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Speaker 1: So there's new unnecessary drama in the vander Verse, the

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Speaker 1: vander Pump universe. So many of you may not know

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Speaker 1: who Dave Portnoy is, but he's a very opinionated, polarizing,

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Speaker 1: definitely outspoken podcaster. He has an online gambling business and

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Speaker 1: he's a stock trader, but he's mostly known for his

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Speaker 1: opinions and he's got a whole bro army in a

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Speaker 1: bro culture that he fosters, and that's his brand. So

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Speaker 1: Dave Portnoy was in a relationship with his girl, Sylvana

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Speaker 1: and they recently broke up. And you know this because

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Speaker 1: she was crying and she was talking about these cards

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Speaker 1: that she got him and they broke up. That's how

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Speaker 1: we all found out. It was in page six because

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Speaker 1: she was crying. I thought they were very serious. He

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Speaker 1: bought her a luxury car. They seemed to live together,

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Speaker 1: travel all over the world together. They seem perfect. That

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Speaker 1: just shows the bs of social media, but we can

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Speaker 1: unpack that another time. So they break up. The next

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Speaker 1: thing that comes out in the media, which started on

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Speaker 1: these blogs I think or on readit, was that Dave

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Speaker 1: Portnoy had an affair while in a relationship with Sylvana

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Speaker 1: with Rachel formerly known as Raquel from vandr Punt. So

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Speaker 1: I'm reading this thinking, what the hell you know? Is

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Speaker 1: it possible? Yes, it's possible, but it just doesn't seem

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Speaker 1: in line with who Rachel has become and her working

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Speaker 1: on herself. Incidentally, the reason that they were linked to

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Speaker 1: each other is because Dave was reviewing pizza in a

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Speaker 1: small town outside Chicago and Rachel was there visiting family

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Speaker 1: during the holidays, and someone saw them getting coffee at

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Speaker 1: the same place, not at the same time, but on

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Speaker 1: the same day, which says so much about citizen journalism

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Speaker 1: and the dangers of there being no sources and the

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Speaker 1: damage that irresponsible reporting can do. So I'm reading this,

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Speaker 1: and then I read in the post after so many

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Speaker 1: people blew up my phone last night, I took my

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Speaker 1: daughter and a friend to go an hour and a

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Speaker 1: half away to look at these gorgeous Christmas lights, and

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Speaker 1: my phone starts exploding because in page six it says

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Speaker 1: that Dave deny being with Rachel and says I wouldn't

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Speaker 1: be with that trash bag. Trash bag, So that to

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Speaker 1: me was firing a random shot, Like I thought to myself,

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Speaker 1: why did he call her a trash bag, like does

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Speaker 1: he know her? And then I found out they don't

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Speaker 1: know each other. They've never met, she doesn't know who

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Speaker 1: he is. The first time she's ever heard his name

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Speaker 1: is when she read about it in page six. So

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Speaker 1: I'm thinking, why would Dave call her a trash bag?

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Speaker 1: I know Dave if he's been on this podcast twice.

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Speaker 1: I've asked him advice on my podcast Negotiations. We've texted

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Speaker 1: a bunch of times, we've spoken on the phone a

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Speaker 1: few times. I definitely am not close with him, and

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Speaker 1: I've never seen him in person, And if anything, I've

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Speaker 1: asked him for advice and reached out to him way

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Speaker 1: more than he's ever reached out to me. But I

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Speaker 1: still didn't understand why he would call her a trash bag.

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Speaker 1: Years ago, he was linked to Sonia and she said

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Speaker 1: something provocative talking about like them getting a hotel or something,

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Speaker 1: and he then publicly said called her gross or said

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Speaker 1: that's gross. But I texted her and said stand down,

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Speaker 1: like you don't want to be involved in this, and

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Speaker 1: she doesn't, and that was him clapping back, and you know,

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Speaker 1: she asked for it. Frankly, she provoked him and he

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Speaker 1: said something in this case, Rachel's done nothing. She went

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Speaker 1: away for several months to work on herself. She's been

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Speaker 1: walking the walk, she's been quiet, she hasn't done anything.

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Speaker 1: And whatever Dave knows about her is from whatever he's

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Speaker 1: read in the media or watched on a produced, alcohol

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Speaker 1: fueled edited television show. And it would be different if

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Speaker 1: he were on his podcast talking about Vanderpump, like recapping episodes,

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Speaker 1: you know, and then talking about her. But instead he

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Speaker 1: just months later is just firing a random missile, unprovoked

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Speaker 1: on someone who he had has no idea about. So

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Speaker 1: I believe that he owes her an apology. You just

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Speaker 1: don't need to be calling anyone a trash bag, not

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Speaker 1: to mention in twenty twenty three, not to mention a

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Speaker 1: woman and a woman who's started on reality TV at

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Speaker 1: twenty years old, like if I were only judged for

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Speaker 1: everything I did in my twenties. So I never share

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Speaker 1: personal texts. I think that's a violation, you know, unless

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Speaker 1: there's something that's being done that's illegal, or you know,

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Speaker 1: there's a reason. But I don't believe in sharing personal texts.

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Speaker 1: But I was texting with him and he definitely is

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Speaker 1: unapologetic about it, And I'm not an expert on online

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Speaker 1: gambling and trading stocks, and I wouldn't give him advice

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Speaker 1: on that or express my opinion on that. But he's

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Speaker 1: expressing an opinion on reality TV when I am an

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Speaker 1: expert on that and I have institutional knowledge on that topic.

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Speaker 1: So he's believing everything that has been fed to him

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Speaker 1: by this machine, the same machine that has said pretty

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Speaker 1: negative things about him that he has tried to fight

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Speaker 1: and dispel. So I still believe that Dave portnoy owes

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Speaker 1: Rachel an apology, because there's no reason to call anybody

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Speaker 1: a trash bag, particularly when they don't know you, They

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Speaker 1: have no idea who you are, and it's just firing

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Speaker 1: a random shot