What a Creep

What a Creep
Kendrick Lamar & the Drake Feud
Season 28, Episode 5

The 59th annual Super Bowl became the backdrop for the intense feud between Kendrick Lamar and Drake, one of the most significant rivalries in modern hip-hop. Fueled by long-standing tensions over artistic credibility, lyrical skill, and industry dominance, this conflict has been brewing for over a decade. However, it escalated in 2024 with a series of explosive diss tracks. Kendrick's songs "Euphoria" and "Not Like Us" took direct shots at Drake's authenticity, personal life, and alleged manipulation within the industry.

In response, Drake released "Family Matters," which questioned Kendrick’s relationships and his status as a leader in rap. Now that the world knows this beef, let’s explore some of Drake’s more problematic behaviors. (Yes, we are Team Kendrick here!)

Trigger warning: Grooming and Margo’s aging Gen X brain.
Sources: 

• Drake Wikipedia
• Drake Reddit 
• Harper’s Bazaar
• Esquire magazine's “Drake Vs. Lamar” explained
• Buzz Feed
• Kendrick Lamar Wiki
• Chronically Online Girls YouTube
• Yahoo 
• The Ringer:
• San Antonio Express-News
• The Independent UK
• NBC News 
• TikTok Drake is Being a Creep!
• NBC News New York 
• Just Jared Timeline 
• The Root: Symbolism of the 2025 Super Bowl Halftime Performance

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In one of the track’s most controversial lines, Lamar reinforces his point: "Why you trollin' like a b—? Ain't you tired? / Tryna strike a chord and it's probably A-minor."The single's cover art features an aerial view of Drake’s Toronto estate, edited to resemble a sex offender registry map, highlighting the homes of convicted offenders.

What a Creep
The Super Bowl’s Big Wardrobe Malfunction
Season 28, Episode 4

It was the wardrobe malfunction seen around the world. We’re going to talk about the infamous 2004 Super Bowl Halftime Show. The entire country lost their collective mind because they got a glimpse of Janet Jackson’s boob for less than a second during what they like to pretend is a family-friendly cultural event. In reality, we’re watching a brutal sport in which men are getting concussions for our entertainment, sandwiched in between commercials for booze and boner pills.

Was it a planned stunt? Was it an accident? Does it really matter? Some people just used it as an opportunity to shit on Janet Jackson 24/7, and others used it as an opportunity to get on their soapbox to disingenuously ask, “Won’t someone think of the children.” 
Sources for this episode

• Deadspin
• Los Angeles Times
• “The New York Times Presents: Malfunction: The Dressing Down of Janet Jackson”
• NPR
• Rolling Stone
• Rolling Stone
• Wikipedia

Non-Creepy American Football Charities:
USA Football.com: USA Football believes in the passion, intensity, joy, confidence, and sense of community football brings to those who play, coach, and love it. From practice to playoffs, we work to make the game better and safer, ensuring that nothing stands in the way of a player’s excitement for the sport.

American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) Foundation: A charitable organization that supports football coaches. 

Good Sports: A youth sports charity that provides equipment to needy programs. 

American Youth Football: American Youth Football (AYF) is a 501(c) (3) non-profit corporation that provides support services, scholarships, grants, community programs and tournaments

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What a Creep
Andrew Kehoe & the Bath School Disaster (1927)
Season 28, Episode 3

Andrew Kehoe was a mass murderer who, nearly one hundred years ago, instigated the most significant school tragedy in the United States, which occurred in Bath Township, Michigan. A disgruntled farmer who lost an election for the position of treasurer on the Bath Township School Board, Kehoe used dynamite to create chaos, resulting in the deaths of 45 people and injuries to 58 more. In this episode, we will talk about Kehoe’s life and the twisted plan he had for revenge in Bath Township.  

Andrew Kehoe: What a Creep.

Sources for this episode

• Johns Hopkins University
• Britannica
• Serial Killers Channel on YouTube
• Killer Psyche
• 9 & 10 News
• Wikipedia Beth School Disaster 
• Bath School Disaster.com 
• Historical True Crime
• Killer Psyche
• Harold Schecter “Maniac”
• Murderpedia  
• Lansing State Journal 
• A first-hand account from a witness in 1927
• Well, I Never

Trigger warnings: Murder, Animal Abuse, School Violence, & Bombing 
We all need some good things, so here’s a list:

• We Rate Dogs on YouTube - you can also sign up for their daily email, which delivers daily adorable dog content to your inbox.
• Alt National Park - This is the official "Resistance" team of the U.S. National Park Service. It stands up for the National Park Service and helps preserve the environment for present and future generations.
• Paris Hilton returns her foster dog, Zuzu, to her family
• For our gamer friends, Hello Kitty Island Adventure is out on Switch. And “South Park” predicted this game 9 years ago.
• Check out QuestLove’s 50 years of SNL musical guests compilation. It’s pretty incredible.

• Speaking of music, there are clips from the Fire Aid Benefit, including a quasi-Nirvana reunion with Dave Grohl, Krist Novoselic, and Pat Smear. Featured singers included St. Vincent ("Breed"), Kim Gordon ("School"), Joan Jett ("Territorial Pissings"), and Dave Grohl's daughter Violet Grohl ("All Apologies").  

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What a Creep
John Harvey Kellogg
Season 28, Episode 2

Kellogg’s Corn Flakes was the boring cereal in my Kellogg’s cereal variety pack, but it’s the one that started them all. And one of the men behind that cereal was John Harvey Kellogg.
John Harvey Kellogg championed nutrition and a holistic approach to health. But he was also a eugenicist, which, if you don’t know, is the inaccurate theory that humans can be improved through selective breeding of populations. He also advocated for forced sterilization of anyone he deemed unintelligent or immoral. Oh, and he launched a really messed anti-masturbation campaign that saw the genitals of young boys and girls mutilated.
John Harvey Kellogg: What a creep. 

Sources for this episode

• All That’s Interesting
• Battle Creek Enquirer 
• Britannica
• Chowhound
• Forbes
• The Guardian
• History
• History Hit
• History Today
• New York Times
• The School of Public Health
• Wikipedia: Carrie Buck
• Wikipedia: John Harvey Kellogg

Trigger warnings: Racism, sexual assault, and cereal puns
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What a Creep
Some of the Creepiest Plots to John Hughes Films
Season 28, Episode 1

John Hughes accomplished the remarkable feat of being a quintessential Baby Boomer while still resonating with Generation X and Millennials through his films. Movies—such as 16 Candles, The Breakfast Club, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, Pretty in Pink, and She’s Having a Baby—became essential viewing for generations that felt overlooked by mainstream media. He genuinely seemed like “one of us.”

However, when we examine his work through a modern lens, it is difficult to overlook an alarming pattern of racism, homophobia, white privilege,  and sexism, as well as some questionable behavior exhibited by the male leads in his films from the 1980s and 1990s. Some of his movies also reveal a rather creepy element when viewed today.

Sources for this episode:

• New Yorker essay by Molly Ringwald, 2018
• Cracked
• The Franklin Post
• Splice Today
• Far Out Magazine
• The Daily Beast
• Looper
• Hollywood Elsewhere
• Ranker
• Vanity Fair
• YouTube Shrink Tank 
• Literate Ape
• Elle Australia
• Screen Rant 
• Medium
• Bustle 

Trigger warning: Sexual Assault, Grooming, Sexism, Racism, Ableism, and Homophobia

For our non-creep, check out https://save-la.org/ for ways to help or be helped in the Los Angeles area. 

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What a Creep
Hulk Hogan
Season 27, Episode 12

Are you ready to talk about Hulk Hogan, brother?
Wrestler Hulk Hogan was everywhere through the ’80s. He appeared on the cover of Sports Illustrated, TV Guide, and PEOPLE. He had his Saturday morning cartoon show and was the most-requested celebrity of the ’80s for the Make-A-Wish foundation. He also had a run of movies in the 80s and '90s. But now, he’s mainly known for lying, for a leaked sex tape filled with his racist and homophobic rants, and for being one of Predator Trump’s few “celebrity” endorsements. What a creep.

Sources for this episode:

• Biography
• Eonline
• MSN
• People Magazine
• Rolling Stone
• Rolling Stone
• The Sportster
• Wikipedia
• Wikipedia

Trigger warning: Racism and homophobia

Charities to Aid Victims of the Los Angeles Fires:
World Central Kitchen: https://wck.org/news/first-alert-ca-fires-jan25
Pasadena Community Foundation
Los Angeles Regional Foodbank
California Fire Foundation
Red Cross Southern California Wildfires
California Wildlife CenterPasadena Humane Society
Split your donation through The Los Angeles Fire Department Foundation, United Way of Greater Los Angeles, and the Los Angeles Regional Food Bank are doing essential work in the midst of these fires — and they need our support. secure.actblue.com/donate/q1202…

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What a Creep
Season 27, Episode 11
Matt Gaetz - UPDATE

Matt Gaetz is a garbage human being who is also the U.S. representative for the first congressional district of Florida. 
When he’s not kissing disgraced former president Trump’s ass and sending bad tweets, this sentient can of Axe Body Spray is voting against laws fighting sex trafficking while being investigated for sex trafficking.

Updated sources:Vox - The Matt Gaetz Ethics Report, ExplainedThe New York Times - Key takeaways from the House Ethics Report on Matt Gaetz
Sources for this episode:Business InsiderCNNThe Daily BeastMiami New TimesMother JonesNew York TimesOrlando SentinelPoliticoTwitterVoxWashington PostWikipedia
Trigger warning: Sexism, racism, fatphobia, gaslighting, sex trafficking, and look shaming by Sonia because Matt Gaetz is really gross and ugly.

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What a Creep
“The Day the Music Died”
Season 27, Episode 10

"The Day the Music Died" is a phrase coined by singer-songwriter Don McLean in 1971 in his 8-and-a-half-minute song “American Pie.” The tragic deaths of Buddy Holly, The Big Bopper, and Ritchie Valens on February 3, 1959, shocked the world and have been the subject of study for decades. In this episode, I will discuss the lives of the men who lost their lives that night and the harsh realities of life on tour during the early days of rock and roll.

Sources for this episode:

• Britannica 
• Video KCCI-TV “This Day in History”
• The Day in Weather Fox News
• All Things Cruising
• Buddy Holly: A Life from Beginning to End (Biographies of Musicians)  
• Wisconsin Life.org

Trigger warning: Plane crash

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What a Creep
Joe Francis (Update)
Season 27, Episode 9

With the release of the documentary series, “Girls Gone Wild: The Untold Story,” it’s time to revisit our Joe Francis episode. Francis was the founder and creator of Girls Gone Wild, which made him a millionaire 10 times over. He has also been convicted of tax evasion, bribery, false imprisonment, and assault and has pleaded no contest to child abuse and prostitution.
Sources for this episode:

• Girls Gone Wild: The Untold Story on Peacock
• Hollywood Reporter
• Jezebel
• CBS News
• Forbes
• Ranker
• Las Vegas Review-Journal
• Los Angeles Times
• Syracuse
• The Sun
• Meet Joe Francis
• Wikipedia

Trigger warning: Domestic violence and sexual assault
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What a Creep
Season 27, Episode 8
Conor McGregor

Conor McGregor is a mixed martial arts fighter who became famous in the sport after winning Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) titles in two different weight classes. He’s also launched a whiskey and Irish Stout company and acted in the “Road House” remake. 
We don’t know much about the UFC or that “Road House” remake, but we know a creep when we see one. And this guy is a creep who is racist and has been accused of sexual assault multiple times and was recently found liable in a civil court in Ireland for rape and ordered to pay the victim a quarter of a million dollars.
Sources for this episode

• AP News
• Britannica
• E! Online
• ESPN
• The Guardian
• The Independent
• Rolling Stone
• The Root
• YouTube
• Wikipedia

Trigger warning: Racism and sexual assault

Link for our NON-Creeps this week! 9 Fierce Irish Women from My Irish Jeweler
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