Speaker 1: Hello, and welcome to Outspoken. You're dose of the hottest
Speaker 1: influencer and pop culture news twice a week. I'm Sophie
Speaker 1: Torbert and I'm joined by my sisters and journalist Kate
Speaker 1: and Amy on today's show as Sophia Beg and Addis Paul.
Speaker 1: The latest influencer couple Reese Hawkins's shock attendance at his
Speaker 1: daughter's birthday party, The Real Love Island Winners set to
Speaker 1: make it Big and what is Breakup TikTok? But first
Speaker 1: UK influencer couple Jed Barker and Image and Crib have
Speaker 1: sparked a bill splitting debate on their recent trip to Balley.
Speaker 1: The pair enjoyed a three course meal in Udbud. After
Speaker 1: the meal, Image and revealed a big pet peeve of hers.
Speaker 1: Let's have a listen.
Speaker 2: This boy to me on four holiday to dog knows
Speaker 2: the pens my car just because you know we're open
Speaker 2: and that kind of sense, like I say, like, oh, Jedge,
Speaker 2: Tim can't go and pay. He likes to act like
Speaker 2: he's paying for every single meal and he doesn't find
Speaker 2: you had a bit of oh yeah, it's fine, I'll
Speaker 2: grab it and then put my opin in thinking that
Speaker 2: it's his card and it's not, it's mine, And then
Speaker 2: he'll turn to me as the wachss is walking away, Oh,
Speaker 2: can you put my card.
Speaker 1: In your purse? This kind of reminds me of the
Speaker 1: TikTok trend. Whether like he's a ten, but he pretends
Speaker 1: to pay for your meals. It's next level. The way
Speaker 1: he would ask for his card to be put in
Speaker 1: image was.
Speaker 3: Like, that's so sad.
Speaker 1: Why do you have to cover it up that much?
Speaker 1: It's kind of that stereotypical thing, isn't it, where the
Speaker 1: man is expected to pay. I know with Dale and
Speaker 1: I we now have a joint card, but Dale does
Speaker 1: make a point of going up and paying.
Speaker 3: On it, and it almost looks as if he's paid.
Speaker 1: Doesn't it defeat the whole purpose of taking in terms
Speaker 1: to pay the bill, because if you're only concerned about
Speaker 1: the optics of it and people judging you for your
Speaker 1: female partner paying the bill, then why not just shout
Speaker 1: her the whole time? Yeah, I have noticed when the
Speaker 1: six of us are all out, all the boys get
Speaker 1: up and pay, and like, Brandon and I actually don't
Speaker 1: have a joint bank account yet, even though we are engaged.
Speaker 1: Maybe it's something to come, but we usually split everything
Speaker 1: or we just pay for it. But Brandon will always
Speaker 1: get up and be like, yeah, so for what do
Speaker 1: you want, I'll pay for you. I think it's because
Speaker 1: he notices that your partners will go up because you've
Speaker 1: all got the joint account.
Speaker 3: But then don't you just go and send him money out?
Speaker 1: Yeah, that's the thing.
Speaker 3: I always feel bad, so I said, oh, Dora, I'll.
Speaker 1: Send you some money. I haven't actually noticed if Reese
Speaker 1: does this or not. I'll have to look out for it.
Speaker 1: But it would piss me off because if you're fully
Speaker 1: paying on your card, it's a bit rude to then
Speaker 1: take credit for it in front of the waiters. And
Speaker 1: why does he feel the need to do that. No,
Speaker 1: I want to hear in our Facebook community, does your
Speaker 1: partner do this so they take credit for you paying
Speaker 1: the bill?
Speaker 4: So mister Wanamie doesn't actually always look this cancer naturally
Speaker 4: because he actually takes.
Speaker 5: A lot of work.
Speaker 1: A super sleuth on TikTok, who really should be working
Speaker 1: for the FBI, has followers convinced TikToker Addis Paul and
Speaker 1: Sophia beg Aka Sofa dofa are dating. Now it comes
Speaker 1: just two months after Addis called it quits with long
Speaker 1: term partner Mi Kayla Tester. Now, sof are you okay?
Speaker 1: Because this is big news in the TikTok space. It
Speaker 1: did rock me to my call. It's news. It's like
Speaker 1: two worlds are colliding on TikTok and I don't know
Speaker 1: where the followers are ready for it. And I really
Speaker 1: take my hat off to this super sleuth on TikTok
Speaker 1: who has pieced this all together so perfectly. The attention
Speaker 1: to detail and level of investigation that has gone into
Speaker 1: this is truly inspiring. I feel like this person is
Speaker 1: doing our job for us, inspiring or sad I go inspiring. Now,
Speaker 1: what's happened is Adams Paul has jumped on his stories
Speaker 1: asking his followers for advice on his new furniture. So
Speaker 1: he shared a couple of screenshots of a new bed
Speaker 1: and chair that was featured on a furniture website. Now,
Speaker 1: this all seemed very innocent until the super sleuth in
Speaker 1: question realized that Adis Paul was on FaceTime with someone
Speaker 1: when he took the screen shot. Now this is where
Speaker 1: I really respect the attention to detail So in the
Speaker 1: screen shot of this piece of furniture, the bed in
Speaker 1: the top right hand corner, we see a cut off
Speaker 1: FaceTime square. Now all we see is a snippet of
Speaker 1: light blue and white striped pajamas and a bit of
Speaker 1: blonde hair. In the next screenshot of the other piece
Speaker 1: of furniture, which was a chair in the bottom right
Speaker 1: hand corner, we see the top of a blonde girl's
Speaker 1: head and a white air conditioner with a mirror beneath it. Now,
Speaker 1: this TikTok user has pieced this all together and put
Speaker 1: it in a video and has finished the video with
Speaker 1: Sofia in the same pajamas. Now, she does quite often
Speaker 1: wear these pajamas on her Instagram story, but clearly it's
Speaker 1: a big fan who has also noticed the fact that
Speaker 1: Sofia has a mirror underneath her air conditioner. Now, that
Speaker 1: is all pretty incredible. And this video has attracted two
Speaker 1: million views. And it's interesting to note that this is
Speaker 1: the only video the account has shared. And the comments
Speaker 1: under this video were hilarious. So one usero, can you
Speaker 1: tell me who killed John Beney? This was liked by
Speaker 1: six thousand people. Another said the detective work but whide
Speaker 1: as Sofa Dofa and Addis make so much sense. I
Speaker 1: actually rate and ship this honestly, two special souls and
Speaker 1: beautiful people. They have a point now. Adas Paul and
Speaker 1: Sophia Beg are two of the biggest people on TikTok
Speaker 1: at the moment in Australia, and their star power together
Speaker 1: is huge. I'm calling bullshit though on this account. I
Speaker 1: think this could be set up by Addis or Sofa
Speaker 1: Dofa because the fact it's only got one video. You know,
Speaker 1: you hear of celebrities tipping off the paparazzi about where
Speaker 1: they're gonna be. I feel like someone has tipped them off,
Speaker 1: or this account is somehow connected to Adis Paul because
Speaker 1: everyone's talking about it, and we all know with TikTok,
Speaker 1: the more people that talk about you, the more views,
Speaker 1: the more money you're gonna get. But perhaps this person
Speaker 1: who spotted all the clues is just a normal person
Speaker 1: that doesn't have a backup account or a finster and
Speaker 1: wanted to share what they'd found without putting it through
Speaker 1: their own name. I get that, but the likelihood of
Speaker 1: it taking off if this account has no video, yeah,
Speaker 1: this is pretty well that their first video has attracted
Speaker 1: two million views. I mean, Adis is a mastermind at
Speaker 1: attracting attention online and staying relevant. I do think it
Speaker 1: could possibly be planted, because why would you be screenshotting
Speaker 1: yourself when you're on FaceTime. Oh, here's this random furniture.
Speaker 1: Could you take a screenshot at any moment of the furniture?
Speaker 1: He was clearly talking to Sophia about this furniture and
Speaker 1: probably thought, fuck, this is a good time to get
Speaker 1: a bit of attention. And rumors have been circulating that
Speaker 1: the two have become close after the Stacks event, So
Speaker 1: there have been videos circulating showing Adis following Sofa Dofa
Speaker 1: around the event. They've also started engaging with each other's
Speaker 1: content on social media, and it's very good timing for
Speaker 1: both Sofia and Adas as they've both recently parted ways
Speaker 1: from their long term partners and the polls have often
Speaker 1: been described as TikTok royalty. So I feel like with
Speaker 1: Sophia being TikTok's it girl, this is a perfect coupling. Now,
Speaker 1: Adis's ex, mikaela Tester, has not stayed quiet on these rumors.
Speaker 1: I do love it when she drops it, and because
Speaker 1: it's always around the time, there is some drama and
Speaker 1: she usually breadcrumbs her followers with little clues about what's
Speaker 1: really going on. So she got sent in a question
Speaker 1: asking thoughts on Sofa dofa now. She tagged Sofa dofa
Speaker 1: in the post and said that's my bestie and I
Speaker 1: love her. She also shared an old photo of what
Speaker 1: appeared to be Sofa Dofah sitting on a hotel bed.
Speaker 1: I assume to show that they are pretty close the
Speaker 1: fact that they're sharing hotels together now. A user responded
Speaker 1: to the post saying, but that makes no sense. Haven't
Speaker 1: you seen dot dot dot. Mikayla then wrote, don't believe
Speaker 1: everything you see. Perhaps these guys are all just friends,
Speaker 1: though I mean, they all are influencers, they all go
Speaker 1: to the same events. It's likely that they've all met together.
Speaker 1: And maybe Michayla is fine with Sophia hanging out with Adis.
Speaker 1: Here's a plot twist. If they're all friends, maybe Sophia
Speaker 1: is in Adis's ear about getting back with Mikayla. Oh
Speaker 1: my god, I'm sorry for is anyone else not seeing
Speaker 1: what's clearly happening? It's like the high Paths where they
Speaker 1: all pretend that they're in relationships and they break up
Speaker 1: to get more following. Could that not just be the answer?
Speaker 1: Could this whole breakoup between Addis and Mchayla be orchestrated
Speaker 1: then they're introducing Sofi dofa into it.
Speaker 3: I mean, it's very clever if it is.
Speaker 1: Well, both of them just have come out of long
Speaker 1: term relationships. So maybe they're, you know, on Seinfeld when
Speaker 1: they're just there, you know, they're being an ear for
Speaker 1: each other and suddenly they get together. Well. I think
Speaker 1: that Mikayla was a bit upset that she wasn't getting
Speaker 1: much attention out of this because she started staring up
Speaker 1: rumors of her own in the Q and A. So
Speaker 1: she was asked to show a recent photo in her
Speaker 1: camera reel. So she decided to show a photo of
Speaker 1: her on FaceTime with a mystery guy. And I don't
Speaker 1: know who the mystery guy is. It's a quite attractive
Speaker 1: looking young guy, dark hair. So if any listeners know
Speaker 1: who this is, hit us up in the DMS tell us.
Speaker 1: Surely the TikToker who investigated the Addis poll staff will
Speaker 1: find out who this guy is.
Speaker 4: I can believe I even thought I'm getting back together
Speaker 4: with you, we are so over.
Speaker 2: Phone romo.
Speaker 1: Breakup TikTok is a new corner of the Internet full
Speaker 1: of tears, sad music, and journeys.
Speaker 3: Of self discovery.
Speaker 1: Content creators in this space say they aren't doing it
Speaker 1: for the big bucks. They're doing it to help others
Speaker 1: recover from their own heartache. Sophie, I feel like this
Speaker 1: type of content would have been appearing on your for
Speaker 1: you page back in the day when you went through
Speaker 1: a nasty breakup. Yeah, I feel like I would have
Speaker 1: watched it, but I don't think I would have created
Speaker 1: my own. And a lot of these women are using
Speaker 1: TikTok as a diary about their breakup, so they're really
Speaker 1: going into the raw, nitty gritty about what happened. But generally,
Speaker 1: when you break up with someone or you get dumped,
Speaker 1: I feel like usually Instagram is used to show that
Speaker 1: person how well you're doing, how you've moved on, how
Speaker 1: your new breakup haircut's going to make people jealous. I
Speaker 1: don't feel like your air your dirty laundry and put
Speaker 1: up how upset you are. Yeah, can you imagine being
Speaker 1: the X and on your fore you page, it's your
Speaker 1: ex popping up by saying you know how terrible they're
Speaker 1: going in the breakup? Yeah, well that's the thing. These
Speaker 1: people are using it to talk about these heart wrenching
Speaker 1: moments and documenting how they're living alone and how they're
Speaker 1: moving on from this person. I would just find the
Speaker 1: whole thing mortifying. Surely the exes are blocked. You'd want
Speaker 1: to go off on TikTok as well, wouldn't you if
Speaker 1: you wanted to monetize that shit, not just go off? Well,
Speaker 1: there are many TikTok accounts that are blowing up from
Speaker 1: content like this. So a twenty four year old woman
Speaker 1: in the US called Bridget split with her boyfriend after
Speaker 1: four years and instantly became a breakup influencer overnight, with
Speaker 1: her following growing from three hundred followers to twenty three
Speaker 1: thousand followers. So, prior to the breakup, she was sharing
Speaker 1: openly about her relationship online and use TikTok as a diary,
Speaker 1: so her now ex wasn't surprised or resistant when she
Speaker 1: asked if she could film their last few interactions. Is
Speaker 1: it just me or do we think the obsession with
Speaker 1: capturing everything actually led to Bridges breakup. You would actually
Speaker 1: think that that would be the cause of the breakup,
Speaker 1: but I had a look into bridges content and it
Speaker 1: appears that it was actually pretty mutual between them and
Speaker 1: the stuff she was sharing.
Speaker 3: So she actually shared a page packing.
Speaker 1: Up her things from their shared apartment, and then she
Speaker 1: had this overlay of them in better times. It's very
Speaker 1: emotional music. She even took it a step further filming
Speaker 1: their final farewell to each other, and also she set
Speaker 1: up a camera to film them discussing basically their breakup
Speaker 1: and what was going to happen, whether they were in
Speaker 1: fact going to leave, Like it's crazy. Do you think
Speaker 1: that just do you think that just validated his decision?
Speaker 1: He's like, yeah, this is excellent. I feel like she's
Speaker 1: been watching too much Gary Vee. You know when he's
Speaker 1: like document everything. This is probably something that you wouldn't document.
Speaker 1: Can you imagine the heat of the moment where you're
Speaker 1: having an argument, where you're potentially about to break up? Oh,
Speaker 1: do you mind if I set my camera up in
Speaker 1: the corner to like, what on earth is going on?
Speaker 1: And there has been a bit of a mixed reception
Speaker 1: in the comments section on some of these breakup accounts.
Speaker 1: One user wrote, our generation is so messed up? Why
Speaker 1: would you film it? Another wrote, you really have no
Speaker 1: boundaries and I tend to really with these people well.
Speaker 1: In response to the negativity, Bridget said, despite the haters,
Speaker 1: this content can be a lifeline for some viewers. People
Speaker 1: kept dming me and asking me for help. I decided
Speaker 1: to bring everyone together and now I have close to
Speaker 1: three hundred and forty people in eleven active group chats
Speaker 1: on Instagram. The thing is, though, she says that you
Speaker 1: know she's trying to help everyone, but why was she
Speaker 1: filming in the moment of the breakup because she didn't
Speaker 1: know that this is what it would lead to surely,
Speaker 1: or is she looking for a niche and decided, well,
Speaker 1: maybe we will break up and I'll be big on
Speaker 1: breakup TikTok. I don't get how the X is happy
Speaker 1: for this stuff to be online, because apparently Bridget said
Speaker 1: that she showed the X before the video went out,
Speaker 1: and he was very supportive and said that, you know,
Speaker 1: it's something to help her heal from the breakup. And
Speaker 1: it did become more apparent though that as these videos
Speaker 1: started blowing up he did feel a little bit more
Speaker 1: uncomfortable about it, and said that he couldn't watch them
Speaker 1: anymore because it was stopping him from moving on. I mean,
Speaker 1: can you imagine if your ex partner was creating content
Speaker 1: about your breakup and talking about how heartbroken they were,
Speaker 1: how much they missed you, as if you wouldn't tune
Speaker 1: in to watch it, I would have the popcorn at
Speaker 1: the end. Now, Sophie, can you imagine if you're the
Speaker 1: girl that then dates this guy after all the material
Speaker 1: you have looking into his life, what's his past mistakes? Yeah? Well.
Speaker 1: Another breakup influencer by the name of Victoria Clark said
Speaker 1: that she didn't ask her X for permission to post
Speaker 1: the content. She said she did her best to try
Speaker 1: and use footage and pictures where he wasn't easily identifiable.
Speaker 1: She did say, though, that she had to come clean
Speaker 1: to him about the videos once they started getting hundreds
Speaker 1: of thousands of views. Now the X said he was
Speaker 1: very upset by the videos of her crying, and he
Speaker 1: said he wished he didn't use their breakup as content,
Speaker 1: but apparently totally understood why So, what happens after you've
Speaker 1: moved on and you're a breakup influencer. Well, actually, Bridget
Speaker 1: has started to share videos like sort of diary videos
Speaker 1: about her first date since the breakup happens. If you
Speaker 1: want to get back with your X, like there's no
Speaker 1: way they're going to get back to you after that,
Speaker 1: that would be perfect content for them. Imagine the views
Speaker 1: on that. It's like if you bitch about an X
Speaker 1: and then you're like, oh, yeah, actually we decided to
Speaker 1: get back together.
Speaker 3: And everyone's just laid the boot in.
Speaker 1: The whole thing is I can see the merit in
Speaker 1: creating a space where people are talking about their feelings
Speaker 1: after the breakup, and you know, it's a community where
Speaker 1: people can talk about their own heartache and you know,
Speaker 1: you're seeing the reality of a breakup. However, I think
Speaker 1: that the recording of those private moments for clicks is
Speaker 1: just gross.
Speaker 3: Yeah, but are they making money off it?
Speaker 1: Like? Is there a way to monetize this type of content?
Speaker 1: I definitely think that there is a way. Can you
Speaker 1: think of all the brands, like for instance, new dating apps, Yeah,
Speaker 1: that you could be pushed a tissue brands and bumble.
Speaker 2: Now, I have to say to you that actually I've
Speaker 2: been working at home since I was twenty seven, So
Speaker 2: I haven't really got dressed for decades.
Speaker 1: My Kitchen Rules has returned to our screens after a
Speaker 1: long two year hiatus, and it's all looking a little different.
Speaker 1: Amy even you tuned in to see what it was like. Yeah,
Speaker 1: and I haven't watched MKR for years, but the inclusion
Speaker 1: of Nigella Lawson sucked me into the show. So Nigella
Speaker 1: of course replaced Pete Evans and she's appearing alongside old
Speaker 1: favorite Manu for Dell and there were some noticeable changes
Speaker 1: to the show.
Speaker 3: So the show was actually acted.
Speaker 1: In twenty twenty following terrible ratings, and people might remember
Speaker 1: the show came up against Married at First Sight and
Speaker 1: Manu has said in recent interviews that there was a
Speaker 1: real push by production to make the show more dramatic
Speaker 1: in order to try and beat MATHS. So I think
Speaker 1: it was dramatic to begin with with all the villains,
Speaker 1: and I know, but Manu claims that the show became
Speaker 1: more about contestants than the food, and now this season
Speaker 1: it's back to basics.
Speaker 3: It's all about the food.
Speaker 1: So it really appears they're trying to make it more
Speaker 1: like Master Chef, So a real feel good moment where
Speaker 1: the whole family can come together. I reckon it could
Speaker 1: be off the back of Lego Masters. Oh my god,
Speaker 1: I said Lego in Australia. In Adelaide, everyone says Lego
Speaker 1: off the back of Lego Masters doing so well because
Speaker 1: everyone loved the fact that as a family that you
Speaker 1: could tune in, you had Hamish Blake who was so funny.
Speaker 1: It was all very lighthearted and really you just felt
Speaker 1: good after watching it. I think Nigella's inclusion is also
Speaker 1: for those foodies because we grew up watching Nigella and
Speaker 1: as you said, Amy, I am drawn to watch the
Speaker 1: show just to see her talk about.
Speaker 3: Food exactly now.
Speaker 1: In terms of the contestants, they seemed a lot more
Speaker 1: wholesome than we're used to and it does appear to
Speaker 1: be one couple that's kind of earmarked as the villains. However,
Speaker 1: I don't think they're going to get the treatment like
Speaker 1: we've seen in the past. I think it's going to
Speaker 1: be pretty feel good and, as you said, focus a
Speaker 1: lot more on the food rather than creating fights between
Speaker 1: the contestants. Have you guys noticed though, that usually the
Speaker 1: people who would be the villains on the show, they're
Speaker 1: now becoming the most popular characters. I mean you look
Speaker 1: at Chatfield, Yeah, I mean you look at Love Island
Speaker 1: with Eck and Suit. She would have been the biggest
Speaker 1: villain a couple of years ago. She would have been
Speaker 1: what they can't vote them out, but they would have
Speaker 1: tried to get rid of her. But everyone's so wise
Speaker 1: now to TV shows that everyone loved her for creating
Speaker 1: drama and actually making the show interesting.
Speaker 5: Yeah.
Speaker 1: I think that people now understand the dynamic of these
Speaker 1: reality TV shows and they want people that are going to,
Speaker 1: as you said, create drama, be a little bit more interesting.
Speaker 1: So I'm intrigued to see how this rates, because, to
Speaker 1: be honest, I will probably tune in for Nigella, but
Speaker 1: it appears she's only going to be on half the
Speaker 1: show anyway, so I wonder if the ratings will drop
Speaker 1: off as soon as she is off our screen. Well,
Speaker 1: the ratings have come out for the first night, and
Speaker 1: the show was up against The Block and the Mask Singer.
Speaker 1: So the Block won the ratings with seven hundred and
Speaker 1: forty seven thousand metro viewers. The Mass Singer came in
Speaker 1: second with five hundred and ninety eight thousand, and not
Speaker 1: far behind was MKR with five hundred and three thousand. However,
Speaker 1: despite ranking third, there's been so much talk online about
Speaker 1: Nigella being the savior of this show, so it's expected
Speaker 1: that it's going to go up even further in the ratings.
Speaker 4: Okay, so I'm not about to air my dirty launching
Speaker 4: on social media. I don't think it's appropriate to talk
Speaker 4: about some things. I don't want to put anyone in
Speaker 4: a negative light, especially the father of my kids. No matter, like,
Speaker 4: no matter what, I'm just I'm not gonna do that.
Speaker 4: But basically, in response to the car thing that he's
Speaker 4: talking about, that's not the full story.
Speaker 1: It's not true at all.
Speaker 4: Like, just don't believe what you see on social media,
Speaker 4: you goes.
Speaker 1: Reees Hawkins made a surprise appearance at his daughter's birthday
Speaker 1: party over the weekend. Saskia, who he shares with Tammy Hembro,
Speaker 1: celebrated her sixth birthday in style with a Mawana themed
Speaker 1: party on the Gold Coast. Reese's appearance comes amid rumors
Speaker 1: he's broken up with his wife London. Now, kay, can
Speaker 1: you tell us more? Well, it's a second time in
Speaker 1: two months that Reese has posted with his two children
Speaker 1: he shares with his ex Tammy hembro So. Back in May,
Speaker 1: He's surprised followers when he shared a photo of him
Speaker 1: with Saskia and Wolf back in Australia. Now, Reese has
Speaker 1: been a notable absence in his two oldest children's lives
Speaker 1: since trying to relocate to the US with his wife
Speaker 1: London and the infant son's stone And. It appears Reese
Speaker 1: has not spent much time with his youngest son, as
Speaker 1: he had struggled to gain access into the US. Instead,
Speaker 1: it appears he has spent most of the last year
Speaker 1: or so in Mexico, with trips to Switzerland as well,
Speaker 1: and last month he was in Italy in between his
Speaker 1: two trips to Australia. Now, Reese has copped a lot
Speaker 1: of criticism online about being a so called absent dad,
Speaker 1: so he infamously deleted all of the photos of his
Speaker 1: two eldest children on Instagram before moving overseas. Now at
Speaker 1: the time he stated he didn't want to share his
Speaker 1: children online, only then to share photos of his newborn
Speaker 1: son Stone And. I think the timing of Reese finally
Speaker 1: visiting Saskia and Wolf hasn't reflected well on his relationship
Speaker 1: with London. It's always been a contentious relationship, Achille, considering
Speaker 1: that it came out that London was originally a fan
Speaker 1: of Tammy and Reese, and it is interesting now that
Speaker 1: rumors are swirling that they've broken up and he now
Speaker 1: chooses to visit his children in Australia. As we discussed
Speaker 1: last month, London's engagement ring has been missing from her
Speaker 1: posts and stories since late April. The pair have also
Speaker 1: not liked each other's Instagram posts since early June, and
Speaker 1: it now appears they've unfollowed each other on Instagram. It
Speaker 1: does appear as though Reese's trying to restore his reputation
Speaker 1: as a father. So in a deleted comment, a follower
Speaker 1: remarked on Reese's absence, to which he replied, I'm not
Speaker 1: an absent dad. Can you please stop saying that? So
Speaker 1: it does appear he's been quite deliberate in sharing photos
Speaker 1: of himself in Saskia and Wolf's lives again. And I
Speaker 1: think that's fair enough, because we really don't know what
Speaker 1: goes on behind closed doors. I mean, yes, he has
Speaker 1: chosen to remove photos of them, but I think his
Speaker 1: reasoning for removing photos was for their own privacy. I
Speaker 1: don't know necessarily think it's him saying I don't want
Speaker 1: to have anything to do with them anymore.
Speaker 3: Yeah, but then he.
Speaker 1: Uploaded photos with Stone, so it didn't really make it.
Speaker 1: But that was him now saying that Stone was being born. Yeah.
Speaker 1: But if you say I'm going to keep my kids'
Speaker 1: lives off Instagram and then you only post about one,
Speaker 1: it does seem a little bit unfair. Also, Tammy Hembro
Speaker 1: has come out and said she's got sole custody of
Speaker 1: the children. I suppose it's not really a good look
Speaker 1: to be jet setting around overseas when your ex partner
Speaker 1: is looking after your kids in two different countries. That
Speaker 1: being said, I'm just so glad that he has stepped
Speaker 1: back into their lives because they look incredibly happy to
Speaker 1: have their dad back. And at the end of the day,
Speaker 1: it's all about the kids being happy. So if he's
Speaker 1: making steps to be part of their life again, I
Speaker 1: feel like it's just a win win for the kids.
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Speaker 5: flirt within with.
Speaker 1: A heavy heart. But it's time to discuss the Love
Speaker 1: Island UK finale. I am still mourning the end of
Speaker 1: this season. I just don't know what to watch or
Speaker 1: talk about at the moment. I missed the Islanders so
Speaker 1: much so that last night I actually watched an episode
Speaker 1: of Unseen Bits that I'd missed from last week, and
Speaker 1: it was an epic ending to one of the best
Speaker 1: seasons of Love Island, with Eck and Sue and David
Speaker 1: Ay taking out the title. How did you feel about
Speaker 1: the result? I was really happy. I felt like the
Speaker 1: public got it right because they deserve to win. Even
Speaker 1: though I don't think that they're the most in love
Speaker 1: couple or that their relationship is as far as some
Speaker 1: of the other Islanders. They brought the entertainment, they made
Speaker 1: the show. As people are saying, Ek and Sue is
Speaker 1: Love Island. She is so popular that she is even
Speaker 1: being touted as taking over from Laura Whitmore, who is,
Speaker 1: of course the host of the show. And they won
Speaker 1: in a complete landslide. They received sixty three point seven
Speaker 1: of the public votes. I had tried to have a
Speaker 1: media blackout for days because I watched the finale quite
Speaker 1: a few days after it had aired, and can you
Speaker 1: believe I literally was in the ad break before they
Speaker 1: announced who won, and I scrolled onto Snapchat and saw
Speaker 1: the winner. I could not believe it. I don't know
Speaker 1: how you thought you could have a media blackout from it.
Speaker 1: For me, it's not a show that it really matters
Speaker 1: who won. I'm just there for the drama and the entertainment. Now,
Speaker 1: media commentators are predicting that Eck and Sue and Jemma
Speaker 1: Owen are set to make millions as the standout stars
Speaker 1: of the show.
Speaker 3: Yeah, you are correct.
Speaker 1: So while Gemma has grown up with wealth, with her
Speaker 1: soccer player dad Michael Owen reportedly being worth sixty eight
Speaker 1: million dollars, it appears she's set to become a millionaire herself.
Speaker 1: So before entering the villa, Jemma came up with the
Speaker 1: ingenious idea to launch a swimwear brand, and she, of
Speaker 1: course wore her own swimwear on the show, which is
Speaker 1: the perfect platform to show off her designs. Considering that
Speaker 1: the Islanders only ever wear bathers for the majority of
Speaker 1: the time in the villa, it really worked in her
Speaker 1: favor this year as well, because for the first time,
Speaker 1: Love Ireland didn't have a huge fast fashion brand as
Speaker 1: a sponsor, so eBay was one of the sponsors and
Speaker 1: they were also allowed to bring in their own clothes. Yes,
Speaker 1: it was very clever and the swimwear has proven very
Speaker 1: popular with the general public as well as high street stores,
Speaker 1: who have bombarded Gemma's management team with offers for collaborations.
Speaker 1: Jemma is also set to make a mint from fashion endorsements.
Speaker 1: I'm sure there are many fast fashion brands vying for
Speaker 1: her to be the face of their next collection. And
Speaker 1: I did notice in a real that she shared where
Speaker 1: she was reunited with her dogs and horse, that she
Speaker 1: was holding a pretty little thing shopping bag, so it
Speaker 1: might be a sign of things to come. I did
Speaker 1: spy that as well actually. Now, as for Eck and Sue,
Speaker 1: there are rumors that she and Dava Day may have
Speaker 1: been offered their own reality show, So Davi Day played
Speaker 1: into the rumors this week by sharing a petition for
Speaker 1: the couple to get their own TV show where they
Speaker 1: travel around Italy, eating food and arguing and laughing together. Now,
Speaker 1: Daviday added a pulp for fans to vote between two options,
Speaker 1: which were both yes. A source has told the Son
Speaker 1: Telley Chiefs are eyeing them up for their own series
Speaker 1: after singling them out as standout stars of the series
Speaker 1: of Love Island. Eck and Zoo and Davia Day have
Speaker 1: blown fans away during their time on the show. They
Speaker 1: have global appeal and could be huge now. So, as
Speaker 1: you mentioned earlier, there is a petition going around for
Speaker 1: Eck and Sue to take over Laura Whitmore as the
Speaker 1: host of Love Island. And this has all come about
Speaker 1: because fans were really impressed with her presenting skills, and
Speaker 1: I feel like Laura Whitmore should be annoyed because she
Speaker 1: was never on the show. There were all these these
Speaker 1: opportunities where someone's getting dumped from the island and they
Speaker 1: just get the contestants to read it out. I also
Speaker 1: noticed that Jemma Owen did a really good job at presenting,
Speaker 1: so I could see both of them possibly vying for
Speaker 1: that position of Love Island host in the future. I
Speaker 1: think Laura Whitmore does such a great job of hosting, though,
Speaker 1: and I think the fact that she's a little bit older,
Speaker 1: she kind of has that motherly figure in saying that
Speaker 1: I suppose Ecken Sue was really the mother of the
Speaker 1: Love Island house. I wonder how Laura Whitmore's partner who
Speaker 1: does the voiceovers, would feel if eck and Zou was
Speaker 1: to replace his wife. I feel like they come as
Speaker 1: a pair. So that's Ian Sterling, who is iconic on
Speaker 1: Love Island. So I don't think they're going to get
Speaker 1: rid of Laura Whitmore, because you don't want to get
Speaker 1: rid of Ian. In other Ecken Zoo news, a voice
Speaker 1: notes between the Turkish Delight and a friend discussing the
Speaker 1: twenty twenty one season of Love Island have been leaked.
Speaker 1: In the audio, eck and Sue reportedly said last year
Speaker 1: was awful. The people on there were just dry, pointless,
Speaker 1: shit personalities. I just couldn't believe them. Even the couple
Speaker 1: who won, Liam and Milly, even they were dry. I
Speaker 1: was like, fuck me, where is the drama? I think
Speaker 1: last year was wrong. I don't know why they put
Speaker 1: people on like that. They would dry now. Eken also
Speaker 1: commented on Liberty and Jake's relationship, calling it fake and
Speaker 1: none of the two thousand twenty one cast of Love
Speaker 1: Island mentioned have responded to the voice notes, she did
Speaker 1: have a point that series was not good as this
Speaker 1: is I did really enjoy Milli and Liam though, I
Speaker 1: think they brought a bit of drama to it, but
Speaker 1: the way that she just accepted him back was a
Speaker 1: bit disappointing. I enjoyed the series at the time, but
Speaker 1: now that we've had the twenty twenty two series, I
Speaker 1: can see that it was a lot better now. The
Speaker 1: Islanders were back together for the reunion show on Thursday night,
Speaker 1: which is yet to air on nine Now I'm desperately
Speaker 1: waiting for that to be uploaded, and Antigny apparently hosted
Speaker 1: a lavish after party at her home with a performance
Speaker 1: from Chipmunk that went on to the early hours of
Speaker 1: Friday morning. I don't know that I knew you were
Speaker 1: going to ask me. I don't know. Apparently they're probably
Speaker 1: some cool musician. Okay, so sorry, probably get heaps of
Speaker 1: dms about that. Sorry. However, the interesting thing was that
Speaker 1: the final eight contestants were notable absentees, so apparently the
Speaker 1: only people who attended the after party from the final
Speaker 1: week of the show were Adam and Page, and Insider
Speaker 1: said Antigny threw the most amazing party for everyone, and
Speaker 1: almost all the stars were there. Apart from the big names,
Speaker 1: people felt like they had decided to distance themselves from
Speaker 1: the main group, and it's pretty clear a big divide
Speaker 1: has already formed. Wow, that's so interesting because talking about
Speaker 1: the previous series, I heard in a podcast interview with Chloe.
Speaker 1: If you remember, Chloe was the one who came second,
Speaker 1: who was partnered up with Toby, and she was saying
Speaker 1: that after the show, there was this big Love Island
Speaker 1: group WhatsApp message and she just completely distanced herself from it.
Speaker 1: She just left the group, didn't want anything to do
Speaker 1: with it, and there was this big Love Island WhatsApp
Speaker 1: group and she said that while she initially tried to
Speaker 1: throw on a few messages, she tried to distance herself
Speaker 1: a bit from it. It's also like Molly May who
Speaker 1: doesn't even like talking about Love Island because she doesn't
Speaker 1: want to be associated with the show anymore. I was
Speaker 1: scrolling on TikTok yesterday and I came across Coco from
Speaker 1: Love Island, the famous Titgate girl, and she was posting
Speaker 1: a lot of videos with the Blonde Bomb show. I
Speaker 1: can't remember her name, she was the one that was
Speaker 1: hooking up with Jack's and they just seem so desperate
Speaker 1: to hold on to Love Island. They were hashtagging Love
Speaker 1: Island on everything. Apparently they have had a like Coco's
Speaker 1: had a bit of a brawl with Summer on the
Speaker 1: reunion show as well, And I can kind of see
Speaker 1: why you'd want to distance yourself from the tacky drama.
Speaker 1: But not if you're an Ek and Sue or a
Speaker 1: Gemma that are trying to then become the stars and
Speaker 1: standouts from the show. Yeah, but not even that. It
Speaker 1: probably is awkward for a lot of them who were
Speaker 1: now in these somewhat serious relationships to go back to
Speaker 1: the rest of the cast. I mean, you think about Damy,
Speaker 1: who was previously dating Summer and Amber. Why would India
Speaker 1: want to see those two girls there? You know what
Speaker 1: I mean that it would open up a lot of awkwardness. Ah,
Speaker 1: that's true. Apparently Damy was quite upset on the reunion
Speaker 1: show because it came out that Summer hadn't followed him
Speaker 1: on Instagram and he was really concerned about it. So
Speaker 1: a lot of people were like, I don't think he's
Speaker 1: going to last with India. Well, I was really sad
Speaker 1: to see that Jack's didn't show up to the reunion
Speaker 1: because I feel like Paige has it almost coming to her.
Speaker 1: I feel like no one has discussed the fact that
Speaker 1: she and Jack's. When he left the house, Jack said
Speaker 1: to her, I'm going to pick you up at the airport.
Speaker 1: I want to be in a relationship with you. He
Speaker 1: inferred that he loved her, but then she just jumped
Speaker 1: so quickly into a relationship with Adam and yeah, but
Speaker 1: I feel like Jack's got no closure from that, so
Speaker 1: I would have liked to see that play out on air.
Speaker 1: The thing is, though, I feel like it's quite evident
Speaker 1: that they were hiding something. Jack's clearly left the show
Speaker 1: under unique circumstances. A lot of people were talking about
Speaker 1: his mental health, but breading between the lines and knowing
Speaker 1: reality TV show, I think there was an incident that
Speaker 1: happened which made him get kicked off the show, and
Speaker 1: it might have had something to do with his mental health.
Speaker 1: I think it probably involved Adam and that's probably why
Speaker 1: he wasn't. I mean, I'm guessing, I don't know. For me,
Speaker 1: I really liked but I feel like I didn't agree
Speaker 1: with the way that he acted in Casa Moore, but
Speaker 1: I feel like he had genuine and feelings for Paige,
Speaker 1: and I feel like it was pretty clear when he left.
Speaker 1: I mean, you can't you can't edit that. When he left,
Speaker 1: he said, I want to wait for you, I want
Speaker 1: to be with you. Yes. But the thing I'm saying
Speaker 1: is I think he was actually kicked off the show
Speaker 1: and they just pretended that he came up with this
Speaker 1: reason to leave, hence why he wasn't invited back to
Speaker 1: the reunion. Yeah, but he was invited to the reunion.
Speaker 1: He said he doesn't too. He does. He said he
Speaker 1: doesn't want to come because it's too heartbreaking for him.
Speaker 1: He also said that the producers begged him to stay
Speaker 1: on the show. Obviously for them, they would have loved
Speaker 1: to see him come up against Adam. It would just
Speaker 1: be good ratings. I don't know. I think there's something
Speaker 1: fishy going on now. I really need some of our
Speaker 1: listeners to give me some recommendations of what I need
Speaker 1: to start watching. I saw that there was Love Island US,
Speaker 1: but that really doesn't interest me. I have a big
Speaker 1: hole in my life now where Love Island used to be.
Speaker 1: So people can drop in some recommendations that would be great.
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