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Speaker 1: This is Outspoken, the podcast It's not afraid to say

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Speaker 2: Our names are Amy Kate and Sophie Torbor.

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Speaker 1: We're identical triplets, but we often don't have identical opinions,

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Speaker 1: so sometimes things can get heated. Outspoken covers all things

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Speaker 1: reality TV, influences, entertainment, and issues facing women.

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Speaker 1: Thank you, Welcome back to another episode of Outspoken. Now,

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Speaker 1: we just want to say a big happy birthday to

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Speaker 1: our little cousin, Stewie. Now I say little, but he

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Speaker 1: is six foot five and turning twenty three, so it's

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Speaker 1: just making ourselves really sound old. Stewart's birthday really got

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Speaker 1: me thinking about whether Facebook posts are redundant now on

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Speaker 1: your birthday, because I think when we were in our

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Speaker 1: early twenties, Facebook post on your birthday was really a

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Speaker 1: life and death thing. It was really a status of

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Speaker 1: whether you were popular or not the amount of birthday

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Speaker 1: post you received. I used to get so worried on

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Speaker 1: my birthday that I wouldn't receive any comments like it's

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Speaker 1: actually sad that it was a legitimate fear, because I

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Speaker 1: feel like, as you said, it reflected how popular you were.

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Speaker 1: I think these days, though, people just tag you in

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Speaker 1: your story and you have to like reshare it, and

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Speaker 1: if you've got lots of posts that are reshared, I

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Speaker 1: suppose you look popular as well.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, but as you say, Kay, it used.

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Speaker 1: To be a sign of how popular you are, but

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Speaker 1: now I feel like it's done a total three sixty

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Speaker 1: And I felt like an old loser putting together a

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Speaker 1: birthday grid for my cousin's birthday because I had to

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Speaker 1: go and find one of those apps. I think it's

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Speaker 1: called photo collage, and it literally was like a blast

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Speaker 1: in the past, because I feel like in twenty twelve

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Speaker 1: those photo grids were so popular. So Vie, there is

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Speaker 1: an Instagram approved app called layout that does that for you.

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Speaker 1: That's a modern app. It's not a pick jointer or whatever. Well,

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Speaker 1: this is probably because I am on the shittest phone

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Speaker 1: So I'm on the phone to you at the moment, Kay,

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Speaker 1: and I've got ten percent left on this phone, so

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Speaker 1: it's gonna bloody clock out at any moment. You are

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Speaker 1: always living on the edge with your phone charger because

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Speaker 1: I constantly are you posting screenshots in the outspoken Facebook community,

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Speaker 1: Everyone's like, I'm on.

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Speaker 2: Edge, how low your battery is on your phone?

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Speaker 1: It's because I wake up and by ten thirty my

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Speaker 2: That's how quickly this phone drains a battery.

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Speaker 1: Well, on the topic of birthdays, it's actually Reese's NaN's

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Speaker 1: birthday on the weekend and I have been tasked along

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Speaker 1: with Pip, to create a birthday cake for her.

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Speaker 1: Some people's opinions on this because Reese's Nan used to

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Speaker 1: be a dressmaker, so I was thinking maybe a Dolly

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Speaker 1: Varden cake, you know, with the dress and a little

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Speaker 1: bit childish for a ninetieth birthday. I think that's a

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Speaker 1: really good idea. At least it kind of fits within

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Speaker 1: Ganeen did an amazing job of that with little gingerbread men.

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Speaker 1: We had this thread a number of months ago, and

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Speaker 1: I love seeing how creative people got for their partners

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Speaker 1: Instagram power couple Talia Skeines and Mitch Third have called

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Speaker 1: Influencers confirmed the end of their nine year relationship on

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Speaker 1: On Monday night, Taralia released a statement on her Instagram

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Speaker 1: on her Instagram and YouTube accounts soon. Now. Mitch followed

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Speaker 1: one to have picked up on these signs because earlier

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Speaker 1: on Monday, a follower wrote on Talia's photo, how come

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Speaker 1: you're not staying with Mitch anymore? And the follower actually

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Speaker 1: I had a sneaky look at who this Harley Shields

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Speaker 1: is and his name is actually Harley Smith Shields and

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Speaker 2: Now I know absolutely.

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Speaker 1: Nothing about NRL or rugby, but I do know that

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Speaker 1: So this caused the government to tighten restrictions in the

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Speaker 1: two cases where players were heavily fined for bringing women

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Speaker 1: Harley have allegedly developed this relationship. Well, the thing is,

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Speaker 1: it's unclear whether Harley smith Shields has broken any hub rules.

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Speaker 1: and Tarlia has started. And it could alleged relationship, Yes,

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Speaker 1: this alleged relationship, I mean it could all be over DMS.

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Speaker 1: Some little investigators in our Facebook community noticed that both

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Speaker 1: Talia and Harley posted inst stories from a yacht or

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Speaker 1: course because Harley's team, the canber Raiders, they actually finished

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Speaker 1: I think that he has always had Talia's best interest

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Speaker 1: I've seen heaps of Instagram stories of her still there.

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Speaker 1: I actually think it's interesting because they have This isn't

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Speaker 1: together for nine years, but they did have a breakup

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Speaker 1: I think around two years ago. But I always did

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Speaker 1: get the feeling that Mitch was more besotted with Talia

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Speaker 2: And maybe she got the ick because I got the

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Speaker 1: Well. Mitch pointed out the fact that they have been

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Speaker 1: more of a fact of them maybe growing apart. I'm

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Speaker 1: really sad because, as you say, I think Mitch was

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Speaker 1: really besotted by Talia, and I think that they had

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Speaker 1: I'm just wondering what it means for all of the

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Speaker 1: businesses they have together. Because they've got a villa together,

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Speaker 1: which is Villa Tami in Bali. They've also got their

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Speaker 1: business's third fixed together. What does this mean, like, are

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Speaker 1: sorts of things, so it does shock me that she

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Speaker 1: did have it still on her page. I think everyone

439
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Speaker 1: listening can probably reflect on posts that they shared ten

440
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Speaker 1: years ago and be quite embarrassed or maybe ashamed of

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Speaker 1: some of the stuff that they put up, because obviously

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Speaker 1: over a decade you do evolve and change. And what

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Speaker 1: is unfortunately in this case, though, is that Georgia shared

444
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Speaker 1: those sort of views.

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Speaker 2: In twenty twenty one, and there has been so much.

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Speaker 1: Education out there about hate towards Asian communities. It has

447
00:20:42,359 --> 00:20:44,520
Speaker 1: been an issue that has been widely discussed, and it

448
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Speaker 1: is really disappointing.

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Speaker 2: For her to share this sort of casual racism.

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Speaker 1: And I think the thing is that people were really

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Speaker 1: disappointed with her apology, especially because influencer apologies have been

452
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Speaker 1: under the microscope recently if you think back to Nadia

453
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Speaker 1: Bytel's apology and also Chloe zepp'sology, and the thing is that,

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Speaker 1: as you said, the start of George's statement.

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Speaker 2: Was really good.

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Speaker 1: She said that people should be held to account, but

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Speaker 1: completely denying that you meant any racist connotation from it

458
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Speaker 1: was just completely ignorant, and it also made people talk

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Speaker 1: about it more online. If she just shut it down

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Speaker 1: and said I'm really sorry, I'm going to educate myself,

461
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Speaker 1: I didn't, you know, I can see how this came

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Speaker 1: across and I'm really disgusted in myself or whatever, people

463
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Speaker 1: would have probably just moved on. Yeah, they wouldn't have

464
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Speaker 1: been that gotcha moment for izy influencers because people wouldn't

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Speaker 1: have dug any further. And I think, yeah, that was

466
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Speaker 1: one good thing that Nadia Bartel did.

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Speaker 2: Her apology was.

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Speaker 1: Very strong, whereas George's was not. And when she comes

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Speaker 1: from a journalism background, it just baffles me. Well, I

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Speaker 1: wonder if seven had anything to do with helping her

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Speaker 1: issue her apology.

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Speaker 2: I don't think they did.

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Speaker 1: You're hardly going to go to your employer and be

474
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Speaker 1: like I've just put this casually racist thing on my

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Speaker 1: Instagram story.

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Speaker 2: Can you help me pena response?

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Speaker 1: Like?

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Speaker 2: I think it was done very quickly and in haste.

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Speaker 1: Was so for what has the response.

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Speaker 2: Been from the Asian community.

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Speaker 1: Well. Taran Challo, who works as a multicultural commissioner in Melbourne,

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Speaker 1: explained that this kind of casual racism is harmful, particularly

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Speaker 1: during a time when there has been growing hostility towards

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Speaker 1: the Asian community. He said that racism can be about

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Speaker 1: impact and not just about the intent, and he said

486
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Speaker 1: I think we need to stop making excuses around casual

487
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Speaker 1: forms of racism and start looking at solutions. He also

488
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Speaker 1: said that this is a learning opportunity for people to

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Speaker 1: talk about what casual racism looks like and what it is,

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Speaker 1: and he said that he hopes it's an opportunity for

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Speaker 1: Georgia and other people in positions of power and influence

492
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Speaker 1: to start having conversations about race and ethnicity and the

493
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Speaker 1: effects that it can have on people's mental health. So

494
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Speaker 1: soon after the incident, Abby Chatfield weighed in and she

495
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Speaker 1: wrote stop Asian Hate. She then shared multiple posts about

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Speaker 1: how to tackle racism. So while Abby didn't actually address

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Speaker 1: Georgia by name. She re shared Trung's guide on how

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Speaker 1: influencers should apologize, So, if can you run us through

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Speaker 1: some of the point that he made. Well, his points

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Speaker 1: were really good, and I think that more influencers and

501
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Speaker 1: also other public figures who do have to make an

502
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Speaker 1: apology should listen to them. His first point was that

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Speaker 1: you should spell out what you did wrong. Second, he

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00:23:12,119 --> 00:23:14,600
Speaker 1: said you should simply admit that you were wrong. He

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Speaker 1: then said that you should acknowledge the hurt that you've caused.

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Speaker 1: The fourth point was don't make it about you. His

507
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Speaker 1: last point was to actually say sorry and promise to

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Speaker 1: do better. And I think that he's just put this

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Speaker 1: so well. I think that's actually spot on. And if

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Speaker 1: you look at the influencer apologies that have missed the mark,

511
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Speaker 1: they have not followed any of these rules.

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Speaker 2: Have they? Yeah, they definitely haven't.

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Speaker 1: I mean, it's good that this is out there now,

514
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Speaker 1: so if there are any influences that need to apologize,

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Speaker 1: they can refer to this.

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Speaker 2: Well, what do you guys think this.

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Speaker 1: Means for Georgia Love's journalism career moving forward? I do

518
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Speaker 1: think that this incident is going to affect George's journalism

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Speaker 1: career but before we go into that, Amy, can you

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Speaker 1: give us a little bit of a background about George's career. Well,

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Speaker 1: George's only been at the Seven Networks since February of

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Speaker 1: this year, and she shared this news to her followers

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Speaker 1: on Instagram and wrote hashtag new beginnings. So earlier in

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Speaker 1: the year, Georgia had been working as a reporter at

525
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Speaker 1: what she described as her dream job at ten News,

526
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Speaker 1: and she landed this role in twenty seventeen after starring

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Speaker 1: as The Bachelorette. So, Georgia was working as a freelance

528
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Speaker 1: reporter at Network ten and it's believed the station got

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Speaker 1: rid of some of their freelance reporters due to the

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Speaker 1: COVID nineteen cutbacks, which saw twenty five jobs get slashed,

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Speaker 1: and of course Georgie's was one of those. And in January,

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Speaker 1: The Daily Telegraph reported that Georgia had exited the role

533
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Speaker 1: under mysterious circumstances, as source at the time said, nothing

534
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Speaker 1: was really said about it. One day a memo just

535
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Speaker 1: went around saying that Georgia no longer works here. And

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Speaker 1: before appearing on The Bachelorette, Georgia also worked as a

537
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Speaker 1: journalist and this was in Tasmania at Win News, so

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Speaker 1: it was a huge step up for her to score

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Speaker 1: that job at Channel ten, and I think it's important

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Speaker 1: to have a look at her background in journalism because

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Speaker 1: it shows that despite her star power, she is replaceable.

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Speaker 1: Even despite the fact that she was the bachelor this

543
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Speaker 1: huge style with two hundred and fifty thousand followers on Instagram,

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Speaker 1: Channel ten still decided to cut her when it came

545
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Speaker 1: to the crunch, So I am really interested to see

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Speaker 1: how Channel seven is going to respond to these allegations.

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Speaker 2: Let's be honest.

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Speaker 1: I mean, in the media world, it's Channel nine and

549
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Speaker 1: Channel seven who are the highest rating networks, and they're

550
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Speaker 1: the ones who actually have money to hold onto stars

551
00:25:20,080 --> 00:25:22,760
Speaker 1: like this, whereas George's position at ten it might have

552
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Speaker 1: been an issue with how much they were paying her

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Speaker 1: to be a freelancer at the network. So I do

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Speaker 1: think that some of the bigger networks tend to protect

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Speaker 1: their stars a little bit more than than the ones

556
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Speaker 1: that aren't as well off. Well back to what sort

557
00:25:35,920 --> 00:25:38,719
Speaker 1: of effect this is going to have on George's journalism career.

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Speaker 1: It has come months after seven CEO James Wilburton took

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Speaker 1: a stand against racism, So he told staff racism is

560
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Speaker 1: unacceptable and will.

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Speaker 2: Not be tolerated.

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Speaker 1: After a separate incident involving a staff member who published

563
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Speaker 1: a racist post on seven social media pages, and this

564
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Speaker 1: was after the Euro twenty twenty finals. So the post

565
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Speaker 1: accompanied a story on the site about racial abuse directed

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Speaker 1: at three English players who missed their penalty shots in

567
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Speaker 1: a penalty shootout that went Italy's way. The story was

568
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Speaker 1: initially published with the headline three black players failed in

569
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Speaker 1: the penalty shootout, which England lost three to two against Italy.

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Speaker 1: It was later deleted and a public apology was issued.

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Speaker 1: All the scandals for seven don't end there because last year,

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Speaker 1: former Sunrise co host Cement the Armitage and commentator pre

573
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Speaker 1: Mix Sween was sued for racial vilification over a twenty

574
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Speaker 1: eighteen discussion on the Breakfast TV show about Aboriginal adoption

575
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Speaker 1: that featured an all white panel.

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Speaker 2: So Prue said at the time, we need to do

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Speaker 2: the Stolen Generation again.

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Speaker 1: Perhaps Armitage began the segment by saying, post Stolen Generation,

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Speaker 1: there's been a huge move to leave Aboriginal children where

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Speaker 1: they are, even if they're being neglected in their own families.

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Speaker 1: Now following these statement, activists gathered outside Sunrise's Martin Place

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Speaker 1: studios demanding an apology. So media watchdog, the Australians Communication

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Speaker 1: and Media Authority later ruled that seven had breached the

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Speaker 1: Commercial Television Industry Code of Practice twenty fifteen because the

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Speaker 1: segment provoked serious contempt on the basis of race.

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Speaker 2: Well Seven have.

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Speaker 1: Actually come out and made comment and said that they

588
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Speaker 1: are investigating the comments made by Georgia Love. Personally, I

589
00:27:19,480 --> 00:27:23,240
Speaker 1: don't think Georgia deserves to lose her job for these comments.

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Speaker 1: What do you guys think just to set some contacts

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Speaker 1: because Amy, you can't say too much about it, But

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Speaker 1: Amy and I both lost our jobs at Channel seven,

593
00:27:30,880 --> 00:27:34,399
Speaker 1: and from experience, you can lose your job or be

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00:27:35,119 --> 00:27:37,679
Speaker 1: punished if you bring the station into disrepute, and that

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00:27:37,880 --> 00:27:40,879
Speaker 1: is what Georgia has done in this situation. But obviously,

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00:27:41,280 --> 00:27:43,600
Speaker 1: legally there has to be protocols put in place in

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00:27:43,640 --> 00:27:47,720
Speaker 1: regards to warnings, you know, hr investigations taking place. But

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00:27:47,760 --> 00:27:51,119
Speaker 1: what you're saying is that in most contracts there is

599
00:27:51,160 --> 00:27:54,520
Speaker 1: a clause that says if you bring your employer into disrepute,

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00:27:54,800 --> 00:27:57,679
Speaker 1: it is a sackable offense. And I suppose the discussion

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Speaker 1: is has Georgia breached this by her instace story. The

602
00:28:00,840 --> 00:28:04,240
Speaker 1: issue is that Georgia has come out, she has apologized,

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00:28:04,359 --> 00:28:05,639
Speaker 1: and I think they need to come out with a

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00:28:05,680 --> 00:28:09,239
Speaker 1: statement to say that they condemn Georgia Love's comments, that

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00:28:09,320 --> 00:28:12,359
Speaker 1: they are educating Georgia as well as other staff members

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00:28:12,400 --> 00:28:15,280
Speaker 1: on cultural issues and on racism in Australia. I don't

607
00:28:15,280 --> 00:28:17,360
Speaker 1: know if as someone who has lost their job over

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00:28:17,400 --> 00:28:22,000
Speaker 1: pretty ridiculous circumstances, to me, this hits a higher level

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Speaker 1: because of Georgie's profile. The networks don't usually punish reporters

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00:28:26,680 --> 00:28:29,200
Speaker 1: if they are bringing in ratings for them, and there

611
00:28:29,240 --> 00:28:31,800
Speaker 1: are a lot of different well there's rules for some right,

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00:28:32,240 --> 00:28:34,560
Speaker 1: there are rules for some rules for others. I personally

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00:28:34,640 --> 00:28:36,960
Speaker 1: think that she will keep her job because I think

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Speaker 1: they're just going to sweep it under the carpet and

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00:28:39,440 --> 00:28:41,440
Speaker 1: just sort of pretend it didn't happen. And I think

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Speaker 1: that's usually media companies will put out a statement saying

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Speaker 1: they're doing an investigation, but it's very rare for them

618
00:28:46,720 --> 00:28:49,920
Speaker 1: to actually follow up and report back on that investigation.

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Speaker 1: It's certainly a pr tactic.

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Speaker 2: What's the investigation?

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Speaker 1: I think also what their next tactic may be is

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Speaker 1: that she probably will go on a certain break or

623
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Speaker 1: a holiday, wait for the immediate interest to die down,

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00:29:05,120 --> 00:29:07,320
Speaker 1: and then she'll be back in that position. And can

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Speaker 1: I just say, we're not saying that she should lose

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Speaker 1: her job at all, like I think saying that she

627
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Speaker 1: needs to lose her job over this. I'm just saying,

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00:29:13,560 --> 00:29:16,280
Speaker 1: can we actually see some comment from the Big Network. Well,

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Speaker 1: I suppose they put out saying that they're investigating it,

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00:29:18,720 --> 00:29:20,840
Speaker 1: so that would be their commentary. Yeah, but they haven't

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Speaker 1: said that they condemned the comments. I think that this

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00:29:23,200 --> 00:29:26,040
Speaker 1: is why this story is so popular though, amy because

633
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Speaker 1: so many people love Georgia.

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Speaker 2: She is such a.

635
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Speaker 1: Likable, funny, clever, smart woman who really captured everyone's hearts

636
00:29:34,960 --> 00:29:37,160
Speaker 1: on The Bachelorette. And I think that that's why this

637
00:29:37,200 --> 00:29:40,320
Speaker 1: story is really hitting really hard for people at the moment,

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00:29:40,400 --> 00:29:41,880
Speaker 1: because I think people are disappointed.

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00:29:41,960 --> 00:29:43,640
Speaker 2: Yeah, but that's why it's so important.

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Speaker 1: I think that's why it's so important though, because it

641
00:29:45,800 --> 00:29:49,680
Speaker 1: can be likable people that then push this casual racism

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00:29:49,720 --> 00:29:52,560
Speaker 1: that is very damaging to other people. And I think

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Speaker 1: that's why it has caused so much controversy and had

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Speaker 1: so much attention because no one expected it from Georgia Love.

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00:29:58,640 --> 00:30:00,680
Speaker 1: But I feel like that's really the message behind it,

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Speaker 1: that there are people that are good people that are

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Speaker 1: pushing casual racism that is really affecting other people.

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Speaker 2: My Dina Myson, Benata Benata.

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Speaker 1: Before we wrap things up, I've been told not to

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Speaker 1: talk about it, but I really want to talk about

651
00:30:19,200 --> 00:30:22,000
Speaker 1: Money High So I am going to recommend everyone go

652
00:30:22,120 --> 00:30:25,440
Speaker 1: and watch Part five of Money Highs. It is addictive.

653
00:30:26,120 --> 00:30:28,640
Speaker 1: I was meant to watch it slowly and enjoy it,

654
00:30:28,680 --> 00:30:30,880
Speaker 1: so Raese was like, let's watch one episode a week.

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Speaker 1: Do you think that happened? No, we finished it within

656
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Speaker 1: three days. It was hilarious because you told me, oh, yeah,

657
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Speaker 1: we're only going to be watching the one episode a week,

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Speaker 1: and Brandon and I laughed because we got through I

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Speaker 1: think in two nights. And it's one of those shows

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Speaker 1: that you've just got to keep watching because they leave

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Speaker 1: you in such suspense. Oh.

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Speaker 2: It is absolutely captivating television.

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Speaker 1: I cannot wait because they're releasing the final five episodes

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Speaker 1: of part five in December, and I'm already counting down

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Speaker 1: the day, so I highly recommend you watch it. It

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Speaker 1: was not my I really am so prize that I

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Speaker 1: even like it. Like when you talk about what it's

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Speaker 1: actually about. You know, these misfits got doing a heist

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Speaker 1: on a bank. You're like, that is boring, but it's

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Speaker 1: literally the best TV show ever. Can I just say

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Speaker 1: it was such a kick in the dick moment when

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Speaker 1: they're like, oh, we're releasing the final series and then

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Speaker 1: you find out that they've only released five episodes and

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Speaker 1: they're leaving the rest of the five until December.

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Speaker 2: Like that was that was very cruel.

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Speaker 1: Oh, I know I'm still angry at them, but I

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Speaker 1: love them at the same time. I think that's all

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Speaker 1: we have time for. Thank you so much for joining

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Speaker 2: three simple things.

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