1 00:00:01,240 --> 00:00:04,520 Speaker 1: Hi everybody. Hi, Hi Catherine, Hi Chelsea, how are you. 2 00:00:04,680 --> 00:00:05,040 Speaker 2: I'm good. 3 00:00:05,080 --> 00:00:07,520 Speaker 1: I'm just todays Critics Choice Awards, so I will be. 4 00:00:07,920 --> 00:00:11,079 Speaker 2: I will be returning to my birth network of E 5 00:00:11,880 --> 00:00:17,840 Speaker 2: to host they thirtieth Wow thirtieth Critics. It's their thirtieth 6 00:00:17,840 --> 00:00:20,000 Speaker 2: anniversary of the Critics Choice Awards, and this is my 7 00:00:20,200 --> 00:00:22,040 Speaker 2: third hosting gig. 8 00:00:22,400 --> 00:00:24,479 Speaker 3: Fantastic, I mean, it all worked out. 9 00:00:24,400 --> 00:00:25,080 Speaker 1: It all worked out. 10 00:00:25,120 --> 00:00:27,720 Speaker 2: I got shoulder surgery about ten days ago, just in 11 00:00:27,800 --> 00:00:31,840 Speaker 2: time to wear a strapless gown fighting an infection. I 12 00:00:32,000 --> 00:00:34,760 Speaker 2: am getting intravenus drugs every twenty four hours. I haven't 13 00:00:34,760 --> 00:00:36,560 Speaker 2: had a drink in about ten days, and I don't 14 00:00:36,560 --> 00:00:39,120 Speaker 2: think I'll be able to have one for another six weeks. 15 00:00:39,159 --> 00:00:40,879 Speaker 1: So who knows. This could be the beginning of my 16 00:00:40,920 --> 00:00:43,360 Speaker 1: sober life. I know the parties and be like, who 17 00:00:43,400 --> 00:00:44,720 Speaker 1: needed alcohol anyway? 18 00:00:45,040 --> 00:00:46,960 Speaker 4: Who even needed it? He just like goes over to 19 00:00:46,960 --> 00:00:49,080 Speaker 4: all these parties. Grades Yeah, exactly. 20 00:00:49,240 --> 00:00:52,120 Speaker 2: Now, Actually, what my schedule is is last night they 21 00:00:52,120 --> 00:00:54,680 Speaker 2: took out my pick line, which is what they used 22 00:00:54,720 --> 00:00:57,800 Speaker 2: to give me intravenous drugs for this infection that I got, 23 00:00:58,320 --> 00:01:02,640 Speaker 2: And tonight afterward show in a very glorious fashion. I 24 00:01:02,720 --> 00:01:05,000 Speaker 2: come straight home so they can reinstall the pick line. 25 00:01:05,040 --> 00:01:12,479 Speaker 2: Oh fantastic, that's my after party. Everybody so sexy, so exciting, Chelsea. 26 00:01:12,640 --> 00:01:14,960 Speaker 4: I have to tell you about something that happened to 27 00:01:15,000 --> 00:01:16,720 Speaker 4: me recently, and I have been waiting to tell you 28 00:01:16,800 --> 00:01:17,160 Speaker 4: about this. 29 00:01:17,240 --> 00:01:20,360 Speaker 3: Okay. I was at the gym working with my trainer 30 00:01:20,840 --> 00:01:21,320 Speaker 3: last week. 31 00:01:21,360 --> 00:01:22,960 Speaker 1: Hopefully sons hard boiled eggs. 32 00:01:23,640 --> 00:01:25,520 Speaker 4: I'd brought no hard boiled eggs, and I didn't even 33 00:01:25,600 --> 00:01:27,320 Speaker 4: let my shoes smell like hardboil eggs there. 34 00:01:27,480 --> 00:01:30,320 Speaker 2: But the story, the story is already better just by 35 00:01:30,319 --> 00:01:31,720 Speaker 2: not having hard boiled eggs in it. 36 00:01:31,920 --> 00:01:32,560 Speaker 3: Let me tell you. 37 00:01:32,840 --> 00:01:34,840 Speaker 4: I was like laying on my back doing some like 38 00:01:34,880 --> 00:01:37,120 Speaker 4: you know, ad work, that sort of thing, and I 39 00:01:37,360 --> 00:01:41,600 Speaker 4: see walk up about three feet from my face, bare feet, 40 00:01:42,120 --> 00:01:46,360 Speaker 4: beargar at the gym, bear men's feet, just walking around, 41 00:01:46,400 --> 00:01:49,320 Speaker 4: and my trainer turns the guy and goes, wear your shoes. Man. 42 00:01:50,000 --> 00:01:52,960 Speaker 4: I just want to tell you this man. He's a boomer, 43 00:01:53,440 --> 00:01:56,680 Speaker 4: white gentleman. He's the only white boomer that goes to 44 00:01:56,680 --> 00:01:59,720 Speaker 4: my entire gym. He also happens to be the only 45 00:01:59,760 --> 00:02:02,160 Speaker 4: person and I've ever seen there wearing a Trump hat. 46 00:02:03,440 --> 00:02:05,480 Speaker 4: And I'm not saying that, like, the two of those 47 00:02:05,480 --> 00:02:06,800 Speaker 4: things are related. 48 00:02:06,440 --> 00:02:11,079 Speaker 2: But well, it's the attitude. Be the attitude is related. 49 00:02:11,160 --> 00:02:18,080 Speaker 2: They disregard for others is humilated. Wearing bare feet in 50 00:02:18,120 --> 00:02:22,680 Speaker 2: public spaces has is just you have no regard for others. No, 51 00:02:23,080 --> 00:02:25,640 Speaker 2: and we're wearing a Trump hat means you have no 52 00:02:25,720 --> 00:02:26,680 Speaker 2: regard for brothers. 53 00:02:26,720 --> 00:02:28,880 Speaker 4: Also bringing that into other people's faces, I just like 54 00:02:28,919 --> 00:02:31,079 Speaker 4: I could not believe it. It was like right next 55 00:02:31,120 --> 00:02:32,800 Speaker 4: to my face because I was laying on the ground. 56 00:02:32,800 --> 00:02:35,519 Speaker 4: I was like, what is happening? Why are there old 57 00:02:35,600 --> 00:02:38,399 Speaker 4: man feet next to me? It was truly horrifying. 58 00:02:38,840 --> 00:02:41,720 Speaker 2: It reminds me of the dedication to my new book, 59 00:02:41,760 --> 00:02:43,840 Speaker 2: my new book. If you guys haven't ordered it, ordered it, 60 00:02:43,880 --> 00:02:46,400 Speaker 2: I'll have what she's having. It's not out until February 61 00:02:46,400 --> 00:02:49,040 Speaker 2: twenty fifth, but there's a dedication in that book to 62 00:02:49,120 --> 00:02:53,240 Speaker 2: a very special group of people that have to deal 63 00:02:53,800 --> 00:02:56,799 Speaker 2: with people like that all the time. And I'll let 64 00:02:56,840 --> 00:02:59,519 Speaker 2: you read it in the book and you'll know what 65 00:02:59,560 --> 00:03:00,000 Speaker 2: I'm talking. 66 00:03:00,080 --> 00:03:02,560 Speaker 4: And you can pre order her book actually in the 67 00:03:02,600 --> 00:03:04,799 Speaker 4: link right in the description here, So go. 68 00:03:04,760 --> 00:03:07,120 Speaker 1: Ahead and click order please please. 69 00:03:07,360 --> 00:03:09,160 Speaker 3: You can even buy signed copies. 70 00:03:09,320 --> 00:03:10,880 Speaker 2: Oh yeah, and I'm doing a book tour. I'm going 71 00:03:10,919 --> 00:03:12,000 Speaker 2: to all these different cities. 72 00:03:12,400 --> 00:03:13,520 Speaker 3: Are they on your website? 73 00:03:13,840 --> 00:03:15,440 Speaker 2: Yeah, They're all on my website. So we've got to 74 00:03:15,480 --> 00:03:17,280 Speaker 2: the website. I'm going to do like six cities for 75 00:03:17,320 --> 00:03:17,799 Speaker 2: my book tour. 76 00:03:17,880 --> 00:03:19,000 Speaker 3: Awesome, that's super fun. 77 00:03:23,200 --> 00:03:26,600 Speaker 4: Well, we do have a few updates from folks who 78 00:03:26,680 --> 00:03:28,840 Speaker 4: have called in in the past, so I wanted to. 79 00:03:28,800 --> 00:03:29,720 Speaker 3: Read a few of those. 80 00:03:30,560 --> 00:03:32,639 Speaker 4: We always ask people to update us, so if you've 81 00:03:32,680 --> 00:03:35,280 Speaker 4: called in recently, shoot us an update. We want to 82 00:03:35,320 --> 00:03:37,720 Speaker 4: know what's going on with you. So our first one 83 00:03:37,760 --> 00:03:40,480 Speaker 4: comes from Ev. Ev was from like way back in 84 00:03:40,480 --> 00:03:45,360 Speaker 4: our Oliver Hudson episode and he had the situation where 85 00:03:45,920 --> 00:03:49,119 Speaker 4: his parents were like psychiatrists and had medicated him from 86 00:03:49,160 --> 00:03:51,520 Speaker 4: like five years old. I don't know if you remember this, 87 00:03:51,640 --> 00:03:53,880 Speaker 4: but he was like, how do I talk to my parents? 88 00:03:53,880 --> 00:03:55,760 Speaker 4: I want to come off these medications, like see what 89 00:03:55,800 --> 00:04:01,320 Speaker 4: life feels like as an adult unmedicated. And he says, Hi, 90 00:04:01,480 --> 00:04:03,720 Speaker 4: Katherine and Chelsea, I hope you're having a great day. 91 00:04:04,240 --> 00:04:06,520 Speaker 4: It was so much fun being on the podcast. I 92 00:04:06,600 --> 00:04:08,720 Speaker 4: want to thank you all so much for the advice 93 00:04:09,080 --> 00:04:10,960 Speaker 4: from our discussion. I got the courage to tell my 94 00:04:11,000 --> 00:04:14,040 Speaker 4: parents about the medication. I owe it to you. They 95 00:04:14,040 --> 00:04:16,760 Speaker 4: took it very well. Something Chelsea said inspired me to 96 00:04:16,880 --> 00:04:18,839 Speaker 4: just be honest and not beat herund the bush. 97 00:04:18,920 --> 00:04:20,800 Speaker 3: Going forward, I'm going to proceed. 98 00:04:20,480 --> 00:04:26,080 Speaker 4: With courage and always trust my gut. Thank you again, sincerelyev. 99 00:04:25,480 --> 00:04:27,800 Speaker 2: Oh, well, that's nice, considering I have no recollection of 100 00:04:27,800 --> 00:04:29,400 Speaker 2: that phone call whatsoever. 101 00:04:29,120 --> 00:04:29,919 Speaker 3: A while ago. 102 00:04:30,000 --> 00:04:32,440 Speaker 1: Yeah, I'm I don't really remember that at all. 103 00:04:32,560 --> 00:04:34,840 Speaker 2: So look, look, look what a difference you can make 104 00:04:34,880 --> 00:04:37,720 Speaker 2: in people's lives when you don't remember people exactly. 105 00:04:38,360 --> 00:04:42,680 Speaker 4: So this one is part question, part update. Emily had 106 00:04:42,760 --> 00:04:45,920 Speaker 4: called in way early on and she wanted to get 107 00:04:45,920 --> 00:04:47,640 Speaker 4: a boop job, and we told her, like, go for it. 108 00:04:47,680 --> 00:04:51,359 Speaker 3: If you want to a job, go for it. Dear Chelsea, 109 00:04:51,480 --> 00:04:52,479 Speaker 3: I hope you're doing well. 110 00:04:52,640 --> 00:04:54,719 Speaker 4: Hard to believe I was on season one of the podcast. 111 00:04:54,839 --> 00:04:58,120 Speaker 4: I'm still an avid listener weekly. Well, I still haven't 112 00:04:58,120 --> 00:05:01,120 Speaker 4: gotten the boop job. I was never confident in my body. 113 00:05:01,120 --> 00:05:03,400 Speaker 4: I just always thought bigger breasts would be a bonus. 114 00:05:03,440 --> 00:05:05,360 Speaker 4: But if I wanted to, I would have pulled the 115 00:05:05,360 --> 00:05:08,080 Speaker 4: trigger by now. I am, however, looking forward to seeing 116 00:05:08,120 --> 00:05:10,400 Speaker 4: Chelsea's in her annual skiing post and Whistler in a 117 00:05:10,440 --> 00:05:13,040 Speaker 4: few short weeks, I had a new question for her. 118 00:05:13,680 --> 00:05:15,960 Speaker 4: I'm planning to travel to Africa this year with my 119 00:05:16,000 --> 00:05:19,240 Speaker 4: mom to celebrate my thirtieth birthday. Chelsea, what are your 120 00:05:19,279 --> 00:05:22,160 Speaker 4: favorite countries to visit in Africa? There's so many Safari 121 00:05:22,200 --> 00:05:24,839 Speaker 4: options and destinations, so I could use your guidance on 122 00:05:24,880 --> 00:05:27,479 Speaker 4: your favorite locations. Bonus points if you remember the month 123 00:05:27,520 --> 00:05:29,400 Speaker 4: you travel to them too, Cheers Emily. 124 00:05:29,880 --> 00:05:32,120 Speaker 1: I usually do my traveling to the times I've been 125 00:05:32,160 --> 00:05:32,640 Speaker 1: to Safari. 126 00:05:32,640 --> 00:05:35,040 Speaker 2: I have been in the summer, like July, because it's 127 00:05:35,080 --> 00:05:38,039 Speaker 2: their winter, so you want to go in July August. 128 00:05:38,520 --> 00:05:40,599 Speaker 2: You can kind of get away with June two. But 129 00:05:40,760 --> 00:05:48,480 Speaker 2: the big crossing on the Maara River crossing is I 130 00:05:48,480 --> 00:05:51,359 Speaker 2: think very specific to July. It's like a month or 131 00:05:51,440 --> 00:05:53,799 Speaker 2: two weeks long, I think. 132 00:05:53,800 --> 00:05:54,840 Speaker 1: So you can catch that. 133 00:05:54,920 --> 00:05:59,400 Speaker 2: But as far as countries in Africa, I've been to Kenya, Botswana, 134 00:05:59,720 --> 00:06:05,039 Speaker 2: South Africa, Tanzania, and then maybe one other one that 135 00:06:05,160 --> 00:06:07,880 Speaker 2: I'm not oh, Zimbabwe, but that was not for Safari. 136 00:06:07,880 --> 00:06:10,200 Speaker 1: That was kind of like a water Safari. I would 137 00:06:10,240 --> 00:06:13,799 Speaker 1: go to Kenya for sure, if you can Botswan. 138 00:06:13,960 --> 00:06:17,400 Speaker 2: Any of these places are going to yield amazing Safari results. 139 00:06:17,600 --> 00:06:20,400 Speaker 2: The first Safari I ever went to was a camp 140 00:06:20,400 --> 00:06:24,920 Speaker 2: called Camp Londolozi in South Africa, and that was incredible. 141 00:06:25,480 --> 00:06:26,680 Speaker 1: And then there are all. 142 00:06:26,520 --> 00:06:29,560 Speaker 2: The Singidas, which are really great too. I mean, you 143 00:06:29,640 --> 00:06:31,919 Speaker 2: really can't go wrong when you go on Safari. I 144 00:06:31,920 --> 00:06:35,640 Speaker 2: would just say, like whatever money you can spend on that, 145 00:06:35,880 --> 00:06:38,880 Speaker 2: spend on that, like however high you can go, because 146 00:06:38,880 --> 00:06:42,520 Speaker 2: it's it can be so luxurious, worth it, and it's 147 00:06:42,600 --> 00:06:45,560 Speaker 2: worth it because you're like in the middle of all 148 00:06:45,600 --> 00:06:50,080 Speaker 2: this beauty and the landscapes are so magnificent, like everything 149 00:06:50,120 --> 00:06:52,280 Speaker 2: they can they can turn everything into like a five 150 00:06:52,320 --> 00:06:55,800 Speaker 2: star experience, and I mean I'm down with that, you know, 151 00:06:56,000 --> 00:06:57,920 Speaker 2: So whatever you can afford, go for it. 152 00:06:57,960 --> 00:06:58,880 Speaker 1: This is the trip to go. 153 00:06:58,920 --> 00:07:01,120 Speaker 4: For it awesome and that's so fun to like go 154 00:07:01,200 --> 00:07:03,280 Speaker 4: with her mom. I think that's oh yeah, I. 155 00:07:03,240 --> 00:07:04,560 Speaker 1: Mean you never this. 156 00:07:04,880 --> 00:07:07,359 Speaker 2: I have been on vacation my entire life and I 157 00:07:07,400 --> 00:07:09,160 Speaker 2: will you can never beat a safari. 158 00:07:09,360 --> 00:07:11,000 Speaker 3: Yeah yeah. Well. 159 00:07:11,160 --> 00:07:15,000 Speaker 4: Our next follow up comes from Alex She called in 160 00:07:15,080 --> 00:07:17,280 Speaker 4: on our Yah Yah. Episode was about a year ago 161 00:07:18,240 --> 00:07:20,520 Speaker 4: and she had been married to a man at the time. 162 00:07:21,280 --> 00:07:24,560 Speaker 3: She wasn't sure if she was gay. She was sort of. 163 00:07:24,600 --> 00:07:29,240 Speaker 4: Questioning and she says, thought i'd send you a quick 164 00:07:29,320 --> 00:07:31,720 Speaker 4: update on my situation. It's been a little over a 165 00:07:31,800 --> 00:07:34,720 Speaker 4: years since I first wrote in, and things have definitely changed. 166 00:07:35,280 --> 00:07:37,560 Speaker 4: The advice I received from your podcast gave me the 167 00:07:37,600 --> 00:07:40,200 Speaker 4: permission I needed to start taking action on how I 168 00:07:40,240 --> 00:07:42,960 Speaker 4: was feeling. I told my husband that I was attracted 169 00:07:42,960 --> 00:07:45,600 Speaker 4: to women, and we tried working through it for a bit, 170 00:07:45,680 --> 00:07:47,760 Speaker 4: but I think I knew on some level that the 171 00:07:47,760 --> 00:07:50,360 Speaker 4: marriage was no longer for me. Well, we were not 172 00:07:50,440 --> 00:07:53,600 Speaker 4: good together for a few reasons. The cherry on top 173 00:07:53,680 --> 00:07:56,680 Speaker 4: is I've realized I'm gay. We separated a few months ago, 174 00:07:56,800 --> 00:07:58,640 Speaker 4: and I've come out to a few family members and 175 00:07:58,680 --> 00:08:01,760 Speaker 4: close friends. Although it was a difficult decision to live 176 00:08:01,800 --> 00:08:04,520 Speaker 4: as my authentic self, I have no regrets. I am 177 00:08:04,520 --> 00:08:07,280 Speaker 4: so much happier and feel much more at home with myself. 178 00:08:07,680 --> 00:08:10,280 Speaker 4: I've been dating a beautiful woman, and I'm looking forward 179 00:08:10,280 --> 00:08:13,080 Speaker 4: to what the future has in store for me. Thanks again, 180 00:08:13,120 --> 00:08:16,400 Speaker 4: feel free to share on the podcast and pas. She says, 181 00:08:16,440 --> 00:08:19,600 Speaker 4: thanks Catherine for saying I had big softball energy. Whenever 182 00:08:19,640 --> 00:08:21,840 Speaker 4: someone affirms my queerness, I get all giddy. 183 00:08:22,160 --> 00:08:23,280 Speaker 1: Oh that's cute. 184 00:08:23,680 --> 00:08:25,520 Speaker 4: I was so glad that was good because after I 185 00:08:25,560 --> 00:08:26,760 Speaker 4: said that, I was like, oh, I hope she's not 186 00:08:26,800 --> 00:08:27,680 Speaker 4: embarrassed by that. 187 00:08:27,760 --> 00:08:31,480 Speaker 1: But maybe it's call I vaguely remember. It's call is triggering. 188 00:08:31,560 --> 00:08:33,400 Speaker 1: Some are not triggering. 189 00:08:33,440 --> 00:08:36,960 Speaker 3: It's a bringing up a memory, yes, yes. 190 00:08:36,840 --> 00:08:40,360 Speaker 2: But I still yeah, usually when you bring up old callers, 191 00:08:40,400 --> 00:08:41,480 Speaker 2: I know exact yeah. 192 00:08:41,520 --> 00:08:43,400 Speaker 3: Yeah, well these are all like a little bit older. 193 00:08:43,400 --> 00:08:45,080 Speaker 1: I mean, we have been doing this podcast for like 194 00:08:45,120 --> 00:08:45,760 Speaker 1: sixteen years. 195 00:08:45,800 --> 00:08:48,160 Speaker 3: There's been a while. It's been a while. We're in 196 00:08:48,240 --> 00:08:51,760 Speaker 3: year four or five something, I don't know. It's a lot. 197 00:08:51,920 --> 00:08:53,440 Speaker 1: Thank you for listening everyone. 198 00:08:54,559 --> 00:08:58,160 Speaker 3: Thank you well Chelsea. Good luck tonight or should I 199 00:08:58,160 --> 00:08:59,640 Speaker 3: say break a leg, break a lake tonight. 200 00:08:59,760 --> 00:09:02,959 Speaker 2: Oh thank you, Thank you guys, and tune in to 201 00:09:03,080 --> 00:09:04,640 Speaker 2: critically see you tonight. 202 00:09:04,960 --> 00:09:06,680 Speaker 3: Bye mhm.