How Men Think

We just wrapped our Love Island USA watch party and boy do we have thoughts! We gathered our group straight to the mics to first discuss the unnecessary amount of French kissing that lasted throughout the entire episode. And then there were those uncomfortable sex questions, the constant doors, the bombshell additions and the silly, highly produced opening to start season 8 off with a bang.

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Jenny Mollen is doing damage control following a controversial post showing her intertwined with her 12-year-old son on the bed, with her in-between his legs; the original caption saying the “eldest son is the most toxic relationship of your life.” While Mollen took the caption down, her essay she posted days ago is making headlines as well. Mollen is in the middle of divorcing actor Jason Biggs of “American Pie” fame and penned an essay with the first line reading: “Call me old-fashioned, but I only want my sons to marry women with dead mothers” and ending with “I pray that at least one of them is gay.”

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We introduce you to the islanders competing for love on Season 8, premiering tonight on Peacock.  From a DJ and model to a Paralympian medalist to a daughter of an NBA player, many of these 20 somethings will soon become household names and online fodder for the next six weeks. One contestant even drew the ire from his town’s mayor, clearly upset that he quit his job as police officer to be on the reality show.  We also discuss the show’s success rate at finding lasting relationships, you might be surprised how many couples from previous seasons are still together.

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53-year-old Andrew Lukehart is scheduled to die by lethal injection tonight at 6pm ET for the murder of his girlfriend’s 5 month old daughter. Lukehart fractured the skull of baby Gabriella after losing his temper while changing her diaper.  Hear the fabricated story he told police, before eventually admitting his guilt. And, to make matters worse, Lukehart committed the brutal killing after recently being released from prison for beating his former girlfriend’s 8-month-old daughter just two years earlier.

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An audio recording of the most explosive staff meeting we’ve ever heard was leaked to several news outlets. In the recording, there is a heated exchange between former Evening News anchor and ’60 Minutes’ correspondent Scott Pelley and newly appointed Executive Producer Nick Bilton.  We go over the jaw dropping back and forth which included Pelley telling Bilton he and Editor-in-Chief Bari Weiss aren’t qualified for their positions. We’ll also explain why Bari Weiss herself chose not to be at the meeting. 

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Robach and Holmes cover the latest news headlines and entertainment updates and give perspective on current events in their daily “Morning Run.”

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44-year-old tennis legend Serena Williams is getting back on the grass! Williams announced today she will be returning to tennis one week from today on June 8th at the HSBC Championships in London, considered a warm up to Wimbledon. She will be playing doubles with partner 19-year-old Victoria Mboko from Canada. Williams credits GLP-1 weight loss drugs for allowing her comeback, saying losing the weight, eased the joint pain that forced her to stop playing competitively four years ago.

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Jury selection is underway for 17-year-old Karmelo Anthony who is facing life in prison for the stabbing death of 17-year-old Austin Metcalf at a track meet in Texas last year. Extra security is in place at the courthouse and there is a strict electronic gag for members of the media given all the racial tensions that have erupted in the aftermath of the murder. Anthony is black, Metcalf was white,  and a significant amount of misinformation has circulated online that resulted in death threats for both the victim’s and the defendant’s families over the past several months. 

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The name Graham Platner has been trending all weekend after his wife of 3 years posted a video defending her husband.  Platner is ahead in the polls, hoping to beat incumbent Maine Senator Susan Collins come November. That win could shift the balance of power in the Senate to Democrats.  Platner has admitted to sexting several women early in his marriage and has past Reddit posts about black people and sexual assault victims coming back to haunt his candidacy.  

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New word from rescue teams in Laos confirming there were knocking sounds in response to their signals. Just one day after rescuers reported they had given up hope of finding the remaining two miners, a new cave shaft has been discovered where they now believe the men are trapped. This area is described as even tighter and more unpleasant than the area the other five were rescued from over the weekend. 

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