Emily to Gremily
A podcast about the stories that start out normal and spiral into something unforgettable. Hosted by Emily Hogan, Emily to Gremily blends humor, honesty, and a touch of chaos through solo episodes and guest features. Expect cocktails, unfiltered “gremlin" stories, pop culture hot takes, and internet obsessions.
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Emily to Gremily
We Spent 394 Days on TikTok and All We Got Was Traumatized by Joan Steffend
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Champagne flows as Emily welcomes her longtime friend Jay for a delightfully chaotic conversation that weaves through their shared history, recent accomplishments, and mutual digital obsessions. Having known each other since 2016, these friends have seen each other through what they lovingly refer to as their "degenerative years" and emerged stronger for it.
Jay shares her recent academic triumph - earning a master's degree in digital media management from USC, breaking down her expertise in the digital world and content creation. The conversation quickly shifts to their mutual TikTok dependency, with both confessing to a 394-day streak of sharing content with each other daily.
Their digital addiction has led them to a shared obsession: the 90s home decoration show "Decorating Cents," which has traumatized them both with its questionable design choices. With passionate animation, they break down how hosts Joan Steffend and her partner committed design atrocities like gluing hay to walls, hanging used nightgowns as decor, and creating hazardous furniture - all while charging homeowners for the privilege.
The friends dive into Netflix's "America's Sweethearts: Dallas Cowboy Cheerleaders” expressing admiration for the cheerleaders who advocated for fair pay despite risking their coveted positions. They celebrate the 400% raise these women secured for future team members, even though many who fought for the change won't benefit personally.
In the final segment, Jay shares her teenage "gremlin story" from a trip to Italy, where at 14 she pretended to be 18, drank margaritas with her friend at a discotheque called "Gardenia," and terrified her parents who thought she'd been kidnapped. This youthful misadventure perfectly encapsulates the podcast's core theme - embracing your imperfections while recognizing their consequences.
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The Lost Episode Returns
Speaker 1all right , cheers . We have jay with us today , and this is technically , uh , take two .
Speaker 2Yes , because she was supposed to be I was the first guest , you were the first guest . That episode just never saw the light of day .
Speaker 1It was it's a lost episode because um I , we , I we me was a mess , um we whoa , whoa , whoa well yeah , I don't know . We were both like really nervous to record and I'm glad that episode didn't air . We didn't know what to do , so what we did was we drank .
Speaker 2Yeah .
Speaker 1And it was a gremlin moment . I gremlin out doing a gremlin episode .
Speaker 2Yeah , we tried to talk about being gremlins , and then she became one . Yeah , I was going to say we , but it was me and , obviously , like I've had my gremlin moments that just didn't happen to be . I was a gremlin later in the night because I ended up staying out here and then I left , but I waited until she was safe and secure and had supervision before I left . I didn't leave her unattended . I did not leave her alone . I couldn't leave a gremlin alone like that .
Speaker 2No , yeah . So I'm glad that episode didn't air . One I had a huge like giant planet on my forehead and I couldn't stop staring at that . So glad that didn't air and we were super nervous and it was just like awkward .
Speaker 1We didn't know what to do . We ended up drinking , like I don't know , like three bottles of champagne . I feel like you . Well , whatever .
Speaker 2I drink . I definitely helped you finish that bottle for sure . I had a good buzz going , but yeah , no , it was definitely a gremlin day .
Speaker 1Yeah , so , yeah , it was a gremlin day for me and yeah , so now you're back , I for me , and yeah , so now you're back I'm back doing episode 13 lucky number 13 .
Speaker 2Tay voodoo is real . Yep , the swifties is . That's perfect there you go so it was meant to be that I was episode 13 , yes , and that that didn't see the episode . Oh , my god , I can't talk . That episode didn't see the light of day .
Speaker 1I'm glad , though , because , yeah , we , you got your footing now yeah , I , I got all the nerves out and then I actually started the podcast and even then , like the first , I don't know , I feel like a couple episodes are like really wonky and weird .
Speaker 2No , you definitely got like so much more into it , and it's like so much easier and like casual and it's not like what are we doing ? Yeah , and yeah , I was super awkward too , because I was like I don't't know what I'm doing . Yeah , we didn't know what was going on , and I also like went on my friend's podcast , so I got like my podcast nerves out . My first time on a podcast nerves out , but this will come out before that one , so oh yeah . The hell . That was like a couple months ago .
Speaker 1I know . Yeah projects , yeah other projects .
Speaker 2We're in school . We had graduation .
Speaker 1We had all that that's what I was gonna say , like it's a good thing you're on now , because now we can talk about all of your accomplishments yes , quite the accomplishments you just graduated did I even introduce myself properly no , I barely did .
Speaker 2I said this is jay , this is jay . That's pretty much all you need to know .
Speaker 1That's really all you need to know , it's J Rose . We've known each other since a long time 2016 , 2017 , I think Something yeah . No longer than that . Yeah .
Speaker 2I think it was 2016 .
Speaker 1That sounds about right yeah .
Speaker 2Because I graduated undergrad in 2016 .
Speaker 1Yeah .
Speaker 2And yeah .
Speaker 1Then we went into the rebellious phase .
Speaker 2I was like um , what's that word ? Backpacking through europe ? I was backpacking through life for a couple years , finding myself on the eat , pray , love journey . Not much eating was happening .
Speaker 1Yeah , we we had our um , our degenerative years together . Yeah , our 20s .
Speaker 2It was just our 20s .
Speaker 1I mean , everyone does it . Yeah , you're 20 .
Speaker 2Maybe not the way we do it .
Speaker 1No , I mean , we did it right , we had to do it .
Speaker 2If you're going to do it . That way . You have no regrets . When you get to your old age , you're like I did it Like I lived . That's how I feel Now age . You're like I did it , like I lived . That's how I feel like now . I'm like I see like the kids out partying and I'm like , yeah , that looks cool , but I did that and I did it better , and it was more fun and yeah , so I'm retired party queen yes but I hung up my party shoes . They actually broke on a music festival but , that's a story for another time .
Speaker 2But yeah , so we've been friends for quite some time long time we've seen each other through the crazy . Yeah , that's what I was gonna say back to your like you had your gremlin moment , but it's like it's all good . You've seen me at my gremlin . Yes , gremlin like moments and you've still stuck around so you're a real one and so how can I like be like , oh , bye , bye , you got a little too tipsy one night . Um ow , yeah , right , okay , that would be insane considering like , yeah , hypocritical to say the least .
Speaker 1Oh , my god , you drink too much , bye yeah , terrible person , what a horrible person you are .
Speaker 2I'm writing you off because you drink three drinks .
Speaker 2Oh my god okay , yeah , okay , but now you have all of your accomplishments you just graduated yeah , back after I finished , after I retired from partying , I got serious and I got my master's degree from usc or I'm almost getting it . I it's kind of backwards . I walked and did graduation . Yeah , we did commencement in may and then I have one class left . I just got my grades for my last , second to last class , got a 98 and this was like the hardest professor I had and he was that , that one that you said was like an asshole yeah , like he wasn't like picky he yeah , he was like really strict grader .
Speaker 2He came from stanford , very high expectations and like wanted to challenge us and very freedom riders vibe , you don't know , you've seen that movie . You know like wanted to challenge us and very freedom writers vibes , you don't know , you've seen that movie you know like pushes to our fullest potential .
Speaker 2But you know what ? He did his job and I did work harder in that class and so I was like you know what ? Like I was , like I'm gonna show him and I just worked harder and like did the work and I got a good grade , I'm like I'll show him , I'll . I'll do the reading , I'll do the reading .
Speaker 1I'll'll ace the class .
Speaker 2I'll do the reading . I'll really stick it to him . Yeah . So his plan worked and you know we learned stuff and it's college , so it's a master's program . So , yeah , they do have higher expectations , but it's understandable . And then now I have my Capstone project class , which is our last class , and then I'll be done in August . I'm also taking Illustrator or adobe illustrator certification and what was your degree in ?
Speaker 2it's in digital media management , so it's a lot . I wrote it down . I wrote a short version of it just so I can , just so I can get it all out there . So , basically , in a nutshell , it's how to lead , create and grow content-driven brands in the digital world . So it's a mix of strategy , creativity and technology , and so I study how like platforms like tiktok , instagram , youtube and
Digital Media Management and Achievements
Speaker 2streaming services work to build their audiences , how to manage their content teams analyze data and use a bunch of trends to grow your brand or business online . So it's basically the brains behind the scenes of like marketing and digital stuff and all that in the digital world . And then , yeah , that's pretty much in a nutshell how I explain it .
Speaker 2I try to explain it to my parents and they're like I don't know . I'm like we don't get what you're talking about . It's just stuff on a screen , anything on a little screen , anything digital . There you go . Yeah , so I shouldn't know how to go viral , but it's my major . Yeah , but we're working on it . We're gonna go viral . This episode's gonna see millions .
Speaker 1You're gonna get so many brand deals they're gonna roll in yeah , I'm gonna have no time for no one , because I'm just gonna be amazing you're just gonna be so busy , I'm gonna be so busy , but I will say it's hard to picture , but hard to picture us being busy , but god forbid , we're busy peoples . Um , I will say she is the like . She did all of my art . She did the cover , the graphics . She did my cover art , the logo , all that stuff . She came and she did a whole photo shoot .
Speaker 2Yeah , this is technically take three of this . Yeah , iteration , she's been here for a while actually . Yeah , this is the iterate , but that's cool because that's what I was saying . You gotta like things come in iterations . You gotta start and then just like fix it as you go and like things change . Things happen , people come , people go yeah , a lot of people go . We're moving along , yeah but you're making it happen and that's was awesome , because I was just like yeah you're doing the thing , yeah , and we just gotta keep going .
Speaker 1Exactly consistency , like they say , just be consistent I'm trying to be consistent , but nobody is looking at my consistency . I've been on instagram for 10 years .
Speaker 2How much more consistent can I be ? I was here when it was .
Speaker 1I was here when it was invented . Yes , I remember my very first post . It looks stupid .
Speaker 2I was on it before . There was an algorithm , and that's what's like crazy .
Speaker 1We were just only following friends .
Speaker 2Yeah . Your five friends and you posted in real time with the filters that came with Instagram .
Speaker 1I was like heavy on sepia , or oh , sepia mine was like um , what was that one ? It was a weird name yeah , they all were like really bad and it was like xx pro or something like that like it's all like you really ?
Speaker 2veranda contrasted and like fucking off insane , yeah , but good times and then , yeah , of course , myspace days , but I wasn't ever allowed to have a myspace I wasn't either , but that's you know I had to have one right and it was cool because we were like coding stuff , like yeah , see I .
Speaker 1I feel like I missed the boat with that .
Speaker 2You didn't have a myspace , nope there was nothing better than coming home like if you had a fight with your friend and you removed her from your top five . Oh wait , five or eight oh , I had a top eight , oh , and then yeah I would see I would put oprah's like in front of whoever like I was . I was mad at like . I put oprah on my top eight just to , really just to stick . Yeah , I don't know why I chose oprah , I was just like you know what , like fuck you bitch , she's mad oh , she's mad , oprah's number one .
Speaker 2Yeah , I don't know , don't ask , I just love . Oprah , but anyways , we're off topic .
Speaker 1But shocker , yeah here , cheers again , cheers again . Oh wait , I didn't even talk about this we're having because she drinks champagne .
Speaker 2Oh yeah .
Speaker 1So we're doing champagne . But I made a raspberry simple syrup . It's good To go inside of it . It kind of came out jammy , but I mean it tastes good , it's good . There we go , she's .
Speaker 2Nara Smith over here . I know it's a really pretty color too .
Speaker 1I know it's such a pretty pink .
Speaker 2Love it .
Speaker 1You and I have been having this TikTok streak .
Speaker 2Oh yeah . Going on because TikTok is our life , because we have no life . What day are we on ? Oh sorry , I was trying to do a TikTok trend Can't do it ?
Speaker 1Yeah , we don't understand it . Learn how to try it .
Speaker 2We're on day 394 of our TikTok stream . Watch out guys . Yeah , so that's over a year . For 394 days we've been doing nothing . We have at least sent one One Be real 10 . At least 10 . And lately , yeah , it's been pretty much those two ladies . I don't know if we want to get into it now .
Speaker 1Yeah , I'll kick us off with this . So TikTok used to be my safe space . I really would enjoy going on there for like a little serotonin boost . Now , when I click on TikTok , the first video that pops up for me is usually Aaron Parnas letting us know we're like on the brink of death , Doomsday , yeah , it's like World War III is about to happen .
Speaker 1So then I scroll away from that because you know I'll like it and share it with her , because you know we share news and you know , share the misery . So then I scroll away from that , hoping to get like a new video pop up . And then I am being visually assaulted by these two ladies from the fucking 90s , Joan who are violating these people's homes and rooms for under $500 , by the way , it's always under $500 . I am horrified , but I can't get off of it .
Speaker 2No .
Speaker 1So I'm like oh my God , I liked one video , one video , and I shared one video and now it's the only thing I see and I've looked at the comments and people are like this is why it's a millennial grade .
Speaker 2Yeah .
Speaker 1Because we're traumatized . Minimalism by these primary colors that these women are shoving down their throats .
Speaker 2And they're they , it's terrible should have been arrested . I believe it was a psychological torture experiment and it was a joke that they turned into a show to see how much bullshit it was a show .
Speaker 1I looked it up . It was on for 31 seasons .
Speaker 2They let them get away with murder . They wreaked these women were paid to wreak havoc on people's homes . They destroyed these people's homes and they were like , oh , that looks great .
Speaker 1No , it doesn't and then they would trial each other and like hold each other yeah and be like that's great , yeah , no that's amazing joan stafford .
Speaker 2I oh my god she was in . Like oh my god , I'm insane .
Speaker 1Like I want to know where she is right now I want to know what her home looks like right now oh , because she's probably decoupage to the god oh my god , I will include on instagram stories videos of what these women did .
Speaker 2They painted like rug , like with paint on the wood floor . Painted a rug on the wood floor like a rug insane work , like it was criminal .
Speaker 2It's like I don't know how they got away with it . I don't know Like they would . Oh yeah , the worst one I saw . So they wanted like an earthy , like I don't know home . Like what was it ? Horse type of vibe . They glued hay to their wall . They glued hay all over these people's walls and they made like a crown molding type of , like a thick layer , like a thick band at the top of hay , and this lady's like I'm gonna be picking this off my walls for years . Like what were these people thinking ? Oh , my god , I can't . And they're like it's infiltrated my whole for you page . I get enraged with these ladies they're terrible no , they're awful and they're like .
Speaker 2It looks great , joan .
Speaker 1No , it doesn't like I'm like , like they , they had to have been on something . What was a drug in the 90s ? What was happening back then ?
Speaker 2quaaludes I feel like that was way before they were on quaaludes they had the last batch decorating scent and they're like no , I honestly think they were like let's see how far we can take this shit without people noticing . And they made it 31 seasons of wreaking havoc , destroying people's homes , and no one noticed . And I think they just thought let's see how much bullshit we can put on these people's houses . It was terrible , it was awful .
Speaker 1The show was called Decorating Scents C-E-N-T-S and , like everything was under $500 .
Speaker 2It looked like it was under a dollar . It looked like they got it out of the dumpster .
Speaker 1There was one lady who said that her decorating style was modern garage sale . What does that mean , modern garage sale ? What is happening ?
Speaker 2It looked awful and they always throw in and the piece de resistance , or they keep calling they , they .
Speaker 1I can't even talk because I'm so upset I get so mad .
Speaker 2I get heated , I'm getting worked up . No , they're insane .
Speaker 1They would bring in these pieces of like nice , like reclaimed wood , like a , like a I can't talk Like a cabinet and then they would . They're like going to decoupage this with indian sacred prayers , the indian sacred prayers , and then they're like actually we found it .
Speaker 1It looked too busy , so then we sanded it off and then they're like but then we were going to repaint it , look and . But we decided not to because it gave it a nice , a nice primitive look and it's like hold on , lady , you just got lazy , you didn't want to repaint it . And let's be quite clear .
Speaker 2And let's be real , it looks awful , it looks horrible , I don't know how they got away with it .
Speaker 1They ended up leaving these people either with a kindergarten classroom or a trap house . There was nothing in between . It was either one or the other and these poor people were subjected to torture . That , by the way way . I found a girl oh yeah , who she was on tiktok and she's like I was one of the people . I was one of the little girls whose home , whose like bedroom , they redid . She was really upset by it . But then to come to find out , the ladies of the show , the torturers they don't pay for it . The show doesn't pay for it . The people whose homes they destroyed they were the ones who paid the 500 for it to be ruined I did
TikTok Obsession and Decorating Horrors
Speaker 1not know that I sent you a tiktok this morning .
Speaker 2Oh , I definitely was not looking at it in my journey here .
Speaker 1But no , they . Yeah , she was like . Yeah , like my mom is the one who her they paid for them to destroy their houses redecorated quote-unquote for like 498 dollars and she said she wanted a pink room . They painted her walls green and then paper mache fucking maps of france even though she never mentioned france , she said she wanted a pink room that she could dance in where they got green and France from .
Speaker 2I have no idea green ever it was pea green and they freehand everything . And they're like let's freehand some stripes . How about we don't ? How about let's get some painters tape and paint in a straight line so it looks good ? But no , they decide to paint with the goddamn dish towel no , it's not a dish towel .
Speaker 1Hold on , wait , it's a cheesecloth . Standby a cheesecloth .
Speaker 2I'm sorry , mind you . And then they're like let's put on some wiring on this dresser .
Speaker 1It looks like a chicken coop in their living room or there was one where they put tool around the chandelier and the other lady was like , is this a danger ? And she's like , well , you're gonna want to use the least flammable material . What , you're gonna put flammable material around my candles , it's gonna light on fire . She's like , well , you're going to want to use the least flammable material .
Speaker 2What You're going to put flammable material around my candles . It's going to light on fire .
Speaker 1She's going to burn these people's homes down .
Speaker 2Yeah , it's going down I think it was the same girl with the Paris on her wall .
Speaker 1Yes .
Speaker 2They took nightgowns and strung them from the ceiling . They had like three nightgowns . It was like one . It looked so bad . There was also another one and she was like what are these ? And she's like they're just nightgowns . And how lovely , oh wow , what a beautiful . No , they're . Take your laundry from the ceiling and fold it and put it like they're from an antique store and like who wants someone else's worn nightgown ?
Speaker 1hanging from their ceiling .
Speaker 2It was insane , insane work , oh my god decorating sense .
Speaker 1Yeah , so I hate those . Sorry , I got real heated talking about . There was another one where they put literally dirty overalls and kids clothing like as decorations .
Speaker 2Oh , I'll send it to you and I'll post it . I saw the cutout , the foam cutout um laundry room where they made like those fake .
Speaker 1It's really bad guys . I'm gonna put it all on instagram stories so you guys can understand why we're so upset about this it's enraging if it hasn't infiltrated your for you page yet , you're considering yourself lucky you but , um , I'm gonna make sure it comes on your for you page , because you're gonna need to look this up and understand why we're so terrified and horrified for these people and that's why I mean I'm not wearing all black , but usually I wear all black , and that's why millennials are in their millennial gray I mean , look at like you've been in my house before .
Speaker 1Everything's dark and in everyone else's defense .
Speaker 2That house looks like it was designed for steve from blue's clues like all those houses they paint crazy stuff on there , they paint walls like mustard yellow , and then they paint the walls ketchup red .
Speaker 1Oh , and then they're like why ? Why are we doing ?
Speaker 2it . Let's add a backsplash and we'll take a random tile and just glue it to the wall with nothing around it . Or my favorite was the um . Extremely unsafe . They took like all these plates and broke them up and then glued them on a table and they're like oh perfect , like stuff won't get caught in there .
Speaker 1Yeah , cool , sharp edges , perfect and they just slice your leg open and you can't put anything down on it .
Speaker 2It'll crack the glass like it was insane . Insane work by those ladies . I want to see where they are now . I want to hear from the victims or the people's houses , the victims houses . They deserve compensation . It's like , oh my gosh , we're gonna see one of those class action lawsuits soon , if you that's what yeah it's giving class action lawsuit , and it should be . They should all get together , because I would .
Speaker 1If that , I would have can you imagine if someone put hay on your wall ?
Speaker 2no , I would have , I would have been in jail because , um , it's like I'm not , maybe not in jail , okay , but I would have lost it on national television like screaming at them what the hell are you doing ?
Speaker 1they probably just wouldn't have aired your episode yeah , no , that's fine .
Speaker 2I would have beat Joan up , because what ?
Speaker 1are you doing ? You paid for it . What are you doing ? Gluing hay to ?
Speaker 2my wall that I paid for .
Speaker 1You paid for hay why did I pay for this ?
Speaker 2I would have been so upset . I'm upset on their behalf .
Speaker 1I'm still , I'm mad we get , like it's come to the point where we send each other are like the tiktoks of these videos and I'll send them to her and she'll send it back to me with a message , and it's filled with such hateful language that it's now being censored and they're sending me messages . Tiktok's sending me messages like if you need , to block this center , censoring me . Because they enrage her .
Speaker 2I get so heated I can't believe it .
Speaker 1She's like I fucking hate these fucking women . These stupid assholes and they're like I'm like oh , great yeah .
Speaker 2Let's throw that shit on there . That looks like shit . Good job , ladies . That looks fucking awful . It's really bad .
Speaker 1Oh , and the piece de resistance joan , that looks like shit , um so yeah , anyways , ladies , I can go .
Speaker 2I could write a dissertation on my hate for joan and her and nancy awful . Yeah , is that her name ?
Speaker 1I don't know oh , and there's another , the cherry on top and then I'll .
Speaker 2We can wrap this up Is they both were matching fucking overalls every episode and a matching shirt and they're like oh , I got this from a local artist . No , you didn't . Ok those . I saw a comment . The local artists that they're talking about must be the local artists they make up in their head . There's no local artists .
Speaker 1Anyway , they went to a garage sales . Let's be quick .
Speaker 2They went to garage sales . Let's be quick , clear . They went to the dumpster and they got that shit and then they're just pocketing the 500 dollars from these people and I swear , okay , you can dumpster dive and find better stuff than what they were putting in these people's and they were they're using like staplers and glue guns , like not even real , like material . It's just like it's gonna hold together for 30 seconds . As soon as the people get home , everything falls off the walls . Anyways , I'm enraged . I could go on forever . I'm gonna drink this whole drink just talking about joan , oh , my god and my shoelace she's having a meti bee over joan oh , my god and joan , if I see you in the streets , you're probably .
Speaker 2No , I know you're not a nice lady . I was gonna say you're probably a very lovely lady , but no , she's a karen . Someone who does that to someone is a psychological like yeah , no like you're .
Speaker 2You're insane . That's torture . That's that's torture . And you're just smiling in these people's faces , doesn't it look great ? No , it doesn't . Okay , they have no qual . I want to know their like qualifications , like where do they find joan , why ? Why are you qualified to be putting hay on people's walls ? Yeah , and they're like you know what . It's time to bring these patients out for some arts and crafts , and they're just . You know what wreaks havoc on these people's houses . Have at it , joan . I want to know what deal she got . Like what , what that contract looked like .
Speaker 1Oh my god , yeah , anyway yeah , let's have a drink for and not for joan in spite of joan . We're drinking because of joan .
Speaker 2Yeah , I'm not drinking for joan in spite of joan . What an evil lady .
Speaker 1Evil lady , but yeah oh man , how is she famous and we're not that's what I'm saying .
Speaker 2Like , what were her credentials to get her that gig ? And the other lady , her sidekick , her fellow torture , yeah , her partner in torture , her partner in torture . But yeah , yeah , our tiktok streak is going strong yeah and oh , sorry , that's good and strong with hate , yeah that . And then we kind of stopped doing our fun facts of the day . I was thinking about that the other day . We used to do fun fact or fucked fact yeah sometimes they were like fucked up yeah , it was really sad yeah , or interesting , but like fucked up .
Speaker 2And then also our queenie and weenie of the week well , I stole from .
Speaker 1We were copying the toast podcast on sundays . We would text each other what the Queenie and the Weenie was . I was usually my own Queenie and Weenie though .
Speaker 2Yeah , mainly me too , so I think that's why we stopped doing it .
Speaker 1We're just talking about ourselves . We've already updated each other every day we had two Weenies one week . Yes , yeah , we'll let people think what they want to think . We'll let people think what they want to think .
Speaker 2We'll let the listeners decide who they think the weenie and queenie would , yeah , exactly , drop it in the comments the other thing that's been infiltrating I know both of our TikToks is that fucking TikTok sound of all these people having what should be a great , glorious vacation , and it's . Nothing beats a jet to holiday and right now you can save 50 pounds per person , that's 200 pounds off for a family of four I used it as a sound on one of my videos .
Speaker 1I think we need to get off the internet yeah , no , I'm definitely like you're .
Speaker 2We're chronically online and that's that's why we have a 300 understand what we just said look it up yeah , and jet two is a real , like it's a real commercial , and then it's a real commercial , it's a real like airline and yeah , the song is also like a real song . Yeah it . It's like the song is like darling , hold my hand , there you go , yeah .
Speaker 1Cut that , please . No , I'm kidding .
Speaker 2Cut that please , not my singing yeah . So anyways , I made a . Oh wait , I think I can play the TikTok sound , so can I play it in the yeah , put it in the microphone .
Speaker 1I'll put it in the microphone .
Speaker 2Nothing beats a chick to you all the day , and right now you can save £50 per person .
Speaker 1That's £200 for a family of four anyway , and it's usually people like absolutely eating shit falling in a pool .
Speaker 2I posted me falling off a paddle board in the harbour , wasn't it at like sunset , yeah , sunset , yeah , sunset , yeah , sunset . Someone's just going down it's well .
Speaker 1It's a really beautiful backdrop yeah , it was , and um it was on balboa yeah , and then she just eats shit and , uh , we see her disappear under the water .
Speaker 2Yeah , yeah that was a good times good times , good times .
Speaker 1Yeah , I don't talk to any of those people , the girl recording the video , the other guy in the video .
Speaker 2Don't talk to them . But yeah , it was . I had to post it and I needed like a funny falling one so I could post it with the jet to holiday audio . But now I just walk around . Nothing beats a jet to holiday , it's becoming a vocal stim yeah , no same I'm having an issue no , I have quite a few yeah , like there was with that .
Speaker 1I'm exposing myself , that taylor swift song where she's like florida I kept saying mind you , I'm by my , by myself at home walking around talking to my cats , which you know .
Speaker 2That's a great look and I'm just like taylor would be proud , taylor would be proud and yeah , and I get a lot of um vocal stems from trixie and katya all the time oh , they're so funny , they're hilarious .
Speaker 1They crack me up . Yeah , what was the one that you sent me the other day ?
Speaker 2and oh , trixie was like I was so hungover I woke up yelling and then she was like I . He was like I was so mad at myself , like , oh yo , let's go for another drink , idiot , let me , just let me . Oh yeah , let's have another shot . Good job , asshole . But yeah , that's so like when you're hung over , you're hung over . You're like , oh yeah , good job , I do that , the same thing , yeah I do .
Speaker 1I'll be dumb bitch . I usually do the thing where I just like haunt my house what , what ? You haunt your house when , if I'm so hungover , I just walk from room to room , just like staring into the abyss .
Speaker 2Staring at the blank page before you yes .
Speaker 1Open up the dirty window .
Speaker 2I'm quoting Natasha Bunningfield why does it look ?
Speaker 1like I'm an alcoholic , I'll refill your cup . All right , we're back from break . We had to take a break to refill her glass and um compose ourselves after um , joan , all right , so all right , we already um actually like just trashed the ever-loving shit out of Joan .
Speaker 2No , we didn't trash it . I'm sure that her ears are ringing right now . I hope they are . You're still so mad ? I'm not . Yeah , I am not . I'm sorry .
Speaker 1One minute , just think about Jet 2 Holiday .
Speaker 2Nothing beats a Jet 2 Holiday All right , all right . Nothing beats a jet to holiday . All right , all right . We gotta move on . Yeah , um , but nothing does .
Speaker 1I'm gonna take a jet to holiday and see if anything does I feel like it may , might be like a spirit airline , though don't you , don't you feel like it might be like the european version of spirit .
Speaker 2No , because have you ever flown spirit ?
Speaker 1no , I have I did with my , with my high school boyfriend , we were going to twirl . They've been around that long . Yeah , no offense , hold on , hold on . That was the rudest thing you've ever said to me .
Speaker 2You're older than me also wow , they've been around that long . You're like a rude bitch . I'm not trying to age you , I just meant they've been around that long . You're like oh , I was a bitch , I'm not trying to age you , I just meant they've been around that long . We're the same age . We're not the same age , you're older , shut up . Yeah , exactly , they've been around since , like I was in college or high school no , okay , yes , they've been around that long .
Speaker 1You terrible person . I didn't mean it like that , because I remember I went with my high school boyfriend . We went to tour a college . We went up to washington to go because we were going to go to washington state university . That's a whole thing for another day anyway . Um , but yeah , we flew spirit one of the times and , um , we flew spirit up there and then we flew , united it was like night and day difference .
Speaker 1I thought we might have been in like first class , the way United felt it was the most luxurious flight compared to what happened on Spirit . Nothing bad happened , it was just rickety .
Speaker 2That's enough to like . That's all you need to say . You don't want an airplane . That's rickety , no .
Speaker 1Yeah , Sturdy period . I was hoping to make it there .
Speaker 2We did I just picture like chickens in the overhead compartments and like livestock in the aisles .
Speaker 1Yeah , primitive .
Speaker 2Very primitive See we can't get out of like Joan has infiltrated our lives .
Speaker 1She's in our heads . She's with us forever .
Speaker 2It's terrible not by choice either . Anyways , yeah , so I've . I didn't .
Speaker 1I've never flown spirit , but I've heard horrible things about it I feel like you and I should take a flight on spirit just for the plot for the plot and the content yeah , I'm down and just like see where are we gonna go that's another florida florida .
Speaker 2Florida , florida , oh man , yeah , no , definitely you can go to , yeah , I don't think I want to take that long of a flight , though . Like let's just go to Florida . Yeah , I'm not worried about the length of the flight .
Speaker 1I don't want to go to fucking Florida .
Speaker 2Yeah , I don't think any . I have any business in Florida , not going to Walt Disney World or Epcot .
Speaker 1You know what , though , I do kind of want to do that thing where they do the drinking around the world .
Speaker 2Epcot .
Speaker 1Yeah .
Speaker 2I want to do that . I went to Epcot , not me exposing my alcoholism . No , I mean , it sounds fun , I want to do that , but I feel like there's not like that many drinks for like all the different countries . I could be wrong .
Speaker 2It sounds super stupid , right now I mean , I feel like it's like germany , we'd have to like drink a beer , that's fine no , I don't like that , but I don't know what I'd rather do is like my bucket list is to go to all like the epic parties around the world , like actual october fest in germany and then like actual , like I don't really want to go to watch the ball drop in New York , but like that's like something in Times Square .
Speaker 1I'm not doing all that . People wear diapers . I know that I also .
Speaker 2I don't like people no , yeah , exactly , and I'm not standing for that long in the cold what am I doing ? Like sardines ? Oh , and now it's sponsored by Planet Fitness and they give you that weird Planet Fitness hat , so I'm not wearing that either either . It's sponsored by Planet Fitness , yeah , and so it's purple .
Speaker 1That's like the weirdest gym in the world .
Speaker 2Have you seen ?
Speaker 1those videos of like people like exercising . So creepy .
Speaker 2Like what are they training for ? Yeah , like , what are you guys doing ? It's like it's a guy . He has like the pull-up bar here , but it's like up his ass , like what are we doing , jumping from side to side ?
Speaker 1yeah , I've seen those , yeah now I know what you're talking about . Yeah , so it is sponsored by planet fitness I don't know , yeah , but I don't know how we got here .
Speaker 2It was this year and last year because , like magnus stallion wore like a purple planet fitness themed color , not themed , but it was like the same color as their branding and like that's . When I noticed I was like why is everyone everything purple ? And then I saw sponsored by planet fitness and anyways , it's a fun fact for everyone , fun fact of the day fun fact of the day . There we go with our fun fact . We're back at it .
Speaker 1We're waiting for actually the fucked fact we already did , which was , uh , joan stefan I don't know if that's a fucked fact , that's just no , her existences that's yeah , that's just a truth ,
Dallas Cowboy Cheerleaders Pay Advocacy
Speaker 1an unfortunate truth .
Speaker 2It's true , yeah , but , joan , I've got beef with you . You've taken over my tiktok . We're gonna get a cease and desist from joan . Restraining not a restraining order , but a cease and desist . Yeah , oh no , I want a restraining order , but a cease and desist . Yeah , I want a restraining order against Joan on behalf of those people in their homes yeah , okay , we don't need to go back to Joan , we're gonna get all .
Speaker 1We're gonna get all riled up again .
Speaker 2So , other than TikTok being our , you know , basic fucking life our news and our go to content yes , we also love reality TV and our newest obsession is dallas cowboy cheerleaders america's sweethearts , one on netflix yeah well , I mean , we both watched like growing up . We both watched the making the team dallas cowboy cheerleaders which really fucked my head up . Like to be quite honest I just thought I could make it for sure I was like I know I was like .
Speaker 1I mean , I always wanted to be one because in my mind . I was like , if I wanted to try , I'd make it like but one like back , like when they used to make , it like when it was on , like what , was it cmt or something like that yeah , cmt I first of all .
Speaker 1I know I would be too short I'm only five feet tall and I know that they like cut one girl because she was like five , five . So I was like well , there goes that dream also . I remember them talking about this one girl . They were like she looks really curvy , the girl the way they weighed like 115 pounds and I'm like all right , well , um , there goes that yeah , the way they like describe girl .
Speaker 2They've gotten better , but it used to be unhinged back in the like 2000s .
Speaker 1Yeah , back in the 2000s , when you know tabloids were calling , you know jessica simpson fat , yeah , even though you know she had like an amazing banging body yeah , no , it was insane times .
Speaker 2Oh yeah , it was like , yeah , yeah , an america's next top model was the same era like a tv , when they were insane like I .
Speaker 1I really feel like that's why all millennials now have extreme body dysmorphia , because we were told that If you had like a very slight curvature to your body , Ew you're disgusting You're so fat Get the fuck out of here . Like ew , you fatty Get out .
Speaker 2It's like , oh my God , that was considered not , but now it's different , which is cool .
Speaker 1Now it's different , which is great , but in my head I'm like ew , you fatty , get out of here Like ugh .
Speaker 2And that sucks . And that sucks because that's what the that's literally what was portrayed on TV all through , like us growing up as like girls next door , which was like I wanted , yeah , and then I watch .
Speaker 1I'm trying to be her too .
Speaker 2Yeah , I was like watching like well , that bubble kind of got burst when I learned like the reality of it . And I watched , like this documentary on Hulu about like the Playboy mysteries , which was interesting , and then Holly and Bridget and all their experiences and coming out and talking about it . So I'm like oh damn . But you know , I mean like looking at it when you're younger .
Speaker 1you're like oh that was so glamorous . It's like you aspire to be that , yeah . And then I put the pieces together .
Speaker 2I'm like wait , they were like in their 20s and this man is old as hell , and they were all with like then you realize what old men , but not not old like , not geriatric , honest , like I'm sorry I'm not pushing your wheelchair and holding your oxygen tank . I'm sorry , I don't care how rich , he was a millionaire , I don't care how rich you are . I can't . Billionaire , don't care , I couldn't do it , I'd pull the plug oh my god and pull the plug .
Speaker 2Bye-bye , nice meeting you . Bye-bye , bye-bye , nice meeting you . Sir , I'd make sure I was in the will and then I'd be like uh-oh , oops , I unplugged it . I need to charge my phone . My laptop's dead . Sorry , I'm trying to make content . Well , he's a perv . What are you doing with me ? You're old as hell . Get someone your own age . They're dead , not my problem . Exactly . Go be with your girl in heaven , like what is called the yearning for the yearn for the earn . Do you that one old lady she's like I yearn for the earn , do you remember ?
Speaker 1do you remember that video I don't know what it was . It had to have been like some kind of dating show and they asked this girl what her like age requirement was and she said 21 to coffin 21 to coffin .
Speaker 2I did not do that . But I mean , some people set their age range on like dating apps . To that , but to coffin no , I mean like like it's like 80 plus or something . I don't think those people know how to work a phone , but what would your age range on the dating app be ? What would mind me ? Yeah , like I've been considering like thinking of like starting one up again .
Speaker 1Yeah , yeah , crazy , I know okay , so what would you put as your age range of a man you want to find ? The oldest probably like 45 see , I think I would start at 45 . I'm going down to like 24 . Oh no , no , no , I don't want anyone younger than me , not , so not no like .
Speaker 2Are we talking serious relationships or like ? Yeah oh , okay also .
Speaker 1I really don't . I wouldn't want to hook up . This is all hypothetical .
Speaker 2Yeah , this is hypothetical , I really don't , I wouldn't want to hook up . This is all hypothetical . Yeah , this is hypothetical . Anyways , I don't even know what we're talking about .
Speaker 1We started talking about Dallas Cowboy Chili's , oh yeah . And then we ended up talking about old men , old men .
Speaker 2I don't know how we got here , but yeah , dallas Cowboy Chili's .
Speaker 1Yeah , we should probably get back to the topic , the og one was cool but it just , you know , scarred me for life . But that's cool .
Speaker 2A lot of things scarred me well , and I think it scars them too because , like my biggest takeaway from watching the show was I felt like they all had so many insecurities in themselves and I'm like you guys are the baddest bitches on the planet like own it and I felt bad for them . It's understandable because it's like the job it comes with it . It's the lifestyle , yeah but still , it's just like damn . Yeah , like they you all should be owning it like and to think like .
Speaker 1they all have insecurities yeah they all like kind of hate not hate themselves , but it's like they just they're not happy .
Speaker 2Yeah , like they could be better and it's like girl , like so many people want to be .
Speaker 1Yeah , you want to know what I would give to look like them no , seriously , or like to dance like them .
Speaker 2What was cool , though , is that the other biggest takeaway was that it was badass . They advocated for more money and they got money , and they got a 400 increase . So and I it sucks that they don't get to benefit from it , but the fact that it showed that , like how they're such like real ones for like advocating that's a girl's girl and they're like they wanted to come in and make the team better than when they left it or when whatever , you know what I'm saying .
Speaker 1So like just like a quick recap of it in case you haven't watched it . So it's america's sweethearts on netflix we it was only seven episodes for this season , so we were like able to binge it really quick because we wanted to talk about it today . Yeah , but they , they became so popular . I mean , the dallas cowboy cheerleaders have always been popular , but they became even more popular last year off of the success of the netflix documentary . Yeah , so they thought in the upcoming season that they were going to get a pay raise because they were so relevant . Basically , like everyone was like people were coming to see the cheerleaders .
Speaker 1There were shirts made saying I'm just here for the cheerleaders ?
Speaker 2Well , their value went up , their name , image and likeness went up . They have about everything they added .
Speaker 1They gave . So they made the Dallas Cowboys so much more money off of them just being them . So when they came in they thought their contracts were going to be much better than the previous year Because they advocated for that a little bit it was the exact same . They got no pay raise , no , nothing . And they went to HR and HR really gave them the cold shoulder and made these girls feel very worthless . They said they didn't feel valued .
Speaker 2This is a billion dollar organization . This is Dallas Cowboys the contracts for the players are insane , but it's like people also are coming now to see the cheerleaders . The cheerleaders are also an aspect and the team sucks . Now I don't watch football .
Speaker 1Dallas Cowboys haven't really been anything for a while . Since the last time Joan Steffen fucking decorated the room , they haven't been relevant for a long time . But people are very excited for the cheerleaders so they thought they were going to get at least compensated to have a livable wage . They're not even asking for millions or hundreds of thousands .
Speaker 2They're asking to be able to pay rent off of their salary Without having to work another job , and also be a Dallas Cowboys cheerleader . Yeah , because it's a full-time job . They said they work 40 hours a week .
Speaker 1They work 40 hours a week there , but then they also usually have at least one other job Some of them have two or three , and some of them go to college and have boyfriends . Yeah , have husbands , boyfriends , this , that it's just like .
Speaker 2I was tired listening to their schedule . You and .
Speaker 1I are not busy people .
Speaker 2I know it's hard to picture , but after listening to them talk about how busy they were , I was like , damn , maybe it is hard to picture because I cannot picture being that busy , but I realized you get tired scrolling . Yeah , no , but half of them were busy . I feel like , for reasons I have my own theories they were busy avoiding going home yeah , like they just wanted to be able to pay bills , pay rent and they want .
Speaker 1They said like we want to give our all to this organization and we are , but we could give you so much more if we weren't bogged down with having responsibilities , yeah , yeah , having you know , two other jobs just to you know make rent .
Speaker 2Yeah , so that was cool . They went in , they advocated they couldn't get the deal for that season .
Speaker 1Yeah , for that past year .
Speaker 2For the 2024 season Now it's going into the 2025 season , but on the last episode , spoiler alert .
Speaker 1Yeah , I mean .
Speaker 2If you're going to watch it , whatever . We already spoiled it , but that's not really a spoiler . But they got a 400 increase in pay , which yeah is amazing . And then the girls who went and advocated for them .
Speaker 1They it was their .
Speaker 2Last year it was their yeah like they , they could have , like some could say one of them could have but yeah , but they all retired yeah , they were just like kind of like .
Speaker 1One girl said one girl had to because , like I think you can only be in there for six , six seasons , so one of them just like eight aged out technically . One girl said that she wasn't coming back because she didn't feel valued . Yeah , that was weird , I mean I get it though , like if I had some hr guy like kind of scoff in my face , like I would have been like you know , fuck you too yeah , I'm coming back .
Speaker 1And then the other girl she was just kind of tired , like she was just like you know what , like yeah I'm , I'm done like , I'm ready for , like , the next part of my life .
Speaker 2Yeah , she seemed like the only one . Jada seemed like the only one that wasn't like .
Speaker 1Well , she was the one that aged out , yeah , and she doesn't , or she was only fifth year , I think . No , she was a sixth . Sixth , oh , I don't know , I think .
Speaker 2Sharni was sixth and Jada was five . I could be wrong , but I think happy and like in her life and like yeah , but I mean I think she had to grow into that confidence .
Speaker 1Yeah , like she didn't start that way , she didn't have it . In the beginning she just kind of was like all right , you know what , like I'm gonna own it , this is me , I mean , yeah , this is me exactly but yeah , they're all like it's crazy to me because I'm just like you guys , I would kill to be there , but it seems so glamorous so when they're like that's .
Speaker 1The other problem is , like it seems so glamorous but who knows what goes on behind closed doors where they're like I don't feel valued or like whatever and the other thing I thought was crazy was that all these girls like it might not be every single one , but they're getting booked for appearances outside of the games , oh yeah so it's like they're getting . They're getting paid pennies for the games specifically . For the appearances , but then also , they have to do all these appearances and they're just going to schedule you at a whim . And also hey , you might work Christmas .
Speaker 2Yeah .
Speaker 1Oh , hey , also , we're going to pull you for like a week to go here and there and it's just like your time isn't your own and also I can't pay rent .
Speaker 2Yeah , that was . Another critique that I had was of just the season , was that they didn't show the Christmas or the Thanksgiving games like they did last season . Like the performances , they didn't show any performances , which was like a critique , and I just wanted one . They were focused more on the girls . Yeah , I wanted one full out performance of Thunderstruck , at least .
Speaker 1They did show that , didn't they full out .
Speaker 2Performance of Thunderstruck at least they did show that , didn't they ? Not really , they just showed them kind of like doing it without the actual music , without the full out performance , just like one time .
Speaker 1I just want to see Thunderstruck .
Speaker 2I just love Thunderstruck . I think after a couple of champagne bottles I could do Thunderstruck , yeah right .
Speaker 1I don't know . We'll see if later we make a video .
Speaker 2I was on high school cheer for three years okay never danced before , I don't , and I'm 32 now I don't . There's no way I would ever went in my head . I'm like , oh , we're gonna go home and be like what happened to you , be like I've done our struck , I'm fucked up my hip dcc . Yeah , that's the other thing . That's crazy , though , is that they all have hip issues because of the jump split .
Speaker 2Yeah , I'm like damn , but it was a good season and I thought it was really cool that they had Armani like go and perform without her wig on .
Speaker 1Yeah .
Speaker 2Like for alopecia . That was cool and just like had a theory that , like Kelly , might be liberal . I saw that on tiktok . Okay , so I .
Speaker 1When she said the kamala harris pantsuits and she said kamala , yeah , she didn't like butcher it the way . And then she talked about saturn return ? Yes , and I was like , oh , interesting so I think I had this thought where judy the choreographer . So there's two main ladies , kelly and judy . Judy's the choreographer , kelly is like basically running the whole thing underneath they're both the bad bitches .
Speaker 2Yeah , underneath charlotte jones yeah , so that is jerry jones .
Speaker 1So so I think so they were both former cheerleaders . I think kelly really advocates for the girls because she said back when she was a cheerleader that they didn't have the services and the opportunities before . So she in knowing the organization from the inside out . I think she knew that these girls were never going to get the pay that they deserved so she did all those brand deals , so she got them brand deals .
Speaker 2She got them you know , free services for teeth whitening hair yeah when I heard all that stuff I was like what do you need money for ? No , not really , obviously .
Speaker 1But like you know , she got them all these services so that they weren't paying out of their own pocket , whereas judy , who is the choreographer and a former cheerleader as well , I think she's of the mindset of well , I didn't get that , so why should you ?
Speaker 2Yeah .
Speaker 1I think she's living back in the 80s , when she was , or I don't know when she was a cheerleader .
Speaker 2They're just like this is how it is you pay your dues . Yeah , she's like this is what it is . This is how the sacrifice you make to be on this team and it it's a privilege . You're lucky to be here .
Speaker 1So take what you're given and basically shut up . That's what I feel like she is about .
Speaker 2I don't know Whereas .
Speaker 1Kelly's more of an advocate for the girls .
Speaker 2I think Kelly's more of an advocate , only because she's the one where I like outspoken . I think Judy's just quiet , but I don't think she's more like . This is how it was . I think she's just kind of like .
Speaker 1I don't want to say anything which means that she's not being a girl .
Speaker 2Yeah , exactly but the girls who like really stepped up because that's like a crazy thing to do , not crazy , but in like in a good way . It's like a really bold thing to do to go and advocate for yourself because they could have easily been like every girl wants to be on the dallas cowboys cheerleaders yeah , and that's why it's been an issue for so long .
Speaker 2but it's awesome to see that they got the pay raise they so well deserved . Yeah , but it was a good season and then I was . I have like a few notes about it . I just thought it was weird that they showed Victoria so much .
Speaker 1I know , yeah , I thought , like they showed Victoria , who was very prominent in the last season and then she quit DCC , that they showed her moving to york and becoming or auditioning or wanting to .
Speaker 2She still hasn't made it to be a rockette and check tiktok a lot , which I was like why are we showing victoria ?
Speaker 1because also she wasn't not to be mean , she wasn't really my favorite last season no , but she was kind of again , we don't know what the circumstances are and I don't want to like be a bitch , but she was in my head kind of a cry baby .
Speaker 2Yeah , she was a victim , which sounds bad , but I don't know her experience , but she's like she said something like if I went to practice and I didn't put in an effort to say hi to people , no one would have said hi to me and I could have left without anyone saying hi .
Speaker 2I was like , well , maybe that's your fault , but like I don't know who knows yeah but at the same time , yeah , she , it was for a reason , but I just was like we're and then she was like we're gonna get a spin off of victoria yeah , and so I had heard , like last season , that there was like issues with production and her mom and them being like really pushy , like trying to get on the show and like make it about them , and so I was , but I think they like production really liked them and they like felt bad for her so they put her on this season because , like the show is by netflix , it's not by yeah , the cowboys so they can cast whoever they want .
Speaker 2So it's like they follow the stories of whoever was on last season and follow up .
Speaker 1Maybe they thought she , the fans , adored her .
Speaker 2I mean , maybe people do , I don't know some people do , I think , like her , some people like understand or like relate to her . But yeah , she also was like I want to move past it and she has like kind of negative things to say about it , about her experience , but then all she wears is dcc merch and like I'm like okay , so do you want to forget it ? And you don't like them ? Or like all your whole personality and your whole room and everything was all dcc and yeah , so I think I don't .
Speaker 2Also like I don't know , I feel like it's hard when your mom used to be a dcc because her mom did and like same with the other girl , dayton , like it's like yeah , I felt I felt bad for her I feel bad for them , both them .
Speaker 1I feel like it was just like pushed upon you . Like you , this is what you need to be .
Speaker 2I don't feel like she had the fire or the passion for it .
Speaker 1It was just like an obligation .
Speaker 2Yeah , exactly . So , yeah , I felt bad for them , but I was really happy when Kelly and Charlie made the team Because they were on the season last year they didn't make it . And then they made it , so I was happy for them and I love Reese . I don't know what's with all of these girls and their boyfriends . I love Reese's husband .
Speaker 1Yeah , he's sweet and he's cute with his cooking videos and I love that . But yeah , it's interesting to see some of the boyfriends because , like you know that TikTok trend , again we're're gonna take it back to tiktok . You know that tiktok trend where ? It's like the me and the guy who traumatized me and it's like a fucking dude from like it's a bratz doll . And then the dude from like wallace and gromit , not to say I haven't had my share of oh no , I definitely .
Speaker 2But it's like , okay , I could participate in that trend multiple times .
Speaker 1When your frontal lobe cortex isn't fully developed , you're just kind of , you know , winging it , still don't know if I have it . Still don't know if I have it . You're like , yeah , still might have chose after that .
Speaker 2Anyways you know what ? That's not my fault , that was not my problem . Yeah , no , definitely it was interesting to see , but it was overall a good show . I liked it .
Speaker 1Yeah .
Speaker 2And I wish there was more .
Speaker 1I wish there was more than seven episodes for sure . I mean , I feel like we should get like a . I feel like , yeah , I think the next season should be like 10 episodes , yeah definitely .
Speaker 1I feel like last season they focused a lot on the performances like the Dolly parton performance and like the thanksgiving game , but yeah , yeah this time it was just more about the girls yeah , their teammanship and , you know , camaraderie . Yeah , I'm like I want to see that you're like I don't give a fuck about your friendship . I want to see your performance .
Speaker 2Oops , I should be clapping . Sorry , that was a loud clap . Yeah , I want to see the sea thunderstruck just once full out , so I can pretend that I am part of the team .
Speaker 1Yeah , exactly , I can do high kicks , but I don't know how they do that jump split I used to be able to I mean not jump I used to be able to do splits . I haven't tried to do it in a long time .
Speaker 2I can still do this once , but not a jump split . Yeah , I don't think I could ever do a jump split .
Speaker 1I used yeah , I used to be able to . I used to be like super flexible , not to suit my own horror , but I used to be flexible .
Speaker 2I I low-key want to try to do a split after we record this just to see we can make a tiktok that way you're here to call me in case it goes terribly wrong . Well , oh , my gosh yes . All right Well we're going to cheers .
Speaker 1One last . Well , actually not one last time . We got to do an outro later , but she has to tell her gremlin story , which she did attempt to tell on the last time we recorded .
Speaker 2I think I did tell it , I don't know .
Speaker 1We don't remember .
Speaker 2I don't want to know if that happened , I couldn't tell you . I definitely remember , but I don't . I'm blocking it out like it ever happened .
Speaker 1That wasn't me , that was Mary . I hope you deleted that recording . Oh no , it doesn't exist ever . Okay , cool , no . Yeah , cool , cool , cool .
Speaker 2She gone . Cool , cool , cool , cool . Yeah , so my Gremlin story goes back to when I was . How old was I ? Underage 14 . That's for sure , and I was in Italy with my parents . Fancy and their friends have a daughter who was 18 at the time .
Speaker 1So the drinking age in Italy is 18 .
Speaker 2So they went off . Our parents went off to dinner and me and her were like let's go shopping or something . I don't know what happened . And then we saw these cute italian guys outside of some restaurant and they were like come to the garden with us and we're like , okay . Or they said gardenia , I don't know . And they're like the discotheque . So we're like , all right , let's go . Mind you , I have braces , okay . Oh my . They were like how oldotheques ? They're like all right , let's go .
Speaker 1Mind you , I have braces , OK , oh my God . And they were like how ?
Speaker 2old are you and I was like 18 . And I have like a full , like brace face , like I don't know . I looked a mess . I had like a poof in my hair and a Juicy Couture shirt on Like Abercrombie , like . Yes , very like Laguna Beach 2008 . Like , oh my God , but I was 18 in Italy , according to them . But no , I was 14 . And it happened to be like 4th of July , but they don't celebrate 4th of .
Speaker 2July there . But me and my friend were like let's celebrate . So we went to this random discotheque with these guys and I ordered margaritas for some reason , because yeah , 4th of July in Italy , get a margarita . That makes so much sense . Where are you ? I was 14 .
Speaker 1It was the only drink you knew . It was the only drink .
Speaker 2I knew what the heck it was . Yeah , it was the only drink I knew I was 14 . I didn't know what else to order , so like a margarita .
Speaker 1Did they ?
Speaker 2make it properly ? I don't know , I drank it , you were 14 .
Speaker 2I was 14 , yeah , like a tough guy , probably the second margarita I had in my life , like I have no idea . So , yeah , we're at the discotheque just doing discotheque things when you're in Italy . And then I kind of lost my friend . I don't know what happened to her . And then it was she was probably hooking up with one of the dudes . No , she definitely was . So I went to go find her and like there was this garden area and she was definitely hooking up with one of the guys . But oh yeah , I forgot to mention these guys were like in their 30s and 20s . I was 14 .
Speaker 1What are you me ? What is this ?
Speaker 2I wasn't into any of them , I was just there along for the ride , I was just like whatever . And so we in our in this at this point . We drank a couple of margaritas and I found her and she was done like whatever kissing that guy she came back so I was like hey , should we go ? And it's getting kind of late , and like we didn't have cell phones and we couldn't call because this was in , I'm not going to age myself , I don't know what year this was .
Speaker 1You already said you're 32 .
Speaker 2yeah , so I don't know what year that was . Do the math , I mean figure it out , yeah , so I don't want to do it um , it was probably like 2007 , and so I had a like . I had that orange phone , that like flipped
Adventures in Italy: The Gremlin Story
Speaker 2up and it was a keyboard , a sidekick like no , I wish I had . I had a sidekick later on , but this was like that verizon one . It was like an orange thing , I don't know .
Speaker 2It didn't have a name I think I know what you're talking about , but it had a keyboard , and then it also was like a phone and you could talk this way and then you could like flip it and yeah .
Speaker 2So I had that phone and , um , we didn't have iphones and our phones didn't work over there , so our parents couldn't call us , so like they didn't know where we were . And our gremlin minds is where we turned into gremlins because we had a couple margaritas and it was . We were celebrating and then we did not know what time it was or where our parents were , and so we were just like they're probably still on appetizers , like they're probably still on like salad , like we , because we know how long our parents take at dinner , or we thought , and so we're like they're probably still drinking dessert , like no , it was like hours had passed and our parents were like looking for us everywhere .
Speaker 2They were like asking people where we were they thought we got taken and so they were like calling the polizia and like looking for us , and they were asking like , have you seen any girl ? Like where could they be ? And so everyone was telling them the gardenia , the gardenia . So they were thinking like the garden . But the discotheque we were at was called gardenia , that was the name of it , but they were looking for like a garden because they were like translating it into english and whatever . So it was a whole thing . And then we just come strolling up at like whatever time and we're like probably like 2 am and they're like where have you been ? And we were just like , oh , buzzkill , like and yeah , they almost sent us back home on our own plane , and not on our own plane , but like our like yeah , not on a private jet , no , no no , sent us home like on our own plane .
Speaker 2Yeah , with like um , they were so mad at us , but we were just little gremlin I was 14 , so what happened the day after ? Like um , I mean , I was hung over right , oh yeah because I was 14 , no . And then , um yeah , we were just kind of like in trouble you guys like , weren't allowed to do anything after that , basically yeah , we couldn't hang out like by ourselves alone so we had to like stay with our parents the whole rest of the trip .
Speaker 1With Buzzkill .
Speaker 2Yeah , but I mean it was an interesting time . But yeah , I definitely feel bad for my parents because they thought
Closing Thoughts and Social Media
Speaker 2, like their 14-year-old daughter got taken and we were in like a small town in Tuscany , like in a little village , right . So it's like God only knows what could have happened to us , like about , like I don't know what . I'm not a parent , but I'm sure they were terrified , but I was celebrating the 4th of July in Italy with margaritas .
Speaker 2Sue me , I'm sorry , sorry for being patriotic . Oh my god , and that's my little mini gremlin story . That's a good one , I like it alright well , I guess that's the episode that's the episode . That's the episode . Cheers , we're going to cheers out .
Speaker 1We made it through and we barely talked about Joan .
Speaker 2Yeah , we didn't even touch on Joan .
Speaker 1Barely Okay . Socials .
Speaker 2Oh , socials , it's four underscores , j Rose .
Speaker 1J jrose j-a-y-r-o-s-e . On instagram , tiktok , that's pretty much it , and then make sure to go follow the podcast and myself at emily to gremlin pod at instagram and tiktok . Please try to help the tiktok , because your girl can't figure it out and um well , not I need help , we'll figure it out we'll figure it out eventually .
Speaker 1But yeah , go follow instagram , t Instagram , tiktok Emily to Gremlin pod . If you want to send in your own gremlin stories or if you need any advice on anything happening in your life , you can email me at emilytogremlinpod at gmailcom . But yeah , that's pretty much the episode . Make sure to like , follow , share , subscribe , all the things . I feel a little drunk .
Speaker 2Let's cheers , and that was a successful episode .
Speaker 1Holla Cheersies , bye , cheers , cheers , cheers , cheers , cheers , cheers , cheers , cheers , cheers .
