tell though that
it would have absolutely killed Meghan at the time not
being able to post these photos, as it.
Speaker 2 (01:47):
Would for any bride.
Speaker 1 (01:48):
I mean, you've got these incredible photos and you can't
share anything. I love why not thereat it was just
one photo of Elton John included because it played into
that narrative of Meghan being quite a brag that the
Internet's created.
Speaker 2 (02:01):
I just was like, oh, but.
Speaker 1 (02:03):
Who wouldn't she had eln John saying one of their weddings.
So I mean, I remember on a smaller scale, I
think there was a radio segment where a couple really
wanted Guy Sebastian to perform All I Need is You
at their wedding and apparently he wanted like one hundred
k for it, and may how much it would actually
cost to have Elton John sing you a song. He'd
probably do it for free if it's a royal wedding,
but yeah, I can only imagine what that would have cost.
Speaker 2 (02:25):
In terms of the wedding photos.
Speaker 1 (02:26):
It's funny because with everyday people, everyone is so thirsty
to see those first couple of picks, and once you
get the one thousand plus professional photos from the photographer
three or four months later, no one cares, like no
one wants to see them. But Meghan has sat on
these photos for so long that they're relevant eight years on.
Speaker 2 (02:44):
I think because we.
Speaker 1 (02:45):
Also know what was going on behind the scenes. It
paints more of a photo because I could just imagine
Kate and Will's standing by watching this dance taking place,
sort of rolling their eyes a little bit.
Speaker 2 (02:55):
Mackinon on the dance floor.
Speaker 1 (02:57):
Now, the couple let us in on one of their
anniverse three traditions, and it's to have an anniversary cake.
So in an Instagram story, Harry was holding this two
tiered cake and he and the kids were singing happy
anniversary to Mamma, and then Meghan, who's filming, quickly adds
in and Papa. You could tell she's like, hold on,
I don't want this to look like this cake is
just for me. It's for the both of us. I've
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actually never seen anything like this for a wedding anniversary,
because it was very reminiscent of when it's someone's birthday
and you turn all the lights off and walk out
with a cake and everyone's singing. Because it was weird
because it's to celebrate both of them. But as you said,
Meghan was trying to push the narrative that this was
for Harry, but you can tell he surprised it.
Speaker 2 (03:33):
I feel like.
Speaker 1 (03:34):
Everyone's over analyzing this too much. This was just a
nice moment where Harry had obviously got her a cake.
If you've watched Meghan's Netflix show, you know that this
is something she'd absolutely eat up this gesture, and she was.
Speaker 2 (03:46):
Just trying to be inclusive for Harry.
Speaker 1 (03:47):
There's a puppy anniversary, mum, and she's like, and Dad,
you know, fucking el.
Speaker 2 (03:51):
I'm not having a go.
Speaker 1 (03:52):
I absolutely adored this, and since seeing this vision, obviously
it's got into my algorithm and a couple of other
reels of popped up for people saying, oh, yeah, I
do this as well. It's kind of like celebrating the
formation of your family, and I'm like, what.
Speaker 2 (04:06):
A cute idea to actually involve your kids in your
wedding anniversary as well, if you have kids.
Speaker 1 (04:10):
What makes this even cuter is that this cake was
a throwback to their original wedding cake from twenty eighteen,
so it was the same flavor that they had, which
was lemon and elderflower. I just loved Harry keeping it real,
rocking his track pants in the background like they did
not match his top what. So it was very reminiscent
of what an actual eight year anniversary is with your partner,
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Like you haven't gone out, you're just in your tracking tags.
I thought you were going to say it's a throwback
to their Netflix doco when wasn't he like pushing some
sort of luggage and his bum crack was hanging out
and rage? So I thought, now I really want to
start this tradition. Okay, I think that this is really sweet.
I think it's a good way to demonstrate to your
kids that is still in love, you know what I mean,
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and that it's actually important to foster your relationship just
as much as it is to invest in your kids.
Speaker 2 (04:57):
Well, also to get them excited, because what kid doesn't
like ca especially elderflower.
Speaker 1 (05:01):
We need to talk about the present because this was
my favorite thing. So it was an eight year wedding anniversary,
which traditionally you celebrate with a brass gift, and Harry
didn't disappoint, so he got Meghan a brass statue of
two penguins cuddling. And the story behind it is that
Meghan and Harry for their engagement party dressed up as
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penguins because penguins mate for life.
Speaker 2 (05:24):
That was the cutest thing I've ever seen.
Speaker 1 (05:26):
The man after my own heart. I have a dale
and I penguins are our thing as well, So when
I saw that, I was like, wait a second, what
is this? Well, what blew my mind more is the
fact that their theme for their engagement party was animal onesies.
Can you imagine at the time if the media caught
wind of this, because you would think that if you're
marrying a prince, you'd have this extravagant, fancy engagement party.
Speaker 2 (05:47):
But they're literally all in.
Speaker 1 (05:48):
Onesies, especially because dress up parties traditionally haven't gone well
for Harry.
Speaker 3 (05:53):
No, you guys know, I don't usually address this kind
of stuff because it feels like a time and honestly,
it's embarrassing to participate in this.
Speaker 1 (06:05):
Alex Cooper has revealed she and her husband Matt Kaplan
are expecting their first child. The news comes off the
back of media speculation that there was tension in their marriage. Kate, Yeah,
the media have really been circling Alex Cooper ever since
she called out Alex Earl back in April. It seems
like they're really rooting for her demise. It it's just
a classic case of tall poppy syndrome.
Speaker 2 (06:27):
Now.
Speaker 1 (06:27):
At the time, Alex Earl promised to respond and when
she didn't. It seems like the media just went digging
into Alex Cooper to try and extend the story. So
Bloomberg published an article claiming that there were ongoing issues
between Alex's husband, Matt, and the staff for Alex's Unwell network.
The publication claimed that Matt had allegedly earned a reputation
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for frequently yelling at staff members, and they went on
to allege that some employees had reportedly threatened to walk
out in the middle of film sets and live tours
due to Matt's alleged behavior. Now, this was rather awkward
because that scenario actually played out on Alex's Disney doco
on the first night of her podcast tour. Now, off
the back of that report, an apparent insider told the
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media that Alex was allegedly struggling to deal with the
fallout from the accusations against her husband. The insider was
quoted as saying, this is Alex Cooper's biggest fear, bad press.
It matters to her. She wants to control the narrative always.
She's insecure and cutthroat all in one. She really doesn't
have that many friends. That quote really pissed me off
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because it seems like the worst thing you can be
is a woman without any friends, and they are really
trying hard to paint this awful picture of Alex Cooper
being someone that is always in friendship breakdowns because she
had like one friendship bust up between her and Sophia
five or six years ago, so it's like always she's
going to be painted with this brush that she pisses
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women off easily.
Speaker 2 (07:53):
She's not a girl's girl.
Speaker 1 (07:54):
So we think it's also off the back of her
documentary because she opened up about how she was a
bit of an heard at school and didn't really fit in.
I feel like the media just trying to build this
narrative because she has been vulnerable and opened up about
her childhood.
Speaker 2 (08:07):
I mean, that would definitely play a part in it. Now.
Speaker 1 (08:11):
Not long after those reports came out, the Daily Mail
ran with the story claiming that Alex and Matt no
longer sleep in the same bed.
Speaker 2 (08:19):
That's just a low blow.
Speaker 1 (08:21):
It is ironic that these sort of headlines are circulating.
I mean, obviously they're trying to allude to the couple's arguing,
but I also think that there's another interesting layer that
Alex Cooper built her a name for herself as being
this very sex positive podcaster, and you know, she was.
Speaker 2 (08:35):
The Gluck Gluck Queen.
Speaker 1 (08:36):
And now they're saying, oh, now that she's married, she's
just you know, living this boring relationship where they don't
even sleep in the same bedroom anymore.
Speaker 2 (08:43):
It's almost like.
Speaker 1 (08:44):
They're trying to push this narrative also that Alex is
keeping things from her audience, which is actually quite detrimental
to her brand, considering she built such a strong connection
with the Daddy Gang based on being really vulnerable and
open to her audience.
Speaker 2 (08:57):
It's interesting.
Speaker 1 (08:58):
Less than a week before the pregus the announcement was made,
Alex and Matt appeared on the red carpet together at
the YouTube Upfronts and it was very much a bit
of a papwalk to say, hey, we're together, Matt post
with his hand on Alex's hip. Despite this display of affection,
Following the event, the Sun ran with the headline Alex
Cooper and husband Matt Kaplan are not in love.
Speaker 2 (09:20):
Body language expert claims.
Speaker 1 (09:22):
Pretty awkward for the publication, considering four days later they
announced that they were pregnant. Yeah, I mean there's a
bit of egg on their face, isn't there. I love
these supposed body language experts that they pull out like
it's such a joke. What that shows me is that
Alex Cooper's name sells and gets clicks, and they're just
going to jump on that bandwagon for as long as
they can well, particularly because it seems like the media
are really trying to drag her name through the mud
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at this point. Now in terms of this pregnancy announcement,
Alex broke the news on Instagram, sharing two photos of
her and Matt with her bump on display. She captured
the post our family with a love heart.
Speaker 2 (09:56):
What a perfect caption.
Speaker 1 (09:57):
Yeah, it's kind of like saying, look where united with this?
I wonder if there weren't all these rumors going on
behind the scenes, that she would have just posted a
photo by herself. First headline I saw about this story
was caller mummy. That was pretty clever. Oh yeah, everyone
was absolutely running with that. I was actually thinking, Oh,
in this intro, do I do that? And then I'm like, Nah,
it's been overdone now. I mean. The post got a
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huge response. At the time of recording, It's had a
million likes and ten thousand comments, including comments from Chloe
Kardashi and Taylor Lautner and also Kesha. I loved it
because an hour after breaking the news, Alex sheared a
photo of her bump with a bag of lollies next
to it, and she wrote, honestly happy I can finally
stop trying to hide the bump laugh out loud. I
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had an inkling that she was going to get pregnant
soon after listening to her interview with Hillary Duff, and
Hillary was opening up about how motherhood had affected her
career and she sort of put things on hold. And
you could tell that Alex was asking her a lot
of questions because she probably is feeling a little bit
nervous about how this is going to affect her career
and maybe a bit of a rebrand for her.
Speaker 3 (11:00):
Well.
Speaker 2 (11:00):
It seems like she's quite far along.
Speaker 1 (11:01):
According to people, Alex and Matt held out for as
long as they could before announcing the news.
Speaker 2 (11:06):
They're yet to actually reveal when the baby is due.
Speaker 1 (11:10):
I wonder if them holding off in the news has
anything to do with what's been going on for the
last month or so. Like I wonder if they were
planning to announce it a lot earlier and then this
Alex Earl shit storm erupted. It seems to be very
in vogue now to announce your pregnancy when you've only
got a couple of months left. Remember a couple of
months ago when Molly May you know, announced the worst
kept secret that she was pregnant with her second child,
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and she said it was actually a strategy to not
announce it too soon because she didn't want her audience
to get too bored by the pregnancy content. When I
heard this news, I was like, oh, it all makes
sense why Alex called out Alex Earl. I mean, not
to project my own personal experience onto her, but pregnancy
hormones make you do very impulsive things, and I feel
like Alex was like, God, I'm sick of this. I mean,
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there were some very nasty videos that Alex Earl was
resharing and she's like, I'm just gonna call her out. Yeah,
I mean I can confirm, Kate, your pregnancy rage was
next level, so much second everyone's rage. Well, I feel
sorry for me. He did it with both of your
pregnancy rage. At the same time, I was like, that was.
Speaker 2 (12:11):
A wild time.
Speaker 1 (12:12):
I mean, I still remember that dip incident that we
won't go into on the podcast. But they had that
pregnancy rage times too, plus post posts not having any
still scrubbing.
Speaker 2 (12:22):
It off my ceiling.
Speaker 1 (12:23):
Its hard to read some things thrown during recordings. At
least for Alex. She doesn't have a podcast co host,
so maybe she won't be you know, they won't be
tit for tat just because it'll to turn it on
when she interviews someone. Well, she might not have a
podcast co host. But I didn't realize how ingrained Matt
Kaplan was into her pera. So can we by his
proper name Sexy zoom Man, I can't call him Matt Kaplan.
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I think there's quite a bit of skepticism around Matt
at the moment because I didn't realize this. But just
soon after they got engaged, they went into business together.
So in June twenty twenty three, they co founded a
company called which acts as an umbrella company for multiple ventures,
including Alex's Unwell Network and Matt's production company ACE Entertainment. Interestingly,
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Unwell was actually launched two months after they founded Trending,
so they act as co CEOs within the business structure,
and Matt is said to handle much of the day
to day operations.
Speaker 2 (13:21):
So essentially, they've.
Speaker 1 (13:22):
Built this media company ecosystem that combines both of their
brands and business interests.
Speaker 2 (13:28):
So a lot of people are like, oh, this is
a bit.
Speaker 1 (13:30):
Opportunistic, Like you literally only got engaged and now you
want to be a part of Alex's business.
Speaker 2 (13:35):
I mean, I think that's a bit harsh.
Speaker 1 (13:37):
I tend to agree with you, Zovi, because Matt was
very successful in his own right before he met Alex Cooper.
He has a production company that's done a lot of
hit shows for Netflix, and his personal network is predicted
to be fifty million dollars, so it's not like he's
coming to the party with zero dollars.
Speaker 2 (13:53):
This is my bid for.
Speaker 3 (13:55):
I was gonna say boyfriend, let's husband aush, Yeah, I've
had to say entertainer.
Speaker 2 (14:03):
Who is come on, sir.
Speaker 1 (14:06):
Over the weekend, Venezuela Fury's wedding broke TikTok. The sixteen
year old daughter of boxing legend Tyson Fury, married her
nineteen year old boyfriend Noah Price in a lavish ceremony on.
Speaker 2 (14:19):
The isle of Man.
Speaker 1 (14:20):
The unorthodox nuptials captivated audiences with Venezuela's wedding videos collectively
racking up over one hundred million views. Kate, I mean,
I can see why this wedding had everything. Firstly, it
had the celebrity factor. You've got Tyson and Paris Fury
as the mother and the father of the bride. Then
there's Molly May who is Venezuela's auntie. Then there's the
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culture shock element. So Venezuela is only sixteen and it
was a traveler style wedding, which leads into the spectacle
of it all. You only have to think about how
big the reality show Big Fat Gypsy Wedding was and
how that absolutely captivated audiences in the twenty tens.
Speaker 2 (14:57):
It almost feels like a bit of a throwback to then.
Speaker 1 (15:00):
Just like on the show, this wedding was pretty visually outrageous.
She wore an Italian lace wedding dress which had a
fifty foot train, which was reportedly worth forty thousand pounds.
She also accessorized the look with white crocs, so when
she was getting out of the car, she sort of
elegantly dangled her foot out to reveal that she was
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wearing crocs.
Speaker 2 (15:21):
This is when you get the reminder that she's only sixteen.
Speaker 1 (15:24):
Yeah, she also wore black designer Sonnies down the aisle,
which shocked me. I think that that was probably the
most outrageous part of this whole wedding. You would think
that when you walk down the aisle and you want
to lock eyes with your husband, you don't want to
be wearing black.
Speaker 2 (15:39):
Shades like it was weird.
Speaker 1 (15:41):
Well, I kind of get it, because all of the
vision I've seen of Venezuela and Noah together, they look
awkward as fuck. I mean, the wedding dance looked like
they didn't even want to do it. They were so
embarrassed the proposal. I mean, that was next level uncomfortable.
And maybe it was just the fact that she felt
so awkward that wearing the sunnis made it eat. What
made this even more bizarre is that she walked down
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the aisle to the rap song Juicy by Biggie Smells.
It was the biggest spectacle. I just couldn't even get
over it. I'm like, this surely has to be a joke.
But then I remembered, Well, if I was sixteen, I'd
probably have a few weird choices for a wedding.
Speaker 2 (16:17):
Yeah, I definitely would have walked down to something.
Speaker 1 (16:20):
I would have had actually, which would have probably been
a lot more tasteful than this. I swear by Nick
Lachet because I remember being in year nine and he
wrote the song for their wedding day and always saying,
that's the song I'm going to have at my wedding.
Speaker 2 (16:32):
Did I have it at my wedding? Norue?
Speaker 1 (16:34):
Well, I mean that was vetoed by all of our partners,
because that was on all of our lists to have
at some point.
Speaker 2 (16:39):
I can see why.
Speaker 1 (16:40):
Venezuela rocked the Crocs and Sonny's because she had a
bit of competition. There were eighteen bridesmaids that she had
to contend with, including her three year old cousin, Bambi Fury.
Speaker 2 (16:51):
Didn't she look absolutely adorable?
Speaker 1 (16:53):
Did you know that thirteen out of the eighteen bridesmaids
were children because she also had a bunch of her
sisters in too. I mean that makes sense to me,
considering it was a child bride and a fit with
the theme of the Wead. Did you guys see that
TikTok that went viral of Tyson Fury's son Tutti, who's
about nine. He was dancing with one of the child
bridesmaids and everyone was like the next wedding, we're calling
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it like in a few years, with this wedding.
Speaker 2 (17:16):
Only a few years off.
Speaker 1 (17:18):
It's clear that this was a wedding for a jen
Alpha because instead of having a bouquet of flowers, Venezuela
chose to walk down the aisle with her mobile phone
in her hand. I mean, if that doesn't say that
this is a sixteen year old's wedding, I don't know
what does. So was she filming or was it just
that she needed easy access to the phone.
Speaker 2 (17:35):
I think it was just for easy access.
Speaker 1 (17:37):
She didn't need to film because at Home with the Furies,
camera crew were there for presumably the next series, which
I can't wait to see them behind the scenes of this. Well,
when you're a full time TikToker, it kind of makes sense.
Maybe she is just so dedicated to her career. It's
funny because while she didn't have a bouquet of flowers,
apparently there were twenty thousand flowers were they were blue
and yellow, which I've got to be honest, like, I
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know it's a sixteen year old that you know, picked
all these things, but I personally found it quite hideous
considering how much money would have been put into this wedding.
Speaker 2 (18:06):
Well, it wasn't a cheap wedding.
Speaker 1 (18:07):
What about the cake? It was fucking massive. It was
his twelve foot cake. It actually looked quite similar to
the one that Tammy and Matt had, and it was
the same color, this unique blue that the bride'smaids were wearing.
I couldn't work out if it was hideous or great.
Like I'm in two minds. I think those cakes are
pretty on trend at the moment, maybe not in blue,
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but you know, each to their own.
Speaker 2 (18:30):
She might be starting a new bridle trend here.
Speaker 1 (18:33):
The funniest thing was there were, you know, quite a
number of celebrities there. I mean, Peter Andre performed a
set at the reception. Apparently he's friends with Tyson Fury.
But I noticed in the press they kept referring to
the reception venue as a four star hotel. It was
sort of like this bitchy undertone. And it's pretty funny
because there are reports that Tyson Fury refused to put
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on a free bar at the wedding despite being worth
one hundred and sixty two million pounds. And it wasn't
about the money. Apparently it was because he didn't want
the guests to get too drunk. I wonder if it
was a decision by the venue, because it would be
quite hard for staff in an open bar situation to
work out who's underage who's not. Was pretty funny because
apparently Venezuela was offered to have some non alcoholic champagne
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to take part in the cheersers, but instead she opted
for a cox years that was her preference. I actually
loved that Brandon and I don't drink, so our venue
put on non alcoholic champagne for us just for the photos.
I didn't actually drink it, but I think it just
looked a bit more formal to have, you know, a
wine gass as opposed to a coke can. But each
to their own. I suppose you could put coke in
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a wineglass. Well, it looked like Venezuela's new husband had
a lot to drink. He was absolutely wired. In this TikTok,
which has gone viral of their first dance. I won't
repeat some of the comments. Who was doing the tans
for the wedding? Literally they look ridiculous. I mean people
were saying that they're just the result of sun beds,
But how long did they lie under there? I mean,
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I'm usually a bit of a fan of a deep tan,
but it was even too much for me. There were
total lumpa lumpa vibes going on. Again, I feel harsh
saying this because this is a sixteen year old's wedding,
but this is where the parents should have stepped in.
This is where the parents should have said, hey, you're
not getting married, you are a child. Like, this is
the weird thing about the wedding. It's had so many
views on TikTok, but I can't help but think people
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are just laughing at it, Like, is anyone taking this seriously?
It's an absolute circus. That's why people are watching it. Yeah,
I mean the circus continued because despite all of Tyson's
attempts to keep the guests in line with not putting
on a.
Speaker 2 (20:31):
Free bar, four police cars actually rocked up to.
Speaker 1 (20:34):
The reception at nine point thirty and a man was arrested,
and apparently all of the drama broke out just after
Peter Andre's surprise set.
Speaker 2 (20:42):
I mean, let's just be honest.
Speaker 1 (20:44):
The real reason why so many people are fascinated by
this wedding is because of Venezuela's age. As we have
touched on many times, she's only sixteen, her husband Noah
is nineteen, and in England, where they're from, it is
illegal for anyone under eighteen to get married, even with
parental permission like this situation. I mean, the legislation was
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introduced in twenty twenty three to help prevent child marriage
and forced marriage. However, this wedding took place in the
furies new home the Isle of Man, where you can
get married at sixteen if you have parental consents, So
I wonder if this was also partly the reason that
they decided to move. Well, the interesting thing is, since
this wedding, Venezuela has come out and said that she's
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actually moving back to Yorkshire to live in a caravan
with Noah. So does that mean that the wedding is
still going to be legally recognized or do they have
to wait until she turns eighteen. That's a really good point.
I'm not sure about the legislation and whether it holds
up in the UK. There's also been a lot of
talk about the fact that Venezuela is moving from her parents'
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eight million pound mansion into this caravan. Venezuela has apparently
said that she wants to live a traditional traveler lifestyle
just like her parents did, and she shared photos of
this unfurnished caravan on social media. Apparently Noah renovated recently.
Speaker 2 (22:00):
For the couple.
Speaker 1 (22:01):
Well. Venezuela's hit out on TikTok and she has said,
I am not living in a caravan. I'm living in
a static home. And I actually have to google what
defines a static home and it's a prefabricated, fully furnished structure.
So it says unlike touring caravans, they are rarely moved
and serve as reliable holiday getaways. I mean, is this
not a recipe for disaster? A sixteen year old and
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a nineteen year old who've never lived out of home
moving into a tiny caravan together. I can only static
home the arguments that are going to take place. To
be fair, it doesn't sound like they're going to be
roughing it because there are reports that, on top of
receiving a traditional gypsy wagon and a thirty thousand pound
honeymoon from her parents, that Tyson and Paris have also
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given the newlyweds five million pounds to kickstart their life together.
I'm wondering, though, how legit these reports are, because apparently
Tyson has said in an interview before that he's not
going to leave any of his one hundred and six
two million pound fortune to his kids. So he said,
I want my kids to get their own money, do
their own thing, and be their own people. I don't
believe in just giving all your money to your kids.
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It will make them weak, spoilt, and not value anything worthless.
They'll end up getting to thirty five and never having
done anything for themselves apart from spending dad's money.
Speaker 2 (23:17):
That's the best thing I've ever heard the.
Speaker 1 (23:19):
Guy say yet. But also have you seen the show,
he goes and shops for all the bargains, like, I can't.
Speaker 2 (23:24):
See him just giving over five Esco sons.
Speaker 1 (23:28):
I mean, judging by Venezuela's social media presence and the
added intrigue in her life, now, I think she's about
to start making bank on her own. I mean, on
the show, we saw that she was interviewed by journalists.
She was doing some photo shoots. Girls her age seem
to like her and look up to her. The interesting
thing is you actually have to be over eighteen to
earn income from TikTok or Snapchat through the Creator awards programs.
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So it's not like she can get parents sign off
for that, like she's done for the wedding. So all
of those views she got on her wedding content, it's
not like she's going to earn any money off them.
Speaker 2 (24:01):
I mean it can't hurt though for her future brand deals.
The fact that she's just popping up videos that are
getting over ten million views, those figures are crazy. Yeah,
and also like this whole story arc around moving from
a mansion into a caravan.
Speaker 1 (24:14):
I mean, audiences are just going to want to tune
into her content. I mean, I know, I'm desperate to
see what goes and maybe the new hobby can start
making money. I'm assuming lots of people have gone and
followed him as well. When he's nineteen, he's an adult.
Speaker 2 (24:24):
So all I.
Speaker 1 (24:25):
Could think when I saw Venezuela's wedding videos popping up
on TikTok, was.
Speaker 2 (24:29):
I wonder what Molly May was really thinking.
Speaker 1 (24:33):
She attended the wedding and she was copying flak left, right,
and center because she decided to wear a black outfit.
Side note, she's thirty eight weeks pregnant, she probably doesn't
have that many outfits to choose from. She also had
her hair in a slick back bun and a lot
of people were commenting that she had regrowth. Look back off.
She's pregnant, She's allowed to give birth in two weeks time.
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If she had have gone you know, over the top
and done you know, her bounce blow wave, which she
usually does, she probably would have been accused of trying
to steal the thunder from Venezuela. I love how that's
what people are offended by. It's like the bridewalk sunglasses
and crocs they entered to Biggie, Like, why is it
Offensivelygy had as her hair slipped back fucking milk. Well.
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Also she was wrangling a toddler by herself because she
was there with Bambi. Bambi was a bridesmaid. Tommy was
a no show at the wedding. He is, of course
Venezuela's blood uncle, like he's the one related to this family.
He apparently was unable to attend because he was at
a training camp ahead of his upcoming fight with Eddie
Hall and Manchester in June. I thought that was a
bit of a portious effort. So, but why every time
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his partner is about to give birth, does he have one.
Speaker 2 (25:39):
Of the biggest fights of his life.
Speaker 1 (25:41):
This was the same when she gave birth the Bambi
and he had to go back to camp when he
was fighting against Jake Paul. I thought that. You know,
when they got back together, it was all like, oh no,
he's changed. She's going to make me more of a priority.
This worries me for Molly. Well, did you see that
vision of Molly where she pushed an umbrella out the way?
It was all over TikTok? Yeah, who were trying to
push this narrative that she's not a very nice person.
(26:02):
To be honest, if I had to fly by myself, well,
I mean they were on a private jet and I
think her sister was there, but you.
Speaker 2 (26:08):
Know, first world problems.
Speaker 1 (26:09):
But if I had to fly with a toddler to this,
let's call it what it was, this spectacle of a wedding.
And then Rangells said, Toddler whilst I'm thirty eight weeks
pregnant with media crawling around, when I'm probably not feeling
great about myself because I'm having to dress for a
wedding thirty eight weeks pregnant.
Speaker 2 (26:26):
I'd probably hit an umbrella out of someone's hand as well.
Speaker 1 (26:28):
And also to set the scene for those who haven't
seen it, this security guard was holding an umbrella and
he was trying to block the media from being able
to see Molly May, and he sort of veered it
right towards Bambit. It was going in their faces and
all she did was sort of push it out the
way to be.
Speaker 2 (26:43):
Like, excuse me, we are walking.
Speaker 1 (26:45):
I would have done far worse if someone had tried
to hit me with an umbrella. What time do we
reckon that Molly May left the festivities, because we've heard
that she didn't really make it long into the night
at her sister's wedding, I mean, side note, neither did
Zoe Ray, who was the bride. Surely she sticking around
much for this Well, there are reports that she left
before six pm, and I think, well, that's completely fine,
(27:06):
that's a fair I had to get home, she had
to get Bambi into bed. I am deeply unwell.
Speaker 2 (27:12):
I am so sick. It's an illness, it's a disease.
Speaker 1 (27:16):
I'm about to hit play on my third rewatch of
Off Campus.
Speaker 2 (27:21):
It only came out on Thursday. It's been three business days.
For goodness sake, I can't stop.
Speaker 1 (27:27):
A steamy new college romance series. Off Campus has millennial
women in a choke hold all over my social media feed,
especially on Outspoken thanks to Sophie, thirty something mums are
hyper fixating over a new heartthrob Garrett Graham. Now, Sophie,
I think you need to give us a lowdown on
what's going on because her husbands keep asking us what
(27:48):
these videos on Outspoken's feet are all about. I've got
to admit I was quite thrown by it because I'm
a bit late to the hysteria that's been going on.
Speaker 2 (27:55):
I'm like, who is this guy?
Speaker 1 (27:56):
Because I personally probably gonna have to eat my words
after watch the show.
Speaker 2 (28:00):
But I don't find him that attractable.
Speaker 1 (28:01):
Oh that's a bit harsh. Come on, now, you're probably
saying that because you know that your husband's going to
tune into this. Ironically, it was actually my husband who
introduced me to this show.
Speaker 2 (28:11):
He loves a.
Speaker 1 (28:12):
Teen drama even more than me, and I think he's
got a crush on this guy. I mean, he's an
og One Tree Hill fan, so this show sort of
gives those very nostalgic, naughty teen drama vibes as well.
Before I get invested in this person and this TV show.
Speaker 2 (28:28):
How old is the heart felt? In real life?
Speaker 1 (28:31):
I've seen a lot of millennials on TikTok asking the
same question, and they've been googling it live.
Speaker 2 (28:36):
He's twenty eight, so I feel like that.
Speaker 1 (28:38):
Is somewhat acceptable, and that is why people are going
nuts about this guy, because he seems very manly. Before
we get into Garrett and the hysteria around him, I
want to tell you about this show. So the show
is based on el Kennedy's book series called Off Campus.
It was first published in the mid twenty tens and
it later blew up on book talk, where it found
(29:00):
this new generation of fans. We are seeing this a
lot because of BookTok, and the fandom is really what
helped drive demand for this TV show to be.
Speaker 2 (29:08):
Made, and it seems to be a really good.
Speaker 1 (29:11):
Formula for a lot of streaming services because in recent
years we've seen the summer I Turned Pretty another one
of my favorites that was a trilogy by Jenny Hahn
and that also had a cult like following I've hearing
that last year was the year of Conrad Fisher and
this year is the year of Garrett Graham. Sophie. Can
I point out that the actor who plays Conrad Fisher
(29:32):
is also twenty eight. Yeah, but he's got this sort
of boyish charm about him. He's not manly, He's not
a Mike Garrett.
Speaker 2 (29:39):
Like, once you watch the show, you will get it.
Hang on, but you loved Conrad.
Speaker 1 (29:43):
Yeah, I haven't said which team I am. You know
you used to be Team Conrad, Team Jeremiah. Is it
now Team Conrad or Team Garrett. Look, I'm a fan
of both of them. Amy still is behind. She hasn't
even watched the summer I turned inter American teen drama.
I've just Amy's only into weird period drama, Like you
need to expand, give these shows a bit of a go.
Speaker 2 (30:03):
She hasn't even watched Ted Lasso A. That's blasphemy.
Speaker 1 (30:06):
I need to sell this show to you, Amy, because
I need to get you on the train. So I
don't want to give away any spoilers, but I'll give
you a rough outline of the plot. I mean, I've
seen a couple of people joking that the plot is
just the fact that there's a lot of hot guys
in this show. But I have to say there's a
pretty much old storyline too. So why was Branda watching this? Well,
there's attractive women in it too, So basically the show
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is based on the two characters Hannah Wells who's this
music major and Garrett Graham, who is this star hockey
player at college. And basically Garrett is doing really badly
in one of his classes, whereas Hannah is a bit
of a nerd, so in order to stay on the
hockey team, she needs to be his tutor so he
can boost his grades up, and in exchange, he said,
(30:52):
I can win you over this guy that you have
a crush on. Side note, the guy she has a
crush on is played by an Australian who was in
Heartbreak High. But basically they are pretending to be in
this relationship. You can read between the lines what happens next.
I don't want to give anything away, but it's a
pretty cute story and a lot of Millennials are during
this parallel between these two characters and Nathan Scott and
(31:15):
Hailey James on One Tree Hill. Because Haley was of
course Nathan Scott's tutor, and he was the popular guy
on the basketball team. Oh that's why Brandon's so invested
in this.
Speaker 2 (31:25):
How do we watch it?
Speaker 1 (31:25):
It's on Amazon Prime trending number one at the moment,
so it's easy to find.
Speaker 2 (31:30):
There are reports that some.
Speaker 1 (31:31):
Women have already watched this series three times in a
row and it's only been brought out this week. What
is it about this show that do you think strikes
such a chord with millennial women. I think it's the
escapism in this show. There are a lot of steamy scenes.
There's a lot of women who are posting TikTok saying
that they sort of can forget that they're married and
(31:53):
have kids and sort of just go back to what
it was like in their college years and sort of
just to be taken away in this fantasy. I think
there's an element of nostalgia though, as well, because it's
so weird being in your mid to late thirties, because
it just seems like it was yesterday that we were
at UNI, and then when I reflect it was nineteen
years ago, it absolutely freaks me out. Yeah, So, I mean,
(32:16):
I also think it's to do with this particular heart throb,
because I think a lot of women find it refreshing
that in this teen drama the heart throb is an
actual man. It's not some little boy like we've seen
portrayed in the past. He has Michael Hutchinson vibes. I mean,
he's this cocky athlete who all these girls are throwing
themselves at. But the show as it goes on, you
(32:36):
realize that underneath all of this guy's bravado, he's got
this emotional intelligence and he's really loyal when he actually
falls in love. Okay, well that's what women are liking it'
see emotional intelligence and the fact that the guy's apparently hot.
I think I might try and binge this over the
weekend and maybe we can get a thread going in
the Outspoken Facebook community about it. Look, I have to say,
(32:58):
I don't think we've had so many responses to our
inst stories since those videos of Garrett were shared, so
it seems to be quite popular among some Outspoken listeners
as well. Well. That is where we're going to leave
things today, But if you want to hear more from us,
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