Patti, what are you up to? 🤨

July 11, 2020·1 hr·4 clips

A congressman's tweets claim Beyoncé is an Italian Illuminati puppet named Anna Marie Latrice working for George Soros.

The episode opens with the hosts apologizing for a late release, then exchanging weekly updates including Mar's work-from-home system crashes and Kay's trip to Seven Springs Zoo and resort in Pennsylvania. At the zoo, Kay reports the owner told her that Carole Baskin once came to protest and attempt to close the zoo over exotic animal welfare concerns. Kay describes zip-lining, paintballing, horseback riding, a white tiger, peacocks, and a near-confrontation with a llama. The hosts debate whether the Pittsburgh Zoo has llamas. Kay and her friend Serenity stayed in a log cabin with a jacuzzi that Kay may have accidentally broken. The hosts then shift to news, beginning with Naya Rivera's disappearance on July 8th, 2020, when her four-year-old son was found alone on a rented boat at a lake. The child reportedly said he saw his mother go under the water, and Rivera's life jacket was still on the boat. The hosts note Rivera would be the third Glee cast member to die under strange circumstances, after one overdose and one suicide. They briefly discuss the Britney Spears conservatorship, noting her father controls her finances, movements, phone use, and social media, and that a court dismissed her testimony that she did not feel safe. One host notes Britney's mother Jamie appears on a Netflix show and looks unwell. The hosts discuss the Wayfair conspiracy theory, in which expensive cabinets were allegedly named after missing girls, and a pillow customized with those names reportedly jumped to ten thousand dollars in price. They also note Wayfair separately sold items resembling swastikas and prayer rugs sold as regular rugs, leading to multiple apology posts on their Instagram. The hosts then discuss Jada Pinkett Smith's Red Table Talk appearance, where she confirmed a relationship with August Alsina during a separation from Will Smith approximately four and a half years prior. The hosts criticize Jada's use of the word 'entanglement' and argue she spoke in circles without taking clear responsibility. They express sympathy for August Alsina and mock his subsequent public feud with Keke Palmer. The hosts react to 50 Cent and Lil Wayne's comments about angry Black women, calling both out and noting Lil Wayne's daughter Reginae is a Black woman. A Florida congressman's tweets are then read aloud, claiming Patti LaBelle is the ringleader of a secret society with Beyoncé and Obama, that Beyoncé is actually Italian with the real name Anna Marie Latrice, and that Patti LaBelle's 1991 song lyrics prove she worships Lucifer as part of a Soros-funded deep state agenda. The hosts react with sustained disbelief and laughter. The episode closes with a debate about whether homosexuality is a mental illness, prompted by a conversation one host had with two mental health professionals.

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Messy friend-talk, sharp corrections, and a long Jada Pinkett Smith detour.

Kay and Mar spend this late upload darting through holiday nonsense, work from home irritation, and a long Jada Pinkett Smith digression that takes over the back half.

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