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Hi Flop Tarts!

We are so back with an action packed hour and ten minute episode full to the brim with flops. We're talking everything from the MTV VMAs being rescheduled to 9/11 to Tom Daley's floppy pivot into knitting. Plus: we saw TRAP & we WON'T be seeing It Ends With Us after unpacking all this messy casting drama. The flop starts here.

xoxo,
Justin & Cassandra (& Producer David)

Show Notes
How we're flopping this week
Cassandra: Splitwise now has a "pro" option...?
Justin: gentrified Hinterlands music festival

Quick Flops
Australian Breakdancer Raygun scores ZERO points at Olympics, breakdancing gone from 2028 Olympic line up
MTV VMAs shift date
Disney's Biennial D23 Expo features HOPPERS
Katy Perry's single LIFETIMES flops, sued for environmental damages
Barack Obama's Lying, Cheating Summer Playlist RELEASED
Borderlands movie BOMBS at the box office
Tom Cruise merely RAPPELS at the Olympics closing ceremony

Hot Flopics
We Saw Trap: 

• What's up with Saleka Shyamalan as Lady Raven?
• M. Night did comedy

It Ends With Us Casting Drama

• Hollywood Reporter Breakdown
• Drama, explained, from Vulture
• Marine-grade polymer

Local Flops
LA - Gray vinyl floors infest the rental market (and actually the entire real estate market)
PHL - Italian Air Force flies over Center City unannounced, random AF

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Produced by David Lai.

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Hi Floptarts,

Have you been watching the Olympics? Did we enjoy France's beautiful gender reveal along the Seine? Should we invite Bella Hadid?

The real star (or flop star) was -- and we hate to say it -- Lady Gaga :( But don't worry, compared to some of the other flops we have for you this week Mother Monster doesn't flop that hard: JD Vance can't beat sofa sex allegations, trad wives are back in a big dark way, PFAS (forever plastics) are actually in condoms, and Southwest perhaps falls the furthest from grace by joining all the other aviation overlords with seat assignments >:P. Seatbelts are required for this floppy ride.

Show Notes:
Quick Flops
The Common Flop Down (as opposed to the rare un-flop): Southwest moves toward seat assignments that passengers have to pay for
German surfer Tim Elter moons The Olympics
JD Vance Sofa Sex Rumors & Fact Checking Flops
PFAS in condoms, PFAS in our hearts, PFAS regulation flops in Congress
The Astor Place Starbucks has CLOSED

Hot Flopics
The Oh-No Oh-lympic Oh-pening Ceremony

• NYT summary

Ballerina Farm 

• the original interview
• the follow up "here's what I think about my own interview" opinion piece which is bad
• the NYT profile that features her pageantry breastfeeding pic

Local Flops

• Jennifer Garner stuck in an elevator at Comic Con
• Local man decapitates seagull in Ocean City, NJ

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Cassandra and Justin are flopsplaying (cosplaying as a flop) this week as CNN hosts covering the official end of the Biden campaign for the presidency, and the rise of KAMALA'S BRAT ERA (apparently???).

Of course there are many other things flopping about the world this week, including (but not limited to), the phone that's also a vape and a fitness tracker, the lack of a SMOOCH in the movie TWISTERS, and the global Microsoft outage that finally left us with an appreciation for Southwest Airlines (Top 2 floppiest airlines). Buckle up! It's gonna be a bratty ride.

Show Notes

How We're Flopping:
Cassandra - Amtrak Delays
Justin - San Diego Pride Schedule

Rare Un-Flop: Mayor of Paris in Seine

Quick Flops:
Philip Morris x Zyn Demand
VAPE PHONE! VAPE PHONE!
August Moon to release new song "So Cold" (Twitter link, may expire)
And Just Like That fake production notices in NYC
KISS CUT FROM TWISTERS
Global Microsoft Outage

Hot Flopic: It's So Joe-ver
Aaron Sorkin publishes Op-ed pro-Mitt Romney for Dem Pres Sunday AM, backtracks entirely Sunday PM
Joe Biden drops out of presidential race via statement on x.com, endorses Kamala Harris immediately
Gays on Fire Island produce Kamala brat tees within hours of announcements
On Sunday night, Charli XCX tweets "Kamala is brat"
Van Jones cries about Joe Biden dropping out

Local Flops:
Justin - LA Times op ed "in defense of disney adults"
Cassandra - Nick Castellanos can't stop hitting homers during inappropriate moments & times

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Hi Flop Tarts,

Our beloved Justin is out of town for work this week (*gasp*) so Producer David steps in with Cassandra to cover one of the floppiest weeks in our nation's history: New York City can't stop paying McKinsey to tell them trash cans were a good invention, we can't stop listening to an AI country song about DUIs, and Katy Perry can't stop herself from releasing the cringiest flop single in recent memory. Not to mention *gestures* everything else going on. It's a flop world and we're definitely living in it.

Xoxo,
Flop Soup

Show Notes

Quick Flops
Horizon: An American Saga, Part II pulled from theaters
Smash (historic flop) is now streaming on Peacock
NYC Trash Drama: McKinsey study, the 2024 update
AI Country songs about DUIs (TikTok link, may expire)
Elon Musk tweeting mere hours after assassination attempt
Melania's statement
Celebs react to assassination attempt:

• Raquel & Nick Viall
• Jamie Lee Curtis insta (link may expire)

Hot Flopic:
Woman's World Pitchfork Review
We are not going to link the EP or the music video because you can just find those with your own internet and we are not PROMOTING this song!
P.S. a history of women covering James Brown

Local Flops:
Panda Express Penn Postdoc Scholarship
Tr**P t-shirts on the Wildwood boardwalk (twitter link, may expire)

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Hi Bratstars,

Thank GOODNESS pride month is over and Cassandra is sooooo back. While she is the best ally, we have missed her so. Divas are back UP.

Some topics we guide you through this week: mixed weight relationships, Gwyneth Paltrow's Hampton home getting a surprise guest, Kamala discourse, Kevin Costner shenanigans, and oh so much more.

TTYS HAGS
xx

Show Notes

How We're Flopping
Buy a Support Local Drag T-shirt

Quick Flops
A Million Checkboxes - NYT write up, actual link
Emma Roberts Blames Internet Culture for Madame Web
MIXED-WEIGHT RELAYSH ON BRIDGERTON
Olympians x Shitting in the Seine
Democratic Insiders "Leaking" that Biden needs to "step down" #KHive
Hawk Tuah Girl, floppy?
IS THIS A REAL NDA?

Hot Flopics
Kevin Costner's HORIZON (which he invested $38 million into it) flops at the box office & in critics' hearts
P.S. We announce on pod that part II is releasing into theaters in August but it has since been PULLED

Famous hanger-on Derek Blasberg had "catastrophic" d*arrh*a in Gwynnie Paltrow's Hamptons house

Local Flops
LA - awards show honors...Jonathan Majors...?
PRAGUE - Cassandra offers a local honeymoon flop

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This week, Flop Soup's Queening Out series continues for pride month as Justin investigates the flops of the week with beloved friend of the pod Jesse Tabit. On our docket this week, of course, is our flop king of the moment Justin Timberlake and his run-in with "Gen Z Cop."

There's also a bunch of music related flops this week, like Katy Perry beginning to tease her latest flop era and yeah, we have thoughts! MIA is also releasing a conspiracy theorist-inclusive clothing line that may or may not protect you from the 5G. Also, up in the skies, men are "raw dogging"... air plane flights? What could that even be about??

Tune in to find out!

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As Cassandra continues her European honeymoon excursion, Justin is joined by flop-enthusiast Thom Hilton (writer & director of the currently touring short film "Matinee Baby") to discuss and unpack what's currently flopping in culture this week. 

On the flop docket: 

• Everyone is on steroids!
• The 2024 Tony's happened to us
• CHIPOTLE BOYS are taking over... or are they? 
• Chris Brown was left "flapping agitatedly" at his concert
• Noah Schnapp is our latest gay child star disaster
• Poppi Soda gets sued! Can soda be medicine??
• Armie Hammer's freak is left unmatched
• John Travolta has a lil crush
• Meghan Trainor released an ALBUM apparently

And of course there is plenty of hilarity and gossip in between - so tune in! <3 

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Produced by David Lai.

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Hi Divas,

It's officially pride month, so you know what that means: kicking Cassandra off the pod and bringing producer David on to dunk on pride flops. This week: Target not being gay enough, Caitlyn Jenner having too many gay rights, intersectionality snafus, cringey pride campaigns of yesteryear, and the current state of ERG (Employee Resource Group) affairs. Flopmania!!

Anyway, happy Pride y'all. Stream Nasty by Tinashe if you want to bop along to our brain rot :)) Also, happy honeymoon Cassandra! Anyone wanting to get the newly weds a drank on their euro-honeymoon can venmo Cassandra at @Cassandra-Kyriazis. Do it!

Show Notes

Quick Flops
Deadpool & Wolverine popcorn bucket
Zachary Quinto acts out on 47th birthday
Jerry Seinfeld yearns for "dominant masculinity"
Caitlyn Jenner "rolling" into pride month
Jojo Siwa threatening to release new single
The pope said f*g!!!!

Hot Flopics
Corporate Pride / Target scaling back pride merch

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Co-hosted by Cassandra Kyriazis and Justin Crosby.
Produced by David Lai.

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HI FLOPS!

This week Justin is joined by beloved friend of the pod Kyle Frattini to cohost and react to the new trailer for the WICKED MOVIE, which we have to admit... might actually be real! More on that later!

Also included in this week's soup: Things get science fiction-coded as Avril Lavigne denies the switched-with-a-clone-named-Melissa allegations and Dorinda Medley gets supernatural at Upper East Side funerals.

Then, love itself is flopping as divorce rumors swirl around Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck, who haven't been seen together in 47 WHOLE DAYS.

Also, SEXINESS is flopping in the UK, as we try to understand why this guy named Jeremy Clarkson is their number 1 sexiest man across the pond. 

There's so much flopping this week, now more than ever probably - so get into it! <3

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Co-hosted by Cassandra Kyriazis and Justin Crosby.
Produced by David Lai.

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Hi FlopTarts,

Did you miss us?! We missed you. Thanks for being patient with us as we all navigate Corporate Jobs USA while producing a podcast.

This week we've got some hot hot topics for y'all: Dua Lipa, Idea of You, Eurovision, MTV awards, and -- of course -- veneers. So much trying to achieve greatness, so little hitting of ~le mark~.

xoxo,
Cassandra, Justin, & David

Show Notes

How We're Flopping
Cassandra: Idea of You having many positive reviews but none from me
Justin: should I buy this $100 Radical Optimism shark pool floatie

Quick Flops
MTV Movie (& TV) Awards are on hiatus
Kendrick Lamar & Drake's feud continues
Europapa singer banned from Eurovision, triggering Eurofloppa
NYC vs. Dublin portal features FLASHING, thank you portals dot org
Fall Guy flops in theaters
Anya Taylor-Joy says filming in the desert for months on end was hard or something
Prince Harry & Megan's charity Archewell is DELINQUENT
Quiz: the GLAAD awards!

Hot Flopics
Are veneers flopping?

Local Flops
PHL & LA Joint Local Flop: Why are there hot chicken places EVERYWHERE now? We hate it!

• Overdose in PHL
• Overdose in LA

Support the show

To join our Patreon for bonus content & to support the show MONETARILY!!!, visit https://www.patreon.com/FlopSoup

Co-hosted by Cassandra Kyriazis and Justin Crosby.
Produced by David Lai.

If you're loving the pod, rate and review us everywhere podcasts can possibly be rated and reviewed <3 please :)