Can AI truly capture the essence of love in wedding vows? Lauren Selrod and Meryl Clemo dive into the fascinating world of AI in wedding planning, debating the balance between convenience and authenticity. As the conversation unfolds, the episode takes an unexpected turn with a quirky trend involving GameStop’s interest in devices loaded with TikTok, sparking laughter and curiosity about the bizarre lengths people will go to cash in on digital trends. With a blend of humor and insight, we navigate these modern intersections of technology and personal life.
What happens when someone prefers an AI chatbot over real human interactions? This episode features a compelling story about a woman choosing AI companionship, leading to questions about the future of emotional connections. While exploring the human need for authentic relationships, we also touch on the ethics of conservatorships, using Wendy Williams' situation to highlight the delicate balance between protection and autonomy. The discussion is both thought-provoking and empathetic, bringing to light the complexities of personal freedom and familial trust.
From cruising away political dissatisfaction to the shifting tides in media and celebrity narratives, the conversation broadens to explore how public perception shapes our views on high-profile figures like Blake Lively, Ryan Reynolds, and the Chicago Bears' Justin Fields. We muse over the changing media landscape, including the unique idea of a show starring displaced meteorologists. Throughout, we blend humor with serious insights, reflecting on everything from the joys of the Obama marriage to the peculiarities of public dating experiments. Join us for a lively discussion that promises to entertain and enlighten.
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Speaker 1 (00:15):
Hello everyone, welcome to this week's episode
of Thirsty Topics.
I'm Lauren Selrod.
Speaker 2 (00:20):
And I'm Meryl Clemo.
Hey, meryl, welcome to the showhey, hey, hey, thank you.
Speaker 1 (00:27):
Ready to have some awesome conversations.
Speaker 2 (00:29):
I sure am.
I've got a good one to start.
Speaker 1 (00:33):
Okay, let's hear it then.
Speaker 2 (00:34):
I'm bursting, if I may, thank you, and I hope at
some point your wife watchesthis, because I want to get her
take on it too.
Oh okay, you know how we're.
We're divvying out AI and chatGBT for a lot of things nowadays
, and I wanted to get yourthoughts on this specific task
because the wedding planningsite Zola took a poll of nearly
(00:57):
6,000 engaged couples aboutwhich things they would, you
know, source out AI to maketheir lives easier, and 50% of
them said that they would haveAI write their vows for them.
So you know, they said thatmaybe, hopefully, they would put
in some things about theirpartner and not leave it
completely up to AI.
But I wanted to see A would youever do that?
(01:20):
B do you think your wife couldtell if it was AI generated?
Speaker 1 (01:26):
Would I personally ever do that?
No, because I don't thinkthat's personal, but sadly
enough I know there's a lot ofguys that would love to do this.
Speaker 2 (01:36):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (01:37):
Because they'll feel that, hey, this is quick and
easy, I'll just put in a littlebit of information and it'll put
it together.
Now, the only dangerous thingis that if your wife, or your
soon to be wife, knows you wellenough, they can tell how you
write stuff, if you really wroteit or not.
Speaker 2 (01:54):
Yeah, and especially with AI too, because you know
there's certain things wheneverI could even tell like I work in
podcasting and I could tellwhen my clients leave and use AI
, because it's like this episodewill delve into the important
facts like users.
You know it's just the specific, like phrases, and so I could
just imagine some vows whereit's like we will delve into the
(02:14):
greatest life things together.
Speaker 1 (02:15):
So yeah, I mean to be honest with you, I didn't
really think that AI would be assuccessful as it is now and as
needed.
But even on, on my small scale,I use AI all the time and it's
actually here to stay, you know.
Speaker 2 (02:30):
Yeah, I do use it.
I always I made a vow withmyself, a vow with myself from
the beginning with AI where Iwould like let it help me, but I
wouldn't let it completelythink like take over for
thinking for me.
So I definitely do use it.
Like if I'm emailing someone tobe on a show or you know a
guest or something, I'll type inlike what I think it would be
and then I tell AI to just shapeit or make it a little bit more
(02:53):
polished.
Speaker 1 (02:55):
Yeah, I mean, like I said, using it to do certain
tasks, like maybe you're puttingtogether a presentation or
something and or maybe you doingsome kind of marketing or
advertising.
It does come in handy becauseit will actually take a look at
things that maybe you overlooked, or maybe put in a way which is
a lot more appealing to morepeople.
So there are positives to it.
(03:17):
Obviously, with everything,there's a negative side to it,
but I don't know, I think that'sa little bit personal.
What do you think?
Let's say, your boyfriend, youguys are getting married and you
find out that he wrote his vowsusing AI.
How would you feel about that?
Speaker 2 (03:31):
Divorced immediately, then I would have AI write my
divorce settlement.
Ai would write my prenup.
No, I think it's okay forpeople because I think a lot of
people for like wedding speechesor vows feel intimidated by the
thought of like writing aspeech or putting all their
thoughts together.
So I would leave a pass for it.
(03:52):
If you wrote in like 10different things or somewhat
organized your thoughts, youknow, if you put some thought
into it but had AI like shape itfor you, then you know that's
not ideal but that's stillunderstandable.
But I wouldn't have someonejust like carte blank just make
me the wedding vows.
Speaker 1 (04:08):
you know that I can't imagine how that would even be,
because ai would you have toput like details and so that's
true, but uh, yeah, I did seethat article and, um, it was
amazing how there are somepeople that are having these ai
relationships which, yeah, oh,that's gonna be a story.
Speaker 2 (04:24):
Yeah, we'll get it.
We'll get into that one too,but I picked a very ai.
It was amazing how there aresome people that are having
these AI relationships.
Yeah, oh, that's going to be astory.
Yeah, we'll get into that onetoo, but I picked a very
AI-themed episode today.
Speaker 1 (04:31):
I see, I see.
Well, let's talk aboutsomething fun.
That's crazy.
Now, what's the big TikTokthing that went on?
Now, I guess if you delete aTikTok off your cell phone or
(04:53):
off your tablet right now, youcan't get it back because it's
still technically in limbo.
So GameStop and other placesare actually offering to buy
phones and tablets that haveTikTok still on it, and I guess
online and I'm shocked to saythis because I actually verified
with a few resources they'reoffering up to $25,000 to buy
your phone or tablet if it hasTikTok on there.
Speaker 2 (05:15):
Well now is GameStop really offering, or are people
just naming their own price?
Speaker 1 (05:23):
GameStop is offering, but the big dollars that you
hear about are coming from, likeeBay and other sites where you
know people can list stuff thatthey want to sell.
Speaker 2 (05:30):
Okay, yeah, because I I looked because, like the, at
the GameStop near me, which Ithink we have one still left in
my area, and they were offeringa measly $40 and so I'm like,
honestly it might I think $40would like cost me the gas to
drive there.
Speaker 1 (05:45):
Exactly, I don't know .
Would you part with your phone?
Speaker 2 (05:48):
Yeah, in a second I would hand over my phone.
I feel like anything more thanmaybe $7,000,.
I totally would, because Idon't care at all about.
I mean, I love TikTok and it'slike my whole life.
But I feel like at some pointwe'll be able to download it
again maybe.
Speaker 1 (06:11):
And.
Speaker 2 (06:11):
I feel like I don't know.
I feel like, for like $7,000, Icould live without it, you know
.
But I also I do have somefriends that just thought the
app was completely going awayand that night, like at 6 pm
that night, they deleted it andthen I was like why would you do
that?
Speaker 1 (06:23):
And they were probably crying in next to like
oh my God, why did?
Speaker 2 (06:25):
I do that, yeah, but I could also see how some people
deleted it off their phonebecause they're like, okay, I'm
too tempted to keep going to it,and if it's blank right now,
like, let me just take it off ofmy phone.
So I'm not even tempted rightnow.
I was going to ask you too doyou think, like, like, how would
(06:51):
that work?
Speaker 1 (06:51):
So someone would just hand over their phone and you
would sign out of your TikTokaccount, or like how would?
How would you make sure thatthey don't sign into your
account?
What I would think and I'm justguessing here I would imagine
that they would.
Speaker 2 (06:58):
they would sign out of their account but don't
delete on their phone, so thatway you have to log back in,
okay, and you would just likeclear the history, so obviously
they can't log in Correct, andthen you'd clear your whole
phone.
Speaker 1 (07:11):
Mm-hmm.
Now, the only thing is you haveto be careful and not to do it
to factory settings, because ifyou set it to factory settings
that kind of defeats the wholepurpose, because TikTok would
disappear, oh yeah.
Speaker 2 (07:26):
I could see myself doing that, where somehow I
would lose $7,000 and loseTikTok at the same time.
Speaker 1 (07:29):
But you know what, if people are willing to pay for?
It hey, more power to you, youknow.
Speaker 2 (07:34):
I know and see, like the the like higher minded
entrepreneur version of myselfis like oh, what you could do on
TikTok and earn is so much morethan $7,000.
So don't be short-sighted, butlike for me, let's be real, in
the past two years all I've doneis like get 100 followers and
that's it.
So you know like I haven'tearned any money on TikTok yet.
(07:55):
I know the potential is there,like so much you know.
I know a lot of people do makemoney on TikTok, but for me it's
not a money-making thing yet.
And also, I thought GameStopwas going out of business.
I feel like they're always likeRed Lobster, where I feel like
they're always becoming bankrupt.
Speaker 1 (08:12):
You know, before I saw this story, I actually
thought GameStop was out ofbusiness to be honest with you.
Speaker 2 (08:18):
Me too, I thought they closed locations.
Speaker 1 (08:21):
That's true.
Well, you know, if you thinkabout Blockbuster, it was years
before the last Blockbusterclosed.
Speaker 2 (08:28):
Yeah, that's true, and remember how that whole
thing happened with like thestock, like GameStop stock
crashing and yeah, so nowGameStop is hoping to be back in
the game.
Speaker 1 (08:39):
That's true.
That's true.
I mean, with everything beingonline now, I'm really surprised
it lasts as long as it did.
Speaker 2 (08:44):
That's true, I mean, with everything being online now
, I'm really surprised it lastsas long as it did, I know.
Ok, so knowing that also youuse your, your TikTok for, like,
the Elrod network.
Speaker 1 (08:57):
What's, what's your price?
Everyone has a price, so whatcould GameStop offer you?
Speaker 2 (09:04):
Oh, that would be hard.
Speaker 1 (09:04):
You still have, like YouTube and everything else you
know you still have.
Now, the interesting thing is,see, my situation is a little
unique Because I have TikTok onmy tablet and my phone.
So you know, if I got a niceoffer, yeah, I'd give up my
phone because I'd just go buy anew one, just delete everything
off, and I still don't lose myaccess to TikTok, I'll just use
it on my tablet.
So I mean, if someone came andoffered me some ridiculous price
(09:30):
like, hey, you know what,lawrence, we really need this.
I'm a content creator making alot of money.
I'll give you $75,000.
Yeah, that phone's probablygoing to go.
Speaker 2 (09:40):
Okay, okay.
I love how mine's like $7,500and yours is like $75,000.
Speaker 1 (09:46):
Yeah, I mean it's kind of a pain in the butt to
work off the tab, becauseworking off your phone is just
so easy to do, you know.
Speaker 2 (09:52):
I know Okay, but also hear me out why can't someone
this is probably everyone feelfree to laugh at me below in the
comments but like why can'tsomeone just fly to China and
get a new phone and downloadTikTok on that and then fly home
Because it won't work?
Speaker 1 (10:10):
when you get to the United States, you know that's
actually a great questionbecause, if you think about it,
instead of paying $25,000 or$10,000, some ridiculous amount
you could probably pay for theticket, go there for a couple of
days, get the phone and thenfly back for a lot cheaper.
Speaker 2 (10:27):
Right, but then?
But then would it stop workingLike, would it?
Speaker 1 (10:33):
somehow know when you're back here.
See, the only thing is I don'tknow if TikTok looks the same
over there as it does here.
Speaker 2 (10:40):
Oh, oh okay.
Speaker 1 (10:42):
Because in certain countries TikTok looks different
and also what's allowed andwhat's not allowed is different
between the countries.
Speaker 2 (10:48):
Okay, but I feel like , yeah, I feel like going, I
feel like this idea is whenremember, in the pandemic, when
Trump was just like can't wejust put bleach into our veins?
Speaker 1 (11:00):
Oh, yes, I definitely remember that.
Speaker 2 (11:02):
I feel like there's some reason why we can't all
just have someone From Chinamail us.
Mail us a phone with TikTok Onit, you know.
Speaker 1 (11:11):
You know, when you said that it was scary that
Clorox had to actually put out astatement Telling people do not
.
Speaker 2 (11:18):
Ingest bleach.
I know, wow, I know I'm likeSome thoughts are better left
quiet in our brains, but I meanlike I'm also open in the not to
go too off tangent, but like ina pandemic, like when we were
kind of desperate, I think allthoughts and discussions are at
least valid to like bring up.
(11:38):
But this seems like somethingthat you would at least bring up
like privately with a medicalboard or something not like in
of the press and you know butanyway that's a side thing, so
maybe someone could explain tome why someone from china can't
just like ship us a phone withtiktok on it that's true.
Speaker 1 (11:53):
I mean, they could probably put the the united
states version on there and shipit directly to us too, exactly
like you said.
What's stopping them from doingit?
Speaker 2 (12:02):
you know I don't.
That would be a good sidebusiness for people too.
Speaker 1 (12:06):
That's true, that's true I hope.
Speaker 2 (12:08):
I guess like, yeah, that might be something for me
to invent.
What if, like next week, nowI'm live streaming from, like
Shanghai or something?
Okay, cool For mine.
I'm going to go back into AIhere, because I love this one so
much.
So a woman confesses that she'sin love with her chatbot
boyfriend, which we already knowthat, if they get married in
(12:30):
her AI mind.
She's obviously going to have AIwrite her vows, but a 23 year
old woman went on record justsaying she felt more emotionally
and supported and connectedwith AI than actual people, and
so it had been happening for afew years that she was like
talking to AI and that chatbotwas better at listening, and she
(12:51):
ended up dumping her boyfriendlike her actual boyfriend and
opting for a full-on AIcompanion relationship.
And now you know, obviouslythey're not going to like make
love or anything, because Idon't know how that would happen
, but I feel like it's just amatter of time.
Before, like you know,obviously they're not going to
like make love or anything,cause I don't know how that
would happen, but I feel likeit's just a matter of time.
Before, like you know, when wewere younger, we had those like
Teddy Ruxpin dolls and you knowthey had like a little pack of
(13:13):
talking in their stomach or totheir back, and I feel like it's
soon we're going to have likedolls that are also chat people
and like little like robotpeople, and that people will be
falling in love with them.
Speaker 1 (13:27):
Yeah, you know, the crazy thing is they're actually
working on life-size dolls rightnow.
So to combine that with AI is alittle scary.
I mean, to me the AI thing withthe relationship is it's not
real because AI is going toalways be perfect and tell you
what you want to hear.
Speaker 2 (13:47):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (13:48):
That's not reality, right?
I would think that if you'retoo much into AI for a personal
relationship, you're going tolose the importance of actually
human contact.
Speaker 2 (14:01):
Because, at some point, you still have to.
Speaker 1 (14:03):
you know talk and work and communicate with human
beings, so you still need thatskill set.
Speaker 2 (14:12):
Yes, this woman too, I'm just going to say she spends
$200 a month to pay for, like,the higher version of ChatGPT,
so it's almost like she's takinghim out on expensive dates.
So she pays for, like, anunlimited subscription for open
ai.
I always think too, I alwaysremind myself, that, like it's
(14:33):
not another person that I'mtyping to, it's like an echo
chamber of me, you know what Imean which is like yeah, so it's
basically it's like me,involved with me, which I'm not
gonna fall in love with, butlike that.
That helps me remember that I'mnot talking to fall in love
with, but that helps me rememberthat I'm not talking to another
sentient being.
Speaker 1 (14:49):
That's true, that's true, and I think that when you
and I'm just guessing here ifyou're falling in love and
you're having a relationshipwith AI, I think there's
something deeper going on insideyou that maybe you need to talk
to someone about.
That's just my personal opinion.
Speaker 2 (15:07):
Yeah, exactly, yep, yep, and maybe that's like you
are looking for being heard andmaybe you're not in the right
relationship.
Speaker 1 (15:15):
And you know the thing is is that relationships
are always difficult, there'salways ups and downs, but you
still need to be able tocommunicate and have healthy
relationships with people, evenif it's just a simple friendship
or whatever, because you don'twant to be an isolist either,
where you're just isolated fromthe world, because that doesn't
(15:37):
work either.
Speaker 2 (15:38):
I do wish, though, I could sometimes say to my
boyfriend, like, please statethe three bullet points you'd
like to actually get to.
I'm like I would ask him tocite his sources to the same way
that I have my AI.
Sum up things for me.
Speaker 1 (15:51):
I'm just like, and the two sentence version of the
story is Well, I guess there's afine line and a healthy balance
of both right.
Speaker 2 (16:01):
Yeah, yeah, but no, I I've never even had like one
version of a crush on ai,because, like it's not a man or
a person I'd be interested in,it's like a, it's just me
talking to, like a version ofcoding yeah, well, hopefully
this doesn't become a thing Iknow, I know or it does, and
then it's like a new breed ofpeople that are just like the AI
(16:24):
.
Like you know, ai kinks.
Speaker 1 (16:27):
That's true.
That is so, so true.
Talking about new things, WendyWilliams Was actually all over
social media.
Wendy Williams right now Is inConservatorship Because she has
(16:48):
a disease, a version ofAlzheimer's so as a result,
she's under the care of thecourts and an assigned caretaker
.
Well, she was on the Don Lemonpodcast.
Don Lemon has his own podcastnow.
He used to be on CNN and duringthat she had made the
(17:11):
revelation to everyone that shefeels that she's being held
against her will, that she'scoherent.
You know she may get in troublefor you talking to him.
She can call people, but theycan't call her.
I don't know.
I mean, I know we talked in thepast about conservatorship with
(17:32):
Britney Spears and I don't know.
What's your take on that,because you know there's a lot
of different ways to look atthat.
Speaker 2 (17:41):
Yeah, I mean that seems sad and remember like.
I feel like with her toothere's that feeling of you want
them to be taken care of.
But remember with Wendy, Ithink like wasn't one of her
sons stealing money or she's hada lot of things in the past
with, like family membersdipping into her own money and
not being able to trust everyonearound her, which I feel like
she's just had such a tragiclife.
(18:02):
So I believe her and I feellike it seems like it's only
making a bad situation worse,like it seems like she needs,
you know, real people aroundthat she can trust.
And I don't know.
It's very sad and I thinkconservatorships can go very
wrong if it's like people beinggreedy or not taking care of
their loved ones.
Speaker 1 (18:21):
Yeah, that's true.
I mean the thing aboutconservatorships.
It all depends on the situation, and when you throw in a
medical condition likeAlzheimer's or dementia, those
things don't have a cure.
So what you're doing is reallymanaging it.
And you know, thank God Ihaven't had to deal with it in
(18:44):
my family, but from what I heardis it's devastating because
you're losing your family rightbefore your eyes.
Yeah, sometimes they rememberwho you are, sometimes you don't
, and I think that when it'sanyone outside of your family
that's awarded guardianship overyou and your finances, we need
to be careful about judging,because there's obviously
(19:05):
something there that made thecourt say no, you can't trust
your family to watch over you.
Speaker 2 (19:10):
Right, remember that happened also with Richard
Simmons and they had like thatbig story about him and they
were basically keeping him awayfrom people.
And I feel like there's it'sprobably a little bit of both
where, like maybe it's betterfor them that they're not fully
out in the public.
You know, like I feel likeWendyiams was, a lot of us just
thought she was like acting,acting a fool, but really she
(19:31):
was becoming sick, um, but Ithink they should be able to
communicate with their fans andtheir audience in a way that's
like safe for everyone, to atleast explain what's been
happening, rather than feelinglike like how you said, that she
feels like she might get introuble for sneaking away and
talking to someone.
Speaker 1 (19:45):
Yeah, and you know, the one thing I want to say to
people is, as you see, storieslike this, just kind of be
careful, just like when you'relooking at family situations.
Don't be too quick to judge,because you don't know the
backstory of what's going on.
Speaker 2 (19:59):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (19:59):
So you have to be careful about jumping on the
bandwagon or something, becausewithout knowing all the
information, you don't know ifwhat you're seeing is true or
false.
Speaker 2 (20:08):
Right right, and we don't know if, like siblings,
and the next of kin, areprotecting them.
I feel like they're doing thatwith Bruce Willis pretty well,
Like I know you know.
I feel like he's a good example.
I mean, we don't know the insand outs, but that seems to me
like a good example where we atleast know enough about his
condition that we're not being,like you know, nosy or wondering
(20:29):
where he is, but he's kind oftucked away a little bit and
probably a good way that ishelping him.
Speaker 1 (20:34):
Yeah, I mean, like I said, I don't know what happens
behind closed doors, but fromwhat I see, that's really the
ideal situation, you know, tohave the family step in and
protect him, love him.
And you know, it's even amazingthat his ex-wife, which is the
mother of his children, shesteps in and she helps too.
Speaker 2 (20:55):
maybe she might not help physically, maybe it's
moral support, but however waythey're doing it, it's working
for them yeah, and I hopeWendy's situation isn't as
severe as britney's, where theymay be like drugging her, you
know, like making the situationway worse.
Speaker 1 (21:10):
But that's true.
I mean, something tells mewe're going to hear about this
again yeah, and I I feel forwendy.
Speaker 2 (21:19):
I feel like she's had a rough couple of decade, like
the last decade I agree with you.
I agree with you, I mean, she'sdefinitely in our prayers she is
well, I think I might have aretirement plan for her.
If she's not, she wants to getout of the conservatorship?
Uh, for the next four years, acruise company is offering
americans an escape from, youknow, donald trump's.
(21:41):
They say donald trump's secondterm in the white house, but
really it's just.
If you want to just blow townfor the next four years, they
have an option.
It's Florida based cruisecompany and they recently
announced it's called Via Via VResidences, via Vite Residences.
They announced the launch oftheir tour where you can spend
up to four years visiting 140countries, which sounds good,
(22:04):
and of course you skip theunited states.
Um, they also they have atwo-year midterm selection
cruise in a four-year likeanywhere but home, which I think
is so funny.
So you know, obviously this isa marketing campaign but, so
prices start at forty thousanddollars per.
I mean many, most of us pay overthat in rent, right, like no,
(22:28):
maybe not that much in rent, butit's still.
You know, with everything likewith electricity bills and all
that kind of stuff, let's seeand then it could run up to
$320,000 for all four years.
Food and drinks are included,as well as Wi-Fi and medical
visits.
Housekeeping is provided weekly, laundry service is bi-weekly
(22:51):
and you get alcohol at dinner.
So I mean, sounding pretty good, go to the Caribbean, south
America.
I don't know about you, but Idon't really want to be like set
sail for four years.
That seems like after aboutthree months I'd get a little
island feverish.
What do you think?
Speaker 1 (23:09):
Yeah, I mean I couldn't do it because I'm not
going to be on a boat that long.
Yeah, To be seasick, but youknow dollar wise that 40,000 for
everything they're getting isactually not a bad price,
because when you think aboutrent, the price of food and then
not including hiring someone toclean after you, your drinks
(23:32):
okay, and then all the stopsthat you're going to make along,
you're going to be visiting allthese different countries,
which will cost you way more totry and do that on your own.
Speaker 2 (23:41):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (23:42):
It's actually a great deal do that on your own.
Speaker 2 (23:44):
Yeah, it's actually a great deal and I wonder.
I mean, I don't know if this ispossible, but I wonder if you
could like fly home from acertain port and then like meet
up with the boat again the nextmonth.
Speaker 1 (23:53):
Oh, okay, yeah, you know what they probably do offer
that Cause you know, sometimesthey have to take care of some
business or whatever during thattrip, and then whatever during
that trip, and then you leaveand then come back at this other
port.
Speaker 2 (24:05):
Exactly.
I feel like that would be okay,because I feel like people have
to attend events or some typeof thing is going to happen in
four years where you're going toneed to not be just on a boat.
What do you think about?
I mean, do you think for somepeople that it's OK, that it's
that severe?
Do you think, basically, ifsomeone needs to do that, do you
think they should just move toa different country altogether?
Speaker 1 (24:29):
Well, I mean, if, if really you have to spend that
kind of money because you wantto get away from having Trump as
president, it's like, wow, youreally hate this man.
Yeah, and then it's like, wow,you really hate this man.
Speaker 2 (24:41):
Yeah, then maybe they really should just move to
Portugal, or maybe this cruiseis a good way to see.
Okay, I'm interested inlearning about different
countries and seeing where Imight want to live before.
You could see a whole bunch ofdifferent places.
Speaker 1 (24:55):
That's true.
I mean, I would imagine thatvery, very few people can
actually afford this, so it'sprobably, I would imagine, only
one or two ships, if that, thatthey're going to offer this on.
Speaker 2 (25:08):
Yes, I also do think, like right now it's a little
murky waters to be no punintended, but to be like
promoting this because obviously, with so many people having to
leave and a lot of these raidsand these things happening, you
know, it's like obviously aprivilege for some people to be
able to like pay $300,000 to beon a boat and like go willingly,
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when a lot of you know kind ofweird stuff is happening right
now.
Speaker 1 (25:33):
That's true, and you know.
The other thing is, too, is doyou have to pay for that all up
front?
You know, can you plan?
Do you have to do it a year ata time?
It would be kind of interestingto hear about that as well, too
.
Speaker 2 (25:45):
Exactly.
And then you better hope thatwhile you're out to sea you
don't become Republican, becausethen you've wasted a lot of
money by the time you land again.
You better at least belibertarian, at worst.
Speaker 1 (25:55):
That's true, you know .
I just thought about this, butI can see a lot of retired
people maybe take this option.
Speaker 2 (26:03):
Yeah, me too.
Speaker 1 (26:10):
Because, also, when you're on a boat, you don't have
to worry about medical, becausethe boat provides medical while
you're on the boat.
Speaker 2 (26:13):
Yeah, yes, doesn't it seem, though, for four years,
that you'd go everywhere like 10times over that you could.
Speaker 1 (26:19):
True, that's true, that's true.
I mean, like I said, it's agreat trip, but me personally,
nah, I can't be no I mean, Iwould say probably a week or so
would probably be good enoughfor me.
Um, yeah, definitely.
Speaker 2 (26:36):
I can't even do a month, let alone no one of one
of my best friends does um, he'sone of the comedians on a
cruise on like a disney cruiseline and he'll do like a 30
minute show and he'll do it afew times.
But you would think like whenI'm like, oh, they probably put
you up at this glamorous suiteand it's like no, it's basically
like a glorified bunk bed andlike his, his comedians.
(26:59):
The comedians don't even getrooms that look out at the ocean
.
You, you're basically like in aoh wow.
Yeah, you're looking at a wall,all righty now.
Yeah, so it seems glamorous.
But one of those things whereI'm like, oh my God, you're in
Turks and Caicos and he's like,no, I was seasick forever, I got
food poisoning from the food.
Speaker 1 (27:17):
Hey, well, at least he had the experience right.
Speaker 2 (27:23):
Exactly.
Hey well at least he had theexperience right.
Exactly, it's still fun.
Yep, he did a comedy show forkids on a cruise, which you
could just imagine how that wentwith like kids with drunk
parents and like screaming athim.
Speaker 1 (27:32):
Oh, I can imagine.
That.
Speaker 2 (27:33):
Yeah, a 30-minute comedy set for kids.
Speaker 1 (27:38):
Well, unfortunately, we have to talk about this crazy
incident that happened.
A Florida man was pulled overand you know the customary for
the officer asks do you haveanything that will harm you,
anything sharp or dangerous inyour vehicle?
And he's, like you know, I dohave a weapon, so I'm on my side
.
He was very cooperative.
(27:59):
He got out the car, Put hishands on the roof.
I mean, everything was justcordial, no issues.
And it was multiple officersthere and One of the officers
Was taking his gun From his sideand accidentally shot him with
his gun.
I guess my question would bewhy did you have your?
Speaker 2 (28:24):
finger on the trigger ?
Yeah, yep.
And like what kind of trainingdid this person have?
And is it like a safety,supposed to be on?
Like, why is it already cockedand ready to go?
Speaker 1 (28:38):
Yeah, I mean, I don't know if the safety was on or
not, and you know that'sprobably a separate conversation
.
But you know, the thing is, isthat any gun that you handle,
you always assume it's loadedperiod?
Speaker 2 (28:51):
yeah, you know?
Oh, it was.
It was with the man's gun, notthe officer's gun, correct?
Oh okay, I totally thought theofficer did it with his own gun,
but no, it was the.
It was.
The officer took the man's gunand then shot him with it.
Speaker 1 (29:05):
Correct Okay, okay, and it was a female officer that
shot him and you can see herface.
You know, kind of like, oh shit, I'm fucked.
Yeah, and you know, the goodthing is they, they took them
over to the side and immediately, uh, administer first aid to
him.
But you kind of wonder, whywould you have your finger
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anywhere near the trigger whenyou?
Just removed it off the side.
Speaker 2 (29:30):
Yes, and I'm guessing I'm reading now too that the
police officer was obviouslyfired and charged and I think,
yeah, that's really scary,accidents do happen.
But I think there should.
That's really scary, and I mean, accidents do happen, but I
think that should be like thisthere should be six things in
between like that happening andyou know if they're knowing that
they're holding a gun.
(29:51):
There should be like extraprecaution.
Speaker 1 (29:54):
Oh, yeah, exactly, and you know the thing is too is
because he was cooperative, thescene was calm.
You know, all you had to do isgrab it by the handle and just
pull it out.
And you know, I'm just stillamazed One for a simple travesty
why there's so many policethere.
(30:15):
To begin with, I think that's aseparate conversation.
Yep, absolutely.
And then the other thing too isthat you know, I looked at that
story over and over again and Inever really got a clear answer
as to how this happened.
How did she make that mistake?
Speaker 2 (30:33):
Right, that's really scary.
Speaker 1 (30:37):
And I think it's a safe bet that he's probably
going to sue them Uh-huh, as heshould yeah, but I don't know.
I think it's a safe bet thathe's probably going to sue them
Uh-huh, as he should, yeah, butI don't know.
I mean, it's just crazy to mehow things happen just for like
the common sense.
Or like the one story years agowhere the young man was pulled
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over and the officer shot himdead.
She was supposedly trying tograb the taser, but grabbed her
gun instead by accident Yo,taser, taser and shot him with
the gun.
And even though it doesn'thappen a lot, that we see for it
to happen at all is just sad.
It's just really sad.
Speaker 2 (31:19):
Right and they should know when they have like
accidents do happen.
But, like we said, there shouldbe four precautions that happen
in the middle and also, how yousaid, I feel like there's a
better use of everyone's timeand energy than just lurking at
like traffic stops when theyknow Chances are there's
probably like more crime goingon in the city.
I understand people need to gettheir quota, but it does seem
like they were just kind ofsitting and waiting and stopping
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people for silly reasons.
Speaker 1 (31:44):
Oh, yeah, and you know the thing is there are
certain states where you do haveconcealed carry that you can do
as long as you're licensed, youcan actually carry it with you.
So you have to understand thatin that type of a state there's
a high probability thatone-on-one people may have guns
in that car because it's legal.
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So you have to be careful.
You have to be cognizant ofthat Just because a person has a
weapon on them in a state whereit's legal to have that weapon
doesn't automatically make themguilty of anything Right?
Speaker 2 (32:16):
This is total side note, but every now and then
I'll watch cops with myboyfriend.
It's one of those things whereit gives me the same vibe as
like jerry springer, where after15 minutes I get like I feel
like my iq is like ew.
I just feel like dirty andstressed out for no reason.
But it's amazing how, howpeople can like like I don't
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know I get nervous nowadays withpeople like reaching it in
their like it.
We have to learn how tocommunicate in a way that like
does it not we, not the people,but I think like police people
too.
Because basically I've seen alot of these videos where people
will back talk the cops and I'mlike I just can't believe the
brazenness, like the, but wejust watch it A lot of times
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it's like, honestly, I'm callingit's like honestly, I'm calling
it's like bratty white womenand I'm like, oh my God, that's
so annoying.
Like so it's just.
Speaker 1 (33:06):
Well, you know, the sad part, Meryl, is that to me
it opens up a deeper issue,Because I've seen situations
where, you know, people havemouthed off at the police.
Speaker 2 (33:16):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (33:18):
And they'll go crazy and stuff like that, and it's
like I don't know.
I guess, looking at it from apersonal color, I can't do those
things.
Speaker 2 (33:25):
Absolutely no.
I know I watch some of thosevideos.
I would have mouthed off at anofficer or talk crazy or
whatever, I maybe put my life onthe line literally.
Yeah, yep, no, I recognize that.
Obviously I can't imagine howthat must feel.
But I see those videos and I'mlike these girls get like 18,000
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chances in the way that theycan insult police people and
talk back to them, and they getlike a million chances before
they even put them in handcuffs.
And then I'm like, oh my God,that does not and would not work
for anyone and it's justridiculous.
Speaker 1 (33:59):
But the scary part about it, meryl, is it shows
that they can show restraint ifthey want to, because I've seen
it where people are yelling,screaming and cursing and
talking about I got my weaponsright to their face.
Yeah, oh my God.
Speaker 2 (34:19):
Seriously Yep, yep, and almost taunting them too,
like exactly yeah, I've seen abunch of ones.
Especially, I hate when theypull like annoying bratty girls
over for D wise and they're soconfused they're like what, what
I'm like?
What do you mean?
What you idiot?
Like you're drunk and you'redriving like so I honestly feel
like you should get doublearrested if you're like very
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annoying as well.
but yeah, no, I think so thatall ties into just like I think
obviously it's, it's extraunfair for a lot of people and
it's like too lenient for some.
Speaker 1 (34:52):
Mm, hmm, mm, hmm.
But you know, the good thing isis that everyone has cameras
now, so yeah, yeah, I wonder, Idon't even see.
Speaker 2 (34:59):
So did it show the footage of her gun going off for
this case?
Speaker 1 (35:05):
Well, it does show it , but for obvious reasons you
know they'll freeze that andwon't actually show it.
I'm quite sure if you put somework into it you could probably
find the video.
Speaker 2 (35:16):
but yeah, like they were able to see that at least.
Speaker 1 (35:19):
Exactly so.
You know they'll stop it at acertain point.
You know, obviously, butunfortunately on social media,
I'm quite sure, if you put inthe work.
Speaker 2 (35:29):
you could probably see the unedited version of it.
Oh my God, and this persondidn't die right Like they're.
Speaker 1 (35:32):
Thank God, no, no, they didn't Okay good.
Speaker 2 (35:34):
So they're going to sue, and yeah, as they should,
and that's like.
I mean that that person likemade a mistake and they get,
they lose their job, but that'swhat it should be like that's
you know, I just think that'sterrible yeah, I agree okay,
let's see.
Oh, talk about bratty.
Okay, the next one.
Uh, these are the people thatwould be annoying with if the
(35:55):
cops stop them.
I think allegedly.
But uh, blake lively and ryanreynolds okay, so, like know,
there's so many angles of what'shappening with them.
Obviously, we still noteveryone on earth is so
oversaturated with the JustinBaldoni lawsuit and everything I
wanted to, on this conversation, at least take the angle that I
wanted to ask your thoughts,like I'm seeing them.
(36:16):
They just started this week tostart like reposting slowly on
Instagram.
Ryan Reynolds is kind of sharingsome like Insta stories and
right now they just had some.
Today they re-shared a picturewith one of her, her co-stars,
and it's it's so funny to me,cause it's like you could tell
they're probably trying to dolike some damage control and
(36:39):
just come across as like look,we're out in the public and you
know, to a certain extent I knowJustin Baldoni is doing that as
well Like everyone at thispoint is fighting for their life
, for, like, public recognitionand the court of public opinion.
But with Blake and Ryan now, tome it just seems like social
media is just so much morepowerful of a machine now,
because now you have millions ofus all able to share directly
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with each other.
And now these like fake, stagedUs Weekly videos and articles
just seem they make thesituation like even cheesier
because we could all see kind ofright through those things.
So, like to me, what do youthink about when you see people
that are in a big scandalposting Like do you think that
can you easily see through someof the PR stuff, or do you try
(37:25):
to ignore it?
Speaker 1 (37:28):
I think sometimes you can.
You know, I think thatunfortunately in this day and
age, depending on how big of astar you are, you really want to
get ahead of the story.
So you know you want to putyour side of the narrative out
there to kind of help shape whatpeople see.
Yeah, and you know, the thingis is that years ago, you know,
social media was a fad.
(37:49):
Now it's a part of life.
And you know, when you makeyour money off of public opinion
and off of how the public feelsyou are, you want to take
control of that narrative.
So sometimes they take it alittle bit to the extreme, yeah,
yeah, but I do think that it'ssmart to try and take control of
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it, though.
Speaker 2 (38:16):
In your world?
Have you heard rumblings, Ifeel, like around me, or my
TikTok algorithm shows that mostpeople are like team Justin of
the situation, but differentpeople could have different
views.
Like, is that what you're kindof seeing in your world?
Speaker 1 (38:31):
I'm kind of seeing that the one nice thing about
social media is you know you'regoing to see all different sides
of it.
It's never going to be onesided.
It's extremely rare that yousee that.
Speaker 2 (38:43):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (38:45):
But I do see it aiming, you know, leaning
towards team Justin and, like Isaid, you know, there's always a
backstory to everything and Ijust think that you know, like
with everything else, this maynot be the last we've heard of
the story.
Speaker 2 (39:01):
Oh no, not even like for 10 minutes at this point,
like if, if the lawsuit's gonnahappen or if the trial's gonna
happen like a year from now,then we need to like almost
freeze it and not talk about itfor the next year, because it's
gonna be too much.
But I mean, justin's camp isjust releasing thing after thing
.
Oh, and that's what I was gonnasay too is that like now these
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articles like say, an us weeklyarticle comes out about blake
lively, now on tiktok, someone'svideo of them working as like
an extra on gossip girl withblake lively that will get more
views than the us weekly articlewill get readers, and so it's
so interesting to me that it'sjust like run for now.
Hopefully it stays that way,but it's just run by more people
(39:42):
and I think so we're we're ableto see like as humans, what the
more media machines are tryingto force down our throats, and I
just think that's like sointeresting and the you know the
sheen comes off a little bit.
Speaker 1 (39:56):
Oh, yeah, oh yeah, and you know, the thing is that
everything that you see isreally subject to interpretation
, because you could put out avideo line, 10 people up and
those 10 people are probablygoing to see it 10 different
ways for the same thing.
Speaker 2 (40:15):
And I think, like most of us have to know, that
both sides of parties,especially when it's like
celebrity, are pretty much bothout of touch to a certain extent
and like both, probably alittle bit annoying and like
both a little bit narcissistic.
But.
But I think it's like whensomeone call, when someone tries
to like ruin the other person'scareer with like facts and we
end up seeing that those mightnot be facts, then that person.
I think should be like draggedtotally so.
Speaker 1 (40:38):
Yeah, and to me I think it's a great way to kind
of money up the waters when youget in court too, because you
know, you kind of wonder thepeople determine your fate,
especially if there's a jurythere how much of this stuff
that they watch, you know, howhow much influence does it have
over their thinking?
Yeah, so you know, it's reallya big strategy, almost like an
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orchestra, as far as putting ittogether.
Speaker 2 (41:03):
You know together, well, we need to say this, but
we need to look this way and youknow it's, it's not just as
simple as the he say, she sayanymore, you know I have to say,
though I'm I'm high on my horsebecause in 2017, I think, I
said I was like talking abouthow, like I think blake lively
is so pretty, but I was donethen with like her and ryan's
relationship and just like, andI was like talking about how,
like I think Blake Lively is sopretty, but I was done then with
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like her and Ryan'srelationship and just like, and
I was like I wish I couldunsubscribe from them in my
consciousness as like a coupleand so, and I got such flack
Cause like obviously at thattime, everyone loved them and
they've been kind of a goldencouple forever.
And I'm like I don't know, Idon't trust them and so you know
, had that where you're justlike right about something a few
years before and you're like Iknew that.
I knew they weren't good.
Speaker 1 (41:44):
You know what I've had, that I've had that before.
You know kind of a little bitoff subject, but you know I'm a
huge Bears fan.
Anyone who knows me knows Ilove my Chicago Bears and you
know I'm ride or die with them,even though we're hurting pretty
bad as winnings, but that'sokay.
I, even though we're hurtingpretty bad as winnings, but
that's okay, I'm still down withhim.
And years ago, in fact lastyear and the year before, people
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were talking about, oh, justinFields this, justin Fields that.
And I would tell people, justinFields is not the problem.
Speaker 2 (42:16):
They thought I was nuts.
Speaker 1 (42:18):
I said Justin Fields is not the issue.
Well, fast forward.
Justin Fields is traded to thePittsburgh Steelers.
The starting quarterback ishurt or injured, reserve, so
he's stepping in and everybody'slike, well, where was this
Justin?
Justin was always there.
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He didn't have an offensiveline when we were here to
protect him and he always hadissues.
So it doesn't matter who youput back there, they're going to
struggle.
And again, people thought I wasnuts.
I personally thought now Calebis a great quarterback.
I think we're great to have him.
But you know, one would arguethey should have used that first
(43:05):
round draft pick and those highpicks to to build that line.
People thought I was nuts.
Why would you use them for?
Not use them for a quarterback,whatever?
Well, guess what?
Caleb struggled last year andit wasn't because of caleb, you
know.
Yeah, and it doesn't mean thatthe offensive line are horrible
people.
It's like when you make a cakeIf you change one or two
(43:25):
ingredients, that cake could behorrible.
Speaker 2 (43:28):
Right, like too much chocolate, not enough frosting.
Exactly.
Speaker 1 (43:32):
And there's got to be a balance.
It's a formula and that's thesame thing in every sport.
It's a formula, and that evengoes in relationships and
business and stuff like that.
It's a relationship and it's aformula, what works together.
Speaker 2 (43:47):
And I think we should normalize gloating when we were
right after years later BecauseI completely forgot.
I was on a walk and I looked atmy phone and one of my friends
texted me and she was like notyou being right about Blake
Lively and Ryan Reynolds, likefive years later.
And I'm like oh my God.
And I went back and I was likelike it's like five years later
and I'm like oh my God.
And I went back and I was likeI've always thought Blake is so
pretty.
But people like that, where youjust have a gut instinct and
then you know it's all in goodfun I'm sure the same with you
(44:09):
in football where it's likeobviously you're not saying
shocking things, you're sayingsomething that's like silly and
you know it's in good fun, butyeah.
I think it's totally okay to goback and say ha-ha told you guys
, that is true.
Speaker 1 (44:25):
Well, this just happened pretty recently.
A lot of your medium and smallstations around the country all
of a sudden fired around 100meteorologists, and what they're
doing is they're replacingthose meteorologists with
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meteorologists from the weatherchannel.
So All this is owned by thesame corporation.
And from a business standpoint,I get why they did what they
did.
I just thought that the way itwas done probably was not right.
None of them saw it coming.
Speaker 2 (45:07):
I know those people crying too.
There was a video of themsaying goodbye for the last time
and they were so sad.
Speaker 1 (45:13):
And a lot of them were on the air like years, you
know.
Speaker 2 (45:17):
Yeah, all of a sudden it's like okay, um, today's
your last day thank you foreverything you've done have a
nice one, yep, and a lot oftimes you don't even get to tell
like in radio stations wouldjust be yanked off.
And you don't even get to like,connect or even say goodbye to
your audience that you've beenwith forever and ever.
Speaker 1 (45:34):
Yeah, I don't know.
You think that's kind of cold,though.
Speaker 2 (45:38):
Yeah, it's cold, and I also think I wish we were more
.
I wish we almost leaned in moreinto having more local people,
because I feel like a lot ofpeople don't just want like
blanket forecast from theweather channel or having to
tune in.
I think they want to hear.
Even if it's like the samething or if it's not the most
high tech, you should at leasthave an option to be able to
(45:59):
hear from your localmeteorologist.
Speaker 1 (46:02):
Yeah, I think there's something to be said about
local reporting.
Speaker 2 (46:05):
Me too, me too, and I understand that, like the
Weather Channel has all the mosttechnology, but it's like, okay
, well then somehow they canwork with them to get that
information.
But we love our local peopleand also I like seeing what the
weather girls wear their dressesnot to be completely sexist,
but like I love beautifulweather people see you.
You can say that, I can't saythat yeah, I can say that I'm
(46:27):
like I love the weather girlsand their tiny little dresses,
but in a very respectful way.
But yeah, no, I think, like Imean, it happens with radio,
like one of our favoritechannels in san diego now only
pipes in stuff from las vegas,and I'm like you know, you kind
of lose that element, and that'shappening with a lot of smaller
media and I think it's sad yeah, I mean again, I get from a
(46:51):
financial standpoint of view,but I think that you kind of
lose that special touch withyour viewers when everything is.
Speaker 1 (46:58):
It's almost like when you you're making a phone call.
You used to be able to callyour local store and ask for
something and now it goes to acall center like I don't know
across the country it's notright and I know I mean
obviously it's the weatherchannel, so we hope it's going
to be as impartial as possibleand just tell us the straight up
facts.
Speaker 2 (47:16):
But I think it's important to have a lot of
checks and balances withdifferent media out there as
well, because we don't want,even if it's just weather, we
don't want just like especiallynowadays, in 2025, we don't want
one version of something.
Yes, we need checks andbalances.
Speaker 1 (47:34):
Yes, well, I know that these meteorologists will
land on their feet someplaceelse, but I don't know.
I think that was a littlesurprising, a little cold.
Speaker 2 (47:44):
I know they should say it's a cold front moving in
for getting fired.
What if?
Okay, here's this is like Ifeel like you should have on the
Elrond network.
You should have a show withjust you and all the fired
meteorologists and everyone justgives the weather all at once
and it should be called Weatheror Not, or something.
Speaker 1 (48:05):
Ooh, that would be cool.
I don't know if I'm big enoughTo return my phone calls, but
that would be awesome.
Speaker 2 (48:11):
I mean nowadays, I don't think they're that busy.
So I think now's the time.
Speaker 1 (48:16):
That actually would be awesome though.
Speaker 2 (48:18):
I think it would be super cool to do a fun show with
a bunch of fired weather people.
Whether it's talking aboutactual weather on the news or
doing improv things with them,or talking about their
experiences, I feel like thereshould be, a mockumentary or a
documentary about weather?
People there probably is.
That actually is Just an idea.
(48:39):
A storm is a brilliant idea.
Speaker 1 (48:41):
I haven't ever heard anything about weather, people
or meteorologists, ever.
Speaker 2 (48:47):
Let's co-produce it.
Go and take our idea, youlittle TikTok stealers.
Okay, good, well, I think we'lllet that simmer, but I like
that idea a lot.
So if you're a displacedmeteorologist, just look us up
and contact Lawrence.
Speaker 1 (49:07):
There you go.
L-rod's not a very popular name, so it'll be easy to find me.
Speaker 2 (49:11):
Yeah, l-rod sounds like a weather instrument.
According to the L, you know,we had our, had our Elrod out on
the satellite or something.
Okay, this next one, juicy,juicy.
There's been rumors floatingabout that.
The wonderful who I love somuch, barack Obama, and Michelle
(49:33):
, are.
You know, people say there'strouble in paradise.
They're not.
She's not seen a lot with himlately, and sources close to
other sources that are close tohim I've been saying that like
they don't know if they'reheaded for divorce.
Obviously because I think witha lot of times couples like this
just stay together for optics.
But then recently somethingerupted when a lot of people
(49:55):
have been saying that Obama andJennifer Aniston have been
having an affair and that hascome from like multiple blind
items and I have to say Ibelieve it.
I believe it.
I love the Obamas.
I think Michelle is like I wouldvote for her, she's my
president, but like.
(50:15):
I think that if.
Like I would vote for her,she's my president, but I think
that if there's smoke there'sfire.
And I know I just talked aboutnot believing everything we see,
but something just tells me Ifeel like this is a thing.
Maybe they're kind of living aseparate but respectful life,
and maybe Jennifer Aniston Idon't know, I believe it, I'm a
(50:35):
conspiracy theorist and this isone.
Iiston I don't know, I believeit, I'm a conspiracy theorist
and this is one I believe.
Speaker 1 (50:38):
I have to respectfully disagree.
Speaker 2 (50:40):
Good, good.
I was hoping you would.
Speaker 1 (50:42):
I do not think that this is a real story.
These days, if you hug someone,you're having an affair with
them.
Speaker 2 (50:51):
Right, right, and maybe she was at a party.
I mean, I would be.
I feel like Barack and Michelleare like the cute, like in a
lot of our minds they're likethe best couple, you know.
I feel like they exemplify alot of good traits as a couple,
as individuals.
So I hope this isn't true, butlike I mean what if I don't know
?
And they've just been togetherfor so long along?
Speaker 1 (51:13):
I don't think this is true at all.
I mean, I think that they havean ideal marriage, an ideal
relationship, and you notice, Iuse the word ideal, not perfect,
because one of the things thatthey've shared and I commend
them for, you know, kind ofletting us see a little bit into
their personal lives is, yes,they've had their moments.
Yes, they've had their ups anddowns, and it just means that
(51:37):
they're just like everyone else.
Speaker 2 (51:39):
There is no such thing.
Speaker 1 (51:42):
I'm going to paraphrase here, but I remember
Michelle Obama was saying in aninterview that there is really
no such thing as a 50-50 in amarriage marriage.
And it was interesting becauseshe said if you think about it,
there's going to be times wherehe's going to give 80%, you're
only giving him 20% for whateverreason.
(52:03):
Or there's going to be timeswhere she gives, let's say, 70%,
he's giving 30% because ofwhatever's going on.
You pick up the slack andthat's a real marriage.
That's a real relationship,because sometimes a person may
be down, they may be goingthrough something and you need
to help pick up the slack andhelp build them up.
(52:26):
That's a normal relationshipand I love the fact that they
don't put on this fairy talelike, hey, we're perfect,
nothing happens to us.
Hey, hey, yes, we argue, we'vehad.
That's normal and I think it'sgood to share that, because the
dangerous thing about socialmedia is you see, this perfect
couple, everything's great yeahyeah, issues and they, and then
(52:51):
all of a sudden they're gettingdivorced and now you're
devastated.
It was like hey what happened tothis perfect marriage, you know
.
Speaker 2 (52:56):
Exactly, and everyone's like I don't believe
in love anymore, right, but OK.
But don't you think that?
What if the Obamas have sometype of like?
I feel like Holly Weird isfreaky and politics are part of
that, and like they run in thesame circles.
What if they?
What if they're swingers andthey swung with jennifer aniston
(53:19):
, like I think it's possible,like I think they're both too
lovely humans, but I'm I'mleaving space, I'm holding space
for that idea.
I really am do.
Speaker 1 (53:26):
I think that there are hollywood couples or
political couples that do thatabsolutely.
I don't.
I I don't get the vibe thatMichelle and Barack Obama are
like Now.
If you had told me some othernames, yeah, probably so oh,
yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Speaker 2 (53:41):
If it was like Bill Clinton and Lisa Kudrow or
something, I'd be like okay, Idefinitely believe it.
But yeah, I just think I don'tknow what it is, but like the
same way that I thought RyanReynolds was annoying in 2017, I
think in 2025, I think I thinkit happened.
But I want to be wrong so badly, like I want to be proven wrong
(54:03):
because I believe in their loveand I think they're like a very
cute aspirational couple, yeah,yeah that's true.
And Jennifer Aniston will behated if that's the case.
I mean not that we don't know,but people are already.
I think she had to like lessenher comments because people were
already popping off on herInstagram.
Speaker 1 (54:23):
Yeah that's true.
Like I said, unless I'm shownsomething differently, I stand
by my statement.
I do not believe it.
Speaker 2 (54:30):
Okay, good, we're showing people how to
respectfully agree to disagree.
Speaker 1 (54:36):
That's right, and we're not fighting and throwing
things at each other.
Speaker 2 (54:39):
But we should take like a gentleman's bet or
something with, like you know,like two years of this comes out
.
Well, I'll pay you like $13 orsomething.
Speaker 1 (54:49):
Ah well, we're getting close to the end and
we're going to end our topics onsomething kind of fun here to
the end.
And we're going to end ourtopics on something kind of fun
here A person who is employed byUSA Today.
Her name is Erin Jensen.
She persuaded her employers tohelp her find a date for
Valentine's Day.
I think it's kind of a cutething or whatever, but I don't
(55:13):
know.
It kind of gives me thebachelor vibes, because when you
go through all these peopletrying to find that date or
whatever, but I don't know, itkind of gives me the Bachelor
vibes, because when you gothrough all these people trying
to find that date or whatever,are they really dating because
they want to get to know you orbecause they want to make a name
for?
Speaker 2 (55:27):
themselves.
Yeah, I think anytime on radiowhen we hear people that's like
this woman is up for dating andwe're going to do a game show.
It's like this woman is up fordating and we're going to do a
game show.
It's like, oh some of these menjust want clout, which is
annoying.
I don't know.
I think it's a cute way.
I think hopefully you should beable to discern who's doing it
for the right reasons by justlike asking the right questions
(55:48):
and maybe not going public withpeople yet and just kind of
seeing how they're acting behindthe scenes.
Speaker 1 (55:54):
That's true people yet and just kind of seeing how
they're acting behind the scenes.
Speaker 2 (55:57):
That's true, I mean if you're a singer, would you do
that though?
Would you, um, if it got meattention?
No, I was kidding.
I would probably as a bit, youknow, as like a pretend bit, but
in real life, no, I definitelywouldn't.
No, I wouldn't.
I.
I don't even know if I wouldtrust any of my like old
co-workers to even have set meup at the time.
So, no, would you you know what?
Speaker 1 (56:21):
please don't be mad.
I would do it to have fun.
To be honest with you, whatwould I do it for?
A real relationship?
Speaker 2 (56:28):
no right to have some fun, absolutely it's good
content because there's even,like I have, I have one really
(56:49):
wonderful single friend who'slike Absolutely friend and like
I want to do that on her behalf.
Or basically I'd give like a 15minute speech and like a
slideshow like why you shoulddate my friend, and then single
people come to it and they allmingle and meet and it doesn't
matter that I'm taken like I can, you know, pitch on her behalf
and I feel like stuff like thatis cute because hopefully people
that are showing up are showingup truly to like hopefully see
(57:12):
if they want to date who we'repitching.
Speaker 1 (57:15):
You should do that.
That actually sounds like agreat idea.
Speaker 2 (57:17):
It's really cool.
I think it's called Pitch aFriend, oh so it's an actual
show that does it now.
Yeah, they do it at bars.
I think right now my onlycomplaint with it is that the
ones that I've heard about skewa little bit younger, where it's
like when you're that young youdon't have that much of a
problem meeting people.
I think it's like once you'rein your late 30s, 40s, 50s,
(57:38):
that's when people need theextra oomph, the extra push.
Speaker 1 (57:42):
Oh yeah, and then plus, as you get older too, you
become a lot more guarded.
Speaker 2 (57:47):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (57:54):
So you know you're not as easy to.
You know open up to people, notto say it's a bad thing, but
you've learned stuff over theyears.
You've learned what you don'twant as well as what you want.
Speaker 2 (58:04):
Right.
But yeah, I probably would doit like you in a funny way, but
I wouldn't take it seriously.
Speaker 1 (58:12):
Yeah, that's true.
This has been a great, greatshow.
Speaker 2 (58:16):
It has.
It so has.
Speaker 1 (58:19):
Well, mara, tell us, what do you have coming up?
Speaker 2 (58:22):
Oh my gosh.
Later this week I'm actuallygoing to be performing in
Seattle, which I'm excited about.
I think it's called like theLaugh House Seattle or whatever.
The main comedy club is there,so that will be really fun.
Speaker 1 (58:36):
Nice, nice, well, everyone, thank you again for
watching the show.
We had such a great time.
Yeah, and just remember thatwe're on LRTVnetworkcom and
we're also on podcasts on a lotof your major podcast stations.
(58:56):
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Make sure that you don't missour next show.
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Have a great day everyone.
Hello everyone, welcome to this week's episode
of Thirsty Topics.
I'm Lauren Selrod.
Speaker 2 (00:20):
And I'm Meryl Clemo.
Hey, meryl, welcome to the showhey, hey, hey, thank you.
Speaker 1 (00:27):
Ready to have some awesome conversations.
Speaker 2 (00:29):
I sure am.
I've got a good one to start.
Speaker 1 (00:33):
Okay, let's hear it then.
Speaker 2 (00:34):
I'm bursting, if I may, thank you, and I hope at
some point your wife watchesthis, because I want to get her
take on it too.
Oh okay, you know how we're.
We're divvying out AI and chatGBT for a lot of things nowadays
, and I wanted to get yourthoughts on this specific task
because the wedding planningsite Zola took a poll of nearly
(00:57):
6,000 engaged couples aboutwhich things they would, you
know, source out AI to maketheir lives easier, and 50% of
them said that they would haveAI write their vows for them.
So you know, they said thatmaybe, hopefully, they would put
in some things about theirpartner and not leave it
completely up to AI.
But I wanted to see A would youever do that?
(01:20):
B do you think your wife couldtell if it was AI generated?
Speaker 1 (01:26):
Would I personally ever do that?
No, because I don't thinkthat's personal, but sadly
enough I know there's a lot ofguys that would love to do this.
Speaker 2 (01:36):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (01:37):
Because they'll feel that, hey, this is quick and
easy, I'll just put in a littlebit of information and it'll put
it together.
Now, the only dangerous thingis that if your wife, or your
soon to be wife, knows you wellenough, they can tell how you
write stuff, if you really wroteit or not.
Speaker 2 (01:54):
Yeah, and especially with AI too, because you know
there's certain things wheneverI could even tell like I work in
podcasting and I could tellwhen my clients leave and use AI
, because it's like this episodewill delve into the important
facts like users.
You know it's just the specific, like phrases, and so I could
just imagine some vows whereit's like we will delve into the
(02:14):
greatest life things together.
Speaker 1 (02:15):
So yeah, I mean to be honest with you, I didn't
really think that AI would be assuccessful as it is now and as
needed.
But even on, on my small scale,I use AI all the time and it's
actually here to stay, you know.
Speaker 2 (02:30):
Yeah, I do use it.
I always I made a vow withmyself, a vow with myself from
the beginning with AI where Iwould like let it help me, but I
wouldn't let it completelythink like take over for
thinking for me.
So I definitely do use it.
Like if I'm emailing someone tobe on a show or you know a
guest or something, I'll type inlike what I think it would be
and then I tell AI to just shapeit or make it a little bit more
(02:53):
polished.
Speaker 1 (02:55):
Yeah, I mean, like I said, using it to do certain
tasks, like maybe you're puttingtogether a presentation or
something and or maybe you doingsome kind of marketing or
advertising.
It does come in handy becauseit will actually take a look at
things that maybe you overlooked, or maybe put in a way which is
a lot more appealing to morepeople.
So there are positives to it.
(03:17):
Obviously, with everything,there's a negative side to it,
but I don't know, I think that'sa little bit personal.
What do you think?
Let's say, your boyfriend, youguys are getting married and you
find out that he wrote his vowsusing AI.
How would you feel about that?
Speaker 2 (03:31):
Divorced immediately, then I would have AI write my
divorce settlement.
Ai would write my prenup.
No, I think it's okay forpeople because I think a lot of
people for like wedding speechesor vows feel intimidated by the
thought of like writing aspeech or putting all their
thoughts together.
So I would leave a pass for it.
(03:52):
If you wrote in like 10different things or somewhat
organized your thoughts, youknow, if you put some thought
into it but had AI like shape itfor you, then you know that's
not ideal but that's stillunderstandable.
But I wouldn't have someonejust like carte blank just make
me the wedding vows.
Speaker 1 (04:08):
you know that I can't imagine how that would even be,
because ai would you have toput like details and so that's
true, but uh, yeah, I did seethat article and, um, it was
amazing how there are somepeople that are having these ai
relationships which, yeah, oh,that's gonna be a story.
Speaker 2 (04:24):
Yeah, we'll get it.
We'll get into that one too,but I picked a very ai.
It was amazing how there aresome people that are having
these AI relationships.
Yeah, oh, that's going to be astory.
Yeah, we'll get into that onetoo, but I picked a very
AI-themed episode today.
Speaker 1 (04:31):
I see, I see.
Well, let's talk aboutsomething fun.
That's crazy.
Now, what's the big TikTokthing that went on?
Now, I guess if you delete aTikTok off your cell phone or
(04:53):
off your tablet right now, youcan't get it back because it's
still technically in limbo.
So GameStop and other placesare actually offering to buy
phones and tablets that haveTikTok still on it, and I guess
online and I'm shocked to saythis because I actually verified
with a few resources they'reoffering up to $25,000 to buy
your phone or tablet if it hasTikTok on there.
Speaker 2 (05:15):
Well now is GameStop really offering, or are people
just naming their own price?
Speaker 1 (05:23):
GameStop is offering, but the big dollars that you
hear about are coming from, likeeBay and other sites where you
know people can list stuff thatthey want to sell.
Speaker 2 (05:30):
Okay, yeah, because I I looked because, like the, at
the GameStop near me, which Ithink we have one still left in
my area, and they were offeringa measly $40 and so I'm like,
honestly it might I think $40would like cost me the gas to
drive there.
Speaker 1 (05:45):
Exactly, I don't know .
Would you part with your phone?
Speaker 2 (05:48):
Yeah, in a second I would hand over my phone.
I feel like anything more thanmaybe $7,000,.
I totally would, because Idon't care at all about.
I mean, I love TikTok and it'slike my whole life.
But I feel like at some pointwe'll be able to download it
again maybe.
Speaker 1 (06:11):
And.
Speaker 2 (06:11):
I feel like I don't know.
I feel like, for like $7,000, Icould live without it, you know
.
But I also I do have somefriends that just thought the
app was completely going awayand that night, like at 6 pm
that night, they deleted it andthen I was like why would you do
that?
Speaker 1 (06:23):
And they were probably crying in next to like
oh my God, why did?
Speaker 2 (06:25):
I do that, yeah, but I could also see how some people
deleted it off their phonebecause they're like, okay, I'm
too tempted to keep going to it,and if it's blank right now,
like, let me just take it off ofmy phone.
So I'm not even tempted rightnow.
I was going to ask you too doyou think, like, like, how would
(06:51):
that work?
Speaker 1 (06:51):
So someone would just hand over their phone and you
would sign out of your TikTokaccount, or like how would?
How would you make sure thatthey don't sign into your
account?
What I would think and I'm justguessing here I would imagine
that they would.
Speaker 2 (06:58):
they would sign out of their account but don't
delete on their phone, so thatway you have to log back in,
okay, and you would just likeclear the history, so obviously
they can't log in Correct, andthen you'd clear your whole
phone.
Speaker 1 (07:11):
Mm-hmm.
Now, the only thing is you haveto be careful and not to do it
to factory settings, because ifyou set it to factory settings
that kind of defeats the wholepurpose, because TikTok would
disappear, oh yeah.
Speaker 2 (07:26):
I could see myself doing that, where somehow I
would lose $7,000 and loseTikTok at the same time.
Speaker 1 (07:29):
But you know what, if people are willing to pay for?
It hey, more power to you, youknow.
Speaker 2 (07:34):
I know and see, like the the like higher minded
entrepreneur version of myselfis like oh, what you could do on
TikTok and earn is so much morethan $7,000.
So don't be short-sighted, butlike for me, let's be real, in
the past two years all I've doneis like get 100 followers and
that's it.
So you know like I haven'tearned any money on TikTok yet.
(07:55):
I know the potential is there,like so much you know.
I know a lot of people do makemoney on TikTok, but for me it's
not a money-making thing yet.
And also, I thought GameStopwas going out of business.
I feel like they're always likeRed Lobster, where I feel like
they're always becoming bankrupt.
Speaker 1 (08:12):
You know, before I saw this story, I actually
thought GameStop was out ofbusiness to be honest with you.
Speaker 2 (08:18):
Me too, I thought they closed locations.
Speaker 1 (08:21):
That's true.
Well, you know, if you thinkabout Blockbuster, it was years
before the last Blockbusterclosed.
Speaker 2 (08:28):
Yeah, that's true, and remember how that whole
thing happened with like thestock, like GameStop stock
crashing and yeah, so nowGameStop is hoping to be back in
the game.
Speaker 1 (08:39):
That's true.
That's true.
I mean, with everything beingonline now, I'm really surprised
it lasts as long as it did.
Speaker 2 (08:44):
That's true, I mean, with everything being online now
, I'm really surprised it lastsas long as it did, I know.
Ok, so knowing that also youuse your, your TikTok for, like,
the Elrod network.
Speaker 1 (08:57):
What's, what's your price?
Everyone has a price, so whatcould GameStop offer you?
Speaker 2 (09:04):
Oh, that would be hard.
Speaker 1 (09:04):
You still have, like YouTube and everything else you
know you still have.
Now, the interesting thing is,see, my situation is a little
unique Because I have TikTok onmy tablet and my phone.
So you know, if I got a niceoffer, yeah, I'd give up my
phone because I'd just go buy anew one, just delete everything
off, and I still don't lose myaccess to TikTok, I'll just use
it on my tablet.
So I mean, if someone came andoffered me some ridiculous price
(09:30):
like, hey, you know what,lawrence, we really need this.
I'm a content creator making alot of money.
I'll give you $75,000.
Yeah, that phone's probablygoing to go.
Speaker 2 (09:40):
Okay, okay.
I love how mine's like $7,500and yours is like $75,000.
Speaker 1 (09:46):
Yeah, I mean it's kind of a pain in the butt to
work off the tab, becauseworking off your phone is just
so easy to do, you know.
Speaker 2 (09:52):
I know Okay, but also hear me out why can't someone
this is probably everyone feelfree to laugh at me below in the
comments but like why can'tsomeone just fly to China and
get a new phone and downloadTikTok on that and then fly home
Because it won't work?
Speaker 1 (10:10):
when you get to the United States, you know that's
actually a great questionbecause, if you think about it,
instead of paying $25,000 or$10,000, some ridiculous amount
you could probably pay for theticket, go there for a couple of
days, get the phone and thenfly back for a lot cheaper.
Speaker 2 (10:27):
Right, but then?
But then would it stop workingLike, would it?
Speaker 1 (10:33):
somehow know when you're back here.
See, the only thing is I don'tknow if TikTok looks the same
over there as it does here.
Speaker 2 (10:40):
Oh, oh okay.
Speaker 1 (10:42):
Because in certain countries TikTok looks different
and also what's allowed andwhat's not allowed is different
between the countries.
Speaker 2 (10:48):
Okay, but I feel like , yeah, I feel like going, I
feel like this idea is whenremember, in the pandemic, when
Trump was just like can't wejust put bleach into our veins?
Speaker 1 (11:00):
Oh, yes, I definitely remember that.
Speaker 2 (11:02):
I feel like there's some reason why we can't all
just have someone From Chinamail us.
Mail us a phone with TikTok Onit, you know.
Speaker 1 (11:11):
You know, when you said that it was scary that
Clorox had to actually put out astatement Telling people do not
.
Speaker 2 (11:18):
Ingest bleach.
I know, wow, I know I'm likeSome thoughts are better left
quiet in our brains, but I meanlike I'm also open in the not to
go too off tangent, but like ina pandemic, like when we were
kind of desperate, I think allthoughts and discussions are at
least valid to like bring up.
(11:38):
But this seems like somethingthat you would at least bring up
like privately with a medicalboard or something not like in
of the press and you know butanyway that's a side thing, so
maybe someone could explain tome why someone from china can't
just like ship us a phone withtiktok on it that's true.
Speaker 1 (11:53):
I mean, they could probably put the the united
states version on there and shipit directly to us too, exactly
like you said.
What's stopping them from doingit?
Speaker 2 (12:02):
you know I don't.
That would be a good sidebusiness for people too.
Speaker 1 (12:06):
That's true, that's true I hope.
Speaker 2 (12:08):
I guess like, yeah, that might be something for me
to invent.
What if, like next week, nowI'm live streaming from, like
Shanghai or something?
Okay, cool For mine.
I'm going to go back into AIhere, because I love this one so
much.
So a woman confesses that she'sin love with her chatbot
boyfriend, which we already knowthat, if they get married in
(12:30):
her AI mind.
She's obviously going to have AIwrite her vows, but a 23 year
old woman went on record justsaying she felt more emotionally
and supported and connectedwith AI than actual people, and
so it had been happening for afew years that she was like
talking to AI and that chatbotwas better at listening, and she
(12:51):
ended up dumping her boyfriendlike her actual boyfriend and
opting for a full-on AIcompanion relationship.
And now you know, obviouslythey're not going to like make
love or anything, because Idon't know how that would happen
, but I feel like it's just amatter of time.
Before, like you know,obviously they're not going to
like make love or anything,cause I don't know how that
would happen, but I feel likeit's just a matter of time.
Before, like you know, when wewere younger, we had those like
Teddy Ruxpin dolls and you knowthey had like a little pack of
(13:13):
talking in their stomach or totheir back, and I feel like it's
soon we're going to have likedolls that are also chat people
and like little like robotpeople, and that people will be
falling in love with them.
Speaker 1 (13:27):
Yeah, you know, the crazy thing is they're actually
working on life-size dolls rightnow.
So to combine that with AI is alittle scary.
I mean, to me the AI thing withthe relationship is it's not
real because AI is going toalways be perfect and tell you
what you want to hear.
Speaker 2 (13:47):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (13:48):
That's not reality, right?
I would think that if you'retoo much into AI for a personal
relationship, you're going tolose the importance of actually
human contact.
Speaker 2 (14:01):
Because, at some point, you still have to.
Speaker 1 (14:03):
you know talk and work and communicate with human
beings, so you still need thatskill set.
Speaker 2 (14:12):
Yes, this woman too, I'm just going to say she spends
$200 a month to pay for, like,the higher version of ChatGPT,
so it's almost like she's takinghim out on expensive dates.
So she pays for, like, anunlimited subscription for open
ai.
I always think too, I alwaysremind myself, that, like it's
(14:33):
not another person that I'mtyping to, it's like an echo
chamber of me, you know what Imean which is like yeah, so it's
basically it's like me,involved with me, which I'm not
gonna fall in love with, butlike that.
That helps me remember that I'mnot talking to fall in love
with, but that helps me rememberthat I'm not talking to another
sentient being.
Speaker 1 (14:49):
That's true, that's true, and I think that when you
and I'm just guessing here ifyou're falling in love and
you're having a relationshipwith AI, I think there's
something deeper going on insideyou that maybe you need to talk
to someone about.
That's just my personal opinion.
Speaker 2 (15:07):
Yeah, exactly, yep, yep, and maybe that's like you
are looking for being heard andmaybe you're not in the right
relationship.
Speaker 1 (15:15):
And you know the thing is is that relationships
are always difficult, there'salways ups and downs, but you
still need to be able tocommunicate and have healthy
relationships with people, evenif it's just a simple friendship
or whatever, because you don'twant to be an isolist either,
where you're just isolated fromthe world, because that doesn't
(15:37):
work either.
Speaker 2 (15:38):
I do wish, though, I could sometimes say to my
boyfriend, like, please statethe three bullet points you'd
like to actually get to.
I'm like I would ask him tocite his sources to the same way
that I have my AI.
Sum up things for me.
Speaker 1 (15:51):
I'm just like, and the two sentence version of the
story is Well, I guess there's afine line and a healthy balance
of both right.
Speaker 2 (16:01):
Yeah, yeah, but no, I I've never even had like one
version of a crush on ai,because, like it's not a man or
a person I'd be interested in,it's like a, it's just me
talking to, like a version ofcoding yeah, well, hopefully
this doesn't become a thing Iknow, I know or it does, and
then it's like a new breed ofpeople that are just like the AI
(16:24):
.
Like you know, ai kinks.
Speaker 1 (16:27):
That's true.
That is so, so true.
Talking about new things, WendyWilliams Was actually all over
social media.
Wendy Williams right now Is inConservatorship Because she has
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a disease, a version ofAlzheimer's so as a result,
she's under the care of thecourts and an assigned caretaker
.
Well, she was on the Don Lemonpodcast.
Don Lemon has his own podcastnow.
He used to be on CNN and duringthat she had made the
(17:11):
revelation to everyone that shefeels that she's being held
against her will, that she'scoherent.
You know she may get in troublefor you talking to him.
She can call people, but theycan't call her.
I don't know.
I mean, I know we talked in thepast about conservatorship with
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Britney Spears and I don't know.
What's your take on that,because you know there's a lot
of different ways to look atthat.
Speaker 2 (17:41):
Yeah, I mean that seems sad and remember like.
I feel like with her toothere's that feeling of you want
them to be taken care of.
But remember with Wendy, Ithink like wasn't one of her
sons stealing money or she's hada lot of things in the past
with, like family membersdipping into her own money and
not being able to trust everyonearound her, which I feel like
she's just had such a tragiclife.
(18:02):
So I believe her and I feellike it seems like it's only
making a bad situation worse,like it seems like she needs,
you know, real people aroundthat she can trust.
And I don't know.
It's very sad and I thinkconservatorships can go very
wrong if it's like people beinggreedy or not taking care of
their loved ones.
Speaker 1 (18:21):
Yeah, that's true.
I mean the thing aboutconservatorships.
It all depends on the situation, and when you throw in a
medical condition likeAlzheimer's or dementia, those
things don't have a cure.
So what you're doing is reallymanaging it.
And you know, thank God Ihaven't had to deal with it in
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my family, but from what I heardis it's devastating because
you're losing your family rightbefore your eyes.
Yeah, sometimes they rememberwho you are, sometimes you don't
, and I think that when it'sanyone outside of your family
that's awarded guardianship overyou and your finances, we need
to be careful about judging,because there's obviously
(19:05):
something there that made thecourt say no, you can't trust
your family to watch over you.
Speaker 2 (19:10):
Right, remember that happened also with Richard
Simmons and they had like thatbig story about him and they
were basically keeping him awayfrom people.
And I feel like there's it'sprobably a little bit of both
where, like maybe it's betterfor them that they're not fully
out in the public.
You know, like I feel likeWendyiams was, a lot of us just
thought she was like acting,acting a fool, but really she
(19:31):
was becoming sick, um, but Ithink they should be able to
communicate with their fans andtheir audience in a way that's
like safe for everyone, to atleast explain what's been
happening, rather than feelinglike like how you said, that she
feels like she might get introuble for sneaking away and
talking to someone.
Speaker 1 (19:45):
Yeah, and you know, the one thing I want to say to
people is, as you see, storieslike this, just kind of be
careful, just like when you'relooking at family situations.
Don't be too quick to judge,because you don't know the
backstory of what's going on.
Speaker 2 (19:59):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (19:59):
So you have to be careful about jumping on the
bandwagon or something, becausewithout knowing all the
information, you don't know ifwhat you're seeing is true or
false.
Speaker 2 (20:08):
Right right, and we don't know if, like siblings,
and the next of kin, areprotecting them.
I feel like they're doing thatwith Bruce Willis pretty well,
Like I know you know.
I feel like he's a good example.
I mean, we don't know the insand outs, but that seems to me
like a good example where we atleast know enough about his
condition that we're not being,like you know, nosy or wondering
(20:29):
where he is, but he's kind oftucked away a little bit and
probably a good way that ishelping him.
Speaker 1 (20:34):
Yeah, I mean, like I said, I don't know what happens
behind closed doors, but fromwhat I see, that's really the
ideal situation, you know, tohave the family step in and
protect him, love him.
And you know, it's even amazingthat his ex-wife, which is the
mother of his children, shesteps in and she helps too.
Speaker 2 (20:55):
maybe she might not help physically, maybe it's
moral support, but however waythey're doing it, it's working
for them yeah, and I hopeWendy's situation isn't as
severe as britney's, where theymay be like drugging her, you
know, like making the situationway worse.
Speaker 1 (21:10):
But that's true.
I mean, something tells mewe're going to hear about this
again yeah, and I I feel forwendy.
Speaker 2 (21:19):
I feel like she's had a rough couple of decade, like
the last decade I agree with you.
I agree with you, I mean, she'sdefinitely in our prayers she is
well, I think I might have aretirement plan for her.
If she's not, she wants to getout of the conservatorship?
Uh, for the next four years, acruise company is offering
americans an escape from, youknow, donald trump's.
(21:41):
They say donald trump's secondterm in the white house, but
really it's just.
If you want to just blow townfor the next four years, they
have an option.
It's Florida based cruisecompany and they recently
announced it's called Via Via VResidences, via Vite Residences.
They announced the launch oftheir tour where you can spend
up to four years visiting 140countries, which sounds good,
(22:04):
and of course you skip theunited states.
Um, they also they have atwo-year midterm selection
cruise in a four-year likeanywhere but home, which I think
is so funny.
So you know, obviously this isa marketing campaign but, so
prices start at forty thousanddollars per.
I mean many, most of us pay overthat in rent, right, like no,
(22:28):
maybe not that much in rent, butit's still.
You know, with everything likewith electricity bills and all
that kind of stuff, let's seeand then it could run up to
$320,000 for all four years.
Food and drinks are included,as well as Wi-Fi and medical
visits.
Housekeeping is provided weekly, laundry service is bi-weekly
(22:51):
and you get alcohol at dinner.
So I mean, sounding pretty good, go to the Caribbean, south
America.
I don't know about you, but Idon't really want to be like set
sail for four years.
That seems like after aboutthree months I'd get a little
island feverish.
What do you think?
Speaker 1 (23:09):
Yeah, I mean I couldn't do it because I'm not
going to be on a boat that long.
Yeah, To be seasick, but youknow dollar wise that 40,000 for
everything they're getting isactually not a bad price,
because when you think aboutrent, the price of food and then
not including hiring someone toclean after you, your drinks
(23:32):
okay, and then all the stopsthat you're going to make along,
you're going to be visiting allthese different countries,
which will cost you way more totry and do that on your own.
Speaker 2 (23:41):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (23:42):
It's actually a great deal do that on your own.
Speaker 2 (23:44):
Yeah, it's actually a great deal and I wonder.
I mean, I don't know if this ispossible, but I wonder if you
could like fly home from acertain port and then like meet
up with the boat again the nextmonth.
Speaker 1 (23:53):
Oh, okay, yeah, you know what they probably do offer
that Cause you know, sometimesthey have to take care of some
business or whatever during thattrip, and then whatever during
that trip, and then you leaveand then come back at this other
port.
Speaker 2 (24:05):
Exactly.
I feel like that would be okay,because I feel like people have
to attend events or some typeof thing is going to happen in
four years where you're going toneed to not be just on a boat.
What do you think about?
I mean, do you think for somepeople that it's OK, that it's
that severe?
Do you think, basically, ifsomeone needs to do that, do you
think they should just move toa different country altogether?
Speaker 1 (24:29):
Well, I mean, if, if really you have to spend that
kind of money because you wantto get away from having Trump as
president, it's like, wow, youreally hate this man.
Yeah, and then it's like, wow,you really hate this man.
Speaker 2 (24:41):
Yeah, then maybe they really should just move to
Portugal, or maybe this cruiseis a good way to see.
Okay, I'm interested inlearning about different
countries and seeing where Imight want to live before.
You could see a whole bunch ofdifferent places.
Speaker 1 (24:55):
That's true.
I mean, I would imagine thatvery, very few people can
actually afford this, so it'sprobably, I would imagine, only
one or two ships, if that, thatthey're going to offer this on.
Speaker 2 (25:08):
Yes, I also do think, like right now it's a little
murky waters to be no punintended, but to be like
promoting this because obviously, with so many people having to
leave and a lot of these raidsand these things happening, you
know, it's like obviously aprivilege for some people to be
able to like pay $300,000 to beon a boat and like go willingly,
(25:29):
when a lot of you know kind ofweird stuff is happening right
now.
Speaker 1 (25:33):
That's true, and you know.
The other thing is, too, is doyou have to pay for that all up
front?
You know, can you plan?
Do you have to do it a year ata time?
It would be kind of interestingto hear about that as well, too
.
Speaker 2 (25:45):
Exactly.
And then you better hope thatwhile you're out to sea you
don't become Republican, becausethen you've wasted a lot of
money by the time you land again.
You better at least belibertarian, at worst.
Speaker 1 (25:55):
That's true, you know .
I just thought about this, butI can see a lot of retired
people maybe take this option.
Speaker 2 (26:03):
Yeah, me too.
Speaker 1 (26:10):
Because, also, when you're on a boat, you don't have
to worry about medical, becausethe boat provides medical while
you're on the boat.
Speaker 2 (26:13):
Yeah, yes, doesn't it seem, though, for four years,
that you'd go everywhere like 10times over that you could.
Speaker 1 (26:19):
True, that's true, that's true.
I mean, like I said, it's agreat trip, but me personally,
nah, I can't be no I mean, Iwould say probably a week or so
would probably be good enoughfor me.
Um, yeah, definitely.
Speaker 2 (26:36):
I can't even do a month, let alone no one of one
of my best friends does um, he'sone of the comedians on a
cruise on like a disney cruiseline and he'll do like a 30
minute show and he'll do it afew times.
But you would think like whenI'm like, oh, they probably put
you up at this glamorous suiteand it's like no, it's basically
like a glorified bunk bed andlike his, his comedians.
(26:59):
The comedians don't even getrooms that look out at the ocean
.
You, you're basically like in aoh wow.
Yeah, you're looking at a wall,all righty now.
Yeah, so it seems glamorous.
But one of those things whereI'm like, oh my God, you're in
Turks and Caicos and he's like,no, I was seasick forever, I got
food poisoning from the food.
Speaker 1 (27:17):
Hey, well, at least he had the experience right.
Speaker 2 (27:23):
Exactly.
Hey well at least he had theexperience right.
Exactly, it's still fun.
Yep, he did a comedy show forkids on a cruise, which you
could just imagine how that wentwith like kids with drunk
parents and like screaming athim.
Speaker 1 (27:32):
Oh, I can imagine.
That.
Speaker 2 (27:33):
Yeah, a 30-minute comedy set for kids.
Speaker 1 (27:38):
Well, unfortunately, we have to talk about this crazy
incident that happened.
A Florida man was pulled overand you know the customary for
the officer asks do you haveanything that will harm you,
anything sharp or dangerous inyour vehicle?
And he's, like you know, I dohave a weapon, so I'm on my side
.
He was very cooperative.
(27:59):
He got out the car, Put hishands on the roof.
I mean, everything was justcordial, no issues.
And it was multiple officersthere and One of the officers
Was taking his gun From his sideand accidentally shot him with
his gun.
I guess my question would bewhy did you have your?
Speaker 2 (28:24):
finger on the trigger ?
Yeah, yep.
And like what kind of trainingdid this person have?
And is it like a safety,supposed to be on?
Like, why is it already cockedand ready to go?
Speaker 1 (28:38):
Yeah, I mean, I don't know if the safety was on or
not, and you know that'sprobably a separate conversation
.
But you know, the thing is, isthat any gun that you handle,
you always assume it's loadedperiod?
Speaker 2 (28:51):
yeah, you know?
Oh, it was.
It was with the man's gun, notthe officer's gun, correct?
Oh okay, I totally thought theofficer did it with his own gun,
but no, it was the.
It was.
The officer took the man's gunand then shot him with it.
Speaker 1 (29:05):
Correct Okay, okay, and it was a female officer that
shot him and you can see herface.
You know, kind of like, oh shit, I'm fucked.
Yeah, and you know, the goodthing is they, they took them
over to the side and immediately, uh, administer first aid to
him.
But you kind of wonder, whywould you have your finger
(29:26):
anywhere near the trigger whenyou?
Just removed it off the side.
Speaker 2 (29:30):
Yes, and I'm guessing I'm reading now too that the
police officer was obviouslyfired and charged and I think,
yeah, that's really scary,accidents do happen.
But I think there should.
That's really scary, and I mean, accidents do happen, but I
think that should be like thisthere should be six things in
between like that happening andyou know if they're knowing that
they're holding a gun.
(29:51):
There should be like extraprecaution.
Speaker 1 (29:54):
Oh, yeah, exactly, and you know the thing is too is
because he was cooperative, thescene was calm.
You know, all you had to do isgrab it by the handle and just
pull it out.
And you know, I'm just stillamazed One for a simple travesty
why there's so many policethere.
(30:15):
To begin with, I think that's aseparate conversation.
Yep, absolutely.
And then the other thing too isthat you know, I looked at that
story over and over again and Inever really got a clear answer
as to how this happened.
How did she make that mistake?
Speaker 2 (30:33):
Right, that's really scary.
Speaker 1 (30:37):
And I think it's a safe bet that he's probably
going to sue them Uh-huh, as heshould yeah, but I don't know.
I think it's a safe bet thathe's probably going to sue them
Uh-huh, as he should, yeah, butI don't know.
I mean, it's just crazy to mehow things happen just for like
the common sense.
Or like the one story years agowhere the young man was pulled
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over and the officer shot himdead.
She was supposedly trying tograb the taser, but grabbed her
gun instead by accident Yo,taser, taser and shot him with
the gun.
And even though it doesn'thappen a lot, that we see for it
to happen at all is just sad.
It's just really sad.
Speaker 2 (31:19):
Right and they should know when they have like
accidents do happen.
But, like we said, there shouldbe four precautions that happen
in the middle and also, how yousaid, I feel like there's a
better use of everyone's timeand energy than just lurking at
like traffic stops when theyknow Chances are there's
probably like more crime goingon in the city.
I understand people need to gettheir quota, but it does seem
like they were just kind ofsitting and waiting and stopping
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people for silly reasons.
Speaker 1 (31:44):
Oh, yeah, and you know the thing is there are
certain states where you do haveconcealed carry that you can do
as long as you're licensed, youcan actually carry it with you.
So you have to understand thatin that type of a state there's
a high probability thatone-on-one people may have guns
in that car because it's legal.
(32:05):
So you have to be careful.
You have to be cognizant ofthat Just because a person has a
weapon on them in a state whereit's legal to have that weapon
doesn't automatically make themguilty of anything Right?
Speaker 2 (32:16):
This is total side note, but every now and then
I'll watch cops with myboyfriend.
It's one of those things whereit gives me the same vibe as
like jerry springer, where after15 minutes I get like I feel
like my iq is like ew.
I just feel like dirty andstressed out for no reason.
But it's amazing how, howpeople can like like I don't
(32:37):
know I get nervous nowadays withpeople like reaching it in
their like it.
We have to learn how tocommunicate in a way that like
does it not we, not the people,but I think like police people
too.
Because basically I've seen alot of these videos where people
will back talk the cops and I'mlike I just can't believe the
brazenness, like the, but wejust watch it A lot of times
(32:58):
it's like, honestly, I'm callingit's like honestly, I'm calling
it's like bratty white womenand I'm like, oh my God, that's
so annoying.
Like so it's just.
Speaker 1 (33:06):
Well, you know, the sad part, Meryl, is that to me
it opens up a deeper issue,Because I've seen situations
where, you know, people havemouthed off at the police.
Speaker 2 (33:16):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (33:18):
And they'll go crazy and stuff like that, and it's
like I don't know.
I guess, looking at it from apersonal color, I can't do those
things.
Speaker 2 (33:25):
Absolutely no.
I know I watch some of thosevideos.
I would have mouthed off at anofficer or talk crazy or
whatever, I maybe put my life onthe line literally.
Yeah, yep, no, I recognize that.
Obviously I can't imagine howthat must feel.
But I see those videos and I'mlike these girls get like 18,000
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chances in the way that theycan insult police people and
talk back to them, and they getlike a million chances before
they even put them in handcuffs.
And then I'm like, oh my God,that does not and would not work
for anyone and it's justridiculous.
Speaker 1 (33:59):
But the scary part about it, meryl, is it shows
that they can show restraint ifthey want to, because I've seen
it where people are yelling,screaming and cursing and
talking about I got my weaponsright to their face.
Yeah, oh my God.
Speaker 2 (34:19):
Seriously Yep, yep, and almost taunting them too,
like exactly yeah, I've seen abunch of ones.
Especially, I hate when theypull like annoying bratty girls
over for D wise and they're soconfused they're like what, what
I'm like?
What do you mean?
What you idiot?
Like you're drunk and you'redriving like so I honestly feel
like you should get doublearrested if you're like very
(34:40):
annoying as well.
but yeah, no, I think so thatall ties into just like I think
obviously it's, it's extraunfair for a lot of people and
it's like too lenient for some.
Speaker 1 (34:52):
Mm, hmm, mm, hmm.
But you know, the good thing isis that everyone has cameras
now, so yeah, yeah, I wonder, Idon't even see.
Speaker 2 (34:59):
So did it show the footage of her gun going off for
this case?
Speaker 1 (35:05):
Well, it does show it , but for obvious reasons you
know they'll freeze that andwon't actually show it.
I'm quite sure if you put somework into it you could probably
find the video.
Speaker 2 (35:16):
but yeah, like they were able to see that at least.
Speaker 1 (35:19):
Exactly so.
You know they'll stop it at acertain point.
You know, obviously, butunfortunately on social media,
I'm quite sure, if you put inthe work.
Speaker 2 (35:29):
you could probably see the unedited version of it.
Oh my God, and this persondidn't die right Like they're.
Speaker 1 (35:32):
Thank God, no, no, they didn't Okay good.
Speaker 2 (35:34):
So they're going to sue, and yeah, as they should,
and that's like.
I mean that that person likemade a mistake and they get,
they lose their job, but that'swhat it should be like that's
you know, I just think that'sterrible yeah, I agree okay,
let's see.
Oh, talk about bratty.
Okay, the next one.
Uh, these are the people thatwould be annoying with if the
(35:55):
cops stop them.
I think allegedly.
But uh, blake lively and ryanreynolds okay, so, like know,
there's so many angles of what'shappening with them.
Obviously, we still noteveryone on earth is so
oversaturated with the JustinBaldoni lawsuit and everything I
wanted to, on this conversation, at least take the angle that I
wanted to ask your thoughts,like I'm seeing them.
(36:16):
They just started this week tostart like reposting slowly on
Instagram.
Ryan Reynolds is kind of sharingsome like Insta stories and
right now they just had some.
Today they re-shared a picturewith one of her, her co-stars,
and it's it's so funny to me,cause it's like you could tell
they're probably trying to dolike some damage control and
(36:39):
just come across as like look,we're out in the public and you
know, to a certain extent I knowJustin Baldoni is doing that as
well Like everyone at thispoint is fighting for their life
, for, like, public recognitionand the court of public opinion.
But with Blake and Ryan now, tome it just seems like social
media is just so much morepowerful of a machine now,
because now you have millions ofus all able to share directly
(37:01):
with each other.
And now these like fake, stagedUs Weekly videos and articles
just seem they make thesituation like even cheesier
because we could all see kind ofright through those things.
So, like to me, what do youthink about when you see people
that are in a big scandalposting Like do you think that
can you easily see through someof the PR stuff, or do you try
(37:25):
to ignore it?
Speaker 1 (37:28):
I think sometimes you can.
You know, I think thatunfortunately in this day and
age, depending on how big of astar you are, you really want to
get ahead of the story.
So you know you want to putyour side of the narrative out
there to kind of help shape whatpeople see.
Yeah, and you know, the thingis is that years ago, you know,
social media was a fad.
(37:49):
Now it's a part of life.
And you know, when you makeyour money off of public opinion
and off of how the public feelsyou are, you want to take
control of that narrative.
So sometimes they take it alittle bit to the extreme, yeah,
yeah, but I do think that it'ssmart to try and take control of
(38:12):
it, though.
Speaker 2 (38:16):
In your world?
Have you heard rumblings, Ifeel, like around me, or my
TikTok algorithm shows that mostpeople are like team Justin of
the situation, but differentpeople could have different
views.
Like, is that what you're kindof seeing in your world?
Speaker 1 (38:31):
I'm kind of seeing that the one nice thing about
social media is you know you'regoing to see all different sides
of it.
It's never going to be onesided.
It's extremely rare that yousee that.
Speaker 2 (38:43):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (38:45):
But I do see it aiming, you know, leaning
towards team Justin and, like Isaid, you know, there's always a
backstory to everything and Ijust think that you know, like
with everything else, this maynot be the last we've heard of
the story.
Speaker 2 (39:01):
Oh no, not even like for 10 minutes at this point,
like if, if the lawsuit's gonnahappen or if the trial's gonna
happen like a year from now,then we need to like almost
freeze it and not talk about itfor the next year, because it's
gonna be too much.
But I mean, justin's camp isjust releasing thing after thing
.
Oh, and that's what I was gonnasay too is that like now these
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articles like say, an us weeklyarticle comes out about blake
lively, now on tiktok, someone'svideo of them working as like
an extra on gossip girl withblake lively that will get more
views than the us weekly articlewill get readers, and so it's
so interesting to me that it'sjust like run for now.
Hopefully it stays that way,but it's just run by more people
(39:42):
and I think so we're we're ableto see like as humans, what the
more media machines are tryingto force down our throats, and I
just think that's like sointeresting and the you know the
sheen comes off a little bit.
Speaker 1 (39:56):
Oh, yeah, oh yeah, and you know, the thing is that
everything that you see isreally subject to interpretation
, because you could put out avideo line, 10 people up and
those 10 people are probablygoing to see it 10 different
ways for the same thing.
Speaker 2 (40:15):
And I think, like most of us have to know, that
both sides of parties,especially when it's like
celebrity, are pretty much bothout of touch to a certain extent
and like both, probably alittle bit annoying and like
both a little bit narcissistic.
But.
But I think it's like whensomeone call, when someone tries
to like ruin the other person'scareer with like facts and we
end up seeing that those mightnot be facts, then that person.
I think should be like draggedtotally so.
Speaker 1 (40:38):
Yeah, and to me I think it's a great way to kind
of money up the waters when youget in court too, because you
know, you kind of wonder thepeople determine your fate,
especially if there's a jurythere how much of this stuff
that they watch, you know, howhow much influence does it have
over their thinking?
Yeah, so you know, it's reallya big strategy, almost like an
(41:01):
orchestra, as far as putting ittogether.
Speaker 2 (41:03):
You know together, well, we need to say this, but
we need to look this way and youknow it's, it's not just as
simple as the he say, she sayanymore, you know I have to say,
though I'm I'm high on my horsebecause in 2017, I think, I
said I was like talking abouthow, like I think blake lively
is so pretty, but I was donethen with like her and ryan's
relationship and just like, andI was like talking about how,
like I think Blake Lively is sopretty, but I was done then with
(41:24):
like her and Ryan'srelationship and just like, and
I was like I wish I couldunsubscribe from them in my
consciousness as like a coupleand so, and I got such flack
Cause like obviously at thattime, everyone loved them and
they've been kind of a goldencouple forever.
And I'm like I don't know, Idon't trust them and so you know
, had that where you're justlike right about something a few
years before and you're like Iknew that.
I knew they weren't good.
Speaker 1 (41:44):
You know what I've had, that I've had that before.
You know kind of a little bitoff subject, but you know I'm a
huge Bears fan.
Anyone who knows me knows Ilove my Chicago Bears and you
know I'm ride or die with them,even though we're hurting pretty
bad as winnings, but that'sokay.
I, even though we're hurtingpretty bad as winnings, but
that's okay, I'm still down withhim.
And years ago, in fact lastyear and the year before, people
(42:09):
were talking about, oh, justinFields this, justin Fields that.
And I would tell people, justinFields is not the problem.
Speaker 2 (42:16):
They thought I was nuts.
Speaker 1 (42:18):
I said Justin Fields is not the issue.
Well, fast forward.
Justin Fields is traded to thePittsburgh Steelers.
The starting quarterback ishurt or injured, reserve, so
he's stepping in and everybody'slike, well, where was this
Justin?
Justin was always there.
(42:39):
He didn't have an offensiveline when we were here to
protect him and he always hadissues.
So it doesn't matter who youput back there, they're going to
struggle.
And again, people thought I wasnuts.
I personally thought now Calebis a great quarterback.
I think we're great to have him.
But you know, one would arguethey should have used that first
(43:05):
round draft pick and those highpicks to to build that line.
People thought I was nuts.
Why would you use them for?
Not use them for a quarterback,whatever?
Well, guess what?
Caleb struggled last year andit wasn't because of caleb, you
know.
Yeah, and it doesn't mean thatthe offensive line are horrible
people.
It's like when you make a cakeIf you change one or two
(43:25):
ingredients, that cake could behorrible.
Speaker 2 (43:28):
Right, like too much chocolate, not enough frosting.
Exactly.
Speaker 1 (43:32):
And there's got to be a balance.
It's a formula and that's thesame thing in every sport.
It's a formula, and that evengoes in relationships and
business and stuff like that.
It's a relationship and it's aformula, what works together.
Speaker 2 (43:47):
And I think we should normalize gloating when we were
right after years later BecauseI completely forgot.
I was on a walk and I looked atmy phone and one of my friends
texted me and she was like notyou being right about Blake
Lively and Ryan Reynolds, likefive years later.
And I'm like oh my God.
And I went back and I was likelike it's like five years later
and I'm like oh my God.
And I went back and I was likeI've always thought Blake is so
pretty.
But people like that, where youjust have a gut instinct and
then you know it's all in goodfun I'm sure the same with you
(44:09):
in football where it's likeobviously you're not saying
shocking things, you're sayingsomething that's like silly and
you know it's in good fun, butyeah.
I think it's totally okay to goback and say ha-ha told you guys
, that is true.
Speaker 1 (44:25):
Well, this just happened pretty recently.
A lot of your medium and smallstations around the country all
of a sudden fired around 100meteorologists, and what they're
doing is they're replacingthose meteorologists with
(44:45):
meteorologists from the weatherchannel.
So All this is owned by thesame corporation.
And from a business standpoint,I get why they did what they
did.
I just thought that the way itwas done probably was not right.
None of them saw it coming.
Speaker 2 (45:07):
I know those people crying too.
There was a video of themsaying goodbye for the last time
and they were so sad.
Speaker 1 (45:13):
And a lot of them were on the air like years, you
know.
Speaker 2 (45:17):
Yeah, all of a sudden it's like okay, um, today's
your last day thank you foreverything you've done have a
nice one, yep, and a lot oftimes you don't even get to tell
like in radio stations wouldjust be yanked off.
And you don't even get to like,connect or even say goodbye to
your audience that you've beenwith forever and ever.
Speaker 1 (45:34):
Yeah, I don't know.
You think that's kind of cold,though.
Speaker 2 (45:38):
Yeah, it's cold, and I also think I wish we were more
.
I wish we almost leaned in moreinto having more local people,
because I feel like a lot ofpeople don't just want like
blanket forecast from theweather channel or having to
tune in.
I think they want to hear.
Even if it's like the samething or if it's not the most
high tech, you should at leasthave an option to be able to
(45:59):
hear from your localmeteorologist.
Speaker 1 (46:02):
Yeah, I think there's something to be said about
local reporting.
Speaker 2 (46:05):
Me too, me too, and I understand that, like the
Weather Channel has all the mosttechnology, but it's like, okay
, well then somehow they canwork with them to get that
information.
But we love our local peopleand also I like seeing what the
weather girls wear their dressesnot to be completely sexist,
but like I love beautifulweather people see you.
You can say that, I can't saythat yeah, I can say that I'm
(46:27):
like I love the weather girlsand their tiny little dresses,
but in a very respectful way.
But yeah, no, I think, like Imean, it happens with radio,
like one of our favoritechannels in san diego now only
pipes in stuff from las vegas,and I'm like you know, you kind
of lose that element, and that'shappening with a lot of smaller
media and I think it's sad yeah, I mean again, I get from a
(46:51):
financial standpoint of view,but I think that you kind of
lose that special touch withyour viewers when everything is.
Speaker 1 (46:58):
It's almost like when you you're making a phone call.
You used to be able to callyour local store and ask for
something and now it goes to acall center like I don't know
across the country it's notright and I know I mean
obviously it's the weatherchannel, so we hope it's going
to be as impartial as possibleand just tell us the straight up
facts.
Speaker 2 (47:16):
But I think it's important to have a lot of
checks and balances withdifferent media out there as
well, because we don't want,even if it's just weather, we
don't want just like especiallynowadays, in 2025, we don't want
one version of something.
Yes, we need checks andbalances.
Speaker 1 (47:34):
Yes, well, I know that these meteorologists will
land on their feet someplaceelse, but I don't know.
I think that was a littlesurprising, a little cold.
Speaker 2 (47:44):
I know they should say it's a cold front moving in
for getting fired.
What if?
Okay, here's this is like Ifeel like you should have on the
Elrond network.
You should have a show withjust you and all the fired
meteorologists and everyone justgives the weather all at once
and it should be called Weatheror Not, or something.
Speaker 1 (48:05):
Ooh, that would be cool.
I don't know if I'm big enoughTo return my phone calls, but
that would be awesome.
Speaker 2 (48:11):
I mean nowadays, I don't think they're that busy.
So I think now's the time.
Speaker 1 (48:16):
That actually would be awesome though.
Speaker 2 (48:18):
I think it would be super cool to do a fun show with
a bunch of fired weather people.
Whether it's talking aboutactual weather on the news or
doing improv things with them,or talking about their
experiences, I feel like thereshould be, a mockumentary or a
documentary about weather?
People there probably is.
That actually is Just an idea.
(48:39):
A storm is a brilliant idea.
Speaker 1 (48:41):
I haven't ever heard anything about weather, people
or meteorologists, ever.
Speaker 2 (48:47):
Let's co-produce it.
Go and take our idea, youlittle TikTok stealers.
Okay, good, well, I think we'lllet that simmer, but I like
that idea a lot.
So if you're a displacedmeteorologist, just look us up
and contact Lawrence.
Speaker 1 (49:07):
There you go.
L-rod's not a very popular name, so it'll be easy to find me.
Speaker 2 (49:11):
Yeah, l-rod sounds like a weather instrument.
According to the L, you know,we had our, had our Elrod out on
the satellite or something.
Okay, this next one, juicy,juicy.
There's been rumors floatingabout that.
The wonderful who I love somuch, barack Obama, and Michelle
(49:33):
, are.
You know, people say there'strouble in paradise.
They're not.
She's not seen a lot with himlately, and sources close to
other sources that are close tohim I've been saying that like
they don't know if they'reheaded for divorce.
Obviously because I think witha lot of times couples like this
just stay together for optics.
But then recently somethingerupted when a lot of people
(49:55):
have been saying that Obama andJennifer Aniston have been
having an affair and that hascome from like multiple blind
items and I have to say Ibelieve it.
I believe it.
I love the Obamas.
I think Michelle is like I wouldvote for her, she's my
president, but like.
(50:15):
I think that if.
Like I would vote for her,she's my president, but I think
that if there's smoke there'sfire.
And I know I just talked aboutnot believing everything we see,
but something just tells me Ifeel like this is a thing.
Maybe they're kind of living aseparate but respectful life,
and maybe Jennifer Aniston Idon't know, I believe it, I'm a
(50:35):
conspiracy theorist and this isone.
Iiston I don't know, I believeit, I'm a conspiracy theorist
and this is one I believe.
Speaker 1 (50:38):
I have to respectfully disagree.
Speaker 2 (50:40):
Good, good.
I was hoping you would.
Speaker 1 (50:42):
I do not think that this is a real story.
These days, if you hug someone,you're having an affair with
them.
Speaker 2 (50:51):
Right, right, and maybe she was at a party.
I mean, I would be.
I feel like Barack and Michelleare like the cute, like in a
lot of our minds they're likethe best couple, you know.
I feel like they exemplify alot of good traits as a couple,
as individuals.
So I hope this isn't true, butlike I mean what if I don't know
?
And they've just been togetherfor so long along?
Speaker 1 (51:13):
I don't think this is true at all.
I mean, I think that they havean ideal marriage, an ideal
relationship, and you notice, Iuse the word ideal, not perfect,
because one of the things thatthey've shared and I commend
them for, you know, kind ofletting us see a little bit into
their personal lives is, yes,they've had their moments.
Yes, they've had their ups anddowns, and it just means that
(51:37):
they're just like everyone else.
Speaker 2 (51:39):
There is no such thing.
Speaker 1 (51:42):
I'm going to paraphrase here, but I remember
Michelle Obama was saying in aninterview that there is really
no such thing as a 50-50 in amarriage marriage.
And it was interesting becauseshe said if you think about it,
there's going to be times wherehe's going to give 80%, you're
only giving him 20% for whateverreason.
(52:03):
Or there's going to be timeswhere she gives, let's say, 70%,
he's giving 30% because ofwhatever's going on.
You pick up the slack andthat's a real marriage.
That's a real relationship,because sometimes a person may
be down, they may be goingthrough something and you need
to help pick up the slack andhelp build them up.
(52:26):
That's a normal relationshipand I love the fact that they
don't put on this fairy talelike, hey, we're perfect,
nothing happens to us.
Hey, hey, yes, we argue, we'vehad.
That's normal and I think it'sgood to share that, because the
dangerous thing about socialmedia is you see, this perfect
couple, everything's great yeahyeah, issues and they, and then
(52:51):
all of a sudden they're gettingdivorced and now you're
devastated.
It was like hey what happened tothis perfect marriage, you know
.
Speaker 2 (52:56):
Exactly, and everyone's like I don't believe
in love anymore, right, but OK.
But don't you think that?
What if the Obamas have sometype of like?
I feel like Holly Weird isfreaky and politics are part of
that, and like they run in thesame circles.
What if they?
What if they're swingers andthey swung with jennifer aniston
(53:19):
, like I think it's possible,like I think they're both too
lovely humans, but I'm I'mleaving space, I'm holding space
for that idea.
I really am do.
Speaker 1 (53:26):
I think that there are hollywood couples or
political couples that do thatabsolutely.
I don't.
I I don't get the vibe thatMichelle and Barack Obama are
like Now.
If you had told me some othernames, yeah, probably so oh,
yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Speaker 2 (53:41):
If it was like Bill Clinton and Lisa Kudrow or
something, I'd be like okay, Idefinitely believe it.
But yeah, I just think I don'tknow what it is, but like the
same way that I thought RyanReynolds was annoying in 2017, I
think in 2025, I think I thinkit happened.
But I want to be wrong so badly, like I want to be proven wrong
(54:03):
because I believe in their loveand I think they're like a very
cute aspirational couple, yeah,yeah that's true.
And Jennifer Aniston will behated if that's the case.
I mean not that we don't know,but people are already.
I think she had to like lessenher comments because people were
already popping off on herInstagram.
Speaker 1 (54:23):
Yeah that's true.
Like I said, unless I'm shownsomething differently, I stand
by my statement.
I do not believe it.
Speaker 2 (54:30):
Okay, good, we're showing people how to
respectfully agree to disagree.
Speaker 1 (54:36):
That's right, and we're not fighting and throwing
things at each other.
Speaker 2 (54:39):
But we should take like a gentleman's bet or
something with, like you know,like two years of this comes out
.
Well, I'll pay you like $13 orsomething.
Speaker 1 (54:49):
Ah well, we're getting close to the end and
we're going to end our topics onsomething kind of fun here to
the end.
And we're going to end ourtopics on something kind of fun
here A person who is employed byUSA Today.
Her name is Erin Jensen.
She persuaded her employers tohelp her find a date for
Valentine's Day.
I think it's kind of a cutething or whatever, but I don't
(55:13):
know.
It kind of gives me thebachelor vibes, because when you
go through all these peopletrying to find that date or
whatever, but I don't know, itkind of gives me the Bachelor
vibes, because when you gothrough all these people trying
to find that date or whatever,are they really dating because
they want to get to know you orbecause they want to make a name
for?
Speaker 2 (55:27):
themselves.
Yeah, I think anytime on radiowhen we hear people that's like
this woman is up for dating andwe're going to do a game show.
It's like this woman is up fordating and we're going to do a
game show.
It's like, oh some of these menjust want clout, which is
annoying.
I don't know.
I think it's a cute way.
I think hopefully you should beable to discern who's doing it
for the right reasons by justlike asking the right questions
(55:48):
and maybe not going public withpeople yet and just kind of
seeing how they're acting behindthe scenes.
Speaker 1 (55:54):
That's true people yet and just kind of seeing how
they're acting behind the scenes.
Speaker 2 (55:57):
That's true, I mean if you're a singer, would you do
that though?
Would you, um, if it got meattention?
No, I was kidding.
I would probably as a bit, youknow, as like a pretend bit, but
in real life, no, I definitelywouldn't.
No, I wouldn't.
I.
I don't even know if I wouldtrust any of my like old
co-workers to even have set meup at the time.
So, no, would you you know what?
Speaker 1 (56:21):
please don't be mad.
I would do it to have fun.
To be honest with you, whatwould I do it for?
A real relationship?
Speaker 2 (56:28):
no right to have some fun, absolutely it's good
content because there's even,like I have, I have one really
(56:49):
wonderful single friend who'slike Absolutely friend and like
I want to do that on her behalf.
Or basically I'd give like a 15minute speech and like a
slideshow like why you shoulddate my friend, and then single
people come to it and they allmingle and meet and it doesn't
matter that I'm taken like I can, you know, pitch on her behalf
and I feel like stuff like thatis cute because hopefully people
that are showing up are showingup truly to like hopefully see
(57:12):
if they want to date who we'repitching.
Speaker 1 (57:15):
You should do that.
That actually sounds like agreat idea.
Speaker 2 (57:17):
It's really cool.
I think it's called Pitch aFriend, oh so it's an actual
show that does it now.
Yeah, they do it at bars.
I think right now my onlycomplaint with it is that the
ones that I've heard about skewa little bit younger, where it's
like when you're that young youdon't have that much of a
problem meeting people.
I think it's like once you'rein your late 30s, 40s, 50s,
(57:38):
that's when people need theextra oomph, the extra push.
Speaker 1 (57:42):
Oh yeah, and then plus, as you get older too, you
become a lot more guarded.
Speaker 2 (57:47):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (57:54):
So you know you're not as easy to.
You know open up to people, notto say it's a bad thing, but
you've learned stuff over theyears.
You've learned what you don'twant as well as what you want.
Speaker 2 (58:04):
Right.
But yeah, I probably would doit like you in a funny way, but
I wouldn't take it seriously.
Speaker 1 (58:12):
Yeah, that's true.
This has been a great, greatshow.
Speaker 2 (58:16):
It has.
It so has.
Speaker 1 (58:19):
Well, mara, tell us, what do you have coming up?
Speaker 2 (58:22):
Oh my gosh.
Later this week I'm actuallygoing to be performing in
Seattle, which I'm excited about.
I think it's called like theLaugh House Seattle or whatever.
The main comedy club is there,so that will be really fun.
Speaker 1 (58:36):
Nice, nice, well, everyone, thank you again for
watching the show.
We had such a great time.
Yeah, and just remember thatwe're on LRTVnetworkcom and
we're also on podcasts on a lotof your major podcast stations.
(58:56):
So make sure you support us onpodcasts on a lot of your major
podcast stations.
So make sure you support us.
Definitely.
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Thank you, support her.
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My name is Lauren Sellerup andI'm Merle Clemo.
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