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| 179: Duchess Meghan & Prince Harry visit Colombia, Blake Lively & Justin Baldoni feud | 17 Aug 2024 | 00:37:26 | |
Introduction: Minutes 0 to 7:15 Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni: Minutes 7:15 to 18:45 The Hollywood Reporter said that Lively and Baldoni’s feud started in post-production, when Blake commissioned a separate edit of the film. Chandra thinks that Justin’s edit is likely the one that made it to theaters. Blake’s husband Ryan Reynolds also rewrote a key scene. THR next reported that Blake screened her own edit of the film at a book event for Colleen Hoover in June. It looks like she tried to take creative control of the film. At first we got vague stories that Baldoni created a difficult work environment. The stories about why people hate him were suspicious to me. He also is said to have made Blake feel bad about her postpartum body. Baldoni has hired the same PR crisis management firm that Johnny D-pp and Brad Pitt use. TMZ then reported that Blake felt uncomfortable around Justin because he kissed her too long in a scene and because he asked her trainer how much she weighed since he had to pick her up and has a bad back. An older interview from 2016 recently came out where Blake and Parker Posey were meangirling a Norwegian interviewer, ignoring her and talking to each other instead. This is how Blake has always been. Blake has been promoting the movie like it’s a frothy romance and Justin is being serious and measured in his promotion. His production company has partnered with an anti domestic violence foundation and he has been talking about ending the cycle of abuse. Royals: Minutes 18:45 to 25:15 The Daily Mail recently reported that Kate is still undergoing preventative chemotherapy, that she’s still recovering and that we probably won’t see her until Remembrance Day. This is the type of story we get about Kate every six months. Earlier this month the Sussexes gave an interview to CBS Sunday Morning on behalf of their new initiative through Archewell called The Parents Network, to provide support and resources for parents to protect their children from online harm. They included parents who had lost children to online bullying and to drugs purchased online. It’s a great cause. Meghan was asked about her past suicidal ideation, which she opened up about during her interview with Oprah. I play a segment from their CBS Sunday Morning interview. Harry and Meghan have been working on this cause for some time. A couple of weeks ago it was reported that the Sussexes have accepted an invitation to visit Colombia. We didn’t realize it would happen so soon. Harry and Meghan are in Colombia now and the photos and videos coming out are incredible. They’re so warm and natural with people. They have been meeting with the Vice President Francia Marquez, they went to a theater performance and participated in a panel about Internet safety. Marquez saw their Netflix series and that’s why she wanted to meet Meghan! Politics: Minutes 25:15 to 33:30 Comments of the Week: Minutes 33:30 to end My comment of the week is from Beana on the post about Mark Zuckerberg commissioning a seven foot statue of his wife, Priscilla Chan. Thanks for listening bitches!
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| 178: Kamala Harris's run has massive support, Prince Harry interviewed in ITV documentary | 27 Jul 2024 | 00:31:24 | |
Introduction: Minutes 0 to 4:00 Politics: Minutes 4:00 to 18:00 The Democratic party lined up behind Kamala and by late Monday night she had enough delegates to secure the party’s nomination. She raised a record $100 million in just two days after Biden stepped down. She also got endorsements from so many people, including the Clintons, Nancy Pelosi, all the major democratic governors and many congresspeople. As of our recording on Thursday, July 25th at 2pm Eastern time, Barack Obama had not yet endorsed Kamala Harris. (He has since endorsed her, as I mentioned in an update.) We like how the Clintons supported Biden and endorsed Harris quickly. There’s a groundswell of support for Harris. We both gave money to her campaign. We appreciate how enthusiastically Biden endorsed Harris. The tagline “We’re not going back” is so good. Trump is thinking of dumping Vance as his running mate. We doubt that they even vetted Vance. Vance has a long history of saying terrible sh-t. One of the big stories this week was when people brought back comments Vance made in 2021-22 about “childless cat ladies” who are running the Democratic party. Jennifer Aniston clapped back at that. We wonder when Taylor Swift will endorse Harris. Royals: Minutes 18:00 to 25:45 Prince Harry was interviewed as part of the ITV documentary, Tabloids on Trial, which aired this week. He talked about the press portraying his mother as paranoid when she was being hacked. His own brother called their mother paranoid in his 2021 statement on the Dyson investigation into Martin Bashir’s interview with Diana. We talked about that in episode 130. I play a segment from Harry’s interview. Harry is so diplomatic and explains what happened to him so well. We hope that he knows that his family is behind the press attacks on him. Comments of the Week: Minutes 25:45 to end My comment of the week is from Lightpurple on Kismet’s post covering June Squibb’s interview.Thanks for listening bitches! | |||
| 169: Princess Kate has been missing for over 60 days, Prince William skipped King Constantine's memorial | 02 Mar 2024 | 00:33:09 | |
Sign up for our mailing list There are mailing list signups on the last few podcast posts on our site, accessible through the podcast link at the top of our menu. Thank you! Introduction: Minutes 0 to 7:30 Royals: Minutes 7:30 to 29:00 On February 15th the Sussexes made a three day trip to Canada to do events ahead of next year’s winter Invictus Games. Harry had an interview with Good Morning America. The Sussexes also launched Sussex.com and Meghan got a podcast deal with Lemonada media. They’re getting positive coverage apart from silly criticism. Harry was also criticized for answering questions about visiting his father. At first we heard that William, who is BAFTAs president, was not going to attend the BAFTAs on February 18th. That’s pretty typical for him. However after Harry and Meghan got so much press for their Canada trip, he announced that he was going. A photo went viral where William was talking backstage to actresses, including Ayo Edebiri and Phoebe Dynevor, who were looking at him skeptically. It turned out that Prince William had made a very inappropriate comment to Mia McKenna-Bruce about her movie. He was very unprepared to meet the actresses and admitted to not having watched any of their films. On Tuesday the 20th, William issued a statement on the Middle East crisis, which no one was asking him about. William was scheduled to visit the British Red Cross and could have just issued a statement about their work instead. On Thursday, February 29th, William went to an event at a synagogue in central London to discuss anti-Semitism. Kate was originally scheduled to go with him to that event. We remember when Kate did an event with Holocaust survivors in 2021 in which she was engaged and charming. After William’s statement on the Middle East and after he looked drunk at an investiture ceremony, Piers Morgan published a story about how William has been drinking wine since he was 13. On Tuesday February 27th there was a memorial service in London for King Constantine II of Greece, who passed last January. Neither Charles nor William went to the funeral in Greece in 2023. Charles announced ahead of time that he would not make it to this memorial. William was scheduled to give a reading, but canceled less than an hour before. It became international news. At the service were Camilla, at the head of the procession to the church, and Prince Andrew and Fergie were also upfront. Also there were Prince and Princess Michael of Kent. She’s a notorious racist. The Kents’ son-in-law, Thomas Kingston, passed away at just 45 in Gloucester on Sunday. His death was not announced for two days and his in laws went to that memorial service before the news got out. The press announced that William’s absence at the memorial wasn’t due to Thomas’s death. Meanwhile there are all these stories about how the monarchy is fragile and the cracks are showing now. The way the Waleses have bungled their own PR is astounding. Here’s a link to the story Chandra mentioned from The Daily Beast. Comments of the Week: Minutes 29:00 to end My comment of the week is from Christine on the post about the Willy Wonka kids experience in Scotland. Thanks for listening bitches! | |||
| 168: Princess Kate is recovering from surgery, King Charles has cancer | 10 Feb 2024 | 00:29:19 | |
Introduction: Minutes 0 to 5:45 Royals: Minutes 5:45 to 24:00 We heard that William’s focus was on his family, that he was visiting Kate and taking care of his kids. However he was only seen at the London clinic where Kate was recovering once. We didn’t hear about the Middletons or Kate’s children visiting her. Charles’ prostate procedure was at the same hospital, and Camilla was seen visiting several times. There was a story that photographers were only allowed outside the hospital for a day during Kate’s hospitalization but Camilla showed that wasn’t true. We heard that Charles visited Kate when they were in the same hospital, but not that William visited Charles. Camilla was happy to be representing the royal family and did a few events when Charles was hospitalized. There were stories about how she’s the power behind the throne and the last one standing. William reportedly picked Kate up from the hospital on Monday January 29th at 11 am. She is said to be recovering at home. There weren’t any photos of William at the hospital. Just a few hours later Camilla picked up Charles from the same hospital and they were photographed walking out together. On Monday February 5th in the afternoon our time we heard that Prince Charles has cancer! At that point he had known for a week. So Camilla’s appearances after his diagnosis and before the announcement to the public looked cold, especially considering the messaging around that. Stories in the Spanish press claimed Kate’s condition was dire despite the reporting that she was fine and recovering. Palace sources denied that she had been in a coma. The Spanish reporter who broke that story, Concha Calleja, said in an interview after that she trusts her sources and stands by her reporting. Starting around the time of the King’s prostate procedure, the rota was griping “where’s Harry?” Right after the announcement of Charles’ cancer diagnosis, it was reported that Harry would travel to England. Harry arrived in London on Tuesday, and he went straight to Clarence house. He only met with Charles for 45 minutes, tops, at Clarence House. They met alone, and Camilla was not there. Charles left in a helicopter for Sandringham afterwards. Harry stayed at a hotel Tuesday night and left Wednesday morning. There’s been a steady chorus of “Harry should come back, and maybe Meghan too” They’re trashing Harry for visiting his dad and making it very clear what they’ll do to the Sussexes. We know that Harry didn’t see William because we heard that William refused to meet with him and doesn’t trust him. Of course there were stories attacking Harry for daring to come to the UK to see his father. William stood in for Charles at an investiture service on Wednesday. He did not look sober. That night William went to an air ambulance charity event. A reporter asked a question and he said "We really appreciate everyone’s kind messages." A source told the Daily Mail that’s about all the work we can expect from William for a while. William does not seem willing to do the work to be king and Charles does not want to cede any power to him. William is so focused on hating Harry. Comments of the Week: Minutes 24:00 to end My COTW is from Jais on the post about Tracy Chapman’s performance at the Grammys. Thanks for listening bitches! | |||
| 167: Duchess Meghan was invited to the Golden Globes, Globes host Jo Koy bombed | 13 Jan 2024 | 00:27:05 | |
Introduction: Minutes 0 to 10:00 Golden Globes: Minutes 10:00 to 17:45 The biggest stories from the Globes were about the cutaway scenes. Kylie Jenner and Timothee Chalamet did not walk the carpet together but they sat together. They seemed so into each other and kept kissing. Selena Gomez was caught on camera gossiping to Taylor Swift and Miles Teller’s wife Keleigh. A lot of people thought she was saying that Kylie refused to let Selena take a selfie with Timothee but a source told People that wasn’t true. Selena made a comment later that “I told Taylor about two of my friends that hooked up.” There are rumors that it’s Meryl Streep and Martin Short! I hope it’s happening but Martin’s rep said they’re just friends. Also at the Golden Globes there was a mini Suits reunion. Patrick Adams, Gabriel Macht, Gina Torres and Sarah Rafferty presented. I saw an interview where Gabriel acted like he didn’t know who Meghan was. Gina Torres said in another interview that they don’t have Meghan’s phone number and she’s not on the group chat. Some people think that Gina was fibbing to cover for Meghan. Chandra mentions that the Suits cast is protective of her. Of course she was invited to the Globes. Royals: Minutes 17:45 to 22:00 Prince Charles is reportedly worried about Andrew but plans to make him pay for security and the renovations to Royal Lodge, which Will and Kate want for themselves. There is a story that Charles is never going to evict Andrew, but that sounds straight from Andrew. William is said to want Charles to come down harder on Andrew while Charles probably doesn’t want to rock the boat. Comments of the Week: Minutes 22:00 to end My comment of the week is from Blue Nails Betty on the post about doing less in 2024. Thanks for listening bitches! | |||
| 166: William and Kate's janky Christmas card, Kate's copycat outfit | 16 Dec 2023 | 00:28:13 | |
Introduction: Minutes 0 to 6:00 Royals: Minutes (6:00) to 23:15 In last week’s episode #165 we talked about the fact that the royal racists, Kate and Charles, were accidentally released in the Dutch translation of Omid Scobie’s Endgame. Scobie wrote an essay for iNews in which he explained how that happened. We also mentioned last week that the royals had crisis talks and were planning a “charm offensive” in response to Endgame. There were some vague legal threats in the press but they plan to just act like everything is fine like they always do. King Charles visited the court that will preside over Prince Harry’s case against the Mirror just a day before their ruling! Chandra doesn’t think Prince Harry will win his royal protection case but that he’s pursuing it so that it’s all on the record. Part of the “charm offensive” involves the royals doing more charity work, although Kate hasn’t been seen much. There was an article that Kate would get revenge on the Sussexes by getting good press. Camilla Tominey had a series of articles about how Meghan hates Kate and it was clearly projection. Kate took all three of her children to visit a Baby Bank and they actually brought donations with them. It was one of the best things they’ve done in months, however they were criticized by anti-poverty advocates for normalizing charity instead of advocating for systemic change. William visited a charity for unhoused people he works with called Passages. He was seen hugging people and the Daily Mail reported on that and called him the “Prince of Hugs.” After Omid Scobie reported in Endgame that Prince Edward is a germaphobe the palace released a video where he’s uncomfortably shaking people’s hands. The Sussexes released a cute video of their charity work with Archewell this year along with the foundation’s impact report. The press poured over the numbers and criticized them for only raising $2 million this year, which is ridiculous. They raised more in their first two years after starting their foundation, and they haven’t “spent” all of that money. They also gave their staffers raises. Here’s a link to one of the tweets Chandra mentions about royal staffers being jealous. Richard Eden wrote a column calling for Harry and Meghan’s titles to be stripped and for Harry and his kids to be removed from the line of succession. This argument invalidates the whole “magic blood club” reasoning for the royalty if Harry can just be excluded. The Sun reported that a source said that Charles “will not be emotionally blackmailed by his own son” in regard to the royal racist reveal in the Dutch version of Endgame. Harry had nothing to do with Endgame and these people know how they treated him. Kate and William released a black and white family Christmas photo. They were all wearing black jeans and white button down shirts and it was giving Olan Mills 1994. We wonder why they didn’t make it more Christmassy. Us Weekly reported that they were embarrassed by that. Comments of the week: Minutes (23:15) to end My comment of the week is from atlantababe on the post about Jennifer Aniston saying she didn’t use an intimacy coordinator on the set of The Morning Show. Thanks for listening bitches! Happy holidays and hope you have an excellent new year! | |||
| 165: Prince Harry and Duchess Meghan urged to defend Windsors | 09 Dec 2023 | 00:29:05 | |
Introduction: Minutes 0 to 6:00 Royals: Minutes (6:00) to 24:00 Meanwhile the royals are doing the most to show they’re not racist except own up to it. Kate’s dodgy uncle Gary did a column for The Daily Mail where he defended Kate by saying she can’t be racist because he and Kate’s mom grew up in West London. Sir Kenneth Olisa, the first black Lord-Lieutenant of London, also defended the royals. The Daily Mail has said that the royals are taking a “charm offensive” approach to the racism allegations. Kate opened a new Children’s Day Surgery at Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospital in London this week where she was photographed with people of color. Charles, William and Kate also had crisis talks. These seem to have worked somewhat in that coverage is no longer focused on Endgame. The Telegraph claimed a royal source is urging the Sussexes to defend the Windsors against the racism claims. This is ridiculous considering the Windsor's "recollections may vary" response to the Oprah interview. Meanwhile Omid Scobie was asked in a BBC interview if he would apologize to the Windsors. Harry’s old friend Hugh Grosevenor, the Duke of Westminster, is getting married this June. Hugh is close to Harry and William and is Louis’s godfather. An initial report from Roya Nikkhah in The Times claimed that Hugh didn’t invite Harry and Meghan to his wedding to “avoid a family clash in the House of Windsor.” Then the Daily Mail and The Telegraph did follow ups claiming that Hugh was sad about having to snub the Sussexes but that it’s all Harry’s fault. Page Six blew the lid off all that when they said that Harry got a “save the date” card for Hugh’s wedding a few months ago and then called Hugh to tell him it was best that he didn’t go. This was very tacky of William to use the Duke of Westminster to bash his brother. We wonder how the aristos will get get back at William. We also wonder if William will ever be king. Comments of the Week: Minutes 24:00 to end My comment of the week is from DaveW on the post where Angie Harmon said her daughters play Rizzoli and Isles for her dogs when she’s away. Thanks for listening bitches! | |||
| 164: Omid Scobie's Endgame is excellent | 02 Dec 2023 | 00:32:57 | |
Introduction: Minutes 0 to 6:00 Royals: Minutes 6:00 to 28:15 We’re floored by how good and thorough Endgame is and by Scobie’s pithy cutting observations. It’s an excellent book, well written and entertaining. It’s a great read for both royal followers and for people with a casual interest. Endgame has so much more of Scobie’s voice than Finding Freedom and it’s so impressive. The British media is mischaracterizing Scobie’s book and focusing on the wrong things. They called him misogynistic for mildly criticizing Kate’s worth ethic. One of the big stories out of Endgame is that Meghan mentioned two names of royal racists who inquired about her baby’s skin color when she was corresponding with King Charles after the Oprah interview. If you read the transcript of the Oprah interview, it’s clear that there were “several conversations” about it, both when Harry first started dating Meghan and again when she was pregnant with Archie. We first heard about Meghan’s correspondence with Charles earlier this year. Chandra thinks that this was leaked by Buckingham Palace as a way to explain why Meghan didn’t go to the Coronation. Scobie was careful and didn’t name the royal racists in Endgame, however the Dutch translation of the book named Charles. Scobie said in an interview that Fleet Street journalists were aware of the names of the two royal racists for some time. He has said it’s not true that his book had the names in it. Piers Morgan claimed that Kate was named in that inaccurate translation too. William’s press secretary Christian Jones bargained with renowned blackmailer and abuser Don Wootton to bury the story about William’s affair with Rose Hanbury in exchange for negative stories about the Sussexes. Wootton is the one who published the details about the Sussexit in early 2020. When Harry tried to call out Jones for leaking details to Wootton the firm protected Jones over Harry. We heard about this in the Byline Times report in late October and Scobie has more details and a timeline. Jones leaked the news about the Sussexit as the statement was being written. Harry was threatened in 2020 by The Lord Chamberlain, the most senior officer in the royal household, who said Harry would face severe consequences if he didn’t back down. Harry’s security and financial support was later withdrawn although we wonder about the timeline. Piers Morgan also wrote in his column in The Sun that “Harry would do well to heed the warning of Dionysius the Tyrant who was left a broken man by his constant warmongering and got finally bumped off by his own fed-up family.” He’s basically threatening that Harry will be murdered! Piers is close with Camilla. Morgan also mentioned Samantha Markle in that column, and we think he’s behind her lawsuit against Meghan. Comments of the Week: Minutes 28:15 to end My comment of the week is from Concern Fae on Rosie’s post where Jennifer Garner was showing what’s in her backpack. Thanks for listening bitches! | |||
| 162: Harry and Meghan called Charles on his birthday, Kate's golden thread speech | 18 Nov 2023 | 00:24:16 | |
Introduction: Minutes 0 to 4:45 Royals: Minutes (4:45) to 19:30 Charles supposedly wanted Harry to call him for his birthday. Both Harry and Meghan called and talked to him along with sending a little happy birthday video with their kids. It definitely sounded like the palace briefed the media but then they did what they always do and claimed Harry and Meghan were the source. Kate gave a speech about early childhood as part of a symposium. They previewed it in The Telegraph and made it sound so groundbreaking. However it was super generic and basic like everything she does. I remember the Shaping Us claymation video they did earlier this year. Omid Scobie’s Endgame: Inside the Royal Family and the Monarchy’s Fight for Survival is out on November 28th. His last book, Finding Freedom, came out in August, 2020 and that was an international bestseller. We’ve been covering the excerpts from the book which were published in People Magazine. Harry’s family snubbed him after the Queen died and worked to exclude Meghan. We heard some of this before but not the extent of it. The press claimed that Charles told Harry about the Queen dying but as Harry explained in Spare, he found out from the press as he was on a plane when it happened. Scobie also wrote that William sees Harry as a defector and that he thinks Harry and Meghan blindsided their family by going public with their issues. William also thinks that Harry is brainwashed by therapists and that he’s California and self-important. Harry still has warmth for Charles though and that came through in Spare. Chandra thinks Camilla would rather they didn't talk. The Daily Mirror claimed that Scobie timed his book excerpt release to overshadow Kate’s big girl speech. They royals are panicking about the book. The first half of The Crown season six is out now. We wonder how Peter Morgan will show Will and Kate’s love story and if he’ll just go with the official version. Comments of the week: Minutes (19:30) to end My comment of the week is from Jane on the post with Travis Kelce’s old tweets. Thanks for listening bitches! | |||
| 162: Princess Kate and Prince William are living separate lives, Britney Spears is dishing the dirt in her memoir | 21 Oct 2023 | 00:27:44 | |
Introduction: Minutes 0 to 6:00 Royals: Minutes 6:00 to 14:00 William and Kate are said to be divided over whether Prince George should go to boarding school at Eton where William and Harry went. It looks like they’ve been separated for some time. William went to the Rugby World Cup semifinal in France with George on Saturday. Then Kate went solo to another match on Sunday. Britney Spears: Minutes 14:00 to 20:30 I read a quote from Lisa from the Eat, Pray, Britney podcast. We wonder how Justin Timberlake dumped Britney over text when not many of us were texting in 2002. Did he use a Blackberry? They had just come out in 2002 and Britney and Justin broke up in March of that year. Comments of the Week: Minutes 20:30 to end My COTW is from Bee on the post where Jada Pinkett Smith said that people blamed her for Will smacking Chris Rock at the Oscars.
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| 161: Duchess Meghan and Prince Harry were in New York, Princess Kate and Prince William did some events | 14 Oct 2023 | 00:28:38 | |
Introduction: Minutes 0 to 3:30 Royals: Minutes (3:30) to 20:00 Harry and Meghan visited a school in Brooklyn and also took part in a discussion with at the World Mental Health Day Festival with families of children have been bullied online. They were on a panel with US Surgeon General Vivek Murthy. The Sussexes have been advocating for regulating social media for a long time. We remember Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen’s testimony in Congress in late 2021 and Mark Zuckerberg’s testimony in 2018. Congress is not regulating these awful social media companies because they have no clue. I pay a segment of Meghan’s discussion on that panel. Chandra does not think Meghan will return to Instagram. We remember when her friend posted a photo of avocado toast and the press connected it to war and drought. The Waleses hired an entertainment producer, Pippa Harris, as director of their Royal Foundation. Pippa runs a production company with director Sam Mendes and is one of the producers of Call the Midwife. We’re surprised that show is still running after 12 seasons but we both only watched the first two seasons. The story about William hiring Harris was written by Richard Eden and framed as if Harry and Meghan would be jealous of William. It was ridiculous. William’s private secretary is leaving after the news that William wants to hire a CEO. Kate hasn’t had a private secretary in over a year. She tried to hire someone but that woman quit before she started. The Waleses went to Birmingham for World Mental Health day where they spoke to young people. I thought Kate’s speech was a little better than usual, but Chandra says she hasn’t improved. William just gave basic examples of improving mental health like getting outdoors and talking to friends. The Royal Foundation also commissioned a survey of 3,000 young people on how mental health is important. Kate went to Nottingham Trent University to talk with students about mental health. She wore a cream Sezane sweater and skirt that was very Meghan. Kate and William also stepped out for an event with SportsAid, one of Kate’s patronages. They talked to young athletes about mental health. Kate wore a blue Zara blazer and jeans. I say the royals need to redistribute their wealth and Chandra agrees. The royals own so much land and have massive wealth. Chandra mentions that William is no longer talking about housing the homeless on duchy property. Comments of the Week: Minutes (20:00) to end My comment of the week is from Miranda on the post where Aaron Rodgers said he wanted to debate Travis Kelce. Thanks for listening bitches! | |||
| 160: Princess Kate will step out solo while William will spread his wings | 07 Oct 2023 | 00:35:57 | |
Introduction: Minutes 0 to 6:00 Royals: Minutes (6:00) to 19:45 Robert Jobson reported in the Daily Express that Kate will increasingly “step out solo” and that William is “spreading his wings.” The press still writes about them like they’ve just graduated college. Will and Kate did a couple of events together recently. They met with Apple CEO Tim Cook at Kensington Palace where they likely got free iPhones. They also went to Cardiff to do multiple events for Black History Month where they looked especially awkward. We got stories afterward about how hunky William is. Kate visited a community center without bringing anything. I play a segment from Zoom where we talk about Kate’s style. Zakia mentions that Kate may have lost some sensation in her face due to injections and be exaggerating her expressions for that reason. This makes sense because celebrity women have said that they weren’t able to smile after bad Botox. Ashley says how disrespectful it is that Kate repeated an outfit within a couple of days for an event with Black people. Sophie Turner and Taylor Swift Minutes (19:45) to 28:30 Taylor Swift is dating Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce. She’s been attending to his football games and Swifties and the NFL are going crazy. She went to a game with his mom in Kansas City on September 24 and on Sunday October 1 she went to a game in New Jersey with Sophie, Blake Lively, Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman. Comments of the Week: Minutes (28:30) to end My comments of the week are from Steph and Susan Collins on the post about Commander Biden being sent away. Thanks for listening bitches! | |||
| 177: Prince Harry honored at the ESPYs, this week in politics | 20 Jul 2024 | 00:36:47 | |
Introduction: Minutes 0 to 7:00 Royals: Minutes 7:00 to 20:00 As we mentioned in episode 176, the Middletons are also back from their insolvency crisis. They popped back up the minute Kate came out again. They were at Wimbledon this year and were even in the royal box. Chandra remembers when Kate waved to her parents in the cheap seats at Wimbledon. The big story the past couple of weeks was about Prince Harry receiving the Pat Tillman award at the ESPYs. After the award was announced and before the ESPYS happened the British press tried to smear Harry. There were so many articles trashing Harry for receiving this award. ESPN commentator Pat McAfee was one of the naysayers. He is an idiot and an antivaxxer. The Daily Mail got Pat Tillman’s mother on the record to say that Harry is divisive. ESPN and former Pat Tillman award recipients defended Harry after that. Harry was so gracious at the ESPYs and the response was overwhelmingly positive. Of course the tabloids tried to spin it negatively. Charles and Camilla opened Parliament this week, decked out in stolen jewels and finery. They were met with large protests and Charles was seen snapping at a page boy. Prince William went to the Euro final, where he looked like a hooligan. Politics: Minutes 20:00 to 30:30 Trump picked his Vice President, and it’s Hillbilly Elegy author and freshman senator from Ohio J.D. Vance. Vance is married to an Indian-American lawyer and has three children with her. The MAGAs hate that and of course they’re being racist about his family. Unfortunately Biden has covid. Biden did not do that well at the debate a couple weeks ago, but he’s since done interviews and he’s been excellent. Plus of course the press focused on Biden’s performance instead of the fact that Trump tried to overthrow the government, that he lies constantly and that he’s a convicted felon. There are calls for him to step down and it’s ridiculous. There is not enough support for Kamala. Biden is also said to be making changes to the Supreme Court. Comments of the week: Minutes 30:30 to end My comment of the week is from Bumblebee on the post about bread and chips at restaurants. Thanks for listening bitches!
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| 159: Prince William is trying to be a sex symbol and copying Harry, Kate is upstaging William | 23 Sep 2023 | 00:26:37 | |
Introduction: Minutes 0 to 5:00 Royals: Minutes 5:00 to 19:30 William went to New York for two days to announce the Earthshot finalists as the UN General Assembly met. He was not invited to the UN, which Harry was invited to and addressed last year, but he did do a photo op with UN Secretary General Guterres. He also went to FDNY Ten House, across the street from ground zero, which Harry originally visited in 2009. Mayor Eric Adams was supposed to meet William there but he canceled a half hour before it was scheduled. When Meghan and Harry were in NY in 2021 they did a photo call at One World Trade center with NY Governor Hochul and then Mayor De Blasio. Both Harry and Meghan have spoken at the UN as well. At the end of his trip there were two pieces in the Daily Mail claiming that Americans find William sexy and amazing and it read like such propaganda. The purpose of the trip seemed to be to convince British people that Americans love William, but it didn’t work. Chandra wonders if this is a rollout for William being single. Kate stayed back in England and did a bunch of stunt queening events. It really looks like she’s trying to upstage William. On Monday she visited a naval base and then on Tuesday she wore a beige suit to visit a youth charity in London. We wonder what’s going on with her hair. The Earthshot Awards are scheduled for Singapore on November 7th. We heard this week that Kate is not expected to go. She had been scheduled to go for months. We got stories about how Kate took a helicopter to the naval base and how environmentally unfriendly that is. Charles and Camilla arrived in France on Wednesday. It was rescheduled from March due to the protests in France and the threats against Charles. They went to a state dinner with the Macrons and Camilla wore a navy Dior gown and sapphire jewelry. Charles addressed the French Senate, in French, about the urgency of addressing climate change. I think Camilla got a thread lift but Chandra thinks it’s just photoshop. Comment of the Week: Minutes 19:30 to end My comment of the week is from BlueNailsBetty on the post about Drew Barrymore defending herself on video for bringing her show back during the strikes. She’s since reversed that decision. Thanks for listening bitches! | |||
| 158: Duchess Meghan and Prince Harry at the Invictus Games, Princess Kate and Prince William try to pull focus | 16 Sep 2023 | 00:26:29 | |
Introduction: Minutes 0 to 6:00 Royals: Minutes 6:00 to 22:45 Harry got a standing ovation in Dusseldorf and was greeted by the mayor. He’s getting glowing coverage in the German press, especially now that Meghan is there. The Windsors are doing a ton of events as counterprogramming. Will and Kate were on Mike Tindall’s rugby podcast, and the reporting afterwards was that they “torpedoed Harry’s launch of the Invictus Games with the release of a podcast featuring them and Princess Anne.” They always do things with Harry and Meghan in mind. Kate’s entire look at the Rugby World Cup was a copy of Meghan’s at the Invictus Games opening a year prior. Kate visited a prison and wore a fluffy new wig that the press praised the next day. We also heard she had a meeting. William did an event for suicide prevention and mental health issues affecting construction workers. Meanwhile the royals have not acknowledged Team Briton or the Invictus Games, although they’re trying to partially take credit for it by stating that Harry started it through the Royal Foundation. Meghan joined Harry at the Invictus games on Tuesday and attended her first event on Tuesday night. She was in a black Banana Republic shirtdress. On Wednesday Meghan wore a cardigan from J.Crew and dress shorts. She’s also worn black jeans with a black sleeveless top and white jeans with a white sweater vest. She is doing her own hair and makeup. Thursday, Meghan and Harry did an event with Nato personnel. Meghan wore a silky brown blouse and dress pants. Chandra’s favorite outfit she’s worn is her travel outfit. The Nigerian team has given Meghan a traditional Nigerian name. She’s been embraced by Invictus competitors and attendees. There are photos of Meghan holding Taira’s hand, the Ukrainian Invictus competitor who was held in a Russian prison camp. The British royals haven’t acknowledged the British Invictus team with a tweet or message or reception and even the British press is noticing. The British defense minister is there and has been in meetings though. We remember the story about how the British government pressured the Bidens not to support the Sussexes. The Windsors are so obvious with the stunts they’re pulling. Comments of the Week: Minutes 22:45 to end My comment of the week is from Indica on the post about how the FDA found phenylephrine is ineffective. Thanks for listening bitches!
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| 157: Duchess Meghan and Prince Harry went to see Beyonce, Princess Kate is still bitter, Heart of Invictus was inspirational | 09 Sep 2023 | 00:29:44 | |
Introduction: Minutes 0 to 7:45 Royals: Minutes 7:45 to 17:30 Now that Harry is in the UK, William did his first event after two whole months off. The Waleses are also scheduled to attend the Rugby World Cup this weekend. Last week Harry and Meghan went to see Beyonce, Meghan went twice, once with Harry and her mom and Abigail Spencer, and another time with other A-listers for Beyonce’s birthday concert. Harry went to the Inter-Miami soccer game in LA. It’s clear they’re doing fine. As those stories were breaking there were multiple stories about how bitter Kate still is about Meghan, Kate will never forgive Meghan for some vague reason that keeps changing, and how Meghan doesn’t want to come to the UK because she doesn’t want to curtsey to Kate! It turns out Meghan doesn’t technically have to curtsey to Kate anyway. The Suits creator has revealed that when Meghan was in her last year on the show, when she was dating Harry and before they were engaged, the palace was reading the scripts and controlling her lines. Celebrity Divorces: 17:30 to 24:45 Costner has been ordered to pay 63,000 a month to Christine, which is much less than the $168K she was asking for. He’s trying to smear her in court and online and it’s clear to us from the new commenters that he’s hired a PR firm and is using bots for that. Joe Jonas filed for divorce from Sophie Turner. They’ve been married four years and have two children, Willa, three, and a second daughter whose name we don’t know who is 14 months old. He’s 34 and she’s 27 and they’ve been together since she was 19. Joe is trying to push the narrative that Sophie is partying but he basically couldn’t hack being a full time dad when she went back to work in England. There’s an interview Sophie did with Conan during lockdown where she said she’s a homebody and Joe is the social butterfly. The latest news is that Joe supposedly saw ring cam footage where Sophie was quote “saying and/or doing something that made him realize the marriage was over.” He was spying on her and that’s super creepy. The whole Internet is on Sophie’s side. Comments of the Week: 24:45 to end My COTW is from wordnerd on the post about Meghan Trainor telling her brother to get Botox. Thanks for listening bitches! | |||
| 156: Duchess Meghan went to lunch with friends, Prince Harry's Heart of Invictus trailer is out | 19 Aug 2023 | 00:31:18 | |
Introduction: Minutes 0 to 6:00 Royals: Minutes 6:00 to 22:30 We also got to see a photo of Meghan out with her girlfriends. She looks so young and radiant and it’s nice to see her happy! Last week we talked about Meghan being seen out at a Taylor Swift concert in LA. I’m sure it’s just a coincidence, but Kate went to a concert too you guys! Chandra thinks the purpose of the story was to associate Kate with Rose Hanbury. The music festival was on the Houghton estate, where Rose and her husband, David Rocksavage, live. We heard all about it along with the fact that Kate drank spicy margaritas and that their party left a 700 pound tip. Maybe the point of those stories was that William and Rose are no longer hooking up. The Women’s World Cup final is taking place this weekend in Australia between England and Spain. Prince William, the president of the English Football Association, isn’t going to attend. We don’t know where he is as he hasn’t made an appearance since early July. We wonder how this will affect Australia’s position within the Commonwealth. We got the first trailer for Prince Harry’s Heart of Invictus series. It’s a five part docuseries with one hour episodes and premieres on August 30th. It looks so heartwarming and I got teared up! Last week we talked about the Royal.gov.uk site removing Prince Harry’s HRH titles from articles about him. There was an article in the Daily Mail stating that of course Harry and Meghan’s titles haven’t been removed and that the Letters Patent hasn’t been annulled to do this. We’ve talked a lot about how the British press hypes the next big royal event and talks out of both sides of their mouths about whether the Sussexes should come. Charles doesn’t invite Harry directly but tells the press he’d like him to come. They’re now using that same strategy for Charles’s 75th birthday coming up in November. Britney Spears: Minutes 22:30 to 25:30 Comments of the Week: Minutes 25:30 to end My comment of the week is from K on the post about Leonard Bernstein’s family defending Bradley Cooper’s prosthetic nose in the biopic about him. Thanks for listening bitches! | |||
| 155: Prince Harry's trip, Duchess Meghan went to see Taylor Swift, Natalie Portman's divorce | 12 Aug 2023 | 00:20:42 | |
Introduction: Minutes 0 to 3:45 Royals: Minutes 3:45 to 11:00 To pull focus from Harry doing something when they’re all on vacation, the Windsors decided to remove his HRH style from articles about him. Reports say they’re just updating the website after the Queen’s death, but taking His Royal Highness away from Harry was given priority over other necessary updates. Chandra thinks the press was briefed about this to pull focus from Harry's trip. It’s so petty and obvious. While Harry is away Meghan was seen at one of Taylor Swift’s six LA concerts. She also reportedly went to see Barbie with friends. William and Kate are going to honor the Queen at an appearance for her death anniversary. At first sources said Harry and Meghan have an open invitation to Balmoral, then we heard that they weren’t invited to the memorial. Next there was a story about how there was no memorial planned, and the latest is that Kate and William will lead the tribute to the Queen. Natalie Portman: Minutes 11:00 to 16:00 Comments of the week: Minutes 16:00 to end Chandra’s comment of the week is from Olliesmom on the post about Clarence Thomas receiving millions worth of travel from Republican donors. Thanks for listening bitches! | |||
| 154: Duchess Meghan and Prince Harry did a new video, Ariana Grande's messy affair | 05 Aug 2023 | 00:37:22 | |
Introduction: Minutes 0 to 13:00 Celebrity divorces: Minutes 13:00 to 23:30 Royals: Minutes 23:30 to 32:00 Suits, Meghan’s USA series that aired from 2011 to 2019, is one of the top shows on Netflix. People are like “wow Meghan can act, she’s incredible” and the British press are trying to spin it like Americans hate her, which is ridiculous. We just got a new video of Harry and Meghan in their courtyard congratulating the winners of the Responsible Technology Youth Power Fund over the phone. It’s really cute and they both look so rich and unbothered. I’m sure we’ll get articles about how they’re trying to pull focus from Prince William serving veggie burgers. Chandra thinks Kensington Palace is trying to bury the veggie burger video because it was all staged. The Sussexes are covering both People Magazine and US Magazine this week. They’re said to be having business problems, which surprises me because they have so many successes. The Spotify debacle highlighted their need for a communications team. They’ve been speaking through sources instead of issuing official responses to Spotify’s trash-talking. We hope they get an excellent communications team. Comments of the Week: Minutes 32:00 to end Chandra’s comment of the week is from Kitten on the post about Trump being indicted. Thanks for listening bitches! | |||
| 153: Prince Harry testified in his case against Mirror Group Newspapers; Prince William and Princess Kate went to Crown Prince Hussein’s royal wedding | 10 Jun 2023 | 00:34:07 | |
Intro: Minutes 0 to 7:45 Royals: Minutes 7:45 to 23:15 While Harry was testifying the firm sent out Princess Kate to try to pull focus. She went to the Windsor Family Hub on Tuesday and apparently the women at the center were only given a half hour notice that she was coming with photographers. Then on Wednesday she did a rugby event. In an obvious move to avoid Harry, Charles announced to the press ahead of time that he would be at his place in Transylvania this week. He came back to London after five days though. William and Kate went to Crown Prince Hussein’s royal wedding in Jordan last week and looked just as pissed off at each other as they always do. I play a clip where we talked about that on Zoom. The Middletons are getting exposed for their shady business dealings. They owe millions to creditors and had to sell Party Pieces in a fire sale. We mention how Kate pulled focus from Charles and Camilla at the Chelsea Flower Show. Taylor Swift: Minutes 23:15 to 28:15 Comments of the Week: Minutes 28:15 to end My comment of the week is from Slush on the post about Martha Stewart telling people to go into the office while she works from home. Chandra remembers Martha’s interview where she said her workers needed to be available to take calls at any time. I read that interview and she fired a guy for not talking to her on a Sunday – when he was taking a bath! Thanks for listening bitches! | |||
| 152: Harry and Meghan in horrific two hour paparazzi car chase; the coronation was ridiculous | 20 May 2023 | 00:34:33 | |
Introduction: Minutes 0 to 4:15 Royals: The Car Chase: Minutes 4:15 to 15:45 All of that is lead up to this disturbing story that Harry and Meghan were chased by multiple blacked out SUVs and motorcycles allegedly containing paparazzi when they left the Ms. event. They were pursued for over two hours, from about 10pm to midnight. A paparazzo said that the Sussex’s vehicle was the one doing evasive maneuvers, but it’s clear the paparazzi were driving dangerously and putting pedestrians at risk. Here’s a link to the tweet I mentioned from the President of the NY Press Photographers Association. We wonder why the paparazzi were hounding Harry and Meghan, since there were already photos of them that night and there’s no market for photos of them in a car afterwards. The Page Six report said that there were 12 paparazzi at first. A witness at the scene as they left the venue said it was scary. It’s upsetting how the press is trying to fact check and minimize what Harry and Meghan went through. A taxi driver who picked up Harry and Meghan at a police station and drove them around the block is being quoted as saying it wasn’t that bad, essentially. He was only with them for ten minutes. NYC Mayor Adams similarly tried to downplay it. The Sussexes’ spokesperson has said she’s never seen them that vulnerable and a member of their security team, a former secret service agent, has said he’d never seen anything like this and that it could have been fatal. Some commenters have suggested that the Sussexes waited to release a statement on the incident so that they could see who would publish the photos. They were briefly published online in The Express and the Mail. No one from the royal family has reached out to the Sussexes or contacted them to see if they’re OK. The royal family has also refused to comment on this! The Coronation: Minutes 15:45 to 24:30 Will and Kate looked tired and mad like they fought on the way over. Someone told Omid Scobie that it was their children’s fault they were late! That was their excuse to the press. After that they released a shaky behind-the-scenes fan cam video that was just terrible and hard to watch. Kate wasn’t given a tiara to wear and so she wore a headpiece made by McQueen. She also wore Diana’s famous diamond-and-pearl earrings, but she wore them backwards. The whole coronation was excessive and Charles didn’t even look happy. Plus there wasn’t much interest and no one was talking about it in a few days. We also heard that Camilla was going to work less as Queen. We think Diana would be living her best life if she was still with us. Comments of the Week: Minutes 24:30 to end Chandra’s comment of the week is from Becks1 on the post about Kate looking overjoyed in an appearance the day after Harry and Meghan were hounded by paparazzi. Thanks for listening bitches! | |||
| 151: Duchess Meghan made her first appearance in weeks, Prince William's secret settlement from the tabloids | 29 Apr 2023 | 00:30:04 | |
Introduction: Minutes 0 to 6:00 Royals: Minutes 6:00 to 25:30 Prince Harry is suing the Rupert Murdoch-owned newspapers, News Group Newspapers, for hacking and hiring private investigators to get dirt on his girlfriends. In a recent filing for that lawsuit, Harry revealed that William accepted a private settlement from NGN in 2020. Harry also revealed that there was some sort of backdoor deal between the senior royals and NGN in 2012. Harry kept all of this out of Spare and we wonder how he found out about it. We think he may have omitted it from Spare for legal reasons. This week we also heard that Meghan and then Prince Charles exchanged letters after the Oprah interview. Charles wrote to her first saying he was upset that she talked about an unnamed senior royal speculating about the color of their baby’s skin. They had a warm exchange about it but nothing was resolved. Meghan never revealed this in her Netflix series or in interviews. She was blamed for leaking this story about the letters, which she denied. Chandra wonders who told the royal reporters that Meghan is the one who leaked this. She thinks it was William. We wonder who the royal racist was and think it was probably both William and Camilla. There was a line in the original article from the Telegraph that was deleted from subsequent versions which read that “she does still consider the comment to be racist.” Harry has talked about unconscious bias several times. Meghan appeared for the first time in weeks in a recorded introduction for her friend photographer Misan Harriman’s Ted Talk. We also got to see Harry and Meghan in a private box at the Laker’s game earlier this week. Meghan looks so happy and healthy. The Sussexes looked very connected as always and yet GB News ran a story afterwards that they were leading separate lives. The woman who wrote that is married to Piers Morgan. We wonder why Piers Morgan was seen out with Beatrice and Eugenie. To sign up for our mailing list, please visit the post for this podcast. You can also open one of our stories in an incognito window and you will get a popup for the mailing list. Comments of the Week: Minutes 25:30 to end Chandra’s comment of the week is from Tiffany on the post about Glen Powell and his girlfriend Gigi Paris breaking up after Glen got cozy with Sydney Sweeney on the set of their new romcom. Thanks for listening bitches! | |||
| 150: Prince Harry's surprise visit to London, Trump got indicted | 01 Apr 2023 | 00:34:59 | |
Introduction: Minutes 0 to 4:30 Royals: Minutes 4:30 to 22:30 After that came out, a royal source told The Daily Beast that Harry’s statement has “torpedoed any remaining bridges” with his family. It’s curious that the Windsors are acting like Harry is attacking them when the case is against the Daily Mail. The Telegraph reported that Charles was too busy to see him. Charles was at Highgrove after his trip to France was canceled so he wasn't too busy. Will and Kate are conveniently out of town too because their kids are on break. Camilla Tominey accused Harry of upstaging Charles’ big trip. The Sussexes upstage the Windsors partly because the British press has built them up so much with negative reporting. We still don’t know whether Harry and Meghan will come to the Coronation. There was a story that if Harry does come to the coronation, he won’t have to bow to Camilla! There was an offensive article in The Times about how world leaders love Charles and want to meet him. Biden isn’t going to the coronation and he’s not planning on visiting Charles during a visit to Northern Ireland in April. Charles has a history of taking bribes from despots. Meanwhile Charles is evicting and firing people. He’s trying to cut staff and end subsidized housing and London apartments for royals. He might evict the Queen’s royal dresser, Angela Kelly, from her grace and favor cottage, which is what she deserves. He did appoint Rose Hanbury’s husband, David Rocksavage, as his lord-in-waiting though! Kate’s private secretary we heard so much about, Alison Corfield, declined the job. She’s been working for Jamie Oliver for eight years and chose to stay at that position rather than work for Kate. Kate has been without a full time private secretary since last summer. This should have been a huge story but there’s been no follow up since the announcement. Trump got indicted: Minutes 22:30 to 29:30 Comments of the Week: Minutes 29:30 to end My comment of the week is from Frippery on the post about Gwyneth Paltrow at court. Thanks for listening bitches! | |||
| 176: Princess Kate appeared for the first time in six months, Duchess Meghan sent a friend jam | 22 Jun 2024 | 00:30:05 | |
Introduction: Minutes 0 to 6:30 Royals: Minutes 6:30 to 25:15 We have heard for weeks that we shouldn’t expect to see Kate until the autumn and maybe not all year. Her appearance at Trooping was a big surprise, especially since she missed the rehearsal. We wonder why so many fake videos and photos were released of Kate the past few weeks. The narrative after Kate’s appearance was typical. Allison Pearson at the Telegraph ran a fawning over the top piece about how amazing Kate was for showing up at Trooping. The subtitle of the piece was “When lesser mortals would have stayed at home, Catherine proved that the show goes on.” It looks like Kensington Palace has taken over the messaging again as it’s very tone deaf. Kate is covering People Magazine this week. King Charles’ biographer Catherine Mayer gave the quote that “However difficult, or otherwise, this has been for Kate, appearing was an act of service under the terms of the institution she is part of.” Meghan sent jam and dog biscuits to Harry’s best friend Nacho Figueras. Nacho posted photos of his dog, I think it’s a whippet, next to the biscuits and the jam, which was labeled 2/2. Meghan was just sending a gift to a friend, it’s not like she was doing it to overshadow Kate. Instead there was an article in the Daily Beast with a source who said “You just have to ask yourself, who would set out to ruin a cancer-sufferer’s day? It is absolutely pathetic.” It’s likely Meghan sent that jam days before anyone knew Kate would go to Trooping. I play a segment from Zoom where we talk about the royals. We saw Carole and Michael Middleton at Royal Ascot. This was surprising, because there were stories as of late last week about how they didn’t even pay the insolvency firm that helped them restructure and sell Party Pieces. Kate did not go to Royal Ascot and she also didn’t go to the big Order of the Garter investiture ceremony earlier this week. She let everyone know that she would not be at those ceremonies. She’s expected to be at Wimbledon in early July. Comments of the Week: Minutes 25:15 to end My comment of the week is from lanne on the post about the details of Justin Timberlake’s DUI arrest. Thanks for listening bitches! | |||
| 149: Harry and Meghan mum on coronation, Princess Kate's Business Taskforce for Early Childhood | 25 Mar 2023 | 00:30:04 | |
Introduction: Minutes 0 to 6:45 Royals: Minutes 6:45 to 22:00 While we were off we got an announcement that Princess Lilibet was christened in Montecito. The Sussexes used Lili’s Princess title in their announcement about it to the media. The order of succession website with Archie and Lili’s titles was finally updated a day later. We got a bizarre story that when Charles evicted the Sussexes from Frogmore he told them that the website would be updated with their children’s titles. Charles had been trying to convince the press that he had the power to make a decision on the children’s titles. After the christening story came out, the palace changed their tune. We’ve also heard that Camilla’s grandchildren will have prominent roles in the coronation but that Archie and Lili haven’t even been formally invited yet. Royalists don’t think Camilla’s grandchildren should be in the coronation. Meanwhile William and Kate’s children are expected to be in the procession but it’s unknown if they will have a big role. Prince Edward, Charles’ youngest sibling, also finally got his Duke of Edinburgh title that was promised to him by the Queen and Prince Philip. The titles were supposed to be passed to him and his wife, Sophie, when the Queen passed but Charles kept holding it over his head. Charles conferred that to him on March 10th, which was Edward’s 59th birthday. This week Princess Kate met with her new “Business Taskforce for Early Childhood.” I was floored by how bad her speech was. It had a bunch of big words and made zero sense. The taskforce was the whole announcement. They have no agenda and no goals. We wonder when Kate will do something substantive like fundraising or advocacy work. Trump’s possible arrest: Minutes 22:00 to 25 Comments of the Week: Minutes 25:00 to end My comment of the week is from Manda on the post about the TikTok from Romy Mars, Sofia Coppola and Thomas Mars’ 16-year-old daughter. Thanks for listening bitches! | |||
| 148: Prince Harry and Duchess Meghan were sent an eviction notice the day after Spare came out | 04 Mar 2023 | 00:25:31 | |
Introduction: Minutes 0 to 11:30 Royals: Minutes 11:30 to 23:00 The Sun reported that the eviction issue has been going on for the past seven weeks, which means that all of the stories about whether Harry would come to the Chubbly came out after he was told to vacate Frogmore. Omid Scobie confirmed this in his reporting and the Sussexes’ spokesperson has confirmed it as well. The Telegraph reported that the Sussexes are in “ongoing negotiations” about whether they will be reimbursed for the cost of renovations. It looks like Charles wants to change the conversation after he got so much bad press for meeting with the EU President. Sources have claimed that this is a financial decision on Charles’ part and that he’s trying to “reduce the size of the royal estate.” This argument doesn’t make sense, as the Crown Estate will have to spend money to reimburse the Sussexes and Prince Andrew for leaving their homes. It looks like Charles is using William’s demand to move into Royal Lodge as an excuse to kick out Harry and Meghan. There was a story by Rebecca English in the Daily Mail that the Waleses are living “cheek-by-jowl” with just four bedrooms at Adelaide cottage and a source said “The kids go to playdates at houses far bigger and grander than theirs.” They have three other properties currently. Before that news broke, we got a lot of stories about Camilla and how special and important she is. She’s going to go by Queen Camilla, she’s going to have equal billing in the Chubbly and her grandchildren are going to be given official roles in the ceremony. She’s even trying to push her 47-year-old son, Tom Parker Bowles, as a replacement for Prince Harry. Comments of the Week: Minutes 23:00 to end My comment of the week is from Beach Dreams on that same story. Thanks for listening bitches! | |||
| 147: Duchess Meghan and Prince Harry call reports they're suing South Park 'nonsense', Princess Kate only hugs people she likes | 25 Feb 2023 | 00:27:39 | |
Introduction: Minutes 0 to 4:00 Royals: Minutes 4:00 to 22:00 Kate wore a classic Meghan look when she went to a senior center on Fat Tuesday to make pancakes. A photo of Kate flipping a lumpy pancake went viral, but it likely wasn’t her fault and may have been due to the burner or batter. Last week South Park ran an episode featuring the Sussexes. The British press was like “Americans hate Harry and Meghan!” but many of us were surprised it’s still running. After the Sussex episode was met with glee, people pointed out that South Park skewered Will and Kate too after their wedding. The British press kept running stories about how upset Meghan was at South Park and how the Sussexes wanted to sue them. Their spokesperson finally shut it down with a simple statement. The British press is doing the most to bait Harry into coming to the coronation on May 6th. We’ve heard that Charles just won’t have the time to meet with Harry, that Harry is still deciding whether to come and The Daily Mail is saying that it won’t matter whether Harry and Meghan come or not because they can’t win either way. I play a segment from Zoom where we talked about whether Harry will go to the Chubbly. Chandra thinks the Sussexes are still deciding whether to go and if Harry goes he’ll bring Meghan and the children. She mentions a story from last week where Harry wouldn’t come to the Chubbly if he thought it would be as toxic as his grandmother’s funeral. Comments of the Week: Minutes 22:00 to end Chandra’s comment of the week is from StLuGal on the post where Evangeline Lilly revealed what an a-hole she is. Thanks for listening bitches! | |||
| 146: Princess Kate's Shaping Us campaign is ridiculous; King Charles hasn't reached out to Prince Harry | 04 Feb 2023 | 00:26:43 | |
Introduction: Minutes 0 to 6:00 Royals: Minutes 6:00 to 22:30 There was a report in Vanity Fair that Charles hasn’t officially given Lilibet and Archie their Prince and Princess titles yet and that “The feeling is that the titles need to be earned.” We’ve been hearing this for months and Charles needs to make up his mind. It sounds like they’re telling on themselves again because Harry has more dirt on them. Chandra’s tweet about this went viral. We mentioned in our last episode that the Waleses brought a camera crew to a foodbank with them last week. They were criticized for that and for showing up empty handed. People were still talking about that throughout the weekend. Kate hyped her new Early Years campaign for weeks and we thought this might be different, but we were wrong. It’s called “Shaping Us” and they launched it with a weird monochromatic claymation video. Kate also released a little video about her project that was incredibly basic. We wonder how this is Kate’s life’s work, that the early years are important. She had the five question survey in 2020 and Big Change Starts Small in 2021. This seems to be about shaming low income and single parent families and does not include raising funds or bringing awareness to existing programs for children, which are struggling for resources and shutting down. Omid Scobie had a thoughtful column about this and he pointed out that Kate has been saying she’s learning about this for over 10 years. Scobie argued that Kate is limited by her role and can’t get involved with politics, but we think she could come up with so many ways to actually help. Kate went to an indoor vendor’s market in Leeds to premiere her Shaping Us billboard and ask the vendors what their childhoods were like without actually buying anything. Comments of the Week: Minutes 22:30 to end Chandra’s comment of the week is from JT on the post with Kate’s basic video. They pointed out how similar the type face and branding is between Shaping Us and Archetypes. Sign up for our mailing list in the post for this podcast and get the top 10 stories about Kate copying Meghan’s fashion! Thanks for listening bitches! | |||
| 145: Duchess Meghan criticized for not promoting Prince Harry's memoir, Princess Kate and Prince William go to food bank empty handed, Oscar nominations and snubs | 28 Jan 2023 | 00:29:37 | |
Introduction: Minutes 0 to 5:00 Royals: Minutes 5:00 to 19:30 The royals are sending other people to do their dirty work. A woman named Marjorie Wallace, who founded a mental health charity and worked as an investigative journalist, claimed Meghan is “playing the victim card” by discussing her suicide ideation on the Harry and Meghan docuseries. Wallace is friends with Charles and Camilla. A mixed race Opera singer named Danielle de Niese claimed Meghan was calling the entire country of Britain racist, which de Niese said “hasn’t been my experience.” Danielle de Niese is married to a white aristocrat and they live on a huge estate that’s been in his family for generations. That column was by Richard Eden and Chandra wonders if he was putting words in de Neise’s mouth. The Guardian sent a journalist to Montecito, where it sounded like Harry and Meghan have a quiet life of doing normal things like shopping and going to shows. A local bookstore had sold 30 copies of Spare, and this was somehow news despite the evacuation in Montecito. It was hard for me to listen to Harry talk about how much he drank and did drugs. The media keeps asking where Meghan is but they berated her and nitpicked everything she said when Archetypes was airing. Princess Kate has assembled a team of advisors to her Royal Foundation Centre for Early Childhood. She’s going to meet with them a whole two times a year. They released a one and a half minute video from that and I could barely hear what she was saying. Chandra thinks she has improved since the time she introduced Jill Biden. Kate and William also graced a Windsor food bank with their presence since they couldn’t be bothered to announce a donation or bring anything with them. William brought the Earthshot finalists to Windsor after failing to invite them to the awards ceremony in Boston. Virginia Giuffre’s one year gag order in her settlement from Prince Andrew is about to run out. She’s the woman raped by Andrew when she was trafficked to him at 17 by Jeffrey Epstein. She has reportedly signed a memoir deal worth millions. There are stories that Andrew inherited millions from his mother’s estate and has a “war chest” he’s going to use to fight Giuffre in court. Andrew reportedly wants to use his HRH title privately in business dealings. Oscar nominations: Minutes 19:30 to 24:00 Comments of the Week: Minutes 24:00 to end Chandra’s comment of the week is from Nixie on the post about Gerard Pique going Instagram official with his new piece. Thanks for listening bitches! | |||
| 144: Prince Harry's Spare is a sensational bestseller; Prince William and Princess Kate are so petty | 21 Jan 2023 | 00:43:15 | |
Introduction: Minutes 0 to 8:00 Royals: Minutes 8:00 to 36:00 I really like Chandra’s analysis that the Netflix series was sunny and positive and was very much from Meghan’s perspective while Harry’s memoir is gritty, because that’s how he is, he keeps track of the slights. We wonder how Meghan has remained so positive after everything she’s gone through. Chandra thinks the UK press response to the Oprah interview helped Harry and Meghan decide what to do next. We know that Harry and Meghan have receipts. In Spare Harry told the full bridesmaid’s dress/crygate story along with some other anecdotes like Kate getting pissy at Meghan for borrowing her lipgloss, Kate taking offense when Meghan said Kate had “baby brain” and Kate being super snotty to Meghan when she offered some natural cold remedies for William. Harry broke the story that Meghan was offered the Spencer tiara to wear and designed her wedding veil around that. The Queen then offered a tiara, but Angela Kelly tried to delay and block it at every turn. We knew that Kelly was the one leaking that story to paint Meghan as a diva. Like Kate, the stories about William in Spare show how petty he is. William would get jealous of Harry’s charity work and little things like Harry being allowed to keep his beard when he got married. It’s also clear that Camilla has been leaking stories to the press for a couple of decades. Harry told several stories about how she traded stories about him, his brother and Meghan for positive coverage. Chandra thinks Harry made a choice to blame it all on Camilla while this is common practice among the other royals too. Harry said more about this in the Netflix series. I play a segment from Zoom where we talked about Camilla. The response by the royal family to Harry’s biography has been to make ridiculous claims that sound straight out of the abuser’s handbook. My favorite was when a royal source said Harry was kidnapped by “a cult of psychotherapy and Meghan.” That was in The Independent. Both Kate and William did events focused on mental health after Spare came out, which wasn’t a coincidence. Harry did an interview with his friend Bryony Gordon in which she called him a generational cycle breaker. Harry said in that interview that half of his manuscript was cut to make the book. It’s clear there’s more dirt to dish. Like he never mentioned why William was so mad in April, 2019 when Camilla was trading stories about him to the press. The coronation is coming up in May, coincidentally on Archie’s birthday. Harry wants accountability and an apology. The Sunday Times claims that Charles is willing to talk to Harry before the coronation but The Daily Beast says Charles won’t talk to Harry. We’ve heard that Charles and William haven’t texted or called Harry and that Anne and Edward don’t want Harry at the coronation. We’re also hearing that Charles wants Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to be the one to ban Harry from the coronation. Comments of the Week: Minutes 36:00 to 43 Chandra’s comment of the week is from susan on the post about Brad Pitt selling his mansion. Thanks for listening bitches!
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| 143: Harry and Meghan Volume 2, Duchess Meghan's mental health ignored by the press, Tyler Perry helped the Sussexes, Prince William lied | 17 Dec 2022 | 00:33:47 | |
Introduction: Minutes 0 to 4:30 Royals: Minutes 4:30 to 28:30 We now know that Harry’s line in the trailer about his brother being willing to lie to protect himself was about William signing Harry’s name to a statement after the Sandringham Summit that William never bullied Harry. Harry and Meghan truly wanted to continue to work for the royal family. They would have worked as much as they were able, but they were a threat to other members. It was hard to hear that Meghan thought people would take her at her word in the Oprah interview when she disclosed that she was suicidal. That was ignored and the headlines instead focused on how Harry and Meghan accused the royal family of being racist. The British press will do the same thing in their reaction to this docuseries. Chandra was surprised that the racism in the press wasn’t called out more. Harry and Meghan also didn’t get into the stories about Meghan supposedly making Kate cry and about who the royal racist was. They barely addressed the story of Meghan allegedly bullying staff. We think the Sussexes went easy on the Windsors here. Chandra appreciated that Meghan’s lawyer disclosed that Jason Knauf helped the Mail on Sunday in Meghan’s lawsuit against them for publishing her father’s letter. Meghan said “that’s your brother” when William texted Harry, but the contents of that text weren’t disclosed. We would have liked to have heard more dirt on Will and Kate. Tyler Perry really stepped up to help Harry and Meghan when Charles leaked their location in Canada, they were surrounded by paparazzi and Charles pulled their security. We were moved by how Perry described the royal family as batterers and how he recognized the abuse that Meghan was suffering. Harry said that he had six weeks before the press found out they were in Canada and that they had six weeks at Tyler Perry’s house before the press found out as well. That doesn’t seem to be the case because we found out from Dan Wootton at the Sun on March 27th that the Sussexes were in LA, just two days after we learned that Charles had covid. We think Charles’s office leaked the news that the Sussexes were in LA. We’re impressed with how well the docuseries lays out everything with the Sussexes. The first half was familiar to us, but there was a lot of new information from the exit on. We remember how we heard that the Sussexes’s security was being pulled and how there was hand-wringing over whether Canada or the US would have to pay for it. There were a lot of tangents the docuseries could have taken. They didn’t even touch William’s affair. We wonder if Meghan is still close with Jessica Mulroney. We wonder why Finding Freedom wasn’t mentioned at all. We remember the People cover story that Abigail Spencer said she arranged to help set the record straight about Meghan. The letter Meghan wrote to her father was mentioned in that article and Chandra thinks that was the impetus for him to leak it to the Mail. The docuseries barely touched on all the charity work the Sussexes do. They’re good people who work hard and connect with people. The word is getting out about them to the general public. Comments of the week: Minutes 28:30 to end Chandra’s comment of the week is from Jais on the post about Omid Scobie’s next book, Endgame. Thanks for listening bitches | |||
| 142: Meghan's fabulous life before she met Harry, Harry & Meghan's Netflix series is incredible, Earthshot was like a parody | 10 Dec 2022 | 00:30:46 | |
Introduction: Minutes 0 to 2:30 Royals: Minutes 2:30 to 27:00 We got to see Harry and Meghan at the Ripple of Hope Awards, where they were honored for their activism. Meghan was wearing a beautiful sleek white off the shoulder Louis Vuitton gown with sleek hair. She just glowed. We remember her Salute to Freedom Gown because it was shown on the Harry and Meghan docuseries. We got the first three episodes of Harry & Meghan on Netflix and we’ve both watched them. Liz Garbus did a great job with their story. Most of it was known to us already but it’s a great recap of their story and I was blown away by how well it was told. Chandra wishes it had come out earlier. We’re not the audience for this series, people who have a passing interest in them are. We hope Omid Scobie is in the second half and we’ve heard that Christopher Bouzy is in it. We liked how much of Meghan’s background pre-Harry the series covered. Meghan was so successful, fun and cool before she met her future husband. The British media has attacked Meghan for not having family other than her mother at her wedding, but the royals told her not to invite her favorite niece, Samantha’s daughter Ashleigh, with whom she was close. That was new information to us. We were so impressed by Meghan’s mom Doria. We liked how Samantha and Meghan’s dad Tom were covered briefly and dismissed. We learned that Thomas’s story about being yelled at by Harry on the phone was a lie because all he did was text with Meghan and it didn’t even sound like him. We liked the section that put the racist treatment of Meghan into context with Brexit, the commonwealth and anti-immigration sentiment. Meghan explained her fashion choices and why she had a neutral color palette, although we think that’s just her style. She also told the story of meeting Will and Kate for the first time and trying to hug them. She was very diplomatic about it. Chandra mentions how Meghan doesn’t have deference toward royals because she’s American. She’d already met other royals before Will and Kate and we assume that Eugenie and Beatrice were warmer toward her. Chandra says they wanted to establish their love story before explaining how things went so wrong in the UK. She also mentions the story about how the palaces denied being contacted for comment but that Netflix came with receipts. Harry explained how the press treatment of Meghan was racist and how his family blew him off and told them their wives went through it too. Comments of the week: Minutes 27:00 to end Chandra’s comment of the week is from ArtHistorian on the post about how much William hates Harry and Meghan. Thanks for listening bitches! | |||
| 141: Duchess Meghan and Prince Harry's docuseries is coming, Princess Kate and Prince William booed at the Celtics Game, Racist royal lady in waiting resigns | 03 Dec 2022 | 00:40:51 | |
Introduction: Minutes 0 to 7 Royals: Minutes 7:00 to 35 Meghan did a speech in Indianapolis at a fundraising dinner for the Women’s Fund of Central Indiana. It had a media blackout so all we got was a photo and some eyewitness accounts. She also helped serve Thanksgiving lunch for the Downtown Women’s Center in LA and donated 500 purses to her British charity, Smart Works. We got a teaser for Harry and Meghan’s Netflix docuseries. It looks amazing and we’re glad it’s just called Harry and Meghan. We got new photos of them in the trailer and some brief statements. It looks like it has the same energy as Harry’s Apple series, The Me You Can’t See. We remember some of the scary things that have happened to Meghan when she was in the UK. The biggest story this week is about an activist named Ngozi Fulani who was invited to a reception at Buckingham Palace held by Camilla. Fulani founded Sistah Space, which supports African and Caribbean heritage women affected by domestic violence. While at the event, Fulani was accosted by one of Camilla’s aides named Lady Susan Hussey, who touched her hair, repeatedly asked her where she was from as if she didn’t belong, and wouldn’t accept her answer that she was a British national. Hussey resigned after this and Camilla’s office issued a statement calling this “unacceptable and deeply regrettable” and claiming they reached out to Fulani, but that was not true. Fulani has said in interviews that we shouldn’t vilify Hussey and that she’s an elder, but that’s not an excuse for racism. She also said the palace is taking the easy way out by letting Hussey resign. Fulani would be happy to hold diversity training for the palace. Hussey is Prince William’s godmother and said to have been Queen Elizabeth’s favorite lady-in-waiting. She’s 83 years old and Charles personally asked her to stay on after the Queen passed. She’s also quoted by Tom Bower in his Revenge book saying that the Sussexes would “end in tears.” The royal family knows who she is and gave her a platform. At least two other women were with Fulani when this happened. One was Mandu Reid, Leader of The British Women’s Equality Party. She did an interview where she described what happened. Reid said that this shows how the royal family needs to acknowledge institutional racism and commit to changing the culture. I play a segment from her interview where she explained how this corroborates Harry and Meghan’s account. On one hand it’s funny to see the royals expose themselves yet again, but on the other we feel terribly for Fulani and others who have had to deal with this racism. We’re excited for Harry and Meghan’s docuseries and Harry’s memoir. Comments of the Week: Minutes 35:00 to end Chandra’s comment of the week is from ElleV on the post about the White House Christmas decorations. Thanks for listening bitches! | |||
| 140: Duchess Meghan can't say the B Word, The Crown damns the Windsors in unexpected ways, Musk is tanking Twitter | 12 Nov 2022 | 00:35:02 | |
Introduction: Minutes 0 to 2:00 Royals: Minutes 2:00 to 26:30 This week, when Prince Charles and Camilla were visiting York, a 23-year-old man in the crowd threw eggs at them and missed. He also shouted “this country was built on the blood of slaves!” Camilla and Charles were taken away but everyone seemed unbothered and the security seemed lax. The man has been charged with a “public order offense.” There are photos of Charles earlier in the week talking to people while viewing eggs for some reason. Princess Kate went alone to her patronage the Rugby World Cup, and she visited the Colham Manor Children’s Centre outside London where she spoke to staff about maternal mental health. We also heard that she’s going to do a second Christmas Carol concert with ITV. We talk about all the junk we order online. Mike Tindall is on the reality show I’m a Celebrity Get me Out of Here. Sources told the press that Tindall did not clear it with King Charles ahead of time. Chandra doesn’t think he should have to since he’s not a working royal. Meghan’s podcast examined The B Word as she calls it. She won’t say the word bitch and we obviously can’t relate. We love that she interviewed Robin Thede. We also got a photo of her with an “I Voted” sticker. We want Archewell merchandise. There was a story in Christopher Andersen’s new book, The King: The Life of Charles III, claiming that Charles told a friend he didn’t know Meghan was biracial when he first met her. I play a segment from Zoom where we talk about the royals. Chandra loves Olivia Williams as Camilla on The Crown. The actress playing Princess Anne, Claudia Harrison, is also very good. Dominic West has been giving interviews half praising and half shading King Charles. Elon Musk and Twitter: Minutes 26:30 to 30 Comments of the Week: Minutes 30:00 to end My COTW is from Abicci on the post about Rihanna’s Savage x Fenty Show. Thanks for listening bitches! | |||
| 175: Princess Kate's expected return date keeps changing, Shiloh Jolie files to change her name | 08 Jun 2024 | 00:33:22 | |
Introduction: Minutes to 6:15 Royals: Minutes 6:15 to 21:30 We haven’t seen Kate since Christmas apart from her video announcement. We’ve heard Kate is not likely to be at Trooping the Colour on June 15th. She’s also not expected to attend any events around the state visit from the Emperor and Empress of Japan on June 25th to 27th. William was asked about Kate this week by a WWII veteran during events ahead of D-Day. William said she’s getting better. Just last week People and US claimed that Kate was seen out running errands including making a trip to a chocolate shop with William. This is very bizarre messaging. It seems like Buckingham Palace and Kensington Palace are not on the same page. Much of the narrative is to protect William. Kate is covering US Magazine, and the article is getting a lot of attention on social media because of the quote that “she may never come back in the role that people saw her in before.” Richard Eden in the Daily Mail said a couple of weeks ago that Kate might not be seen until autumn and then Tom Sykes in the Daily Beast reported from sources that she won’t be back until next year. It feels like a different narrative keeps taking over and being taken back. Shiloh Jolie: Minutes 21:30 to 26:15 A source told People that Brad Pitt is “aware and upset that Shiloh dropped his last name. He’s never felt more joy than when she was born. He always wanted a daughter.” Brad and Angelina already had daughter Zahara for a year when Shiloh was born. All of Brad’s statements to outlets about this have been self-centered and lack any remorse or responsibility. We hope the public sees him for who he is soon. Comments of the Week: Minutes 26:15 to end My comment of the week is from Jennifer on the post about Jennifer Lopez canceling her tour. Thanks for listening bitches! | |||
| 139: Duchess Meghan's haters keep obsessing, King Charles keeps freaking out over The Crown, Elon Musk bought Twitter even though he's bad at it | 05 Nov 2022 | 00:34:31 | |
Introduction: Minutes 0 to 8:00 Royals: Minutes 8:00 to 26:00 We’re still hearing about Harry’s memoir, which we talked about last week. In a petty move, King Charles appointed himself Captain General of the Royal Marines. In his statement he didn’t mention that Prince Philip or Harry had the role before him. The Windsors are also reportedly worried about the book tour and promotion, which they should be. Chandra doesn’t think Harry will go to the UK to promote the book. Meghan’s podcast this week was about the expectation for wives and mothers to do it all and featured Pamela Adlon, Sam Jay and Sophie Trudeau. Pamela Adlon’s talk really resonated with me. Chandra couldn’t relate as she’s childfree and doesn’t have to compromise. Royal commenter Tom Bower said the quiet part out loud about Meghan. These people have been trying to break up Harry and Meghan for so long. Megyn Kelly also was racist and unhinged about Meghan. Bethenny Frankel has been posting unhinged sh-t about Meghan on TikTok and TikTokers have been taking her to task. Kate and William are doing stuff again after two and half weeks off. William went to the Tusk Conservation Awards alone on Tuesday, and he was at other conservation events on Wednesday where he was expertly trolled by a Nigerian filmmaker who told him to “Netflix and Chill.” Kate made a video for addiction awareness week and she finally did some events like “taking a meeting” and “making a phone call.” Kate and William did some events in Scarborough later in the week including visiting a youth charity. We also got an article about how they’re going to focus on the cost of living crisis in Britain. Elon Musk and Twitter: Minutes 26:00 to 31:15 Comments of the Week: Minutes 31:15 to end Chandra’s comment of the week is from Noki on the post about Kate’s big week. Thanks for listening bitches! | |||
| 138: Prince Harry's memoir is called Spare, Duchess Meghan criticized for speaking about her experience, Kanye West faces consequences | 29 Oct 2022 | 00:36:45 | |
Introduction: Minutes 0 to 6:30 Royals: Minutes 6:30 to 26:00 Last week Duchess Meghan’s Variety interview came out. She was very diplomatic and focused on her life with Harry. We don’t think When Harry Met Sally is the best romcom like Meghan said and prefer Notting Hill and Four Weddings and a Funeral. We think Harry and Meghan should produce romcoms for Netflix. Meghan confirmed the docuseries in that interview. She also spoke respectfully about the Queen. Meghan’s podcast last week was about the archetype Bimbo and featured Paris Hilton. Meghan opened by saying she felt objectified while she was a briefcase girl on Deal or no Deal, but she was careful to say she was grateful for the opportunity and that it paid the bills and got her insurance and a SAG card. It was a nuanced conversation that was misunderstood by Whoopi Goldberg and Claudia Jordan, another former Deal or no Deal briefcase girl. This week’s Archetypes podcast focused on the Angry Black Woman trope and featured interviews with Issa Rae and Ziwe. Meghan didn’t talk about how the British press treated her, but it was the subtext. They talked about diminishing themselves, setting boundaries and how women are labeled as “difficult.” Late last week we got the trailer for season five of The Crown. King Charles keeps telling on himself by objecting so strongly. A friend of the royal family told the London Times the show was trying to destroy the royal family. Judy Dench wrote an open letter to the London Times asking that a disclaimer be added to the Crown. We later learned that she was up for a role on the show which fell through. Netflix did add a disclaimer – to the YouTube description. Netflix executives called out King Charles in a recent Deadline interview. King Charles is selling off his late mother The Queen’s prized racehorses, which seems petty, especially so soon after his mother died. He could hand over operations to a family member instead and it’s not like he needs the money. I play a segment from Zoom where we talked about the royals. Camila is in India at some kind of wellness center. I guess we’ll know what she’s been doing if she comes back with a new face. Chandra thinks she’s there to dry out and isn’t there for plastic surgery. Kanye West: Minutes 26:00 to 32:45 Comments of the Week: Minutes 32:45 to end My comment of the week is from Miranda on the post about Dr. Oz saying that abortion decisions should be made by the states along with “women, doctors, local political leaders.” Thanks for listening bitches! | |||
| 137: Duchess Meghan and Prince Harry are getting a humanitarian award, Princess Kate and Prince William are lightweights, Brad Pitt's lawsuit against Angelina Jolie is BS | 15 Oct 2022 | 00:33:45 | |
Introduction: Minutes 0 to 3:30 Royals: Minutes 3:30 to 21:30 Prince Charles’ coronation will supposedly only be an hour but it will likely have other events that last the whole day. They’re saying it won’t be as opulent as Queen Elizabeth’s coronation. There’s a controversy over the crown that Camilla will wear as it has the Koh-i-noor diamond stolen from Indian. The coronation date is on May 6th, which will be Archie’s fourth birthday. Chandra doesn’t think this was even a factor in the planning. It’s not known yet whether the Sussexes are invited, the royals are probably waiting to see what’s in Harry’s memoir. We’re also hearing that Harry’s memoir and their Netflix docuseries will be out in December. Prince Harry is suing Associated Newspapers, the parent company of The Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday, along with Elton John and David Furnish, Elizabeth Hurley, Sadie Frost, and Baroness Doreen Lawrence, whose son Stephen Lawrence was murdered in a racist hate crime in 1993. It’s over spying and surveillance. Omid Scobie reported in his column this week that Harry would take the stand if it came to that. Will and Kate are covering People Magazine this week. They’re one of two covers along with Christopher Meloni. The coverage claims Will is going to step up running the Duchy of Cornwall and that they’re supposedly embracing a heavier workload and their increased visibility. The Cambridges did a radio program for World Mental Health Day. The segment they released to their social media was so bad. Will just talked about a “toolbox” without giving examples. They should phase this issue out of their charity portfolio as they’re lightweights. William is said to have spent last weekend at Balmoral alone without his wife and kids. I play a segment from Zoom where we talk about an humanitarian award the Sussexes are getting in December. Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie: Minutes 21:30 to 29:45 Comments of the week: Minutes 29:45 to end Chandra’s comment of the week is from Coco on the post about Brad Pitt trying to sell Plan B. Thanks for listening bitches! | |||
| 136: Duchess Meghan criticized for expecting staffers to work, Duchess Kate was jealous, Brad Pitt is awful, Gisele Bundchen and Tom Brady are divorcing | 08 Oct 2022 | 00:35:45 | |
Introduction: Minutes 0 to 6:00 Royals: Minutes 6:00 to 22:15 Katie Nicholl wrote in The New Royals about how mad the royal rota was at Harry and Meghan for keeping the news of Archie’s birth a secret at first and for staging the photos at Windsor castle. Meghan said in her Oprah interview that she was scared Archie wasn’t going to be kept safe because he wasn’t being given a title or security, and that she also wasn’t asked to pose for photos outside the hospital. Nicholl said in an interview that staffers were mad that Meghan expected them to do work, essentially. She also wrote that Charles was jealous of Diana, that he was jealous of Kate and that Kate and William were jealous of Meghan. We got a new official photo of Charles, Camilla, William and Kate that was taken on September 18th at a diplomatic reception the day before Queen Elizabeth’s funeral. The tone is off as they’re all smiling. We talk about how Kate raided the Queen’s jewelry right after the Queen died. We also got two new photo portraits of Meghan and Harry, taken at the One Young World Summit before the Queen passed. Charles wants to stop Harry’s memoir. The Telegraph reported that Charles is considering getting his lawyers to explore options. They’re also upset about Harry and Meghan’s upcoming Netflix documentary. Last week we talked about how Queen Margrethe of Denmark was taking away the HRH and Prince and Princess titles from her four grandchildren from her younger son, Prince Joaquim. Joaquim and his second wife, Mary, gave an interview admitting that they were hurt by this decision and that their relationship with the family was complicated. After that Margrethe apologized and said she hopes that they can all make peace, but that she stands by her decision. Joaquim’s oldest son, former Prince Nikolai, 23, said he’s in shock and sad about the decision. Joaquim and Mary have been living in France for years. I play a segment from Zoom where we talk about the royals. Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie: Minutes 22:15 to 28:30 Gisele Bundchen and Tom Brady: Minutes 28:30 to 31:45 Comments of the Week: 31:45 to end My comment of the week is from girl ninja on the post about Naomi Watts talking about menopause. Thanks for listening bitches! | |||
| 135: Duchess Meghan dealt with incompetent staffers, King Charles is an awful boss | 01 Oct 2022 | 00:35:01 | |
Introduction: Minutes 0 to 7 Royals: Minutes 7:00 to 30:00 Kate and William seemed especially happy after the Queen died and Kate sure helped herself to the Queen’s jewelry. When I die I want a quick funeral so people can go about their day. There are three new royal books out now. Valentine Low’s book is Courtiers: The Hidden Power Behind the Throne, that seems to have the most tea, Katie Nicholl has The New Royals and Angela Levin has Camilla From Outcast to Queen Consort. Valentine Low seems to know that his sources are racist. In Valentine Low’s book Meghan is blamed for the way she was treated by the palace staff. These talking points were pushed by the palace earlier to Robert Lacey for Battle of the Brothers. It goes far beyond victim blaming and proves that Meghan was downplaying the abuse she endured. Low gives a bunch of examples of the royal staff being incompetent and rude to Meghan while her reactions seem perfectly reasonable. At one point Meghan disagreed with the plans a female staff member had made and told her to change them. When the woman said it would be too hard, Meghan responded “Don’t worry, If there was literally anyone else I could ask to do this, I would be asking them instead of you.” Meanwhile Charles sounds like an awful boss. He’s gone through five secretaries in seven years and he calls his staff at all hours of the day, including on Christmas. His office is described as toxic and the staff are backstabbing. Nicholl’s book has the detail that we’ve heard before that William can’t forgive Harry and that William “always expected Harry would be his wingman.” She also writes that Charles is holding Archie and Lilibet’s titles over the Sussexes’ heads depending on what Harry reveals in his memoir. We got so many stories about how and why Meghan wasn’t invited to Balmoral when the Queen took a turn for the worse. It was telling that instead of focusing on the Queen after her death the press was about the Sussexes and everything they were supposedly doing wrong. We heard that Meghan wasn’t invited because Kate didn’t come for whatever reason. We wish Meghan would come out and say how despicable the royal family is, but they’ve been showing that with their actions. Meanwhile there are all these stories about whether Harry and his family can make up. Charles is said to have hope that they can but Gayle King reported that there was no peace deal at the funeral. Harry’s kids don’t have titles and Harry and Meghan have been demoted on the Royal.uk website to the bottom. We don’t think Harry will dish the dirt in his first memoir but hopefully he will in his future books. I play a segment from Zoom where we talk about Charles. We talk about how Queen Margrethe of Denmark removed the royal stylings and titles from her grandchildren without telling them first. The Cambridges are sort-of stepping into their roles as Prince and Princess of Wales. They went to Wales, where William tried out his rudimentary Welsh. It was supposed to be a low key visit. It doesn’t seem like they knew they were getting the Wales titles right away. Comments of the Week: Minutes 30:00 to end My comment of the week is from Lunchcoma on the post where Brad Pitt said that Emily Ratajkowski is hot. Thanks for listening and subscribing bitches! | |||
| 134: Duchess Meghan and Prince Harry's walkabout with Princess Kate and Prince William, King Charles III is petty and grumpy | 17 Sep 2022 | 00:31:56 | |
Introduction: Minutes 0 to 4:30 Royals: Minutes 4:30 to 27:30 King Charles II made his first public statement on Friday, during which he announced that William and Kate would be getting the Prince and Princess of Wales titles. He also expressed support for Harry and Meghan. The Kensington Royal accounts changed their titles on social media to The Prince and Princess of Wales quickly. Before that, just a few hours after the Queen died, they changed their titles to The Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and Cambridge. The Line of Succession was updated and Harry and Meghan’s children were not given titles. The latest news is that Archie and Lilibet will get titles, they just won’t get HRH status. Chandra thinks Harry and Meghan are letting the royals make asses of themselves. Queen Elizabeth’s funeral will be on Monday, and just like before Philip’s funeral there’s a lot of drama over which royals will get to wear military uniforms. Word was that only working royals will get to wear uniforms, meaning both Andrew and Harry won’t have them, although it was reported that Andrew would get to wear his on one occasion. It looked exclusionary when Harry, a combat veteran, wasn’t wearing a uniform at the funeral procession on Wednesday. Harry’s people issued a statement the day before stating in part that “his decade of military service is not determined by the uniform he wears.” On Saturday Harry, Meghan, William and Kate arrived together outside Windsor Palace to greet the crowd. Meghan looked scared, Kate wasn’t interacting with Meghan and you could tell there was a lot of tension. There are two videos of King Charles getting mad at pens. During his proclamation ceremony he made a face for his staff to move some pens that were in his way. There’s another video of him signing something in Northern Ireland with Camilla. He seems mad to have gotten ink on himself and says “I can’t bear this bloody thing.” The Queen’s funeral is going to be a massive event and there’s the question of security for world leaders. We know Trump and his buddy Putin aren’t invited while Joe and Dr. Jill Biden are coming. Politico claimed that attendees were asked to fly commercial and take a bus to Westminster Abbey due to limited capacity, which sounds like a security nightmare. It’s likely that was just for lower level diplomats and that there will be exceptions. Chandra reminds me of Prince Philip’s memorial service in which many people came to show their respect for the Queen. After Charles announced that William and Kate would be the Prince and Princess of Wales, Duchess Kate issued a statement in which it sounded like she wanted to continue business as usual. Valentine Low at The Times wrote a shady piece that sounded like Kate better step up and do more work. There’s a related story that William and Kate won’t move into Windsor Castle anytime soon. I play a segment from Zoom where we talk about the royals. As Zakia mentioned in the Zoom segment, Meghan got criticized for taking 45 minutes to get ready for the walkabout. There was speculation that Meghan was wearing a mic pack there, which a source denied. William was the one to reach out to Harry about the walkabout at the last minute. Comments of the Week: Minutes 27:30 to end Kaiser’s comment of the week is from Eowyn in the post about Gisele Bundchen’s interview with Elle in which she admits that she’s told Tom Brady to be more present with their family. Thanks for listening bitches! | |||
| 133: Queen Elizabeth II has passed away, the drama over Don't Worry Darling | 10 Sep 2022 | 00:20:59 | |
Introduction and Royals: Minutes 0 to 9:15: Harry and Meghan are in Europe for preplanned events. Harry flew to Balmoral while Meghan stayed back in Windsor. Kate similarly stayed behind although her children just started school, as we saw in a photoshoot they did at Lambrook. It’s likely that Kate and William will move into the bigger house at Windsor soon now that the Queen has passed. The big news last week when we were off was Meghan’s interview with The Cut, in which she said she didn’t have an NDA and hinted that there was a lot she could say. Charles is trying to make peace with the Sussexes while Harry and William’s relationship seems irreparably damaged. Omid Scobie wrote that William wants Harry to apologize for talking about their family life, while Harry wants William to take responsibility for the lines that William crossed. Olivia Wilde and Don’t Worry Darling: Minutes 9:15 to 18 Florence announced that she wouldn’t do press at Venice for the movie. She was seen out looking unbothered while Olivia refused to answer press questions about the feud. Florence received a lot of support from the cast at the premiere. She and Olivia Wilde avoided each other. Olivia is on the cover of Vanity Fair and had to be reinterviewed in light of the details that came out about how she was lying about firing Shia. We wonder why she hasn’t been advised to stay quiet. At the screening it looked like Harry Styles spit on Chris Pine when he was going to sit down, which Chris’s rep officially denied but then sources close to Chris told TMZ “it absolutely did happen, and was perceived as a sign of disrespect by Chris.” Florence posted a photo where she’s getting her hair done by a stylist with a “Miss Flo” t-shirt on. Now we’re hearing that Florence and Chris aren’t going to the NYC premiere. Drama seems to follow Olivia Wilde and we wonder if she’s still with Harry Styles. Chandra thinks they’ll announce a breakup after the film comes out. Comments of the week: Minutes 18 to end Thanks for listening bitches! | |||
| 132: Duchess Meghan's first episode of Archetypes, Brad Pitt keeps gaslighting Angelina Jolie | 27 Aug 2022 | 00:33:55 | |
Introduction: Minutes 0 to 6 Royals: Minutes 6:00 to 24:00 Even the royal reporters that usually run their keen puff pieces are criticizing them for this, like Richard Kay, who called it “clumsily insensitive.” Chandra wrote that this is a calculated risk by the Cambridges that William will inherit the Duchy of Cornwall soon. Meanwhile Harry was in Africa, in Mozambique and Rwanda, as part of his duties as President of African parks. He visited the president of Rwanda and led a delegation of congressman and philanthropists. We heard a couple weeks ago that William would probably speak at the UN, but he’s not doing that, he’s just holding the Earthshot Prize Innovation Summit on Sept. 21 in association with Bloomberg P hilanthropies. William should have his own causes instead of just copying his brother. We got our first episode of Archetypes, Duchess Meghan’s podcast. Meghan spoke to her good friend Serena Williams about ambition. Mariah Carey is next week’s guest and there are rumors that Beyonce will be on. Meghan and Serena discussed Serena’s career and the double standards applied to her. Both Serena and Meghan told never-before-heard stories about scary situations with their kids. Serena’s daughter Olympia broke her wrist in a highchair fall during the French Open and baby Archie was almost caught in a fire in his nursery when Meghan and Harry were in Africa. Archie was supposed to be in the nursery but at the last minute the nanny decided to put him on her back to get a snack so he was fine. Then Meghan and Harry had to go to another event and act like everything was fine! In response to this there were sourced quotes in the British press that the heater was smoking, it was unplugged and the crisis was averted, no big deal basically and there was no fire. I play a promotional clip for Archetypes. Meghan seems like she’s doing great in California. We liked the podcast but thought it was a little long. We’re careful not to criticize her too much because of the unhinged way the British commentators go after her. Omid Scobie addresses this in his latest column and he said that they’re basically proving her point. He also mentioned that the Sussexes offered to be half in and were rejected by the palace. I play a clip from Zoom where we talked about this. As Lisa mentioned in the Zoom, this was a restrained conversation. Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie: Minutes 24 to 30:30 Chandra doesn’t think Brad will sue Angelina for defamation for this because she has her legal ducks in a row. He may pull a different legal move though. Comments of the week: Minutes 30:30 to end Chandra’s comment of the week is from Snuffles on the post about William wanting to do the school run in Berkshire. Thanks for listening bitches!
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| 131: The royals' shady finances, Trump got raided, Malcolm Gladwell doesn't think people should work from home | 13 Aug 2022 | 00:35:12 | |
Introduction: Minutes 0 to 5:00 Royals: Minutes 5:00 to 17:00 William and Kate’s royal foundation spent £12.1 million on Earthshot, which gave out five million in awards. William’s corporate sponsorships for Earthshot weren’t questioned like Harry and Meghan’s sponsors were. We wonder how William is spending the money. Prince Harry is suing the Metropolitan police over his security issue in the UK. Omid Scobie’s column details the extreme threats against the Sussexes. There’s a lot of anticipation for Prince Harry’s memoir, which we’ve heard is completed and likely coming out this fall. Ahead of that there will be no less than four royal biographies. They’re trying to both get ahead of what Harry will write and to capitalize on demand for royal stories. Katie Nicholl, who has sources in the Middleton camp, has The New Royals coming out. Valentine Low’s book, Courtiers: The Hidden Power Behind the Crown, will surely smear the Sussexes. There were also a ton of embiggening stories about the Cambridges as usual. The interesting part is that they seem to be coming from camp Middleton. Kate’s Uncle Gary did an interview laying it on incredibly thick with compliments about Kate. Trump: Minutes 17:00 to 24:00 Trump’s businesses are also under investigation in NY by NY Attorney General Letitia James. He was deposed for that case and plead the fifth. Chandra points out that the first date for this deposition was delayed by Ivana’s sudden death. There are so many investigations into Trump. I play a segment from Zoom where we talked about this. The Republicans had no idea what the raid was for initially, and now they’re blaming it on Democrats. Malcolm Gladwell: Minutes 24:00 to 28:30 Comments of the Week: Minutes 28:30 to end My COTW is from whatWHAT? on the post about Ben Affleck taking Jennifer Lopez to Dunkin Donuts. Thanks for listening bitches! | |||
| 130: Duchess Kate took off her engagement ring, New documentary about Princess Diana | 06 Aug 2022 | 00:25:27 | |
Introduction: Minutes 0 to 5:30 Royals: Minutes 5:30 to 19 We talk about a blind item story we chose not to cover directly. Instead we linked to coverage from Lainey and Just Jared. The most interesting angle about that was the BI suggested that the prince has moved on from his former mistress to a new girlfriend who is London-based. William and Kate went to the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham with Princess Charlotte this week. The big news was that Kate wasn’t wearing her engagement ring, although she’s still wearing her wedding ring. We also heard that, like their appearance at Wimbledon, they arrived separately. William and Charlotte took a helicopter there and Kate took the train, where she chatted with a child. It really looks like they’re living apart now. Kate is also covering People Magazine with a sugary story about how she’s learned so much from Queen Elizabeth and is ready to be queen. It’s all about Kate because covers with William don’t sell. There’s a new documentary coming to HBO called The Princess, which just is archival footage of Princess Diana. The BBC agreed last week to never again air footage from Princess Diana’s Panorama interview after pressure from Prince William. The Dyson investigation, which found that Diana was tricked by Martin Bashir to give the interview, was completed in May, 2021. The BBC was recently sued by Tiggy Legge-Bourke, a royal nanny whom Diana claimed had an affair with Charles. Prince William mischaracterized that interview after the Dyson investigation. Diana’s biographer, Andrew Morton, gave a recent interview stating that Diana didn’t say anything to Bashir she hadn’t already told her friends. Omid Scobie said the same thing in his column, that William is trying to muzzle his late mother and that the royal family still has the same issues Diana brought up. Dane Cook: Minutes 19 to 22 Comments of the Week: Minutes 22 to end Chandra’s comment of the week is from dina on the post about Kansas voters upholding abortion rights. Thanks for listening bitches! | |||
| 174: Duchess Meghan and Prince Harry's wildly successful trip to Nigeria | 18 May 2024 | 00:31:53 | |
Introduction: Minutes 0 to 4:45 Royals: Minutes 4:45 to 25:30 Meghan was declared a princess of Nigeria by four kings. That was such a moving gesture and you could tell Meghan was touched. Nigeria pulled out all the stops for the Sussexes. People love the Sussexes because they are so genuine. During their tour they were getting invitations from other countries to visit. I play a segment of Meghan’s speech at the Women in Leadership panel in Nigeria. There was a lot of racism and toxicity in the British press around that visit. Nigerian Twitter united to call it out. It seemed like Buckingham Palace gave the press the go ahead to attack the Sussexes. We’ve also heard that Charles is trying to block Harry and Meghan from visiting more commonwealth countries, similar to how Charles tried to block the Bidens from being hospitable toward them. We mentioned in our last episode that Charles had scheduled a handover event to give William the title of colonel in chief of the Army Air Corps, which was Prince Harry’s regiment when he served two tours in Afghanistan. That little event happened, William cosplayed as Harry, dressed like him and took a ride in an Apache helicopter. The optics were terrible, because William wants to be Harry and falls short in every way. The Sussexes are covering this week’s People and it’s such a contrast to last week’s weird cover story that centered how William was coping with his wife’s illness. There are direct quotes from Harry and Meghan saying how well they’re doing and that they’re going to plan more visits. I play a clip from Zoom with Karen, Zakia and Ameerah, where we talked about the Nigerian tour. Like Karen mentioned on Zoom, the Sussexes got a lot of gifts. Of course there are calls for them to give them back. The British press is trying to make it sound like they got extravagant gifts. Chandra remembers when Camilla was gifted diamonds by the Saudis. Archewell was briefly “delinquent” with their registration in the state of California, but that was a simple mixup by the Attorney General’s office which lost a check. The check was sent by certified mail and was delivered. Governor Newsom spoke out on their behalf. This week we also saw more of William’s alleged one time mistress, Rose Hanbury. She was at the Badminton Horse Trials where she was photographed with Camilla. Rose and her husband, David Rocksavage, were also at an OBE service where their son was the page for Charles and Camilla. Comments of the Week: Minutes 25:30 to end My comments of the week are from Harla A Brazen Hussy and StellainNH on the post about King Charles’ new portrait by Jonathan Yeo. Thanks for listening bitches! | |||
| 129: Duchess Meghan and Prince Harry were in NYC, Pippa is a real early years expert, Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez got married | 30 Jul 2022 | 00:33:01 | |
Introduction: Minutes 0 to 6:45 Royals: Minutes 6:45 to 22:30 The Sussexes went to lunch with Gloria Steinem and then had dinner that night with a group where they were served sheep’s milk ricotta, steak tartare and ravioli. Chandra covered that story because she likes talking about food and looking up menus. Chandra’s opinions about food are controversial. She hates all cheese. A new royal biography came out by Tom Bower called Revenge: Meghan, Harry and the war between the Windsors. It was released on July 21st and is longer available directly from Amazon or Barnes and Noble. It’s filled with slight variations of garbage stories about Meghan we’ve heard before. Bower reminds Chandra of Lady Colin Campbell in that sources seem to be the white Markles and anti-Sussex trolls. My favorite story was about how Meghan told Harry’s friends at a hunting party not to make misogynistic and transphobic jokes, like it was a bad thing she was calling them out! Bower tried to claim that Meghan was hysterical in 2017 about the Vanity Fair cover calling her “Wild about Harry” because the palace was mad about the headline, even though they seemingly authorized her interview. That was disputed by the journalist, Sam Kashner, who said he admired and respected Meghan and found her warm, gracious and intelligent. There was also a retelling of the “Meghan made Kate cry” at the bridesmaids’ fitting story. Like many pro-Windsor books, Revenge ended up making the other royals look bad, especially Camilla. Bower wrote that Duchess Camilla “joked” in 2017 that Meghan and Harry’s children would have “ginger afros.” Now we know why Charles worries about William trashing Camilla in his biography. In response Page Six reported that Camilla “is not the senior royal who made the alleged racist comments” about the Sussexes’ children. Omid Scobie reported that the manuscript for Harry’s memoir has been written and has passed legal checks. We don’t think it will be dishy or a tell all. Scobie’s latest column is about Prince William, and how he wants his work to have a global impact. The most interesting royal story this week was that Kate’s sister Pippa named her third child, a daughter, Rose! Prince William’s alleged mistress is of course named Rose Hanbury so this was shady. Pippa recently got her masters degree in physical education with a priority on early years and she and James moved into a larger estate. Pippa is a more credible early years expert than Kate. Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez: Minutes 22:30 to 28:30 Comments of the Week: Minutes 28:30 to end I had two runner ups for comment of the week from Chubcucumber and Dr Mrs The Monarch on the post where Gwyneth Paltrow said she had to work twice as hard because of nepotism. My comment of the week is from Joan on the post about Gwyneth Paltrow being grateful to be 50. Thanks for listening bitches! | |||
| 128: Duchess Kate and Prince William are moving, Duchess Meghan left a nice message for the Hubb Kitchen | 18 Jun 2022 | 00:36:31 | |
Introduction: Minutes 0 to 6:30 Royals: Minutes 6:30 to 33:45 We also had Royal Ascot this week. Sophie and Beatrice looked fug in unique ways. Charles and Camilla were also there. The big story was that Carole Middleton wore an ugly pleated pink shirt dress to Royal Ascot that her daughter, Duchess Kate, had worn in Scotland. Chandra remembers when Kate wore one of Carole’s dresses ten years ago. Prince Andrew: Minutes 14:30 to 17:45 Royal charity appearances: Minutes 17:45 to 25:15 We also heard that Meghan left a voicemail for the Hubb Community Kitchen, the organization that she worked with to release the cookbook to benefit the Grenfell community. They posted on Facebook that she left them a sweet message. In return they got hate comments on Facebook. They also shut down their Instagram. There were new photos of Duchess Meghan at an after school program for girls and non-binary youth in Amsterdam called Project Fearless. She visited them in April when she was there for the Invictus Games. The organization held on to the photos until their anniversary. Cambridge move: Minutes 25:15 to 30:15 Kate’s big discussion: Minutes 30:15 to 33:45 Comments of the Week: Minutes 33:45 to end My comment of the week is from Lucy on the post where James Patterson said old white men were being discriminated against. Thanks for listening bitches! | |||
| 127: Duchess Meghan and Prince Harry were the big story at the Jubilee | 11 Jun 2022 | 00:29:16 | |
Introduction: Minutes 0 to 6:45 Royals: Minutes 6:45 to 25:00 There were so many think pieces about how the Sussexes were brazen for leaving quietly on Sunday and not going to any public events other than the service. They were called “detached” and “cold” by Dan Wootton in the Daily Mail. The Telegraph had quotes from an insider that there was no interaction between the Cambridges and The Sussexes. An insider said “a line was crossed” with the Oprah interview, that the Sussexes hadn’t acknowledged the hurt they caused and that “someone needs to be steely in this.” Chandra says that the palace’s messaging is out of kilter. It’s clear that the Sussexes were the ones saying no to the invitations and keeping their heads high. She also says that there was a deliberate effort to keep the brothers apart. At the Jubbly parade on Sunday Kate wore a white belted coat and skirt, which was somewhat like Meghan’s light lilac belted coat dress at the service. The Cambridges got the most headlines for little Louis, four, trying to shush his mom and pushing her hand away during the parade. Mike Tindall, who was seated behind them, said the kids were hopped up on sugar. George and Charlotte were in Wales with their parents for the Jubilee and did not look happy to be there We got an adorable photo of Lilibet on Monday afternoon, tweeted by a photographer at her birthday party named Misan Harriman. Chandra mentions that we haven’t heard who else was at the party. After that photo came out we heard that Harry and Meghan were “banned” from taking any photos with the Queen when they saw her Saturday. There was another story in the NY Post that said the Sussexes just enjoyed a private moment with the Queen and that they didn’t ask for photos. Harry and Meghan could set the record straight at any time with a quote or interview, and then the press would freak out about that too. I play a segment from Zoom where we talked about the royals. Harry and Meghan handled the Jubilee like bosses. Chandra thinks their security situation is still messed up. The big stories from the Jubilee were the Sussexes being unbothered, Kate and William being disconnected and Kate being flustered by their kid. The monarchy is boring without Harry and Meghan and will be boring without the Queen. We don’t think Charles will be a terrible king though. Many commonwealth countries, like Australia, will leave when the Queen passes. Comments of the Week: Minutes 25:00 to end My comment of the week is from smegmoria on the post where Adam Sandler got a black eye from his phone. We talk about our random dumb injuries. Thanks for listening bitches!
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| 126: Duchess Meghan looked amazing at the Jubilee service, Duchess Kate and Prince William were frosty to the Sussexes | 04 Jun 2022 | 00:43:49 | |
Introduction: Minutes 0 to 5:30 Royals: Minutes 5:30 to 29 After we heard that Harry and Meghan were going to the Jubilee there was so much hysteria about whether they would pull a “stunt,” if they would overshadow the Queen and if would bring Netflix cameras despite the fact that Netflix didn’t request a press pass. It’s all very predictable. We also heard that the Sussexes likely arranged with the Queen to spend Lilibet’s first birthday with her privately. The Cambridges are going to be in Wales for Jubilee events on that day. It’s clear that the two couples are being kept apart. The Sussexes arrived in England on Wednesday night by commercial flight and were greeted at the airport by armored SUVS and the Queen’s protection service. It’s interesting how Harry got security for this visit considering that he is fighting in court for protection while in the UK. For Trooping The Color they were not on the balcony but watched from the Major General’s Office. Meghan was photographed wearing a wide sun hat with a giant bow and she wore a cute cap sleeve dress. Prince William, Prince Charles and Princess Anne arrived to the Jubilee on horseback in full military regalia while The Queen and her cousin, The Duke of Kent, watched from the balcony. Chandra saw some tweets about that which cracked her up. The balcony was very subdued this year. The Queen, The Cambridges and their kids, Camilla and Charles and the Duke of Kent and his wife were there. Sophie, Edward and her kids were on the balcony but they were pushed to the side. More of the royal family, especially the children, should have been included. Kate, Camilla and the Cambridge children arrived by carriage. Kate wore a white McQueen coatdress with shoulder pads that she last wore to the G7 last year. George wore a suit with a blue tie, Charlotte had on a blue dress and Louis was in a sailor outfit that William wore as a child to a Trooping the Colour in the 1980s. I play a segment from Zoom where we talked about the royals. In a section we recorded on Friday, we talk about the Jubilee service. Both couples came without their children. Meghan was wearing a Dior belted coat that looked cream in photos but was actually pale lilac. She looked rich and expensive. Kate was wearing a yellow Emilia Wickstead with a weird criss cross high waistline. Her Philip Treacy hat was in a saucer shape and had floral embellishments underneath. Chandra doesn’t think it’s the same hat she wore to Harry and Meghan’s wedding. Zara Tindall was in a fuchsia dress that was so fug! Eugenie was in an orange short sleeve dress and Beatrice had on a pleated blue dress with little white buttons down the front. It was like she stole Kate’s style! Several outlets including The Daily Mail and People said that the body language between the Cambridges and Sussexes at the service was tense. The Daily Mirror reported that the Sussexes went to Clarence House before the service, so they spent some time with Charles and Camilla. The Queen is not going to the horse race on Saturday the 4th so Chandra thinks the Sussexes and their children will visit her. Omid Scobie has been doing great analysis of the royal family in his new Yahoo UK column. The verdict Comments of the Week Kaiser’s comment of the week is from Amy Bee on the post about the Archbishop of Canterbury saying Andrew wanted to make amends. Thanks for listening bitches! | |||