Gossip With Celebitchy

Introduction: Minutes 0 to 8:45 Chandra loved CODA, but wishes that The French Dispatch and Cruella got more attention this year. We both saw Summer of Soul and want it to win Best Documentary. Chandra is watching The Golden Age and loves it. I play a segment from Zoom where we talk about The Golden Age.

Jane Campion: Minutes 8:45 to 17:30 Power of The Dog won Best Picture and Best Director at the BAFTAs, Critics Choice and at the Directors Guild Awards. Oscar voting runs from March 17th until the 22nd. Although Power of The Dog might have been considered the frontrunner for Best Picture and Director after it won so much, that has hopefully changed after director Jane Campion put down Venus and Serena Williams in her speech at the Critics Choice Awards. On Monday Campion issued an apology. I play a segment from Zoom where we talked about this. Zakia pointed out that Venus and Serena got a standing ovation when they presented King Richard and that's why Jane Campion tried to take them down. We hope that Power of The Dog doesn't win at The Oscars.

Royals: Minutes 17:30 to 31:00 Last week we talked about Prince Williams' racist gaffe during a visit to the Ukrainian Cultural Centre with Kate in which he said "it's very alien to see this in Europe." The palace refused to issue a follow up statement or clarification. William didn't go to the BAFTAs last Sunday even though he's the honorary president. The Cambridges are still planning that Caribbean tour which is scheduled for March 19th to the 26th. Chandra wonders if The Cambridges are being set up to fail because Jamaica wants to leave the commonwealth.

Prince Harry is promoting the Invictus Games, which will take place at The Hague from April 16th to The 22nd. We got a cute video of him trying to speak Dutch to organizers over Zoom. Harry is not planning to visit the Queen when he is in Europe and is not planning on attending the memorial for Prince Phillip on March 29th. Chandra thinks Harry will try to see the Queen around his trip.

Sophie, the Countess of Wessex, was in New York for four days but got hardly any attention because no one is interested in her. She brought her own photographer which is good since none of the photo agencies bothered to cover her appearances. On Tuesday she delivered a keynote speech at the UN at the Upholding Women's Rights in Afghanistan event.

The big event this week was the Commonwealth Service, which was on Tuesday at Westminster Abbey. The Queen was not there. The only royals who attended were Kate, William, Camilla and Charles. The 2020 Commonwealth Service was legendary.

Kate and William went to the annual St. Patrick's Day parade for the 1st Battalion Irish Guards. We talk about dog breeds. I want a dog that doesn't shed and isn't so big it has a lot of poo to pick up, but can hike with me. (We didn't talk about this but my mom is telling me to get a Havanese. She also likes Greyhounds and she has a Miniature Schnauzer.)

Comments of the Week: Minutes 31:00 to end My comment of the week is from Megan on the post where Kanye worried that Pete is going to get Kim hooked on drugs.

Chandra's comments of the week are from Feeshalori, equality and Sue E Generis on the post about the Cambridges' Caribbean tour.

Thanks for listening bitches!

Introduction: Minutes 0 to 6:30 I saw King Richard and loved it. I want it to win Best Picture. I also saw CODA and Drive My Car. I liked CODA a lot and Drive My Car was deep but too long. Chandra saw Dune and thought it was really good. Oscar Isaac was especially hot in it.

Royals: Minutes 6:30 to 20:00 William and Kate visited the Ukrainian Cultural Centre in London, where William made the obviously racist statement that "For our generation, it's very alien to see this in Europe." An initial article claimed that William said that Britons were more used to seeing conflict in Africa and Asia, however the reporter, Richard Palmer, took that part of his reporting back and said he "misheard" William. A less than 30 second video was released of the Cambridges from behind where the only thing you could hear was the direct quote in the article. The quote from William was still racist. It reminds us of the racist remarks from the press about the war in Ukraine.

This isn't the first time Prince William has said racist things in public. In November of last year he made a conservation speech in which he called population growth in Africa "a huge challenge for conservationists," and he said essentially the same thing in 2017. I play a segment from Zoom where we talked about this. Chandra thinks that William gets briefings but thinks that he knows better.

We heard that Samantha Markle, Meghan's grifter half sister, is suing her for $75,000 for supposedly misrepresenting their childhood and their relationship in the Oprah interview. Samantha is claiming that it hurt the sales of her self published book. It's clearly a money grab and Meghan's lawyer issued an awesome statement. There was speculation that Meghan might be deposed for this, which is doubtful.

Last week we talked about Dan Wootton's piece saying that Kate will be making appearances without William. The Daily Mail had another story saying that Kate is "more confident" and "relaxed" on trips without him. Royal commenter Angela Levin said that Kate devoted her life to making William happy and helping him feel "important and worthy" which is really true.

We got a surprise photo of Prince Harry at a rodeo in Fort Worth, Texas over the weekend. It's unclear why he was there but Biden was also in Fort Worth at the same time. We can't figure out what Harry was doing in Texas though.

Camilla Tominey wrote an article about how the Sussexes "are rarely seen in LA and certainly not in the Hollywood party scene" and that they don't even go to the awards shows. She seems mad that we haven't seen enough of them. There's speculation that they'll come visit the Queen in April.

There are some positive stories about the Sussexes. Royal commenter Tom Quinn said that Harry is madly in love with Meghan. Commenter Peter Hunt wrote in the Irish Times that the royals should have worked harder to accommodate Harry and Meghan.

Ryan Coogler: Minutes 20:00 to 27:30 Black Panther director Ryan Coogler was handcuffed by cops and removed from a Bank of America in Atlanta in January when he tried to withdraw $12,000 from his own account. He wrote a letter to the teller on the withdrawal slip saying he wanted her to count the money somewhere else and be discreet. He also put his card and pin number in and gave his identification to the teller. The initial reporting by TMZ mischaracterized this and made it sound like he was suspicious. In the 911 call the teller admits that he gave her his identification but says it was from California and that her supervisor told her to call the police.

It's ridiculous that Bank of America would do this to one of their customers. We had people in our comments trolling hard for Bank of America and claiming that they had insider information. It was very suspicious.

Chandra remembers the story that Chris Rock would keep a camera in his car to document how many times he was stopped by police. I recommend getting a dash cam.

Comments of the Week: Minutes 27:30 to end Kaiser's comment of the week is from Luna17 on the post about Sweden's Princess Victoria & Daniel stepping out together following divorce rumors.

My comment of the week is from Lena on the post for the trailer of Ben Affleck and Ana de Armas's film Deep Water.

Thanks for listening bitches!

Introduction: Minutes 0 to 10 I saw the Oscar nominated live action shorts and want Riz Ahmed's movie The Long Goodbye to win. We both saw Nightmare Alley and liked it but thought it was too long. Chandra saw House of Gucci and thought there were too many side plots but that Gaga and Adam Driver were good in their roles. She thought King Richard was very good.

Royals: Minutes 10 to 24:30 On February 24th, the day that Russia invaded Ukraine, Harry and Meghan were the first royals to issue a statement about it. Of course they were criticized for it widely in the British press. The Cambridges decided that February 24th was the right day to confirm their upcoming tour of Belize, Jamaica and The Bahamas. That was tone deaf to say the least. Two days later the Cambridges issued a statement supporting Ukraine. Prince Charles spoke about Ukraine on March 1st in a speech. Charles and Camilla also donated personally to charities for Ukrainian refugees.

Last Saturday Harry and Meghan were given the President's Award at the NAACP Awards for their charity work. They also announced a new award, the NAACP-Archewell Digital Civil Rights Award, which was given to Dr. Safiya Omuja Noble, who wrote Algorithms of Oppression. Their speech was so good and impressive.

This week there was also the Six Nations rugby match, which Kate and William attended with George. We wonder why they didn't bring Charlotte too. Kate wore a black and white houndstooth jacket, black turtleneck and black pants, which was exactly the look her mother-in-law, Princess Diana, wore to the same event in 1993.

Kate and William also went to Wales for St. David's day. It was a nice visit and they met with people and visited farms and local businesses. They should be doing more of those type of visits. Will said that Kate always has cold hands. I play a segment from Zoom where we talked about the royals.

We're also seeing Kate being pushed out more as a senior royal with the typical embiggening pieces and the news that she's going to be the most prominent female royal and will do more solo events. It's what we always hear about her and yet we get the same superficial appearances and statements from her.

When we off from the podcast last week Kate did a quick tour of Copenhagen where she was late for events and had frequent wardrobe changes. This was obviously meant for a British audience. I wondered why she didn't give a little report about that, but she said she would in the future.

Dan Wootton's story about Kate seems to be telegraphing a split and makes many comparisons to Charles and Diana. As for their upcoming move, Chandra thinks Kate will move to the country while William will stay in London.

SAG Awards: Minutes 24:30 to 31 CODA is a real contender and it looks like Power of The Dog is no longer a sure win for Best Picture. Will Smith and Ariana DeBose seems like shoe-ins for their respective categories. I play a segment from Zoom where we talked about the fashion at the SAGs.

Comments of the Week: Minutes 31:00 to 36 Chandra's comment of the week is from ElleV on Dan Wootton's post about how Will and Kate are going to do separate events, like Diana and Charles.

My comment of the week is from CC on the post where Lady Gaga claimed flies were following her on set.

Thanks for listening bitches!

Introduction: Minutes 0 to 6:00 We'll be off next week and back on March 5th. We're hiring and are looking for someone to write two stories a night from Sunday to Thursday nights. I saw The Eyes of Tammy Faye and loved it. We both want Chastain to win best actress. I also recommend Reacher on Amazon Prime.

Royals: Minutes 6:00 to 18 Last week we talked about Prince Charles testing positive for covid after Charles and Camilla went maskless to the British Asian Trust event the night before. Camilla did an event the day it was announced that Charles had covid, and was breathing on people who were preparing food. Camilla tested positive for covid on Monday, which was predictable and outrageous, particularly because she didn't get called out for going maskless and not isolating after Charles' diagnosis.

Prince Harry went to the Super Bowl with his cousin Eugenie, who was able to visit California without the press knowing ahead of time. Harry and Eugenie wore masks while they were watching the game. Most of the celebrities and people we saw on TV were not wearing masks. There's a photo of Harry with Mickey Guyton, who sang the National Anthem, and he's wearing a mask. There are other photos of him meeting Cedric The Entertainer and in the Rams locker room holding the Super Bowl trophy where he's maskless.

We also heard that The Cambridges are going to do a 12 day Caribbean tour in March. Those photos will be interesting.

The big news was of course Prince Andrew's settlement to Virginia Giuffre. He issued a statement not admitting guilt but regretting his association with Epstein. The settlement seems like a quid pro quo between Charles and The Queen in exchange for The Queen declaring that she wants Camilla to be Queen Consort. It also happened before Andrew could be deposed. I play a segment from Zoom where we talked about this. We think that Charles, The Queen and Andrew all knew that now was the time to settle. The amount was reportedly £12 million.

Kanye West and Kim Kardashian: Minutes 18:00 to 24 Kanye threatened to murder Pete Davidson in the lyrics to a new song, which is his second song threatening Pete. Kanye was posting anti-Pete memes and threatening Pete on Instagram. Kanye also sent a truck full of roses to Kim. Kim sent Kanye a text asking him to stop because Pete could get hurt, and Kanye posted Kim's message to Instagram. In the midst of all that, Kanye and Julia Fox split up. Julia gave interviews saying that they were fine but had to admit on Valentine's Day that they had broken up. We think Kim is gray rocking Kanye and also hope she's getting a restraining order against him. Kanye deleted his Instagram and posted a message that someone on his team surely wrote.

Comments of the Week: Minutes 24 to My comment of the week is from LauraW on the post about Novac Djokovic saying he's not going to get vaccinated for The French Open or Wimbledon.

Chandra's comment of the week is from Melissa on the post about Kanye threatening Pete Davidson.

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Introduction: Minutes 0 to 6:45 Chandra's favorite tennis player, Juan Martín del Potro, retired. I rethink a new friendship.

Royals: Minutes 6:45 to 19:30 Prince Charles has covid for the second time. He is vaccinated and boosted. The night before his diagnosis he went to the British Asian Trust event and was mingling maskless.

Sunday February 6th was the Queen's Accession Day, the day she became Queen back in 1952. A few hours before that the Queen released a statement saying that when Charles becomes King she wants Camilla to be style Queen Consort. When Charles married Camilla, he made a deal that she would be styled as "Princess Consort," but of course Charles has worked for decades to legitimize Camilla and get the public to accept her. We think Charles wrote that statement.

We heard that Camilla is going to wear the Queen Mother's crown, which includes the Koh-i-Noor diamond looted from India. Charles is said to have informed both William and Harry that Camilla would be named Queen Consort before the Queen's statement was released.

Meanwhile there are think pieces about whether the Queen declaring Camilla will be Queen Consort was a wise political decision and if the British public will accept Camilla as Queen. People Magazine is hyping Camilla too with much the same information as in the British press. I play a segment from Zoom where we talk about this. Chandra mentions that Camilla picked Diana for Charles because Camilla thought Diana would be easy to control. We're looking forward to the new season of The Crown.

Kate has been doing the most to put her face out there. She visited a Parental Support Project in London and was around little kids without a mask. Her office issued a little book report afterwards showing that she learned something.

William also made a one day diplomatic trip to Dubai. Harry's first statement since the "Queen Consort Camilla" story was about the need for more HIV testing on behalf of the UK's National HIV Testing Week. He referenced his mothers legacy as an HIV and AIDS patient advocate.

Oscar Nominations: Minutes 19:30 to 30:00 We got the Oscar nominations this week and there were some surprises and snubs. Most notably Lady Gaga did not get a nomination for House of Gucci. She was doing the most with her suffering for art narrative, and maybe that was true for her but she really leaned into it. Gaga issued a statement congratulating the hair and makeup team, which was the only nomination House of Gucci received. Chandra was surprised Gaga didn't get nominated when Kristen Stewart did, which seemed personal. Kristen Stewart called Oscar campaigning embarrassing last year, but still kept it up. Nicole Kidman got nominated for Being The Ricardos. Chandra goes off on how much she hates that movie. She loves The Lost Daughter, particularly the performances. She also liked The Power of the Dog. I play a clip from Zoom where we talk about the Oscar movies.

Chandra and I want to see Drive my Car and The Worst Person in the World. We're not really excited about any of the other movies. We think Jessica Chastain might win Best Actress for The Eyes of Tammy Faye. Either Will Smith or Benedict Cumberbatch will win Best Actor.

Comments of the Week: Minutes 30:00 to end My comment of the week is from OriginalLaLa on the post about Dax Shepard filling a water cooled mattress with a protein shake and making it stink up the bedroom.

Chandra's comment of the week is from Anita on the post about Adele at the Brit Awards. We hope Adele is ok after canceling her Vegas residency and wonder what's going on with her.

Thanks for listening bitches!

Introduction: Minutes 0 to 6:30 We will be off next week and back on February 12th. Chandra took a hard fall on the ice, but she's OK now. We're expecting a lot of snow this weekend.

Royals: Minutes 6:30 to 22 Last week we talked about the story that Charles invited Harry and his family to stay with him when they come to the UK, never mind the fact that Harry isn't being allowed to pay for his own security. This week The Sun reported that Harry and Charles have been having "secret talks" and that Harry was the one to reach out. There's speculation about whether Harry will return for Prince Philip's memorial in March or April. It's likely that the date is vague because the Queen's health is variable. She's now at Sandringham, which is typical for her in January. Chandra thinks that Harry likely contacted Charles about his security and not for personal reasons.

Charles is reportedly worried that Harry's book, which is scheduled to come out later this year, will be an "excoriating takedown" of Camilla and the fact that Charles was cheating on Diana with Camilla. Charles has been working to rehabilitate Camila's image which is why he's so concerned about this.

We're also hearing that Will and Kate may move to a castle in Windsor called Fort Belvedere, where they'll be close to both London and to Windsor Castle where the Queen lives. The rumors about them moving to a new place started last June. It's a bizarre story as the family of a late Canadian billionaire lives there now. When the Queen gave the Keens Anmer Hall in 2014, she kicked out a family who was living there. That family had made recent renovations to the kitchen, which the Cambridges ripped out and redid.

Kate also did an event this week where she wasn't obviously single white female-ing Meghan's style, which is progress for her. She visited the Shout offices in a leopard-print Derk Lam dress which was much more her style. It had buttons down the front, a long ruffle, a pussy bow and puffy long sleeves.

The Sussexes are being criticized for not producing any podcasts for Spotify in over a year. Last month it was claimed that Spotify gave them a "gentle nudge" to produce some content. Now the Daily Mail reports that Spotify's production company, Gimlet, is hiring producers to help them out.

Neil Young said he would pull his music from Spotify if they continued to work with podcaster Joe Rogan, because Rogan spreads vaccine disinformation. Spotify called Young's bluff since Rogan makes them a lot of money. Of course this was an opening for The Sun to call out the Sussexes for still working with Spotify.

Aaron Rodgers: Minutes 22 to 28 We last talked about Aaron Rodgers in podcast #108 which was out in November. At that time he was caught lying about being vaccinated after he caught covid.

This last weekend, Rodgers' team the Green Bay Packers lost 13-10 in the playoffs to the 49ers. Everyone was clowning on him, which he deserved. He couldn't leave well enough alone and had to complain about people rooting against him. Before that playoff game, he did a bonkers ESPN interview.

Also, he's allegedly still with Shailene Woodley, although we heard last month that they have a non-traditional relationship and are "private." A source told People that Aaron and Shailene don't talk about "politics." We wonder how people with such fundamental differences can be together.

User Feedback: Minutes 28 to 29:30 We got a nice voicemail from AlarmJaguar who thanked us for keeping the site easy to use.

Comments of the Week: Minutes 29:30 to end Kaiser's comment of the week is from Ashley on the post about Kanye thinking Pete Davidson looks like he shops at the mall. My comment of the week is from jo73c on the post about Stella McCartney redesigning Minnie Mouse's outfit.

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Introduction: Minutes 0 to 5:00 We will have an episode out next week and we will be off on February 5th. We got a lot of snow and I was still stuck at home when we recorded. The site got an upgrade and it works for the most part but is taking some getting used to.

Royals: Minutes 5:00 to 22:00 As Prince Andrew is getting more press for the Virginia Giuffre case, the British press is desperately trying to smear Prince Harry. They brought out this ridiculous complaint that Harry demanded police security when he visited the UK. After that Harry issued a statement saying that it's a risk for his family to come to the UK without police protection and that he offered to pay the British police. In his statement, Harry said his security was "compromised due to the absence of police protection" after the Diana statue unveiling.

The Daily Mail then got quotes from a retired metropolitan police officer who complained that the police can't just be available for hire and that Harry can't offer to pay them, since they're the ones who decide which royals need security. Dan Wootten criticized Harry for wanting security for his family, as if he was being petulant and refusing to let his grandmother meet his children unless he got his way. The press was scrambling to react after Harry's statement and removed some of their coverage.

We heard that Prince Charles invited the Sussexes to stay with him if they visited the UK. Then royal commentator Angela Levin chimed in to say that Meghan is the one keeping Harry from staying with Charles and reconciling with his family. That doesn't seem to be their dynamic at all.

Last week we talked about the fact that Prince Andrew had his military affiliations and patronages stripped and that he will no longer use his HRH title. There are now sympathetic pieces about him in the press, about how sad he was when mummy took away his patronages, and how William thinks his "heart is in the right place." Chandra thinks that Andrew was able to leverage his departure into getting money from the Queen.

A new documentary aired on ITV in the UK called Ghislaine, Prince Andrew and the Paedophile. That documentary featured a former royal police officer who said Andrew kept 50-60 stuffed bears on his bed as an adult and that he would freak out if the chambermaids put the bears back in the wrong place. I play a segment from Zoom where we talked about the royals.

William and Kate went to the Foundling Museum together, which was Kate's first event in over a month. Meanwhile Harry and Meghan sent food trucks to the King center in Atlanta to provide free lunches to the volunteers on MLK day. Chandra remembers when William visited refugees and didn't bring anything for them. We wonder why Will and Kate don't copy the Sussexes' charity work. Kate has been blatantly copying Meghan's style though.

Kim Kardashian and Kanye West: Minutes 22:00 to 26:00 Kim Kardashian and Kanye West's divorce is not completed yet, and Kim is trying to enforce their custody agreement. Kanye has been complaining bitterly in the press about the fact that he can't come and go from Kim's house and has to adhere to the terms of his custody agreement. He bought the house across the street from her a few weeks ago and now he's complaining when she's enforcing boundaries. He admitted that he sent his cousins over to threaten Kim after Kim's security stopped him from entering her home. He's obviously trying to manipulate and control her. I play a segment from Zoom where we talk about this.

Comments of the week: Minutes 26:00 to end My comment of the week is from Colby on the post about Meghan Fox's allegedly painful engagement ring.

Chandra's comment of the week is from Becks1 on the post about Lena Dunham forgiving herself for being racist.

Thanks for listening bitches!

Introduction: Minutes 0 to 8:30 We took an extra week off as I was sick. Chandra watched Dexter: New Blood and recommends it. She also loved The Lost Daughter and The French Dispatch. We both saw Belfast and thought it was cute. Chandra hated Being the Ricardos and Monday. I've been watching 9-1-1 and 9-1-1: Lone Star. They're so dumb. I also watched the Betty White documentary and have been watching Mount Everest reality shows.

Royals: Minutes 8:30 to 25 Duchess Kate's 40th birthday was on January 9th. The pieces about her read like parodies. There were so many storiespuffing up Kate and claiming how perfect and amazing she is while promising she's going to be better.

We also got three official portraits of Kate that were taken by Italian fashion photographer Paolo Roversi. She's wearing McQueen dresses and only one of the photos is in color. Her hair and makeup are different than usual and the photos don't look like her at all.

After those came out we heard how private Kate is and how she's not flashy and doesn't want attention like Meghan even though she played the piano at her Christmas concert special. We also heard that William is still really into her. One of the most telling stories was the one about how she's focusing on her kids and isn't going to increase her royal engagements for the next 10 to 15 years. I play a segment from Zoom where we talked about this.

The civil case against Prince Andrew filed by Virginia Guiffre is proceeding. Prince Andrew's lawyer tried to get it dismissed on technicalities, specifically the terms of a settlement agreement that Epstein paid Guiffre in 2009, and he also tried to argue that she does not live in the US. Those arguments were dismissed by the judge. The trail is likely to be later this year if a settlement is not reached. Prince Andrew, Sarah Ferguson and possibly Andrew's daughters Eugenie and Beatrice might be called to sit for depositions. Giuffre's lawyer said she's not just looking for a financial settlement. Her lawyer said it's important to her "that this matter be resolved in a way that vindicates her and vindicates the other victims."

Prince Andrew's patronages and military affiliations have been "returned to The Queen." He still has his HRH titles but will no longer use them. This announcement was made after 152 British veterans wrote a letter to the Queen requesting that Andrew's military ranks and positions be stripped. Andrew has been protected and defended until this point. Meanwhile someone paid off 6.6 million pounds that Andrew owed on a Swiss ski chalet last year.

While we were away we got a new photo of the Sussexes for their holiday card which was released to benefit charities. They looked so happy and relaxed. We talk about how the Sussexes highlight charities while the Cambridges highlight themselves.

Novak Djokovic: Minutes 25:00 to 30 Serbian Novak Djokovic is the number one player in men's tennis and he's also a notorious antivaxxer. Tennis Australia told players that if they're unvaccinated they could get a medical exemption to come to Australia for the Australian Open as long as they had covid in the last six months. Djokovic applied for a visa using a medical exemption, which he announced. He was detained and sent to the quarantine hotel. He was eventually let out of quarantine and his visa was restored. There are rumors that he's still going to be deported. We also heard that Novak had covid on December 16th, which is weird because there are photos of him posing with kids maskless on December 17th. He then issued a statement saying that on that day he was waiting for the results of his PCR test, but that he didn't test positive on the rapid test. He also did an interview and photoshoot after he knew he had covid, but he didn't inform anyone at the magazine.

Comments of the Week: Minutes 30:00 to end My comment of the week is from Eurydice on the post about Megan Fox and Machine Gun Kelly's engagement.

Chandra's comment of the week is from Carrotface on the post with Kate's birthday portraits.

Thanks for listening bitches!

Introduction: Minutes 0 to 5:30 We'll be off for the holidays and back on January 8th. I highly recommend the Netflix documentary 14 Peaks, the inspiring story of Nepalese mountaineer Nims Purja. Chandra recommends the documentary The Truffle Hunters, about the dying art of Italian truffle hunting. Chandra also liked The Power of The Dog after initially giving up on it due to an animal abuse scene.

Royals: Minutes 5:30 to 11:15 Duchess Kate is one of two People magazine covers this week. The profile is a typical embiggening piece. A British royal commentator named Tessa Dunlop made backhanded compliments about Kate's matronly style. We talk about Kate's style and how it's always off somehow. I play a segment from Zoom where we talk about this.

Ben Affleck: Minutes 11:15 to 18 Ben Affleck is promoting his movie on Amazon prime called The Tender Bar. Ben really showed his a- in an interview with Howard Stern. He said that if he stayed with Jennifer Garner "We probably would've ended up at each other's throats. I probably still would've been drinking. Part of why I started drinking was because I was trapped." In his follow up appearance on Kimmel, Ben did not seem sober. Ben has a history of sabotaging himself and blaming the women in his life. I play a segment from Zoom where we talk about Ben.

Our favorite stories of the year: Minutes 18 to 29:30 One of Chandra's favorite stories from 2021 was the Keenwell Institute. There was so much hype ahead of the announcement including a ridiculous commercial featuring footage of Nelson Mandela, Malala and JFK.

Our favorite stories of the year: Minutes 18 to 29:30 One of Chandra's favorite stories from 2021 was the Keenwell Institute. There was so much hype ahead of the announcement including a ridiculous commercial featuring footage of Nelson Mandela, Malala and JFK.

From Chandra: Kate launched The Royal Foundation Centre for Early Childhood, a "research institute" housed within Kensington Palace. There was a "report" called Big Change Starts Small. The report amounted to "the early years are so important, you guys." I called it the Keenwell Institute for Buttons and Early Years. We've barely heard anything about it since. Kate did a couple of events around it back in June and then nothing.

From Chandra: The craziness with Sophie, the Countess of Wessex. Sophie tried to make herself into a senior royal in 2020, and she was clearly pitching herself as a replacement to the Sussexes. Then after Prince Philip passed away, Sophie and Edward went on a publicity tour, giving interviews and taking swipes at Harry, Meghan and Oprah. Sophie pitched herself as the Queen's "rock" and her favorite in-law. Sophie's people also claimed that "Philip would have wanted her" to seek the spotlight. Sophie was thirsty as hell. And then she just stopped. I tend to believe Prince Charles told them to stop. Probably around the same time he told Edward he would never be Duke of Edinburgh.

From CB again: My favorite story was the ongoing one where various celebrities revealed that they don't bathe and that they don't use soap. As we mentioned on episode 99, we got hate mail for telling people to bathe. It started with Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis saying in late July on Dax Shepard's podcast that they don't bathe their children until they're visibly dirty and that they barely use soap.

Then Jake Gyllenhaal did that insane interview with Vanity Fair in early August where said he finds "bathing to be less necessary" and that "we naturally clean ourselves."

Kristen Bell and Dax Shepard said they don't bathe their kids until they smell bad and then other celebrities like The Rock and Jason Momoa assured us that they do bathe. It was crazy and there never should have been a controversy over not bathing.

I also wanted to include the story that the vaccines were distributed this year. It was less than a year from the pandemic to the development, testing and emergency use approval of three different vaccines in the US that are incredibly effective against covid and that was a scientific triumph.

Comments of the Week: Minutes 29:30 to end Chandra's comment of the week is from TigerMcQueen on the post about Kate on the cover of People. My comment of the week is from ThatsNotOkay on the post about Alec Baldwin hushing Hilaria while she was in labor with their child.

Thanks for listening bitches! Have a great holiday and a happy new year!

Intro: Minutes 0 to 7:45 We'll have more episode out next week and will be off two weeks for the holidays. We talk about the awards schedule early next year. I went to a tanning bed to help with my mood. Chandra says walking helps with that.

Royal: Minutes 7:45 to 23:00 A few weeks ago, The CEO of Prince Charles' foundation, Michael Fawcett resigned following stories over the summer about how Charles traded titles and British citizenships to wealthy donors. Charles knew about all these schemes and he was the one giving the titles and meeting with these people. One of the more damning stories was about Saudi businessman Mahfouz Marei Mubarak bin Mahfouz. Mafouz was given a CBE by Charles in 2016. It says in Mahfouz's wiki that the CBE ceremony was private and wasn't published in the Court Circular!

There was a story in The Times about Prince Harry meeting with this same Saudi businessman, Mafouz in 2013, for a £50,000 donation to Sentable. Harry issued a statement that he cut this man off in 2015. Chandra thinks that Charles put out this story about Harry as a distraction. In response to Harry's statement there were multiple sourced stories claiming that Prince Charles is so upset at Harry. A story from Richard Kay in the Daily Mail compared Harry to Diana.

We got yet another version of the three-year-old "Meghan made Kate cry" at a bridesmaids fitting story. This story first came out in late 2018. We heard it was about the bridesmaids' dresses, then it was about the bridesmaids' tights. This time it's about Kate confronting Meghan about her treatment of staff. This story does not make Kate look good so we wonder why they're revisiting it with yet another explanation. Meghan talked about this on Oprah and said Kate made her cry and Kate brought her flowers afterwards. Follow up stories claimed Meghan slammed the door in Kate's face. I play a segment from Zoom where Zakia and Michelle talk about this. There's never been any evidence or details about Meghan allegedly bullying staff.

Khloe Kardashian: Minutes 23:00 to 31:30 Tristan Thompson has cheated on Khloe Kardashian so many times and she's taken him back and sworn he's changed. They were together earlier this year and broke up in June. It's just coming out now that Tristan got another woman pregnant in March, a personal trainer named Maralee Nichols. That woman has filed a paternity suit against Tristan and there's a text message from him in that filing where he says he's only going to give her $75,000 and that if she is after child support she'll get nothing. Chandra reminds me that this wasn't the first time Tristan cheated on Khloe this year and that Khloe contacted the side chick. I remember a story from 2013 when Khloe stalked and confronted one of Lamar Odom's mistresses.

In response to the pregnancy news we got all these overwrought sourced quotes from Khloe saying she thought he would change, that she is upset, etc. Khloe also tweeted that she's "barely in my own body right now." We wonder why Khloe is still centering herself in this story when she and Tristan broke up in June.

Comments of the Week: Minutes 31:30 to end Chandra's comments of the week are from Jenns and A.Key on the post about the Prime Minister of Finland partying until 4am.

My comment of the week is from Bettyrose on the post about Sharon Gless saying she regrets gaining weight for a role.

Thanks for listening bitches!