April 10, 2025 • 56 mins
On this episode of Saron Things, your favorite pop culture podcast, we discuss:
- Cat Ladies Need Better PR
- White Lotus Season 3 Finale Thoughts!
- Is Russel Brand Going to Jail?
- Why Stassi Schroeder is Cancellation Goals
- Brittany Cartwright Announces Son's Autism Diagnosis
- Next Gen NYC aka Nepo Babies of Bravo Thoughts
#popculture #tv #whitelotus #bravotv #realitytv
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Hello and welcome to Saron Things, a pop culture podcast
where we laugh our way through this week's trending topics.
I am your host, Saron. How are you all?
I am doing pretty well. I'm very excited about this
episode. We have a lot to discuss pop
culture wise. Personally, I'm really starting
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to understand this whole the trope of the Spencer cat lady
because getting these two cats was the worst thing that ever
happened to my social life because I don't know if I found
the secret to life and happiness, but I'm pretty sure
it's one dog, 2 cats, and a brothy dirty martini.
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I'm becoming a little worried about how OK I am being alone.
I think about this quite frequently and it's first it's
am I depressed? And yes, obviously since the
ripe old age of 13. OK, my Lexapro prescription is
tried and true, all right, as well as my Wellbutrin.
So it's not your, it's not the depression that's pretty much
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under control with my cocktail, both the Belvedere variety and
the Wellbutrin Lexapro variety. Not together though, not
together, never together ever. But I don't think it's because I
I'm I have an antisocial personality because when I do go
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out and about I'm a fucking social butterfly.
Like even without the beta blockers, like I can genuinely
have a good time when I'm amongst the people when I tell
myself to. But if I'm just someone who
values my alone time, I don't like the feeling of being
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observed because not to say I don't feel like I'm being myself
because frankly, I do feel like I'm always being myself.
My personality doesn't really change according to my audience
or whether or not I have an audience, but I do.
I am aware that I'm being perceived and that alone is
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enough to make me a little bit uncomfortable.
And at this point in my life, I don't ever want to be
uncomfortable if I can help it, especially in a situation that's
supposed to be like fully pleasurable, like a party, for
instance. I don't mind being uncomfortable
in work or creative endeavors because it's really the only way
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that you grow. If you are constantly pushing
your boundaries or going outsideof your comfort zone, that's the
only way you produce anything really of value.
But when it comes to things thatare just supposed to purely be
fun, I'm not about staying uncomfortable.
And at this age, there's just nothing that Beatrice,
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Archibald, Henry, and Belvedere can't handle.
It's not just one little soul that's waiting for me.
It's three fluffy adorable creatures that just loves me and
leave me the fuck alone if I need to be left alone.
And yeah, I thought it might be depression and I don't think it
is. I think it's really just my
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personality. I am an introvert and people I
had a hard time really stomaching that or I don't know
believing that before because like I said, when I'm in a
social situation I can turn it on and I'll be fine.
But especially as I've gotten older, when I was younger I
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would was so deeply uncomfortable in social
situations actually and I would over drink to compensate for
that discomfort. Luckily that's something that
post frontal lobe formation has relaxed very much so I'd like to
say. So like I said before I got my
cats, I could force myself, guilt myself into acting my age
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and socializing amongst my peers.
But now that I have these three,there are three of them, it's
just so much harder to Get Me Out the door.
And I know this is my year of yes, like thing you need to
leave your house in order for good things to happen to you.
Honestly though, do you really? Because I've made quite a lot of
fantastic things happen from this 570 square foot estate.
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I've done a lot here. I had never spent any kind of
meaningful amount of time with acat prior to acquiring my cat.
And it really changes you. The experience of having a cat
is not the same as interacting with ones that are not yours.
You cannot. You can't really love a cat, but
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I don't think it's not yours because they don't fuck with
you. But then you have.
Now I have these two cats that are just like putty in my hands.
I can do whatever I want with them.
There's nothing scary about themat all.
Generally, I used to think that I don't really trust cats
because I feel like they're always stalking you.
They pounce like they think theythink you're prey.
But that's just them playing apparently.
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Who knew? Who knew there wasn't evil in
their little souls? All's that to say, there's
nothing wrong with being a cat lady.
I think that we need to take back the cat lady stereotype.
We need to take back the trope because it's nice over here.
They have to make it a negative thing because if people realize
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that cat ladies were so fucking content, then we all want to do
it. As if I need a man to make any
of this better. In fact, now I fear every time I
scroll through my dating apps. I'm afraid I.
I think you could fuck this up. This might be the happiest I've
been in my life. And when I'm sitting there with
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my fluffy creatures surrounding me, watching an episode of
Summer House with Belvedere in my hand, nothing but myself to
worry about, no one to answer to, no one judging me, no one
perceiving me, this man will have to be incredible.
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You get so much conflicting advice about dating when you're
single. It's like, some are like you
have to date intentionally in order to really find your
person. You can't just be fucking
winking it. And some are like, oh, you have
to be completely content in yourself and not even thinking
about it. And that's when the person will
find you. And I think that's all bullshit.
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It's all a crapshoot. My last relationship I met him
at a bar and I think that's exceedingly rare nowadays.
I don't think that there's anything wrong with online
dating and I've done it plenty. It's not my ideal method, but I
shall do it. And I don't know.
You just can't query for the things that I would like to
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query for. I need recommendations if I am
going to be on a dating app, which one should it be?
Give me the top 2 that I should be on all right?
Is it hinge and bumble? Should I try raya?
I don't know I just need to focus my efforts on a couple of
apps because it is fucking overwhelming.
Guys, I haven't been on a date since that date week that I did
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2 in one week and I think I overdid it.
I exhausted myself. The alternative being being a
spinster, cat lady, whatever. One of my favorite shows ever is
Golden Girls. Right?
I'm down to live with a couple of my girly pops and just make
it work. I won't be the Blanche.
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You have to be blanched from thejump.
You can't become blanched. Blanche has been blanched for
forever. You.
I'm not Dorothy either. I'm certainly not right, Sophia.
I'm Sophia, right? And I don't think I need to
explain. I do not think you need to
explain why. But Speaking of shows, let's get
into our pop culture bullshit for the day.
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I must discuss White Lotus with you guys.
The finale happened this weekend.
I did not watch the finale on the night that it came out.
I actually watched it on Tuesday, and I'm so proud of
myself for not having it spoiled.
You know how hard that was? It was like walking through a
minefield. Every time I opened my social
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media, I'd have to peek through my hand.
And eventually I just gave up. And I was like, I'm not posting
anything until I watched. And I watched.
And I have to say, there's been a lot of criticism of this
season of White Lotus, but I think it was the best.
It's my favorite so far out of all of them.
And I know I don't know what that says about me, perhaps I'm
fucked. But I was really enthralled the
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entire time. It very much caught my attention
but I did only watch it week by week for the first 3 episodes
and then I stopped watching until I had banked the last five
including the season finale. So I was able to binge those and
watch them back-to-back and I think that does change the
experience because a lot of people were complaining that it
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felt slow. Not enough happens in every
episode. We end on cliffhangers and no
episode is fully satisfying. But I, and maybe I can
understand that when you're waiting week by week because
you're waiting longer for the payoff and it feels more drawn
out and your, your expectations are heightened because you've
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built up OK, Oh, this next episode is going to provide this
or explain this or give us more juice.
And that only leaves you, at least the way that Mike White
does it, inevitably being a little bit disappointed.
But when you watch them back-to-back and you don't
really experience that, the cliffhangers feel like natural
and you're not really left wanting.
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I'm so glad that I saved those last five episodes and watched
them. Watch them in it like binging
versus watching them week by week.
I think that is absolutely the way to do it.
And I'm going to do it for all the episodes for next season.
But I do have predictions for next season.
But before we talk about that, let's talk about the episode.
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So I put an episode out. I put a TikTok out that said I
wanted Lachlan to die, OK? And I wanted Lachlan to die
because of what happened betweenhim and his brother Saxon.
I was like, course one of you has to die.
Of course one of you cannot return to your normal lives.
Of course you can't just look athim over Thanksgiving dinner,
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ask him to fucking pass the granberries knowing what
happened on that boat. OK Oh my God, I'm one of them.
Had to have died. I was so sure and I really did
not care which one it was. But season 3 of White Lotus
features a Ratliff family. Victoria and Tim are the parents
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I think, and then Piper the daughter, Lachlan and Saxon the
two sons and Lachlan and Saxon hookup.
Lachlan is the youngest son, thebaby of the family, and he gives
his brother Saxon a handy whilsthe's in the middle of sleeping
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with this girl named Chloe. I screamed the entire time.
Like literally I screamed for 30seconds straight.
High octave first soprano just screamed because and you, Mike
White is insane. He's disturbed, but I love his
freakish little brain. He does good work.
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He, I don't even know how you conceive of this.
I read somewhere that Patrick Schwarzenegger had said that
people were cast and then when they found out about the incest
stuff, they backed out. Because I almost backed out of
watching the show because of theincest stuff, because it really
just turns my stomach. And I was called a little bitch.
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Why was everyone perfectly fine when it was Cersei and Jaime
Lannister? But this, when it's two guys,
people are roast out. It just doesn't make sense.
And I don't think it has to do because I was grossed out by
Jamie and Cersei. But my reaction certainly was
not as visceral as watching these two boys.
And it's certainly not because they're two boys.
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I think it's because of the timedifference and the fact that the
type of shows that they are, This is White Lotus, is set in
present day. While this is somewhat of a
fantastical fictional story, it is still far more realistic and
based in far more reality than Game of Thrones is.
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So I think you can suspend your feelings and your judgments a
bit more when it comes to the fantasy genre versus versus
watching a Mike White productionwhere you're looking at people
who could be like living down the street from you do some
crazy ass gross shit. So I think it's more of a
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timeline issue versus a gender or sexuality, hetero versus homo
type thing. Mike White is a gay man.
Anything else? I spoiler alert.
All right, you got to go at thispoint if you if you haven't
watched it yet, But I did not expect Chelsea to die.
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I didn't. I was fully prepared for them to
walk away into the sunset. But what I was so fucking
confused about is why would Rickgo back to the white load X?
Why did you not just tell her you need to check out, meet me
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at this other five star overpriced hotel in in Thailand
and let's finish our holiday there, Not at the hotel of a man
that I just fucking threatened who I tipped over.
Fucking Humpty Dumpty. Oh my God.
And that woman who was the healer lady who didn't make
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herself available to Rick when he needed to talk to her.
Not that it was her fault or anything, because I fully
believe, obviously it's all on him murder.
That's fully in your, that's a him problem.
That's not a her problem. But it's infuriating to think
that Zion Belinda's son really didn't give a fuck about whether
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or not he had that treatment or that session with the healer
woman. He was so indifferent about it.
He could have taken it or left it.
If she had just been like if shehad said I need to pause and go
with this man, he's having a breakdown, I don't think he
would have given a but but also,I understand the policy at the
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white Lotus at spas, high end spas like that is obviously you
cannot last minute cancel on a client under any circumstance
minus a mass shooting. So I can not believe that
Chelsea died, but I am glad thatshe got her doughnut before she
did. I am so attracted to Rick.
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We got to start there. I am so deeply attracted to that
man and I don't know what it is.Maybe it's like the tortured.
I'll I can fix you, but I'm not really into fixing a man.
As you guys probably know by now, I'm looking for something
turnkey. I'm not looking for a project
ever. I like my men to come healed and
sorted. I don't need you staged or
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anything like that. Like I can style you myself, we
can landscape together, but justin general overall, I'm going to
need the house to be inspected tip top shape figured out before
I enter the picture. Obviously that is not at the
case with Rick and Chelsea herself.
Her sweet soul said that she essentially loves the project
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and he's tortured and blah blah,blah.
There was just. I think it's the.
I've said before that I am attracted to the Rottweiler
boyfriend. I like a serious man.
I like a man who in a suit I would love to be the your one
and only light. The one and only light in your
life. I am a delight.
You love me, you adore our children, you live for our
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little family like fuck everyoneelse.
Obviously you must have friends and your own interests and be
able to entertain yourself. See me being a very someone who
very much loves her alone time. You got to be able to figure
your own shit out. But like a serious fellow, and
he is certainly a serious guy, Icould do without the severe
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mental illness. But just generally, I don't know
the aesthetics. I like the way he dresses, I
like the way he moves, I like the whiskey, I like the mystery,
I like his body. But turns out he and Chelsea
have unfollowed each other on Instagram.
I was hoping that they would stay together for Ebsie's as
friends. Like the way that they described
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what happened on that island when they were filming, it was,
it sounded like camp, like they were living there together for
six months. I think they were all being paid
the same. It sounds like there was very
little ego and from the way everyone described it, it felt
like they became a real family and there was just as much drama
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on screen minus the murder as there was on screen.
I don't know if I believe that much because but it would just
be so sad to me if Rick and Chelsea did not continue their
friendship IRL, let alone fucking hated each other.
But I'm sure we'll find out sooner or later what that is
about. And they all were paid the same.
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They were all, from Piper Posey to Loughlin, were all paid
$350,000, which was not what I expected for six months worth.
But it's worth it to be a part of something that's has such a
huge following and is like such a cultural moment and so deeply
part of the zeitgeist. I imagine it does wonderful
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things for your career. So I see what the pull would be
for a Parker Posey whose resume certainly calls for more than
$350,000 for six months of work.Let's talk about our favorite
characters. I think out of the three women
who were on their little trip, Lori was my favorite, followed
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by Kate the Republican, and thenJacqueline.
I don't know what it is about Jacqueline that is somewhat
triggering to me. I know that when you're
triggered by someone, it's because you see something in
them that reminds you of yourself that you don't like,
and I have a feeling that is thecase with me here.
I haven't pinpointed what it is yet.
I guess I'll talk to my therapist about it and then I
shall report back. But my God I was just like you
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are potentially a really bad person.
It's not the cheating though. I got the cheating out of my
system. Prefrontal lobe formation.
The last time I cheated on someone I was 18 and then I
wasn't in a relationship for a very long time.
I've just made the thoughtful choice to not be in a
relationship until I could be certain that I couldn't, that I
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wouldn't cheat on someone and I actually found it scary.
Last relationship that lasted 8 years.
I remember starting it and actually being afraid.
Like thinking to myself when I went out in any situation that
involved alcohol I was like Oh my God what if I cheat on him?
What if I inadvertently forget that he exists and then I'm in a
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relationship and cheat on him? Turns out cheating on someone on
accident isn't a thing. There's no amount of junk that
you can get to forget that you are in a relationship.
And frankly, in those early stages, you're so obsessed, or
you should be with that person that the person that you're
talking to that you shouldn't be, at least for me, was that
person. I think that something in
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Jacqueline, there's something inJacqueline that just really rubs
me the wrong way. Not that there was anything like
overtly terrible about all of them.
It's just that relationship was so triggering I think for any
woman who has a group of friends, like we all know every
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like one of them. And of course Lori was my
favorite because she was the fucking real estate of them all.
She was over from the moment shestarted throwing back the her
Chardonnay, literally chugging half of the bottle of Chardonnay
in one go. And this moment they stepped
foot onto that resort to her final speech where she talks
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about loving everyone where they're at and appreciating your
friends flaws. And all because just being
grateful to be a part of the larger story.
It actually made me take a step back and wonder, am I too
puritanical in my friendships? Do I expect too much of people
is I have strong and hard rules about like at least talking
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shit? If I found out that you were
talking shit about me, I will never speak to you again.
And not that I will hold a grudge, perhaps it is holding
the grudge that I maybe if you're someone that I barely
know. If you're an acquaintance and I
hear that you're talking shit about me, I will not care or
find that mildly amusing. But if you're someone that I
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hold close and I hear you say that you have said lies or
horrible shit about me or you'rejust my perspective on our
relationship is very different than what our relationship
actually is. And this person knows that.
That feels like such a giant betrayal.
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I've ended friendships over thatbecause I just don't trust what
you're saying to me about how you feel about me.
I don't understand when people spend time with people that they
don't like or spend time with people that they complain about
constantly or actually believe negative things about for a long
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time. So it makes me like, why would
you still? Why would you want to be friends
with me if you actually feel these things about me, let alone
are telling this to other peopleas if it's fact?
But these women, they didn't necessarily treat each other
horribly. They just talk shit about each
other behind one another's backsand weren't being fully honest
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with each other. And there was so many things
that weren't said and there wereso many like failed passive
aggressive. I don't understand passive
aggressive. I don't do passive aggressive.
I do passive. I do aggressive separately, very
separately. I'm usually passive.
I feel like I'm 80% passive, 20%aggressive, but you're just
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never going to get what you wantout of me with that approach
because I don't accept it. Accept that as a communication
form. You might as well be speaking a
different language. I'm not going to respond to that
because we all know that it's not a healthy way to
communicate. So to communicate with me in a
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direct and respectful manner or I'm going to continue on in my
merry way until you get so infuriated that you have no
choice but to directly address it like an adult.
Lori is one of those head on kind of bitches.
She did for a bit like talk shitabout Jacqueline, but mostly she
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addressed her qualms as they happened in the moment.
She especially after we found out that Jacqueline hooked up
with what Alexi, I think that was his name, a handsome Russian
number one who worked at the onewho worked at the spa.
So he, when she found out that she hooked up with the
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Jacqueline had hooked up with their Butler at the spa, all
pretense went away and Laurie succumbed to her feelings and
decided everyone was going to know when she was going to live
her truest life. And I also think the part where
Jacqueline said, if you're always pulling the short straw,
how much of that is the universeand how much of that is you
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essentially and respected that? I think that makes a lot of
sense. And that's something that can
resonate with a lot of people. And it, I, I would see how that
could resonate with Laurie's character.
Kate was filler. I understand she's supposed to
be like the Gretchen waiters of the situation.
She, I don't know any people like this because all of the
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Republicans that I've experienced in my life have been
like very clear, very staunch, very, I'm a Republican and
you're never going to have any questions about that, my
political leanings. And then there are the Democrats
who have always been very Democrat.
I don't have any friends that are conservative and I would be
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completely shocked to find out if any of my oh, I'm like, I
work in liberal politics. OK, I'm a Democrat card carrying
I surround. I live in DC.
It's we voted 93% blue. I think I'm just I'm very much
in a blue vacuum. I'm in an echo chamber here and
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at this point in time I don't give a fuck.
I'm enjoying my echo chamber andI will continue to relax.
I tried my best in November and it didn't work so I'm just going
to chill at this point. The other members of the 92%, I
recommend you continue doing that too.
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But I don't have any case in my life.
Maybe that's why I didn't find her as infuriating as I found
Jacqueline. There's something she voted for
Trump. Though I still dislike
Jacqueline more anyway. And Lori's my girl.
I could have a drink with Lori. I could.
We could have a fucking good time together.
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And I think she just, like, represents so many women.
The moments that kind of fuckingate away at me were like,
especially in the beginning wheneverybody was introduced and the
girls were talking to each other.
What work have you had done? Tell me about your doctor.
You look great. You look great.
And this was just Kate and Jacqueline talking to each
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other, and nobody looked at Loriuntil the end of this back and
forth. Oh, you look good too.
Are you guys talking crazy? That's motherfucking insane.
That's absolutely insane. But it was hilarious that they
said, Oh no, I haven't done anything big, just the basics.
Just a little Bochux here and filler there.
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Also, guys, don't get filler ever.
Please, ever. Promise me pinky swear right
now. That and petroleum candles we're
not doing anymore because the migration insane.
The expansion bat shit motherfucking crazy.
All right, get yourself a red light therapy mask, put on your
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sunscreen and call it a fucking day.
And if you're feeling extremely motivated, get yourself some
retinol. That's all you gotta do.
Stay out of the sun, a little retinol sunscreen and wash your
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face. But Botox, keep doing what
you're doing. I've never had it before but and
I understand there is no filter on me at this moment.
I don't really have many wrinkles but that is because
black don't crack and I wear sunscreen religiously every
single day. 100% mineral, no chemical filters, SPF and I
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think that really does does attribute to why I haven't
really wrinkled that much. Other than being black, what
else? And also all of the three of
them look incredible. They're all bad bitches.
The implication that Lori was somehow like the frumpy dumpy
one, No. Did you see her body in that
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last episode with her and the wrestler who tried to Nigerian
Prince her at the end after theyhooked up?
I would be so fucking pissed offif I was have trying to have my
footloose fancy free holiday fuck and just at the end after I
the pinnacle of pleasure I get hit up for 10K and then some
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bitch barges in and slaps me in the head after I throw myself
out of a window. No that I would be pissed.
I thought she would have might have died after that
interaction, but no. Chekhov's gun was a very much a
thing with the season of The White Lotus.
Literally when it came to the gun that guy Geimcock or Guycock
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had, I knew the second it was introduced there's no way that
it wasn't going to be used at some point and it was used like
in the final few minutes. So I was waiting for that
happen. And also with the fruit, right
the second that they, on the first episode, within the 1st 5
minutes of them being at the villa, Pam, their host says that
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this fruit will kill you, the seeds will kill you.
So that was a clear indication that was going to be some kind
of important plot point at the end.
I think that's something that you really have to pay attention
to when you're looking at Mike White's work.
He has a bunch of Easter eggs, and he won't introduce something
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that has a heavy implication if it's not going to be
implemented. So if there's a poison,
someone's going to be poison. If there's a gun, that specific
gun shall shoot someone at some point.
I thought that was just something to think about in
future seasons. And Speaking of future seasons,
my prediction is now that Belinda's got her dollar bills,
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she and her finest son Zion are going to go create their White
Lotus, their spa. And that's where the next season
of White Lotus will take place. And I do believe that since she
did the exact same thing to PornChai as Tanya did to her
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regarding the stringing her along about starting a spa with
her or giving her the funding for the spa herself.
And then just being a flighty rich person and being like,
whatever, actually, things have changed and I gotta go.
She did that exact same thing toPorn Chai, but she fucked it,
which I'm pretty sure makes it worse.
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So I think that Belinda shall die in the next season in some
terrible way. So I want to put that.
I want to put that element out there.
I want to say it so that it's ontape before the other hoes do,
so I get credit. Or maybe Mike White will see
this and he'll say no. Can't do it now because Saran
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hath already predicted it. Because that's how important I
am because I'm sure he listens to this.
Any other predictions? I just not a prediction, but
just a fucking hope that Victoria comes back.
I can't stop saying Pepper no Pep.
Every time one of my cats does something naughty, I just scream
Pepper no tsunami. It's my favorite thing.
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When she was talking to that poor girl, one of the women that
was dating the old Baldwin, she was like, does he have a lot of
money? Oh, are you scared of him?
I can get you out of this. Oh, my God, it was so good.
It's like I screamed. She's delightful.
I hope she comes back. Like she said, she's not meant
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to struggle. So I don't know if she's staying
with. I want to call him Tim Tom, but
isn't that Tim? I think Tim the dad, the dad,
the dad from Duke. I'm sure Duke really loved all
of the scenes of the dad wearinga big Duke T-shirt just
contemplating all the ways he might murder his family or
himself because of embezzlement and his white collar crimes.
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I'm sure they really love that association.
Oh my God, this is dark. Super dark.
But Russell Brand has been charged with rape and I saw this
headline that said he was charged with rape 8 days before
he was scheduled to speak at a university about cancel culture.
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And I doubt it was the benefits of accountability and taking a
break from public life and the importance of really ruminating
on your on the problem that got you in this predicament or your
actions that got you in this predicament.
That was probably about the terrors of cancel culture and
how the society, it's a bad thing that society cancels
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people. I've never known a decent person
to harp on cancel culture. I don't know a decent person who
just is constantly bemoaning cancel culture like I'm gonna
get cancelled for this or cancelculture is out of control.
Nah is cancellation I don't really even think is real.
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It's a fucking state of mind. At the end of the day, you will
always have your core fans that will love you through thick and
thin. The scale of your popularity can
aggressively decrease, but as long as you wait it out you can
generally survive much of anything if you stay quiet for
long enough. Give an apology and try and do
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better you but the it's the taking accountability for your
actions part that is incredibly important.
I like to use Stassi Schroeder as an example of this because I
think she's a fucking incredibleexample of someone who took
accountability. If you don't recall, she was
cancelled in 2020 for a interview she did with the bitch
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Bible. Jackie Schimmel was resurfaced
where she told a story about howshe and Kristen called the
police Ala police tip line to report that this woman, this
black woman that worked with them, Faith, had stolen a jacket
from James Kennedy because they saw a picture of a woman wearing
a similar jacket that looked like Faith.
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Turns out it wasn't Faith, he's just another black woman.
It wasn't James's jacket and theInternet was rightly very upset
that she put this black woman's lives in danger based on
absolutely nothing and was the action itself was racist.
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It was not the first time that she got in trouble for saying
racially insensitive things. I remember she said something
about why do people have to talkabout race in their acceptance
pages like I don't want to hear about.
ANYWAYS after she was cancelled for the Faith incident calling
the police on faith. She just a fucking paired for
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two years. Two whole years, dude.
She hired someone to teach her about black history because she
realized that she was like, woefully ignorant on the
subject, even as someone who grew up and not lost in New
Orleans with a bustling black community.
Bustling, diverse black community.
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She didn't know anything about anything she said.
So she took two years away from her podcast from for everything
was actually taken from her. All of her sponsorships or brand
deals, her job on Vanderpump Rules she was kicked off of as
long. Same with Kristen.
Kristen had a lot less to lose because she was a lot less
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successful and Stassi after she took that time, she returned
first with a podcast behind a pay wall on Patreon with her
husband Beau called the Good theBad Baby.
And it was very clear that she had reflected on where she went
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wrong, addressed why what she did was wrong and has every time
I've heard her podcast and speaksince then.
I listen to her Patreon, I I listen to her podcast.
She has truly embodied those changes.
She is not an ignorant bitch anymore.
She doesn't say things that makeme go Oh my God.
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She addresses her where she was lacking it when it comes to
empathy, her just knowledge, curiosity even before and her
immaturity. She'll be the first one to say
and I think that I respect that so deeply.
Christian Doty route OK, Forever21 personified Oh my God, who
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called her Birkenstocks and a shift dress as she's just
Birkenstocks and a shift dress. The route that she took with her
cancellation was doubling down and saying we didn't even call
the police. It was a tip line.
It was a tip line and then she has the audacity like first
episode of The Valley because she now has a show herself where
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she is a part of this ensemble cast, where she is the lead and
she's recovered and whatnot herself.
Again, there was a lot less ground to cover because she had
far less space to fall. So she continues to.
Oh yeah. So in the first episode or the
second episode of The Valley, she implies that Michelle is
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racist, or one of her cast matesis racist, or a Trump supporter,
etcetera. Or homophobic racism came up.
In one of the first episodes of The Valley, Kristen accuses
Michelle, one of her cast mates,of being a racist or something
along those lines. Which is so fucking laughable
considering why she was cancelled and how she still to
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this day does not take accountability for the harm that
she could have done to this woman and like the ignorance
behind her action. And for that I shall never ever
respect that bitch. Jeanette, all you have to do is
address the bullshit. All you have to do is take
accountability for something. It's not that hard.
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I don't apologizing and just admitting that you fucked up.
He's always the easier option than digging your fucking heals
in when you know you're dead motherfucking wrong.
When everybody is telling you'redead, lie the fuck down.
But yes, joke's on me though, because she didn't lie down and
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she's still on a show. She's right back to where she
was and now she's pregnant and engaged.
So la de da. Anyways, we were originally
talking about Russell Brand and I would also like to say Russell
Brand being charged with rape orsexual assault, allegedly.
I don't know, doesn't surprise me because he went from being
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this super hedonistic free spirit, free to do, free to be
you and me Rock'n'roll lifestylesex, drugs Rock'n'roll guy to
being Mr. Hippie Dippie Zen, just like this ultimate cliche
crunchy man and. Like green juices and over
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therapized or whatever. Actually, when I went to after
my wedding was cancelled, Sharp left.
I went to a rehabilitation center and like therapy center.
There were 3 tracks really. It was one if you were just
doing the therapy, one if you were like an alcoholic, and one
if you had other substance abuseissues.
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I decided I wasn't going to spiral out of control and ruin
my life because of this trauma. I was just going to send myself
to a ski town and Vail and get massages until I felt better and
alas, that is what happened. That and all of the day to night
therapy, equine therapy, sound baths, Reiki, all that stuff.
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Anyways, so during one of the group sessions this woman liked
to play these self help therapy things that Russell Brand had
recorded. I don't know if they were
excerpts from his book that he had not only audio recorded but
had video recorded but of him. Like being super duper
motivational and sang a bunch ofcliches like we never heard it
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before in his life. Just being a long haired hippie,
overly saccharine, Thinks far too much of himself, feels like
he has rediscovered the meaning to life.
Obviously is running from something deep and dark type
bullshit and that was something that I remember turning me off
because I just don't buy people who go to extremes.
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The choice to go from 1 extreme way of life to another extreme
way of life. To have this kind of revelatory
moments that require you to makedrastic change, spiritual
change. I find that deeply.
I like it and I don't find it sincere.
I think, like I said, the majority of life doesn't exist
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in extremes. There's so much in the middle,
and I think that's the beauty ofhumanity.
All of the mess in the middle. And being a decent human being
does not require you to have a strict written credo.
You have a conscience, you have a gut, you have a soul, and that
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oftentimes can be your guide. Can you be a moral person
without believing in God? And my response to that is
actually is obviously, yes, obviously you can be a moral
person without religion. Oftentimes I find the most moral
people are a religious a lot. So much harm, so much violence,
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so much sin has been done in thename of God over the span of
humanity that I It's silly to think that religion would be the
thing that Delaney is an amoral person from a moral person that
actually just logically does notmake any sense.
And I found myself that my conscience has always been the
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best guide to be forthright and to follow your conscience.
It took me a long time to learn it, but that's generally what
will lead you to the most contentment, the most peace.
And isn't that all what we're looking for?
So when people oscillate betweenextremes, I find that to be an
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indication of something that's wrong.
If you don't net out at moderation, then that's always
going to be a problem. And he wasn't giving moderation,
he was giving. I have joined a cult.
I live on a commune. Come join me.
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I have found the way to life. Put on your white gown, put on
those sneakers, drink the kool-aid and joineth me.
And I selected this treatment center specifically because it
wasn't given any of that bougie.It wasn't even given any of that
crunchy nonsense. It was giving bougie.
I wanted a bougie therapeutic experience.
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I did not want Russell Brand screaming at me about the
pillars of life that one must follow in order to blah blah
blah. Literally, you're running from
something. People who are often having
revelations are running from something.
People who are proclaiming thesegrand life changes are hiding
from something and I don't trustthem.
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And I know that is an extreme stance in and of itself, but
alas, we're all a little hypocritical, aren't we?
Russell Brand, hope you rot in jail.
I know he's innocent until proven guilty, but I'm putting
my money on the guilty. I think he was charged allegedly
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2 counts of rape. There is that.
It's just so gross. Does he have any children?
Thank God he didn't have any children with Katy Perry.
I don't even really like Katy Perry.
I find her to be terribly mediocre.
But that is besides the point. Saron.
I think that's enough of the Russell Brand talk.
The Next Gen. NYC trailer has come out and it
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looks intriguing. There's something Laguna Beach
asks about it to me. I don't know if it's because
they're in their early 20s, Laguna Beach wasn't where high
schoolers so it is different, but they were just so young and
they feel like babies and I can't imagine they have any real
drama or strife in their life. It should be called the Neppo
babies of Bravo. I'm pretty sure in one of the
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promos I saw someone say oh and then the check was $14,000.
What check for what dinner? Where were you?
Where? What were you doing that could
have possibly cost you $14,000? And who paid for it?
You're 20 and you've never worked a day in your life.
What the fuck are you talking about?
It might be interesting. It's like a cross between Laguna
Beach and Oh my God the show NYCPrep if you guys recall.
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That shit was so good. It was a Bravo show that covered
the lives of these rich ish teenagers and this one public
school girl and their interactions and like the social
hierarchies and whatever. I think there was only one
season. It was trying to give Gossip
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Girl Bravo addition. They were trying to do you know
how Real Housewives of Orange County was the first franchise?
That was just when the DesperateHousewives had popped off and
The OC had popped off. So Bravo was able to leverage
the excitement about these two shows and create a reality
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television show that launched 1000 franchises.
And I believe they tried to redothat formula with NYC Prep and
Gossip Girl. I don't.
I think because the audience would have to have been
teenagers or fairly young peoplewho would have been invested in
these high schoolers lives like me.
I was AI was their age at that time and I watched it, but I
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don't think that was the majority of their audience.
The Bravo peeps at that point were very much older.
Shows like Vanderpump Rules and even Summer House have the
Southern charm have been introduced but back in the day
it was giving daytime TV. Same audience but NYC prep.
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Why were we talking? Oh, and Next Gen.
Candy Burris's daughter is on it, as well as who Teresa's
daughter and Aria, I think ArielBierman, which is Kim's
daughter. And then a bunch of unknown
people. And I'm talking about people
with 203 hundred followers. So this is really their entree
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into public life. I wish them the absolute best of
luck. They're all very young.
I'm sure this is going to be a huge launching pad for them.
That's exciting, but I don't know.
I, I, I will watch. I hope it's Oh my God, Brooks
Marks is on it, right. This is why this is part of my I
Brooks. There's just something about
Brooks marks that I find irritating.
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And that's really that on that. I can't really put my finger on
it. And he's always been too young
for me to have an opinion about him.
But I believe he is an adult nowtechnically.
And I can say that I do find hima bit annoying.
There's something just shut up about him.
But maybe I'll watch this and eat my words.
I doubt it, but we shall see. Meredith and Seth also were in a
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bunch of the promo, so I'm sure we'll be seeing their
relationship, the relationship between him, the Brooks and his
parents play out on screen and it should be interesting.
It could go either way. It could really go either way,
and I wish them all the best of luck.
Speaking of Bravo, though, Brittany Cartwright has just
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announced that she got a diagnosis of autism for her son
Cruz about six months ago. And today she has come out
publicly saying, I know there's been a lot of speculation
because he wasn't talking and people noticed that.
And I want to confirm that he ismostly non verbal.
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He could say a lot of words before, but he's regressed
around the two year mark and nowwe have more answers about why
that might be and he's actually getting the help he needs
etcetera, etcetera. After his diagnosis, now that
they know what's going on, they can move forward and helping him
lead his best life possible and I'm sure he is going to thrive.
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She said she is here to be his mouthpiece.
He can say whatever the fuck youwant about Bruni.
She's a good mom. She's I'm know she loves that
child. I know she's going to do right
by that child. I'm and I'm excited for her to
have clarity and understanding about what's going on because
can you, I can't imagine having a kid and being concerned about
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something developmentally and having the entire world chime in
and just, and trying to do your best without a diagnosis is
really hard. So a bunch of outlets pick up
that Brittany has announced thatCruz has an autism diagnosis and
their comments are just chock full of these bitches being
like, it's about the vaccine. It's definitely because he got
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vaccinated because of that jab. Definitely shouldn't have
vaccinated him. Shut the fuck up.
What is wrong with you? The fact that you people are
allowed to have children and is all of the pictures were women
with children it seems The fact that I call it eugenics.
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Whatever. You shouldn't be allowed to have
children. And if your child dies from a
preventable disease because you chose to not get him vaccinated
against all professional medicalopinion and expertise, you
should go to jail and you shouldhave all of your children taken
away from you and you should be barred from having children for
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the rest of your life. Full stop, Period.
OK. And This is why it fucking pays
to, when you're building a platform, to incorporate who you
are in that platform regardless of your niche.
Because I don't want it to ever be confused.
Don't get it fucking twisted. If you are an anti vaxxer, I
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don't want you here. I don't want your views.
I don't want your clicks. I don't want your likes, I don't
want your opinions. I don't want you.
You all right. I want nothing to do with you.
You. I prefer you didn't exist,
frankly. Fucking idiots.
Are you joking? This woman is literally just
trying to figure out how to besttake care of her son and you,
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the coca doodle motherfucking dudes that you are thinking now
was the time to shove conspiracytheories down her throat because
you know she's reading the Coons.
If your child dies from a preventable disease because you
chose to not have them vaccinated against professional
recommendations, you should go to jail.
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And that's that on that. OK, If your child dies because
you choose to believe that you know better than every medical
professional in the world, and your child dies because you're a
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top fuck, you should be in jail and you should be barred from
having any more children. You shouldn't be allowed.
You can't risk passing on that kind of stupid.
Jax is still the fucking worst. I'm sure he loves his son, no
doubt about it, but he's a cokehead, so that's that on
that. After he became a father and
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he's a raging psychopath. And I've seen the trailers for
the season of the Valley. And you used to see that part
about the cameras. She realized that he was
watching her remotely via the cameras in their house.
And I she wasn't aware. And then she talks about him
finding out that she was like texting and sexy texts to some
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guy while they were separated and he flipped out, flipped a
table. It hit her on her knee and
bruised her. And she was really scared.
That's not that is not a man that you want your child around,
especially your child that has more needs.
It's not someone that you can trust.
It's not someone that you can rely upon.
It's not someone you want to be an example to your child.
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So that's a whole that's a crossto bear in and of itself.
And I don't, I don't want to. Now is not the time to layer on
and be like, you know who this man was?
I will always feel that way. He hated her from the beginning.
He literally said it when he waslaying on that bed with Faith.
And yet she did marry him. The vision was very clear even
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back then. She was wearing prescription
lenses. And yet she still married him,
appropriated with him. But she does have Crews, and
that's a silver lining. Yes.
And they are getting divorced and that's exciting.
Oh my God, this is a whole new day for her.
She is soon to be rid of the Barnacle that is Jack's, at
least legally, and she now has this diagnosis for her son that
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she can use to forward it and get him the help that he needs.
So I am very happy for him. I doubt this is going to play
out on the Valley. It might actually.
I really I hope it doesn't too much.
I find it very weird when children are the subject of
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media that they can't consent to.
Like I understand being open about his autism is important
and helpful not only for mothersbut also children.
But the amount of exposure you give him specifically or the
amount you expose him as a little person to the world,
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those things are intimate and personal.
And I just think that can get out of hand rather quickly.
Not to mention the financial aspect of things, right?
Like if his autism is part of a storyline, I believe he should
be getting paid for that, especially if he's featured
physically and not just discussed in the show.
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Even if he is disgust, I think that perhaps there should be
some kind of financial reward tothat as well, because it is your
life that's being leveraged for financial gain and you should
gain from that, especially as a child.
So we shall see. All the love to them and Kruzy.
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No love to Jax, no love to Jax, whatever, fuck that guy.
And that is it for today. Thank you for listening to this
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loop.
Hello and welcome to Saron Things, a pop culture podcast
where we laugh our way through this week's trending topics.
I am your host, Saron. How are you all?
I am doing pretty well. I'm very excited about this
episode. We have a lot to discuss pop
culture wise. Personally, I'm really starting
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to understand this whole the trope of the Spencer cat lady
because getting these two cats was the worst thing that ever
happened to my social life because I don't know if I found
the secret to life and happiness, but I'm pretty sure
it's one dog, 2 cats, and a brothy dirty martini.
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I'm becoming a little worried about how OK I am being alone.
I think about this quite frequently and it's first it's
am I depressed? And yes, obviously since the
ripe old age of 13. OK, my Lexapro prescription is
tried and true, all right, as well as my Wellbutrin.
So it's not your, it's not the depression that's pretty much
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under control with my cocktail, both the Belvedere variety and
the Wellbutrin Lexapro variety. Not together though, not
together, never together ever. But I don't think it's because I
I'm I have an antisocial personality because when I do go
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out and about I'm a fucking social butterfly.
Like even without the beta blockers, like I can genuinely
have a good time when I'm amongst the people when I tell
myself to. But if I'm just someone who
values my alone time, I don't like the feeling of being
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observed because not to say I don't feel like I'm being myself
because frankly, I do feel like I'm always being myself.
My personality doesn't really change according to my audience
or whether or not I have an audience, but I do.
I am aware that I'm being perceived and that alone is
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enough to make me a little bit uncomfortable.
And at this point in my life, I don't ever want to be
uncomfortable if I can help it, especially in a situation that's
supposed to be like fully pleasurable, like a party, for
instance. I don't mind being uncomfortable
in work or creative endeavors because it's really the only way
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that you grow. If you are constantly pushing
your boundaries or going outsideof your comfort zone, that's the
only way you produce anything really of value.
But when it comes to things thatare just supposed to purely be
fun, I'm not about staying uncomfortable.
And at this age, there's just nothing that Beatrice,
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Archibald, Henry, and Belvedere can't handle.
It's not just one little soul that's waiting for me.
It's three fluffy adorable creatures that just loves me and
leave me the fuck alone if I need to be left alone.
And yeah, I thought it might be depression and I don't think it
is. I think it's really just my
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personality. I am an introvert and people I
had a hard time really stomaching that or I don't know
believing that before because like I said, when I'm in a
social situation I can turn it on and I'll be fine.
But especially as I've gotten older, when I was younger I
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would was so deeply uncomfortable in social
situations actually and I would over drink to compensate for
that discomfort. Luckily that's something that
post frontal lobe formation has relaxed very much so I'd like to
say. So like I said before I got my
cats, I could force myself, guilt myself into acting my age
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and socializing amongst my peers.
But now that I have these three,there are three of them, it's
just so much harder to Get Me Out the door.
And I know this is my year of yes, like thing you need to
leave your house in order for good things to happen to you.
Honestly though, do you really? Because I've made quite a lot of
fantastic things happen from this 570 square foot estate.
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I've done a lot here. I had never spent any kind of
meaningful amount of time with acat prior to acquiring my cat.
And it really changes you. The experience of having a cat
is not the same as interacting with ones that are not yours.
You cannot. You can't really love a cat, but
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I don't think it's not yours because they don't fuck with
you. But then you have.
Now I have these two cats that are just like putty in my hands.
I can do whatever I want with them.
There's nothing scary about themat all.
Generally, I used to think that I don't really trust cats
because I feel like they're always stalking you.
They pounce like they think theythink you're prey.
But that's just them playing apparently.
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Who knew? Who knew there wasn't evil in
their little souls? All's that to say, there's
nothing wrong with being a cat lady.
I think that we need to take back the cat lady stereotype.
We need to take back the trope because it's nice over here.
They have to make it a negative thing because if people realize
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that cat ladies were so fucking content, then we all want to do
it. As if I need a man to make any
of this better. In fact, now I fear every time I
scroll through my dating apps. I'm afraid I.
I think you could fuck this up. This might be the happiest I've
been in my life. And when I'm sitting there with
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my fluffy creatures surrounding me, watching an episode of
Summer House with Belvedere in my hand, nothing but myself to
worry about, no one to answer to, no one judging me, no one
perceiving me, this man will have to be incredible.
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You get so much conflicting advice about dating when you're
single. It's like, some are like you
have to date intentionally in order to really find your
person. You can't just be fucking
winking it. And some are like, oh, you have
to be completely content in yourself and not even thinking
about it. And that's when the person will
find you. And I think that's all bullshit.
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It's all a crapshoot. My last relationship I met him
at a bar and I think that's exceedingly rare nowadays.
I don't think that there's anything wrong with online
dating and I've done it plenty. It's not my ideal method, but I
shall do it. And I don't know.
You just can't query for the things that I would like to
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query for. I need recommendations if I am
going to be on a dating app, which one should it be?
Give me the top 2 that I should be on all right?
Is it hinge and bumble? Should I try raya?
I don't know I just need to focus my efforts on a couple of
apps because it is fucking overwhelming.
Guys, I haven't been on a date since that date week that I did
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2 in one week and I think I overdid it.
I exhausted myself. The alternative being being a
spinster, cat lady, whatever. One of my favorite shows ever is
Golden Girls. Right?
I'm down to live with a couple of my girly pops and just make
it work. I won't be the Blanche.
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You have to be blanched from thejump.
You can't become blanched. Blanche has been blanched for
forever. You.
I'm not Dorothy either. I'm certainly not right, Sophia.
I'm Sophia, right? And I don't think I need to
explain. I do not think you need to
explain why. But Speaking of shows, let's get
into our pop culture bullshit for the day.
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I must discuss White Lotus with you guys.
The finale happened this weekend.
I did not watch the finale on the night that it came out.
I actually watched it on Tuesday, and I'm so proud of
myself for not having it spoiled.
You know how hard that was? It was like walking through a
minefield. Every time I opened my social
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media, I'd have to peek through my hand.
And eventually I just gave up. And I was like, I'm not posting
anything until I watched. And I watched.
And I have to say, there's been a lot of criticism of this
season of White Lotus, but I think it was the best.
It's my favorite so far out of all of them.
And I know I don't know what that says about me, perhaps I'm
fucked. But I was really enthralled the
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entire time. It very much caught my attention
but I did only watch it week by week for the first 3 episodes
and then I stopped watching until I had banked the last five
including the season finale. So I was able to binge those and
watch them back-to-back and I think that does change the
experience because a lot of people were complaining that it
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felt slow. Not enough happens in every
episode. We end on cliffhangers and no
episode is fully satisfying. But I, and maybe I can
understand that when you're waiting week by week because
you're waiting longer for the payoff and it feels more drawn
out and your, your expectations are heightened because you've
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built up OK, Oh, this next episode is going to provide this
or explain this or give us more juice.
And that only leaves you, at least the way that Mike White
does it, inevitably being a little bit disappointed.
But when you watch them back-to-back and you don't
really experience that, the cliffhangers feel like natural
and you're not really left wanting.
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I'm so glad that I saved those last five episodes and watched
them. Watch them in it like binging
versus watching them week by week.
I think that is absolutely the way to do it.
And I'm going to do it for all the episodes for next season.
But I do have predictions for next season.
But before we talk about that, let's talk about the episode.
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So I put an episode out. I put a TikTok out that said I
wanted Lachlan to die, OK? And I wanted Lachlan to die
because of what happened betweenhim and his brother Saxon.
I was like, course one of you has to die.
Of course one of you cannot return to your normal lives.
Of course you can't just look athim over Thanksgiving dinner,
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ask him to fucking pass the granberries knowing what
happened on that boat. OK Oh my God, I'm one of them.
Had to have died. I was so sure and I really did
not care which one it was. But season 3 of White Lotus
features a Ratliff family. Victoria and Tim are the parents
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I think, and then Piper the daughter, Lachlan and Saxon the
two sons and Lachlan and Saxon hookup.
Lachlan is the youngest son, thebaby of the family, and he gives
his brother Saxon a handy whilsthe's in the middle of sleeping
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with this girl named Chloe. I screamed the entire time.
Like literally I screamed for 30seconds straight.
High octave first soprano just screamed because and you, Mike
White is insane. He's disturbed, but I love his
freakish little brain. He does good work.
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He, I don't even know how you conceive of this.
I read somewhere that Patrick Schwarzenegger had said that
people were cast and then when they found out about the incest
stuff, they backed out. Because I almost backed out of
watching the show because of theincest stuff, because it really
just turns my stomach. And I was called a little bitch.
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Why was everyone perfectly fine when it was Cersei and Jaime
Lannister? But this, when it's two guys,
people are roast out. It just doesn't make sense.
And I don't think it has to do because I was grossed out by
Jamie and Cersei. But my reaction certainly was
not as visceral as watching these two boys.
And it's certainly not because they're two boys.
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I think it's because of the timedifference and the fact that the
type of shows that they are, This is White Lotus, is set in
present day. While this is somewhat of a
fantastical fictional story, it is still far more realistic and
based in far more reality than Game of Thrones is.
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So I think you can suspend your feelings and your judgments a
bit more when it comes to the fantasy genre versus versus
watching a Mike White productionwhere you're looking at people
who could be like living down the street from you do some
crazy ass gross shit. So I think it's more of a
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timeline issue versus a gender or sexuality, hetero versus homo
type thing. Mike White is a gay man.
Anything else? I spoiler alert.
All right, you got to go at thispoint if you if you haven't
watched it yet, But I did not expect Chelsea to die.
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I didn't. I was fully prepared for them to
walk away into the sunset. But what I was so fucking
confused about is why would Rickgo back to the white load X?
Why did you not just tell her you need to check out, meet me
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at this other five star overpriced hotel in in Thailand
and let's finish our holiday there, Not at the hotel of a man
that I just fucking threatened who I tipped over.
Fucking Humpty Dumpty. Oh my God.
And that woman who was the healer lady who didn't make
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herself available to Rick when he needed to talk to her.
Not that it was her fault or anything, because I fully
believe, obviously it's all on him murder.
That's fully in your, that's a him problem.
That's not a her problem. But it's infuriating to think
that Zion Belinda's son really didn't give a fuck about whether
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or not he had that treatment or that session with the healer
woman. He was so indifferent about it.
He could have taken it or left it.
If she had just been like if shehad said I need to pause and go
with this man, he's having a breakdown, I don't think he
would have given a but but also,I understand the policy at the
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white Lotus at spas, high end spas like that is obviously you
cannot last minute cancel on a client under any circumstance
minus a mass shooting. So I can not believe that
Chelsea died, but I am glad thatshe got her doughnut before she
did. I am so attracted to Rick.
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We got to start there. I am so deeply attracted to that
man and I don't know what it is.Maybe it's like the tortured.
I'll I can fix you, but I'm not really into fixing a man.
As you guys probably know by now, I'm looking for something
turnkey. I'm not looking for a project
ever. I like my men to come healed and
sorted. I don't need you staged or
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anything like that. Like I can style you myself, we
can landscape together, but justin general overall, I'm going to
need the house to be inspected tip top shape figured out before
I enter the picture. Obviously that is not at the
case with Rick and Chelsea herself.
Her sweet soul said that she essentially loves the project
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and he's tortured and blah blah,blah.
There was just. I think it's the.
I've said before that I am attracted to the Rottweiler
boyfriend. I like a serious man.
I like a man who in a suit I would love to be the your one
and only light. The one and only light in your
life. I am a delight.
You love me, you adore our children, you live for our
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little family like fuck everyoneelse.
Obviously you must have friends and your own interests and be
able to entertain yourself. See me being a very someone who
very much loves her alone time. You got to be able to figure
your own shit out. But like a serious fellow, and
he is certainly a serious guy, Icould do without the severe
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mental illness. But just generally, I don't know
the aesthetics. I like the way he dresses, I
like the way he moves, I like the whiskey, I like the mystery,
I like his body. But turns out he and Chelsea
have unfollowed each other on Instagram.
I was hoping that they would stay together for Ebsie's as
friends. Like the way that they described
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what happened on that island when they were filming, it was,
it sounded like camp, like they were living there together for
six months. I think they were all being paid
the same. It sounds like there was very
little ego and from the way everyone described it, it felt
like they became a real family and there was just as much drama
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on screen minus the murder as there was on screen.
I don't know if I believe that much because but it would just
be so sad to me if Rick and Chelsea did not continue their
friendship IRL, let alone fucking hated each other.
But I'm sure we'll find out sooner or later what that is
about. And they all were paid the same.
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They were all, from Piper Posey to Loughlin, were all paid
$350,000, which was not what I expected for six months worth.
But it's worth it to be a part of something that's has such a
huge following and is like such a cultural moment and so deeply
part of the zeitgeist. I imagine it does wonderful
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things for your career. So I see what the pull would be
for a Parker Posey whose resume certainly calls for more than
$350,000 for six months of work.Let's talk about our favorite
characters. I think out of the three women
who were on their little trip, Lori was my favorite, followed
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by Kate the Republican, and thenJacqueline.
I don't know what it is about Jacqueline that is somewhat
triggering to me. I know that when you're
triggered by someone, it's because you see something in
them that reminds you of yourself that you don't like,
and I have a feeling that is thecase with me here.
I haven't pinpointed what it is yet.
I guess I'll talk to my therapist about it and then I
shall report back. But my God I was just like you
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are potentially a really bad person.
It's not the cheating though. I got the cheating out of my
system. Prefrontal lobe formation.
The last time I cheated on someone I was 18 and then I
wasn't in a relationship for a very long time.
I've just made the thoughtful choice to not be in a
relationship until I could be certain that I couldn't, that I
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wouldn't cheat on someone and I actually found it scary.
Last relationship that lasted 8 years.
I remember starting it and actually being afraid.
Like thinking to myself when I went out in any situation that
involved alcohol I was like Oh my God what if I cheat on him?
What if I inadvertently forget that he exists and then I'm in a
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relationship and cheat on him? Turns out cheating on someone on
accident isn't a thing. There's no amount of junk that
you can get to forget that you are in a relationship.
And frankly, in those early stages, you're so obsessed, or
you should be with that person that the person that you're
talking to that you shouldn't be, at least for me, was that
person. I think that something in
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Jacqueline, there's something inJacqueline that just really rubs
me the wrong way. Not that there was anything like
overtly terrible about all of them.
It's just that relationship was so triggering I think for any
woman who has a group of friends, like we all know every
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like one of them. And of course Lori was my
favorite because she was the fucking real estate of them all.
She was over from the moment shestarted throwing back the her
Chardonnay, literally chugging half of the bottle of Chardonnay
in one go. And this moment they stepped
foot onto that resort to her final speech where she talks
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about loving everyone where they're at and appreciating your
friends flaws. And all because just being
grateful to be a part of the larger story.
It actually made me take a step back and wonder, am I too
puritanical in my friendships? Do I expect too much of people
is I have strong and hard rules about like at least talking
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shit? If I found out that you were
talking shit about me, I will never speak to you again.
And not that I will hold a grudge, perhaps it is holding
the grudge that I maybe if you're someone that I barely
know. If you're an acquaintance and I
hear that you're talking shit about me, I will not care or
find that mildly amusing. But if you're someone that I
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hold close and I hear you say that you have said lies or
horrible shit about me or you'rejust my perspective on our
relationship is very different than what our relationship
actually is. And this person knows that.
That feels like such a giant betrayal.
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I've ended friendships over thatbecause I just don't trust what
you're saying to me about how you feel about me.
I don't understand when people spend time with people that they
don't like or spend time with people that they complain about
constantly or actually believe negative things about for a long
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time. So it makes me like, why would
you still? Why would you want to be friends
with me if you actually feel these things about me, let alone
are telling this to other peopleas if it's fact?
But these women, they didn't necessarily treat each other
horribly. They just talk shit about each
other behind one another's backsand weren't being fully honest
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with each other. And there was so many things
that weren't said and there wereso many like failed passive
aggressive. I don't understand passive
aggressive. I don't do passive aggressive.
I do passive. I do aggressive separately, very
separately. I'm usually passive.
I feel like I'm 80% passive, 20%aggressive, but you're just
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never going to get what you wantout of me with that approach
because I don't accept it. Accept that as a communication
form. You might as well be speaking a
different language. I'm not going to respond to that
because we all know that it's not a healthy way to
communicate. So to communicate with me in a
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direct and respectful manner or I'm going to continue on in my
merry way until you get so infuriated that you have no
choice but to directly address it like an adult.
Lori is one of those head on kind of bitches.
She did for a bit like talk shitabout Jacqueline, but mostly she
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addressed her qualms as they happened in the moment.
She especially after we found out that Jacqueline hooked up
with what Alexi, I think that was his name, a handsome Russian
number one who worked at the onewho worked at the spa.
So he, when she found out that she hooked up with the
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Jacqueline had hooked up with their Butler at the spa, all
pretense went away and Laurie succumbed to her feelings and
decided everyone was going to know when she was going to live
her truest life. And I also think the part where
Jacqueline said, if you're always pulling the short straw,
how much of that is the universeand how much of that is you
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essentially and respected that? I think that makes a lot of
sense. And that's something that can
resonate with a lot of people. And it, I, I would see how that
could resonate with Laurie's character.
Kate was filler. I understand she's supposed to
be like the Gretchen waiters of the situation.
She, I don't know any people like this because all of the
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Republicans that I've experienced in my life have been
like very clear, very staunch, very, I'm a Republican and
you're never going to have any questions about that, my
political leanings. And then there are the Democrats
who have always been very Democrat.
I don't have any friends that are conservative and I would be
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completely shocked to find out if any of my oh, I'm like, I
work in liberal politics. OK, I'm a Democrat card carrying
I surround. I live in DC.
It's we voted 93% blue. I think I'm just I'm very much
in a blue vacuum. I'm in an echo chamber here and
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at this point in time I don't give a fuck.
I'm enjoying my echo chamber andI will continue to relax.
I tried my best in November and it didn't work so I'm just going
to chill at this point. The other members of the 92%, I
recommend you continue doing that too.
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But I don't have any case in my life.
Maybe that's why I didn't find her as infuriating as I found
Jacqueline. There's something she voted for
Trump. Though I still dislike
Jacqueline more anyway. And Lori's my girl.
I could have a drink with Lori. I could.
We could have a fucking good time together.
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And I think she just, like, represents so many women.
The moments that kind of fuckingate away at me were like,
especially in the beginning wheneverybody was introduced and the
girls were talking to each other.
What work have you had done? Tell me about your doctor.
You look great. You look great.
And this was just Kate and Jacqueline talking to each
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other, and nobody looked at Loriuntil the end of this back and
forth. Oh, you look good too.
Are you guys talking crazy? That's motherfucking insane.
That's absolutely insane. But it was hilarious that they
said, Oh no, I haven't done anything big, just the basics.
Just a little Bochux here and filler there.
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Also, guys, don't get filler ever.
Please, ever. Promise me pinky swear right
now. That and petroleum candles we're
not doing anymore because the migration insane.
The expansion bat shit motherfucking crazy.
All right, get yourself a red light therapy mask, put on your
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sunscreen and call it a fucking day.
And if you're feeling extremely motivated, get yourself some
retinol. That's all you gotta do.
Stay out of the sun, a little retinol sunscreen and wash your
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face. But Botox, keep doing what
you're doing. I've never had it before but and
I understand there is no filter on me at this moment.
I don't really have many wrinkles but that is because
black don't crack and I wear sunscreen religiously every
single day. 100% mineral, no chemical filters, SPF and I
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think that really does does attribute to why I haven't
really wrinkled that much. Other than being black, what
else? And also all of the three of
them look incredible. They're all bad bitches.
The implication that Lori was somehow like the frumpy dumpy
one, No. Did you see her body in that
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last episode with her and the wrestler who tried to Nigerian
Prince her at the end after theyhooked up?
I would be so fucking pissed offif I was have trying to have my
footloose fancy free holiday fuck and just at the end after I
the pinnacle of pleasure I get hit up for 10K and then some
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bitch barges in and slaps me in the head after I throw myself
out of a window. No that I would be pissed.
I thought she would have might have died after that
interaction, but no. Chekhov's gun was a very much a
thing with the season of The White Lotus.
Literally when it came to the gun that guy Geimcock or Guycock
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had, I knew the second it was introduced there's no way that
it wasn't going to be used at some point and it was used like
in the final few minutes. So I was waiting for that
happen. And also with the fruit, right
the second that they, on the first episode, within the 1st 5
minutes of them being at the villa, Pam, their host says that
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this fruit will kill you, the seeds will kill you.
So that was a clear indication that was going to be some kind
of important plot point at the end.
I think that's something that you really have to pay attention
to when you're looking at Mike White's work.
He has a bunch of Easter eggs, and he won't introduce something
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that has a heavy implication if it's not going to be
implemented. So if there's a poison,
someone's going to be poison. If there's a gun, that specific
gun shall shoot someone at some point.
I thought that was just something to think about in
future seasons. And Speaking of future seasons,
my prediction is now that Belinda's got her dollar bills,
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she and her finest son Zion are going to go create their White
Lotus, their spa. And that's where the next season
of White Lotus will take place. And I do believe that since she
did the exact same thing to PornChai as Tanya did to her
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regarding the stringing her along about starting a spa with
her or giving her the funding for the spa herself.
And then just being a flighty rich person and being like,
whatever, actually, things have changed and I gotta go.
She did that exact same thing toPorn Chai, but she fucked it,
which I'm pretty sure makes it worse.
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So I think that Belinda shall die in the next season in some
terrible way. So I want to put that.
I want to put that element out there.
I want to say it so that it's ontape before the other hoes do,
so I get credit. Or maybe Mike White will see
this and he'll say no. Can't do it now because Saran
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hath already predicted it. Because that's how important I
am because I'm sure he listens to this.
Any other predictions? I just not a prediction, but
just a fucking hope that Victoria comes back.
I can't stop saying Pepper no Pep.
Every time one of my cats does something naughty, I just scream
Pepper no tsunami. It's my favorite thing.
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When she was talking to that poor girl, one of the women that
was dating the old Baldwin, she was like, does he have a lot of
money? Oh, are you scared of him?
I can get you out of this. Oh, my God, it was so good.
It's like I screamed. She's delightful.
I hope she comes back. Like she said, she's not meant
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to struggle. So I don't know if she's staying
with. I want to call him Tim Tom, but
isn't that Tim? I think Tim the dad, the dad,
the dad from Duke. I'm sure Duke really loved all
of the scenes of the dad wearinga big Duke T-shirt just
contemplating all the ways he might murder his family or
himself because of embezzlement and his white collar crimes.
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I'm sure they really love that association.
Oh my God, this is dark. Super dark.
But Russell Brand has been charged with rape and I saw this
headline that said he was charged with rape 8 days before
he was scheduled to speak at a university about cancel culture.
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And I doubt it was the benefits of accountability and taking a
break from public life and the importance of really ruminating
on your on the problem that got you in this predicament or your
actions that got you in this predicament.
That was probably about the terrors of cancel culture and
how the society, it's a bad thing that society cancels
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people. I've never known a decent person
to harp on cancel culture. I don't know a decent person who
just is constantly bemoaning cancel culture like I'm gonna
get cancelled for this or cancelculture is out of control.
Nah is cancellation I don't really even think is real.
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It's a fucking state of mind. At the end of the day, you will
always have your core fans that will love you through thick and
thin. The scale of your popularity can
aggressively decrease, but as long as you wait it out you can
generally survive much of anything if you stay quiet for
long enough. Give an apology and try and do
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better you but the it's the taking accountability for your
actions part that is incredibly important.
I like to use Stassi Schroeder as an example of this because I
think she's a fucking incredibleexample of someone who took
accountability. If you don't recall, she was
cancelled in 2020 for a interview she did with the bitch
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Bible. Jackie Schimmel was resurfaced
where she told a story about howshe and Kristen called the
police Ala police tip line to report that this woman, this
black woman that worked with them, Faith, had stolen a jacket
from James Kennedy because they saw a picture of a woman wearing
a similar jacket that looked like Faith.
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Turns out it wasn't Faith, he's just another black woman.
It wasn't James's jacket and theInternet was rightly very upset
that she put this black woman's lives in danger based on
absolutely nothing and was the action itself was racist.
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It was not the first time that she got in trouble for saying
racially insensitive things. I remember she said something
about why do people have to talkabout race in their acceptance
pages like I don't want to hear about.
ANYWAYS after she was cancelled for the Faith incident calling
the police on faith. She just a fucking paired for
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two years. Two whole years, dude.
She hired someone to teach her about black history because she
realized that she was like, woefully ignorant on the
subject, even as someone who grew up and not lost in New
Orleans with a bustling black community.
Bustling, diverse black community.
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She didn't know anything about anything she said.
So she took two years away from her podcast from for everything
was actually taken from her. All of her sponsorships or brand
deals, her job on Vanderpump Rules she was kicked off of as
long. Same with Kristen.
Kristen had a lot less to lose because she was a lot less
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successful and Stassi after she took that time, she returned
first with a podcast behind a pay wall on Patreon with her
husband Beau called the Good theBad Baby.
And it was very clear that she had reflected on where she went
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wrong, addressed why what she did was wrong and has every time
I've heard her podcast and speaksince then.
I listen to her Patreon, I I listen to her podcast.
She has truly embodied those changes.
She is not an ignorant bitch anymore.
She doesn't say things that makeme go Oh my God.
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She addresses her where she was lacking it when it comes to
empathy, her just knowledge, curiosity even before and her
immaturity. She'll be the first one to say
and I think that I respect that so deeply.
Christian Doty route OK, Forever21 personified Oh my God, who
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called her Birkenstocks and a shift dress as she's just
Birkenstocks and a shift dress. The route that she took with her
cancellation was doubling down and saying we didn't even call
the police. It was a tip line.
It was a tip line and then she has the audacity like first
episode of The Valley because she now has a show herself where
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she is a part of this ensemble cast, where she is the lead and
she's recovered and whatnot herself.
Again, there was a lot less ground to cover because she had
far less space to fall. So she continues to.
Oh yeah. So in the first episode or the
second episode of The Valley, she implies that Michelle is
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racist, or one of her cast matesis racist, or a Trump supporter,
etcetera. Or homophobic racism came up.
In one of the first episodes of The Valley, Kristen accuses
Michelle, one of her cast mates,of being a racist or something
along those lines. Which is so fucking laughable
considering why she was cancelled and how she still to
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this day does not take accountability for the harm that
she could have done to this woman and like the ignorance
behind her action. And for that I shall never ever
respect that bitch. Jeanette, all you have to do is
address the bullshit. All you have to do is take
accountability for something. It's not that hard.
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I don't apologizing and just admitting that you fucked up.
He's always the easier option than digging your fucking heals
in when you know you're dead motherfucking wrong.
When everybody is telling you'redead, lie the fuck down.
But yes, joke's on me though, because she didn't lie down and
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she's still on a show. She's right back to where she
was and now she's pregnant and engaged.
So la de da. Anyways, we were originally
talking about Russell Brand and I would also like to say Russell
Brand being charged with rape orsexual assault, allegedly.
I don't know, doesn't surprise me because he went from being
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this super hedonistic free spirit, free to do, free to be
you and me Rock'n'roll lifestylesex, drugs Rock'n'roll guy to
being Mr. Hippie Dippie Zen, just like this ultimate cliche
crunchy man and. Like green juices and over
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therapized or whatever. Actually, when I went to after
my wedding was cancelled, Sharp left.
I went to a rehabilitation center and like therapy center.
There were 3 tracks really. It was one if you were just
doing the therapy, one if you were like an alcoholic, and one
if you had other substance abuseissues.
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I decided I wasn't going to spiral out of control and ruin
my life because of this trauma. I was just going to send myself
to a ski town and Vail and get massages until I felt better and
alas, that is what happened. That and all of the day to night
therapy, equine therapy, sound baths, Reiki, all that stuff.
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Anyways, so during one of the group sessions this woman liked
to play these self help therapy things that Russell Brand had
recorded. I don't know if they were
excerpts from his book that he had not only audio recorded but
had video recorded but of him. Like being super duper
motivational and sang a bunch ofcliches like we never heard it
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before in his life. Just being a long haired hippie,
overly saccharine, Thinks far too much of himself, feels like
he has rediscovered the meaning to life.
Obviously is running from something deep and dark type
bullshit and that was something that I remember turning me off
because I just don't buy people who go to extremes.
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The choice to go from 1 extreme way of life to another extreme
way of life. To have this kind of revelatory
moments that require you to makedrastic change, spiritual
change. I find that deeply.
I like it and I don't find it sincere.
I think, like I said, the majority of life doesn't exist
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in extremes. There's so much in the middle,
and I think that's the beauty ofhumanity.
All of the mess in the middle. And being a decent human being
does not require you to have a strict written credo.
You have a conscience, you have a gut, you have a soul, and that
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oftentimes can be your guide. Can you be a moral person
without believing in God? And my response to that is
actually is obviously, yes, obviously you can be a moral
person without religion. Oftentimes I find the most moral
people are a religious a lot. So much harm, so much violence,
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so much sin has been done in thename of God over the span of
humanity that I It's silly to think that religion would be the
thing that Delaney is an amoral person from a moral person that
actually just logically does notmake any sense.
And I found myself that my conscience has always been the
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best guide to be forthright and to follow your conscience.
It took me a long time to learn it, but that's generally what
will lead you to the most contentment, the most peace.
And isn't that all what we're looking for?
So when people oscillate betweenextremes, I find that to be an
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indication of something that's wrong.
If you don't net out at moderation, then that's always
going to be a problem. And he wasn't giving moderation,
he was giving. I have joined a cult.
I live on a commune. Come join me.
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I have found the way to life. Put on your white gown, put on
those sneakers, drink the kool-aid and joineth me.
And I selected this treatment center specifically because it
wasn't given any of that bougie.It wasn't even given any of that
crunchy nonsense. It was giving bougie.
I wanted a bougie therapeutic experience.
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I did not want Russell Brand screaming at me about the
pillars of life that one must follow in order to blah blah
blah. Literally, you're running from
something. People who are often having
revelations are running from something.
People who are proclaiming thesegrand life changes are hiding
from something and I don't trustthem.
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And I know that is an extreme stance in and of itself, but
alas, we're all a little hypocritical, aren't we?
Russell Brand, hope you rot in jail.
I know he's innocent until proven guilty, but I'm putting
my money on the guilty. I think he was charged allegedly
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2 counts of rape. There is that.
It's just so gross. Does he have any children?
Thank God he didn't have any children with Katy Perry.
I don't even really like Katy Perry.
I find her to be terribly mediocre.
But that is besides the point. Saron.
I think that's enough of the Russell Brand talk.
The Next Gen. NYC trailer has come out and it
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looks intriguing. There's something Laguna Beach
asks about it to me. I don't know if it's because
they're in their early 20s, Laguna Beach wasn't where high
schoolers so it is different, but they were just so young and
they feel like babies and I can't imagine they have any real
drama or strife in their life. It should be called the Neppo
babies of Bravo. I'm pretty sure in one of the
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promos I saw someone say oh and then the check was $14,000.
What check for what dinner? Where were you?
Where? What were you doing that could
have possibly cost you $14,000? And who paid for it?
You're 20 and you've never worked a day in your life.
What the fuck are you talking about?
It might be interesting. It's like a cross between Laguna
Beach and Oh my God the show NYCPrep if you guys recall.
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That shit was so good. It was a Bravo show that covered
the lives of these rich ish teenagers and this one public
school girl and their interactions and like the social
hierarchies and whatever. I think there was only one
season. It was trying to give Gossip
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Girl Bravo addition. They were trying to do you know
how Real Housewives of Orange County was the first franchise?
That was just when the DesperateHousewives had popped off and
The OC had popped off. So Bravo was able to leverage
the excitement about these two shows and create a reality
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television show that launched 1000 franchises.
And I believe they tried to redothat formula with NYC Prep and
Gossip Girl. I don't.
I think because the audience would have to have been
teenagers or fairly young peoplewho would have been invested in
these high schoolers lives like me.
I was AI was their age at that time and I watched it, but I
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don't think that was the majority of their audience.
The Bravo peeps at that point were very much older.
Shows like Vanderpump Rules and even Summer House have the
Southern charm have been introduced but back in the day
it was giving daytime TV. Same audience but NYC prep.
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Why were we talking? Oh, and Next Gen.
Candy Burris's daughter is on it, as well as who Teresa's
daughter and Aria, I think ArielBierman, which is Kim's
daughter. And then a bunch of unknown
people. And I'm talking about people
with 203 hundred followers. So this is really their entree
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into public life. I wish them the absolute best of
luck. They're all very young.
I'm sure this is going to be a huge launching pad for them.
That's exciting, but I don't know.
I, I, I will watch. I hope it's Oh my God, Brooks
Marks is on it, right. This is why this is part of my I
Brooks. There's just something about
Brooks marks that I find irritating.
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And that's really that on that. I can't really put my finger on
it. And he's always been too young
for me to have an opinion about him.
But I believe he is an adult nowtechnically.
And I can say that I do find hima bit annoying.
There's something just shut up about him.
But maybe I'll watch this and eat my words.
I doubt it, but we shall see. Meredith and Seth also were in a
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bunch of the promo, so I'm sure we'll be seeing their
relationship, the relationship between him, the Brooks and his
parents play out on screen and it should be interesting.
It could go either way. It could really go either way,
and I wish them all the best of luck.
Speaking of Bravo, though, Brittany Cartwright has just
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announced that she got a diagnosis of autism for her son
Cruz about six months ago. And today she has come out
publicly saying, I know there's been a lot of speculation
because he wasn't talking and people noticed that.
And I want to confirm that he ismostly non verbal.
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He could say a lot of words before, but he's regressed
around the two year mark and nowwe have more answers about why
that might be and he's actually getting the help he needs
etcetera, etcetera. After his diagnosis, now that
they know what's going on, they can move forward and helping him
lead his best life possible and I'm sure he is going to thrive.
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She said she is here to be his mouthpiece.
He can say whatever the fuck youwant about Bruni.
She's a good mom. She's I'm know she loves that
child. I know she's going to do right
by that child. I'm and I'm excited for her to
have clarity and understanding about what's going on because
can you, I can't imagine having a kid and being concerned about
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something developmentally and having the entire world chime in
and just, and trying to do your best without a diagnosis is
really hard. So a bunch of outlets pick up
that Brittany has announced thatCruz has an autism diagnosis and
their comments are just chock full of these bitches being
like, it's about the vaccine. It's definitely because he got
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vaccinated because of that jab. Definitely shouldn't have
vaccinated him. Shut the fuck up.
What is wrong with you? The fact that you people are
allowed to have children and is all of the pictures were women
with children it seems The fact that I call it eugenics.
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Whatever. You shouldn't be allowed to have
children. And if your child dies from a
preventable disease because you chose to not get him vaccinated
against all professional medicalopinion and expertise, you
should go to jail and you shouldhave all of your children taken
away from you and you should be barred from having children for
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the rest of your life. Full stop, Period.
OK. And This is why it fucking pays
to, when you're building a platform, to incorporate who you
are in that platform regardless of your niche.
Because I don't want it to ever be confused.
Don't get it fucking twisted. If you are an anti vaxxer, I
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don't want you here. I don't want your views.
I don't want your clicks. I don't want your likes, I don't
want your opinions. I don't want you.
You all right. I want nothing to do with you.
You. I prefer you didn't exist,
frankly. Fucking idiots.
Are you joking? This woman is literally just
trying to figure out how to besttake care of her son and you,
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the coca doodle motherfucking dudes that you are thinking now
was the time to shove conspiracytheories down her throat because
you know she's reading the Coons.
If your child dies from a preventable disease because you
chose to not have them vaccinated against professional
recommendations, you should go to jail.
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And that's that on that. OK, If your child dies because
you choose to believe that you know better than every medical
professional in the world, and your child dies because you're a
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top fuck, you should be in jail and you should be barred from
having any more children. You shouldn't be allowed.
You can't risk passing on that kind of stupid.
Jax is still the fucking worst. I'm sure he loves his son, no
doubt about it, but he's a cokehead, so that's that on
that. After he became a father and
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he's a raging psychopath. And I've seen the trailers for
the season of the Valley. And you used to see that part
about the cameras. She realized that he was
watching her remotely via the cameras in their house.
And I she wasn't aware. And then she talks about him
finding out that she was like texting and sexy texts to some
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guy while they were separated and he flipped out, flipped a
table. It hit her on her knee and
bruised her. And she was really scared.
That's not that is not a man that you want your child around,
especially your child that has more needs.
It's not someone that you can trust.
It's not someone that you can rely upon.
It's not someone you want to be an example to your child.
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So that's a whole that's a crossto bear in and of itself.
And I don't, I don't want to. Now is not the time to layer on
and be like, you know who this man was?
I will always feel that way. He hated her from the beginning.
He literally said it when he waslaying on that bed with Faith.
And yet she did marry him. The vision was very clear even
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back then. She was wearing prescription
lenses. And yet she still married him,
appropriated with him. But she does have Crews, and
that's a silver lining. Yes.
And they are getting divorced and that's exciting.
Oh my God, this is a whole new day for her.
She is soon to be rid of the Barnacle that is Jack's, at
least legally, and she now has this diagnosis for her son that
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she can use to forward it and get him the help that he needs.
So I am very happy for him. I doubt this is going to play
out on the Valley. It might actually.
I really I hope it doesn't too much.
I find it very weird when children are the subject of
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media that they can't consent to.
Like I understand being open about his autism is important
and helpful not only for mothersbut also children.
But the amount of exposure you give him specifically or the
amount you expose him as a little person to the world,
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those things are intimate and personal.
And I just think that can get out of hand rather quickly.
Not to mention the financial aspect of things, right?
Like if his autism is part of a storyline, I believe he should
be getting paid for that, especially if he's featured
physically and not just discussed in the show.
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Even if he is disgust, I think that perhaps there should be
some kind of financial reward tothat as well, because it is your
life that's being leveraged for financial gain and you should
gain from that, especially as a child.
So we shall see. All the love to them and Kruzy.
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No love to Jax, no love to Jax, whatever, fuck that guy.
And that is it for today. Thank you for listening to this
week's episode of Saron Things. I had so much fun.
Please do not forget to like andsubscribe and it would mean the
world to me if you guys would leave a review.
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