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Speaker 1 (00:00):
You're listening to KFI AM six forty on demand.
Speaker 2 (00:05):
Every Sunday six o'clock. We take note of the news
around Tinseltown and beyond. There's no business like show business.
All right, let's start with the business side. If the Oh,
Heather Brooker, welcome to the program. Nice to see it.
Speaker 3 (00:17):
Oh my gosh, thanks for having me.
Speaker 2 (00:20):
It's always great having you here. We always look forward
to the final hour. We hate to say goodbye to Andrew,
but he never wants to stick around longer than his shift.
Who knows why Apple and Amazon cutting a deal that's
gonna bring Apple TV plus streaming service to Amazon's Prime
Video channels. Now, hold on, let me explain. If you're
not familiar, this doesn't mean that getting Amazon means you're
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getting Prime Video. If you don't have Prime Video and
you're not familiar, When you open up your your Prime
Video app, it's got the regular here's recommended for you
continue watching new seasons, coming previews, blah blah blah. But
as you scroll down out a little bit, it'll say
access your channel. What happens is you can you can
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buy some of the streaming channels through Amazon, and then
they're on that app. You don't have to download an
individual app for each one of those things. For instance, HBO,
the Showtime, I guess it's Max now right Showtime? The
not an E. What's the other? Anyway? You get my
point right, so you can access those things through your
Amazon app. Downside, I had trouble. Now maybe I'm just
(01:28):
doing it wrong, and this could be this could be Kayley,
you can you can bag on me for this one.
This could be an old man problem. I had a
trouble logging on and I can't remember if I was
trying to use my log on for like Max on
Prime and it wouldn't let me do it, or if
I was trying to use my Prime logout on the
Max app. Anyway, it doesn't seem to recognize that you're
(01:51):
the same person if you have If you're in the
Amazon app and you go, oh, I'll just open Max
while I'm in here, it doesn't really work that way.
It has to go through Amazon anyway. Uh. If you
don't have Apple TV Plus, which Apple TV Plus in
my opinion, is the best return on investment. They don't
have a massive library, but their original content is good
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and they haven't fallen prey to the everyone needs a
commercial game that everybody's playing. Yet. I'm sure they will,
but so far they haven't done it. So I'm a
I'm a fan of the Apple TV Plus. But now
you'll be able to access that through your Prime Video.
Now watch for that too, because as they're as they're
working these deals, uh the you never know. They may
they may run a sale that is exclusive to Prime Video.
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So if you haven't tried it before, you might have
an opportunity to do that. I think this is gonna
be a big deal for Apple because Apple is the
streaming service that seems to be hanging on ish. I
tell you, their content is good, their original programming is good.
They don't have a massive library, but what they do
have is solid uh and uh and I hope that
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they don't go under. Fortunately they've got the backing of
Apple to be able to continue on. But I right now,
I think they're losing money on that hand of her fist.
Hopefully this helps him out a little bit, all right,
What else is going on in the business side of
the things? Oh? Yes, bad news for Raoul's daughter. Raoul,
what did you tell me about your daughter? She's an adult?
What she's one of those Disney people. Oh, the Disney people. Yeah.
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Spends way too much there, wait, way too much time. There,
goes like three days a week. Does she wear Disney attire?
Speaker 4 (03:30):
Oh?
Speaker 2 (03:31):
Yes, she's not there. Yeah, she's one of those. No, yeah,
that's problematic. Where did you go wrong? I took her
to Disneyland when she was little. Yeah, that was the mistake.
I never made that mistake. My kids always wanted to
and I was like, no, you don't need that. So
Disneyland is now hiking prices again, and I know it
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comes to the shock. Let me see where is it?
Because they broke the barrier? Heard us. Yes, the highest
priced one park, one day toket for Disneyland and Disney
California Adventure broke through the two hundred dollar barrier for
the first time in the park's history. A decade ago,
a one park, one day ticket to Disneyland was ninety
six dollars, and in twenty fourteen, Disney moved to a
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tiered pricing system, So now we're up over two hundred dollars.
The most expensive tickets in Disneyland's seven tier pricing system
went to two hundred and six dollars for a one
day single park admission and up to two hundred and
seventy one dollars for a one day park hopper. So
two one hundred dollars to go see Mickey. That adds
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up quick when you're talking about a family of four
or five. All of a sudden, you're up over a
grand just to walk into the park. It doesn't include
the parking, That doesn't include if you're visiting from out
of town, everything else that goes into it. That's just
for your day at the park. How does your daughter
have enough money to come up with that? Travel nurse?
(04:56):
Oh that's good. They're in high demand right now. Yeah,
where did you go? Right with that one? Sent her
to Baylor Smart? Well done? Good for you. I mean,
obviously she's awkward and socially maladjusted, but sounds like she's
got her professional head on our shoulders. That's pretty good.
I like to see this Tula Vista native Mario Lopez
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getting some love.
Speaker 5 (05:20):
A big day for the actor and TV host who
first made a name for himself as Slater and Saved
by the Bell. Not only is it Mario Lopez's fifty
first birthday, he also got a star on the Hollywood
Walk of fame. Lopez is from Trulla Vista. I just
said that, and was discovered by a talent agent when
he was just ten years old.
Speaker 2 (05:41):
Yeah, and now he gives me updates on my celebrity
news when I'm pumping gas, and I love that about him.
Taylor Swift news. You want some Taylor Swift news. We
do our whip around the show business world here. So
Taylor Swift, you may have heard, is now the world's
richest female musician. She overtook whom Who knows the answer
(06:01):
to this one? Who?
Speaker 3 (06:04):
Michael Jackson?
Speaker 2 (06:05):
Female? Oh?
Speaker 3 (06:06):
Beyonce, Whitney Houston, Rihanna, Rihanna.
Speaker 2 (06:11):
There you go. Nice See, I would have guessed. I
would have guessed Beyonce. I actually I knew this. I
don't know where I picked up this little tidbit of
information beforehand, but I knew it was Rihanna. And I
think it's because she got into the makeup business. Well yeah,
I mean, yeah, obviously the endorsement stuff, but but I
think she was producing, not not not editing audio, but
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she had the record label stuff.
Speaker 3 (06:37):
Was she writing songs, writing other people's songs?
Speaker 2 (06:39):
I think she was gonna I think she was just
savvy on the business end of things.
Speaker 3 (06:43):
Well, she also owns fenty Beauty, which is a huge
money maker for her.
Speaker 2 (06:48):
Okay, yeah, there you go. Yeah. See, I would have
thought Beyonce too, because I know Beyonce hugely successful, but
also her and her husband with the with their business,
uh record producing business, and the sports ventures and everything
else that they've done. I would have I would have
probably guessed Beyonce. But nope, uh. T Swift now overtakes Rihanna.
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Her value is one point six billion dollars one point
six billion.
Speaker 3 (07:15):
About twenty Yeah, you guys, songs. Should we writing? Let's
start writing songs.
Speaker 2 (07:22):
I think we'd be good. I don't even need I
don't need to be one point six billion dollars good.
I'm I'm okay if I'm just one hundred million, one
hundred million good? Are you telling me I'm not even
one sixteenth as talented as Taylor Swift?
Speaker 6 (07:35):
Come on, that's given.
Speaker 2 (07:37):
Yeah, that's obvious. One thirty second, I'll take fifty million.
That's not how it works out. Meanwhile, I guess that
her fans are creating havoc for poor Travis Kelsey's ex girlfriend.
She said in a podcast of course, that the negativity
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she gets from Taylor Swift's fans has impacted her life.
Swift has been dating Travis Kelcey for more than a year,
although they were supposed to break up on September twenty eighth,
but since it came out that that was all staged now,
they had to postpone the breakup, so we don't know
when they're going to break up. So swifties are eyeballing
Travis's x, some of whom have sent negativity the way
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of the model and the influencer. She's modeling influencer, of course,
and she says there's a high level of hate and
chaos that impacts her. She says it does even to
this day. You can go to my most recent post
and there will be people debating each other why I'm
worthless and I'll never be a talented person and I
have no career ouch all because she dated the guy
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that is now dating Taylor.
Speaker 6 (08:42):
Swift way before Taylor and they broke up like way
before he met Taylor. So I really don't know.
Speaker 2 (08:47):
Why can you imagine mean to her? Your ex boyfriend's
new girlfriend had a bunch of minions that started attacking you,
like what did I do to you? But yeah, we
had a relationship, didn't work out, we moved on. What
Why does that make me a bad person?
Speaker 6 (09:04):
And Kaitla doesn't seem to say anything about Travis or
their relationship for the most part, she seems to just
be moved on with her life and just trying to
promote her own brand.
Speaker 2 (09:11):
Yeah, because they broke up. What how much? How much
energy do you expend on your exes?
Speaker 3 (09:17):
I don't Well, I think I think not to defend
this online weird parasocial behavior that people do. But I
think she initially started getting some of the backlash because
when they first started dating, she was doing interviews and
telling people, well, I had him first. Is that true?
It's true. Yeah, you can see it in the interview.
There's like an interview or she did it where she's like,
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I had him first.
Speaker 2 (09:39):
She was staking her claim.
Speaker 3 (09:40):
And she also she did yeah, forget.
Speaker 2 (09:44):
We know that China just landed on the moon, but
we've been here since nineteen sixty nine, that's what happened.
Speaker 3 (09:49):
And I think she's also recently I saw her interview
just from a couple of days ago, where she said
that somebody asked her if she still communicates with Travis,
and she's like, well, it's kind of complicated now. We
just kind of nod at each other because we know,
because of his situation, we can't really, you know, communicate,
and that kind of lets some people think, well, why
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would you think he would want to communicate with you.
He's another relationship. He's moved on. And I feel for
her because to be constantly asked about it and she
can never seemingly like move on. No matter what she
says at this point is going to be under fire.
So it's such a it's a no win situation. That's tough.
Speaker 2 (10:28):
Fair to say she should have known better.
Speaker 6 (10:32):
Yeah, Taylor Swift fans, don't play. That's like coming at
Don said to.
Speaker 2 (10:35):
Be leaving my boy alone. Okay, listen, leave my boy Kelsey.
This caldicole. Don't date a guy who has the potential
to date the world's most powerful woman. Don't do it.
Speaker 3 (10:45):
Sound advice right there, right, don't do it.
Speaker 2 (10:49):
You got to know your stuff.
Speaker 3 (10:51):
I'm going to stop dating people just in general. Well,
you're married, so oh yeah yeah.
Speaker 7 (10:56):
Me.
Speaker 6 (10:56):
On the other hand, I hope, I hope I snagger Travis, Yeah,
I hope.
Speaker 3 (11:02):
You do too. I'm gonna put that out into the universe, not.
Speaker 6 (11:05):
Not Travis Kelsey himself, somebody else like me. No, no, no, no,
ask golly, I don't want Taylor's man just.
Speaker 3 (11:10):
To be colol.
Speaker 2 (11:10):
Right, So as you just heard Kayla, our Kayala is
trying to break up Travis Kelsey and Taylor Swift.
Speaker 3 (11:14):
You can reach her yet the devil give the SOCII yeah, perfect,
all right, we'll continue.
Speaker 2 (11:24):
There's no business like show business. We'll get into the
dirty side of the business, including some pretty horrible characters
and an awful lot of money. That's next, Chris Merril,
I am six forty live everywhere in your iHeartRadio app.
Speaker 1 (11:37):
You're listening to KFI AM six forty on demand.
Speaker 2 (11:42):
We're talk to business. How about we get to the underside.
There's no business like show business, all right. I love
the greasy underbelly of show business. Jake Paul, you're familiar
with Jake Paul. Jake Paul is an Internet sensation known
for being an Internet sensation. He challenged Mike Tyson ahead
of the Netflix fight. They were supposed to have this
back in Was it June? Rob, Do you remember it
(12:02):
was June that they were supposed to do their fight. Yeah,
and then Tyson. Tyson kind of pulled out because he
got injured or something of the sort. I don't recall
the exact circumstances, but I guess it's been rescheduled, and
he's now issued a challenge to Mike Tyson five million
dollar challenge ahead of the fight. So Jake Paul, who
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is generally considered to be kind of a Delta Bravo,
wants to sweeten the pot. Tyson and Paul set to
box November fifteenth, after the fight originally scheduled it was July.
According to the story from New York Post, Paul posted
a video on TikTok this week, and that's Tik Toxic Mikey, Mikey,
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if you can last more than four rounds with me,
I'll give you an extra five million dollars, according to
Jake Paul, who's been wearing a fat suit in his
fight promotion videos for the past several weeks. So there
you go. If you can last four with me, I'll
give you an extra five million dollars. Uh, maybe I'm
(13:05):
wrong on this. It's been known to happen, but I
don't know that. Jake Paul is gonna last four rounds.
I don't know that Jake Paul is gonna last one round.
That's been a long time since Tyson's fought professionally, but
I remember Mike Tyson, and I think whatever fifty five
year old Mike Tyson on the holdly is about, that,
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fifty five year old Mike Tyson is probably still better
than ninety nine point nine percent of the boxers out there.
So Jake Paul issues his five million dollar challenge, and
I feel like Jake Paul just asked to take a
bigger beating. He just asked to make his beating last
at least four rounds. Said, if you can last four rounds,
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I'll give you an extra five million dollars. Jake Paul,
you should have just been willing to take your sixty
second pounding. But now Tyson's gonna toy with you. Like
a cat that tortures a mouse before leaving it on
the bathroom, that's going to be you. You're the half
eaten mouse, just praying, praying that we put you out
of your misery, and it's going to cost you extra
(14:08):
five million dollars. That's where I am on that. How
about Diddy huh, here's your Diddy update. Diddy is not
doing well.
Speaker 8 (14:20):
The Federal Appeals Court says rapper Shan Ditty Combs will
stay in jail for now.
Speaker 2 (14:25):
What No justice for Diddy.
Speaker 8 (14:27):
That appeals court said it will consider whether the Combs
should eventually be released on a bail package that he
is offering, including a fifty million dollar bond, restrictions on visitors,
and supervision by private security guards. Meanwhile, Combs was back
in a Manhattan courtroom today where a judge set a
trial date next May for him to face sex trafficking charges.
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His attorney pleaded with the public to tone down the
sensationalism around this case.
Speaker 2 (14:53):
Yeah, tone it down, everybody, Just tone down the sensationalism.
It wasn't a thousand bottles of baby oil. It's nine
to ninety four, but it wasn't a thousand, So just chill.
We really want to put an end to all of
the clowning. Yeah, stop clowning on Puffy that we see
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on the internet.
Speaker 7 (15:15):
There's a serious proceeding with serious consequences, and all of
us are a dressing it accordingly.
Speaker 2 (15:21):
Yeah, they are dressed accordingly in latex rubber suits.
Speaker 8 (15:27):
Comb's family was with him in court today. He has
pleaded not guilty to all charges.
Speaker 2 (15:31):
Meanwhile, they're trying to figure out who leaked that video
of him beating the woman up by the elevator. Lawyers
for did He this week accusing the government of waging
a campaign to leak evidence, including that twenty sixteen video
showing him a celting singer Cassie, who was his girlfriend
at the time, and then damaging his right to a
fair trial. Yep, they say it's their fault for leaking
(15:54):
that video. You know who's fault. I think it is.
It's the guy who kicked the crap out of his
friend on video. But that's me.
Speaker 3 (16:04):
I think you're right, Chris.
Speaker 2 (16:05):
Yeah, I don't have a whole lot of sympathy. I really,
really really try to put on a lawyer and hat
every now and again and go okay, and it's until
proven guilty, don't take the jury pool, blah blah blah.
Speaker 6 (16:16):
But there are just some things I go, even if
you did sympathize at one point, that video will make
you change your opinion.
Speaker 3 (16:24):
It was so hard to watch.
Speaker 2 (16:26):
I just try to be clinical. I guess about it, like,
all right, here's the legal proceeding and it's until proven guilty.
Don't tamper with the evidence. Blah blah blah. You know,
but dude, Oh, that can't believe that surveillance video leaked.
It was on a hotel video camp, Like, they're not
bound to not put that on the internet.
Speaker 3 (16:46):
Well, he did pay them not to.
Speaker 2 (16:49):
I mean they were kind of bound to not put
it on the internet because he paid him off. But yeah,
but it's just it's kind of like a sex tape, like, baby,
this is just for us, okay, and then they put
it on the internet. I thought that was just for us. Yeah,
I mean it was at the time, until it wasn't. Yeah, yeah, exactly. Oh,
(17:09):
I paid you not to post that, Okay, Well assume
me because I made a lot more from selling it.
Let me see. New evidence emerges in Marilyn Manson's sex
abuse case. He's a super creep kind of kind of
in the camp of who didn't see that coming? Is
that wrong? It's Marilyn Manson. Oh, I can't believe. Marilyn
(17:32):
Manson was not a normal human being and now we're
trying to hold him in a normal human being standards. Yeah,
he's not. So that's not gonna go well. I guess
as may Bianco, who is an actress, claims that Da
gascon ignored her claims about Marilyn Manson, so she's not
happy she was in Game of Thrones. I guess I
(17:55):
saw the press conference and I still didn't recognize her.
But she says, basically she was just completely ignored, and
uh yeah, it looks like Marilyn Manson's gonna I'm gonna
be in that same boat as some of those other
creeps that we're talking about, like Diddy or or the like.
All right, time for you to log off, just stop,
(18:17):
just log off. The world would be a much better
place if you just logged off. I'll tell you where
to start with that. Next Chris merrilf I AM six forting.
We're live everywhere on the iHeart Radio app.
Speaker 1 (18:29):
You're listening to KFI AM six forty on demand.
Speaker 2 (18:33):
Hey, good evening, Chris Merril KFI AM six forty more
stimulating talk and you can listen anytime on the iHeartRadio app.
It's a time for my weekly rant on TikTokers talkers.
We are getting drummer because of TikTok and this isn't
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just an old man rant. This is fact backed up
by science. If, of course you believe science, TikTok told
me not to, So why would I? International Business Times IBT,
which is one letter away from a digestive issue, a
lawsuit filed by fourteen attorneys general alleging the company was
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aware of the apps habit forming qualities and they deceived
the public. You've probably heard about the TikTok lawsuit with
all the attorneys general that are jumping on and saying
that TikTok is trying to rot kids' brains. Get this,
They have evidence TikTok can become addictive after viewing videos
on the wildly popular act for just thirty five minutes.
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If you are in avid TikToker, Heather, how many days
do you spend more than thirty five minutes scrolling on TikTok?
Speaker 3 (19:48):
Every day? Seventy?
Speaker 2 (19:50):
If you open it, you're there for more than thirty minutes.
Speaker 3 (19:52):
For sure, more than an hour. I'm on TikTok right now.
Speaker 2 (19:56):
Literally, no, we noticed we were being fubbed. You remember
the fubbed term. No, it's like being snubbed by someone
who's on their phone. Oh, phone snubbing, fubbing.
Speaker 3 (20:09):
I definitely have a problem. I am working on it
because I spend way too much time on TikTok.
Speaker 2 (20:16):
Yeah, you're not alone. Turns out that's what they want
you to do. And so information came to light when
redactions of one of the lawsuits were faulty. So they
put out the redacted lawsuits to say, this is what's
going on, this is what's public. Well, somebody screwed up
the redact reaction redactation redactor on. They screwed it up anyway,
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because everybody doesn't digitally now instead of just doing it
the old fashion way with a marks alot marker and
sniffing the market while you're doing it, nobody does it
the old fashion way anymore, which was much better. So anyway,
when Kentucky Public Radio copied and pasted excerpts of the
redacted portions, thirty pages a D, documents previously kept secret
were revealed again because it's all digital. So they just
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copied pasted, and then something didn't go with the paste
because they didn't mix down the image or whatever it is,
and ta da, there it is. TikTok, according to the suit,
was fully aware that someone could form a habit after
viewing two hundred and sixty videos. Well, two hundred and
sixty videos. If you're watching fifteen second clips, you can
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knock that out in thirty five minutes. This reminds me
of when the internal documents came to light from the
cigarette companies, and the cigarette companies knew that their product
was addictive, and they were working intentionally to get people
addicted to it, and then they were denying that there
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was any addiction. They were denying it was bad for you, right,
And all of a sudden, their internal documents came to
light because of a whistleblower. And in this case is
not a whistleblower. It's just somebody who's bad at Adobe PDF.
That's it. That's what happened. And it's not just that
TikTok is rotting the brains of young people. It is
obviously addictive for older people, as Heather just mentioned. And
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I get it too. I'm not on the TikTok, but
I will I doom scroll. In fact, according to another
study here, doom scrolling costs US three days a month.
According to a survey, I would argue that my doom
scrolling costs me three months a day. The average American
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spend six hours consuming some type of media every day,
and there's correlation between excessive media scrolling and very poor
mental health. So there you are. Younger people spend even
more time consuming media. They are most likely to be
on their screens fifteen plus hours a day, literally from
the time that they awake until the time that they
go to sleep. How do I know that because my
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gen zs still get at least twelve hours of sleep
a night. Gen Z has somehow figured out how to
add hours to the day so that they can scroll
more but not miss out on sleeping in. It's impressive.
And according to the latest TikTok trend, you know how
much I love these trends, man, I love these trends.
(23:15):
TikTok is making parents dumber and dumber parents are accidentally
killing their kids because of TikTok new concerns.
Speaker 9 (23:22):
Certain social media trends are putting kids at risk. But
it's the parents, not the children, unintentionally creating the danger
by choosing certain aesthetics.
Speaker 2 (23:32):
Oh good, and we're going to TikTok things. I saw
it on TikTok and now I'm going to do it
all over my house. Have you guys seen the new
TikTok trend. It's called hashtag hang knives. You just tie
little knives up to the ceiling using dental floss and
then it's kind of a game. It's like Russian roulette.
(23:52):
It's so much fun. You guys should try it. So far,
nobody in my family has lost, except for the cat.
But it was clouth.
Speaker 7 (24:02):
We looked at social media trends over a four year
period and there were more than nearly eight hundred thousand
mentions or displays of taking laundry packets out of their
containers and putting them in clear jars. That's putting style
over safety.
Speaker 2 (24:20):
Yeah, in all fairness, those laundry packs do look delicious.
Speaker 9 (24:27):
The American Cleaning Institute is sounding the alarm over hashtag
clean talk.
Speaker 2 (24:31):
Hey, if I give away tide pods this year for
Halloween instead of kit cats, could I be charged with something?
Or is that because I feel like it's fair If
the kids come to my house threatening me trick or treat,
I'm like, okay, well, jokes on. You enjoy that tidepod.
Speaker 3 (24:48):
I'll save bill money for you.
Speaker 2 (24:49):
Chris, thank you.
Speaker 9 (24:50):
The American Cleaning Institute is sounding the alarm over hashtag
clean talk.
Speaker 2 (24:56):
There's an American cleaning institute. I missed that help want
it add on LinkedIn.
Speaker 9 (25:02):
In a survey, the group found thirty six percent of
Americans believe putting gel laundry pods and decorative containers can
enhance their laundry space, and twelve percent of them are
already doing it.
Speaker 2 (25:13):
Oh it's so fun.
Speaker 9 (25:15):
Yeah, but that aesthetic choice can also make those chemicals
more appealing to your toddler.
Speaker 7 (25:20):
You need to keep those products out of sight and
out of the reach of children. Of these products are
meant to be kept in the containers which are child resistant.
Speaker 2 (25:31):
Every Okay, let's be fair. Is this also maybe media
doing some dumb stuff here where media is saying, oh,
this TikTok trend could be dangerous if people do it
this way, and we don't know that they're not, so
let's run with it. They're not drawing a direct line
between people who are putting tide pods in clear containers,
which I'm imagining is like either a vase or a
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fishbowl or something, and parents who have toddlers in the house.
So what is the Venn diagram of parents with toddlers,
parents who are decorating with tide pods. How much overlap
is there? Right? I don't know how much there is.
This is kind of like many people are walking around
the house with completely uncovered light sockets. Those sockets could
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become a real danger to children, right, But I don't
have any kids, so I don't think I need to
put safety things in my outlets? Do I know?
Speaker 9 (26:25):
Every forty four minutes US poison control centers get a
call about a child exposed to a liquid detergent pod?
Speaker 2 (26:32):
Is that from parents putting it into clear containers?
Speaker 9 (26:35):
Most involved children under six years old, and nearly all
of them happen at home.
Speaker 2 (26:40):
From parents who put things in clear containers Based on TikTok.
Speaker 7 (26:43):
Children toddlers are so curious and they're falling around. They
can be attracted to anything.
Speaker 9 (26:51):
Symptoms from exposure can include excessive vomiting, wheezing, and gasping.
Speaker 2 (26:56):
Is this all because of the TikTok trend? And you know,
I don't want to defend the social media site, but
you guys are kind of straw manting this one together,
aren't you.
Speaker 9 (27:06):
Some kids get very sleepy or can have problems breathing
serious enough to require a ventilator. Child safety experts say
prevention's key. The safest solution keeping cleaning supplies behind closed
doors with a child's safety lock.
Speaker 2 (27:19):
All right, look, I'm not going to change my laundry
room habits. But also I don't have any kids. So
if I did, would it be that big a deal.
Speaker 4 (27:29):
No?
Speaker 2 (27:30):
If I don't have any toddlers that are wandering around, no,
not a problem. So maybe we don't necessarily draw that
line that might not be there. All right, that's where
I follow in that one. I have the best story
to share with you. At least it's right up doctor
(27:50):
Wendy's alley. I cannot wait to get her feedback on
this one. And if you've got kids, especially adult kids
or let's say young adult kids, you're gonna want to
hear this. If they're not talking to you, they think
it's your fault, we'll find out if it is. That's next.
I'm Chris Merril. I AM six forty. We're live everywhere
(28:13):
in the iHeart Radio app.
Speaker 1 (28:14):
You're listening to KFI AM six forty on demand.
Speaker 2 (28:18):
I AM six forty more stimulating talk on Chris Merril.
Always a pleasure being with you, and I so appreciate
you dealing with my shenanigans every Sunday. You are a magnificent,
magnificent person, and I rarely get enough time to say it,
but I appreciate the heck out of every one of
you guys so much. I have to tell you. Raoul
(28:38):
is like he's like a buddy. And I don't know
if you've got any of those relationships. Maybe you've got
a happy hour or something where you get together with
your friends once a week. For me, I just get
to hang with my buddy every Sunday, Raoul. I love you, man.
I was telling Kayla, I said, this is such a
magnificent emotional and professional reset for me to be able
(28:59):
to do this show every sing and without her it
wouldn't be nearly as much fun. She is like, she's
like BNSF. She makes everything we do better. And of
course Heather Brooker keeps us on our toes, adds information
and context to some of these stories, and she's just
damn funny. And I just have so much respect for
each and every one of you, and I love you
(29:19):
to death. Thank you, thank you, thank you. So we
got doctor Wendy Walsh coming up here in just a
few moments and I happened across a story in the Economist.
You know, I was flipping through doing some light reading,
and my headline caught my eye. Granted it was an
issue of The Economist that was in my dentist office,
(29:41):
so it was actually from twenty twenty one. But here's
what it says. Headline, how many American children have cut
contact with their parents and come to find out lots
Cornell University, And I should have read this years ago.
I wish I had. Cornell found that twenty seven percent
of adult Americans are estranged from a close family member.
(30:07):
The relationship most commonly severed is that between parent and child,
and in most cases it's the child who wields the knife.
I am fascinated by that. Now they speculate as to
why that might be, They say, arise in individualism that
emphasizes personal happiness is the biggest factor. People are increasingly
likely to reject relatives who obstruct feelings of well being
(30:29):
in some way by holding clashing beliefs or failing to
embrace those of others. And so, one way or another,
whatever it is, they don't like their parents and they
reject them, and so they cut ties with their parents,
Doctor Wendy, If if a child cuts ties with their parents,
is that a failure by the parents or is it
a failure by the child or does the blame get
(30:50):
shared evenly around Oh, she's trying to connect. Okay, here's
why I asked this. This is terribly personal, and here's
why I asked this. So I mentioned this before. I'm stepdad,
all right. So I came into the kids' lives when
they were young, eight four and three and eight five
(31:11):
and three. My daughter and son have a they're a
year and a half apart, so you know, for for
half a year they're only one year apart, and the
other half they're like two years apart. And how it goes. So,
so I came into their lives and they were young,
and they've had some they've had some on and off
relationship issues with their biological father. And I won't say
(31:36):
anything disparaging about him. That's it's his business to deal
with his kids, and I try to stay out. Look,
I got caught in the middle of things enough when
they were young. I'm just I'm just happy to be
out of the mix right now. But I can tell
you this, the whole severing contact contact with parents thing.
I almost think that it's the adult children trying to
(31:58):
take some sort of a control role in the relationship.
They don't like something that the other parent did. They're
trying to control the dynamic of that relationship, maybe setting
their own boundary. I don't know, doctor Wendy, how does
that work when a kid cuts off contact with their parent?
What I feel like it's more than just a rise
of individualism.
Speaker 4 (32:19):
Well, technically it's called parental alienation, and it is usually
young adults trying to individuate and sort through, usually some
kind of trauma that happened early in their life. Right.
And so sometimes a therapist might suggest going no contact
(32:40):
if perhaps a parent was so enmeshed with the child
now the adult that they don't have any feelings of
their own separately, Right, So they've got to control how
often they see the parent because the parent has so
much emotional control.
Speaker 2 (32:55):
Okay, is there a situation where yeah, it does? It does?
Is is there ever a situation? And I'm asking us
it's a loaded question. So my seventeen year old, excuse me,
he's twenty nine, he's almost thirty. Now he's twenty nine.
It'll turn thirty here in January, when he was seventeen,
I got a job offer in California. It's when I
first moved to California. And he says that all of
(33:18):
the issues he's having right now are because we moved
him before his senior year of high school. And I
have a little trouble swallowing that. And that's why I
wanted to listen so intently when you said, you know,
trying to clear up some trauma. And I don't want
to say that it wasn't traumatic for him. Certainly was,
especially when you're a young adult adolescent. But at the
same time, I mean, we all have little hurdles and obstacles.
(33:42):
At what point do you stop blaming your parents for things?
That feels like, right, I.
Speaker 4 (33:46):
Mean parents blaming there? When parents? Yeah, right, I mean
he's learning to cope with what was a difficult time
in his life. And you know, we throw around this
word trauma a lot. Yeah. Trauma is, you know, something
that involves deep emotional or physical abuse. It is something
(34:08):
that creates post traumatic stress disorder. Comparatively, I will tell
you that I was a military brat and by the
time I graduated high school, i'd gone to ten different schools,
and in my case, because I'm an extrovert, and it
was actually fine because I had new friends every year
and I was I'm very good at making friends. Now,
(34:28):
my younger brother is very shy, found it much more difficult.
He would sit in the basement and watch TV until
we brought the younger brothers and sisters of our friends
home for him to hang out with. So he's more
of a homebody.
Speaker 3 (34:40):
To this day.
Speaker 4 (34:41):
He doesn't ever move, you know, He's very happy and so,
you know, part of.
Speaker 2 (34:49):
Yeah, obviously a challenge that good luck guys were trying.
Speaker 4 (34:54):
To earn a living so that you could, you know,
keep eating at a roof over your head. But eventually,
through the therapeutic process, the therapists will help them understand
that all parents do the best they can with the
tools they've been given. And there's no such thing as
a perfect childhood. There's no such thing as a perfect parent.
Speaker 2 (35:15):
Yeah, so get off my back, kid anyway. I just
don't want them to really need me. That's mine that one. Yeah. Uh.
Doctor Wendy Walsh and Doctor Wendy after Dark starts at
seven o'clock. I love you to death. I cannot wait
to hear it. Thank you so much. I enjoy talking
with each and every one of you every week. We'll
be back next Sunday as well. Chris Merril I AM
(35:36):
six forty. We are live everywhere in the iHeartRadio app
KFI AM six forty on demand
You're listening to KFI AM six forty on demand.
Speaker 2 (00:05):
Every Sunday six o'clock. We take note of the news
around Tinseltown and beyond. There's no business like show business.
All right, let's start with the business side. If the Oh,
Heather Brooker, welcome to the program. Nice to see it.
Speaker 3 (00:17):
Oh my gosh, thanks for having me.
Speaker 2 (00:20):
It's always great having you here. We always look forward
to the final hour. We hate to say goodbye to Andrew,
but he never wants to stick around longer than his shift.
Who knows why Apple and Amazon cutting a deal that's
gonna bring Apple TV plus streaming service to Amazon's Prime
Video channels. Now, hold on, let me explain. If you're
not familiar, this doesn't mean that getting Amazon means you're
(00:41):
getting Prime Video. If you don't have Prime Video and
you're not familiar, When you open up your your Prime
Video app, it's got the regular here's recommended for you
continue watching new seasons, coming previews, blah blah blah. But
as you scroll down out a little bit, it'll say
access your channel. What happens is you can you can
(01:02):
buy some of the streaming channels through Amazon, and then
they're on that app. You don't have to download an
individual app for each one of those things. For instance, HBO,
the Showtime, I guess it's Max now right Showtime? The
not an E. What's the other? Anyway? You get my
point right, so you can access those things through your
Amazon app. Downside, I had trouble. Now maybe I'm just
(01:28):
doing it wrong, and this could be this could be Kayley,
you can you can bag on me for this one.
This could be an old man problem. I had a
trouble logging on and I can't remember if I was
trying to use my log on for like Max on
Prime and it wouldn't let me do it, or if
I was trying to use my Prime logout on the
Max app. Anyway, it doesn't seem to recognize that you're
(01:51):
the same person if you have If you're in the
Amazon app and you go, oh, I'll just open Max
while I'm in here, it doesn't really work that way.
It has to go through Amazon anyway. Uh. If you
don't have Apple TV Plus, which Apple TV Plus in
my opinion, is the best return on investment. They don't
have a massive library, but their original content is good
(02:15):
and they haven't fallen prey to the everyone needs a
commercial game that everybody's playing. Yet. I'm sure they will,
but so far they haven't done it. So I'm a
I'm a fan of the Apple TV Plus. But now
you'll be able to access that through your Prime Video.
Now watch for that too, because as they're as they're
working these deals, uh the you never know. They may
they may run a sale that is exclusive to Prime Video.
(02:36):
So if you haven't tried it before, you might have
an opportunity to do that. I think this is gonna
be a big deal for Apple because Apple is the
streaming service that seems to be hanging on ish. I
tell you, their content is good, their original programming is good.
They don't have a massive library, but what they do
have is solid uh and uh and I hope that
(02:59):
they don't go under. Fortunately they've got the backing of
Apple to be able to continue on. But I right now,
I think they're losing money on that hand of her fist.
Hopefully this helps him out a little bit, all right,
What else is going on in the business side of
the things? Oh? Yes, bad news for Raoul's daughter. Raoul,
what did you tell me about your daughter? She's an adult?
What she's one of those Disney people. Oh, the Disney people. Yeah.
(03:24):
Spends way too much there, wait, way too much time. There,
goes like three days a week. Does she wear Disney attire?
Speaker 4 (03:30):
Oh?
Speaker 2 (03:31):
Yes, she's not there. Yeah, she's one of those. No, yeah,
that's problematic. Where did you go wrong? I took her
to Disneyland when she was little. Yeah, that was the mistake.
I never made that mistake. My kids always wanted to
and I was like, no, you don't need that. So
Disneyland is now hiking prices again, and I know it
(03:52):
comes to the shock. Let me see where is it?
Because they broke the barrier? Heard us. Yes, the highest
priced one park, one day toket for Disneyland and Disney
California Adventure broke through the two hundred dollar barrier for
the first time in the park's history. A decade ago,
a one park, one day ticket to Disneyland was ninety
six dollars, and in twenty fourteen, Disney moved to a
(04:13):
tiered pricing system, So now we're up over two hundred dollars.
The most expensive tickets in Disneyland's seven tier pricing system
went to two hundred and six dollars for a one
day single park admission and up to two hundred and
seventy one dollars for a one day park hopper. So
two one hundred dollars to go see Mickey. That adds
(04:35):
up quick when you're talking about a family of four
or five. All of a sudden, you're up over a
grand just to walk into the park. It doesn't include
the parking, That doesn't include if you're visiting from out
of town, everything else that goes into it. That's just
for your day at the park. How does your daughter
have enough money to come up with that? Travel nurse?
(04:56):
Oh that's good. They're in high demand right now. Yeah,
where did you go? Right with that one? Sent her
to Baylor Smart? Well done? Good for you. I mean,
obviously she's awkward and socially maladjusted, but sounds like she's
got her professional head on our shoulders. That's pretty good.
I like to see this Tula Vista native Mario Lopez
(05:19):
getting some love.
Speaker 5 (05:20):
A big day for the actor and TV host who
first made a name for himself as Slater and Saved
by the Bell. Not only is it Mario Lopez's fifty
first birthday, he also got a star on the Hollywood
Walk of fame. Lopez is from Trulla Vista. I just
said that, and was discovered by a talent agent when
he was just ten years old.
Speaker 2 (05:41):
Yeah, and now he gives me updates on my celebrity
news when I'm pumping gas, and I love that about him.
Taylor Swift news. You want some Taylor Swift news. We
do our whip around the show business world here. So
Taylor Swift, you may have heard, is now the world's
richest female musician. She overtook whom Who knows the answer
(06:01):
to this one? Who?
Speaker 3 (06:04):
Michael Jackson?
Speaker 2 (06:05):
Female? Oh?
Speaker 3 (06:06):
Beyonce, Whitney Houston, Rihanna, Rihanna.
Speaker 2 (06:11):
There you go. Nice See, I would have guessed. I
would have guessed Beyonce. I actually I knew this. I
don't know where I picked up this little tidbit of
information beforehand, but I knew it was Rihanna. And I
think it's because she got into the makeup business. Well yeah,
I mean, yeah, obviously the endorsement stuff, but but I
think she was producing, not not not editing audio, but
(06:34):
she had the record label stuff.
Speaker 3 (06:37):
Was she writing songs, writing other people's songs?
Speaker 2 (06:39):
I think she was gonna I think she was just
savvy on the business end of things.
Speaker 3 (06:43):
Well, she also owns fenty Beauty, which is a huge
money maker for her.
Speaker 2 (06:48):
Okay, yeah, there you go. Yeah. See, I would have
thought Beyonce too, because I know Beyonce hugely successful, but
also her and her husband with the with their business,
uh record producing business, and the sports ventures and everything
else that they've done. I would have I would have
probably guessed Beyonce. But nope, uh. T Swift now overtakes Rihanna.
(07:08):
Her value is one point six billion dollars one point
six billion.
Speaker 3 (07:15):
About twenty Yeah, you guys, songs. Should we writing? Let's
start writing songs.
Speaker 2 (07:22):
I think we'd be good. I don't even need I
don't need to be one point six billion dollars good.
I'm I'm okay if I'm just one hundred million, one
hundred million good? Are you telling me I'm not even
one sixteenth as talented as Taylor Swift?
Speaker 6 (07:35):
Come on, that's given.
Speaker 2 (07:37):
Yeah, that's obvious. One thirty second, I'll take fifty million.
That's not how it works out. Meanwhile, I guess that
her fans are creating havoc for poor Travis Kelsey's ex girlfriend.
She said in a podcast of course, that the negativity
(07:58):
she gets from Taylor Swift's fans has impacted her life.
Swift has been dating Travis Kelcey for more than a year,
although they were supposed to break up on September twenty eighth,
but since it came out that that was all staged now,
they had to postpone the breakup, so we don't know
when they're going to break up. So swifties are eyeballing
Travis's x, some of whom have sent negativity the way
(08:20):
of the model and the influencer. She's modeling influencer, of course,
and she says there's a high level of hate and
chaos that impacts her. She says it does even to
this day. You can go to my most recent post
and there will be people debating each other why I'm
worthless and I'll never be a talented person and I
have no career ouch all because she dated the guy
(08:41):
that is now dating Taylor.
Speaker 6 (08:42):
Swift way before Taylor and they broke up like way
before he met Taylor. So I really don't know.
Speaker 2 (08:47):
Why can you imagine mean to her? Your ex boyfriend's
new girlfriend had a bunch of minions that started attacking you,
like what did I do to you? But yeah, we
had a relationship, didn't work out, we moved on. What
Why does that make me a bad person?
Speaker 6 (09:04):
And Kaitla doesn't seem to say anything about Travis or
their relationship for the most part, she seems to just
be moved on with her life and just trying to
promote her own brand.
Speaker 2 (09:11):
Yeah, because they broke up. What how much? How much
energy do you expend on your exes?
Speaker 3 (09:17):
I don't Well, I think I think not to defend
this online weird parasocial behavior that people do. But I
think she initially started getting some of the backlash because
when they first started dating, she was doing interviews and
telling people, well, I had him first. Is that true?
It's true. Yeah, you can see it in the interview.
There's like an interview or she did it where she's like,
(09:38):
I had him first.
Speaker 2 (09:39):
She was staking her claim.
Speaker 3 (09:40):
And she also she did yeah, forget.
Speaker 2 (09:44):
We know that China just landed on the moon, but
we've been here since nineteen sixty nine, that's what happened.
Speaker 3 (09:49):
And I think she's also recently I saw her interview
just from a couple of days ago, where she said
that somebody asked her if she still communicates with Travis,
and she's like, well, it's kind of complicated now. We
just kind of nod at each other because we know,
because of his situation, we can't really, you know, communicate,
and that kind of lets some people think, well, why
(10:11):
would you think he would want to communicate with you.
He's another relationship. He's moved on. And I feel for
her because to be constantly asked about it and she
can never seemingly like move on. No matter what she
says at this point is going to be under fire.
So it's such a it's a no win situation. That's tough.
Speaker 2 (10:28):
Fair to say she should have known better.
Speaker 6 (10:32):
Yeah, Taylor Swift fans, don't play. That's like coming at
Don said to.
Speaker 2 (10:35):
Be leaving my boy alone. Okay, listen, leave my boy Kelsey.
This caldicole. Don't date a guy who has the potential
to date the world's most powerful woman. Don't do it.
Speaker 3 (10:45):
Sound advice right there, right, don't do it.
Speaker 2 (10:49):
You got to know your stuff.
Speaker 3 (10:51):
I'm going to stop dating people just in general. Well,
you're married, so oh yeah yeah.
Speaker 7 (10:56):
Me.
Speaker 6 (10:56):
On the other hand, I hope, I hope I snagger Travis, Yeah,
I hope.
Speaker 3 (11:02):
You do too. I'm gonna put that out into the universe, not.
Speaker 6 (11:05):
Not Travis Kelsey himself, somebody else like me. No, no, no, no,
ask golly, I don't want Taylor's man just.
Speaker 3 (11:10):
To be colol.
Speaker 2 (11:10):
Right, So as you just heard Kayla, our Kayala is
trying to break up Travis Kelsey and Taylor Swift.
Speaker 3 (11:14):
You can reach her yet the devil give the SOCII yeah, perfect,
all right, we'll continue.
Speaker 2 (11:24):
There's no business like show business. We'll get into the
dirty side of the business, including some pretty horrible characters
and an awful lot of money. That's next, Chris Merril,
I am six forty live everywhere in your iHeartRadio app.
Speaker 1 (11:37):
You're listening to KFI AM six forty on demand.
Speaker 2 (11:42):
We're talk to business. How about we get to the underside.
There's no business like show business, all right. I love
the greasy underbelly of show business. Jake Paul, you're familiar
with Jake Paul. Jake Paul is an Internet sensation known
for being an Internet sensation. He challenged Mike Tyson ahead
of the Netflix fight. They were supposed to have this
back in Was it June? Rob, Do you remember it
(12:02):
was June that they were supposed to do their fight. Yeah,
and then Tyson. Tyson kind of pulled out because he
got injured or something of the sort. I don't recall
the exact circumstances, but I guess it's been rescheduled, and
he's now issued a challenge to Mike Tyson five million
dollar challenge ahead of the fight. So Jake Paul, who
(12:23):
is generally considered to be kind of a Delta Bravo,
wants to sweeten the pot. Tyson and Paul set to
box November fifteenth, after the fight originally scheduled it was July.
According to the story from New York Post, Paul posted
a video on TikTok this week, and that's Tik Toxic Mikey, Mikey,
(12:43):
if you can last more than four rounds with me,
I'll give you an extra five million dollars, according to
Jake Paul, who's been wearing a fat suit in his
fight promotion videos for the past several weeks. So there
you go. If you can last four with me, I'll
give you an extra five million dollars. Uh, maybe I'm
(13:05):
wrong on this. It's been known to happen, but I
don't know that. Jake Paul is gonna last four rounds.
I don't know that Jake Paul is gonna last one round.
That's been a long time since Tyson's fought professionally, but
I remember Mike Tyson, and I think whatever fifty five
year old Mike Tyson on the holdly is about, that,
(13:25):
fifty five year old Mike Tyson is probably still better
than ninety nine point nine percent of the boxers out there.
So Jake Paul issues his five million dollar challenge, and
I feel like Jake Paul just asked to take a
bigger beating. He just asked to make his beating last
at least four rounds. Said, if you can last four rounds,
(13:46):
I'll give you an extra five million dollars. Jake Paul,
you should have just been willing to take your sixty
second pounding. But now Tyson's gonna toy with you. Like
a cat that tortures a mouse before leaving it on
the bathroom, that's going to be you. You're the half
eaten mouse, just praying, praying that we put you out
of your misery, and it's going to cost you extra
(14:08):
five million dollars. That's where I am on that. How
about Diddy huh, here's your Diddy update. Diddy is not
doing well.
Speaker 8 (14:20):
The Federal Appeals Court says rapper Shan Ditty Combs will
stay in jail for now.
Speaker 2 (14:25):
What No justice for Diddy.
Speaker 8 (14:27):
That appeals court said it will consider whether the Combs
should eventually be released on a bail package that he
is offering, including a fifty million dollar bond, restrictions on visitors,
and supervision by private security guards. Meanwhile, Combs was back
in a Manhattan courtroom today where a judge set a
trial date next May for him to face sex trafficking charges.
(14:48):
His attorney pleaded with the public to tone down the
sensationalism around this case.
Speaker 2 (14:53):
Yeah, tone it down, everybody, Just tone down the sensationalism.
It wasn't a thousand bottles of baby oil. It's nine
to ninety four, but it wasn't a thousand, So just chill.
We really want to put an end to all of
the clowning. Yeah, stop clowning on Puffy that we see
(15:14):
on the internet.
Speaker 7 (15:15):
There's a serious proceeding with serious consequences, and all of
us are a dressing it accordingly.
Speaker 2 (15:21):
Yeah, they are dressed accordingly in latex rubber suits.
Speaker 8 (15:27):
Comb's family was with him in court today. He has
pleaded not guilty to all charges.
Speaker 2 (15:31):
Meanwhile, they're trying to figure out who leaked that video
of him beating the woman up by the elevator. Lawyers
for did He this week accusing the government of waging
a campaign to leak evidence, including that twenty sixteen video
showing him a celting singer Cassie, who was his girlfriend
at the time, and then damaging his right to a
fair trial. Yep, they say it's their fault for leaking
(15:54):
that video. You know who's fault. I think it is.
It's the guy who kicked the crap out of his
friend on video. But that's me.
Speaker 3 (16:04):
I think you're right, Chris.
Speaker 2 (16:05):
Yeah, I don't have a whole lot of sympathy. I really,
really really try to put on a lawyer and hat
every now and again and go okay, and it's until
proven guilty, don't take the jury pool, blah blah blah.
Speaker 6 (16:16):
But there are just some things I go, even if
you did sympathize at one point, that video will make
you change your opinion.
Speaker 3 (16:24):
It was so hard to watch.
Speaker 2 (16:26):
I just try to be clinical. I guess about it, like,
all right, here's the legal proceeding and it's until proven guilty.
Don't tamper with the evidence. Blah blah blah. You know,
but dude, Oh, that can't believe that surveillance video leaked.
It was on a hotel video camp, Like, they're not
bound to not put that on the internet.
Speaker 3 (16:46):
Well, he did pay them not to.
Speaker 2 (16:49):
I mean they were kind of bound to not put
it on the internet because he paid him off. But yeah,
but it's just it's kind of like a sex tape, like, baby,
this is just for us, okay, and then they put
it on the internet. I thought that was just for us. Yeah,
I mean it was at the time, until it wasn't. Yeah, yeah, exactly. Oh,
(17:09):
I paid you not to post that, Okay, Well assume
me because I made a lot more from selling it.
Let me see. New evidence emerges in Marilyn Manson's sex
abuse case. He's a super creep kind of kind of
in the camp of who didn't see that coming? Is
that wrong? It's Marilyn Manson. Oh, I can't believe. Marilyn
(17:32):
Manson was not a normal human being and now we're
trying to hold him in a normal human being standards. Yeah,
he's not. So that's not gonna go well. I guess
as may Bianco, who is an actress, claims that Da
gascon ignored her claims about Marilyn Manson, so she's not
happy she was in Game of Thrones. I guess I
(17:55):
saw the press conference and I still didn't recognize her.
But she says, basically she was just completely ignored, and
uh yeah, it looks like Marilyn Manson's gonna I'm gonna
be in that same boat as some of those other
creeps that we're talking about, like Diddy or or the like.
All right, time for you to log off, just stop,
(18:17):
just log off. The world would be a much better
place if you just logged off. I'll tell you where
to start with that. Next Chris merrilf I AM six forting.
We're live everywhere on the iHeart Radio app.
Speaker 1 (18:29):
You're listening to KFI AM six forty on demand.
Speaker 2 (18:33):
Hey, good evening, Chris Merril KFI AM six forty more
stimulating talk and you can listen anytime on the iHeartRadio app.
It's a time for my weekly rant on TikTokers talkers.
We are getting drummer because of TikTok and this isn't
(18:54):
just an old man rant. This is fact backed up
by science. If, of course you believe science, TikTok told
me not to, So why would I? International Business Times IBT,
which is one letter away from a digestive issue, a
lawsuit filed by fourteen attorneys general alleging the company was
(19:16):
aware of the apps habit forming qualities and they deceived
the public. You've probably heard about the TikTok lawsuit with
all the attorneys general that are jumping on and saying
that TikTok is trying to rot kids' brains. Get this,
They have evidence TikTok can become addictive after viewing videos
on the wildly popular act for just thirty five minutes.
(19:39):
If you are in avid TikToker, Heather, how many days
do you spend more than thirty five minutes scrolling on TikTok?
Speaker 3 (19:48):
Every day? Seventy?
Speaker 2 (19:50):
If you open it, you're there for more than thirty minutes.
Speaker 3 (19:52):
For sure, more than an hour. I'm on TikTok right now.
Speaker 2 (19:56):
Literally, no, we noticed we were being fubbed. You remember
the fubbed term. No, it's like being snubbed by someone
who's on their phone. Oh, phone snubbing, fubbing.
Speaker 3 (20:09):
I definitely have a problem. I am working on it
because I spend way too much time on TikTok.
Speaker 2 (20:16):
Yeah, you're not alone. Turns out that's what they want
you to do. And so information came to light when
redactions of one of the lawsuits were faulty. So they
put out the redacted lawsuits to say, this is what's
going on, this is what's public. Well, somebody screwed up
the redact reaction redactation redactor on. They screwed it up anyway,
(20:44):
because everybody doesn't digitally now instead of just doing it
the old fashion way with a marks alot marker and
sniffing the market while you're doing it, nobody does it
the old fashion way anymore, which was much better. So anyway,
when Kentucky Public Radio copied and pasted excerpts of the
redacted portions, thirty pages a D, documents previously kept secret
were revealed again because it's all digital. So they just
(21:05):
copied pasted, and then something didn't go with the paste
because they didn't mix down the image or whatever it is,
and ta da, there it is. TikTok, according to the suit,
was fully aware that someone could form a habit after
viewing two hundred and sixty videos. Well, two hundred and
sixty videos. If you're watching fifteen second clips, you can
(21:26):
knock that out in thirty five minutes. This reminds me
of when the internal documents came to light from the
cigarette companies, and the cigarette companies knew that their product
was addictive, and they were working intentionally to get people
addicted to it, and then they were denying that there
(21:48):
was any addiction. They were denying it was bad for you, right,
And all of a sudden, their internal documents came to
light because of a whistleblower. And in this case is
not a whistleblower. It's just somebody who's bad at Adobe PDF.
That's it. That's what happened. And it's not just that
TikTok is rotting the brains of young people. It is
obviously addictive for older people, as Heather just mentioned. And
(22:11):
I get it too. I'm not on the TikTok, but
I will I doom scroll. In fact, according to another
study here, doom scrolling costs US three days a month.
According to a survey, I would argue that my doom
scrolling costs me three months a day. The average American
(22:32):
spend six hours consuming some type of media every day,
and there's correlation between excessive media scrolling and very poor
mental health. So there you are. Younger people spend even
more time consuming media. They are most likely to be
on their screens fifteen plus hours a day, literally from
the time that they awake until the time that they
go to sleep. How do I know that because my
(22:53):
gen zs still get at least twelve hours of sleep
a night. Gen Z has somehow figured out how to
add hours to the day so that they can scroll
more but not miss out on sleeping in. It's impressive.
And according to the latest TikTok trend, you know how
much I love these trends, man, I love these trends.
(23:15):
TikTok is making parents dumber and dumber parents are accidentally
killing their kids because of TikTok new concerns.
Speaker 9 (23:22):
Certain social media trends are putting kids at risk. But
it's the parents, not the children, unintentionally creating the danger
by choosing certain aesthetics.
Speaker 2 (23:32):
Oh good, and we're going to TikTok things. I saw
it on TikTok and now I'm going to do it
all over my house. Have you guys seen the new
TikTok trend. It's called hashtag hang knives. You just tie
little knives up to the ceiling using dental floss and
then it's kind of a game. It's like Russian roulette.
(23:52):
It's so much fun. You guys should try it. So far,
nobody in my family has lost, except for the cat.
But it was clouth.
Speaker 7 (24:02):
We looked at social media trends over a four year
period and there were more than nearly eight hundred thousand
mentions or displays of taking laundry packets out of their
containers and putting them in clear jars. That's putting style
over safety.
Speaker 2 (24:20):
Yeah, in all fairness, those laundry packs do look delicious.
Speaker 9 (24:27):
The American Cleaning Institute is sounding the alarm over hashtag
clean talk.
Speaker 2 (24:31):
Hey, if I give away tide pods this year for
Halloween instead of kit cats, could I be charged with something?
Or is that because I feel like it's fair If
the kids come to my house threatening me trick or treat,
I'm like, okay, well, jokes on. You enjoy that tidepod.
Speaker 3 (24:48):
I'll save bill money for you.
Speaker 2 (24:49):
Chris, thank you.
Speaker 9 (24:50):
The American Cleaning Institute is sounding the alarm over hashtag
clean talk.
Speaker 2 (24:56):
There's an American cleaning institute. I missed that help want
it add on LinkedIn.
Speaker 9 (25:02):
In a survey, the group found thirty six percent of
Americans believe putting gel laundry pods and decorative containers can
enhance their laundry space, and twelve percent of them are
already doing it.
Speaker 2 (25:13):
Oh it's so fun.
Speaker 9 (25:15):
Yeah, but that aesthetic choice can also make those chemicals
more appealing to your toddler.
Speaker 7 (25:20):
You need to keep those products out of sight and
out of the reach of children. Of these products are
meant to be kept in the containers which are child resistant.
Speaker 2 (25:31):
Every Okay, let's be fair. Is this also maybe media
doing some dumb stuff here where media is saying, oh,
this TikTok trend could be dangerous if people do it
this way, and we don't know that they're not, so
let's run with it. They're not drawing a direct line
between people who are putting tide pods in clear containers,
which I'm imagining is like either a vase or a
(25:52):
fishbowl or something, and parents who have toddlers in the house.
So what is the Venn diagram of parents with toddlers,
parents who are decorating with tide pods. How much overlap
is there? Right? I don't know how much there is.
This is kind of like many people are walking around
the house with completely uncovered light sockets. Those sockets could
(26:14):
become a real danger to children, right, But I don't
have any kids, so I don't think I need to
put safety things in my outlets? Do I know?
Speaker 9 (26:25):
Every forty four minutes US poison control centers get a
call about a child exposed to a liquid detergent pod?
Speaker 2 (26:32):
Is that from parents putting it into clear containers?
Speaker 9 (26:35):
Most involved children under six years old, and nearly all
of them happen at home.
Speaker 2 (26:40):
From parents who put things in clear containers Based on TikTok.
Speaker 7 (26:43):
Children toddlers are so curious and they're falling around. They
can be attracted to anything.
Speaker 9 (26:51):
Symptoms from exposure can include excessive vomiting, wheezing, and gasping.
Speaker 2 (26:56):
Is this all because of the TikTok trend? And you know,
I don't want to defend the social media site, but
you guys are kind of straw manting this one together,
aren't you.
Speaker 9 (27:06):
Some kids get very sleepy or can have problems breathing
serious enough to require a ventilator. Child safety experts say
prevention's key. The safest solution keeping cleaning supplies behind closed
doors with a child's safety lock.
Speaker 2 (27:19):
All right, look, I'm not going to change my laundry
room habits. But also I don't have any kids. So
if I did, would it be that big a deal.
Speaker 4 (27:29):
No?
Speaker 2 (27:30):
If I don't have any toddlers that are wandering around, no,
not a problem. So maybe we don't necessarily draw that
line that might not be there. All right, that's where
I follow in that one. I have the best story
to share with you. At least it's right up doctor
(27:50):
Wendy's alley. I cannot wait to get her feedback on
this one. And if you've got kids, especially adult kids
or let's say young adult kids, you're gonna want to
hear this. If they're not talking to you, they think
it's your fault, we'll find out if it is. That's next.
I'm Chris Merril. I AM six forty. We're live everywhere
(28:13):
in the iHeart Radio app.
Speaker 1 (28:14):
You're listening to KFI AM six forty on demand.
Speaker 2 (28:18):
I AM six forty more stimulating talk on Chris Merril.
Always a pleasure being with you, and I so appreciate
you dealing with my shenanigans every Sunday. You are a magnificent,
magnificent person, and I rarely get enough time to say it,
but I appreciate the heck out of every one of
you guys so much. I have to tell you. Raoul
(28:38):
is like he's like a buddy. And I don't know
if you've got any of those relationships. Maybe you've got
a happy hour or something where you get together with
your friends once a week. For me, I just get
to hang with my buddy every Sunday, Raoul. I love you, man.
I was telling Kayla, I said, this is such a
magnificent emotional and professional reset for me to be able
(28:59):
to do this show every sing and without her it
wouldn't be nearly as much fun. She is like, she's
like BNSF. She makes everything we do better. And of
course Heather Brooker keeps us on our toes, adds information
and context to some of these stories, and she's just
damn funny. And I just have so much respect for
each and every one of you, and I love you
(29:19):
to death. Thank you, thank you, thank you. So we
got doctor Wendy Walsh coming up here in just a
few moments and I happened across a story in the Economist.
You know, I was flipping through doing some light reading,
and my headline caught my eye. Granted it was an
issue of The Economist that was in my dentist office,
(29:41):
so it was actually from twenty twenty one. But here's
what it says. Headline, how many American children have cut
contact with their parents and come to find out lots
Cornell University, And I should have read this years ago.
I wish I had. Cornell found that twenty seven percent
of adult Americans are estranged from a close family member.
(30:07):
The relationship most commonly severed is that between parent and child,
and in most cases it's the child who wields the knife.
I am fascinated by that. Now they speculate as to
why that might be, They say, arise in individualism that
emphasizes personal happiness is the biggest factor. People are increasingly
likely to reject relatives who obstruct feelings of well being
(30:29):
in some way by holding clashing beliefs or failing to
embrace those of others. And so, one way or another,
whatever it is, they don't like their parents and they
reject them, and so they cut ties with their parents,
Doctor Wendy, If if a child cuts ties with their parents,
is that a failure by the parents or is it
a failure by the child or does the blame get
(30:50):
shared evenly around Oh, she's trying to connect. Okay, here's
why I asked this. This is terribly personal, and here's
why I asked this. So I mentioned this before. I'm stepdad,
all right. So I came into the kids' lives when
they were young, eight four and three and eight five
(31:11):
and three. My daughter and son have a they're a
year and a half apart, so you know, for for
half a year they're only one year apart, and the
other half they're like two years apart. And how it goes. So,
so I came into their lives and they were young,
and they've had some they've had some on and off
relationship issues with their biological father. And I won't say
(31:36):
anything disparaging about him. That's it's his business to deal
with his kids, and I try to stay out. Look,
I got caught in the middle of things enough when
they were young. I'm just I'm just happy to be
out of the mix right now. But I can tell
you this, the whole severing contact contact with parents thing.
I almost think that it's the adult children trying to
(31:58):
take some sort of a control role in the relationship.
They don't like something that the other parent did. They're
trying to control the dynamic of that relationship, maybe setting
their own boundary. I don't know, doctor Wendy, how does
that work when a kid cuts off contact with their parent?
What I feel like it's more than just a rise
of individualism.
Speaker 4 (32:19):
Well, technically it's called parental alienation, and it is usually
young adults trying to individuate and sort through, usually some
kind of trauma that happened early in their life. Right.
And so sometimes a therapist might suggest going no contact
(32:40):
if perhaps a parent was so enmeshed with the child
now the adult that they don't have any feelings of
their own separately, Right, So they've got to control how
often they see the parent because the parent has so
much emotional control.
Speaker 2 (32:55):
Okay, is there a situation where yeah, it does? It does?
Is is there ever a situation? And I'm asking us
it's a loaded question. So my seventeen year old, excuse me,
he's twenty nine, he's almost thirty. Now he's twenty nine.
It'll turn thirty here in January, when he was seventeen,
I got a job offer in California. It's when I
first moved to California. And he says that all of
(33:18):
the issues he's having right now are because we moved
him before his senior year of high school. And I
have a little trouble swallowing that. And that's why I
wanted to listen so intently when you said, you know,
trying to clear up some trauma. And I don't want
to say that it wasn't traumatic for him. Certainly was,
especially when you're a young adult adolescent. But at the
same time, I mean, we all have little hurdles and obstacles.
(33:42):
At what point do you stop blaming your parents for things?
That feels like, right, I.
Speaker 4 (33:46):
Mean parents blaming there? When parents? Yeah, right, I mean
he's learning to cope with what was a difficult time
in his life. And you know, we throw around this
word trauma a lot. Yeah. Trauma is, you know, something
that involves deep emotional or physical abuse. It is something
(34:08):
that creates post traumatic stress disorder. Comparatively, I will tell
you that I was a military brat and by the
time I graduated high school, i'd gone to ten different schools,
and in my case, because I'm an extrovert, and it
was actually fine because I had new friends every year
and I was I'm very good at making friends. Now,
(34:28):
my younger brother is very shy, found it much more difficult.
He would sit in the basement and watch TV until
we brought the younger brothers and sisters of our friends
home for him to hang out with. So he's more
of a homebody.
Speaker 3 (34:40):
To this day.
Speaker 4 (34:41):
He doesn't ever move, you know, He's very happy and so,
you know, part of.
Speaker 2 (34:49):
Yeah, obviously a challenge that good luck guys were trying.
Speaker 4 (34:54):
To earn a living so that you could, you know,
keep eating at a roof over your head. But eventually,
through the therapeutic process, the therapists will help them understand
that all parents do the best they can with the
tools they've been given. And there's no such thing as
a perfect childhood. There's no such thing as a perfect parent.
Speaker 2 (35:15):
Yeah, so get off my back, kid anyway. I just
don't want them to really need me. That's mine that one. Yeah. Uh.
Doctor Wendy Walsh and Doctor Wendy after Dark starts at
seven o'clock. I love you to death. I cannot wait
to hear it. Thank you so much. I enjoy talking
with each and every one of you every week. We'll
be back next Sunday as well. Chris Merril I AM
(35:36):
six forty. We are live everywhere in the iHeartRadio app
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